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Colonial beach’s football team advances to the state semi-finals while washington & lee’s season ends with a disappointing loss. Page 5
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beach health center saved, to stay open King George clinic owners ready to take over facility Phyllis Cook Not so fast. The planned closure of the Colonial Beach Medical Center at the end of December has been staved off, and it will be donated to the owners of a nonprofit health clinic in King George. The Community Care Clinic in King George is finalizing a contract with the owners of the Colonial Beach Medical Center to resuscitate the practice in the same location at the beginning of January, or earlier, if necessary. The move came just after it was announced the Colonial Beach Medical Center would close due to financial reasons. “We’re partnering together to
make sure there is no lapse in care for Colonial Beach patients,” said Arlene Jacovelli, CEO of Community Care Clinic. “Having integrity and quality in our services is very important to us in King George, and we will continue our focus on high professional standards in Colonial Beach.” Jacovelli said that goes for patient services, as well as for a seamless legal transfer of confidential patient records. Kell Hoovler, president and owner of the Colonial Beach Medical Center, Inc., agreed. He also said those patients who wish to obtain their medical records can come by the office and sign a release form or send a request to P.O. Box 99, Garrisonville, VA 22463.
“We’re planning on staying open until the end of the year,” Hoovler said. “There should be a transparent transition for the patients, and that is our objective.” “The challenges they’ve had there is their continuity of care,” Jacovelli said. “And the margins are getting thinner and thinner to cover expenses.” She is confident her clinic can make it work in that location. “We know there are people there who need services, and we have a different business model,” Jacovelli said. She also said her clinic accepts more insurance companies than the Colonial Beach Medical Center did. The Community Care Clinic
accepts Medicare, Medicaid, Anthem, Tricare and most other insurances, with self-pay patients also welcome. Once the Community Care Clinic takes over the Colonial Beach location, it plans to have at least one doctor on-site at most times, along with certified medical assistants and walk-in laboratory services. Jacovelli said one of her doctors, Roosevelt Dean, previously worked at the Colonial Beach Medical Center on an on-call basis and seemed to be well-known and liked. “Dr. Dean has a commitment to this region and will be taking a lead in supporting service in Colonial Beach,” Jacovelli said.
Linda Farneth
The Colonial Beach Medical Center will remain open and have new owners by the beginning of the year. The healthcare facility was set to close, but then was donated to the Community Care Clinic in King George.
Taking the hands-0n approach CB woman passes on love of pottery
Linda Farneth
Richard Leggitt Five years ago, Hannah Janney, a single mom with four daughters, traveled to Colonial Beach for rest and relaxation. “I was sitting on the beach, and I realized there is nothing for kids to do here,” Janney said. “I wanted to do something to help.” With that inspiration and a determination to escape the stresses of life in northern Virginia, Janney moved to the Beach, joined the local artists’ guild and opened her new business in an empty storefront at 10 Hawthorn St. near the waterfront. The result was Pottery by Hand, Janney’s business where children and adults can make and paint their own pottery and where more than 40 Colonial Beach area artists now display their works. “We help her, and she helps us,” said Barbara Millward, a Colonial Beach artist who paints seascapes, lighthouses and oyster shell art. “For many of us, it is not a full-time job, but she has given us an outlet to be able to show our work.” “She is always here when anybody needs her,” Millward said. “She is a real people person.” Janney’s smile, helpful attitude and enthusiasm have won her a great many other admirers. Pottery by Hand has been named the Business of the Year by the Colonial Beach Chamber of Commerce. Janney opened her business in 2010 and
Ex-mayor Rummage dies at 83
Hannah Janney, a single mother with four daughters, has created a popular business in Colonial Beach, Pottery by Hand, which she opened in 2010. Last year, Pottery by Hand was named Business of the Year by the Colonial Beach Chamber of Commerce.
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Try your hand Janney’s studio is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays. Appointments or reservation for pottery classes can be made by calling 540-454-5501. began offering classes for children and adults in making pottery and working with clay. Since
then, she has expanded to a 2,000-square-foot studio and gift shop offering paintings, handcrafted furniture, jewelry, floral arrangements, stained glass and accents, as well as pottery. Her love for children brought her to Colonial Beach, and that commitment sustains her. “When I see the joy in their faces, that’s what brings joy to me,” said Janney, who also works as a substitute art teacher. In the summer, Janney hosts a Clay Camp that meets twice daily Mondays and Thursdays, and she also conducts private classes for
budding potters. In the winter, she teaches home-school classes and tutors adults on the techniques of working with a potter’s wheel. Janney has been working with clay since 1994, when as a divorced mother, she was looking for work and met a woman in Loudoun County who had a pottery studio in her basement and offered to make Janney her assistant and teach her the craft. “It’s humbling to work with clay,” Janney said. “It really teaches you about life’s mistakes and the joy that comes from learning from them.”
Whether one supported his political beliefs or not, one thing most people agreed upon is that former Mayor Fred Rummage stuck to his guns and stood up for what he believed. “Mr. Rummage and I shared a special relationship that allowed us to disagree with each other philosophically or politically, yet our mutual respect allowed us to focus on what we had in common,” said Colonial Beach Town Manager Val Foulds. “He was Rummage always respectful in public, no matter what disagreements we encountered prior to entering public space.” Rummage, who was Colonial Beach’s mayor from 2008-12, died Nov. 13 at 83. His widow, Dona Owens, said that in politics, he played fair. If he told a group he was going to vote for something, he voted for it, she said. If he felt he could not accomplish See RUMMAGE, page 4
W&L family, friends remember Jones Richard Leggitt
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Danny Gray Jones, who was a star athlete at Washington & Lee High School a few years ago, was shot and killed Nov. 16 in Tappahannock.
A somber crowd of more than 1,000 friends, fans and Washington & Lee students attended the Nov. 22 funeral of popular Washington & Lee athlete Danny Gray Jones, who was killed Nov. 16 at an apartment complex in Tappahannock. Tappahannock police officers said Jones, 23, was shot several times during a child custody argument
with Terry Devon Finney, 26, of Tappahannock. The shooting occurred around 9 p.m., police said. Tappahannock Police Chief James G. Ashworth, Jr. said the men had had earlier disputes regarding Finney’s children. “What we know so far is that the victim was dating the mother of the suspect’s children, and there was some kind of dispute involving the kids,” he said.
Jones,whogrewupinWestmoreland County and graduated from W&L four years ago, was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds, police said. There were two small children at the scene of the shooting, including Jones’ daughter, police said. Finney was arrested after the shooting and charged with firstdegree murder, use of a handgun in the commission of a felony and two
counts of child endangerment. He is being held without bond at the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center in Saluda. Jones was a three-sport athlete at W&L – football, basketball and soccer -- and was a star scorer for the Eagles’ basketball team for several seasons. “He was always quiet, but he could score in bunches,” said W&L Athletic Director Malcolm Lewis.
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“He was a good kid,” Lewis added. “You never would have seen this coming.” “This is a terrible tragedy and one that could have been avoided,” Ashworth said.