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Vol. 27, No. 14 | Richmond Suburban Newspapers | August 4, 2010
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Plea entered in ax attack
CHAMPIONS
Omar Abdelaal sentenced to juvenile facility By Jim Ridolphi For The Mechanicsville Local After accepting a plea agreement, Hanover Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris handed out a blended sentence to a youth convicted of attacking a fellow student with an ax. Omar Abdelaal will remain in juvenile detention until his case is reviewed in two years, and could spend up to his 21st birthday incarcerated. Abdelaal pleaded guilty to malicious wounding in the attack, reduced from OMAR ABDELAAL aggravated malicious wounding, which he and his attorney maintain was prompted by aggressive bullying on the victim’s part. “This is the best we could do for my son.
Jim Ridolphi for The Local
Hanover Commonwealth’s Attorney R.E. “Trip” Chalkley III addressed reporters after the court session on Tuesday, July 27.
I thank everyone for the community support we received,” father of the defendant Kahlid Abdelaal said. The reduced charge spared Abdelaal, 16, the possibility of a life sentence and allows him to serve his sentence in the juvenile system. see AX, pg. 4 `
Photo by Christy Sheppard
The Mechanicsville Nationals All-Star Team won the Virginia Junior League baseball title last week with a 10-2 victory over Fleet Park. The boys made history by becoming the first Mechanicsville team to advance to Southeast Regional play. They will travel to Greenville, S.C., Aug. 6-12 and open pool play against Tennessee. The Nationals also will face West Virginia and Florida in pool play. The winner of the Southeast Regional advances to the World Series, which will be played Aug. 15-21 in Taylor, Mich. Shown are, from left, front, Jared Hester, Josh Lam and Patrick Holler, and, back, Stephen Hepper, Jeffrey Decker, Bryce Sheppard, Cody Powers, Andrew Sergent, Taylor Campbell, manager Steve Lam, coach Matthew Moore, Adam Boyle, coach Dawson Langhorne, Haiden Lamb, Brett Langhorne and Matthew Corley. Story on page 38.
Noah’s ‘Crazy Club Burger’ included in Red Robin cookbook By Melody Kinser mkinser@mechlocal.com
NOAH MATTHEWS
Noah Matthews knows what he like’s on a burger – and his efforts led to his “Crazy Club Burger” being published in a national restaurant chain’s cookbook.
The 9-year-old from Mechanicsville was already a fan of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers when his family received an e-mail about the 4th annual “Red Robin Kids’ Cook-Off ” Cookbook. “We belong to Red Robin clubs,” his mom Sara said, “like if
you sign up for their Kids’ Club.” As his mother was saying, “It was just an e-mail that we got and it said to enter the contest,” Noah interjected with, “You had to create a burger.” His creation stemmed from his desire for a club sandwich.
“We were sitting at the computer together and then I wanted my mom to fix me a club sandwich for lunch and that’s how we came up with.” Sara said her son’s burger “is kind of like a burger and a club sandwich combined.” According to Red Robin
Gourmet Burgers, Noah’s “Crazy Club Burger” is made with a burger patty, shaved Virginia ham, shaved smoked turkey, cheddar cheese, horseradish mustard, tomato, Swiss cheese, light mayonnaise see BURGER, pg. 4 `