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Vol. XXXI No. 9

August 23, 2017

Lecture aims to help businesses prevent crime By Laura McFarland News Editor

POWHATAN – Talking about how to prevent and deal with business-related crimes was the focus of the latest luncheon held by the Powhatan County Chamber of Commerce. Rob Cerullo, deputy commonwealth’s attorney, was the keynote speaker at the chamber’s luncheon on Thursday, Aug. 17. Cerullo spoke for about 45 minutes, discussing the differences between civil and criminal law, some of the most common business-related crimes that happen in Powhatan County, the role the commonwealth’s attorney’s office plays, and some of the measures businesses can take to prevent being the victims of crimes. While the office prosecutes a full range of crimes,

including misdemeanors and felonies and violent and nonviolent crimes, Cerullo focused his talk on the white collar crimes businesses are most likely to face. Some of the preventative measures he recommended to combat crime in business-

PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Rob Cerullo, Powhatan’s deputy commonwealth’s attorney, speaks to a group of business leaders about businessrelated crime they need to be aware of and how it might be prevented.

see CHAMBER, pg. 9

P OW H ATA N H I G H S C H O O L S U M M E R G R A D UAT I O N By Laura McFarland

Class of 2017 expands by one

News Editor

PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Powhatan High School principal Mike Massa presents Hank Fleming with his diploma.

POWHATAN – The Powhatan High School Class of 2017 expanded by one last week when Hank Fleming ended a summer of hard work by graduating only days before he was set to start college. Fleming, 18, was honored in a small ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 17 in the high school library. It was the third time Powhatan County Public Schools has held a special summer graduation to recognize those students who have traveled a different path than their classmates who graduated in June. The graduation address was given by Mike Massa, PHS principal, who talked about a dirt bike accident in October that severely injured Fleming’s leg and caused him to miss school and fall behind. As a result, Fleming “veered off his academic trajectory while maneuvering through obstacles.” “It can be easy on a motorcycle, on the field of sport, in performing arts or just in school to lose one’s path to a goal, and I am so proud of Hank for being able to pull back onto the academic track and be able to reach his goal this year,” Massa said. see GRADUATION, pg. 2

Labor Day Parade set for Sept. 4

Stimpson makes his way in Nashville

PHOTO BY BEN SHERRILL

Powhatan native Reeve Stimpson is chasing his dream of becoming a professional musician while attending Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

By Laura McFarland News Editor

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es seem like common sense, Cerullo said, but time and again when prosecuting criminal cases after a business has brought charges, he finds they are steps businesses failed to take for one reason or another. Angie Cabell, executive director of the chamber, said Cerullo was invited to speak because business-related crime is something the chamber hasn’t covered before and it is relevant for all businesses. “I think it is something all business owners need to hear. We don’t want to think this happens in our own business, but it does,” she said.

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The annual Powhatan Labor Day parade, seen here in 2016, will be held starting at 11 a.m. on Sept. 4.

By Laura McFarland News Editor

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OWHATAN – The streets of the Powhatan Village area will soon be packed with revelers eager to share in a little taste of small town Americana with the

return of the annual Powhatan Labor Day Parade. The Powhatan Lions Club will host the event for the sixth time on Monday, Sept. 4, with a parade beginning at 11 a.m. and a vendor fair set up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the courthouse green

OWHATAN – When Powhatan native Reeve Stimpson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2016 to pursue a career in music, he didn’t expect to become famous overnight. In a time when many seek almost instantaneous fame, Stimpson, 23, said he made the move knowing he needed to put in incredibly hard work if he wanted to achieve his dream of a future as a professional musician. “I think a lot of people go there and expect something monumental to happen even in the first year. The town is known as a 10-year town. If you haven’t made it in 10 years, you are not ever going to make it. It is six years average now that you can make it, and by that I mean get a record deal,” he said. But rather than being discouraged by that idea, Stimpson said the music he has performed in local venues in Nashville combined with the completion of his first year at Belmont University has actually only strengthened his resolve. He sees the future he dreams of as an even more realistic possibility than he did before moving there, he added. “I think Belmont has given me the ability to see STIMPSON, pg. 8

see PARADE, pg. 2

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