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Injured motorists flown to hospital A motor vehicle crash sent three people to the hospital on life flight helicopters. The Westmoreland County Sheriff ’s office dispatched several units to the site of a three-vehicle accident on State Route 3, about 300 feet east of Route 761 in Westmoreland County, according to Sgt. Steve M. Vick of the Virginia State Police. The incident occurred about 4 p.m. March 8 “A 2002 Honda Civic was traveling west on Route 3 exceeding the speed limit when it veered into the east bound lane and struck a 1998 Plymouth minivan head-on,” Sgt. Vick wrote in an e-mail. Two of the four people in the Honda were transported via Medflight and the driver of the minivan was transported via med-flight with serious injuries. A 2012 Nissan, also traveling east, struck debris from the crashed vehicles causing damage to the Nissan.
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Cirbee resigns from CB Planning Commission Linda Farneth
Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department Chief Michael Gutridge said all patients were alive when they left the crash scene but could not comment more on their conditions. No patient names have been released. Virginia State Police Senior Trooper O. Moody is leading the ongoing investigation of the crash. Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department reported on its website
that Engine Companies from Oak Grove, Westmoreland and Colonial Beach responded. Also responding were the Colonial Beach and Montross Volunteer Rescue Squads. “We had one person that needed to be extracted and special thanks to Engine Company 2 (Montross) for assisting with the extraction. Also a special thanks Engine Company 1 (Colonial Beach) for setting
the landing zone up for the three helicopters that came in to transport victims to the hospital.” Capt. Chris Hawkins of the Westmoreland Sheriff ’s office reported that Westmoreland Sheriffs office, Virginia State Police and Mount Holley Vol. Rescue Squad all responded. —Linda Farneth
The Colonial Beach Planning Commission has lost another of its members. After only four months of serving on the Colonial Beach Planning Commission, member Steve Cirbee tendered his resignation effective Feb. 27. The Colonial Beach Town Council accepted his decision at its March 12 meeting. At its Oct. 2, 2014 meeting, the council appointed Cirbee to the Planning Commission, despite opposition from sitting commission members. The Planning Commission had interviewed two applicants – Cirbee and John Reinhart – during its Sept. 18 meeting to fill the vacant seat left by former member and Chairman Maureen Holt. At that meeting, newly appointed member Kelly Dejesus resigned, opening another seat. At the Oct. 2 commission meeting, commissioners and attendees expressed concerns about Cirbee and Reinhart, as both are active contractors and
Four Washngton & Lee forensics team members are heading to the Virginia High School League’s March 28 state competition at Clover High School in Midlothian. The foursome won their slots in the competition after competing in the 1A regional meet earlier this month in West Point. Jake Daiger, a three-sport star athlete, will enter the state competition as one of the favorites after finishing last year’s state forensics meet in third place for original oratory. He took top honors in the the regional meet this month with an original composition about bullying. The state forensics competition has nothing to do with the crime-fighting forensics seen on television programs like CSI or found in the pages of a Patricia Cornwell novel. Instead of ballistics and blood splatter analysis, high school forensics in Virginia is
about public speaking. “I enjoy forensics because it lets you get in front of people and practice public speaking,” said Daiger, who plays soccer and football and runs cross county. “I enjoy speaking and performing in front of an audience. Last year, I placed third at the state meet. My sister Megan, who is now at the University of Virginia, also placed third at state when she competed. This year I hope to beat my sister and win state.” Joining Daiger at the state forensics competition will be Kathryn Beddoo, who won second place in Serious Dramatic Competition at the regional meet. Also participating are Emma Oliver and Waverly Gouldman, who placed third in the Humorous Dramatic Duo competition. All of the W&L students are making their third appearance at the state competition. The W&L forensics team, which is coached by Laura Coates, has been honing its skills since the
developers working in Colonial Beach. Speakers during the meeting members worried aloud about potential conflicts of interest in future votes on building and zoning matters. After long discussions the commission voted in favor of recommending Reinhart, but against recommending Cirbee. Commissioners said they chose the applicant they thought stood the least to gain monetarily after being told by Acting Zoning Administer Brendan McHugh that Cirbee See cirbee, page 8
CB Council to resume webcasting work sessions
W&L’s forensics stars head to VHSL state competition Richard Leggitt
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regional competition by practicing delivery, gestures and the use of emotions and in order to deliver knockout performances at the state competition. The VHSL has been supporting
Local artist brings touch of mystery
speech programs in public high schools since 1915 when it recognized a girls and a boys champion in prose readings. The popularity of the event quickly spread and the competition has
evolved over the years. Early competitions focused on spelling and poetry reading. This year’s competitions will focus on dramatic interpretations, oratory and public speaking skills.
Though she missed the March 12 Colonial Beach Town Council meeting due to sickness, Councilwoman Wanda Goforth was able to celebrate a victory after the council agreed to resume webcasting of its work sessions. The six council members who voted in January to end the webcasts and recordings, reversed course on March 12 and voted unanimously to start taping work sessions again. “I am delighted that the Council decided to do what is in the best interest of the citizens,” she said. See webcast, page 8
Teaching career paved way to artistic passion
Linda Farneth
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BeeJee Juhnke has a mysterious streak to those who do not know her, according to friend and fellow artist Diane Frykman. Maybe that is why Juhnke’s paintings of doorways and windows leave people to explore their imaginations to determine what is beyond. Juhnke said she favors landscapes, still life and painting in the fresh air, giving particular focus to water and skies. “Shadows, their shapes and colors, are always interesting challenges and themes. Mood is important to me in a painting, and the intensity of color often defines that mood,” she said. A graduate of Hollins College, Juhnke initially majored in Spanish and minored in art. She spent her junior year in Spain.
Artist Diane Frykman fulfilled her father’s requirement to pick a profitable career, teaching, in order to pursue her dream of studying art in college. Frykman currently lives in Burke, and teaches privately from her home. She is no stranger to travel. Having grown up in a U.S. Air Force family and later marrying an Army man, she has traveled quite extensively. Frykman has painted in oils, loves to sketch and has recently pulled out her old pastels to use them up and get a change. “At my age I just enjoyed dabbling around with what I have,” she said. “I have files of photos from trips we’ve taken. They give me ideas and stimulate me a little bit.” She works in still-life and
BeeJee Juhnke will be a featured artist in April at JarrettThor Gallery. “It was a total immersion into the culture we always spoke Spanish and lived with native families.” She recalled. While in Spain, she studied with eminent Spanish art historian Enrique Lafuente Ferrari, and artist and professor Alfredo Ramon, a highly regarded watercolor artist. Juhnke returned to Spain for another year after her graduation.
“Art became a real focus for me during that eye-opening period of discovering, a new and magical world of culture, history and personal change,” she said. Juhnke continued to paint part time while raising her three children, then returned to painting and further study at the Art League in See BeeJee, page 8
Diane Frykman will be featured at JarrettThor Gallery. landscapes, creating her compositions from photos or on scene sketching landscapes then brings them back to paint. She first discovered her desire to be an artist after taking an art class in high school. When she told her father she wanted to study art in college, he told her she could not make a living at art and encouraged her to pick another course. So Frykman majored
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in education. She began teaching elementary school while in Germany with her See Frykman, page 8