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Former Delegate honored with House resolution care and preventing the financial exploiBy Jim Ridolphi tation of vulnerable adults. Peace was For The Local instrumental in bills or budget amendormer 97th District Delegate ments that bolstered domestic violence Chris Peace was honored earli- response and increased penalties for driver this month with a resolution ers who violated the “Move Over” law designed to protect law passed by the enforcement officers. House of Delegates recPeace also provided ognizing his contributions key support for legisladuring his 14-year career tion that enabled more in the legislative body. than 400,000 Virginians Peace represented to receive medical care Caroline, Spotsylvania, through the Medicaid Hanover, King and Queen, Expansion program. King William, Henrico He also played a vital and New Kent counties role in efforts to reopen in the 97th District from Colonial Downs and 2006 until 2020. establish it as one of the House Resolution No. PEACE premiere horse racing 125, introduced by 98th facilities on the East Coast. District Del. Keith Hodges, notes sevPeace said the legislative efforts that eral major pieces of legislation and other actions sponsored, endorsed or intro- stand out in his mind are associated with duced by Peace, including legislation to see PEACE, pg. 5 ensure the welfare of children in foster
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Local AFJROTC program inspiring leadership among cadets
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Vol. 37, No. 49 | Richmond Suburban News | March 23, 2022
R-MC CHAMPS By Dave Lawrence Richmond Suburban News Their dream has been deferred, but not denied. Two years after Randolph-Macon’s men’s basketball season ended when the erupting COVID-19 pandemic forced the NCAA to cancel the Division III tournament before the start of the Round of 16, the Yellow Jackets finished their campaign for a national championship with a 75-45 victory over Elmhurst Saturday night. The winning margin over the Blue Jays — another team whose season was cut short when the tournament was canceled in 2019 — was the largest in NCAA Division III history and matched the largest margin in any division, equaled only by UNLV’s 103-73 win over Duke in the 1990 Division I championship.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The confetti falls over the Randolph-Macon men's basketball team after their 75-45 win over Elmhurst in the NCAA Division III Championship game at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. STORY ON PAGE 20.
The national championship is the first for Randolph-Macon in any sport. The men’s basketball team had made two previous appearances in the Final Four. The
Yellow Jackets lost to University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in the 1977 Division II championship game. They reached the Division III Final Four in 2010. Master Sgt. Will Monge and Lt. Charles Schmetzer are pictured with their Hanover and Atlee High School AFJROTC cadets during the school’s annual Military Ball held last weekend.
By Christina Amano Dolan Editor The Atlee High School and Hanover High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) hosted its annual Military Ball this weekend, bringing together more than 100 cadets from Lancaster, Deep Run and King William High schools and guests for a joyful evening of Air Force traditions, ceremonial dining and dance. The Military Ball was the first held by the Atlee and Hanover High School AFJROTC see ATLEE, pg. 9
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