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Powhatan, Virginia
The hometown paper of Tom McCoy
Vol. XXVIII No. 6
POST ELECTION
February 5, 2014
“Chuck has a lot of respect in this company that the younger guys look up to him and I know I do and hopefully when I’m Chuck’s age I’m still doing what he’s doing.”
Steps to taking office
DON HOUTSMA, COMPANY 2 CHIEF
By Ben Orcutt News Editor
While the unofficial results of yesterday’s special elections for Circuit Court Clerk and representatives for District 4 and District 5 on the School Board have been announced, the official results could be determined as early as to- Alexander day, according to Powhatan County General Registrar Karen B. Alexander. “The State Board of Elections does not certify local election results,” Alexander said. “Therefore, the results of this election will be final upon completion of our Electoral Board canvass. If there are no outstanding provisional votes, then the canvass will be complete Feb. 5 [today] and the results will be declared final. “However, if there are outstanding provisional votes waiting for identification certification — meaning the voter showed up at the polls without proper ID — then the canvass could last as late as Friday, Feb. 7. Voters are given three days to show up to my office to produce proper identification if they want their vote to count.” Once the official winners have been declared, the newly-elected School Board members and the Circuit Court Clerk can be sworn in, Alexander said. “Our obligations are complete after the election results are announced,” she said. see Election page 4A
PHOTOS BY ANJIE HENLEY
At 80, Chuck Urbine is still going strong as a tanker driver for Company 2.
CALL OF DUTY Company 2’s 80-year-old Urbine still going strong
By Ben Orcutt News Editor
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t a time in life when many folks would be content to focus on family and friends and leisurely pursuits, 80-year-old Chuck Urbine continues to play an important role for Huguenot Volunteer Fire Department Company 2 in Powhatan County. For the past several years, Urbine has been honored for running the most calls from among the 45 or so members of Company 2. “We rely on him a lot,” Company 2 Chief Don Houtsma said. “He’s our primary tanker driver. I know when Chuck
gets that tanker out, I know I’m going to get water wherever I’m going to be. He’s going to find water. He knows this county like the back of his hand because he grew up here. He can tell us the history about this county that I never knew. ... Chuck has a lot of respect in this company that the younger guys look up to him and I know I do and, hopefully, when I’m Chuck’s age, I’m still doing what he’s doing.” Urbine is a charter member of Company 2 and helped to build its first station house more than 40 years ago down the road from the new station, which opened in 2010. Both buildings are located on Urbine
Road, which is named for his family. “It was a public service to the people and we had a great bunch of people in this end of the county that really helped us get this place built,” Urbine said of the first fire station. “We had ham and turkey suppers was one of the ways we used to pay for that building.” A 1952 graduate of Powhatan High School, Urbine and his wife Charlotte have two grown children and two grandchildren. Urbine was a warehouse manager for International Harvester and retired in 1998 as sales manager of the products see Duty page 5A
Chicken and dumplings, a Frisby’s tradition By Ben Orcutt News Editor
If it’s Monday, it’s chicken and dumplings day at Frisby’s Restaurant at 2150 Anderson Highway in Powhatan County. “We’ve always had chicken and dumplings on Monday forever,” said Emily Freund, who operates the restaurant with her husband, George Freund III. Her family moved to Powhatan from Fairfax County in 1978 and her parents, Fred and Doris Moore, opened Frisby’s the same year,
Freund said. At first, the business consisted of just a convenience store, but the food became so popular that her mother thought the couple should open a restaurant, Freund said. The Moores wanted a name that would stand out, so they named the restaurant Frisby’s after her mother’s maiden name, Frisby, Freund added. “My parents own the whole property and the businesses and they did run the restaurant and I worked for them when they ran it,” Freund said.
Powhatan County resident Chuck Martin has made a habit of eating chicken and dumplings on Mondays at Frisby’s Restaurant for about 25 years. PHOTO BY BEN ORCUTT
see Frisby’s page 4A
Inside
Sports
Index
A6 Scavenger Hunt Heart of Virginia 4-H Livestock Club participates in fun learning activity
B1 McMillin on the mat Young wrestler doesn’t let hearing impairment stop him from winning.
Calendar Classified Crossword Horoscope Letters
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Obituaries Opinion Quotes TV Listings
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