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B1 Lewis lifts Powhatan to last-second win over Hopewell

Vol. XXIX No. 37

September 14, 2016

Labor Day parade entertains thousands By Laura McFarland News Editor

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OWHATAN – A great parade, heavy crowd turnout and perfect weather combined last week to make the annual Powhatan Labor Day Parade a big success, organizers agreed. At least 4,000 people are estimated to have lined the streets of Old Join us on Fa Buckingham Road leading into the cebook to view a Liv e stream Village area on Monday, Sept. 5 to of the Labo r Day parad watch the parade, which was once e. facebook.co m/powhata again sponsored by the Powhatan ntoday Lions Club, said Allen Minter, parade chairman. PHOTOS BY ANJIE HENLEY Added to that, the Courthouse Thousands of people lined the Village area in Powhatan County green was full of vendors represent- for the annual Powhatan Labor Day Parade. Inset, dancers with see PARADE page 2A PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Powhatan County students head back to school Students at Flat Rock Elementary School get off the bus on the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 6. See more photos on page 5.

Tu Left Feet of Powhatan were among the parade entries who entertained the crowd, offering a special dance.

Charges dropped against Powhatan supervisor By Laura McFarland News Editor

POWHATAN – Charges of misdemeanor assault and sexual battery were dismissed against Powhatan County Board of Supervisors member Carson Tucker in court last week. On Friday, Sept. 9, Chief 11th Dis-

trict Judge Mayo Gravatt dismissed the charges against Tucker of Powhatan in incidents alleged to have occurred in December 2014 and February 2015. Tucker’s case appeared in Powhatan General District Court. Tucker was re-elected in November see CHARGES page 9A

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Pocahontas Middle holds 9/11 remembrance, honors fallen By Laura McFarland News Editor

H A B I TAT F O R H U M A N I T Y G E TS N EW E X E C U T I V E D I R E C TO R By Laura McFarland News Editor

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POWHATAN – Tim Bowring doesn’t hide the fact that he has ambitious plans to grow Habitat for Humanity of Powhatan. The new executive director has been on board for less than two months working part-time with the nonprofit organization, and that time has been spent gathering information and getting to know Powhatan County. But the time has also involved evaluating where the program has been and what the future of Habitat could be when the right vision combines with hard work and community support. And it will take all of those things to accomplish

what Bowring believes could happen with Habitat for Humanity of Powhatan, he said. Wanting to take the local nonprofit from one, or at most two, house building projects a year and some critical repair work to up to four home building projects annually and the possibility of opening a Habit for Humanity ReStore in the county won’t be an easy task, he admits. Luckily, those types of difficult situations tend to be his specialty. To start, Bowring will be focused on moving the organization forward by identifying and building on its strengths and successes rather than just trying to determine problem areas and fixing them. “Given very little re-

sources, Powhatan has been able to build one house a year. Let’s figure out how you did that and do it better so you can build more than one house a year,” said Bowring of Richmond. “It is a very optimistic way of doing things, but it is also a way to quickly change the attitude of the organization.” The attitude adjustment Bowring referred to is more about getting a community that is already supportive of Habitat excited about the possibilities it could have in its future, he said. He praised the job done by his predecessor, former executive director Terry Paquette, and the many volunteers who worked together to accomsee NEW page 2A

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Tim Bowring was hired in July as the executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Powhatan.

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POWHATAN – The majority of the people who gathered on the field behind Pocahontas Middle School last week to remember the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, were not even alive when it happened. But as Dr. Lynn Clayton-Prince, who is co-principal of the middle school with Jason Tibbs, spoke to the students on Friday, Sept. 9 about the timeline of events that occurred 15 years earlier almost to the day, the PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders stood and listened respectfully as she described one of the darkest days in Pocahontas Middle School students participate the nation’s recent history. in a 9/11 remembrance day.

Clayton-Prince has been holding annual 9/11 remembrance events at the middle school for about six years. She said it is important for the students to know about this monumental tragedy that occurred only a few years before they were born and how it is still impacting the nation today. “I think it went very well. The kids were very respectful. You couldn’t hear any talking at all during the time I was reflecting on what happened on 9/11. They did an awesome job,” she said. The event also was an opportunity for them to pay respect to the community’s first responders. Members


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