04/19/2017

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Inside A10 Window project takes group effort

Powhatan, Virginia B1 Knights blow past Amelia Academy

Vol. XXX No. 16

April 19, 2017

Benches honor memory of loved ones lost By Laura McFarland

PHOTO ABOVE COURTESY OF POWHATAN FIRE AND RESCUE/ BELOW BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Dozens of rescue workers and community members respond to help rescue Belle, a 32-year-old quarter horse, after she fell into a swimming pool. Belle’s owner Lisa Langley, below, said she was incredibly grateful for their help.

Pulling it TOGETHER For rescuers, saving family’s beloved horse took teamwork and plenty of ingenuity By Laura McFarland

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News Editor

POWHATAN – Dozens of Powhatan County emergency services workers and community members responded on Tuesday, April 11 to make sure a 32-yearold quarter horse named Belle safely escaped a swimming pool where she was trapped. It took members of the Powhatan County Sheriff’s Office and Fire and Rescue along with many other volunteers working together to pull the horse to safety more

see BENCHES, pg. 8

than an hour after she fell into the pool. The horse escaped with one cut that had to have a few stitches and some superficial cuts. She was obviously shaken up, but otherwise fine, especially given her advanced age, said her owner, Lisa Langley of Powhatan. She has had Belle about 27 years and said the horse has seen her through some

“I am so grateful to all the people here today. They were wonderful. It is amazing how people come together, especially for an animal.”

County to celebrate Earth Day April 20 Contributed Report

POWHATAN – Generations of hair have been cut in the chairs of Flat Rock Barber Shop. For more than six decades, first Julian Franklin and then John Meyerhoeffer held the scissors and clippers that shaped the hairdos of Powhatan County residents through all kind of trends. This month, Meyerhoeffer, who now runs the shop PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND by himself, marked his 27th John Meyerhoeffer, owner of Flat Rock Barber Shop,

Annual plants, free tree seedlings and reusable bags are just some of what you’ll find at Powhatan’s annual Earth Day celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, on the historic Powhatan Courthouse Green. Every Powhatan citizen, and their friends and family, are invited to visit with more than 20 earth-friendly organizations. You can grab a dinner of homemade Brunswick stew, woodfired pizza, or hot dogs and top it off with kettle corn or homemade cookies for dessert. You’ll be well entertained by the Creekside Pickers. Plus the Goochland/Powhatan Master Gardeners will be giving tours of the historic garden located behind the old jailhouse, and plenty of children’s activities are planned by the YMCA, 4-H Outdoors Club, Central Virginia Waste Management, James River Master Naturalists and Powhatan State Park. The celebration will also be raffling an orchid from Chadwick’s Orchids,

stands next to Julian Franklin, who started it 60 years ago.

see EARTH DAY, pg. 6

see RESCUE, pg. 5

Lisa Langley, whose horse was rescued after falling into a pool

Barber shop lasts six decades By Laura McFarland News Editor

see BARBER SHOP, pg. 3

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News Editor POWHATAN – Several Powhatan County residents have recently been recognized in a way that those who honored them hope brings rest and respite to others. Three memorial benches have now been added to the Powhatan County Courthouse lawn since the board of supervisors voted unanimously on Dec. 19, 2016 to allow the tributes to be allowed on county properties. Since February, three individuals or groups have

• Bring a chair and some friends! • Food, craft beer and wine available • Great raffle prizes!

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