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Vol. 35, No. 51 | Richmond Suburban News | May 1, 2019
In-party controversy continues with District 97 delegate race
REMEMBERING NICK
By Jim Ridolphi for the Mechanicsville Local M E C HA N IC S V I L L E -- “Do two wrongs make a right?” Those were the words spoken by an attendee at Saturday’s 97th Legislative District Committee meeting at the Atlee Library. The comment came after a raucous meeting where the three-member panel took no action amending or changing an upcoming convention to choose a nominee for the 97th District House of Delegates seat scheduled for Saturday, May 4. The previously approved
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Dave Lawrence, Nick Liberante and Trip Wells considered themselves the three amigos. Liberante, a longtime teacher at Patrick Henry High School, well-known Ashland photographer, and Richmond Suburban News freelance photojournalist died last Wednesday. Jim Ridolphi for The Local
Thomas Miller, chairman; Mark Daniel New Kent representative; John Hubbard King William representative; and Mike Reynold, Hanover representative; met Saturday at the Atlee Library for a special meeting of the Legislative District Committee.
convention plan relies on delegates chosen at mass meetings to decide the nominee. Those delegates, more than 1,260,
had already been selected for next week’s convention, but clouds formed on the horizon following an intra-party
squabble that resulted in new representation on the LDC. see DELEGATE, pg. 15
R-MC announces Commencement speaker ASHLAND -- RandolphMacon College President Robert R. Lindgren is pleased to announce that the college's 2019 Commencement speaker will be Alan B. Rashkind, R-MC alumnus, distinguished attorney, and retiring this spring after 10 years as chairman of the college's Board of Trustees. Randolph-Macon's Commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 1, at the Frank E. Brown Fountain Plaza on campus.
ALAN B. RASHKIND
“We are thrilled that Alan—a dedicated alumnus, generous philanthropist
DR. ARTHUR MCKINLEY “MACK” REYNOLDS, JR.
and established leader—will serve as our Commencement
speaker," said Lindgren. "Alan's commitment to the college is simply unparalleled, and we are honored that he will share his wisdom and perspectives with our graduates and their families. It is particularly fitting that this Commencement will mark the closing out of his highly successful tenure as our board chair, and while he will be celebrating his 50th class reunion during graduation at the same time." Rashkind graduated from see R-MC pg. 19
Liberante touched lives in classroom and behind lens By Dave Lawrence Sports Edtor (Editor’s note: The following is a personal tribute to Nick Liberante, who joined the Richmond Suburban News family in 2016 as a freelance photojournalist. Our prayers and condolences are with Nick’s family. The complete obituary is on page 10.) When I first met Nick Liberante in 2009, he was my competitor. He was a photographer for the HeraldProgress and I was a reporter and photographer for the Mechanicsville Local. Before
long, he became my friend, and, in 2016, he switched from being my competitor to one of our contracted photojournalists. The most important of those roles was being my friend. And my friend – a longtime presence in Hanover County as a husband, father, grandfather, journalist and teacher at Patrick Henry High School – yielded to an intransigent cancer last Wednesday afternoon. He was 70. In 2014, a year after I see NICK, pg. 3