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BY BECKY ROBINETTE WRIGHTSpecial Correspondent

Aunique partnership betweenCosby High School andDillwyn Correctional Centerare reaping benefits for all

involved.On Thursday, Aug. 9, Cosby received

a new Titan Shield that stands at theschool’s main entrance.

The sponsors of the shield arebrother and sister Thomas and SandraParker, who said they support educa-tion wherever students are.

Thomas is a teacher at Cosby andSandra is the regional principal at thePowhatan Correctional Center.

Sandra and the Virginia Departmentof Corrections have the goal of “Fight-ing crime through education.” Thismeans the Dillwyn facility is involvedwith hands-on learning and serviceprojects.

The shield project is an example

of many hands coming together toaccomplish a goal. Cosby’s Class of2012 raised the funds for the project bydonations or earning the money.

Since the shield would be placed onChesterfield County Public Schools’

property, Cosby requested and receivedapproval.

The shield was designed and built byLeslie Mullins, sheet metal instructor,

BY BEN ORCUTTSpecial Correspondent

Beginners to veteransturned out onWednesday, Aug. 8,for the Bon Secours

Virginia Health System’sNurses Appreciation Nightat the Chesterfield TowneCenter.

“Everybody that walksthrough this mall at somepoint has been a patient ormight be a patient in thefuture at any of the hospitalsin town,” said Kim Coleman,director of talent acquisitionand workforce planning forBon Secours Health System.“So we want to appreciateour nurses regardless ofwhether they work for BonSecours or other hospitals intown.”

Coleman said this is thesecond consecutive year BonSecours has held the event.

“Nurse(s) AppreciationNight is one of the eventshere that the merchants loveto participate in,” said KellyWilkes, marketing man-ager for Chesterfield TowneCenter. “We have so manymerchants here that are ap-propriate for this event and

they like to come out. Theylike to give away free food.There’s food tastings. There’sdiscounts from the mer-chants throughout the mall.There’s makeovers. It’s a niceway to say, ‘Thank you,’ foreverything [the nurses] dothroughout the year. We loveour partnership with BonSecours.”

Sharon Broscious of

Mechanicsville, a 40-yearnursing veteran and thedirector of the undergrad-uate nursing program atSouth University, said sheenjoyed attending NursesAppreciation Night.

“Oh, well, it’s really great– not just for me, but forall nurses just to let people

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INSIDE SPORTS

Japan trip a dream, eye-opening experience

BY BEN ORCUTTSpecial Correspondent

Elise Fuller’s recenttrip to Japan wasan eye-openingexperience for the

15-year-old Midlothianresident as well as a dreamcome true.

A rising sophomore at St.Catherine’s School in Rich-mond, Elise joined 22 otherSt. Catherine’s students onthe two-week trip to Japanin July.

Called the Kizuna Proj-ect, which means “bond”in Japanese, the trip wassponsored by the Laurasian

Institute, based in Washing-ton, as a cultural exchangeprogram.

“So, it’s kind of connect-ing the bond between theU.S. and Japan,” Elise said.

Students from around theUnited States also went onthe trip, Elise said, addingthat they were selected basedon grade point averages andessays on why they wantedto go to Japan.

The primary reason thatstudents from St. Catherine’swere given the opportu-nity to go on the trip wasbecause of Taylor Anderson,a St. Catherine’s alumnae

and former Midlothianresident who taught Englishto Japanese students. Shewas killed during the earth-quake/tsunami on March 11,2011, in the Tohoku regionof eastern Japan.

Elise said students weretaken to the city of Ishino-maki, where Anderson hadtaught and where she died.

“And so she was biking tothe school when the earth-quake happened and shewent to the school and sheevacuated all the studentsand then once the studentsgot to their parents, shedecided to bike home, but

that’s when the tsunami hit,”Elise said. “But she saved allof her students.”

Going to Ishinomaki wassomewhat of a “surreal” ex-perience, Elise said, becauseof what she had heard aboutthe disaster and then it waseye-opening to see photosof the devastation in theaftermath of the earthquake/tsunami.

“Just to know how muchhas happened to that placeand then for you to see itnow,” Elise said. “It’s notperfect. I mean, it’s going to

PHOTO BY BEN ORCUTTElise Fuller, a 15-year-old resident of Midlothian and a risingsophomore at St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, sharescomputer photos of her recent trip to Japan where shevisited the city where former Midlothain resident and St.Catherine’s alumnae Taylor Anderson, an English teacher,died following an earthquake/tsunami.

Student takes part in cultural exchange program

Bon Secours’ NursesAppreciation Nightcelebrates professionals

PHOTO BY BEN ORCUTTShayna Eli, left, an employee with Royale at ChesterfieldTowne Center, offers 8-year-old Lily Young of Chesterfieldsome styling tips while Lily’s, mother Katie looks on.Katie is a nurse at Senior Solutions of Richmond andattended the Bon Secours Virginia Health System’s NursesAppreciation Night on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at ChesterfieldTowne Center with Lily.

PHOTO BY BEN ORCUTTCosby High School graduates who received certificates during Chesterfield County PublicSchools’ summer session commencement exercises on Saturday at Cosby are, from left,Colleen Hegarty, David Minter and Cheyenne Rudd.

BY BEN ORCUTTSpecial Correspondent

Graduates from ChesterfieldCounty Public Schools’ summersession were honored Saturdayduring commencement exercises

at Cosby High School.Cecilia Donohue, program manager for

the summer session, said summer schoolbegan on July 2 and lasted for six weeks, withstudents attending class from 7:15 a.m. to1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

“We had over 100 students in all gradu-ate and about 78 of them walked [Saturday]morning,” Donohue said. “Some of themeither had just one credit left or they wanted

to pursue the military or college earlier, sothey’ve accelerated to online classes or sum-mer school classes, so they’re early gradu-ates.”

Donohue said summer school classeswere held at four county high schools: Cosby,Meadowbrook, Monacan and Thomas Dale.

In addition to those schools, studentsfrom Chesterfield Community High School,Clover Hill, Dinwiddie, James River, L.C.Bird, Manchester, Matoaca and Midlothianparticipated in the graduation ceremony.

“There aren’t many milestones like thisin your life,” David Wyman, Dale District

Summer school graduatesmark accomplishment

End of summer skating party rewards avid readers on Aug. 19BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

Summer is a time forschool-aged children to geta brief break from hittingthe books, but it’s also

possible for their reading skills tosuffer as a result of spending toomuch time away from the class-

room. That’s why ChesterfieldCounty Public Library’s summerreading program has been sucha boon for parents who want tomake sure that the seasonal hiatushasn’t reduced their children’syearnings for reading.

And, on Sunday, Aug. 19, areachildren who have successfully

completed a summer reading listwill be rewarded with a freeskating party at Skate-A-Way inMidlothian. In fact, it will be thefirst time that the ChesterfieldCounty Public Library has hostedthis type of happening to markthe close of the summer readingprogram.

Bonnie Yoho, administrativeanalyst for community servicesat Chesterfield County Public Li-brary, said the children needed toeither read for 10 hours or read 10books to complete their summerreading logs. Those finished logswill qualify them for entry into theparty.

“Each child that finishes thesummer reading program will beinvited,” Yoho said. “Admissionand skate rental is free, and all thechildren have to do is present theirsummer reading logs.”

“Carolyn Sears, the library

CONTRIBUTED REPORT

The 99th Chesterfield County Fair will be in “set-up mode” the week of Aug. 20 in preparation forthe 4 p.m. Friday, Aug 24, opening.

This year’s nine-date event will run throughSaturday, Sept. 1.

Fair hours will be 4 to 11 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. to 11p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 11 p.m. Sunday.

For details, call the 24 hour information line at 804-768-0148

or visit the fair website at www.chesterfieldcountyfair.org.

Jolly Shows will return as the midway ride provider,offering “daily unlimited ride” wristbands for only $25 perday, throughout the nine-date fair. Free for the asking are$2 discount ride coupons at all metro

area Martin’s grocery outlets, beginning Friday, Aug. 17.Discount ride coupons will be honored Monday, Aug.

27, through Thursday, Aug. 30, only.New events, appearing daily, include the King BMX

County Fairprepares for itsAug. 24 opening

PHOTO BY BECKY ROBINETTE WRIGHTA Titan Shield was dedicated last Thursday at Cosby High School. The additionwas created at Dillwyn Correctional Center.

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SUBMITTED BY CATHERINE ARTHUREvery Tuesday morning, Ruth Good sits at the front ofthe class at Chesterfield Heights Retirement Community,guiding and instructing other seniors (many much youngerthan her) through her exercise class Sit and Be Fit. Threeother days during the week, she can be found at thelocal YMCA swimming her usual 12 laps. And when she’snot exercising, she can be found passing out health andwellness information and sharing knowledge with theother residents at Chesterfield Heights. Good’s belief infitness is proven by the fact that she competed in theSenior Olympics for more than 20 years.

Good Exercise

CONTRIBUTED REPORTThe Chesterfield County

Police Department’s CrimePrevention Section isreminding residents to takepreventive measures againsttheft.

In July, police investi-gated numerous reportsin which items were stolenfrom victims’ vehicles.These thefts occurred inneighborhoods, apartmentcomplexes and subdivisionsthroughout the county.

Most victims left theirvehicles unlocked in theirdriveways or in front oftheir homes.

Police said any andall items left in unlockedvehicles become easy preywhether victims are at homeor not.

To avoid becoming avictim:

! Remove all visiblevaluables from your vehicle.This includes portablenavigation devices, stereoequipment, satellite radios,wallets, purses, cell phones,cash and clothing.

! Lock your vehicleevery time.

! Keep home exteriorlights on from dusk untildawn.

! Report suspiciousactivity to police.

If you have informationabout these thefts, contactthe Chesterfield CountyPolice Department at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solversat 804-748-0660 or text thecode “WATSON” and sendto 274637 (CRIMES).

Residents urgedto take anti-theftmeasures

CONTRIBUTED REPORTThe Chesterfield County

Fair is seeking contestants,ages 17-21 for the 2012 MissChesterfield County Fair,which will be held on Mon-day, Aug. 28, at the Chester-field County Fairgrounds.

All information – includ-ing the application and allforms – may be found atwww.chesterfieldcountyfair.org. You also may contactpageant director BrendaWhite for more information

at bwsoccer@comcast.net.New this year is the

first-ever Princess Pageants,which will be presented onSaturday, Aug. 25.

Organizers said it is nota toddlers/tiaras type ofpageant.

There will be four agegroups: 3 through 5, 6through 9, 10 through 12and 13 through 16.

Information for thePrincess Pageants also canbe found on the website.

Pageant contestants soughttake a long time for it to re-cover, but, just to see it now,without those pictures, youwouldn’t be able to knowhow much it had actuallygone through.”

Elise said they met oneof the volunteers who washelping with the restorationwho said their motto was“one shove . . . or one scoopat a time.”

“The greatest impres-sion for me was going to thehigh school that was in thearea because it just showedthe strength of the Japanesepeople,” Elise said. “Becausewe went there and all thekids were just smiling andhappy and a couple of themlike actually talked about theearthquake. But the way thatthey talked about it, it wasn’t

like they were mourning any-more, but it was kind of like‘Let’s get recovery going. Let’sstart working more on it.’ ”

Elise said she developed alove for Japanese culture asa small child watching Japa-nese cartoons and readingbooks “and so it was actuallyalways a dream for me to beable to actually go to Japanand then actually see thepeople.”

“For me, I realize howmany things I take for grant-ed, because I feel that – likeeven though not many thingslike natural disasters happenhere in this part of Virginia– anything could happen atany given moment and that Ishould really be grateful forwhat I have because a lot ofpeople lost their family andlost their sense of commu-

nity,” Elise said.Elise said she came

away from the trip with agreater appreciation for howimportant communities areafter seeing how the Japanesecommunities came togetherto help with the recoveryeffort.

Elise stayed with a hostfamily in Japan and is keep-ing in touch with themthrough Facebook, she said.

“But just keeping thosebonds strong, that’s the im-portant part,” Elise said.

Elise said the primary rea-son she is sharing her storyis “to bring awareness towhat is happening in Japan,that the people are still verystrong, but the area is stillnot a hundred percent recov-ered and I wanted to bringsome more attention to the

Taylor Anderson Fund. So Iwant to bring some more at-tention to that so that peoplewill know that there’s a waythat you don’t have to goall the way to Japan to help.You can donate or help inany way the Taylor AndersonFund and that’s one way thatyou can help the restoration.”

Elise is the daughter ofWendell and Lisa Fuller andshe has a 12-year-old sister,Ava.

Elise said she would liketo return to Japan “to workon the recovery effort andthen also go back and meetsome of the people that Imet there.”

For more informa-tion on the Taylor Ander-son Memorial Gift Fund,visit www.st.catherines.org/tayloranderson?rc=0.

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know that nurses really dogive a lot in their jobs physi-cally as well as emotionallysupporting patients,” Bro-scious said. “So it’s really niceto be recognized for the workthat we do.”

Tracy Estes, 40, of Rich-mond, a nursing veteran of 17years and the director of thegraduate nursing program atSouth University, said she at-tended the event for a specialreason.

“Oh, it’s networkingnight,” Estes said. “It’s to getto meet different nurses fromdifferent organizations andone thing about nursing isnetworking makes a differ-ence.”

Estes said she was busy“passing out my businesscards.”

Sarah Gardner, a 32-year nursing veteran from

Hanover who works for BonSecours Memorial RegionalMedical Center, said shereceived an e-mail aboutNurses Appreciation Nightand wanted to attend.

“It’s nice to be appreciatedand so I work for Bon Sec-ours and I wanted to supportthis event as well,” Gardnersaid.

There were raffles andprizes and Gardner said she“registered for everything.”

Katie Young, 39, of Ches-terfield, attended the eventwith her 8-year-old daughterLily. Young said she has beena nurse for five years andworks for Senior Solutions ofRichmond.

Shayna Eli, who works forRoyale, a company that spe-cializes in professional stylingtools for men and women atChesterfield Towne Center,gave Lily some styling tips on

straightening her hair.“It’s a great way for all of

the nurses to be appreciatedfor what they do all year longand to get some healthy styl-ing tips for them and theirchildren,” Eli said of NursesAppreciation Night.

“I think it’s great,” Youngsaid. “And Bon Secours is agreat company. I mean, I go toBon Secours hospitals and Ithink it’s just great that they’reputting this service on fornurses. I’m sure any nursesthat you ask here would tellyou that what they do is notjust a job, it’s a type of lifestylebecause what they do comesso naturally. It’s about caringfor people and that comesright from the heart.”

Kate Mattes, 25, of Rich-mond, who is scheduled tostart her first semester ofnursing school at John TylerCommunity College soon,

said she also enjoyed attend-ing Nurses AppreciationNight.

“Actually, I was pretty ex-cited because they were talk-ing about opportunities withBon Secours – figuring outexternships and what I can doin the meantime so I’m readyin two years to kind of hit theground running,” she said.

Veteran nurse KatherynPatterson of Midlothian saidNurses Appreciation Nightwas an opportunity for her topursue full-time work.

“I’m looking for a year-round position,” Pattersonsaid. “I’ve been working thisfall-time position – Augustthrough October – and I’mgoing back into nursing aftertaking a hiatus of nine years.So I took a refresher courseand updating my skillsand I’m here to talk to therecruiters.”

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member and vice chairmanof the Chesterfield CountySchool Board, told the gradu-ates.

Donna Dalton, chiefacademic officer for Chester-field County Public Schools,also had a few words for thegraduates.

“Class of 2012, this is yourday,” Dalton said. “Todaybecomes the first day of therest of your life. You representChesterfield County PublicSchools wherever you go.Congratulations, Class of2012. Go make us proud.”

In delivering the com-mencement address, MatoacaHigh School principal Ste-phen Cunningham imploredthe graduates to be respectful,honest, responsible and ac-countable.

“Respect others because theworld does not revolve aroundyou,” Cunningham said.“Behonest with yourself. Askyourself: H ave you really doneall that you could to achieveyour goals? And, if you haven’t,what do you need to do to bet-ter prepare yourself to increaseyour chances in the future ofattaining those goals?”

Cunningham also told thegraduates to “Accept responsi-bility for yourself and for yourcommunity. Be a responsiblerisk-taker as you try newthings in the search to findsomething you’re passionateabout and it will make yourfuture even more rewarding.”

On accountability, Cun-ningham said, “Be account-able for your own choicesand be wise enough to acceptthe constructive feedbackand learn from that feedbackas you constantly seek toimprove as a person and as anemployee.”

In a rapidly changingworld, Cunningham told thegraduates that “you will haveto learn to manage the effectsof change – whether it’s tech-nological, societal, economicor personal.”

“In closing,” Cunninghamsaid, “the administration andstaff of Chesterfield County[Public] Schools are proud ofyou. On their behalf, I chal-lenge you to set your expecta-tions high to embrace lifelonglearning so that you’ll be bet-ter prepared to face and man-age those changes to achieveyour personal goals and alsoto build relationships with abroad spectrum of people tomake our community a betterplace to live.”

After Cunningham’s ad-dress, Lani McWilliams sanga stirring rendition of JoshGroban’s, “You Raise Me Up.”

It was then time to presentthe graduates with their certif-icates, with many in the audi-ence cheering loudly for theirloved one or friend. MorganVan Driest of Thomas Dalewaited the longest to be rec-ognized when her name wasthe final one to be called.

There was a thunderouseruption when the gradu-ates were asked to turn theirtassels to indicate they hadgraduated.

Following the commence-ment exercises, graduatesposed for photographs withfamily and friends.

Shakuille Flynn Gilliam,who graduated from Mona-

can, posed for a photo withhis mother, Kendrena Sim-mons, and his sister, ShambellRambial.

Asked what her son’sgraduation meant to her,Simmons said, “The world. Itmeans the world to me. I loveit. I love it. It’s my last one, mylast baby. He did it.”

Gilliam said he took aclass in U.S. Government thissummer in order to fulfillgraduation requirements andreceive his diploma.

“It’s [an] achievement andI’m just glad I finally got it andI can just move on with lifeand just progress and just behappy,” Gilliam said.“I plan onworking, working hard, gettingmoney built up. I plan on go-ing to college and stuff.”

Clover Hill graduate

Brittney Landry also waspleased to have her own root-ing section on hand, includingher mother, Donna Lewis;stepfather, Paul Thorsten; andRita Watson, who said she wasLandry’s “adopted grandma.”

Landry said she tookcourses online and things“definitely turned out the wayI hoped, for sure.”

Landry said her goal is toattend either John Tyler or J.Sargeant Community Collegein the fall to pursue a medicalcareer.

Watson said she was proudof what Landry was able toaccomplish since the begin-ning of this year.

“She was only supposedto do two or three courses[online] and she did ninecourses,” Watson said.

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PHOTOS BY BEN ORCUTTTop: Monacan High School graduate Shakuille Flynn Gilliam is flanked on the left by hismother, Kendrena Simmons, and on the right by his sister, Shambell Rambial, followingsummer session graduation exercises Saturday at Cosby High School. Below: Clover HillHigh School graduate Brittney Landry is joined, from left, by her stepfather, Paul Thorsten’mother, Donna Lewis; and ‘adopted grandma’, Rita Watson.

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BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

If you’re a civic-mindedcitizen who lives inMidlothian, you mightconsider joining the

Village of Midlothian Vol-unteer Coalition. The non-profit organization meets onthe third Thursday of eachmonth, and its next meet-ing is scheduled for today(Thursday, Aug. 16) at theSycamore Square ShoppingCenter in Midlothian.

Since 1991, the Villageof Midlothian VolunteerCoalition has helped topreserve the area’s historicidentity through commu-nity advocacy. For instance,one of the organization’sfirst triumphs was to imple-ment a pedestrian-scalestreetscape plan along bothsides of a 1.2-mile stretch ofRoute 60.

Peppy Jones is thepresident of the Village ofMidlothian Volunteer Coali-tion.

According to Jones, thatsuccess helped to kick offthe organization’s locallandscaping efforts.

“Our number one goalwas landscaping,” Jones said.“We had this plan, so westarted raising money, andwe’ve installed hundreds offeet of sidewalk and trees,and we maintain them.”

Over the years,Midlothian’s population hasgrown steadily, and the areahas become more devel-oped as a result. One of thegroup’s aims is to protectthe area’s structural consis-tency despite the growth.

“We want to maintainthe pedestrian quality ofthe village, and we’re pro-development, but we wantdevelopment to be an assetand not a future detriment,”Jones said.

Jones said the Village ofMidlothian Volunteer Coali-tion also performs architec-tural reviews of incomingconstruction projects toensure that they maintain alook that is consistent withthe rest of the buildings inthe vicinity.

“We want brick, woodand the materials that youuse to be top quality andarchitecturally in scale withthe village,” Jones said. “Wedon’t want chrome andglass, and we want it to looklike the rest of the neighbor-hood.”

The organizationtypically concerns itself withmatters that affect residentsin the 23113 and 23114 zipcodes, although Jones said itsometimes discusses issuesthat involve the population

in 23112 as well.“If someone lives in

Hanover and wants to join,we’re happy for that, butthe area we’ve been chargedwith is the Midlothian cor-ridor,” Jones said. “We lookat things from those zipcodes (23113 and 23114),but every now and then, it’sclose to the village so weinclude (23112) as well.”

The group has reachedout to local governmentand to other communitygroups to make Midlothiana better place to live. KeepVirginia Beautiful, MainStreet U.S.A. and the West-ern Chesterfield BusinessAlliance are just some of theentities it has worked withover the years.

And while the Villageof Midlothian VolunteerCoalition has continued toenlighten the surroundingcommunity about beauti-fication issues, it also hasrecently been working tobring much-needed lightfixtures to a local school’sexterior.

“We just raised somemoney to install 16 goose-neck street lights in front ofMidlothian Middle School,”Jones said.

Jones said that develop-ment and redevelopmentissues will be among thetopics discussed at today’smeeting. First-timersshouldn’t have any prob-lem finding a place to getinvolved with the goings-on.

Jones said the coalitionwelcomes new members.In fact, there is a need forpeople to get involved in itscommittees. So, if you havea knack for community is-sues, it’s a great time to join.

“If you’re interestedin landscaping, we havegroups that do landscapingthrough the village, and wedo fundraising, if somebodyis adept at that,” Jones said.“If someone is interested inplanning, we’ve got spots forfolks.”

“We also work with greenspaces, parks and recre-ational activities. There areany numbers of places to getinvolved, so if you attendthe next meeting, you canfind a home.”

The next Village ofMidlothian VolunteerCoalition meeting willget underway at 7:30 p.m.today (Thursday, Aug. 16)at 202-B at the SycamoreSquare Shopping Center inMidlothian.

For more informationabout the organization,call Peppy Jones at 804-221-6766 or visit www.midlothianva.org.

MidlothianVolunteerCoalitionhosts meeting

Walgreens Ribbon Cutting

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY SANDY WHITESIDEThe Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce participated in a ribbon cutting on Friday, July 13, for the grand opening ofthe new Walgreens in Chesterfield. Walgreens is located at 10230 Iron Bridge Road in Chesterfield.

Help Communities in Schoolsof Chesterfield support studentsCONTRIBUTED REPORT

Two ways to rallyaround Communi-ties In Schools ofChesterfield, which

helps students from strug-gling homes achieve academ-ic success, are being plannedby Chesterfield CountyPublic Schools.

To help:First, vote online through

Richmond Unite. This won’tcost anything. CommunitiesIn Schools of Chesterfieldand other local nonprofitsare competing for Richmond

Unite money. Between Aug.15 and Sept. 15, you can voteonce every day at www.rich-mondunite.org. The morevotes CIS gets, the moremoney it will receive fromRichmond Unite, so encour-age others to also vote dailyfor Communities In Schoolsof Chesterfield.

Second, donate onlineduring the Amazing Raise.This 36-hour regional eventoffers an opportunity tofinancially support CIS ofChesterfield. The AmazingRaise encourages people to

donate $50 or more onlineto local nonprofit groups.Nonprofits will receive themoney their fans donateand also will be in the run-ning for additional cashprizes from the CommunityFoundation, which overseesthe Amazing Raise. To giveto Communities In Schoolsof Chesterfield, go to www.giverichmond.org between6 a.m. Sept. 19 and 6 p.m.Sept. 20. After you donate toCommunities In Schools ofChesterfield, encourage oth-ers to give.

About CIS of ChesterfieldCommunities In Schools

of Chesterfield serves stu-dents at Chesterfield Com-munity High, Salem ChurchMiddle, Bellwood Elemen-tary, Chalkley Elementaryand Ettrick Elementary. CISworks to provide five basicsfor every child: a one-on-onerelationship with a caringadult, a safe place to learnand grow, a healthy start anda healthy future, a market-able skill and a chance to giveback to others. Learn more atwww.cisofchesterfield.org.

CONTRIBUTED REPORT

The ChesterfieldHistorical Societyof Virginia (CHSV)has elected three

new directors to its all-volun-teer Board of Directors.

Two will serve regularthree-year terms and one willcomplete the term of a direc-tor-at-large who has movedout of the area.

Jean Welch was elected toserve 2012-2015. A resident ofChesterfield County for mostof her life, she retired froma 37-year career in educa-tion in 2001. Welch workedas an elementary schoolteacher, a reading specialistand an administrator. Afterher retirement, she workedas a consultant for the State

Department of Education andshe has remained involved inChesterfield County PublicSchools through administra-tive assignments and otherschool related activities. Hercommunity involvementincludes volunteering at theMassey Cancer Center andat her church as well as theWomen’s Club of Chester.Welch serves on the EventsCommittee at CHSV.

Maj. Gen. Donald R. Gard-ner (USMC, Ret.), a Chesterresident, was elected to serve2012-2015. He enlisted in theMarine Corps in 1956 andserved in various commandpositions in the Atlantic andPacific theaters of operationsbefore retiring in 1994. He hasserved as president of the In-

trepid Sea-Air-Space Museumand as CEO of the MarineCorps University Foundation.He was installed as presidentof the Marine Corps Univer-sity in 2004 and appointedpresident emeritus of theuniversity upon his retire-ment in 2009. His communityservice includes long-timemembership of the EppingtonFoundation, of which he isserving as president. Gardnerhas been a member of CHSVsince 1994.

Louis King, a residentof the Beulah area south ofMeadowbrook, was electedto serve one year to completethe term of a CHSV directorwho has relocated. Duringher 32-year teaching career inChesterfield County Public

Schools, she taught mainly atFalling Creek Middle Schoolbut also at Henning Elemen-tary and at Chester MiddleSchool. King joined CHSVin 2005 and has volunteeredon the Library Committee.She also volunteers at Chip-penham Medical Center andBeulah Methodist Church.

Founded in 1981, theChesterfield Historical Societyof VA serves as the center forcounty history through itsmission to collect, preserve,interpret and promote thecounty’s unique past for theeducation and enjoyment ofpresent and future genera-tions. To volunteer and formore information, pleasecall 804-796-7121 or click onwww.chesterfieldhistory.com.

Chesterfield Historical Societyof Va. elects three new directors

CONTRIBUTED REPORTThe James River High

School football program willbe hosting a Military Ap-preciation Night on Friday,Sept. 21, during the varsityfootball game against Bene-dictine High School.

An invitation is beingextended to all militarypersonnel, both active dutyand retired.

With a military I.D.,those who are serving or

have served will receive freeadmission to the game and afree hot dog.

Special recognition also isplanned during the game.

The James River ParentsGroup wants the event tobecome annual and commu-nity-wide. A spokespersonsaid, “We appreciate all youdo and have done for ourcountry. We hope you willall come out and enjoy agood football game.”

James River High to hostMilitary Appreciation Night

CONTRIBUTED REPORTA free Irish dance class

will be presented from11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.on Saturday, Sept. 8, at theHeart of Ireland School ofDance.

All ages are welcome.Registration is required.The limit is one per

person.For more information,

contact info@heartofire-landschool.com.

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services administrator,partnered with Skate-A-Way.I was really pleased that theywanted to partner with ustoo, so she had a really goodidea.”

Since the summer readingprogram was open to anyoneto participate, includingadults, Sears said thereisn’t an age restriction onSunday’s party.

“For this particular party,it is all ages,” Yoho said.“If a parent feels that their3-year-old can skate, they’rewelcome to bring them.”

A special group ofyoung readers from ages 2to 6 also will be rewardedwith an exclusive party atthe Children’s Museum of

Richmond’s Chesterfieldlocation from 6 to 8 p.m. onSaturday, Aug. 25.

More specifically, thenames of 10 readers whoparticipated in the sum-mer reading program fromeach library branch will bedrawn. Those winners andup to four members of theirimmediate families will begranted access to the mu-seum that evening.

The two events aren’tdirectly related, but theyare opportunities to honorchildren for making the ef-fort to read throughout thesummer.

“They’re related in thefact that both of them helpto reward the students in thesummer reading program,”

Yoho said. “That is why wewanted to be able to havetwo parties, one for all agesand one for ages 2 to 6.”

Summer reading loss isa recognized phenomenonthat children can experiencewhen they don’t read regu-larly during seasonal breaks.But, according to Yoho,the Chesterfield CountyPublic Library has made astrong effort to ensure thatstudents’ reading skills don’tsuffer during the summer-time.

“We encourage childrento read so they don’t lose theknowledge they’ve gainedduring the school year,” Yohosaid. “Some of them can losemaybe a half of a grade level,so, to us, reading during the

summer is very important.”Chesterfield County

Public Library will host itsskating party for summerreaders from 2 to 4 p.m. onSunday, Aug. 19, at Skate-A-Way at 3330 Speeks Drive inMidlothian.

Admission is free for eachparticipant who brings in acompleted summer readinglog as a ticket, and parentscan watch for free.

Siblings also may attend,but, if they have not success-fully finished a reading log,they will be charged $5 foradmission.

Entry is limited to thefirst 1,000 people.

For more information,visit http://library.chester-field.gov.

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The racing pigs, the wild animalpetting zoo with camel and ponyrides return along with the alliga-tor show and a host of children’sactivities.

Daily admission tickets – cashonly – are sold at the fairgroundsduring fair hours.

Adult admission is $8, seniors $5,and children 6 through 12 years, $3.

Daily admission includes thatdate’s grandstand entertainment/concert. Parking is free in the L.C.Bird High School parking lot andon the fairgrounds property acrossfrom the school.

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23112July 307200 block of Velvet Antler DriveVictim reported inspection stickerstolen from unlocked vehicle.

August 28500 block of Easton Ridge PlaceUnknown suspect/s entered unlockedvehicle. Items stolen.

August 39500 block of Ashleyville MewsUnknown suspect/s attempted entryby cutting a rear window screen. Noth-ing reported stolen at this time.

14400 block of Ashleyville LaneUnknown suspect/s entered residencethrough unlocked rear window. Itemsstolen.

13700 block of Beechwood PointRoadUnknown suspect/s forced entry intolocked vehicle by smashing passen-ger’s side window. Items stolen. Someitems recovered roughly two milesfrom location.

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Aug, 21600 block of Mountain PineTerraceVictim reported missing items fromresidence under construction. Itemswere stolen.

1300 block of Poco DriveVictim reported front license platestolen.

Aug. 310700 block of Midlothian TurnpikeVictim reported inspection stickerstolen from his unlocked vehicle.

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Education at what cost?BY JIM RIDOLPHISpecial Correspondent

For many of us, for-profit education isa phenomenon that seems contradic-tory to many of the long-held beliefs ofwhat education should be, and what it

shouldn’t.One only has to look at the noteworthy in-

crease in the number of for-profit colleges in thearea to realize that education is profitable.

Many of the companies report substantialprofits margins, and boast high dollar salariesfor many of their executives.

In a free market system, none of this isalarming or worthy of scrutiny until questionsregarding just who attends these colleges, and,more importantly, who foots the bill enters thediscussion.

A recent report by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin,D-Iowa, raises some serious issues regardingfor-profit education in America. While about13 percent of community college students andless than 50 percent of four-year students seekfinancial aid, that number is close to 96 percentat these for-profit institutions.

According to Harkin’s figures, more than 32billion taxpayer dollars were pumped in to theseinstitutions in 2009.

With notoriously low graduation rates, theinstitutions account for more than their shareof defaults on student loans, a cost eventuallypicked up by the taxpayer, accounting for almosthalf of the unpaid loans. Enrollment at thesecolleges account for only 13 percent of the total

overall student population.That’s not to say there isn’t a place for for-

profit education. They offer valuable vocationalprograms and ease enrollments loads at com-munity colleges. But, the criticism has been andcontinues to be the number of students whodon’t graduate and the unpaid loans.

There also have been concerns over the costs.Some studies suggest associate and vocationaldegrees are often priced as much as three timesthe levels of countering programs at publicschools or community colleges.

Harkin has expressed his concerns over thegraduation rates, the defaults and the taxpayermonies winding up at for- profit colleges anduniversities.

One only has to turn on a television to realizemuch of this money is used for marketing andpromotion, and many of these institutions tar-get veterans and other likely candidates who canqualify for government tuition assistance.

While I’m sure there is a place in the Ameri-can education arena for for-profit education,I’m not sure the current influx is a sustainablealternative to public education.

I’ve read the nightmare stories of worthlessdegrees, credits that won’t transfer and stacks ofunpaid and often disputed bills.

I’ve also read accounts of successful studentswho say the for-profit experience changed theirlives and provided them with a career path to asecure future.

In for-profit education, I suppose, like every-thing else in the public arena, it’s buyer beware.

CONTRIBUTED REPORT

Master Food Volun-teer training will beconducted for thosewho love cooking,

learning about nutrition and well-ness, and are interested in helpingothers.

This training is being held from9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on four Tuesdays,Sept. 18 through Oct. 9, at VirginiaState University Virginia Coopera-tive Extension building.

An informational meeting forthose who are interested in learningmore will be held from 10 a.m. tonoon or 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday,Aug. 16.

The deadline to register for theinformational session is Thursday,Aug. 2.

The Master Food Volunteer Pro-gram is modeled after the MasterGardener Program of Extension.

Volunteers in the Master FoodVolunteer Program receive 30hours of training in basic nutrition,meal planning, healthy cookingtechniques, and food safety, withan opportunity to sample deliciousrecipes. In exchange, they are asked

to complete 30 hours of volunteer-ing within one year.

The $65 fee for the class includeseducational materials, continentalbreakfast and a participant-pre-pared lunch each day of the train-ing.

Volunteer opportunities includefood demonstrations and displaysat health fairs or farmers markets,food preparation and food safetyclasses, and assisting with nutritioneducation programs.

For more information and toregister for training, contact LindaJackson Cole, Family and Con-sumer Sciences Extension Agent, at804-751-4401.

If you are a person with a dis-ability and desire any assistive de-vices or other accommodations toparticipate in any of these activities,call 804-751-4401 between 8 a.m.and 5 p.m. to discuss accommoda-tions five days prior to the event.*TDD (800) 828-1120.

Extension is a joint programof Virginia Tech, Virginia StateUniversity, the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture, and state and localprograms.

Master Food Volunteertraining classes offered

BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

Food trucks are all the ragethese days, thanks to theirrecent appearances inmainstream media.

An assortment of those free-standing vendor vehicles will bethe focus of the upcoming JMWMotorsports Food Truck Festivalthat will get underway on Satur-day, Aug. 18, at Southside VendorsMarket at Southside Speedway inMidlothian.

Ed Brewster, vice president ofSouthside Vendors Market, whichopened at Southside Speedway in2011, said the event will mainlyfeature food trucks that have ap-peared at the venue before.

“Well, everybody seems tolove the food that comes off thesetrucks,” Brewster said. “I have toagree that I’ve had good food atthe Vendors Market – and some-one tossed out the idea – and Isaid, let’s do it.”

According to Brewster, Satur-day’s festival began as a cook-off,but it later became a festivalbecause of the logistics involvedwith creating a contest. And,because each of the included foodtrucks features a different type ofcuisine, it made more sense to letevent-goers sample the preparers’

offerings than to pit them againstone another in competition.

The festival will primarilyfeature comfort foods. CharlieB’s Barbecue, Chicken Muttle,Mr. Powell’s Hot Dogs, SkylineConcession and Sweet Lou’sKettle Corn have confirmed theirparticipation.

“Skyline Concession has awide variety of things like sausagesandwiches, deep fried chicken,French fries and hamburgers,”Brewster said. “Sweet Lou’s KettleCorn will come with various fla-vors of kettle corn, and they alsosell lemonade and limeade.”

“Mr. Powell’s Hot Dogs is a hotdog vendor with many toppings,so you can have a hot dog almostanyway you want it. And CharlieB’s Barbecue will also be there.”

Brewster said Chicken Muttle isone of his personal favorites. Therestaurateur prepares a uniquechicken broth that Brewster said istruly a meal by itself.

“With Chicken Muttle, wedon’t want to call it a stew,” Brew-ster said. “It’s not stew, it’s muttle,or, it’s more like a Brunswick stewmade into a meal in a dish.”

Southside Speedway also hasbeen hosting its Saturdays atSouthside concert series that runsthrough October there, so music

will be another treat that peoplecan enjoy during the Food TruckFestival. Brewster said CircusCharlie will perform throughoutthe evening.

“They are a fantastic heavyrock group, but they’re very ver-satile,” Brewster said. “They playa mixture of cover-type songs andtheir own material as well.”

If you’re still wondering ifyou’ll like the food at the festival,Brewster said he can vouch forhow delicious it is.

“Well, I can’t say much morethan that I’ve eaten food fromthem,” Brewster said. “The food isreally good, and that’s the opinionI get from most people.”

“And Saturdays at Southside issomething that we want to growin the Midlothian community tolet them know that we have goodfood and music,” Brewster added.

The JMW Motorsports FoodTruck Festival will be presentedfrom 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Sat-urday, Aug. 18, at SouthsideVendors Market at 12800 GenitoRoad at Southside Speedway inMidlothian.

Admission is $10 for adults.Children ages 10 and under areadmitted free with an adult.

For more information, visitwww.jmwmotorsports.com.

Variety of food trucks to befeatured at Midlothian festival

and his students at Dillwyn, theshield was then painted by ShawnAdams of Rhino Shield.

“A special thanks to ScottTucker, assistant director, Facil-ity Services of CCPS,” said Dr.Brenda Mayo, Cosby principal.

The shield is the second workof art made at the Dillwyn Cor-rectional Facility that can befound at Cosby.

The first is a huge hand-woventapestry with a Titan theme. Therug, which hangs on a wall, wasdonated in 2008.

Special care had to be takenin what types of fibers were usedin the rug because of county firecodes.

“The Chesterfield Fire Chief[Edward Senter] helped us out,”Sandra said. “He told us what wecould and couldn’t use, etc. “

Sandra Parker grinned andsaid, “We have more projects inthe works, just wait and see whatwe do next.”

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Some change is in order, Aries. Youhave realized it for some time now,but this week it must come to frui-tion. Think about the way you wantto approach this.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, you are on an emotionalroller coaster and don’t know howyou will feel from one second to thenext. Figure out your goal for eachday and then go along for the ride.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, you feel like staying in adream world surrounded by a fenceof your own making. But the realityof work and family life has to set in atsome point.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22There is something in the stars thisweek pushing you to make a change,Cancer. The change may be as simpleas wearing your hair a new way or assignificant as changing careers.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Things are off to a rough start thisweek, but better days are rightaround the corner. Keep thinkingabout the good times ahead. Theywill be here before you know it.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, it’s time to reconsider a diffi-cult situation. If you still hold to aparticular belief, you could be limit-ing your possibilities. Adopt a newpoint of view to gain a different per-spective.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23This is the week to shop for some-thing new, Libra. It may be a newwardrobe, some new furnishings, oreven a new car. Your purchasingpower is high right now.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Your academic history and workloaddon’t leave much room for creativity.But if you want to go out and dosomething, then simply do it. Youwill find a work-around.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, something importanthas passed but you are still reapingthe benefits. Bask in the afterglow asmuch as you can because it can’t lastforever.

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PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, for one reason or another,some issues will go unresolved thisweek. They can wait, so don’t worry.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 16The Chesterfield CountyDepartment of Parks andRecreation is offering a seriesof programs for adults 50and older. Unless otherwisenoted, classes are held at theChesterfield Senior Center at4000 Stigall Dr. in Midlothian.To register, call 804-748-1623.A full list of programs can befound in the current ProgramGuide, available online atchesterfield.gov. “Learning to

Love Your Digital Camera” isfor new digital-camera ownerswho are not yet comfort-able using it. Attendees areencouraged to bring theircameras and the instructionmanual to class. Learn howto take and share pictures.This class is limited to eightparticipants and will be taughtby Pete Fundinger. The eventwill be held from 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. The cost is $5.

TUESDAY, AUG. 21The Chesterfield CountyDepartment of Parks andRecreation is offering a seriesof programs for adults 50and older. Unless otherwisenoted, classes are held at theChesterfield Senior Center at4000 Stigall Dr. in Midlothian.To register, call 804-748-1623.A full list of programs can befound in the current ProgramGuide, available online atchesterfield.gov. “Jewelry

Design” will provide instruc-tion in making earrings and anecklace. Tools and supplieswill be provided. The eventwill be held from 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. The cost is $19.

WEEKLY TUESDAYSOvereaters Anonymous Group#51606 meets at 2 p.m. Tues-days at the Central BaptistChurch at 1510 CourthouseRd. in Richmond. For moreinformation, call Peg at 804-

379-9558.

FACES (Family Advocacy Cre-ating Education and Services)meets the first and third Tues-day of every month at 11601Lucks Lane in Midlothian.For more information, call804-378-0035 or visit www.FACESVA.org.

WEEKLY WEDNESDAYSBridge is played from 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tues-

days at St. Mark’s Churchat 11551Luck’s Lane inMidlothian. Players of all levelsare welcome. No advancesign-up is required. Call Carolat 804-594-0995 for moreinformation.

WEEKLY THURSDAYSThe Al-Anon meeting Awakento Hope meets at 7:30 p.m. onThursdays at St. John Neu-mann Catholic Church at 2480Batterson Rd. in Powhatan.

BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

The Central Virginia regionboasts its share of fitnessevents throughout theyear, but few of them have

focused solely on female partici-pants. But the 4th annual Com-monwealth Sports Medicine PinkPower Triathlon will exclusivelyfeature women among its rankswhen it starts at the MidlothianYMCA on Saturday, Aug. 18.

Laurie Mehler is the owner anddirector of Richmond Multisports,the triathlon’s Richmond-basedorganizer.

Although the company mostlymanages triathlons in the region,Mehler said the organization alsohas coordinated races in Charlot-tesville and Virginia Beach and inNorth Carolina and Washington,D.C.

“We are a triathlon event pro-duction company,” Mehler said.“We’re regional, but almost 80percent of our participation comesfrom the Metro Richmond area.”

“This is year four for this event,and I had the idea for it two yearsbefore we pulled the trigger. Therewere a few other all-women’s racesin the country, and, as a female racedirector, I wanted to do somethingspecifically for women.”

Mehler, who grew up in theBrandermill neighborhood, saidshe is proud that she will be ableto bring the race to ChesterfieldCounty.

“It means a lot to me to have therace there, with it being close to myroots,” Mehler said.

2012 is the third year that Com-monwealth Sports Medicine hasserved as the triathlon’s title sponsor.

Mehler said she originally ap-proached the Glen Allen-based

facility about getting involved withthe event and that Dr. Teresa Stadlerof Commonwealth Sports Medicinewas eager to become involved.

“I asked Dr. Stadler about it, andshe is an avid triathlete herself,”Mehler said. “It’s a really good fitfor them because she understandsthe athlete, and she’s a top-levelcompetitor.”

Commonwealth Sports Medicinehosted a nutrition and injury pre-vention clinic on Tuesday, Aug. 7, toprepare contestants for the race.

That preview event may provehelpful for participants becauseSunday’s triathlon will certainly testtheir stamina. The swim is a 400-meter “snake” that will take place inan outdoor 25-meter pool.

The 11-mile bike course willpass through Chesterfield County,but it will mainly stick to areasnear Charter Colony Parkway. The5K run will make its way throughMidlothian Mines Park and adja-cent neighborhoods.

Revolution 3 Timing, a nationalrace production company, will timethe event.

But, as Mehler said, the bondingis a big part of the triathlon. For in-stance, she said college buddies havemet up at the Pink Power Triathlonafter they hadn’t seen each other in

some time.“Men don’t go out in groups

– and they might congregate towatch sporting events – but womenhave a different sense of communityand socialness,” Mehler said. “So,there’s a lot of sisterhood involved.”

And not only is the triathlon agreat chance for fitness-focusedwomen to connect with each other,but it also is a fundraiser, since aportion of the proceeds will sup-port the LiveStrong program at theMidlothian YMCA.

LiveStrong is a free 12-week ex-ercise regiment that benefits cancersurvivors, but the wellness projectwould not be possible withoutdonations, such as those providedduring the Pink Power Triathlon.

Even though their enduranceswill be tested, Mehler said it’s agreat inaugural experience forwomen who haven’t participated ina triathlon before.

“It’s a great first-timer’s event,”Mehler said. “Anybody can ride abike and run, and you can hangonto the wall in the pool.”

“It’s a sprint and it’s really easyto do it – and, if you have a basis,like taking spin classes or runningor know how to swim, it’s easy tostep up to the plate. It’s a great timeof year before school starts, and,yes, moms are very busy right now,but it’s so much fun to do.”

The Commonwealth SportsMedicine Pink Power Triathlon willbegin at 7 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19,at the Midlothian YMCA at 737Coalfield Road in Midlothian.

At this time, online pre-registra-tion for the triathlon is closed, butparticipants can register the day ofthe event.

For the full race schedule and forday-of registration fees, visit www.richmondmultisports.com.

Pink Power Triathlon creates camaraderie

SUBMITTED PHOTOSPink Power Triathletes form a special bond after participating in the event.

CONTRIBUTED REPORTLow Lyfe Kustoms Car and

Truck Club will host its 1stAnnual Car, Truck and BikeShow to benefit local SpecialOlympics Virginia athletesat noon on Sunday, Aug. 19,at the Brass Monkey Restau-rant at 12211 Jefferson DavisHighway in Chester.

Proceeds from the eventwill help fund year-roundtraining and sports competi-tion within the Special Olym-pics Virginia Area 6 program.

The events will be opento the public. Special eventswill continue through theearly evening. Awards for thevarious car, truck and bikecategories is to begin at 6 p.m.

Attendees will be treatedthroughout the day to thesound of live music providedby “No Limits,” a band fromthe Richmond area, alongwith other activities and aspecial appearance by MissWheelchair Va.

Those interested in customcars, trucks or motorcycles,or those who want to spendthe day outdoors in supportof Special Olympics Va. areinvited to attend. All eventsare open to the public.

For more informa-tion, contact Tim Taylor atCooter4201@yahoo.com.

For additional informa-tion about Special OlympicsVirginia Area 6, contactTracy Cade, public relations,tashores @aol.com.

Car showto benefitSpecialOlympics

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BY CHARLIE LEFFLERcleffler@mechlocal.com

In a poll of league coaches,longtime rivals Hampden-Syd-ney and Randolph-Macon cameout on top in the 2012 ODAC

preseason football poll. H-SC edgedR-MC in points 46-to-44 and firstplace votes 4-to-3. Washington andLee received 37 points and one firstplace vote while Bridgewater pickedup 32 points. Emory & Henry andCatholic came in fifth and sixthwhile Guilford and league newcomer

Shenandoah tied for seventh with 11points each.

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (8-3, 5-1ODAC) will attempt to become thefirst ODAC team to win back-to-back league titles since Bridgewaterclaimed five straight from 2001-05.The Tigers’ only suffered one leagueloss last year but it came in theregular season finale at the hands ofRandolph-Macon.

“We’ve got a balanced league andpicked to finish first I guess the bulls

eye is on us again,” said H-SC headcoach Marty Favret. “But we’re ex-cited for a lot of different reasons.”

H-SC comes into the 2012 seasonhaving lost some of the top names inprogram history to graduation- All-American’s Ben Rogers (OL) and KyleVance (WR) along with All-ODACplayers Kirk Rohle (RB), Travis Lane(QB) and Sean Cavanagh (WR) areall gone.

But the Tigers got a monumental

BY FRED JETERContributing Writer

For South Richmond Post137, the kid with the ini-tials MP was also MVP.

Let’s give it up forMatthew Pita, Most ValuablePlayer at State American LegionJunior tournament.

At 5-8, 135 pounds, the risingCosby High sophomore infielderdoesn’t strike fear in foes goingfrom parking lot to diamond.

Both his cap and jersey seem asize large.

Then – voila – when the umpirecries “Play Ball,” Pita transformsinto a terror with bat and glove,and on the base paths.

“Matthew’s a gamer,” says Post137 Junior coach Dustin Felvus. “I

can’t say enough good things abouthim.”

The Post 137 Juniors, composedof talentfrom Cosby,Manchesterand CloverHill High, aged14-17, won allthere was towin on theirlevel.

Felvus’ssquad was16-1 overall in

capturing 11th District and Statetitles for a second straight year.

South Richmond defeated BigIsland/Lynchburg, 5-1, in finals ofStates at RF&P Park in Glen Allen.

Lefty swinging Tucker Holt

delivered the most damaging blowin finals – a two-out, bases-loaded,two RBI single in four-run fourthinning.

Earlier victories were over Albe-marle, Chesapeake and Winchester.

Pita was right on track at RF&P,a facility named after the railroad.

“All our hard work paid off,” hesaid. “It all came together … wehit, pitched and our coaches weregreat.”

Engineering MVP honors, theleadoff stick was 11-for-22 with fivedoubles and four RBI. Defensively,he was a suction cup at shortstop.

“Matt really grew up at States,”said Felvus. “He became a trueleader.”

Pita

Here is a look at theSouth RichmondPost 137 Juniorsquad, broken downby school affiliation:

Clover Hill: Ian Mayes,Tyler Davis, CoreyRichardson, AndrewDuesing

Cosby: Jason Ciucci,Zachary Mort, MitchellShredl, Tucker Holt,Chandler Pearman,Matthew Pita, TylerSmith, David Brown

Manchester: JoeyLowry, Jacob Duty, EvanRoberts, Austin Glenn,Austin Keesee

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Post 137 unleashed a galaxy of starsthroughout the summer.

Team regular-season batting average wasa robust .374. Offensive numbers sound likethey were stolen from a nearby slow-pitchsoftball field.

Felvus (rhymes with Elvis) posted line-ups that had the opposition all shook up.

The wrecking ball started with TroySmith (.500), Andrew Duesing (.452), IanMayes (.444), Evan Roberts (.440), CasyHowell (.429), Austin Gunn (.400), TuckerHolt (.396) and David Brown (.389).

Then, just when pitchers hoped it wassafe to tip-toe back to the mound, uppopped Chandler Pearman (.375), JasonCiucci (368), Joey Lowry (.360), Jacob Duty(.333) and Zachary Mort (.308).

Late-blossoming Pita, peaking at States,hit .279 prior to RF&P, but led team inwalks (11) and stolen bases (10 in 11 tries),and even swatted one of team’s three homeruns.

The son of Robin and George Pita willuse his quickness this fall as a Cosby JVdefensive back

A former Manchester player, now Lanc-ers’ assistant coach, Felvus used four start-ing pitchers and three relievers at States.

Starters were Cuicci, Lowry, Mayes andRoberts, with Mort, Mitchell Shredl andHowell firing from the bullpen.

Post 137 introduced its Junior programlast summer as something of a “junior var-sity” to the Senior Legion outfit of mostlyl7-19 year-olds coached by Byron Ballard.

“We wanted to get the younger kidsinvolved with Legion early, with the ideathey’ll graduate to the senior team,” saidFelvus.

Other 11th District Posts with Juniorsare Varina Post 233, West End Post 361,Lakeside Post 125 and the Colonial HeightsPost 284 Bucs and Pirates.

Post 137 allows Juniors to also playtravel, showcase ball.

“But next season we’re thinking of usingthe Junior team as a travel team itself, andgo to places like East Cobb (Ga.),” pipedFelvus.

The Juniors includes established up-and-comers and others, like Pita, trying to makehis mark. Pita was cut from the Cosby JV’sin 2011 before gaining traction with137

There’s an old saying in sports that bigguys have to prove they can’t play whilesmaller ones have to prove they can.

Matthew Pita’s proof was in his MVPpudding.

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boost when sophomore quarterback NashNance made the rare decision toleave a BCS Division I program for Divi-sion III, transferring from the Universityof Tennessee to Hampden-Sydney.

“I knew it was going to be a rare thingand there’s probably going to be a bigbulls eye on my head,” Nash said.

Favret believes Nash will be the focusof attention fans and opponents. “HavingNash come in from an SEC school, there’sgoing to be a lot of buzz around the Tigersthis year,” Favret said. “We’re excited tosee what he’s all about.”

Despite the accolades, Nash does notcome into the season as a guaranteedlock for the quarterback slot and couldface notable competition from freshmanstandout Kyle Farlow who is the grandsonof NASCAR’s Richard Petty.

Though Rogers and Rohle are gone,Hanover County will continue to play ahuge role in the Tigers’ success this sea-son. Senior offensive lineman Tyler White(Atlee), senior linebacker Kenny Fryman(Hanover) and junior safety Steven Fogle-man (Hanover) have all been named teamcaptains.

Senior halfback John Michael Sparagna(Atlee) played a big role in last year’s suc-cess but it is local sophomores that couldhave the biggest impact this year. Defen-sive back Shreve Rohle and linebackerJosh Doggett (Atlee) will take on moresubstantial roles with the Tigers’ defensethis season. Likewise safety KamronWhite (Atlee) and defensive lineman Mi-chael Bazemore (Atlee) will also be in themix. Freshman offensive lineman ToddEdstrom (Hanover) also joins the Tigersthis season.

“I can’t think of Hanover withoutthinking of Ben Rogers and Kirk Rohleand of course what they’ve mean to ourprogram over the last four years and justwhat extraordinary guys they are,” Favretsaid. “But the torch is being passed to theSteven Foglemen’s and Kenny Fryman’sand they’re terrific football players.”

H-SC returns six starters on offenseand seven defensive starters from a seasonago. Fryman led the team with 102 tack-les, 15 tackles for a loss and 2.5 sacks lastyear. Fogleman, who missed most of lastseason due to injury, returns after beingsecond on the team with 92 tackles as asophomore.

Sophomore safety John Moore (BlessedSacrament-Huguenot) returns as a starterafter recording 53 tackles and 4.5 TFL in2011.

Other local players on the team includesophomore cornerback Dion Berry (Pow-hatan), sophomore quarterback GarrettBirnbaum (Cosby), sophomore safetyCraige Sprouse (Clover Hill), junior widereceiver Andrew Oliver (Clover Hill),freshman cornerback Mitchell Pereira(Midlothian), junior wide receiver NickAlmond (Trinity Episcopal), sophomorewide receiver Jalen Wood (Clover Hill),senior wide receiver Daniel Deck (Mona-can), sophomore defensive lineman NickManuel (James River) and sophomorequarterback Will White (Trinity Episco-pal).

Hampden-Sydney opens their seasonwith at Averett on Sept. 1.

RANDOLPH-MACON (8-2, 4-2)comes into 2012 with a lot of momentumafter the young team knocked off rivalHampden-Sydney in the season finale.The Yellow Jackets steadily improved asthe season progressed and were possiblythe best team in the country not to makethe playoffs last year.

In his first year of college football,quarterback Zac Naccarato threw for2,105 yards, 14 passing touchdowns andhad six rushing TDs to earn ODAC Rook-ie of the Year honors. With eight return-ing starters on both offense and defense,and a year of seasoning, Naccarato shouldbe even better in 2012.

“We have a good mix of guys comingback, a lot of veterans that have startedand played a lot of minutes and a mix ofyoung football players that we’re really ex-cited about,” said R-MC head coach PedroArruza. “We have 24 seniors back againthis year so we feel like we’re in a prettygood place as a program.”

Seasoned veterans, running back DrakeSanders, wide receiver Luke Sellars, half-back Vance Hendren (Powhatan), tightends Dan Crouch and Zach Midulla, allseniors, return along with junior wideoutChristian Cook.

With 24 career starts, senior O-line-man Bryan Overstreet (Patrick Henry)has more experience than any other mem-ber of the offense. Senior Jordan Zentzwill also be back on the line.

The experienced defense boasts juniorlinebacker Abel Simpson, who was theteams’ second leading tackler a season agowhile senior cornerback Brandon Har-rison, who has 30 career starts, tied withjunior safety Andrew Leonard for thirdmost tackles on the squad.

Linebacker David Fetter (Lee-Davis)was a powerful force last season as wasBilly Knarr at safety. Ian Candelaria has18 career starts on the defensive line anddefensive tackle Cross Trued nine. All areseniors.

Senior kicker Josh Storm comes intothe season as one of the best in the na-tion. Storm has been named to the 2012Fred Mitchell Award watch list, whichis handed out to the best kicker amongFCS, Div. II, Div. III, NAIA and NJCAA

football teams.“We’re coming into the season ready,”

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this season are senior tight end Ian Over-street (Patrick Henry), junior runningback Tucker Walton (Lee-Davis) andsophomore defensive end Calvin Davis(Lee-Davis). Offensive lineman JoshPittman (Hanover) is a freshman on thisyear’s team.

Other local players include freshmansafety Coleman Dehoff (Cosby), freshmanwide receiver Austin Cundiff (James Riv-er), sophomore linebacker Chris Turner(Monacan), sophomore safety Dan Coon(Midlothian), freshman offensive linemanBrian Jorgensen (Midlothian), sophomoredefensive tackle Matt Daugherty (Cosby),junior linebacker Conner Donnelly(Clover Hill) and sophomore offensivelineman Nate Turner (Manchester).

Randolph-Macon opens their seasonat Johns Hopkins on Sept. 1 but the fol-lowing week will be a historic momentfor fans when the renovated Day Field isdedicated for their home opener againstAverett.

Under new head coach Scott Abell,WASHINGTON AND LEE (8-2, 5-1ODAC) will look for a new quarterbackbut returns senior option back LukeHeinsohn (900 yds, 13 TDs) as well assenior slot backs Brett Murry (1,561 all-purpose yards, 867 rushing, 13 TDs) andRussell Stewart (511 yards, 5 TDs).

On defense, preseason All-Americansenior safety Jake Pelton (76 tkls, 2 INTs,7 PBUs) will be the leader.

BRIDGEWATER (6-4, 3-3) returnsfour starters on offense and five ondefense. The Eagles will look to seniorquarterback Carlos Gonzalez for offensiveleadership and senior defensive linemenDanny Grogg and Joel Frances to stopopponents.

Junior wide receiver David Duncan(Patrick Henry) plays for Bridgewater.

EMORY & HENRY (5-5, 2-4) canboast experience by returning a major-ity of their starters from a season ago- 10on offense, seven on defense and four onspecial teams. ODAC Defensive Player ofthe Year, senior linebacker Devan Sproles(61 tkls, 6 INTs) will lead the Wasps whilejunior Kyle Boden (2,569 yds, 21 TDs)returns at quarterback.

Sophomore defensive end Zachary Bu-chholz (Manchester) plays for the Wasps.

CATHOLIC (5-5, 1-5) also returns thebulk of its starting lineup from a season

ago (9-defense, 8-offense) and should bemuch improved from last year. Seniorquarterback Greg Cordivari threw for3,282 yards and 25 TDs last season whilejunior running back Mike Pitsenbergeropened up the defense with 899 yardsrushing and 7 TDs.

The Cardinals’ defense as led by juniorlinebacker Conor Stueckler who recorded95 tackles, 2 INTs and 2 fumble recoveriesin 2011.

GUILFORD (2-8, 1-5) was young lastseason and returns eight starters on of-fense and six on defense in 2012. JuniorZac Halbert returns at quarterback asdoes classmate Lawrence Blake at widereceiver. But the Quakers strength willbe in their defense. Three sophomores,linebacker Robert Smith and with DBsHunter English and Satiir Stevenson ledthe defense last season and should do thesame in 2012.

Freshman defensive back Spiers Mid-dlebrooks (Midlothian) joins the Quakersthis season.

SHENANDOAH (6-4, 5-2 USA South)enters the ODAC with holes to fill butlocal players should take on substantialroles in the team’s success this season.Sophomore quarterback Phillip Gard-ner (Lee-Davis) is currently projected asthe starter in the pocket this season. Hewill have the benefit of the Hornets’ topreturning offensive lineman, senior JacobBrent (Lee-Davis) at tackle. As a junior,Brent was named an Honorable Mentionpreseason All-American by Beyond SportsNetwork. At the end of the season he wasa first team All-USA South member aswell as third team All-Region for D3foot-ball.com.

Senior running back Carl Josephrecorded 720 yards rushing last seasonwhile wide receiver Qiydaar Murphy had58 receptions for 609 yards through theair.

On defense, the Hornets will rely onjunior linebacker Josh Rogers, seniorlineman Nick Erdman (Cosby) and juniorsafety Byron Mitchell.

Other local players on Shenandoah’sroster include sophomore safety PhillipSchoeffel (Powhatan), sophomore run-ning back David Wilburn (Manchester),freshman outside linebacker WilliamGodwin (Midlothian) and freshmandefensive end/tight end Sean Pate (Pow-hatan).

Another easily recognizable namewith the Hornets is former WashingtonRedskins star Joe Jacoby who has servedas Shenandoah’s offensive line coach since2009.

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