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Registrar provides rundown on election By Jodi Deal jdeal@mechlocal.com
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On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Hanover County’s voters will head to the polls to choose a United States senator and a member of the House of Representatives for the 7th District, and Hanover County Registrar Teresa “Teri” Smithson said she’s gearing up for an unusually high voter turnout thanks to the high-profile House seat
race. “I think we’ll make national news,” Smithson said, adding that she has ordered enough ballots to handle an 80 percent voter turnout. Usually, according to Smithson, a midterm election like this one would only attract 30 to 40 percent of Hanover County’s 72,000 registered voters.
The House race first gained national attention when former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who had held the seat since 2001, was defeated by challenger Brat in the June Republican primary. He later resigned as House Majority Leader, and ultimately resigned from the now-vacant seat on Aug. 1. The race is made even more interest-
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ing by the fact that both Brat and his opponent, Democrat Jack Trammell, teach at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Smithson said. “We’ve had a lot of (Randolph-Macon) students come in to register to vote so they can be part of this historic race,” Smithson see REGISTRAR, pg. 4
Tradition humbling to Christmas Mother Ruby Cunningham celebrating 104th today By Jodi Deal jdeal@mechlocal.com
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or Melanie McElhinney Goodpasture of West Hanover, the best thing about being named the 2014 Hanover Christmas Mother is the opportunity to be part of a massive effort that helps friends and neighbors in the community. “I think it’s so important to be a part of something that gives back,” Goodpasture said during a tea held
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2014 Hanover Christmas Mother Melanie McElhinney Goodpasture was introduced to the community during a tea held Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Flippo home in Doswell. Goodpasture said she is humbled to be part of a longstanding tradition that has helped thousands of Hanover County families since 1949.
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hen asked about her plans for her 104th birthday during an interview last week, Ruby Cunningham said she didn’t have any big plans. “I’ll have a good day if I’m well,” Cunningham said.
“That’s what’s important to me.” Cunningham, who lives in the Ashland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, was born Oct. 29, 1910, on her family farm in an area once known as Ellenson. According to her nephew, Andrew Bagby, that area is see 104TH, pg. 7
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roviding knowledge and tools and creating opportunities for students and adults with developmental disabilities and their families are the goals of the “Life in the Community Conference, Resource Fair and Legislative Panel” that will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the River Road United Methodist Church at 8800 River Road in Richmond. At Life in the Community, students and adults with disabilities and their families will learn about important tools and resources to learn, live, work and play in the community. Life in the Community is being provided free of charge. It is presented annually by the Autism Society Central VA, Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond and Hanover Arc. The conference keynote speaker is CARVER Patricia Carver, founder of Community Drive Inc., who brings a lifetime of heartfelt commitment to her work. This dedication began over four decades ago with the birth of her brother and the subsequent recognition that his being special meant being set apart. Since then, Carver has advocated for social justice, especially among citizens who experience cognitive or intellectual disabilities. Today she continues to support her brother and others in a multitude of settings within a wide variety of circumstances. Adults and students with developmental disabilities, their families, advocates, educators and service providers are encouraged to attend. Session topics will include: A Home of My Own Post-Secondary Education Options Residential Options Community Connections Road Map Medicaid Waivers and a Life in the Community Living a Good Life and Person
Centered Planning Virginia General Assembly Legislative Panel Personal Networks and Circles of Support Throughout the day at the Resource Fair, attendees will be able to meet with a variety of organizations that support individuals and families to live successfully in the community. Organizations providing a range of residential, educational, employment, recreational and other services will provide information and answer questions. A highlight of the day will be the Legislative Panel on Developmental Disabilities. Members of the Virginia General Assembly will give their views on topics important to individuals with disabilities and their family members. For more information about Life in the Community, and to register, visit LifeInTheCommunity2014.eventbrite.com, or contact one of the three sponsoring organizations listed below. The Autism Society Central VA (ASCV) works to improve the lives of all affected by autism by providing individuals and their families with the information and support to be fully included, participating members of their communities. Email info@ascv.org or visit http://www.asacv.org/ . Hanover Arc improves the lives of children and adults with or at risk of developmental disabilities and their families. Through advocacy, education, individualized supports and services, Hanover Arc works to improve supports and systems so that people with disabilities are valued as classmates, neighbors, friends and co-workers. Call Hanover Arc at 804-798-2400 or email info@hanoverarc.org or visit www.hanoverarc.org. The Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond (DSAGR) strives to improve the quality of life for individuals with Down syndrome and their families by providing access to current and accurate information on Down syndrome and by fostering programs that focus on education, community services, public awareness, medical issues, research, advocacy, legal issues and parenting. Call DSAGR 804-525-7731 or visit www.dsagr.com.
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Correction An article that appeared in the Oct. 22, 2014, edition of The Mechanicsville Local on the Hanover County Sheriff ’s Office’s Fall Fellowship Festival incorrectly identified the high school that Drashty Mody and Amanda Elrod attend. Both students, who are members of their school’s 7th UP club and volunteer with Hanover Cares, are students at Atlee High School. We apologize for the error.
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said. “They know them, they’ve been in their classes.” The race attracted even more attention when Libertarian James Carr Jr. filed for candidacy, Smithson said. Brat and Trammell will appear on Hanover County voters’ ballots twice, but Carr will not, Smithson said. That’s because there are technically two elections happening simultaneously for the seat – a special election to finish Cantor’s unexpired term, and a race for the new term, which will begin in January. Carr did not file in time to make it into the special election. If the same candidate wins both races, the transition will be seamless. If different candidates win those races, the winner of the special election will assume office immediately, and the winner of the regular election will be sworn in in January. “Inevitably, we’ve had a lot of people asking us why their names are listed twice,” Smithson said, noting that several hundred voters have already come by her office to vote in person. Signs will be posted at polling places to clarify the double listing, she said. As for the Senate race,
incumbent Mark Warner, DVa., is being challenged by Republican Ed W. Gillespie and Libertarian Robert C. Sarvis. There are no local races on the ballot. All voters also will consider an amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would allow the Virginia General Assembly to exempt real property of the surviving spouse of any member of the U.S. armed forces who was killed in action, so long as the surviving spouse occupies the real property as his or her principal place of residents. Under current law, such exemptions are applied only for veterans who have permanent and total disability connected to their military service. Voter ID law changes This year is the first year that Virginians will be required to show a photo identification card at the polls. The new rules, which went into effect July 1, require voters to present one of the following at the polls: A valid Virginia driver’s license, or one that has not been expired for more than 12 months. A photo identification card issued by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. A valid U.S. Passport.
A valid employee photo identification card. Other governmentissued photo identification cards. A valid college or university student photo identification card from a school located in Virginia. If you don’t have one of those on hand, don’t worry. The Hanover County registrar office, located in the Wickham Building in the county government complex, has a digital camera and form you can fill out to receive a voter card by mail. Smithson said the changes have caused little confusion in Hanover County, where she said citizens are very engaged in the voting process. That said, she added, the office is set up so that if someone needs a photo ID the day of the election, her office can issue one. “We have a plan in place that if someone is mugged on their way to the polling place, they can come into our office and we’ll make a temporary ID for them,” Smithson said. “If they get mugged and carjacked so they can’t get to the office, they can still cast a provisional vote with no ID, then come in during our canvass and present an ID up until Friday at noon.” The Hanover County registrar’s office has only issued 10 special photo voter IDs since
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OPINION | The Local Views
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Election time message remains the same: vote Countless would be the word to best describe the number of times this topic has been addressed in several newspapers with which this writer has been affiliated. On Tuesday, you have an opportunity. No, you have an honor and a privilege — and that is to go to the polls and cast your ballots for the candidates you consider best to serve the interests of your county, state and nation. Voting is a responsibility and one which should not be taken lightly. Polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. While Virginia finds itself in the national spotlight with the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives (7th District) races, we have an obligation to take part in the process — regardless of the level of attention. It matters right here at home. We don’t endorse candidates and that policy remains the same. But we do — with every election — strongly encourage you to take the time to participate in determining those who serve us. And, yes, they serve us. It’s not the other way around. For complete details about the Nov. 4 election, check out the information provided by Registrar Teresa Smithson. Her office — as always — is ready for whatever Tuesday brings. Under the microscope next week will be the 7th District House race, which has Randolph-Macon College professors David Brat, a Republican, and Jack Trammell, a Democrat, and Libertarian James Carr vying for the seat Eric Cantor held since 2001. His defeat by Brat in June shocked the political world. While some may still be celebrating Cantor’s loss, the reality of his leaving Capitol Hill finds our district “in the back seat” as it were in terms of political clout and influence. This is not a statement of support for Cantor, rather an observation about the life of a freshman “on the Hill.” At any rate, we’ll see how our district fares with a new face representing us in filling Cantor’s unexpired term (he resigned in August) and with a new term in January. Again, the bottom line is: Vote. Melody Kinser
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By Drew Jackson Richmond Suburban News After years of covering local government, my perspective on the whole process changed dramatically from my first meeting to my last. Going in, my understanding of board rooms, parliamentary procedure, ayes and nays and even gavels was based only on speculation and rumor. Prior to my first board meeting as a reporter, I had been to only one other, one required by the Boy Scouts and suffered by a half dozen scouts
encountering previously unheard of levels of boredom. We were acknowledged in the back of the room by an older panel of folks (who I would come to learn are generally referred to as supervisors) and then we sat and listened as a strange thing happened. As if someone had pressed a button labeled “start,” the government seemed to go to work. It was all incomprehensible to us, the parade of speakers and resolutions and discussions, a din of jargon and descriptions
of corners of the county we had never heard of and likely issues we had never considered. But there was a hum to it, like one could remove the cover from this government thing and see the circuitry and power that made it all run. When it became my job to pay attention, that din quieted down a bit, the language became familiar and the process of a county figuring out what’s best for itself became clearer. I suppose a decade will do that see OFFICE, pg. 8
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Friends of Hanover Schools lists budget priorities The 2015-2016 budget season is upon us. Friends of Hanover Schools has the following budget priorities: We were glad to see the recent increase in staffing. As county economic indicators continue to reflect a recovery, we hope that these increases will continue and that staffing levels will be fully restored to pre-recession levels. While teachers have been able to serve more students each under these conditions, we fear that the quality of education our children receive has suffered. As fiscal stress on the system lightens, we believe it’s time to prioritize smaller class sizes even more. Many middle school classes are close to 30 students each when they should be at 20 or 25 maximum. With 6-of-8 scheduling, secondary teachers have lost planning time and the total student load for most secondary teachers has gone up, which means less dynamic, creative and individualized instruction delivered to our children and fewer rich and rigorous assignments to challenge them. Class sizes at the elementary level also seem too high and staffing inadequate. For example, reading specialists are covering ESL (English as a Second Language) services and G/T (gifted and talented) teachers are covering math specialist services. With an increase in staffing, we would feel more confident that all of our children were receiving the services that they need. We also fear that, under these conditions, we are losing especially experienced teachers with advanced knowledge of the content they teach and the students they teach. For example, according to a report we released this summer, the high school sector in Hanover has accounted for a dis-
proportionate amount of Hanover’s teacher turnover since 6-of-8 was instituted, on average close to 45 percent. Our children need knowledgeable and experienced teachers. These conditions may be affecting our children’s achievement. For one, Patrick Henry High School was reported to have lost almost half of its math department after 6-of-8 was instituted. And, last year, Patrick Henry Algebra I SOL (Standards of Learning) scores did not make the cut. Perhaps there is no connection, and we know that the school division is working hard to remedy this situation, but we hope you will at least look into the possibility that loss of expert teachers is a cause. Second, according to achievement data recently presented by Hanover County Public Schools officials, participation in AP (Advanced Placement) and IB (International Baccalaureate) tests is down, as are AP and IB scores. This is in contrast to national trends. According to reports recently released by the College see LETTERS, pg. 8
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The Hanover Dragoons recently celebrated the addition of more than 300 names to the Hanover Monument after working with David Deal and Hanover County officials. The Hanover Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy joined in obtaining the financial support through donations. Adjutant/treasurer Michael Tyler conducted the extensive research to get the names added. The monument with over 1,100 names was erected on Aug. 27, 1914, and the rededication and unveiling of four new plaques with more than 300 names took place on Aug. 23, 2014. Shown are, from left, Tyler, the Del. Hyland F. “Buddy� Fowler Jr., R-55, Hanover Dragoons Camp Commander Glenn Ballos and Camp Compatriot Tinker Fornash. Also participating was 1st Lt. Cmdr. Ed Corker, who joined with Knibbs Battery in the multiple three-gun salutes honoring Hanover Confederate veterans almost 100 years to the date.
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now a portion of Pole Green Road in Mechanicsville. She was the youngest of the children born to Susan and James Bagby. Andrew Bagby, who also was born on the family farm, said his aunt moved to New York City after her mother passed away in 1930 to pursue work. She was 21 at the time and had cousins living in the city. He said New York City had more work options for women than a rural farming community did in those days. Cunningham, who eventually found work in the hotel industry, went on marry a man named George Cunningham and to live
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Ruby Cunningham, shown with her nephew Andrew Bagby, is celebrating her 104th birthday today (Oct. 29). She lives at the Ashland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ashland. Her family and friends celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 26, with a birthday party at Shoney’s in Mechanicsville.
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Board, participation in the AP program grew 3.8 percent in 2014, including a 7 and 7.3 percent increase in participation, respectively, for traditionally underrepresented minority students and low income students compared to 2013. Overall, 21.9 percent of public high school 11th and 12th graders took an AP exam, up from 20.1 percent last year. In the past decade, the percentage of students receiving a passing score on an AP exam has nearly doubled, growing from 7.6 percent in 2004 to 13.2 percent in 2014. It would be reassuring to know that Hanover’s participation and pass rates are similarly growing. We also are seeing another effect of inadequate staffing — some schools are asking parents to step up and do tasks that should normally be done by teachers and staff:
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national conversation is dominated by talk of and attention to the presidential election. It’s important to participate in a presidential election, but, at the end of the day, these are not the elections most citizens are going to feel at home. Local elections — supervisor, commonwealth’s attorney and sheriff — offer voters much more immediacy and influence in the state of one’s
community. It’s with these ballots that voters can determine that a fountain soft drink costs $1.10 instead of $1.05, and how many students might get to participate in a threatened extracurricular activity because of that nickel multiplied thousands of times over. On Tuesday, local voters will consider who’s best to represent Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives and
U.S. Senate. Touching those electronic voting machines and making a choice is something akin to reaching out and feeling one part of the larger mechanism of government. With that vote, citizens have a chance to reprogram the circuitry to their liking. Drew Jackson is content manager of Chesterfield TD and Henrico TD.
hall monitoring, office work and administrative tasks and instructional assistance in core subjects are just some examples. We encourage all parents to volunteer in their children’s schools, but we prefer to have professionals staffing our schools and working with our children. We are asking that the 6-of8 schedule policy be mended such that class sizes decrease and such that there is more time for planning and individualized instruction. We also are asking that each elementary school be staffed such that class sizes there also are smaller and so that there are adequate numbers of resource and specialist teachers. We were very excited about all of the technology upgrades this past summer. It is another leap forward that we hope that Hanover County will fund technology aggressively next year and beyond. That being said, textbooks, trade books,
novels and technology continue to be lacking and/or out of date, and schools need bigger budgets for books, furniture, materials and educational technology. Teachers are still spending hundreds of dollars of their own money — or fundraising — for basic classroom and instructional needs. PTAs also are fundraising for essentials and educational technology. We’d rather teachers and parents save fundraising for special events and extra materials. The school buildings are looking very attractive, especially from the outside. The attention to mold issues and leaky roofs is especially good news. We’d like to commend the Hanover County School Board for finding $800,000 in 2013 and $5 million in 2014 that was leftover in the budget and applied to capital improvements. However, in the long-term, many buildings are still in need of major renovations or replacement. Can the timetable be more aggressive in funding these much-needed projects than the plan put forward last year? Finally, we have really appreciated the addition of Board Documents to the Hanover County Public Schools website. Such a step has done a lot in the interest of transparency and access. As a step further, we would like to echo what so many other citizens have asked for: that all county public meetings includ-
ing Hanover County School Board meetings and work sessions be video-streamed. Ashland residents have commented that being able to watch town council and commission meetings from home has kept them far more informed on important issues than finding the time to plow through documents or attend all of those meetings in person. We thank school board members and school division leaders for their time and consideration and for their service. We know that they are operating on limited resources and that they are doing the best they can with what they have been given. We believe it is time to ask the Hanover County Board of Supervisors to increase the schools’ budget to be used toward restoration of previous staffing levels and class sizes; needed books, furniture, materials and educational technology for classrooms; and renovations and replacement of Hanover’s aging school facilities. Friends of Hanover Schools Kathy Abbott, Cathy Easter, Rachel Levy, Michelle Schmitt and Randy Sherrod
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Lee-Davis Marching Confederates win Grand Champion Photos courtesy of Laura Holmgren Kreynus
The Lee-Davis Marching Confederates returned home from Jacksonville, North Carolina, on Saturday, Oct. 11, with the Grand Champion Trophy, as well as first place in Music, Visual and Guard. They competed in the White Oak Band Classic. The Class AAA band performed “Winter’s Gift” under a stormy North Carolina evening sky. The show features songs such as the theme song “Let It Go” from the movie “Frozen,” “We Three Kings,” “Winter,” a jazzy “Carol of the Bells” and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Snow.” The Confederates recently hosted the 19th Annual Tournament of Champions competition, featuring 13 visiting high school bands in competition throughout a Saturday afternoon at Lee-Davis Stadium. Last Saturday, the band traveled to Fredericksburg to compete in the Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA) assessment hosted by Massaponax High School.
County to honor veterans with ceremony at Hanover Wayside Park Hanover County will honor veterans of the military with a ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Hanover Wayside Park on U.S. 301 about a mile north of Hanover High School. The guest speaker will be recently-retired Brig. Gen. Janice Igou, former assistant adjutant general-Army of the Virginia National Guard. She also served as director of interagency operations, providing oversight for all programs, poli-
cies and procedures regarding defense support to civil authority. Igou had served as the lead general officer for outreach to state and local leaders, organizations and communities, as well as officials at the National Guard Bureau, the Virginia Secretary of Public Safety, the Virginia Department of Emergency
Management and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security. She is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations, including the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
The American Legion Post 175 Honor Guard will lead the laying of the Memorial Wreath. Jack Ward, co-founder, Hanover Veterans Committee, will be the Master of Ceremonies and the invocation and benediction will be given by Chaplain (Col.) Todd Combee, USA, retired, New Bethesda Baptist Church in Mechanicsville. see VETERANS, pg. 13
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He enjoyed woodworking, repairing farm machinery and automobiles, refinishing furniture and remodeling homes and churches. His work ethic was rooted in the farming community where he was raised. From throwing hay to constructing concrete-stave silos, he learned to work hard, pay attention, and help others. In addition to these fine qualities, he was a caring and dedicated father, a true foundation for his family. A friend to all who knew him, Ernie will be greatly missed. Family will receive friends Wednesday, October 29 (today), from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mechanicsville Chapel of the Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee Davis Rd. A funeral service will be held Thursday, October 30, at 11 a.m. at Shady Grove United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dr. Babel’s honor to Shady Grove UMC Senior Council Ministry or to Bon Secours Hospice Foundation.
Carolyn Branch BRANCH, Carolyn S., 69, of Mechanicsville, formerly of Kenbridge, died October 24, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Dorsie F. Branch; daughters, Tammie Goodwin (Michael), Cynthia Blanton; stepdaughters, Barbara Ford (David) and Debbie Schools; grandchildren, Jeffrey, Jonathan, Derrike, Ashley, Jennifer, Robbie; five great-grandchildren; and sister, Rachel Walker. The family received friends, Sunday at the Clarke Funeral Home, Kenbridge, where funer-
al services were held Monday, October 27, 2014, with interment in the Kenbridge Heights Cemetery, Kenbridge. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial donations to the National Kidney Foundation. Online condolences may sent at: www. clarkefh.com.
William Carman CARMAN, William Robert, 84, died on October 15, 2014 with his wife beside him at Joanne’s Hope Hospice House in Bonita Springs, Florida. He was born in White House, New Jersey on March 31, 1930 to William Carman and Julia Anna Murphy Carman. Growing up in Jersey City, he attended school while working to deliver large blocks of ice for customers’ ice boxes. He left Dickinson High School in April 1948 to join the US Navy. He sailed the seven seas on cruisers and destroyers and was on the ship that picked up the first monkey that went into space. After retiring from the Navy in April 1971 as a Chief Master Sergeant, he worked with Con-way and Penske. He married Wanda Layman in Portsmouth in January 1959 and had a son William. He moved to Florida in 1996. In January 2013, after 10 years of acquaintance, he married Marce Larson. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Julia Carman Queck and Helen Carman Alfonso; and nephew Bill Queck. He is survived by his wife, Marce; son, William Carman (Barbie) in Mechanicsville; granddaughter, Nicki Clemson (Andrew) in Fort Hood, Texas; great grandson, Cason Clemson; brother, Frank Carman (Linda) in Naples, Florida; and many
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BABEL, The Reverend Dr. Ernest Richard, 73, passed away peacefully at his home in Ashland, surrounded by his family, October 18, 2014. Ernie was born in Batavia, New York, and was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Irma. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Roberta Ann; four children, Beth (James), Gregory, Philip, Sara (Dave); his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers, Charles, Gary and Timothy; and sisters, Margery, Judith and Sharon; his nieces and nephews. Ernie began his formal education at Elim Bible Institute. He then earned his undergraduate degree from Roberts Wesleyan College, his Masters of Theology and Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary, and his Doctorate of Ministry from Emory University. Ernie began his ministry in 1969, first as the pastor of Allegany Free Methodist Church, followed by Gerry Free Methodist Church, in his home state of New York. Moving to Virginia in 1976, he served Enon United Methodist Church (Mechanicsville), Smith’s Grove UMC (Petersburg), New Hope UMC (Fredericksburg) and St. Peter’s UMC (Montpelier). In retirement, Ernie served for seven fulfilling years as Minister with Seniors and Homebound for Shady Grove UMC (Mechanicsville), where he continued to serve until his recent diagnosis of late-stage cancer. Ernie was easily recognized in any one of his trademark hats while visiting throughout the community. He was a highly respected man of many talents.
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nieces and nephews. Donations can be made to any veteran’s organization. His ashes will be spread at sea.
Ellen Cross CROSS, Ellen Jean Dixon, 85, departed this life September 16, 2014 to be with her Heavenly Father. She was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Fred B. Dixon and Dorothy Cheavens Dixon; and is survived by her husband, Wiley E. Cross Jr.; five children, Hallie Pollet (Dean), Alison Denler (John), Martha Swafford (David), Robert D. Cross (Elizabeth) and Nathaniel L. Cross (Lori); 13 grandchildren; and brother, Sydney C. Dixon (Marion). She graduated from John Marshall High School (1947) and Richmond Professional Institute of William & Mary College in 1951 and taught kindergarten at Hanover Academy for a number of years. Ellen lived in Henrico for 34 years, moved to Gloucester County for 17 years, and for the past four years, she was a resident at Covenant Woods in Mechanicsville. A strong faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ, was her guiding star. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Richmond, where she was married, Bethany United Methodist Church in Gloucester Point and Shady Grove United Methodist Church in Mechanicsville. Always thinking of others and with an infectious smile, she was much-loved. In her last days, she asked to give thanks for the cards, prayers and visits. Ellen wanted to especially thank the nursing staff of Covenant Woods, whom she loved and was loved by. A memorial service was conducted in the Lodge Community Center at Covenant Woods, on Saturday, October 25, 2014. A reception and time of celebration of her see OBITUARIES, pg. 11
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life followed. In view of Ellen’s long association with education, if you wish to remember her, we suggest that in lieu of flowers, you consider the Covenant Woods Scholarship Fund, 7090 Covenant Woods Dr., Mechanicsville, Va. 23111.
Sheldon Dunham DUNHAM, Dr. Sheldon Jr. Ph.D., lost his valiant fight with cancer Tuesday, October 21, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gloria Dunham; daughter, Karen Anne Dunham Hastings (Merrill); as well as two granddaughters, Emily and Caroline Hastings. Sheldon was a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, where he began his career as a German professor, also having taught at VMI and retired after 28 years of tensureship at the University of Richmond. His passion was operating amateur and shortwave radios since 1948, using the call letters W4OEL.
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Sheldon was a member of the Deutscher Sports Club, the Gesang-Verein Virginia Club and served as Burgermeister of the Richmond Oktoberfest for 20-plus years. The family received friends Friday at the Mechanicsville Chapel of the Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee Davis Rd. Graveside services were held Saturday, October 25, 2014, at Hanover Memorial Park, Mechanicsville, Va. 23111. There was a celebration of his life following the graveside service at Fairfield Presbyterian Church, 6930 Cold Harbor Rd. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the GesangVerein Virginia Scholarship Fund, 2325 Pathfinder Circle, Henrico, Va. 23294.
Nancy Evans EVANS, Nancy Connor, 74 of Aylett, entered into a new life on Saturday, October 18, 2014, after a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer. She was born April 4, 1940 in Fall River, Massachusetts, the daughter of
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gathered with family for a service Friday, October 24, 2014 at the Cremation Society of Virginia, 1927 Westmoreland St., Richmond, Va.
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Derrik Hall HALL, Derrik L., 35, of Mechanicsville, died October 19, 2014. He is survived by his son, DeShawn BarksdaleHall; his mother, Rev. Cynthia L. Hall; two brothers, Antoin and Dwayne; sister, Keisha; and grandfather, Arthur (Clee) Hall. Remains rested with Owens Funeral Service, 104 Green Chimney Ct., Ashland, where family received friends Sunday, October 26. Funeral services were held Monday at Life Church, 8378 Atlee Rd., Mechanicsville. Burial was in Williams-Jones Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Memorial Fund. Full obituary and online condolences at www. owensfuneralservices.com.
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HUMES, Clyde S., 53, of Hanover, passed away suddenly, but peacefully, in his home on Thursday, October 23, 2014. He was predeceased by his father, Andrew; and brother, Wally. Clyde is survived by his wife, Frances L. Humes; children, Stephanie, Elizabeth and Gary; six grandchildren; mother, Frances; brother, Jack; sister, Myanna; mother-in-law, Mary Lane. The family received friends Sunday, October 26, at Nelsen Funeral Home, Reid Chapel, Ashland, where services were held Monday, October 27. Interment followed in Monticello Memory Gardens, Charlottesville.
Doris Maki MAKI, Doris Adams, 92, of Mechanicsville, went to be with the Lord October 22, 2014. She was preceded in death by her children, Katherine Chamberlain and Ellis Mann III; and she is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robert J. Maki; three grandchildren, Michael Chamberlain (Tonya), Phillip Mann (Carmen) and
Ja-mon Evans; as well as best friend, Betty Johnson (Bob). The family received friends Saturday at the Mechanicsville Chapel of the Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd., where services were held Sunday, October 26, 2014. A graveside service was held on Monday, October 27, 2014, at Danville Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, woundedwarriorproject.org
Clifton Mitchell MITCHELL, Clifton Rhea, age 54, of Warsaw, formerly of Mechanicsville, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014. He is survived by two sons, Austin and Michael Mitchell; mother, Mary F. Mullins; brother, Douglas Mitchell and wife, Bonni; sister, Kimberly Harlow; and many nieces and nephews. The family received friends Saturday at the Monaghan Funeral Home, 7300 Creighton Pkwy., Mechanicsville, where services were held Sunday. Interment was private.
Michael Motley MOTLEY, Michael B., Of Mechanicsville, passed away October 19, 2014. He was preceded in death by his mother, Hazel L. Motley. He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Catharine, a son Scott Motley (Elaine), a daughter Jennifer Painter (Mitch), his father Joseph Bennett Motley, his sisters Vicky Powell (Duane), and Susan Arnold (Scott), two grandchildren Emily and Tristan Painter, and several nieces and nephews. The family received friends Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the Monaghan Funeral Home, 7300 Creighton Pkwy, Mechanicsville, where services were held Thursday, Oct. 23. Interment was at Westhampton Memorial Park. Michael was a devoted employee of Dominion Power with 38 years of service, and he had a great love of fishing and helping everyone he
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Theodore Russell RUSSELL, Theodore Clinton “Ted,” 74, of Mechanicsville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 23, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean S. Russell. He is survived by his three children, Lori Rutherford (Jimmy), Sheri Jamerson (Roger) and Clinton Russell (Tracy), all of Mechanicsville; grandchildren, Kristina and Kathryn Rutherford, Ashley, Emily, Blake and Sydney Jamerson, Chase Russell, Hannah, Harley and Sommer Reece; sisters, Phyllis Morrison (Bill) and Peggy Branch; and his beloved dog, Panda. Family received friends Sunday at the Monaghan Funeral Home, 7300 Creighton Pkwy., Mechanicsville. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hanover Humane Society.
Mary Russo RUSSO, Mary E., 82, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, October 20, 2014. Mary was preceded in death by her husband Louis C. Russo. She is survived by her sons Michael (and Patti) Russo, Chris (and Kathy) Russo, and her daughter Jean, and son-in-law Craig Mixon of Providence Forge, and her only grandson Matthew Russo. Mary is from New York, but lived with her husband in West Palm Beach, Florida, for 16 years, and has been living in Virginia since 2012 residing at Heritage Green, Sunrise and Windsor. A memorial service was held on Thursday, October 30, at Calvary Chapel Mechanicsville, 7193 Stonewall Pkwy.
Antonio Wallace WALLACE, Antonio Lamont, 34, of Mechanicsville, Va., departed this life on Sunday, October 19, 2014. A memorial service was held Sunday, October 26, 2014 in the March Funeral Home Chapel, 2110 E.
Laburnum Ave. Interment was private.
Edward Woodcock Jr. WOODCOCK, Edward Jr., 83, of Mechanicsville, died October 13, 2014, after an extended illness. A memorial service will be held at the Bennett Funeral Home in Mechanicsville on November 1, 2014. Visitation is at 10 a.m. and the memorial service is at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Westhampton Memorial Park at 2:45 p.m. Mr. Woodcock was born February 5, 1931 in Richmond to Lillian and Edward Woodcock Sr. Edward was an avid fisherman and had a custom designed boat for tournaments. He played golf and enjoyed ballroom dancing. He served in the Army as a corporal during the Korean War, working as an engineer. Edward was a member of the VFW, Richmond East Moose Lodge and American Legion Post 125. After the war, Edward became a master plumber. He worked for 40 years for Kane Plumbing in Richmond. After retiring, he started his own charter fishing business and entered professional tournaments. He enjoyed life to the fullest. He never met a stranger and was loved and respected by all who knew him. Mr. Woodcock is survived by Ruthe Hinson Woodcock, the love of his life for 10 years, Ruthe’s daughter, Paula, and husband, Robin. His siblings are Lillian Hall (deceased), June Turner, Raymond Woodcock and wife, Barbara. He is also survived by son, Michael Woodcock and wife, Carol; and son, Craig Woodcock, children of Jean. Additionally, he is survived by son, Chris Glenn; and daughters, Lisa Glenn, Tammy Glenn and Vicky Woodcock Roberts, children of Connie. His three grandchildren are Ginny, Kelsey and Whitney. When asked how he was feeling, he would say, “If I was doing any better, there would be a law against it.” He brought a sense of joy to all he met.
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ship center. Smithson said the previous polling place – the new Black Creek fire department, simply wasn’t conducive to serving the precinct’s nearly 2,700 voters. Other new polling places include the Doswell Ruritan Club for Blunts precinct voters in the Beaverdam District and The Jessica Beath Clinic for Farrington precinct voters in the South Anna District. Smithson said her office has been diligently communi-
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James Kickler, Hanover Veterans Committee, will lead the pledge of allegiance.
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On Election Day, the polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Smithson urged voters to educate themselves about what’s on the ballot before heading to their polling places, and to be patient while waiting in line. “We’re going to be moving folks through as quickly as we can, but we’ve got to follow
the rules and make sure everyone has a secure, private area to cast their ballot,” Smithson said. “Integrity is paramount for us.” For more information on voting, including a breakdown of the county’s precincts and polling places, visit the registrar’s website at hanovercounty. gov/General/Voting/ or call the office at 804-365-6080. Smithson noted that there also is information on the website on how citizens can become Officers of Elections, which she said are always needed.
The national anthem will be sung by Marquita Whisonant and VFW Post 9808 will perform the various military rituals that honor the veterans, including the rifle salute and
call to arms. Parking will be available on the site. Dedicated in 2007, the Hanover Veteran’s Memorial honors Hanover military vet-
cating with the public about all polling place changes. Find out more
county boards. There’s nothing impossible in the world of politics. My opinion! If I was a member of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors and I wanted to control the operation of Hanover or any other county, it may take time but it could be done with the appointment process. All I need to do is get a majority on the board. My first thought would be to get three of my eager West Virginia bud-
dies elected to the board. I’m also thinking our accents and choice of words will be useful to continue keeping the voters confused and in the dark. We can now appoint a majority of planning commission members of our choice and our way of thinking. We can now appoint a majority of school board members of our choice and our way of thinking. Having control of these boards we can now hire a county administrator of our choice and our way of thinking.
We can also hire a school superintendent of our choice and our way of thinking. See how easy it all is. The county can now be operated by a few people. At this point, I may just recommend we fire any dissenters and our four member majority boards will run things. Other counties around us have gone to elected school boards. Why? It only makes sense to have an opinion from each board member without an appointment hanging over
erans who were killed in hostile action from World War I to the present day, and those who have or are currently serving in the Armed Forces. For more information about
this ceremony or about the Hanover Veteran’s Memorial, call Hanover County Parks and Recreation at 804-3657150 or email parksandrec@ hanovercounty.gov.
Information submitted by Tom Harris, Hanover County public information officer.
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their head. The recent incident in Hanover is a good example of what can happen. The Hanover school superintendent, the Hanover board of supervisors, the Hanover school board, the planning commission, the Hanover county administrator and others all stuck their head in the sand and ignored 10 years of letters to the editor of something that seemed out of line in way of salary to a school crossing guard. Nothing was done until state-wide attention made Hanover look as if they were lacking in management. Everybody knew about it, most talked about it and practically all agreed the pay was ridiculous so why would no one speak up? Could it be that the controversy involved a supervisor that has appointment powers, or may have a deciding vote on a county issue, or school budget approval or could have salary increase powers (especially when included in budgets), or hiring and firing powers. At the very least, the person was in a position to make suggestions to others on those matters. Some of the above will say it was not up to them to speak out but, heck, they are the only ones that can get an audience when they speak. For some unknown to me reason, the dumbest broom in the closet, never before exposed to politics, can get elected/hired, and all of a sudden every move or sound they make, be it gas, burp, slip, trip, sneeze or cough is enough of an event for the news people to show up for pictures and further comment. Seeing how some of our politicians around the country operate makes me a believer that nothing is impossible when it comes to the fist full of tax dollars waiting for the right schemers. The taxpayers when given the chance have
a responsibility to put obstacles in place and take away opportunities that allow easy pickings in case of a corrupt government. Don’t think it can’t happen, look at Washington, D.C. I can guarantee that everyone now against elected boards would vote in a heartbeat to take away Obama’s appointing powers. If it appears on the ballot, I will vote to elect all public boards and officials. Hopefully it will include county attorney, county administrator, planning commission, schools superintendent and school board. Ted Mentz Old Church
Resident asks: Where is Brat? Where in the world is Professor Brat? I first became aware of David Brat at the Ashland Strawberry Faire. I left the fair with six to eight unsolicited Brat stickers attached to me by vocal and enthusiastic Tea Partiers who said they were so disgusted with Eric Cantor that they would support a Democrat instead. That blew my mind. Since the stunning upset in the 7th Congressional District, Dave Brat is nowhere to be found. After he was unable to come up with any thoughtful responses about the minimum wage or immigration — things we would hope a congressional candidate, particularly an economist, would have given at least casual thought to, he has been muzzled. He has only appeared at venues where everyone agrees with him and he can give canned responses. He says he doesn’t trust “the press,” the foundation of any real democracy. I don’t trust him. The only actual debate for this critical race took place last night (Tuesday, Oct. 28) at Randolph-Macon College, one week before the election.
Tickets were gone 10 minutes before they became available. I grew up in a spirited democracy that involved a lively exchange of ideas and press coverage of campaigns. The only conclusion any thinking person can make from this campaign is that Dave Brat was purchased, bought and paid for as soon as Eric Cantor lost his seat. He is behaving like his seat in Congress is reserved for him by the corporate interests who help pay his salary at R-MC and who have been handling him since his victory. Jack Trammell represents a real alternative. He has a long public and solid track record of being part of his community, and caring about and fighting for the average American our democracy was designed to serve. I strongly support him and urge others to vote for him. Therese May Mechanicsville
have faith that we are, indeed, in good hands. To Sheriff Hines, Robert Hess, Terry Sullivan and all those who made the event possible, “Thank you for that!” And for providing a means for the folks of this county to be able to come together and share all there is to offer. It was so refreshing to be in an environment where there was no competition, no tit-fortat, no pointing fingers … just
28, 2014), Mark Warner continues to make papier mache out of the U.S. Constitution with a voting score of zero for the latest reporting period. Readers of The Mechanicsville Local are urged to fire Sen. Harry Reid, DNev., as Majority Leader by voting for Ed Gillespie for the US Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Albert Moore Mechanicsville
Resident: vote for Gillespie According to the most recent Freedom Index of the New American magazine (July
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Fourteen Christmas Mothers from Hanover’s past surrounded 2014 Christmas Mother Melanie Goodpasture, seated in the red sweater, during a tea held to unveil her identity on Thursday, Oct. 23. 2010 Christmas Mother Betty Lee Stanley, at far left, introduced her.
received her first two donations of the year. One came from 2008 Hanover Christmas Mother Laura Stanley and one from Iris Deford of the Doswell Woman’s Club, the club that originally launched the Christmas Mother program in 1949. Goodpasture said she’s incredibly grateful to be part of an organization with such a long history and big impact. Since the program helps hundreds of families each year, she added, by this point, tens of thousands of Hanover County citizens have received assistance throughout the decades. When Goodpasture’s neighbors, members of the Farrington Ruritan Club,
reached out to ask if they could nominate her to serve as Christmas Mother, she said she was surprised and humbled. She said she was enthusiastic to get involved. “I think this is a wonderful thing,” Goodpasture said. “This program has an amazing reputation for serving the community — it sounded incredible to me. It’s amazing what they do. It’s a grassroots program that helps thousands of people.” About Goodpasture Goodpasture, a native of Stafford County, attended the University of Richmond. Before moving to Hanover
County, she spent several years living in the Washington, D.C., area, where she worked in the FBI’s public relations department. Among her FBI duties were writing speeches and working with the television program “America’s Most Wanted.” She also ran her own public relations firm until her daughter’s birth. No stranger to giving back to her community, Goodpasture co-chaired the Hanover Relay For Life for four years with her husband Tom, has served on the board of Sheltering Arms, is involved with the ASK see CHRISTMAS, pg. 22
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Writer asks about interests When Chuck Todd asked David Brat for his views on the minimum wage right after his surprise Republican primary win over Eric Cantor, Professor Brat had nothing. It says a lot about his skills as both a candidate and an academic economist that he can’t even spout the “kills employment” party line on this off the top of his head. Worse, he actually identified the core problem the next Congress must address: wealth inequality and the failure of wages to keep up with increased productivity. After Chuck Todd asked directly whether Brat thinks there should be a minimum wage, Brat responded “… if you take the long run graph over 200 of the wage rate, it cannot differ from your nation’s productivity so you can’t make up wage rates …” He’s trying to say that government cannot artificially set wages higher than labor productivity, and this is so. But note what happened here: A man who claims economics as an area of expertise and qualification for public office doesn’t seem to know that wage rates
can indeed differ from national productivity – because they do. Productivity has risen far faster than wages. Put another way, Americans work harder and produce more than ever. Corporate profits and executive pay keeps rising, but wages for hourly workers have simply not kept up – working people no longer make middle class wages and simply have no money to spend. If David Brat believes Friedman’s “invisible hand” will increase wages as productivity rises, he should go back to the academic economist drawing board. Of course, David Brat isn’t really an economist. He’s actually a corporate shill for banks. His job at RandolphMacon College centers on running a “Moral Foundations of Capitalism” center for a bank, where his research blames workers for their plight. If they were only more virtuous and pious, he seems to think, capitalism would work better for them. In the end, this boils down to arguing that Calvinist self-reliance and hard work are the keys to success, but he doesn’t explain why so many Americans who demonstrate these qualities daily by working several jobs still struggle to make ends meet. Regular people in the 7th District work very hard and
have become more productive every year, but their wages simply haven’t kept up. To the extent David Brat even realizes that the labor market in the U.S. is failing, he blames workers for the failure. Whether or not he calls himself an economist, David Brat simply doesn’t understand this problem. If voters in the 7th District elect David Brat, banks will be able to rely on him to protect their interests. Regular working people will not. R. Stanton Scott Mechanicsville
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The HHS Orchestra Boosters will be auctioning off a new handmade electric guitar during the event. The Arthritis Foundation is offering a six-week Tai Chi class at Covenant Woods in Mechanicsville. The class meets on Thursday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., through Nov. 20. This program uses easy to learn, gentle movements that improve physical strength, flexibility, balance and well-being. Cost is $48 or $10 to drop in for a single class. For more information or to register, contact Jo Ann Widner, RN, at 370-3906.
Friday, Oct. 31 The Doswell Volunteer Fire Company will host a turkey shoot at 7 p.m. at Station 4, 16243 Washington Highway, Doswell. The event will occur weekly through Nov. 21. Cost is $2.50 per shot. An assortment of meats, including sausage, bologna, bacon and turkey, will be given as prizes. Every fifth round will be a 50/50 money round. Concessions will be sold. For more information, call 804876-3880. Transcend Paranormal investigators will lead guided investigations of Hanover
Tavern, the historic courthouse and the stone jail starting at 10 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.hanovertavern.org or by calling 804-537-5050. Anchor Baptist Church and The Bridge Church will host a free Trunk or Treat event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 8026 Walnut Grove Road in Mechanicsville. There will be candy, hayrides, a juggling act, horses and cider, donuts and cookies. The event is free and open to the public. Concord Baptist Church will host a Trunk or Treat celebration for all ages starting at 6:30 p.m. The church is located at 15625 Concord Road in Ruther Glen. A spaghetti supper will be held at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, located at 2446 Old Church Road. Children 12 and under eat free if in costume. Halloween games for children will be played. Admission is $8 for adults and older youth.
Saturday, Nov. 1 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church family will celebrate the pastoral installation of pastor, Dr. Larry L. Enis with a service at 5 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 8175 Pleasant Grove Road, Mechanicsville.. The
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Sunday, Nov. 2 The Montpelier Center for Arts & Education will host an opening reception for its 8th annual Grand Local Artist Show and 3rd annual Hanover County Landmarks and Legends: Small Works of Art Show from 3 to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The shows will remain on exhibit through Dec. 27. The center is located at 17205 Mountain Road in Montpelier, and can be reached by calling 804-883-7378. For more information, visit www. montpeliercenter.org. A Memorial Service will be held at Walnut Grove Baptist Church at 2 p.m. that will include an opportunity to light a candle in remembrance of loved ones. The community is invited attend and participate. No reservation is required, but a printed program will include names of loved ones being remembered if provided to the church office by Thursday, Oct. 30. The church can be reached at 764-5081. see CALENDAR, pg. 39
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the ration of commercial development versus residential projects. “It’s held pretty steady. We are at 20 percent of commercial assessed value. We need that base to help pay for the infrastructure that our residents enjoy,” Gaskin said. He noted a 25 percent commercial development goal for his department. A counterbalance of commercial development is necessary to complete a healthy financial picture and Hanover’s percentage of commercial revenue is about five points off the
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Republican Party of Virginia Creed. Here is that creed. I guess that the Democrats would consider this creed to be an extremist view. The principles embedded in the Republican Creed are the principles that propelled this small nation to be the greatest natural force for good for all mankind in human history. Virginia Republican Creed That the free enterprise system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice, that all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society, that fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraints must be exercised at all levels of government, that the Federal Government must preserve individual liberty by observing Constitutional limitations, that peace is best preserved through a strong national defense, that faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers is essential to the moral fiber of the nation.
current mark. While there are challenges, Gaskin said Hanover County is in a good position to compete.
said. Gaskin’s plan also calls for expanding stakeholder involvement with regards to economic development through engage-
“Most Virginia localities would kill to have our worst problems. Is commercial development keeping up with residential growth? It’s a question of calibration.” EDWIN GASKIN Director, Hanover County economic development
“Most Virginia localities would kill to have our worst problems. Is commercial development keeping up with residential growth? It’s a question of calibration,” he
ment, including the county’s first business survey, which was mailed this year. Expanding jobs to residents also is part of the county’s economic development
The patriots that signed the Declaration of Independence, which was considered extremist in 1776, were sober, serious, honorable men. In 1776, these men represented a very extremist view to King George III of England. Men like Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Nelson Jr., Benjamin Harrison, signers of the Declaration of Independence, were from Virginia. All join these famous Virginia Patriots to send a message Nov. 4 to the Democrats that Dave Brat is right in step with Virginia then and now. Thomas Walker Hanover
As you stated, it’s all about education and perspective! Mike Lemcke Mechanicsville
Praising columnist Want to comment to Jim Ridolphi about his article “Defending the indefensible.” Great job! I couldn’t agree more. I hope a lot more people read and understand, especially the young ones. I was raised in New York state and went to Mississippi State in 1975 and, when talking about the Civil War to other students, they called it “The War of Northern Aggression.”
Reader defends freedoms It seems you published a letter Sept. 24, 2014, that one of your readers would have had censored because he deemed it anti-Islamic. (See “Taking Issue with Letter” of Oct. 15.) It’s amusing that William Woods Jr. would step on someone else’s right to be heard or your right to publish differing views so that his children can grow up in an atmosphere promoting love and tolerance. Where is his tolerance for freedom of speech, freedom of the press or even opposing views? Seventy-five years ago, Germany had such an experiment where only the views of the government were allowed for public consumption, laying the groundwork for Nazis. The outcome was not love and tolerance. Wake up, America! Mel Rice Mechanicsville see LETTERS, pg. 40
plan. “2013 was a great year in terms of new permanent jobs,” Gaskin said. “We want enough jobs to match the number of workers in Hanover County.” He said figures indicate a loss of higher wage jobs a troubling and continuing trend in Hanover County. One of the plan’s objectives is to attract higher wage jobs to the county. “They bring lower wage jobs with them that service those industries,” he said. “We do better growing lower wage jobs than higher wage jobs,” Gaskin added. He also said the economic
development plan is a work in progress and he hopes to present a first draft early next year for the supervisors to consider. In the meantime, he plans to meet with every supervisor and their respective Planning Commission members and anyone else they want to invite to discuss all options that influence economic development in the county. “Let’s put everything on the table and see how we can move forward,” Gaskin said. “We certainly don’t have all the answers and we value constructive feedback. We want to focus on solutions,” he concluded.
Deadline set for Master Gardener Training Class Applications are being accepted by the Hanover Master Gardeners and Virginia Cooperative Extension for their 2015 Master Gardener Training Class. If you would like to receive training and become a Master Gardener, applications will be accepted through Friday, Oct. 31. To receive more information and an application, visit http:// www.hanovermastergardeners. org/what_is_mg.html or call see MASTER, pg. 24
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It’s a rare occurrence when economics and ethics merge to form one man’s path in life. Dave Brat, Republican candidate for the 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, has seen his career path place him in the middle of that intersection of seemingly strange bedfellows. For 18 years, the youthful Michigan native has explained and lectured on just how meaningful it is when those two values interact. With politics providing the third leg of that philosophical stool, he said he’s hoping that philosophical marriage will carry him into Congress. The head of RandolphMacon College’s Economic Department, Brat captured national headlines last spring with a surprise defeat of Majority Whip Eric Cantor. The energetic economist said he isn’t resting on those laurels, and clearly prefers looking forward instead of dissecting his primary upset win. Brat is an economic expert with the advanced degrees and decades of experience to back it up, and he plans to invoke that experience when and if he reaches Congress. He cites clearly defined factors that are directly affecting the current “no growth economy,” and has centered his campaign on three basic platform issues. First, ObamaCare, in his estimation, is stifling job growth, an opinion he heard echoed many times during his primary campaign. “ObamaCare had noble ideas trying to help people, but the mechanism cannot work.
While Dave Brat and Jack Trammell battle for headlines in the 7th District congressional race, there’s another interested party whose name will appear on the ballot. Liberterian candidate James Carr describes himself as an independent thinker, and realizes his third party bid for Congress is an uphill struggle. But Carr is a person who doesn’t take no for an answer without a fight. The Highland Springs graduate grew up in a meager household and learned early the value of hard work. He carried those values to the College of William and Mary where he worked his way through, graduated and started working for a major defense contractor. He has an answer for those who describe his campaign mission as impossible. “It is only impossible if the voters believe they are being served well by our federal government,” Carr said. “We have been voting for the same two parties for over 150 years now and our individual liberties have continually been reduced regardless of which one has more control in [Washington] D.C. The fact is both parties are fighting for control. I am fighting to reduce the federal government’s control over all of us,” Carr said. Working for a government contractor, Carr said he witnessed first-hand how the government handles money and didn’t like what he saw. The father of three said there is a place for new ideas in a race that features candidates with two distinct view points.
It’s a long way from Mineral, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., but Jack Trammell, 7th District Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, said he thinks it’s a journey he is well prepared and more than willing to take. The Randolph-Macon College professor and Louisa farmer wants to add another title to that list: citizen legislator. A candidacy that once resembled a sacrificial lamb, a symbolic effort to provide a Democratic challenger to incumbent Eric Cantor is now gaining strength in a race that pits him against fellow R-MC professor Dave Brat. “I’ve been a lifelong educator since I went back to school and got my Master’s Degree in History Education,” Trammel said. He taught at public schools mostly in Hanover County for 10 years prior to accepting a position at Randolph-Macon in Ashland. “Basically, in both of those settings, I’ve been doing the same thing: I’ve been teaching and working with students with disabilities and their parents.” For a man who spent decades understanding the experience of disability, helping people with disabilities and advocating for disability rights, politics seems a world away. Trammel always had an eye on the 7th District and considered running in previous contests, but opted to continue raising his family, operating a small farm in Louisa and teaching at R-MC. “I was concerned about the same issues I hear other people in the 7th District voice their
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DAVID BRAT You see day by day that costs are going up instead of down, people are getting kicked off the plans instead of adding more. It changed the whole macro healthcare system,” Brat said. While supporting the idea of a safety net, Brat is clearly a free market supporter and believes alternatives to ObamaCare can be found with a system that has increased portability and increased tax benefits for individuals. He also supports sales of health insurance across state lines. “Once you allow more competition, then that will result in lower prices, better quality and all sorts of new innovative ideas,” Brat said. The second leg of his threepronged outline of issues is immigration. His clearly stated opposition to the Dream Act, a bill that would have allowed a path of citizenship for six to nine million illegal immigrants is well documented. “We said if you put up a green light, guess what’s going to happen? A lot of kids, families are going to come in. We said if you do that this will hap-
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JAMES CARR “Our two-party system is dysfunctional. Having two polarized viewpoints does not allow voters adequate options to elect someone who represents them well,” Carr said. “More options provide for higher likelihood that a voter will find a candidate they actually want to vote for as opposed to just voting against a candidate you dislike the most.” If elected, Carr said he wants to cut spending, reduce taxes and slash the federal deficit utilizing free market principles to achieve those goals. But he said he also believes government over-reach into citizens’ personal privacy is a key issue that should be addressed by voters. “Privacy is a major concern for voters. The continued intrusion by all levels of government into our personal lives must stop,” he said. “I support a full review and revision of our national security agencies and believe we will be able to combine them all into a single agency, gain more transparency, and reduce costs.” see CARR, pg. 23
JACK TRAMMELL concerns about,” Trammell said. “I am part of a middle class family, operate a small business and live on a small farm.” The latest offer to run held greater appeal for Trammell for several reasons. His children had grown up and graduated from high school. There also was a personal factor involved. Trammell’s historic home was severely damaged in the 2011 earthquake that struck Central Virginia, and encountered government red tape and bureaucracy upclose and personal. “These messages were very difficult to understand from people out this way when we elected a representative to protect our interests,” Trammell said. Although the two candidates have shared conversations at the same faculty lounge for years and even played on the same basketball team, the contrast between the two candidates is glaring. Trammell’s views on almost every major issue are polar opposites from those of his competitor, even in Trammell’s see TRAMMELL, pg. 24
pen and that’s what happened,” he said. Brat said those potential wage earners could take jobs away from American youths. He cited the need for better career and technical training to put America’s youth back to work, and called for more corporations to become involved in that process. The third rail of the platform involves current economic policy and the nation’s debt. Brat said the nation’s four entitlement programs are the nation’s number one economic problem. “They are all insolvent. We have to make major changes,” he said with an emphasis on his desire to adjust the programs, not eliminate them. He explained the Social Security system was designed on actuary rates based on a life expectancy of 65. That number has now risen to 83, but the system remains unchanged. By 2040, Brat said those four programs would engulf the entire budget if they continue on an unaltered course. He also notes an overabundant regulatory environment that places unnecessary burdens on expansion and creation of jobs. He obtained an undergraduate degree in business from Hope College, a small four-year liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan. In those formative years, two professors and a minister became mentors to Brat and made a lasting impression on his future. “They took a personal interest in me, in my intellectual development and who I was as a person,” Brat said of those early mentors. After graduation, Brat moved to Detroit and worked for accounting powerhouse Arthur Anderson. Following 18 months in Detroit and Chicago, Brat moved east to attend Seminary
Clear positions on issues “I’ve walked every Main
Street, every shop. Two things come up every time: ObamaCare and over-regulation,” Brat said. He supports the Raines Act that requires any regulatory action to prove its benefits outweigh its negative effects. The candidate also is a strong proponent of a flat tax for all Americans. “I promise to put in a flat or fire tax. The advantage to both of those is they get rid of special advantages for the phony capitalists, or the phony bureaucrat types up on K Street,” Brat said. He said a flat tax would “level the playing field and make it fair across the board — the same rate for everyone and get rid of that special treatment for people with connections.” Brat opposes raising the minimum wage and sees it as a hindrance to job growth, something he’s heard from many business owners in the district. “They’re already on a small margin,” he said. “The best way to help people increase their wages is to increase their productivity,” Brat added. One way to increase that productivity, according to Brat, is through education with an emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs. Regarding foreign policy, Brat’s response is succinct. “We need one,” he said. “I believe in transparency, and if we don’t know from its leadership what its foreign policy is going forward, we need to.” He said policies should have been in place to deal with current hotbed situations like Iraq and Syria. “We need to put metrics in place that match up with American principles on democracy, rule of law, civil rights, political rights … and we support countries who believe the ideals that we believe, if it serves our own interest,” Brat see BRAT, pg. 24
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Carr said he also has some thoughts on relationships between citizens and those who protect them. “Militarization of police forces is not only dangerous, it is counter-productive,” Carr said. “We must de-escalate the growing hostility between local and state police forces and those which they are sworn to protect.” He cites a “major contributing factor” as the war on drugs and supports overturning many of the country’s current drug policies. “Overturning many of our drug policies will avoid creating victimless criminals, reduce tensions between citizens and law enforcement, and save many millions of dollars each year,” Carr said. Carr said he is a proponent of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and thinks there is a better way to improve
the system. “I would prefer a free market approach to health care,” Carr said. “If we reduce the many impediments to entry into the market on the provider side, remove many of the unnecessary federal regulations related to administrative functions (non-medical) and eliminate the control that CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) have on the industry, we will find the end cost for consumers will go down as their options increase.” Carr’s views on immigration draw a clear distinct line between him and his opponents, Dave Brat and Jack Trammell. The Liberterian candidate supports no limits on legal immigration in the United States, an open border policy. He specifically disagrees with Brat on several important issues. “He would like to govern based on a particular religious view,” Carr said. “He wants
to control many of the social issues. We differ on things like global militarization, women’s choice, legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, to name a few.” Third party candidacies don’t have a good history of success in the red-laced 7th District, but Carr has a message and an energy that appeals to many regional voters. “This year, we have an opportunity to send a message to Washington. We can tell them, in no uncertain terms, that our individual liberties, as guaranteed by the Constitution, are not theirs to limit as they see fit,” Carr said. “They do not have the authority to take away our rights nor do they have the authority to take away our choice.” And shaking up the system is not a foreign concept to Carr, a former rock band manager in his younger days. “Neither of the controlling parties in Washington is interested in limiting the powers of
the federal government, of the two-party system or of professional politicians,” he said. “Candidates running under the flags of corruption may claim to desire real change, but, as responsible discerning voters, we must refuse to accept any longer platitudes and slogans as substitutes for leadership,” he added. Carr was not included in a debate that took place Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. Brat and Trammell are on the faculty at the private school. Both are no leave during the campaign. As for not participating, Carr said, “I believe all qualified candidates (on the ballot) should be invited to any and all debates, forums, etc.” “Most civic organizations have taken this approach. RMC decided to allow money to control politics and has shrugged its duties to the student body and local citizens by imposing a $50,000 campaign contribution threshold for inclusion,” he said.
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the Hanover Extension office at 804-752-4310. Master Gardeners are volunteer educators of environmentally sound horticultural practices. Individuals will be specially trained by Virginia Cooperative Extension, which are a group of specialists and Extension Agents who extend the knowledge of Virginia’s Land Grant Universities: Virginia Tech and Virginia State. They are looking for individuals who love
ested in post mortems on his primary victory or the impacts, and is focused on the next few weeks trying to finish the job he started early last spring. “I think part of the problem is the American people haven’t been told what their immediate economic outlook really is, nor what their immediate foreign policy outlook is,” Brat said. He said he plans to let them know in the coming weeks.
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gardening, enjoy teaching others, feel a strong commitment to community service, and feel strongly about preserving natural resources. The 2015 training class runs from Jan. 6 through the first part of April and meets every Monday and Wednesday. Training courses are held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and each class lasts about three hours. The first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 6, which will be a mentor/mentee dinner. The location for the classes
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area of expertise, disability studies. “My opponent and I even have different views on the appropriateness of when and how you accommodate people with disabilities,” Trammell said. “His market-driven philosophy is that people shouldn’t get an unfair advantage over others,” he added, noting that
Brat had joined him to help disabled students at R-MC, but “we don’t see eye-to-eye on everything.” The 50-year-old father of seven supports the Affordable Care Act, but notes there are areas that need refining, improving or other adjustment. “I think that the ACA has done a number of important things,” Trammell said. “It expanded healthcare to people
who didn’t have it before and desperately needed it, reduced health care inflation and fueled new jobs and economic growth. It’s the right thing to do to protect a strong middle class.” Trammell said the comprehensive act still requires tweaking and fixing where needed, but believes access to health care for all Americans is a goal worth pursuing. “It’s not as if there aren’t
things about the ACA that need addressing, but the river is flowing in the right direction,” Trammell said. He said he also supports efforts to increase the minimum wage, reasoning that all working Americans have the right to earn a living wage. “I think a living wage is critical,” Trammell said. “The minimum wage is a guardrail
is at the Hanover Parks and Recreation’s Meeting Room at 13015 Taylor Complex Lane in Ashland. An Open House will be held at 6:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Oct. 22) at the Hanover Parks and Recreation’s Meeting Room at 13015 Taylor Complex Lane in Ashland. The processes of becoming and being a Master Gardener will be discussed. The class is limited to 16 applicants. Selections will be made based on your application and interview. Interviews will be held during the month of November with final acceptances being complete Dec. 1. Some preference may be given to Hanover County residents. Organizers are very interested in Master Gardeners wanting to volunteer on weekdays at the Hanover Master Gardener Help Desk. Once you are accepted into the Master Gardener Training Class, you will be assigned a
mentor. This mentor will help throughout the class and your internship. On Jan. 6th, the mentor/ mentee dinner will be a chance to get to know your mentor and to meet Master Gardeners who have completed their internships. The 2015 Master Gardener internship consists of 60-plus hours of training classes, followed by 50 volunteer service hours. The training class covers the basic topics of soils and nutrient management, basic botany, insects, plant diseases, pruning, propagation, safe pesticide use and integrated pest management, as well as the more specific subjects of vegetable gardening, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, organic gardening, fruits, lawn care and establishment, wildlife management, water quality/conservation, yard waste management and more. Each class is taught by a
different instructor, each an expert in his/her subject matter. Within 15 months of the start of training, students complete a 50-hour internship of specific volunteer activity on any of a number of meaningful and fun community horticultural projects under the mentoring of the Hanover County Cooperative Extension Office. These volunteer hours may be done at a variety of times of the day, on different days of the week, any season of the year and in an array of different settings. After successful completion of the training class and successful completion of the internship of volunteer service, the student will achieve full Master Gardener status. Thereafter, to remain in good standing, a Master Gardener performs at least 20 hours of volunteer service and completes eight (8) hours of continuing education annu-
ally. The fee for the program is $140 per individual and $160 for couples wishing to share their resources. This fee covers the cost of the Master Gardener Handbook (a 500plus-page notebook), the 2015 Pest Management Guide, photocopied materials, a hand lens, name tags, refreshments and other supplies. If you are ready to commit to the program, then complete the application and mail it back to the Hanover County Extension Office. Once you are accepted into the program, a check for $140 made payable to HMGA is due. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, contact the Extension Office during business hours or note it on your application. If you need additional information, call 804-752-4310.
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food gift card. The number of food boxes and the amount of the gift cards are based on how many children are in the family. Last year, Jones said, the program helped 620 families. Of those, 510 were referred by the Department of Social Services and 110 wrote in asking for help. Those families included 1,370 children. In addition, the effort provided $50 Martin’s gift cards to
100 senior citizens. Last year, the program spent $69,963 on gift cards, food, canned goods and other items. Jones noted that, luckily, in recent years, the Christmas Mother effort has been able to raise enough money to meet demand. Hanover County students donated about 15,000 cans of food for 1,025 boxes, according to Jones. The Christmas Mother
program purchased nearly 10,000 more cans of food for the effort. In addition to collecting donations, the Doswell Ruritan Club will be raffling a donated Santa statue to raise funds this year, members of the club said. Those wishing to help may do so by sending donations to Hanover Christmas Mother, P.O. Box 39, Doswell, VA 23047.
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getting extra hands and backs to do the work,” Jones said. Through the program, children who are 15 and under will get a new toy and a Peebles gift card for clothes, while children 16 to 18 receive clothing gift cards, Jones said. Each family participating in the program also gets one or more boxes of food and a
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Grace Christian School students participated in a school-wide field trip to the State Fair of Virginia to explore the Education Exposition offerings. They visited “Heritage Village” to explore the changes in technology and lifestyles that have taken place in America, the “Horticulture Pavilion” where they studied crops and agriculture in Virginia and the “Virginia Fish World” where they participated in an interactive educational display of Virginia Aquaculture. The students also experienced the “Natural Resources Area” to learn about Virginia’s forest products and soil and water conservation. Shown learning about tobacco are Elise Rimbey and Nina Bush, both from Henrico County, and Kyla Taylor of Hanover County.
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Members of Friends of the Mechanicsville Library are seeking donations of good condition, used books, CDs and DVDs for the sale. They are being accepted at the accounts desk during regular library hours.
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Voting rights and the simple truth By Jim Ridolphi Contributing Columnist While recently interviewing a candidate in this year’s upcoming election, I quizzed him on the repeal of portions of the Voting Rights Act. More specifically, I asked if he would support reinstituting a new version of the act. “I think everyone who has the right to vote should be able to,” he replied. His handler quickly chimed in with a notable explanation, stating that — while his candidate did support the right to vote — he would not commit to specific policies regarding the Voting Rights Act. Truth is, voting rights have taken a back seat to other issues during this year’s campaign, even though many consider the right to vote under attack
in numerous states. In Virginia, voters will be required to show photo identification to participate in this year’s election. It’s the state’s first election under the new guidelines, which some have termed restrictive and prohibitive. Truth is, there is confusion among some citizens regarding what credentials are necessary to cast a ballot in this year’s contests, and that’s a clear indication that any restriction to voting can have a huge impact at the polls. Like the aforementioned candidate, I believe every citizen should have a right to participate in our elections. All of us are stakeholders, investors if you will, in this process called democracy, a system that only works when voters are unen-
cumbered and clearly instructed on how to cast a ballot. Any attempt to restrict that process represents a serious threat to our system. If one citizen is confused, or one person does not have the proper ID and does not vote, it’s an affront to our citizenry as a whole. Like anything worthwhile, the right to vote may eventually lie in your determination to have your voice heard. It’s our responsibility to make sure we have the proper IDs, no matter how burdensome some of those requirements appear on the surface. Elections shouldn’t be decided by the few or the loudest or the most politically involved. There’s ample room for their input during the campaign. Clearly, the majority
should and must decide. I would suggest a reexamination of any policy that restricts, prohibits or discourages full participation in our political process. In that same vein, I would urge every citizen to show up at the polls, correctly credentialed and prepared to perform one of the most important things you’ll do next week. Vote! And remember, in order to cast your ballot you’ll need an accepted form of ID: a driver’s license or other photo ID issued by Virginia, a U.S. passport, a photo ID issued by the federal government, a student ID that has a photograph and was issued by a school in the Commonwealth, or an employee ID card with a photograph.
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r. and Mrs. Dawes Lee of Mechanicsville are very excited to announce the engagement of their daughter, Madelyn Raney Lee, to Benjamin Douglas Rothrock. Madelyn is the granddaughter of the late Claude and Mary Raney and the late Dawes and Virginia Lee, all of Mechanicsville. Madelyn graduated from Atlee High School and studied at East Carolina University and Virginia Commonwealth University. She is employed with Commonwealth Blinds and Shades as a Customer Service Associate. Benjamin (Ben) is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Rothrock of Lewistown,
Pennsylvania. Ben is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rothrock and Mrs. Mary Kathrine Bull all of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, and the late Theodore S. Bull of New Jersey. Ben graduated from Lewistown High School in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, and studied at Liberty University. He is employed with the Richmond Flying Squirrels as an Assistant General Manager. The wedding will take place May 16, 2015, in King William, Virginia, at Wakema Plantation. After a relaxing honeymoon in the Caribbean, the couple will reside in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
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earl V. Hunter of Mechanicsville is delighted to announce the engagement of her daughter, Wendy Hunter Roane, to Thomas C. Hill of Chester, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Hill Jr. of Richmond, Virginia. Wendy also is the daughter of the late Earl J. Hunter Sr. of Mechanicsville. Wendy is a 1974 graduate of Lee-Davis High School and a Licensed Registered Nurse of 37 years in Emergency Nursing, Internal Medicine/Long Term Care and 23 years of Public Health Nursing serving residents and the community of Hanover County. She received her Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate from Kaplan University in 2010. Wendy became a Primary Adult Care Training Instructor in 2013. Thomas is a 1978 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1998 and his Master
WENDY H. ROANE and THOMAS C. HILL to be united in marriage in December of Divinity from Virginia Union University in 2009. He obtained his Post Master Certificate in Education Leadership from VCU in
2010. He is employed with Henrico County Public Schools. A December wedding and reception are planned.
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Pamunkey Regional libraries offer storytime sessions for young patrons Staff Report news@mechlocal.com Area branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library offer regularly occurring storytimes for young library patrons. The Atlee Branch will host two days of storytime sessions each week in of October. Each Wednesday, Mother Goose
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that makes sure we don’t get too far out of balance … that we end with no middle class at all. I support raising the minimum wage and I think it’s important to our economic recovery.” His campaign centers around three basis issues. “I think these issues resonate with people in the district as well as Americans in general,” Trammell said. He cites gridlock in
Storytime will begin at 10 a.m. for children 6 to 24 months old and accompanied by a parent will begin at 10 a.m., followed by Toddler Storytime for 2-yearolds accompanied by a parent at 10:45 a.m., then Preschool Storytime for 3- to 5-year-olds at 11:15 a.m. On Thursdays, Mother Goose Storytime will
be held at 10 a.m., Family Storytime for all ages will start at 10:45 a.m., and Preschool Storytime will begin at 11:15 a.m. For more information, call 804-559-0654 or visit the library at 9161 Atlee Road. The Hanover Branch Library will hold Family Storytime for all ages at 10:45 a.m. on Fridays.
For more information, call 804365-6210 or visit the library at 7527 Library Drive. Storytimes will be held three days per week at the Mechanicsville Branch Library. On Tuesdays, , Mother Goose Storytime for children 6 to 24 months old and accompanied by a parent will begin at 10
a.m., followed by Preschool Storytime for 3- to 5-year-olds at 10:45 a.m. and two Family Storytime sessions, for all ages, at 11:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. On Wednesdays, Toddler Storytime for 2-year-olds accompanied by a parent will begin at 10 a.m., followed by Preschool Storytime at 10:45
a.m. and Family Storytime at 11:15 a.m. On Thursdays, Toddler Storytime will begin at 10 a.m., followed by Preschool Storytime at 10:45 a.m. and Family Storytime at 11:15 a.m. For more information, call 804-746-9615 or visit the library at 7461 Sherwood Crossing Place.
Congress as a major problem stifling effective government in America. “People in the district and Americans in general are frustrated with a do-nothing Congress and a business as usual obstructionism,” Trammell said. Jobs and the economy form the second tier of his platform. “Those impact everybody who lives in the 7th District in one way or another,” Trammell said. Trammell noted Virginia’s strategic location that is served by multiple interstates and reli-
able rail service. He said he sees the possibility of expanded passenger service and highspeed rail as job promoters. “This kind of mobility is key to people in the 21st century economy. The jobs will gravitate to areas where people have mobility.” Expanding broadband also is a priority under the jobs heading, and Trammell thinks the lack of it in some areas in the 7th District prevent business growth. “In order for small businesses to not struggle, we must
have broad band access across the board. We must think of it as a utility, something every community needs access to,” Trammell said. Finally, education plays a large role in Trammell’s campaign. “The 21st century needs a new kind of workforce. We know that giving our students a 19th century model is not going to work in the 21st century,” Trammell said. “We have to examine everything from Common Core to how many hours students spend in the classroom.” Trammell said benchmarks are important, but the current system of testing needs reexamination. “I think it’s time to re-evaluate the accountability movement and see what kind of stresses it putting on schools and what we have accomplished.” While troubled schools have been identified through testing, solutions to the problems have been more difficult to find. “The schools that were struggling are still struggling,” Trammell said. “We need to re-examine this.” Trammell also views the treatment of the nations’ veterans as a major concern. His son returned from Afghanistan with injuries, and he’s seen the VA (Veterans Administration) process first-hand. “Like anything big, it’s going to have inconsistencies and things that need fixing periodically,” Trammell said of the VA system. “The VA needs a makeover.”
The Mineral resident said local nonprofits and the services they provide can play a critical role in veterans’ services. “Veterans need local services they can utilize through their communities. We need a 21st century mindset of how we are going to deal with wounded warriors today.” Trammell supports the Dream Act and Immigration Reform in general. “That piece of legislation has been illustrated to me in wonderful ways with the people that I’ve met,” he said, referring to students he has encountered in his campaign. He realizes immigration reform is not an easy conversation to have, but notes it’s not a new problem. “What’s different about this Congress is that this is the first time they’ve ever failed to act on it. It’s the first time that immigration became so polarized and politicized with bipartisanship that we couldn’t get anything done.” Trammell said immigration policy has traditionally needed reform every 10 to 20 years. Solutions will require addressing a variety of elements surrounding immigration, including border security, a pathway to citizenship and expanded visas for qualified students, according to Trammell. Regarding Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the businessman/farmer is crystal clear. He does not support privatization or cuts to benefits. “We have to protect Social Security,” Trammell said.
“That’s a promise we’ve made to seniors.” Like other big programs, Trammell said the system requires constant vigilance and a continued search for increased efficiencies. “That’s something you look at in all of the big government programs,” he added. He supported Medicaid Expansion in Virginia and was “disappointed that the [Virginia] General Assembly was not able to have the political will to do that.” Trammell said that inaction would result in exported jobs and billions of dollars of Virginia taxpayers’ money being diverted to other states. Trammell notes a clearly defined difference between his views and those of his opponent and wants to let voters in the 7th District hear those conversations. Although one debate is already scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Randolph-Macon when both professors, now on leaves of absence will return to familiar ground for the discussion, Trammell said he is hoping it won’t be the only such encounter. It’s been 42 years since a Democrat won a 7th District election. Trammell said he thinks he can change that trend. “I know my ideas will stand the test next to David’s ideas, but he’s had a four-month head start in the primary. I know I have to do more [in the next few weeks] than he has to do.” Voters will decide if it was enough on Nov. 4.
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Mechanicsville Christian Center: Identical worship services & fantastic children’s ministries each Sunday at 9 & 11AM. Students: Middle-Sundays 6pm, HighThursdays 7pm; small groups weekly; 8061 Shady Grove Rd. www.mccag.org
Fairmount Christian Church, 559-8070 6502 Creighton Rd. Sunday AM Worship Traditional 8:15 & 11:00, Contemporary 9:30 & 11:00, Bible School at 8:15, 9:30 & 11:00. Rick Raines, Senior Minister; Chris Santasiere, Associate Minister; Mike Langley, Associate Minister; Tracy Thomas, Worship & Music Minister; Mike Campbell, Youth Minister; Ashley Sears, Children’s Director. fairmountchristian.org
EPISCOPAL All Souls Episcopal Church Worshiping at Messiah Lutheran, 8154 Atlee Rd, SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:30am Holy Eucharist 10:45am Christian Ed Nursery Provided • 804-559-9302 Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7pm The Rev. Amelie Allen Wilmer, Vicar allsoulsepiscopalva@gmail.com website: www.allsoulsva.org Immanuel Episcopal Church Welcomes You! 3263 Old Church Rd., Mechanicsville. Sundays: Holy Eucharist at 9am & 11am, Adult Christian Education at 10am, Nursery 11am-12:15pm, Refreshments at 12:15pm. Godly Play (Children’s Christian Education) at 10:55am on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month (children will join their families in church for Communion). 779-3454 or immanueloc.org. The Episcopal Church of the Creator 7159 Mechanicsville Pike, 746-8765 Christ Centered, Biblically Focused 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:30 am Holy Eucharist Nursery provided 9am & 10:15am Sunday School 9:30 - 10:15 am www.creatorfamily.net creatorcontact@comcast.net
EVANGELICAL FRIENDS Hanover Evangelical Friends 6420 Mech Trnpk. 804-730-9512, friendlychurch.org Worship: Sun. 8:30 or 11am, Sunday School @ 9:45.
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Beulah Presbyterian Church 7252 Beulah Church Road Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:45 Where Faith and family meet MECHANICSVILLE PRESBYTERIAN Atlee and Signal Hill Rd. 746-5496; www.mechpres.org Rev. James E. Salyers, Pastor Sunday Schedule: 9 am Contemporary 10 am Sunday School Classes 11 am Traditional SALEM Presbyterian Church Loving members, biblicallybased teaching & preaching. Join us in our historic sanctuary! Worship 11AM, 5394 Studley Rd. Pastor: Sandi Shaner 746-0732 ww.salempc.org
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Meadowbridge Seventh-Day Adventist Church 7400 Antique Lane Mech., Saturday Services: Sabbath School, 9:30am. Worship Service, 11am. Wednesday evening Prayer Meeting, 7pm. Church phone: 746-2788
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Mechanicsville Baptist Church, 8016 Atlee Rd, 746-7253 Dr. Rev. Tim Madison Sunday Schedule: 8:30am Contemporary Worship, 9:45 Bible Study & 11am Traditional Worship
Enon United Methodist Church 6156 Studley Rd; 746-4719 Rev. ReNe’e Teague, Pastor Chrissy Vaughan, Youth Director Join us for Sunday School, for all ages, 9:45am Worship Service at 11am (Nursery provided) www.enonumc.org enonchurch@verizon.net
Broadus Memorial Baptist Church, 5351 Pole Green Rd. Mechanicsville 23116. 8:45am Traditional Worship 10am Bible Study for all ages, 11am Contemporary Worship, Phil Peacock, Pastor. #779-2700 broaduschurch.org Cool Spring Baptist Church 9283 Atlee Station Rd. For info, activities & worship times visit www.coolspring.org or call 746-0800 FCC - Fellowship Community Church Teaching the Word of God and watching for the miraculous. Hanover High School 9:45am www.fellowshipcc.com Grace United Family Church Communion Service Johnny Lee Long & Friends/ August 31 New, Life-Changing Wednesday Study: "Behold Your God" Beginning Sept 10, 7 PM 8700 Bell Creek Rd, 23116 335-6728 Sun. Worship 10:30 Glenn Hawkins, Pastor Hillcrest Baptist Church 11342 Hanover Courthouse Rd. 730-1500. Wed Eve 6 p.m.-Dinner & Study, Sun 11am Svc 9:45 a.m. Sunday School. hbchanover.org
New Bethesda Baptist Church 9019 New Bethesda Rd. 779-2101 Todd Combee, Pastor Tyler Burkett, Student Minister Sunday School 9:30AM, Worship 10:45 am. Bible Study/Youth activities 6pm Wednesday Dinner/Prayer/Youth/Children 6pm www.newbethesda.org New Highland Baptist Church Worship 8:30 am & 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am Pastor Robert Lee 9200 New Ashcake Road, Mech. 550-9601 www.newhighlandbaptist.org Shalom Baptist Church 6395 Mech Trnpk 746-7737 HE Brews Cafe 9:00am Sunday School 9:45am, Worship 11am, Wed. Supper 5:30pm(Sept- May) Wed. Activities for Children Youth & Adults 6:15pm www.shalombaptist.net
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST New Hope Baptist - Located at 5452 Spotslee Circle, Mech. Sunday school 9:45 am, Morning worship 10:30 am, afternoon 1pm, Wednesday Prayer & Bible study 7:30 pm. L. Ronald Staley, Pastor. For more info 321-2110. www.sovereigngraceinmechanicsville.org
Lebanon United Methodist Church, 8492 Peaks Rd, 746-0980, R. Spencer Broce, Pastor Sunday Worship 9am & 11am (Nursery Provided) Sunday School all ages. 10 am. Staff Youth Director. www.lebanonumc.org Mechanicsville United Methodist Church 7356 Atlee Road, Join us for Sunday School at 9:45AM, Worship at 8:30 & 11 am. & Wed. night worship service at 6:45pm. Kerry D. Boggs, Pastor. 746-5118 Shady Grove United Methodist Celebrate Christ on Sunday Mornings. Traditional worship: 8:15 & 11:15. Contemporary worship: 9:45, Sunday School: 9:30 & 11:15am. All Ages. Nursery for infants & toddlers at all services. Corner of Meadowbridge & Shady Grove Rd, Mechanicsville. Jay Kelchner Pastor. 746-9073 shadygroveumc.org
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Hawks take time to get measure of C-feds By Monica Hunsaker for The Mechanicsville Local Hanover proved itself a cool customer in the Chick-fil-A Mechanicsville Bowl at LeeDavis Friday night. Overcoming an 11-point first quarter deficit, the Hawks hammered away at the Confederates the rest of the game to roll to a 39-14 victory. Hanover head football coach Derek Stoudt said all the Hawks earned the win. “You can’t really pin this on one player; this is a good team win for everybody and I’m proud of all the guys,” Stoudt said. “There was never a moment when the kids panicked; [they] brought themselves together, made the adjustments needed on the sidelines. This one is on the kids.” Hanover scored first, early in the first quarter, on Marshall Flippen’s 26-yard field goal. The Confederates responded in force, jumping to a 14-3 lead with two touchdowns – the first by running back Blake Stattelman’s 58-yards run. Placekicker Steven Hall added the extra point to make it 7-3. Lee-Davis struck again with just 19 seconds left in the first quarter when Sam Newsome intercepted a pass by Hawks’ quarterback Clayton Cheatham and ran it back 33 yards for a score. Hall added another conversion to end the quarter with
the Confederates’ leading 14-3. But, thanks to Hanover’s strong defense, those were the last points Lee-Davis would put up for the game. The Hawks, united and with strong defensive and impressive offensive play, regained control and dominated the remainder of the game. They did not take long to do so. Five minutes into the second
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Above, Hanover quarterback Clayton Cheatham (10) follows running back Brooks Coombs (7) through a big hole in the Lee-Davis line in the Hawks’ 39-14 victory over the Confederates at Lee-Davis Friday. Top left, Cheatham looks for an open receiver. Bottom left, Hanover tight end Michael Pocta (30) heads downfield after catching a Clayton Cheatham pass.
quarter, Cheatham ran 2 yards for a touchdown and Flippen added the extra point, closing to 10-14. Both teams struggled with
long snaps early in the game, but Lee-Davis paid more dearly for its trouble as a high snap on a punt from deep in the Confederates’ sailed into the
end zone and was downed there in the half on Brooks Coombs’ for a safety, bringing Hanover to 1-yard touchdown run. Their within two points, 14-12. two-point conversion attempt The Hawks then took the lead with just two minutes left see HAWKS, pg. 33
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Atlee snaps back after spotting ’cats two TDs By Eric Kolenich Richmond Times-Dispatch The game was just 68 seconds old, and only four offensive plays had been run. And yet Armstrong danced in the end zone, having scored a quick touchdown and taken a lead. Four minutes later, the Wildcats scored again. Atlee was stunned. Silence emanated from the bleachers as Armstrong held a 16-point lead. Then the script reversed. Atlee’s offense roared and Armstrong’s was suffocated. No. 5 Atlee scored the game’s final 56 points and pummeled Armstrong 70-22 on Friday night. “They punched us in the mouth in the first half,” Atlee linebacker Ricky DeBerry said. Armstrong (5-3) moved down the field in big chunks. A 58-yard pass here, a 45-yard run there. Altogether, Armstrong had five plays of 34 yards or more. When Nigel Chavis scored from 57 yards out in the second quarter, Armstrong led 22-14. Then Atlee (7-1) scored the next eight touchdowns. Loumond Dandridge (158 yards) rushed for four, and Rasharrd Harris (201 yards) passed for three more. The 70 points registered by Atlee were a season-high. “We’re clicking on all cylinders,” Dandridge said. There was no real adjustment of the game plan, the Raiders said. No massive halftime revisions or new plays. Just an emphasis of trusting the coaches and sticking to the strategy. The turning point came, perhaps, when no one saw it. At the conclusion of a secondquarter play, three Armstrong players lay on the field grimacing in pain. Devonte Jackson and Demetrick Atkins later
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Above, Armstrong’s Deshaun Waller (3) tries to get around Atlee’s Ryan Brooker (left) in the second quarter of the Raiders’ 70-22 victory over the visiting Wildcats Friday. Left, Atlee wide receiver Tramell Carey (5) carries the ball in the first half. Top right, Armstrong’s Nigel Chavis sprints down field on a 57-yard touchdown run.
returned to the game. But the third, Chavis, sat out the remainder of the game with a possible concussion. The senior rushed for 108 yards and scored two touchdowns. He’s also Armstrong’s best defensive player, Wildcats coach Kedrick Moody said. With him out of the game,
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Armstrong couldn’t develop an offensive rhythm. And without much of a punting game, Armstrong couldn’t pin Atlee deep in its own territory. The Raiders were given short fields, and they turned them into quick touchdowns. Even DeBerry managed a touchdown. In the third quar-
“It felt good to get in the end zone again,” DeBerry said. After DeBerry’s touchdown, whatever play the Raiders called, it worked. Atlee scored three touchdowns on just seven offensive plays. Meanwhile, Armstrong managed only two first downs in the second half. “Our kids understand how to weather the storm,” Atlee coach Roscoe Johnson said. “We just had to refocus.” Armstrong has lost three consecutive after starting 5-0.
ter, the ball popped out of the Wildcats’ hands and landed on the ground in front of him. He scooped it up and raced 32 yards down the right side of the field. Two Armstrong defenders tried to catch him, but they fell short. It was DeBerry’s first Armstrong Atlee touchdown of the season.
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ARM — Chavis 46 run (Mack run) ARM — Creech 0 fumble recovery (Mack run) ATL — Dandridge 7 run (Ratke kick) ATL — Dandridge 18 run (Ratke kick) ARM — Chavis 57 run (Run failed) ATL — Dandridge 24 run (Ratke kick) ATL — Carey 7 pass from Harris (Ratke kick) ATL — Carey 58 pass from Harris (Ratke kick) ATL — DeBerry 32 fumble recovery (Ratke kick) ATL — White 9 run (Ratke kick) ATL — Jacobs 20 pass from Harris (Ratke kick) ATL — Dandridge 22 run (Ratke kick) ATL — White 17 run (Ratke kick) B — Williams 3 run (Cougill kick) RUSHING ARM: Nigel Chavis 7 carries 108 yards, Deshaun Waller 10-38, Andre Mack 10-7, Demetrick Atkins 1-3, Keith Taylor 2-2, Devonte Jackson 2-1; ATL: Loumond Dandridge 22158, A.J. Zollar 12-73, Malik White 5-43, Presto Gilbert 3-20, Tramell Carey 1-3, Team 1-(minus 12). PASSING ARM: Deshaun Waller 5 completions 20 attempts 146 yards 0 touchdowns; ATL: Rasharrd Harris 16-29201-3, Malik White 0-2-8-0. RECEIVING ARM: Marquez Baker 2 receptions 85 yards, Le’ Robert Alexander 158, Anthony Freeman 1-2, Andre Mack 1-1; ATL: Tramell Carey 6115, Brandon Crosby 6-35, Justin Hall 2-35, Loumond Dandridge 24, Zach Jacobs 1-20.3-5, Jones 14. STC: Taylor 4-62, Claiborne 1-9, Hingst 1-3.
Patrick Henry eludes the grasp of the Justices By Sean Korsgaard for The Mechanicsville Local The Patrick Henry Patriots began this rebuilding year in rough shape, with several onesided losses earlier in the season – softened only by a 17-14 upset win over cross-county rival Lee-Davis in the Tomato Bowl in September. But, after a 33-13 victory against the John Marshall Justices gave the Patriots a three-game winning streak, Patrick Henry faithful hope they see signs that the team is starting to turn a corner. The Patriots have been finding success with their ground game. Against John Marshall – Patrick Henry’s fourth win of the year – running back Bender Vaught ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Fellow running back Kwatayrous Blackwell ran for 85 yards and two touchdowns of his own, and quarterback Hunter Hart added 95 yards on the ground. “We came in this week knowing we could win this game, that we had to win this game,” Hart said. “So we went out there, gave it our all, and it was a great game from the whole team.” The game did not start smoothly for the Patriots. Their only drive of the first quarter went nowhere. On the other side, however, John Marshall was suffering from a host of self-inflicted wounds as mul-
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failed, but they headed into intermission with an 18-14 lead. Cheatham maintained Hanover’s control into the third quarter, running 7 yards for touchdown with less than two
Isaiah Anderson passed for 151 yards while running back Clifton Woody ran for 81 yards. Even in defeat, John Marshall head coach Red Thompson had nothing praise for his team. “I have a team full of young guys, but no excuses, we made a lot of mistakes tonight,” Thompson said. “We’re not good enough to overcome mistakes right now, and it cost us tonight.” Despite yet another comfortable victory for the Patriots, head coach Bryan Davis knows that Patrick Henry still has a long way to go. “We gave just enough on some levels, but I’m not satisfied with how we played this week,” Davis said. “We made some good plays, but we were too sloppy. We’re going to have to tighten up before going up John Beebe/The Local against Deep Run next week. Patrick Henry running back Kwatayrous Blackwell (1) breaks loose from a diving John Marshall defender Aaron Boone on his way Come Monday, we’re hitting the to the end zone in the Patriots’ 33-13 victory over the visiting Justices Friday. practice field harder than ever.” Patrick Henry (4-5) will begin with Patrick Henry’s from 20 yards out just after the tiple penalties strangled their ties. host Deep Run (0-9) Friday at The next Patrick Henry drive Cade Harris picking off a deep start of the fourth. own promising drive just short 7 p.m. Penalties would once again would be capped off with a 7- pass from John Marshall quarof the end zone. With the start of the second yard touchdown from Vaught, terback Isaiah Anderson. But hinder the Justices, stopping Patrick Henry 0 20 7 6 — 33 quarter, however, the Patriots while the next John Marshall the following pass from Patrick two drives in their tracks, while John Marshall 0 0 7 6 — 13 came back with a vengeance, drive would stall with a blocked Henry quarterback Hunter the third resulted in a touchstepping up on both offense pass by Patrick Henry’s Aaron Hart was intercepted by John down from Clifton Woody just PH — Blackwell 7 run (Bulthuis Marshall’s Merix Hart for a 59- before the end of the game. The kick) Henry. and defense. PH — Vaught 7 run (Bulthuis kick) two-point conversion attempt PH — Vaught 30 run (kick failed) The ensuing Patriot drive yard touchdown. Within minutes, the Patriots Blackwell would score his failed for a final score of 33-13. JM — Hart fumble recovery/59 run had their first touchdown of result in another touchdown For John Marshall, it was a (Vicenti kick) the game from Blackwell – on from Vaught – a 30-yard run second touchdown for the a 7-yard run – while the next – that gave Patrick Henry a 20- Patriots before the end of the hard loss for a team that, much PH — Blackwell 23 run (Bulthuis kick) third quarter, while running like Patrick Henry, is still in PH — Pinder 20 run (kick failed) Justice possession would again 0 lead at half time. The third quarter would back James Pender would score rebuilding mode. Quarterback JM — Woody 1 run (pass failed) be held back by multiple penal-
minutes remaining. Another successful kick by Flippen gave Hanover an 11-point lead by the end of the third quarter. The Confederates, outmatched on offense and defense, could not catch up in the final quarter. “It was all about big plays and momentum swings. We couldn’t answer what they were
doing and just couldn’t finish some drives off,” said LeeDavis head football coach Ryan Turnage. Instead, the Hawks added two more touchdowns to increase their lead. The first came with 4:29 left in the game on Cheatham’s 5-yard run. Flippen’s kick made it 32-14. With less than two min-
utes left, Coombs ran the final touchdown in from the 3-yard line. Flippen got the final point of the game with another successful conversion. Despite being disappointed with the loss, Turnage praised the effort of his players. “It’s tough to lose. We did some good things on offense, we just couldn’t finish,” Turnage
said. “We also had some key plays on defense; Sam Tanner and Connor Scott played solid in the first half. We’re just going to try to get better each day.” Turnage also applauded Stattleman’s 58 yard touchdown run. He recognized the running back, who rushed for 98 total yards Friday, as another vital Confederates player.
Though Stoudt credited the Hawks’ victory to strong team effort, Cheatham was Hanover’s game-changer, carrying the ball 35 times for 206 yards. He also completed 4-of-7 passes for 72 yards. Coombs, despite just 35 yards on 12 carries, was also crucial to the Hawks’ success.
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County sends three to state girls’ golf tourney By Dave Lawrence dlawrence@mechlocal.com Five slots were open for Richmond-area girls aspiring to make the field for the Virginia High School League Girls’ Open golf championship. By the time the last golfer had finished the 18th hole Tuesday at Dogwood Trace Golf Course in Petersburg, two of those five slots were held by Hanover County golfers. Patrick Henry’s Andrea Dill and Shea Burch finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the VHSL Central Zone girls’ open qualifier to join Atlee’s Eric Whitehouse in the VHSL girls’ open at Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria Monday and Tuesday. (Editor’s note: The state tournament com-
pleted after this edition went to press.) “I felt pretty good going out there,” Dill said of her performance in the Central Zone qualifier. “I had some bad shots, but I came back.” Dill shot an 82, five shots back of Central Zone winner Diana Domenich of Mills Godwin, who shot a 77. Dinwiddie’s Carson Durham and Monacan’s Addie Parker finished in a tie for second with a 78. Dill’s teammate, Burch, shot an 89 for fifth place. Dill said the greens at Dogwood Trace were particularly difficult. “They were pretty tough today,” Dill said. “They just aerated them, so they’re still a little bumpy.” The bumps, coupled with a
shelf-like arrangement on some of the greens, made putting a challenge for many of the girls. “They’re tiered,” Dill said. “Those are pretty hard.” Well-placed water traps made life difficult for some of the golfers, with one unfortunate golfer sending four shots into the drink off the 17th tee before getting the fifth attempt across to the fairway. Burch said staying calm was key to her making the cut for the state open. “I think I just tried to stay calm and take deep breaths before every shot, and move on from bad ones,” Burch said. “I had a couple of bad ones.” Dill and Burch join Atlee’s Erica Whitehouse, who qualified for the state tournament by virtue of her score in the
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Region 5A South tournament three weeks ago. “She’s definitely my best … competitor,” Atlee golf coach Jamie Edwards said of Whitehouse. “She’s got a real level head. Not a whole lot gets to her. I suspect she’ll do pretty well. There’s a lot of really strong girl golfers in the state, but I think she’ll play pretty well.” Hanover had two golfers in the Central Zone qualifier, Rebecca Parsley and Bella Seip, both freshmen. Parsley finished in a tie for 16th place with a score of 107. Seip, who also runs cross country for the Hawks, finished in a tie for 20th with a 116. Hanover golf coach Chris Pace said it was important for the two to get the experience of competing in a zone qualifier. “Today was all about getting
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Above, Patrick Henry’s Andrea Dill sinks a putt on the 18th hole as Atlee’s Arianna Martin watches in the Virginia High School League Central Zone girls’ golf qualifier at Dogwood Trace Golf Course Tuesday. Left, Patrick Henry’s Shea Burch attempts to sink a long, uphill putt on the 16th hole.
them out there in a big-time was just a good opportunity for tournament, getting the feel of them to get out there and play a regional-quality track. I think we did that today,” Pace said. “It see GOLF, pg. 35 Cheatham said. “This is the first step. We’ve just got to come to every practice with that intensity and energy.” Both teams are on the road Friday. Lee-Davis travels to Armstrong and Hanover travels to Varina. Both games start at 7 p.m.
“Cheatham and Coombs are the offensive line,” Stoudt said in praise of the two. Cheatham said he was happy to share the spotlight with his team. “This was a good team win Hanover for us. We needed this win,” Lee-Davis
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HAN — FG Flippen 20 LD — Stattleman 58 run (Hall kick) LD — Newsome 33 interception return (Hall kick) HAN — Cheatham 2 run (Flippen kick) HAN — Safety (bad snap in end zone) HAN — Coombs 1 run (run failed) HAN — Cheatham 7 run (Flippen kick) HAN — Cheatham 5 run (Flippen kick) HAN — Coombs 3 run (Flippen kick)
Hawks build leads, but Lee-Davis comes back By Matthew Stoss for The Mechanicsville Local The Lee-Davis boys’ volleyball team spent four sets playing from behind, watching Hanover’s big blockers swat, smash and whack the Hawks to large leads, including in set No. 5. And yet… “I could see in their eyes before the set started that they weren’t going to let them away,” Lee-Davis coach Nick Brown said. “I knew we had it.” Jordan Lafferty started a 4-0 run down the stretch in game 5 with a big kill, leading the Confederates a 3-2 win over rival Hanover Tuesday night. “Once our outside, Jordan Lafferty, hit off the block, we started taking control,” said LeeDavis senior Joseph Burns, who nine kills in his first match as an outside hitter. “We gained the momentum.” Lafferty finished with 14 digs and 15 kills, including the one that made it 12-12 in the final game that pushed the Confederates (10-5) to a 19-25, 29-27, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13 victory and a regular-season sweep of Hanover (8-6). Lee-Davis also swept the Hawks in the regular season last year. “I think it was a very back and forth game,” Lafferty said of Tuesday’s match. “A lot of
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championship-tournament golf when there’s other people out there that are really grinding and trying to make that qualifying score. And I think they did great.” Patrick Henry coach Dave Hudak said he didn’t mind Dill and Burch making him work a week longer.
times, we just needed to take a breath and come together as a team and play well. It was really all about the team coming to together in the last game.” Brown said Lafferty has been key all season. “Jordan Lafferty’s been the most important part of our team the whole year,” said Brown, the former junior varsity coach at Hanover. “He’s been the most consistent player and he shows up every day. You know what you’re going to get. It helps him a lot having Lance Marshall. Lance led us in kills with 18, and when Lance is effective, it helps everybody. It helps our offense open up early.” Marshall, a senior, also had three blocks, and Clayton Marshall added 39 assists and three kills for the Confederates, who, in the fourth game, got behind 15-5 to Hanover, which continued a season-long habit of inconsistency Tuesday. The Hawks had leads in all five sets. “Every night we play, we have a little piece of the puzzle missing,” Hanover coach Hilary Cassil said. “And we’re just not getting all the pieces together all the time. … It’s just a consistency issue that we struggle with.” Eliott Sledd led Hanover with 14 kills and 17 digs. Lee Olyenik had 12 kills, Johnny
Confederates earn sweep in battle of bests By Laura Fien Richmond Times-Dispatch Hanover picked up the first point of the first game in its girls’ volleyball match with Lee-Davis Tuesday night, but its lead didn’t last long. The Confederates’ Kendyll Brown followed with back-to-back kills to give Lee-Davis a 3-1 lead. While the Hawks did put up a fight, they could not overcome the Confederates and fell in a sweep 25-20, 25-16, 25-23. Lee-Davis coach Sharon Gaston praised Hanover for its dogged effort. “I think tonight was a competition between the No. 1 team and the No. 2 team in the area,” Gaston said. In the first game, Lee-Davis (16-4) continued the pressure, increasing its lead to 15-10. But the Hawks crawled back as Leila Haynesworth came through with back-to-back kills that cut the Confederates’ lead to 23-19. The Hanover comeback attempt stopped there. Hanover fared worse in the second game. The Hawks
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Lee Davis’ Anna Soroka (9) Carley Tate (5) and Rachel Gaston (3) defend against a spike from Hanover’s Miranda Hall (1) during their 3-0 sweep of host Hanover Tuesday.
– prevented from scoring by digs – trailed 9-0 before scor- gap to 15-10, but once LeeLee-Davis’ Claire Guertler, ing their first point. who came up with several key Hanover (15-5) closed the see SWEEP, pg. 36
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“It’s no work. It’s my pleasure. I’m really happy for both of them,” Hudak said. “Andrea got to go last year and now Shea gets to experience it. It’s great.” What made the day greater was the fact that both of his golfers qualified. “I was surprised to have two. It’s rare to get two,” Hudak said. “But I couldn’t be more proud that they both kind of fought their way through their rounds. It’ll be fun.”
Domenich, the Central Zone winner, is just a freshman. She was happy with her score. “A 77 is good. I’ll take that any day. It’s a good score for me,” Domenich said. She said it feels great to be going to the state tournament. “I’m really excited, but I’m nervous at the same time,” Domenich said. “I usually just listen to music and just play my own game. … I worry about who’s going to go because
there’s a lot of good golfers that are going to state.” Dill said she was going to focus on technique and focus in her preparations for the state open. “I’m just going to work on my alignment. That’s been kind of off,” Dill said. “And then just concentrate on my next shot ahead and not think about the overall end.” Burch said she was going to try to not think too much.
“I think I’ll just try to relax and not think about it too much,” Burch said. “If I just keep my score out of my mind and just play, then I think I’ll have a much better day.” VHSL Central Zone girls’ golf qualifier (At Dogwood Trace GC, part 72) 1. Diana Domenich (Mills Godwin) 77; 2. (tie) Carson Durham (Dinwiddie), Addie Parker (Monacan) 78; 4. Andrea Dill (Patrick Henry) 82; 5. Shea Burch (Patrick Henry) 89; 6. (tie) Savannah Porter
(Cosby), Arianna Martin (Atlee) 95; 8. (tie) Leah Brown (Petersburg), Jordan Carrier (J.R. Tucker), Eva Hansen (Goochland), Rachel Zhao (Maggie Walker) 97; 12. Kenedi Byard (Manchester) 98; 13. Abby Gschwind (Cosby) 99; 14. Alexis Cheatham (Manchester) 102; 15. Haley Bendall (Prince George) 104; 16. (tie) Berkley Jackson (Thomas Dale), Rebecca Parsley (Hanover) 107; 18. Libbie Smith (Mills Godwin) 109; 19. Carly Childress (Clover Hill) 112; 20. (tie) Alexis Brideforth (Petersburg), Isabella Seip (Hanover) 116; 22. Hannah Ayers (Varina) 117; 23. Amber Fiorillo (Varina) DNS.
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Randolph-Macon slips gears against Guilford interceptions this season, but when Arruza was asked about him losing confidence, he was quick to say, “No. He’s a senior.” Naccarato led the Yellow Jackets on the ground with 22 carries for 127 yards. Running back John Byrd had 20 carries for 101 yards. Now with three conference losses, Arruza said his team just needs to keep working. “We’ve just got to keep working. We’re having a tough year,” Arruza said. “We’re not going to make excuses.” Randolph-Macon travels to take on Shenandoah next Saturday at 1 p.m.
By Brad Bess Richmond Times-Dispatch Guilford spoiled RandolphMacon’s homecoming with a 28-6 win over the Yellow Jackets at Day Field on Saturday. Matt Pawlowski threw for 386 yards and two touchdowns, Josh Schow rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns, and the Quakers moved to 6-1 on the season, 3-1 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play. The Yellow Jackets fall to 3-4 and 1-3 in the ODAC. “I thought our kids played very very hard,” said RandolphMacon Head Coach Pedro Arruza. “But we’re not a very good football team right now.” Pawlowski completed 24 of his 38 passes without an interception. He completed a pass to seven different receivers, including a 16 yard touchdown pass to C.J. Hobbs in the second quarter and a 20 yard touchdown pass to Adam Smith early in the fourth. The junior entered the game with the highest yards per game average (338.5) and the highest pass efficiency (184.8) in the ODAC. “They’ve got a really good quarterback,” Arruza said. “I think he’s an excellent player and I think they made some throws. He’s good. They’ve got some good skill kids ... They’re running backs I think are
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Davis’ powerful offense took command, there was nothing the Hawks could do to get closer. The third game was different. Hanover got the first point, but Lee-Davis quickly came back to tie the score 1-1. The teams stayed on each other’s heels.
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Guilford quarterback Matt Pawlowki (15) starts to throw in the Quakers’ 28-6 victory over host Randolph-Macon Saturday.
tough.” Schow rushed 16 times and scored twice, including a 62 yard score when the Quakers handed him the ball on fourth and one late in the third quarter. He also caught two passes for 90 yards. The Yellow Jackets scored first. Zac Naccarato found Jake
Connolly from 8 yards out. The point-after attempt was blocked, however, so RandolphMacon settled for a short 6-0 lead before the Quakers scored 28 unanswered points. Naccarato threw three interceptions, two to JerMario Gooch. Gooch jumped a crossing pattern, ending one
Randolph-Macon drive on the Guilford 32-yard line. His second pick came in almost the same place and ended the Yellow Jacket’s opening offensive drive of the second half. The third, by Satiir Stevenson, came after a desperate throw to the end zone as the final play of the game.
The Hawks started to edge away from the Confederates at 1411, but the Confederates quickly closed the gap and tied the game 15-15. The Confederates eventually claimed the third game despite the Hawks’ Miranda Hall coming through with six kills, one block and two digs in that game. Lee-Davis was led by Jordan Martin with two kills, 17 assists,
nine digs and an ace; by Kendyll Brown with 13 kills, six blocks, two digs and an, ace; and by Rachel Gaston with 11 kills, two blocks, 11 digs and an ace. The Confederates’ Claire Guertler finished with seven kills, seven digs and an ace. Leila Haynesworth finished with two aces, 13 kills and 10 digs for Hanover. Rebecca Hoover had 28 digs and an ace; and Hall finished with two aces,
nine kills, two blocks and four digs. “I think Lee-Davis played a very good game. I think our kids played a very good game, too,” said Hanover coach Karl Lippa. “If anything, I don’t think the scoreboard reflected it as much. If we played like we did in the third set, in the first two sets, I think we would have gone to five games just like the first time.”
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“I coach the quarterbacks so I’ve obviously got to do a better job,” Arruza said. “Some of it’s decision making and some of them are just bad throws, but he’s working hard, he’s got a really good attitude. I’ve just got to coach him better.” Naccarato has thrown nine
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Atwood — who next season will play at Division I Loyola in Chicago — had 11 kills and 14 digs, and Taylor Rudd had 10 kills, three aces and three blocks. Giles VanHuss added 45 assists for the Hawks, who led 8-4 midway through the fifth set after a series of kills from Olyenik and Rudd.
Guilford 0 7 7 14 — 28 R-MC 6 0 0 0— 6 R-MC — Connolly 8 pass from Naccarato (kick blocked) G — Hobbs 16 pass from Pawlowski (Hunt kick) G — Schow 62 run (Hunt kick) G — Smith 20 pass from Pawlowski (Hunt kick) G — Schow 1 run (Hunt kick) RUSHING G: Schow 16 carries 111 yards, Bell 6-26, Pawlowski 11-4, Jurgevich 1-4; R-MC: Naccarato 22-127, Byrd 20101, Knepp 2-9, Kaopua 3-8, Esque 1-6, Hiner 1-3. PASSING G: Pawlowski 23 completions 38 attempts 386 yards 0 interceptions; R-MC: 12-20-89-3. RECEIVING G: Hobbs 6 receptions 90 yards, Schow 2-90, Smith 5-77, Bell 3-47, Thompson 4-30, Christopher 2-28, Edwards 2-24; R-MC: Connolly 224, Byrd 4-23, Esque 2-20, Quinn 216, Kuhn 1-9, Kaopua 1-(minus 3).
Lee-Davis then went on it first major run of the last game to make it 8-8. It was back and forth after that, until Lafferty’s kill got it to 12-12. “When they’re jumping out every single set, scoring five straight, we’re kind of coming back every single set,” Burns said. “Once we finally took the momentum, tied it up back in the last set, that’s when we knew we had the momentum to take to the victory.”
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Monday, Nov. 3 Families Anonymous Support Group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at the Episcopal Church of the Creator at 7159 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Mechanicsville. The group is a self-help fellowship for the friends and family members of addicts who are in need of understanding and healing themselves. For details, call Sandy at 804-730-4812 or email sandy.leigh@verizon.net. Overcomers Outreach and Women’s Codependency, a Christ-centered anonymous
support program offering hope and healing for recovering alcoholics, addicts and their families meet every Monday at 7 p.m., at Mechanicsville Christian Center at 8061 Shady Grove Road in Mechanicsville. For more information, call or email 366-9645/ kjfaith1@gmail.com. The Lee-Davis High School Choral Boosters will host a Fundraising Night from 4 to 8 p.m. at Panera Bread at the 7225 Bell Creek Location to raise money for audio equipment, music and many other needed items. A printed flyer or electronic flyer on a phone or tablet is required. You may email Melanie Rodriguez at
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melanierod@comcast.net for a copy of this flyer or find it on Facebook on the Lee-Davis Choral Boosters group page. Both dine in and carryout meals are eligible for the fundraiser.
cal organization dedicated to the preservation of the honor of the American Confederate Veteran. The SCV will assist in tracing your ancestor's Confederate service as well help put together a period-limited family tree linking you to your ancestor. For more information email rader. james2@aol.com, call 804-8745336, or see visit the group’s website or Facebook page.
Wednesday, Nov. 5 The Edmund Ruffin Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Camp will meet at 7 p.m. The featured speaker is C.L. Gray, editor in chief of The Stainless Banner Publishing Company, a full service press dedicated to the preservation of southern history and heritage. Those with Confederate soldiers in their families may be interested in joining SCV, an international histori-
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Nov. 20. This program uses easy to learn, gentle movements that improve physical strength, flexibility, balance and well-being. Cost is $48 or $10 to drop in for a single class. For more information or to register, contact Jo Ann Widner, RN, at 370-3906. GriefShare, a Christ-centered support group to help those who have lost a loved one, meets at the New Highland Baptist Church at 9200 New Ashcake Road in Mechanicsville. The group meets each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 804-550-9601. An opening reception for Elements, a group show, will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at
Thursday, Nov. 6 The Arthritis Foundation is offering a six-week Tai Chi class at Covenant Woods in Mechanicsville. The class meets on Thursday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., through
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the Gallery Flux Annex, 302 England Street, Ashland. The show will remain on display through Nov. 27. For more information, call 804-752-3540 or visit www.galleryflux.com. Salem Presbyterian Church, Studley Road, will host its monthly Sing-A-Long at 10 a.m., singing hymns of the Thanksgiving season. The hymn of the month is "Give Thanks," and the composer Henry Smith and his wife Cindy will be on hand to perform the piece and tell its story. The church welcomes anyone who would like to attend, and attendees are encouraged to bring canned goods for the MCEF food pantry.
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LETTERS Continued from pg. 19
Questioning Brat on health care I just received a bill from a hospital stay of five (5) days about a month ago. My bill was approximately $35,000. I had no operation, just medicine and daily care. I pay this monstrous monthly fee for employer insurance and they paid $750 toward my medical bill. Here is the catch: My employer insurance is considered my secondary insurance and I had not met my yearly deductible of $1,500. Thank God I was covered by Medicare (government insurance), but the people who are not, what would they have done? Possibly lost everything. Many politicians, like Dave Brat, are against the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare or government insurance). Well, what type of insurance has Dave Brat and his cronies proposed to Mr. and Mrs. Average Joe for their health care and payments to the medical facilities? Take a look at Kentucky; nothing but success stories for Kentucky and the Affordable Care Act/ ObamaCare — one in the same. It has reduced health care cost and millions of Americans who have never had health insurance are now covered. Virginians and Americans, take a deep look at the politicians who are against the Affordable Care Act; they have insurance for their families and themselves. As for the elected officials, insurance is paid for by taxpayers (Mr. and Mrs. Average Joe). Dave Brat and Mr. and Mrs. Already Elected Official: What do you propose for uninsured Virginians and Americans and their health care? You don’t have a proposal, do you? Well, bring it on; Virginians and Americans are waiting and listening. Sandra Howard Ashland
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felt compelled to write to address letters that were written recently regarding the upcoming election. First, in the letter written by June Bohrer regarding the flier she received in the mail, she attempted to dispel the fears that many have regarding the cuts to Medicare the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, implemented. Anyone in health care, as I am, knows the ACA is anything but affordable. Also, sticking with Mark Warner because he is a “proven leader willing to work with both sides of the aisle to get things done for Virginia and the country” is a joke. He votes with the President the majority of the time and anyone with common sense can see that those votes are neither good for Virginia or the USA. What has Mark Warner done for us, citizens of Hanover County or of Virginia? We are $17 trillion in debt and the number is climbing by the minute. Warner, since entering the U.S. Senate in 2009, has taken the same position as the President 97 percent of the time when Obama outlined a clear position, according to Congressional Quarterly. That includes voting for ObamaCare.(Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, PolitiFact Virginia, Richmond Times-Dispatch). Secondly, for Richard Ryder, PhD, to say that “a vote for Dave Brat will take us all in Virginia’s 7th District (and the state as a whole) from the proverbial frying pan into the fire” is just plain ridiculous. Dave Brat is a family man who has a great job teaching ethics and economics to the students at Randolph-Macon College. He is passionate about those two things and is fed up with the direction of our country and how we are $17 trillion in debt. And that does not even count the unfunded liabilities of Medicare and Social Security. He is an average citizen who I believe the Founding Fathers would be proud of. He is a spokesman for the people, which is why he won so hand-
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ily against Eric Cantor. I truly believe the American people, including most Virginians, are tired of politics as usual and the negative ads that pollute the airways. I believe it is time for those in office to let “we the people” know why they deserve to be re-elected, what have they done for “we the people”? How have they spent the hard-earned tax dollars we have sent to Washington, D.C.? How have they voted to protect the borders and the inhabitants of the nation? What things are being done to reduce the cost of gasoline, groceries and health care premiums? These are things that are on the minds of the average American. I am really tired of hearing how the Koch Brothers are undermining the country for their own gain. The Tea Party is a grass roots organization made up of average citizens who are tired of the status quo in Washington, D.C., where the people who are elected have forgotten who they work for and what they were elected to do, which is uphold the Constitution of the United States. I would like to challenge Mr. Ryder to look into George Soros. He is someone much more dangerous than the Koch Brothers with these organizations that are funded by his Open Society Institute: The Brookings Institution, involved with a variety of internationalist and state-sponsored programs, including one that aspires to facilitate the establishment of a U.N.-dominated world government. Brookings Fellows have called for additional global collaboration on trade and banking; the expansion of the Kyoto Protocol; and nationalized health insurance for children. The Campaign for America’s Future supports tax hikes, socialized medicine and a dramatic expansion of social welfare programs. It favors a single-payer, government-run, universal health care system. I would like to challenge all who are going to cast a vote to stop and think about the person they are going to vote for, forget what they have said and look at their actions. Darlene W. Olive, MS, MPH Studley
Local goes to Ireland
Photo submitted by Tom Harris
Meggie Herrity, Laura Stiles, Caitlin Donahue, Elizabeth Harris and Elizabeth Holte, all graduates of the Atlee High School Class of 2009, took The Mechanicsville Local with them while touring the world-famous Ring of Kerry scenic drive in the County of Kerry in southwestern Ireland. All were in Ireland together for the week of Sept. 14-21.
Candidates’ wives visit
Photo submitted by Kristie Helmick Proctor
The second annual “Pearls & Politics” event was held Tuesday, Oct. 21, by the Hanover Republican Women’s Club (HRWC) at Hanover Tavern. Special guests were Cathy Gillespie, the wife of Ed Gillespie, Republican candidate for U.S. Senatel and Laura Brat, the wife of Dave Brat, Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in the 7th District. The event served as a fundraiser, allowing all proceeds to go towards the HRWC scholarship program, as well as funding the HRWC activism efforts that help promote Republican candidates. More than 75 people attended the event, as well as elected officials. To become involved in HRWC, contact Kristie Helmick Proctor, HRWC first vice president, at KristieHelmick@gmail.com. Shown are, from left, Chickahominy Supervisor Angela KellyWiecek, Hanover County Board of Supervisors, Chickahominy District; Liza Bradford, HRWC membership chair; Kristie Helmick Proctor, Cathy Gillespie and Laura Brat.
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Employment with Car Pool Car Wash in Mechanicsville Car Pool Car Wash, 7123 Mechanicsville Turnpike has flexible hours for busy lifestyles. We are interested in hiring employees that can work outside during the hours of 8 AM and 6PM. Pay is competitive, a driver’s license is a plus and will help you earn more! There is a performance review for a raise every 6 months, earned paid time off and health insurance benefits are for eligible employees This position is hourly with high potential for quick advancement. Call Mr. Andre for an appointment - 804-559-2093
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Come join our team! Do you have a "can do attitude" and want a long lasting career? Southern States Midlothian, VA retail location seeks a Retail Store Manager. The responsibilities include cross selling to customers, merchandising, preparing inventory, displays, managing associates, promoting sales programs and ensuring the store is well presented. We are looking for applicants with either an agronomic background or a minimum of 3 years of retail experience. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience preferred. We are looking for someone that promotes exceptional customer service for a pleasant shopping experience, is dependable, flexible, highly motivated and works well with others. During the busy seasons, position would require working extended hours in any given week and must be willing to work flexible hours and weekends. Lifting requirements up to 50 lbs. All applicants are subject to a motor vehicle record search, criminal background check and drug test. If interested, please apply online at www.southernstates.com. EOE M/F/D/V
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A SUPERIOR LANDSCAPE Commercial and Residential Excavation Clearing & Site Work, Road & Driveway Construction & Repair, All Size Ponds, Grading, Shore Line Repairs & Erosion Control. Lic. Fully Ins. 746-2605
CARPENTRY Affordable Home Repairs Carpentry, Roofing, Siding, Replacement Windows Gutters & Decks. Lic/Ins. Jim Martin, 347-3812 jwmartinjr01@gmail.com
CHIMNEY CLEANING Hanover Chimney Sweeps Serving area since 1981. Ins. Chimney & Gutter Cleaning. 746-1056
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OUTSIDE ASHLAND - 4 Bdrm, 2.5 Bath 2-story Colonial on 2.3 secluded acres. 9 ft ceilings & open floor plan down with large sunroom. Gas FP. Granite bar top & large pantry. Office w/builtin bookcase & French doors. Hardwood down/Carpet up. Mstr ste w/cathedrial ceiling, large walk-in closet, jetted tub & ceramic tile. Comcast avail. $339,900. 804-615-1853
OPEN HOUSE Sun., 11/2, 1 to 3pm 8412 Brittewood Circle, Mech., 23116 Knollwood Subdivision Markella Budesky, 804-690-5781 Joyner Fine Properties Ø ∫
HOMES FOR SALE Beautiful custom built 2-story home on 10 professionally landscaped acres in Old Church. 3-bedroom, w/unfinished 4th, 2.5 baths, 1st floor master, huge outbuilding w/living space above, fishing pond & river access. FSBO. $445,000. Call 804-779-2015
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in demand for the agency’s ser- Cold Harbor District while Fuller is from Mechanicsville. vices. Lynn H. Saunders and David Four-year terms are appointed With a mission to help those by the Hanover County Board who are least able to help them- W. Fuller moved into their new of Supervisors. selves, the newly-elected chair positions on July 27. Both are Saunders, in the role and vice chair of the Hanover now in their seventh year on of chair, said she sees firstCountySocialServicesAdvisory the board. see NEED, pg. 25 ` Saunders represents the Board talked about the increase
By Melody Kinser mkinser@mechlocal.com
Local teen taking talents to Texas Abram Dean’s “first real thing” in terms of performing paid off earlier this year when he captured the title of Hanover Junior Idol. Thanks to some encouragement from his mom Debbie Lunsford, he took the leap into the world of music. And now the 16-year-old from Mechanicsville is preparing to move to Texas to pursue his dream. On Aug. 20, Abram and his mother will head to Dallas where he has been accepted to study — and hone his skills — with the Linda Septien Entertainment Group. Debbie said she suggested Abram enter the Hanover Arts and Activities Centersponsored Idols competition because he “wants to get into this music thing, so let’s see TEEN, pg. 14 `
LakeRidge Square Apartments, Voted Hanover’s Best for 2013! "Superior" Resident Satisfaction Award! "Go With The Best!" Spacious 2BR/2BA Apartment Homes. Washer/Dryer/Alarm and all Appliances included.
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Mechanicsville Now Leasing 2-bdrm/1-ba. spacious apts. Starting at $770/mo. incl. water, sewer & trash. No Smoking! Additional discount for seniors. Call 746-5525 for details
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Taylor Dragum, Alex Goleski, Laci Miller, Courtney Chenault and Madison Cox cheer on the Atlee All-Stars on Saturday, July 31, during the opening game of the Tournament of State Champions at Mitch Stadium near Huntington, W.Va. For more, see Sports, page 32.
School district again expects full accreditation For the ninth consecutive year, Hanover County Public Schools will again receive 100 percent full accreditation. According to Dale S. Theakston, communications specialist, the accreditation is determined based on the 200910 Standards of Learning assessments. Preliminary information from the Virginia Department of Education indicates the accreditation status. Final accreditation reports are expected on Sept. 15.
County receives VACo honor
Hanover County has Development. been recognized by the VACo received 60 entries Virginia Association of for the statewide contest. Former Hanover County Counties as the recipient of the 2010 Achievement assistant administrator Award for the Dominion Marilyn Blake joined Lane Resources Greentech Ramsey, former Chesterfield Incubator. County administrator, and The county was honored Tedd Povar, associate direcfor its model local govern- tor ofthe Virginia Institute of ment program in the catego- Government, in judging this ry of Community/Economic see HONOR, pg. 4 `
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Social Services officers discuss benefits, demand in demand for the agency’s ser- Cold Harbor District while By Melody Kinser Fuller is from Mechanicsville. vices. mkinser@mechlocal.com Lynn H. Saunders and David Four-year terms are appointed With a mission to help those by the Hanover County Board who are least able to help them- W. Fuller moved into their new of Supervisors. selves, the newly-elected chair positions on July 27. Both are Saunders, in the role and vice chair of the Hanover now in their seventh year on of chair, said she sees firstCountySocialServicesAdvisory the board. see NEED, pg. 25 ` Saunders represents the Board talked about the increase
Local teen taking talents to Texas By Melody Kinser mkinser@mechlocal.com Abram Dean’s “first real thing” in terms of performing paid off earlier this year when he captured the title of Hanover Junior Idol. Thanks to some encouragement from his mom Debbie Lunsford, he took the leap into the world of music. And now the 16-year-old from Mechanicsville is preparing to move to Texas to pursue his dream. On Aug. 20, Abram and his mother will head to Dallas where he has been accepted to study — and hone his skills — with the Linda Septien Entertainment Group. Debbie said she suggested Abram enter the Hanover Arts and Activities Centersponsored Idols competition because he “wants to get into this music thing, so let’s see TEEN, pg. 14 `
Photo courtesy of Brian Sizemore/The Wayne County (W.Va.) News
Taylor Dragum, Alex Goleski, Laci Miller, Courtney Chenault and Madison Cox cheer on the Atlee All-Stars on Saturday, July 31, during the opening game of the Tournament of State Champions at Mitch Stadium near Huntington, W.Va. For more, see Sports, page 32.
School district again expects full accreditation For the ninth consecutive year, Hanover County Public Schools will again receive 100 percent full accreditation. According to Dale S. Theakston, communications specialist, the accreditation is determined based on the 200910 Standards of Learning assessments. Preliminary information from the Virginia Department of Education indicates the accreditation status. Final accreditation reports are expected on Sept. 15.
County receives VACo honor
Hanover County has Development. VACo received 60 entries been recognized by the Virginia Association of for the statewide contest. Former Hanover County Counties as the recipient administrator of the 2010 Achievement assistant Award for the Dominion Marilyn Blake joined Lane Resources Greentech Ramsey, former Chesterfield County administrator, and Incubator. The county was honored Tedd Povar, associate direcfor its model local govern- tor ofthe Virginia Institute of ment program in the catego- Government, in judging this ry of Community/Economic see HONOR, pg. 4 `
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1200 sq. ft. 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Ranch on Beautifully landscaped lot at 6425 Brandy Ct. Mechanicsville 23111. $1,100 monthly plus security dep. Carlos & Company Realty Inc. 804-730-8488 1200 sq ft Brick Ranch.Central heat/air. Semi private setting, off Cold Harbor Rd. Black Creek area. Convenient to 295. 3 BR. 1.5 BA Living room, kitchen, utility, storage shed. $1000. per month + $1000. deposit. Section 8 accepted. Call 804-513-4374 between 10am - 9pm
YARD & ESTATE SALES
23111 - 3-bedroom, 2.5 bath ranch with fireplace, finished basement & 2-car detached garage. Central Heat/Air. Off Cold Harbor Road. Pets ok. $1275/month + $1275/deposit. Currently available. Call 757-681-0974
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2-Bedroom, 2-bath nice mobile home located in Old Church with washer & dryer. $600/month + $600 /deposit. Non-Smoker. Call 804-874-7020.
T-N-T Cleaning Inc. offers cleaning for Residential, Commercial & New Construction. Bonded/Insured. Call 746-8805
RAIN OR SHINE Saturday, Nov. 1st, 7:30 to 3:30. Lots and lots of stuff new and used, too much to list! This is the yard sale you don’t want to miss. 10005 Chamberlayne Road.
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HAULING WANTED JUNK CARS dead or alive. paying up to $1000. 804-577-1234
Merchandise MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
3 BR 2 full BA. Fireplace with propane logs, eat- in kitchen. All appliances except washer & dryer. Artisian well (no water bill). Nice deck. Newly painted and carpet steamed. $1050. per month. No pets. Available now. 804-347-3307 King William, near Hanover Courthouse. 2 BR, 1 bath Recently renovated farm house. Central air/heat. Washer/ dryer. All utilities included plus cable. Pet friendly. $900. per month + security deposit. Available Nov. 1st. One year lease. Call, 804-439-7700.
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6130 Mechanicsville Tpke - Office Suites for Lease. Flexible Terms, Signage Available. Utilities Included. Please call 804-698-9625 for more information.
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ON-SITE ESTATE AUCTION FEATURING 200+ GUNS AND RELATED The Estate of Jesse F. Lignian Jr. Sat., November 08, 2014, 9:00 AM EST 14188 Yankeetown Rd, Ashland, VA 23005 Doors open 8:00 A.M. Auction Day for a Period of Inspection. Auction to include: Enfield - A. Uberti Smith & Wesson - Winchester Harrington & Richardson - Colt - Remington - Ruger - Springfield & More Tons of Ammunition - Reloaders - Tractors - Implements - Vintage Collectibles - Antiques- Large selection of Tools-Artwork - 1997 Quantum Bass Boat2003 Pontiac Grand Am-Hundreds of Items too numerous to mention. Auction held under large tent regardless of weather, Refreshments available. This will be a fantastic auction you don’t want to miss!! For details and photos www.GrindstaffAuctions.com
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Free Seminar - Caregiver Support. Saturday Nov 8 9:30a - 11:30a Discuss the challenges learn self care, and learn about local support Reserve a space - contact Jennifer Erickson at 804-690-2537
CHILD CARE Advent Christian Child Care has openings for 2-5 year olds. State licensed. Faith based, developmentally appropriate curriculum. Serving the community for over 36 years. Contact Pam Dicken at 746-0279. HOMESCHOOL MOM has FT/PT openings. Infant - 6 yrs. Specializing in preschool activities. Lots of experience. Call for more info. 746-3693
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Mattress Truck Load Sale - Twin $89; Full $99; Queen $129; King $189. Delivery/Lay -A-Way. Call 804-218-0680. Sears Kenmore Washer & Dryer, full size, 1 yr. old. Asking $600/both; Round Dining table with 4-chairs, solid wood, Ethan Allen. Asking $300; Ridgeway Grandfather Clock w/shelves & chimes every 15 minutes. $900. Call after 4pm, 703-408-0596.
Education & Instruction ARTS & MUSIC Delane Floyd’s Music Studio now offering Piano, Voice, Guitar, Violin & Fiddling lessons. Call 789-0140
Recruitment CONSTRUCTION & LABOR HVAC Technician Wanted Local and Family owned Heating and Air Conditioning Company is looking for an Experienced HVAC Technician, Full-time, for service calls and installation of Residential and Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning systems. Job duties will include setting equipment, running duct work, wiring, piping, pickup and delivery of parts, and start ups. Good driving record, willing to work overtime if needed (some nights and weekends), have willingness to learn, Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Paid Health Care, Good interaction with customers and be a team player. Minimum of 3 years experience. Please send your resume to christianhvac6@aol.com
CUSTOMER SERVICE New Salon opening in New Kent with Retail Boutique - 2,500 sq ft. Experienced - Full Time / Part Time Beauticians, Barbers, Nail Techs and Massage Therapists. Pay options available- hourly or commission. Email salonbeautycareers@gmail.com
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HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS GARAGE Mechanicsville Garage Door Sales & Service. Licensed & Insured. Call 804-909-0390
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
∂ Custom Built-Ins ∂ Kitchen & Bathroom Remodels ∂ Additions ∂ Structural Repairs ∂ Docks ∂ Class A Contractor ∂ Lic./Ins. ∂ 20 yrs. exp. (804) 937-8638 maplecreekcontracting@gmail. com Purcell Construction Hunter Purcell 804-972-2215 www.PurcellCons truction.Biz Custom Additions ∂ Barns ∂ Siding & Replacement Windows ∂ Roofing ∂ Home Repairs ∂ Decks ∂ Porches ∂ Inter/Exter Renovations ∂ Kitchen & Bath Remodels ∂ Free Est. ∂ Lic/Ins Res/Comm ∂ 31 yrs exp ∂ BBB Angie’s List
GUTTER Gutter Specialist Seamless Gutters, Guards, Cleanings & Repairs, 16 yrs. exp. Lic/Ins. Free Estimates. Stronghold Construction 804-218-1136
HANDYMAN HANDYMAN EXPRESS Your Small Job Specialist Painting, Repairs, and Maintenance Call Steve Hall 426-8544 Steve’s Handyman Service Carpentry Home Repairs Yard Services Gutter Cleaning Bush Trimming Leaf Removal Hauling No job to small Steve 804-746-4033 804-980-1727
HEATING BELL CREEK Heating Cooling Service & Preventative Maintenance. 31 yrs exp. Lic. BBB 559-1045. West End Heating and Air 804-288-4747 Sales • Service • Installation 20 Years Experience www.westendheatingandair.com
HOME REPAIR Stanley Home Improvement Repairs inside & outside your home. No job too small. 20 years experience. Licensed & Insured Ken 262-8845 or 840-0464
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Drywall Repairs- Small jobs welcome. Clean & Dependable. Licensed & Insured 30 years experience. Dean~ 803-8417
"CALL THE EXPERTS" OCTOBER TIPS ∂ Complete Aerating & Overseeding - ASAP! ∂ Do your Pruning ∂ Be sure to Water Regularly for new seed. ∂ Put out Fall Fertilizer ∂ Start Fall Planting www.RJDavisLawnCare.com
E.J. Hornung Excellent References. Interior & Exterior. Great Rates. 746-5613
Herring Home ImprovementWindows, Decks, Sheds, Repairs Licensed & Insured. Call 537-5755 Seward’s Home Repairs Interior / Exterior Repairs Power washing, Painting. No Job too small! Licensed & Insured. Call Larry, 402-6548. THT Properties Lic./Ins. Improving Homes for 18 yrs. Specializing in Home Repairs most contractors avoid. US Coast Guard Reservist. 804-358-1080 tomthornton57@gmail.com
HOUSEWASHING A BROWN’S HOUSE WASHING ROOF STAINS REMOVAL 804-937-8351
HANOVER HANDY SERVICES Low Pressure Powerwashing Gutter Cleaning Lic. & Ins. Call 363-8393 Lee-Davis Powerwashing Homes, Decks, etc. Free Estimates. Licensed/Insured Call Keith Lowry 690-9387 Mobile Perfection Pressure Washing & Detailing Locally Owned & Operated for 12 Years! Lic/Ins. Houses, Decks (Wash & Stain), Sidewalks & More! 804-539-9682. www.mpadrichmond.com PERDUE’S POWER WASHING Established 1995 - Non-Pressure Roof Cleaning, Home Exteriors, Deck/Wood Restoration, Wood/ Concrete Sealing, Fences, Gutter Cleaning. Lic. & Ins. - Free Est. Ernie Perdue 328-1668 or Chad Perdue 306-2214
Jay Davis R. J. Davis Lawncare, Inc. Office 798-0492
FRESH START LANDSCAPING & JUNK REMOVAL Clearing, Underbrush, Small Demolition,Tree Work, Grass Cutting, Mulch, Property Clean Up. No job too small. Call Anthony at 399-1917
Green Hills Landscaping & Complete Lawn Care Leaf removal, fall clean up, hedges trimmed, mulching, gutter cleaning. Insured. References Free Esimates. Call 730-4567
KJLC Landscape Management Commercial & Residential Landscape Grading, Pavers, Sidewalk, Patios & Retaining Walls, Drainage, Fertilization, Aeration, Seeding, Pruning, Mulch, Fence Installation & Repair. Call 746-0827, ext. 2.
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PAINTING Affordable House Painting & Repairs Int. & Ext. Painting, Staining, Power Washing, Textured Ceilings, Sheetrock & Wall Papering Lic. & Ins. - Kevin Taylor, 241-5016
ALLSHOUSE PAINTING Powerwashing, Sheet Rock Repairs, Gutter Cleaning, Commercial/Residential. Lic/Insured. Int./Ext. Call 730-6531 or 402-6531
Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding, etc. No Job too BIG or small. Lic/Ins. Free Estimates.
Tree & Stump Removal ∂ Lot Clearing ∂ Brush Removal Topping & Trimming Insured Free Estimates 804-730-0600
PCT Remodeling Exterior/Interior Painting. Licensed/Insured. 264-9352
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ADAM S. MEDEK MEDEK TREE SERVICE, INC. Resid. & Comm. Services Tree Removal, Pruning, Stump Grinding Emergency Services Class A VA License Fully Insured – accepting VISA/MC/AmEx Call today for your FREE EST. 746-8580
30 Years Experience Repair & Renovation Call 804-767-0979 Paul Brown Plumbing - 28 years in business. New Residential, Light Commercial, Renovations, Additions & Service. We do it all! Senior Citizen Discounts. For free estimate, 746-5030
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LAWN CARE PLUS - Complete Lawn Care & Landscaping Year Round Maintenance Programs Available Fully Lic/Ins. Free Estimates 730-2367
Sandy Valley Lawn Care - Insured Yard Clean Up, Leaf Removal Mowing, Trimming 779-7046
24 Hour Emergency Storm Service Trimming, Topping, Tree & Stump Removal. Firewood. Lic. & Ins. / Res. & Comm 804-937-3671 William A. Silva Jr., Owner/Operator
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Painting By George Interior & Exterior Reasonable Rates. Call 550-3260
A W Austin/ Q R & R Vinyl Siding, Thermal Windows, Seamless Alum. gutters, Roofing & Painting, 5 yr. warr. Free Est. Class A #2705-042498A. Ins. Call 226-9293.
LAWN CARE 1 Call & Bangs Lawn Service LLC is on the Job! More bang for your full care lawn service buck! ∂ Core Aeration ∂ Irrigation ∂ Leaf Removal ∂ Maintenance ∂ Free Estimate. Call 690-5700 We Do It All!!!!
Guy Stinchfield Painting & Repair Int./Ext. Painting, Carpentry, Drywall Repair, Pressure Washing, Wallpaper Removal. Lic/Ins. 20 yrs experience Refereneces. Free Est. 804-439-7700
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Committed Experience Over 20Years! New & Re-roofs Residential & Commercial Certified/Master Installers for GAF & Certainteed Standing Seam, Metal &Copper, Gutter Installation. VA Class A Licensed - Fully Insured We accept all major credit cards.Call today for your FREE Estimate, 559-4144 Davidson Roofing Co. Residential Roofing & Repair Specialists. Lic/Insured GAF Master Elite Contractor BBB /Free Estimates 804-672-0540 www.davidsonroofing.com
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A SUPERIOR LANDSCAPE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TREE REMOVAL SERVICES Pruning, Stump Grinding, Emergency Services & Grapple Trucks available. Certified Arborists, Free estimates, Licensed & insured. 804-746-2605
Ernie’s Tree Service - Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding. Free Est. 75ft. Bucket Truck. BBB. 730-6563 or 833-9663
Trimming & Take Downs. Stump Grinding. If it’s tree work we do it! Insured. Free Est. BBB THANK YOU!!! MC/VISA/Discover.
Trimming ∂ Topping ∂ Removal Storm Damage ∂ Stump Removal Landscaping ∂ Fully Insured Credit Cards Accepted! BBB Call 539-4858
Your Pruning Specialist Over 10 Years Deadwood/Thinning, Crown/Weight Reduction, Tree/Stump Removal, Property Maintenance Paver Patios, Retaining Walls For a free estimate call, 804-385-7864 hanoverpuningandhardscapeinc.com
WALLPAPERING Wallpaper Hanging & Removal. References. Reliable. Call Jane Watkins 746-9025
Pay it Forward Tree Service - Full Service, Log Split & Storm Damage. Pay what your budget will allow. Minimum climb price. 20 yrs. exp. Ins. Troy 804-387-3434
PCT Remodeling Tile / Kitchens & Baths Free Est. Licensed & Insured. Call 264-9352
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www.ERAWoodyHogg.com "If we don't sell your house, ERA will buy." R Y EA NT 1-Y RA R WA
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Woodside Estates/Hanover High
Like Brand New! Immaculate home has almost 3,400 sq. ft., 5 beds, 3.5 baths & 2 car garage! Including a open floor plan w/9ft ceilings, large family rm w/gas fireplace, eat-in kitchen w/hdwd flrs, granite, stainless, pantry, & island with wine cooler & attached morning room. 1st Private Retreat! floor office w/ built-ins. Master suite w/walk-in closet and Lovely custom built Victorian nestled on 11.655 wooded en suite bath. Finished 3rd Flr Bdrm. Rear deck & paved acres! The owner has created a lovely garden spot with driveway. $410,000. many types of plants and shrubs. There is also an irrigation Call Kevin Morris at 804-652-9025 system! Enjoy the in-ground pool with a spacious deck and a custom pool storage building! The home features a modern kitchen with granite countertop and a breakfast W NE ICE nook! The lower level has a formal dining room for PR entertaining. There is an office right off the foyer! The recreation room has a separate entrance and its own full bath, which would make it easily converted to a spacious suite! The dual stair leads to the second floor to the 6 bedrooms! The master bedroom has a deluxe bath with a jetted tub. The master also opens up to a second floor balcony overlooking the pool! The third floor is finished into a room that will accommodate a pool table/game room or could easily be a media room! This home has generous Cypresstree storage throughout and a side entry 2 car garage with a 2 story home in Mechanicsville features convenient work bench and additional storage! The sellers are offering location, 3 bdrms, 2 ½ ba., 1615 sqft, open kitchen w/eat in a One Year ERA Buyers Warranty! All this, conveniently area, dining room, huge master bdrm & ba. w/garden tub, located in the Hanover High School District! $550,000 full front porch, new paint, very large lot, paved driveway, The Woody Hogg Team 804-427-5100 or vinyl siding, patio area and more. At this price it should go visit us www.erawoodyhogg.com fast. Call for details or showing. $189,950. Please call Ryan Mabie at 804-683-4026 for more information
Welcome to Honey Meadows
2 story Cape w/3 bdrms, 2.5 ba., 1536 finished SQFT, 1st flr master bdrm & ba., open kitchen, eat in area, bright open living rm, oversized one car garage, vinyl siding, deck overlooking the pond, paved driveway, front porch, oversized mudroom and much more. The community features a huge clubhouse, exercise room, very large pool and trash pickup. Don’t miss out on this water view home. $249,950. Please call Ryan Mabie at 804-683-4026 for more information
New In Battlefield Farms
Just Completed vinyl sided transitional rancher on ½ acre lot! Conveniently located in Mechanicsville! Features a large family rm, big kitchen w/breakfast nook, 2 full ba., spacious master bdrm w/large walk in closet. 2 car garage. This can be yours for $248,950 and will qualify for Grant Funds! Buy now and select your option! Builder pays $2,000 in closing costs when buyer uses a preferred lender! The Woody Hogg Team 427-5100 or visit us at www.erawoodyhogg.com
Hanover High School
Bluffs At Bell Creek
Like new, one year old, end unit close to interstates, shopping & schools! Neighborhood amenities include swimming pool, club house, tennis courts & playgrounds! Attached one car garage! First flr w/9 foot ceilings, hdwd flrs & corner gas fp in great rm! Kitchen w/granite counter tops, gas stove & lots of working space. Upstairs has 3 bdrms! Master w/walk in closet & private bath suite! Maintenance free living in a convenient community! $229,950 Please call The Woody Hogg Team 427-5100 or visit www.erawoodyhogg.com
Hanover High School
Come enjoy the maintenance free living of Creekside Village! Charming 2-story, 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 ba town home is like brand new! Open floor plan w/lg family rm,, eat-in kitchen w/granite & custom cabinets. Master suite w/vaulted ceiling, walk-in closet & en suite full ba. Community clubhouse & pool! Close to shopping, restaurants and interstates. $184,950. Call Kevin Morris at 804-652-9025
Brick Rancher
River Front Home 18 Minutes From Lee Davis!
Great views of the pamunkey river from the master bedroom, kitchen, and entire rear (over 5 acres worth); the other side of the river is hanover! Come see this beautiful river front hideaway nestled into the hillside overlooking the pamunkey river with four bedrooms and four full baths. CALL JEREMY D. ROBERTS 804-382-6899 for details.
2-Story transitional w/4 bdrms, 2½ baths & almost 2,900 sq. ft. in the Hanover High School District! Paved driveway & 2-car garage. Open floor plan w/2-story foyer, large family room w/gas fireplace, eat-in kitchen w/pantry, island & attached morning room/vaulted ceiling, formal dining room w/hdwd floors & tray ceiling & master suite w/vaulted ceiling, his & hers walk-in closets and en suite bath w/soaking tub. Move in Ready! $285,000. Call Kevin Morris at 804-652-9025
New To Market!!
Very private 3 plus acres in Hanover School District! Features 3 Bdrms & 2½ Ba. Large master bdrm w/ fireplace! Huge family rm w/a second fireplace, Eat in Kitchen w/ceramic tile & gas range. Master ba. w/jetted tub & separate shower. Eat in kitchen w/custom cabinets. Immediate occupancy on this low maintenance 2 story colonial w/country porch! $279,950. Please call The Woody Hogg Team 427-5100 or visit us at www.erawoodyhogg.com
Great opportunity to buy in the water front community at the Landing at Totuskey Creek! Gated, maintenance free community w/low monthly dues that has a community pool and each slip has electricity and power. Its just a short 5 minute boat ride to the Rappahannock River & there is great fishing right off the dock that is 25 FEET DEEP. There are nine lots still available and they will not last long at this price. Water front lots starting at $139,900 and water view lots starting at $94,000. Call Jeremy Roberts 804-382-6899 or Bryan Boykin 804-467-8637 for details!
Waterfront Lot
3 acre property on the York River! Just across the bridge from West Point into King and Queen! There is a sandy beach and a great location for a pier and boat lift! Panoramic view of the river! Gorgeous sunsets! Great location for a permanent home or a weekend retreat! $137,000 Please call The Woody Hogg Team 427-5100 or visit us at www.erawoodyhogg.com
Hanover High
Somerset
Immaculate Transitional w/almost 4,000 sq. ft., 5 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths and 2-car garage in the Hanover High School District. Featuring family rm w/gas fireplace, open eat-in kitchen w/hdwd flrs, large island, pantry & morning room. Formal living & dining rms w/moldings. Master w/ sitting area & en suite bath w/soaking tub. Covered deck & large rear yard. $409,950 Call John Thiel at 804-467-9022
1700 sqft, 4 bdrms, 2 ba., full walkout basement, 14x28 INGROUND POOL! Safety cover & pool equipment convey! Pool is surrounded by 16x26 deck in private backyard w/rear wood fence! Great place to “STAYCATION” in your own back yard! All windows replaced w/vinyl replacements! Great rm w/hdwd flrs & brick freestanding Vermont Castings wood stove. Second flr master has vaulted ceilings w/heart of pine beams, large skylight & large closet. $224,950. Please call The Woody Hogg Team 427-5100 or visit www.erawoodyhogg.com
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Deep Water Boat Slip W/Each Lot!
Has just been painted, hardwood floors, 3 bdrm 2 ba., all windows recently replaced. Large living, room den with fireplace. Utility room has washer dryer that conveys. Attached garage and great yard with zoysia grass. Backyard is level and fenced, large flag-shaped lot. This house is super clean and ready to move into. Great Schools, Great Location. You will not be disappointed $214,950 Please call Joe Inge 389-6655
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Sherrington/Hanover High
Lake Front
Gorgeous view from the full country porch! Excellent fishing! This private 2 plus acre lot is conveniently located in the Atlee High School District! The wooded lot features lots of nice landscaping! 3 first floor bedrooms and 2 second floor bdrms!! 3 full baths; 2 on the first flr, one on the 2nd flr! There are 2 heat pumps and central air systems. This home offers ample and versatile space! $274,950 Please call The Woody Hogg Team 427-5100 or visit www.erawoodyhogg.com
Charming rancher w/3 BRs, 2 BAs & 1,200 SQFT. Includes replacement windows, new roof, country front porch, paved driveway, huge fully fenced rear yard, detached storage shed & concrete rear patio. Interior boasts family room w/laminate flooring that flows to the dining area. Kitchen has stainless steel appliances& cabinets w/crown molding. The master bedrooms features walk-in closet and en suite full bath. Conveniently located and sits on a beautifully landscaped lot in a quiet cul-de-sac! $178,750. Call John Thiel 804-467-9022
12+ Acres Studley
Great location! Has been soil tested for septic system and driveway has been put in. 12.22 wooded acres $100,000
The Woody Hogg Team 427-5100
10 Acres in Hanover High District
Beautiful 2-Story, 6 bdrm, 3½ bath home w/1st flr master suite w/en suite bath, hdwd floors throughout 1st floor, large family rm w/gas stone fp & built-ins, eat-in kitchen w/granite, built-in desk, vaulted ceiling & skylights, formal rms w/crown, 2nd floor master w/en suite bath and walk-in closet and huge rec room/6th bdrm w/cedar closet. Exterior has screened rear porch, 2-car attached garage, rear deck & country front porch. $424,950. Call John Thiel at 804-467-9022
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2 ½ Acre Lot In King William’s Cherry Hill
3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths! Family room w/2 skylights, stone fireplace w/gas logs. Kitchen adjoins a dining area! Circular drive, a rear entry 2 car garage, large shed w/electricity, gazebo, & covered carport. Large screened-in porch & deck! $199,950 The Woody Hogg Team 804-427-5100 or visit us www.erawoodyhogg.com
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The Mechanicsville Local
Atlee High School
Brick & vinyl rancher w/2,400 sqft, 4 bdrms, 3 ½ ba., 2 car garage in Chickahominy Oaks! Open flr plan w/family rm w/vaulted ceiling & gas fp that opens to the eat-in kitchen, skylights, island, pantry, built-in desk, custom 42” cabinets, gas cooking, breakfast bar & lg breakfast nook. Formal dining rm w/hdwd flrs & moldings & Florida Rm w/vaulted ceiling. 1st flr master suite w/vaulted ceiling, his & hers closets & en suite full ba. w/garden tub. $279,950. Call Kevin Morris at 804-652-9025
October 29, 2014
To Be Built!
New vinyl sided 2 story on corner lot! Conveniently located in Mechanicsville! Lg family rm, big kitchen w/breakfast nook, 2 ½ ba., spacious master bdrm w/lg walk in closet. Attached garage. Emerald Homes “The Addison”. This can be yours for $239,950 and will qualify for Grant Funds! Buy now and select your option! Builder pays $2,000 in closing costs when buyer uses a preferred lender! Please call The Woody Hogg Team 804-427-5100 for more info
Horse Lover's Dream!!
50 plus acres w/25 in fenced pasture! Barn has over 8,000 sq ft w/6 stalls, a huge loft! Separate hay barn! 1300 sq For Rent ~ 9570 Williamsville Rd ft finished living space! 2 baths, and the drain field is 4 bedroom 2.5 bath 2500 sq ft large eat in kitchen, formal approved for 308 people! Possible Equine Center! The dining room & living room with hardwood floors upstairs property can be divided also! $450,000 4 bedroom with lots of closet space and nice layout over 2.5 Call The Woody Hogg Team 804-427-5100 or acre lot large 2.5 garage. $1,690 visit www.erawoodyhogg.com Drive by and call Joe to view 389-6655