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BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

Local charities willbenefit when theBrandermill RegionMen’s Club hosts

its annual charity concerton Sunday, April 29, in theauditorium at Clover HillHigh School.

The event will bring to-gether Clover Hill’s Irides-cence and New Dimensionsshow choirs and its jazzensemble with ManchesterHigh School’s Capital Swingand Touch of Swing showchoirs and its chamber en-semble for an unforgettablenight of music.

Subtitled “The Cavalcadeof Music,” proceeds fromthe charity performancehelp several area aid organi-zations each year.

Fred Carter, the event’s

organizer, said he is elatedthat his club is able to bringthe adolescent musicians tothe stage to show off theirtalents. He was the group’spresident from 2008 to2010.

“Over the years thatwe’ve been doing theseshows, we have donatedover $62,000 to local chari-ties,” Carter said.

The Brandermill RegionMen’s Club is a commu-nity club where local menshare common hobbies andinterests.

“It’s a social group formen to get together andhave fun,” Carter said. “Wehave a bowling group, abridge group, a photogra-phy group and a motorcyclegroup.”

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CELEBRATEGOOD VINES

Residents get a tasteof the best vintagesfrom around the stateat Chesterfield festivalStory and photos byJIM RIDOLPHI

PHOTOS BY JIM RIDOLPHITop left: Chris Baybutt of First Colony Winery was busy passing out samples of the Williamsburg Vineyard’s product.Rusty Milligan, right, hardly had time to lift his head as thirsty visitors held out their glasses. Above: Wine, wine and morewine was the order of the day as visitors lined up to sample some of Virginia’s finest

BY JIM RIDOLPHISpecial Correspondent

Virginia wine is quickly gain-ing a reputation as some ofthe finest the East Coast hasto offer, and 18 state winer-

ies gave Chesterfield County residentsa taste of the fruits of their labors onSaturday.

The annual Chesterfield Chamberof Commerce Celebration of the VineWine Festival attracted thousands to thecounty’s government complex to samplea variety of regional wines and talk tothe vintners up close and personal.

“It’s been a great response today andwe’ve met so many people out here andthey loved our wine,” said MattoponiWineries owner Janette Evans. “We’vealmost sold out of our Strawberry Wine,which is our signature variety, and we’redown to about a case of the Blueberry.”

Every winery enjoyed a brisk line ofvisitors, who spoke with the winemak-ers and owners as they enjoyed differentvarieties of Virginia’s finest wines.

Last year’s event was cut short asviolent storms moved into the area, andthis year’s forecast hinted at a repeat, butthe rain held until after the event closed

in the afternoon.“It’s a lot better than last year,

because the weather is so much better,”said Chris Baybutt of First Colony Vine-yards. “We’ve had a lot of people comethrough here today, and it’s been a funevent. Everyone is a good mood.”

It was hard to tell if that good moodwas a direct result of the grapes, or anample selection of aroma-filled food, orthe smooth sounds of the band Casper.

With vendors lining the court-house green and adjacent parking

PHOTO BY JIM RIDOLPHIDavid Ellis hands off some of his old DJ equipment to Goodwill attendant George Patnelli at Saturday’s electronics recyclingevent at the YMCA on Coalfield Road.

BY JIM RIDOLPHISpecial Correspondent

Ever wonder whatto do with that oldcomputer that you’llnever use again?

The disposal of electron-ics is an increasing problemfor American landfills, and

the situation is destined toget worse as more and morecomputers become obsolete.

In celebration of EarthDay, area YMCAs teamedwith Goodwill Industrieson Saturday to offer arearesidents a safe and easy wayto dispose of old computers,

speakers, stereos and otherelectronics.

According to YMCAcommunications directorCharlotte Dean, programslike the E-recycle event keptnearly 30 tons of electron-ics from entering Virginia’slandfills. Each year, more

than 200 million tons ofelectronics end up in localdump sites, and many ofthem contain hazardous andtoxic materials.

Saving the environmentwas a motivating factor for

YMCA and Goodwill team up for e-recycling effort

BrandermillRegion Men’sClub to hostcharity event

Students ofthe Year to behonored April 26CONTRIBUTED REPORT

Chesterfield CountyPublic Schools annuallyhonors two students fromevery school for demon-strating citizenship and theschool division’s core valuesof respect, responsibility,honesty and accountability.

During a banquet spon-sored by the Midlothian Ro-tary Club, 124 students fromChesterfield’s 62 schools willbe recognized as Students ofthe Year for 2012.

The banquet will takeplace today at the HolidayInn Koger, and Students ofthe Year will begin arriv-ing at 5 p.m. for groupphotos by Lifetouch. At 6p.m., Midlothian RotaryClub members will escort

students into the banquetwhere parents and schooladministrators will wel-come them.

The Monacan High jazzband, directed by JenniferRyan, will perform.

Under the leadership ofCommander Peter Green-wald and Electrician’s Mate1st Class Frederick Davis,Naval JROTC students fromJames River High will serveas the color guard.

The Rev. Dr. GordonMapes of Bon Air Presby-terian Church will give theinvocation.

School Board chair Patri-cia Carpenter, superinten-dent Marcus Newsome and

CONTRIBUTED REPORTA brand-new mobile

web app makes it easierthan ever to stay currentwith Chesterfield CountyPublic Schools.

Developed in-house bythe school system’s graphicdesign/web specialist, thisfree app for smartphones,tablets and other mobiledevices provides a newsfeed, calendar and phonenumbers.

Information at myches-terfieldschools.com tellsusers of iPhones, iPads,Droids and BlackBerrieshow to add the app icon to

their devices.The mobile web app is

another online innovationby Chesterfield CountyPublic Schools, whichduring this school year haschanged its website ad-dress, redesigned its onlinepresence and launched ane-newsletter for the com-munity.

The new address for theschool system’s website ismychesterfieldschools.com,which replaced the previ-ous URL of chesterfield.k12.va.us.

Mobile web applatest way to staycurrent with schools

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Children’s theatre bringsTitanic’s story to the stageBY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

April 2012 marksthe 100th anniver-sary of the famousTitanic disaster,

and, though the luxury liner’sremnants languish under-neath the sea’s depths, its storyremains in people’s minds,thanks to its recurring ap-pearances in popular media.

Earlier this year, directorJames Cameron’s 1997 film“Titanic” was re-released inmovie theaters in 3D, and,earlier this month, the ABCnetwork aired a five-partmini-series based on eventsthat happened on the ship.

People who continue to becaptivated by the harrowingstory, however, won’t have tolook far for another retelling.On Saturday, April 28, andSunday, April 29, the Chester-field Children’s Theatre willperform a play that promisesa unique take on the Titanic’stale at St. Joseph’s School inPetersburg.

Sisters Stacey and TraceyFrame co-founded the Ches-terfield Children’s Theatrein 1997. Tracey adapted thescript and serves as its stageand artistic director, andStacey is one of the choreog-raphers.

A cast of more than 40players, including Amy Mor-gan as Dorothy Gibson, JesseTaylor as Thomas Andrews,Kinsey Dell as Molly Brown,Ashleigh Humphries as NinaHarper and Brianna Glidden

as Eva Hart will appear.Much like Cameron’s

big-screen hit, Tracey Framesaid her story also is a revivalof sorts. That is, her theatercompany originally per-formed its version of theclassic story in 1999.

Frame’s adaptation focuseson what happened after theship sank, and she said thatshe studied Senate testimonybefore she penned the script.Frame also has reworked thewriting since the play was firstperformed.

“Well, with the one we did12 years ago, a lot of it wasbased on fictional characters,”Frame said. “This go-round,we did more research ontrying to properly portray thecharacters.”

“And there are morewebsites and knowledge onthe Internet now to help in re-

searching these characters. Wetook dialogue from the Senatetrials, and that was a big helpin knowing how these peoplereacted, so being able to findthose trial testimonies helpedin adapting the story.”

It’s inevitable that com-parisons will be drawn be-tween Frame’s take and otherexamples that have hit thebig screen and the airwaves.That said, another way thatthe Chesterfield Children’sTheatre’s version differs is thatits story will also focus on theyoungsters aboard the ship.

“When the mini-series wasfirst announced, I did noticethat Dorothy Gibson is oneof the featured characters,and our version also focuseson Dorothy Gibson becausethere is speculation thatthe character of Rose in theblockbuster movie was really

Dorothy Gibson,” Frame said.“Of course, in our version, wehave a couple of characterslike Molly Brown and ThomasAndrews that are also in manyversions of the story.”

“But, I’m really lookingforward to watching the mini-series. No matter if peoplewent to the movies or haveseen a made-for-TV movie,they will find that not only isour version different becausewe focus on what happenedafter the ship sank, and wealso focus on the kids on theship.”

In any case, Frame said shethinks the story has remainedpopular because its themesare universal.

“I think that, whether it’sthe blockbuster movie or ourstage version, it shows thatnot only can some peoplesurvive certain tragediesand move on, but it’s alsoimportant to know that thosepeople have lost their lives,”Frame said. “People can relateto honoring someone whohas lost their life, so I’m sureeverybody that sees it willfind something that they canrelate to.”

The Chesterfield Children’sTheatre will perform “Titanic”at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.Sunday in the auditoriumat St. Joseph’s School at 123Franklin St. in Petersburg.

Tickets are $10 at the door,and children under age 5 willbe admitted for free.

For more information, call691-7235.

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Chesterfield Children’s Theatre will perform ‘Titanic’ onApril 28 and 29 at St. Joseph’s School in Petersburg.

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“We also have a groupcalled the Romeos, whichstands for Retired Old MenEating Out. What we do iswe’ll go to a restaurant onMonday nights, and we’llwork with the restaurant toset up two or three entrees,and the husbands and theirwives will go together.”

While members enjoypartaking in pleasurablepursuits as a group, the or-ganization has made publicservice an equally importantpriority. And the membersdon’t just collect for charityduring the organization’syearly concert.

“The other aspect ofthe club is to support localcharities, and we do thatprimarily through thissingle fundraising event, butwe also have the 50-50 raffle(at club meetings),” Cartersaid. “Half goes to thecharity fund, and half goesto the winner of the raffledrawing.”

So, how can a manapply to become a memberof the Brandermill RegionMen’s Club? Well, accord-ing to Carter, it’s as simpleas visiting the group’s web-site, and you don’t necessar-ily have to be a Brandermillresident to join.

“Originally, it was justBrandermill, but then itexpanded to Woodlake, andyou had to have a zip codein either to be a member,”Carter said. “Five years ago,they changed the require-ments, and now they haveto take a vote on it, butyou can get an applicationonline.”

In past years, the grouphas donated funds fromits charity concerts to local

trusts such as Camp Baker,Central Virginia FoodBank, Chesterfield-ColonialHeights Alliance for SocialMinistry and Families of theWounded, among others.For that reason, the upcom-ing showcase will providean opportunity to helpthose groups in additionto being able to see the twohigh schools take the samestage that night.

The Brandermill RegionMen’s Club also will hostan after-party immediatelyfollowing Sunday’s perfor-mance for its adolescentmusicians to thank themfor their aural and vocalefforts. In fact, Papa John’sis a community contributorthat has provided supportto the organization sincehigh school music groupsfirst became involved in theclub’s concerts.

“At the show, we have a20-page program that talksabout the show and theperformers, and we sell adsto pay for a post-show pizzaand soft drink party for theperformers,” Carter said.“In the past two years, PapaJohn’s has given us a 40percent price break on thepizzas, and they’ve also sentus gift certificates, so theyhave contributed quite a bitto help us.”

The Brandermill Men’sClub’s “Cavalcade of Music”charity concert will takeplace at 3 p.m. on Sunday atClover Hill High School at13301 Kelly Green Lane inMidlothian. Tickets are $15in advance for will call and$18 at the door.

For more information,call John Draper at 639-6014 or visit www.brmcon-line.org.

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Midlothian Rotary presidentChandler Williams will pres-ent plaques to the Studentsof the Year.

Master of ceremonieswill be Gene Lepley, publicinformation manager for theRichmond Police Depart-ment.

Video from this eventwill be shown on ComcastChannel 96 and Verizon FiosChannel 26 at 7 p.m. dailyMay 7-13.The 2012 Students of theYear are:Elementary schoolsBellwood Elementary — LydiaTilaye and Denise Valencia;Bensley Elementary — WildaryOrtega and Gadaisyia Gupton;Beulah Elementary — OwenCorns and Adriana Martinez;Bon Air Elementary — MaeveHall and Sean Forsythe;Chalkley Elementary — DianaAguilar-Hernandez and KeithHarris Jr.; Marguerite ChristianElementary — Tamia Jamesand Mia Castine; CloverHill Elementary — RomanRagland and Hazel Saunders;Thelma Crenshaw Elementary— Nya Gay-Massie and Caro-line Hendrick;Crestwood Elementary — So-phia Sanger and MackinleyBurgett; Curtis Elementary— Clemente Espino and Val-entina Hebb; Davis Elementa-ry — Gerald Jones and OliviaLaPrade; Ecoff Elementary— Olivia Johnson and LaniAvery; Enon Elementary — Av-ery Swenson and ChristopherEliades; Ettrick Elemen-tary — Jacob Crowder andBrianna Jackson; Evergreen

Elementary — Lucy Edwardsand Alexander Zapata;Falling Creek Elementary —Nelson Cabrera and JacaylaRichardson; Gates Elementary— Mary Topping and BrodyLongacre; Gordon Elemen-tary — William Edwards andCharles Mooz; Grange Hall El-ementary — Grayson Schultzand Abigail Birchmeier; Green-field Elementary — AshleyMartinez and Emma Kirk;Harrowgate Elemen-tary — Amber Watters andAnthony Minter Jr.; Hen-ing Elementary — DebonyMartin and Nathalie Gonzalez;Hopkins Elementary — KyraBond and Jaydan Hargrove;Jacobs Road Elementary— Sydney Tarrh and ReginaldBryant; Matoaca Elementary— Sophia Moore and LindseyTemple; Providence Elemen-tary — Jadyn Ellerbee andRyan Moore; Reams Road El-ementary — Simran Jung andAlyssia Nicholson; RobiousElementary — Austin Blantonand Rachel Southworth;Salem Church Elementary— Dayton Keene and MariaRuiz; Elizabeth Scott Elemen-tary — Johan Alfaro andMarceda Gothe; Alberta SmithElementary — Kyle Varneyand Kenley Davis; Spring RunElementary — Tiernan Turkand Jared New; Swift CreekElementary — AbdirahmanOmar and Tessa Stanley; Wat-kins Elementary — Jack Beat-tie and Carson Fuller; BettieWeaver Elementary — AbelBuell and Ana Casciello; WellsElementary — Emma Scottand Taylor Fender; WinterpockElementary — Nicole Tutinoand Daniel Quimbayo-Cipric;and Woolridge Elementary— Rachel Macenka and Pat-rick Sawyer.

Middle schoolsBailey Bridge Middle — NoahTressler and Madison Allen;Carver Middle — JosephCrouch and Alexis Kel-ley; Elizabeth Davis Middle— Page Olsen and KaitlynVargas; Falling Creek Middle— Elvin Romero and MayaShirley; Manchester Middle —Nathan Taminger and AllejahKerr; Matoaca Middle — Han-nah Mommsen and DaeshaCarrington; Midlothian Middle— Jack Miller and Alfie-Lou-ise Brownless; ProvidenceMiddle — Moira Bocrie andCarter Elliott; Robious Middle— Callen Beall and LakeDeane;Salem Church Middle — Tay-lor Miller and Rebecca Bixler;Swift Creek Middle — SaraFlores and Carissa Boll; andTomahawk Creek Middle— Bailey Dunn and JessicaFulghum.High schoolsLloyd C. Bird High — AustinDavis and Carlton Hassell Jr.;Chesterfield Community High— Julia Fournier and TeyonaBaker; Chesterfield Techni-cal Center — David LaRoseand Kaylyn Bailey; Clover HillHigh — Edward Fulp II andOluwayemisi Orikogbo; CosbyHigh — Riley Brady and ErinSchneeberger; Thomas DaleHigh — Mark Gold and LisaBeach; James River High— Samuel Reid and OscarGuardado; Manchester High— Victoria Jeter and Dani-elle Brazda; Matoaca High— Sohum Bhatt and MargaretCampbell; MeadowbrookHigh — Shivan Shah andClaudia Martinez;MidlothianHigh — Malcolm Stewart andMadison Day; and MonacanHigh — Mariah Johnson andDaniel Buckley.

STUDENTS from page 1lots, planning for the eventbegins early and relies on theservices of more than 100volunteers to pull it off.

Darcy Warren, director ofcommunications and eventsfor the chamber and eventorganizer, said planning forthe festival is an ongoing year-round activity. She said theycouldn’t do it without thesupport of a great volunteerstaff and dedicated sponsorslike Flagstop Car Wash andKroger, among others.

“It’s a year long of plan-ning working with the countyand everyone to make it hap-pen,” Warren said. ‘Everyonecomes together to make thisevent happen,” she added.

She also utilized a dedi-cated number of chambermembers who served on thecommittee that organized theevent.

After six years, the plan-ning doesn’t get any easierand Warren said it gathers tobreak-neck speed the weekpreceding the event.

“The last week was hecticand busy, but it’s a wonderfulturnout this year. We reallywant to make this a tourismevent every year,” she said.

Chamber membershipdirector Stephanie Rushinagreed. “The excitement hereis really wonderful this year.Today’s event has really been agreat success.”

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BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

On Saturday, April 28, aprogram titled El Diade Los Niños, whichmeans the Day of the

Children or Children’s Day, willtake place at the Meadowdale Li-brary in Chesterfield County.

The program’s focus is fosteringbilingual and multilingual literacywithin the county’s Latin popula-tion. Funded by the Friends of theChesterfield County Public Library,the family-appropriate event willcelebrate Latin culture and heritagewith a host of hands-on activitiesthat attendees can enjoy together.

Blanche DePonte, a libraryspecialist for Chesterfield CountyPublic Library’s community ser-vices department, planned El Diade Los Niños.

According to DePonte, bilingualliteracy has become one of Ches-

terfield County Public Library’spriorities because the locality’sLatin populace has swelled so muchin recent years.

“Well, Chesterfield County’sLatin American population isgrowing, and our focus is to bringearly literacy to families and smallchildren,” DePonte said. “This is thefourth year, and it started as a LatinAmerican festival, but it’s multicul-tural now.”

But DePonte pointed out that amove for public libraries to supportmultilingual literacy is a nationaleffort and not one that local sys-tems are experiencing exclusively.To that end, she said it is importantthat youngsters begin those effortsat an early age.

“Well, through libraries, it’sa growing effort,” DePonte said.“Literacy for infants, preschoolersand (school-aged) children is im-portant, and we want to recognize

an artistic and cultural heritage andshare information about libraryservices and resources that can befound at the library.”

Saturday’s event will be packedwith educational activities that chil-dren and parents can do together.

Inside the library, children’sauthor Meg Medina will read herbook “Tia Isa Wants a Car” to anaudience of little listeners. “It is achildren’s picture book, and shewill engage the children in an artsand crafts program, too,” DePontesaid.

Kids will be able to make a rangeof paper crafts, including flowersand flags, musical instruments andpaper ponchos.

Afterwards, library staff willdo a bilingual story time and readbooks in both English and Span-ish. At the same time, there will bejust as much happening outsideMeadowdale Library that day as

there will be inside.Local DJ Orangel Bustamante

will provide music outdoors. Hissounds will fuel a spirited demon-stration of the Latin-inspired fitnesscraze Zumba for event participants.

And Capoeira Resisteria willdemonstrate the Brazilian martialart capoeira from 10 a.m. to noon.If you’re not already familiar withthe fighting style, it combinesrhythmic routines with high kicks.

DePonte also said that therewill be a range of carnival gamesthat children can play, including afishing pool and a ring toss station,and a traditional piñata will alsomake an appearance. And Boomer’sBouncers will erect a bouncy housenear the building.

Local Latin restaurants also willsell their wares during the event. LaMilpa Restaurant will sell entreessuch as burritos and tacos, and LaMichoacana Ice Cream will vend

frozen treats in a range of tropicalflavors.

So, why is bilingual literacy soimportant in today’s world? Well,according to DePonte, learning toread more than one language canonly help children to become moresuccessful in their educational stud-ies and in life.

“Well, communication is impor-tant because the world is gettingmuch smaller, and we’re gettingmuch closer together,” DePontesaid. “And studies have shown thatbilingual and multilingual studieshelp educational development andintellectual achievement.”

El Dia De Los Niños will bepresented from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.on Saturday at the MeadowdaleLibrary at 6301 Meadowdale Blvd.in Chesterfield. Admission is free ofcharge.

For more information about theevent, call 717-6381.

Event brings multilingualism to library

BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

Much of what we knowabout historical figurePocahontas has beeninformed by references

to her that have appeared in popu-lar culture. The Pocahontas, RockeHall and the Powhatan People eventon Saturday, April 28, at HenricusHistorical Park in Chester, however,will tell the true story of Pocahontas’interactions with the English whenshe lived at the Citie of Henricus forseveral months.

John Pagano is the historicalinterpretation supervisor at Henri-cus Historical Park, and he plannedSaturday’s proceedings.

“We’re going to be telling her storythrough the two characters of Rev.Alexander Whitaker and John Rolfe,”Pagano said. “Visitors can talk to theman who converted Pocahontas andthe man who married Pocahontas.”

Pop culture has characterizedPocahontas as somewhat docile, but,according to Pagano, she actually hada defiant personality.

“From our perspective, we see heras a bit of a rebel against her father,a progressive in the face of this newwave of English colonization and abest friend to the English,” Paganosaid. “With that in mind, she put her-self through family and cultural risksby being a friend to English colonists.”

Pagano also said that Pocahontasprobably looked a lot different thanpopular media has depicted her.

“Also, there’s the tangible andphysical part of her, and she prob-ably looked different than our culturethinks,” Pagano said. “We knew fromJohn Rolfe’s letter to Sir Thomas Dalethat she was rough-hewn, born-in-the-woods, Powhatan girl.”

“She was not yet ready to becomean English woman, and she put herselfthrough a lot of unknown (to becomeone). So, she did all these social andreligious conversions, and that makesher an intriguing creature.”

The event also will give HenricusHistorical Park patrons the chance toexperience the facility’s recreation ofRocke Hall, the home of Rev. Alexan-der Whitaker who tutored Pocahontas

at Henricus. The structure includes arestoration of Pocahontas’ bedroom.

“In the past, our event was justabout the people of Pocahontas,”Pagano said. “For this year’s event, re-garding the history of Pocahontas andthe Indians, we wanted to include ournewest structure, Rocke Hall, becauseit was where she got her conversionlessons.”

“The original Rocke Hall was abouta mile from the park and sat where theDominion Power Plant now stands.Rocke Hall was reconstructed insideour park next to our hospital.”

Although an actress won’t portrayPocahontas at this year’s festivities,historical interpreters will assume theroles of Whitaker and her husbandJohn Rolfe.

“At Rocke Hall, two of our inter-preter staff will portray them as if itwere the year of 1613 when she wasbrought to Henricus for safekeepingand conversion,” Pagano said.

Additionally, a recreation of aPowhatan Indian village will give parkvisitors a glimpse of what it wouldhave been like to live there. Pagano

also said that cooking and demon-strations will show how tools andweaponry were made.

“People will be able to walk into acirca 1607 Powhatan Indian village,and they will see how the nativepeople conducted their daily businessat the time of the English arrival,”Pagano said. “Certainly, they’ll alsobe able to go through the site andsee how the Powhatans are going toaffect the lives of the English settle-ment.”

The Pocahontas and the PowhatanPeople event will happen from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. on Saturday at HenricusHistorical Park at 251 Henricus ParkRoad in Chester. The rain date for theevent is Sunday, April 29.

History and nature boat toursof the James River will take place atnoon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. and registrationis required.

General admission is free forHenricus Foundation patrons, $8 foradults and $6 for children ages 3 to 12.

For more information, or to sched-ule boat tours, call 318-8728 or visitwww.henricus.org.

Park program offers glimpses of the past

CONTRIBUTED REPORTThe Theatre on the

James presents Love’sLabor Lost at 7 p.m. todaythrough Saturday, April26-28, at James River HighSchool, 3700 James RiverRoad, Midlothian.

This is a contemporaryplay based on the originalShakespeare works.

Tickets are $5 for stu-dents and $7 for adults.

Tickets will be sold tostudents in advance andat the door each night at6:30 p.m.

Space is limited for theevent.

For more information,contact Donna Wilson at647-2052.

‘Love’sLaborLost’ to bepresentedApril 26-28

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WASABI THE SUDOKU GAME WITH A KICK!

The two-letter insult: Blatantexample of civil dress-downBY JIM RIDOLPHISpecial Correspondent

Semantics are everything.

For some years, I’ve been puzzled by apolitical phenomena that has – up untilnow – gone largely unexplained, at least

on a level I could understand. It’s an unimport-ant distraction that perhaps offers subtle insightinto just where our political system has landed, or,some might say, to what level of ridiculousness it’sreached.

I watched two experts from differing politicalparties debating the current health bill controversyand its ultimate future as it sits in the U.S. Su-preme Court. Each time, the Republican represen-tative referred to the Democratic Party, he called itthe “Democrat” Party.

At first glance, a single occurrence could repre-sent only a mis-speak, but this particular speakerrepeated the offense multiple times in the courseof a five-minute discussion.

To be honest, it’s not the first time I’d noticedthe particular inference and have wondered tomyself how the dropping of two letters could seemso important.

It was only a theory until I noted that everytime any Republican referred the opposing party,it was as the Democrat Party, with an almost em-phasis on the omission of –ic.

OK, I get it. It’s like when your father calledyour sister’s boyfriend the wrong name for monthsbefore finally relenting and addressing the poorlad by his given name. Calling someone by some-thing other than his or her name is a somewhatharmless way of offense or disrespect.

My uncle had a cat named Floyd. He hated thecat and called it Fred for a lifetime, never givingit the satisfaction of being addressed by its actualname.

Now, the Democratic Party is a duly incorpo-rated title and the legitimate name of the orga-nization. The name change is not their choice, sowho is to blame for this blatant example of a civildress-down.

In the “Oops I just noticed” category, it’s notsuch a new recent development and I learned thepractice probably began in the 1940s with thecampaign of Republican Wendell Wilkie. Accord-ing to columnist William Safire, Wilkie’s campaignmanager suggested the shortened name after hebecame infuriated with Democratic Party leader-ship.

It hasn’t been widely used again until theRepublican Party changed its 1996 party platformto delete the term Democratic and replace it withDemocrat in every paragraph of the document.

A similar move at the 2006 Republican conven-tion failed, and Democratic was used in that year’splatform.

President George W. Bush made it a householdterm and established its permanency in Republi-can Party talking points. No retaliatory move hasbeen suggested or initiated by the opposition, andefforts to rename the GOP the Republic Party havenot gained support, thankfully.

Silly? You bet it is. Grammatically incorrect?I think so, but I can’t get my arms around themotivation behind such a concerted and focusedeffort. It’s hard for me to believe that grown adultsselected by their peers to perform the most im-portant function of government cannot offer eachother the simple dignity of calling one another bytheir correct and preferred names.

Good news is that I can solve this one. TheRepublican Party is the Republican Party. Likewisefor the Democratic Party.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that 70 years ofdisrespect . . . continues!

23112April 611700 block of Genito RoadSuspect stole the items from thevictim’s unlocked vehicle.

April 82800 block of Autumn Woods CourtItems were stolen from the victim’sunlocked vehicle.

23113April 42600 block of Trotters LaneVictim reported his vehicle stolen fromhis driveway. Vehicle was recoveredwithin the county.

April 61800 block of Huguenot RoadSuspect/s forced entry at the locationthrough a rear door and stole property.

April 713600 block of Waterswatch CourtItems were stolen from the victim’sunlocked vehicle.

April 83600 block of Lenox Forest DriveUnknown suspect/s stole items fromthe victim’s unlocked vehicle.

23235April 410600 block of Red Queen RoadItems were taken from the victim’sunlocked vehicle.

April 51000 block of Koger CenterBoulevardItem was stolen from vending machineat location.

April 811600 block of Belvedere Vista LaneItem was stolen from victim’s unlockedvehicle.

April 911400 block of Midlothian TurnpikeMasked and armed suspect enteredthe business, obtained money fromthe registers and customers, and thenwalked out.

23236April 68700 block of Wadsworth CourtUnknown suspect/s shattered thebasement window to gain entry to theresidence.

10000 block of Copperwood CourtVictim advised, on April 6, the lock onher she was discovered broken and agas can missing from inside.

10500 block of West ProvidenceRoadVictim reported property stolen fromhis unlocked shed.

23832April 45500 block of Solaris DriveSuspect/s gained entry to the resi-dence and stole property. No signs offorced entry were noted.

All data are based on the publicly available Chesterfield County PoliceDepartment daily arrest and crime releases and are reported according toFederal Incident Based Reporting rules.

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GRACRE selects 16 areaproject and transactionwinners from acrossGreater Richmond

Commemorating the most out-standing examples of design andimplementation within Richmond’sreal estate market during 2011, theGreater Richmond Association forCommercial Real Estate (GRACRE)recently honored 16 local commer-cial real estate projects and transac-tions as part of its 11th AnnualCommercial Real Estate Awards.

The awards ceremony, held atLewis Ginter Botanical Garden,recognized seven transaction final-ists and 34 project finalists, rangingfrom a wine tasting room in Louisato a restaurant in Rocketts Landing,to a dermatology office in the WestEnd. Sixteen projects and transac-

tions were named winners, with theResidences at the John Marshall tak-ing away Project of the Year honors.

“The breadth of quality andinnovation found in this year’sproject submissions was outstand-ing,” said Doug Atkins, presidentof GRACRE. “The commercial realestate industry had a good year in2011 and GRACRE is privileged tobe able to recognize these projectsthat have impacted our area’s realestate sector.”

Organizations nominated proj-ects and transactions by submittingproject descriptions consisting ofa detailed project narrative withphoto documentation, a list of con-tractors and consultants and otherproject information. Finalists wereselected from the pool of nomi-nees, and the award winners wereselected from among the finalists.

The 2012 GRACRE Real EstateAward winners are:

St. Joseph’s Villa, Site InfrastructureImprovements; The MillWorks at theGreen; Affiliated Dermatologists ofVirginia; Bon Secours St. FrancisWatkins Centre; Cooper Vineyards,Tasting Room; Harvester Building;The Hodges Partnership, BuildingAddition; Prince George CountyLibrary, Appomattox Regional LibrarySystem; Queally Hall, Robins Schoolof Business, University of Richmond;Southland Wine Company Lofts; TheTommy J. West Club at the SiegelCenter, VCU; Honorable Mention(Lease): Dick’s Sporting Goods &Hobby Lobby at Hancock Village;Honorable Mention (Sale/Acquisi-tion): Byrd Center Business Park;Deal of the Year (Lease): Capital Oneat Liberty Plaza II; Deal of the Year(Sale/Acquisition): Lingerfelt Develop-ment Acquisition of Liberty PropertyTrust Innsbrook Portfolio; and Projectof the Year: Residences at the JohnMarshall.

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A10-year-old fromChesterfield has beenaccepted and will attendInterlochen Arts Camp,

the world’s premier summer artsprogram for aspiring artists ingrades 3 through 12.

ZacharyVenable, theson of Victo-riana Girondaand GaryVenable, willstudy theatreand ballet atthe camp.

The campmarks its 85th

season at theforefront of arts education.

Zach is a fifth grade student atthe Steward School. He is studyingballet at The State Ballet of Virginiain Richmond and was part of the2011 cast of “The Nutcracker.”

He is a member of dELIRIUM,the performance dance company ofthe Chesterfield Dance Center. Hestudies ballet, tap, lyrical and mod-ern. He has competed nationally forthree years.

When he is not performing,Zach enjoys playing video gamesand spending time with his friends.

This will be Zachary’s secondsummer attending Interlochen,where, last year, he was cast asMowgli in the Junior Theater Pro-

duction of “The Jungle Book.”.Interlochen Arts Camp attracts

students, faculty and staff from all50 U.S. states and more than 40countries. These 3,000 artists fillInterlochen’s northwoods campuswith an explosion of creativity.

Student-artists learn from worldclass instructors and producehundreds of presentations eachsummer in dance, theatre, creativewriting, visual arts, music and film.

Among the distinguished campalumni are Norah Jones, singer JoshGroban, members of the band OKGo, Rufus Wainwright, opera andconcert soprano Jessye Norman,conductor Loren Maazel, jazz pia-nist Eldar, actor Anthony Rapp andcartoonist Cathy Guisewite.

About 10.percent of the nation’sprofessional orchestra musicianshave roots at Interlochen andthe alumni community has beenawarded 89 Grammy Awards.

In addition to hundreds ofperformances, presentations andreadings by young artists, Inter-lochen brings leading artists andperformers to the northern Michi-gan campus. In recent years, guestartists have included Joshua Bell,the Decemberists, Rufus Wain-wright, Olga Kern, Bob Dylan, VanCliburn, Willie Nelson, B.B. King,Guster, Lyle Lovett, Trace Adkinsand Branford Marsalis.

For more information, visitwww.interlochen.org.

Local young artistwill attend renownedInterlochen Arts Camp

“Our new web address moreaccurately expresses how ourcommunity feels about its publicschools,” superintendent Marcus J.Newsome said. “This communityloves its schools and takes pride inour schools and students.”

In addition to featuring feedsfrom the school system’s Face-book and Twitter accounts, theredesigned website lets visitorssubscribe to an RSS feed so theyare notified of updates.

The website works in all brows-ers but works best in Firefox,Chrome, Safari and Opera.

School Notes, the communitye-newsletter, is published once ortwice a month.

Community members who arenot already receiving School Notescan sign up by going to mychester-fieldschools.com and clicking “Join

our mailing list” in the top rightcorner of the screen.

“Our goal is to effectively de-liver accurate and timely messagesto parents, students, employeesand the community,” Newsomesaid. “We use a variety of methodsbecause people get their informa-tion from a variety of sources.”

Additional ways the school sys-tem communicates include www.facebook.com/chesterfieldschoolsand www.twitter.com/ccpsinfo.

School Board meetings areshown live on Comcast Channel17 and Verizon Channel 27, andthe school system has an educa-tional TV channel on ComcastChannel 96 and Verizon Channel26.

Chesterfield County PublicSchools provides information tolocal TV, print and radio mediaoutlets.

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many who took advantage of theprogram at the local YMCA onCoalfield Road. Others were justperforming the annual rite ofspring cleaning and wanted to getrid of some stuff.

“I heard about the programand was just trying to make somemore room in my closets,” GeorgeIchnoski said as he dropped off anold computer and monitor.

David Ellis said goodbye to hisdiscarded DJ equipment. “It was aconvenient way to get rid of some

of this stuff. It’s just too big to keeparound the house.”

Dean said the Goodwill/YMCApartnership is an excellent way topromote events like the E-Recycle.

“This is the third time in twoyears that the YMCA of GreaterRichmond and Goodwill are team-ing up to host the electronics recy-cling event,” Dean said. “In honorof Earth Day, it’s a way of helpingthe community recycle their oldand unwanted electronics in a safeand environmentally friendly way.”

Goodwill volunteer George

Patnelli said business has beensteady at the site. “We’ve had a fairamount of people come by and it’sstill early in the day,” he said as theback of his truck began to fill withold televisions and speakers.

Dean said the city-wide efforthopes to collect 15 tons of usedelectronics, and said she hopes theprogram will continue as an annualEarth Day event. With 250,000,000computers slated to become obso-lete in the next five years, the needfor responsible recycling will onlyincrease.

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PHOTO SUBMITTED BY LILY ADAMSFormer Gov. Tim Kaine joined more than a dozen women business and community leaderslast week at an office in Midlothian to discuss his economic agenda for the United StatesSenate. He said it was the day after Equal Pay Day, which serves as a reminder of thecritical role women play in our economy and our communities. The 90-minute conversationcovered topics including job creation, education, health care, and the need to find commonground in Washington. Kaine heard feedback from a small business owner in Richmondwho recently expanded her business and would like to hire more workers, but needs anincreased access to capital. Increasing access to capital is included in Kaine’s economicvision by ensuring community banks are able to loan to businesses across Virginia. TheDemocratic candidate has been holding roundtable discussions across the commonwealth.

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CONTRIBUTED REPORTLocal families are invited

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The free community event,in partnership with BonSecours Richmond HealthSystem, helps families findfun through active play andeducational opportunities.

Healthy Kids Day® andWalk will take place from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,April 28, at four Y branches,Chester Family YMCA,Northside Family YMCA,Midlothian Family YMCAand Shady Grove FamilyYMCA.

The walk begins at 12:30p.m.

Each location will featurefun activities, including rockwalls, pony rides, obstaclecourses, McGruff Child IDstations, Food Fear Factor, Ac-tion Art Painting, relay races,face painting and more.

“Healthy Kids Day is oneof my favorite events to planfor each year because the Ygets to be at the forefront toinspire hundreds of childrenand families to be active,to play together, to try newactivities and snacks, and tohopefully ignite a spark in a

child to eat better and learn tomake healthier choices,” CarolButterworth, associationdirector of youth teen andfamilies, said.

“Bon Secours RichmondMission Services and Chil-dren’s Services are absolutelydelighted to participate inthis great initiative to get kidsup and active. Our childrenare the future of Richmond,and the Y helps all of us as-sure that future,” said MaryAnne Graf, vice president,Women’s and Children’s Ser-vices, Bon Secours Virginia

Health System.The Y also receives ad-

ditional support from Cityof Richmond Public Schools,Chesterfield County PublicSchools and Henrico CountyPublic Schools.

YMCA Healthy Kids Day®is celebrated across the coun-try and is the nation’s largesthealth day for children andfamilies.

As a leading nonprofit foryouth development, healthyliving and social responsibility,the Y encourages all familiesto attend this free event.

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CONTRIBUTED REPORTTwo free sessions on

Saturday, April 28, will de-liver college information forparents and students.

National speaker JohnSwann will share informa-tion with students abouthow to get higher scores onthe SAT reasoning test.

Swann provides nuts-and-bolts information to helpstudents at all levels achievetheir highest possible scoresin math and reading.

His presentation will be

from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.in the auditorium of Mona-can High School at 11501Smoketree Drive. (This is arepeat of a session Swann ledin February.)

Parents are invited to apresentation titled “Every-thing You Wanted to Knowabout the College Admis-sions Process But Didn’tKnow What to Ask.” Led byinstructional specialist forschool counseling BryanCarr, the parent presenta-tion will run from 11 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. in the library atMonacan High.

There is no fee for eitherpresentation, but registrationis required at mychesterfield-schools.com.

Students register byclicking “John Swann SATPresentation” on the rightside of the screen.

Parents register by click-ing “College information forparents” on the right side ofthe screen.

For more information,call 594-1743 or 279-7319.

Sessions offer SAT, college information

BY BECKY ROBINETTEWRIGHTSpecial Correspondent

Giggles echoedthrough the hallat Evergreen El-ementary School

as the third graders crouchedlow to the floor. “Shhhh . . .”reminded a teacher and thegroup became still.

Teachers with plasticbuckets filled with tiny piecesof blue, red, yellow and greenpaper walked among thecrouched youngsters, gentlytossing the pieces of paperthroughout the group.

Slowly the students pickedup the pieces of paper withintheir reach, then as a piece ofpaper was picked up, the stu-dent rose a little higher untilin a standing position.

What were they doing andwhy?

The students were pre-tending to be tree seeds andthe pieces of colored paperrepresented such things asthe sun, water, etc.

To stand up and grow theyhad to gather the paper that“fed” them. They couldn’tmove out of their spot be-cause their roots were hold-ing them in place. The morepieces of paper a student wasable to collect, the taller theycould rise.

The Virginia ForestryDepartment and EvergreenElementary School teamedup to take part in “ProjectPlant It!”

Lisa Deaton, forestryspecialist, taught the studentsthe life cycle of a tree and

why trees are important.The program was devel-

oped by Dominion VirginiaPower to educate childrenand improve the environ-ment by planting trees onArbor Day (April 27).

Project Plant It! is beingrecognized this month by theNational Arbor Day Founda-tion with the Public Aware-ness of Trees Award.

The program began in2007, has grown each year,and now is in nine states:Virginia, North Carolina,Maryland, Connecticut,Rhode Island, Massachusetts,Wisconsin, New York andPennsylvania. New York andPennsylvania are new to theprogram this year.

Project Plant It! distrib-utes free tree seedlings toparticipating students to cel-ebrate Arbor Day. This year,more than 30,000 elementarystudents are enrolled in Proj-ect Plant It!

“Earlier this year, teachersreceived a kit of lesson plans,

posters, stickers, certificatesand other instructional mate-rials,” said Sara Hunt, seniorpublic relations Manager forDominion. “These materialswill teach the children aboutthe important role of trees inthe ecosystem.”

The program is designedto align with Standards ofLearning (SOLs) in corecurriculum subjects, such asmath, science, language artsand social studies.

More than 130,000 treeseedlings have been dis-tributed to students sincethe program was initiatedin 2007. Project Plant It! isoffered to schools in areaswhere Dominion operates.The program is offered at nocost to schools or students.

All the students receivedtheir own seedling.

This year is the 140thanniversary of Arbor Day,which was founded in 1872by J. Sterling Morton, aNebraska journalist andlegislator.

Evergreen students branchout with tree knowledge

PHOTO BY BECKY ROBINETTE WRIGHTLisa Deaton, Virginia Department of Forestry, teaches thirdgrade students at Evergreen Elementary School about the lifecycle of trees. Students are pretending to be growing trees.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 26The Theatre on the Jamespresents Love’s Labor Lost at7 p.m. on April 26, 27, and 28at James River High School,3700 James River Road,Midlothian. This is a con-temporary play based on theoriginal Shakespeare works.Tickets are $5 for studentsand $7 for adults. Ticketswill be sold to students inadvance and at the door eachnight at 6:30 p.m. Space islimited for this event. Formore information, contactDonna Wilson at 647-2052.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28The Mt. Pisgah UnitedMethodist Church LandscapeCommittee is having its An-nual Plant Sale from 8 a.m.to 2 p.m. at Jewett Bass Hallbetween Arby’s and Caddy’sat Midlothian Turnpike/Mt.Pisgah Drive across fromthe Red Barn and MidlothianMiddle School. For moreinformation, call 378-4606.

RCS is hosting its first annualWarrior run/walk with two5K runs (8:30 a.m. and 10a.m.) and a 10K run at 11:30a.m. Choose from three race

times on a challenging butfun cross country course onthe campus of RCS, 6511Belmont Road, Chesterfield.Prizes will be awarded forfirst, second and third placesin all three events. To registeronline, visit www.Richmond-Christian.com.

IMPPACT Summer CampOpen House will be held from11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at SpringCreek Baptist Church, 5130Woolridge Rd. Moseley. Fordetails, call 639-1451.

Southminster PresbyterianChurch, 7500 Hull StreetRoad next to the Manches-ter YMCA will be having acommunity festival from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. on the churchgrounds, rain or shine. Therewill be food, music and activi-ties for the entire family. Localagencies and groups willprovide resources that areavailable throughout the com-munity. For more information,visit www.southpreschurch.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 29Author Tanya Denckla Cobbwill speak at Bon Air United

Methodist Church. UVAprofessor and author ofReclaiming Our Food: Howthe Grassroots Movementis Changing the Way We Eatwill speak at 9:45 a.m. inthe sanctuary at the Bon AirUnited Methodist Church.The event is free and open tothe public. All are welcome.For more information aboutCobb, visit http://tanya-dencklacobb.com/.

TUESDAY, MAY 1The Midlothian Garden Clubwill hold its monthly meetingat 10:30 a.m. in the SocialHall of Bethel Baptist Church,1100 Huguenot Springs Road,Midlothian. The programwill be “Colorful ContainersTransform Your Space in aSnap!” A power-point pre-sentation and lecture, alongwith a how-to demonstration,will be offered by Beth Burrellof The Giving Tree Garden.Refreshments will be servedat noon. The meeting is opento the public and all visitorsare welcome to attend. Formore information, call Dolo-res at 794-3002 or Sandy at379-4515.

CONTRIBUTED REPORTSwift Creek Elementary

School will hold its first an-nual Great Gator 5K andKid’s Fun Run on Saturday,April 28.

The course will traversethe roads and pathways ofBrandermill, beginning andending at the SCES campus.

This event will focus oncelebrating healthy living as acommunity while benefittingSCES’ technology initiative.

All profits from the 5Kwill fund the purchase ofhandheld technology to beused in classroom learning.

SCES is in need of updat-ing its technology; by fund-ing within the community,SCES can bridge the gap andhelp students “Race into the

Future” through participa-tion in an increasingly globalsociety.

Race day will include the5K, a Kid’s Fun Run and afestive after-race party.

Photography, food, games,prizes, a DJ, inflatables andsponsor booths are part thepost-race celebration.

Children are welcome andencouraged to participate in

either the age 12 and underKid’s Fun Run or, with ap-propriate supervision, the5K.

Runners/walkers withstrollers are welcome on the5K course.

All participants will re-ceive a t-shirt and a partici-pation medal.

For registration, and moreinformation, visit: http://swiftcreek5k.com.

More details can beobtained by contacting Mer-edith Robinson, race public-ity, at 839-5876 (mobile);Kim Williams, race director,at 512-9845 (mobile); orPeggy Innes, SCES principalor Bruce Fillman, SCES as-sistant principal, at 739-6305(school office).

Swift Creek Elementary tohold 5K and Fun Run for kids

The VCU Medical Center will be offering the following freeseminars at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s Education andLibrary Complex, located at 1800 Lakeside Avenue. Registrationis required. Free parking available. PLUS, if you come early,you can tour the gardens before the seminar for free.

Call (804) 828-0123 to reserve your spot today.

May 2, 2012 | 5:30 p.m.What is ADHD?Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, isthe most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder ofchildhood. Join Dr. Bela Sood, from Children’s Hospitalof Richmond at VCU, to learn more about the signs andsymptoms of ADHD and the best treatment options.

May 15, 2012 | 5:30 p.m.My Achy, Breaky BackJoin Dr. Maged Hamza who will discuss risk factors, preventiontips and treatment options for the most common causes ofback and neck pain that can help get you mobile again.

May 29, 2012 | 5:30 p.m.Getting Older: The Expected,Unexpected and Tips for SuccessJoin Dr. Peter Boling, a specialist in geriatric medicine, as he discussesthe common changes that we go through as we get older, things towatch for that are not normal and how to age as well as possible.

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HARRISONBURG – Afterorchestrating one of themost dominant offensiveseasons in program his-tory and racking up nationalhonors comparable to manyof the top athletes in schoolhistory, baseball catcher JakeLowery was tabbed as JamesMadison’s Male Athlete of theYear during Monday night’sAthletics Awards Banquet.

The Cosby High alumnuswas selected for the honoramong a group of finaliststhat included soccer’s PaulWyatt, football’s Dae’QuanScott and basketball’s Hump-ty Hitchens. Nominees wereselected from the 2011 springsports, 2011 fall sports and2011-12 winter sports.

As a junior during the2011 season, Lowery’s resumewas highlighted by theColeman Company JohnnyBench Award as the nation’sbest catcher along with beingidentified as the best hitter inthe nation by CollegeBasebal-lInsider.com. He receivedseven different All-Americadesignations.

Those honors came as aresult of staggering offensivenumbers, including leadingthe nation with 200 totalbases and 80 runs scored togo along with the highestRBI total (91) in the nationin the last three seasons. Hehit .359 with a .797 sluggingpercentage and .442 on-basepercentage. He was secondin the country with 24 homeruns and with his sluggingmark.

Lowery established JMUseason records for RBIs,triples (8), home runs, extra-base hits (54), total bases andplate appearances (294). Healso ranked top 10 in thecountry among catchers fortotal runners caught stealing(34) and caught stealingpercentage (.430).

After helping JMU to theCAA championship and anNCAA regional runner-upfinish, Lowery was selected inthe fourth round of the Ma-jor League Baseball First-YearPlayer Draft by the ClevelandIndians. Playing for theMahoning Valley Scrappers,he led the New York-PennLeague in doubles, extra-basehits and walks.

With a promotion thisyear from Class A ShortSeason to Class A Advancedthis year, Lowery was not ableto attend Monday night’sbanquet as he is 14 gamesinto his first full professionalseason with the CarolinaMudcats. He is currentlybatting .327 with five doublesand a home run. He rankseighth in the league in dou-bles, 12th in in average and16th in on-base plus sluggingpercentage (.877).

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Each week, the Midlothian Exchange willtrack the progress of Chesterfield nativeDenny Hamlin as he pursues his firstNASCAR Sprint Cup championship

Last week: Seemingly stuck behind the dominant car of MartinTruex Jr., Hamlin surged into the lead after the final pit stop andheld off Truex’s late charge to post his first career victory atKansas Speedway.

Where he stands: Hamlin’s second victory in the season’s firsteight races helped him jump one position in the Sprint Cuppoints standings. He’s now fifth, 23 points behind leader GregBiffle and two behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. for fourth.

Up next: Hamlin brings a ton of momentum as he comes homefor this weekend’s races in Richmond. Sprint Cup qualifying willbe Friday afternoon, with the race set for Saturday at 7:30.

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INCLUSIONINCLUSIONLittle Feet Meet gave children with disabilitiesfrom across Central Virginia the opportunity toshow what they can do in a variety of athletic

competitions at James River High School

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Five NASCAR Sprint CupSeries stars who are racingin the Denny Hamlin ShortTrack Showdown presentedby FedEx will participate in aQ&A session with fans todayprior to the event. The Q&Awill take place at 4:30 p.m.in the Amphitheater and it isopen to all ticketholders fortonight’s races.

Drivers scheduled toparticipate include: DennyHamlin, Tony Stewart, KyleBusch, Jeff Burton and JoeyLogano.

Tickets for the DennyHamlin Short Track Show-down presented by FedEx aregeneral admission and $25.Children 12 and younger areadmitted free with a ticketedadult.

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PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLJames River’s Michael Trentham (in eye black) celebrates with teammates after the Rapids rallied to beat Cosby 5-4.

BY JIM MCCONNELLjmcconnell@midlothianexchange.com

Long overshadowedby James River’s gal-axy of baseball stars,Michael Trentham

is the type of solid, selflessand dependable player anycoach would love to have onhis roster.

A four-year starter for theRapids, Trentham willinglyabandoned his preferredpost in centerfield to fill inat catcher when an injurysidelined classmate CollinLawless earlier this season.

He goes about his busi-ness quietly, doing all thelittle things that contributeto team success, yet seekingnone of the credit usually at-tributed to his lengthy list ofDivision I-bound teammates.

So when Trentham camethrough in the clutch lastTuesday, smacking a two-out,two-run single to give JamesRiver a come-from-behind5-4 Dominion District vic-tory over rival Cosby, histeammates rushed out of thedugout to celebrate with himas if the Rapids had just wona state title.

“He’s just a gamer,” JamesRiver coach Pete Schumacher

said. “He’s the first one out atpractice every day, ready togo. He’s the last one to leave.For him to have this moment,I’m just so happy for him.”

Trentham earned thehero’s role only after a typi-cally taut battle that began asa duel between James Riversenior Nathan Kirby and

Cosby sophomore HunterWilliams.

Coming off a spring breaktrip to California in whichthey lost three games, with

half of their vaunted pitchingstaff nursing injuries, theRapids relied on Kirby’s pow-erful left arm to shut downan explosive Titans offense.

Kirby didn’t disappoint,impressing the group ofradar gun-touting scouts sta-tioned behind the backstopat James River’s Cottrell Fieldby mixing a sharp breakingball with his typical low-90sfastball.

The University of Virginiasignee had six strikeouts andhad allowed only two baser-unners when Williams brokeup his no-hitter with one outin the fourth inning.

Leading 2-0 after Tren-tham’s RBI single and HarryLee Watson’s bases-loaded hitby pitch in the bottom of thefourth, an observer new tothe James River-Cosby rivalrymight’ve assumed the Rapidswere in total control.

Trentham and his team-mates knew better.

“With Kirby pitchinglike he was, you almost feellike we had it locked up,”Trentham said, “but Cosbycame back like we knew theywould.”

The Titans, who rallied tobeat James River three timeslast season, got a run back inthe fifth on James Sink’s RBIsingle.

After Kirby issued back-to-back walks with one out inthe sixth, Schumacher sum-moned Tyler Carrico fromthe bullpen. But the U.Va.-bound senior allowed bothrunners to advance on a wildpitch, surrendered the tyingrun on Michael Carpenter’sgroundout and watched RyanHall trot home for a 3-2 leadwhen his curveball skippedpast Trentham.

When the Titans addedanother run on Sink’s sacri-fice fly in the seventh, whathad once been a two-runJames River lead was now atwo-run Cosby advantage.

But in the home team’sdugout, there was no panic– only resolve.

“We teach our guys tohave faith in each other andjust keep battling,” Schum-acher said. “Of course we feelthe highs and lows internally

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Jaxn Lane sounds like anaddress. Instead, it’s a left-handed pitcher who’s becomea roadblock for rival hitters.

On a squad Manchester Highcoach Ricky Saunders describesas “young, young, young,” Lanehas been a beam of light filteringthrough gray skies.

“Jaxn has really impressedagainst some of the best teamsaround,” Saunders said of the6-foot, 180-pound junior with thesignature Mohawk hairdo.

“He’s always had good controlof his fastball … the differenceis now he’s getting his curve andchange across for strikes, too.”

Lane’s head-turning outingsincluded an 11-strikeout, 4-hitterat St. Christopher’s, breaking theSaints’ six-game winning streak,and a near upset of then-undefeat-ed area No. 1 ranked James River.

The southpaw known as“Boomer” took a 2-1 lead into thesixth inning versus River beforeerrors (one of his own) led to fourunearned runs in a 5-2 Rapidsvictory.

“Even though we’re so young,the guys play with a lot of con-fidence behind Jaxn,” explainedSaunders. “He gets ahead in thecount and the defense loves that.”

Lane’s supple left wing is atop-o-the-list reason why Man-chester is hopeful of returning as

a Dominion District contender in2013.

No stranger to the upper tier,MHS won the Dominion in 2009and ’10 with a combined 37-6mark.

Saunders’ present lineup is voidof seniors, in part explaining a 3-8record heading into post springbreak action.

The Manchester mound hasbeen home to some of the area’spremier arms in recent years.

There were Sean and BrianMarshall, Chris Hardee, RyanMorrison and Blake Hauser, toname a few.

S. Marshall is now closer for theCincinnati Reds. Hardee earned ascholarship to Old Dominion and

now serves as pitching coach forthe Manchester JV squad. Hauserand Morrison pitch at VCU.

Lane has gone from being animpressionable, wide-eyed Lancersfan to becoming the Lancers’ bigman on the bump.

“I remember sitting in that firstrow, watching Chris and Blake,and hoping someday I’d be outthere,” Lane recalled.

“It’s happened so quickly, andit’s like a dream come true.”

He credits his swift develop-ment to such mentors as BrianMarshall (the same ex-MHSpitcher), RBA coach Rich Grahamand current Lancers’ pitching guruSergio Spitale.

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the son of Mark and Diana Lanealso plays golf (right-handed) andqualified for Regionals last fall.

He also strums the acousticguitar and participates in theyouth group at Clover Hill As-sembly of God, where his mom isChildren’s Pastor.

Lane will hurl this summer forRBA U-17 and travel with VirginiaCardinals to the East Cobb, Ga.,Showcase.

“He’s going to get some looksas he gets a little bigger and addsa couple miles-an-hour to hisfastball,” Saunders said of potentialcollege recruiters.

By next spring, at least, Saun-ders hopes the scouts find theirway to Jaxn Lane.

just like everyone else, but ascoaches we have to practicewhat we preach.”

Mounting its own come-back wouldn’t be easy againstCarpenter, the hard-throwingVCU signee who had blankedJames River since replacingWilliams with two outs in thefourth.

Then, seemingly cruisingalong, Carpenter suddenlylost track of the plate. Walksto three of the first fourhitters in the bottom of theseventh allowed the Rapidsto load the bases withoutputting even one ball in play,then a wild pitch scored Wat-son to make it a 4-3 game.

Carpenter rebounded tostrike out Lawless, but Tren-tham hit his first pitch intoshallow left and Mac Caplesmotored home from secondwith the winning run.

“I was tired of losing tothem, so I had to do some-thing to help us win,” Tren-tham said. “I knew he wasgoing to throw me a fastball.He left the ball up and I justpoked it out there.”

Mobbed by his team-mates seconds after touchingfirst base, Trentham calledit “one of the most excitingmoments of my life” and ac-knowledged he’d “never hadanything like this before.”

About 15 minutes later, asJames River’s players finishedup their post-game fieldwork, Caples smiled when he

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