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Team VA_23_ZZ267 from Flat Rock Elementary School ranked higher than any other elementary school team in the state for the Spring Stock Market Game session for Virginia! Congratulations to students, MacKenzie Ringstaff and Kara Emery, and Gifted Resource Teacher, Lori Wolf. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, they are unable to hold the awards luncheon at the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank. Instead, they held a "live" virtual awards program on May 20. At that time, MacKenzie and Kara briefly described what they
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their participation in the SMG. They could also choose to describe their investment strategy. The Powhatan County School Board recognized MacKenzie, left, and Kara at its May 11 meeting.
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special guest speaker at the event, which drew more than 50 people. Amico attended West Point and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Armor Branch in 1976. He served in various posts in the U.S. and overseas until he retired in 1995. He also served several years as the Senior Army instructor of the Cumberland High School JROTC program.
Memorial Day is not, as some believe, the unoffi cial start of summer vacation or a reason for businesses to hold sales, Amico said.
“It is a day set aside to honor those who fell in defense of this great nation and the values we hold dear,” Amico said, before sharing some ways he feels people can continue to honor that sacrifi ce every day.
People can honor the fallen by remembering that they represent every region, race, ethnic group, and religious faith, he said.
“They embodied one of the great strengths of this country – its diversity, its ability to take people from other nations and assimilate them as Americans while honoring their heritage,” he said. “Yes, we have to do a better job of keeping our borders safe and enforcing the current laws, but I hope we never get to the point where we slams hut the gates on what Ronald Reagan so famously called the ‘shining city on a hill.’ To do so would be a disservice to those we honor today.”
Amico talked about the origins of Memorial Day in relation to the Civil War as families and friends of those who died came and decorated the graves of the fallen on both side in an event fi rst known as Decoration Day. More than 100 years later, Memorial Day offi cially became a federal holiday in 1971.
Despite these origins, he pointed out that some people might object to honoring the estimated 250 Confederate dead buried at Huguenot Springs Cemetery and those that fought alongside them. But the study of history is complicated, he said, and can’t only be looked at through a modern day lens.
“Whatever the cause they fought for, they sacrifi ced their all for it,” he said.
Amico also spoke about the men and women who rest on foreign soil, where they went “to free the oppressed, end tyranny, and bring peace to the world.”
They gave their lives so the United States could become “a more perfect union,” Amico said. He challenged those listening to honor their sacrifi ce by shutting out the “polarizing invective of the fringe elements of both the left and the right” and being willing to accept the best ideas for moving forward, “no matter where those ideas come from.”
“Let us remember that our two greatest documents – the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – came into existence on clouds of compromise because the founding fathers realized there were more important things than themselves or their individual agendas,” he said.
In addition to the guest speaker, the annual Memorial Day Service sponsored by the J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1343 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans was full of traditions those in attendance embrace every year. The event included guests signing “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”; a special musical tribute of the different branches of the armed forces given by the Virginia Scots Guard Pipes and Drums; a laying of
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Above, dozens of people attended the 40th annual Huguenot Springs Cemetery Memorial Day Service to pay homage to the nation’s fallen service members. Below is a cannon salute offered by Knibb’s Battery, Artillery Regiment, 1st Division, A.N. V.
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Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Blessed Sacrament Huguenot GRADUATION
Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Class of 2021
Caroline Elizabeth Avery Jackson Colby Carmack Marisa Jane Claud * Carson Riley Connor Katherine Alicia Dana Haleigh Winchester Davis * Kathleen Shaw Forward Emma Grace Garavalia Nhat Minh Huynh * Jessica Taylor Johnson John Henry Kiefer Margaret May Lewis * Owen Sibeon Howes Long Zachary Mitchell Miles Giang Hoang Huong Nguyen Chloe Alexis Norman Hayden Hunt Roudabush * Gabriela Saenz-Murillo Alyssa Nicole Shively * Emily Grace Smith George Cromer Smith Michael Edward Timmons Lindley Selden Waters
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By Laura McFarland
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POWHATAN – Jessica Taylor Johnson and Gabriela Saenz Murillo lead the 2021 Class of Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School (BSH) as valedictorian and salutatorian respectively, with grade point averages of 4.3 and 4.23.
Johnson is the daughter of Susan Cooper and James Johnson of Powhatan. She plans to attend the College of William and Mary in the fall and major in psychology.
“I’m honored to hold the rank of valedictorian and plan on working towards a doctorate in psychology to become a clinical psychologist in the future,” she said.
While at BSH, Johnson was a student ambassador; played varsity tennis and cross country; served in Student Government (vice president 2018-2019), and belonged to National Honors Society, National Junior Classical League, Latin Club, Book Club, and Stage Crew.
Outside of school, she was involved in peer tutoring; volunteered for Chesterfi eld Parks and Recreation, and was a cheer coach for a nonprofi t organization called Athletes in Motion East
