Is Hardy Elementary worth renovating?

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Smithfield timeS
Serving iSle of Wight and Surry CountieS SinCe 1920
Volume 97 Number 11
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
CULTURE
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HRSD
and
Surry
Smithfield, Va. 23431
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“
Deer are so smart, they know
where the safe areas are.
Isle of Wight County has received approval of two stormwater projects.
”
— Jericho Estates resident Ebor Ross
— See page 5
On the large Smithfield deer herd, p.1
Is Hardy Elementary
worth renovating?
By Matt Leonard
Staff Writer
As the Hampton Roads
Sanitation District and
Surry County contemplate
what a possible relationship
might look like, some in the
community and the Board
of Supervisors want to know
exactly what that means.
Who is HRSD?
The Virginia General
Assembly passed legislation
that created the Hampton
Roads District Commission
on March 27, 1934, according
HRSD’s website. The precursor to HRSD, the HRSDC,
was created because the
raw sewage being released
into local waterways was
polluting oyster beds — an
economic staple for the region — and doctors worried
about health implications
of open sewage drains and
polluted water.
Now HRSD treats 249
million gallons of water
every day in 17 counties
and cities with nine water treatment plants. Surry
County Administrator Tyrone Franklin said he has
been working to bring HRSD
into the county for months,
citing potential economic
development as the project’s
main benefit.
Cost
The transition from Surry to HRSD water treatment
would not cost the county,
according to Ted Henifin,
HRSD’s general manager.
The county would only have
to shoulder cost in the project if it decided to expand
the collection system — the
hook-up points for the sewer
system — and that decision
is completely up to the county. Any infrastructure cost
associated with treatment
would be paid for by HRSD.
Everyone on the HRSD
sewer system would pay a
$27 a month treatment fee.
In addition, there would
be a collection fee – paid to
either the locality or HRSD
depending on whether HRSD
takes control of that as well.
Henifin said the collection
fee isn’t known at this point,
but said it would be similar
to fees in areas where HRSD
already controls collection,
ranging from $10 to $25 a
month.
Residents with a septic
system will not be forced to
join HRSD but if they choose
to join, they would have to
pay for the collection line
unless the county or town
runs it to their residence or
business.
Regulation
When HRSD takes over
the water treatment system
in a community, it also takes
over the liability associated
with the system, Henifin
said.
• See HRSD, p.7
By Matt Leonard
Staff Writer
Funding for three roofing
projects at Isle of Wight County
schools was approved at last
week’s school board meeting and
the school system is considering
a study of Hardy’s long-term
feasibility.
At issue with Hardy is the
school’s failing septic system
and whether it’s financially
advantageous to invest in a replacement system or build a new
elementary school to replace the
current infrastructure, which
was constructed in 1961.
The roofing funds will be used
to replace the roofs at Carrsville, Windsor and Carrollton
Elementary schools. The cost
will be $350,000, $895,000 and $1.3
million, respectively.
Monies for the project are being set aside in the system’s capital improvement plan, thanks to
a revision the board unanimously approved last week.
This comes after a roofing report was presented in February
to the School Board when it was
told the three schools were in
need of updated roofing.
Rob Moore from Metal Roof
and Building Consultants presented the findings last month.
Moore said the three schools
in the most need are the ones
now approved for funding. The
Hardy Elementary School, built in 1961, has been expanded and renovated over the decades.
Now, the question is whether it should be further renovated or replaced.
worst, he said, is Carrollton.
“There were more reported
leaks at Carrollton,” he said,
“and the condition of the shingles was really not that good.”
He told the board the roofs
in the worst condition were the derneath as a result of improper
ones using shingles, but said installation, he said.
this is a fairly common problem
The replacement and upkeep
to have.
of the roofs has taken priority
Shingles can lose their water• See HARDY, p. 7
proof seal when vapor forms un-
IW schools budget approved
By Matt Leonard
Staff Writer
The Isle of Wight School
Board voted unanimously to
approve Superintendent Jim
Thor nton’s proposed budget
Tuesday, which includes $953,000
in new funds from Isle of Wight.
The budget underwent some
changes from its first presentation at the February School
Board meeting due to the state
budget being passed, which included a mandated two percent
raise for teachers.
“The House and Senate came
out with their new budget,”
Thornton told the School Board
yesterday. “We still don’t have a
detailed breakdown, but we do
know how much money we are
going to get.”
The new budget has $886,853
in new funds from the state, but
$495,202 will be going straight
to teacher salaries as required
by the state budget. Some of the
state funds will also be going
straight to the Virginia Retirement System.
“That leaves $214,343 of new
funds that aren’t tied to anything,” Thornton said during a
joint meeting Tuesday with the
School Board and Isle of Wight
Board of Supervisors.
To help funds the teacher
salaries, some changes had to be
made on the school budget from
its first presentation in February. One of the biggest changes
will be the plan to put a laptop in
• See BUDGET, p. 8
State wants IW deer
herd to be reduced
By Diana McFarland
Managing editor
Isle of Wight and Surry county
homeowners and farmers frustrated by shrub-and-crop eating deer
may be happy to learn that Virginia
has targeted the two counties for
population reduction over the next
10 years.
The news may also be welcome
for hunters, as the strategy includes
changing the parameters of the
local hunting season.
“I always want a longer deer
season,” said Griffin Williams, who
hunts with the Isle of Wight Hunt
Club.
Ebor Ross who lives in Jericho
Estates in Smithfield, said the herd
up there has become so accustomed
to people that not only do they regularly dine on his garden and shrubs,
but also allowed the family cat to
walk under their legs.
“Deer are so smart, they know
where the safe areas are … they
didn’t care what she (the cat Princess, now deceased) did,” he said.
Over in the Morgart’s Beach
area, there are two herds of more
than 20 deer that roam the area, said
Morgart’s Beach resident Kathy
Mountjoy.
“They eat everything,” she said,
resignedly.
Isle of Wight and Surry counties,
as well as the city of Norfolk, are
at the southern end of a corridor
slated for deer reduction, and that
stretches northwest up the Peninsula and out to Cumberland County.
Plans for reducing the herd is an
update from the 2015-2024 Virginia
Deer Management Plan, which
previously called for stabilizing the
population.
• See DEER, p. 7
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Our Forum
Let the sun shine
on government
This is Sunshine Week, an annual observance
of the value of governmental transparency to our
system of self-governance.
Sunshine Week comes at the conclusion of Virginia’s General Assembly sessions and legislators
always proclaim their devotion to open government.
But the truth is that the legislative battles over open
government are almost invariably efforts by open
government advocates to maintain the status quo or
to beat back new efforts to shield more information
from the public.
This year’s Assembly is a good example. The
positive news is that some very bad bills have been
defeated and one that probably will become law
only maintains historic levels of openness. There
has been no significant progress in shedding new
light on government.
The best of the good were bills to reverse a disastrous State Supreme Court ruling handed down last
year. The court opined that the 50-year-old interpretation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act
that essentially mandated the redaction of exempt
material from otherwise public documents was not
a legal requirement. If even a tiny amount of information in a document could legitimately be deemed
exempt from disclosure, the justices ruled, then the
whole document could be withheld.
The ruling caused even the weakest advocates
of FOIA to gasp, for it threatened to put a lock on
a huge amount of public information. The bills introduced to correct the ruling received near unanimous support in both chambers of the Assembly, but
Gov. Terry McAuliffe threatened to gut the proposed
language after its passage.
McAuliffe’s action brought about something close
to a bipartisan revolt and the governor backed down,
but the drama has not yet played out fully, so we do
not yet know whether this disastrous court opinion
can be fully reversed.
And that was a good bill!
On the negative side, there was an effort by Sen.
John Cosgrove, who represents part of Isle of Wight,
to exempt to names of your local police officers from
disclosure. It was a disastrous Big Brother approach
to allay imagined fears of police organizations that
they needed to protect themselves from you, the
public. Thank goodness the effort died.
Another bill would have prevented the public
from learning the salaries of governmental employees, one of the most basic and time-honored
pieces of public information available. It, too, died,
at least for this year.
But another step backward succeeded. The Daily Press has been attempting unsuccessfully for
two years to get officials of the Virginia Supreme
Court to release a statistical compilation of circuit
court sentencing patterns statewide. The material
was routinely released up until 2014 when it was
declared off-limits by the high court staff.
Last week, House budget negotiators included
language in the budget to demand that the database
be made available to the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission — but, specifically, not to the public.
You have no right, the legislators decided, to know
how your local court compares to other courts.
Happy Sunshine Week.
The right decision
The announcement by Smithfield Town
Council members that they will not bulldoze the
19th century Wombwell house is a commendable
nod toward the town and county’s history.
The small farmhouse, located on the edge of
the farm that the town purchased for construction of a sports complex, is typical of many such
dwellings built during the 18th and 19th centuries in Tidewater Virginia. The house appears
to be in reasonably good condition and is small
enough to lend itself to re-use in connection
with the sports complex or perhaps something
totally different. That’s a decision for the town.
But for now it is sufficient that the town has
agreed that in providing for the future, in this
instance it does not have to destroy the past.
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termite damage was found and plans were begun for the new brick building.
Reader Forum
Town pulled
together
Editor, Smithfield Times
We were married in
Smithfield on Jan. 23, the
weekend of Winter Storm
Jonas on the East Coast.
We had almost 300 people
in town, over a hundred
hotel rooms booked, kegs
of beer, cases of wine, food
that had taken weeks to
prepare and then — driving rain, pelting ice, drifting snow, howling winds,
high tides and minor
flooding!
We began to fear that
our months and months
of planning would all be
for naught, and our venues
would cancel our events.
While Plan A did turn
into Plan B and eventually
evolve into Plan Z, it was
amazing how supportive
everyone in Smithfield was
to ensure that our wedding
could happen while we had
our families and friends
gathered together (some
having flown in from as
far away as Venezuela,
Sweden and Australia!)
The Hotels and Bed &
Breakfasts helped us by
modifying reservations for
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people who had to alter
travel plans due to airline
schedule changes. Local
businesses stayed open,
allowing our guests to
have places to play music,
shop and visit with those
dear to them. The Director
at Smithfield Center kept
a close eye on the weather and was in constant
contact with Emergency
Services to help us plan
for an ending time to get
local people home safely.
Hospitality bags were
still delivered to all of our
guests. A shuttle service
still ran for those who
preferred not to drive in
the potentially dangerous
weather conditions. The
catering crew went above
and beyond to get staff
and food and bar supplies
to the Center early, worked
on a very compressed reception schedule, and then
brought our supplies back
to the hotel for a two-floor
impromptu lobby, stairwell
and hallway after-party!
We honestly felt like the
whole town was pulling together to help us have the
most special day possible
under the circumstances.
It really did turn out to be
the most magically beautiful day we could ever have
imagined, and we are forever grateful to the good
people in Smithfield!
Steve Newman & Kelly
Murphy
Hampton
Cold War
heroes
Editor, Smithfield Times:
The Isle of Wight
County Museum received
much praise for its Cold
War presentation two
Saturdays ago. But one
participant did not get his
proper public recognition,
although the folks who
attended the event did
give him much deserved
applause.
U.S. Army First Lieutenant Al Coke (currently
of Smithfield) was posted
to the elite Berlin Brigade
in the early 1960s. His
presentation of his adventures during his tour of
duty was truly awe-inspiring. Although the “Cold”
War was not a shooting
war in Germany at this
time (except for the many
East German civilians
who were killed trying to
escape) the engagements
with the Soviet Russian
military that our young
soldiers participated in
were very dangerous.
As late as 1985, US
Army Major Arthur
Nicholson was shot dead
by a Russian sentry while
collecting information
for NATO. Our own Al
• See LETTERS, p. 3
County place names revisited
A question that
me say simply that
n he
finds its way to
Lawson is a place
name in roughly
my desk (or voice
mail) periodicalthe location of
ly is “Where the
what we now know
heck is Lawson?”
as Blount’s CorThe query inner. It was named
for a prominent
variably follows
a significant
“come here” who
By John Edwards
weather event in
arrived in Isle of
which some television weather Wight after the Civil War and won
person talks about a storm passing some local acclaim as a doctor and
through Isle of Wight and poten- politician.
tially passing through Lawson.
That and other now-generalWithout repeating a lot of his- ly-forgotten names found their
tory that was discussed in a Short way into history when they were
Rows column back in June 2011, let used to significantly locations
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SHORT
ROWS
pinpointed by the U.S. Geological
Survey, which was ordered by
Congress in 1879. They included
crossroads, churches and other
landmarks that were provided by
local people as the cartographers
plied their trade. The maps created
by the survey are still updated and
used for a variety of purposes, and
many of the place names that were
originally used remain today even
if they are no longer recognized
locally. Lawson is one.
Lawson, however, is a relative
newcomer to the local catalogue
• See ROWS, p. 3
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The Smithfield Times – Wed., March 16, 2016 – Page 3
Trump and the 1st Amendment’s future
By Charles C. Haynes
After Super Tuesday, what
was once unthinkable may now
be inevitable: Donald Trump,
Republican nominee for president of the United States.
That’s my cue to join the
hundreds of other columnists
and pundits scrambling to
inform Republican primary
voters so that when they vote,
they understand the implications of their vote. Of course,
the joke is on us. The more we
pile on Trump, the more he
piles up votes.
Nevertheless, we have a
civic duty at moments like
this “to take alarm at the first
experiment on our liberties,”
to quote James Madison. There
are troubling signs in this campaign that a Trump presidency
could be a disaster for First
Amendment freedoms.
You might think that Trump
and his supporters would be
frontline defenders of the First
Amendment. After all, no presidential campaign in modern
history has taken more advantage of the “free” in free speech.
Vicious name-calling, racist
fear-mongering, crude remarks
about women’s body parts, cyberbullying, playground taunts:
Welcome to the ever-lowering
low bar for political discourse
in Trump’s America, a reality
TV show where decorum, decency, and integrity are out-ofdate civic virtues for “losers.”
But while bemoaning this
descent into the political gutter,
it is worth remembering that
we are fortunate to live in a
country with the most robust
protection for free speech in the
history of the world. Offensive,
even hateful, speech is the cost
of freedom — and we must be
willing to pay the price.
After all, the only thing
worse than a political arena
filled with offensive speech is
a political arena where government determines what is
offensive.
Having said that, I worry
what the election of Donald
Trump would mean for the First
Amendment — not so much
because of the content of his
speech, but rather because of
the ways in which actions that
flow from the speech threaten
the freedom of others.
Trump says, for example,
that his “first priority” as president would be to “preserve and
protect our religious liberty.”
But a closer listen reveals that
he means, “I’m going to protect
Christians,” as he told students
at Liberty University.
People of other faiths, not
so much: Consider Trump’s
proposal to temporarily ban
all Muslims from entering the
United States. A startling 65
percent of Republican primary
voters back this unjust, unconstitutional idea, according to
exit polls.
Combine the Muslim ban
with Trump’s apparently popular positions that the government might have to “close
down mosques” and establish
a database to track Muslims in
the U.S. — and we get a toxic
recipe for violating the religious freedom of an entire faith
community.
For other disturbing signs
of how the First Amendment
might be under mined by a
Trump administration, consider the frequent ugly encounters at Trump rallies between
Trump supporters and protesters. Egged on by Trump, angry
crowds surround protesters
— including those standing
silently with anti-Trump signs.
“Get ‘em out of here,” shouts
Trump — and his followers
then taunt, intimidate and
sometimes physically attack
the protesters. Violence and
threats, rare in past American
political campaigns, are now
the norm on the campaign trail
with Trump.
Journalists, especially female reporters, are frequent
targets of Trump’s ire, from
Megyn Kelly of Fox News to
Katy Tur of MSNBC. Trump
habitually calls out reporters at
his rallies and whips up crowds
with tirades about the “absolute
scum” in the “dishonest” news
media.
Describing the scene at a
recent Trump rally in Virginia,
Tur tweeted: “Trump trashes
press. Crowd jeers. Guy by press
‘pen’ looks at us & screams
‘you’re a bitch!’ Other gentleman gives cameras the double
bird.”
The mob anger stirred up
by Trump on the road explodes
exponentially online. In just 24
hours, Trump supporters tweeted hundreds of sexist slurs directed at Kelly, calling her bitch,
bimbo, skank, whore and worse,
according to an analysis by the
news site Vocativ. Kelly had to
get off Twitter.
Beyond reporters, Trump
and his 6 million Twitter followers cyberbully anyone and
everyone who dares to oppose
him — often with personal attacks and deceptive statements
that go viral and humiliate the
people targeted.
Without a hint of irony,
Trump sees himself as the
victim because, well, the
First Amendment goes too
far. During a recent speech in
Texas, Trump promised that
if elected he would deal with
the negative press by opening
“up our libel laws so when they
write purposely negative and
horrible and false articles, we
can sue them and win lots of
money.”
Something has changed in
America. Attacks on religious
freedom, intimidation of reporters, assaults on peaceful
protesters are now a “winning”
formula at the polls. To say the
least, this does not bode well
for the future vitality of First
Amendment freedoms.
At our nation’s founding,
John Adams and James Madison famously war ned that
one of the greatest dangers of
democracy is the tyranny of the
majority. To safeguard against
that danger, our Framers rejected pure democracy in favor of
representative democracy or
a Republic — and then added
a Bill of Rights to ensure that
individual freedoms could not
be violated by the whims — or
the anger — of the majority.
In the hands of a popular
authoritarian president, however, the First Amendment could
be reduced to what Madison
called a “parchment barrier”
subverted by the will of the
majority. “Repeated violations
of these parchment barriers,”
he wrote to Thomas Jefferson
in 1788, “have been committed
by overbearing majorities in
every State.”
If Trumpism triumphs at
the Republican convention, the
American commitment to our
first freedoms will be tested in
ways rarely seen in our history.
On Nov. 8, 2016, the future of the
First Amendment may well be
on the ballot.
Charles C. Haynes is vice president of the Newseum Institute
and founding director of the
Religious Freedom Center.
Letters
• Continued from p. 2
Coke was ordered several
times to go behind the
“iron curtain” on similar
missions. We have many
local heroes whose stories
must be told.
Although Carrollton’s
Nike-Ajax Missile base is
our own physical reminder of the great success
of our efforts in those
dark times, we have many
local veterans who were
deployed overseas to help
prevent what our strategists termed “Mutual
Assured Destruction” with
the appropriate acronym
MAD. With the thousands
of nuclear weapons in the
arsenals on both sides, one
mistake could have caused
an atomic “Armageddon.”
Young people today
must learn how close we
were in those days to the
annihilation of civilization in order to prevent
such a possibility in the
future.
Another local Cold War
hero, now deceased, was
Colonel J. Leo Bourassa
who developed and commanded the national “relocation” site for American
leaders at Mount Weather
that would have, presumably, assured continuity
of leadership in a nuclear
“worst case” scenario. We
hope to tell his full story
in another presentation.
The Museum hopes to
conduct similar presentations in the future to
commemorate the historic
name, the road running
near it was designated Bows
and Arrows.
One of my favorite local
names has always been
“King of All Places.” Wow.
And it apparently was, in
the eyes of Captain John
Moone who named it. The
location is on the Cypress
Creek and afforded “high
ground” out to the creek
and a deep water channel
adjacent to it — a regal
site indeed at a time when
virtually all goods were
shipped out of Smithfield
and northern Isle of Wight
by water.
A name that continues
to be a mystery is Kinsale
Swamp along the Carrsville
Road in the southern end
of the county. It was mentioned in the will of Peter
Best dated October 10, 1692.
Ms. King speculated that it
could possibly be associated with a similar name
in Westmoreland County,
which, by tradition, came
from the Gaelic name of
Ceann Saile, meaning at
the head of salt water. In
all due respect to Ms. King,
that would seem a stretch,
given its location.
T hat’s a few of our
unique place names, most
of which will never show
up on the evening weather,
but that collectively form a
rich part of our lore.
(Helen King’s book is a
“must have” reference book
on Isle of Wight history. Isle
of Wight County has reprinted the book and it’s available
at the Isle of Wight Museum,
Boykin’s Tavern and Historic St. Luke’s Church.)
Rows
of place names. There are
some that date back to the
earliest days of English
colonization here and some
that appear to have their
roots in the county’s pre-colonial history.
One name that I find
fascinating is Bows and
Arrows Swamp. I never
knew it existed until the
county, guided by several
local historians, including
the late Helen King, began
officially attaching names
to county roads. Ms. King
spent much of her late life
poring over ancient county
records. She found that the
swamp, located near the
southern tip of the county,
was named in a 1695 will.
Today, the swamp is known
as “Duck’s Swamp,” but to
2016 Parade of Homes to be here
East West Partners and
Founders Pointe in Carrollton was selected as the
host for the annual Peninsula Housing and Builders
Association Parade of
Homes in October.
The builders’ lot draw
was held last week at the
Founders Pointe Residents’ Club and nine builders selected lots on the
new lakefront cul-de-sac,
Richmond Way.
The Parade of Homes
allows potential homebuyers to view the newest
trends in the industry.
Each of the 11 homesites in the parade is a
minimum of 15,000 square
feet and priced at $105,000
to $115,000.
The nine builders selecting lots were ABT
Custom Homes, Birdsong
Builders, Croker & Foster
Custom Homes, Edgerton Contracting, Garnett
Construction, Hohmann
Builders, Ore Builders,
Sasser Construction and
Saybrook Homes.
The 325-acre Founders
Pointe community is East
West Partners’ third community in Isle of Wight
County, joining Gatling
Pointe and Eagle Harbor.
“We are thrilled to be
bringing the Parade of
Homes back to Isle of
Wight County for our
fourth home show. The
new lakefront street that
East West is developing
is the perfect site for a
Parade.
There’s a lot of enthusiasm and support for
this site, and we think everyone will be impressed
with the quality and value
this Parade will offer,” said
Leslie Martin, PHBA chief
executive officer.
Founders Pointe has
twice been selected “Community of the Year” by
Peninsula Housing andBuilders Association and
was the host of the Tidewater Builders Association HOMEARAMA in the
spring of 2010.
tell the stories of and
honor our local Cold War
veterans.
Albert Burckard
Carrollton
Belay the
alarm
Editor, Smithfield Times
IWCS is losing students, so belay the alarm
sounded in last week’s editorial. The figures speak
for themselves on K-12
population: Jan 2015 had
5,426; Sept 2015 had 5,375;
Jan 2016 had 5,319; that’s
a decline of 107. This is in
concert with the slowing
county population growth
overall, as well as the
decreasing U.S. per-family
birthrate. The allegedly
overcrowded SHS is at
1,223 in a school designed
for 1,360.
Even Carrollton Elementary has remained
level in student numbers
at 608. 620 and 612, in a
school designed for 775.
And this school, per the
words of a former Principal when asked about
expansion, replied that 2-6
classrooms could be added
without creating crowding
or control issues.
The 2008 Demographic study projected 1337
by 2017. Before any new
school building plans are
worked on, a new demographic study is absolutely
necessary to help in the
decision-making. Looking
forward at the number
of students through 2022
gives school planners the
ability to see the real numbers. Migration in and
out of the county can be
projected in a new Demographic study.
Likewise the state of
the county economy and
the construction of new
residences, single houses
& apartments, can be projected. The overall analy-
sis can then be used to do
real planning for school
facilities, leaving the emotions out of same.
As for neglected maintenance needs, there are
practical answers to try to
play catch-up. Roof maintenance can be economically fixed for seven to 10
years if existing roofing
material applications are
used that guarantee same.
As for Hardy Elementary
drainage and septic issues,
the answer is in the 3-D International 2000 Facilities
Study that recommended
the solution, though never
implemented. This does
not require another costly
study.
Belay sounding the
alarm. I’m sure Dr. Thornton can lead the way to
economical and effective
solutions, supported by a
thinking analytical School
Board.
Herb De Groft
Smithfield
LiFestyLes
Page 4
The Smithfield Times – Wed., March 16, 2016
Western Tidewater
master Gardener
Wild columbine is a no-foolin’-around harbinger
of spring. Bring the feel of natural woodlands to your
landscape with this native herbaceous perennial. You’ll
be delighted as the lantern-like blossoms dance in a light
breeze, enticing all manner of wildlife to pause for a
sip of sweet nectar throughout the months of spring.
Virginia Cooperative Extensive publications HORT59 and 3104-1541 highlights how columbine thrives in
Tidewater and is used to create an inviting habitat for
bees and butterflies. Ruby-throated hummingbirds
also value the nectar found in the flower’s long backward-pointing tubes (spurs) that have knob-like bulges
at the tip. Finches and buntings dine on the decorative
seed heads that form after flowering. Bumblebees and
various species of hawk moths are major pollinators
of columbine.
While wildlife enjoys the food source, you’ll prize
the attractiveness of the bell-shaped flowers. Numerous
bright yellow stamens hang below nodding red sepals
and contrasting yellow petals. The petals are upward
spurred, resembling the talons of an eagle about to
pounce on prey, thus giving rise to the genus name
Aquilegia. The blooms last a good two weeks before
going to seed.
Don’t discount the foliage of Eastern red columbine
as the compound leaves are semi-evergreen and showcase soft blue-green color. Aquilegia canadensis can
grow to 2 feet in height making for a stunning addition
to your shade-loving garden, especially when paired
with bleeding heart and comingled with ferns.
As with all plants, research the optimal habitat for a
plant before placement. This wildflower likes moisture
but placement in well-drained, sandy soil. Too much
moisture can result in crown rot. Don’t site in full sun
or its three-lobed leaves will likely burn and growth
will be stunted.
Columbine has a taproot so take care not to injure
this central root system when transplanting or dividing.
As winter’s closure nears, sow seeds now on the soil’s
surface and lightly tamp into the dirt. Columbine will
flower the second year following germination, so just
enjoy the foliage the first season. Once established, columbine readily self-seeds. Remove old seed heads and
spent stems to keep a tidy look to the clumping foliage
and encourage additional blooming.
Be mindful that the adult harlequin stinkbug (red
and black spotted top shield) enjoys the plant sap from
columbine as well as sun-loving snapdragons and sunflowers and will spoil a plant’s appearance. Columbine
is deer-resistant.
There are numerous cultivars available in the marketplace. The McKana Group tall hybrid performs well
in full sun, comes in a wide variety of bloom colors and
provides striking cut flowers. Spring into educational
horticultural activities at VCE home gardening events,
open to all. Contact (757) 365-6261 for information.
Kristi Hendricks
Master Gardener
Tween 12 & 20
Miss McKinley, Ward
McKinley,
Ward are
engaged
Bill and Judy McKinley
of Zuni announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Ariel McKinley, to Edward Cole Ward.
Ms. McKinley is a graduate of Isle of Wight Academy and The Culinary
Institute of Virginia. She
is employed by The Smithfield Gourmet Bakery.
Mr. Ward, the son of
Nicole Ballard, is from
Vermillion, S.D. He graduated from Watertown High
School. He is employed by
the U.S. Navy and is assigned to the USS Gravely.
A November wedding is
planned.
Photo of week
Mark Marshall of Smithfield noticed this bald eagle watching as he
worked in his Red Point Heights yard recently. Marshall said the bird
was amused for about a half hour before leaving the scene. That gave
Marshall plenty of time to snap a few photos. Send in your favorite
photo of Isle of Wight and Surry counties for possible publication in
The Smithfield Times to news@smithfieldtimes.com.
Hardy Elementary honor roll named
Hardy Elementary
School announced its honor roll for the second nine
weeks.
Principal’s list —
Jameson Alek, Emma
Barnes, Madelyn Berry,
Joe Black, Daniel Butts,
Samaria Clark, Kasey Collins, Darian Daughtrey,
Sandra Emrick, Ariyanna
Evans, Michael Hill, Jack
Hoover, Nathan Lamarche,
Drew Ro g gie, Hannah
Rose, Morgan Rudy, Jas-
mine Serrano, Caden Snyder, Ryan Snyder, Kennedy
Sowden, Talitha Spain,
Abigayle Stamper, Curie
Thomas, Peter Thompson,
Madeline Tucker, Chris
Weng, Blake Wynn, Madelyn Young.
A/B honor roll — Kimorah Bailey, Bella Bandy,
Langston Belin, Jai’Ciana
Brock, Michala Coulter,
Jameson Couser, Braydon Croxford, Owen deGraaf f, Gavin DeWitt,
Jaycob Dentel, Addison
Enderlin, Drew Eppolito,
Tyler Evans, Korben Ferrell, Jaden Fields, Madeline Friar, Devin Gaines,
Hailey Graupman, Juliet
Grossman, Haylie Heid,
Jackson Helman, Alex
Jeffries, Connor Keating,
Matthew Lebo, Amirah
Mavin, Portia, Osborne,
Katelynn Patterson, D’Zyr
Pichardo, Andy Pope,
Blaine Reynolds, Trinity Savedge, Nasir Scott,
Nahiya Simmons, Kelson
Sowden, Andrew Thompson, JaKylia Towns, Mya
Tyler, Ezekiel Urrutia,
Isaac Valdez, Jacob Webster, Michael Williams,
Ian Williford, Mersaydes
Winner.
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Onlong-distance relationships
By Dr. Robert Wallace
Creators syndicate
Dr. Wallace,
I don’t know why you are so against long-distance
romances between teens. My boyfriend and I are both
16 and we are in love and truly believe that we will
marry in a few years.
Mario and his family recently moved back to Acapulco because his family needed his father to work
on the family ranch. We promised each other before
he left that we would be faithful to one another until
we could be together again. We know it could be five
months or five years, but we are willing to wait faithfully because we dearly love each other.
It has been nearly five months now and we have
kept our vow. Next time you think about advising
teens to break up because of a possible long separation, please think of me and know that I am proof
that it can work and our love is growing stronger. In
fact, we love each other more now than we did when
we were seeing each other every day.
I do enjoy your column most of the time, but I had
to let you know that things can work out and that this
is the case with Mario and me.
— Kate, Lincoln, Nebr.
Kate,
I’m not against long-distance relationships where
a couple is firmly committed to staying together
despite separation, I’m all for it. As a rule, however,
these teens don’t write because they know what they
want. They write because they are not sure!
When I discourage such a relationship, it’s because
the teen writing to me (usually the girl) simply isn’t
sure this is what she wants. In such cases, I talk realistically about the difficulty of long-distance romance
and usually advise her to continue corresponding
with her boyfriend and to see him whenever possible,
but not to sit at home every night wondering what
he’s doing.
I encourage both members of the relationship to
stay active socially, and that means dating others.
Dating others doesn’t mean that they care less for
each other. It just means they can enjoy the company
of good friends. If a new romance blossoms because
of this, it only means the original romance wasn’t
really that solid.
Dr. Wallace,
I’m a 13-year-old girl and I need you to answer my
question. The kids at our school think a person is
either “cool” or “a geek.” Cool people make fun of
geeks. I’m not one, and do not want to be a “cool”
person. Does that mean that I’m a geek?
— Nameless, Cedar Lake, Ind.
Nameless,
No! It merely means that you are a wise teen who
doesn’t choose to make fun of others.
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State OKs 8 stormwater projects in IW
By Diana McFarland
be done.
It’s also based on an expanded sensitive stormwater area, which basically
includes urbanized areas
of Isle of Wight County that
also lie within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Virginia is one of six
states, as well as the District
of Columbia, that were
tasked by the EPA to enact
measures to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
The Board of Supervisors chose to implement a
fee program rather than add
to the real estate tax rate to
fund Isle of Wight County’s
Managing editor
Nearly two years after
approving its stormwater
plan, Isle of Wight County
has received state approval
for eight projects, two of
which have been completed.
Completed were the
installation of five bio-retention ponds at Nike Park
and a wet retention pond
at Carrsville Elementary
School.
Projects in the design
phase include an infiltration basin at Westside Elementary School, dry swale
stormwater improvements
at the Rushmere Volunteer
Fire Department, retrofitting an existing pond into
a constructed wetland at
Windsor High School and
a constructed wetland and
wet pond at Heritage Park.
A third round of four
projects were recently
submitted to the state for
approval.
The total cost for the
approved projects is about
$1.08 million, with about
$542,812 paid for with
matching funds from the
state’s Stormwater Local
Assistance Fund grant
program.
The third round of projects awaiting approval
total about $1.24 million,
with about $620,386 coming
from state matching funds.
Currently, all the projects are on county or school
board property, which keeps
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Photo courtesy of Isle of Wight County
County projects are aimed at reducing the negative impact of stormwater
including this retention pond at Carrsville Elementary School.
the cost down, according
to Isle of Wight Director
of Utility Services Don
Jennings.
The improvements are
designed to remove pollutants from the properties
before being discharged
in nearby waterways, Jennings said.
In the future, the projects
will become more expensive
to construct because land
will have to be acquired,
Jennings said.
The other half of the
program’s annual $1.6 million in funding is spent
on operational expenses,
Chart correction
The presidential primary election chart published
in the March 9 Smithfield
Times contained incorrect
“total votes” cast.
A total of 9,318 county
residents cast ballots in the
two primaries. That was
35 percent of registered
voters. The Republican primary attracted nearly twice
the number of voters of the
Democratic primary.
A total of 6,003 people
stormwater program. It was
seen as a more equitable
way to distribute the cost, as
well as only charging land
that is developed, rather
than farmland or vacant
land.
The fee has raised the ire
of local churches, some of
which have viewed it as a
tax. The issue of exempting
churches from the stormwater fee was taken to the
General Assembly, where it
was defeated. Calvary Baptist Church of Smithfield
filed suit against the county
over the stormwater fee, but
it was later withdrawn.
voted in the GOP primary —
23 percent of all registered
county voters.
A total of 3,315 cast ballots in the Democratic primary — 12 percent of all
registered voters.
There is no way to distinguish how many declared
Republicans or Democrats
cast ballots because Virginia does not register voters
by party.
according to Jennings.
Isle of Wight residents
and businesses are charged
an annual stormwater fee to
cover the costs of the program, which is mandated by
the Commonwealth.
Re s i d e n t i a l p r o p e rty owners are charged
$72, based on an average
amount of impervious surface, while businesses are
charged according to the
amount of impervious surface, such as parking lots.
Recently, Isle of Wight
resident Billy Bell asked
why Isle of Wight County’s
stormwater fee was higher
than that for Chesterfield
County, which is currently
proposing at $24 a year for
a single family residence
and an average of $308 for
commercial property.
Jennings said the cost
difference relates to the population density of the counties. Chesterfield County
has a land area of about
437 square miles, about 20
percent larger than Isle of
Wight’s 363 square miles,
but has 10 times the population— about 327,000 in 2013
to Isle of Wight’s 36,000.
That could be one reason
why the proposed rate is
lower — more people to cover the cost, Jennings said.
In a comparison withneighboring localities, Isle
of Wight has one of the
lowest stormwater fees per
impervious area (ERU). The
lowest is Prince William
County at $26.36, according
to the county’s stormwater
funding and staffing plan
that was submitted to the
state for approval.
The fee pays administrative costs associated with
implementing the program,
which includes figuring
out where work needs to
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Registration includes green fees, cart, range balls, and a bag lunch.
All players will receive a gift bag that include golf accessories. There
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‘Youth Explosion’ at Holly Grove
inah Ministries in Williamsburg. Spring Revival
will begin March 29 with
Pastor S. Newby of Tree of
Life, and continue March
30 with the Rev. Terrell
Batten of Olive Branch,
and March 31 with Elder
Carl Ward of Progressive
Church of Jesus.
Sandy Mount
The Celestial Choir of
Sandy Mt. Baptist Church
will celebrate their pre-anniversary program on Saturday, March 19 at 5 p.m.
and on March 23-25 will
celebrate Holy Week at 7
p.m. nightly. For more info,
call Katherine Chapman at
725-1659.
Main St. Baptist
The Main Street Baptist
Church Women’s Fellow
Auxiliary is sponsoring
a tea party called “Tea
Sipping and Hats of Fashion” Saturday, March 19 at
noon in the S. R. Williams
Mission Center. Requested
donation is $10. Suggested
dress is a hat, long dress
and gloves.
True Vision
True Vision Worship
Center will hold a big fish
fry Saturday, March 19
from noon to 4 p.m. Fish
dinners will be $6 and fish
sandwiches will be $2.50
featuring trout or tilapia.
Sodas will be available
for 75 cents and bottled
water for 50 cents. Cole
slaw, fries, dinner roll,
and sliced cake also will
be available. The center is
located at 716 W. Main St.,
Smithfield. For more info,
call 603-0129.
Solomon’s Temple
Solomon’s Temple will
hold a Holy Week Revival
beginning Sunday, March
20 at 3 p.m. and continuing
March 21-24 at 7 p.m. nightly. There will be a Good Friday service Friday, March
25 at noon. For more info,
call 357-9500.
Ferguson Grove
Ferguson Grove Baptist
Church will hold an instal-
obituaries
Obituaries are posted as received, complete with
visitation and funeral dates/times at:
www.smithfieldtimes.com
Thomas Wilton Baker
Richard
M. Driver
Richard M. Driver III
passed away peacefully on March 9, 2016. He
is survived by his partner, Joseph J. Baroody;
daughters, Susan Webb
and Nancy Fortier; three
grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. Burial was private. Parr Funeral Home handled the
arrangements.
45757-3036-7
Easter play Saturday,
March 26 at 4 p.m. The
church is located at 11150
Emmanuel Church Rd.,
Smithfield. Admission is
free. Doors open at 3 p.m.
Ebenezer UMC
Ebenezer United Methodist Church will hold a
spring craft and vendor
fair Saturday, April 16 from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Vendors
may participate for $40 per
space and an additional $5
if they require electricity.
Registration forms are at
www.ebumc.net. For more
info, call Athena Rhodes at
748-4811.
Shiloh Baptist
Shiloh Baptist Church
is celebrating its deacon,
deaconess and trustee
anniversary, on Sunday,
March 13, 3:00p.m. Special
guests are the Pleasant
Grove Church family.
St. Paul Holiness
St. Paul Holiness
Church is celebrating the
fifth anniversary of its pastor and first lady, Sunday,
March 20, 3 p.m. The guest
speaker is Pastor Leslie
Holloway and the Oak
Grove Baptist Church family of Wakefield. The guest
speaker for the March 20,
11 a.m. anniversary service is Evangelist Sonja
Parker-Johnson of Philadelphia Church of Praise
and Deliverance Outreach
Ministry of Hampton.
Trinity UMC
Trinity United Methodist Church will hold its
fifth annual golf tournament April 15 at Cypress
Creek. Registration will be
held at 11:30 a.m. and the
shotgun start will be at 1
p.m. An awards dinner will
follow at 5:30 p.m. Proceeds
benefit Christian Outreach
Program, Youth and Adult
Missions, Veterans in Crisis, and other Christian
causes. For more info, call
Ted Bright at279-0735 or
email tdbright2@gmail.
com. Or call Rick Hope
at 268-7364 or email rickhope11258@gmail.com.
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These Local Churches welcome you and
your family to weekly services
Central Hill Baptist Church
SATB
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
300 Smithfield Blvd., Smithfield
10270 Central Hill Rd,
Sat. Vigil Mass 5pm; Sun, Mass 9am
Windsor 357-2225
Mass: Tues & Thu at noon,
Sun School 10am, Sun Worship 11am Weekday
Wed at 6:30pm Fri at 9am,
Wed Bible Study &
Phone: 365-0579 Fax: 757-365-4749
Prayer Meeting 7pm
Pastor: Fr. Oscar . Paraiso
Dr Jarvis M. Hearn, Interim Pastor
email: admoin@cgsparish.org
Home: 357-9705
1/16 www.cgsparish.org
Healing Waters Worship Center Hope Presbyterian Church
12/16
12172 Smith’s Neck Rd, Carrollton, VA
356-1515; www.hwwcnow.com
Pastor William McCarty, Senior Pastor
Sunday am Worship 9 & 11am w kid’s church
Wednesday worship 7pm & Bible study
with Girsl Club & Royal Rangers
Nursery available for all services
12/16
A Reformed PCA Church
259 James Street
Meeting at Smithfield Luter YMCA
Worship: 9:30 am
www.hopepca.com
Pastor George Boomer, 771-2243
Mill Swamp Baptist Church
Sandy Mount Baptist Church
6329 Mill Swamp Rd, Ivor, VA; 357-2575
Sunday night Awana 5:30pm.
Sunday: Sun. Sch. 9:30am, Worship 10:45.
Wednesday 6:45pm adult Bible study,
children & Students meeting.
Calvary Baptist Church
12/15
15155Turner Drive, Smithfield,VA 23430
Pastor Dan E. Gray Phone: 357-5718
“A Church Home for Your Family”
Sunday: 8:30 am; 11 am; 6:30 pm
Sunday School: 10:00 am
Wednesday Bible Study, Prayer Mtg. &
Children’s Ministry @ 7 pm
2/16
Smithfield Baptist Church
100 Wainwright Dr., Smithfield, 357-2536
Sun. Sch. 9:40am/Worship 8:30am & 11am
Wed, 5:15 Cherub Choir, 5:30 Dinner,
6:30 Bible Studies & Missions,
7:30 Adult Choir, 7:30 Children’s Choir
Dr. Donald R. Rhoton, Pastor
www.smithfieldbaptist.org
1/16
12/16
16091 Scott’s Factory Rd, Smithfield
Church School - 9:00-9:45am
Prayer & Praise - 10-10:15 am
Worship Service 10:15 am
Bible Study - 2nd & 4th Wed. @7pm
Office Hours - 2-5 pm
Rev. Dr.Bobby L. Taylor Pastor
12/15
Joy Church
For Worship Service Hours
see web address: www.smithfieldjoy.com
Rev. Dr. Bryan Brooks - Senior Pastor
Offers Professional Pastoral Counseling
Adding Joy in a complicated world.
Main Office: 320 Grace St., Smithfield, VA
1/16
757-542-3070
Trinity United Methodist Church
201 Cedar St.,
Sunday School 9:30
Worship 8:30 & 11am,
9:30am Rivers of Life
357-3659
12/16
Benn’s United Methodist Church Christ Episcopal Church
Sunday Services 8:30 and 11:00am
Sunday School 9:45am
Rev. O.H. Burton, Jr., Ph. 357-3373
Bennsumc@yahoo,com
1/16
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The Day He Wore My Crown (Arr. Clydesdale)
Specializing in
111 S. Church St. Corner Church & Main
Smithfield • 357-2826
9AM – Contemporary Service
11AM – Children’s Chapel
11AM – Traditional Service
Rev. Connie Gilmon
www.christchurchsmithfield.org
6/16
Woodland United Methodist Church
20051 Orbit Rd. Windsor, VA 23487
Traditional Worship Service 9:30AM
Sunday School 10:45AM
Rev. Mandy Newman
(757) 357-7499
www.woodlandumcwindsor.org
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Oakland Christian United Church of Christ
FB: Woodland United Methodist Church
8/16
Sunday Sacrament Service -- 11AM
Sunday School -- 12:15PM
Young Men & Women -- Wednesday 7PM
Bishop Paul Stoecker -- 757-621-8091
02/17
5358 Zuni Circle, Zuni, Va. 23898
Sunday School 9:30am
Worship 10:30am
Rev. Dr. Steven Frazier, Pastor
9/16
www.bethanyzuni.org
(757) 255-4353 Rev. Greg Ryan,M.Div.,M.A.
(pastorryan@oaklanducc.com)
Services: Sunday at 8:45am and 11am
Sunday School (all ages) 9:45am
www.Oaklanducc.com
8/15
Smithfield Assembly of God Church Harvest Fellowship Baptist Church
Prevatte (Allison), Daniel
Baker (Mikanna), Natalie
Baker, Wesley Sammons,
Jill Sammons and Bryan
Sammons. Great-grandchildren are Lana, Willow and
Skylar Prevatte, Charlotte
and Henry Davis, Emma
Lewis, David Jones and
Collyn Baker.
Also left to cherish his
memory are his sisters
Cynthia McKettrick (Bill),
Linda Baker and Carol
Newcomb (James), as well
as numerous nieces and
nephews.
The family wishes to
thank Scotts Hill Baptist
Church and the loving helpers that have ministered
to Tom and Gladys in recent months: Jennie, Doris,
Tammy, Deborah, Anne and
nurse Cindy.
A visitation was held
Wednesday, March 16 in
Wilmington, N.C. The funeral will take place Thursday, March 17, at 3 p.m. at
Scotts Hill Baptist Church,
185 Scotts Hill Loop Road
Wilmington, NC. A celebration of life will follow
at Moore’s Swamp Baptist
Church at 11 a.m. in Surry,
on Saturday, March 19, 2016.
Contributions in honor
of Tom can be made to The
American Heart Association or Scotts Hill Baptist
Church mission fund.
1800 South Church Street, Smithfield 357-5539
Sunday Sch. 9:45am
Worship Service 11:00
amWednesday Evening (including Children’s
Services) 7:00pm
Donald E. Watkins, Pastor
12/16
Randy Green, Senior Pastor
19290 Battery Park Rd. Smithfield, VA 23430
757-356-9494 • www.4theharvest.org
Sunday worship: 9am
Bible study for every age: 11am
12/16
Student Bible study: Wed. 7pm
Smithfield Christian Church
Riverview United Methodist
18420 Battery Park Rd.
Smithfield, VA 23430 Ph: 357-6644
Sunday Sch. 10am Worship 11am
Wed., Study 6:00pm
Joe Thompson, Minister
www.smithfieldchristian.com 10/16
10696 Smith’s Neck Road
P. O. Box 288; Rescue, VA 23424-0288
Bible Study: Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Michael D. Guminsky, Pastor
757-645-5687
e-mail: michaelguminsky@vaumc.org5/16
Carrollton Holiness Church
16144 Carrollton Blvd, Carrollton, VA 23314 Phone: 757-238-8866
Sunday School 10:10 am; Worship Service/Children’s Church 11:00 am; 6:30 pm
Thursday Worship Service 6:30 pm
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Words of Encouragement
Looking for hope? Hope is something that we all need and we
have the opportunity and responsibility to provide. Every life
has worth and significant meaning. There will never be
another YOU! I want to encourage you to be a part of hope in
our community and surrounding areas. Chaos can always
change with one small ray of hope. The encouragement of the
soul goes a long way in helping each person sustain their life
in the midst of what, in many cases, seems like chaos. I have
hope because I have found that same hope in Jesus Christ. So,
get up! Get connected and find Hope
today! (if you don’t have a family of
faith home find one as there are many
wonderful churches in our community)
Brought to you by William McCarty,
Senior Pastor at Healing Waters
Worship Center, Carrollton, VA
Call 757-357-3288
to obtain info on how to
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pastor in the Have Faith and
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03/02/16
Thomas Wilton Baker, 85, died peacefully on
March 14, 2016. Born July
13, 1930, he grew up in Surry
County on the family farm.
He was the son of Charlie
Wilton Baker and Mabury
Gardner Baker.
Serving in the US Army
during the Korean War, he
was awarded the Bronze
Star.
Tom retired from DuPont after 33 years of service. He continued working during retirement in
several business interests.
He also traveled with the
North Carolina Baptist Association, participating
in building churches and
renovating homes in the
United States and abroad.
He worked with local missions to meet housing needs
of people in the Wilmington
community.
He is survived by his wife
of 64 years, Gladys Savedge
Baker. He is also survived by
his children, Brenda Baker
Paschal (Jeff), Wanda Baker
Prevatte (Mike), Thomas
W. Baker Jr. (Mali) and
Pamela Baker Sammons
(Todd). In addition, he is
survived by nine grandchildren, Amy Davis (Greyson),
Julie Jones (Kevin), Meagan Lewis (Daniel), Scott
lation service for Elder
Stelita Onita Hardy-Newby on Sunday, March 20
at 2 p.m.
Living Hope
The Safe Haven Gospel
Quartet will be singing at
Living Hope Community
Fellowship during the 10
a.m. worship service Sunday, March 20. Call 375-7144
or visit www.4livinghope.
org for more information.
Chapel Grove
Chapel Grove UCC, 7366
W. Blackwater Rd., Windsor, will offer a two-day
AARP driver safety program March 23-24 from
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This
is a refresher course for
drivers age 50+. No driving test required. Those
completing this course
may receive a discount on
auto insurance. You must
attend both days to complete the course. For more
info, call 242-6178.
Family and Friends Day
will be observed Sunday,
April 3 with Sunday School
at 9 a.m. and a worship service at 10 a.m. The theme
for this year will be “Love
that Transforms.” Spring
Renewal Preaching Services will be held April 4-6,
7 p.m. nightly. The guest
speakers for the renewal
will be as follows: April
4 – the Rev. Roy Stokes of
Union Hill UCC, April 5 –
the Rev. Elizabeth Jones
of Gilfield Baptist Church,
and April 6 – the Rev. Dr.
Laconda Fanning of St.
James Missionary Church.
Greater Dimensions
Greater Dimensions
Ministries Pastors Lorenzo and Tracy Malloy
will hold a Good Friday
Service, Friday, March
25 at 7:30 p.m. The guest
speaker will be Elder Louis Mallory.
There will be an Easter
egg hunt Saturday, March
26 from 2-5 p.m. with the
Easter Bunny. For more
Macedonia AME
Macedonia AME
Church will hold a Sisters
in Worship program with
the theme “Renewing our
Body, Mind and Soul” Saturday, March 26 at 5 p.m.
Guests will be Co-Pastor
Elder Linda Blunt White
of Mt. Zion Word and Faith
Ministries, Mistress of
Ceremony Eulisa J. Brown
and the congregation of
Mt. Tabor Church of God
in Christ, Smithfield. For
more info, call Monique M.
Pinner at 438-5842.
Emmanuel Baptist
Emmanuel Baptist
Church will present an
G1-091912
Holly Grove
Holly Grove AME will
hold a youth program titled “A Youth Explosion”
Sunday, March 20 at 2 p.m.
featuring praise dancers
from Little Bethel Baptist
of Chuckatuck, Sandy Mt.
Baptist of Smithfield, and
New Covenant of Zuni.
Mimes will be from Tabernacle Baptist of Newport News and Mt. Tabor
COGIC of Smithfield, and
soloists will also be from
Tabernacle Baptist. For
more info, call Lucy Uzzle
Gray at 357-4511.
Brown’s AME
Brown’s AME Church
will host a Women’s Day
Program and worship service Sunday, March 20 at
11 a.m. Guest speaker will
be the Rev. Edith Shivers.
Smithfield Baptist
Smithfield Baptist
Church will hold an Easter
egg hunt Saturday, March
26 from 10 a.m. to noon for
children of all ages. The
egg hunt will include food,
prizes and a magic and
illusion show by Darrel
Barrie. For more info, call
357-2536.
God’s Anointed Touch
God’s Anointed Touch
Ministries invites the public to be part of the studio
audience for their filming
of the TV show “Ministry
Shall Not Destroy My Marriage” Wednesday, March
16 at 7:30 p.m. Guests for
this episode include the
pastor and first lady of
Silver Gates of Heaven
COGIC. The filming will
take place at 5C Roberts
Ave., Windsor. Food and
giveaways will be provided.
Pentecostal Holiness
Pentecostal Holiness
Church of God will host a
Women’s Conference Saturday, March 19 at noon.
The theme for the conference will be “Step Out on
Faith for Your Healing.”
Guest speaker will be Pastor Sonya Thomas of Shek-
STALLINGS &
ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Deer
A change is made when
the deer population reaches its “cultural carrying
capacity,” that is, how
many deer people are comfortable with, said Nelson
Lafon, deer project leader
with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries.
Ecosystem impacts are
also taken into consideration, he said.
The population hit that
threshold in Isle of Wight
and Surry counties, Lafon
said.
On the flip side, the deer
population has severely
declined in Virginia Beach
and Chesapeake, so those
areas are now targeted for
stabilization, Lafon said.
Deer populations are
related to human popu-
lation and development,
Lafon said.
However, it’s unlikely
that development caused
the Virginia Beach and
Chesapeake deer herds
to pick up and move up to
Isle of Wight and Surry,
he said.
Deer tend to be “homebodies” and the only ones
who branch out are twoyear old males, Lafon said.
Those males may move
a couple of miles away,
but not further than that,
he said.
Female deer, on the other hand, remain within the
same 200-300 acres their
entire lives, Lafon said.
Changes to the
deer-hunting season are
the main way the state
implements a reduction
strategy — particularly
by managing the number
of days does can be killed,
Lafon said.
The goal is to balance
the amount between those
who want more deer and
those who want less, and
the plan is continuously
reevaluated, he said.
The town of Smithfield
is also part of the DGIF’s
urban archery program.
The program allows the
shooting of deer by arrows
during specific times of
the year for localities in
the program, and Smithfield has a number of restrictions which can be
viewed on the DGIF website.
Ross said he’s tried urban archery at the edge of
his neighborhood, where
it’s allowed in Smithfield.
Unfortunately, the deer
seem to know where it’s
safe and where it’s not and
avoid the areas where he
can hunt, Ross said.
million, but he said there
hasn’t been any study that
would put a firm number
on what it would cost to
alleviate the septic system issues at the school.
But beyond upgrading the
school’s septic system, the
county will be asking if
“that building is going to
be viable in (the county’s)
future,” Thornton said.
“If it’s not,” he said.
“Then why are we doing
a wastewater issue — why
are we spending $2 million
on it.”
The architects would
give a report on both the
septic system and the longterm viability of the school
infrastructure. Funding
for the study hasn’t yet
been approved and would
need to be voted on by the
School Board.
Thornton said that if
the school is not found to
be a workable option for
the future then the county
would look at budgeting
the CIP for a new elementary school. If the building
is found to have life left in
it, then the wastewater
project will the tackled,
which would also be funded through the CIP.
“We’re talking about
the infrastructure long
term,” Thornton said. “Is
it worth investing in that
location. We just want to
make sure.”
While the county system is in good condition,
Franklin says it is at capacity. He said that if a large
employer were looking to
relocate to Surry it might
not be possible based on
the current availability in
the system.
Henifin said the HRSD
plan for the community
would unfold over a period of one to two years
and will take into account
comments from county
and town officials, as well
as the public.
Vote
The first vote by the
Surry County Board of
Supervisors and the Surry
Town Council would be
approval of HRSD. This
would essentially act as
the community welcoming HRSD in and would be
used by HRSD to petition
the Surry County Circuit
Court.
Once in court, a judge
would hear from all interested parties and make
a decision on whether
HRSD’s entrance is good
for the community.
Timeline
Both Franklin and
Henifin said they’d like
to transfer all assets from
the county to HRSD by
July 1, 2016 because it is
the beginning of the fiscal
year. If that deadline is
missed they both said the
deal could continue.
Hardy
over getting a new wastewater system at Hardy
Elementary, but Superintendent Jim Thornton said
they have recently signed
on two architectural firms
for the school system.
These two firms will
essentially be on call for
the school system and they
will be able to negotiate
project needs that arise
in the schools — like Hardy’s wastewater system,
Thornton said.
“We really want the
Hardy wastewater system
studied,” he said.
The project has been
estimated to cost about $2
HRSD
“Once HRSD owns the
system, the county has
no liability unless they
caused some environmental issue previously and
it is not discovered until
after HRSD is operating,”
Henifin said in an email.
A plan
HRSD is asking the
county and the town of
Surry to approve the project. Once the project is
approved the plans will
begin, Henifin said. There
has not been any engineering plan drawn up, but
HRSD did inspect the current waste water system in
both communities.
“Our inspection confir med the previously
identified need to replace
the town system which
appears to have reached
the end of its useful life,”
Henifin said. “The county’s system appeared to
be serviceable with significant life remaining in
those assets.”
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So he’s reverted to fenc- kill. In Isle of Wight, 37
es, sprays and an odd rem- percent of the total killed
edy — human hair in a were antlered males.
stocking.
Of the total kill, nearly
The scent is supposed 52 percent were females in
to scare the deer, but it Isle of Wight County and
must be updated every few 45 percent were females
days or it loses its punch, in Surry.
One local hunter was so
he said.
enthusiastic about shootMeanwhile, hunters ing deer that he, or she,
killed 2,348 deer in Isle of erected a rogue deer stand
Wight County, a number on one landowner’s propthat has remained fairly erty without permission.
stable over the past 10
The Isle of Wight Counyears.
ty landowner was recently
In Surry County, 2,287 surprised to find a ladder,
deer were killed last year. stand and even a seat erectSurry hunters bagged ed on a tree on her two-acre
the most antlered males property.
at 46 percent of the entire
“The seat even has a
cushion,” the landowner
said.
Williams said that despite the growing deer
population, numbers were
down for the Isle of Wight
Hunt Club this year.
But that can be for any
number of reasons, such
as some older hunters only
going for the “big buck,”
he said.
As for himself, Williams
hunts for the meat, so more
doe days are O.K. with
him. Plus he has enjoyed
introducing the sport to
his son and nephew, as it
was passed down to him
from his father and grandfather.
Competing musicians
The Lions of District 24-D, Region II, hosted the regional James A.
Bland Music competition at Benn’s United Methodist Church. Students
representing six Lions Clubs, and ranging from ages 12 to 18, competed
for the opportunity to advance to the District finals. The musical
competition is an annual event sponsored by the Lions of Virginia as
a living tribute to James A. Bland, a popular 1800s African-American
composer. Madeline Bevins of Smithfield was runner-up for the
instrumental category. Participants included, front row, left to right:
Peyton Berning (piano/Chruchland Lions Club), Kiara Norman (soprano/
Portsmouth Host Lions Club), Madeline Bevins (piano/Smithfield Lions
Club), Arica Ervin (mezzo soprano/Windsor Lions Club) and Elana
Lapetina (mezzo soprano/Ocean View Lions Club). Top row, left to
right: Earnest Kiah (tenor/Churchland Lions Club), Isiah Kiah (baritone/
Western Branch Lions Club), Kevin Wang (piano/Portsmouth Host Lions
Club) and Andrew Fu (piano/Western Branch Lions Club.
Budget
the hands of every ninth
grader.
Every freshman will
still have a laptop beginning next year, but instead of being Apple brand
computers, they will be
PCs. The Apple computers would have cost about
$500,000. PCs will cost
$150,000, which can be
covered by two different
grants — a VPSA grant
and the Intel Kick Start
Grant, the latter of which
has not yet been received.
Thornton also cut an
executive director and a
career and a technical education director position,
readjusted the supplemental compensation and athletics budget, and will hire
one less computer coding
teacher. Together, these
changes helped the school
system meet the state mandate, Thornton said.
Overall, the central
office will be cutting 11
positions, but there are 10
new positions within the
school system. Those 10
new jobs will be instructional coaches within the
schools who will work
directly with teachers and
learning and educational
experts.
The approved budget
maintains increases in
both instruction and maintenance to meet the goals
that Thornton laid out last
month.
An additional $1.2 million will go toward the
county’s new push for
deeper learning.
New instructional costs
include the hiring of computer coding teachers to
teach students the skill
as early as elementary
school.
Operational support
will increase as well, to
help the school system
better maintain their cur-
rent capital assets, which
Thornton said have not
been properly maintained.
“The operational side
of the budget, that’s where
we’re hurting,” Thornton
said, “and I’ve said that
since day one.”
This means $692,423
more for building maintenance, including regular
roof repair and a new bus
leasing rotation schedule
(changing to two four year
leases rather than one seven year lease for the fleet).
In the joint meeting
with the Board of Supervisors, Thor nton said
the goal was to make the
school budget more consistent with long-term goals,
so in future meetings the
Supervisors will just have
to approve changes in compensation.
“We need to get this
budget sound and then we
can get a long term plan for
compensation,” Thornton
said.
During the joint meeting, Rudolph Jefferson,
Board of Supervisors vice
chair man, asked what
plan B would be for the
school system if the county wasn’t able to fund the
school’s budget as proposed.
“I really don’t have a
plan B,” Thornton said,
but added that they’d probably have to go back to the
School Board and would
likely have to choose between priorities in instruc-
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Interim Isle of Wight
County Administrator
Sandford “Sandy” Wanner
said he would have his
proposed budget ready by
April, 1.
“This is about 50 percent of our budget, so this
is a big deal, “ said Board
of Supervisors Chairman
Rex Alphin about the
school budget.
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3 owners of 3
papers in 1 week
By Matt Leonard
Staff Writer
On Friday March 4, all
of the employees at three
papers owned by Hermes
Publications found out
they were being laid off.
Five days later, the three
papers were under new
ownership, with two employees on board.
All of the papers were
late to print last week, but
the new owners — Womack Publishing — printed
and distributed the papers
last Friday.
The three papers — The
Monitor in Dinwiddie,
the Prince George Journal and The Sussex-Surry
Dispatch — will be under
the leadership of Roger
Bell, whose title will be
regional manager. Bell was
previously the assistant
editor at The Independent
Messenger in Emporia,
another paper owned by
Womack.
Michael Campbell, formally the digital director
for Hermes Publications
(a previous owner of the
paper), will be the news
editor for the three papers.
“We’re very excited and
thankful that we’ll be able
to keep these papers alive
in these communities,”
said Chad B. Harrison the
director of operations for
Womack.
He did not want to discuss the terms of the sale.
The sale did not include
the office buildings.
As for cur rent subscriptions, Harrison said,
““These people put their
money down and we’re
going to honor any agreement that was in place.”
The papers were on the
market because of legal
issues surrounding two of
the previous owners.
On Dec. 12, 2013, Page
Publications sold the three
papers to Hermes Publications. The deal was closed
in The Monitor’s office
in Sutherland. Tom Page
signed on behalf of Page
Publications. Evan Jones
signed on behalf of Hermes Publications.
The deal was to sell the
three for $900,000 with a
$150,000 down payment.
Her mes ag reed to pay
$8,547.79 a month for nine
years to complete the payment. Her mes stopped
making payments five
months later, according to
court documents.
Page filed a lawsuit
against Hermes for the
payments on Nov. 24, 2014
in Dinwiddie County Circuit Court.
Hermes did not deny
not paying Page, but countered that Her mes had
engaged in fraud by overstating its circulation in
the purchase agreement.
Judge Paul W. Cella said
in an opinion on Nov. 3,
2015 that even if Page had
overstated the numbers
that didn’t allow Hermes
to stop making monthly
payments.
A month later, Cella
ruled in favor of Page and
ordered Her mes to pay
more than $740,000.
When Her mes still
didn’t make any payments,
Page filed documents allowing them to seize the
property associated with
the papers: buildings, computers and other office
equipment.
So on March 4, the Dinwiddie County Sheriff ’s
Office took control of the
Monitor’s office in Sutherland, according to The
Progress Index.
Page Publications was
once again in control of
the three papers, but for
less than a week. Harrison
said Womack completed
the deal with Page on the
morning of March 9.
Neither of the lawyers
involved in the case responded requests to comments made by The Smithfield Times.
In downtown Wakefield
last Thursday, the old office of the Sussex-Surry
Dispatch was locked with
the lights off. Through
the window, where green
letters spell out the paper’s
name, could be seen some
folding tables that were
used as desks, a fax ma-
chine and stacks of papers.
Outside, the March 2
edition of the paper was
still in a newsstand.
Post office workers in
Wakefield said they got a
few calls from people who
were upset about not receiving their paper.
Tammi Rawls, the manager of Wakefield’s 7-Eleven, said they sold about 30
copies of the Sussex-Surry
Dispatch ever week. There
were a few customers who
were upset when the new
copy wasn’t in the stand,
Rawls said.
“There will be a few older people who are happy
when to hear it’ll be back,”
she said last week.
But many of the people in Wakefield asked
about the sale of the paper
weren’t aware of the transition. Most didn’t read
the paper.
Harrison said Womack
were to print the three
papers for the first time
under their ownership on
March 11. From that point
on they’d publish every
Wednesday.
The first issues of the
papers will be populated
with stories mostly done
by people at Womack’s
other locations near the
coverage area. The staff
members solely dedicated to the three papers —
Bell and Campbell — will
be based out of Emporia
for the immediate future.
Harrison said they would
eventually find permanent
offices in the communities
served.
When asked about the
legal proceedings between
Hermes and Page, Harrison said they didn’t affect
the purchase. Womack
bought the papers because
they wanted to communities to have the news coverage they needed, he said.
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RICHMOND — Virginia’s community colleges
are marking the 50th anniversary of the statewide
system of comprehensive
community colleges in
2016 with a year-long observance that celebrates
the progress of the past 50
years as well as the promise of the future.
One part of that yearlong observance is to ask
community members to
share their stories regarding what communi-
ty colleges have meant
for them. A web-landing
page has been created to
collect those stories at
50.vccs.edu, and they will
be shared later in the year
at events commemorating
the system. Community
members are welcome to
share stories from a student, family, business or
government perspective,
past or future, about how
community colleges have
strengthened the community — and student lives.
Litter in waterways
GLOUCESTER (AP) —
Nearly 100 scientists and
policy leaders gathered
in Gloucester last week to
discuss littered seas and
waterways.
The ever-growing problem is widely associated
with vast floating islands
of plastic and other human
castoffs found in the world’s
oceans. Officials say the
problem extends to domes-
tic waters, as well, and it
poses a threat to human
health and wildlife.
The issue was the focus
of the Virginia Marine Debris Summit. Participants
met at the Virginia Institute
of Marine Science.
Katie Register of Clean
Virginia Waterways says
marine debris is one of the
most preventable forms of
pollution.
“We know that there
are numerous people who
have been affected by their
decision to attend Paul D.
Camp Community College
and who have successes
to share,” said Dr. Renee
Felts, vice president for
institutional advancement
at Paul D. Camp Community College and executive
director of the PDCCC
Foundation.
“We encourage you to
visit the VCCS site to let
others know how you rose
above hardships or secured a job. The successes
of others inspire those
who think they cannot
afford college or fit workforce training in their busy
schedules.”
Virginia’s community
colleges were created by
the General Assembly in
1966 to provide comprehensive institutions that
addressed unmet needs
in higher education and
workforce training. By
1972 there were 23 com-
munity colleges located
across the state in a master plan that put access to
quality higher education
within a short drive of
every Virginian.
Since then, Virginia’s
23 colleges have served
well over 2.6 million people, awarded more than
575,000 credentials and
associate degrees, and
launched countless numbers of transfer students
into bachelor programs,
advanced de g rees and
successful careers. The
Franklin campus of Paul
D. Camp Community College has been serving the
community since it opened
in 1971 and was followed
by the establishment of
the Smithfield site in 1993.
Although there was an earlier version of the Hobbs
Suffolk Campus on Pinner Street, the current
building on Kenyon Road
opened in 1995 and the
Regional Workforce Development Center in 2002.
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March 16, 2016
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Community
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Wednesday, March 16
HOME EXPO—Isle of Wight County’s
biggest business showcase, the
Home and Community Expo, will be
held Wednesday, March 16 from 4-7
p.m. at The Smithfield Center, 220
N. Church St., Smithfield. The event
will include food, activities and door
prizes as well as a chance to network
with potential service providers and
customers. Admission is free but
registration is required if you wish
to be an exhibitor. For more info, or
to register, call 357-3502 or email
chamber@theisle.org.
AARP—AARP Chapter #5309 will hold
its monthly meeting Wednesday,
March 16, 10 a.m. at the Windsor
Ruritan Clubhouse, 14 Community
Drive, Windsor. The guest speaker
will be Elizabeth Boehmake,
Associate Attorney at Hook Law
Center, P.C., who will speak on elder
law, long-term care planning, asset
protection planning and tax planning.
For more info, call Melvin E. Evans
at 651-8632 or email melvinevans@
yahoo.com.
EASTER EGGS—Order from four
flavors of chocolate-covered Easter
eggs from Church of God of Prophecy,
located at 14356 Benn’s Church
Boulevard. This is the church’s 30th
year making the eggs. To order call
284-5941 or 357-4870.
Saturday, March 19
Staff photo by Diana McFarland
Craft instructor Janet Johnson helps out friends Helen Heaster, left, and Donna Levitt create a potpourri topiary recently
at the Carrollton Library. The popular craft class is held once a month, along with a wide variety of other programs.
Libraries
More than just books
BLUES CONCERT—MSG Acoustic
Blues Trio will perform in concert
at Smithfield Little Theatre, 210 N.
Church St., Smithfield. Saturday,
By Diana McFarland
March 19 at 7:30 p.m. This will be
Managing editor
a CD release show for their new
CD, The Flood. Tickets are $20,
xercise classes, tax asavailable at The Arts Center@319 or
sistance, movie nights,
The Christmas Store in downtown
crafts and, oh yeah,
Smithfield. Tickets will also be
checking out library books.
available at the door. For reservations
Today’s public library is moror more information, call 880-3120.
phing from a silent space to look
at books to busy community
IVY HILL—Kathy Mountjoy, group
tourism coordinator, will lead a free
centers boasting a long list of retour of Ivy Hill Cemetery Saturday,
sources, programs and activities.
March 19 at 10 a.m. Meet at
Every month, Donna Levitt
the cemetery, 451 N. Church St.,
and friend Vickie Russell come to
Smithfield. For more info, call 408the Carrollton Library from York1935.
town to join Carrollton resident
Helen Heaster for the crafts class.
EGG HUNT—The Surry Community
This month the craft was a potCenter will host Easter egg hunts
pourri topiary. The ladies coated
Saturday, March 19 from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Kids hunts for ages 1-4,
foam balls — and their fingers —
5-7, 8-12, and 13-16 will begin at 1
with glue and rolled them in trays
p.m. Adult hunts will begin at 2 p.m.
of potpourri.
Over 1,000 eggs will be hidden. The
“We don’t care what we make,”
event will also feature music by DJ
joked Heaster.
Coldwater Rivers Events and Rentals,
Heaster said the crafts class is
door prizes, Easter baskets, prizes for
a way to get out of the house, meet
all winners, popcorn, hot dogs, drinks
and cupcakes. The community center people and have a good time.
The next day, Carrollton’s
is located at 205 Enos Drive, Surry.
community
room was filled with
Rain date: March 26.
ladies working out as part of the
PAGEANT—Isle of Wight Academy’s
over-50 stretch and tone class.
2016 Pageant will be held Saturday,
“It’s not hard, but when you
March 19 at 6 p.m. in the Jester
leave you know you’ve worked
Gym. Admission is $5. Limited VIP
every muscle in your body,” said
seating is available for an extra $5
participant Janie Murrell.
per seat and includes a “swag bag”
Blackwater Library Executive
and premium viewing. Concessions
Director Jenny Bailey said the exwill be available. For more info, call
ercise class has been meeting for
357-3866.
years, and as a result, the women
have created their own friendship
Monday, March 21
community.
COAST GUARD—Smithfield Flotilla
“They depend on each other,”
59 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
she said.
will meet Monday, March 21, 7 p.m.
The library also boasts regular
at American Legion Post 49, 818 S.
arts exhibits, weatherization semChurch St., Smithfield. Anyone 17+
inars and even a seed swap.
may join and is invited to attend.
Carrollton Branch Manager
No military or boating experience is
required. Refreshments provided. For Shannon Conroy said the library
more info, email auxflotilla59@gmail. wants to provide more than just
com or visit www.aux59.org.
books.
Hands-on instruction, such as
Wednesday, March 23 the computer tutoring class, parCOOKING SHOW—Community Harvest ticularly resonates with patrons,
she said.
Outreach will film the next episode
“There’s a need for activities
of their cooking show, featuring
here in the area,” she said, adding
Shrimp Boil, Wednesday, March 23,
that many programs are paid for
6:45 p.m. at the Windsor Ruritan
by the Friends of the Carrollton
clubhouse, 14 Community Drive,
Windsor. For more info, call 556Library, including the crafts and
5247.
exercise class.
The Isle of Wight branches
Thursday, March 24
are also working to incorporate
STEAM-related programs that
BLOOD DRIVE—The next Smithfield
feature science, technology, enCommunity Blood Drive will be held
gineering, math and art content,
Thursday, March 24, noon to 6 p.m.
such as Science Saturday at Carat Smithfield Baptist Church, 100
rollton and Labrary Tuesday at
Wainwright Drive, Smithfield. Food
Canteen and sponsor will be the
the Smithfield branch.
Ladies American Legion Auxiliary Post
The array of programs offered
49 of Smithfield. For more info, call
at the Surry Library has expand• See CALENDAR p. 12 ed since it was moved to the new
E
facility — the former BB&T bank
building that was purchased
by Surry County in fiscal 2015.
Now with double the space, a
story time room and an upstairs
meeting room, Branch Manager
Kim Sperry is working to create a
community space where everyone
“If I had 100
rooms, I’d have
100 classes.”
—Carrollton Library
Staff photo by Diana McFarland
Branch Manager Surry Library Youth Programmer Lauren Epperley leads a
Shannon Conroy group of children through her weekly story time program.
Story time is a more traditional library feature and this one
included songs and an art activity.
is welcome.
Recent offerings included the
traditional story time, along with
a class on Alzheimer’s, job training, crafts and an Easter egg hunt.
“Everyone loves the new building,” Sperry said, adding that
Surry County has been very
supportive.
According to Blackwater’s
annual report for fiscal 2015,
the number of people coming to
the new Surry branch rose 103
percent.
The number of visitors and programs have boomed at the
Isle of Wight County library
Surry Library since it moved into its new, and much larger,
• See LIBRARY, p. 13 facility on Route 10.
Staff photo by Matt Leonard
The women who attend the age 50 and up stretch class at the Carrollton Library have
developed friendships over the years.
357-3028
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AMERICAN LEGION—The
Surry American Legion meets
the fourth Thursday of every
month, 7 p.m. at the New
Harvest Church in Surry.
Saturday, March 26
EASTER EGG HUNT—The
annual Easter egg hunt
presented by the Luter Family
YMCA and Isle of Wight Parks
and Recreation will be held
Saturday, March 26 from 8-11
a.m. at Riverview Park, 238
Washington Street, Smithfield.
The event will begin with
breakfast with the Easter
Bunny at the VFW Hall. The
first egg hunt will be at 10 a.m.
for ages 2-6. The second egg
hunt will be at 10:30 a.m. for
ages 7-10. There will also be
games, coloring and crafts. For
more info, call Lauren Wood
at 357-5959 or email lwood@
isleofwightus.net.
Sunday, March 27
CHIPPOKES—Chippokes
Plantation State Park will
hold an Easter egg hunt on
the mansion grounds Sunday,
March 27 at 2 p.m. rain or
shine for children ages 0-10.
Refreshments provided. Park
entrance fee: $5. For more
EGGSTRAVAGANZA—
Community Harvest Outreach
will host its annual Easter
Eggstravaganza Sunday,
March 27 from noon to 3 p.m.
Event is free, and will include
face painting, food, a cake
walk, tug-of-war, a threelegged race, pictures with the
Easter Bunny, a 50/50 raffle
and more. For more info, call
556-5403.
Monday, March 28
JOB FAIR—Surry County Parks
and Recreation will hold a job
fair March 28, 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at 205 Enos Farm Drive,
Surry. Employers on-site will
include Day & Zimmerman,
Waste Management, Integrity
Staffing, Labor Ready, On-Time
Staffing and Virginia Staffing
Services. Dress professionally
and bring resume and two
forms of ID including one
picture ID. For more info call
Gloria Holloman or Aundrea
Hamrick at 294-5240.
SWIM LESSONS—The Luter
Family YMCA will offer free
Spring Break swim lessons
for Isle of Wight County
second grade students March
28 – April 1 from 4-5 p.m.
Pre-registration is required.
To register, stop by the Y at
259 James St., Smithfield
or email caitlyn.leavens@
peninsulaymca.org.
Tuesday, March 29
TOWN HALL MTG—A Town Hall
Meeting will be held Tuesday,
March 29, 7 p.m. at First
Gravel Hill Baptist Church. For
more info, call 642-0356.
more information or to register,
call 357-7707 or email info@
smithfieldarts.org. Last day to
register is March 28.
Upcoming
SCHOLARSHIP—The Woman’s
Club of Smithfield scholarship
applications are now available
at Smithfield High School’s
guidance counselor’s office.
Scholarships are for SHS
seniors who are planning to
attend college in the fall. The
deadline for completing the
application is April 15 at 9
a.m. For more info, call Regina
Waters at 356-9553.
SMITHFIELD SPRINT—The
Luter Family YMCA is
seeking volunteers for the
annual Smithfield Sprint on
Saturday, April 2. This is the
first event in the VirginiaMaryland Triathlon. Available
volunteer positions include
course marshals, parking,
refreshments, registration,
body marking, timing mat
monitors and finish line.
Volunteers get a T-shirt and
lunch. To volunteer, email
glenn.lyttle@peninsulaymca.
org or call 365-4060 ext. 239.
MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP—The
Ed Bland Music Scholarship,
set up to honor composer,
filmmaker and record producer
Ed Bland, will award $1,000
to a graduating high school
senior at the end of the 2016
school year. Students who
play an instrument (acoustic
or electronic) and who plan
to pursue a career in music
are eligible to apply. For
application requirements, visit
www.edblandmusic.com. Send
all materials to Osmund Music,
P.O. Box 634, Smithfield.
For more info, email
osmundmusic@gmail.com or
visit www.edblandmusic.com.
Deadline to apply is April 30.
HOMESCHOOL DAYS—The Isle
of Wight County Museum will
host multiple free homeschool
days throughout April. From 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following
dates, homeschoolers of
all ages can find fun and
engaging activities that
highlight the history of Virginia
and the area: April 1, 8, 14,
15, 22 and 29. Registration
is required. Email tneikirk@
smithfieldva.gov or visit www.
historicisleofwight.com for
more information.
JROTC GOLF—The Smithfield
High School JROTC will hold an
invitational golf tournament
Saturday, April 2 at the
Cypress Creek Golf Course,
600 Cypress Creek Pkwy.,
Smithfield. On-site registration
is from 10-11:30 a.m. and
shotgun start is at noon.
Registration fee is $70 per
person. Registration includes
green fees, cart, range balls
and a bag lunch. All players
will receive a gift bag that
includes golf accessories.
Prizes will be awarded to the
winning teams. To register,
or for more info, call George
Clarke at 332-6341 or mail
registration fee to JROTC
Booster, P.O. Box 202,
Smithfield.
Wednesday, March 30 CONTRACTOR LICENSING—
Basic contractor business
DRAWING CLASS—An Intro to
licensing will be held April
Drawing and Design Workshop 12 and 19 from 5-9 p.m. at
for beginners age 15 to adult
Paul D. Camp Community
or students at any skill level
College’s Regional Workforce
who wish to learn more about
Development Center, 100
drawing and composition will
North College Drive, Franklin.
be offered March 30, April 6
This eight-hour, non-credit
and 13 (three sessions) at The course earns 0.8 CEUs
Arts Center@319. Instructor:
for participants. The cost,
Stephanie Faleski. Students
including the textbook, is
will complete several hands-on $175. Registration is required.
exercises during each session. Deadline to register is April
Registration required. Isle of
Wight Arts League members:
$75. Non-members: $85. For • See CALENDAR, p. 13
library
Carrollton
YOUTH ART— The library
will feature two and three
dimensional art from
Smithfield High School art
students in celebration of
Youth Art Month. The exhibit
will run from March through
April.
KNIT, CROCHET—Knitting
and crocheting classes have
resumed at their new date
and time – Wednesdays from
2:30-4:30 p.m. Bring your
own knitting needles (size 8
recommended) and your own
yarn.
SEEDS—Bring in seeds to
share and swap.
COMPUTER— Computer
tutoring sessions will
be available every other
Wednesday from 12:304:30 p.m. Tutoring is by
appointment only. Call or visit
the front desk to register.
STRETCH AND TONE —
Jeannine Carroll of the
Smithfield YMCA teaches this
free fitness class for ages 50
and up that meets Fridays at
10 a.m. Registration is not
required, but it is first-come,
first-serve.
WEATHERIZATION— Free
weatherization seminars are
now being offered the fourth
Monday of every month from
1-3 p.m. The WilliamsburgJames City County
Community Action Agency
provides this free seminar to
families who qualify based
on income. Families who
receive SSI are automatically
eligible. Services include
attic and wall insulation, hot
water tank and pipe wrap,
and more.
STORY TIMES—Story times
will be held Mondays at 10
a.m. for children ages 2-3
and Thursdays at 10 a.m. for
children ages 4-5.
MEDICARE—Join Medicare
Access resource specialists
for counseling on the second
Tuesday of each month from
1-3 p.m.
FREE TAX AID— Every other
Tuesday through April 12
from 2-6 p.m. AARP will
provide free tax assistance
on a first-come-first-served
basis. Taxes will be filed with
the IRS electronically. State
and Federal taxes are both
included. Those ages 55+
will be served first but adults
of all ages are welcome.
Space is limited. Registration
will begin at 12 p.m. each
Tuesday. There is no pre-date
signup.
BOOK CLUB—The book club’s
roundtable discussion of two
novels, Harper Lee’s “To Kill
a Mockingbird” and “Go Set
a Watchman,” is rescheduled
for Wednesday, March 16 at
3 p.m. due to construction
work.
MASTER GARDENERS—
The Isle of Wight Master
Gardeners will lead an
instructive and practical
session titled “Pruning – Why
Prune, How to Prune” on
Saturday, March 19 at 10
a.m. Registration is required.
FLORA EXHIBIT—A special
exhibit, “Flora of Virginia,”
on loan from the Library of
Virginia, will go on display in
the main library beginning
March 22 and continuing
through April. Admission is
free.
CLAY BOWLS—Crafter
Janet Johnson will instruct
participants how to use
soft clay and lace to create
a lace-patterned clay bowl
for decoration or home use
Thursday, April 7 at 1 p.m.
Registration is required.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED—The
Friends of the Carrollton
Library need volunteers for
the following positions: vice
president and marketing
coordinator. AARP is also
Carrollton Public Library
14362 New Towne Haven
Phone: 238-2641
Claremont Public Library
Phone: 866-8627
Smithfield Public Library
255 James Street
Phone: 357-2264
Surry Public Library
11640 Rolfe Highway
Phone: 294-3949
Windsor Public Library
18 Duke Street
Phone: 242-3046
On the internet:
www.blackwaterlib.org
looking for help in assisting
the public with tax services.
Call 238-2641 or email
sconroy@blackwaterlib.org.
Smithfield
MEDICARE—Medicare and
open enrollment counseling
sessions will be held the 1st
and 3rd Thursday of each
month from 1-3 p.m. The
next Medicare session will be
March 17.
KNITTING— Learn how to knit
or get help with your knitting
projects Wednesday, March
23 at 6:30 p.m.
WINTER STORY TIME—Story
time and other fun for
children ages 3-5 will be held
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
QUILTING BEE—Experienced
quilters are invited to join
fellow quilters to work on
current projects Wednesday,
March 23 from noon to 5 p.m.
Windsor
COMPUTER—Computer help
is available from 10 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
STORY TIME—Story time for
ages 2-5 will be at 10:45
a.m. Tuesdays. Registration is
not required.
KNITTING—Come learn to
knit on Wednesdays, 10:3011:30 a.m.
AUTHOR—The Friends of
the Windsor Library will
host a book signing by local
author Allie Marie on April
19 from 6-8 p.m., where she
will discuss her first book,
“Teardrops of the Innocent,”
set in Olde Town Portsmouth,
with the Book Club. For more
Surry
BOARD GAMES— Board game
afternoon will be held every
Wednesday from 3:30-5 p.m.
Open to everyone.
STORY TIME— Story time will
be held every Monday at 10
a.m. for children ages 3-5.
CLASSIC MOVIE— Classic
Movie Monday will be held
March 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at the Surry Rec. Center.
KNIT— Learn to knit and
stitch every Wednesday from
7-8 p.m.
MOVIE— Family Movie Night
will be held Wednesday,
March 16 from 6-8 p.m.
Snacks provided. Open to
everyone.
JOB CORPS—No-cost
technical training for ages
16-24 will be held March 17
from 3:30-5 p.m. There is
no cost for income-eligible
students.
CELTIC HEART—A craft
class teaching Celtic heart
necklace making will be held
March 17 from 4-5 p.m. Open
to everyone.
EASTER EGG HUNT—An
Easter egg hunt with crafts,
games and more will be held
March 26, 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. for children ages toddler
through 12. Registration
is required. Call 294-3949
to register or for more
information.
Governmental meetings
•Isle of Wight Board of
Supervisors, 6 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 2nd floor,
county courthouse, 17100
Monument Circle, 357-3191
•Isle of Wight Planning
Commission, 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, 2nd floor,
county courthouse, 17100
Monument Circle, 357-3191
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pdc.augsoft.net. For more
info, call 569-6050 or email
workforce@pdc.edu.
OYSTER ROAST—The
Chuckatuck Ruritan club will
hold its 40th annual oyster
roast April 13 from 3-6 p.m. at
the Kirk Farm on Everets Rd.
Tickets are $35 in advance
and are available at Pretlow
Jackson, P.C., 200 N. Main
St., Suffolk, Sauders Supply
Company in Chuckatuck
and the office of J. Dwight
Bradshaw, 5501-D Bennett’s
Pasture Road, Suffolk.
WINDSOR CASTLE PARK—
Volunteers of all ages are
invited to work on the trails,
gather trash, plant wildflowers
or help with a landscaping
project Saturday, May 21,
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more
information, or to register, call
Mary Mitchell at 434-3448 or
email mvmwell@gmail.com.
JUNIOR 4-H CAMP—The
Virginia Cooperative Extension
is accepting registrations
for the Isle of Wight County
Junior 4-H Camp, a five-day
overnight stay at the Airfield
4-H Educational Center in
Wakefield, an American Camp
Association-accredited camp,
June 27 – July 1. Registration
is first-come, first-serve and
with a $50 non-refundable
deposit. Make checks payable
to VCE-Isle of Wight County.
Registration deadline is April
25. Once the materials are
received, campers will be sent
a packet with camp forms and
information in early May. Camp
forms and the remaining
balance will be due by May 31.
For more info, call 365-6261.
Benns United Methodist
Church Preschool
Benn’s Preschool teaches Christian values with a learn
through play, thematic curriculum for ages 2½-4 years.
Benn’s Preschool provides a safe and loving environment for your children to learn and grow.
We have served the community since 1972.
Visit our FaceBook page at Benns Church Preschool.
Contact Gail Nelson, director
757-357-3373 • 14571 Benns Church Blvd. Smithfield, VA 23430
Libraries
branches are supporting a
slew of programs despite
cutbacks that occurred a
few years ago. At that time,
operating hours and staff
hours were cut because the
Isle of Wight County Board
of Supervisors opted to
decrease its contribution to
the Blackwater Regional Library system to save money.
To fill the gap, Friends
of the Library groups for
the various branches hold
numerous fundraisers to
round out the program
budget.
The Friends of the
Smithfield Library plans
to give $1,350 this year to
the librarian’s list of projected budget needs. The
Friends also provides funds
for children’s books and the
summer reading program.
Kristin Kimball was using one of the Smithfield Library’s computers to brush
up on computer skills for
a new job. The library had
the latest version of the
program she needed — and
it was free to use.
Homeschool student
Hayley Stubbs also uses the
computers at the Smithfield
Library to complete school
work.
The library is a real resource, said mom Susan.
Conroy is enthusiastic
about all the Carrollton
Library has to offer.
“We try to do as much as
we can with what we have,”
she said.
“If I had 100 rooms, I’d
have 100 classes.”
Carrollton Elem. honor roll
Carrollton Elementary jah Christensen, Brandon
School announced its honor Cossett, Ryland Cutchin,
roll for the second quarter. Nathan Davis, Skylar Davis, Kadence DiStefano,
All A’s — Max Agres, Eli Isabella Dow, Ayden EreAllen, Asia Andrews, Ali- mita, Eric Fenner, James
ahna-Ophelia Araneta, So- Finn, Tre’Vor Futrell, Jalyn
phie Black, Walton Bondu- Gantt, Aiden Getz-Jones,
rant, Laura Branch, Darby Charlotte Gilliam, JamBurns, Andrina Camiller, mie Gregory, Madison HaMolly Casey, Caitlyn Cena, good, Amy Harris, Kathleen
Lukas Day, Jackson Dick- Harris, Kai Johnson, Edinson, Katie Gallahor n, ric Jones, Catherine KelAubrey Hanson, Addison ly, Natalie Lackey, Alexis
Hardman, Andrew Hicks, Langhill, Morgan Marks,
Shane Hilton, Gabrielle Courtney Martin, Delaney
Johns, Autumn Lemus, Ian Mathes, Aiden McDonald,
Lindsay, Emma Logan, Al- Makayla McLean, Kayla
lison Lugo, Gabriel Mayer, McMillian, Aidan Monk,
Lily Mendelsohn, Matthew Rose Neff, Tyler Nowotny,
Otzelberger, Victoria Otzel- McKenzie Obenchain, Colberger, Sascha Perry, Coo- lin Phillips, Mary Rehrauer,
per Smith, Sydney Thomp- Quran Saarif, Andrew Shipson, Emma Ward, Kalia man, Jameson Shipman,
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Owen Bates, Andre Belle, Rachel Triplett, Jakson
Michael Benson, Aalani Walter, Hunter Williams,
Brown, Chloe Caldwell, Eli- Kaya Williams.
Libraries
adapting
Library circulation —
checking out books — is
declining nationwide,
and as a result, libraries
are trying to adapt to the
needs of the community,
said Blackwater Regional Library Executive Director Jenny Bailey.
“It’s kind of a necessity at this point,” she
said of those turning to
libraries for activities
other than books. Those
activities include internet access, particularly
in rural areas with limited access, she said.
In Virginia, circulation and visitation rose
slightly in 2008 through
2011 and then began to
dip, according to an annual survey by the Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
However, circulation
in Virginia was higher
than the national per capita average in 2012, at 9.68
versus 8, respectively.
In Isle of Wight County, circulation also decreased from fiscal 2012
to 2015, as did visitor
numbers, except Carrollton, which went up
about 6 percent during
that time period.
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Home
schooling
increases
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By Shuran Huang and Rachel Williams
Capital News Service
RICHMOND — Thomas
Burgess begged his mother
to be home-schooled with
his sister Gina, who as a
kindergartner severely
struggled with school anxiety. At 5, Gina dreaded going
to the communal bathroom
shared by three other classrooms. She hated the stares
from her peers, so she waited to use the bathroom until
after school.
From second to eighth
grade, Thomas was homeschooled, too.
“When we first moved
to Roanoke, we did this
satellite TV home-schooling
program,” said Burgess,
now a freelance writer and
editor in Richmond.
“You would tune into
this one channel. There
would be a lady doing a
video-taught science lab
or math class. My mom
would oversee it to make
sure it was done correctly.
That was because she didn’t
know how to really teach
math and science herself.”
When this started, in 1995, Burgess was
among fewer than 10,000
home-schoolers in Virginia. Since then, the number
has quadrupled – to about
39,000 students. If they constituted a school district,
home-schoolers would be
the eighth-largest district
in the state – just behind
Chesapeake and well ahead
of the public school enrollments of Norfolk, Newport
News, Arlington and Richmond.
A s t h e nu m b e r s i n creased, home schooling
has become a political issue. The Virginia General
Assembly recently passed
legislation allowing homeschooled students to participate in sports and other
interscholastic activities at
their local public schools.
It was the second year in
a row that lawmakers had
passed such a “Tebow bill,”
nicknamed for quarterback
star Tim Tebow, who played
football for his local high
school in Florida while
being home-schooled.
Home-schoolers and
their parents urged Gov.
Terry McAuliffe to sign
House Bill 131 and Senate
Bill 612 into law. However,
on Feb. 29, McAuliffe vetoed
the bills, as he did in 2015.
O n We d n e s d ay, t h e
House voted 57-42 in favor of
overriding McAuliffe’s veto.
But that was short of the 66
votes needed to reverse the
governor. As a result, the issue is dead for another year.
Parents choose to homeschool their children for
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various reasons. Some
believe their local public
schools are inadequate,
or too rigid, or too liberal.
Some parents have religious
reasons. In some cases, the
schools are far from home,
and parents don’t want
their children to have long
bus rides.
But whatever the reas o n s, t h e n u m b e r s o f
home-schoolers are growing. Across the U.S., there
are more than 2 million
homeschoolers, according
to the National Home Education Research Institute.
Ten years ago,
home-schoolers made up
less than 2 percent of Virginia’s public school enrollment. Today, they represent
more than 3 percent.
School divisions report
the number of students
whose parents provide
documentation of home
instruction to the Virginia
Department of Education.
The department also tracks
religious exemptions from
attending public schools –
children who presumably
are home-schooled as well.
The most recent school year
for which data are available
is 2014-15.
According to an analysis of the data, the school
divisions with the most
home-schoolers are:
•Fairfax County Public
Schools: 3,320
•Chesterfield County
Public Schools: 1,844
•Prince William County
Public Schools: 1,814
•Loudoun County Public
Schools: 1,754
•Chesapeake City Public
Schools: 1,262
That list isn’t surprising; those school divisions
are among the state’s largest. Another way to look
at the data is to consider
home-schoolers as a percentage of their local public school enrollment. In
2014-15, home-schoolers
constituted:
•17 percent of the students in Floyd County
•16 percent in Highland
County
• 1 5 p e rc e n t i n K i n g
George and Surry counties
•12 percent in Clarke
County
•10 percent in Bedford
and Warren counties
•6 percent in Isle of
Wight County
At certain grade levels,
the percentages are even
higher. Home-schoolers
represented about one in
five high school students
in King George and Surry
counties, and about a quarter of the middle-school students in Highland County.
Over the past decade, the
state has relaxed its laws
on home schooling, said
Charles B. Pyle, director
of communications for the
Virginia Department of
Education.
Before, if parents did
not have a four-year college
degree, they had to use a
home-schooling curriculum
or correspondence course
approved by the state, Pyle
said. Now, the school division no longer has a role in
examining and approving
home instructional programs.
“I think home schooling
has been on the rise in
Virginia for a number of
years. Parents express their
reasons for choosing home
schooling, and there seems
to be a growing interest,”
Pyle said.
“I think it’s still important to recognize that home
schooling, when you compare the number of students being home-schooled
in the Commonwealth with
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1 in 5 high
school students
in Surry
County are
homeschooled.
the number of students enrolled in public schools – or
public and private schools,
for that matter – it’s still a
very small slice of the pie.”
But that slice of the
pie has been g rowing.
Home-schooling is a way
for parents to be engaged in
their children’s education.
James Wiznerowicz, the
coordinator of musicianship studies at Virginia
Commonwealth University,
and his wife home-school
their daughters. They make
frequent trips to museum
exhibits and libraries.
“We value learning. We
value problem solving. We
also think it’s very important to be socially active
and civically responsible,”
Wiznerowicz said. “There’s
a very large home-schooling
network, so they get to go to
presentations about history
and get to explore different
things about the state of
Virginia.”
The Organization of
Virginia Homeschoolers
arranges educational trips
as well as opportunities for
home-schooled students to
socialize while learning.
“I do think they benefit
from having one-on-one
contact,” Wiznerowicz said.
“They benefit from being
involved at a pace in which
they can actually show mastery and be able to develop
skills, rather than looking
at them from moving to
class to class to class.”
Wiznerowicz’s daughter
Miranda agreed about the
benefits of home schooling.
“It’s great because we
have plenty of friends. It
doesn’t really matter if we
get behind or not because
we always leave Friday to
catch up, and it’s very flexible. You’re not as stressed
because you don’t have due
dates. It’s really easy and
fun,” she said.
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Chargers lose 1, win 1
The Isle of Wight Academy Chargers varsity boys
baseball lost 7-4 in seven
innings on Monday, despite
outhitting Norfolk Christian five to four.
Noah Pye was hot from
the plate for the Chargers.
Pye went 2-4 and scored
one run. He singled in the
fourth inning and doubled
in the fifth inning.
Garrett Gartrell got the
win for Norfolk Christian.
He allowed three runs
over four innings. Gartrell
struck out three, walked
two and gave up three hits.
Austin Elledge was the
game’s losing pitcher. He
lasted just zero innings,
walked four, struck out
none, and allowed three
runs.
The bottom of the first
saw Norfolk Christian take
an early lead, 1-0.
After a quick strike from
Isle of Wight Academy, Norfolk Christian responded
with one run in the third.
Norfolk Christian scored
on a steal of home by Albert
Rice.
Norfolk Christian stayed
on top until the final out
after taking the lead in the
fifth, scoring four runs on
an error and an RBI single
by Gartrell.
Two runs in the fifth
inning tipped the game
in favor of Isle of Wight
Academy over Alliance
Christian 5-4 on March 8.
R. Boyce led the Chargers with two runs, followed
by B. Johnson, J. Mintz and
J. Ricks with one each.
The Chargers pulled
ahead in the first inning
with two runs, while Alliance didn’t hit any home
until the fourth inning,
where they scored three
points.
The teams were tied going into the fifth inning
when the Chargers pulled
ahead with two runs over
Alliance’s one.
A. Wonders pitched four
innings for the Chargers,
with eight strike-outs.
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Lady Packers serve up
victory over Warwick High
After winning both
s c r i m m a g e s l a s t we e k
against Northampton High
(9-0) and Warwick High (90), the Lady Packers kicked
off the regular season Monday with a win over Windsor High School by a score
of 9-0. The results are as
follows:
Singles — Tucker defeated Taylor 6-0, 6-2; Olge
defeated Perkins 6-0, 6-0;
Yates defeated Williams
6-1, 6-1; Manson defeated
Hurst 6-1, 6-0; Ford defeated
Princiotta 6-0, 6-1; Burnette
defeated Wyatt 6-0, 6-1
Doubles — Tucker/Olge
defeated Taylor/Perkins 8-4;
Mangum/Kennedy defeated
Williams/Hurst 8-0; Hill/
Tatum defeated Princiotta/
Wyatt 8-0
SHS boys
tennis
Warwick defeated Smithfield 8-1. Following are the
results:
Singles — P. Harrington
(W) d. L. Baylor 3-6, 6-1,
10-7(T); S. Brady (W) d. N.
Espenshade (T) 5-7, 7-5, 10-4;
S .Harrell (W) d. J. Lewis 6-1,
6-3; L. Barlow (S) d. J. Shin
(W) 6-4, 7-6; J. Harrington
(W) d. J. Bateman (S) 7-6,
6-1; D. Lawrence (W) d. C.
Brice 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles — Harrington/
B r a dy ( W ) by d e f a u l t ,
Harrell/Shin (W) d. Lewis/Bateman (S) 8-2; Harrington/Lawrence (W) d.
Jenkins/Brower 8-0
Exhibitions:
C.Cook (S) d. Z. Salsbury
(W) 6-3, 6-3; B.McFall (W) d.
T. Gibble 9-7
President’s
list
Scot R. Mackenzie of
Smithfield was named
to the President’s List
at Clemson University
for the fall 2015 semester.
Mackenzie is majoring
in financial management. To be named to
the President’s List, a
student must achieve a
4.0 (all As) grade-point
average.
Hope Presbyterian Church will observe Good Friday
with a service held at Historic St. Luke’s Church
at 7pm on March 25, 2016.
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Corabelle Higgins, Reagan Royston and
Grace Dodson, helped sell cookies recently
at the Farm Fresh in Smithfield. Girl Scout
cookie booth sales will run through March 20.
Cookie customers can find booths by entering
their zip code in the Cookie Finder at www.
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will be at the Luter Family YMCA in Smithfield, 529
James St. at 9:30 am on March 27, 2016.
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Smithfield High School
announced its honor roll
for the second nine weeks.
•Ninth grade
All A’s — Brendan Acree,
John Altizer, Taylor Anderson, Brady Armstrong,
Emily Babyak, John Barb,
Jaylin Bar rett, Natalie
Benham, Marlese Boyer,
Katelyn Bryant, Spencer
Buehlman, Joshua Farmer, Alan Fletcher, Ariana
Grimm, Curtis Hall, Payton
Hancock, Alexander Hanna, Emma Harris, Justin
Harris, Joshua Hassell,
Tyla Hill, Dallas Holloway,
Derrick Jackson, Megan
Johnson, Joshua Lewis,
Sydnee Loftin, Samantha
Lundberg, Capri Manfred,
Brianna Marshall, Alexander Maury, Bryanna Meade, Deanna Meade, Shyla
Millikin, Charisa Morris,
Morgan Nelms, Linda Ni,
Nicholas OReilly, Jailah
Page, Glenn Petty, Emily
Ployd, Jonathan Pullen,
Natalie Pyburn, Amanda
Smith, Patricia Smith, Samantha Stein, Ethan Strader, Emily Tenney, Catherine
Tuck, Jessica Wolford.
A/B honor roll — Justin
Allen, Taylor Andersen,
Xavier Beale, Robert Beasley, Alexis Boley, Christopher Bradby, Ethan Braswell, Zachary Brich, Ellis Bryant, Juveon Clark,
Courtney Collins, James
Counts, Jamison Davenport, Theodore Davis, Andrew Elliott, Scott Endrusick, David Fletcher, Kyler
Forrest, Tristen Fountain,
Jeremiah Friar, Shagan
Gatewood, Seira Goodman,
Tevy Green, Jade Grooms,
Solen Grossman, Ashylyn
Guglielmini, Jonah Guill,
Richard Hancock, Shelby Hare, Lakelynd Harris, Raina Hempley, Tyler
Hicks, Colonel Higgins,
Tyrik Highsmith, Brianna
Hill, Ellie Hinkle, Skylar
Horton, Daria Jetton, Marcus Jones, Natalie Jones,
Braden Kerr, Meghan Lee,
Matthew Lemon, Ronia Loving, Matthew Lutz, Nykira
Massenburg, Shanyia Massenburg, Carolina Mayorga,
Aiden McCall, Holly McKelvie, Payton Miller, Tyler
Mullen, Erin ODonnell,
Storm Ogle, Meredith Oliver, Colby OReilly, Shannon
Plumeau, Tiyauna Richardson, Matthew Richter, Ju
ell Ricks, Jada Robinson,
Kayla Ruffin, Isabella Sanchez, Alyssa Scoville, Gabriel Serrano, JohnMichael
Sharps, Zachary Slone, Kyle
Smiecinski, K’yaira Smith,
Andrew Stephenson, Zachary Thompson, Alyssia
Velez, De’Ja’ Warren, Ethan
Wendt, Dylan Westphal,
Ashlyn Wiggs, Ryan Willis,
Erin Wing, Morgan Wood,
Delaney Wright, Patrick Yost.
•Tenth grade
All A’s — Trevor Addison,
Cody Armstrong, Cameron
Bandy, Chandler Barrett,
Kathryn Britt, Brooke Burnette, Loganbay Campbell,
Parker Caterbone, Noelani
Christy, Savannah Cook,
Ciara Cross, Ian Cullen,
Gabriel Culver, Elizabeth
Darden, Sophia Erickson,
Colton Ferguson, Elizabeth Ferguson, Julie Gates,
Thomas Gover, Kristina
Harvey, Skylar Hedgepeth,
Hailey Joyce, Kenzie Kohrs,
Jordan Lane, Brooke Locascio, Dylan Miller, Marnie Mitchell, Kelly Moore,
Joshua Pierce, Kevin Siu,
Brooke Southern, Jeremiah
Stokes, Zachary Thomas,
Brittany Vieitez, Randall
Willis, Madison Yates.
A/B honor roll — Trinity Bailey, Imani Batten,
Madelyn Bauman, Hunter
Bell, Brayden Bird, Morgan Bond, Vaughn Briggs,
Dionte Brown, Elise Brown,
Elle Brown, Josie Buchanan, Breigh Campbell, Daemon Carroll, James Clifford, Abagail Conyers, Daniel Correia, Jordyn Cowen,
Jamila Cromartie, Howard
Dunleavy, Jamal Edwards,
Ethan Frantz, Richard Free-
man, Katherine Gibson,
Benjamin Gittelman, Nicole Gomez, Connor Green,
William Gulyas, Kirsten
Hall, Lydia Hall, William
Hamilton, Kamari Hayes,
Joshua Hedgepeth, Katherine Henk, Tristin Hogge, Lucas Hyatt, Madison
Iannetta, Preston Jeffrey,
Karra Johnson, Kailena
Kalvaitis, Katelyn Kelly,
Heather Kennedy, James
Kenny, Clayton Ketcham,
Rebecca Kiser, Alexandra
Krohn, Lauren Lanzalotto,
Lea Lanzalotto, Marsalis
Lecky McDonald, Erin Lee,
Benjamin Lockwood, David
Logan, Marlee Lynn, William Malley, Matthew Malsbury, Grace Martin, Judith
Mathias, Kylie McCormick,
Erik McNally, Jessica Morris, Nydia Mozell, Hallie
Norton, Krystal O’Brien,
C a l e b P i e r c e, D e s i r e e
Pierce, Kiarra Price, Daisy
Pritchard, Krista Rhodes,
Nicholas Rhodes, Madelyn
Rivera, Courtney Rogers,
Sydney Roots, Christopher
Rosenbalm, Connor Rosenberry, Sarah Rossiter, Molly
Ryan, Torrence Saulsberry,
Harrison Senter, NyJah Silver, Kendall Stalls, Dawson
Stevens, Cassidy Taylor,
Briana Thompson, Riley
Tucker, Logan Turpin, Justin Walker, Madison Wessels, Samuel Wiggs, Quinn
Wilson, Piper Witherspoon,
Shannon Yerabek, Kyra
Young, Hannah Zengel.
•Eleventh grade
All A’s — Michael Bell,
Treyvion Bowden, Jessica
Bruner, Gunner Copeland,
Alexander Culver, Madeline Ericksen, Dominic
Fontana, Alecia Guishard,
Ashley Guishard, Dymon
Humphrey, Kelly Ivy, Sidney Jones, Samantha KingCash, Josie Kremer, Alexander Nitzschke, Carley
Peacock, Brianna Peterson, Delisia Puryear, Amber Reid, Destiny Shivers,
Stanley Smeltzer, Christian
Smith, Zachary Stock, John
Swartz, Kenneth Wilkerson,
Joshua Wilson, Breanna
Wing.
A/B honor roll — Phil
Araneta, Charity Artis,
Megan Balentine, Emily
Barlow, William Barlow,
Robert Barnes, John Baylor, Camille Brayshaw, Jordan Caravas, Cody Chaney,
Dymine Clarke, Hannah
Collins, Carley Conover, Savannah Cook, John Darden,
Hannah Downey, Kaitlyn
Drake, Lawson Farmer, Jacob Fields, Jamie Graham,
Kaitlyn Grooms, Hunter
Guglielmini, Noah Guill,
Taylor Hampton, Travis
Hancock, Ashley Harris,
Kelsy Henley, Kira Iannetta, Luke Jaax, Ashantee
Jones, Preston Jones, Ronald Jones, Alyssa Kimball,
Travis Latimer, Cassidy
LeCompte, Sarah Lemon, Iyana Moton, Hannah
Mullen Fox, Jakhya Osborne, Hannah Pappal, So
Yun Park, Keyondra Pea,
Christopher Pierce, Destine
Pierce, Davis Pillow, Christian Prevett, Hannah Rawls,
Morgan Riddle, Trevohn
Robinson, William Robinson, Grayson Rowland, Imani Sanders, Kayla Segner,
John Serrano, Rachel Sigrist, Elton Skinner, Jacob
Smith, Samantha Strunk,
J o y d a n Tay l o r, B r yc e
Thompson, Kally Timm,
Sapphire Uzzle, Haley Vierrether, Lindsey Walker, Mya
White, Kathryn Wiegmann,
Hunter Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Michelle Zillioux.
•Twelfth grade
All A’s — Nicholas Adams, Shannen Atkinson,
Shacora Bailey, Re gine
Bland, Donaghvan Brown,
Brianna Cain, Delanie Center, Bradley Chellis, Takwon
Crawley, Christina Duck,
Briceson Everett, Bre’ona
Flemming, Jayla Freeman,
Sarah Hancock, Mary Kathryn Hassell, Haley Hooven,
Brandon Jacobs, Kaitlyn
Johnson, Charles Jones,
Samantha Kreyling, Rachel
Lange, Madison Lee, Sydney Leonard, Kevin Leroy,
Melody Lucas, Audreyanna
Malone, Nicolas Manfred,
Rosario Manfred, Alexis
Manson, Clayton Moore,
Benjamin Outten, Sydney
Poehls, John Polak, Kirsten
Pybur n, Amanda Reilly,
Grace Reon, Tia Robinson,
Tiara Southerland, Bryan Staha, Claire Stewart,
Schylor Sweatt, Jordan Talley, Essence Uzzle, Kaleigh
Walker, Jason Woolfolk,
Sarah Wright.
A/B honor roll — Alissa
Adams, Logan Alligood,
Shycura Allmond, Bryson
Anderson, Jordan Anderson, Tavis Andrews, Devon
Avery, Andrew Baker, Malik Ballard, Joshua Bartlett, Madison Bollhorst,
David Brewer, Deondra
Brickhouse, Daniel Brower, Leonard Bryant, Clinton Buchanan, Madison
Burdette, Taylor Bush,
Jasmine Butler, Caitlin
Caldwell, Charles Camp,
Skyler Campbell, Emily
Christian, Erin Coleman,
Kimberly Cratsley, Hali
Cripps, Jacqueline Cypress,
Rebecca Daugherty, Kelsey
Davneport, Tanasha Davis,
Alexandra Destasio, Alexis
Duck, Heather Duck, Dyaln
Edwards, Michael Effler,
Jordan Elliott, Maeda Feliciano, Rachel Fields, Kaylee
Fortney, Jessica Gardner,
Jessica Gates, Alexis Good,
Keshuad Green, Tiffani
Green, Elizabeth Griffin,
Gabrielle Guill, John Hargraves, Rebecca Haynes,
Thomas Hines, Jenilyn
Hughes, Logan Humphries,
Clayton Ippolito, Stanley
Johnson, Benjamin Jones,
Tamia Jones, Robert Kerr,
Hailey Lanford, Belen Leon
Romero, Kirk Lindsay,
Taylor Locascio, Brianna
Malley, Justin Malsbury,
Kimberly Marchant, Jordan McCallister, Makana
McClellan, Kyler McCullers, Cassidy McKelvie, Stephen Mercer, Jordan Miller, Noah Morris, Connor
Murphy, Morgan Nunes,
Rebekah O’Brien, Benjamin
Ormond, Lesleigh Pack,
Jonathan Ployd, William
Pope, Kailey Reiser, Joshua
Riddle, Alexandra Rose,
Abigail Rossiter, Jimmie
Russell, Corey Sanchez,
Ian Senter, Leah Shewmaker, Jordan Smith, Noah
Squires, Cameron Stahl,
Logan Standley, Tyler Sturgill, De’Stanye Swittenberg,
Alexis Terrell, Zachary
Thacker, Meredith Throckmorton, Felicia Tucker,
Nicholas Turner, Bailey
Turpin, Kayla Vasilauskis,
Nicole Vasilauskis, Kayla Warren, Isaac Wasserman, William Watt, Kathryn Webb, Aaron Williams,
Kassandra Wood, Victoria
Wyatt, Katelyn Yates, Caleb
Yerabek, John Zengel.
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man rescued a driver from
a burning car after a serious wreck on Interstate 64
in Henrico County.
The Richmond
Times-Dispatch reported
that the car was traveling
west on the interstate at
about 4:15 a.m. on Saturday when it ran off the
road and struck a sign
post.
Henrico Fire Capt.
Daniel Rosenbaum said
a 65-year-old man nearby
saw the car smoking and
heard the driver screaming for help. He ran to the
car and pulled the driver
out, just before the car
burst into flames.
The driver was transported to a nearby hospital with injuries Rosenbaum described as “significant.”
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The Smithfield Times – Wed., March 16, 2015 - Page 19
owners and applicants,
for a Conditional Use
Permit (CUP) on 3.334
ORDER OF PUBLI- acres of land located at
CATION
101 Deer Run Drive in
the Windsor Election
COMMONWEALTH District. The purpose
OF VIRGINIA
of the application is
VA . C O D E § § to allow for an acces1-211.1;8.01-316,-317,
sory apartment in the
20-104
Neighborhood ConCase No. CL16000210- servation (NC) zoning
00
district.
LEGALS
I SL E OF W IGH T
C OU N T Y Ci r c u i t
Court
17000 JOSIAH PARKER CIRCLE ISLE OF
WIGHT, VA 23397
VERNESSA BAILEY
BLACK
V.
H E N RY L E RON E
LIGHTNER
The application of
Rober t and Sandra
Faison for exceptions
to the Chesapeake
Bay Preservation Area
Ordinance. Specif ically, Section 4002 to
allow encroachment
into the 100-foot-wide
Resource Protection
Area buffer to build a
single-family home on
Lot 25 on Shivers Mill
Lane in Carrollton, in
the Newport Election
District, and to allow
for a reduction in the
amount of required
landscaping mitigation.
The object of this suit
is to: GRANT A DIVORCE
It is ORDERED that
H E N RY L E RON E
LIGHTNER appear
at the above-named
court and protect his/
her interests on or A n o r d i n a n c e t o
before APRIL 21,2016 amend and reenact the
Isle of Wight County
Laura E. Smith, DC
Code by amending and
Clerk
reenacting Appendix
02/18/2016
B, Zoning: Article III,
L16-24
Use Types; Section
3-9/4t
3-7000, Industrial Use
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Types, in order to add a
definition for “towing
PUBLIC NOTICE
service storage yard”.
Notice is hereby given
that the Isle of Wight
Cou nt y Pla n n i ng
Commission will hold
a Public Hearing on
Tuesday, March 22,
2016 to consider for
recommendation to
the Board of Supervisors the following
applications:
The application of
Todd and Sally Bristol,
A resolution to amend
the Comprehensive
Plan of Isle of Wight
C o u n t y, V i r g i n i a
through changes to the
text and maps in Chapter 4, “Growth Management and Land
Use”. The pur pose
for these changes is to
include the Resource
Conser vation Land
Use in all appropriate
locations in the Com- to the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
prehensive Plan.
at least five (5) days in
An ordinance to amend advance of the meetand reenact the following at (757) 365-6204.
ing sections of the I SL E OF W IGH T
Isle of Wight County C O U N T Y P L A N Code by amending and NING COMMISSION
reenacting Appendix By:
Melinda J.
B, Zoning: Ar ticle Goodwyn, Secretary
VIII, Landscaping and
Screening Standards; L16-25
in order to make re- 3-9/2t
visions for clarity of ————
language, f lexibility
of application, and NOTICE OF PUBLIC
enhanced tree preser- HEARING
vation.
Copies of said applications are on file in the
Department of Planning and Zoning at the
Isle of Wight County
Courthouse Complex,
Isle of Wight, Virginia,
and are available for
public examination.
Any person desiring
to be heard in favor
of, in opposition to, or
to express his or her
views with respect to
said applications may
appear before and be
heard by said Planning
Commission during
the Public Hearing to
be held in the Robert
C. Claud, Sr. Board
Room at the Isle of
Wight County Courthouse Complex, Isle
of Wight, Virginia,
on Tuesday, March
22, 2016, beginning at
6:00 p.m.
The County of Isle of
Wight is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990. If you
will require an accommodation or sign
language interpreter
to participate in the
meeting, reasonable
accommodations can
be made upon request.
Please make requests
NOTICE is
hereby given that the
Surry County Board
of Super visors has
scheduled a public
hear ing for T hu rsday, April 7, 2016 at
7:00pm in the General
District Courtroom of
the Surry County Government Center, 45
School Street, Surry,
Virginia 23883, to hear
public comments and
consider the following Conditional Use
Permit Application.
Copies of the application are available for
review and inspection
by the public in the
Office of the County
Administrator, Surry
County Government
Center, 45 School
Street, Surry, Virginia. Office hours are
Monday through Friday from 9:00am to
5:00pm.
CUP 2016-01 – Application by Tidewater Dirt Riders for a
Conditional Use to
permit a Commercial
Outdoor Recreational
event, as permitted
by Ar ticle III Section 3-302, Permitted
Uses(c). The subject
property is zoned, Agriculture Rural District (A-R) and consists of 183 + acres located on the North side
of Swanns Point Road/
State Route 610, beginning approximately 2,500’+ west of the
intersection of Driftwood Shores Drive,
with approximately
75’+ of frontage along
Swanns Point Road/
State Route 610 with
an average depth of
3,800’+ and bounded
to the north by the
James River. The
subject property is
commonly known as
the Eastover property,
and identified by Tax
Parcel No.13-15A&C
and addressed as 601
Eastover Drive.
If you are
disabled and will need
assistance or accommodations in order
to participate in the
hearing, please call
the Surry County Administrator’s Office at
least seven days before
the hearing at (757)
294-5271.
By order of:
Tyrone W. Franklin,
Surry County Administrator
L16-27
3-16/2t
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VIRGINIA: IN THE
CI RC U I T COU RT
FOR THE COUNTY
OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Casey M. Roberts, by 2016, in the Isle of P.O. Box 27491, RichCOUNTY OF ISLE posted service at his Wight Circuit Court mond, VA 23261
OF WIGHT, VIRGIN- last known post office Clerk’s Office and do www.abc.virginia.gov
IA,
address of 409 Whis- what may be necessary
per Walk, Chesapeake, to protect their respec- PU BLISH I NG NO VA 23322 and has tive interests.
TICE
Plaintiff, v.
used due diligence to Entered this 11th day
Civil Action No. ascertain any other of March 2016.
Full name of owner:
16-52
location for him, but
Mark Rangos
without effect; that
Trading as: Blue Sky
BROWN, JOLLEY & the Plaintiff used due
TESTE: Sharon Distillery, LLC
20042 I W I P Road,
BROWN, LLC, et al., diligence to locate the N. Jones, Clerk
Smithf ield, Isle of
unknown heirs, deviWight, VA 23430
sees and successors
Defendants.
in interest of Gladys
The above establishBradby Brown and
ment is applying to the
ORDER OF PUBLI- the unknown grandCATION
children of Charles
By Laura E. VIRGINIA DEPARTM EN T OF A LCO Sumner Brown, Jr., but Smith DC
HOLIC BEVERAGE
without effect; that the
CONTROL (ABC) for
The Plain- post office addresses
tiff filed this suit pur- of the unknown heirs, James J. Reid, Esq., a Distillery
license to sell or mansuant to Va. Code § devisees and succes- VSB No. 45796
58.1-3965, et seq., to sors in interest of Glad- Gregor y D. Surber, ufacture alcoholic bevenforce its delinquent ys Bradby Brown and Esq., VSB No. 72282 erages.
tax liens against the the unknown grand- DAV I D, K A M P & Mark Rangos, President
following real estate children of Charles FRANK, L.L.C.
standing in the name Su m ner Brow n, Jr. 739 Thimble Shoals
NOTE: Objections
of Brown, Jolley & are unknown; and that Blvd., Suite 105
Brown, LLC:
there may be other Newport News, VA to the issuance of this
license must be subTax Map No.: 34-01- persons having an in- 23606
050D Brief Descrip- terest in the property Phone:
(757) 595- mitted to ABC no later
tion: Carrollton Blvd. whose names and ad- 4500/ Fax: (757) 595- than 30 days from the
publishing date of the
dresses are unknown, 6723
An affidavit having and those claiming Counsel for the Plain- first of two required
newspaper legal noticbeen filed that the t h roug h t he afore - tiff
es. Objections should
Plaintiff served De- mentioned parties, all
be registered at www.
fendant Judith Edna such persons made
abc.virginia.gov or
Roberts, by posted ser- defendants as “Parties
800-552-3200
vice at her last known Unknown.”
post office address of
It i s OR- L16-28
L16-29
40 Westbriar Drive, DERED that this Or- 3-16/2t
3-16/2t
Hampton, VA 23666 der be published at ————
————
and has used due dil- least once a week for
igence to ascertain two successive weeks R ETAIL LICENSE
any other location for i n t he Sm it h f ield APPLICATIONher, but without ef- Times, a newspaper of POSTING AND PUBfect; that the Plain- general circulation in LISHING
tiff served Defendant Isle of Wight, Virginia, VA ABC Virginia DeJayson M. Roberts, by and that the parties partment of Alcoholic
posted service at his named herein appear Beverage Control
last known post office at 10 a.m. April 13, 2901 Hermitage Rd./
address of 151 Findley
Square, Hampton, VA
23666 and has used
due diligence to ascertain any other location
for him, but without
effect; that the PlainFull-Time LPNs • Part-Time LPNs
tiff served Defendant
NOW HIRING:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
THE SURRY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE
COURTROOM OF THE SURRY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, 45 SCHOOL
STREET, SURRY, VIRGINIA TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
Subdivision Ordinance Amendment 2016-01- Proposal to repeal and reenact an ordinance of
the County of Surry, Virginia, entitled Subdivision Ordinance, related to the orderly division of
land and its development in accordance with 15.2-2240, Localities to adopt ordinances regulating subdivision and development of land, Code of Virginia.
Capital Improvements Plan for Fiscal Years 2017-2021: the recommended five-year schedule
includes additions and improvements to the City’s capital assets. Recommended projects may
be included in one of the following expenditure categories: Maintenance, Schools, E911,
Administration, Utilities, Recreation and Emergency Services. Cost estimates for the recommended projects in the five-year plan total $7,927,842. Funding sources include: Fund Balance
Local Receipts, Long-Term Debt and State/Federal Revenue.
Copies of the proposed Capital Improvement Plan and Subdivision Ordinance Amendment
are available for review and inspection by the public in the Department of Planning, Surry
County Government Center, and 45 School Street, Surry, Virginia. Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Monday thru Friday, telephone (757)294-5210.
Part-Time Dentist • PT Dental Assistant
Full-Time Medical Assistant
PT Warehouse Clerk • FT Finance Assistant
Part Time CDL Bus Driver
Part Time DCJS Certified “Courts” Security
Full-Time IT Support Specialist
w/ Knowledge of WEB Design
WHERE
Circuit Court
101 Kings Way, Hampton, VA 23669
WHEN
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Time: 10:00 am
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Times: 1:30 pm & 6:00 pm
Visit Our Website: hampton.gov/sheriff
Please do not bring cell phones, weapons, contraband, or
children to this meeting.
Equal Opportunity Employer
B.J. Roberts, Sheriff
Committed To Excellence
If assistance or special accommodations are needed in order to participate in the hearing,
please contact the Department of Planning at least seven days before the hearing.
Rhonda L. Russell
Planning & Community Development Department
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March 13, 2016
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