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PHOTO BY JIM RIDOLPHIFrancis A. Cherry is a prominent Virginia real estate andeminent domain attorney with the firm Randolph, Boyd,Cherry and Vaughan. He spoke to a breakfast meeting ofGRACRE members at Country Club of Virginia last week.

Virginia voters will decidefuture of eminent domain

PHOTO BY BEN ORCUTTGina Forehand of Newport News-based Compro BusinessServices talks with Michael Bacile, director of ChesterfieldCounty’s Department of Purchasing, during the May 17Breakfast with the Buyer meeting at the county governmentcomplex.

‘Breakfast withBuyer’ beneficialtool for businessin ChesterfieldBY BEN ORCUTTSpecial Correspondent

The Breakfast withthe Buyer programhas proven to bebeneficial to local

companies who are consid-ering doing business withChesterfield County.

The quarterly meetingsthat bring together businessesand representatives fromthe county’s Department ofPurchasing have been held forabout 2½ years, according toKaren A. Aylward, assistantdirector of Chesterfield Coun-ty’s Department of EconomicDevelopment.

“That’s an effort we startedwhen the county rolled out itsdiversity initiative,” Aylwardsaid at the May 17 Breakfastwith the Buyer meeting heldin the Community Develop-ment Building at the countygovernment complex.

“We wanted a way to makesure that the businesses knewhow to find out about oppor-tunity,” Aylward added.

The Purchasing Depart-ment sends its director,assistant director and contractofficers to each meeting, withcontract officers featured,Aylward said.

“They can give you kindof the heads-up of thingsthat are coming [up], but wedefinitely have lots of folks

that come just to hear abouthow to do business with thecounty or how to do busi-ness more effectively with thecounty,” Aylward said.

Attendance at the Breakfastwith the Buyer meetings aver-ages between 25 to 35 people,Aylward said.

However, about 60 peoplerepresenting area businessesshowed up for the May 17meeting, which Aylwardsaid is the all-time high forturnout.

“But again,” she added,“it’s all about making ourPurchasing Department notseem distant and have theopportunity to interact withthem and ask questions andbe prepared and know what’scoming down the line.”

During her May 17 pre-sentation, Aylward said that73 percent of Chesterfieldbusinesses have 10 or lessemployees.

Cathy Bowles, who ownsVirginia Concrete Pump-ing in Chesterfield, attendedthe Breakfast with the Buyermeeting for the first time onMay 17.

“It was very information-al,” Bowles said. “Lots of goodinformation.”

Fred Norman of Chester-field-based Commonwealth

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PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY JENNY RYAN

The VCU Horn Choir, under thedirection of Dr. Patrick Smith,performed for the MonacanHigh School Symphonic Band on

April 26. Right: Members of the MonacanMarching Chiefs clarinet section performat the ASK Walk at Short Pump TowneCenter on April 28. ASK, the Associationfor the Support of Children with Cancer, ispart of the VCU Health Systems and this isthe organization’s seventh year holding theASK Walk. The Marching Chiefs have par-ticipated as a support band all seven years.

Committee of the Future solicitspublic input from county residentsBY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

How will Chesterfield Countycontinue to evolve dur-ing the next few decades?Although many local gov-

ernment agencies are chiefly concernedwith the here and now, the Committeeof the Future is a municipal arm that isdedicated to discovering answers abouthow the county will function in 20 or30 years.

The Committee of the Future adviseson possible changes in governmentalstructure, revisions to fiscal and land

use planning and other matters relatingto the future provision of services toChesterfield County citizens.

The department typically meetstwice a month, but the meeting that hadoriginally been planned for Monday,May 28, has now been rescheduled forMonday, June 11.

Edward DeGennaro is the currentchairman of the Committee of theFuture, and he represents the MataocaDistrict.

DeGennaro was appointed to theboard in 2000, and he has been thechairman since 2004.

“The purpose is, frankly, to look forissues that we think will have great sig-nificance and an impact on the county,”DeGennaro said. “For instance, we did areport on the aging population becausewe thought it would be an importantissue and have a significant impact.”

“But, our charge is to not look short-term or medium-term but long-term.You have to look for trends and issuesthat we think will be of great impor-tance to the county, and we have aprocess for selecting topics.”

Millwood School announces 2012 ‘Ticket to Kick It’ CampaignCONTRIBUTED REPORT

Dylan White, a third gradestudent at Millwood School inMidlothian, has been chosen toserve as the American Diabetes

Association 2012 Central Virginia’s YouthAdvocate.

She was diagnosed with Type 1 JuvenileDiabetes at the beginning of her first gradeyear.

During a morning assembly at Mill-wood on April 23, she announced a

fundraising initiative – Ticket to Kick It– to benefit the Americans Diabetes As-sociation.

Ticket to Kick It also will educate,inspire, involve and celebrate a healthylifestyle to kick diabetes.

During the week of May 29, members ofthe community will visit Millwood School.They will include yoga instructors, tae-kwon-do instructors, a nutritionist, and theupper school will be visited by a personalchef. Every student will have the oppor-

tunity to sample a green smoothie. Inaddition to these events, Millwood Schoolwill utilize Facebook, Twitter and Pinterestto share healthy recipes and ideas to keepfamilies active during the campaign.

Millwood School’s participation inTicket to Kick It gives the students theopportunity to learn more about the grow-ing prevalence of diabetes, to learn moreabout the importance of a healthy lifestyle,and the importance of giving back to yourcommunity.

SUBMITTED PHOTODylan White, a third grade student at Millwood School in Midlothian, was diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes in first grade.

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BY JIM RIDOLPHISpecial Correspondent

It’s not difficult to findlegitimate pros andcons for Virginia’s latestproposal to alter its

eminent domain statutes.One voice in that volatile

mix is Francis Cherry, a localeminent domain and realestate attorney, lobbyist andformer assistant Virginia at-torney general.

He addressed the GreaterRichmond Association forCommercial Real Estate(GRACRE) last week at theCountry Club of Virginia.

Cherry began his remarkswith what was, in his ownwords, a “shocking” assess-ment. “Eminent Domainis an essential tool for theenhancement and protectionof property rights,” he said.

He noted a changing

environment surroundingeminent domain and prop-erty rights and cites severalreasons. “Politically it haschanged, and it has changedas a result of the notoriousKelo case,” cherry said.

When Cherry began hiscareer 40 years ago, eminentdomain was an essentialelement in the developmentof Virginia’s then vauntedhighway system. Most of that

development that followed,including the interstatesystem, was the result ofeminent domain statutes.

“Building infrastructurewas what we did,” Cherrysaid. “Eminent domain wasone of the tools that was nec-essary in order to build theinfrastructure,” he added.

The Supreme Court

New statutes could restrict controversial practice

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BY JOHN REID BLACKWELLMedia General News Service

The RichmondTimes-Dispatchand a host ofother Southeastern

newspapers, including theMidlothian Exchange, willsoon be in the hands of aformer newspaper deliveryboy turned billionaire inves-tor.

In a deal announcedThursday, Warren Buffett’sBerkshire Hathaway Inc. willacquire 63 newspapers fromRichmond-based MediaGeneral Inc. for $142 mil-lion.

The deal, expected toclose June 25, includes all ofMedia General’s newspapers,with the exception of TheTampa Tribune and about 25other daily, weekly and nichepublications in Florida. Thecompany said it is in discus-sions with potential buyersfor those properties.

The acquisition comesas newspapers across thecountry have struggled withdeclining advertising revenuebrought on by the digitalrevolution, the recessionand ensuing slow economy,leading to mass job cuts,bankruptcies and consolida-tions in the industry.

Buffett, who often hastalked about working asa newspaper delivery boyduring his childhood, hadexpressed some skepticismabout the future of newspa-pers in recent years.

But on Thursday, theman often referred to as the“Oracle of Omaha” indicatedhe sees a future for news

organizations with a stronglocal focus.

“In towns and cities wherethere is a strong sense ofcommunity, there is no moreimportant institution thanthe local paper,” Buffett saidin a statement.

He also delivered amessage to the company’sRichmond-area employeesthrough Terry Kroeger, thechief executive officer of BHMedia Group, the BerkshireHathaway subsidiary thatwill oversee the newspapers.

In a meeting with employ-ees, Kroeger said that Buffetthad a prior commitment butasked that he tell the staffhere, “He is so pleased aboutthis.”

Kroeger added, to ap-plause from those in theroom, “Tell those people Iwish I was there and I didthis because I love newspa-pers.”

Media General news-papers will be part of BHMedia Group, along withthe Omaha World-HeraldCo. newspapers. DouglasHiemstra, the chief operatingofficer of the Omaha World-Herald Co., has been namedpresident of World MediaEnterprises, which willmanage the Media Generalnewspapers that BH Mediawill acquire.

Hiemstra told employeesThursday that it has not beenthe practice of the organiza-tion to make any major staffcuts after a purchase. Kroegeralso said that a financiallystrong newspaper can per-form better.

“We will always have to

juggle remarkable journal-ism versus profits, as everynewspaper does,” Kroegersaid in an interview. “Wehave got to be responsible tothe community, responsibleto the readers and respon-sible to the shareholders atthe same time. Sometimes,that is pretty hard.”

Among the daily newspa-pers being sold are the Win-ston-Salem Journal in NorthCarolina and newspapers inLynchburg, Charlottesville,Danville, Bristol, Waynes-boro, Culpeper and PrinceWilliam County in Virginia.

Times-Dispatch staffmembers greeted the news ofBuffett’s involvement with asense of optimism.

“I am really thankful andgrateful, because it is almostlike coming up for a breathof air,” said Baxton Baylor,who has been a graphicdesigner in The Times-Dispatch’s design servicesoperations for seven years.

He said he hoped the dealwould lead to more oppor-tunities for innovation atthe newspaper. “I am trulyexcited,” he said.

Berkshire Hathaway alsoowns The Buffalo News inNew York and has an owner-ship stake in The WashingtonPost Co.

Buffett moved more ag-gressively into the newspaperbusiness with the acquisitionin December of his Nebraskahometown paper, the OmahaWorld-Herald, reportedly for$200 million.

That deal included sixother dailies and 17 weekliesin Nebraska and Iowa. At

Berkshire Hathaway’s annualmeeting May 5, Buffett toldshareholders the companymay invest in more newspa-pers.

Buffett, a savvy investorwho looks for undervaluedcompanies, is getting a gooddeal for the 63 Media Gen-eral newspapers, said JohnMorton, president of MortonResearch Inc. in Marylandand a longtime newspaperindustry analyst.

Morton said his calcula-tions indicate that Buffett isgetting the newspapers forabout a third of the priceper subscriber that mostnewspapers would have soldfor about 10 years ago.

“He certainly did notoverpay,” Morton said. “Andhe bought the kinds ofnewspapers that are faringreasonably well, comparedwith some of the big-citypapers.”

The size of the deal issignificant compared withBerkshire Hathaway’s othernewspaper acquisitions, saidMeyer Shields, a directorand research analyst at StifelFinancial.

“But we’re still talking adeal worth less than $150million,” he said. “Thatis a lot of money to mostpeople, but pretty small for acompany of Berkshire’s size,especially compared to pastdeals.”

Shields said he was abit surprised to see Buf-fett investing in a businessthat many considering tobe declining. “Buffett likesbusinesses that have a moat,and with the rise of (the)

Internet, newspapers lackthat moat,” he said.

!!!Berkshire Hathaway also is

stepping in to help lift a debtburden off Media General.

Under an agreement withits lenders, the company hadbeen looking to raise at least$225 million in new debt byMay 25 to pay off outstand-ing loans due in March 2013.

The deal announcedThursday solves that prob-lem. Berkshire Hathaway willprovide Media General witha $400 million term loan anda $45 million revolving creditline. The new loan, whichwill be used to fully repaythe company’s bank debt duenext year, will mature in May2020.

“That is hugely impor-tant for us,” said MarshallN. Morton, Media General’spresident and chief execu-tive officer. “So many mediacompanies, like us, have ahuge amount of debt that ismaturing near-end, and rightnow the investment com-munity is not looking reallyfavorably on media stocksand debt.”

Shares in Media Generalrose 33.1 percent, or $1.04,to $4.18.

As part of the financingdeal, Berkshire Hathawaywill get warrants to acquirea nearly 20 percent stake inMedia General and the op-tion to nominate someoneto the company’s board ofdirectors.

!!!Media General will retain

its 18 television stations, withno plans at this time to sell

those operations.Marshall Morton said

the deal gives the companyan opportunity to focus onbuilding its broadcast anddigital businesses.

It remains to be deter-mined how many of the 194people employed in MediaGeneral’s corporate head-quarters will remain with thecompany or transfer with thenewspaper business.

Media General’s Tampaprint operations, which havestruggled through the severehousing market downturnin Florida, were not part ofthe acquisition offer thatBerkshire Hathaway made,Morton said.

“Tampa has done a goodjob getting back on its feet,”he said. “If it takes a whileto sell (the Tampa proper-ties), that does not concernme too much. I would liketo see a buyer of the Buffettcaliber — somebody who isinterested in newspapers andinterested in communities.”

Media General’s boardconsidered all its options,including selling the broad-cast stations, said J. StewartBryan III, Media General’schairman.

“This was a decision thatwas not reached lightly,”Bryan said.

“It is a decision that wasabsolutely necessary for thewell-being of Media Generaland for the well-being of ouremployees in the newspaperdivision,” said Bryan, alsoa former publisher of TheTimes-Dispatch.

“I think this is a solutionthat cannot be beat.”

Berkshire Hathaway buys MG newspapersRichmond Times-Dispatch, Midlothian Exchange among properties acquired

Application for organist scholarship deadlines soonBY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

The pipe organmight appear to bean antiquated in-strument in today’s

world, but there is a dire needfor people who can play thembecause of its continued usein religious services.

The Richmond Chapterof the American Guild ofOrganists, or AGO, wantsto help local hopefuls tocontinue the tradition by of-fering instructional scholar-ships to help them learn theinstrument.

The American Guild ofOrganists is a national orga-nization that mostly consistsof pipe organ musicians, andone of its goals is to preservethe art of playing the ap-paratus.

And, each year, the localchapter provides teachersand partial funding for threefortunate students whowould like to learn to playthe organ.

Grant Hellmers is thechairman of the scholarshipcommittee that will impartthe awards.

“The American Guild ofOrganists is a national orga-nization for the promotionand education of organists,and it has many chaptersaround the country,” Hellm-

ers said. “Richmond hasone of the chapters, andone does not have to be anorganist to join, but themajority (of them) are.”

“First of all, it helps toencourage people to learnthe pipe organ. We also wantto address the shortage oforganists in this country,(and) various chapters offerscholarships to people totake up the instrument.”

Students who secure thescholarships will receive 50percent of the funds neces-sary for them to get instruc-tion from a teacher who iscertified by the AmericanGuild of Organists. Theyalso will receive a freemembership to the groupand a subscription to themonthly American Organistmagazine.

If winners accept theawards, however, they willstill be responsible for pay-ing $300 for the lessons,which is half of the annualcost. They also must pledge

to attend those lessons andpractice regularly, purchasethe necessary shoes andsheet music and agree toperform at the May 2013American Guild of Organistsmeeting.

The scholarship is opento any keyboard players whowill be rising eighth gradersin the fall of 2012 up toadult age, but they must nothave had any organ playingexperience.

They must, however,demonstrate their proficien-cy on the piano.

“We are looking for peo-ple who had a backgroundin piano already but havenot gone beyond the begin-ning level,” Hellmer said.“And, certainly, that wouldinclude piano students (whoare) taking lessons privately.”

The application deadlinefor the 2012-2013 scholar-ship is Saturday, May 26.Selected applicants will au-dition at 7 p.m. on Monday,June 11, at St. Edward the

Confessor Catholic Churchon 2700 Dolfield Drive inNorth Chesterfield.

They will play their audi-tion pieces on the piano, andthe selections will demon-strate that the chosen appli-cants have proficiencies thatthey will be able to use whenplaying the pipe organ.

To be more specific, theymust be able to play twoclassical pieces that satisfyspecific criteria, sight reada hymn and an additionalclassical composition, playscales and successfullycomplete aural and notationtests.

“Part of that is that theyhave to do the audition onthe piano and they have toplay two pieces in differentstyles, do technique worklike the scales and do a bit ofaural testing,” Hellmers said.

All in all, the scholarshipshould be a great opportu-nity to address the currentshortage of professional

organists by bringing a fewnew faces into the fold.

Still, as Hellmers puts it,applicants must be dedicatedto learning how to play thepipe organ to make the mostof the lessons.

“It’s a lot of hard work,and they need to be able topractice regularly,” Hellmerssaid. “They need to make acommitment to practicingregularly and make goodprogress.”

Applications for the 2012-2013 Richmond Chapterof the American Guild ofOrganists Scholarship mustbe received on Saturday, May26.

They can be mailed toGrant Hellmers c/o NewOrganists Scholarship Com-mittee, 1308 Whitby Road,Richmond, VA 23227 ore-mailed to [email protected].

To download an applica-tion, visit www.richmonda-go.org/scholar.htm.

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Judy Hou, 18, ofMidlothian has beennamed the SouthernRegion Youth Advocate

of the Year by the Campaignfor Tobacco-Free Kids for herleadership in the fight againsttobacco.

She was honored onThursday, May 17, at a gala inWashington, D.C., along witha national winner, three otherregional winners and a groupwinner.

Judy is a leader of Y Street,Virginia’s award-winningyouth anti-tobacco group.

With Y Street, she has sur-veyed Virginians to demon-strate they want smoke-freerestaurants, and helped leadthe Meltdown campaign,which focused attention ondissolvable and other smoke-less tobacco products.

Based on her work,Judy was asked to presentMeltdown’s findings to theFDA’s Tobacco Products Sci-entific Advisory Committee,to Virginia’s two U.S. senatorsand to Virginia AttorneyGeneral Ken Cuccinelli.

Judy attended the FDAYouth Stakeholder meeting inBoston, as well as the FDA’sWashington news conferenceto unveil new graphic warn-ing labels for cigarettes.

Since Y Street won the2011 Youth Advocates of theYear Group Award, Judy hasworked as the youth voicefor media outreach on theCampaign for Tobacco-FreeKids’ annual report on stateprevention funding and forKick Butts Day.

More than 400 publichealth, political, civic andbusiness leaders attended theCampaign for Tobacco-FreeKids’ 16th annual gala in the

nation’s capital to recognizethese young leaders.

The winners receivededucational scholarshipsand grants to continue theirprevention efforts and serveas ambassadors for the cam-paign.

“Judy Hou and otheryoung leaders from acrossthe nation are making greatstrides in the fight againsttobacco and their voicesare being heard,” MatthewL. Myers, president of theCampaign for Tobacco-FreeKids, said. “Every day, 1,000kids in the United Statesbecome regular smokers andone-third of them will die

prematurely from tobacco-caused disease. Young leaderslike Judy Hou play a criti-cal role in preventing kidsfrom smoking and reducingtobacco’s terrible toll on ournation.”

In Virginia, 19.7 percent ofhigh school students smoke,and 8,700 kids become dailysmokers every year.

Every year, tobacco usekills 9,200 Virginia residentsand costs the state $2.1 bil-lion in health care bills.

Nationally, tobacco usekills more than 400,000people and costs the nation$96 billion in health careexpenditures each year.

Campaign forTobacco-Free Kidshonors Judy Hou

SUBMITTED PHOTOJudy Hou, 18, of Midlothian has been named the SouthernRegion Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign forTobacco-Free Kids. She received the honor May 17 at a galain Washington, D.C.

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PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MELIKE MONAHANMembers of the National Junior Honor Society at Providence Middle School held a walk-a-thon to raise money for the SPCA. They walked the track at their school to raise morethan $600 for their furry friends.

LENDING A HELPING HAND

Three Chesterfield County residents wereamong 126 Bluefield College seniors whoaccepted diplomas during the school’s 90thAnnual Spring Commencement on May 5

outside in the campus quad.They are Jonathan Russell McDearmon of

Chesterfield, Gregory Moon of Midlothianand Luke H. Zylstra Jr. of Chester.

Chesterfield residents graduate from Bluefield College

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WASABI THE SUDOKU GAME WITH A KICK!

Courage sent clergy tosacrificial higher groundBY JIM RIDOLPHISpecial Correspondent

As a child, I used to enjoy going toWashington, D.C., and taking in themany sights and attractions. One of myfavorite places was the old Wax Museum

near the Armory. It’s long gone now, and the his-torical displays are probably serving a second lifeas candles in some unknowing soul’s parlor.

The museum featured the regular wax fare offigures including Jack the Ripper, President Roos-evelt, Queen Elizabeth and Marilyn Monroe.

But it was the final stop on the tour thatintrigued me the most. You could hear it before itactually appeared, as a portion of a ship tossed inartificially rough waters, obviously on its last legbefore a trip to Davy Jones’ locker.

Four men remain on deck, one of them prayingwhile the other holds a Rosary. Another one leansover the rail to give his life preserver to a sailor inthe water. It was quite a dramatic scene and madea lasting impression on me.

When I grew older, I only remembered portionsof the brief story that accompanied the scene atthe museum, but I never forgot the image of thosemen calmly offering their life vests to save the livesof others.

I have since learned the entirety of their saga,and the enormity of their sacrifice.

The four chaplains served together with 900other men on the Dorchester on an undis-closed mission in the North Atlantic in thewinter of 1943. More than a week had passedwhen a German submarine near Newfound-

land torpedoed the ship.The blast knocked out the ship’s electricity, and

the four chaplains were instrumental in form-ing and directing an orderly evacuation from thedarkened lower decks. They handed out life vests,and when the supply ran out, took the ones offtheir backs and handed them to men preparing toabandon ship.

A survivor of the sinking, one of only about200, said the last thing he saw before the ship sankbeneath the waves was the four chaplains.

“The last thing I saw, the four chaplains wereup there praying for the safety of the men,” GradyClark recounted. That’s exactly the way I remem-ber the scene at the old museum.

Most of the men perished in the icy waters of theAtlantic, and the four chaplains became nationalheroes. They have a day designated in their honor,have been the focus of numerous television showsand written inquiries, and prompted the foundingof the Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation.

Its official mission “is to further the cause ofunity without uniformity by encouraging goodwilland cooperation among all people.”

The words are a fitting tribute to GeorgeFox, Alexander Goode, Clark Poling and John P.Washington, the four chaplains immortalized inthe story.

The four chaplains are only a small portion ofthe veterans we celebrate and salute on Memo-rial Day. We stand in tribute to all those who haveserved and sacrificed for their country, heartsfilled with eternal gratitude for the price they paid.There is no higher calling.

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3700 block of Ellerton DriveUnknown suspect/s entered thevictim’s unsecure garage and rum-maged through the victim’s unlockedvehicle. Nothing has been reportedstolen at this time.

May 414100 block of Ashton Cove DriveProperty removed from unlockedFord Explorer.

May 51100 block of Alverser DriveItem was stolen from the victim’svehicle. Victim claims the vehicle was

locked; however, there was no indica-tion of forced entry.

May 62200 block of Edgeview LaneUnknown suspect broke a windowout of the residence to gain access.Once inside, suspect assaulted thevictim. At this time nothing has beenreported stolen.

23235May 13200 block of Summerbrooke DriveUnknown suspect/s gained entry tothe victim’s residence through frontdoor and stole property.

2600 block of South Cropper CourtVictim stated she observed unknownsuspect attempting to gain entry intoher residence through a rear kitchenwindow. Entry was not gained and atthis time nothing has been reportedstolen.

May 71400 block of Mall DriveDescribed suspect was observedattempting to remove a ladder fromvictim’s truck while parked at loca-tion.

7200 block of Hull Street RoadSuspect approached the clerk andasked him to make change. As theregister opened, the suspect grabbedthe cash and attempted to flee. Thesuspect was detained and taken intocustody.

May 87800 block of Lancashire PlaceEntry to the residence gained byforcing open a rear bathroom window.Property removed.

23236May 610700 block of Academy DriveListed suspect admitted to break-ing the front window at location, andalong with several other suspectsvandalized the interior. Property wastaken and consumed by several ofthe suspects.

May 78800 block of Jacobs RoadProperty taken from victim’s 1994GMC Blazer while parked at location.

10800 block of Sunset Hills DriveProperty taken from victim’s unlocked2004 Jeep Wrangler.

23832May 313500 block of Brandy Oaks RoadBottle bomb exploded at location.Multiple mailboxes were also reporteddamaged in the neighborhood.

6200 block of Verdict CourtProperty was taken from the victim’sunlocked vehicle.

May 44000 block of Windy Creek DriveVictim was standing on his porchwhen the described suspect exitedthe suspect vehicle and displayed ahandgun. Victim and suspect arguedfor a short time and then the suspectleft.

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

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of Virginia Consulting also was at-tending his first Breakfast with theBuyer meeting on May 17.

“I think we need to have moreof this so that small business can, infact, understand how to work withgovernment and [avail] themselvesof the opportunities,” Norman said.“I help the private sector sell theirgoods and services to the Com-monwealth of Virginia.”

Bill Fransocn of the FastenalCompany, which has several loca-tions throughout the Richmondarea, attended the May 17 meetingas well.

Headquartered in Minnesota,

Fransocn said Fastenal sells indus-trial construction supplies.

“I think the information wasgreat,” Fransocn said. “Our goalwas to try to learn more about thecounty – how they operate, how wecan fit in and some opportunitiesthat we can maybe go after.”

Gina Forehand of NewportNews-based Compro Services saidshe came from Virginia Beach toattend the May 17 meeting.

“It was good,” Forehand said. “Itwas very resourceful and it was niceto put some names with faces, faceswith names.”

Teddy Elliott of Mass MutualFinancial Group in Glen Allen

said she also enjoyed the May 17meeting.

“I thought it was awesome, veryinformative,” Elliott said.

Timothy Moore, assistant direc-tor of the Chesterfield CountyDepartment of Purchasing, said theBreakfast with the Buyer series hasbeen successful.

“The attendance is very good,”Moore said. “We have opened our-selves up to the small businesses.More small businesses are nowaware of us. Hopefully we’ve helpedthem make contacts in the depart-ments for their small purchases.So, I think, overall, it’s been a goodprogram.”

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Incidentally, it was a consider-ation of future events that led to thecommittee’s creation.

In 1987, the adoption of theChesterfield County charter led tothe committee’s creation. The firstCommittee of the Future mem-bers were appointed in 1988, andalthough DeGennaro wasn’t oneof the original members, he saidthat his forebears considered thatchanges would occur in the countyover time.

“In other words, I don’t knowthe impetus, but what I do knowis that the county created a chartercommittee tasked with looking atthe needs of the county,” DeGenn-aro said. “Once they had that vi-sion, they crafted it, the supervisorssaw value in having a very long-range thinking group, and theywrote it into the charter.”

The Committee of the Futureconsists of two members from eachof the five magisterial districts.

Topics are taken into considerationuntil the group chooses a conceptto research before presenting itsfindings to the Board of Supervi-sors.

“We start honing them downover a period of months until weget a manageable few,” DeGennarosaid. “Then, we hone them downuntil we choose the topic that ismost significant.”

“That process sometimes takesa year, and we research for two orthree years by calling experts, read-ing books and speaking to people.Then, we write a report with sug-gestions for action for implementa-tion with the Board of Supervisors.”

According to DeGennaro, theexecution rate of his committee’sideas is very high. That is, althoughhe said that it varies from year toyear, he estimated that 80 percentto 90 percent of its topics eventuallybecome implemented.

Still, the Committee of theFuture welcomes comments and

questions from the public. Chester-field County residents are invited toattend its public monthly meetings.

“They’re all public,” DeGennarosaid. “Anyone can visit or observe,but they have to apply if they wouldlike to speak.”

“And the simplest way to contactthe committee is to email questionsor comments to Kim Conley or getonto the Committee of the Futureweb page. We just want to hearfrom people.”

The next Committee of the Fu-ture meeting will be held from 5:30to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 11, atthe Lane Ramsey AdministrationBuilding in Room 502 at 9901 LoriRoad in Chesterfield.

The organization also is activelyaccepting solicitations from localcitizens.

To transmit comments orquestions to the Committee of theFuture, e-mail Kim Conley at [email protected] or visit www.chesterfield.gov.

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Parish Baby Shower helps adoptive familiesBY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

Parents who adoptinfants open theirhomes and theirhearts to the pos-

sibility of what those newadditions can bring to theirfamilies, but they aren’t alwaysprepared with all the suppliesthat they need.

The 6th annual ParishBaby Shower at St. Edward theConfessor Catholic Churchin North Chesterfield willhelp new moms and dads byproviding some of the itemsthat they need to care forthose babies.

The event will take placethroughout the day on Satur-day, May 26, and Sunday, May27, after each Mass.

Mike and Gerri Gasper are

the couple who has organizedthis year’s festivities. Previ-ously, the Gaspers organizeda similar event when theylived in Houston, Texas, andthey suggested the idea whenthey became members of thechurch.

Mike Gasper, who also isa member of the Knights ofColumbus 6546, a group thatsupports the event along withthe St. Edward Justice andPeace Ministry, said that thechurch holds the baby showerfor its parishioners every year.

Gasper said that expect-ant mothers won’t be presentat the Parish Baby Shower.Instead, it is just a festive wayfor people to get together anddrop off the collected items.

“People like to go to babyshowers and give presents,”

Gasper said. “We give freecake and punch and make it aparty where the parishionerscan bring in clothing or dona-tions, and they can enjoy itand it works out well.”

Anyone can attend theevent, however, and the publicalso can donate baby items tothe effort. Specifically, it needsdiapers, discharge outfitsfor preemies and newborns,formula, receiving blankets,socks and wipes, althoughfinancial donations are alsowelcome.

Earlier this year, theKnights of Columbus 6546organized a fish fry dur-ing Lent, and some of theproceeds from that effortwill help the organization topurchase balloons, cake andpunch for the shower.

And, since the collectionefforts have begun, the orga-nizations have amassed morethan $10,000 in financialdonations and more than$15,000 in baby items.

So, how did the collabora-tion with Bethany ChristianServices begin? The Gaspersbegan contacting local familyorganizations to find out ifthey would be interested inreceiving additional donationsfor infants, and Bethany hadboth a dire need and the spacenecessary to house thosesupplies.

“When we were first look-ing to do this, my wife calleddifferent groups in the Rich-mond area to see who wouldbe interested in the cash andthe baby clothes, items anddiapers,” Gasper said. “Most

of the service agencies didn’thave the space to hold theitems we collected.”

“Bethany is a worldwideadoption organization. Inaddition to their pregnancycounseling, they do adop-tion and foster care, and theyhave a ready supply of peopleand babies who need thesethings.”

Over the years, the itemshave helped a multitude offamilies, including a militarycouple that Gasper remem-bers. At the time, they didn’thave all the supplies that theyneeded for a newborn, but,thanks to the parish’s collec-tion drive, they were able totake the child right away afterBethany Christian Servicescalled them.

“We had a call from

Bethany that a military familywas being transferred andthey came to Richmond andwe gave them a portable crib,diapers and formula becausethey would have had to waittwo weeks otherwise,” Gaspersaid. “It worked out very well,and they had things that theycould use immediately.”

The donations collectedduring the event will continueto help those new parents tocare for their new infants.

The Parish Baby Showerwill be held on Saturday andSunday, May 26-27, at St. Ed-ward the Confessor CatholicChurch at 2700 Dolfield Drivein North Chesterfield aftereach Mass.

Admission is free.For more information, call

303-3355.

Writing group hosts Wordpress seminarBY KOREY HUGHESSpecial Correspondent

Wordpress isan Internet-based soft-ware program

that helps bloggers to createtheir own websites.

Fortunately, for bud-ding writers, it’s free, whichmakes it easily accessible andaffordable for anyone whowants to post their thoughtsor to market projects to anonline audience.

On Saturday, May 26,Agile Writers will host aseminar at Martin’s Gro-cery in Midlothian to teachpotential bloggers to use thesoftware to create their ownWordpress sites.

The Agile Writers is agroup that is dedicated tohelping beginning authorscomplete the first draft of anovel in six months.

Writing coach Greg Smithstarted Agile Writers inJanuary 2011, and he willteach the class.

During the class, partici-pants will learn a variety ofuseful techniques to makethe most of the software.And, by the time the seminarends, they will gain enoughknowledge to create theirown Wordpress portals.

“Attendees will learnhow to create a Wordpresssite, how to create a page,how to create posts, howto choose a theme, how to

install a plug-in and how toset up widgets,” Smith said.“It’s an informal real-timepresentation with questionsanswered as we go.”

As Smith said, Wordpressis a handy tool to have sinceit doesn’t require users tobuy a web domain or host-ing. That is, they can goto the Wordpress website,create an account and startblogging right away.

Smith will speak abouthis own experiences withthe software since he usesWordpress regularly.

More specifically, he hostshis own self-named websitealong with the Agile Writers’website, and he also ad-ministers a site for anotherwell-known area writingorganization, the JamesRiver Writers.

“I started using Word-press four or five years ago,”Smith said. “It’s great forcreating a website quickly.”

Not only is the softwarefree of charge, but it givesusers access to a host ofthemes, which Smith saidmakes it easy for users tocustomize their sites’ experi-ences for visitors.

“The great thing aboutWordpress is that it is cus-tomizable,” Smith said. “Itstarts out with a very plainlook, but a writer will wantto customize that look to re-flect their style and possiblythe content of their book,

(and) this is where themescome in.”

“The location and style ofmenus, the header and footer,and other navigation can bechanged simply by installinga new theme. Unlike otherCMS systems, Wordpressmakes this as simple assearching for a new themeand clicking a button.”

At first glance, bloggingmight not appear to be anecessary proficiency forburgeoning writers. But,according to Smith, it’s aninvaluable skill that canhelp scribes to market theirpublished products.

“Blogging is one of manyskills that anyone who wantsto advertise on the internetshould have, (but) bloggingis a natural extension forwriters because, well, it’swriting,” Smith said.

“In the Internet age, it isimportant to keep a freshface on your product, andblogging allows you to dothis.”

“For example, if you’re awriter and you just put yourbook on Amazon, you willwant to trumpet your ac-complishment to your fans,(and) updating your blogdoes that. Likewise, if you’redoing a book signing youwant to let everyone knowwhere you’re going to be.”

And attendees don’t haveto bring their personal com-puters with them, although

they might want to use themto take notes. At the end ofthe day, though, a pad anda writing utensil will be allthey need to successfullycomplete the class.

“Really, the only thinganyone should bring is note-taking equipment,” Smithsaid.

The Agile Writers Word-press Class will get underwayat 1 p.m. on Saturday, May26, at the Martin’s Groceryat 2250 John Rolfe Parkwayin Midlothian.

The seminar is free, but a$5 donation is encouragedto help to cover the cost ofthe meeting space.

Pre-registration isn’tnecessary, but Smith said itwould be appreciated.

To sign up, or for moreinformation about AgileWriters, visit http://Writ-ersClub.us and click on theMore Info tab.

CONTRIBUTED REPORTThe Chesterfield Council

on Aging will present“Dynamics of Elder Abuse”from 9 to 10 a.m. on Thurs-day, May 24, at Lucy CorrVillage, 700 Lucy CorrBlvd., Chesterfield.

Participants will look atthe overall topic of elderabuse and elder financialabuse.

Bill Lightfoot of Light-

foot Consulting Associateswill give an overview of el-der abuse legislation on thestate and national level. Heis a retired police sergeantand has investigative ex-perience in violent crimes,elder abuse and neglect andthe abuse and neglect ofincapacitated persons.

For reservations, ormore information, call768-7878.

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phony Youth Orchestrawill perform at the Poca-hontas State Park HeritageAmphitheater at 7 p.m. onSaturday, June 2.

Those planning to at-tend are urged to bring a

picnic and blankets or lawnchairs and enjoy this fam-ily-friendly concert by areayouths.

The concert is free, butthere is a parking fee.

For more information,call Meghan Coates at 796-7045.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30The Newcomers Club willhold its monthly luncheon at11 a.m. at The Place at Inns-brook. The $23 fee includessocial hour, lunch and aprogram on healthy living. Formore information, call Brendaat 754-0460 by May 20 orvisit newcomersrichmond.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 17The 7th Intercultural MusicalFestival will begin at 4 p.m.at Lord Jesus Korean Churchat 10201 Robious Road in

Richmond. Even though itshistory dates back more than15 years, this year marks thefestival’s seventh year at LordJesus Korean Church. Thepurpose of the InterculturalMusical Festival is to buildbridges and areas of under-standing between variousethnic Christian communitiesand to facilitate communi-cation among racial/ethnicpeople and others in theGreater Richmond area.

WEEKLY TUESDAYSOvereaters AnonymousGroup #51606 meets at 2

p.m. each Tuesday at theCentral Baptist Church at1510 Courthouse Rd. in Rich-mond. For more information,call Peg at 379-9558.

The Bethia United MethodistChurch Mothers of Pre-schoolers (MOPS) programis accepting registrationsand new members. Mem-bers chart their path throughmotherhood and see howmotherhood redirects theirvarious relationships. BethiaMOPS meets from 9:30 a.m.to noon on the first, third andfifth Tuesdays from Sept. 20

through May 15. For moreinformation, contact KaraHarris at 763-6067 or [email protected]. BethiaUnited Methodist Church islocated at 10700 WinterpockRoad in Chesterfield.

WEEKLY WEDNESDAYSBridge is played from 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tues-days at St. Mark’s Church at11551 Luck’s Lane. Playersof all levels are welcome. Noadvance sign-up is required.For more information, callCarol at 594-0995.

WEEKLY THURSDAYSMoms of Tots to Teens(MOTTS) meets from 9:45a.m. to noon every first andthird Thursday of the month– Sept. 15 through May 17 -- at Bon Air Baptist Church at2531 Buford Road. Preschoolchild care is available. Formore information, contactLoretta Sherwood at [email protected] or go to www.bonair-baptist.org/motts.

The Al-Anon meeting Awakento Hope meets at 7:30 p.m.each Thursday at St. JohnNeumann Catholic Church

located at 2480 Batterson Rd.in Powhatan.

Pastor James C. Vinson ofResources for Life holdsservices from 7 to 9 p.m.on Thursdays at St. Mat-thias Episcopal Church at11300 West Huguenot Rd. inMidlothian. For more informa-tion, call 305-5100 or [email protected].

CONTRIBUTED REPORTLucy Corr Foundation

is offering a free seminarproviding free continu-ing education credits to allhealth care professionals, in-cluding physicians, nurses ofall levels, dental profession-als, pharmacists, dieticians,occupational therapists andnursing home administra-tors in the region.

Funded by the VirginiaCenter on Aging, the semi-nar will be presented from8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. onFriday, June 1, at Lucy CorrVillage at 6800 Lucy CorrBlvd. in Chesterfield.

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Millwood School students participatein NASA’s ‘Spaced Out Sports’ challengeCONTRIBUTED REPORT

Four Millwood Schoolmiddle school studentsrecently participated in theNASA Stennis Space Center’s“Spaced Out Sports” designchallenge.

The “Spaced Out Sports”challenge is an annual,national, contest designed byNASA for students in grades5-8.

The goal of the programis to encourage students todesign a new sport that canbe played on earth and in theInternational Space Center(ISS).

Sophia Fehrmann, LaurenMcCarey, Devin Scofieldand Meha Srivastava createda game known as “AsteroidControl.”

To successfully completethe challenge, these studentslearned about and successfullyapplied Newton’s Laws ofMotion to their newly createdsport.

Sophia, Lauren, Devin andMeha learned to identify theeffects of gravity on gamepieces and to predict theeffects of a microgravity

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demonstration in written andvideo form.

If you are interestedin watching several sixth

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PHOTO SUBMITTED BY BETSY LATHAMThese four Millwood School middle school students took part in the NASA Stennis SpaceCenter’s “Spaced Out Sports” design challenge. They are Sophia Fehrmann, LaurenMcCarey, Devin Scofield and Meha Srivastava.

decided the Kelo casein 2005 in favor of NewLondon, Conn., giving thegreen light to demolishan existing neighborhoodin favor of new highertax base construction.The city cited increasedrevenue as higher useconstruction as reasonsfor its position.

Legislatures, includingVirginia, have reacted tothat decision, and, in manycases, have limited orrestricted eminent domainstatutes.

Reforms in Virginiaeven began before the Kelodecision with the creationof a commission to studythe power of eminentdomain.

Cherry described theKelo decision as a “judicialyawn because, to those ofus who have practiced inthe area, it was simple adecision completely in linewith prior United StatesSupreme Court decisions.”

He acknowledged thereaction to the decisionwas “a political firestorm.”

Virginia’s new guide-lines include provisions topay landowners both realproperty value and lostaccess and lost profits.

Cherry said he opposesthose changes that willbe on the ballot in theNovember election.

“In 2007, the GeneralAssembly adopted a statutethat redefined and limitedpublic use,” Cherry said.

Attempts to amendthe state constitution toinclude the newly legis-lated changes in definitionto public use failed in 2008and 2009.

“In 2011, we had thefirst passage of the con-stitutional amendment,”Cherry said. All amend-ments require passage bytwo consecutive Assem-bly sessions, and the billcleared that hurdle withthis year’s passage.

Cherry outlined the

details of the new stat-utes if the voters approvethem in November. Firstand foremost, the newstatutes repeal the GeneralAssembly’s right to definepublic use.

“Arguably, it transfersthis power to the courts,”Cherry said.

It also declares the rightof private property to befundamental.

“That seems innoxiousenough until you read theother 16 amendments thatcomprise the Virginia Billof Rights of the VirginiaConstitution and thatword fundamental doesn’tappear in one of them,”Cherry said.

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Another factor in thenew statures is the publicnecessity clause. Cherrysaid those decisions alsocould end up in the courtsystem.

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Finally, the new statuteslimit the definition ofpublic use. “It says if theprimary use is privategain or benefit, privateenterprise, increasing jobs,increasing tax revenue orfor economic develop-ment, that’s not a publicuse,” Cherry said.

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“It will be less ability topredict whether you cancondemn at all and, moreimportantly, what is thecost?”

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CONTRIBUTED REPORTA Midlothian resident has been

recognized by the Virginia Press Womenwith a third place award in the 2012Virginia Press Women Communica-tions Contest.

Frances “Francine” Crutchfieldreceived a third place in the SpecialSeries category for articles written abouta woman’s efforts to get her landlordto take action against the infestation ofroaches in her apartment building. Ajudge wrote, “Good job following herstory. It made a difference. Sometimes

that’s why we do this.”Crutchfield also received a first place

award for a speech to the Virginia ProChapter of the Society of ProfessionalJournalists at its George Mason AwardCelebration June 22, 2011. The Chapterhad changed the name of its Distin-guished Service Award, presented in 2010to Crutchfield and her late husband, tothe George and Francine CrutchfieldDistinguished Service Award.

Crutchfield expressed gratitude andshared memories of her husband in thespeech. One judge said, “A very sweet

memorial and celebration of a marriage,a partnership and an award.”

Forty-one Virginia Press Womenmembers submitted a total of 230 entriesin writing, editing, photography, adver-tising and public relations categories inthe contest.

Award Winners were announced atthe April 28 conference at RockinghamMemorial Hospital and Health CampusConference Center in Harrisonburg.

First place entries advance to theNational Federation of Press WomenCommunications Contest.

Midlothian woman wins prize in communications contest

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that race were announcedthrough the loudspeakersat SportsBackers Stadium,the Trojans took note ofthe fact that they were

introduced as “distancepowerhouse Midlothian.”

“We were all like, ‘Wecan sprint, too,’” Jacksonsaid with a smile.

They proved it again onWednesday.

Brown and Stout keptMidlothian in contentionthrough the first two legs

of the 4x100, then Gerardgave the Trojans the leadwith a terrific third leg

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

Last week: Hamlin will look back on last weekend and feel gladno points were at stake in the NASCAR All-Star Race. Afterqualifying third for the 90-lap event and leading 16 laps, Hamlinfinished a disappointing 20th out of 23 drivers.

Where he stands: Hamlin is still in fourth place in the SprintCup points standings. He’s just 17 points behind leader GregBiffle.

Up next: As usual, Memorial Day weekend brings one ofNASCAR’s most physically demanding challenges, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Qualifying is today at 7p.m. and the race will start Sunday at 5:30.

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Manchester High School’sfootball staff will host a campfor kids 8 through 14 onSaturday, June 16 at the MHSfootball complex.

Manchester alum KavellConner, a linebacker for theIndianapolis Colts, is one ofseveral current and formerLancers players who will behelp provide instruction atthe camp.

The cost of the camp is$25, which includes a T-shirtfor all participants. Campersare asked to bring both cleatsand sneakers.

Check-in will be from8-8:45 a.m. and the camp willrun from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

To pre-register or for moreinformation, contact CoachTom Hall by phone at (804)307-4727 or e-mail him [email protected].

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Johnsonpicks upsecondvictoryCONTRIBUTED REPORT

Eddie Johnson’s up anddown season is on the up-swing again.

The Midlothian residentwon the 150-lap seasonopener, but bad luck in otherraces had him stuck in fifthplace in the Southside Speed-way points battle headinginto last Friday’s race.

Johnson once again hadeverything clicking on allcylinders, as he won the poleand picked up the win in the100-lap Late Model feature.

Johnson drew a “7” onthe redraw and took his timepicking his way throughthe field. He moved pastChris Dodson on lap 73and cruised to an easy vic-tory. Dodson held off ChrisJohnson for second with JeffOakley and Adam Resnickrounding out the Top 5.

Mike Rudy was the fastestModified qualifier, but the“5” drawn on the restart put#4 of Thomas Stinson on thepole. That’s not what the restof the Modified field wantedto see.

Chris Hopkins was able tohang with Stinson early, butmechanical problems endedHopkins’ hopes early. Stinsonwas never really challengedafter that and picked up hissecond win of the season.Kyle Wood finished secondwith Rudy third, MichaelJohnson fourth and RyanWilbourne wound up fifth.

The U-Cars had four14-year-old rookies on thetrack for the time together inFriday’s Twin 20 lap features.Car #1 of Conner Brown,#9 of Alex Brock, #79 LaneJanosik, and #98 Taylor Sar-kees all made their debuts inthe first 20-lap feature.

Sarkees’ seventh-place fin-ish was the highest-finishing14-year-old in Race #1, butRusty Bennett was the onewho took home the hard-ware. Bennett had his handsfull, but held off David Kerns,Tyler Davis, Rip Solomoneand Daniel Thomas to pickup the win.

In U-Car Race #2, Thomasgot the help of the redraw tostart on the pole and led all20 laps for his second win ofthe season.

The Champ Kart race sawJason Higgenbotham crossthe line second, but after postrace inspection he was theone on top. Matt Ashworthfailed the inspection givingHiggenbotham the victory.Justin Emory finish secondfollowed by Brett Clark, ClintGunn and Hunter Ashworth.

Southside Speedway willreturn to action on June 1.The Late Models will runTwin 50-lap features, theGrand Stocks will battle for30 laps, the Legends will run25 laps, the Champ Karts willhave a 25 lap contest and theU-Cars will run Twin 20 lapfeatures.

DOMINION DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD

Cinderella Knights finish as champions

PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLSam Drewicz slides in safely with BSH’s third run.

BY JIm [email protected]

Blessed Sacrament Huguenot’sbaseball team didn’t feel much likeCinderella after an impossibly aw-ful start to the 2012 season.

The Knights, who returned most of theteam that fell to Brunswick Academy inlast year’s state final, dropped their first fivegames by a combined 36-15.

Their lowest point occurred on April18. Already saddled with a 2-8 record, theKnights promptly fell behind New Com-munity High School 7-0 and appeared to beheaded for another disappointing loss.

Then something remarkable happened– and it didn’t involve a fairy godmother.

BSH exploded for 16 unanswered runs tobeat New Community, sparking a surge thatsaw the Knights win seven of nine gamesand claim the Virginia Commonwealth Con-

ference tournament title.Still, they were seeded seventh out of

eight teams for the Virginia IndependentSchools Division 3 tournament, and facedan uphill battle to make a third consecutivestate final appearance.

“We never should’ve been the 7 seed,”BSH first baseman T.J. Dobrucky said. “Weshould’ve been right up there with the topteams. We just didn’t play like it.”

The Knights entered the state tournamentwith a losing record (9-10), but stayed hotwith a 3-1 upset of No. 2 North Cross andknocked off sixth-seeded Miller School bythe same 3-1 score in Friday’s semifinals.

When he woke up early Saturday to getprepared for the 11 a.m. state final matchupagainst top-seeded Southampton Academy,BSH coach James Poore couldn’t shake the

PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLmidlothian’s John Gerard prepares to pass the baton to teammate Daniel Jackson for the anchor leg of the Dominion District boys 4x100 relay.

Speed, stamina fuel successBY JIm [email protected]

Long known forits dominance indistance events,Midlothian High’s

boys track-and-field teamnow has athletes capable ofwinning shorter races, too.

Led by a record-break-ing performance fromtheir 4x100-meter relayteam, the host Trojans ral-lied past Manchester andCosby to win the Domin-ion District outdoor meetlast Wednesday.

Unlike girls championCosby, which defendedits district crown with adominant performance, itwas the first outdoor teamtitle in as long as any-one could remember forMidlothian’s boys.

The exclamation pointwas the Trojans’ secondconsecutive impressive ef-fort in the shortest of threerelays.

Just five days earlier, thequartet of Jalen Brown,Taylor Stout, John Gerardand Daniel Jackson hadbroken the school recorden route to a fifth-placefinish at the SouthernTrack Classic.

When the results of

Midlo boys, Cosby girls claim Dominion District track crowns

PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLmidlothian freshman Collin Hahn (left) battles teammateTyler Timblin to the finish line in the 1,600.

PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLCosby’s DeNisha Smith won four events and brokethe meet record in the 300 hurdles.

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photo by jim mcconnellCosby’s Lauren Denuel smacks a forehand during her 6-2, 6-1 victory over Mills Godwin’s Sophie Linnell in last Thursday’s Central Region final.

Regional title eludes Cosby

photo by jim mcconnellCosby’s Jamie Cochrane won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles.

photo by jim mcconnellAnjelica Esteves rallied for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 3.

By JIM [email protected]

Cosby High’s girlstennis team con-cocted a success-ful recipe to edge

Deep Run 5-4 in the CentralRegion semifinals and clincha berth in the Group AAAstate tournament.

But the Titans wound upone ingredient short of aregional championship.

Just as it did against DeepRun, Cosby swept the firstthree singles matches inThursday’s final against pow-erhouse Mills Godwin. Lau-ren Denuel, Jamie Cochraneand Anjelica Esteves com-bined to drop just one set.

But the Eagles ralliedto win the Nos. 4, 5 and 6singles matches, then claimedtwo doubles victories toseal their 13th consecutiveregional title by a 5-3 score.

Denuel and Esteves ledtheir No. 1 doubles match 6-0, 5-1 when Godwin’s JackieDillon and Brittany Hsiehfinally put away the clinching6-3, 7-6 triumph over Co-chrane and Bailey Kirchner.

For the Titans, it was anunfortunate reversal from theDeep Run match – when Co-chrane and Kirchner pulledout a 6-3, 7-6 win for the fifthand clinching team point.

Cosby (15-2) will travelto face the Northern Regionchampion next Tuesday.

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before completing a flawlessbaton pass to Jackson.

The speedy junior, whoalso nipped Bird’s Paul Rob-ertson for first place in the100, blazed across the stripeto complete a 42.30 finish – ahalf-second faster than thedistrict record set 20 yearsago by Huguenot.

“It was a little scary be-cause I saw the third leg andknew we were going to be inthe lead when I got the baton,but you can’t think aboutthat,” Jackson said. “You justhave to get to the finish andrun ‘til you drop.”

It was an especially satisfy-ing victory since Midlothianhas never been considered astable for top-shelf sprinters.While Gerard noted the Tro-jans’ hard work on baton ex-changes paid off, Midlothiancoach Dan Ward said onerecord-breaking performancelikely won’t be enough tosilence the skeptics.

“All of them know nowthat they have to work evenharder,” Ward added. “Youhave to perform on the trackand beat people to break thestereotype. You can’t just runfast once – you have to do itover and over again.”

Ward issued an equally di-rect challenge to Midlothian’sentrants in the 3,200. Evenafter breaking the district re-cord in the 4x100, the Trojansfound themselves third be-hind Cosby and Manchesterin the team standings withjust two events remaining.

After doing some quickcalculations, Ward foundthe quartet of seniors TylerTimblin and Ryan Peterson,sophomore Tommy Mulroyand freshman Collin Hahn,and told them they needed tosweep the top four places forMidlothian to win the boysteam title.

It wouldn’t be easy. JamesRiver freshman Freddie Sha-shaty and Clover Hill juniorEric Bianchi both hung withthe lead pack throughoutthe eight-lap event, but theMidlothian runners surgedon the last lap to accomplishtheir goal.

“We’re all excited we per-formed so well,” said Hahn,the precocious ninth-graderwho pulled off an impressive1,600 and 3,200 sweep. “Itwas a little more pressure, es-pecially when you see some-body break away; you knowif you let them go, you’re notjust letting yourself but thewhole team down.”

GIRLS MEETCosby’s girls overwhelmed

the competition by winning11 of 16 events, outdistanc-ing runner-up Manchester by128 points.

N.C. State-bound seniorMegan Moye etched hername in the record bookagain during her finalDominion District meet,shattering her own records inthe 800 and 1,600 set just ayear ago.

But Moye was hardly theonly standout for the deep,talented Titans.

Junior DeNisha Smithwon the long jump, 100 hur-dles and 200, and also brokethe district record in the 300hurdles that was previouslyheld by former James Riverstandout Kellie Wells – nowone of the world’s top-rankedhurdlers and a favorite torepresent the U.S. this sum-mer at the Olympics.

Sophomore AlexandriaMoseley missed breakingthe record in the 400 by ahundredth of a second. Shealso won the 100 dash, placedsecond in both the 200 andtriple jump and took third inthe long jump.

Senior Logan Edwardsclaimed her final two districttitles by dominating both theshot put and discus.

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That was enough forsenior Nathaniel Settle, whothrew his second completegame in four days andlimited Southampton’spowerful offense to six hitsas the Knights claimed a 5-3victory.

“It sounds so weird being12-10 and state champions,”said Drewicz, who scoredtwo runs for BSH.

Freshman secondbaseman Ryan Davoudalso scored two runs andfollowed Drewicz’s longtriple with a sacrifice fly thatplated a huge insurance runin the seventh inning.

Poore brought upDavoud from the JV and in-serted him into the startinglineup midway through theseason as part of his attemptto get the Knights out oftheir prolonged funk.

Nearly out of options,Poore also made a pointto step back and let hisveteran players assume more

responsibility for leadingthe team and holding theirteammates accountable.

“Early in the season wewere trying to force things,”he said. “I stopped yellingand started patting them onthe back more. I decided tostop forcing and let them dowhat they were going to dobecause all I was doing wasmaking things worse.”

Having done things thehard way all season, nobodywas surprised when theKnights nearly squanderedall of their early four-runlead against Southampton.

While Southamptonstarter Tonee Hill settleddown and allowed onlytwo baserunners from thethird through sixth innings,the Raiders got back in thegame by scoring one run ineach of the third, fourth andsixth.

BSH, which had playedsparkling defense in itsfirst two state tournamentgames, hurt its own causewith four errors.

But while Southamptongot the tying run on base ineach of the final three in-nings, the Knights never lost

their composure and madethe plays when they had tohave them.

“It was really intense, butyou can’t let it get to you,”T.J. Dobrucky said. “Youcan’t get lost in the momentor you’ll fall apart.”

There was some symme-try in Saturday’s victory; theKnights began their eight-game win streak by beatingSouthampton, then endedtheir season by knocking offthe Raiders again.

“Hats off to our team.These guys played theirhearts out,” Settle said.

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His confidence only grewwhen junior Stephen Bendelegathered his teammates priorto the game and remindedthem that “nobody expectedus to be here.”

“The kids were reallyloose. Nothing fazed them,”Poore said.

The Knights’ relaxed ap-proach paid dividends at theplate early in the state final.Tyler Dobrucky smacked atwo-run double in the first

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