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BY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

Fully decorated Christmas trees are striking spectacles that can be enjoyed throughout the holiday season, but they also should be recycled respon-

sibly after those special times have ended to ensure that they don’t clutter the environment.

So, what happens to Christmas trees that simply get left on the curb? Well, too often, they get tossed into landfi lls where they slowly wilt instead of willfully being transformed into more useful materials.

Fortunately, for local residents, the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority is mak-ing it easy for people to repurpose their previ-ously used evergreens since foliage doesn’t last forever.

According to the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority’s website, approxi-mately 28 million real Christmas trees are sold each year in the United States. For that reason, the organization wants to make sure that the trees homeowners purchased in 2012 are disposed of properly in 2013.

Throughout the month of January, member localities such as Chesterfi eld County will offer special Christmas tree recycling programs.

After they have been collected, the trees will be separated from other waste products. Then, the plants will be ground into an environmen-tally-friendly mulch product.

In particular, Chesterfi eld County residents can recycle their real Christmas trees for free at two convenient locations through Thursday, Jan. 31.

The Northern Convenience Center at 3200 Warbro Road, which is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Saturday, is close to Genito Road and Hull Street Road. Likewise, the Southern Convenience Center at 6700 Landfi ll Road, which also is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. fSunday through Saturday, is adjacent to Route 10 near Ironbridge Road.

Of course, the use of those convenience centers is restricted to Chesterfi eld County residents only, and both facilities are closed on holidays.

Certainly, any man-made materials such as bolts, bulbs, decorations, tinsel and wires should be removed from natural trees because those materials cannot be recycled along with the branches. Tree vendors will not be allowed, and, although it goes without saying that artifi -cial trees also should be disposed of responsibly, they will not be accepted during the recycling program.

All in all, the Christmas tree recycling pro-gram will help residents to continue to be green after the holidays have been forgotten.

For more information about the Central Vir-ginia Waste Management Authority’s Christmas tree recycling efforts, visit www.cvwma.com.

To contact the Chesterfi eld County General Services Division, the activity’s local sponsor, call 804-748-1297.

Traffi c signal activation ceremony

PHOTO BY BEN ORCUTTResidents of Brandermill Woods joined others on Friday, Dec. 21, to celebrate the activation of the new traffi c signal at the intersection of Old Hundred Road and Brandermill Parkway.

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BY BEN ORCUTTSpecial Correspondent

Residents of Brandermill Woods re-tirement community and surround-ing neighborhoods in Brandermill got an early Christmas present when a new traffi c signal was activated at the intersection of Old Hundred

Road and Brandermill Parkway.Mira Pallotta, executive director of Brandermill

Woods, had the honor of fl ipping the switch on Friday, Dec. 21, to activate the long-awaited traffi c signal.

“Brandermill Community Association is what Brandermill Woods is part of,” said Al Raimo, act-ing community manager for the BCA. “We have 88 neighborhoods spread out all throughout this area and up in Harbour Pointe, so we’re a community as-sociation and very much grateful to be able to work with Mira and her folks to have this happen for our homeowners and citizens here in Brandermill.”

There were many safety concerns at the intersec-tion, Raimo said.

“I could not tell you what the statistics are, but we know that there have been some fairly bad accidents at this intersection, so we’re quite thrilled that this has now come about and we’re able to more safely get back and forth, in and out of Brandermill,” he said.

Chesterfi eld County Administrator James J.L. “Jay” Stegmaier, who also attended the traffi c signal activation ceremony, spoke in a similar vein.

“Well it’s been in the works for a while but the important point here is that this was a safety con-cern for the community,” Stegmaier said. “So we’ve got the road improved so we can handle much more traffi c and we’ve improved safety so people can safely get on and off of the road.”

Singing for seniors

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Singing for seniors at Christmas time is a tradition for 5th-graders at Woolridge Elementary School in Midlothian.

The week before Christmas, about 50 of the 5th-graders sang for a group of seniors at Chesterfi eld Heights, an independent-liv-ing retirement community in Midlothian.

The title of the kids’ program was Sounds of Joy and included 12 songs.

“I thought it was really good,” 10-year-old Emmie Munch said of singing for the seniors. “I didn’t have one favorite song but I enjoyed singing to everyone.”

For most of the performance, Emmie stood beside fellow 5th-grader Jacob Can-tor, also 10.

“I enjoyed ‘The Everlasting Fruitcake,’ because it’s funny and I have fun,” Jacob said of the selection where members of the chorus pass around a box representing a fruitcake.

Jacob looked sharp in his dress shirt and tie.“It was my idea to wear the tie,” he said.

“I thought it looked cool with this shirt and pants.”

The youngsters were directed by Woolridge music teacher Babs Dilks, who said the pupils began learning the songs in September.

The most fun for her, Dilks said, is to watch the children connect with the seniors.

“I enjoy watching the kids see the joy that they’re giving to the people here and they really can’t understand that until they get here and watch the faces and I enjoy watching them,” she said.

Colleen Wood has been teaching at

Woolridge since the school opened in 1990, and singing for seniors is a 5th-grade tradi-tion, she said.

“They look forward to it,” Wood said. “They know when they get into 5th grade that that’s one of their big fi eld trips they get to do . . . Because they do, they talk about it at the beginning of the year.”

One of the children’s favorite songs is “Blitzen’s Boogie,” Wood said.

“He’s a boogie woogie reindeer and he boogies all day long,” the children sang. “He’s some kind of cool when the season is yule.”

Chesterfi eld Heights resident Bob Taylor, 80, enjoyed the concert along with his 47-year-old daughter, Kathy Sears.

“Oh, it was great,” Taylor said. “I liked to see the kids in the movement. I thought the young man that walked around with the cane, he was exceptionally good.”

The performance was “awesome,” Sears said, adding that she liked “Blitzen’s Boo-gie” the best.

At full capacity, Chesterfi eld Heights has about 130 residents, according to activity coordinator Darlene Holland. A small por-tion attended the concert, but those who did appeared to have a good time.

“Well, our residents really love music,” Holland said. “They love seeing children perform and it just is the highlight of their day, probably the highlight of this holiday season.”

Watching the children and the residents interact is fun, Holland said.

“Well, I just really enjoy seeing the smiles -- seeing the children smile and the adults smile,” she said. “It’s just very heartwarming.”

Watching the children perform is a good elixir for the residents, said Chester-fi eld Heights manager Glenn Campbell.

“They get the most out of entertain-ment,” he said. “That really is what they enjoy most and they all love kids, so when the kids come in it just brightens their day. We love it just as well and the seniors -- we love them -- and just anything that makes them happy and get a little bit of joy out of the day is always good to see. I mean, it really is terrifi c to watch them. A lot of times they get hung up in where they are – not feeling well – and it just takes all that stress away from them.”

PHOTOS BY BEN ORCUTTBelow: Kathy Sears, left, and her father, Bob Taylor, a resident at Chesterfi eld Heights retirement community in Midlothian along with his fellow residents enjoy a holiday concert performed by 5th-graders from Woolridge Elementary School (above) Jacob Cantor, left, and Emmie Munch and their classmates.

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family is from the SCMS community.

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Books donated to Christmas Mother

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY BETSY LATHAMMillwood School’s Interact Club collected 1,137 books and donated them to the Chesterfi eld / Colonial Heights Christmas Mother. The goal had been to donate 800 books, but the response from Millwood School families was overwhelming. Millwood School Interact Club members, SeanPaul Coffey and Austin Leonhirth are shown with “the mountain of books.”

Clover Hill Supervisor Art Warren, whose district the new traffi c signal is located in, said the project was a collaborative effort of area residents, the Virginia Department of Trans-portation, the county’s transportation depart-ment, State Sen. John C. Watkins, R-10, and Del. R. Lee Ware Jr., R-65

Warren, who has served on the Board of Supervisors for 21 years, said two decades ago the area surrounding the intersection of Old Hundred Road and Brandermill Parkway “was just a cow pasture.”

The new traffi c signal – which cost about $250,000 – is part of an $8 million project that also included the widening of Old Hundred Road to four lanes that carry 20,000 vehicles per day, Warren said.

“Well, with a nursing home [the Health

Care Center at Brandermill Woods] across the street and with our population aging, it’s very important that safety is [the] number one pri-ority and that was really the motivating force behind this light was the number of cars that use this intersection and the need for safety,” Warren said.

Pallotta said she enjoyed having the honor of activating the traffi c signal.

“It felt wonderful,” she said. “I’ve been at Brandermill for 23 years and I’ve seen accidents happen and it’s wonderful to know that it’s go-ing to prevent a lot of accidents.”

Residents of Brandermill Woods, which includes an independent-living community on the south side of Old Hundred Road, access the intersection on a regular basis either as drivers or passengers in motor vehicles, Pallotta said.

Peg Emmons, 89, has been a resident of the independent-living community at Brandermill

Woods for 12 years and crosses Old Hundred Road several times a week to volunteer at the Health Care Center.

Emmons attended the activation ceremony and said afterwards that she looked forward to being able to traverse Old Hundred Road with the help of the new traffi c signal.

Although 88-year-old Health Care Center resident Mil Hayes stopped driving about four months ago, she said she is still grateful there is a traffi c signal at the intersection.

“But it means a lot to everyone because we would sit here and wait and wait,” she said. “The traffi c would be [heavy] and fi nally we would get a spot and we’d scoot out. But with the light there, we can get out in peace and not be praying on the way out.”

Residency administrator Butch Sirry, a 33-year VDOT employee, said he’s been part of 30 to 40 traffi c signal activations in Chesterfi eld

County and he was present when the new traf-fi c signal was activated at Old Hundred Road and Brandermill Parkway.

“All of it’s computerized now,” he said. “The timings are adjusted according to traffi c volumes. These signals here are activated by cameras, which is relatively new instead of the old detectors in the road. The technology has just become more and more advanced. It makes the signals work better to keep traffi c fl ow.”

VDOT employees will be monitoring the new traffi c signal to ensure “that it is operating like it should,” Sirry said.

Because of the traffi c signal, Sirry ac-knowledged things will be different in the neighborhood.

“Yep,” he said. “It’ll be a whole lot differ-ent. It’d really be a whole lot different but it will be safer.”

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lage of Midlothian offi ce at 1100 Jefferson Green Circle in Midlothian. She will specialize in working with homebuyers and sellers.

Boyd successfully com-pleted Long & Foster’s Star Builders program, an exten-sive training course for newly licensed sales associates. The program’s curriculum covers contracts, agency, prospect-ing, business planning, fi nance and working with buyers and sellers.

She is a member of the Richmond Association of Realtors.

“We are very excited and fortunate to have Meredith join us,” said Dianne Flourn-oy, manager of the Village of Midlothian offi ce. “We look

forward to the high-quality of service to consumers that she has built a reputation and career around.”

Boyd, who holds a master degree from Virginia Tech, resides in western Henrico County with her husband Josh.

“The dynamics of today’s residential real estate market are constantly changing. Completing our Star Build-ers program has provided Meredith with the right tools to meet those changing dynamics,” said Gary Scott, president of Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. “We welcome Meredith to Long & Foster, a company that has helped local buyers and sellers reach their homeownership goals for more than 40 years.”

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SUBMITTED PHOTOJim Day, left, Martin’s Chester store manager, presents a check to Kathryn Lunsford, Chesterfi eld-Colonial Heights Christmas Mother. Also shown are Tony Ayers, assistant store manager, and the Chesterfi eld-Colonial Heights Christmas Mother committee.

Generosity from Martin’s Food Markets and it’s customersOver $102,000 donated though 'Share a Meal'

Martin’s Food Mar-kets customers and associates helped brighten the holi-

day season for Richmond and Williamsburg families in need by donating $102,350 through this year’s Share a Holiday Meal.

The donation supports Christmas Mother campaigns in Chesterfi eld/Colonial Heights, Hanover and Henrico, Salvation

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ticipating in the Share a Holiday Meal campaign in 2010, more than $280,000 has been donated to assist thousands of families across Central Virginia during the holidays,” said Jim Scanlon, regional vice president. “Thank you to our customers and as-sociates for such overwhelming generosity year after year.”

From Oct. 28 through Dec. 1, Martin’s customers had the opportunity to support the Share a Holiday Meal program by mak-ing a donation in increments of $5, $10 or $20 at the checkout.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 3Chesterfi eld County residents can recycle their real Christmas trees for free through Jan. 31, at the Northern Convenience Center at 3200 Warbro Road from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday to Saturday or the Southern Convenience Center at 6700 Landfi ll Road from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday to Saturday.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8Discover Chesterfi eld: Walking Club begins 9 a.m. at Harry G. Daniel Park at Iron Bridge at 6000 Whit-epine Road (meet at Shelter 3). This walking program is designed to introduce participants to Chesterfi eld County parks, open spaces and greenways while meet-ing new walking partners. The walk will be led by a member of the Chester-fi eld County Department of Parks and Recreation. The program is free of charge.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9The New Virginians, a

club for women new to the Richmond area in the last two years, will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Richmond Country Club at 12950 Patterson Ave. in Richmond. The cost is $25. Prospective members are welcome. Reservations for the luncheon were request-ed by noon on Jan. 2. For more information, contact [email protected]

THURSDAY, JAN. 10Tyler Community College Board meeting begins at 3 p.m. at the college’s Chester Campus located at 13101 Jefferson Davis High-way in the Nicholas Student Center, room N102a. The public is invited. A sign-up sheet will be made avail-able 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting for those persons interested in addressing the board.

Chesterfi eld Senior Center program, Jewelry Design: Earrings, Bracelet and Necklace from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Chester-fi eld Senior Center at 4000 Stigall Drive in Midlothian.

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Chesterfi eld Senior Center program, Learning to Love Your Digital Camera from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Chesterfi eld Senior Center at 4000 Stigall Drive in Midlothian. Participants are encouraged to bring their cameras and the instruction manual to class. Class size is limited, so register early. The fee is $5. Course 26667. To register, call 804-748-1623.

THURSDAY, JAN. 17Chesterfi eld Senior Center program, Beginners Line Dancing, from 11 a.m. to noon (Thursdays, Jan. 17 to Feb. 21) at the Chester-fi eld Senior Center at 4000 Stigall Drive in Midlothian. Learn basic line-dancing steps to a variety of music. This class is for those with no experience. The fee is $38. Course 26481. A full list of programs is online at www.chesterfi eld.gov. To register, call 804-748-1623.

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Eggs are fl exible ingredients that can go a long way in cu-linary concoctions,

but the oblong orbs that the winners of the “Tasty Little Devils” egg recipe contest at the 2012 Chesterfi eld County Fair used will take them all the way to the state fi nals on Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs.

The cook-off, which will be held during the Virginia Association of Fairs annual meeting, is sponsored by the Virginia Egg Council and the Virginia Association of Fairs.

Participants who placed at the 2012 Chesterfi eld County Fair include Julie Frame of Chester, Laurel Gray of Richmond and Rachel Agee of Chesterfi eld.

Mary Rapoport, the consumer affairs director for

the Virginia Egg Council, said that 25 different state fairs hosted local competitions and that each of the fi nalists from those events have been invited to compete.

Rapoport said she expects 50 of those victors to attend the fi nals.

This will be the fi rst time the event will be held at the Homestead Resort. In the past, the fi nals took place at the Virginia State Fair loca-tion in Caroline County, but Rapoport said that owner-ship changes that occurred in 2012 caused the Virginia Egg Council to change the venue.

Finalists had to use a minimum of six large eggs in their recipes, although their contest entries could be part of another dish, such as a casserole. But, creativity was the deciding factor that pushed the forerunners into the contest’s fi nale.

Finalists will compete for the fi rst, second and third monetary awards of $375, $250 and $125 and prizes of Eggland’s Best Eggs.

According to Rapoport, the Homestead Resort’s chefs will judge the contest. Judges will rate their deviled egg dishes using a scale of 25 percent for fl avor, 25 percent for overall

appearance, 20 percent for tex-ture, 15 percent for following the recipe that they originally submitted for consideration and 15 percent for creativity.

“In other words, you don’t want it to be soggy or runny,” Rapoport said. “You want it to be tender and easy to chew, and the fi lling should be smooth.”

Frame, who has been a home cook for more than 40 years, said she is looking forward to participating in the fi nals because this is the fi rst time that she has been in a cook-off.

Frame admitted she origi-nally agreed to participate in the contest because friends suggested that she should enter.

“Well, so many people have asked for my deviled eggs,” Frame said. “So, when I saw some information about the contest at the Chesterfi eld County Fair, I thought that I might enter it, but I also got phone call after phone call from people who asked me to enter my eggs.”

Frame won third place at the Chesterfi eld County Fair with her pickled beet egg recipe. Yet, as Frame explained, she will include more specifi c directions on the recipe card that she will submit to the

judges this time around. “I won third place, and I

was told that I may have placed fi rst or second, but it was the fi rst time that I entered a contest,” Frame said. “So, I lost points because of how I wrote my recipe out.”

“I didn’t realize that what I wrote on the paper was just as important, so I have to improve that this time. So, this time, I will be a lot more specifi c.”

Not only is she looking forward to competing against other home cooks this time around, but she also is excited that the contestants get to spend time at the Homestead Resort that weekend.

“It’s all about the excite-ment of seeing how I place and about going to the Homestead,” Frame said. “It’s also close to my hometown, Covington, which is not too far from there.”

County Fair winners in recipe state fi nals

SUBMITTED PHOTO Deviled eggs whipped up for “Tasty Little Devils” egg recipe contest

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and Chesterfi eld County Public

Libraries will be hosting some serious fun with the Reading with Ringling Bros.! program.

Kids can earn Ringling Bros. circus tickets by picking up Rewards Club cards at the library, and reading books to earn stamps on their card.

After fi ve stamps, the Re-wards Card is completed and can be used to get a free cir-

cus ticket with the purchase of an adult ticket.

Children aged 2 to 12 years old can enroll at any Chesterfi eld County Public Library branch, where kids and parents will get every-thing needed to start the program.

To get into the mood of the circus, clowns will visit the Clover Hill, Central and Midlothian library branches for a clown story time on Jan. 26.

For more information, in-

cluding times and registration information, call the library at 804-751-CCPL.

To learn more about cir-cuses, including what it takes to soar on the fl ying trapeze or what is in those cream pies the clowns throw, visit any Ches-terfi eld County Public Library branch and peruse one of the many books about the circus.

For more information about the Reading with Ringling Bros.! program, visit www.readingwithringling.com.

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23112Dec. 173500 block of Deerleaf WayUnknown suspect/s forced entry to business lot but cutting the fence, then entered a shed and stole items from a business.

Dec. 183100 block of Barnack RoadUnknown suspect/s attempted to enter residence through a window at 8:15 a.m. Nothing reported stolen at this time.

23113Dec. 1814300 block of Fox Hurst PlaceUnknown suspect/s entered an un-locked vehicle and then a residence. Items were reported stolen.

11900 block of Young Manor DriveUnknown suspect/s entered two unlocked vehicles at one residence. Items were reported stolen.

23225Dec. 206600 block of Meadow Park TerraceTwo unknown suspects forced entry through garage door. The victim dis-covered the suspects in the garage. The suspects brandished a handgun and fl ed in a vehicle. Items were reported stolen from a residence.

23234Dec. 225500 block of Belle Pond DriveComplainant arrived home and found rear door open with drawers in several rooms rummaged through. Items were reported stolen from a residence.

23235Dec. 201000 block of Peck Road

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23236Dec. 1910200 block of Ronaldton RoadVictim was discovered deceased in his residence with a gunshot wound. An investigation is underway.

23237Dec. 186200 block of Centralia RoadVictim reported a shot fi red, shatter-ing his vehicle window, while he was driving near the listed location. No injuries reported.

Dec. 167100 block of Rodophil RoadUnknown suspects broke out rear door window pane to reach through and unlock the deadbolt. Items were reported stolen at a residence.

Dec. 209100 block of Omaha StreetUnknown suspect/s stole heat pump from outside residence.

Dec. 279300 Bent Wood LaneEntry gained by breaking out a rear dining room window. Residence ransacked and items were reported stolen.

23831Dec. 103500 block of Midhurst Drive Unknown suspect/s stole listed items from crawl space of residence under construction.

Dec. 1211900 block of Edenshire Road Unknown suspect/s kicked in rear door. Items were reported stolen at a residence.

All data are based on the publicly available Chesterfi eld County Police Department daily arrest and crime releases and are reported according to Federal Incident Based Reporting rules.

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2012 The best of times and the worst of timesBY JIM RIDOLPHISpecial Correspondent

As the fi nal days of 2012 pass, it’s diffi cult to refl ect on a year full of important events when recent events still seem to dominate our thoughts,

and prayers.Somehow, the spirit of Christmas survived,

and human compassion was once more displayed at its highest level as a community recovered from an unspeakable tragedy suffered days before the sacred holiday.

When 20 helpless, innocent children were murdered in Newtown, Conn., it seemed no other news mattered, and, somehow, we all con-nected with the devastating losses suffered by parents who did nothing more or less than love their kids.

The nation took the loss to heart, and every parent was reminded just how fragile life can be - even to the youngest and most vulnerable members of our society.

It was a clear indication that the unthinkable can happen, and shattered the belief that our kids are safe when we drop them off at elementary school.

The disaster also opened a on and off discus-sion on gun control in America, a conversation that is probably long overdue but ill timed. While it’s important to protect the constitutional rights of gun owners, it’s also important to determine when enough is enough.

But, that’s a discussion for another day or another column.

I also heard suggestions that armed teachers might have prevented the tragedy in Newtown. The absurdity of that option seems evident to me, but apparently there are those who support

that option.I can’t imagine a more frightening scenario

than turning our schools into armed fortresses, where kids can only glare at the outside world through bulletproof glass.

I try to teach my children that nursing a prob-lem usually makes it worse, and true solutions are found at the cause and effect level. There’s no explanation for the random and insane violence that occurs daily in this nation, but few doubt the easy accessibility of fi rearms complicates that problem.

Like many reasonable thinking Americans, I think citizens should have the right to own fi rearms. Conversely, I do not support the sale of super magazines, assault rifl es or multi-round super clips.

Some agree and some don’t, but the fact is none of the discussion will help the distraught parents of 20 children whose presents were left under the tree or opened by grieving relatives.

One individual wreaked immeasurable harm on our children, our teachers and our commu-nity. When one elementary school in our nation is unsafe, they all are.

I’m sure there are many stories that would make appropriate choices for story of the year, and those lists are important, entertaining and informational.

But, they somehow seem trite at a time of such suffering for the Newtown community. So, I’ll offer this column as affi rmation of a nation that cares and a collective group of human beings who feel your pain.

As for the best of times, they live only in the memories of the parents, siblings and friends who loved and lost these wonderful children.

We are Newtown.

The Midlothian Garden Club will start the new year with its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Bethel Baptist Church at 1100 Huguenot Springs Rd. in Midlothian.

The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. with the program, “Spice up my Space,” a PowerPoint presen-tation by Carolyn Bartsch.

The program highlights gardens of fellow members and

shows how they used color, tex-ture, fl owers, landscape and ac-cessories to accent and brighten their spaces.

Refreshments will be served at noon.

The public is invited and all visitors are welcome.

For more information, call Sandy at 804-379-4515, Dolores at 804-794-3002 or go to www.midlothiangardenclub.org.

Midlothian Garden Club meeting set for Jan. 8

With practiced moves, brushes dance across canvas and splashes of color come to life. Faces emerge. Some

sport impish grins and bright eyes that hint at mischief. Others are more restrained, slightly shy and uncertain.

These are the faces of the children of Vietnam, and John Tyler Community Col-lege art students have spent the semester

painstakingly recreating their images using only the photographs provided to them.

This is not just a class project -- it is a labor of love because each portrait is a gift for a child who has few, if any, possessions.

The portraits, being painted by students in Professor Colin Ferguson’s Painting III and Painting IV classes, are part of the Memory Project, an initiative that gives chil-dren, from all over the world, who have been

abandoned, orphaned, abused or neglected a personal keepsake.

This is the seventh time Ferguson’s up-per-level painting students have participated in the project.

For the project, Ferguson and his 13 students were each given a photograph, and from that image, each artist created a portrait.

The completed artwork will be sent to the

child as a gift.In past semesters, Ferguson and his

students have painted portraits of orphans from Afghanistan, Peru, Uganda, Myanmar, Haiti and Ecuador.

Students involved in the project get a rigorous lesson on portraiture painting, but, as Ferguson points out, the lesson goes far beyond technique and grades.

John Tyler Community College A RT S T U D E N T SPA I N T G I F T S for the children of Vietnam

Members of the Bon Air Rotary Club re-cently participated in a special community

service event by serving Thanksgiv-ing dinner to homeless students at Huguenot High School.

The students are part of a group that meets at Westover Hills United Methodist Church every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the school year.

The purpose of the program is not only to provide a meal for the students but a safe environment

for them to go to two days a week, discuss things on their mind, and get help with homework or any issues they may have.

The Bon Air Rotary has agreed to continue to support this pro-gram by providing dinner once a quarter.

Members participating in-cluded: Dennis McDermott, Gale Cushing (and friend Diana), Rick Eckis, Dot McCool (and husband), Jim Deady and Karen Plummer.

About the Bon Air Rotary Club: The Bon Air Rotary Club meets

weekly at Joe’s Inn on Buford Road for fellowship, breakfast and a pre-sentation from a guest speaker.

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A negative credit score can reduce a person’s chances of obtaining loans to purchase necessities, such as automo-biles and homes.

For that reason, Chesterfi eld Federal Credit Union’s “Improve Your Credit in 2013” education seminar will be presented at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, at its Chesterfi eld Courthouse Branch located at 6736 Public Safety Way in Chesterfi eld. The program will be benefi cial to local residents who want to improve their credit. It is an installment in the credit union’s “MemberSmart 101 Education” series, which began a year and a half ago.

According to Chris Miller, the mar-keting manager for Chesterfi eld Federal Credit Union, it’s important for people to learn how to properly manage their credit because failing to do so can affect the quality of their lives.

“I think everybody needs to know about their credit history and how their credit decisions affect them,” Miller said. “Not having a great credit history can cost members their dream job or a dream apartment or a loan for their dream automobile.”

“For that reason, it’s important to take steps to establish your credit, maintain your credit and improve your credit. But, whatever situation you’re currently in, you want to better it or improve it.”

So, what behaviors can negatively impact a credit score? Well, as Miller explained, histories of inconsistent debt repayment and keeping high credit card balances are factors that can cause credit ratings to fall.

“Not paying your bills or being late on your loans can cause your credit score to decline,” Miller said. “And, obviously, more recent activity will have a bearing on it, like a bankruptcy.”

“But, if they have a high ratio of a balance on a credit card, it can cause their score to drop a bit. And, on your credit report, it will show that you’re not managing it responsibly.”

Tracy Marks of Member Select Mort-gage, a company that assists Chesterfi eld Federal Credit Union with some of its mortgage loans, will lead the seminar.

Miller said Marks was chosen be-cause he has an extensive background in mortgage industry credit reports.

During the class, Marks will share a PowerPoint presentation with the audi-

ence. Afterwards, he will answer attend-ees’ questions to help them to better understand the steps they need to take to improve their specifi c situations.

Admission to the seminar is free. Participants don’t have to be Chester-fi eld Federal Credit Union members to participate, but there are eligibility requirements if people are interesting in becoming members.

“We were founded for county government and school employees, but now it’s open to other groups as well, such as Chesterfi eld County students and their families.”

When asked why the beginning of the year is such a great time for people to work on improving their credit, Miller said it’s a good time to start fresh.

“Everybody makes their New Year’s resolutions, and what better way is there to improve your life than by improving your credit?” Miller said. “It can take away a lot of the stress that people have, so there’s no better time than the new year to do it.”

For more information about “Im-prove Your Credit in 2013,” visit the Chesterfi eld Federal Credit Union’s website at www.chesterfi eldfcu.net.

Financial planning seminarHelps participants improve their credit CONTRIBUTED REPORT

The Chesterfi eld County Depart-ment of Parks and Recreation is of-

fering a series of programs for adults 50 and older this winter at the Chesterfi eld Senior Center at 4000 Stigall Drive in Midlothian. To register, call 804-748-1623.

A full list of programs can be found in the current Program Guide, available online at chesterfi eld.gov.

Brain Aerobics�10 to 10:45 a.m. Mondays,

Jan. 28 to Feb. 25. This class provides brain-chal-lenging games and mental exercises, and will include a variety of activities. The fee is $10. Course 26484

Beginners Line Danc-ing

� 11 a.m. to noon Thurs-days, Jan. 17 to Feb. 21 Learn basic line-dancing steps to a variety of mu-sic. This class is for those with no experience. The fee is $38. Course 26481

Intermediate LineDancing�12 to 1 p.m. Thursdays,

Jan. 17 to Feb. 21 -- This class is designed for those with experience. The fee is $38. Course 26497

Jewelry Design:Earrings, Braceletand Necklace�10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 10. Learn some of the fundamen-tals of making beaded jewelry. Supplies will be provided. The fee is $5. Course 26501

Learning to Love Your Digital Camera� 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Jan. 10. This course is designed to show participants how to use their cameras, and how to share pictures. Participants are en-couraged to bring their cameras and the instruc-tion manual to class. Class size is limited, so register early. The fee is $5. Course 26667

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A new Martin’s gro-cery store is coming to Midlothian.

The 74,000-square-foot store will be lo-cated at Midlothian Turnpike and Charter Colony Parkway, according to Chris Brand, public and community rela-tions manager for Martin’s Food Markets, which is based in Carlisle, Pa.

“This store that we’re talking about will replace the Sycamore Square store,” Brand said. “We hope to break ground in 2013 and then we hope to open the new store in the middle of 2014. When the time comes, the Sycamore Square store will close the day before and then we’ll open the brand new one the day after. That’s how it’s traditionally done.”

This will be the fi rst Martin’s store to be built in the Richmond area since Giant-Carlisle – a division of Ahold USA – acquired the Ukrop’s chain a few years ago, Brand said.

“This will be the fi rst brand new Martin’s facility and we’re known for having a rather low industry average age for our stores,” Brand said, noting that the Sycamore Square Shop-ping Center opened in 1975.

“This is part of that effort to bring to the market a

brand new store for our cus-tomers to experience,” Brand added. “I think part of it also is having found the right lo-cation for the new store that we felt would be advanta-geous for our customers and convenient for our customers as well. Right now it will be a stand-alone Martin’s store, but there might be other

stores around it.” The new store will be

environmentally friendly and will feature “energy manage-ment systems to monitor the performance of lighting, refrigeration [and] HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning),” Brand said.

A special kiosk will allow customers to use a touch

screen to check for sales, print coupons, and locate items in the store.

“Also, with most new stores we offer WiFi as well,” Brand said. “Our more recent stores have had what we call the WiFi café and, of course, we’ll have our signature departments, including the produce, our Butcher Shop, which is our

meat department, the bakery, the seafood, the deli, that type of thing. So it gives us an opportunity to provide a very innovative store layout and a very vibrant décor package . . . and also our focus on health and wellness will be able to be featured as well in the store.”

The new store will offer roughly 2,500 natural organic

products ranging from spe-cial-diet selections to grocery, dairy and frozen items, Brand said.

“The other thing that we, of course, will be introducing is a fuel station,” he added. “We’re very excited to introduce to our Midlothian customers and to our Richmond customers a brand new Martin’s store.”

Bon Secours opens neurology clinicFirst of its kind in Central Virginia

CONTRIBUTED REPORT

Bon Secours Virginia Health System has opened the fi rst comprehensive neurology clinic in Central Virginia at St. Francis Watkins Centre, a

freestanding emergency, ambulatory and preventive care facility located in Chesterfi eld County.

The Bon Secours Neurology Clinic at Watkins Centre is the only facility in Central Virginia where patients can receive evalua-tion, imaging, diagnosis and treatment of all neurological disorders at one location and most often on the same day.

“The Neurology Clinic at Watkins Centre is providing seamless access to neurologi-cal care and services that have never before been available to patients in our area,” said Dr. Timothy J. Shephard, vice president, Neurosciences, Bon Secours Virginia Health System. “Previously, patients often were required to travel to multiple appointments in various locations, which is especially hard on children and the elderly. Our clinic combines services and care under one roof, providing convenience and improving the continuum of care.”

The Bon Secours Neurology Clinic will diagnose and treat pre-dementia in elderly patients; behavioral issues or learning dis-abilities in youth; as well as stroke, migraine headaches, epileptic seizures, Parkinson’s, peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis and other neuromuscular and movement disorders.

A team of highly trained, nationally rec-ognized physicians specializing in neurol-ogy, neuropsychology and neuro-optical issues will see patients on a self-admit basis or by referral from a primary care physician. They include Stacey L. Epps, M.D.; John J. Hennessey, M.D.; Salmaan Khawaja, Psy.D., Ed.S., LCP; and Ken Ng, M.D.

In addition to offi ce visits, patients can receive comprehensive services at the clinic, including EEG/EMG; carotid ultrasound; CT/MRI; and neuropsychology, neuro-oph-thalmology and autonomic nervous system testing.

The Neurology Clinic medical team will rely on advanced technology supported by Bon Secours Virginia Health System, includ-ing an advanced electronic medical record system.

ConnectCare enables Bon Secours medical professionals to review and access each patient’s confi dential medical records showing their medical history, allergies, tests results and medications. They can better coordinate a patient’s care, with faster and more effi cient results.

Using mychart, Bon Secours patients can access their medical history, view test results, schedule appointments and com-municate with their physician, in a secure, online system.

“The new Bon Secours Neurology Clinic is the latest example of our commit-ment to clinical transformation, which is achieved by positive patient experiences and outcomes,” said Peter J. Bernard, CEO, Bon Secours Virginia Health System. “Bon Secours is proud to be the fi rst in Central Virginia to provide comprehensive neurol-ogy services all in one location. We know patients throughout Central Virginia will value this convenience in services, as well as a coordinated approach to care.”

St. Francis Watkins Centre opened in November 2011 as Central Virginia’s fi rst freestanding emergency department. Wat-

kins Centre includes two medical buildings with primary care, vision services, nephrol-ogy and comprehensive breast care.

The facility also offers a comprehensive diagnostic imaging center with CT, MRI, bone density scanning and ultrasound.

Combining emergency services with on-site imaging and now neurological services, Watkins Centre provides a coordinated experience of care unparalleled in the Ches-terfi eld area.

The Neurology Clinic at Watkins Centre is located in the northwest part of Chester-fi eld County at the corner of Midlothian Turnpike and Route 288, at 601 Watkins Centre Parkway, Suite 250, in Midlothian.

Scheduled appointments or referrals from a primary care physician are welcome.

As part of the Bon Secours Medical Group, the Neurology Clinic accepts most insurance plans, including Medicare.

To schedule an appointment, call 804-325-8750.

For more information, visit http://bon-secours.com/fi nd-a-physician-bon-secours-medical-group.html.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS BRAND The new 74,000-square-foot Martin’s store at Midlothian Turnpike and Charter Colony Parkway will replace the 37,900-square-foot Martin’s at Sycamore Square. The new store is slated to open mid-2014 and will feature a produce department similar to the one shown here at a newly opened Martin’s store.

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Year in reviewCosby dominated Dominion District, making 2012 the year of the TitansBY BRUCE WELLS Sports Editor

The Chinese Zodiac is a scheme, a sys-tematic plan of future action that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year math-ematical cycle. For instance depending upon the month, 2012 was either the year of the Rabbit or the year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac.

Meanwhile in the Dominion District, 2012 could have best been described as the year of the Titans, as in the Cosby Titans.

During the spring the school claimed Central Region titles in fi ve sports – baseball, softball, boys soccer, girls soccer and girls track – while its girls tennis team fi nished as regional runner-up.

Baseball and boys soccer both lost in the state quarterfi nals. Then in the fall the Titans claimed Dominion District titles in fi eld hockey, and both boys and girls volleyball. The fi eld hockey team would also claim the Central Region championship.

This type of across-the-board domi-nation has never been seen in the Central Region and only rarely in the history of the Virginia High School League.

“The key is we’ve been able to es-tablish a strong program through our coaches, students, athletes, parents and boosters all working in harmony,” said Cosby Athletic Director Ted Salmon. “Success breeds success.”

The biggest story in the Dominion District in 2012 may have actually been one that had an impact on every mem-ber school in the Virginia High School League (VHSL).

In September the Virginia High School League’s executive committee ap-proved a new classifi cation system for its 315 member schools that will take effect in the 2013-14 school year.

Virginia’s public high schools previ-ously were organized into three clas-sifi cation levels according to student enrollment: Group A (smallest schools), Group AA and Group AAA.

That structure has been replaced by a six-classifi cation system that proponents believe will make high school sports fairer for everyone by more effectively grouping schools with similar enroll-ments. Now six state champions will be crowned annually in all sports.

Under the new system, three Chester-fi eld County schools – Cosby, and James River, both in the Dominion District, and Thomas Dale – will compete for state championships with the state’s larg-est enrollment schools in Conference 3 of Group 6A.

Matoaca, Meadowbrook, Clover Hill, Manchester and L.C. Bird high schools have been grouped together in Confer-ence 12 of Group 5A.

Monacan and Midlothian, the two smallest high schools in Chesterfi eld, will play in Conference 20 of Group 4A.

“It’s going to be so much better for our athletes, to be able to compete against schools our own size,” Monacan High girls basketball coach Larry Starr said. “Kids are excited when they know they have a chance to win. When you have to compete against schools that are so much bigger, you don’t really have a fair chance. That defeats the purpose of high school athletics.”

Other highlights during the 2012 Dominion District fall sports season included:

Cross Country: Midlothian High School swept the boys and girls Domin-ion District titles. The Trojan’s Andrew Gorsuch won the boys title and claimed District Runner of the Year. Cosby’s Gillian Saul claimed the girls title and Runner of the Year for the Titans. Midlothian would later sweep both team titles at regionals with the Trojans’ Kara Dickerson claiming the regional girls title.

Golf: The James River Rapids were the Dominion District Golf Champions dur-ing the regular season while the Man-chester Lancers claimed the Dominion District tournament championship, best-ing Midlothian by six strokes. It was the fi rst district title for Manchester in over 20 years. The Lancers’ Lyberty Anderson was named District Player of the Year while James River’s Scott Hartmann won the award for District Coach of the Year. In October, Anderson, a junior, would become only the second female to ever win the Group AAA state title.

Football: L.C. Bird won their 12th straight Dominion District title in 2012. The Skyhawks then best Varina for the Central Region title and capped off their 2012 campaign with their fi rst state title in school history.

PHOTO BY DAVID HALSTEADClover Hill head coach Jim Wahrman talks over strategy with his Cavaliers during a timeout in the fi rst half of the Trojans 47-27 win over Hanover in the Holiday Hoops Tournament.

PHOTO BY DAVID HALSTEADClover Hill’s Austin Burton shows her form after releasing a free throw in the win over Hanover.

Hooping it upClover Hill Cavaliers play host to annual holiday tournamentBY DAVID HALSTEADSpecioal Correspondant

Clover Hill wanted to play for the championship trophy on their home fl oor. Instead, the Cavaliers had to settle for a third-place victory over the Hanover Hawks in their annual Holiday Hoops Tournament.

Coming off the loss to eventual tourna-ment champion Glen Allen, Clover Hill had a back-and-forth affair at the start with the Hanover. A second half surge put the nail in the coffi n as the Cavaliers improved to 5-6 on the season with a 47-27 win over the Hawks.

“We expected them to play really well at home. It is their tournament,” Hanover head coach Kevin Brooks said. “For us, we wanted to slow things down because we had a lot of foul trouble and a lot of injuries.”

Clover Hill’s Austin Burton scored the fi rst four points of the game on two free throws and a layup. Senior Mercedes Hol-mes’ layup increased the Cavaliers lead to 6-0 with 5:45 left in the fi rst quarter.

Hanover kept it close in the fi rst quarter and just when it seemed as if the Cavs were starting to sneak away, Hanover’s Haleigh Omohundro nailed a jumper at the buzzer

to cut Clover Hill’s lead to 9-5 at the end of the fi rst period.

Then to start off the second quarter, the Cavaliers’ Keri Laniex converted on a jump shot. The Hawks kept clawing away and went on a 10-0 run to take a 15-11 lead with 4:03 remaining in the half.

“They were able to keep their composure and just get right back in the game,” Clover Hill head coach Jim Wahrman said of the Hanover offense.

At that point, Wahrman had seen enough. He called timeout to regroup his squad. Whatever Wahrman said during that break proved to be just what his Cava-liers needed. A quick layup followed by two free throws from Burton knotted the score at 15-15.

Cavaliers’ freshman Tieasia Stewart then came up with a layup on the offensive end and stole the ball during a full-court press. Stewart grinded her way to the rim and put up a fl oater that banked in off the back-board. A Holmes free throw made it 20-15 in favor of Clover Hill at halftime.

“We were able to score and then get into our press defense,” Wahrman said. “I think that was the big difference. I think our half court trap pretty much took them out of everything that they were trying to do.”

Clover Hill picked up where they left off after the break. Stewart continued her string of points with a layup to spark what would be a 12-0 run in the third quarter that pretty much put the game out of sight.

“We all contribute whether it’s on the bench or on the court,” Stewart said. “We

No hard feelings after record brokenFormer East Carolina standout Corrada held pass reception mark for 42 yearsBY FRED JETERContributing Writer

A receiver fi nally caught up with Dickie Corrada at East Carolina Uni-versity, but it took decades of chasing to do it.

Corrada had held ECU’s one-game record for most pass receptions (14) since 1970 Homecoming versus South-ern Illinois.

Finally, the elusive mark fell Nov. 23 when sophomore Justin Hardy, young enough to be Corrada’s grand son, snagged 16 balls in 65-59 over-time win over Marshall.

In attendance, rooting for Hardy all the way was Corrada himself.

“What the heck? I had it for 42 years,” Corrada said of the mark.

Hardy’s record-cracking 15th catch came on a fourth and long play, late in game, with ECU trailing.

“If Justin hadn’t made that catch, we’d have lost the game,” said Cor-rada.

With a chuckle, he added:“This kind of gets me back in the

news … I’ve had a lot of old friends and teammates call.”

Corrada even mailed a congratula-tory letter to Hardy, who relayed it to ECU coach Ruffi n McNeill.

Dickie Corrada

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have a lot of energy and we just need to work together in order to play even better.”

The Cavaliers led 32-15 before the Hawks fi nally broke their scoring

McNeill responded, writing Corrada, thanking him for the kind gesture.

“The funny thing is I met Coach McNeill at a Pirates Club meeting in Richmond,” recalled Corrada. “I told him about my record and he said it was going to get broken.”

Corrada fi nished his football career at ECU as school’s record holder in career catches (79) as well as for a single game.

His career receptions standard held until1986.

“It’s a totally different game now … four-fi ve wide receivers every play,” said Corrada. “When I played all we had was a fl anker and a split end.”

ECU quarterbacks threw 488 times this season for 3,551 yards.

“In my day it couldn’t have been half that,” said Corrada, who attended ECU’s New Orleans Bowl (a 43-34 loss) Nov. 22 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette.

Corrada was named All-Southern Conference and honorable mention All-America as a senior.

He was also a four-year baseball starter at shortstop, earning All-South-ern honors in 1971.

His crowning moment was 1992, when was inducted into ECU Hall of Fame.

Corrada defl ects much of his pass-snaring success to then ECU receivers coach Sonny Randle, a former NFL star who later became ECU head coach.

“Coach Randle is why I’m in the Hall of Fame,” said Corrada.

A long-time Bexley West resident, Corrada was a Meadowbrook High ath-lete before enrolling at ECU.

His school-boy best friend was Harry Saferight, who went on to a long profes-sional baseball career.

Coincidentally, Corrada’s daugh-ter Kim and Saferight’s son Michael are now married and expecting a child.

For most of Corrada’s adult life, he was Vice President at King’s Do-minion, famous for its thrill rides, although he admits to being “afraid of heights.”

There is a bitter sidebar to Corrada’s record setting senior season in Greenville. Nov. 14, 1970, ECU defeated Marshall, 17-14, on late fi eld goal by Tony Guzzo (later VCU baseball coach).

Tragedy followed.Marshall’s plane (Southern Air-

ways Flight 932) crashed on return fl ight to Huntington, W.Va., killing all 75 aboard, including 37 football players.

The catastrophe sparked the 2006 movie, “We Are Marshall.”

It was the crash heard around the

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COURTESY PHOTO Militia Lacrosse captured the championship in the Colonial Challenge in Williamsburg on Nov. 18. In a stunning comeback, Militia won the High School Var-sity division, rebounding from a 3-1 defi cit at halftime to win the championship game 5-4. Playing for Militia were: Trevor Cook, Kevin Lawlor, Vince Evans, Jacob Hale, Grant Johnson, Casey Cook, Cal Harris, Christian Wayne, Hunter Bellows, Henry Stillwell, Josh Davies, Walker Scaglione, Alex O’Connell, Alex

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From Staff ReportsMonacan pitcher Makenzie Struder has

verbally committed to Gardner-Webb."When I was little, my main goal was

to make my high-school team,” she said. “When I went, I made it. Then, my dad was like ‘I think you can go a lot further.’

So I started watching college softball with him and realized I wanted to play college softball. So, I just started working really hard.”

Struder picked Gardner-Webb over George Mason, UNC Wilmington and Lehigh.

drought on a short jumper with 2:17 left in the third period. Hanover struggled with consistency though for the rest of the game and just couldn’t get their shots to fall.

Clover Hill put the game on cruise control and sailed to a 47-27 win to take third-place in the tournament. Stewart led all scor-ers with 14 points and Holmes pitched in nine points for the Cavs.

“Tieasia (Stewart) fi nally stepped up to where she can play,” Wahrman said. “She was more aggressive offensively and defen-sively and she saw the fl oor better than she has all year long. She made good passes and wasn’t forcing as much as she usually does.”

Wahrman and his squad practiced on Saturday and will con-tinue to practice hard in preparation for the bulk of their district schedule. Clover Hill travels to Midlothian for a rivalry game on Friday night.

“That will be a challenge because they are going to be a little bit bigger than Ha-nover,” Wahrman said. “We are going to have to work on boxing out, and looking for good shots on the offensive end.

SPORTS BRIEFSworld and remains one of the worst sports disas-ters ever.

“We were at a post-game party when we heard,” recalled Corrada. “It was about 11 and someone came in with the terrible news.

“It’s something you always remember.”

Now all of Corrada’s marks have been erased from the ECU record book.

But consider this: he still likely holds the re-cord, albeit unoffi cially, for longest time holding a record.

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