Powhatan Today – 06/24/2020

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June 24, 2020

Community weighs in on reopening of schools

By Laura McFarland Editor

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OWHATAN – Even as Powhatan County Public Schools personnel are preparing for the huge unknowns of the 20202021 school year, they are trying to make it as workable as possible for students and their families.

The uncertainty surrounding what the start of the new school year will look like and the overall dissatisfaction with the options that have been given so far was a large focus of the school board’s meeting on Tuesday, June 16.

On June 9, Gov. Ralph Northam issued guidance on reopening schools along with the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH). In the last few weeks, staff has been analyzing the 136-page Recover-Redesign-Restart

document the state sent out as guidance for school divisions on possible scenarios for reopening.

The document makes it clear that a full-time return to in-person instruction is currently not on DR. ERIC JONES the table for the start of the school year, according to Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent. Instead, it talks about options involving full-time distance learning or a hybrid of in-person and distance learning options.

But Jones said last week that he has already seen a softening in the language coming from the state, which has been hearing from the public and the school divisions about how unrealistic the plan is both financially and with current resources.

During that same meeting, the board instructed staff to read a 23-page document filled with emails from parents and employees, many of them unhappy with the options set out by the state. That feedback was not an anomaly, Jones told the board.

“I think the feedback we have heard tonight from parents and that you have received over the last few days is happening throughout the state,” Jones said. “I am on a call twice a week with the state superintendent and all the school superintendents from around the state, and there has been a noticeable shift in messaging from ‘this is what you have to do’ and ‘this is the guidance’ to ‘we want you to apply for waivers. We want you to be flexible.’ We have heard that more and more from Dr. (James) Lane and other representatives of state government, so that is encouraging.”

One of the speakers that night had talked about feeling “powerless” and like she

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doesn’t have a voice in the matter, but Jones said that is definitely not true at the local level and he doesn’t think it is true at the state level either. He encouraged parents who want to have their voices heard on the reopening of the schools to reach out to their elected officials and to the Virginia Department of Education, saying it is making a difference and continued changes could allow the division the flexibility it needs to make the new school year work.

“I think we have already seen some of the loosening of the strings. It is just a matter of how far it goes,” he said. “If we have to have social distancing 6 feet apart, students wearing masks, and those types of things that are going to require social distancing, it is going to be very difficult for us to do a five-day, full schedule for everybody. We just don’t have the classroom space, and therefore see SCHOOLS pg. 4

Town hall shines focus on local criminal justice

By Laura McFarland Editor

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Flat Rock Elementary, Pocahontas Elementary, and Powhatan Elementary schools bid farewell to their students on June 11 by holding Farewell Parades at each of the schools. Since staff and students were last together before the schools closed in March, the parades were an opportunity for administrators and teachers to give students a proper summer sendoff and see each other again. More photos see page 5A.

Fireworks display planned for July 4

By Laura McFarland

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POWHATAN – The rockets’ red glare will once again be bursting over Powhatan County for the nation’s Independence Day. The Powhatan Freedom Festival will be hosted by the Powhatan Dental Outreach Foundation for Children at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 4 at the Powhatan County Fairgrounds, 4042 Anderson Highway. Admission is free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted for the foundation, which holds free dental clinics for children.

Local residents Melinda and Corey Hitt, the president and vice president of the foundation, respectively, are organizing the event. They wanted to do something for Powhatan’s children, families and small business owners and let the community know about the foundation and how much it helps local children.

The event is also a way to celebrate patriotism in the community, Melinda Hitt said. Her husband served in the U.S. Army, her father is a former U.S. Marine and Richmond city police officer, and her brother-in-law served in the army as a ranger.

Gates will open for the drive-in celebration at 6 p.m. There will be patriotic

songs, a children’s movie played on an inflatable big screen, goodie bags, and drawings for prizes. The fireworks will begin at 9:15 p.m.

The celebration will adhere to the governor’s 6-foot social distancing guidelines, Melinda Hitt said. People may sit around their vehicles but are asked to social distance.

There will be a food vendor selling food. People may bring in water and soft drinks, but no alcohol is allowed.

Hitt said it has been frustrating how difficult it is to get the event approved with COVID-19 restrictions. But they have been fortunate to build the relationship with the Fair Association, which ofMETRO CREATIVE fered the property for both the fireworks event and a free dental clinic being held on June 27.

“This has been a huge blessing for us to be able to do this there. With everything going on, the land and construction for our dental clinic wasn’t going to be able to move forward and God provided an opportunity for us to meet and use their facilities,” she said.

For more information, visit the event’s website, www.powhatanfreedomfestival.com, or check for updates on its Facebook page.

Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.

POWHATAN – Three of Powhatan’s top law enforcement officials recently gathered virtually to answer some of the community’s pressing questions in the midst of the nation’s current unrest.

The Powhatan chapter of the NAACP and the Powhatan County Democratic Committee (PCDC) hosted a Criminal Justice Town Hall on June 18 and invited sheriff Brad Nunnally, commonwealth’s attorney Richard “Dickie” Cox, and deputy commonwealth’s attorney Rob Cerullo to sit in on a moderated discussion of some of the most prominent questions surrounding the current state of law enforcement and how they pertain to Powhatan County.

Andrew D. Snead, NAACP vice president, and Mike Asip, chair of the PCDC, moderated the discussion, which centered on questions submitted by local residents.

The almost 90-minute discussion covered a wide range of topics, including use of exsee CRIMINAL, pg. 3

Supervisors make plans to lay out budget options

By Laura McFarland Editor

POWHATAN – Two weeks ahead of the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors’ plan to adopt its fiscal year (FY) 2021 Operating Budget, the field of possibilities as to what will happen next remained wide open.

The board held a public hearing on the FY 2021 proposed tax rate as well as a brief budget discussion during its meeting on Monday, June 15. But despite holding numerous budget workshops over the last several months, no clear plan had emerged yet regarding the budget. That was supposed to begin happening Monday night.

During last week’s workshop, the board members agreed to come to their regular meeting on June 22 with each of the supervisors laying out a plan for how they think the budget should be handled. The June 22 meeting, which happened after presstime, is scheduled to be available on YouTube for those who didn’t watch live.

Bret Schardein, interim county administrator, said the board asked staff to look at reductions of 2 and 4 percent from the FY 2020 budget. He and Charla Schubert, director of finance, have been working on that and have preliminary ideas of what can be see BUDGET, pg. 5

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(David) of Richmond and Paul Roberts (Amy) of Powhatan. She is also survived by her brother, Robert Tait of Waynesboro; as well as 11 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Mary graduated from Thomas Dale High School in 1945 and attended RPI (now VCU). While raising her five children, she worked at the Bank of Virginia, rising to the position of Trust Officer. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 20, at 2 p.m. at Bennett & Barden Funeral Home, Route 60, Powhatan. The family will receive friends at 1 p.m. before the service. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to the Powhatan Food Pantry, 2500 Batterson Rd., Powhatan, Va. 23139. Online condolences may be made at bennettbardenfh.com.

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Powhatan County Public Library will hold Facebook Storytime at 10:30 a.m. on the library’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/pg/ powhatanlibrary.

Feeding Powhatan will hand out meals for children in coming weeks while schools are closed. The nonprofit food pantry will hand out meals from 1 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays during the school closures at 2408 New Dorset Circle (next to Community Life Church). Income guidelines apply. Visit us on Facebook at Feeding Powhatan or call 804-303-6431. Pre-register at https://docs.google.com/ forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9VL8V DTKVkjnTvSjnSbjkYUUSmn rm9TSJ4F1DwohdHeH_HQ/ viewform

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The Free Clinic of Powhatan, located at 3908 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan offers health services (medical, dental, mental health, women's health) free of charge for uninsured and low income residents of Powhatan County. Administration hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Thursdays, lab services are from 9 a.m. to noon and patient hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Mondays, registration for new patients is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and patient hours are from 4 to 8:30 p.m. All patient visits are by appointment. For more information, contact 804-5985637.

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The Mill at Fine Creek is now offering a new Thursday night event series to bring live music and drinks under the stars. The Moonlight, Music and Moonshine series will be held at the outdoor venue of The Mill at Fine Creek at 6:30 p.m. and will welcome new performers to play music under the stars while guests enjoy wine and cocktails. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the door, first come first serve. (If you would like to call and check seat availability that evening, you can reach us at 379-8211 ext.

1.) The event will be following the CDC and governor’s guidelines with distance assurances making this series at The Mill at Fine Creek the prime social distanced outing venue. Limited tickets are available for 21+ adults.

The event will be weather permitting with cancellations listed on The Mill at Fine Creek’s Facebook page.

The original Powhatan AA meets from 8 to 9 p.m. every Thursday in the Powhatan Village Building.

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buses that will give Wi-Fi access to students who need it. The Wi-fi enabled school buses are part of the school district’s plan to help families with poor connection to the internet as they work to continue the 2019-2020 school year while distance learning. The five locations of the school buses are: Little Zion Baptist Church, 5680 Cartersville Road; Muddy Creek Baptist Church, 3470 Trenholm Road; Mount Zion Baptist Church, 2591 Ridge Road; Providence Presbyterian Church, 1950 Ridge Road; Powhatan Volunteer Rescue Squad Sub Station, 5901 Old Buckingham Road, and Macon District Volunteer Fire Department (Company 3), 6377 Old Buckingham Road. The school division saw negligible usage at the Fire Station 5 location and moved the bus from Company 5 to Mount Zion Baptist Church in the hope that it will be a more convenient location for community members to access free internet.

Saturday, June 27

The Powhatan School of Dental Assisting along with the Powhatan Dental Outreach Foundation for Children will offer a dental clinic to provide free cleanings and fluoride treatments for children ages 1 to 18 who don’t have insurance. The group will offer the clinic from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Powhatan Fairgrounds, 4042 Anderson Highway.

Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. The free, full dental care clinic will be offered for children ages 1-18 without insurance. For more information, visit https://www. powhatan.foundation/.

Powhatan AA meets at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Manakin Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

Sunday, June 28

A Powhatan Hope Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at PCC Church, 4480 Anderson Highway, Powhatan, Room 102. It is an open discussion meeting. Wheelchair accessible

The Powhatan Convenience Center is now allowing a modified schedule for disposal of “free loads,” which are small amounts of construction and demolition waste generated at a residence. They may be disposed of at no cost, no more than once per month, provided such waste is limited to the amount contained in one level pickup truck load without supplemental sides. Convenience center employees will track monthly free loads by documenting the vehicle, license plate, and a description of the individual. At this time the convenience center will also resume metal recycling and oil/antifreeze/paint collection but will NOT accept any fee-based materials such as tires, appliances or materials in excess of the monthly free load. Commercial businesses are NOT permitted to use the convenience center. Free loads will only be allowed Tuesday to Friday subject to available capacity. Any resident attempting to dispose of free load material on Saturday or Sunday will be turned away.

The Free Clinic of Powhatan is open and serving the community throughout this pandemic. The clinic has now expanded its mental health/ counseling services to be able to serve more folks in the community that are going through difficult times since the onset of COVID-19. If you are having difficulties/issues (sad, anxious, not sleeping, having alcohol issues, etc.) and need to talk to someone, the Free Clinic’s services are available with no cost to you.

The clinic has professional counselors and a psychiatrist that are on staff at the clinic.

This service is available to our community to help you get through this stressful and difficult time. For more information, contact 804-5985637.

Although the 25th annual Relay for Life of Powhatan originally scheduled for May 2 was postponed, organizers are still hoping to put it on later in 2020. As part of the 25th anniversary celebration, organizers want to honor the volunteers who started this wonderful event. In 1996, a spirited group of Powhatan volunteers held the first Relay For Life of Powhatan. They worked together to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Some were cancer survivors or cancer patients, and many others were friends or loved ones of people who had suffered with

Tuesday, June 30

The new Bridge of Reason AA meeting is held at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Powhatan Mennonite Church, 3549 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan. It is an open, decision and literature meeting for Powhatan, Goochland, and Cumberland counties.

AA meets at 8 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

Ongoing

Feeding Powhatan is a nonprofit food pantry that exists to feed people who are struggling financially in the Powhatan community. The pantry will be open from 7 to 8 p.m. at 2408 New Dorset Circle (next to Community Life Church). Income guidelines apply. Visit us on Facebook at Feeding Powhatan or call 804-303-6431.

Thursday, June 25

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To help limit the spread of COVID-19, the Powhatan County Public Library will be closed to the public until further notice. This includes meeting room reservations.

While the library is closed, the book drop will also be closed. Fines accrued during the closure will be waived.

Library WiFi and e-branch resources are available 24/7.

For details, contact Powhatan County Public Library at 804-598-5670 or library@ powhatanlibrary.net.

meets at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church.

Due to ongoing restrictions and concerns due to the coronavirus, the AARP Powhatan Tax-Aide in-person tax assistance program offered at the Powhatan library will not reopen this tax season, which ends July 15. If you are still in need of assistance, AARP TaxAide is providing access to selected tax preparation software so taxpayers can prepare and file their own tax returns at no cost. Log onto aarpfoundation.org and click eligibility requirements to see the options.

Available now Emergency Housing relief funds to assist with rent, mortgage or other housing concerns. Powhatan Community Action Agency received a donation from Bob and Karla Curtis for emergency housing relief for families in Powhatan County affected by COVID-19.

Contact Renee Van Natter at valerie.vannatter@dss.virginia. gov or via cell at 804 8145332.

With school facilities closed, the registration process for students starting kindergarten this fall at Powhatan County Public Schools will be online. Details and required documents for registration can be found on the Powhatan County Public School website www.powhatan.k12.va.us.

Online registration forms are available on the division and school websites.

After registering, you will be contacted by school personnel to complete the process, share information and answer any questions.

Welcome Class of 2033!!

Powhatan County Public Schools has found five locations to park school

see CALENDAR, pg. 7

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Killer of state police agent sentenced to 10 more years for illegal gun used to kill officer

By Mark Bowes

Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Richmond man sentenced to 36 years for murdering a Virginia State Police special agent in a Richmond public housing neighborhood three years ago was sentenced on June 18 to 10 additional years for possessing the firearm used to kill the officer.

Travis Aaron Ball, 30, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Richmond to the 10-year term on a charge of possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. The sentence will be tacked on to the end of the 36 years he received for capital murder in the May 26, 2017, slaying of Special Agent Michael T. Walter, 45, of Powhatan.

“As a front line law enforcement officer protecting the citizens of Virginia, Special Agent Walter risked his life to protect the people of Richmond,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, in a statement Thursday. “From his time as a United States Marine who participated in Op-

eration Desert Storm, to his many years as a veteran Virginia State Police Special Agent, and as the founder of the non-profit youth Blackhawk wrestling program, Special Agent Walter’s life was MICHAEL T. WALTER one of service.”

“As a loving husband and father to his three children, Special Agent Walter was loved, adored, and idolized by his friends, family, and by all that knew him,” Terwilliger added. “Due to Travis Ball’s selfish and brutal crime, the Walter family, the Virginia State Police, and the Commonwealth of Virginia will never be the same.”

In a time of “unprecedented and appropriate focus on interactions between individuals and law enforcement,” Terwilliger said, “we must not lose sight of the ultimate sacrifice given by the good and honorable law enforcement officers, and their surviving loved ones, who protect and serve for the rest of us.”

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cessive force, civilian review boards, cultural and diversity training, de-escalation training, defunding law enforcement, the demographics of Powhatan’s law enforcement offices, transparency of information available to the public, school resource officers (SROs), mental health evaluations of law enforcement, and more.

“This is such an important topic for this time because, in the wake of the death of George Floyd – the murder of George Floyd – we must come together to have a dialogue around the big questions that our nation is asking, that our region is asking, amid the amazing demonstrations and participation we are seeing from across a diverse community to address racism. That brings us to criminal justice and racial justice issues, and we want to have a frank discussion among our community,” Asip said.

The purpose of the town hall meeting was to establish an intentional dialogue between Powhatan residents and those who are sworn to protect it, Snead continued. The goal was to tackle the perceptions, realities, and expectations of both.

Those who wish to view the town hall, the full video can be found at https://us02web.zoom.us/ rec/share/6PdbM46zzH1J G4nguHPSdos9PKjpaaa8gSVI_vsKyRqvHFLLZcAVIyOIeQYppRus. It is also linked on the Powhatan Today Facebook page.

8 Can’t Wait The discussion began with Snead asking about Powhatan’s current law enforcement practices in light of “8 Can’t Wait,” a campaign that calls for eight immediate steps the campaign’s organizers say will dramatically decrease police violence. The policies are: banning chokeholds and strangleholds, banning shooting at moving vehicles, exhausting all alternatives before shooting, requiring that all use of force be reported, requiring a warning before shooting, requiring officers to stop another officer from using excessive force, and limiting the types of force and/or

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weapons that can be used to respond to specific types of resistance.

The sheriff’s office has policies in place and a culture in the office that address all eight of those issues, Nunnally said. In the last four and a half years he has been in office, the sheriff’s office has had 12,623 enforcement actions/encounters, such as an arrest being made, a ticket was written, or some type of enforcement was taken. That is not counting the well over 30,000 encounters his office has had with the public in that time, he said.

“Of that 12,623 that required us to use enforcement action, we have zero complaints of excessive force in this county. I am proud of that statistic. That doesn’t mean that we won’t have one tomorrow.

But what it does mean is we have a culture in this office that it will not be tolerated, and if there is an excessive force complaint, it will be investigated,” Nunnally said.

He pointed to a recent case on May 3 where a man accused of shooting more than 300 rounds of ammunition into the area around his house was shot by a deputy when he began turning his weapon in the direction of law enforcement officers. The multijurisdictional grand jury controlled the proceedings investigating the officer-involved shooting, not Nunnally’s office or Cox’s office.

“The citizens of this county and the other counties that are involved in that grand jury cleared my officer and decided it was a justifiable shooting. And I think that is the proper way to investigate excessive force or, ultimately, deadly force,” Nunnally said.

As far as the duty to intervene, Nunnally said his office does not tolerate dishonesty or cowardice,

and to “not intervene is cowardice.”

Deputies are only allowed to use chokeholds as deadly force, and they are only allowed to use deadly force to protect themselves from deadly force, Nunnally said.

“Chokeholds are forbidden unless deadly force is being used against you and that is the only thing you can do to keep from dying or being severely injured. We do not train people to put their knees on the back of people’s necks.

We don’t kneel on people.

It is not acceptable,” he said.

A moving vehicle will not be shot at except as a last resort to save the officer’s life or the lives of others, he said, giving the example of someone driving into a crowd of demonstrators.

Training At various points in the discussion, Nunnally was asked about different kinds of training and certifications those in his office are required to undergo.

Since people come in all shapes and sizes and are sometimes more physically imposing than an officer, part of the training Powhatan deputies receive is that sometimes it is better to disengage than continue to fight. He talked about sending extra deputies on a call with the reasoning that the more officers that are there, the less force and the less chance of injury they will have.

In 2016, a policy about making crisis intervention training mandatory was being considered. While that didn’t happen, his office made the decision to send everyone who works with the public in uniform to undergo that training.

He also had some of his deputies become instructors in the subject, which is a week-long training involving mental health professionals and use of force professionals in law enforcement. They train on how to use words rather than immediate contact or force in a situation.

“It is to teach sometimes that our words and what we say can affect the outcome rather than immediately going hands-on. … We believe that the minimal amount of force is the legal amount of force,” he said.

In December 2018, Ball was sentenced to 36 years in Richmond Circuit court for killing Walter while he was patrolling Mosby Court with a Richmond police officer.

The unexpectedly light sentence stunned then-Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Herring and police in the courtroom when it was imposed. Herring had sought a 60-year term, the maximum allowed under a plea deal. Herring said the plea deal guaranteed that Ball was convicted of a capital crime, typically punishable by death or life in prison.

Herring said at the time that had the case gone before a jury, the defense planned to argue that Ball’s gun discharged accidentally in the midst of a struggle between Walter and Ball, which could have led to a verdict of a lesser charge like first-degree or second-degree murder.

Richmond Circuit Judge Beverly W. Snukals sentenced Ball to life in prison, which was suspended in accordance with the plea agreement, and then gave him 36

years to serve in prison.

Herring said that had the case gone to trial, a jury would not have been allowed to hear from the agent’s wife, Jaime Walter, because Snukals had ruled against any victim impact statements at a prior hearing. That would have limited the prosecution’s evidence.

On the evening of May 26, 2017, Walter was patrolling in Mosby Court with Richmond police officer Chris Duane when they noticed a Chevrolet Cobalt in the 1900 block of Redd Street. The driver made what prosecutors described as a “furtive move,” so the officers stopped for what state police called a “consensual encounter.”

At the time, Ball possessed a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Believing he was wanted in Lancaster County for a probation violation, Ball resisted arrest and shot Walter once in the head.

Text messages found on Ball’s cellphone later revealed that two days before the murder, he told his girlfriend he was not going back to jail and would “end up killing something.”

talked briefly about the threshold amount for grand larceny increasing from $500 to $1,000. He also talked about the decriminalization of being caught with 1 ounce or less of marijuana, calling it a positive change.

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A few of his deputies have gone through or are going through a certification program through the Virginia Sheriff’s Association, Nunnally said.

The sheriff’s office has cultural diversity training at both the academy and local office level, and it is a regular topic of discussion among his deputies, Nunnally said. He said they have discussions every three to four months for meetings on his expectations regarding different aspects of law enforcement, such as the use of force or dealing with a person of another race or ethnicity.

Cox said lawyers have to undergo continuing legal education. His office gets most of their training from the annual commonwealth’s attorney’s service counsel, which involves mandatory training that includes cultural diversity.

Demographics Both offices were asked about their demographic makeup. The commonwealth’s attorney’s office has four staff members – two men and two women who are all white.

According to the 2010 Census, 9.5 percent of Powhatan’s residents identified as black only and 11.9 percent as black and brown, Nunnally said.

He said 14 percent of his uniformed officers are black, up from 4.6 percent in 2016, and 16.2 percent are black and brown.

New laws Cox was asked about new laws going into effect on July 1 and if any will change how his office prosecutes crime that will affect minorities in particular. He said he couldn’t think of any that will affect minorities in particular because his business is done in court and is open for anyone to see. They

The idea of having a civilian review board was brought up a few times during the meeting. While Powhatan does not have a civilian review board, it does have a multijurisdictional grand jury, which is made up of citizens from Powhatan, Amelia, Goochland and Prince Edward counties.

The 11-member grand jury has the ability to subpoena witnesses they want, not only ones presented by law enforcement officers.

Cerullo pointed out that while civilian review boards only have the power they are imbued with by the locality where they are formed, a multijurisdictional grand jury’s powers come from the Code of Virginia.

Cerullo also said that the multijurisdictional

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grand jury is made up of everyday citizens from the four participating counties, and while there are currently no openings, he will still take applications in case of an opening.

Members are chosen by Circuit Court Judge Paul Cella.

Body cameras Nunnally said he is currently debating the use of body cameras as he is divided between the cost and the necessity. To start a body camera program in Powhatan would cost close to $100,000. His office is currently testing two different models. The biggest issue is the associsee CRIMINAL, pg. 8

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Arrests • One female was charged on June 13 with trespassing (Misdemeanor). • One male was charged on June 13 with assault and battery of a family member (M). • One male was charged on June 13 with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated (M). • One male was charged on June 14 with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated (M), abuse and neglect of children (Felony), and reckless driving-excessive speed. • One male was charged on June 14 with possession of Schedule I, II controlled substance (F) and possession or distribution of controlled paraphernalia (M). • One female was charged on June 15 with assault and battery of a family member (M).

the teachers to do that. “But we will certainly look at all those options and possibly, with the feedback from the community and communities across the commonwealth, those restrictions may be relaxed even more,� he said.

Jones pointed out that while there are many parents who want their children to return to school full-time, he has heard from families who feel uncomfortable with that and want to continue distance learning. Part of the flexibility the school division wants is in how to accommodate both of those needs. “If we have a sizeable number that want to continue with distance learning, then that frees up more space and more opportunities for those that want face-to-face,� he said.

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Community feedback Although they had it in a written format, the school board asked staff members to read all 23 pages of comments Jones had received before the start of the meeting. There were 32 comments that covered a wide variety of topics.

Some of the topics brought up by commenters included: not furloughing teachers and aides; the lack of high-speed internet for some students to do their schoolwork; saying the state’s plan is unfeasible both financially and in regard to implementation; students being affected detrimentally without a return to normal school operations; PCPS applying for an intent to vary waiver; the small number of cases of COVID-19 in Powhatan, and the financial impact of students pulling out of school to be homeschooled or attend private school.

Still other people talked about the low risk of young people regarding COVID-19; not feeling the survey that the school division sent out had enough options; children needing the routines and socialization of school; arguing that daycares have been open without incident; the utter failure of distance learning for some families at the end of the last school year; questioning unfounded data and reasoning that led to the closure of the schools in March and the continuing limitations on divisions; questioning whether families without internet access had the opportunity to fill out the division’s survey; worrying about the safety of students who may have to stay home alone while out of school if parents have to work; eschewing the better-safe-than-sorry mentality, and needing the schools to be inclusive to all children.

Kara Taylor said, “If school is not open for all students I will be forced to

apply for private school or look into homeschool.

With three children in different grades I am not willing to risk their education by sending them to school two times a week, trying to teach them at home or trying to keep a schedule of who is supposed to be where.�

Speaking about the plans the division sent out, Erin Lessner argued that, attending school two days per week “is not sustainable to quality learning.

Two days per week is also not equitable to every student in our county. We have many working families in this county. They will now have to take on the financial hardship of one parent quitting a job to stay home or pay for daycare costs to cover the days their child is not in school.

This is unacceptable.�

Kim Ortiz said, “Learning is not a one-size-fits-all thing, as I think we have seen from the distance learning fiasco. Children need the social and emotional connections of seeing their teachers and peers. Sometimes the approval of a teacher may be the only good thing in a child’s day, or the only positive connection they have.�

Tracy Matney talked about being diagnosed with breast cancer in the fall and the hardship of her children being forced to watch her painful recovery during the distance learning period.

Kim Jackson, the director of a childcare center, talked about remaining open through the pandemic, the difficulties of maintaining social distancing, but still not having anyone become sick. “Why has no one reached out to the people who have taken care of these kids when school closed? We are the example that kids can be together with teachers/adults and everyone is okay. These kids will have to go somewhere, just because you

close, stagger, alternate days, hours, and limit bus occupancy, they will still have to be somewhere.

Not every parent has the ability to work from home,� Jackson said.

Making plans A few days after the document was sent out by the state and staff had time to examine it, PCPS sent out an initial document laying out the options the state was giving school districts. The division also sent out a survey for families and employees to weigh in on the options the state has given so far.

Even before the feedback started coming in, Powhatan employees – similar to school divisions across the state – were already expressing frustration with the restrictions.

The restrictions are especially difficult to swallow for localities such as Powhatan that have not been hard hit by COVID-19.

Reopening for PCPS starts with summer school, which staff is currently planning, Jones said. The state guidelines allow for face-to-face instruction for pre-kindergarten through third grade students in Phase II of the governor’s plan. However, Powhatan has already applied for a waiver for fourth- and fifth-graders as well. The division will also offer a distance learning option.

Jones said the school division will also be applying for a waiver for some of the strict guidance being laid out for the start of the new school year, and he will update the board on how those petitions progress.

The school division is also forming a large taskforce that will look at the issue of the reopening, he said. The results of the survey the division sent out will be shared with the taskforce members. Jones said the taskforce will look at all options for the return to school.

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Worship: 8:30 & 11 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

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Mount Calvary Baptist Church 2020 Red Lane Road

Powhatan, VA 23139 1801 Huguenot Trail Sunday School 9am Pastor, Larry B. Collins Sunday Worship 10am Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:45pm Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study Bryan M. Holt, Pastor 7:30 p.m.

378-3607 www.EmmausChristianChurch.org Office 804-598-2398

Powhatan Christian Fellowship Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 am Wednesday Night 7:30 p.m.

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Sunday - 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

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Valarie Ayers, who represents District 3, talked about the school board members fighting for their right as elected leaders to have full discretion over the education of their students. All communities are not the same, she pointed out.

Ayers added that she wished they had a plan today for what will happen in August, “but things are still so fluid in all of this and the restrictions that we are getting and the restrictions that are being lifted.�

The school board and staff are working hard on anticipating what will happen in the future, “but I think it is all going to change. I hope that we are not held to the plans that have come out already.�

Rick Cole, District 1, said he appreciates the comments and the passion of community members.

He talked about the limitations they will face and that even with a return to school, “instruction is still probably not going to be where we want it to be.�

He talked about the need to move forward carefully as they consider issues such as if the division is liable if they return to school and someone gets sick and how staff are being utilized and protected.

Kim Hymel, District 5, said that based on the feedback they are receiving, it is obvious to her that PCPS needs to have both in-person and distance learning options.

Chairman Joe Walters, District 4, talked about the school board and board of supervisors sending a joint letter to the governor and officials about additional funding and other issues they face.

Susan Smith, District 2, pushed to start a petition for Powhatan residents wanting to see the schools open.

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cut to achieve those funding levels. He said their goal was to provide those scenarios to the supervisors by close of day on June 16.

With those scenarios in hand, he invited the supervisors to meet with Schubert and himself one or two at a time last week to “really dig into it, answer your questions, and help you all come up with proposals that would meet your priorities for funding this budget year.”

The supervisors have been in agreement for the last several months that they would wait as long as possible before adopting their budget because new information is constantly coming out that could help them formulate better plans. They plan to adopt the budget at their meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 29.

In recent meetings, board members have been saying that they aren’t as worried about the current state of the county’s revenue as they are about what will happen when taxes are collected in November.

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Pocahontas Elementary held its first ever Farewell Parade on the evening of June 11.

This event capped off a year of many firsts following the shutdown of schools in March. The celebration brought comfort and closure for students, families, and teachers. Despite the heat and heavy rain, participants were all smiles, and a rainbow followed it all! The teachers and staff at Pocahontas are looking forward to seeing all of the students' faces again!

Powhatan Elementary School staff participated in a Farewell Parade for students and families on June 11. The school’s front loop was lined with staff cheering, dancing, and celebrating the students of the 2019-2020 school year. Distance learning was a challenge for everyone but staff members wanted to say thank you to the students, parents, and families for ending the year strong with a celebration. It was enjoyed by everyone. It rained during the parade, but that didn’t stop staff members, who continued cheering for all the families that came through even in the rain. At the end of the rain, they spotted a beautiful rainbow in sight of Powhatan Elementary.

What a way to end the 2019-2020 school year.

The big unknowns Currently, there are several big outstanding topics the board has been discussing where no clear, unified direction has been stated: tax rates, expected tax collection rates, possible reductions in county departments, and a possible reduction in school funding.

The board is trying to gather as much information as it can to predict what its tax collection rate will be for FY 2021. Usually, the county sees about a 97 percent collection rate, but that dropped down to 94 percent with the Great Recession of 2008. Right now, they are trying to gauge whether the current economic crisis caused by the COVID-19

FLAT ROCK ELEMENTARY Flat Rock Elementary School held a Farewell Parade for students and family on June 11. The event was a wonderful opportunity for administrators and teachers to say their summer farewells to the school’s preschool through fourth-grade students and extend good luck wishes to the fifth-grade students as they move on to Powhatan Middle School.

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SECOND ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH

CHURCH DIRECTORY

Dr. Ronald Wyatt, Jr., Pastor

Contemporary – 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.

Worship – 11 a.m.

Children’s Worship – 11 a.m.

Prayer/Bible Study – Wed. 6:30 p.m.

2095 Red Lane Road Children’s Worship (all ages) – 1/2 mile off Rt. 60 on Red Lane Road Wed. 6:30 p.m.

804-598-2455 New Generation Praise & Worship – www.redlanebaptist.org Sunday 6 p.m.

Worship Service 9:00 a.m. Lighthouse Youth – Wed. 5:30 p.m.

Small Groups 10:30 a.m. Miracles of God Sp. Needs Service: 2 p.m. the 2nd Sat. of each month Wednesday Night Classes for all ages at 6:15 598-3481 • 975 Dorset Road Dr. James Taylor, Pastor www.gracelandbc.org

1059 Dorset Road Powhatan, VA 23139 Reverend Mark A. Divens, Sr. Pastor

Praise and Worship Service Sunday School 9:45-10:45 Sunday Morning Worship will begin at 11:00 a.m.

GREENBRIER BAPTIST CHURCH

Holly Hills Baptist Church

“God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

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Sunday School: 10:00-10:45 a.m.

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

4731 Bell Road, Powhatan, VA 23139 804-598-5491

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Randy Blackwell, Pastor Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Youth Ministry 6:00 p.m.

Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:30 PM

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5680 Cartersville Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139 Pastor Gregory L. Beechaum Sr. “The church where Jesus is Alive” 9:00 a.m. ---- Sunday School 9:45 a.m. ---- Prayer & Praise 10:00 a.m.--- Sunday Morning Worship 5th Sunday at 11 a.m.

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Pastor Otis B. Lockhart, Jr.

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MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH 2591 Ridge Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139 804-598-2051 Rev. Bryan Stevens, Pastor 11 a.m. – Worship Service 9 a.m. – Church School Wednesday Bible Study 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.

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OLD POWHATAN BAPTIST CHURCH 3619 Huguenot Trail Powhatan, Virginia 23139 www.finecreekbaptist.org Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

Traditional Rev. David A. Simpson, Pastor

Brad Russell, Pastor 598-4241 First Worship 8:30 am Bible Study for all ages 9:45 am Second Worship 11:00 am Wed. Family Ministry 6:30 pm

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Sunday School at 9:30 am Morning Service at 11:00 am Bible Study Every Wednesday Night at 6:30 pm 3964 Old Buckingham Road

Sundays 10:00 AM Wednesday 6:30 PM Experiencing the presence, power and person of Jesus Christ

Loving, Investing, Fulfilling, Empowering Senior Pastor Justin Wilson Sunday Service 10:30am 2410 New Dorset Circle www.Communitylifechurchpowhatan.org Feeding Powhatan Open 3rd Wednesday of the month

Muddy Creek Baptist Church

FIRST ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday 10am, 11am & 6pm

Sunday School - 9:45 am Worship - 11 am Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer Service - 7:00 pm

3920 MAIDENS RD., POWHATAN

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375-9212

804-598-2301 Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Mid Day Bible Study 11:30 a.m.

Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Travis L. Keith- Pastor Church Office: 794.7054 1530 Cook Road (Rt. 636)

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STUDENT NEWS

HAVIN B. MORRIS

Havin Morris is heading to U.S. Military Academy Havin B. Morris is heading to the U.S. Military Academy as part of the Class of 2024. He is a descendant of Tyler and Ellen Bell of the Bell Family of Powhatan. The Bell and Morris families have a long history of being champions for civil rights and justice.

Morris, a great-grandson of George and Nannie Bell, builds upon the foundation of “Edward Alvin Bell vs. the Board of Education, Powhatan County” and the landmark decision of 1963 to integrate public schools.

Family roots grow deep and strong in Powhatan.

Havin’s grandparents are Hollis Lee and Susie Tutt Morris.

Colonel Morris attended the segregated schools of Powhatan, Logansville Elementary and graduated from Pocahontas High School. He received a degree in mathematics from Virginia State University in 1962. He received his master’s degree in telecommunications from New York Institute of Technology. He served 30 years of military service in the U.S.

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pandemic and its aftermath will result in a similar collection rate or something worse.

Schardein said 94 percent is the highest collection rate they are looking at as they try to come up with conservative projections given business closures and rising unemployment.

The current real estate tax rate is at 88 cents, but with an overall 16 percent average increase in real estate assessments this year, keeping that rate would mean most households would see an increase in their taxes. The board can choose to stay at 88 cents or choose a lower rate, with the effective tax rate (the average resident wouldn’t see a rate-related increase on

in the history of social justice for all people.

Congratulations to all graduates in the Class of 2020, our leaders of tomorrow.

Army. Now his grandson, Havin, continues the proud family tradition of education and service to the country.

Havin is the great-grandson of Hollis and Leah Bell Morris.

Sturdy roots grow deep in Powhatan’s history of strong family ties and heritage.

The recent social discord places focus on the importance of education as well as the need to pursue justice and equality. Havin is the only son of Hollis Lee Morris Jr. and Divine Morris. He is an exceptional student and athlete.

Havin graduated from Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California this May 2020 within the top 1 percent of his class. While excelling academically Havin also played baseball with his high school and tournament teams as a starting catcher.

Havin competed at the Texas State levels with DECA and Skills USA for law, debate, sports and entertainment marketing. Havin was invited and attended a two-week mock trial course at Stanford University.

Havin has committed to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 2024. He received Congressional nominations from Senator Kamala Harris and Senator Diane Feinstein. He is due to arrive at West Point this July 2020. He plans to major in Economics and International Relations.

Havin’s family is proud of him and wishes him great success as he builds upon the history of his Powhatan family roots and makes his own mark

Richard Bland College celebrates Class of 2020 Richard Bland College of William and Mary celebrated the Class of 2020 with a virtual commencement ceremony that awarded associate degrees to 252 graduates. In addition to remarks from W&M Rector John Littel and RBC President Debbie Sydow, RBC and W&M alumnus Victor Branch delivered the keynote address at the 57th annual commencement.

Among the May 2020 graduates who earned an Associate of Science were Isabel Noriko Adkin of Moseley and Teri S. Jackson of Powhatan.

Branch, a former member of the RBC Foundation Board of Directors and current member of the W&M Board of Visitors, delivered the 2020 commencement address. He commended the graduating class for being hard-working, dedicated, determined, flexible, and resilient.

“I am, like many of you, a first-generation college graduate,” Branch said. “The encouragement I got at RBC to do more and be more put me on a path towards success.

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A local student from this area who earned a degree is Chance A. Morris, Bachelor of Science in health and exercise science, from Powhatan.

Robert Stolzman, who is also vice chair of the College’s Board of Trustees and attorney with Adler Pollock and Sheehan P.C., told the graduates that in every generation at Bridgewater College see STUDENTS, pg. 8

ings to help reduce the budget.

A presentation by Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent, laid out areas staff had identified for potential cuts if the schools did not receive full funding – field trips, stipends for athletic coaches and extracurricular sponsors, a 10 percent cut to all material and supply budgets, and personnel reductions. At the meeting, the topics of furlough days and salary reductions were also mentioned by others.

Adding to the list of considerations, Bill Cox, who represents District 4, pointed out at the June 15 board of supervisors meeting that helping to bring better broadband access to Powhatan has been a stated priority since the supervisors were sworn into office in Janu-

their tax bill) of 80 cents.

The board advertised the budget and tax rates at current levels but has been suggesting for weeks the possibility of making reductions before the budget is adopted.

The supervisors approved 90 percent of the county portion of the school board budget on May 14 with the understanding they would work with the school board to determine how to handle the other 10 percent, or about $2.33 million.

The two boards met on June 11 to discuss the school division’s budget. No votes were taken or official decisions made during the meeting, but there were requests by the supervisors to the school board for the latter to find more areas for sav-

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and the best is yet to come.”

Alden Di Dio, vice president of the Student Assembly, represented the Class of ’20 as the student speaker. He asked his fellow graduates not to forget where they began their academic journey and to remember the memories, friends, and education earned at RBC. “I am proud of you, I will miss you and I love you,” Di Dio said. “RBC is a home away from home that respects you, guides you, and cares about you.”

RBC’s virtual commencement ceremony can be at https://www.rbc.edu/commencement-2020/

Clinic to offer free dental care for children Staff Report

The Powhatan Dental Outreach Foundation is offering a free dental clinic this weekend for children and youth from ages 1 to 18.

The clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 at the Powhatan County Fairgrounds, 4042 Anderson Highway.

The clinic is for children ages 1 to 18 because the Free Clinic in Powhatan already serves the population that is ages 19 and older, said Melinda Hitt, president of the foundation, which was started in honor of her late son, Peter Hitt. While the clinic is aimed at Powhatan children, they are also welcoming children from other localities if they need help.

The foundation helps around 2,000 children in Honduras at the dental clinic the Hitts started there and helps about 3,500 children in Virginia a year. Children receive free dental care, clothes, and a Bernstein Bear Tooth Fairy Book from the Tooth Fairy.

The event aims to bring a healthy smile to local children in more ways than one. Hitt said that her sister, Regena Barthelemy, will attend the event dressed as the Tooth Fairy. They are also planning to offer a free fireworks show at sundown. Families are invited to come back for the free show.

The foundation, which is a 501c3 nonprofit, exists thanks to the generosity of volunteers, Hitt said. No one receives compensation or a salary for their work. Volunteers include local dentists; Powhatan School of Dental Assisting students, and students from the Chesterfield Technical Center Dental Assisting program.

ary. The board had a workshop on June 10 discussing the issue and the challenges they have faced in this effort.

Yet in looking at the current budget, there is no funding being put aside to address the broadband issue, which is not in line with the board’s statements that it is a priority, Cox said.

“If we are serious about that, then it has got to be part of our budget,” he said, reiterating several times that the board needs to be clear on its strategic goals and then implement a budget that supports them. While it might not be feasible to look too far into the future, there are pressing problems and anticipated costs the board knows could happen in the next few years (he mentioned mainte-

nance contracts and possible fire and rescue needs), and those should be part of the discussion as well, he added.

Larry Nordvig, District 2, suggested all of the board members come prepared with a plan for a budget that includes their budget priorities and the rates they think will fund them as well as what margins for flexibility they are willing to accept around their plans.

“If you come with a baseline and then accept the fact that it is not going to be so clean this year, I think we will get further down the road on Monday and maybe not have to be here until 1 in the morning,” he said.

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June 24, 2020

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Residents’ voices matter in local politics

By Laura McFarland Editor

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had a conversation with a pastor once about his sermon technique.

He liked to do series that built on each other with a little bit of review that led into the new content. Only sometimes the “little bit of review” actually seemed to be the bulk of the sermon.

We were having a candid discussion about a variety of topics and that subject came up. He told me there were two main reasons for his propensity for repeating the material the way he did: Some things are important enough to say more than once and some people may need to hear it more than once.

When I was thinking about the topic of this week’s column, I kept on switching between topics, but I always came back to the same issue: getting involved and paying attention with local government.

My hesitation in writing about the topic was that I had already touched on the topic relatively recently – my column on April 29 – and I was hesitant to sound like I was “preaching” at people.

But, like that pastor said, some things are important enough to say more than once, and some people may need to hear it more than once.

One phrase I hear quite regularly in everyday conversation is one you will be familiar with: “I hate politics.” On many levels, I completely agree with this statement, especially when I see situations basically come to a standstill because of political maneuvering.

But, while I don’t think local government is entirely free of some of that tomfoolery, I do think it impacts our daily lives in such a visceral way that we can’t just ignore it as politics and think it won’t affect us.

If you look at page 1A, you will see two stories about issues the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors and Powhatan County School Board are dealing with right now that very much impact the lives of every single citizen in Powhatan County.

The board of supervisors is only days away from the very difficult task of adopting the fiscal year (FY)

2021 Operating Budget on June 29. I don’t think this is ever an easy task, but, if you think about the level of unknown variables they are dealing with right now, it is not an enviable responsibility.

Read the 1A story for a better description, but — in the middle of an ongoing pandemic and economic downturn — the board essentially has to set its budget priorities and then choose a tax rate based on an anticipated collection rate that they think can achieve those revenue figures and that they feel residents can live with. Whether you agree with their final decision or not, I hope people at least appreciate the complexity and daunting nature of that task.

So what can you do? As you are reading this, the board has already met on June 22, which unfortunately occurred after press time. But what board members had decided the week before was that they were all going to come prepared to that meeting with their budget priorities and a plan on how to structure this year’s budget, followed by a discussion to decide on the best course of action – or at least one three or more of them could agree on.

If you didn’t watch the meeting live, you can still watch the meeting on the county’s YouTube channel.

And, once you do, depending on what you hear, I hope you will reach out to your supervisor or all of the supervisors to voice your preferences on how the budget should be structured this year.

I have sat through almost every single board of supervisors meeting for the last six years, and I can tell you that some of the most common phrases I hear them utter are: “I heard from my residents that …” or “I wish we had more people here to speak on this important topic.” Usually the latter is about the budget.

Your voice matters.

While I am on this soapbox, I am also going to bring up the huge looming issue of the schools. So many families have been impacted this year already by the closing of the schools for the last several weeks of the school year. Now guidance from the state implies getting back to school as we know it – full-time, in-person instruction – is not even on the horizon. As Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent, pointed out, when the

state sent out its huge document on the subject of reopening, that option, which he referred to as Phase 4, wasn’t even a consideration and there was no timeline for when it would be an option.

But if you tuned into the school board’s meeting on June 16, you would have heard from plenty of parents who are distraught, confused, and angry over the options they have been given for the start of the new school year. School staff received 23 pages worth of emails from parents, students, and staff on this topic ahead of the meeting, and, because the school board wanted to give them a voice, they had staff members read all 23 pages.

Your voice matters.

The school division wants to hear from Powhatan employees and families who will be part of the coming school year. Staff and the school board want to know who is comfortable with distance learning and who needs to have their children back in school fulltime. They sent out a survey to gather information on the topic, and the results of that survey will be given to a task force that has been set up specifically to deal with this issue. The survey has closed, but people can still reach out to their school division to weigh in on the issue.

Your voice matters.

And, as was pointed out at the school board meeting, where people’s voices really need to be heard is at the state level. Whether it is letting the individual school divisions have more flexibility to decide how they will reopen or allowing waivers for localities that haven’t been hit as hard by COVID-19, those kinds of decisions are made at the state level. Jones suggested reaching out to Atif Qarni, the secretary of education, or Dr. James Lane, superintendent of public instruction. The governor’s office and the Virginia Department of Health also are huge stakeholders in these decisions.

Yeah, it’s that important, so I’ll say it again: Your voice matters.

Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.

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County needs to face facts and tighten belts Dear Editor, This is in response to Supervisor Carmack’s letter and Dr. Jones’ comments in the issue of 10 June 2020.

First, using Ms. Carmack’s example, she is correct that the FY 2020 tax on a property assessed at $300,000 at a tax rate of $0.88 per $100, and at the typical average collection rate of 97.8 percent, is $2,640. If the property in FY 2021 is now assessed 16 percent higher at $348,000 ($300,000 times 1.16), the Revenue Neutral tax rate with the same 97.8 percent typical average collection to give the same tax of $2,640 would be $0.759 per $100 ($0.88 divided by 1.16), not $0.80 per $100 as Ms. Carmack states.

If the expected collection rate is 94 percent, the FY 2021 Revenue Neutral tax rate would be $0.79 per $100, for a tax of $2,748 or an increase of $108 or 4.1 percent versus the Revenue Neutral tax of $2,640 at 97.8 percent collection. All my figures assume there is no year-over-year increase in the county tax base; however, if there is an increase in the tax base for FY 2021, the tax rates would be correspondingly lower.

Second, if we assume inflation (which has been relatively low the last couple of years) of 2 percent has been partially offset by 0.5 percent through the county’s productivity/efficiency improvement/cost containment efforts, the FY 2021 Revenue Neutral tax rate with the 97.8 percent typical average collection would be $0.770 per $100 ($0.759 from above times 1.015). The tax rate would

be $0.801 at 94 percent collection.

Finally, since the PCPS proposed FY 2021 budget is approximately 85 percent staff payroll and benefits (per Dr. Jones’ comments), have he and the school board considered an across-the-board reduction of 3 percent to 5 percent in payroll and benefits, in addition to other proposals mentioned, to balance expenses with potentially lower funding? The across-the-board reduction may allow PCPS to maintain its current headcount. The challenge for Dr. Jones and the school board is to think more outside the box while still delivering a quality education.

So far, I get the impression that the School Administration, School Board, County Administration, and the Board of Supervisors have not fully come to grips with the financial stress being felt by many of the county’s residents. Under today’s economic circumstances, we all have to tighten our belts and share in the pain.

Ranjit Mazumdar Powhatan County

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ed in each other’s company. When it was time to go one of the ladies said to me that she had never had this kind of conversation with a white person from Powhatan in all her years of living there. I was surprised because I know many beautiful people in Powhatan but I don’t know why she didn’t.

I have been thinking back to this experience over the last few weeks and I think it gets to the heart of what is going on in our country. We all want to matter. Many of us don’t reach out and engage enough with people of color. And so we don’t really know them, understand where they’re coming from, feel empathy for their struggle, or make them feel like they matter as much as we do.

Is that easy to do? No. As many of you know I can be very unengaged with folks as I race around the county with ants in my pants. But I think right now we have no choice. During this pandemic and protests for justice even at a safe distance people need to know that we care about them. All people, every one of us.

I should probably stop there but I have one other request. Can we please remove the confederate battle flag from the courthouse lawn? I realize the monument is privately owned and it commemorates sacrifice and valor. But the red flag means much more and some of it is very offensive to many people living in our Powhatan community. If removed it will help us all focus instead on the red LOVE sign. I think this kind gesture would be a little step toward making all of us feel like we matter.

Terry Paquette Powhatan County

cancer. Organizers are trying to reach the volunteers from that 1996 Relay to show their appreciation for the great event that they founded and passed down. If you participated in the first Relay For Life of Powhatan in 1996, contact Carol Beach at cmasten01@hotmail.com.

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there’s a class that inevitably “bears the burden of the times,” including World War II and the tumultuous 1960s. But those classes, in turn, produce great leaders who enhance their communities and take the College to the next level. The Class of 2020, Stolzman said, is comprised of a special group of Bridgewater College graduates in that they “see the world more clearly than most.”

His advice to graduates was to adopt as their own the college’s values of truth, harmony, beauty and goodness that have guided the college for 140 years. “Every important decision you will ever make, every path you take, can be illuminated and guided by these values,” he said.

Of Saturday’s graduates, 145 earned Bachelor of Arts degrees and 175 earned Bachelor of Science degrees. Seventy-six graduates will complete studies during the summer. The college’s presi-

dent, Dr. David W. Bushman, conferred the degrees at the ceremony.

Bridgewater College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Founded in 1880, it was the state’s first private, coeducational college. Today, Bridgewater College is home to nearly 1,800 undergraduate students.

Belmont University releases Dean's List Jillian O'Shea of Moseley and Alexandra Dickinson of Powhatan achieved the Dean's List at Belmont University for the Spring 2020 semester. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours (exclusive of audit and pass/fail courses this semster) and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C (inclusive of audit, pass/fail courses and zero-credit courses).

Approximately 53 percent of Belmont's 6,313 undergraduate students qualified for the Spring 2020 Dean's List. Bel-

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ated costs, which can be prohibitive.

Cerullo said he has been working with the sheriff’s office on the issue of body cameras and their research has shown it presents a big feasibility question financially. Going with cheaper models means they run the risk of losing footage, which can hurt the cases they are building. Every single video that is recorded is discoverable by the defense, which involves software to share them. There are

mont Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, "This achievement for the spring semester indicates that these students have placed a high priority on their work at Belmont and have invested time and energy in their studies. It is our strong belief that consistent application in this manner will reap great benefits, which will equip them for a lifetime of learning and growing."

Belmont Universityhome of the October 22, 2020, Presidential Debate, the third and final in the election season-is made up of nearly 8,500 students who come from every state and more than 36 countries.

Nationally ranked and consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report for its innovation and commitment to teaching, Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christian community of learning and service. The University's purpose is to help students explore their passions and develop their talents to meet the world's needs.

also the issues of storage and increasing personnel in the commonwealth’s attorney’s office to review footage.

School resource officers The main purpose of having SROs in the school is to protect the children, Nunnally said. His office is very careful about the juvenile cases it chooses to prosecute because they don’t want to create the “classroom to prison pipeline.” The main instances where charges have been necessary involved illegal substances or assault cases.

They are also there to protect

Myers named to Bob Jones’ Dean's List Bethany Myers, a sophomore elementary education major from Powhatan, was among over 850 Bob Jones University students named to the Spring 2020 Dean's List.

The Dean's List recognizes students who earn a 3.00-3.74 grade point average during the semester.

Located in Greenville, South Carolina, Bob Jones University provides an outstanding regionally accredited Christian liberal arts education purposely designed to inspire a lifelong pursuit of learning, loving and leading.

BJU offers over 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in religion, education, fine arts and communication, arts and science, health sciences, and business.

Local students awarded scholarships Virginia Credit Union has awarded $2,500 scholarships to two students from Powhatan County through its scholarship

against the very real threat in this nation of school shootings, he said. They are not there to enforce school rules, he added.

Defund the police Taking funds away from law enforcement is not the solution to the nation’s problems, Nunnally said. Law enforcement needs more partners in police work, such as mental health providers, and those partners need more funding. Law enforcement officers are often tasked with duties outside of their profession or expertise because there is no one

munity College.

The students were selected on the basis of scholastic achievement, community service, extracurricular activities, an essay, and work to help cover the cost of education.

They are among the 30 credit union members to receive a scholarship for the coming academic year as part of Virginia Credit Union’s popular scholarship program.

Overall, Virginia Credit Union awarded $75,000 in college scholarships through its program. Virginia Credit Union has awarded nearly $1.3 million in college scholarships to student members since 1991.

AUTUMN THOMPSON

Clemson awards degrees for spring

HANNAH SQUIRES

program for members.

The local students are Hannah Squires of Powhatan, a graduate of Powhatan High School planning to attend Virginia Tech, and Autumn Thompson of Powhatan, a graduate of Powhatan High School planning to attend John Tyler Com-

else to respond.

“Police reform will solve the problem, but defunding us will not solve it,” he said.

However, he pointed out that the potential danger of a call for help is not always immediately evident when a call comes into 911, meaning they don’t know what the situation will be when they show up. And mental health professionals are not trained to handcuff or restrain someone who doesn’t want to go into custody.

Clemson University awarded more than 4,007 degrees in May 2020.

Gabrielle E. Ernesto of Moseley graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.

Kourtney L. Matthews of Moseley graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.

chiatrist on retainer, and anytime a deputy is observed struggling with issues at home or at work, he or she is referred to the psychiatrist. Deputies are also allowed to visit the doctor on their own without a referral but still having the bill covered.

The Rev. Darnell Carruthers, who was listening to the town hall, asked if there are mandatory policies in place that ensure psychiatric evaluations or mental health evaluations are done on a regular basis, such as every six months to one year. Nunnally said there isn’t but it is an idea he would consider.

Mental health The sheriff’s office has a psy-

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Powhatan’s Spencer Moran (13) and Hayden Bradbury (1) defend in a 2019 home season game versus former Jefferson District opponent Charlottesville.

The seniors of Powhatan boys lacrosse

By Nick Vandeloecht Sports Editor

“They represent the bedrock on which our program is built.”

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hen Hayden Bradbury was in middle school, two of his peers, Travis Wooten and Ethan Niles, had each played one season of lacrosse. Wooten talked him into giving it a try.

“And I just kind of fell in love with it,” Bradbury said.

Ethan Niles started playing the game when his dad, Powhatan head varsity boys lacrosse coach Joe Niles, brought home a lacrosse stick, and they started playing catch in the yard.

It was in his third game ever playing lacrosse that he scored his first-ever goal about 10 yards away from the net.

“From that point,” he said, “I knew this is what I wanted to do.”

He’s been playing for 10 years now.

Robbie Williams remembered the time he and his family members were watching and rooting for the University of Virginia Cavaliers men’s lacrosse team when it won the 2011 national championship. He recalled his dad saying: Hey, that seems like a cool sport; I’m going to sign you up, we can find a league for you to play in.

Making the transition to lacrosse from baseball, Williams first played for Weaver in 2012 because Powhatan didn’t yet have a team, but once the Powhatan recreational lacrosse program took form – establishing lacrosse in the county – Williams joined his classmates on the field and played alongside them throughout the rest of the decade.

Spencer Moran was in fifth grade at Blessed Sacrament Huguenot when a lacrosse team was started there. Wanting to play a sport, Moran decided to give it a try, and he played at BSH until around eighth grade when he played on the Powhatan club rec team under head coach Joe. Before joining the team, Moran had played midfield, but Joe, recognizing his ability and potential as a defenseman, told him to get a D-pole. see LACROSSE, pg. 2B

- Powhatan head varsity boys lacrosse coach Joe Niles on Class of 2020 graduates Hayden Bradbury, Jacob Leynes, Spencer Moran, Ethan Niles and Robbie Williams

Powhatan’s Ethan Niles (7) carries the ball in a 2019 home season match versus Charlottesville.

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Playing for the American Legion Post 201 uniors in a first-round district tournament game, the Powhatan High School rising junior ccrushed a double deep into the right field ccorner for an early 2-0 lead over Post 156

from Orange County. Within the first inning alone, Cheatham batted 2 for 2, knocked in four runs and scored twice. The Post 201 Juniors team, or the Braves, quickly seized an 11-0 lead and went on to rout Post 156, 15-5, in four-and-a-half innings on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, for the Braves’ first-ever first-round playoff win. The following evening at Douglas Freeman High School, the Braves, in five innings, advanced past top-seeded Post 125, 12-2, and into the district final. They finished the season as district runners-up to Post 320, who won 10-6 with a four-run rally in the fifth inning.

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From there, defense became Moran’s position.

Jacob Leynes’ dad played lacrosse in high school for one of the first Chesterfield programs, and Leynes himself was part of Powhatan’s inaugural season of recreational lacrosse in 2013. He had Joe as a coach when he was playing on the U11 team.

During Leynes’ eighth grade season, Joe’s dad, Gerald, who helped Joe coach in the Powhatan Rec program for several years, told Leynes how much he admired him as a player and a person.

That really motivated Leynes in lacrosse – and in life in general.

Coach Joe affectionately called Powhatan boys lacrosse’s Class of 2020 seniors – Bradbury, Ethan, Leynes, Moran and Williams – the “Fab 5.” He also called them “an amazing group of young men that I have had the distinct pleasure of coaching over the past six years” since the inception of Powhatan County lacrosse.

“They represent the bedrock on which our program is built,” he said before underlining the following: “They will be missed.”

“Just to see the progression and just to work so hard with so many kids that I had known for so long, I think was probably my favorite part of it.”

- Hayden Bradbury

‘The brains of our defense’ Coach Niles called Bradbury, who played at the close defender position, “the brains of our defense.”

“I think I just really enjoyed the technical aspect of it and how . . . a single player can never carry a defense,” Bradbury said, speaking to being able to know who had to be where and when they had to be there, and also to keeping track of the kinds of offensive sets that opposing teams were putting up against them.

“Hayden Bradbury was a very cerebral player,” Ethan said. “He watched a lot of highlights on YouTube, he knows what to do defensively, mentally, and he was always there to kind of quarterback the defense and direct traffic for our defense.”

Bradbury said he and fellow close defender Moran – whom Joe called the “heartbeat” of Powhatan’s defense – did really well with complementing one another.

“He’s a whole lot bigger – he’s not afraid to get in there,” Bradbury said of Moran, “and with me being better at the technical side of it, it usually worked out pretty well.”

‘The heartbeat of our defense’ “During games, definitely I would give it my 100 percent.

I had a lot of emotion on the field. I tried my hardest,” said Moran, who also brought size – he stands tall at 6-foot-4 and weighs 185 pounds – as well as athleticism to the defensive position.

“When something would happen wrong on the field, I’d try to talk to everyone, see what’s going on, fix it for the next time.”

“Spencer was super competitive and he was always a great way to show some energy on the field and kids would

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Powhatan’s boys lacrosse team breaks from the huddle during a 2019 home season game.

build off of that sort of energy,” Ethan said. “We always knew he had our backs.”

Moran also played travel lacrosse for Venom, on which his teammates included Ethan and Williams.

“That was fun, and that gave me a different coaching experience, because . . . every coach has a completely different style, and having multiple coaches throughout my career in lacrosse just really helped me find a hybrid of all the different types of playing,” Moran said. “I used to get a fair amount of penalties and I was just out there going for bodies, and then I learned more footwork and more skill, and got better than just being big. That helped as well, advance my game.”

Enjoying the transition In youth lacrosse, Leynes played on the attack, but he switched to midfield where he enjoyed playing both offense and defense. For varsity, he was a transition midfielder. Joe expected Leynes to take on a key defensive role this year.

“Even when I played basketball when I was younger, I was always much better at defense than offense, and so I just liked being able to shut players down as opposed to: take all the glory and score, because even when I did play attack, I didn’t really get that many goals,” Leynes said. “I got way more assists than goals. So I was more of a defensive-oriented player and it just took me a while to figure that out.”

But another thing he loved was that chance of intercepting the ball and playing transition offense – something he found way more enjoyable than settled offense.

“Because you just are always pushing towards the goal,” Leynes said, “and it’s really one of the most fun ways to score or get assists in lacrosse.”

Leynes had speed on his side, and through his experiences playing offense, he understood what the offensive players on opposing teams were going to do, further helping his own play on defense.

“Jacob was a great defensive midfielder – and we could always count on him to work hard,” Ethan said. “We could always count on him to be there at practice and to do the extra steps off the field to get better.”

Breaking through Leynes’ “absolute favorite memory” from Powhatan lacrosse occurred during last year’s game at Charlottesville.

The two teams, who had built a rivalry through playing in the Jefferson District together, clashed all the way into overtime, tied 16-16. One overtime goal would decide the game.

Leynes recalled how they won the face-off, but then turned the ball over, but then got the ball back.

His teammate, Williams, never wanted the game to go into overtime.

“I was very nervous,” Williams said. “But I remember: I caught the ball, and I just dodged, and I remember being tripped, and I didn’t see a flag, and then the flag finally came out. “ He had this thought of: Do I take a shot now? Because if you get a flag, it’s a free possession, he said – even if you miss the shot or lose the ball, you get it back.

“So it was like: I’d rather take a bad shot now than pass it and someone drop it or I drop it and we don’t get that shot off in the first place,” Williams said.

The shot he ending up taking “was kind of a laughing moment,” he said.

“It was bad. It was slow,” Williams said, citing nerves.

“It bounced like four times on the ground … It was not an impressive shot at all.”

It was also the shot that caused Powhatan to erupt in celebration.

Williams described the shot he made as being “pretty far-out,” and there was a lot of commotion in front of Williams, with guys moving around and legs in the way.

That made it a pretty hard shot for the goalie to see coming.

The ball rolled in.

The tie was broken.

The winning score of 1716 went to Powhatan.

“Whenever I score . . . I’m not one to celebrate; I kind of just stand there and might give out a high five or whatnot,” Williams said. “I think that was the one time where I was just so excited to score, and jumping up and down and getting tackled after was crazy.”

Leading with composure Ethan complimented Williams’ experience at the midfielder position.

“He has a very good shot,” Ethan said. “We could always count on Robbie to make the right plays from the midfield’s perspective.”

Williams also stepped up in last year’s road match at Fluvanna. After the Indians defeated the Flying Flucos the first time, they expected to roll past them again. But it didn’t go like that. Williams recalled how they weren’t playing as well, their morale was down and the Flying Flucos were getting into their heads.

“I just tried to stay calm, just guide the team,” Williams said, speaking to sticking to what he did best, to not getting out of control, to knowing his skill set and to not trying to do things he’s not good at.

He ended up scoring four goals, two of which helped his team break out in the fourth quarter and secure the win.

A catalyst for the offense Joining Williams as an offensive powerhouse for Powhatan lacrosse was Ethan, a three-year team captain who ranked first on the team in overall points (goals and assists) and holds the team records for most points in a season and most assists. He was a four-year varsity starter, a 2019 Second Team All-Region Se-

lection and a 2020 Preseason All-American Nominee.

Ethan felt he brought energy to the team and acted as a catalyst for the offense. He spoke to having great vision and awareness on the field, and to being able to help kids score and quarterback the offense.

“I definitely attribute my knowledge of my game to the extensive amount of YouTube highlights and college games I have watched,” he said.

“I still don’t feel like I’m at that really good level yet after eight seasons of play, and I think that’s kind of what makes it enjoyable, is that you can see improvement as you go on and as you get better.”

- Robbie Williams

The art of getting good One of the unique things about Powhatan’s lacrosse program, Joe said, was that each of the seniors understood their responsibility to teach the game and to be mentors to the younger players, as well as demonstrate how the game is meant to be played, and what it means to play lacrosse for Powhatan High School.

It was through the progress he made as a player that Moran felt he was able to be a role model to his younger teammates.

“It’s just really tough to start late, and I did, and I think the players saw me progress, because I used to just go around and body because I didn’t have very good stick skills. I wasn’t very good, I was just athletic and big,” Moran said. But then, he said, once you get to playing high school varsity lacrosse as a freshman, you have to realize “that you are not even close to the biggest kid on the field, and there’s way more athletic people, so you’ve got to get some skill on you and try.”

“I think people saw me progress that way and inspire people,” Moran said, “and I tried to get a lot of people to play lacrosse and I did.”

Some of the seniors pointed out that, when you start a sport late, you start at a disadvantage.

“It’s like baseball – it’s kind of hard to just walk in and try this, because it’s a lot of hand-eye coordination and the chemistry with your other players to know how to throw a ball and how to pick up the ball and how to run with the ball and have to shoot especially,” Moran said.

Williams said it took him about three to four years to consider himself a quote-unquote good lacrosse player.

He noted his own progression from scoring around nine goals as a sophomore to 19 as a junior.

“I still don’t feel like I’m at that really good level yet after

eight seasons of play, and I think that’s kind of what makes it enjoyable, is that you can see improvement as you go on and as you get better,” Williams said.

Powhatan’s players as a whole started late in comparison to other teams in Virginia who have had lacrosse programs “for years and years and years” according to Moran, with players from those programs starting when they were really little.

“We were such a young program,” Bradbury said. “We didn’t win a whole lot whenever we first started, but then as we got older and as we worked and worked and worked and got kicked around a whole bunch, we started getting pretty good.”

And as time went on, he and his teammates began to beat teams that had always beaten them.

“Just to see the progression and just to work so hard with so many kids that I had known for so long, I think was probably my favorite part of it,” Bradbury said.

That they went so long with being the underdog and a program that everybody wrote off as a win for them automatically, and having to come up through the years – because of that, Bradbury and his teammates had a chip on their shoulders all the time, no matter where they went or who they were playing, he said.

“It was just kind of always an all-out battle . . . just to prove that we were something.”

From the years its players spent focused on lacrosse to the time they shared as teammates growing up, Powhatan quickly ascended from humble beginnings to a 10-5 season in 2019.

That spring marked the Indians’ winningest campaign in the team’s four years competing on the varsity level, not including 2020.

“Whenever we won, it was because we worked harder than other teams even though they were more talented than us,” Leynes said. “That’s what I really liked about it, is that we just proved the value of hard work.”

“Last year, I believe we just came in with a mentality of: We can compete. We’re good.

We know what we can do. I also believe that last year our defensive middies really stepped up and really improved in how they played,” Williams said. “We were wellrounded last year compared to other seasons.”

“Our junior year, we knocked it out the water,” Moran said. “We won all the games we should’ve. There was a few teams that we could’ve beat, but we didn’t, and there were a few teams we knew we weren’t going to beat and we thought we were going to get blown out the water, and we did fairly well.

“Knowing that you’re not going to win a few games, but you can try your hardest and show them that we’re not just some backwoods lacrosse team, helps you when you’re down a little bit,” Moran said.

“You keep on fighting and try your hardest.”

“Everybody had built up confidence with their playstyle and how well they could compete,” Ethan said. “Our coaches had figured out the best method of coaching us at this sort of level, and we had adapted as a team and grown together as a team to be able to compete much better than we had in the previous years.”

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districts from Jefferson to Dominion, in which they’d face neighboring teams from Chesterfield County.

“I think we were all a little worried about the changing districts and everything, because that put us up against some really, really good programs,” Bradbury said. “I know we were practicing really hard.”

After losing several talented seniors and top contributors from last year, Williams said this year was about seeing how they’d adapt.

“It was like a look-ahead and to see how other teams, future Powhatan teams, would adapt into situations like this, and how the classmen under us would adapt when we eventually left,” Williams said. “It was about filling those holes that losing the seniors created.”

Leynes felt they were going to have a strong season.

“Last year was a great season – we had lost a couple seniors last year that were some of our best players ever,” Leynes said. “But I think that everybody was just going to step up and fill their positions and we were going to have another winning season and might actually have made it further into the playoffs. . . . I saw a lot of potential in our team this year.”

Moran also felt they were going to do great things.

“We improved as a whole team. We had a strong chemistry, very fast, with a lot of new players,” Moran said. “We had a JV team – I just thought we were really growing as a program.”

But not long after the COVID-19 pandemic began to grip the nation in March, schools statewide were ordered by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to close, leading to the Virginia High School League cancelling its spring seasons for the year.

“I know I was definitely disappointed by it. It’s definitely tough, I think everybody’s kind of having a tough time about it . . . I know everybody was really excited,” Bradbury said. “Coach Joe was still sending us practice stuff to do over the two weeks [we were initially supposed to be out], and then they kind of just cancelled everything out from under us, and I definitely wasn’t expecting it. It really caught me off-guard.”

“That was the hardest part about this whole ordeal was knowing that I won’t have a last lacrosse season, because that’s something that, your senior year sport, that’s something you can never do again,” Moran said. “It’s just really tough to know that I’ll never get on the field with Coach Joe and my team and have a winning season as a senior and – I mean I’ve been working for this moment my whole lacrosse career and it just got demolished – like that’s your favorite part, I’d been waiting for that all school year, waiting for that lacrosse year, and it got taken down.

“That was the hardest part for me with this pandemic, what it affected.”

“It was awful. I was excited to play a final year for Powhatan,” Ethan said.

“I had first started playing when the league was created in Powhatan, and I was expecting a grand finale of a senior season.”

“Just watching the news, seeing what the coronavirus was doing to our nation and to the world really kind of opened my eyes and made me foreshadow the fact that my season was probably going to get cancelled,” Leynes said. “And so that extra time allowed me to just have that time to reflect on what was really going on in the world and not take it as hard.”

Focusing on the road ahead To Bradbury – who has a scholarship offer from a college in Wyoming, is interested in majoring in history as well as becoming a history teacher and might play lacrosse again down the road for an adult league – the current times have shown him that they can persevere and find a way to make do with everything that’s been happening.

“It’s been tough, but we’ve found ways to persevere. I still hang out with some of my teammates. My brother played, so we go out in the yard and some of the younger players come over,” Bradbury said. “I think we’ve found a way to kind of keep playing, to kind of just make the best of the situation because I know everybody’s going through it.”

- Ethan Niles and all of my sights are set on succeeding at the next level. With the remainder of school being cancelled, I’ve also began preparing for the academic rigor I will be facing next year.”

A field of camaraderie

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Above: Powhatan’s Robbie Williams looks to pass the ball in a 2019 season game; below: Jacob Leynes (14) and his teammates congratulate Hayden Somerville on a goal scored in a 2020 scrimmage versus Benedictine.

“I’ve never met someone that care more about the sport than Coach Joe. He’s super into it and he gives it 100 percent all the time.”

- Spencer Moran on Powhatan head lacrosse coach Joe Niles For Williams – who right now is planning to attend Hampden-Sydney College, study computer science and mathematics and is still deciding whether or not to play in college – he only got to play two seasons of high school lacrosse. In addition to the hard work he was already putting in towards improving himself as a player, he also had to go through the recovery process of bouncing back from a broken femur that made him sit out his freshman year. From both his injury and the pandemic that took away his senior season, Williams has seen that it’s about using what you get – and not taking it for granted.

“I think that’s kind of the whole thing, is taking what you get and putting it to the best use, and I think I did that sophomore to junior year,” Williams said. “I think I saw a lot of improvement, and I believe that injury freshman year kind of sparked that, and I don’t think I would be as good as a lacrosse player now if I didn’t have that injury. You take a step back to get a big leap forward.”

The extra time that came with the

“Just to have that time . . . I think it was necessary. We’re living in such a fast-paced world, and this time actually gave us time to slow down and reflect on ourselves, and I’m actually valuing it and trying to make the most of it.”

- Jacob Leynes on the past couple of months

pandemic allowed Leynes time to better himself both physically and mentally.

“Over this time, I found out that I got into the University of Virginia off the wait list, and so that’s where I’ll be going in the fall, and so that really motivated me even more after all the negativity,” said Leynes, who wants to be an engineer and study mechanical engineering. “I’ve just been trying to stay mentally and physically in shape. I’ve been doing a lot of running and just exercising and doing just a lot of things to just keep my mind occupied like walking and reading and just all kinds of just things to pass the time.

“Just to have that time . . . I think it was necessary,” he said. “We’re living in such a fast-paced world, and this time actually gave us time to slow down and reflect on ourselves, and I’m actually valuing it and trying to make the most of it.”

Moran has been working out a lot, and he’s been looking into the club team at Longwood University where he’ll be going to college.

“I wasn’t sure if I wanted to play lacrosse in college,” Moran said. “This just assured my hopes that I’ll join the club team and play some ball before I graduate college.”

Moran wants to double-major in political science and criminology, and he wants to join the Coast Guard to become a rescue swimmer.

Ethan next year will be playing Division III lacrosse for Alvernia University, a private school in Pennsylvania.

“The offseason began the day our spring season was cancelled. To stay in shape I’ve been working out in our home gym and have been going for runs,” Ethan said. “I’m incredibly motivated to make next season amazing,

Several of Powhatan lacrosse’s players came up through the recreational program together, fostering bonds with one another over the years.

“We’ve been playing together since we were really young and we’ve watched each other grow up. . . we have this really strong sort of camaraderie that I think is unmatched by a lot of other teams in our area,” Ethan said.

“We help each other out on our weaknesses and work well on supporting each other with our strengths. And furthermore, that bond sort of helps with the teamwork aspect of it. So if somebody makes a mistake, then we’re right there to pick each other back up, and it keeps kids’ heads up when things aren’t going so well on the field, and we’re also there to support each other when things aren’t going well.”

Bradbury said he and Moran have been playing next to each other since around seventh or eighth grade. And team chemistry from the start, Williams said, was pretty good.

“I feel like it started off really nice, and a lot of them, I had in classes, too, so it was kind of on-and-off-the-field chemistry, and it was just a really easy transition from Weaver where I knew no one there to Powhatan, where I knew people I was playing with, and I believe that’s kind of what started me off, getting better,” Williams said.

The teammates have gotten to share many fond memories together, from hanging out outside of lacrosse to the Saturday practices that Bradbury enjoyed – along with getting to practice early to pass the ball around with everyone – to the youth summer camps that the players would help coach, to the bus rides home whenever they won a game.

“I don’t think anyone on the team hated losing more than Coach Joe, but no one else on the team was happier when we won except Coach Joe,” Moran said. “The bus rides there, we were quiet, we were focused. The bus rides back, if we won, they were a blast.”

Joe really helped the players find their natural athleticism and skill, and he helped find the perfect position for them – something that Moran can attest to.

“He was super smart about finding the potential in a player,” Moran said.

“I came in eighth grade and he knew right then … he saw me play one practice, he said, ‘bring your D-pole to practice next time,’ and I said, ‘yes sir’ and then stuck with that.

“He’s a really good man and he wants the best for you and will do pretty much anything to help you out and teach you, and if you’re not picking up on something, then he’ll spend extra time,” Moran said. “I’ve never met someone that cared more about the sport than Coach Joe. He’s super into it and he gives it 100 percent all the time.”

Bradbury said Joe had talked to him about using what he’s good at, knowing what he can do himself and working with his teammates to figure out what needs to happen.

“Also Coach Joe was very big on commitment,” Bradbury said. “His whole thing was the attitude and the effort of the practice. And I think that applies to pretty much everything: if you have a good attitude and you put effort in, things will usually go your way.”

Leynes spoke fondly of Joe’s father Gerald, whom he called “Coach Niles” and said “had such a loving attitude towards the game of lacrosse.”

Gerald passed away from cancer two years ago. Leynes and many of his teammates wore tape on their helmets saying “Niles” to honor his impact on Powhatan’s lacrosse community.

Each one of the five seniors, Joe said, was a leader on Powhatan varsity lacrosse. They were very unselfish, he said, and they always took the time to help the underclassmen.

“They are also all very hard workers and very intelligent,” Joe said. “I have no doubt that they will go far in life.”

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Celebrity Show-Off Laughs ››› “Transformers” (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf. Å (DVS) Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Two Men Two Men ››› “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984) Eddie Murphy. Å “Beverly Hills Cop II” (1987) South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk Kevin Hart: South Pk South Pk Bering Sea Gold Bering Sea Gold Dino Hunters Å Homestead Rescue: Surviving the Wild 90 Day: Other 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (N) 90 Day 90 Day Fiancé 90 Day River Monsters River Monsters: Deadliest Man-Eaters River Monsters River Monsters Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy ›› “Space Jam” (1996) Michael Jordan.

The 700 Club Å Andy G. Andy G. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond ›› “The Watermelon Woman” (1996, Comedy) ›››› “M” (1931) “Madchen in Uniform” (1931) “My One & Only” “A Royal Christmas” (2014, Romance) Golden Golden Golden Golden King King ›‡ “What Happens in Vegas” (2008) ›‡ “Killers” (2010) Ashton Kutcher. Å Fixer to Fabulous Dream Dream Dream Home Dream Dream Dream Dream Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners “Creed” (2015) 2019 BET Awards: Å Futurama ››› “John Wick” (2014) Keanu Reeves. ›‡ “Gone in Sixty Seconds” (2000) Nicolas Cage.

Friday ››‡ “Caddyshack” (1980) ›››‡ “The Karate Kid” (1984, Drama) Ralph Macchio. Å Last Man Last Man Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom The UnXplained The UnXplained The UnXplained The UnXplained The UnXplained

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Greatest Games: MLB (N) Å NASCAR Cup Series: Pocono Organics 325. Å Fight Night UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker (N) (Live) Boxing Wheel Jeopardy To Be Announced To Be Announced The Rookie News Secre HopeCarbon MacGyver Å Magnum P.I. Å 48 Hours (In Stereo) News Know Big Bang Big Bang 24 Hours-Hell LEGO Masters News America Ultimate Tag 12 News Paint Global Goal: Unite for Our Future Å Saturday Night Live News SNL Blue Bloods Å Blue Bloods Å Blue Bloods Å Blue Bloods Å Blue Bloods Å Serta (N) (Live) Å WEN Chaz Dean Serta (N) (Live) Å Beekman 1802 Serta (N) (Live) Å Lawrence Welk Call Home Murder Midsomer Murders Songs Song of Mountains Prehistoric-Trip Spy in the Wild NOVA (In Stereo) Independent Lens Reel South Å Situation Room Situation Room Situation Room 1968: (N) Å 1968: (N) Å MSNBC Live Å All In With Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour Undercover Undercover Undercover Boss Undercover Boss Undercover Boss Life, Liberty Watters’ World Å Justice Judge Greg Gutfeld Watters’ World Å “Jurassic Park” ››‡ “Tomb Raider” (2018) Alicia Vikander. Å ››‡ “Tomb Raider” (2018) “Avengers: Age” ››› “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) Robert Downey Jr. “Hellboy-Army” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Full Laughs “Expendables 2” ›› “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” (2016, Action) “The Expendables 3” (2014) ››‡ “Red 2” (2013, Action) ››‡ “The A-Team” ››‡ “Red” (2010, Action) Bruce Willis. Å ›› “50 First Dates” (2004) Å Rough ›› “Super Troopers” (2001) Jay Chandrasekhar.

Homestead Rescue Homestead Rescue Homestead Rescue: Surviving the Wild “Under Siege” Å sMothered sMothered sMothered sMothered sMothered Bronx Tales The Zoo (In Stereo) Saved By The Barn The Aquarium The Zoo (In Stereo) ››‡ “Jurassic World” (2015, Adventure) Chris Pratt. Å ››‡ “Jumanji” (1995) Robin Williams.

Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men “Stalking Moon” ›››‡ “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964) Å ››› “Don’t Look Back” (1967) Å “Love Under the Olive Tree” (2019) Å “Matching Hearts” (2020) Taylor Cole.

“You’re Bacon” “Wrong Friend” “The Wrong Housesitter” (2020) Å “The Wrong Student” (2017, Suspense) Unsella Unsella Love It or List It Love It or List It Love It or List It Love It or List It Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners BET Star Cinema ›› “Get Hard” (2015, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Å CrazySexyCool: ›‡ “Gone in Sixty Seconds” (2000) Nicolas Cage.

Futurama ››› “Wanted” (2008) James McAvoy.

“Lethal Weapon 3” ›› “Lethal Weapon 4” (1998, Action) Mel Gibson. Å Line of Duty Å ››› “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006) Meryl Streep. ››‡ “27 Dresses” (2008) Katherine Heigl. Å Ancient Aliens Å Ancient Aliens Å Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens

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NASCAR Cup Series: Pocono 350. Å NASCAR Xfinity Documentaries Documentaries Backstory SportsCenter (Live) Funny Videos Celebrity Fam Press Your Luck Match Game (N) News NCIS: LA 60 Minutes (N) Å The BET Awards 2020: (N) (In Stereo Live) Å News Elmntry Last Man Duncan Simpson Bless Burgers Fam Guy News America This Week ROH Game Night The Titan Games America’s Got Talent “Auditions 5” Å News Greta Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Married Married Classic Christmas Decor with Jane Å The Joy of Christmas (N) (Live) Å Last Tango Royal Myths Grantchester Beecham House Austin City Limits Somewhere South Finding Your Roots Great Performances “Gloria: A Life” Royal Myths Situation Room Situation Room Situation Room Special Report State of the Union Kasie DC (N) Å Dateline Extra Å Dateline Extra Å Dateline Extra Å Shark Tank Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Shark Tank Fox News Sunday Life, Liberty Revolution Watters’ World Å Life, Liberty Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Mod Fam Mod Fam Snowpiercer (N) Snowpiercer “Immortals” (2011) ››› “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) “We’re the Millers” Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Laughs Laughs The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å Yellowstone Å ››‡ “The Guardian” (2006, Drama) Å ››‡ “The Guardian” (2006, Drama) Å ›› “50 First Dates” ››‡ “Step Brothers” (2008, Comedy) Will Ferrell. ››› “Superbad” (2007) Å Naked and Naked and Afraid XL (N) (In Stereo) Å Naked and Afraid Naked and Afraid 90 Day Fiancé 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (N) sMothered (N) 90 Day Fiancé North Woods Law North Woods Law North Woods Law Lone Lone Lone Star Law ››› “The Blind Side” (2009, Drama) Sandra Bullock. Å ››‡ “Jurassic World” (2015, Adventure) Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men “Reflections-Eye” ››› “Two for the Road” (1967) Å ››› “The Marrying Kind” (1952) Å “Just My Type” (2020) Brett Dalton Å Good Witch Å Golden Golden Golden Golden “Wrong Mommy” “The Wrong Cheerleader” (2019, Drama) “The Wrong Stepmother” (2019) Å Home Town Renovation Island Bahamas Bahamas Mexico Mexico Lake Lake Diners, Drive Diners Diners Worst Cooks in America Å Beat Beat Beat BET Awards: The BET Awards 2020: (N) (In Stereo Live) Å BET Awards: “Harry Potter and Deathly” ›››‡ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” (2011) Futurama NOS4A2 (N) Å NOS4A2 Å ››› “Independence Day” (1996, Science Fiction) Will Smith.

Dirty ››‡ “17 Again” (2009, Comedy) Zac Efron. Å ›‡ “Dirty Grandpa” (2016, Comedy) World War II: Race to Victory: (In Stereo) World War II: Race to Victory: (In Stereo) World War II:

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Greatest Games: MLB Å Greatest Games: MLB Å Documentaries Backstory Documentaries Documentaries SportsCenter Wheel Jeopardy The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons -- Ever! “JoJo Fletcher” News Kimmel News Holly Neighbor Bob All Rise “Dripsy” Bull “Labor Days” News Colbert Big Bang Big Bang 9-1-1 (In Stereo) 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox News at Ten DailyMail Mod Fam ET Inside The Titan Games The Wall (In Stereo) Dateline NBC Å News J. Fallon Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Fashion’s Night In Å PBS NewsHour (N) Antique Roadshow POV (N) (In Stereo) (Part 1 of 2) Å Amanpour-Co Keepers of Light: American Masters (In Stereo) Å Judi Dench: PBS NewsHour (N) E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Cuomo Prime Time Cuomo Prime Time CNN Tonight Decision 2020 All In With Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour CNBC Special Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Shark Tank Shark Tank Å The Story Tucker Carlson Hannity (Live) Å Ingraham Fox News at Night Chicago P.D. WWE Monday Night RAW (N) (In Stereo Live) Å Mod Fam Mod Fam ›‡ “Identity Thief” (2013, Comedy) ›‡ “Identity Thief” ›› “Life of the Party” (2018, Comedy) Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy American American Conan Celebrity Hoarders Å Hoarders Å Hoarders Å Hoarders Å Hoarders Å Two Men Two Men Movie (In Stereo) Å Movie (In Stereo) Å Office The Office Å Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Street-Memphis Street-Memphis Street Outlaws Å Diesel Brothers (N) Diesel Brothers 90 Day: Other 90 Day Fiancé 90 Day: Other 90 Day: Other Find Love LIVE (N) Alaska- Last Fr. Alaska- Last Fr. Alaska: The Last Frontier: Open Season Alaska- Last Fr. ››› “The Hangover” (2009) Bradley Cooper. Å The 700 Club Å ››› “The Blind Side” (2009) Andy G. Andy G. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Two Men Two Men King King “They Only Kill” ››› “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad” (1958) “Earth vs Saucer” Mysteri “Surprised Love” “All of My Heart” (2015) Lacey Chabert.

Golden Golden Golden Golden Grey’s Anatomy ››‡ “Prayers for Bobby” (2009) Å “Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story” Å Home Town Å Home Town: Stay Lake House Home Town Å Home Town Å Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Big Time Bake Å Duff/ Duff/ Chopped Å › “The Wash” (2001, Comedy) Dr. Dre. Å ›› “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” (2003) ››› “The Fifth Element” (1997) Bruce Willis. Å Wanted ›› “Underworld: Blood Wars” (2016) ››› “Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007) Å ››› “Ocean’s Twelve” (2004) George Clooney, Brad Pitt. Å Last Man Last Man Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom ›› “Blue Crush” American Pickers American Pickers American Pickers Pawn Stars (N) Pawn Stars

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WWE Survivor Series (N) (In Stereo) Å WWE Backstage SportCtr ESPN Boxing: Alex Saucedo vs. Sonny Fredrickson. (N) (Live) SportsCenter Wheel Jeopardy Mod Fam Mod Fam black-ish mixed- Genetic Detect.

News Kimmel News Holly NCIS (In Stereo) FBI “Outsider” Å FBI: Most Wanted News Colbert Big Bang Big Bang Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell Fox News at Ten DailyMail Mod Fam ET Inside America’s Got Talent “Auditions 6” Å World of Dance (N) News J. Fallon “The Bourne Identity” (2002) ››› “The Bourne Supremacy” (2004) ››› “The Bourne Ultimatum” Accessories Shoe Shopping Vince Camuto Accessories Shopping Å PBS NewsHour (N) Va. Home Grown POV (In Stereo) (Part 2 of 2) Hoover Amanpour-Co Saman Keep Up Call Home Murder Midsomer Murders Untamed PBS NewsHour (N) E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Cuomo Prime Time Cuomo Prime Time CNN Tonight Decision 2020 All In With Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour CNBC Special Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Food Supply: The Profit Å The Story Tucker Carlson Hannity (Live) Å Ingraham Fox News at Night Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Dirty John (N) Chicago P.D. “Life of the Party” ››› “Cinderella” (2015) Cate Blanchett. ››‡ “Save the Last Dance” (2001) Å Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Celebrity Show-Off Conan Celebrity The First 48 Å Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil: Å Jonestown: The Women: Two Men Two Men Movie (In Stereo) Å Movie (In Stereo) Å Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office South Pk Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch (N) All on the Line Å All on the Line Å Deadliest Catch Outdaughtered Outdaughtered Outdaughtered (N) Sextuplets Outdaughtered Finding Bigfoot Finding Bigfoot (In Stereo) Finding Bigfoot Finding Bigfoot ››› “Easy A” (2010) Emma Stone. Å The 700 Club Å ››› “The Hangover” (2009, Comedy) Andy G. Andy G. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Two Men Two Men King King “Cape Fear” (1962) ››› “City for Conquest” (1940, Drama) ››‡ “Silver River” (1948) Errol Flynn.

“Taste Summer” “My One & Only” (2019) Pascale Hutton.

Golden Golden Golden Golden Grey’s Anatomy ›‡ “What Happens in Vegas” (2008) ›› “Where the Heart Is” (2000) Å Good Bones Å Good Bones Å Good Bones Å Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Chopped Å Chopped Å Chopped (N) Å Supermarket Chopped Å › “The Wash” (2001, Comedy) Dr. Dre. ›› “Daddy’s Little Girls” (2007, Romance) Gabrielle Union. ›››‡ “Apollo 13” (1995) Tom Hanks. ›››‡ “Apollo 13” (1995, Historical Drama) Tom Hanks. Å “Lethal Weapon” (1987) Å ›››‡ “Lethal Weapon 2” (1989) Mel Gibson. Å “Lethal Weapon 3” Last Man Last Man Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom “Miss Congenial” American Pickers American Pickers American Pickers American Pickers American Pickers

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Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE The purpose of this public participation period is to acquaint the public with technical aspects of the proposed solar farm project, Powhatan Solar I, LLC, and how the standards of the Virginia Permit by Rule process will be met, as well as identify issues of concern, facilitate communication, and establish a dialogue between the owner/operator and persons who may be affected by the project.

The project is 18 MW AC and is to be located south of Three Bridge Road near Powhatan in Powhatan County and will cover approximately 200 acres, but no more than 225 acres. This project will consist of ground-mounted arrays and will utilize photovoltaic solar modules and single-axis tracking technology. The maximum height of the ground-mounted array is 12 feet, and the system will be constructed with approximately 57,000 solar photovoltaic modules.

The 30-day public comment period begins on July 9, 2020 and ends on August 8, 2020 in accordance with subsection C of 9VAC15-60-90.

You can request a copy of PBR documentation and submit comments to: Haley Larabee at Vir giniaPBR@ccrenew.com, 828-385-4943, 45 Banks Ave, Asheville, NC 28801.

In accordance with subsection D of 9VAC15-6090 the Public Input Session for Powhatan Solar I, LLC will be held Tuesday, July 28, 2020 via a virtual zoom video conference from 5:00 PM until 6:00 PM or until all comments have been taken. To sign up for the public input meeting and request the zoom meeting call-in information, please email Haley Larabee at VirginiaPB R@ccrenew.com A physical copy of the PBR documentation will be available at the Powhatan County Community Development Department located at 3834 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan, VA, 23139.

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POWHATAN COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS The Powhatan County Board of Equalization will hold public hearings pursuant to Section 58.1 3378 of the Code of Virginia-1950, as amended, for the purpose of equalizing real estate assessments and for hearing complaints of alleged irregularities due to lack of uniformity or errors in acreage. Upon hearing such complaints, either oral or written, the Board will give consideration AND INCREASE, DECREASE, OR AFFIRM such real estate assessments. Before a change is granted, the taxpayer, or his agent, must overcome a clear presumption in favor of the assessment. The taxpayer or agent must provide substantial evidence that the property is not uniform with other similar properties or prove that the property is assessed in excess of its fair market value.

Meetings of the Board to hear objections will be held at 3910 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan, VA 23139. The date(s) and time(s) are:

Real Estate Policy All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Virginia Fair Housing Law, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, or handicap.”

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We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law.

All persons are hereby informed that all the dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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