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Kimball pens first set of adventure stories BY SARA PAGE
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ld age is said to sneak up on people. If that is true, it is sprinting just to keep up with Emily Kimball. At 78 years old, the former outdoor recreation manager for the Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation is still biking, backpacking, cross country skiing and doing all the outdoor recreation she can find. And she’s also putting all her adventures in writing. Kimball found her passion for the outdoors at an early age. She attended summer camp at Lake Winnipesauke (N.H.) where she learned activities such as swimming and canoeing. She was always active in tennis and baseball, organizing baseball
games for her sixth-grade class. But it wasn’t until she got a little older that she found her love for the longer treks. “The way I got into bike touring was going on a Maine to Pennsylvania trip with Adventure Cycling … I loved it, even though I had the wrong bike and my knee hurt and I didn’t have great gear. I’d come in, the last one in, and it would be getting dusk and I felt like I was the only person in the world. They’d leave supper out for me, and I’d go to bed and get up the next day. Even though it was really hard, I just loved being out like that,” Kimball said. While in her 50s, she’d use her vacations from the Parks and Recreation Department to tour on her bike or go on week-long hikes. By the time she was in her
60s, the outdoors was calling. “I saved up money and asked for a nine month leave of absence. No one had ever asked for a leave of absence from Chesterfield County before … and everyone said, ‘You’re crazy, you’ll never get it,’” Kimball said. “My boss didn’t like the idea, but he talked it over with [his boss] and they talked it over with the county administrator, and they let me go.” Kimball spent the time riding around New Zealand, Ireland, England and Wales and part of the time working for Vermont Bicycle Touring. During that time she developed the idea of heading off across America on the transcontinental route. She retired from Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation at
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Emily Kimball works her way over a boulder using a notched tree ladder. “The Agsee KIMBALL page 8 ing Adventurer” finished the Appalachian Trail and is still adventuring at 78.
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One Voice Beth Webb, left, Candice McGarvey, Leslie Brewer and Jeanne Patton have had a joyful experience compiling the quartet’s first contemporary Christian CD “Glimpses of Truth” BY ELIZABETH FARINA
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he genuine laughter blended together in true friendship in the hall at Sycamore Presbyterian Church on Coalfield Road. Four local moms have been on an amazing vocal journey since meeting in 2006 during a women’s retreat through the church. Since then, Jeanne Patton, Candice McGarvey, Beth Webb and Leslie
Brewer formed One Voice and committed 18 months to compiling a CD, juggling recording sessions in a Mechanicsville studio while maintaining the usual frenzied routine of family life as a working mom. “It took a life of its own,” Patton said. “We’re amazed.” Audible refuge is one way to describe the four voices intertwined with piano accompaniment provided by church piano player Jean Weir on
the group’s CD called “Glimpses of Truth.” The CD sold out within the first week of its release in November and has almost sold out of its second release. “We learned a lot,” Patton said. “The biggest thing is how much God has blessed us when we made it about Him.” All agreed the positive feedback from the community has reflected the give-and-take of the vocals within the
he Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is the highest recognition that a kindergarten through 12th-grade mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States. Chesterfield County resident Carrie Persing was recognized in the White House East Room with fellow recipients from across the nation on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Persing has been teaching mathematics and language arts in elementary and middle schools for 14 years, including six years in high-poverty, high-minority schools. At the time of she received the Presidential Award for math, she was a mathematics specialist for PHOTO COURTESY OF PAEMST kindergarten through fifth grade at Harrowgate Chesterfield resident Carrie Persing receives a Presential Elementary School in the Chesterfield County Award for Excellence for teaching in math. School System, and she continues to work with these students through a morning enrichment program. She also co-taught a fourth grade special education class. Persing is currently a mathematics educator for MathScience Innovation Center, which works with a consortium of districts in central Virginia to provide innovative programs and futuristic topics in both mathematics and science to K-12 educators and students. Persing creates a stable learning environment where students are inspired to think, discover, and succeed. She celebrates students’ successes by displaying their work throughout the school. She designed a mathematics resource room where teachers can access manipulatives, conceptual lessons, resource books, and children’s literature. For parents, grandparents, and guardians, she see PERSING page 3
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Cafe Caturra donates to the American Cancer Society.
Third annual Winter Lecture series begins on Friday, Jan. 15.
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Leno’s prime-time show got the boot. What other show would you like to see cut or stay in prime-time?
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“Between drama and “reality” drama, I’d like to see something original that I can’t guess the ending 15 minutes into the show. Of course, “House” needs to stay. It’s crazy.”
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“Anything with a plot. This whole reality TV thing needs to get the boot too.” SALES Brianna Maag
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“I would have liked to see Without a Trace get renewed for another season.”
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Cafe Caturra had a special menu and wines during the month of October to support the American Cancer Society. A check for $1,189 was presented on December 21, 2009.
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“It is hard to say. I am normally in bed around 10, but if it was a show that had some suspense and drama I might stay up.”
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hesterfield County fire officials are crediting the media’s attention to fire safety and ongoing county fire education programs for helping to prevent any fire-related deaths in the county in 2009. “We believe that the focused attention given to fire prevention and safety by our media partners and the longstanding fire-education programs provided to schools and communities countywide by fire see FIRE page 4
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alcoholic beverages. When the victims confronted the suspect, the suspect assaulted the victims.
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8000 block of Midlothian Tk. Unknown suspect entered the business at closing and asked the clerk to unlock the ice cooler. While the clerk was retrieving the key, the suspect pulled a gun and demanded the clerk then lock the store and turn off
the lights. The clerk was then taken to a back room while the suspect took money from the store. The suspect then fled the area on foot.
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800 block of Pineville Rd. Attempted entry to the residence through a side door where a glass pane was broken out. 700 block of S Hyannis Dr. License plates reported stolen from victim’s 1994 Toyota Corolla.
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6800 block of Welch Dr. Entry to residence gained by breaking a glass pane near the lock on the rear door. A wooden panel under the glass pane was broken out as well. The interior had been ransacked. No items determined missing at the time of the report.
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he Rho Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., in conjunction with the Rho Iota Lambda Education Foundation, will host a scholarship breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 16, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fifth Baptist Church Family Life Center, located at 1415 W. Cary St. This event celebrates the life and legacy of Chesterfield resident Bro. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, who is the former chief legal strategist to Bro. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as Pastor Emeritus of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem and a current professor at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University. A graduate of Virginia Union University, Walker began his illustrious career as a force for positive change during the turbulent 1950s, during which he worked in ministry. Through numerous leadership positions in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), by 1956 Walker gained the attention of Dr. King and later served as his chief of staff. Dr. Walker’s post-Civil Rights era accomplishments
include serving as president of the Negro Heritage Library, minister at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, and becoming the Special Assistant on Urban Affairs to then-New York State Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Dr. Walker is also an accomplished author, having published 27 books on topics including human rights, the ministry and African American musical traditions The general public is invited to join the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. in honoring the life’s work of one of America’s true living treasures. The keynote speaker for this event is the Rev. Tyrone Nelson, pastor of historic Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Richmond. Nelson was recently highlighted as one of Style Magazine’s “40 Under 40,” an annual spotlight on men and women in the Richmond community who are leaders from all walks of life. Like Dr. Walker, Nelson is blazing his own trail of success by combating social injustice through a combination of faith, leadership and dedication. Proceeds from this event will go to the Rho Iota Lambda Education Foundation Scholarship Fund. For additional information and tickets please contact Bro. Elbert Brinson at (804)233-3027 or e-mail education@rhoiotalambda.org
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Carrie Persing receives her certificate on Wednesday, Jan 6 at the official Awards Ceremony and Reception held at the National Academy of Sciences.
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helped develop mathematics dictionaries in English and Spanish for kindergarten through second grade and third through fifth grade that connect key mathematical concepts to vocabulary and pictures. Struggling students receive targeted assistance from Persing, who assesses their understanding and needs. Both her teaching results and teaching abilities are praised as remarkable. Students to choose from. Opportunities include benefit tremendously, and taping a public service announcement it shows in their perforat ROSMY, packaging meals at the mance, which improves every Central Virginia Foodbank, helping quarter. Parents acknowlchildren with activities at Oak Grove edged how Persing improves Elementary School and the Chester children’s attitudes toward YMCA, and participating in beautimathematics and builds their fication projects at Boaz & Ruth, and self-esteem. Virginia Supportive Housing’s IndepenPersing is considered a dence House. There is even a beautileader of teachers, providing fication project at the Neighborhood professional development at Resource Center that is designed for county and State levels for youth volunteers. Volunteers can view both elementary and middle and sign up for these or other service schools. She focuses on modopportunities at www.HandsOnGR.org. eling and providing effective instructional strategies that
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artin Luther King, Jr. said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?” During the weekend of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, January 15-18, 2010, Richmonders will have the opportunity to respond to Dr. King’s call of service by engaging in various service projects that will take place at local schools, parks, and nonprofit organizations. HandsOn Greater Richmond, in partnership with VCU AmeriCorps/ America Reads, Richmond Volunteer
Connection, and Hanover Volunteer Center, has organized over 20 projects throughout the weekend, with a concentration of projects on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 18th. Each year, the Corporation for National and Community Service honors Dr. King’s legacy by asking Americans to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (the third Monday of January) a national day of service. This year, over 200 local citizens will join thousands of volunteers around the country in participating in events to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Volunteers have a variety of projects
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engage students in the development and application of mathematical concepts. She is sharing with teachers in the greater Richmond area her format and planning designs for a successful family night, a workshop that provides parents and grandparents with hands-on experience in the learning process. A member of both the Virginia and National Councils of Teachers of Mathematics, Persing also serves as corresponding secretary for the Greater Richmond Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Persing has a B.S. in elementary education from D’Youville College and master of interdisciplinary studies from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has Virginia Collegiate Professional Licenses in prekindergarten through third grade early/primary education and third through sixth grade elementary education.
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» LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Coming in from the cold
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he bitter cold is starting to creep under the skin. For the New Englanders who have transplanted to our fine commonwealth, I’m sure it’s reminiscent of bygone winters minus the umpteen feet of snow. For the rest of us, who have lived in Mid-Atlantic States for most of our lives, we’re shivering – in January no less. It makes sense to be cold in the northern hemisphere during the winter months, but the Midlothian coalfields are starting to look appealing as an alternative heating source to offset the upcoming bill. All kidding aside, the frigid temperatures present a danger when heating sources are not properly used or exposure to the cold is prolonged. Check in on your neighbors who are homebound to make sure they’re OK. Keep an eye on co-workers while outdoors, too. Fire, carbon-monoxide poisoning, frostbite and hyperthermia are some of the risks laid out in the Centers for Disease and Prevention literature. It’s not a thrilling read, but worth a peek, especially for those who work and play outdoors (link posted at midlothianexchange.com). An arctic breeze will also usher its way indoors during the next few months as discussions of the upcoming proposed budget woes at the state and local level occur within the halls of government. It’s going to be a tough test of fortitude and vision for the elected officials who face their final decisions. It’s not a surprise that we have a budget shortfall this year. Remember 2009? The conversation is virtually the same with only a change in the year. The largest expenditure for both the state and the locality is education. It stands to reason that the buzzwords -- teacher-student ratios, specialty programs, multi-tier of services, funding high-quality learning in a conducive and safe environment, our most precious resources -- will surface again as cuts are proposed for education. However, this time, we need to realize that education is a partnership and not an endowment fund. Parents, regardless of background, need to be responsible for their children, and parents need to be held as accountable for progress as their childrens’ teachers. Simply, we can no longer afford to not actively participate in the school system, especially given the increasing costs of education Our children in the community are not poker chips to bet on when reducing funds, nor should they be used as shields to guarantee funding. In fact, from a bureaucratic viewpoint, educational success is measured by the Standards of Learning, not the operating budget. It’s time for an open, searchable, line-item look at the expenditures and revenue of the education system in this county. After all, many are a year ahead in making real-life adjustments since a federal stimulus package didn’t extend to the private household budget. The sizeable amount of the shortfall is shocking to anyone who does not work with millions and billions of dollars on a daily basis. Yet, we’re getting over the shock and want to dig in to the numbers. It is time for the community to be bold thinkers when addressing the budget expenditures. Looking forward to hearing from you through our “Letters from the Inbox.”
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from FIRE page 2 contributed significantly to this success,” said Lt. Matt Coffin, community programs coordinator for Chesterfield County Department of Fire and EMS. “The critical element in continuing to prevent fires and save lives is maintaining vigilance,” Coffin said. “To continue preventing fire-related deaths, we are reminding everyone to remain vigilant about fire safety.” For example, current colder-than-normal temperatures and a couple of recent heating-related house fires have underscored the need to practice home-heating safety. “Remember the motto ‘three feet from heat,’” Coffin said. That means making sure that any flammable item be kept at least 3 feet from a heating appliance. Fire officials are appreciative of the efforts of the media to help spread such safety information. In 2009, area media assisted by producing live call-in segments; merging the news coverage of fires with timely safety messages; producing news segments focused on heating appliances, discarded smoking materials, and the proper use and maintenance of smoke detectors; and regularly broadcasting a regional smoke detector hot-line number to help residents receive free smokedetector installations. For more information about fire safety, visit Chesterfield County Fire and EMS online at chesterfield.gov (click on Departments, then Fire and EMS).
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recall The Great Blizzard of ’09 as if it were last week or maybe the week before. There we were, huddled in our home, no electricity, snow falling, wind howling, wolves at the door. “Oh, what shall we do, father?” cried the little one, her eyes showing great trepidation in the flickering candlelight. “Might we perish, husband?” whispered the wife, her brow creased with worry beneath her fiery red mane. “Do not fear, family,” I said. “I will move heaven and Earth to provide warmth and bring forth some sort of entertainment that will keep us from going mad and killing each other.” That’s how I will tell it someday. The truth is, my failure to prepare for even the shortest of power outages nearly did us in. And it shames me. I was a Boy Scout. In addition to being able to tie knots and wash the Scoutmaster’s car, I should always be prepared. It’s the city living that softened me up, dulled my rural reflexes and allowed me to grow fat and lazy. They pick up your beer cans, uh, I mean trash, in the city. No more trips to the Dumpster site, shooing away stray cats and (absolutely true) feral pigs to empty the back of the truck. They effortlessly pump water right into your home. No more swatting black widow spiders in the well house to see if lightning hit the pump. They take away whatever you choose to flush down the commode. No more hiring a backhoe to excavate what you are 100 percent sure is not buried treasure. Back when we lived in the country, the missus (that’s what I called her back then, among other things) and I once went for nearly a week - heck, let’s just call it two months to make the story better - with no power, heating the house with a wood stove, reading by oil lamp, listening to the radio, hauling water from the creek and eating homemade caribou jerky. Even though I made up the part about caribou jerky, the
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point is, I was prepared. I provided for my family and kept us in relative comfort, unlike the The Great Blizzard of ’09. When the power went out shortly after dark, we scrambled to find a flashlight to illuminate our search for other flashlights. “Where is the %$#! flashlight I keep in this drawer?” I said, though I did not use those exact symbols. With the furnace sitting useless in the basement, I attempted to light the propane gas logs in the living room, which, I found, work much better when there is propane in the tank. I uttered several more symbols. It’s a tight house, the temperature at that time wasn’t expected to drop to extreme bone-chilling, and I figured city folks get their power back pronto, so I decided we could light a few leftover birthday candles, play some cards and listen to that old-timey radio contraption for entertainment. The problem was, that old-timey radio contraption - actually a 6-year-old portable CD boombox - would not work, no matter how many different combinations of D batteries I slammed in it. Four hours later, as we stared at one another, growing increasingly annoyed with each other’s breathing, I did about the only thing I’m proud of that night, aside from not killing anyone with a hatchet. I found an already outdated MP3/ FM player in a junk drawer, hauled up a 25-year-old stereo speaker from the basement, spliced them together with wires from a pair of headphones and - very weakly - tuned in our public radio station. We had music, music that did come from my guitar followed by the popular request, “Please Stop.” Twelve hours after it left us, power returned. We had miraculously survived, no thanks to me. Before darkness fell again, I had a full tank of propane, three new flashlights, an AM/FM/weather radio and a renewed determination to be prepared. All I need now is a cabinet packed with caribou jerky. Scott Hollifield is editor/general manager of The McDowell News in Marion, N.C.
Regional commission outlines legislative agenda BY XANTHE WATERS Capital News Service
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rowth. Public safety. Transportation. Those are key concerns that local officials from the Richmond area want the General Assembly to address during the legislative session that begins this week. The Richmond Regional Planning District Commission, which represents the area’s local governments, presented its legislative agenda to members of the Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday, Jan. 6. This was the RRPDC’s first legislative reception. “I think there’s power in numbers and power in unity,” said Ashland Mayor Faye Prichard, the commission’s secretary. RRPDC Chairwoman Kathy Graziano, a member of the Richmond City Council, agreed. “Although we are separate localities and each of us has our own governing body and issues, we are a region,” Graziano said. “And in order to be successful, we must be [united] as a region on the issues we have in common.” The RRPDC spent more than four months to achieve unanimous agreement on 27 recommendations for the legislative session that starts Jan. 13. The group’s priority issues include: • Growth. The district called for “strengthening local government authority to manage future growth in the region.” • Transportation. Local officials support extending high-speed rail from Washington, D.C., to the Richmond region. They also want more funding for road projects and a guaranteed seat on the board that oversees the Virginia Department of Transportation. • The environment. The district wants the state to delay implementing its new storm-water regulations, which officials say would be costly to local governments. • Public safety. Area officials oppose proposals to cut funding for police departments and sheriffs’ offices to help balance the state budget. • Graziano said she is glad that local governments are speaking with one voice: “We are a region; we need to act as a region.” The RRPDC includes 33 elected officials and
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The Richmond Regional Planning District Commission presents its legislative agenda to members of the Virginia General Assembly. The regional group includes 33 locally elected officials as well as residents who represent nine jurisdictions, including Chesterfield County.
residents representing nine jurisdictions with about 1 million residents. The jurisdictions are the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan; the city of Richmond; and the town of Ashland. A bipartisan group of legislators attended Wednesday’s meeting. They included Democratic Delegates Jennifer McClellan and Delores McQuinn of Richmond; Republican Delegates John O’Bannon of Henrico and Christopher Peace of Mechanicsville; Republican Sen. John Watkins of Midlothian; and Democratic Sen. Henry Marsh III of Richmond. Also present was John Cox of Ashland, who
will be sworn in next week as a new state delegate representing Hanover County. Prichard called the development of the region’s legislative platform historic. “I don’t want to present it as a walk in the park. It was not; it was hard work,” she said. But she witnessed “a wonderful spirit between all nine jurisdictions coming together.” “We all worked very hard,” Prichard said. “This is a real first.” For more about the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission and its legislative agenda, visit www.richmondregional.org.
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Flashback: Jan. 10,1980
Third annual Winter Lecture Series begins on Friday, Jan. 15 courtesy of the Chesterfield
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he Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) will present its third annual “Winter Lecture Series” in Chesterfield, VA, starting on Jan. 15 and continuing every second Friday evening through March 26. The first lecture on Friday, Jan. 15, will be presented by Harry Kollatz, Jr., senior writer with Richmond magazine, who will speak on “The Great Beattie Murder,” a criminal case in Chesterfield County which transfixed the region in 1911. On Friday, Jan. 29, CHSV Military History committee chairman Scott Williams will present a lecture on “Historic Point of Rocks,” a Civil War site in Chesterfield County which served as General Butler’s headquarters as well as a field hospital where Clara Barton tended the wounded and visited by President Lincoln. The third lecture, on Friday, Feb. 12, entitled,
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“What Communities can do to preserve their Heritage,” will be presented by Kristin Kirchen, architectural historian with the VA Department of Historic Resources. In keeping with February’s theme as Black History Month, “Resources for African-American Genealogical Research” will be the topic of the fourth lecture presented by Virginia Dunn, manager of Archival Research Services at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, on Friday, Feb. 26. On Friday, March 12, the focus shifts to Preservation Virginia’s Jamestown Rediscovery project with a lecture by Danny Schmidt, senior staff archeologist, entitled, “Recent Discoveries at the Fort.” The sixth and final lecture in the 2010 series will be presented on Friday, March 26, by John Pagano, historical interpreter at Henricus Historical Park, who will speak on “The Great 1622 Massacre.” The third annual CHSV
Magnolia Grange, 1893. Photo courtesy of Chesterfield Historical Society
“Winter Lecture Series” will take place in the Community Hall at Lucy Corr Village, 6800 Lucy Corr Boulevard, in Chesterfield, VA 23832. 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.
The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia serves as a resource for Chesterfield County history. Established in 1981, its mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and promote the county’s unique past for the education of present and future generations. For more information please visit http://www. chesterfieldhistory.com.
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Going tubing? Thirty years ago “The Midlothian Gazette” edition reported a snowstorm that accumulated up to 18 inches of snow. Each month, we’ll take a peak back in time at the the former publication of Richmond Suburban Newspapers to see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same in the Midlothian community over the years. Trivia: Name the local high school that was dedicated this month in 1980? Name at least two issues that were at top-ofmind for county officials. Which shopping center plans were questioned? Answers on page 6.
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.? Do you enjoy raising funds for scholarship, being an advocate for social action, and making a change in your community as a member of DST? Are you looking for a local Chapter in the Chesterfield community? If you can answer yes to any of the aforementioned questions, then the Ladies of the Chesterfield Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. would like to extend an invitation to you to attend their next Chapter meeting. The monthly meetings of the Chesterfield Alumnae Chapter are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month at Asbury United Methodist Church (Belmont Road) at 7:00 p.m. Only cardholding members of DST are invited to Chapter meetings, therefore please be prepared to provide photo identification and membership card. Feel free to contact Tonya Belfield at (804) 639-7224 for additional information or visit www. dstchesterfield.org.
FRIDAY, JAN. 15
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 first lecture on Friday, Jan. 15, will be presented by Harry Kollatz, Jr., senior writer with Richmond magazine, who will speak on “The Great Beattie Murder,” a criminal case in Chesterfield County which transfixed the region in 1911. 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 Irish Dance Workshop - Celtic Reflection, the Irish dance company of SCAPA, will be conducting an Irish Dance Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 16 from 3 to 4 pm. Students will learn a few soft shoe Irish steps (reels or light jigs) and see a demonstration of some hard shoe steps. The workshop is open to beginners from ages 7 to adult; cost is $10 per person. Attendees should wear comfortable clothes and socks. Special shoes are not required. Register by Jan. 15 to reserve a space.
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SUNDAY, JAN. 17
Art Chadwick, owner of Chadwick’s Orchids in Powhatan, Va., will be the speaker at the January meeting of the Richmond Orchid Alliance. The meeting will be held at the Virginia Science Museum at 2 p.m. Art is a nationally recognized orchid expert, particularly of Cattleyas. Non-members who are interested in orchids and wish to attend are cordially invited. Many members will also be bringing their own orchids in bloom for display and informal judging. LINC, Bon Secours St. Mary’s, and Clearpoint Financial Services will present a FREE seminar, “Managing Debt”, from 2 - 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium at St. Mary’s Hospital, 5801 Bremo Rd, Richmond. The seminar is for women cancer patients, survivors, their families and caregivers and is open to the public. The seminar is free but registration is requested by calling toll free 1-877-644-5462 or emailing Education@cancerlinc.org. Please call (804) 562-0592 if you have questions.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20
La Leche League of Richmond meets the third Wednesday each month from 10 a.m.11:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 8706 Quaker Lane, Bon Air, 23235. An international organization, La Leche League is dedicated to providing information and support for breastfeeding and pregnant women and their families. Children are welcome at meetings. For more info, call Mary at (804) 379-9557
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Fabric, quilts and tapestries exhibit at 4th Fridays at Art Works in Richmond
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Above: A STARTING POINT by Fiber Transformed will be on exhibit during the 4th Friday exhibit at Art Works.
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t’s cold outside but inside Art Works it’s warm and cozy. The walls are covered with textiles of all sorts – art in fabric, quilts and tapestries. And we have a special treat with two gallery talks and performing artists presenting dance on Friday, Jan. 22 for the first 4th Friday exhibit and reception of 2010. The reception starts at 7 p.m. with live music, Free and open to the public. Plant Zero Café is our café on-site and will be open for dinner, so come early. A STARTING POINT by Fiber Transformed From Charlottesville, Va., the Fiber Transformed group brings textile art in two- and three- dimensions to Richmond. This traveling show provides a variety of art themes and styles from traditional to abstract woven, quilted and assembled. The artists exhibiting are: Mary Beth Bellah, Cynthia Harrison, Lotta Helleberg, Jill Jensen, Judy Loope, Peggy Prinze, Susan Skalak. JANUARY 2010 ALL MEDIA SHOW This exhibit features contemporary artists from Richmond and Virginia. Sally Bowring, the juror of this exhibit, will give a gallery talk at 7:30 p.m. on opening night. Submissions are accepted from any artist and any medium. A call for entries is on Jan. 15 and 16 at Art Works. To learn more about Sally Bowring see www.sallybowring.com. For details on entering work in the show, see www.artworksrichmond.com/CallforEntries.htm . PRAYER RUGS AND SADDLEBAGS by Michael C. Simon in the Skylight Gallery Possibly stemming from the year Michael Simon lived in Afghanistan in the 1960’s, he has developed a deep love for the tribal weavings of that country, especially the rugs and trappings of the Turkmen and the Balouch. Simon brings some of his collection to the Skylight Gallery at Art Works. Each piece has a story as to its creation and use. Michael will give a gallery talk at 8:30 p.m. on opening night, in the Skylight Gallery. CORRESPONDING IN CLOTH by Jean Gonzalez – Corner Gallery We first met Jean Gonzalez at one of the Demo Sundays at Art Works. She has a wealth of information on quilts that she shares with the public. People leave fabric on her doorstep and she transforms everything from t-shirts to sequins into mixed media wall hangings. Gonzalez will also
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Johnston logs his miles on the court BY FRED JETER special correspondent
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aige Johnston is fondly remembered in Midlothian High School athletic circles for her long-distance running. Will Johnston, Jr., is more about long-distance shooting. With winged feet, Paige Johnston blazed a running trail, but kid brother Will chose not to follow it. Siblings Paige and Will Johnston are as different as they are alike. While they share blue eyes and lean, lithe builds, their athletic mindsets differ like east and west. Paige (Midlo Class of ’09) amassed a jaw-dropping 11 Virginia Group AAA titles in track/cross country – four individual, seven as a team. While Paige runs endless miles, Will is content running the Trojans’ fast break as the varsity basketball team’s junior point guard. “I’ve never liked to run, just to be running – that’s not much fun,” said the 6-2, 165-pound Will. “I’ve always liked basketball a lot better.” Confining his giddy-up to the hardwood, Will excels with a smooth jump shot, often launched from beyond the 3-point arc, and with his keen floor awareness and decision making. “Will is very savvy; he has tremendous court savvy,” said Midlothian coach Chip McCoull. “He’ll play college basketball somewhere; how much he grows might determine what level.” Through eight games of his first varsity season, No. 21 in Trojans’ blue and gold was averaging 15.5 points while orchestrating coach McCoull’s “Princeton style” offense. “Sometimes we’ll pass 20-25 times before taking a shot,” McCoull said. He raised his average to 16.6 points per game after a career high scoring effort of 32 points in last Friday’s 72-60 win over Huguenot. Dangerous from distance, Will is one of several juniors moving to the varsity off last year’s 15-4 junior varsity outfit. Junior JV graduates Wes Justis, Colin Joyce, Tyler Johnson and Mitchell Moss are others toting a winning spirit to McCoull’s roster. Will was the top JV scorer a year ago with a 17-point norm. “We could have brought Will up to the varsity last year, but we wanted to keep that group together,” McCoull said. The Trojans started 4-2 (featuring a win over then 4-0 Armstrong) before two painful losses – first in overtime to Hanover, then 59-52 to Cosby. “As long as we keep working, some of those close losses will turn into wins,” Will said. There is basketball as well as running in the Johnston family bloodline. Father Will “Billy” Johnston, Sr., played point guard for a Colonial Heights squad that was second in the Dominion District (to Clover Hill) in 1981. Coincidentally, McCoull was coaching at Matoaca at the time Billy was the ace ball-handler for then Colonial Heights
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Midlothian’s Will Johnston finds an open lane against Huguenot. Sandwiched between two running stars in his family, Johnston prefers to get his sprints in on the basketball court.
coach Eddie Goss. “I was just a scrappy guard who got the ball to our scorers,” recalled Billy. “Will is a much more complete player than I was.” Will chose not to pursue AAU hoops in the off-season. Instead, he played summer and fall leagues with his Trojans’ mates. While Will is a year-round baller, his three sisters are making news in spikes. Paige is now a red-shirt scholarship freshman at University of Arkansas. Midlothian freshman Marie Johnston was ninth this past fall in the state cross country meet, and Tomahawk eighth grader Kari Johnston won the Chesterfield County Middle
School cross country crown. Will has excelled in one-mile basketball conditioning runs. So how would he do if he chose to lace up the racing spikes? “I’ve tried to talk Will into giving it a try, maybe in spring track,” said mom, Susie Johnston. “But he just doesn’t want to.” Asked about sibling rivalries and his prospects of chasing a track letter, Will said: “My sisters do get a lot of fame, so maybe I’m a little envious.” Then, stopping to think about all those grueling training miles, he shook his head sideways and added: “No, not really.”
Bird rebounds with win over Lady Chiefs Harris for the easy jumper to the put the Lady Chiefs up 42-39 with 45 seconds he L.C. Bird girls’ varsity basket- left in the quarter. ball team says it’s back. L.C. Bird tied the game on a layup by The team, ranked fourth in Porsha Buchanan and a foul shot by Karthe most recent Times-Dispatch men Robinson. poll, suffered a 46-44 loss at the hands The teams traded leads throughout of unranked Manchester on Tuesday but the final quarter until a short jumper by rebounded for a 56-52 win over third Kelsey Cruz put L.C. Bird in the driver’s ranked Monacan on Thursday. seat for good with 49 seconds remain“Focus,” Lady Skyhawks high scorer ing in the game. Cruz and Buchanan Victoya Ricks said about facing off added three late free throws for the final against her old team. “Everybody was margin. focused. We knew what we had to do and Monacan and L.C. Bird combined for everybody did their job … We’re back in 27 free throws out of 63 attempts. it but we never left. We just slipped up.” “We couldn’t throw it in the ocean in In a rough and tumble game that saw the first half, and we couldn’t throw it both teams in the shooting bonus early in the ocean in the second half either, in the second and fourth quarters, either but we made the ones we had to make,” team could have pulled ahead from the L.C. Bird coach Chevette Waller told the free throw line. Combined, the teams had Times-Dispatch. 42 free throw opportunities in the first Keys led Monacan with 12 points and half but made just 15. was the only Chiefs’ player in double L.C. Bird held a marginal 27-26 digits. Silas contributed seven points advantage at halftime, but Monacan and 11 rebounds, but went to the floor capitalized on quick fingers to take the and had ice on her knee after the final lead late in the third quarter. buzzer. At 8-1 overall (3-1 Dominion Katie Keys started a 6-point run for District), Monacan faces another test on the Lady Chiefs with a long 2-pointer Tuesday as they host top ranked Cosby. near the top of the circle. Candice Silas L.C. Bird was led by Ricks with 14 stole the ball on the Skyhawk’s next trip points and 19 rebounds. Robinson added down the court and tossed it ahead to 11 points and Ayanna Tweedy finished Keyla Pullen for the finish. with 10 points. The Skyhawks move to Guard Gabby Harris capped the run 4-2 in the district and 7-2 overall. with a second consecutive steal and played pass with Pullen down the court. Pullen ended the play with a dish back to
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» sports on your time FC Richmond opens spring registration Courtesy of FC Richmond
FC Richmond Youth Soccer Club is now accepting registration for its recreational spring season. Boys and girls ages U5-U19 are eligible to play. To ensure a spot on a team, visit www. fcrichmond.com and register before Feb. 1. After Feb. 1, registrants will be charged a late fee but will be accepted, based on available space. FC Richmond offers an in-house league for coed teams that are under age of 5 to under age 10. In-house teams play other FC Richmond teams. Older players, U10-U19 girls and U11U19 coed teams, play in the Cross Association. The Cross Association is made up of teams from the Richmond area. Both groups practice once a week with most practices held at Robious Middle School. A few teams practice at Bon Air Elementary and James River High School.
All in-house league games and Cross Association home games are played at Robious Middle School on Saturdays.
Spring NASCAR tickets on sale now Courtesy of Richmond International Raceway
Tickets for the April 30-May 1 NASCAR doubleheader weekend are now available for purchase. To purchase tickets, visit www. rir.com, call 866-455-RACE (7223) or visit the ticket office at 600 E. Laburnum Ave., Richmond, VA 23222. Ticket office hours are Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets for Friday’s races are $40 reserved and $30 general admission while Saturday night tickets start at $40. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult on Friday only.
Senior rock climbing class available Courtesy of Chesterfield County
The Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation is offering a rock climbing class for adults ages 50 and older,
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Candice Silas forces up a shot in traffic during the Lady Chiefs’ game against L.C. Bird last Thursday. Game photos online at www.midlothianexchange.com.
each Wednesday from March 10 through April 14, 10-11:30 a.m. (course 19598). This class will be held at Peak Experiences, 11421 Polo Circle, Midlothian. Participants will learn basic concepts in safety, technique, ropes, equipment and proper footing. Training and practice worksheets will be made available along with opportunities to climb. At the completion of the class, participants will receive a two-week free trial membership to Peak Experiences. This class is $95, and registration is required. For more information, or to register, call Greg Velzy, (804) 748-1124.
Fit for Life program kicks off Courtesy of Sports Backers
Kids, lace up your shoes and get ready to run! The Fit for Life Kids Challenge is a free incentive-based fitness program for elementary school children in the metro Richmond area. The program is designed to encourage more than 20,000 youth to run 26 miles over a 10-week period.
A flexible program, Fit for Life Kids Challenge allows children to run their miles anywhere they want. Participants track their progress on an interactive running log, and incentive prizes will be given at the 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-mile marks. Running logs can be picked up at First Market Bank branches or online at www.sportsbackers.org. By running one mile every other day, children will be on track to complete all 26 miles by the end of March. Participants may run their last mile at the First Market Mile Kids Run on Saturday, March 27. The one-mile run will take them across the same finish line as participants in the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K, where they will be greeted by cheers from the crowd and awarded commemorative finisher medals. For questions about the program or to request a large quantity of running logs, contact Faith Hecht at faith@sportsbackers. org or (804) 285-9495 x250.
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Tournament nets opportunities for JV players BY SARA PAGE spage@midlothianexchange.com
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rinity Episcopal School plays host to a boys’ JV basketball tournament each year. Though it is a full and exhausting day for those involved, it gives each team exposure, competition and atmosphere that they wouldn’t normally find. “I would almost make an analogy to a bowl game in football where you get a chance to play a team that otherwise you would never play and get recognition and have the spotlight on you for a couple hours,” Trinity coach Rick Hamlin said. “If you win, it’s really neat but if you don’t, it’s OK.” In its 11th year, the tournament also provided fans with two very entertaining games, including the championship game. Trinity Episcopal and Elijah House Academy played to overtime before Elijah House pulled out a 61-57 win. Though evenly matched, the teams played two very different styles. Boasting a significant height advantage, the Titans took an early lead on three consecutive baskets by post players Tim Daly and Craig Almond. Unable to use the post, Elijah House players used their speed to push the pace of the game and picked up most of their points off fast breaks. “Having watched them this morning, with their quickness, I wasn’t sure we could stay with them, so we packed it in the zone, but I think the fact that we were playing zone caused us to not play with energy, so in the second half we sort of threw caution to the wind and picked them up [in man-to-man coverage] and
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Trinity guard Tim Daly splits the New Community defense during the first game of the boys’ JV basketball tournament at Trinity Episcopal.
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also full court press. At that point we felt we had nothing to lose,” Hamlin said. Down 26-20 at the half, the Titans forced four turnovers in the first two minutes of the second half, but both teams had a hard time finding the hoop in the third quarter. Elijah House Academy’s Kharon Conway picked up two steals and two blocks to help keep Trinity off the board. Elijah House extended its lead to 10 by the end of the quarter behind three consecutive 3-point plays. Trinity chipped away at the lead in the fourth quarter and tied the game with 2:01 left to play when Daly got a ball on the baseline and laid in the jumper. Conway put Elijah House back up by three hitting the jumper and drawing a foul on the other end, but Trinity patiently worked the ball around in their offensive end. Titan forward Jordan Allen drew his team within one, hitting both ends of a oneand-one bonus and Almond put Trinity back in the lead at 46-45 with 34 seconds left in regulation on a short jumper. Conway tied the game from the foul line then pulled down a big defensive board on the other end. He raced down the court with time running out and made the layup at the buzzer but the Trinity guards got back in time to get their feet set for the defensive challenge. Conway was called for the charge, which sent the game into overtime. The teams traded leads until two back-to-back buckets by Elijah House’s Darell Meredith put the team us 58-54 with 56 seconds left. Conway and guard Glenn Booker added the final
touches with three points from the foul line. “Our two best ball handlers fouled out and that made it difficult for us to get a score,” Hamlin said. “Their quickness gave us problems. They got to the basket pretty well on us and they finished a lot of shots in the lane.” Hamlin conceded that the team would like to have won the tournament but reiterated that they were happy for the opportunity to play. “At the junior varsity level, the kids, they work very hard, I can promise you [that] … and they don’t get a whole lot of recognition. We don’t have an end-of-the-season tournament, so it’s just a nice chance for some of the younger guys to have a tournament atmosphere and play on kind of the big stage rather than just be a warm up for the varsity game. It’s an event that we have a great time hosting,” Hamlin said. Conway led Elijah House with 18 points and 10 rebounds; Meredith ended with 15 points and 14 rebounds; and Booker put up 15 points. Leading Trinity Episcopal was Daly with 20 points and nine rebounds and Almond with 12 points. Named to the all-tournament team were Evan Greening from Pope John Paul the Great School; Carson Smith from the New Community School; Daly and Almond from Trinity; and Darell Meredith from Elijah House. Conway was named tournament most valuable player. Trinity Episcopal will host the girls’ side of its annual JV basketball invitational on Jan. 23 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
from KIMBALL page 1 the age of 60 with two goals in mind: bike across the country and hike the entire Appalachian Trail. Kimball settled on hiking the entire AT first. She and two partners set out in March 1992, but a few weeks into her trip, she suffered a broken left fibula that forced her off the trail. The injury had been caused by overuse due to extra pressure she was putting on the leg from a combination of increasing her hiking speed too fast and having brand new boots that left blisters on her right foot and forced her to favor the left. “I felt like such a failure,” Kimball recalled. She took some time to heal and got back on the saddle, setting out to complete her other goal. She rode a loaded touring bike 4,700 miles across America. “Five of us started out and three of us made it,” Kimball said. “When you see America at the grassroots level, the people are wonderful. They take you in. They know they’re on the transcontinental route, and they know all about it. Certain stores will give you free pie and people let you go for free showers … It was just a great experience.” Meanwhile, Kimball had started another chapter in her life as a speaker on aging issues from staying active to ferreting out resources to risk taking. The more she spoke to others about creative aging and making dreams come true, the more she talked herself into making her other dream come true. “In the summer, I decided I could take a month off, and I just put on my [answering] machine ‘Well, I’m out on the trail. I’m going for my dream. I hope you’re going for yours. I’ll return your call at an odd time probably from an odd place.’” Dubbed “the aging adventurer,” Kimball took the AT
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Emily Kimball stands atop Mount Katahdin (Maine), the northernmost end of the Appalachian Trail. She completed the entire trail after nine summers of hiking and writes about part of the journey in her new book “Appalachian Trail Stories and Other Adventures.”
in chunks, going back nine years in a row. “About April, I’d start to taste the trail,” she said. She finished the trail 10 days before her 71st birthday. Along the way, she collected stories of the things that would happen. Though she used some in her speaking presentations, she wanted a more definitive place to put her stories. She began joining writing groups and putting her adventures to paper, and set out on a whole new adventure in the process.
“I don’t write easily,” Kimball admitted. “[The stories in the book] needed a lot of work.” Between polishing the nine stories collected in the self-published book “Appalachian Trail Stories and Other Adventures,” designing and arranging the book, and finally getting it printed, “It just consumed me for two months,” Kimball said. The collection presents three stories from her attempt at a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail, two
more after she picked the trail up again and three from other trips she’s taken at places around the country. “You don’t know whether I finished the trail, but … at my gut level, these were the stories that were ready to go … If I waited to write about the whole trail, I may never do [the book],” Kimball said, adding with a smile, “People have already told me ‘I finished that. I’m ready for the next episode!’” Kimball said she’s learned
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Jordan Nowaczyk, left, Bob Rodi, Kevin Laeufer, Jared O’Hare, Christina Rodi-Mentor, Sam Burns-Mentor, Frederick Clements, Roxanne Burns and Erica LeHuray during the National Robotics Challenge kick-off on Saturday, Jan. 9
Members of the “Synergy 975”robotics team from James River High School (Dominion/PEER Tech Prep Consortium/John Tyler Community College & James River High School) are gearing up for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition. The national competition gives them just six weeks to design and build a robot to compete in a high-tech soccer game called “BREAKAWAY.” Team members picked up their robot building kit Saturday, Jan. 9, at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Other local school teams include: Team #346 Alstom Power/Dupont/Computer Resource Team, Inc/Peer Consortium at JTCC/ITT Technical Institute & Lloyd C. Bird High School and Virginia Governor’s Academy for Engineering Studies at Lloyd C. Bird High School; Team #539 UNITE with Virgil Brackins & Trinity Episcopal School; Team #1541 Northrup Grumman Corp. / Peer Consortium at JTCC & Midlothian High School;
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