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Vol. 36, No. 20 | Richmond Suburban News | October 2, 2019
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ABC grant targets vaping dangers YADAPP is a peer leadership program that begins each summer when high schools and community groups send teams of four students, assisted by an adult sponsor, to a five-day kick-off conference. Teams broaden their knowledge of substance use prevention and work together to create the strategic prevention plans, Strategies to Act Now (STAN) Plans, to be implemented during the following school year. The Hanover County team, the Hanover Cares coalition dubbed Teens Care Too, advocated for local school policy changes to stem growing numbers of teens who vape. The coalition will use the grant money to further its e-cigarette prevention efforts
Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com RICHMOND – An anti-vaping effort aimed at educating teens and parents in Hanover County about the dangers of electronic cigarette use has been awarded a $500 grant from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC). The Wheeler Award, given annually to a school or organization participating in Virginia ABC’s Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project (YADAPP), rewards ingenuity and successful completion of plans developed by student teams from all over the state who participate in the year-long YADAPP program.
Atlee High senior among National Merit semifinalists By Melody Kinser Managing Editor
continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than MECHANICSVILLE – $31 million that A senior at Atlee will be offered High School has next spring. been named a semiWith Nick finalist for a 2020 having advanced National Merit to the semifinalist Scholarship. status in the scholNicholas E. arship program, Bannon is among he already has a 16,000 semifinalists list of universities in the 65th annual he is interested in program. BANNON attending, includThe Evanston, ing Northwestern, Illinois-based National Merit Duke, Princeton, George Scholarship Corporation Mason, and VCU. He did point selected the semifinalists who out that “nothing is final.” are described as academically When he heads to college, talented high school seniors that have an opportunity to see ATLEE pg. 13
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Photo submitted by Debbie Nininger
Debbie and Scott Nininger are shown with their daughter Haley. Once again, Scott finds himself in need of a kidney. Debbie is utilizing the media -- print and social -- in trying to find a donor. She gave him a kidney 21 years ago.
Lee-Davis Bands hosting Tournament of Champions Need for a kidney donor increases for local man Staff Report news@mechlocal.com
MECHANICSVILLE – Lee-Davis Bands will be presented the 24th Annual Tournament of Champions on Saturday, Oct. 19, with 30 bands from around the commonwealth competing in different classes for top honors in music, visual effects, percussion, and auxiliary. The competition is tentatively scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., with gates opening at 10 a.m. There will not be any parking in the Lee-Davis High School parking lots, and traffic may be heavy around the area
By Melody Kinser Managing Editor
Image courtesy of L-DHS Bands
throughout the day. Admission prices are $10 and $5 for students. The Lee-Davis Marching Band will be performing at 8:30 p.m. Concessions will be available for purchase throughout the event.
MECHANICSVILLE – The need for a kidney donor becomes increasingly dire with each day for Mechanicsville resident Scott Nininger. His wife Debbie has been using social media in her quest for a candidate whose kidney will be a match for Scott. An article appeared in the Sept. 11 edition of The Local as she continues to plead for a donor. Sadly, since last month’s
story, Scott’s kidney function is dropping. Debbie said they were going to be attending classes for peritoneal dialysis. “I have continued posting on Facebook, asking for prayer requests, and trying to put up postcards in order to continue my outreach,” she said. “Unfortunately, a lot of businesses will not allow me to put up any form of living donor request as they consider it ‘personally bensee KIDNEY, pg. 21