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Chris Ayers’ slams a three-run blast out of the park during Thursday’s district baseball meeting with James River. Manchester won 6-3 in extra innings.
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Chip and Nikki Headley improvise an afternoon Gospel song at their Chesterfield home. Nikki is known for her powerful songs in Christian Country Southern Gospel and is currently one of the top-five contenders in three categories at the King Country Agape Fest to be held in Texas this June. BY ELIZABETH FARINA efarina@midlothianexchange.com
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Total DUI arrests in 2009 by Virginia State Police statewide:
6,628 Total DUI arrests in 2009 by Virginia State Police in the Richmond Division (21 counties, 4 cities):
1,138 Total DUI arrests in 2009 by Virginia State Police in Area 6 (Chesterfield, Amelia, Powhatan counties & Colonial Heights): PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PATRICK DOBBS
Virginia State Trooper William Boelt has seen “many, many DUI crashes” in his eight years on the force. Boelt covers Chesterfield and Powhatan counties.
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n the kitchen hangs a sign that states, “There is a $5 fee for whining.” It’s one of several quotable signs that adorn the walls around Nikki and Chip Headley’s Chesterfield home. Confidently stated, the fee has never been collected even when their travels have literally hit a bump. The couple, who will celebrate 25 years of marriage this December, laughs and shares the many humbling moments the soul mates have experienced on the road during her rising music career. Nikki Headley is well-known by fans for her strong vocals and powerful songwriting in the Christian Country Southern Gospel music genre. In fact, they shared that during the first time they ever heard one of her songs on the car radio, the tire ex-
ploded on the trailer and ripped the fender. “It rolled it up like a sardine can,” Chip said. And just like that, Nikki and Chip Headley have an appreciation for God’s gifts and life’s challenges that have inspired her to write the multiple songs that are featured on Headley’s first national CD released in April 2008 and her second national CD, released in April 2009. She has written and composed 19 more songs for a third CD, which will debut at a later date. “There are a lot of times that we have experiences; we call them divine appointments. We actually have different things that happen along the road or people in our lives that the songs come from,” Nikki said. The song “Dancing with the Angels” is about Nell Vincent, Chip see HEADLEY page 5
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Students match their math skills to the market.
Dribbling for Drescher game raises funds for injured student.
Redeemer Lutheran Church packs over 700 boxes for Haiti relief.
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Phase I of MIRR project is launched
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“Hand over a “honey-do� list with a glass cleaner and stack of newspapers to clean the windows after the NCAA bracket implodes.�
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“Cover everything with a tarp. If you can’t see it, it’s not there!�
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Midlothian Initiative to Revitalize Rights of Way Task Force leader Ray Birk, left, listens as County Administrator Jay Stegmaier speaks about the project’s main goal is a great direction for the community to revitalize the corridor. BY ELIZABETH FARINA efarina@midlothianexchange.com
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23112 March 15 12600 Bailey Bridge Rd. Property reported stolen from victim’s white 1998 Honda Accord. 4700 block of Brad McNeer Pkwy. Unknown suspect broke into multiple lockers at the fitness center and removed property from all of them.
March 14 4000 block of Mallard Landing Cr. Suspect(s) kicked the front door to the apartment and removed the window screens off two of the
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business owners who gathered for the ceremony that it has been exciting that area landowners put their heads and money together to support revitalizing the corridor. Funding for the MIRR project, which is reimbursed through a .02 cents tax-rate increase from the surrounding area landowners, was approved in October by the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors. In February, RSG Landscaping and Lawn Care received the contract for $355,393 through the county’s bidding process. The initial cost of the installation of the MIRR project, that includes items such as landscape work, trees, shrubs, and groundcover along the 1.5 mile median, is $309,013, with maintenance costs at $46,380 for the first year, according to the Chesterfield County Purchasing Department. Phase I of the project, which is anticipated to be a five-year program, does have an option to annually renew the maintenance portion for the same amount of time. Three other phases have been proposed to include beautification of the roadway’s external edges in the same area, as well as expanding the process to Courthouse and Huguenot roads. The MIRR proposal is linked online at midlothianexchange.com. Chesterfield County Director of Revitalization Tom Jacobson noted that the future is in investing in revitalization projects such as these to make a community stronger. Chesterfield County Administrator J. L. Stegmaier concurred that the MIRR project is a great example of innovation with the business community and government working together. “It’s a giant step in preserving the area for the business and the future,� Stegmaier said.
Âť THE WAY I SEE IT WAYNE FRITH Interviewed by Skip Rowland on March 20, 2010
Like many, Wayne Frith, Executive Director of SAFE, Inc. (Substance Abuse Free Environment), is faced with budget cuts and showing why his organization is essential. I caught up with him at Bandfest (an Alcohol-Tobacco-Drug Free fun night sponsored by SAFE) to get his perspective. This is how he sees it. WF: [Substance abuse] is a critical problem. The cost, based on Center for Disease Control estimates, the cost to Chesterfield County alone is $470 million a year in lost wages, incarceration, medical cost, medical insurance, car insurance, accidents, crime, divorce, child abuse, spousal abuse, many, many, many factors, but substance abuse plays a major role in all of these things. The estimated impact, negative impact, is $470 [million] a year inside Chesterfield County alone. Everybody in this economy is struggling, especially in non-profits, because contributions are way down. And I will tell you that SAFE has had to take a cut, and we are willing to do that because we are part of the larger team. On the other side of it, the county and our other partners have been extremely creative in working with us to sustain the efforts. I cannot say strongly enough that this community has stated clearly, “This is essential!� Our big vision is to save lives and to strengthen the economy; those are two pretty important items. We do not do traditional programs. Rarely do we make presentations to groups of youths. We want to change conditions in the entire culture, through public policy, enforcement of certain laws, [as well as] organizational policy. We work with private and public organizations to change internal operational policy that impact substance abuse. By changing the entire culture, we’re not just getting at the at-risk kids, we’re making it less likely that anyone will use substances in an abusive way. If we can get the entire community to move a little bit, it’s huge. 314,000 people. If we can change the attitude of half the people a little bit, the entire environment become[s] safer. We call it environmental strategy and it works. PHOTO BY SKIP ROWLAND
The lowest number I’ve seen [in national studies] is that for every Wayne Frith, Executive Director of SAFE, Inc. (Substance Abuse Free Environment) dollar invested in this kind of program, within ten years you’ll get eight back; and it goes as high as 1-20. Now there is some lag time, as the number of users go[es] down. It takes two, three, four years before field and the School Board - good partners. The leadership in both the county and you see other numbers begin to go positive, but, within 10 years, the school are with us 100%. I couldn’t ask for a better situation. [But,] we need absolutely. It’s measurable. more partners, we need more sections of the community, more individuals, more families. One of the new additions we just launched is called “Parent Pods,� where When we look at the data [for] Chesterfield County, alcohol, mariwe teach parents to become advocates and agents of change. We can’t talk [to] juana [use is] just at or just below the national average; tobacco, we’re everybody, so if we get groups of parents to start working and they start visiting considerably below the national average. Prescription drug abuse, their neighbors, going to their meetings, and carrying the message, it will change. we’re about 40% higher than the national average. Two years ago we We need more partners, more people, and yes we could use more money. But it’s were almost double the national average in inhalant abuse. In inhalant mostly people, energy, passion, and commitment. abuse, working with our partners, we have seen a drop of 44% in two years! Huge change! My favorite byline: “When a community of discovers its value, there’s nothing it cannot change.� That’s who we are. We have great support from the Board of Supervisors in Chester-
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» LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Ah, pollen season BY ELIZABETH FARINA editor@midlothainexchange.com
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fter a winter of coughs, sniffles, and quite frankly, the crud, one would think that Spring would be a welcome sight. It’s not. It’s not welcome when the pressure of the world feels like it is sitting between your eyeballs. Yes, it’s pollen season. That wonderful time of year when the sniffles turn to sneezes and the allergies are in full flare-up. It’s not really hard to convince anyone to go play outdoors after being cooped up in the coldest winter of the millennium (it’s great that we’re only 10 years into the millennium for that “official” data). The hard part is attempting to bundle a box of tissues into a little one’s pocket while everyone runs toward the door. Of course, the handy jacket sleeve will probably still be used at this age, but it’s worth a try to teach some manners, such as what one should say after a sneeze or when to politely excuse oneself from company in order to take care of any, ummm, issues. Yet, it’s all worth it. Visiting family farms to see new animals arriving or gearing up for longer hikes in the summer or even learning in the back yard of how to set up a tent – battling pollen is simply worth it when the eagerness to be outdoors is overpowering. And speaking of outdoors, best wishes to all the runners heading out to participate in the Monument Avenue 10K this weekend, may the temperatures be perfect, the clouds offer shade and the camaraderie be memorable.
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the second, third, fourth, and fifth DUI, even seventh-ofand made a DUI arrest, the fense DUI. Eventually, it will local sheriff ’s department end up with someone being stopped the vehicle in queshurt or killed – one of the tion and another DUI arrest two,” Boelt said. was made. “Luckily, at the The trooper has seen many time, I was on the passenger fatalities and serious injuries side of the vehicle. I have in DUI crashes while working been in some close calls with the evening shift because an impaired drivers,” he said. impaired driver hit a tree, a And Boelt has seen trends car, or a highway jersey wall. continue to remain similar A recent DUI crash involved a over the years. “The age range vehicle traveling northbound that is more prevalent for DUI on Rt. 288 in the southbound drivers - from the early 20s to lane. The driver ran another the early 30s. It’s not all the vehicle off the roadway before time, because arrests are made crashing in the median. in all age ranges, but the most “When I arrived on the scene, are made in that age range,” the person didn’t know what he said. road they were on,” he said. The change the 31-yearSince he has had several old would like to see from his cases that have involved an fellow peers in the prevalent impaired or intoxicated driver age group is for them to make charged with manslaughbetter decisions at the end ter, Boelt has observed the of the night. “I would tell aftermath in the courtroom. them that if you go out and “During a case like that, emoenjoy yourself, there’s nothing tions run high on both sides wrong with that. At the end – the victim’s and the suspect’s of the evening call somebody family. It impacts the commu– be it a cab or someone nity as well,” Boelt said. sober,” Boelt said. “Don’t put Since January 2010, Boelt yourself and everybody else in estimates he has made 20 jeopardy.” DUI arrests. “The community He also has seen repeat needs to help us get the word offenders. “Some people learn out about intoxicated drivers from it and move on. Some and the pain they cause in people go back out and do many people’s lives. If you’re the same thing. I’ve dealt with intoxicated, don’t get behind drivers who I’ve arrested for a wheel.”
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sister Emma-Jo (Jody) Davis of Williamsburg and a host of loving nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, as well as great-great-nieces and nephews. The widow of Merle Dale Kerby, she was also predeceased by their son Harry Merle (Tad) Kerby, her brother Charles Allen (Buck) Levey and her sister Anne Levey. A Richmonder, Mrs. Kerby grew up in Westhampton, graduated from Thomas Jef-
ferson High School and then from Mary Washington College with a degree in English. She later earned her Master’s in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. After working a few years in advertising, she became an elementary school teacher, teaching at J.B. Watkins Elementary in Midlothian for 20 years. The Kerbys moved to Midlothian over 50 years ago. She became an authority on the history of the area and was a popular speaker on the subject. She was proud of her many Revolutionary War ancestors and joined the Bermuda Hundred Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. After Mrs. Kerby retired from teaching, she began a second career when she opened the Midlothian Book Exchange; her daughter later became co-owner. The Exchange, which has won many awards, has grown to over 200,000 books and has become an integral part of the community. An avid supporter and generous benefactor of John Tyler Community College, donations in her memory may be made to the Maude and Dale Kerby Memorial Scholarship Fund there. Family and friends will gather Sunday, March 28, from 2 until 4 p.m. at the John Tyler Midlothian Campus, 800 Charter Colony Parkway.
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James River team Synergy goes for the soccer goal in the first round. We met up at the competition with the Synergy crew, the Midlothian High School MidloCANics, and Regional finalists LC. Bird RoboHawks. Besides the creative ingenuity, flash mob dances, and engineering - the robots stole the show. Video, photos, and stories online at www.midlothianexchange.com
SAFE to join national effort to discuss prevention of underage drinking their stories. The first 50 families to arrive will receive free Chick-fil-A sandwich coupons. More than 27 community coalitions from across In Chesterfield County, the average age for first-time Virginia are among hundreds of communities nationwide use of alcohol is 13. Three out of 10 students, in grades that will hold an underage-drinking-prevention town hall 8, 10 and 12, report drinking alcohol in the past 30 days. meeting between March 18 and April 22. One in four, high-school seniors, reports binge drinking, These community coalitions, in collaboration with or having five or more alcoholic drinks in a row during the Federal Government’s Interagency Coordinating the past two weeks. Most alarming is that students in midCommittee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, are dle and high sponsoring the events which coincide with the beginning school report of Alcohol Awareness Month in April. These town hall that their parmeetings will discuss raising awareness and the conseents would not quences of underage drinking in Virginia communities. disapprove of Parents, teachers, youths, faith leaders, judges, law enthem drinking forcement and businesses will gather to discuss the impact as much as they that underage drinking has on their individual commuwould disapnity and develop strategies to address the issue. Underage prove of their drinking is unique to each locality and each community using tobacco or marijuana. can find their solutions when members come together to Research clearly indicates that parents and families keep their youth safe, healthy and alive! have the most influence on whether or not a child uses SAFE (Substance Abuse Free Environment, Inc.), alcohol. Perceived parental disapproval is a powerful Chesterfield County’s community coalition to prevent influence on underage alcohol use. Children who believe drug and alcohol abuse, will host its town hall meeting their parents would strongly disapprove of their using March 27, 4-6 p.m., at Colonial Heights Baptist Church, a particular substance are less likely to do so than those 17201 Jefferson Davis Highway. The event is particularly whose parents somewhat disapprove or neither approve geared to parents and teens. Judge Frederick G. Rockwell nor disapprove. III of the Chesterfield Drug Court and Dr. Linda HanSAFE’s Underage Drinking Task Force is active in cock, director of the Wellness Resource Center at Virginia developing strategies to combat this problem. For more Commonwealth University, will speak. An open microinformation, visit chesterfieldsafe.org. phone will enable participants to provide input and share
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that we have experiences; we call them divine appointments. from HEADLEY page 1 Headley’s grandmother who passed away. “We played it at her funeral two days later and I tell you that was tough,” Chip remarked. “I still have tear stains on my guitar.” Nikki explained that each song has an inspiration and background story; from “All You Need”, which was written for Richmond-based music partner Mike Toney after his parents died, to the message “Thank You, Lord”, written when she heard the good news that one of their four children would not need emergency surgery. The words and melodies are composed on numerous scraps of paper. “A lot of times, when the Lord lays a song on my heart, he’ll give me the words and the melody,” Nikki Headley said. “It wasn’t until a few years ago that Chip got me a recorder and now I can sing how it goes. It’s a little easier to convey to him and Mike [Toney].” Now, the CDs offer comfort to others. “Each of the songs has their own personality. We give Mike the credit,” Chip stated. Nikki Headley’s CDs were recorded at Hilltop Studios in Nashville, Tenn. Her voice is complimented by wellknown country music talent
Mike Chapman, who also worked as music director and bass player with country music legend Garth Brooks. Other musicians on the CD include: piano player Barry Walsh, steel Player Mike Douchette and drummer Steve Turner and Glen Duncan. “I was scared to death when I first walked in and was afraid of what I was going to mess up,” Nikki said. However, the professional production was effortless as they compiled the songs. “You know God is in control because it was effortless,” Chip noted. And they continue their Christian ministry by playing at benefits, retirement communities, and other events. She is currently in the top-five in three categories in the King Country Agape Fest to be held in Texas this June, where she will perform the tribute to the late event founder Bob Wilson. Nikki has made the third round of fan-based voting, which is continuing through midApril, in the categories of “female horizon”, “female songwriter” and “outstanding achievement award.” To learn more about Nikki Headley’s music, concerts and the Agape Fest, link online to her web site at midlothianexchange.com.
STUFF TO DO STUFF TO DO from noon – 6 p.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, located at 2341 Winterfield Rd. Midlothian. The vendors are supporters of Virginia Cancer Patient Fund and will be donating some of their proceeds to our organization. For more information contact Paige Rosemond or Dori Tomlin at: paiger900@gmail.com
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FRIDAY, MARCH 26 The 3rd annual Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia Winter Lecture Series will take place in the Community Hall at Lucy Corr Village, 6800 Lucy Corr Blvd., in Chesterfield, 23832. The sixth and final lecture in the 2010 series will be presented by John Pagano, historical interpreter at Henricus Historical Park, who will speak on “The Great 1622 Massacre.” The lectures are free to members of the Chesterfield Historical Society, $5 per lecture for non-members. Each lecture starts at 7 p.m. and reservations are recommended. Please call (804) 796-7003 to make reservations. For more information please visit www.chesterfieldhistory.com
TUESDAY, MARCH 30 Tikvat Israel Congregation is hosting a Passover Seder at 6 p.m. at Richmond Marriott West Hotel in Innsbrook. Cost is $35/adult; $26/child. Reservations are required. For reservations, go to www. tikvatisrael.com.
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Midlothian Middle School students won 3rd place in the 2010 “We the People” state competition at the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sponsored by the Center for the Constitution, James Madison’s Montpelier. The event took place on March 13. - courtesy of Midlothian Middle School
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The James River High School Social Studies Department will sponsor a Civil War Day from 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Robious Landing Park. Students will have the opportunity to visit 20 stations presented by 46 re-enactors providing insight into daily life during 1861- 1865; Over a year in planning, this special day is in remembrance and honor of the sesquicentennial. The event is open to all classes and to the public. Contact Department Chair Shannon Castelo (shannon_castelo@ ccpsnet.net) for more information.
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spreading like wildfire all across Virginia, too. People are calling in from Culpeper to Portsmouth and Roanoke to find out how to implement this program.” The Family Math Night program is designed for pre-K through fifth-grade students. Each child and his or her parents receive a math worksheet based on the student’s grade level, which helps them apply math skills during grocery shopping. Each family works together to complete the worksheet. The program was started at Store #1320, 1100 Courthouse Rd., where there are three elementary schools within two miles of the store: Reams Road Elementary, Evergreen Elementary and W.W. Gordon Elementary. “Math night was a wonderful educational experience that involved the entire family,” parent Shantell Hamilton said. “Food Lion employees were nice and very welcoming. My son, Dasean, learned about math and how expensive grocery shopping really is for the family. The event was a win-win situation for the school, families, and Food Lion.” The school night event encourages parents to get involved in their children’s schoolwork. Red and yellow helium balloons, bright signs
and large print posters decorate the store for the purpose of directing the families to the aisles where they can find answers for the worksheet. The hands-on learning activity engaged the students in reading, writing, math and social skills. On the worksheet, one question that kindergartners are asked is to estimate if an apple or an orange weighs more. Then, the student is asked to weigh both fruits using the scale in the produce department. “This was a fun experience, we did a lot of counting and found a lot of shapes,” said Heather Tippett, whose daughter, Ashlyn, is a kindergartener at Reams Elementary. “Now when we grocery shop, I can create a task list ahead of time and come in with some ideas that we can do and items to look for. We can make a learning experience out of it … even a chore like grocery shopping.” But, the math worksheet gets more difficult with each grade level. One problem for a fourth or fifth grader might be to see how many items they can buy to complete a meal for under $20. The challenge is to solve the problem without using coupons, by not using more than two of the same items and having at least three healthy items in that meal.
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Fourth-grader Dasean Clanton checks on the price of milk as his mom, Shantell Hamilton, looks on. Below: Reams Road Elementary School teacher, Meghan Dorgan, assists fifth-grade students Maria Prado, center, and Amy Enamorado with their math night assignments.
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Dribbling for Drescher Student/faculty basketball game raises funds for injured student BY SARA PAGE spage@midlothianexchange.com
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Robbies Drescher is greated by the students, faculty and staff at Tomahawk Creek Middle School. After a three-month absence, Drescher was welcomed back to school with a student/faculty basketball game in his honor.
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tands packed with students stood cheering as Robbie Drescher entered the Tomahawk Creek Middle School gymnasium last Friday. Drescher hadn’t seen his friends in three months, and they crowded around him when they got the chance, snapping photos and saying hello. Drescher had been in Baltimore going through physical rehabilitation after surgery to repair a hemangioma around his spine left him paralyzed from the chest down. He was back in school for the first time on Friday, and he was the star for the day. The TCMS Parent/ Teacher Association made the second student/teacher basketball game a fundraiser for Drescher and his family and dubbed it “Dribble for Drescher.” Through $2 entry donations and $1 raffle ticket sales, the TCMS community
raised $2010, which they presented to the family as part of the day’s festivities. “It’s been three long months of watching him come out of surgery,” Robbie’s mother Sharon Drescher said. “There was a lot of pain and a lot of time for him to recover and it’s been a difficult journey, but being here today helps us to just be so thankful that we live in this community where people care about each other and are willing to go above and beyond to help each other. I’m really glad that Robbie is a student at Tomahawk Creek.” Robbie was born with a hemangioma, an abnormal build up of blood vessels, in his chest. For 14 years the mass grew in and around his spine and eventually began eroding the spinal cord. “It was causing problems that had to be repaired, and it was during the surgery to repair the spinal cord complicasee DRESCHER page 8
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idlothian freshman Sean Willard went into the Nike Indoor National championship track meet on March 12 with a bit of trepidation. After a great showing in the Central Region indoor track meet (2nd in the 1,000meter run, 2:40.47), Willard did not have a good meet in the state championships finishing 21st with a time of 2:47.38. “I was really nervous because at states, I didn’t really have that good of a race, so I was worried. I didn’t want that to happen again,” Willard said. “I knew going into it that some of the guys were low 4:30s [for 1,600-meters], and I had only run the mile twice so I didn’t know really what I could do. I got my [personal record] at the Ashe Center and that’s 140 meters [in track size], so I knew I could run faster on a nice 200-meter track.” Not only did Willard run faster, besting his personal season mark of 4:40 for 1,600-meters, he won the national freshman title in a photo finish. With 600 meters left, Rob Napolitano of New Jersey took off. “I didn’t think he would hold it, but then going into the last 400 he held the lead and I didn’t think I was going to catch him. I started closing the gap with 200 left and then we got on the back straightaway. I remembered how bad it felt to finish last at the state meet the week before, so I just pumped my arms as fast as I could and sprinted as fast as I could and hoped to win,” Willard recalled. Willard bested Napolitano by just six hundredths of a second with a time of 4:31.29 to become the Nike Indoor National freshman champion in the one-mile run. The win gives a confidence boost to Willard who said his cross country season was a bit of a disappointment. A middle-school standout, Willard suffered with hydration problems in the first part of the cross country season. He implemented a strict water regimen and came back to finish strong in
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Washington Freedom professional women’s soccer league player Brittany Bock was on hand to sign autographs last Saturday. Pictured at top: Fouryear-old soccer fan Tori makes a new friend. Pictured at bottom: Monacan High School student Jessica McManus gets a poster signed by Bock.
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Midlothian’s Sean Willard focuses on the finish during the VHSL Group AAA cross country championships last fall. Willard sprinted to a national freshman title in the one-mile event earlier this month in the Nike Indoor National track championships.
the regional and state championships. He started the indoor track season with a focus on shorter events in order to work on his speed for the outdoor track season and next year’s cross country season, but saw his hopes of improvement cut short by snowed-out events. He also found himself battling painful blistering problems for most of the indoor track season. Though he qualified for the regional championships in the mile and the 1,000meter run, “I knew in the Ashe Center, I had to pick one of the events because I knew there were pretty good chances of me getting another blister, so I picked the thousand to run in regions because I knew I’d be in the fast heat. In the mile, I knew
I was going to be in the slow heat so it was going to be harder to go to states,” Willard said. He added that strong practices following the disappointing state indoor track meet finish gave him some confidence as he headed for the national event, but even with the strong indoor track season finish, he’s not setting many lofty goals for the outdoor season. “Right now, I just want to keep improving and improve every race if I can. I don’t want to set too high of goals because I know if I don’t get them, it will just be a disappointment to me. I think one of my goals this year was to just break 4:30 and be competitive in the state,” he concluded.
Brittany Bock, a defender on the Washington Freedom professional women’s soccer team stopped in at Strictly Soccer last weekend to great fans. Bock was the fifth overall pick in the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer draft, going to the Los Angeles Sol, where she became part of a defense that allowed a mere 10 goals in 21 matches. When the Sol folded in January 2010, Bock was drafted by the Washington Freedom. Bock and the Washington Freedom held an exhibition match in Richmond following the appearance against the University of Virginia women’s soccer team. The 2010 season home opener for the Freedom is April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Maryland SoccerPlex. Season tickets, flexible vouchers, mini-plans and individual game tickets are available at washingtonfreedom.com or by calling (866) 761-GOAL (4625).
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ers that gave them the game though. With two on and one out in the top of the eighth inning, catcher Chris Ayers stepped to the plate and delivered a three-run homerun over the wall in center field to end the game. “I just wanted to get a base hit, drive it up the middle somehow,” Ayers said. “Just try to get the bat on the ball.” Manchester shortstop Augie Ayers started the inning with a double to leftcenterfield. Centerfielder Tyler Porter hit a ground ball between third base and shortstop. James River’s freshman third baseman Mac Caples made a diving catch off one hop and threw to first for the out. The Rapids issued an intentional walk to Cujas, which brought up Chris Ayers. James River got on the board first in the fifth inning. With two out, Taylor Jaszewski hit a well-placed bunt between the mound and third base and beat the throw to first. Collin Lawless followed with a two-run shot over the fence in left field. Cole Bushby reached on a walk, but Manchester pitcher Ryan Morrison picked him off with a nice move to first base. The Lancers answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Morrison got things started with a grounder down the left field line, which he stretched into a double. Ryan Spangler entered the game as the pinch runner and reached third on a ground ball to the shortstop. First baseman Logan Toney reached on a walk and Dillan Shifflett entered the game as a pinch runner, but Noah Vann didn’t need the extra speed on the bases. He sent a shot over the fence in centerfield to bring in three
tions that he was injured even more,” Sharon explained. “I’ve watched him run around, play sports and have a normal life for 14 years knowing that that mass was in there and that someday we were probably going to have to deal with it, but I was not prepared for this,” she continued. For months, Robbie faced painful rehabilitation far from his family and friends, but he was never far from their thoughts. As planning began for this year’s student/faculty basketball games, Sharon took an unexpected call. “We were up in a rehab hospital in Baltimore for three months and Tomahawk Creek faculty contacted me in Baltimore and said they were thinking about doing the student/faculty benefit game and what did I think of the idea? I said, ‘Absolutely!’ I thought it was a great idea so they got it underway,” Sharon said. “We came home from the hospital last week and this is the first time Robbie’s been out and about and certainly in this school and this building and seeing his friends, so it’s been pretty exciting.”
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James River third baseman Mac Caples tosses to first for an out. Caples had a homerun and several great defensive plays to lead a group of impressive 9th and 10th graders taking the field for the Rapids this year. Game photos online at midlothianexchange.com
runs and put Manchester ahead 3-2. “We didn’t get down when we gave up a two-run homer and bounced back and put up the three spot,” Saunders said. “That was important. Noah got the big hit but it was more important that the two guys before got on and we got some base runners before that happened.” Caples tied the game at three with a solo shot in the top of the seventh and sent the game into extra innings. Caples also had a strong day defensively, snagging a
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Robbie got the royal treatment. As the guest of honor, he sat at center court before cheering masses of students at the two basketball games and helped to draw names in raffles for pizza parties and opportunities to be principal for a day. “I was really surprised and really excited,” Robbie said. “I wouldn’t think that people would do that much for me but it was a lot of fun.” The Drescher family hopes to use the money for a wheelchair with more durable tires and equipment so that Robbie can enjoy the active lifestyle he was used to. He attends physical rehabilitation almost every day and, according to his mother, maintains a good outlook. “I’ve been so proud of Robbie and his attitude,” Sharon said choking back tears. “He’s remained extremely positive throughout the last few months and he’s got a long road ahead of him … It’s not easy for a 14-year-old [to go through physical rehab], but he’s been working hard and he’s motivated and he’s extremely hopeful. That’s what’s driving him is that hope, and I’m really proud of him.”
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Students packed the gymnasium last Friday at Tomahawk Creek Middle School in support of Robbie Drescher.
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Midlothian’s Leia and Kathleen Lautzenheiser signed with the College of William and Mary to run on the women’s cross country and track teams. From left are John Lautzenheiser, Terry Lautzenheiser, Leia Lautzenheiser, Kathleen Lautzenheiser, Midlothian Athletic Director Dick Overton and Midlothian Cross Country and Track coach Stan Morgan.
SPORTS ON YOUR TIME PHOTO BY KENNY MOORE
Annie Eckmann of Trinity times her jump as she watches the movement of the pitcher. Eckmann drove in a run and scored a run in a 2-0 win over Bishop Sullivan last Friday.
Timely hitting gives Titans first win BY SARA PAGE spage@midlothianexchange.com
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t took only one inning for the Trinity Episcopal varsity softball team to grab a lead over Bishop Sullivan Catholic on Friday, and that was all they needed, as the defense and pitching held tough for a 2-0 win in their first game of the season. The Titans scored all of their runs in the first inning. Braysen Newbitt got things started with a single down the left field line. She went to second on a foul tip to the backstop and came around to score on a double to centerfield by Annie Eckmann. Eckmann went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single to right field by Rebecca Darlington. “Our veterans really were leaders today,” Trinity head coach Becky Currier said. “They stepped up, hit the ball in the first inning and kind of got us in the lead where we could relax a little bit, so
that was exciting.” Just as exciting for the Titans was the thrill of giving their newest players a feel for winning. Trinity has new players in three starting positions – third base, left field and right field – but they didn’t see much action in the field. Pitcher Carly Alford fanned eight batters in the win and Nesbitt added two more in the seventh to pick up the save. Bishop Sullivan’s pitcher Devin Coyne put nine in the strikeout column in the loss. She got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning. After issuing a walk to Eckmann, Coyne allowed a single by Darlington. With two on and
two out, Coyne walked the bases loaded before fanning the final batter of the inning. Darlington led Trinity offensively going 2 for 3. “I don’t think we believed that we really can do it,” Currier said. “We’ve got some good solid players and we were able to score some runs. That’s what we take home.” Trinity also had to get used to a new field. Because their home field is currently being used for construction of the new athletic facility, the Titans will play all their home games this year at the Southampton softball field behind Southampton Elementary School just off Chippenham Parkway.
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(send your sports news to sports@midlothianexchange.com) Bon Air 5K registration open Courtesy of the Bon Air PTA
The Bon Air Elementary School PTA will host the second Bon Air 5K Run for School and one-mile fun run on Saturday, April 17 at 9 a.m.
From the starting line on the school grounds, the 5K route winds down Rattle Snake Road, through the Woodmont neighborhood area, and then back to the school. Participants, who may walk or run, are encouraged to pre-register by April 7 in order to be guaranteed a race shirt. Detailed information and the registra-
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left: Haida, the youngest trainee in the Richmond area who was born in December, will benefit from the tug toys that were donated this month.
der will be sent to Guiding Eyes’ Headquarters and Training Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, to be given to dogs currently in formal guide training. To learn more about the local program and how your family can participate, please call 1-866-GEBLABS or visit www.guidingeyes. org/volunteer/puppy-raising for additional information on the Puppy Raising Program. Guiding Eyes for the Blind (www. guidingeyes.org), an internationally accredited nonprofit guide dog school, was founded in 1954 to enrich the lives of blind and visually impaired men and women by providing them with the freedom to travel safely, thereby assuring greater independence, dignity and expanded horizons of opportunity. Since that time, Guiding Eyes has become one of the foremost guide dog schools in the world, graduating more than 7,000 guide dog teams. It provides superbly bred Guiding Eyes dogs, professional training and followup support services to students at no cost to them and depends on contributions to fulfill its mission. The comprehensive cost of breeding, raising, preparing, training, and supporting a Guiding Eyes team is $45,000. Guiding Eyes for the Blind’s Headquarters and Training Center is located in Yorktown Heights, NY and the Canine Development Center
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toothbrush, nail clippers, a comb, six band aids, a bar of soap, a facecloth and a hand towel. All are in your bathroom closet. All are inexpensive. All are easily replaceable. That is, unless you are one of the millions of people whose lives were devastated by the January earthquake in Haiti. While so many Americans wondered what could be done to help, Redeemer Lutheran Church, took action. Inspired by their Family Life Minister, Charessa Koontz, the 700+ member congregation located on the corner of North Arch and Redbridge roads, answered her challenge and donated these items in order to assemble 777 health kits. “All of our people responded wonderfully with their gifts and prayers. And boy did they buy in bulk! God, through his people, truly showed up and showed off,” Koontz said. The kits are to be distributed in Haiti by the Lutheran Church’s disaster relief organization, Lutheran World Relief, whose mission is to “act on behalf of U.S. Lutherans as a common expression of our faith through international relief and development.” LWR Executive Vice President, Jeff Whisenant, noted, “Over 92,000 of these health kits were distributed throughout the world in 2009.” After collecting the supplies, Redeemer members gathered in production-line fashion to assemble the kits. Approximately 120 adults and children participated and had all the items boxed and ready to go in less than one hour. From Chesterfield they will be sent to Maryland and from there they will be added to health kits collected by congregations throughout the U.S. to be shipped to Haiti. Social Ministry outreach is not new to this congregation, which not long ago celebrated its 60th anniversary. For the last two years they have sent workers to New Orleans to help with rebuilding after the flooding from Hurricane Katrina. For many years, church volunteers have spent their summer vacations on building projects for people in need in the Appalachia region. Locally, they participate with Habitat for Humanity. The church’s food closet donations have touched hundreds of families each year and
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Family Life Minister Charessa Koontz, left, Pastor Matt Bean and Lutheran World Relief Executive Vice President Jeff Whisenant.
approximately 50 members continue to provide homemade casseroles for a South Richmond shelter operated by the Good Samaritan Ministries. Redeemer is also one of the many area congregations who host guests from the non-denominational organization of Richmond churches known as CARITAS, a mobile shelter for the homeless. “We as Americans have short-term memories,
and we must continue to help those in need whether it be Haiti, Chile, or right here in the U. S.” Koontz added. A toothbrush, nail clippers, a comb, six band aids, a bar of soap, a facecloth and a hand towel. Simple to us, but a precious message sent with this congregations’ love and prayers to God’s children in Haiti, reminding them through the example of Christ, someone cares.
PHOTO BY MELIKE MONAHAN
Tomahawk Creek celebrated Pi day (held on 3/14 each year) by pieing administrators and staff. Students purchased $1 raffle tickets to have the chance during lunch. The funds raised went to “Dribble for Dresher.” Read more about the event on page 7. Photo gallery online at midlothianexchange.com.
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