Four life sentences for Joyner

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THE SMITHFIELD TIMES
SERVING ISLE OF WIGHT AND SURRY COUNTIES SINCE 1920
Volume 94 Number 8
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
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A Smithfield track star is
headed for Hampton University
on a scholarship.
A Windsor teacher had
her students act out
‘1984.’ Most didn’t
enjoy the exercise.
I believe he would have been
found guilty and have received the
death penalty.
— See page 15
— See page 11
”
— Attorney Moody Stallings
On Joseph Joyner’s guilty plea. Page 1
Four life sentences for Joyner
By Diana McFarland
News editor
A bizarre tale of an angry son
driven by drugs and a quest for
money were laid before an Isle of
Wight judge last week as Joseph
“Jay” Joyner Jr. pleaded guilty to
murdering his father and stepmother.
Joyner, 37, accepted a plea
agreement that includes four
consecutive life sentences for
shooting his father, Joseph
Joyner Sr. in the head with a shot-
gun and bludgeoning Sandra
Joyner to death.
Commonwealth’s Attorney
Wayne Farmer had planned to
seek the death penalty, which
would have included a jury trial
and 47 witnesses.
Joyner Jr. decided to enter a
plea agreement because the evidence was too hard to overcome
and it was a way to avoid the
death penalty, said his attorney
Moody Stallings.
“No way would you overcome
that much evidence,” Stallings
said after the sentence.
“I believe he would have been
found guilty and have received
the death penalty.”
Stallings said Joyner will be
moved to a maximum security
prison because of the life sentence and the fact that it makes
such prisoners a flight risk.
Joyner will serve his entire
sentence as there is no parole in
Virginia.
“He will be in there [prison]
the rest of his life,” Stallings
said.
Farmer said the plea agreement, rather than a lengthy trial,
brought closure to the family and
friends of Joseph Sr. and Sandra
Joyner, who were murdered last
April in and near their Carrsville
home.
A capital murder trial would
have also raised the possibility of
repeated appeals, Farmer said.
“There’s no doubt he’s guilty
of these crimes,” he said.
The courtroom was full of
family, friends and onlookers as
Joyner Jr., 37, stood before Circuit Court Judge Carl E. Eason in
an ill-fitting suit jacket.
Because it was a plea agreement, Farmer read the evidence
to the court rather than call individual witnesses.
According to the evidence presented, Joyner Jr. moved back to
Virginia from Louisiana in 2011,
• See JOYNER, p. 7
Will IW
teachers
get paid
in June?
School Board
expresses doubts
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
A vineyard will be located on part of the park land surrounding historic Windsor Castle.
Staff Photo by Diana McFarland
Vineyard planned at Castle Park
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
A vineyard is coming to Windsor
Castle Park.
The Smithfield Town Council gave
staff permission to create a contract allowing a portion of Windsor Castle Park
to be turned into a vineyard.
Smithfield Town Council agreed to
lease five acres of land at the park to
Michelle and Denton Weiss, who own
Smithfield Winery LLC, and will use the
plot as a vineyard for their future winery.
Their small-production winery will be
a few blocks away at 117 N. Church St.
The couple closed on the Church Street
site on Jan. 30 for $215,000.
The Weisses originally sought to use
the Windsor Castle Park manor house as
their winery, but settled for the offsite
property due to the manor house being a
part of a historic easement with the Vir-
ginia Department of Historic Resources.
Efforts to reach the Weisses were unsuccessful.
According to the Weisses proposal, the
winery on Church Street would be a production facility with tours, a tasting room
and monthly bottling parties. They also
plan to open the venue to corporate and
special events. Production would begin
with about 2,000 cases a year, with growth
based on demand.
• See PAY, p. 8
School officials fight
supervisor’s FOIA request
By Diana McFarland
News editor
An Isle of Wight supervisor was initially rebuffed, then provided with
what he considers a partial
answer to a Freedom of Information Act request concerning the School Board’s
legal expenses.
The request resulted in
a flurry of emails, and one
school board member suggesting it bring in a FOIA
expert as an educational
opportunity.
Smithfield Supervisor
Al Casteen asked Isle of
Wight School officials for
the total budget amount for
the school’s legal depart-
ment for the past five years,
as well as outside legal expenses.
The schools provided a
list of legal expenses from
2008-12, but it doesn’t appear to include the salary
of school attorney Paul
Burton. Burton was hired
in late 2011 at $75,000 a year
for at least 25 hours a week.
“I view it as a partial reply. It raises as many questions as it answers because
the cost for fiscal ’12 of
$18,632 didn’t include a consideration for the county
hiring Paul Burton for the
latter two-thirds of fiscal
year ’12,” Casteen said.
Casteen’s initial request
was sent via a county employee to school CFO
Phillip Bradshaw on Feb. 8.
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their chairperson or
[county administrator]
Doug [Caskey] forwards
the request to our office.”
That advice came from
school attorney Paul Burton, Perera said.
Failing to respond to a
request for public information is a violation of the
Freedom of Information
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with Isle of Wight County
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While Casteen is a member of the Board of Supervisors, he is also a resident
of Isle of Wight County and
can make the request,
Popovich said.
To refuse a request on
the basis cited is a violation, Popovich said.
“In that regard, unless a
clear exception to FOIA
can be articulated by the
schools on this request, a
formal written response
from them must be sent, either to you or Mrs. Clontz,
within five business days,
either providing the information, denying the request and on what grounds,
or asking for additional
time to provide the information,” Popovich said.
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grown so large that some School
Board members fear teachers
may not get a paycheck this June.
At a school committee meeting Feb. 12, School Board members Robert Eley and Kent
Hildebrand told Isle of Wight
County Supervisors Rex Alphin
and Dee Dee Darden that if the
county does not retur n the
schools’ unencumbered fund balance, teachers will not be paid.
The schools are requesting
that $1.47 million in local funding
be returned to the schools.
The schools are also seeking
the return of about $1 million in
federal, state and capital funding.
As customary, the funds had
been turned over to the county at
the end of fiscal year 2012.
“If we don’t get that ($1.47 million) back, teachers will not be
paid in June,” Eley said.
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The battle
continues
There’s little wonder that the Isle of Wight
School Board and Board of Supervisors have
trouble getting along. The latest flap is over how
long school officials can drag their feet before providing public information to county residents who
also happen to be public officials.
Supervisor Al Casteen asked a county employee
to request from the School Board the amount of
money spent by the School Board during the past
five years on legal expenses.
Instead of supplying the information, which is
clearly a matter of public record, school officials
got a legal opinion from School Board Attorney
Paul Burton that the request was improper since
it came from a single supervisor. Burton opined
that the request would have to be in the nature of
a formal request from the supervisors following a
vote by that body.
Nonsense. Any Virginia resident can ask for
information via the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. That right is not waived by being elected
to public office.
The request and the subsequent stonewalling
resulted in numerous e-mail exchanges over a period of days, including a legal opinion from
County Attorney Mark Popovich that, yes, the
schools have to cough up the information. Two
other supervisors chimed in and said they would
add their names to the request if necessary to
make it a majority.
As of Monday, the request had been at least partially honored, but only after government officials
spent presumably valuable hours dickering over
what they would allow other public officials to
know, instead of just turning over basic — and
very public — information.
The truly amazing thing is that public officials
who engage in such pettiness never seem to understand why the public has so little respect for
government.
Dredging crabs again?
Just when it seemed that the Virginia Marine
Resources Commission was firmly opposed to
allowing the winter dredging of pregnant female crabs, the agency’s new commissioner
says, maybe not.
A news story written by a reporter with the
Capital News Service of Virginia Commonwealth University about the current state of the
Chesapeake Bay blue crab population included
disturbing comments by VMRC Commissioner
Jack Travelstead.
Travelstead, responding to a question about
winter crab dredging, said “At some point, if
the stock stays healthy, we’re going to have to
reopen that fishery.”
The comment was troubling to those who believe that taking pregnant female crabs from the
bay before they can release their sacks of eggs
in the annual spring spawn is a really stupid
idea.
The annual survey on which Mr. Travelstead
was commenting showed that the crab population has improved, though the number of mature female crabs is down from recent years.
Assuming that the female population dip is
only an anomaly and that the population is indeed firmly recovering from its low of several
years ago, the general rebound cannot help but
be tied to management of the crab harvest during those years of rebound. And a key part of
the management was the winter dredge closure.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is
cooperating with VMRC in conducting a survey
of crab dredging impact this winter. The results
of that study should be available by summer,
in time for the VMRC to make a decision, well
in advance of next winter, whether to keep the
dredge season closed.
Common sense says keep it closed. It will be
interesting to see whether science agrees.
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When the James River Bridge opened in the late 1920s, it included a new road from Benn’s
Church to the bridge and to Crittenden, where new bridges also cross Chuckatuck Creek and
the Nansemond River. The junction that tied those roads together was at Bartlett, which today
is one of the busiest intersections in Isle of Wight. The developers placed this store, built as a
log cabin, in the three-way the intersection.
Reader Forum
Remembering
a patriot
Editor, Smithfield Times
As it is February, there
is no doubt that Black
History Month is in full
swing. And while students
are learning about famous
names over the last 70
years, there is not enough
attention being paid to
other black Patriots in
American history who
have been nearly forgotten.
This has probably been
my only qualm about
February and the way it’s
handled by the school
system, for there are so
many amazing people who
have contributed so
heavily to this nation and
the advancement of
freedom, yet are overlooked year after year.
James Armistead
Lafayette was born in 1760
right here in Hampton
Roads (some sources say
present-day Hampton,
others say New Kent). He
was a slave who volunteered for the service in
the Army, and because of
his work, our nation
literally owes our freedom
to this great American.
James is best known
for being America’s first
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double agent spy: the CIA
would have been proud to
have him in their ranks.
James infiltrated the
British Army during the
Revolutionary War,
convincing them that he
was an escaped slave and
that the Americans
treated him savagely.
While among the British
troops, he earned their
trust, learning their
movement and strategy,
and then secretly returned to George Washington to give him all
their plans. British
Generals Arnold and
Cornwallis trusted him so
much that they would use
James to guide them
through local roads. It is
because of James that
Washington’s troops knew
to come to Yorktown,
leading to the complete
surrender of Cornwallis
with few shots being fired.
James adopted his
slave owner’s last name as
his own, and was recognized by Marquis de
Lafayette, after which he
added Lafayette to his
surname as well. After the
war, James earned his
freedom and a lifelong
pension from the General
Assembly. He himself
owned slaves and had
many children, dying of
cancer in 1830.
It is sad that so many
American heroes like
James Armistead are
forgotten in our history.
But now, you know the
rest of the story.
Dave Lyons
Carrollton
Correction
Smithfield native and
avid Smithfield Times
reader
Kate
Cobb
McGinnis says we had
some incorrect information accompanying a photograph of the Smithfield
Post Office construction
several weeks ago.
The house in the background was the home on
the Nathan Jones Family.
It originally stood on the
corner of Main and Institute streets. It was moved
to the location shown in
the picture for the building of the post office, then
moved to its present location (at Grace and Institute) to make room for
construction of the town
hall.
polygraph test under
these sort of circumstances.” Well, how does
this get resolved so the
result is improved
relations between the
Board of Supervisors and
School Board? The
schools’ staff were
questioned in detail by us
board members when they
Editor, Smithfield Times told us the million dollars
It’s only a million
was available with no
dollars... “...and I would
never submit them to a
• See LETTERS, p. 3
Looking for
answers
A suggestion for next fall’s fair
As the Isle of
N
Wight County
N HE
HE
Fair Committee
works out the details for next fall’s
annual
fair,
here’s a request.
Find an antique
tractor
By John
that’s not in mint
condition and let children climb
up and sit on it.
One of the things this old man
most enjoyed about the fair up
until a couple years ago was taking our small grandchildren to see
the old tractors. Both of our old-
I T
T
est grandchildren,
Parker and Bentley,
were photographed
sitting on old
Far mall tractor
seats, hands on the
steering wheel,
having the time of
their lives. Parker
Edwards
couldn’t get enough
of the tractors the first time we carried him to see them.
For the past couple years, though,
the tractors have been roped off from
visitors. I fully understand that most
of them have been meticulously restored, and nobody wants their pol-
SHORT
SHORT
ROWS
ished antique scuffed up by a
bunch of kids or adults.
I suspect there’s another reason behind the tractor quarantine
— the fear that somebody will get
hurt. Falling off a tractor can
hurt, and falling onto a drawbar
or axle from up high on a tractor
can hurt a lot! And, today, everybody wants to sue everybody, forcing everybody to guard against
said lawsuit.
Still, this is a county fair, and
old tractors are an important part
of that. Surely, somewhere there’s
• See ROWS, p. 3
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The Smithfield Times - Wed., Feb. 20, 2013 - Page 3
Good boundaries make good neighbors
By Neil Clark
Southampton County Extension
Agent
Among one of the more difficult calls that foresters get is,
“someone has stolen my timber
— what do I do?” Aggravated to
begin with, they usually are not
too crazy about the answer.
However, the old ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
medicine adage really applies
here. And this is the purpose of
this article.
The first thing that I would
like to make clear is that the
vast majority of the cases of
timber theft are completely unintentional, and loggers often
get a bad rap for someone else’s
mistake. For the most part, this
happens because forested property boundaries are typically
quite obscure, particularly
among large properties, which
are where most timber harvests
are performed. In the urban setting, properties often change
ownership frequently and surveys are perfor med during
these transactions. Pins are
driven into absolute corners,
lawns are mowed or maintained
to absolute clean lines, and in
many cases, fences erected to
explicitly indicate boundaries.
Not so with large rural parcels.
Letters
• Continued from p. 2
strings attached. Had
there been conditions, the
School Board would have
conferred with the
supervisors first.
When did the supervisors learn there was this
million dollars available
Four hundred years ago there
was no wire fencing and not
much in the way of stones or
“permanent” markers in this
part of the world. Time and neglected maintenance has obscured many markers thought
to be long-lived.
In Virginia, there are many
acres in ownership that go back
to at least the 1930s, if not multiple generations, and in some
cases back to the King’s grant.
And amazingly, much of this
property has never been surveyed!
And it is astounding to look
at old property deeds written in
the 1600s with a quill pen in
such vague and temporal terms.
As an example, metes and
bounds description may be
“starting at the old oake (sic)
tree and proceeding 16 rods
wanting 4 links along the road
to Widow Bartlett’s, then No.
17o Et 19 rods to a chestnut tree,
then following the centerline of
a meandering creek . . .”
If you can even read the
handwriting with the unusual
lettering, and you can find out
how long a rod actually is, and
you realize that the oak that was
already old is no longer anywhere to be found, and chestnut
trees as a species have essen-
as a result of bond debt
renegotiation? Didn’t
their senior staff tell
them upon taking office in
Jan 2012 ? One supervisor
was on the board for years
and another for months
prior to this.
Why were they, and
then eventually the whole
Rows
an old tractor that hasn’t
been repainted, hasn’t been
spruced up, that wouldn’t
be damaged by small children sitting on its seat. And
surely, there are volunteers
who would be willing to
spend a couple hours, say,
on Family Night, watching
over that old tractor while
granddads reminisced with
little grandchildren over
what we old guys drove
many years ago.
A picture is indeed
worth many words, and a
picture of children, now in
most cases at least three
generations away from the
farm, sitting atop an old
tractor is one to be cherished.
tially been wiped out, there is
no way without a soil scientist
or archeologist to locate a 400year-old dirt road that no
longer exists. No one alive has
any notion of who the Bartletts
were, and the meandering
creek is now a beaver pond. So
you can see how challenging it
becomes to know where boundaries are actually located.
Many people “know” their
boundaries perhaps from a
walk with Granddad one afternoon, 30 years ago.
Often, timber is sold on a
property by an owner to a purchaser and the owner will typically walk the boundary with
the purchaser and mark a
boundary with plastic flagging.
So the purchaser is taking this
owner at his word and on good
faith that the boundary is correct. Sadly, many times investigation stops here and harvest
begins and this is frequently
when mistakes are made. A
careful purchaser will then
take a trip to the courthouse
and pull the deed and any adjacent deeds, first to verify ownership, then to confirm boundaries if there are places where
boundaries are unclear. This
step alone can resolve any potential mistakes.
“new” board, not told in a
timely manner in order
for them to have a handle
on the budget process they
were entering upon?
I am asking the Board
of Supervisors chairman
to call a joint meeting of
the supervisors and
School Board with the
parties in the meeting
that led to this conundrum. Before us all and
the public, the supervisors can ask Messrs
Caskey, Robertson and
Terry, “Which of you said
what to which school
administration member at
the meeting that the
million was not the School
Board’s to spend without
talking to the supervisors
first,” or whatever
questions will get to the
root of the problem.
We do not need to enter
the 2013-14 budget process
In cases where there is still
uncertainty, employing the professional services of a forester
or a surveyor is advised. In fact,
I would advise employing a consultant forester for any significant timber sale and a surveyor
for any property where a “modern” plat has not been established.
Then once an authoritative
boundary has been established,
mark it and maintain those
marks. A surveyor will install
pins at corners and directional
changes, but these pins are
driven in the ground and not
very obvious in a forested setting.
So to enhance the boundary,
typically trees are marked by
chopping slashes in the bark
with a machete. Many times
this is done only at infrequent
intervals and still may not be
visible from a distance. So it is
usual to scrape and apply paint
hash marks at more frequent
intervals along a boundary.
These painted boundary
trees not only assist in avoiding
inadvertent timber theft, but if
properly applied can serve as
posting against trespassing of
any kind. Using aluminum
color paint to create a vertical
line at least two inches in width
with this air of consternation hanging over all our
heads. The obligations
incurred from end of May
and in June 2012 by the
schools need to be paid
with 2012 budget dollars,
not 2013’s as they have
been. This jeopardizes
having sufficient funds for
the current school year’s
financial obligations. As
long as anyone can
remember, in the past the
supervisors have returned
from the budget dollars
returned by the School
Board as of 1 July annually per law, that amount
specified from these funds
to meet the obligations
and at least eight inches in
length, no less than 3 feet and
not more than six feet from the
ground or normal water surface
and visible when approaching
the property achieves this posting in lieu of signage. This bark
scraping and paint technique is
typically effective for about
seven years, at which time repainting is advised.
This establishment and
maintenance of boundaries is a
huge first step in avoiding liability due to trespass, adverse
possession (taking of land unclaimed for seven years), and
timber theft.
Folks who find timber stolen
from their property do have recourse. However, the process
typically incurs such time and
expense as to not justify its pursuit unless an extremely large
value of timber is removed. So
I would encourage anyone owning property to have boundaries
established and maintained, to
save many headaches and to
give you peace of mind.
If you would like more information on selling timber, Virginia Cooperative Extension is
hosting a series of workshops
across Virginia this February.
Contact our office at 757-6532572 for more information.
legally incurred prior to 1
July by the schools.
These circumstances
warrant decisive action
by the two boards to get
the answers and get on
with the missions required of each by the
citizens who elected us.
Herb De Groft
School Board
Hardy District
as such, they can attach
all the mystical significance to marriage that
they want.
But to the government,
marriage is a contract
between people, and
people shouldn’t be denied
their right to make
marriage contracts with
each other just because
they have sex differently
than most people. That
makes legalizing gay
marriage the right thing
to do.
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Call it Hampton Roads
Editor, Smithfield Times
As a Suffolk native myself, I have
heard the larger metropolitan area,
of which Suffolk is a part of, called
either “Tidewater” or “Hampton
Roads” for the last 75 years. Recently, I discovered a September
1918 issue of a Navy Life Magazine
that I had, which gives its address
for Naval Station Norfolk, as Naval
Operating Base, Hampton Roads,
Virginia. I have attached two
pictures depicting exactly that. I
would pick this name for our area.
Thank you for your time.
William Blair
Suffolk
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The Smithfield Times - Wed., Feb. 20, 2013
Military families face uncertainty
By Brock Vergakis
Associated Press
NORFOLK (AP) — With
family members waving
from a pier, sailors aboard
a Navy destroyer left for an
overseas mission with
more uncertainty than ever
about their homecoming as
potentially massive budget
cuts reshape military
plans.
The political hick-hack
in Congress over the budget is having real-life consequences for service members in the Navy and maybe
soon in other branches. It
comes at a time when some
military families were getting used to deployments
coming back down to normal lengths after more
than a decade of two wars,
when the Pentagon routinely extended the time
forces stayed in the field.
The guided-missile de-
Correction
In the Feb. 13 story titled
“Donations make dog play
pen possible,” the cost of
the dog pen was incorrectly
stated at $1,200. The pen
cost $12,000.
stroyer USS Barry headed
out Thursday for what was
supposed to be a six-month
deployment in Europe as
part of a NATO plan to provide a ballistic-missile
shield for the continent.
The Navy has warned that
tours like this one could be
extended for unspecified
periods after billions of
dollars in automatic spending cuts known as sequestration take place March 1,
unless Congress acts to
avert them.
Among the military impacts, the Navy has said the
cuts will mean less money
for training and maintenance and that it could take
longer to prepare crews to
deploy as a result. The
Navy has said that it would
also deploy fewer ships to
fewer places and that those
that are sent out could
spend longer stints at sea
with fewer port calls to
boost morale.
The possibility of extended deployments adds
to the uncertainty that already accompanies military families.
“Even before the budget
cuts and everything, you
never have a set time that
they’re going to be home. I
mean, they have a date, but
that can always change so
you always have that little
bit of a worry that it’s going to be longer than you
think,”
said
Robin
Lunsford, whose husband
Robert is an electronics
technician aboard the
Barry.
It’s not just a concern for
sailors, but for Marines,
soldiers and airmen who
continually deploy around
the globe.
“If the military, because
of budget issues, downsizes
too much, does that mean
that the fewer people who
are left are going to have to
deploy more?” asked Joyce
Raezer, executive director
at the National Military
Family
Association.
“That’s a real concern in
the military community.”
Many Navy tours crept
up to seven or eight months
from the typical six months
while the Iraq war raged,
with ships dotting the
nearby waters to supply all
kinds of support, from
hosting warplanes to maintaining floating hospitals.
The Army, the largest force
on the ground in the wars,
upped tour lengths in Iraq
named to the dean’s list for to 15 months from a year for
the fall 2012 semester at the the troop surge in 2007 to
Virginia Military Institute. combat escalating violence.
The toll that extended
Schmincke’s parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L.
Schmincke Jr.
and repeated deployments
can take on sailors and
their families isn’t lost on
Navy leaders. They created
an expansive wellness campaign last year that targets
alcohol abuse, among other
problems, that they were
concerned about after a decade of war.
Navy Secretary Ray
Mabus announced the campaign during an all-hands
call aboard the USS Bataan.
The amphibious transports
Marines that had recently
completed the longest deployment for a Navy ship in
nearly 40 years — at more
than 10 months. At the
time, he noted that the operational pace for the Navy
and the Marines wasn’t expected to slow down as the
military shifted its focus to
the Pacific.
There’s also concern in
the military community
about how the cuts could
affect programs meant to
assist military families.
“I think a lot of our
worry is access to some of
the support services,
whether it is counseling
Auxiliary donation
Sherry Jones, right, president of the Isle of
Wight Rescue Squad Auxiliary presented
Squad President Grady Miller with a donation
of $4,000. Jones was also recently named
volunteer of the year for the Auxiliary.
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2012 semester:
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Carrollton
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Elberon
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and programs that families
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work for the military services, who have already
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a junior majoring in international studies, was
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Heavy pruning shears and a hand saw will be needed.
For larger trees, use the hand saw. Fortunately, since the
myrtles are very tolerant, they actually become more
vigorous and healthy after pruning.
Always spend a little time looking over the shrub before beginning a major campaign. I will always remember advising a friend to do this and to step back occasionally, taking looks to check the progress and changing shape of the plant. After a bit, he seemed to be getting along well with the project so I left the area for about
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increase production
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Staff Photo by Abby Proch
Century-old house sits across the road from Windsor Castle.
Old tenant house
poses park dilemma
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Smithfield officials are
trying to decide how best to
remedy the deteriorating
tenant house at Windsor
Castle Park.
The dilapidated twostory farmhouse, which
dates to around 1910, according to town records,
sits across Jericho Road
from the historic Windsor
Castle manor house.
The condition of the
house has steadily worsened, with wood rot, a failing roof and structural inadequacies, said council
members during a public
buildings and welfare committee meeting Jan. 29.
Councilwoman Denise
Tynes suggested a community fix-up day, but Mayor
Carter Williams said the
building is too far gone.
“It is way beyond any of
that. This is serious fixing
up,” he said, adding the
cost would easily hit
$150,000.
“And that’s not fixing
anything. That’s putting a
Band-aid on it.”
The home must be maintained to the condition it
was when the town purchased it because it sits
within a historic conservation easement held by the
Virginia Department of
Historic Resources.
The building can be relocated within the easement, but it cannot be torn
down or relocated outside
the easement under the
current language of the
agreement, Williams said.
Officials tossed around
the idea of letting someone
lease the property for up to
40 years, so that they could
renovate and maintain it.
“As good stewards, the
council is reviewing its options as this structure has
deteriorated and needs attention,” said Town Manager Peter Stephenson.
Stephenson said the issue is timely as the town is
putting together its capital
improvements plan, which
serves as a projection of
future expenses.
Stephenson said the
town is already seeking
cost estimates to perform
maintenance work on the
Windsor Castle historic
outbuildings and has finished required exterior
maintenance on the manor
house and kitchen.
Green Mountain Roasters is making coffee and
plans to ramp up to 24 hour
a day production within
about a year, according to
company officials.
The coffee roaster
opened last year in Isle of
Wight’s intermodal park
with plans to hire about 850
– 1,000 workers in the next
five years.
Green Mountain Director of Operations Marlene
Bialecki and Human Resources Director Barbara
Doherty spoke to a full
house Feb. 12 in Windsor
about the company and its
opportunities.
They spoke about available jobs — with maintenance technicians, production schedulers, warehouse
workers and production
supervisors having the
most openings.
Doherty said the company encourages workers
to envision their future’s at
the company and provides
Uncertainty
“Who is going to be
there to support the family
when they need that support service?” she said.
The Barry deployed a
day after another ship’s
tour was canceled because
of the looming cuts. Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta indefinitely halted
the USS Harry S. Truman
from heading to the Middle
East, leaving just one carrier in the region.
USS Barry Cmdr. Thomas J. Dickinson said part
of being in the Navy is the
ability to adapt to unforeseen circumstances.
“Any time you go on a
deployment you tell the
crew, ‘This is what we’re
scheduled for and if requirements change you
have to be flexible.’ And we
talk to the families about
that as well because that’s
who it’s really hard on because they’re holding down
the fort while we’re away
doing our job,” said
Dickinson, the ship’s commanding officer.
“Everybody reads the
news and we talk about it,
but one thing I don’t do
with the crew is give them
any kind of speculation.
That just kind of jerks
them around a little bit. So
I give them the facts, I give
them what I know, when I
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a five-day orientation for
new employees.
“We want people to be
engaged,” Bialecki said.
Bialecki and Doherty
also
described
the
company’s commitment to
contribute five percent of
pre-tax profits to the locality, as well as the areas
where the beans are actually grown.
The company also encourages employees to take
up to 52 hours a year to volunteer with community
projects, Doherty said, add-
ing that one employee took
a week to help work on the
Appalachian Trail.
Those interested in a job
are encouraged to apply
online at www.gmc, and
there are computers available at the Windsor Library, as well as WiFi in the
parking lot.
Bialicki said the facility
is now receiving green coffee beans, and storing,
cleaning, roasting, packing
and shipping them to locations in Tennessee and
New Jersey.
AF Basic graduate
Air Force Airman Corey
T. McKeel graduated from
basic military training at
Lackland Air Force Base,
San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed
an intensive, eight-week
program that included
training in military discipline and studies, Air Force
core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare
principles and skills.
Airmen who complete
basic training earn four
credits toward an associate
in applied science degree
through the Community
College of the Air Force.
McKeel is the son of
Cynthia Thibeault of
Smithfield and a 2012
graduate of Smithfield
High School.
know it.”
For other sailors, being
flexible means unexpectedly staying in port when
they had already canceled
apartment
leases,
cellphone contracts and
put items into storage
Seaman William Neild
had already given up his
apartment
ahead
of
Friday’s planned departure
for the Truman. His wife
had also already made
plans to move to Illinois for
the duration of his expected six- to eight-month
deployment. He now plans
to spend his nights aboard
the Truman until it is finally given orders to deploy
again.
“It’s just a lot of frustration,” he said.
The potential for the
cuts to kick in is the result
of Congress’ failure to trim
the deficit by $1.2 trillion
over a decade. The Pentagon faces a $42.7 billion
budget cut in the seven
months starting in March
and ending in September.
The automatic cuts would
be in addition to a $487 billion reduction in defense
spending over the next 10
years mandated by the Budget Control Act passed in
2011.
Associated Press writer
Kristin M. Hall contributed
to this report from Nashville, Tenn.
Page 6 - The Smithfield Times - Wed., Feb. 20, 2013
Maintenance outsourcing
could lead to savings from
replacing lightbulbs
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
A decision to outsource
Isle of Wight schools maintenance services could result in $635,000 in savings.
Part of those savings include replacing outdated
light bulbs.
According to a report by
Isle of Wight County
Schools Procurement Officer Anthony Hinds, two
companies that responded
to a an RFP for school
maintenance said that the
division could expect to see
the most savings in reduced energy costs.
The companies estimated that the division
would see $300,000 in energy cost savings and
$250,000 in savings for contracted services.
They also said the division could save $85,000 in
worker salaries, but only if
the School Board agrees to
pay employees at the current industry standard.
A caveat in the RFP
stipulates that the School
Board can override the
contractor’s proposed salaries and dictate the employees’ pay.
A decision on whether
to outsource the department isn’t expected until
March.
At a recent school committee meeting between
Windsor Supervisor Dee
Dee Darden and Carrsville
Supervisor Rex Alphin and
School Board members
Kent Hildebrand and Robert Eley, both Hildebrand
and Eley insisted they
would stick by the current
school employees, but said
the current maintenance
setup is lacking.
“We don’t feel like we’re
getting the best service for
our buck, from what we’ve
seen and what we’ve seen
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somewhere else,” said Eley.
“Well, maybe it’s not the
people. Maybe it’s the supervisor,” Darden said.
“Let us work through
that,” said Hildebrand.
At a Feb. 4 meeting by a
committee charged with
evaluating outsourcing the
maintenance department,
concer ns arose that
outsourcing the department could result in a lack
of control of the department, according to Hinds’
report.
The committee also
noted that the current situation shows a lack of planning, organization, expertise and accountability.
There is also no room
for growth for current employees, it said.
Companies making proposals would offer flexibility with management only,
hybrid and total take-over
options.
The two proposals were
comparable in benefits,
salaries and overall cost,
said Hinds.
One company agreed to
fund energy upgrades
upfront, with payment for
those upgrades coming
from the money saved from
lower energy bills.
According to Eley, it
would cost up to $1.4 million to replace the outdated
light bulbs in the school
buildings, and the school
system doesn’t have the
money.
Eley said it would take
about seven years to see the
savings realized.
The other company did
not agree to those terms
but instead offered an energy study at no charge,
according to Hinds’ presentation.
The maintenance committee will discuss the issue again Feb. 15.
Smithfield improved
from a 94 percent pass rate
to 96 percent, but Windsor
dropped from a 90 percent
pass rate to 88 percent.
bringing the pass rate to 77
percent.
At Windsor, the special
education pass rate jumped
by 14 percentage points to
a 60 percent pass rate.
The paper and pencil
writing tests were given to
high school students finishing
their
English
coursework at the end of
October.
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Student writing scores improve
In 2011, the division had
a 93 percent pass rate. This
Writing test pass rates year, 94 percent of students
for Isle of Wight high passed the writing test.
school students went up by
Students from both high
one percent this year.
schools were tested.
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
OBITUARIES
Obituaries are posted as received, complete with
visitation and funeral dates/times at:
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Mary Margaret Barr
held Feb. 18 in St. Luke’s
Memorial Park with the
Reverends Jeff Cannon and
Joe Savinsky officiating.
Memorial donations can
be made to the Isle of Wight
Humane Society SPCA, PO
Box 273, Smithfield, VA
23431.
Arrangements are in
the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield.
Josephine McKinney
CARROLLTON
—
Josephine
Geraldine
“Gerry” McKinney, age 87,
went to be with the Lord on
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. She
was bor n and raised in
Newport News, then moved
to Carrollton, where she
resided for the past 50
years.
Gerry was the owner of
Pine Crest Mobile Home
Park. She was a member of
Faith Free Will Baptist
Church where she devoted
her life to Christ and her
church family. She was
known for her hugging and
loving of all people. She
will be greatly missed by
all, but especially by her
daughter Debbie, who was
her shopping buddy and
best friend.
Gerry was preceded in
death by her husband,
Junious
R.
“Mac”
McKinney, daughter Diane
Perry and a granddaughter,
Jerimi Lynne Hatcher.
She leaves to cherish her
memory her children,
Debra L. Whitmore and
husband Johnny, Ronald W.
McKinney and fiancé Bee
Line, Joyce A. Brock and
husband Richard, Larry R.
McKinney and wife,
Mattie, and Russell A.
Winkler and wife Natalie;
At Smithfield, the special education pass rate
climbed 10 percentage
points over last year’s test,
Praise dance &
mime ministry
Main Street Baptist
Praise Dance and Mime
Ministry invites everyone
to reflect on Black American History through dance
and mime Saturday, Feb. 23,
5 p.m.
St. Paul Holiness
Pastor Aid Anniversary
is Sunday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m.
with guest speaker Rev.
John Pretlow, assistant
minister of True Word
Ministry in Hampton. Celebrate Black History
Month and wear African
Attire.
Solomon’s Temple
Late night praise is held
each Friday, 11 p.m. to midnight, Feb. 19-March 22.
Olive Branch Baptist
Elder Carol Lyttle performs as “Granny Love”
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Sweet Haven
Sweet Haven Holy
Church of God presents a
Black History program
Feb. 24, 3 p.m.
First Gravel Hill
First Gravel Hill Baptist
Church Sunday school is
sponsoring a trip to
Lancaster, Pa. to see the
musical “Noah,” Friday
and Saturday, April 5-6. The
church is also sponsoring a
Sunday school trip to Orlando, Fl. July 15-19. For
details and info, call 3575550.
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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
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11 grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; two
brothers; one sister and
numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was
held Feb. 19 in Colonial Funeral Home with the Rev.
Larry Russell officiating.
Burial
followed
in
Meadowbrook Memorial
Gardens, Suffolk.
Memorial contributions
can be made to Faith Free
Will Baptist Church, 16053
Carrollton
Blvd.,
Carrollton, VA 23314.
Arrangements are in
the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield.
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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
St. Luke’s Memorial Park Cemetery Notice
All floral arrangements & decorations will be
removed from St. Luke’s Memorial Park Cemetery
on March 1, 2013 during spring clean-up.
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
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Mary
Margaret
McCutcheon Barr, 91,
passed away Thursday, Feb.
14, 2013. She was born June
22, 1921 in Houston, Texas.
Margaret and her late
husband, Garland T. Barr,
moved in 1965 from Richmond to Burwell’s Bay
where they owned and operated Barr’s Bay House
Restaurant and Marina on
the James River for 30
years. She served in the
U.S. Army 64th AAF during
World War II. Margaret was
a member of Trinity
United Methodist Church
and the Isle of Wight Humane Society.
In addition to her husband, she is preceded in
death by her sisters,
Minnie Allen and Violet
Way.
Margaret leaves to cherish her memories several
nieces, nephews and a few
good friends.
A graveside service was
Both schools saw declining pass rates for their disadvantaged students, but
saw significant improvements in their pass rates
for special education students.
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Later that day, Joyner Jr.
went to Currituck to meet
his drug dealer and purchased Percocet for $300.
He also told the dealer he
had to get back to Virginia
because of a death in the
family, Farmer said.
Joyner Jr. was described
as being “nervous,”
Farmer said.
A store clerk witnessed
the transaction and called
the Currituck Sheriff ’s Office.
Currituck
deputies
stopped Joyner Jr. who was
driving a burgundy Honda.
He refused to allow the car
to be searched, but drug
dogs “hit” on the vehicle,
Farmer said.
A search of the car revealed the pills and a wallet belonging to Joyner Sr.
Deputies also found a bag
of money with checks
made out to Joyner Sr. and
a camouflage hat with
wrap-around brim with
blood on it. Joyner Sr. was
known to wear such a hat.
“He [the deputy] believed this to be very odd,”
Farmer said, adding that
Joyner Jr. said the blood
was from hunting. There
was also a single shotgun
shell in the car along with
the hat.
Joyner was taken into
custody, confessed to buying the drugs and was released. The car was impounded. The money was
seized, but the shotgun
shell, hat and money bags
remained in the car.
After he was released,
Joyner Jr. called his stepfather and said his car was
towed. He also called his
wife and said he put money
in her account.
Joyner Jr. had earned
less than $400 in the past
two weeks, but suddenly
had enough money to buy
drugs and give money to
his wife, Farmer said.
At the same time,
Sandra Joyner was becoming increasingly concerned
that her husband was missing.
There were a flurry of
phone calls and text messages concerning various
places Joyner Sr. could be,
including a farm auction
and sale. However, friends
said Joyner Sr. never mentioned going to a farm auction or sale, Farmer said.
The calls and text messages continued beyond 11
p.m. the night of April 26,
and Joyner Sr. was still
missing.
Then Joyner Jr. told
friends that his father had
come home drunk, was
fighting with Sandra and
that he was concer ned
about her safety.
Forensics revealed no
alcohol in Joyner Sr.’s
blood at the time of his
death, Farmer said.
The next day, Joyner Jr.
reported to work in Virginia Beach. He also used
his father’s credit card to
purchase $55 in gas at a station in Holland, Farmer
said.
The investigation would
later reveal that the VISA
card was hidden under an
insert in one of Joyner Jr.’s
10%
boots.
Sandra did not report to
work, nor did she call,
which was considered
highly unusual, Farmer
said.
By that time, friends had
become concer ned and
went to the Joyners’ house
on Walters Highway. The
doors and windows were
locked, but Joyner Sr.’s
truck was backed up to the
garage and that door was
open.
The friends called the
Isle of Wight Sheriff ’s Office and asked them to
check the house. Deputies
called Joyner Jr. who said
he saw his parents the
night before and they were
fine. He also told deputies
he would come to the house
and let them in, Farmer
said.
He didn’t arrive, so the
deputies relied on another
relative to let them in the
house.
Inside they found
Sandra dead, her head
wrapped in bloody towels
in the bathroom. It appeared she had been
dragged from the kitchen.
Sandra had suffered a number of blows to her head
and chest, which resulted
in skull and rib fractures.
Joyner Jr. was questioned about his parents
and gave contradictory and
untrue
infor mation,
Farmer said.
Joyner Sr. was subsequently found in the woods
near the house, dead from
a gunshot wound to the
head. He was face down, his
wallet was missing and a
pants pocket was pulled
out, Farmer said.
Joyner Jr. texted a family member and gave a very
accurate location of his
father’s body, but that location hadn’t been released at
that time, Farmer said.
Shortly after that, a family friend told deputies that
he spotted Joyner Jr. on a
bridge on Blackwater Road
three days after the murder.
The car door and trunk was
open.
Virginia State Police
divers searched the river
and found a fully operational — and loaded —
Remington shotgun. A discarded shotgun “wad” from
the same type of gun was
found at the scene of
Joyner Sr.’s body. Joyner Sr.
liked Remington guns and
there was an instruction
manual for such a shotgun
in the house, but the actual
gun was missing, Farmer
said.
There was also evidence
that Joyner Jr. tried to pin
the crime on one of his
father’s friends, Farmer
said.
Farmer said his team
used the services of a forensic entomologist to determine the time of Joyner
Sr.’s death — a first for his
department. The entomologist was able track the formation of fly eggs and maggots to determine the time
of death, he said.
According to entomologist Mel Bishop, Joyner Sr.
died the morning of April
26, 2012, Farmer said.
Joyner Jr. was arrested
four days later, on April 30.
Following the hearing
and sentencing, family and
friends declined to comment.
Joyner Jr. was convicted
of three capital murder
charges despite there being
just two victims. Two of the
capital murder charges
were in connection with
the death of Joseph Joyner
Sr. One charge was due to
the murder being committed as part of a robbery. The
other had to do with the
same individual murdering more than one person
within a three-year period,
the second being Sandra
Joyner. The third capital
charge was for Sandra
Joyner and it qualified as
capital murder because she
was the second person
killed by the same person
within a three-year period.
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where he had been living
with his wife and young
children. He brought his
oldest son with him and
lived with his mother in
Southampton County.
Joyner Jr. got a job as a
salesman with a resort in
Virginia Beach, but soon
got behind in his child support payments, Far mer
said.
He was receiving financial support from his father, Joyner Sr. and his
mother.
However, there was
some conflict over the custody of his oldest son,
which led to a flurry of angry text messages between
Joyner Jr. and his wife in
Louisiana. Joyner Jr. said
his father was going to buy
him a house, but now that
was messed up, Far mer
said.
Joyner Sr. and Sandra
were also thinking about
removing Joyner Jr. from
their will. Upon their
death, Joyner Jr. was expected to inherit a “substantial” amount of assets,
Farmer said.
Joyner Sr. told friends
he was done helping
Joyner Jr. financially, and
was planning to remove
him from the will so he
wouldn’t “squander” the
funds, Farmer said, adding
that Joyner Sr. wanted to
provide for his grandchildren.
There was evidence that
Joyner Jr. asked around
about finding someone he
could hire to kill an older
couple in a rural location,
Farmer said.
Also around that time,
Joyner Jr. developed a sudden interest in turkey hunting, Farmer said. Joyner
Sr. enjoyed turkey hunting.
The last person to see
Joyner Sr. alive was a
neighbor who stopped by to
buy some collards. Joyner
Sr. had a vegetable business
and kept a lot of cash
around the house so he
could provide change to
customers.
The woman would have
testified that Joyner Sr. told
her to come back the next
day so he could give her a
fresher bag of collards,
Farmer said.
On the day of the murder, April 26, 2012, Joyner
Jr. went to his father’s
house presumably to go
turkey hunting. He also
sent several text messages
to his drug dealer in North
Carolina, Farmer said.
The collard customer
did return that morning,
but instead of Joyner Sr.,
she encountered Joyner Jr.
who sold her the wilted bag
of collards that Sr. had
wanted to replace, Farmer
said.
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Hildebrand and Eley
said the school board spent
the money on the premise
that the county would return the funds.
So far, a decision on the
carryover funds is in limbo.
It was expected that the
supervisors would consider the issue of the
carryover funds this week,
but at least one Board member said the requested information came too late for
a decision at the Feb. 21
meeting.
The schools are now experiencing a funding crisis
as the 2012 bills have been
paid with 2013 money, leaving some 2013 expenses —
like teacher salaries — potentially unfunded.
“We’re certainly not going to let the teachers go
unpaid,” Alphin said during a phone interview Friday.
But Alphin was concerned about fluctuating
carryover requests that
have grown from $906,000 to
$1.47 million.
School spokesperson
Kenita Bowers said the
money requested by the
schools hasn’t changed.
What has changed is the
amount the supervisors
wanted to see documentation for.
The Board had requested documentation for
$906,000, and the schools
provided it, she said.
In determining whether
to retur n the money,
Alphin wants to ensure the
schools didn’t spend their
year-end money just to
spend it.
“Were they viable yearend projects, and what was
the commitment level?”
FOIA
Andrea Clontz is an assistant to the county administrator and made the
request on behalf of
Casteen.
Alan Gernhardt, staff
attorney with the Virginia
of Freedom of Information
Advisory Council, said
Perera’s reference to a
“solo” request and then a
board vote didn’t make
sense.
The procedure for requesting and obtaining
public information is the
same for all residents of
Virginia, Gernhardt said.
“The law does not distinguish between a citizen
of the Commonwealth and
government employees …
when an employee makes a
FOIA request, he is acting
in his capacity as a citizen
and is entitled to the same
rights and protections as
other citizens making the
same
request.
An
employee’s FOIA request
should not be responded to
any differently than other
requests, and should be
handled in the same routine manner,” according to
a written response dated
June 2003 by the Advisory
Council to a similar issue
in another locality.
Gernhardt said that, for
the sake of clarity, it’s advantageous for a single
Board member, or government employee making a
request to another governing board or office to indicate that it’s being done as
a FOIA request, and as a
resident of the locality.
When Casteen alerted
fellow Board members to
the refusal, Newport Supervisor Buzz Bailey and
Windsor Supervisor Dee
Dee Darden said they
wanted to be included in
the FOIA request.
School Board member
Herb DeGroft agreed that
someone at the school administrative office had gotten “wound around the
axle” and that the only way
he was able to get information from the schools in the
past was to make a FOIA
request.
DeGroft
suggested
Thursday that the School
Board bring in a FOIA expert.
“I think everyone needs
to be educated on the
breadth and depth of FOIA,
The request
Following is the initial request by Smithfield Supervisor Al Casteen to the school CFO Phillip
Bradshaw. The request was sent via the assistant to
the county administrator, Andrea Clontz, and was
dated Feb. 8.
“We’ve had a Board member request the total budget amount for the School’s Legal Department for the
last 5 years. If outside legal support is not captured
in this amount, they’d also like the budgeted amount
for outside legal support for the last 5 years.”
Following is the response from the schools, dated
Feb. 15:
Summary of Expenses by year*
2008 $41, 197.54
2009 $40, 577.01
2010 $41, 935.59
2011 $46, 923.68
2012 $18, 632.03
(*Former school board attorney Woodrow Crook
retired in August 2011. Crook was not an employee
of the school board, but billed separately for legal
services. Current school board attorney Paul Burton
was hired in late 2011 for $75,000 a year for 25 hours a
week).
said DeGroft in an interview on Monday.
It would benefit everyone — including the school
board, board of supervisors and planning commission, he said.
According to the law in
Virginia, any request for
public
infor mation,
whether written or verbal,
constitutes a FOIA request.
has been told on several
occasions by school officials that, after requesting
information, it had to submit a “FOIA request” although the initial written
communication constituted a FOIA request.
School officials have also
gone beyond the required
five days in providing a response to The Smithfield
Times. The newspaper continued to make the request
for information until it was
finally honored.
After the initial rebuff,
and with the clock ticking
on a response, Casteen also
inquired about possible
penalties for violating the
Freedom of Information
Act.
Popovich said that willful and knowing violations
may result in a civil penalty between $500 - $2,000.
For a second or subsequent
violation, the penalty increases to $2,000 - $5,000.
Casteen said the issue
arose when he found out
the School Board was going
straight to the General Assembly with a bill to
change the rules about
carryover funds at the end
of the fiscal year.
Casteen questioned the
size of the school’s legal
budget if it had the time
and money to lobby for
changes in the law. Casteen
said he also wanted to see
if the budget for the
school’s legal department
had increased significantly
in the past five years.
The bill, introduced by
Del. Rick Morris (R-64th)
died at the subcommittee
level. The School Board and
Board of Supervisors are
currently in conflict over
more than $900,000 left over
at the end of the fiscal year.
The School Board wants to
keep the money, stating it
will go to bills and purchases incurred before the
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To help alleviate the burden, the schools have
stopped all spending, Eley
said.
“All spending is stopped.
All schools, everybody,” he
said, adding that all spending requests must go
through central office staff
and hiring has been reduced to mandatory positions only.
The schools have also
exceeded their instruction
budget by $200,000 because
of increased healthcare
contributions
and
unbudgeted substitute
teacher expenses, Eley
said.
The schools have seen
increased
substitute
teacher expenses due to the
flu epidemic, said Eley.
Eley said that Superintendent Katrise Perera had
recently substituted for a
day, as have some central
office staff that still have
teaching credentials.
Other times, classes are
divided amongst two other
teachers, he said.
The school system’s
electricity expense is over
budget by $100,000, and the
special education budget is
over by $420,000, he added.
Instead of only sharing
bad news, Alphin suggested the Board come back
Supervisors have asked for with information about armore information before eas in which the schools
making a decision.
are under budget.
Heading into fiscal year
Casteen has since
amended his FOIA request 2014, school officials were
concer ning the school asked by the Board of Susystem’s legal budget and pervisors to reduce their
budget by five percent to
expenses.
anticipate reduced state
funding.
But pared with cutbacks
in federal funding, the two
School Board members
said it’s not possible.
“There’s no way we can
show a five percent less
budget,” Eley said.
Eley said it’s “impossible” to cut the budget by
five percent and still meet
state mandates.
For their part, the supervisors are looking at a $5.5
million deficit for the 2014
fiscal year.
Compared to last fiscal
year, the county will be
short $1.3 million for unused bond funds, $1.1 million for real estate that remains unsold, $1.6 million
because the supervisors
didn’t make the tax rate
revenue neutral last year
and $2 million in debt payment increases, Alphin
said.
“Our backs are against
the wall,” Alphin said.
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Annual report shows bay improvement
dangerously out of balance, I am cautiously optimistic for the future. The
federal/state Clean Water
Blueprint for the Chesapeake Bay is in place and
beginning to work.”
The State of the Bay Report is a comprehensive
measure of the Bay’s
health, evaluating the following indicators: oysters,
shad, crabs, striped bass
(rockfish), underwater
grasses, wetlands, forested
buffers, resource lands,
toxics, water clarity, dissolved oxygen, and phosphorus and nitrogen pollution. CBF scientists compile and examine the best
available historical and upto-date infor mation for
each indicator and assign it
an index score, between 1100, and a letter grade.
Taken together, these indicators offer an assessment
of Bay health.
In 2012, levels of phosphorus pollution improved,
as did levels of dissolved
oxygen, resource lands,
oysters and crabs. Underwater grasses were the only
indicator that declined, a
result of higher water temperatures that caused eel
grass die-offs in the lower
Bay and heavy rains that
washed sediment and pollution into local waterways.
This year’s score of 32 is
still far short of the goal of
70, which would represent
a saved Bay. The unspoiled
Bay ecosystem described
by Captain John Smith in
the 1600s, with its extensive
forests and wetlands, clear
water, abundant fish and
oysters, and lush growths
of submerged vegetation,
serves as the benchmark,
and would rate a 100 on
CBF’s scale.
“We
have
made
progress, but much of the
Bay and many local waterways don’t provide healthy
habitat for fish, oysters and
other aquatic life,” Baker
said. “Pollution has cost
thousands of jobs and continues to put human health
at risk.”
The Clean Water Blueprint requires all the Bay
states to ratchet down pollution to local creeks, rivers and the Bay. State and
local governments will be
held responsible for those
reductions or potentially
lose federal funding and be
denied federal permits.
“We have never before
had this level of accountability and transparency in
Bay restoration efforts,”
Baker said. “This is indeed
THE moment in time for
the Bay. Our children and
grandchildren can inherit
a restored Chesapeake Bay,
but only if we continue the
hard work and investments
that will lead to success.”
CBF is working throughout the region to ensure the
success of the Clean Water
Blueprint.
Tornado drill planned in March
RICHMOND — Registration is now open for the
March 12 Statewide Tornado Drill. Businesses and
organizations, schools and
colleges, and families and
individuals can practice
taking cover from tornadoes by participating in
this annual safety exercise,
set for 9:45 a.m.
“During the past two
years, 62 twisters hit Virginia,” said Michael Cline,
state coordinator for emergency management. “In
fact, in 2011 we had the second highest number on
record.
Ten people were killed
and more than 100 were injured. More than 210 homes
were destroyed. It’s critically important that everyone know what to do when
a tornado warning is issued.”
The annual drill is a
joint effort of the National
Weather Service and the
Virginia Department of
Emergency Management.
To start the drill, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a test
tornado warning will be
sent by the NWS to NOAA
Weather Radios. These radios will sound a tone alert
and message, or flash to indicate a message, simulating what people will hear
or see during an actual tornado war ning. The test
message then will be broadcast by many local radio
and TV stations.
Registration for the
Statewide Tornado Drill is
not required, but residents
are encouraged to sign up
to show their support.
Learn more about tornado
safety, how to hold a drill,
and how to register for the
drill
at
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r e a d y v i r g i n i a /
stayinformed/tornadoes.
Here’s a look back at tornadoes in Virginia during
2012:
•11 tornadoes were recorded (8 EF0 and 3 EF1).
•There were no deaths,
but six people were injured.
•Property damage totaled $3 million.
•The highest number of
tornados occurred in June
(6).
During 2011:
•51 tornadoes hit, the
second highest number on
record (87 struck in 2004).
•In April, 10 people died
and more than 100 were injured.
•Most tor nadoes occurred during April, but
tor nadoes also were recorded in March, May, August, September, October
and November.
•In April, 212 homes and
17 businesses were destroyed; more than 1,050
homes and businesses were
damaged.
•Nearly every part of
Virginia experienced tornadoes, including mountain areas.
•One-third of the tornadoes struck at night when
people were asleep.
In Virginia, CBF’s priorities for 2013 include:
•Ensuring the state legislature approves critical
funding for upgrading municipal wastewater treatment plants, controlling
stormwater runoff, and assisting farmers with soil
and water conservation
practices.
•Working with state and
local officials to ensure Vir-
ginia meets its two-year
Bay cleanup benchmarks.
•Ensuring
Virginia
implements the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries
Commission’s menhaden
management plan protecting menhaden, the Bay ecosystem, and fisheries jobs.
The CBF 2012 State of
the Bay Report is available
at www.cbf.org/2012state
ofthebay.
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ANNAPOLIS
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Chesapeake Bay continued
to show improvement in
several areas last year, and
its health has made a 10
percent improvement in
less than five years, according to a recent report.
The Chesapeake Bay
Foundation’s (CBF) 2012
State of the Bay Report
shows the health of the Bay
improved one point over
the last report in 2010, and
is up four points since 2008,
a 10 percent improvement
in less than five years. Of
the 13 indicators that make
up the report, five improved, seven stayed the
same and only one declined.
“Continued progress
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work together to save local
rivers, streams, and the
Chesapeake Bay,” CBF
President William C. Baker
said. “While the Bay is still
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By Abby Proch
Staff writer
WINDSOR — Windsor
Town Council recently
voted to enter a contract
with Moody’s A.V.E.S. to
provide the town’s curbside
recycling pick up.
The cost per household
is $5.50 per month.
Biweekly pickups will
start this year.
Moody’s would likely
pick up Windsor’s recycling at the end of its
Franklin route, said Town
Manager Michael Stallings
at the Nov. 13 Town Council meeting.
Single-stream recycling
includes aluminum cans,
cardboard (no wax coating
and must be broken down),
catalogs and magazines,
junk mail, newspaper, of- tralized drop-off point like
fice paper, metal cans, glass the transfer station.
and plastic.
Windsor residents can
Although the town en- opt not to recycle or to take
tered a franchise agree- their recyclables to a
ment with Moody’s, the county transfer station —
household recycling con- the closest is on Stave Mill
tracts will be between the Road.
With the curbside serresidents and Moody’s, said
vice, residents would have
Stallings.
the choice to enter a direct
The town conducted a contract, without town insurvey last year, and sur- volvement, with the comvey results indicated indif- pany that collects the
ference toward curbside re- recyclables.
cycling.
Town Council had once
However, many resi- considered curbside recydents indicated that are cling paid by the town, but
tuted a violation of School willing to — or already do dropped that option due to
Board policy, it did not rise — take recyclables to a cen- increased costs.
to the level of criminal conduct.
The older computers
had been in storage and no
longer being used in the
schools, Farmer said.
The subjects of the investigation are also no
longer employed by the Isle
of Wight County school
system.
Prosecutor finds it
wasn’t embezzlement
Although initially described as a case of embezzlement at the Isle of
Wight County school administrative office, an investigation found no evidence of criminal activity.
Commonwealth’s Attorney
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statement Friday stating
that while the disposal of
older computers consti-
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Eugene Spratling Jr. to
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Secretary of Housing and Claremont, $0
Marty Alexander Spivey
Urban, 1.279 Cobham Disto Marty Alexander Hebb,
trict, $10
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and Urban to George A.
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et al to Chris D. Gayle et al, Blackwater, $0
Charles Bell to Prince
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George Electric Coop, 40 ft
District, $275,000
Gwaltney Farms LLC to r/w 3.40 acres Blackwater,
Prince George Electric $0
Horace King to Prince
Coop, 40 ft r/w 414.39 acres
George Electric Coop, 40 ft
Guilford District, $0
Swanns Point Farm LLC r/w 47.75 acres Blackwater,
to Swanns Point Planta- $0
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tion, 1,657.67 acres Guilford
11965 Rolfe Hwy LLC, 2 parDistrict, $7,819,500
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Dew Timberland LLC to trict, $197,000
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Wednesday, Feb. 20
SNIP VAN—The Surry SNIP clinic
will be at Bacon’s Castle Baptist
Church Feb. 20, 10-11 a.m.
offering low-cost spay/neuter
surgery and walk-up service for
vaccines and flea preventative.
Vaccines and single flea treatment,
$15. Cash only. For info and to
schedule surgery appointments,
call Valerie at 371-9236/2943859.
AARP MTG—The Windsor area
AARP is meeting Wednesday, Feb.
20, 10 a.m. Meetings are every
third Wednesday, September-June.
Local membership dues are $3/
year. Optional: $1 for a 50/50
raffle and door prizes. Guest
speaker is Sarah Walden, Senior
Services of Southeastern Virginia.
AARP driver safety classes are
April 23-24. Info: 651-8632.
Thursday, Feb. 21
ARTFUL THURSDAYS—Children
can learn a bit of art history while
making Matisse cutouts with
colored paper on Feb. 21, 3:30-5
p.m. at the Rawls Museum. Ages
6-10. $10 members/$15 nonmembers. Snacks and materials
included. Register at 653-0754.
BIZ CONSULTS—The Isle of WightSmithfield-Windsor Chamber of
Commerce is accepting
reservations for small business
consultations on Feb. 21 through
our partnership with the Small
Business Development Center of
Hampton Roads. Call 357-3502 or
email [email protected].
SURRY PARKS—Winter activities
are ongoing at the Surry
Community Center: Zumba, 6-7
p.m.
Friday, Feb. 22
FISH FRY—The Men’s Club of
Good Shepherd Catholic Church is
sponsoring a fish fry fundraiser
Friday, Feb. 22 at the church, 300
Smithfield Blvd. Takeout dinners
from 5-7 p.m. $7/dinner. Includes
fried fish, french fries, coleslaw,
and hush puppies. Benefits church
programs.
BLUEGRASS— The Carrollton
Volunteer Fire Department’s
monthly “Firehouse Bluegrass”
concert with Kody Norris and the
Watauga Mountain Boys is Friday,
Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. at Fire Station
10, 15020 Carrollton Blvd. $5
admission. Benefits fire/rescue
service and nearby mutual aid
districts in Smithfield and northern
Suffolk. Hot dogs and drinks
available. Bring your own chair.
Info: 613-6183.
Saturday, Feb. 23
WALKING TOUR—Explore the Isle
of Wight County Court House Feb.
23, 3 p.m. with a historical walking
tour led by local historian Albert
Burckard. The tour will last
approximately one hour.
Reservations are not required.
Wear comfortable shoes.
•War is Peace•
•Freedom is Slavery•
•Ignorance is Strength•
Examples of “newspeak” from the novel “1984”
Windsor High School students brush up
against the concept of totalitarianism
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Paranoid.
That’s how members of the
Windsor High School AP Literature class felt last week as every
move they made was scrutinized
and recorded by unidentified
“thought police.”
Those who violated the rules
had to write more pages for their
paper. And the paper has to be
written in “newspeak.”
“The whole week has been
stressful,” said senior Ryan
Boals.
It was all part of a project
based on the 1949 novel by George
Orwell, “1984.” The novel describes a totalitarian world terrorized by Big Brother and the
Party.
So rather than just have the
students read the novel, teacher
Luann Scott decided to create her
own version of a totalitarian
state — at least at school.
“What’s interesting is how
paranoid they start getting,”
Scott said about her students.
Of the 27 students in the class,
five were secretly informed they
were to act as “thought police.”
Their job was to observe and
record 10 possible infractions
committed by their classmates,
or “comrades.” And they were to
do it without being detected.
“It makes me paranoid. You’re
always looking for what you’re
doing,” said comrade Racquel
Doherty.
And Doherty flubbed on just
one rule throughout the entire
week — she didn’t carry her
books in her right hand.
By the end of the project,
Davis Earnhardt had the most
infractions — seven.
“I don’t know when I’m making them. They’re observant,”
Earnhardt said of the thought
police.
Every evening, members of
the thought police had to email
their list of offenders and infractions to “Big Brother.” And each
day during class, the list was
flashed up on the board.
“We seem to have some repeat
offenders,” said Scott.
Macon Cobb protested his infraction.
“I’d rather they be honest
thought police,” Cobb said.
“It doesn’t matter. They’re out
to get you,” Earnhardt said.
Thought police could report
actual infractions — or falsely
accuse a comrade.
“It teaches them the frustration of being in a government, a
political structure that completely controls their life,” Scott
said.
Cassidy Doiron was tapped to
be a member of the thought police.
At first she dreaded the task of
reporting her classmates, but it
wasn’t as hard as she thought it
would be.
“All you have to do is watch
people and they’ll make mistakes,” she said.
Thought police can incur in-
Her strategy was to go along with
the others when they thought
they had guessed the identity of
a thought police.
Doiron was even sure her best
friend didn’t know she was a
member of the thought police.
But then again, Doiron wasn’t
positive of the status of her
friend either.
Boals said some of his classmates formed pacts with each
other concerning reporting infractions, which resulted in a lot
of misinformation and secrecy.
“It’s one big circle of thinking.
The only time you’re safe is when
you’re at home, Boals said.
“It’s one big circle of thinking. The
only time you’re safe is when you’re
at home.”
Can you guess
which student
pictured below
was a member
of the “thought
police”?
— “comrade” Ryan Boals
Windsor High School
fractions too — which makes trying to figure out their identities
that more difficult.
“You have to watch for people
to mess up and then watch your
own back,” Doiron said.
The thought police were told
to watch for comrades breaking
a rule, such as failing to greet
their teachers with “I am eager
to learn today.” Other rules included having to wear blue every
day and use the standard-issue
party blue pen for all class work
except in math.
The mystery surrounding the
identity of the five thought police
and the stress of publicly incurring infractions — which could
result in more class work — led
to gossip and speculation about
friends and classmates involved
in the project.
Members of the AP Literature
class huddled together at lunch
and throughout school trying to
guess the identity of the thought
police. For comrades, correctly
guessing the identity of at least
one member of the thought police meant they didn’t have to
write a paper. Thought police
who were discovered had to write
a paper.
By Friday, Doiron was sure no
one had guessed that she was a
member of the thought police.
BRUNSWICK STEW—The Isle of
Wight Ruritan Club will sponsor a
Brunswick stew sale Saturday, Feb.
23. Pick-up noon-4 p.m. at the
Ruritan Building on Courthouse
Highway. $5 donation per quart.
Info and tickets: 478-5811.
FUNDRAISER—Eat at Main Street
Restaurant, at 837 W. Main St.,
Saturday, Feb. 23, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.
and 20 percent of your bill will be
donated to Smithfield Chapter
#127 of the Order of the Eastern
Star. Present this calendar entry
with your order.
BREAKFAST— Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 8545’s fundraising
breakfast featuring salted fried
herring is Saturday, Feb. 23 at
223, 7-10 a.m. on Washington St.
across from the Smithfield Library.
Includes scrambled eggs, bacon,
sausage gravy, grits, biscuits,
mixed fruit, cornbread, coffee,
omelets and juice. $8 donation.
Proceeds support local veterans
and community projects.
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Members of the Windsor High School AP Literature clsses
“thought police” emailed “Big Brother” each night with a list
of infractions committed by their comrades. Infractions could
result in longer papers at the end of the lesson on George
Orwell’s novel “1984.” The number represents the infraction,
• See CALENDAR p. 12 followed by the location of the violation.
Vince DeTerlizzi was also a
member of the thought police. He
tried to be observant, but not assign too many infractions out of
fear of being identified — and
having to write a paper as a result.
He also refrained from making false accusations against his
comrades.
“I’m a pretty honest person
and try to be as honest as possible.”
Other thought police seemed
to swing in the other direction
and took advantage of their
power,
DeTerlizzi
said.
“That’s what would happen in a
totalitarian government.”
Before embarking on the
project, the class had finished
reading the first part of “1984,”
which introduced the main character, Winston Smith, a member
of the outer party and responsible for rewriting history for the
party. The first part also introduces the concept of Big Brother,
the Party, “thoughtcrime” and
the constant surveillance of citizens.
DeTerlizzi said he doesn’t like
the book because he’s used to society as it is in the United States.
“I could never survive that,”
he said of living in a totalitarian
state.
Doherty found the book
“creepy.” She sees some parallels
today with the use of telescreens
and drones, but more so during
the Nazi era in Germany.
Boals likes the book because
“I’m really into the whole government conspiracy takeover
theory.” As for parallels today,
Boals figures world leaders know
more than the public, who are often left in the dark. Plus, there’s
the question of how much the
public needs to know, he said.
Who is Big Brother?
Cassidy Doiron
Davis Earnhardt
Racquel Doherty
Ryan Boals
Some definitions from“1984”
Big Brother — the unseen
dictator of Oceania, the
totalitarian state featured in
“1984.”
Newspeak — a simplified
language used to prevent
alternative thinking or “thought
crimes.” It is also represented in
phrases such as “War is Peace.”
Comrade — the average citizen,
also known as “proles.” In
“1984” the proles make up the
majority of the population.
Vince DeTerlizzi
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Sunday, Feb. 24
BLACK HISTORY—The Surry
County African American
Heritage Society and Surry
County Parks and Recreation
present the annual Black
History Month program
Sunday, Feb. 24, 3 p.m. at
L.P. Jackson High School in
Dendron. Honorees are:
Ralph Bailey, Edward
Barham, Armenta Harris, Ray
Peace and Cleopatra Clarke
Savedge. $20 donation/
adults. $12/kids. Includes
food and drink. Info: 2943044.
PANCAKES—A Relay for Life
Pancake Breakfast is
Sunday, Feb. 24, 8-11:30
a.m. at Gatling Pointe Yacht
Club, hosted by the Rising
Hope Youth Team. All –youcan-eat pancakes, bacon,
sausage, orange juice,
coffee and tea. $6/10 and
up, $3 under 10. All
proceeds go to the American
Cancer Society. Info: 3570693.
Tuesday, Feb. 26
FREE MOVIE—Free movie
night is Tuesday, Feb. 26,
4:30 p.m. at the Hobbs
Suffolk Campus, 271 Kenyon
Rd., and 7 p.m. at the
Regional Workforce
Development Center, 100
North College Dr. in Franklin.
Movie is foreign film
“Malena,” about a young
school boy who falls in love
with a WWII widow in 1941
Sicily. Movie is 106 minutes
and rated R.
Wednesday, Feb. 27
SEAC MEETING—The Isle of
Wight County Schools
Special Education Advisory
Committee (SEAC) meets
Feb. 27 and April 24, 6:30
p.m. at the Carrollton
Elementary School Parent
Resource Center.
NURSES MTG—Western
Tidewater Free Clinic will
host a Nurses Orientation
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 10:00
a.m. Call Vicki Butler at 9231060 x7003 or email
[email protected] to
register or for more info.
Thursday, Feb. 28
AMERICAN LEGION—The
American Legion Post #160
will hold its monthly meeting
Feb. 28, 7 p.m. at the New
Harvest Church, across from
the fire station, in Surry.
PLAYGROUND—Windsor
Castle Park Foundation is
conducting a survey to
gather information about a
Natural Playground that is in
the early stages of design.
Go to
www.WindsorCastlePark.com
to complete a survey or pick
up a written survey at the
YMCA or Smithfield/Isle of
Wight Tourism office. The
survey is available until Feb.
28.
Saturday, March 2
FISH FRY—A Carrollton
Ruritan Club Fish Fry, which
benefits the U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary Flotilla, is
Saturday, March 2, noon-6
p.m. at the Carrollton
Ruritan Club, 14138
Norsworthy Dr. Eat-in or
drive-thru. Tickets available
from club members. Adults/
$7. Kids 10 & under/$4.
Includes fish, potatoes, slaw,
hush puppies and tea.
Desserts sold separately by
The Carrollton Women’s
Club. Info: 238-2648.
Tuesday, March 5
WRITERS GROUP—Isle of
Wight Writers Group meets
Tuesday, March 5, 7 p.m. at
Mansion on Main B&B in
Smithfield. Info: 357-0006
or on Facebook.
POST-LEGISLATIVE— The
Chamber of Commerce will
host the Richard J. Holland
Post-Legislative Breakfast
Forum Tuesday, March 5, 8
a.m. at The Smithfield
Center. Local legislative
representatives will discuss
issues addressed during the
legislative session. A Q&A
session will follow. For
reservations, call 357-3502
or go to www.theisle.org.
Upcoming
BOOK CLUB—The
selection for February is
“Bring up the Bodies,” by
Hilary Mantel. New
members welcome. Feb.
21, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Windsor Public Library
KNITTING—Knitting for
beginners is every
Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Registration required.
TUTORING—One-hour
computer tutoring 1st and
3rd Wednesday afternoons
by appointment.
HISTORY’S ALIVE—
Storyteller Sheila Arnold
tells black and Civil Warera tales Feb. 23, 1 p.m.
DR SEUSS— A birthday
party for Dr. Seuss,
Saturday, March 2, noon.
This is also “Read across
America Day.” Snacks, a
craft, entertainment and
birthday cake provided.
Registration is required as
space is limited.
COUPONING—Advanced
couponing class, Tuesday,
March 12, 6-8 p.m.
Seating is limited so
description of the nominee’s
activities and involvement.
Nominations accepted
through March 1 to
Smithfield Ruritan Club/
Citizen of the Year, P. O. Box
114, Smithfield, VA 23431
or email to
[email protected].
Recipient announced March 28.
HEART MONTH—February is
Claremont Public Library
Phone: 866-8627
Smithfield Public Library
255 James Street
Phone: 357-2264, 357-4856
FEST VOLUNTEER—Taking
applications for individual
volunteers for the April 13
Smithfield Wine & Brew Fest
at
www.SmithfieldVaWineBrewFest.com.
Volunteers receive event
ticket and a t-shirt. Last-shift
sponsors get a gift card to
Smithfield Station. If
volunteering with an
organization, sign up through
your group. Call 357-5182.
WINE FEST—Wine & Brew
Fest, April 13, 11 a.m.-5
p.m., tickets and tables are
limited. Purchase tickets
online now at
www.SmithfieldVaWineBrewFest.com
or starting. Feb 11 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.
CITIZEN OF YEAR—Submit
nominations for “Citizen of
the Year.” Nominees should
live in the Smithfield area
and their activities should
benefit Smithfield area
residents. Include nominee’s
name, address, phone
number and a complete
18 Duke Street
Phone: 242-3046
On the Internet:
www.blackwaterlib.org
registration is required.
TECH CRAFT — Teen tech
craft Tuesday, March 12,
6-8 p.m. Create macramé
jewelry from VHS tapes
and pencil holders from
floppy disks.
LEGOS—The library is
seeking donations of
LEGOS for a summer
LEGO club.
BOOK CLUB—The book
club is discussing “The
Yellow Birds” by Kevin
Powers, March 13, 2-3
p.m.
Windsor
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.
Registration not required.
American Heart Month and
as a leading nonprofit
dedicated to strengthening
community through healthy
living, the Luter Family YMCA
urges everyone in our
community to take steps to
prevent chronic diseases.
Visit the Y for a free day
pass at 259 James St.,
Smithfield.
www.peninsulaymca.org.
popular black composer
in the late 1800s.
In 1948, the Lions of
Virginia were instrumental in having Bland’s
composition, “Carry Me
Back to Old Virginny,”
adopted as a state song,
although the song was
retired in 1997 because it
was considered offensive
to blacks.
The regional finals
will be held March 23, 1
p.m. at Smithfield High
School’s auditorium.
The event is free and
open to the public.
Governmental meetings
•Isle of Wight Planning
Commission, 6 p.m.,
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2nd floor,
757.357.3861
Accounting, Tax and
Financial Planning Services
Diana F. Beale, CPA • Deborah A. Curran, CPA
Certified Public Accountants
county courthouse, 17100
Monument Circle, 357-3191
•Windsor Planning Commission, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, Windsor Municipal Building, 8 E.
Windsor Blvd., 242-6218
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SCAVENGER HUNT—
Teens can enter to win an
Amazon gift card by
following clues posted
March 10 on the
Blackwater Regional
Library website
(www.blackwaterlib.org) or
Facebook
(www.facebook.com/
blackwaterlib. Answers
due March 16.
Bland music winners
•Isle of Wight Board of
Supervisors, 5 p.m.,
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2nd
floor, county courthouse,
17100 Monument Circle,
357-3191
1801 South Church Street, Smithfield, VA 23430
www.bealeandcurran.com
11640 Rolfe Highway
Phone: 294-3949
Winners of the local James Bland Memorial
Music Competition are, left to right: Emily
Grace Harris, Cami Castleberry and Breon
Case.
Windsor High School
sophomore Cami Leigh
Castleberry, 15, was the
winner of the vocalist
category of the James
Bland Memorial Music
Competition.
Emily Grace, 16, of
Smithfield was the winner of the instrumentalist category.
Breon Case of Norfolk
will also advance to the
regional finals in the vocalist category.
Sponsored by the
Smithfield Lions club,
the competition is in
honor of James Bland, a
Beale & Curran, P.C.
Surry Public Library
NIAGARA FALLS—Surry
County Parks and Recreation
presents a 7-day trip to
Niagara Falls and Toronto
June 23-29. $599 per
person, based on double
occupancy. The trip departs
the Surry Community Center
8 a.m., June 23. Info: Sheryl
Newby at 294-3002.
SLT SCHOLARSHIP—The
deadline to apply for the
Smithfield Little Theatre
scholarship is March 29. To
apply or donate, go to
www.smithfieldlittletheatre.org.
For info, call Elaine Dairo,
365-0387.
Let us help you keep your
hard earned money!
Carrollton Public Library
14362 New Towne Haven
Phone: 238-2641
Carrollton
Don’t let the
IRS empty
your pockets!
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STUFFED—“Stuffed” Dog
Show, Feb 20, 2:30-3:20
p.m., grades PK - 6. Each
child may bring one
stuffed dog to compete
and all entries will be
judged and awards
presented. Hear a story,
make a craft, and enjoy
refreshments.
Registration is required.
Call 357-2264.
BLACK HISTORY—Billicia
Hines, director of theater
at Elizabeth City State
University, performs a onewoman show titled “Hela:
The Life and After-Life of
Henrietta Lacks.” Also
performing is the mime
troop Loud/Silence. Local
memorabilia will be on
display. The program is
held Feb. 24, 3-4:30 p.m.
at The Smithfield Center,
220 N. Church St.
G2-013013
Contact Director Webbie Sauls, 357-7513,
Church Office, 357-3659
201 Cedar St.
Smithfield,VA 23430
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“Tebow bill” shot down
By Paige Baxter
Capital News Service
RICHMOND — A Senate
committee Thursday shot
down the “Tebow bill”
aimed at allowing homeschoolers to participate in
public schools’ sports and
other extracurricular activities.
The Senate Education
and Health Committee defeated House Bill 1442 on a
7-8 vote, thus taking the
matter off the table for this
legislative session.
All of the Republicans
on the committee except
Sen. Harry Blevins, RChesapeake, voted in favor
of HB 1442. Blevins joined
the seven Democratic committee members in opposing the bill.
The legislation is nicknamed for NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, who as a
home-schooler in Florida
played football for his local
high school team.
HB 1442 would have allowed home-schoolers in
Virginia to do the same,
said Delegate Robert Bell,
R-Charlottesville, who
sponsored the measure.
“Home-school kids just
want a chance to try out.”
The committee heard
testimony on the bill
Thursday morning. Bell
brought many homeschooled children, teenagers and even a few college
students to testify and
show their support.
“All I’m asking you … is
to give me simply the opportunity to play sports,”
said Eli Marellus, a 14-yearold home-schooler.
Virginia is one of 21
states that do not give
home-schoolers access to
play public school sports.
The remaining states have
a policy or law permitting
home-schooled students to
participate in public school
activities and sports.
Virginia
SAN FRANCISCO —
Nearly 700 people gathered recently at San
Francisco’s Ferry Building for the third annual
Seedling Projects Good
Food Awards Ceremony
to celebrate this year’s
winners.
Chosen from more than
1,330 entries, S. Wallace
Edwards
and
Sons’
Surryano Ham was selected as a champion in the
Charcuterie Division for
the third year in a row.
Seedling Projects, a
California public benefit
corporation, supports the
sustainable food movement. Through events
and models it engages the
public in finding better
ways to feed communities.
Opinion split on
voter I.D. bill
By Michael Schuster
Capital News Service
RICHMOND — The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee has approved a bill that supporters say would thwart voter
fraud but opponents say
would make it harder to
vote.
The committee voted 8-6
along party lines Tuesday
for a bill that would limit
the number of acceptable
forms of voter identification — the types of documents someone must
present in order to cast a
ballot.
Currently, voters can
identify themselves by presenting a voter registration
card, a driver’s license or
various other documents.
House Bill 1337, proposed
by Delegate Mark Cole, RFredericksburg, would remove utility bills, bank
statements and paychecks
from the list of documents
that would be accepted at
polling places.
By a 63-36 vote on Feb. 5,
the House of Delegates
passed a substitute version
of HB 1337. That version
added a provision that the
acceptable for ms of ID
must be “current and
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Principal’s list — Jalen
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Honor roll — Anthony
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Natalya
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Williams, Reece Young
•Fifth grade
Principal’s list — Benjamin Bryant, Maya Drew,
William Flanders
Conor Little, Brianna
Mackenzie, Jordan Miller,
KyArhea Walthall
Honor roll — Chianti
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RICHMOND — Dominion Virginia Power is warning its customers about a
scam involving phone calls
from a person claiming to
be a company employee,
demanding immediate payment of utility bills. The
caller claims electric service will be cut off unless
the bill is paid within a
Coke Cola Boxes
matter of hours, usually by
using a pre-paid debit card
such as a “Green Dot card.”
The caller also may
claim that a problem with
an electric meter could result in a fire if not immediately replaced, offering reimbursement from Dominion at a later date if payment is made now.
Dominion may phone
customers whose bills are
in arrears to remind them
payment is due, but never
asks for specific payment
information — only directing customers how to make
Ham wins national award
General Assembly
LP Jackson honor roll
LP Jackson Middle
School announces its
honor roll for the first semester.
•Eighth grade
Principal’s list — Jasper
Edwards, Reagen ImanDenise Gilchrist.
Honor roll — Jaelyn
Monae, Hannah Seward
Faison, Sarah Anne
Faison, Collin M. Fisher,
Franshaun Mariah Howell,
Jamal Isaiah Meekins, Mya
Camille Parson, Kandace
Lane’
Pierce,
Jacob
Kimball Saurino, Joselyn
YoJani Sutherland, VyDel
Scott Travis, Kierra Wynn
•Seventh grade
Principal’s list —
Brandie Jefferson, Braila
Pierce, Emily Smith,
Daijah Wooden
Honor roll — Jason
Albet, Kai Baltimore, Lyric
Bauer, Lauryn Charity,
Briana Drew, Christopher
Flowers Jr., Amiir Gay,
Bryne Grissett, Tamia
Howell, Nicholas McLuer,
Faith Nelson, Toni Newby,
Marcellus Pettaway, Ariel
Saunders, Andre Savage
Jr., Na’Quanya Shaw, Molly
Sperry, Taylor Starcher,
Isabelle Sutherland
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a payment. The company
encourages anyone who is
improperly
contacted
about making a payment
over the phone to call 1-866DOM-HELP and local law
enforcement officials. In
addition, customers should
ask to see an official Dominion ID from anyone
who comes to their residence and claims to be from
the company.
The scammers have
been targeting Spanishspeaking customers, the
elderly and businesses
throughout Virginia, but
all customers should be
aware of the possibility of
being scammed. If you
have questions or concerns
about a phone call from
someone claiming to be a
Dominion employee, report
the suspicious activity to
Dominion by calling 1-866DOM-HELP (1-866-3664357).
valid” and “contain a photograph or the name and
address of the voter.”
After approval by the
House, the bill then moved
to the Senate. On Tuesday,
the Senate Privileges and
Elections Committee endorsed the bill. All eight
Republicans on the panel
voted for the bill; all six
Democrats voted against it.
HB 1337 now will be considered by the full Senate.
Cole said he believes the
only way to prevent voter
fraud is to narrow the
forms of ID Virginians can
present at the polls.
“In previous years, the
numbers of acceptable
for ms of identification
have been far too broad. I
thought it was necessary to
tighten up the list to more
acceptable forms of ID,”
Cole said. “By requiring a
photo ID, we can help to
curb deceptive practices.”
However, his bill has
drawn opposition from advocates for elderly and lowincome Virginians, who
tend to vote Democratic
and are less likely to have
a driver’s license or other
photo ID. Critics see the bill
as a bullying tactic to prevent certain people from
voting.
Delegate
Jennifer
McClellan, D-Richmond,
told the Fredericksburg
Free-Lance Star that HB
1337 would hurt older and
less fortunate Virginians.
“There are people —
mostly elderly, many of
them but not all poor —
who do not have any of
these IDs that will be left,
because they don’t drive
anymore or because they
don’t have a valid driver’s
license,” McClellan said.
“All they have is the voter
registration card sent by
the state.”
Under HB 1337, Virginia
residents still could
present voter registration
cards and Social Security
cards as acceptable forms
of ID on Election Day.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the Town Council for the Town of Windsor, Virginia will hold a public hearing
to consider the public comment as to the consideration of the adoption of an ordinance amending section 89-20 of
the Town of Windsor Code to read as follows:
89-20. Amount of tax on coin-operated machines; applicability.
The license tax on each operator (person, firm or corporation selling, leasing, renting or otherwise furnishing such a
device) shall be $200. The tax shall apply to an operator when any such coin-operated machine or device operated
on the coin-in-the-slot principal of such operator is located within the Town of Windsor.
A. Peddlers.
(1) Non Food Peddlers: The license tax on peddlers shall be $50.00 per day.
(2) Food Venders: The license tax on food venders shall be $50.00 per year.
B. Farm vendors. The license tax on farm vendors shall be:
(1) Town market: $30.00 per year.
(2) Others: $5.00 per day or $50.00 per year.
Any person desiring to be heard in favor of or in opposition to or to express his or her views with respect to the
passage of this ordinance may appear before and be heard by The Windsor Town Council at the its regular meeting
to be held in the Windsor Municipal Building, 8 E. Windsor Boulevard, Windsor, Virginia on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
at 7:00 p.m.
TOWN COUNCIL FOR
THE TOWN OF WINDSOR
Robin Hewett
Town Clerk
Publish: February 20, 2013, February 27, 2013
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National Future Farmers
of American Foundation
to offer scholarships for
members wanting to pursue a college education.
The Growing Scholars
program runs through Feb.
24, and Tractor Supply customers can donate $1 at
store registers during the
checkout process to support local FFA chapters and
their members. Ninety percent of funds raised
through Tractor Supply’s
Growing Scholars program will be utilized to
fund scholarships for FFA
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Feral pigs destroyed this corn field in Lee County, Virginia.
Feral pig population
explodes in Virginia
By Diana McFarland
News editor
When colonists came to
Virginia, they brought
hogs from Europe and
turned them loose to forage
in the woods. When they
needed meat, they hunted
the free-range animals.
Later the hogs were penned
and fence laws gradually
controlled them.
Today, however, the
growth of feral hog populations has grown so large
that the USDA ranks feral
pigs as the number one
threat to the nation’s livestock industry, according to
Aaron Proctor, wildlife biologist with the Virginia
Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries.
Between 1988 and 2009
it’s as if “a pig bomb went
off,” across the country,
said Proctor.
In Hampton Roads, feral
pig populations live at
False Cape State Park, Back
Bay Wildlife Refuge and
have been spotted at the
Cavalier Wildlife Management Area in Chesapeake.
That could change. Beyond Hampton Roads, feral
pigs have been reported in
19 counties, and as close as
Dinwiddie County in central Virginia, and biologists are concerned the animals’ range could spread
rapidly.
Feral pigs — whether
Russian boars or former
domesticated swine — are
becoming problematic for
several reasons, Proctor
said.
Feral pigs are hardy and
adaptable, and a mature
sow can produce three litters of up to four to eight
piglets every 14 months.
Once the piglets are
about six months old, there
really aren’t any natural
predators to control the
population, either.
One of the biggest problems, however, is that feral
pigs are becoming more
popular among hunters,
spurred in part by TV
shows such as “Hogs Gone
Wild,” Proctor said.
Since feral pigs do not
migrate, the only way they
can appear in a new place
is if someone brought them
there, he said.
The pigs mysteriously
appear and there are no reports by farmers of missing domesticated swine,
Proctor said.
When wildlife biologists
try to track down the origin
of the wild hogs, rumors
abound.
“There’s always some
character named ‘Texas
Bob,’” Proctor joked.
Feral pigs cause millions of dollars in crop and
plant damage because
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“they’ll pretty much eat
anything,” Proctor said,
adding that the damage
they wreak by rooting
fields is worse than deer or
bear. They are also known
to damage fences and irrigation equipment.
Feral pigs carry 45 different diseases, which can
be infectious to livestock,
pets, native wildlife and
humans.
One disease carried by
feral pigs, pseudorabies,
can kill a dog within 24
hours if infected.
It’s the diseases that
cause concern among commercial pig growers, said
Dr. Allen Harper, extension
animal scientist with the
Tidewater Agricultural Research Extension Center.
To import feral pigs in
hopes of spreading them
for hunting purposes is not
considering animal production at all, he added.
Feral pigs come in all
colors — from black to
brindle to blond — and formerly pink domestic pigs
can revert to wild within
just a few generations,
Proctor said.
Today, feral hogs are reported in 39 states, with the
largest population in Texas
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SPORTS
Feb. 20, 2013
Page 15
Childress signs on with Hampton U
Packers fifth in region
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Packers track and field
star Marquis Childress recently penned a commitment to Hampton University where he will receive a
full scholarship.
Hampton was the
Smithfield senior’s first
choice of schools. There, he
will study sports management.
“I’m looking forward to
improving my technique
and reaching my goals for
my events,” Childress said.
As a competitor in the
Staff Photo by Abby Proch
Bay Rivers District,
Childress posted the follow- Smithfield High School senior Marquis Childress, center, plans to run track
ing career highs: 47’1” in for Hampton University. He is pictured with his mother and father, Beverly
the triple jump, 22’ 9.5” in and Willie Childress.
the long jump, 6’ 6” in the
high jump and 6.84 seconds
in the 55 meter dash.
At Hampton, Childress
aspires to reach a 50-foot
triple jump, a 25-foot long
jump and a 6’ 8” high jump.
Parents, coaches and
friends noted Childress’
humility, leadership and
confidence as his reasons
for success.
Childress also starred
on the Smithfield Packers
football team and hopes to
play football at Hampton in
his sophomore year.
Childress is the son of
Willie
and
Beverly
Childress.
Chargers
defeated
CHESAPEAKE—
StoneBridge Christian continued its mastery this season of Isle of Wight Academy, defeating the Chargers 53-48.
In a game postponed several weeks by a snowstorm,
Isaiah Cotton led the Cavaliers with 15 points; teammates Alex Walker and
Alec Ferley each had 12.
Stonebridge also beat IWA
59-54 Dec. 3 at Jester Gymnasium.
IWA was led by Nathan
Sivertson and his 23 points.
The Chargers led by 6,
11-5, after a quarter and
were tied at 17 at the half.
They led by a basket, 33-31,
after three quarters but
there the fun ended.
StoneBridge scored the
first six points of the
fourth quarter on threepointers by Chidozie
Igbonagwam to take a lead
they never relinquished.
StoneBridge outscored
IWA 22-15 in that quarter.
The Cavaliers also made
good on 11 IWA personal
fouls in the second half,
making 9 of 12 foul shots in
that span.
IWA dropped to 17-7, 8-6
in the Metropolitan Athletic
Conference.
StoneBridge made it back
to the .500 mark at 14-14, 86. Isle of Wight Academy
succumbed to a threepointer barrage from
Broadwater
Academy
Tuesday, falling 83-52, in a
Metro Conference matchup.
Broadwater, which hit
all but one three-pointer in
defeating the Chargers by
14 last month, hit nine
threes on Feb. 4, including
five by Michael Riopel.
Teammate Brendon
Burrows had two and Matthew McCaskill and Frank
Long each had one.
The Chargers trailed 1917 after the first quarter,
but the assault began
shortly thereafter. Riopel
had 9 points in that period,
and six other Vikings
scored as well.
By halftime, the Chargers trailed 45-31.
Then Burrows had 13
points in the third quarter
alone, all but five of his total points.
IWA’s Nathan Sivertson
had 23 points, the only
Charger with double-digit
points, and led his team
with 13 rebounds.
Metro Conference champs
The Isle of Wight Academy Lady Chargers were named Metro Conference
regular season champions, as well as the Metro Conference Tournament
Champions. Pictured, standing, left to right:
coach LeAnn Wait, Abby Babb, Cameron Schuett, Ashley Petroski, Hayley
Stallings, Erin Phippins, Anna Wait, Jana Nelhuebel and coach Pam Pye.
Kneeling, left to right: Nora Pye, Madison Wells, Rachel Betz, Mackenzie
Terry, Meredith Webb, Reagan Nierman and Kaylin Manner.
SHS wrestlers
qualified for state
Five Smithfield High
School wrestlers qualified
for the state tournament in
Salem this past weekend.
Senior Chuck Sharon
(195 lbs.) and junior Nick
Kennedy (182 lbs.) both secured their state appearance by winning their respective weight classes at
the Region 1 tournament
Feb. 9 at King George High
School.
Junior Carter Page (138
lbs.), who finished second,
also made it to the state
tournament, as did junior
Jordan Garlow (160 lbs.)
and junior Zach Burke (126
lbs.), who won third in
their respective weight
classes.
Alternates were senior
Matt Walker (170 lbs.) and
freshman Ben Jones (132
lbs.).
Eight Smithfield wres-
tlers qualified to participate in the Region 1 tournament.
Regional qualifiers
were: Burke, placed 3rd at
Districts; Jones, placed 4th
at Districts; Page, placed
2nd at Districts; Garlow,
placed 3rd at Districts;
Walker, placed 3rd at Districts; Kennedy, placed 2nd
at Districts; Sharon, placed
1st at Districts; and freshman Ross Manfred (285
lbs.), placed 2nd at Districts.
Regional alternates
were senior Kris Smith (145
lbs.), placed 5th at Districts;
junior Amani Richardson
(152 lbs.), placed 5th at Districts; and senior Matt
McClary (220 lbs.), placed
5th at Districts.
The wrestling team finished fifth at the Bay Rivers District Tournament.
By Abby Proch
quarter and secured the
win.
Top
scorer
for
Smithfield was Nicholas
Wells with 15 points.
Alonzo Evans had 11
points, 6 assists and 6
steals.
On Feb. 6, the Tabb Tigers outpaced Smithfield
early on, scoring 24 points
to the Packers’ 7 in the first
quarter. Tabb got the win,
71-59.
The second quarter
brought more even scoring,
and the Packers were down
37-25 at the half.
Smithfield capitalized
on Tabb’s sluggish second
half start with 21 points to
Tabb’s 9, putting the Packers on an even keel going
into the final quarter.
However, the momentum was lost as the Tigers
pulled away, scoring 25
points to Smithfield’s 13.
Ki Jona Henley had 16
points, followed by Alonzo
Evans with 13.
SHS loses playoff bid
Staff writer
The Packers fell to
Warhill in the first round
of the Bay Rivers District
playoffs.
The Packers, 8-12, appeared as the sixth seed in
the playoffs.
A strong start by
Warhill hit the Packers
down 20-11 in the first quarter. And though the Packers
mounted a comeback in
subsequent quarters, they
were unable to top the Lions.
Leading the Packers was
Jeffery Jordan with 20
points and 14 rebounds.
Stephen Pullen had 14
points and 10 rebounds.
In their last regular season game, the Packers
battled fiercely to top the
New Kent Trojans, 55-53,
Feb. 4
Down 26-18 at the half,
the Packers rebounded in
the third quarter to clear
the deficit.
They carried the fourth
A fourth quarter surge
by the Tabb Lady Tigers
gave Smithfield its first
post-season defeat.
The Lady Tigers
outlasted the Lady Packers, 43-39, during the first
round of the regional
tournament.
The two teams headed
into the half with
Smithfield barely in the
lead, 19-18.
Entering the second
half, Smithfield come out
hot. They successfully
quieted the Tigers 13-4 in
the third quarter.
But the lead wasn’t
theirs for long as the Tigers mounted a late comeback, outscoring the
Packers 9-5 in the final
quarter.
Jacquline Jordan led
the Packers with 18 points
and 12 rebounds. Jordan
Brooks had 10 points.
Smithfield is ranked
fifth in Region I.
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SHS has new app for parents
Smithfield High School
has partnered with School
Info App to launch a school
app for the 2012-13 school
year. The app gives SHS
families and fans with
iPhone, iPad and Android
devices the ability to stay
connected with school happenings no matter where
they are.
The SHS app is free and
can be found in the Apple
App Store and Google Play.
With the app, users can receive calendars for school
events, sports, student/parent and groups; get notifications of schedule and calendar changes; send the
schedules to friends and
family; get directions to offcampus events; access virtual business cards for key
contacts and sponsors;
view Quick Links, documents, pictures and other
media; and access the
school’s website and social
media.
“I’m very excited to
bring this resource to the
Smithfield community,”
said Principal Dr. Stenette
Byrd. “I look forward to the
opportunities that this app
offers to enhance our business partnerships.”
The Smithfield High
School app also presents a
sponsorship opportunity
for SHS supporters. To
learn more about the sponsorship opportunity visit
www.TeamInfoApp.com/
sponsor.
Scholarships
The following Paul D.
Camp Community College students recently
received scholarships:
•Laura
Davis,
Carrsville,
career
preparation grant and
40/7 Society
•Brittany
Eley,
Windsor, SmithfieldLuter Foundation
•Kecia Taliaferro,
Smithfield,
The
Woman’s
Club
of
Smithfield and the
Kiwanis
Club
of
Smithfield
Honoring school leaders
Principals of the three Surry County public
schools were recognized by the School Board
recently in honor of Virginia School Principal’s
Week. Pictured are Surry School Board
Chairman Elsie Dennis, far left, and Surry
County High School Principal Rita Holmes,
Surry Elementary Assistant Principal Ann Nelin,
Surry County High School Assistant Principal
Nathaniel Elliott and L.P. Jackson Middle
Assistant Principal Todd Neal.
Pigs
The only historical feral
pig population is the one at
False Cape State Park and
Back Bay Wildlife Reserve
in Virginia Beach, where
subsistence farmers abandoned their homes in the
1920’s.
That population is considered well contained,
Harper said.
In 2010, there was a report of a mating pair of feral pigs and five piglets at
Cavalier Wildlife Management Area in Chesapeake.
The piglets appeared to
be of Eurasian (European)
descent,
which
was
strange, Proctor said.
Two years later, there
were three black pigs spotted at Cavalier, and later in
the summer, a large group
of wild pigs.
Now people want to go to
Cavalier and hunt wild
pigs, which is good and bad,
Proctor said.
The worry is that increased interest in hunting
wild pigs will lead to more
being moved around to
other areas of the state, increasing the problem, since
wild pigs are considered an
invasive animal, Proctor
said.
“If no one wanted to
hunt these things, then
people wouldn’t be trucking and dropping them off,”
Proctor said.
Another worry is that
new pockets of imported
feral pigs will expand since
sport hunting doesn’t control the population, Harper
said.
If releasing pigs in new
areas could be stopped,
then the state could begin
to address the problem
with trapping and hunting,
Proctor said.
That’s what happened in
Tennessee where, for decades, wild pigs were concentrated in just a few areas of the state. When conservationists began encouraging hunters to hunt
the pigs, they suddenly began popping up in other
parts of the state, Proctor said.
Now the Tennessee
Wildlife Resources Agency
is working to increase penalties for anyone caught
releasing hogs into the
wild, according to news reports.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 15.2-2204 AND 15.2-2239 OF THE
CODE OF VIRGINIA, AS AMENDED, THAT THE
ISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING COMMISSION
WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 AT 6;00P.M. TO
CONSIDER THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEARS
2013-2017 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
FOR ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY. THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS OVER THE NEXT
FIVE (5) FISCAL YEARS. COPIES OF THE
PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN
ARE AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT THE COUNTY
WEBSITE, AT EACH LIBRARY AND IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. ANY
PERSON DESIRING TO BE HEARD IN FAVOR OF,
IN OPPOSITION TO, OR TO EXPRESS HIS VIEWS
WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN MAY APPEAR BEFORE
AND BE HEARD BY SAID PLANNING COMMISSION DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE
HELD IN THE ROBERT C. CLAUD, SR. BOARD
ROOM, ISLE OF WIGHT COURTHOUSE, ISLE OF
WIGHT, VIRGINIA AT THE ABOVE NOTED DATE
AND TIME. THE COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHT IS
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990. IF YOU REQUIRE
AN ACCOMMODATION OR SIGN LANGUAGE
INTERPRETER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
MEETING, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
CAN BE MADE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE MAKE
REQUESTS
TO
THE
COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE AT LEAST FIVE (5)
DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AT (757)
3656204.
ISLE OF WIGHT PLANNING COMMISSION
BY: MELINDA J. GOODWYN, SECRETARY
The problem in Virginia
is that pigs — whether wild
or domesticated — are defined as livestock. Feral
hogs are also considered a
nuisance animal, which
means they can be hunted
year-round. However, the
gray area comes in determining legal ownership —
how confinement is defined is complicated, Proctor said.
For example, fence laws
in Virginia are determined
at the local level, he said.
That’s why the Virginia
Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries recently
formed a feral hog committee and is working with
other agencies to focus on
the problem.
Once enough information is compiled, the group
plans to take the issue to
the General Assembly,
Proctor said.
Residents, farmers and
hunters who see or suspect
that feral hogs are nearby
are urged to contact the
nearest DGIF office. For
more infor mation visit
w w w. e x t e n s i o n . o r g /
feral_hogs.
Staff Sgt. returns from deployment
Ar my
Staff
Sgt.
Nathaniel C. Russ returned to the U.S. after
being deployed overseas
at a forward operating
base to serve in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom.
Operation Enduring
Freedom is the official
name given to anti-terror-
ism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners.
Active duty and reserve
component members from
all branches of the U.S.
armed forces have been deployed to support the war
against global terrorism
outside the borders of the
United States.
Russ is a power generation equipment repairer
assigned to the 4th Airbor ne Brigade Combat
Team, 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base
Elmendorf-Richardson,
Alaska.
The staff sergeant is a
1999
graduate
of
Smithfield High School.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Page 17
Legal Notices
ROBERTAUSMAN.
c o m Old e Tow n e
Realt y Inc. Call
757-357-4156
Feb13/tfc/301
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Room for Rent
ROOM IN PRIVATE
Home. Convenient
Smithf ield area.
Fa c i l i t i e s i n cl u d e d . 757-356 - 0 2 81
Feb20/1tp/11089
Lease Or Rent
Real Estate/
Land
1.5 ACR ES N EA R
Carrollton-New 3BR/2
Bath 1,600 sq.ft. w/
ret reat , a nd isla nd
k i t c h e n $19 9, 9 0 0 .
C BX 757-356 - 0710
Feb20/4tc/2184
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5 ACRES on Modest
Neck Rd. Mostly
open. Septic approved. $ 60,0 0 0.
C a l l 757- 6 47- 86 47
Feb13/4tp/10980
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5 AC R E L O T,
Secluded, conventional perk, Minutes to
Smithfield. Call 757617-8459 for details
Feb13/4tp/10987
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9.9 AC R E S O F
COU NTRY Livi ngNe w n e a rly 2 ,0 0 0
sq.f t. 4BR , 2 Bath
w/island kitchen, LR
and Office! $219,400.
C BX 757-356 - 0710
Feb20/4tc/2184
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INVESTOR OR
FIRST HOME BUYER
Nice 3 Bdrm, 1 Bath
house, in popular
area $79,5000. See all
proper ties @ www.
2BR , 1BA R a nch
home. On the James
River. Great view.
$1150 /m o nt h plu s
$ 11 5 0 S e c u r i t y.
Call 757- 672-1325
Feb13/2tp/10993
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3BR /1BA,
No
Smoking, Windsor,
In the Country. $800
Plu s 1 mont h de posit. 1 year lease.
Call 757-375-8342
Feb20/2tp/11088
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3BR /1BA,
No
Smoking, Sussex
County in the
Country, On Owens
Grove Road. $800
plu s 1 mont h de posit. 1 year lease.
Call 757-375-8342
Feb20/2tp/11088
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3BR /2BA. BR ICK
R A NC H ER , g r e at
neighborhood/
schools, attached garage & large fenced
yard, safe clean home.
4 4 Hol la nd L a ne.
$1200/month, voicemail 757- 438-3967
Feb13/2tc/1460
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2BR DUPLEX with
appliances, water/sewer included.
$1250 mont h plu s
de posit. Available
Feb. 757- 6 41-9361
Dec12/tfc/2303
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3,000 Sq Ft. Concrete
floor, Running Water,
To t a l l y e n cl o s e d ,
great for storage or a
shop. In Courthouse
Area. 757-342-6981
Jan30/4tp/10798
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APARTMENT
SPACES available
info@patriotslandi
ngsmithfield.com
Mar23/tfc/1028
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OFFICE/RETAIL/
Institutional For Rent
in Historic Downtown
Sm ith f ield- Up to
2 ,70 0 s f a v a i l a bl e
brand new for quick
custom build-out, will
divide, off street parking. 757-357-3113 or
[email protected]
Aug8/tfc/1028
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QUIET UPSTAIRS
2BR Apa r t ment$800/month plus deposit: 14216 Benns
Church Blvd. Nonsmoking, good neighbor, credit check & 1
year lease required.
Cal l 757-376 -2186
Nov28/tfc/560
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SHOP/GALLERY
SPACE
for
rent- Smithf ield
Fi rehouse 1939 i n
Historic Downtown
Smithfield. Put your
business in The
HeART District of
Historic Downtown
Smithf ield. Shop
spaces available
f rom $ 60 0 /mont h.
7 5 7 - 3 5 7 - 311 3 o r
[email protected]
Aug8/tfc/1028
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SMITHFIELD 3 bedroom 1 bath, Brick
Rancher on very private 2 acre lot-18554
Days Point Rd.- Large
fenced back yard with
la rge sc reen back
porch. $1,200 month
Call 757-357-5325.
Feb20/tfc/2152
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Email [email protected] or call 357-3288
online at
smithfieldtimes.
com
D
Pets
and
Livestock
R ATS FOR SA LE
Many sizes. Call for
prices 804-240-6477
Feb13/4tp/11006
Scrap
Removal
GET SOME GREEN
by Recycling! Cash
for Junk, Vehicles,
Equipment, Batteries,
Alloy R i ms and
Conver ter s. Free
Removal! Call
757-592-2811
Jan30/4tp/10839
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Help Wanted
H A IR STY LIST
NEEDED for booth
rental in Carrollton salon. Call 757-438-5921.
Feb6/2tc/0481
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LOOKING FOR
PCA/CNA in Surry
area. PCA class available March 4-8. $250.
C a l l 757-242- 6761
Jan30/4tp/10838
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SPARKLE & SHINE
House Cleaning
Service is hiring 1
new employee. Call
Susan at 757-358-2029
Feb20/1tp/11105
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For
Sale
2 E XC E L L E N T
CONDITION, garage
kept, 2007 Artic Cat
ATV’s with 16 foot
rear/side load trailer,
the 400 cc manual
has 540 miles, the
250 cc automatic has
340 m i le s, $ 80 0 0
f i r m , n o b a r t e ri ng. 757- 6 42-7982
Feb13/1tp/10982
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A L L
N E W
MATTRESS SETS!
Twin $89; Full $99;
Queen $129; K ing
$191 H a nd d el ivered , Free layaway! 757-236-3902
Jan30/4tp/10841
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EXCELLENT
HORSE FESCUE hay,
2nd cutting. $6.50/
bale. Bay Ridge Farms.
Call 757-724 -7869
Feb13/4tp/10966
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HYDRAULIC Chair
Lif t Seat $10 0. 1
Mobile Shower
C o m m o d e C h a i r.
Never been used. $50
c a l l 757-357-36 07
Feb20/2tp/10929
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MAYTAG WASHER
& DRYER in excellent condition. Call after 6pm 757-357-2733.
Feb20/1tc/
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Items Wanted
A nt iq u e s , clo ck s ,
knives, toys, other vintage items of any kind.
Call 757-813-0516.
Feb13/4tp/10969
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Home
Improvement
ROOFING:
A-RUSSELL’S
RO OF I NG : Ne w
roofs, tear offs, repairs,
metal roofs, painting
& more! Call 757630-4875 Professional
Roof Cleaning
G u a r a nt e e ! w w w.
roofmanrob.com
Feb20/4tc/783
CARPET/
CONCRETE:
BU DDY ’S T I L E CER A M IC TI LE
INSTALLATION - Top
quality and craftsmanship. 25 years experience. Insured and licensed. Charles Smith.
Cal l 757- 870 -7863
Jan2/8tc/525
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BUILDING
CONTRACTORS:
D AV I D
BOY D
RESIDENTIAL
BUILDER – Lifetime
resident ser ving
Smithfield area with
qu al it y resident ial
building needs since
1984! Specializi ng
in additions, renovations, remodels and
repairs. Class A licensed & i nsu red.
Visa,MC,Discover &
AMEX. Call David
@ 7 5 7 - 3 5 7 - 7 11 0
Feb16/tfc/251
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H A N DY
MAN
SERV ICES, I nc. Electrical/plumbing
repairs, installations.
Doork nobs, lo ck s,
fence, gate repairs,
roof leaks, window
glass a nd screens.
P r e s s u r e wa sh i ng.
Licensed and Insured.
Free estimates. Call
Larry Williams
757-357-7408.
Jan2/13tp/10380
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H A N DY M A N &
REPAIR Work, years
experience with Period
homes! Please call Bob
Lewis at 757-681-1798
Feb20/4tp/11075
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H EW ITT HOM ES fo r a l l you r c on struction needs from
Additions to Repairs.
28y rs. Exper ience.
Class A licensed
& insured. Larry
Hewitt 757-647-4074
Feb13/4tp/10971
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HOM E R E PA I R S ,
Improvements,
Painting & Lawn care
at Affordable pricing.
We do jobs no one else
will! Also do Tile Work
& House Washing!
C a l l 757- 651-5570
Feb13/4tp/10968
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JC’S
HOME
IMPROVEMENTGive us a call, we do
it all! 757-356-0331
o r 7 5 7 - 8 4 6 - 5 9 16
Feb6/4tp/10912
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Lawn
Care
HARGRAVES
LAWN CARE LLCAll you r law n and
la nd sc api ng ne e d s
handled! Commercial/
Residential,
Reasonable pr ices,
Licensed/Insured,
Free estimates!
C a l l 757-289 - 0237
o r 7 5 7 - 2 7 9 - 0 111
Feb20/4tp/11076
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H AV E
YOU
C L E A N E D YOU R
GUTTERS? Offering
l e a f r e m ov a l a n d
var ious law n careAffordable pricing,
33years experience!
C a l l 757- 651-5570
Feb20/tp/11074
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JJ & L LAWN CARE
SE RV IC E , L L C Lawn mowing, edgi n g , we e d - e a t i n g ,
hedge trimming and
any other yard work.
Commercial and residential. Reasonable
prices. Licensed and
i nsu red. Free est imates. Your lawn is
my lawn!!! Call James
Young 757-357-5569
o r 75 7 -3 3 4 - 0 615 .
Dec26/16tp/10226
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JONES
CURB
APPEAL. Mulch and
Compost sales, delivery, and installation. Flowerbed clean
up, Hedge Trimming,
Spring clean up and
Lawn mowing. 7576 1 3 - 9 3 9 9 . w w w.
jonescurbappeal.com
Feb20/4tp/11093
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S N Y D E R
EXCAVATION
A N D H AU L I N G Bulkheads, Lot
Clearing & Grading,
Firewood, Demolition,
Pond s, D r iveways,
Tree Removal, Mulch,
t op soi l , Fi l l D i r t ,
Cr ush & r un. Call
B . J. 757- 617-5335
Feb13/12tp/10981
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Child
Care
CHILD CARE 3 kids to
keep in my Carrollton
home. $100 a week.
References Available.
Call
Marjorie
757-375-4074.
Feb20/2tp/11078
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Cleaning
SPARKLE & SHINE
Housekeeping.
Licensed. Call Susan
a t 757-358 -2 0 29
Feb20/4tp/11105
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WON DER F U LLY
MAID- Cleaning services tailored to your
need s! Rea sonable
rates, Free estimates!
Cal l 757-284 - 6929
Licensed & Insured
Dec19/12tp/10310
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Services
COMPUTER
REPAIRS: SENIOR
GEEK
Fast,
Affordable, Certified.
25 Yrs. Exp. - YOU CAN
TRUST! Direct to your
Door!! 757-638-9898
Feb20/4tp/11077
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M AT H T U T O R .
Elem. Through
Algebra II. 17 years
Teaching Experience.
C a l l 757- 877-7750
and leave a message.
Feb20/2tp/11092
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Olde Towne Realty Inc. in Smithfield is
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firm. Call Fred @ 757-357-4156 to
schedule a confidential interview.
AIRLINE
CAREERS
BEGIN HERE
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HELP WANTED: SMITHFIELD SWIM CLUB
Certified Water Safety Instructor
(WSI) to teach swimming lessons
during summer season.
If interested please contact
[email protected] or call 757-647-8861
357-4900
DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL
for care of adults w/ intellectual disabilities including
residential care, daily living skills, behavior management, role modeling, working within a team model and
documentation. HS grad or G.E.D. & some experience
required. CNA preferred. PT position, 24 hours/week. Go
to HYPERLINK "http://www.phfs.org" www.phfs.org
CAREERS ZUNI for full details and application. CLOSING
DATE: 02-17-13 EEO.
SEASONAL LIFEGUARD
needed at Zuni Group Home. Ability to work w/ adults
w/ special needs. Second shift/weekends position.
Current Lifeguard and CPR cert. req. Go to HYPERLINK
"http://www.phfs.org" www.phfs.org CAREERS ZUNI for
full details and application. CLOSING DATE: 2/17/13. EEO.
AUTHORIZED AGENT
Insurance Services South, Inc.
“Anthem Elite Agency”
Kent Fortner - Employee Benefits Specialist
FOR SALE
12072 Greenbrier Lane
Smithfield, Va 23430
COBRA Administration (Stand alone available)
Section 125 • Health • Dental • Vision •
Life & Disability
• Newly renovated 1300 sq. ft.
house on more than 1/2 acre
• Large kitchen with ceramic
tile floor & new appliances
• Four bedrooms &
2 baths with ceramic
tile floors
• Master bath with new
ceramic floor & granite
counter top
Smithfield office: Phone 757-238-5424; Fax 866-733-0395
[email protected]
$164,500
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
Virginia, Inc. An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. ®Registered marks
of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
G1-040611
Call for information
757-371-4561 or 757-869-2357
888-245-9553
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I’ll Buy Ya’ Lunch!
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30
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G1-021313
MEDICAL CAREERS BEGIN HERE
Train ONLINE for Allied Health and Medical Management.
Job placement assistance. Computer available.
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Sharon W. Krumpe, PhD, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Laurie M. Craigen, PhD, Licensed Professional Counselor
Laura Landon Luke, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Joan Crossman, Licensed Professional Counselor
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G1-020112
ADOPTION
A childless, young, successful woman seeks to
adopt. Will be HANDSON Mom! Financial security. Expenses paid.
Jodi. 1-800-718-5516.
A childless couple seeks
to adopt. Loving, happy
home with tenderness,
warmth & love. Flexible schedules. Financial security. Expenses
paid. Regis & David.
(888) 986-1520.
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or email patricia.
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2013-2014 VACANCIES: School Counselor (K-4), Physical
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Spanish (9-12) Biology/Physics (9-12).
2013-2014 ANTICIPATED VACANCIES:
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Legal Notices L13-16
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA
Case No. CL13-19
Circuit Court 17000 Josiah Parker Circle Isle
of Wight, VA 23397
James Timothy Smith
V Vanessia O. Smith
The object of this suit
is to : Obtain a Divorce
It is ORDERED that
Vanessia O. Smith
appear at the abovenamed court and
protect his/her interests
on or before March 6,
2013
1/24/2013 Sharon N.
Jones, Clerk of Circuit
Court, Clerk by Laura E.
Smith, DC. Deputy Clerk
L13-14
1-30/4t
————
NOTICE OF
OYSTER GROUND
APPLICATION
Ta y l o r E . B r o w n ,
(2013013) has applied
for approximately 250
-+ acres of oyster planting ground in James
River near James River
Bridge situated in Isle of
Wight City/County and
described as follows:
North by: Vacant
East by: Vacant
(VDOT Easement)
South by: P.G. 6 Isle of
Wight
West by: Vacant
Lat/Long: N3659.7310 W76-29.9443
Send comments or concerns to:
Marine Resources Commission, Engineering/
Surveying Department
2600 Washington Ave.,
3rd Floor, Newport
News, VA 23607
For more specic application location information call (757)
247-2230
Jan30/4t
————
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA
Case No. CL12-782
Circuit Court 17000
Josiah Parker Circle
Isle of Wight, VA
23397
James Washington
Davis Jr. V Loretta T.
Davis
The object of this suit
is to : Obtain a Divorce
It is ORDERED that
Loretta T. Davis appear
at the above-named
court and protect
his/her interests on or
before March 13, 2013
2/4/2013 Sharon N.
Jones, Clerk of Circuit
Court, Clerk by Laura
E. Smith, DC. Deputy
Clerk
formation on the bailout
may contact the Isle of
Wight County General Registrar of Voters,
Lisa E. Betterton, via
email (lbetterton@isle
ofwightus.net) or telephone (757-365-6230).
L13-24
2-13/2t
————
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given
pursuant to Section
28.2-1302 of the Code
of Virginia, as amended,
and the Wetlands Zoning Ordinance of Isle of
Wight County, that the
Wetlands Board will
hold a Public Hearing
on Monday, February
25, 2013 to consider the
following application:
The application of John
Lamb for authorization to install a rip-rap
revetment totaling 60
linear feet along Jones
L13-22
Creek, at 911 Smitheld
2-6/4t
Blvd., Smitheld,
————
in the Smitheld Election District. The rePUBLIC NOTICE
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. vetment will impact
§1973b, the Isle of non-vegetated
Wight County Board tidal wetlands.
of Supervisors gives
NOTICE that it intends A copy of said applito commence an action cation and the Isle of
in the United States Wight County Wetlands
District Court for the Ordinance are on le in
District of Columbia the Department of Planseeking a declaratory ning and Zoning, Isle of
judgment under the Wight Courthouse, Isle
Voting Rights Act of of Wight, Virginia and
1965, as amended. The are available for public
purpose of the action examination.
is to seek a declaration Any person desiring to
from the court that Isle be heard in favor of,
of Wight County is in in opposition to, or to
full compliance with express his views with
the Voting Rights Act, respect to the aforethereby providing Isle said application may
of Wight County with appear before and be
an exemption (known heard by said Wetlands
as a bailout) from the Board during the Public
special provisions of the Hearing to be held in
the Board of SuperVoting Rights Act.
visors Room, Isle of
Any person desiring in- Wight Courthouse, Isle
of Wight, Virginia, on
Monday, February 25,
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.
ISLE OF WIGHT
C O U N T Y W E TLANDS BOARD
BY: Sandy W. Robinson, Secretary
L13-26
2-13/2t
————
NOTICE OF
OYSTER GROUND
APPLICATION
Michael Shackelford,
(2012084) has applied
for approximately 106
-+ acres of oyster planting ground in James
River near Hog Island
situated in Surry City/
County and described
as follows:
North by: Bevans
PF16819
East by: Vacant
South by: West
PF19205
West by: MLW
Lat/Long: N37-
11.0667 W76-40.1000 247-2230
Notes:
Formerly
L13-28
PF19707
2-13/4t
Send comments or con————
cerns to:
Marine Resources Commission, Engineering/ PUBLIC NOTICE
Surveying Department Notice is hereby given
2600 Washington Ave., pursuant to Sections
3rd Floor, Newport 15.2-2204, 15.2-2214
and 15.2-2285 of the
News, VA 23607
Code of Virginia,
For more specic ap- (1950, as amended),
plication location in- that the Isle of Wight
County Planning
formation call (757)
Commission will hold
247-2230
a Public Hearing on
Tuesday, February 26,
L13-27
2013 to consider for
2-13/4t
recommendation to the
————
Board of Supervisors
the following:
NOTICE OF
OYSTER GROUND An Ordinance to Amend
and Reenact the Isle of
APPLICATION
Michael Shackelford, Wight County Code by
(2012068) has applied amending and reenactfor approximately 55 -+ ing Appendix B, Zonacres of oyster planting ing, Section 1-1016,
ground in James River Conditional Zoning to
near Hog Island situated clarify that governing
in Surry City/County body’s decision shall be
and described as fol- appealable to the circuit
court; Section 1-1017,
lows:
Conditional Uses to
North by: Green
make a technical amendPF20275
ment; Section 1-1018,
East by: Vacant
Special Use Permits for
South by: Green
uses not provided for
PF19725
to clarify the Special
West by: Vacant
Use Permit applicaLat/Long: N3711.3213 W76-39.2070 tion process; Section
Send comments or con- 1-1019, Provisions for
appeals, variances and
cerns to:
Marine Resources Com- interpretations to make
mission, Engineering/ a technical amendment
Surveying Department and to clarify that in the
2600 Washington Ave., case of a tie vote for an
3rd Floor, Newport appeal, the person ling
the appeal may have the
News, VA 23607
matter carried over until
For more specic ap- the next meeting.
plication location information call (757) An Ordinance to Amend
Part-time Job Opportunity
The Smithfield Times is looking for a
part-time editorial assistant to work in
the newsroom. Duties would include
typing community calendar submissions and other items, with the opportunity to write occasional feature
stories. To apply, send a resume to
[email protected] or drop
one off at the office located at
228 Main St. in downtown Smithfield. and Reenact the Isle of
Wight County Code,
Appendix B, Zoning,
Article III, Section 63000 (Commercial Use
Types). The purpose of
the ordinance amendment is to update the
County’s current Zoning Ordinance regulating the requirements for
dance halls to conform
to Chapter 12, Offenses
- Miscellaneous.
An Ordinance to Amend
and Reenact the Isle of
Wight County Code,
Appendix B, Zoning,
Article II, Section 21002 (Denitions); Article III, Section 3-8000
(Use Types); Article IV,
Section 4-2003 (RAC/
Conditional Uses), Section 4-3003 (RR/Conditional Uses), Section 44003 (VC/Conditional
Uses), and Section 45003 (NC/Conditional
Uses); and Article
V, Section 5-5007.A
(Supplementary Use
Regulations). The purpose of the ordinance
amendment is to delete
the requirement for a
Conditional Use Permit for the installation
of Alternative Sewage
Discharge Systems.
Zoning Ordinance are
on le in the Department of Planning and
Zoning at the Isle of
Wight County Courthouse Complex, 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 or her
views with respect to
said ordinance amendments may appear before and be heard by
said Planning Commission during the Public
Hearing to be held in
the Robert C. Claud,
Sr. Board Room at the
Courthouse Complex,
Isle of Wight, Virginia,
on Tuesday, February
26, 2013 beginning at
6:00 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.
ISLE OF WIGHT
COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSION
By:
Melinda J.
Goodwyn, Secretary
L13-29
2-13/2t
————
COMING SOON
THIS APRIL
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Smithfield MS honor roll
Smithfield
Middle
School announces its
honor roll for the second
nine weeks.
•Grade 7
All A’s — Trevor
Addison, Cody Armstrong,
Madelyn Bauman, Rafe
Bene, Brayden Bird,
Katherine Britt, Brook
Bur nette,
Loganbay
Campbell, Daemon Carroll,
Madison Cavallo, Noelani
Christie, Abigail Coyners,
Savannah Cook, Ciara
Cross, Elizabeth Darden,
Irene Dudley, Indira
Dudley, Howard Dunleavy,
Sophia Erickson, Colton
Ferguson,
Benjamin
Gittleman, Erik Harris,
Skylar Hedgepeth, Emerald Johnson, Hailey Joyce,
Katelyn Kelly, Ayden Kemp,
Heather Kennedy, Clayton
Ketchum, Kenzie Kohrs,
Lauren Lanzalotto, Lea
Lanzalotto, Erin Lee, Benjamin Lockwood, David
Logan, William Malley,
Padraig McGowan, Seamus
McGowan, Erik McNally,
Mateo Mejia, Dylan Miller,
Kelly Moore, Heather
Natterer, Clayton Register,
Syndey Register, Connie
Robinson, Sydney Roots,
Connor Rosenberry, Nyjah
Silver, Kevin Siu, Kendall
Stalls, Logan Turpin,
Zachary Walker, Emily
Wilda, Randell Willis,
Quinn Wilson and Ryan
Wright.
A-B honor roll — Eliza-
Graduates
power school
Navy Petty Officer 3rd
Class Brian A. Fischer
graduated from the U.S.
Navy’s Nuclear Power
School at Naval Nuclear
Power Training Command in Goose Creek,
S.C.
Fischer is the son of
Donna Wright and stepson of Matthew Wright
of Smithfield.
He is a 2008 graduate
of Smithfield High
School.
beth Altizer, Clayton Axley,
Cameron Bandy, Imani Batten, Hunter Bell, Jesikah
Benton, Olivia Blatt, Morgan Bond, Mckenzie
Breedlove-Donlon, Taylor
Bridges, Vaughn Briggs,
Parker Caterbone, Xavier
Cathcart, Matthew Clark,
James Clifford, Brianna
Cornett, Zhaetwon Coston,
Heather Cowan, Jordyn
Cowen, Gabriel Culver,
Marcus Custis, Karlena
Diggs, Jamal Edwards,
Elizabeth
Ferguson,
Gabrielle Fielbelkom,
Ethan Frantz, Richard
Freeman, Julie Gates,
Katherine Gibson, Ethan
Grady, Carter Greer, William Gulyas, Kristen Hall,
Brianna
Hamilton,
Kamara Hayes, Joshua
Hedgepeth, Edwin Hicks,
Tristin Hogge, Fatih
Hogue, Ra’Quan Holloway,
Amayaflor Hughes, Jason
Hulvey, Laniya Humphrey,
Lucas Hyatt, Preston Jeffrey, David Johnson, Karra
Johnson, Willie Jordan,
James Kenny, Ryan Klein,
Michelle
Knight,
Alexandra Krohn, Julian
Leaman, Marsalis Lecky
McDonald, Alexis Little,
Brooke Locascio, Jalen
Mason, Asiah Major, Matthew Malsbury, Grace Martin, Sean Martino, Tyler
Monty, Hallie Norton,
Caleb Pierce, Desiree
Pierce, Joshua Pierce,
Ethan Price, Kiarra Price,
Krista Rhodes, Nicholas
Rhodes, Courtney Rogers,
Christopher Rosenbalm,
Sarah Rossiter, Danielle
Sabo, Harrison Senter,
Allyshea
Stewart,
Jeremiah Stokes, Emma
Sturgill, Noah Taylor,
Briana Thompson, Gabriel
Torrey, Riley Tucker,
Melina Villareal, Carson
Wallner, Quinton Ward,
Noah Wellington, Madison
Yates, Gregory Yelverton,
Shannon Yerabek, Sydney
Zari and Hannah Zengel.
Lawson Far mer, Jamie
Graham, Alecia Guishard,
Ashley Guishard, Kelsy
Henley, Kelly Ivy, Luke
Jaax, Sidney Jones, Josie
Kremer, Nathan Lindberg,
Hannah
Mullen-Fox,
Kiyara Peart, Brianna
Peterson, Davis Pillow,
Trevohn Robinson, Carley
Rodebush,
Stanley
Smeltzer, Jacob Smith,
Zachary Stock, John
Swartz, Patrick Torchia
and Haley Vierrether
A-B honor roll: Timothy
Andrews, Charity Artis,
Megan Balentine, Reese
Barbee, Robert Bar nes,
Joshua Bateman, John
Baylor, Chase Bell, Camille
Brayshaw,
Shaquadia
Brown, Jordan Caravas,
Dayron Cardoso, Cody
Chaney, Hannah Collins,
Carley Conover, Gunnar
Copeland, Daniela Cruz,
Brett Deese, Shontina
Denson, Kaitlyn Drake,
Nicholas Duffy, Alexis
Elledge,
Madelaine
Ericksen, Jacob Fields,
Mahri Grant, Noah Guill,
Maya Hall, Mikaiah
Hamlin,
Dymon
Humphrey, Kira Iannetta,
Grayson Ippolito, Preston
Jones, Ronald Jones,
Samantha King-Cash, Jessica Lacey, Mitchell
Lancaster, Blake Latimer,
Sarah Lemon, Taylor
Machart,
Elizabeth
McCarty, Kembry McNeilThompson, Gabriel Mojica,
Carley Morehead, Iyana
Moton, Samuel Mott,
Ashlyn Newberry, So Yun
Park, Keyondra Pea, Carley
Peacock,
Christopher
Pierce, Daimar Pierce, Joseph Pullen, Delisia
Puryear, Jarred Reason,
Morgan Riddle, Alyssa
Rose, Grayson Rowland,
Branden Scoville, John
Serrano, Destiny Shivers,
Rachel Sigrist, Charles
Skinner, Christian Smith,
Bryce
Thompson,
KordaThompson, Precious
Vaughan,
Cameron
•Grade 8
Wheeler,
Kenneth
All A’s — Ryland Barlow, Wilkerson, Morgan WillJessica Bruner, Alexander iams, Hunter Wilson and
Culver, John Darden, Joshua Wilson.
Community Ambassador
Tom Norris was recently presented the Smithfield Ruritan Club community
ambassador award from club President Julie Hopkins, left.
Surry warns of
banking scam
By Diana McFarland
News editor
SURRY — Surry residents are being advised
about a possible telephone
banking scam, according to
Surry County Sheriff
Alvin Clayton.
Recently, an older resident received a call from
someone with a foreignsounding accent claiming
to be from the federal Social Security Administration, Clayton said.
The caller asked the senior resident to provide her
social security number, as
well as banking information. He said the Social Security Administration was
in the process of issuing
new cards, Clayton said.
The senior provided the
first three numbers of her
social security card, got
suspicious and then asked
the caller to confirm the
bank name, Clayton said.
The caller hung up, he
said.
“It sounded like a sort of
banking scam,” Clayton
said.
Clayton urges residents
to be careful and not give
out personal information
on the phone, unless they
initiated the call.
To report a possible telephone scam, call the Surry
Sheriff ’s Office at 294-5264.
WHS digital citizens
Students at Windsor
High School recently received digital citizenship
certification after completing Neustar’s My
Digital Life Program
powered by EverFi. In
addition to the certification, the school also won
a $1000 EverFi Technology Grant for having
highest percentage of
students
certified
in Ignition Digital Literacy
in Fall
2012. Windsor
High
School is the only school
in Virginia to receive this
award. The My Digital
Life Program educates
and empowers students
with the skill set to leverage technology safely and
effectively.
Nursing
home
assault
The Windsor Police
are investigating a possible case of assault between patients at Consulate Health Care of
Windsor.
One male resident allegedly assaulted another resident Saturday
evening at about 8 p.m.,
said Windsor Police
Chief Vic Reynolds.
The female victim
sustained moderate injuries and is still receiving medical treatment,
Reynolds said. The patient accused of assaulting her was moved to another facility for observation, Reynolds said.
No weapons were
used in the incident,
both of the patients are
elderly and were residents of the Alzheimer’s
ward, Reynolds said.
Because of the man’s
condition, the Windsor
Police plan to consult
with the Isle of Wight
Commonwealth’s
Attorney’s office before
proceeding, he said.
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