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Smithfield timeS
Serving iSle of Wight and Surry CountieS SinCe 1920
Volume 96 Number 4
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
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Smithfield, Va. 23431
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BUSINESS
IWA headmaster Benjamin Vaughan has
coached his 600th
basketball win.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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It would lead a person to believe
they (government) wanted less
people to see the notices.
Main Street continues to
evolve as anchor service busiiness Modlin Printing closes.
— See page 11
— See page 9
”
— Delegate Rick Morris
On IW’s battle over legal notices, p. 3
Stanfield found guilty
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
DNA evidence found in a basketball shoe helped convict a Newport News man in the shooting
death of 36-year-old Travis Newby.
Last week, Isle of Wight Circuit Court Judge Carl Eason Jr.
found 26-year-old Shymeek Stanfield guilty of first degree murder,
robbery and use of a firearm in
the commission of a felony.
Stanfield shot and killed New-
Drug buy became robbery and murder
by outside his Jersey Park apartment on Dec. 19, 2012.
(Related story, p. 9)
Stanfield will be sentenced
April 1, and Judge Eason has ordered a pre-sentence report.
After a nine-hour day of witness testimony and closing arguments, Eason leaned not on the
most glamorous of testimony — a
forensic podiatrist flown in from
Indiana to show how Stanfield’s
foot fit a shoe found at the crime
scene — but on DNA analysis and
jailhouse testimony.
The prosecution, led by Commonwealth’s Attorney Georgette
Phillips, argued that Stanfield
went to Newby’s home at 745C
Wrenn Road to buy marijuana on
Dec. 19, 2012.
Inside, Newby and Stanfield
sat at a glass dining room table
as Newby broke apart buds of
marijuana and weighed them on
a scale.
Before the buy happened, Stan-
field swiped his hand across the
table, grabbing the marijuana and
Newby’s handgun, which was also
on the table.
Stanfield then pulled his own
gun and ordered Newby to the
floor.
• See CONVICTED, p. 3
Seward: Tax
hike needed
again this yr.
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Isle of Wight County Administrator Anne Seward told the
Board of Supervisors Thursday
that her three-year financial plan
includes additional real estate tax
increases over the next two years.
To eliminate the county’s budget deficit, the three-year plan includes a 5-cent increase for fiscal
’16, followed by another 5-cent
increase in fiscal ’17, she said.
The two potential tax increases would come on the heels of a
12-cent real estate tax increase
last year.
Seward told the Board that to
eliminate the more than $7 million deficit all at once last year,
it would have taken a 22-cent tax
increase.
“We felt that was too steep of
a hill to ask the public to climb,”
she said.
Smithfield Supervisor
Al Casteen was surprised by
Seward’s comments about another tax increase.
The Board didn’t agree to another tax increase beyond the 12
cents last year, he said.
Seward pointed to page five
of her three-year budget plan
Officially open
The new Isle of Wight Volunteer Rescue Squad building opened Friday with a ribboncutting ceremony, followed with an open house Saturday. The new building includes
a community room for public use, an 80-person training facility and the only FAA
designated helicopter pad in the county. Pictured left to right, front row: Deputy
Chief Dwain Rodman, President Grady Miller, Operational Medical Director Dr. Joel
Michael, Windsor Supervisor Dee Dee Darden, Chief Brian Carroll. Back row, left to
right: rescue squad volunteers Anthony Miller and Jeff Looney, Smithfield Supervisor
Al Casteen, Hardy Supervisor Rudolph Jefferson, Newport Supervisor Buzz Bailey .
• See TAXES, p. 5
Darden: IW needs to spend money on parks
By Diana McFarland
provement plan, with $800,000 set
aside through fiscal 2025. Funding
Windsor Supervisor Dee Dee of $100,000 is proposed for the
Darden said the county needs to upcoming fiscal year.
spend money to make money by
The park would be located on
developing a nearly $1 million the 2,487 acres that the county
park at the Blackwater River.
purchased for $3 million in 2010 —
The park is included in Isle with half of that funding coming
of Wight’s proposed capital im- from grants.
News editor
If developed, the Blackwater Park would include a campg round, a canoe and kayak
launch, trails and other outdoor
amenities.
Isle of Wight Director of Parks
and Recreation Mark Furlo said
camping, canoeing and kayaking
could generate revenue.
Smithfield Supervisor Al
Casteen asked if it would be a
problem to put the plans off for
a year or so given the number of
projects scheduled at the county’s
other parks.
Darden said that doing something might be a way to generate
revenue and give people another
recreational outlet.
“We’re going to have to spend
some money to make some money,” she said.
Also included in the CIP was
an amphitheater for $200,000 in
the next fiscal year, followed by an
• See PARKS, p. 5
IW staff continues battle
over public notice rules
By Diana McFarland
News editor
The debate over informing the public about the
actions of its government
continues in Isle of Wight
County.
Easing the requirement
for counties to publish public notices is part of a bill
before the General Assembly and was drafted at the
request of Isle of Wight
County.
T he bill has caused
a “tremendous uproar”
among interested parties
and is being misunderstood
in Richmond, according
to county spokesman Don
Robertson.
Board of Supervisors
Chairman Rex Alphin said
the Board wasn’t aware of
its implications when staff
presented it as part of the
county’s legislative agenda
and maybe it should be
revisited.
It also comes after county staff decided, without
telling the Board, to pull all
public notices from local
newspapers, and which led
to a 4-1 vote in December to
reverse that decision.
Public notices alert residents of upcoming government action.
SB 841, sponsored by
Sen. Louise Lucas, D-18th,
would remove the requirement that counties advertise their intention to propose an ordinance for two
weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation.
At least that’s what the
summary of the bill says.
But after a week of study,
the Virginia Press Association doesn’t really know
what the bill does except reduce the number of public
notices that counties need
to publish for ordinances,
according to VPA Executive
Director Ginger Stanley.
(The Smithfield Times
learned late Tuesday that
Lucas planned to withdraw
the bill by the end of the day.)
Robertson told the Board
of Supervisors last week
that it removes the need
to publish two notices for
routine amendments to ordinances that are required
by the state each year.
It’s a way to remove the
inequality between coun-
ties and towns and cities,
which don’t have that particular requirement, he
said.
However, the wording
of the actual bill does not
make that distinction. It
just refers to ordinances
and resolutions generally.
When Smithfield Supervisor Al Casteen learned
of the details of the bill
last week, he wrote a letter
to Lucas asking that she
not pursue the legislation
although his own staff requested it.
When Chair man Rex
Alphin heard of Casteen’s
letter, he wrote a letter to
Lucas’ office stating that
Casteen’s views did not
reflect those of the entire
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Our Forum
Super 460
won’t be built
Isle of Wight County is understandably upset
that the Virginia Department of Transportation
has jettisoned an interstate-style highway that Gov.
Bob McDonnell’s administration planned to build.
The county, after all, has spent about $12 million
so far purchasing and developing a huge industrial
development park that local government hoped
would be fueled to greatness by the McDonnell
super highway.
But the highway that McDonnell schmoozed
investors into signing on to was never realistic.
It would have destroyed more than 600 acres of
wetlands between Suffolk and Petersburg and, at
least as important, would have cost $1.8 billion,
a significant portion of which would have been
scraped together in tax dollars and the remainder
in significant tolls.
The 460 project was a public-private partnership
that guaranteed investors a profit through a combination of tax dollars and tolls. Meanwhile, the plan
simply ignored national wetland standards.
Because of its cost in tax dollars, tolls and environmental damage, the administration of Gov.
Terry McAuliffe jettisoned the project almost immediately after taking office and has now planned a
much scaled-down Windsor bypass and little more.
More needs to be done to 460 than what is now
planned, and had expectations a decade ago been
more realistic, it is altogether possible that a scaled
down — but not this scaled down — project might
now be under construction.
Isle of Wight should continue pitching improvements to the plan that has emerged and should
work with property owners to try and get the least
damaging road alignment that is possible. But the
county should not remove itself from the table by
insisting that only a southern bypass that runs
directly by its industrial park is the only thing
acceptable. It would be better to work on tweaking
what has emerged to make it a workable part of the
county’s vision for the future.
Pave the street, please
To repeat a year later what is even more obvious today than when we first wrote about it — it’s
time to repave Main Street.
It’s been more than two decades since Main
Street was refurbished, and today the street, with
its period lighting, brick sidewalks and granite
curbs, is the focal point of the town and county’s
tourism promotion efforts.
Businesses have come and gone along the strip
and will continue to do so. That’s the nature of
tourism-driven trade and always will be. But
the street will continue to be a large part of the
draw, will continue to be featured on promotional
material and will continue to be the setting for
local events such as Olden Days.
And it’s time for the Smithfield Town Council
to give its centerpiece a facelift.
Town officials and representatives of Historic
Smithfield Inc., who worked together to design
and construct the street improvements in the
early 1990s, decided to pave the street with tar and
river stone rather than asphalt in order to give
it an earth-tone “old” appearance. The decision
dramatically changed the street’s appearance
from basic black, but it also complicated improvements. When a hole had to be dug to repair or
install utilities, the patch inevitably looked more
like a patch than it would have if the surface had
been black.
Two decades later, there have been a lot of
holes dug in the street and a lot of patches made.
Town workers have done the best they could to
maintain the street’s appearance, but the repairs
are still quite obvious. In addition, the street has
settled in some places, the result of the massive
trench work that was required during the revitalization project.
Restoring the street to its appearance when
the revitalization was completed won’t be easy
— and it won’t be cheap. But it is important. And
it’s overdue.
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Affordable,
or not?
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Editor, Smithfield Times
Today’s so called affordable housing comes with
very high maintenance
costs, which makes it not
affordable. The buyer
needs to be aware of the
facts.
Claude W Reeson
Surry something.
The cameras are very
useful tools to the community and mostly to the officers in today’s anti-police
and generally “have no reEditor, Smithfield Times spect for anyone” society.
If the parents and School
The school board has
Board were doing their
no business attempting to
tell the Sheriff to have his job there would be no need
to have Law Enforcement
deputies to cut off their
Officers in the schools in
body cameras. Anyone
the first place.
with any common sense,
I was educated in
something which I certainly do not accuse the School the Isle of Wight Public School System and
Board of having, can see
they did not need armed
that the first time some
deputies to control the
incident happens and the
deputy has the camera cut students. Since Sheriff
Marshall and his staff
off, he will be accused of
have created the first prohaving it cut off to hide
The sheriff
is right
fessional law enforcement
agency the County has
ever had, I would trust his
judgment on how to run
his department and what
rules to have in place for
his deputies. The School
Board needs to focus on
not continuing to waste
taxpayers’ money.
Volpe Boykin
Carrsville
Uninformed
voters
Editor, Smithfield Times
I have worked the polls
in Surry County for the
past few years and I am a
concerned citizen. When
working the polls, I have
observed up front the ignorance of the voter; people
who don’t even know what
or who is on the ballot,
cannot follow the voting
instructions, need help
reading the ballot and
much more.
Thomas Jefferson said,
“Democracy requires an
informed population.”
Voters are manipulated
by politicians and political parties and surveys
indicate that we do not
get the leaders we want.
We must do something to
encourage an intelligent
electorate. My suggestion
is that the political party
designations; D, R, L, & I
be removed from the ballot, as a first step. (People
would necessarily at least
have to know for whom
they are voting.)
Many more steps are
also needed, but we should
take the first step.
Hank Sims
Surry
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to opportunity. When he
Jim was out of touch
with much of the community in graduated from the Isle of Wight
recent months due to his declining Training School in the late 1950s,
health, but for those of us who his parents encouraged him to
knew him, his service to his home advance his education, and he encounty spanned decades and rose rolled in Howard University where
so far above the “average” that it he earned a bachelor of science
can only be viewed with awe.
degree in civil engineering.
Jim came from good stock.
His degree and his determina-
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tion led him to a successful career
as a naval architect, designing
propulsion systems for the Navy’s
small craft. He was honored by
members of his profession and
the government numerous times
for his work.
But it was through Jim’s service
to Isle of Wight County that most
of us came to know and admire
him. He was a member of the
School Board for more than three
decades, and during those years
he never lost sight of his personal
commitment to education and his
desire to see young people have the
opportunities that had been open
• See ROWS, p. 3
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Convicted
• Continued from p. 1
Once Newby was on the
floor, Stanfield demanded
to know where he kept his
money.
Newby said it was in the
kitchen.
While Stanfield rummaged through the kitchen
drawers, Newby stood up
and ran out the front door
of his apartment.
Newby held the front
door shut from the outside,
while screaming that someone was robbing him.
Stanfield tried to push
through the door and leave
the apartment, but could
not overpower Newby’s
280-pound frame.
Stuck inside the home,
Stanfield chose to jump
through the first floor window, knocking the screen to
the ground in the process.
Outside, Stanfield and
Newby began fighting, and
Stanfield drew his gun and
The Smithfield Times – Wed., Jan. 28, 2015 – Page 3
fired at Newby, striking him
in the left hip.
N ew by f e l l i n t o t h e
landscaping in front of his
apartment.
Police later recovered
two 9mm casings from the
area.
After hearing the shots,
Newby’s cousin, Gregory
Cooper, who lives in the
next building, opened his
front door to see a man running past his door toward
Main Street.
A K-9 of ficer said a
bloodhound followed the
suspect’s scent to nearby
Hearn’s Mobile Home Park,
where it stopped. The officer concluded the suspect
left by car.
Cooper testified that he
couldn’t identify the running man as Stanfield, even
when looking at him in the
courtroom, but did say he
had short dreadlocks and
was missing a shoe.
A photo of Stanfield
from that time shows him
wearing dreadlocks.
Jennifer Cooper, Gregory’s wife, and also a nurse,
tended to Newby before
medics arrived.
Cooper said she found a
Nike shoe underneath Newby’s body, picked it up with
her fingertips and placed it
on the sidewalk, where she
protected it until police arrived and secured the scene.
The shoe proved paramount in Stanfield’s conviction. According to Mary
Jane Blankenship, a former
forensic scientist at the
Virginia Department of
Forensic Science, she found
a DNA mixture of three to
four samples in the shoe.
She then compared the
DNA profiles from the shoe
with DNA from a cigarette
butt that Stanfield had
tossed out and a swab from
Stanfield’s mouth.
She concluded that,
based on her DNA analy-
sis, Stanfield “could not be
eliminated as a contributor
to the DNA mixture profile
from the shoe.”
According to the certificate of analysis, Stanfield’s
DNA is 5.3 trillion times
more probably a match to
the DNA found in the shoe
than a coincidental match
to an unrelated black person.
The prosecution bolstered the DNA analysis
with testimony by Gary
Allmond, one of Stanfield’s
cellmates at Western Tidewater Regional Jail.
Allmond said Stanfield
confided in him how he
committed the murder.
Allmond provided two
details of the case that were
never released to the public:
Newby kept a video camera
in his living room and he
suffered from head trauma
in addition to his gunshot
wound.
Autopsy reports show
Newby had sustained blunt
force trauma to the head,
and Allmond recalled Stanfield as saying he hit him
repeatedly with a handgun.
Allmond also said the
video camera had a missing
memory card, something
that, even if he had seen a
crime scene photo, he would
have not been able to discern, said the prosecution.
According to Allmond,
Stanfield instructed someone he knew to come and
remove the memory card.
Court testimony was unclear whether any one had
done as Stanfield instruced,
but the memory card was
confirmed missing.
Stanfield’s attorney, Jennifer Walsh, proffered that
Allmond knew these details
because he rifled through
Stanfield’s papers, which
were kept under his mattress.
However, the prosecution said the medical ex-
aminer’s report detailing
the head trauma wasn’t
released publicly until October 2014 and the video
camera was never included
in the criminal complaint,
published shortly after the
crime.
And, Stanfield and Allmond had only shared a cell
for about month between
January and February 2014.
The prosecution reasoned Allmond could not
have known those details by
reading Stanfield’s paperwork because, at that point,
the paperwork did not exist.
In her closing argument,
Walsh contended that DNA
evidence determined Stanfield had worn the crime
scene shoe, but didn’t conclude he was wearing it on
the night of the murder.
Judge Eason was not
swayed and concluded that
Allmond’s “reasonable
credibility” and DNA evidence were enough to con-
notices, in their entirety, in
the two local papers — The
Smithfield Times and The
Tidewater News.
Last July, Isle of Wight
County Attor ney Mark
Popovich decided to put
public notices only in the
Daily Press — allegedly to
save money and to make it
more convenient for staff.
Popovich said it was
easier to meet state public
notice requirements with a
daily than with a paper that
publishes once a week or a
few times a week.
However, Daily Press
advertising rates are considerably higher than The
Smithfield Times, plus it
has half the circulation in
Isle of Wight.
The Board of Supervisors was unaware of the
change until The Smithfield
Times published a story
about it.
That led to the Dec. 18
meeting when Woodrow
Crook, who for many years
served as the county attorney, told the Board about
previous supervisors trying
to “punish” The Smithfield
Times by pulling public
notices.
Ro b e r t s o n s a i d t h e
current senate bill was
included in the county’s
legislative agenda that was
approved by the Board of
Supervisors in October —
and a few weeks before the
public was made aware that
the county had decided to
pull public notices from the
local newspapers.
A reference to SB 841
was titled ““Inequities in
authority granted to cities
and towns vs. counties” and
was included in the October
Board packet.
Casteen said he didn’t
realize what that meant, nor
did he read the legislative
agenda thoroughly.
Alphin agreed the wording was unclear and that the
Board didn’t catch the implication at the time. It was
presented as an inequality
issue, he said.
“It would have been incumbent upon us to question that at the time.”
Notices
Board, and that SB 841 was
part of the county’s legislative agenda that was passed
in October.
Alphin said it was his
duty as chairman to clarify
the stance of the Board.
Casteen said he wrote
his letter as an individual,
but his being a member of
the Board of Supervisors
was relevant.
The bill calling for fewer
public notices for counties
also comes, coincidently,
about a month after the
Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to keep all public
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By Diana McFarland
News editor
Sen. Louis Lucas’ bill removing the
requirement to publish proposed ordinances in newspapers is not the only
legislation dealing with public notices
at the General Assembly this year.
The House Counties, Cities and
Towns Subcommittee killed two related bills last week.
And Isle of Wight’s delegate voted
against both of them because of what
happened in the county recently, according to the Virginia Press Association’s Jan. 22 issue of ePress.
HB 1438 would have given localities
alternatives to publishing legal notices other than newspapers of general
circulation.
The second bill, HB 1405, would
have allowed localities with populations of 50,000 or more to meet public
notice requirements by using its own
website rather than a newspaper of
general circulation.
Del. Rick Morris, R-64th, said he
changed his opinion on the bill following an incident in Isle of Wight County,
according to ePress.
Isle of Wight County stopped publishing legal notices in The Smithfield Times
and The Tidewater News and instead
published them exclusively in the Daily
Press, which is located in Newport News.
“It was a real outcry in the community,” Morris said. “It would lead a person
to believe they wanted less people to see
the notices. Maybe it’s not; maybe it is,
but it makes me skeptical,” according
to ePress.
“The local government would absolutely control the information. It’s on
their website, then they are responsible
for disseminating it. When we have
problems with local government, even
answering a Freedom of Information
Act request, I am additionally skeptical
about them being 100 percent owner of
the information,” ePress quoted Morris
as saying.
to him.
He continued his public
service as a member of the
Board of Supervisors for
two terms.
Jim was no shrinking
violet. He had opinions
and was perfectly willing
to express them. For years,
he was an outspoken advocate of a central county
high school, believing that
with the county’s small
school-age population, a
central school would be better positioned to offer the
advanced learning courses
that he believed were critical to providing a leg up
to students preparing for
college in an increasingly
technological world.
His vision of a central
high school never won sufficient support to become a
reality, but it elevated the
debate over public education in Isle of Wight County
and played a great role in
ensuring a long, slow, but
steady improvement in our
school system.
He also supported Paul
D. Camp Community College’s role in educating
local young people and he
believed strongly in a wellrun vocational training
program to assist students
whose career paths might
be better served by solid job
training than college.
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worked with him, I believe,
was his color blindness on
the School Board. He served
on that body during some
of the more tense years
following full integration of
the system, and I never once
heard him express views
that could be construed
in any way as racist. He
cared about children — all
children. No matter where
they lived or what color
skin they had, Jim Brown
wanted what was best for
all Isle of Wight youngsters
and, even though some of
his views were never held
by a working majority, he
persisted as long as he was
able in working for what
he sincerely thought would
make a better community.
In 1996, he became the
first black person ever to
be recognized by the Isle of
Wight Ruritan and Rotary
Clubs as Citizen of the
Year. That presentation
was a very public embrace
of this community. It spoke
volumes about the progress
that the people of Isle of
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TYRE NECK POINT
$471,000
SMITHFIELD
$434,000
Quiet luxury. 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath
waterfront home with spectacular views
of Cypress Creek Marsh. Priced to sell!
Striking 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath colonial! Sits
on 2.5 acres with lovely woods & beautiful
gardens glore!
Frank and Pat Orgain 757-589-5199
John Graham 757-572-3092
Charnell Havens 757-234-1445
DAYS POINT
$311,900
MERRIMAC POINT
$199,000
CHURCHLAND
$185,000
Frank and Pat Orgain 757-589-5199
LeAnn Amory-Wallace 757-332-0991
Beautiful all brick colonial. Completely
remodeled. 4 bedrooms. 3.5 baths,
screened porch, double garage.
Lot’s of charm and space in this
wonderful country home on 6 acres.
Great floor plan, 2 large master bedrooms,
plus deck.
Kippe O’Neil 757-897-8656
Lovely Cape Cod in sought-after
neighborhood! 4 bedrooms, 2 baths,
grand family room. Great deck and yard!
CARROLLTON
$324,900
Perfect opportunity to own your own
business, located in a busy traffic district!
New equipment additions and parking.
FRIDAY,
JANUARY 30 SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 7
How does
Restaurant Week work?
Participating restaurants will
offer a $10 lunch menu
and/or a $20 dinner menu.
The price includes an
appetizer, entrée and
dessert. Beverage, taxes and
tip are not included. Each
menu will also feature a
“healthy choice selection” to
celebrate Smithfield-OnThe-Move’s “Order Healthy
Project.” Visit your favorite
participating restaurants
between Friday, January 30
through Saturday February 7
to take advantage of these
special menu options at this
great price!
Menus listed at:
GenuineSmithfieldVA.com
357.5182, 800.365.9339
*Healthy Choice Menu Options Available
DINNER MENU : $20
APPETIZER
• Two Pork Wings with Sauce
DINNER - $20
Appetizer:
ENTREE: Choose One
•TOS Burger
Signature burger with crab meat, country ham,
bacon and choice of cheese, with lettuce,
tomato and onion
• Pork Tenderloin*
with special sauce on bed of Arcadian lettuce
with grilled peaches
• Commerce Street Arcadian Salad*
with sliced grilled chicken breast, gorgonzala
cheese and pears
DESSERT: Choose One
• Homemade Peach Cobbler • Homemade Bread Pudding -
LUNCH MENU : $10
APPETIZER
• Pork Poppers
spinach, bacon, heavy cream, Pernod and topped with
parmesan cheese
Entree: Choose One
Crab Stuffed Salmon - Substainable Salmon fillet
wrapped around our own crab imperial. Broiled to a golden
brown with butter, sherry & Old Bay® & then served over a
tarragon cream sauce
Flat Iron Steak with Mushroom Demi-Glace - Cross
cut sirloin steak cooked to your liking and dressed with a
mushroom demi-glace sauce
Chicken Smithfield - Plump breast of chicken, grilled &
topped with a Genuine Smithfield ham cream sauce
Broiled Crab Cake - One of our most popular dinners!
A mouthwatering crab cake lightly seasoned with only
enough filler to make them stay together when broiled
-
Dessert:
Bread Pudding - Our very own homemade bread
pudding topped with a thick bourbon sauce and served just
warm enough to melt your taste buds.
LUNCH - $10
ENTREE: Choose One
• Taste of Smithfield Shoppe Sandwich
Honey Ham or Roasted Turkey, choice of cheese
on sliced French Bread with Special
House Dressing
• Tidewater Chopped Glazed Ham*
with apples and walnuts over mixed greens with
choice of dressing
DESSERT : choose one
• Homemade Peach Cobbler
• Homemade Bread Pudding
*Beverage, taxes and tip are not included.
217 Main Street
(757) 357-8950
APPETIZER:
Choose one
Appetizer: Choose One
Small Garden - Mixed salad greens topped w/ cheddar
cheese, rings of red onion, ripe olives, grape tomato,
cucumber and your choice of dressing
Ceasar Salad - Crisp romaine lettuce tossed w/ parmesan
cheese and Ceasar dressing. Topped w/ lemon, croutons and
red onion
-
Entree:
Calabash Seafood - Generous portions of the freshest
seafood, lightly breaded & fried to order. Choose from
shrimp, flounder or oyster. Served w/ fries, coleslaw &
hushpuppies
Chicken Salad - Chunks of white chicken meat w/ celery
grapes and a Hellmann’s® based dressing served on a bed of
salad greens w/ tomato, fresh fruit, coleslaw & cheese wafers
Dessert: Bread Pudding
415 S. Church Street
(757) 357-7700
DINNER
• Frank’s Cheesy-Hot Wings
• Hand-battered Onion Rings
First Course: choose one
Wedge Salad - a petite iceburg wedge topped
with buttermilk dressing, cucumbers, tomato,
carrot and red onion
Black Bean Cakes - topped with tomato chutney
LUNCH ENTREE:
Choose one
(Each entree includes your choice
of side dish & beverage)
• 3 oz. BBQ Sandwich (N.C. or St. Louis style)
• Two Crunchy Chicken Wraps
• Three BBQ Taquitos
• Five Smoked wings (Hot, BBQ, or Caribbean)
• Soup & Side Salad
(Brunswick stew or Chicken & Dumplings)-
DINNER ENTREE:
Oyster Rockefeller - (4) Fresh local oysters baked with
-
Choose one
•Two Carolina Platter Dinners which include:
6 oz. N.C. or St. Louis BBQ
Two Chicken Tenders (grilled or fried)
Two Sides* & Hush-puppies
• Grilled Chicken Salad
• Chicken Salad Salad
•Salmon Salad
•Large House Salad
Other options available… ask us!
DESSERT:
Choose one
• Banana Pudding
• Sweet Potato Pie
*Side options include: mac & cheese, baked beans, green
beans, collard greens, broccoli, mashed potatoes (corn on the
cob, onion rings & sweet potato wedges extra)
15149 Carrollton Blvd., Carrollton, VA
757-238-2148 • www.bubbanfranks.com
Second Course: choose one
Italian Meatball Pasta - Italian meatballs sautéed
peppers, onions, garlic and red sauce, tossed in
angel hair pasta
Blackened Chicken Breast - topped with corn
maque choux and served with wild rice and
sautéed squash
Third Course: choose one
è
-
-
LUNCH
First Course: choose one
Wedge Salad - a petite iceburg wedge topped
with buttermilk dressing, cucumbers, tomato,
carrot and red onion
Black Bean Cakes - topped with tomato chutney
Second Course
Chicken & Cheese Strudel - shredded chicken,
peppers, onions, and cheese baked in a flaky
pastry crust and served with sautéed squash
Third Course: choose one
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112 Main Street
(757) 357-1752
Morris would make FOIA
violations a misdemeanor
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Del. Rick Morris, R-64th,
is pushing a bill that would
make it a crime for government officials to purposely
violate the Freedom of
Information Act.
HB 2223 allows that, in
addition to the civil enforcement provisions of
FOIA, any officer, employee or member of a public body convicted of a
willful and knowing violation of certain FOIA
provisions be guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor. The
bill is currently assigned
to the House criminal law
subcommittee.
RESTAURANT
WEEK
SPONSOR
Parks
events center for $800,000 in
fiscal 2017-18. Both would be
located at Heritage Park in
Windsor.
County staff anticipates
that both facilities would
generate revenue.
Funding for the 50-acre
Bradby Park in Rushmere
“Order Healthy Project”
Proper nutrition is one of the key components in obesity and chronic disease prevention. The goal of Restaurants on the Move is
to empower individuals to make healthy nutritional choices.
Restaurants on the Move’s“Order Healthy
Project” assists consumers in making smart
choices when dining at local restaurants.
Diners will be directed to look for the
“Order Healthy” sticker on the
restaurant’s menu which indicates a meal
with fewer calories, fewer calories from saturated fat, less sodium and no trans fats, and
to consider ordering this entrée or appetizer
as a “healthy choice.”
For further information:
SmithfieldOnTheMove.com
Made possible by a grant from the Obici
Healthcare Foundation.
Morris argued the only
recourse residents have is
to file a lawsuit when government does not respond
or supply the information
requested.
Morris is proposing that
if a government worker
fails to follow FOIA, he
or she would be slapped
with a class 1 misdemeanor
charge, with up to a $2,000
civil penalty.
Morris said an “individual should not have to sue
is not scheduled to receive
funding until fiscal 2021-25
at $800,000.
Currently, Bradby Park
is in need of another wetlands delineation, and development cannot begin
until that is completed,
Furlo said.
Furlo said the trees are
now regrowing on the pre-
Taxes
Restaurants on the Move
FOIA gives residents
the right to obtain government information and
documents, with some exceptions.
implied that it would take a
total of 22 cents to balance
approved last year, which the county’s budget.
called for the 12-cent tax
However, the Board can
increase for this fiscal year, “reassess everything every
followed by two years of year … our choice would
“anticipated increased rev- be to use existing funds, if
enue growth.”
possible,” he said.
Seward said in an email
Alphin said that until
that the county has no idea
staff
comes up with a prohow increased revenue will
posed
budget and gets the
be obtained until the budget
is prepared, but “hope that county’s finances sorted out
we see an increase via natu- for that process, it’s hard to
ral growth (either business, say it would definitely be
residential, state aid, etc. one way or another.
The Board is hoping the
That growth will help to
offset the need for an tax real estate reassessment
brings added revenue, as
adjustment.”
Chairman Rex Alphin well as other unanticipated
said the three-year plan sources, he said.
their government” to get
public information.
Morris also emphasized
that though he runs as a
Republican — big “R” — he
identifies with being a “little ‘R’ Republican.”
The difference, Morris
said, is that he believes in
better — not bigger — legislation and will support
a resolution to hold a state
convention to advocate decentralizing the federal
government.
“The purpose of the government isn’t to protect
us from ourselves but to
preserve the individual
liberties given to us by our
Constitution,” said Morris.
viously cleared land, and as
they continue to grow and
soak up water, the better
chance the county has of
getting a favorable delineation.
Overall, the proposed
CIP for fiscal 2016 is $23.9
million, with 52 percent of
the funding coming from
general obligation bonds
over the next five years.
The most expensive item
in the CIP for the next fiscal year is $11 million to
replace the 911 emergency
communications system.
The Planning Commission adopted the CIP in December, passing the plan up
to the Board of Supervisors
without a public hearing —
breaking a long tradition
of allowing the public to
comment at that level.
A public hearing on the
proposed capital improvement plan is scheduled for
the Feb. 15 Board of Supervisors meeting at the Isle of
Wight Courthouse complex.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m.
The CIP can be viewed in
its entirety on the county’s
website at www.co.isle-ofwight.va.us.
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obituaries
Obituaries are posted as received, complete with
visitation and funeral dates/times at:
www.smithfieldtimes.com
Mary Frances Patrick
CARROLLTON—Mary
Frances Shortall Patrick,
81, passed away peacefully
at home, surrounded by
her family, Saturday, Jan.
17, 2015. Born in Easton,
Md., Mary was the daughter
of the late John C. Sr. and
Frances Holden Shorthall.
Prior to her move to Isle
of Wight County in 1978,
Mary resided on the Maryland Eastern Shore and in
Charleston, WV. She finished high school in Easton,
and met her beloved husband of 62 years, the late
Franklin Eugene Patrick,
Jr. (d. 12/2013). She was a
former secretary at C&P
Telephone, Annapolis, Md.,
and a school secretary and
substitute teacher while living in Charleston, W.V. She
retired from Bank of America, Smithfield, in 1995, after
15 years of service.
Mary was a founding
member of Good Shepherd
Catholic Church and was
very active in the ministries
of the parish. Mary made
herself available to answer questions and follow
through with concerns of
the parish as a whole. She
was credited for starting
the Easter egg fundraiser in
two Catholic parishes.
Mary was a devoted and
beloved mother to her children and grandchildren.
She leaves to cherish her
memory her daughter, Beth
Ziegler, and husband, Bob;
two sons, Steven G. Patrick
and David J. Patrick; grandchildren, Erin and Kevin
Ziegler, Kristen, Samantha,
Michael and Kelly Patrick;
a sister, Carolyn Walker,
and husband, Bobby; and a
host of extended family and
friends who also share the
sorrow of Mary’s passing.
Family and friends gathered Jan. 22 for visitation.
A funeral mass was held
Jan. 23 in Good Shepherd
Catholic Church, with Fr.
Oscar Paraiso officiating,
followed by a reception in
the family’s honor in the
parish hall. Burial will be
at a later date in Albert G.
Horton Veterans Memorial
Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions to
Good Shepherd Catholic
Church, PO Box 840, 300
Smithfield Blvd, Smithfield,
VA 23431.
Carrsville
wants a share
of IW growth
By Diana McFarland
News editor
WALTERS—Carrsville
residents expressed dismay
over lack of development in
their area as Isle of Wight
staff touted the ISLE2040
growth plan for the northern end of the county.
“It’s going to die if nothing is done,” said Cynthia
Smith of the far southern end of Isle of Wight at
a county-sponsored town
hall meeting last week in
Walters.
Others described chronically flooded roads and
yards, trash-filled ditches and a vacant shopping
center as evidence of the
disparity between the Route
58 corridor and the Carrollton area targeted in the
ISLE2040 plan.
“Nobody is doing nothing,” said Ivan Leonard.
While ISLE2040 anticipates paving the way for
higher density residential
development followed by
retail and other services
in an expanded Newport
Development Service District, county officials told
residents that “rooftops”
are necessary for commercial ventures — a feature
sorely lacking in the Carrsville area.
Windsor Baptist
open house slated
Windsor Baptist
Windsor Baptist Church
is holding its annual Open
House Soup Kitchen on
Saturday, January 31, 4-6
p.m. at 4 Church St. in Windsor Free soup and grilled
cheese sandwiches will be
served.
Community Choir
All youth in Smithfield,
Carrollton, Surry and surrounding area are invited to
join a new local community
choir. If interested, text 5035219 or email kerry900@
aol.com. Or, meet Pastor
White Feb. 9, 7 p.m. at 110
Hill St. in Smithfield. Bring
your voice, instrument and
praise.
thank Dr. Nair and the ICU Runneymede Holiness
staff at Obici Hospital for
The Saints of Runneythe special care they gave
Bob during his time there.
A celebration of Bob’s
life will be held at Faith
Free Will Baptist Church,
Wendy Marguerite Wes16054 Carrollton Blvd. (Rt. sels, 45, went to be with her
17), Carrollton, Saturday, Lord and Savior Tuesday
Jan. 31, 11 a.m. The fam- evening, Jan. 20, 2015. She
ily will receive friends at is the daughter of the late
Sturtevant Funeral Home, Carl E. and Doris J. BurBennett’s Creek Chapel, dick.
2690 Bridge Road (Rt. 17),
Wendy is survived by her
Suffolk, Friday, Jan. 30, by her husband of 20 years,
5 - 8 p.m. Burial will be in Scott T. Wessels; sons, Peter
St. Luke’s Memorial Park, M. Wessels and Justin T.
Smithfield.
Wessels; daughters, BrittaIn lieu of flowers, me- ny N. Wessels, Morgan B.
morial contributions may Wessels, and Madison E. J.
be made to Faith Free Will Wessels; brothers, Daniel
Baptist Church, P.O. Box and Joel Burdick; and sister,
205, Carrollton, VA 23314. Carla Pendleton. Wendy is
www.SturtevantFuneral- also survived by her dogs,
Home.com.
Delilah and Faye.
Robert M. Moore
CARROLLTON—Robert
M. “Bob” Moore, 83, went
to be with his Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ, Jan.
24, 2015. He passed away
at his home surrounded by
his loving family. He leaves
to cherish his memory his
devoted wife of 59 years,
Carol; his sons, Robert M.
Moore Jr. and wife, Connie,
and David B. Moore and
wife, Ann; and his beloved
grandson, Brooks. He is
also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Bob was preceded in
death by his parents, Andrew K. and Eulah Blanche
Moore; his brothers, Andrew C. Moore and Jefferson Ray Moore; and his
sisters, Earnestine June
Hamric, Wilma Jean Marsh
and Mary Jane Glass.
Bob was born in Barbour
County, W.V. on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 1931. He
graduated from Kasson
High School in Barbour
County in 1950. Bob served
in the U.S. Air Force for 26
years, retiring as a master
sergeant at Langley Air
Force Base in 1978. He began his Air Force career as
a B-29 gunner, later becoming an inflight air refueling
specialist (boom operator)
on the KC-97 and the KC-135.
After retiring from the Air
Force, he attended Thomas
Nelson Community College
where he received certificates in air conditioning
and refrigeration and electricity, graduating summa
cum laude. He later worked
in maintenance at Peninsula Christian School where
his specialty was fixing
everything.
Bob was a former member of First Free Will Baptist Church in Newport
News and a current member of Faith Free Will Baptist Church in Carrollton,
serving as deacon, trustee
and Sunday school superintendent. Bob loved the Lord
and lived his Christianity
daily, in spirit and in deed.
Throughout the years,
Bob was a father and grandfather to many families.
Among these were Roger,
Tammy, Luke and Emily
Harris; Jeff, Charlene, John
T. and Hollyn Bedford; and
Randall, Amber, Abigail
and Dallas Owens, who affectionately referred to him
as Poppa Moore.
The family wishes to
“ T h e bu s i n e s s e s g o
where there are rooftops,
said Carrsville Supervisor
Rex Alphin.
Zuni resident Tom Gaskell, who has worked to
bring businesses to the
former Airway Shopping
Center, said businesses
don’t want to locate along
the Route 58 corridor “because it looks so crappy.”
Several years ago, Isle of
Wight conducted a Route 58
corridor study that found
most residents wanted a
grocery store to locate in
that area. However, the
study concluded that there
were not enough residents
to support anything beyond
an expanded mini-mart.
Businesses are not interested, said Isle of Wight
Assistant Director of Planning Richard Rudnicki.
A county can put together a plan, but a private
developer or company has
to make the investment,
said county spokesman Don
Robertson.
At one time, the now vacant Airway Shopping Center once contained a Winn
Dixie grocery store, but the
center closed in 2002 after
housing several businesses,
including a McDonalds, for
more than 20 years.
mede Holiness Church New
Year’s Revival is Thursday
and Friday, Jan. 29 and 30,
7:30 p.m. nightly. Thursday
night’s speaker is Elder
James Artis, and Friday’s
speaker is Elder Cleveland
Swain.
Tabernacle of Praise
Taber nacle of Praise
Full Gospel Baptist Church
in Zuni will celebrate its
22nd church anniversary
beginning Sunday, Feb. 1
with Deacons, Deaconess
and Trustees Anniversary
at 3 p.m. Black History and
Choir Day will be Sunday,
Feb. 8. Pre-Anniversary
services will be Sunday, Feb.
15, 4 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 20,
7:30 p.m. The 22nd church
anniversary service will be
Sunday, Feb. 22, 4 p.m.
Wendy M. Wessels
Anna Pitman Douglas
Anna Virginia Pitman
Douglas, 87, passed away
peacefully at her home,
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, after
an extended illness. Born in
Irvington on March 9, 1927,
Anna was the daughter
of the late Earl and Grace
Mitchell Pitman.
A beloved wife, mother, sister and stepmother,
Anna leaves to cherish her
memory her husband of
23 years, Edgar F. Douglas;
her daughter, Anne Wesley Norris of Richmond;
a sister, Nellie Walden of
Urbanna; her step-children,
Paul Douglas, Patricia Stafford and Lynn Mallonie;
five step-grandchildren and
one great-grandchild. In
addition to her parents,
Anna is preceded in death
by a grandson, John Vernon
Swann and a sister, Marjie
Barnett.
Anna will be remembered for her spirit of help-
ing in the time of need and
willfulness in act or deed.
She was a passionate homemaker and gardener, always
keeping busy.
Family and friends will
gather Friday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m.
for a service celebrating Anna’s life in Colonial Funeral
Home with the Rev. Tim
Phipps officiating, followed
by visitation. A graveside
funeral service will be held
Saturday, Jan. 31, 1 p.m.,
in Woodlawn Cemetery,
Kilmarnock.
The family suggests memorial contributions to
Christian Outreach Program, PO Box 253, Smithfield, VA 23431.
Arrangements are in the
care of Colonial Funeral
Home, Smithfield. Visit
us at colonialfuneralhomesmithfield.com to share
remembrances and words
of comfort with the Douglas
family.
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your family to weekly services.
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
Central Hill Baptist Church
10270 Central Hill Rd, Windsor 357-2225
Rev. Roger Johnson, Pastor
Parsonage 757-539-7759
Sun School 10am, Sun Worship 11am
Wed Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 7pm
1/16
Healing Waters Worship Center Hope Presbyterian Church
12172 Smith’s Neck Rd, Carrollton, VA
356-1515; www.hwwcnow.com
Pastor William M. McCart, 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
12/15
A Reformed PCA Church
259 James Street
Luter YMCA
Worship: 9:30 am
www.hopepca.com
Pastor George Boomer, 771-2243
6329 Mill Swamp Rd, Ivor, VA; 357-2575
10696 Smiths Neck Rd., Rescue
Sunday - 10am - Bible Study
Sunday - 11am - Worship &
Children’s Church
Leon Basham, Minister 532-4078
email: c.basham@charter,net
Mill Swamp Baptist Church
Sunday: Sun. Sch. 9:30am, Worship 10:45am,
5:50-7:30 p.m. AWANA for children and WORD OF
LIFE for teens, bible studies for adults 5:30-7:30.
Wednesday 6:00-7:30 p.m. “THE LOFT” children’s
program, bible studies.
12/15
7711 White Marsh Rd, Elberon, VA
Intercessory Prayer Sunday: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Sun. School 10am;
Morning Worship 11:30am
Wed Noon Day PrayerPrayer & Bible Study 7pm
Andrew L. Cypress - Pastor
12/13
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
sbchurch@smithfieldbaptist.org 12/14
201 Cedar St.,
12/14
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
Southside Vineyard Community Church
“Real, Reaching & Ready”
Services Sunday @ 10:00 am
Nursery, Children, Youth Ministries
Casual with a Real Life Message
www.southsidevineyard.com
Pastor Bill Eley, (757) 357-SVCC (7822)
6/14
Sunday Services 8:30 and 11:00am
Sunday School 9:45am
Sunday School 9:30
Worship 8:30 & 11am,
9:30am Rivers of Life
357-3659
12/15
Rev. O.H. Burton, Jr., Ph. 357-3373
Bennsumc@yahoo,com
1/16
Christ Episcopal Church
111 S. Church St., Corner Church & Main
18420 Battery Park Rd.
Sunday Sch. 10am Worship 11am
Wed., Study 7:00pm
, Minister
9AM - Contemporary Service
10AM - Christian Education
11AM - Traditional Service
Rev. Derek Pringle, Rector
2/15
6/15
Uzzell United Methodist Church
Sunday Sch. 9:45am
Worship Service 11:00am
Wednesday Evening (including
Children's Services) 7:00pm
Donald E. Watkins, Pastor
12/15
5/15
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
8/15
Call 357-3288
2/15
Trinity United Methodist Church Benn’s United Methodist Church
5358 Zuni Circle, Zuni, Va. 23898
Worship 10:30am
Rev. Dr. Steven Frazier, Pastor
www.bethanyzuni.org
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Riverview United Methodist
12/15
Saints of Runneymede Holiness Church Sandy Mount Baptist Church
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Wendy was a cosmetologist and was always available to help her clients and
anyone else who needed her.
She had many talents and
hobbies, soap making, canning, drawing and dancing.
Wendy was a fun and
loving person who always
stayed true to her faith.
A celebration of life service was held Jan. 24 at
Trinity United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Jeff
Cannon officiating.
The family requests memorial donations be made
to the SECU family house
at UNC, Chapel Hill, 123 Old
Mason Farm Road, Chapel
Hill, N.C. 27517.
Arrangements are in the
care of Colonial Funeral
Home, Smithfield. Family
and friends are encouraged
to post condolences and
memories at colonialfuneralhomesmithfield.com.
Sat. Vigil Mass 5pm Sun, Mass 9am
Weekday Mass :
Fri at 9am,
Phone: 365-0579 Fax: 757-365-4749
Pastor: Fr. Oscar P. Paraiso
email: admin@cgsparish.org
www.cgsparish.org
Sunday Worship Service 11:00am
Becky Gwaltney, Pastor 810-9397
COME WORSHIP WITH US! 12/14
Joy Church
For Worship Service Hours
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School Bd. changes
monthly mtg. time
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
The Isle of Wight County
School Board is changing
its meeting time.
The Board will now begin its regular monthly
meetings at 5 p.m.
The meetings occur every second Thursday of the
month at the boardroom at
the county courthouse.
Until January, the Board
held a work session at 5
p.m., followed by its regular
meeting at 7 p.m.
The Board will start the
meeting with a closed session and then follow the rest
of its agenda.
The change is meant to
reduce downtime between
the 5 p.m. work session and
the 7 p.m. regular meeting.
The hope is that by starting the regular meeting
earlier, school officials, staff
and attendees may go home
sooner.
Count your backers
before you speak
If a resident wants to represent 10 or more people
to get two more minutes to speak to the Isle of Wight
Board of Supervisors, the group will now have to be
present at the meeting.
The requirement to bring all 10 people already existed for public hearings; its just now been expanded
to include public comments, said Isle of Wight County
spokesman Don Robertson.
Individuals are given three minutes to speak, while
those representing 10 or more people get five minutes.
Debbie Bales, who represents United We Stand and
supports the Carrollton Volunteer Fire Department,
was reduced to three minutes when the 10 people she
claimed to represent did not stand when requested at
Thursday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Bales, who was confused over the start time of the
meeting, said her people were “en route.”
Bales asked facetiously if this was another effort
by the county to be more transparent.
“I don’t think so,” she said.
The School Board has
also agreed that it will stop
in the middle of what it’s
doing at 7 p.m. to hold the
Isle of Wight Achievers
ceremony.
During that time, the
Board honors students
and staff for their achievements, including academic
and athletics successes.
That way, parents can
expect the ceremony to start
at a certain time.
The Board last changed
the meeting time in July
2012.
In that move, the School
Board bumped back its
meeting from 7:30 p.m. to 7
p.m. and created 5 p.m. work
session, which includes
a financial work session,
instructional presentations
and a closed session.
The Isle of Wight Board
of Supervisors tried a similar program last year by
opening the meeting and
then going immediately
into closed session. Residents and others were left
sitting in the audience,
unsure of when the closed
session ended and the public meeting began.
After some complaints,
the Board decided to start
its meeting at a set time, 6
p.m., to be more convenient
for residents.
Three plead guilty to
string of burglaries
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Three suspects pleaded
guilty recently to breaking
into local recreation association buildings and Checkers Restaurant in October.
Aaron Underhill, 25, of
Suffolk; Blane Washington,
24, of Suffolk; and Stephanie Drames, 25, of Ivor,
pleaded guilty in Isle of
Wight County Circuit Court
to two felony counts of
breaking and entering and
one felony count of grand
larceny.
All three received 15
years in prison with all 15
years suspended. They will
each serve two years supervised probation.
They also agreed to split
the $2,500 court-mandated
restitution. However, that
total does not yet include
restitution to Smithfield
Recreation Association.
According to the plea
agreement, read by Assistant Commonwealth’s
Attorney Patrick Clark, the
three broke into the Smithfield Recreation Association
concession stand at Beale
Park on Oct. 15, 2014.
There, the three broke
into a safe and stole $200.
Later that day, with
Drames providing directions, Underhill drove the
suspects to Windsor Athletic Association, located off
Courthouse Highway.
T h e r e , Wa s h i n g t o n
kicked in the Association’s
concession stand door, and
they stole food as a well as
wireless speakers valued
at $200.
The speakers were later
recovered at Drames’ home.
In the early mor ning
hours of Oct. 17, the three
broke into Checkers Restaurant on Route 460 in Zuni.
They parked at a nearby
church, walked down the
train tracks, jumped a fence
at Checkers and entered the
restaurant after removing a
vent fan, said Clark.
Drames emptied fish into
a cooler with Washington’s
help, while Underhill stood
outside, said Clark.
Before the three could
leave with their spoils, an
employee arriving at work
scared them off.
Drames’ plea agreement
promises she’ll cooperate
in the case against a fourth
suspect, Toby Underhill,
Aaron’s brother.
Toby Underhill, of Suffolk, has been charged with
one felony count each of
breaking and entering and
larceny.
He remains at large; a
warrant is out for his arrest.
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By Diana McFarland
News editor
Nine intersections are
tentatively planned for the
portion of Route 460 that
runs through Isle of Wight
County — and are part of
the 17-mile preferred alternative proposed by VDOT.
The first intersection is
located where the existing
Route 460 will meet the
proposed northern bypass
at the Isle of Wight-Suffolk
line, according to Isle of
Wight Director of Planning
and Zoning Beverly Walkup,
who outlined further details
obtained from VDOT at a
town hall meeting last week
in Walters.
Headed west on the proposed northern bypass of
Windsor, the next intersection is slated for Shiloh
Drive, which will also be
realigned to straighten out
a stiff curve in the road,
Walkup said.
Intersections are also
planned for Deer Path
Trail, Route 258, Staves
Mill Road and at Cut-Thru
and Antioch roads, where
the northern bypass will
reconnect with the existing
Route 460.
Intersections to be added
to the existing Route 460
west of Windsor will be located at Winston Drive and
Ecella Road, Yellowhammer
Road and Firetower Road
and Zuni Circle.
The existing bridge over
the Blackwater River at
Zuni will be 600 feet long
with an elevation designed
to handle a 100-year flood
event, said Isle of Wight
Transportation Project
Manager Jamie Oliver.
The improved portion
of Route 460 will be 200 feet
wide, including shoulders
and a depressed median.
The unimproved area west
Public comment
Residents wanting to
comment on the preferred
alternative to Route 460
can do so by writing the
Virginia Secretary of
Transportation Aubrey
Layne at PO Box 1475,
Richmond, VA 23218. Comments will be forwarded
to the Commonwealth
Transportation Board.
Residents can also comment by writing the VDOT
Hampton Roads District
Office at 1700 North Main
St., Suffolk, VA 23434.
More infor mation on
Route 460 can be found at
route460project.org.
of Zuni will be 105 feet wide,
including shoulders and a
flush median.
Staves Road is expected
to be closed, causing concern for access to a county
convenience center, said
Carrsville Supervisor Rex
Alphin.
Also to be closed is a portion of Cut Thru Road and
Old Suffolk Road, Walkup
said.
County of ficials are
working with VDOT to have
an intersection where the
Shirley T. Holland intermodal park can connect
with the preferred alignment, Walkup said.
Oliver said the county
is also concerned that only
an intersection, not an overpass, is slated for the bypass
and Route 258.
Oliver told the Board
of Supervisors Thursday
that residents wanting to
request a road shift of 300
feet or less can do so at public meetings because there
is some leeway in the route.
Those that want a roadway shift greater than 300
feet need to speak at the
Commonwealth Transportation Board meeting in
February, write a letter or
call VDOT’s district office,
Oliver said.
The preferred alternative goes before the Commonwealth Transportation
Board Feb. 18. If approved,
VDOT will wrap up the final
supplemental environmental impact statement, as
well as hold public hearings, Oliver said.
Once the SEIS and hearings are completed, VDOT
will pursue the necessary
permits with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, move
ahead with the design and
renegotiate the contract
with US 460 Mobility Partners, the company hired to
design and build the original 55-mile tolled highway
from Petersburg to Suffolk as part of the state’s
public-private partnership
initiative.
Once VDOT gets the necessary permits from the
Corps, design is expected to
take two years, followed by
two years to construct the
road, Walkup said.
The preferred alternative begins at the Route
460 and 58 interchange in
Suffolk, bypasses Windsor
to the north, with improvements stopping just west of
Zuni. The improved portion
of the road will be a fourlane divided highway and
does not include tolling.
Oliver said VDOT has a
long-term plan to continue
improvements along Route
460 from Zuni to Petersburg.
The change from the
original alignment, which
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Community
calendar
Wednesday, Jan. 28
SPECIAL MEETING—The Isle of Wight
County School Board is having a
special meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 28,
4 p.m. in the large conference room
of the school board office, 820 W.
Main St. in Smithfield. The meeting is
to discuss the superintendent search.
Thursday, Jan. 29
WATER QUALITY—The Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality
is hosting a workgroup meeting to
discuss water improvement plans
for Chuckatuck and Brewers creeks
Thursday, Jan. 29, 1-3 p.m. at the
CE&H Ruritan Hall, 8881 Eclipse
Drive, Suffolk.
Friday, Jan. 30
DMV TO GO—The Virginia Department
of Motor Vehicles will be at the
Isle of Wight County Courthouse
administration building Friday, Jan.
30, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 31
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL—The Surry
Pony League baseball and softball
registration for boys and girls age
4-14 is Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 9 a.m. to
noon at L.P. Jackson Middle School.
$5 off the registration fee per family
if paid in full on those dates. Bring a
copy of the child’s birth certificate.
PHOTOGRAPHY—Award-winning
photographer Shirley M. Whitenack
teaches students the capabilities
of digital cameras with Beginning
Digital Photography, Saturday, Jan.
31, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $60 for
member/ $80 for non-members.
Register now by calling 357-7707 or
visit the Arts Center @319 on Main
Street in Smithfield or visit www.
SmithfieldArts.org.
Monday, Feb. 2
CIVIC LEAGUE—The Carrollton Civic
League meets Monday, Feb. 2, 7
p.m. in the conference room at
Sentara St. Luke’s medical center,
20209 Sentara Way, near Benn’s
Church to discuss ISLE2040 and
managing growth in Carrollton and
the Newport District. Info: 613-6183.
Wednesday, Feb. 4
RELAY FOR LIFE—Relay event
leadership team meetings at Benn’s
UMC Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m.
Accounting opens at 6 p.m. and the
meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Info:
810-5207, email IOWSRFL@gmail.
com, or visit www.RelayForLife.org/
IWSVA.
ACRYLICS—Award-winning painter Cil
Barbour offers instruction in acrylic
paints and mediums Wednesday,
Feb. 4-5, 1-4 p.m. Register by Feb.
1. Students work on projects of their
choice. Fee is $55 for members, $65
non-members. Contact instructor for
materials list or to purchase supplies.
Register: 357-7707 or visit the Arts
Center @319 on Main Street in
Smithfield.
Saturday, Feb. 7
WINE TASTING—The Beacons of Hope
Relay for Life team is hosting its Love
and Hope Wine Tasting and Silent
Auction for Relay, Saturday, Feb. 7 at
the Gatling Pointe Yacht Club. $25
per person by Feb. 1, $30 at the
door, if space is available. Sample
five wines with five appetizers. RSVP
to BeaconsofHope@charter.net or
stop by The Frilly Lilly 130 Main St.
in Smithfield or call 357-6355. Also
accepting silent auction donations for
this event.
RUN4BEADS—The Isle of Wight
Chamber of Commerce is hosting the
Mardi Gras Run4Beads, Saturday,
Feb. 7 in Smithfield. Race day
registration begins at 8 a.m. The
Geaux for the Gold 10K Race starts
at 10 a.m., followed by the Fat
Tuesday 5K at 10:15 a.m. and the
Crawfish Crawl 1K at 11:15 a.m. Info
and registration at www.race4beads.
com or by calling 357-3502.
Monday, Feb. 9
CITIZENS—The Isle of Wight Citizens’
Association will discuss the state
of county government as well as a
petition drive opposed to ISLE2040,
Monda, Feb. 9, 7 p.m.
• See CALENDAR p. 10
Page 9
600 wins for Vaughan
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Isle of Wight Academy basketball coach Benjamin Vaughan
earned his 600th win as coach of
the Isle of Wight Academy Chargers Friday night.
Vaughan, 67, joins just a handful of active coaches in earning
the distinction, including Jack
Baker of Maury High School,
George Lancaster of Highland
Springs High School and Paul
Hatcher of Robert E. Lee High
School.
Vaughan and the Chargers secured his 600th win when they beat
Denbigh Baptist, 47-35, on Friday
night at Jester Gymnasium.
The Chargers rose to 4-16, 2-9
in the Metro Athletic Conference.
Vaughan earned screams of
support from the home crowd and
went home with the game ball
after photo ops with current and
former players.
“It was special in the sense that
it made me reflect on all the wonderful people I’ve been associated
with the years that I’ve coached
basketball,” said Vaughan.
A graduate of The College of
William and Mary, Vaughan is
in his 44th year at IWA, his 39th
as head coach and his 25th as
headmaster.
He played basketball in his
youth at Windsor High School.
Vaughan says his success
comes from the players and the
people who support the program.
“Our teams have always played
hard, and we’ve played together
and we’ve tried to play smart …
Our goal has always been not
necessarily to win but be as a good
a player and as good a team as is
“Connections like that
throughout the years
make this a special
moment.”
— Benjamin Vaughan
possible for us to be.”
Vaughan pointed at the generations of players he’s coached
over the years, including JJV
Coach Thomas Butler and his son,
Samuel, one of the team’s senior
captains.
“Connections like that
throughout the years make this a
special moment,” said Vaughan.
Vaughan has had several successes during his tenure, including a run at the state title a few
years back.
The Chargers reached the state
championship but lost. A key player on that team, Brandon Black, is
now Vaughan’s assistant coach.
Vaughan first started coaching in the school’s original gym,
which dates back to the 1950s, and
has coached in the school’s Jester
Gymnasium since 1974.
Vaughan is very much a Charger; his wife, Cynthia, is an art
teacher there, and his son, Chris,
is a freshman.
Earlier in the week, Isle of
Wight Academy avoided a repeat
of the blowout of earlier this
season, but Portsmouth Christian
still triumphed, 65-50, Jan. 20.
James Ricks led the Chargers
Photo courtesy of Isle of Wight Academy
with a season high 14 points, including four three-pointers, and Isle of Wight Academy headmaster and basketball coach,
teammate Adam Webb had 11 Benjamin Vaughan.
points for IWA.
Feet are like fingerprints
Forensics of feet subject
of recent murder trial
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Fingerprints have long been
used as evidence in criminal
trials. Last week, footprints
made their evidentiary debut
in the murder trial of Shymeek
Stanfield.
Forensic podiatrist Dr. Michael Nirenberg testified that
convicted murderer Shymeek
Stanfield likely wore a shoe
recovered from a crime scene.
“The evidence shows that
the foot impression in the crime
scene shoe was made by Mr.
Stanfield or someone with the
same foot,” testified Nirenberg.
“There is no evidence that anyone else wore the shoe.”
Stanfield was subsequently
found guilty of first degree
murder, robbery and use of a
See related story on
page 1.
firearm in the commission of
a felony for the 2012 murder of
Travis Newby in Jersey Park
Apartments.
In Isle of Wight Circuit
Court, Nirenberg testified that
Stanfield or “someone with the
same foot” wore a size 12 Nike
basketball shoe recovered from
the crime scene.
“A lot of people don’t realize
how individual footprints are,”
said Nirenberg as he drove
home from O’Hare International Airport last week.
Nirenberg runs Friendly
Foot Care in Crown Point, Indiana. He has served on the
Board of Directors of the
American Society of Forensic Podiatry and the Forensic
added.
Nirenberg had to add the
“someone with the same foot”
stipulation because footprints
— and feet — are not unique like
fingerprints, he said.
Instead, they “approach
uniqueness.”
That means, if Stanfield
didn’t wear the shoe, the person
who did would have needed to
have the same gait and the same
weight distribution to create the
same impression as Stanfield,
he said.
“It’s not just the foot. It’s
the entire biomechanics of the
lower limb,” he explained.
In particular, the shapes
created by Stanfield’s feet had
characteristics unlike most
people.
“His great toe in the ink impression and insoles deviated
inwards,” he said.
Stanfield, as indicated by his
photos, had a bunion that Nirenberg calls a “deviation from
suspected norm in society.”
Stanfield also has a baby
toe impression that is not oval
or round like most toe impressions, but square.
“His baby toe — he’s not
walking on the tip of his baby
toe, he’s walking on the side of
his baby toe,” said Nirenberg.
‘That’s another deviation to
the norm.”
To conclude Stanfield likely
Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Nirenberg, DPM wore the crime scene shoe, Nirenberg conducted a series of
Forensic podiatrist Dr. Michael Nirenberg uses an endoscopic tests, the basis of which started
camera to analyze the crime scene basketball shoe, which back here in Smithfield.
he determined was worn by Shymeek Stanfield or someone
Last fall, Nirenberg asked
“with the same foot.”
Smithfield Police Department
Lt. Patrick Valdez to photoPodiatry Subcommittee of the ing to statistical analysis done graph the size 12 Nike basketInternational Association for by the Royal Canadian Mounted ball shoe recovered from the
Identification and is a member of Police.
crime scene and a size 11 Nike
the American College of Forensic
The RCMP’s database includes basketball shoe Stanfield wore
Examiners.
24,000 footprints, none of which when he was booked into jail.
Nirenberg said the chances are alike, he said.
Unknowingly, Stanfield endof finding a matching footprint
Even adult twins have been
• See FORENSICS, p. 10
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RELAY FOR LIFE—Relay Rally
meetings at Benn’s UMC
are for team captains, team
participants, cancer survivors
and caregivers, Monday, Feb.
9. Accounting opens at 6
p.m. and the meeting begins
at 6:30 p.m. Info: 810-5207,
email IOWSRFL@gmail.com,
or visit www.RelayForLife.org/
IWSVA.
Tuesday, Feb. 10
FORKLIFT—Forklift, Forklift
Clamp Truck and Reach Truck
Operator Certificate Course
training will be held TuesdayThursday, Feb. 10, 11 and
12, 5-10 p.m. at the Paul D.
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visit www.pdc.edu\ workforcedevelopment.
Friday, Feb. 13
BLUEGRASS—The Carrollton
Volunteer Fire Department will
host its monthly “Firehouse
Bluegrass” music benefit
concert Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30
p.m. at Fire Station 10. A
donation of $5 for admission
is requested for the featured
entertainment: String Ties
Bluegrass Band. Hot dogs and
soft drinks available. Bring
a chair. Info: 613-6183 or at
www.carrolltonfiredept.org.
GHOST HUNT—RTL Paranormal
is hosting a seminar and ghost
hunt at Windsor Castle Friday,
Feb. 13, 8 p.m. Reservations
are required. The cost is $20
per person. Info: 356-1223 or
visit www.historicisleofwight.
com. For more information
on RTL Paranormal, visit their
website at www.rtlparanormal.
com.
Saturday, Feb. 14
VFW BREAKFAST—Enjoy a
country breakfast including
omelets to order and salt
herring Saturday, Feb. 14,
7-10 a.m. at VFW Post
8545, 223 Washington St. in
Smithfield.
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for the Ed Bland $1,000
music scholarship
applications are available
for graduating seniors who
play an instrument and plan
to pursue a professional
music career. Eligible
students must be enrolled
in one of the high schools
in Districts 3, 4 or 8 of the
Virginia Band and Orchestra
Directors Association. Homeschooled students who meet
the requirements are also
eligible to apply. Deadline for
applications is April 30. Inquire
at osmundmusic@gmail.com,
and for more information visit
www.edblandmusic.com.
SCHOLARSHIP—The
deadline to apply for the
Smithfield Little Theatre
$1,000 scholarship is
Friday, March 27. Info: www.
smithfieldlittletheatre.org or
call 365-0387.
Forensics
ed up aiding Nirenberg’s
analysis by wearing basketball shoes.
For Nirenberg, comparing “like with like” improves accuracy.
“(Valdez) took photos
of the insoles, and I was
able to look a the footprint
impression of the insoles,
and those looked similar.
And that was just a cursory
examination,” said Nirenberg.
Nirenberg then tinkered
with the photos, reverting
them to black and white
and playing with the contrast to bring out the soles’
impressions.
Then, Valde z visited
Stanfield in Western Tidewater Regional Jail where
he made a series of imprints of Stanfield’s foot:
in bare feet, in socks, while
walking and while standing.
He took pictures of Stanfield’s feet too.
Valdez shipped the pictures and imprints to Nirenberg’s office.
Back in Indiana, Nirenberg compared the photographs, the imprints and
the shoes themselves, which
were hand-delivered by
Valdez.
“It’s almost like an autopsy on the footwear,” said
Nirenberg.
He took 17 measurements of the shoes’ insoles,
surpassing the industry
standard, and found all
were within the suggested
5mm margin of error.
Nirenberg evaluated
the shoes, inspecting the
creases on the outside and
the wear patterns on the
Medicare
MEDICARE—Senior
Services Medicare benefits
counselors will be holding
free information and
assistance meetings at
the following locations.
Assistance will also be
available for those who are
currently enrolled and may
be eligible for the Part D
Low-Income Subsidy “Extra
Help” benefit. Appointments
not necessary, but if one is
desired, call Bonnie Dozier
at 449-8706 or Angela
Hamblett at 328-4217.
•The Smithfield Library, 225
James St., Feb. 5 and 19,
1-3 p.m.
•The Carrollton Library,
14362 New Towne Haven
Lane, Feb. 10, 1-3 p.m.
•The Windsor Library, 18
Duke St., Feb. 24, 10 a.m.
to noon.
Smithfield
KNIT — Knit at Night meets
the second and fourth
Wednesday of the month at
6:30 p.m.
STORY TIME—Story time
resumes Tuesday, Jan. 27
at 10:30 a.m. for ages 3-5.
Story time for ages 2-3 is
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
BOOK CLUB—The book club
meets Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1
p.m. Featured book is “The
Invention of Wings,” by Sue
Monk Kidd.
KNIT—Knit at Night is
the second and fourth
Wednesday of the month at
6:30 p.m.
HEALTH CARE—The
Smithfield Library is hosting
an information seminar on
the Affordable Care Act and
helping individuals sign-up
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 5 p.m.
Free.
DRIVER SAFETY—AARP driver
safety course for those
over age 50, Thursday and
Friday, Jan. 29-30, 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. Attendance both days
is required. Registration is
required and there is a fee.
To register call 357-2264.
TOWER BUILDING—Children
age 6-11 are invited to
monthly LABrary events.
The first is Wednesday, Feb.
18, 3-4 p.m. and includes
a tower building contest.
Register at the front desk
or call 357-2264. Space
limited.
FRIENDS—The Friends of the
Library have a set of vintage
Louis Lamour leatherette
western novels (14 book set)
like-new condition for sale.
If interested in viewing for
purchase call 357-2264.
SPECIAL NEEDS— The
Smithfield Library is now
offering sensory story times
the third Saturday of each
month beginning Feb. 21
for children on the Autism
spectrum, have ADHD, or are
otherwise differently-abled.
Carrollton
TAX HELP—Free Tax Aid. First
come, first served. In person
registration begins at noon
for each session. Sessions
held 2 - 6 p.m. on Feb. 17,
March 3, March 17, March
31 and April 17. Priority to
ages 60-plus.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Nirenberg
This is a photo of the
actual insole that came
from the shoe left at the
crime scene at Jersey
Park apartments.
bottoms, and searched the
inside with an endoscopic
camera for a rubbing.
“When you’re walking in
a shoe, it’s the relationship
with your foot and the shoe
over time,” he said.
Even with shoes’ being
two different sizes, the measurements were sufficiently
close and the shapes were
the same.
Despite Nirenberg’s testimony as an expert, Eason
said he had a “great deal
of skepticism” about the
results. Nirenberg believed
he could have alleviated
that had he had more time
on the stand.
GARDENERS—Training with
the Master Gardeners on
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m. to
noon, on proper pruning
techniques.
TUTORING—Free GED
tutoring on Tuesday nights, 5
to 7 p.m. The Pruden Center
provides tutoring on math
and writing for adults who
are preparing for the GED
test. For more information
call 925-5651.
ART SHOW—Jajala J.
Schweiger of Isle of Wight
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
County presents a variety of
nature-themed art including
acrylic on canvas, mixed
media and stained glass. On
display now.
SEED SWAP—A seed swap is
starting at the library. Bring
in seeds to share or take
seeds to use in the garden.
STORY TIME—Story time is on
Mondays at 10 a.m. for ages
2 and 3 and Thursdays for
ages 3 through 5.
COMPUTERS—Computer
tutoring sessions are one
hour, one-on-one session
for beginners. Sessions are
the first or third Tuesday
or Wednesday afternoons.
Registration required;
appointment only.
VOLUNTEERS—The Friends
of the Carrollton Library
meets the first Tuesday of
the month at 6 p.m. Call
238-2641 or email aohka@
blackwaterib.org for more
information. Group needs a
vice president, secretary and
marketing coordinator.
BIRD HABITAT—Join the
Virginia Master Naturalists
to learn about creating a bird
habitat Wednesday, Feb. 4,
1:30 -3 p.m.
GARDENS—Join the Master
Gardeners for seed saving
and garden planning,
Saturday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m.
and 11:30 a.m.
Windsor
meets the third Tuesday
of every month at 7 p.m.
Registration not required.
STORY TIME—Story time for
ages 2 through 5 will be
at 10:45 a.m. Tuesdays.
Registration is not required.
COMPUTER INSTRUCTION—
Free one-on-one computer
instruction on Wednesday
mornings. Registration is
required. Call 242-3046 or
email blauver@blackwaterlib.
org.
Surry
HEALTH CARE—The library
is hosting “Enroll Virginia”
to help residents with
the health insurance
marketplace as part of
the Affordable Care Act on
Friday, Jan. 30, 2:30 – 4
p.m. Private sessions with
a certified counselor is
available.
MOVIE NIGHT—Family Movie
Night is Wednesday, Feb. 25,
6-8 p.m.
MOVIE MONDAY—Classic
movies on Monday, Feb. 2,
1 p.m.
KNIT-STITCH—Knit and stitch
every Tuesday, 1-2 p.m.
meets Feb. 5, 1-2 p.m.
LEGOS—The LEGO club
meets Feb. 14, 10 – 11 a.m.,
ages 5-11.
TEEN MOVIES—Teen movie
night every third Tuesday,
5:45-8 p.m., ages 12-17.
BRL KIDS—BRL Kids after
school program, Feb. 4, 4-5
p.m., ages 6-11.
WIN—Minute to win it night,
Feb. 17, 6-8 p.m. ages 12-17
Governmental meetings
•Dendron Town Council,
Monday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.,
town municipal building,
2855 Rolfe Highway. 267-2508.
•Smithfield Town Council, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb.
3, The Smithfield Center, 220
N. Church St., 365-4200
•Claremont Town Council, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday,
Feb. 4, town center, 4115
Spring Grove Ave., 866-4827
The Smithfield Times-Wed., Jan. 28, 2015 - Page 11
Sign up for Youth Conservation Corps
RICHMOND — Applications are being accepted through April 15 for
two three-week summer
sessions of the award-winning Virginia State Parks
Youth Conservation Corps
(YCC).
The program will be
held June 21 to July 11 and
July 19 to Aug. 8.
Teams of eight to 10
participants will be chosen from current high
Staff photo by Diana McFarland
Modlin Printing owner Troy Johnson announced last week that his company
was merging with Multi-Print in Hampton. Johnson cites less demand for
commercially printed material as one of the reasons the merger.
Presses stop at
Modlin Printing
By Diana McFarland
News editor
The presses stopped at
Modlin Printing last week.
The nearly 70-year-old
mainstay of Main Street
in Smithfield was sold to
Multi-Print in Hampton,
and owner Troy Johnson is
tying up loose ends before
going to work over there.
Johnson, however, wants
his customers to know that,
for them, little will change.
Multi-Print will have all
Modlin’s customer information and Johnson will still
provide personal delivery.
“They can continue to
count on us,” he said, adding that office supplies can
be purchased at Office Express Plus in the Smithfield
Square shopping center
next to Food Lion.
Modlin Printing was
one of the few non-tourist
oriented businesses left on
Main Street — its closing
follows the demise over
the past eight years of Little’s Supermarket, Winn’s
Hardware, Ben Franklin,
Simpson’s Pharmacy and
the Twins Restaurant.
The sale was prompted by consolidation in the
print business that has been
going on for about 10 years,
Johnson said.
“We were lucky we could
hold out,” he said, but added
there’s no sense having two
shops run the same amount
of equipment half of the
time.
People are using less
paper, fewer brochures and
for ms, and many create
their own printed pieces at
home on a computer, Johnson said.
Johnson also admits he’s
looking forward to being an
employee and not a small
business owner, responsible
for everything from sweeping the floor to paying the
bills.
“The only thing more
over rated than natural
childbirth is owning your
own business,” he joked,
quoting a well-known saying.
“That’s why I don’t have
any hair left.”
The building is owned
by Johnson’s father, Ray,
who bought the business
from the Modlins in 1971.
Johnson isn’t sure what
his father plans to do with
the building, once home to
the former Merchants and
Farmers Bank.
The building has some
unique features, including
wood trimmed glassed-in
offices in the front, 14-inch
thick walls, a concrete vault
and vintage tile floors.
Modlin Printing got its
start in 1948 when Robert
Modlin purchased an interest in Weaver Publishing
Co. on Commerce Street.
Five years later, Modlin
Boater missing
off Tyler’s Beach
As of Tuesday morning,
a boater is still missing in
the James River.
The missing boater has
been identified as William
Johnson, 75.
The boater, who left from
Tyler’s Beach boat harbor
in Isle of Wight County, was
last seen at 5:30 p.m. Monday, according to a county
press release.
The Isle of Wight Sheriff ’s Office said the man was
checking his fishing nets.
His capsized boat was
discovered around 9:30 p.m.
in the James River.
A search for the boater
resumed Tuesday morning
after being called off the
night before due to diminished visibility and impending inclement weather
conditions.
Several agencies are involved in the search, including the U.S. Coast Guard
Helo Unit, the U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, the Isle of Wight
County Sheriff ’s Office,
the Rushmere Volunteer
Fire Department, the Isle
of Wight Volunteer Rescue
Squad and the Smithfield
Police Department.
Photo of the week
Richard Harrell
captured a
recent ice
storm’s effects
on a shrub on
Goose Hill Way
in Smithfield.
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favorite photo of
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Surr y counties
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moved to a larger location
on the same street, and in
1963, moved to the current
shop on Main Street.
Johnson started working at Modlin full-time after graduating from Old
Dominion University in
1986. He can still remember
setting wood block type —
computers were still part
of the future.
Back then, a church
member would come in
with handwritten instructions for a church program
and the type would be set by
hand, Johnson said.
That has since changed
and now computers dominate everything and many
jobs come in by email, Johnson said.
“Sometimes it tickles me
when people come in and
ask for a resume.”
school students between
the ages of 14 and 17 (participants must be 14 by
June 1). While no prior
experience is necessary,
participants will work outside, and the service is
physically demanding. A
positive attitude, an interest in learning, curiosity
about interpreting nature,
and the physical ability and
desire to work outdoors are
also important.
YCC crew members
are provided room, board,
T-shirts and equipment.
They receive a $500 stipend at the end of the
three weeks.
For more infor mation about the YCC program, visit www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/
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Physical Therapy Assistant Chris Anderson demonstrates one of the
screening tests used with Sentara’s new cancer rehab program at St.
Luke’s. The test evaluates a patient’s balance, which can often be adversely
affected by chemotherapy.
Sentara Therapy Center
Getting physical
after chemotherapy
By Diana McFarland
News editor
Doctors once told cancer
patients to take it easy after
receiving chemotherapy or
radiation.
Turns out that wasn’t
the best advice, said Chris
Anderson, a physical therapy assistant with the Sentara Therapy Center at St.
Luke’s.
“We want them to get up
and get active,” he said.
Studies by the American
College of Sports Medicine
now show that encouraging
cancer patients to be active
reduces fatigue, muscle
atrophy and weakness, stiffness and a host of other
side effects from treatment,
Anderson said.
The Sentara Therapy
Center at St. Luke’s has responded to the new research
by offering a cancer rehabilitation program for those
recently diagnosed to those
who have long completed
treatment.
Patients can obtain a
prescription for treatment
through their doctor, or
come directly to the clinic
for a screening, said Physical Therapist Gay Peacock.
Peacock and Anderson
recently completed specialized training in cancer
rehabilitation therapy.
Patients begin rehab
with a screening test and
functional questionnaire
that evaluates endurance,
balance and other measures
of fitness.
The physical screening
includes a sit-to-stand exercise to assess strength, a single leg stance and four-step
square test to determine
balance and a six-minute
walk to evaluate endurance.
The questionnaire looks at
the ability to lift and carry
groceries, lifting dishes into
an overhead cabinet, whether the person can feed him
or herself and other similar
questions about everyday
activities.
Based on results, patients receive a program to
follow that includes general
and individualized goals.
The length of therapy
is often open-ended, depending on the individual,
Peacock said.
There are three categories of patients — those who
don’t need formal physical
therapy, those who need
partial physical therapy
and those who can benefit
from a series of exercises
to be done at home.
Studies recommend 150
minutes of moderate-in-
tensity aerobic exercise
a week, such as walking,
as well as 75 minutes of
vigorous exercise coupled
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Jan. 28, 2015
SHS trounces Jamestown
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
Smithfield thumped the
Jamestown Eagles Friday,
68-45.
The Packers racked up
their ninth win this season
in defeating the Bay Rivers
District foe.
A handful of Packer
players put up double-digit
points, with Nicholas Wells’
17 points leading the way.
Chris Pierce had 15,
Ryan Jones had 11 and
Nicholas Turner had 10.
The Packers took an early 18-9 lead in the opening
period and continued their
domination in the second.
They amassed another
16 points to Jamestown’s 6
by halftime.
Jamestown rebounded a
bit in the third.
They racked up 18 points,
their heftiest period of the
game, and Smithfield answered with 16, bringing the
score to 48-33.
In the final quarter, the
Packers performed their
best in adding another 20
points, and Jamestown
managed to put up just 12.
The Packers hosted Lafayette Monday night.
Results were not available by press time.
They travel to Grafton
tonight. Tip off is at 7 p.m.
T h e Pa cke r s re t u r n
home Friday to face New
Kent at 7 p.m.
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Lady Packers pounce on
Eagles for sixth win
Shannen Atkinson
posted 21 points in the
Lady Packers’ sixth win
of the season on Saturday.
T he Lady Packers
punished Jamestown,
51-43.
Atkinson also led the
Pack with 14 rebounds.
T he Lady Packers
retained control of the
game for all but a few minutes heading into the second quarter.
By the half, they had a
31-19 lead.
Jamestown rejoined the
game on an even keel with
Smithfield after halftime.
They posted 13 points in
the third, and Smithfield
kept pace with 11.
Despite the Lady Eagles’
increased vigor, Smithfield held on for the win.
The Packers played
Grafton Tuesday, but results were not available
by press time.
They travel to New
Kent Thursday (7 p.m.)
and host Warhill Saturday (2:30 p.m.).
JV boys earn another win
By Abby Proch
Staff writer
In another close encounter, the Smithfield JV Packers pulled out another win
Friday to maintain their
unbeaten record.
The Packers rise to 11-0
with a 58-54 win over the
Jamestown JV Eagles.
The Packers took the
early lead, but during the
second period fell behind.
They entered the half,
however, up by 1 point
after Kenny Wilkerson’s
two-pointer.
In the second half,
the Packers took off on a
11-point scoring run and
never looked back.
Pe t e r M o o re p u t 1 5
points, and Wilkerson added another 13. Marcus Custis had 10.
Wilkerson also had 13
rebounds, eight on defense
and five on offense, and one
steal.
Custis had seven steals.
Big win for JV girls
Smithfield walloped the
Jamestown JV Lady Eagles
52-23 Saturday in a game
where the JV Lady Packers
held their opponents to just
6 points in the first half.
With a 25-point first
quarter, Smithfield claimed
an early lead and held on to
top the JV Lady Eagles 29-6
by halftime.
Ariyana Parker scored
18 points, as well as two
rebounds, five steals and
one block.
Shakeria Tucker had 17
points.
Zaria Elder had 7 points,
five rebounds and two
steals.
Tucker was a big defensive contributor as well,
racking up eight rebounds,
two steals and one block.
Smithfield finished with
57 rebounds (26 offensive/31
defensive), three blocks and
14 steals.
The JV Lady Packers
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u f a c t u r e d h o m e SURRY. Small Livefor rent in Spr ing in,
r t/ Music St uGrove. $1000 w/de- dio. A
Yard for
posit. Backg rou nd dogs.Woodsy
montha nd cred it screen- ly plus $300
share utiliing required. Will ties. 757-323-8929
be available Jan. 15,
accepting Housing Jan28/4tp/21055
C h o i c e Vo u c h e r s
call 757-866 -860 0 ——————
Jan7/4tp/20752
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1BR Over Garage
Apartment on
14 Acre Estate.
On Water with
Pier Access.
Utilities / Cable
& Internet
Included. $750
Near Nike Park.
Call Tim
Horse Boarding
HORSE Past ure
boarding available.
Excel le nt we at he r
protection. Runi n sheds i nclude d . 757-72 4 -78 69
o r 75 7 -7 7 8 - 0 8 0 8
Dec17/8tp/20475
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For
Sale
757-651-9462
QUIET COUNTRY
Livi ng-7 rooms, 1
Bath, Garage, Brick
home. Ideal for 2
occupants. No pets.
1 year lease, $1250
monthly, available
now. 757-357-7463
Jan14/2tp/20864
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APARTMENT
Small end
knick-knack
antique tables
Call 357-3565
9F T. A M ER ICA N
Heritage Pool Table.
Made by Brunswick.
3 pc. Italian Slate Furniture style w/claw
feet. All accessories
included. $1,700 or
best offer. 642-7519
Jan28/2tp/21053
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A L L N E W M ATTRESS SETS! Twin
$89; Full $99; Queen
$129; King $191 Hand
delivered, Free layaway! 757-236-3902
Jan7/4tp/20756
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C H IC K E N C OU P
For Sale. Nicely Finished, Approx. 6-1/2
X 8 FT. with 12 nesting boxes. Predator
proof & well ventilated. $675 Leave
message @ 757-3737548 for info and pics
Jan21/2tp/20918
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FUEL OIL #2 For
S a l e . C a s h o n l y,
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4pm 757-365- 0 037
Jan21/2tp/20956
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H O R SE H AY e xcellent Quality For
Sale. Square bales &
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Delivery Available.
Dec17/8tp/20475
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HORSE QUALITY
Wester n Mar yland
Hay & Wheat straw.
For Sale 757-274-2025
Jan21/4tp/20955
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1997 M ERC U RY
GRAND MARQUIS.
172,000 miles, average condition. $1,500.
For more information
c a l l 757-238 -2102
Jan28/4tp/21025
H e l p Wa n t e d
Pe n i n su la Mai nt e nance Services, LLC
is hiring a Crew Leader for groundskeeper.
Requirements: 3-5
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and Valid Driver’s
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@ 75 7 - 5 3 4 -7 7 9 6
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Opportunity
Volunteer Info. Rep.:
Fr i e n d l y, h e l pf u l
vol. 2-3 days/wk in
pleasant downtown
center. G reet visitors, answer phone.
Knowledgeable
a b out Sm it h f ield /
IOW, eager to share
posit ive at t it ude.
May also i nclude
general office help.
Call 757-357-3080.
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Doork nobs, lock s,
fence, gate repairs,
roof leaks, window
glass a nd screens.
Licensed and I nsured. Free estimates.
Call Lar r y Williams 757-357-7408.
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T.H.G. CONSTRUCTION Handy man
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PAINTING-Light
Remodeling. I price
the job based on today’s economy realizing money is tight.
I work alone to keep
ove rhea d cost s to
a m i n i mu m. 30 y r.
Experience-Dave
E l s 757-745 -759 2
Jan7/4tp/20758
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Cont. on next page
357-3288
Hendrick Gutter Company, Inc.
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Hampton Roads area, since 1985. Specializing in
gutter installation, cleaning, and repair. Our crews are
professional and courteous
• 5” or 6” Aluminum Gutter
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Electrical experience including:
Industrial Electrical, Three Phrase, High
& Low Voltage as well as DC.
Must be able to run conduit & pull wire.
Must be able to build electrical panels &
read electrical prints.
Must be safety conscious.
All resumes and inquires are to be sent to:
Attention: Sylvia Wilson
892 Penny Branch Rd., Warsaw, NC 28398
Phone #: (910) 293-6561 or (910) 293-6563
Fax #: (910) 2939379
E-Mail Sylvia.w@theporkco.com
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Lawn
Care
APPLE
L AW N
CA R E . Fr e e E st imates, Reasonable
Rates, Resident ial
& Commercial. Licensed & Insured. Call
Ken at 757-236-0200
Jan28/2tp/21021
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EXCLUSIVE LAWN
Maintenance-Leaf
Removal, Gut ter
Cleaning, Stor m
Clean-up,
Debris Hauling, Roof
Leaks, Shingle Repair, Mulch, Stump
Grinding, Small
Tree Removal, PVC
Pipe Repair, Drains.
757-478-8374
Jan7/4tp/20710
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JJ & L LAWN CARE
SE RV IC E , L L C Lawn mowing, edgi n g , we e d - e a t i n g ,
hedge trimming and
any other yard work.
Commercial and residential. Reasonable
prices. Licensed and
i nsu red. Free estimates. You r law n
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Jan14/16tp/20813
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Gut ter Cleaning,
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contracts. Free estimates. 757-274-2479
Jan7/4tp/20738
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Jan28/4tp/21022
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exp e r ie nce, Refe rences available. Residential & Commercial. Military & Senior discounts. No job
too big or too small.
Call 757- 620 - 0524
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1702 South Church St.
357-4900
VINEYARD LABORER to help with weeding, training,
and care of grapevines and surrounding areas, as well as
grape harvest. 3 Months verifiable prior vineyard
experience is required. Wage rate: $11.29 per hour. This
is a temporary position. Contract dates: 3-15-2015 to
11-30-2015, with 75% of the contract period guaranteed. Nine (9) positions available. All tools, supplies
and equipment are provided. Free housing is provided.
Cost of transportation to and from our location will be
paid, in addition to subsistence expenses for travel days
upon completion of 50% of the contract period.
Employer is Black Ankle Vineyards, 14463 Black Ankle
Road, Mt. Airy, MD. Apply for this job at the nearest
State Workforce Agency, or MD Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation, 5340 Spectrum Drive,
Frederick MD 21703; 301-846-2255, using job order
number MD367810.
Services
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY:
SALES COUNTER
ASSOCIATE
•FOR SALE•
865 Main Street, Smithfield, VA
757-357-4367 or 757-357-7050
Overview
Sales Counter Associate (SCA) is responsible for the daily merchandise sales,
inventory, and customer interaction.
Responsibilities
The Sales Counter Associate is responsible for occupying the checkout
counters and processing sales through the Southern States POS
equipment. The Checkout counters occupied during business hours
with no exception. The SCA is responsible to maintain, clean and organize
the inventory in the assigned area. This includes merchandising inventory,
rotating inventory and changing displays and layout. The SCA is also
responsible for the inventory count, and reporting ordering needs to the
Store Manager. Management may assign other responsibilities as neccessary.
The SCA is expected to have a positive attitude and greet customers warmly
as soon as they enter the store. The SCA is expected to offer consultation to
customers and advise them on purchases.
Requirements
This position requires in depth knowledge of the feed and seed items,
chemicals, and fertilizers and general knowledge in lawn and garden,
hardware and misc. items carried in the store. The SCA must have computer
skills allowing for easy and efficient use of the POS equipment. Training
provided as neccessary.
Education and Experience
High School diploma or GED with 2 years retail experience. Some knowledge
of feed, seed, chemicals and fertilizers is neccessary as well as knowledge of
gardening, farming and general hardware. Equine experience is a plus.
Training provided as neccessary.
or Lease
Commercial Property
Franklin Lumber is looking for an experienced
maintenance person for the day shift. We offer
a competitive salary and attractive benefits.
Job description
The Mult-craft position is responsible for
mechanical repairs, maintenance, and PM's to
equipment and rolling stock. These functions
include but are not limited to cutting and
welding, repairs to chains, sprockets, shafts,
bearings, belts, sheaves, pneumatic and
hydraulic equipment, crane and rolling stock.
These functions will be assigned through Work
Orders, PM task or as needed basis.
(1,865 sf) 2850 Rolfe Hwy.
Dendron, VA
(formerly the Dendron Post Office)
SERIOUS
INQUIRIES
ONLY
(804) 895-1607
$20,000 net lease per year
or $260,000
purchase “as is where is, no conditions”
If interested please call
757.304.5200 Ext 121 for details.
We are an equal opportunity employer
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The Smithfield Times – Wed., Jan. 28, 2015 - Page 15
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
PLA N N I NG COMMISSION OF THE
TOWN OF SMITHFIELD
AMENDMENT TO
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN
velopment.
TOWN Information on the
OF SM I T H FI ELD, amount of available
VIRGINIA
funding, eligible project activities, the reThe Town of Smith- quirements to benefit
field will conduct a low-to-moderate inpublic hea r i ng on come persons, plans to
Tuesday, February 10, provide displacement
2015, at 6:30 p.m. at assistance as necesTOWN OF the Smithfield Cen- sary, and general proter, located at 220 gram guidelines will
SMITHFIELD
North Church Street be discussed at the
in Smithfield. The public hearing. Citipurpose of the hearing zens will be given the
By: Lesley is to review the Town’s opportunity to compast performance in ment on the Town of
G. King, Clerk
u si ng C om mu n it y Smithfield’s past use
Publish: January 28 Development Block of CDBG funds. All
and February 4, 2015 Grant (CDBG) funds interested citizens are
and solicit public input encouraged to attend
on local com muni- and participate in the
L15-04
ty development and hearing. For addition1-28/2t
housing needs for the al information contact
————
purpose of preparing Mr. William Saunan application for fu- ders, Town Planner,
ture CDBG funding at 310 Institute Street,
from the Virginia De- Smithfield, Virginia
partment of Housing 23430, or call (757)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC and Community De- 365-4200.
heard in favor of, in
opposition to, or to express his or her views
with respect to the
aforesaid amendment
may appear and be
heard.
HEARING
Complaints and
g r ievances can be
submitted in writing
to Mr. William Saunders, Town Planner,
at 310 Institute Street,
Smithfield, Virginia
23430 or by phone
at (757) 365-4200 or
TDD (800) 828-1120
until Tuesday, February 10, 2015.
If you plan to attend
and have any special
needs requirements,
please call the number
listed above.
• JANUARY FREE •
TOWN OF SMITHFIELD
By: Lesley
G. King, Clerk
Publish: January 28
L15-05
1-28/1t
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Not ice is
hereby given pursuant
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of the Code of Virginia, (1950), as amended, that the Planning
Commission of the
Town of Smithfield,
Virginia will hold a
public hearing at the
regular meeting of the
Planning Commission
in the council chambers in The Smithfield
Center, 220 N. Church
Street, meeting room
A, Smithf ield, Virgi nia, on Tuesd ay,
February 10, 2015 at
6:30 p.m. to consider
an amendment of the
Smithfield Comprehensive Plan adopted
August 4, 2009, and
as amended, by the
adoption of a revised
Future Land Use and
Growth Area map.
Copies
of the current Comprehensive Plan for
Smithfield, Virginia,
and all amendments
thereto, along with
copies of the proposed
map amendment of
the Comprehensive
Plan for Smithfield,
Virginia, are on file
and may be examined
in the office of the Department of Planning,
Engineering, & Public
Works, 310 Institute
St reet, Sm it hf ield ,
Virginia.
A n y p e rson desiring to be
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Photo courtesy of Karen Baumgartner
Eleven Smithfield High School barnd members were chosen for the
District VIII band. Pictured, left to right, front row: Madison Lee, Lauren
Bull, Celine Stewart, Ashley Smith and Joseph Brown. Back row, Blake
Baumgartner, Kathryn Schau, Nicholas Adams, Ashley Deese, Jazz
Thompson, Joseph McNure and Band Director Joel Joyner.
SHS students make District band
Eleven Smithfield
High School Band members made the District
VIII Band.
Joining the symphonic band are senior Joseph Brown, first chair
Bb bass clarinet; senior
Lauren Bull, first chair
Bb tenor saxophone; senior Ashley Deese, ninth
chair Bb trumpet; junior
Madison Lee, fourth chair
French horn; senior Joseph
McNure, first chair Eb baritone saxophone; and senior
Jazz Thompson, seventh
chair Bb trumpet.
Named to the concert
band are junior Nicholas
Adams, third chair Bb
trumpet; sophomore Blake
Baumgartner, fifth chair
percussion; senior Kathryn Schau, fourth chair
French horn; senior Ashley Smith, seventh chair
Bb clarinet; and senior
Celine Stewart, 18th chair
Bb clarinet.
The band is under the
direction of Joel Joyner.
Smfd. philanthropist honored
A n 1 8 th p l a n t e r a n d
philanthropist from Isle
of Wight County is a 2015
Virginia Women in History
honoree.
Elizabeth Bray Allen
Smith Stith, ca. 1692–1774,
is one of eight women honored this year by the Library of Virginia.
The Virginia Foundation
for Women started the educational program in 2000
and transferred it to the
Library of Virginia in 2006.
The Library sponsors
statewide activities that include educational resources and activities tied to
the Virginia Standards of
Learning (SOLs) as well as
a traveling exhibition.
Stith used her own funds
to establish a free school for
poor children in Smithfield.
According to the biography provided by the Library
of Congress, Stith, born
Elizabeth Bray, grew up
around Williamsburg.
U n l i ke m a ny yo u n g
women at the time, she
learned to read and write.
In 1711, she married Arthur Allen and, after his
death 16 years later, she
managed his Surry County
plantation and large brick
home that is now known as
Bacon’s Castle. To secure
the inherited property, in
1729, she married Arthur
Smith.
In 1753, she established
a £140 trust fund to create a
free school for six poor boys
and girls in Smithfield.
She named the trustees
and gave directions for the
building’s construction.
The school once stood at
the site of the Smithfield
Masonic Lodge on Mason
Street.
Stith said that boys
would study reading, writing and arithmetic for three
years, while girls would
study reading and writing
for two years.
After their schooling,
the boys took on a trade and
the girls learned domestic
matters from local women.
Stith married again in
the 1760s.
When she wrote her will,
she provided for the education of a goddaughter and
left £120 and the remainder
of her estate to the Smithfield school, which ran until
the Revolutionary War.
When she died, Stith had
personal property valued
at £350, including five en-
slaved laborers.
She died shortly before
her will was filed in the
Surry County Court on Feb.
22, 1774.
Stith is recognized alongside legislator Nancy Melvina “Vinnie” Caldwell, poet
Nikki Giovanni, business
professor Ruth Coles Harris, legislator Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid, philanthropist Rebekah Dulaney
Peterkin, pathologist and
women’s health advocate
Vivian W. Pinn, and Virginia Indian scholar and
advocate Karenne Wood.
For information, visit
www.lva.virginia.gov.
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Donation for school libraries
Brother’s Keeper Inc. of Richmond and Aaron Rentals of Smithfield
donated money to help buy classroom libraries for both of the fifth
grade English classrooms at Luther Porter Jackson Middle School.
Pictured, from left to right, are Deborah Seward, reading specialist;
Helen Panags, fifth grade English teacher; David Banks, CEO Brother’s
Keeper Inc.; Justin Berry, Aaron Rentals; and Aisha Jones, Brother’s
Keeper Inc., site manager.

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