Ashland-Hanover Local – 12/02/2020

SANTA RUNS

LIGHT UP THE TRACKS

Santa Runs announced for Ashland, Hanover area VFDs

Light Up the Tracks in Downtown Ashland with lots of holiday fun

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Vol. 6 No. 14 | Richmond Suburban News | December 2, 2020

County offices moved to HCPS needs Martha Fields building help to keep

Photo submitted byHanover County Sheriff department

Members of the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office joined with Rutland Kroger managers and employees in gathering Thanksgiving dinners for seniors in the county. They were delivered last Wednesday.

HCSO special Thanksgiving delivery

H

ANOVER – Seniors received an early Thanksgiving dinner thanks to the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office and the Rutland Kroger last Wednesday after deputies loaded 13 meals into their patrols cars to distribute throughout the county.

Lt. James R. Cooper, Hanover County Sheriff’s Office public information officer, said, “The seniors that will receive these dinners are part of the TRIAD-sponsored program called Adopt-ASenior. The intent of this program is to provide additional support and reassurance for older adults with special needs.”

He also said that individuals or couples aged 60 and over who live alone and have limited mobility or medical problems that render them

homebound, and who have limited family or social support are targeted for participation.

The Adopt-A-Senior program is intended to be one element of a supportive array of services within the community that assists older citizens to enjoy life with the greatest degree of dignity and as independently as possible.

For 17 years, the Sheriff’s Office has delivered dinners to seniors that participate in the Adopt-ASenior program.

According to Cooper, the annual event is made possible through the HCSO’s ongoing partnership with the Rotary Club of Mechanicsville, the Hanover-Ashland TRIAD, and the Rutland Kroger.

To learn more about this program, visit https:// hanoversheriff.com/224/Adopt-A-Senior.

HANOVER -The Hanover County Departments of Assessor, General Services, Human Resources and Parks & Recreation have moved.

They are now located within the Martha Ann Fields Building in the Courthouse complex at 7515 Library Drive to the immediate east of the Hanover Branch Library.

Parks & Recreation and Human Resources are located on the first floor of the Martha Ann Fields Building. The Assessor’s Office and General Services are located on the second floor.

Additional staff from the Department of Public Works (including the traffic engineer, airport manager and chief of solid waste operations among others) and Building Inspection fields opera-

tions personnel are located on the ground floor.

Phone numbers and email addresses are unchanged.

The Martha Ann Fields Building is the former General District Court Building, which has been renovated to create office space for the departments. It was dedicated by the Hanover County Board of Supervisors in October and is named for an enslaved woman who escaped with her children during the Civil War. The heroic story of the Fields family is told in a Virginia Department of Historic Resources roadside historic marker that was installed earlier this year.

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(Editor’s note: The following was submitted by Michael Gill, Ed.D., superintendent of Hanover County Public Schools, and Thomas G. Franck, M.D., M.P.H., director, Chickahominy Health District.)

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Choices matter -- and we need your help with keeping our schools open. Over the past few weeks, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of positive COVID19 cases reported in Hanover County. The data indicates that the vast majority of these cases are a direct result of community spread at social events where youth and/ or adults gather and do not take the necessary health precautions, such as wearing a mask and maintaining proper social distancing. This

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The Universe from the Center: Following up on Bennu/OSIRIS/Rex

By Dr. George Spagna Special to Ashland-Hanover Local Note: The Keeble Observatory at RandolphMacon College has ceased public viewing due to the pandemic until further notice. We are working on a method for streaming live video from the Observatory to our website, and hope to provide that as an alternative to actual visits. Watch the website (https://www.rmc. edu/keeble) for updates, or call the Keeble Information line at 804-752-3210.

Bennu/OSIRIS-REx follow-up: The sample grab was more successful than we thought. It grabbed so much material that the collector’s cover couldn’t close! Dust and small rocks were starting to drift away into space, so the decision was to

forego the “spin-up” maneuver to measure the mass of material and immediately transfer to the return capsule.

The probe will remain at Bennu until next March, when it will leave orbit and begin a long voyage home. The mission profile calls for delivering the sample via parachute into the Utah dessert on 2020 September 24.

So, what’s an “asteroid?”

We’ll discuss that over the next several months, but first some background.

In 1766 the only known planets were those known already to the ancient Greeks: Mercury, Venus, (Earth), Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Their relative spacing from the Sun had been established by applying geometry and Kepler’s “Laws of Planetary Motion,” published in the early decades of the 17th century. A German mathematician noticed a

simple mathematical relation which seemed to “predict” their orbits. We now know this as the Titius-Bode Rule, sometimes just called Bode’s Law. The formula works like this: Start with Mercury at .4 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. For each successive planet, add .4 + (3 times 2 raised to a power)/10. Here are the “predictions” compared to measured distances: Planet Mercury Venus Earth Mars ??

Jupiter Saturn

Titius-Bode distance Actual mean distance .4 AU .4 AU .7 AU .72 AU 1.0 AU 1.00 AU 1.6 AU 1.62 AU 2.8 AU ??

5.2 AU 5.20 AU 10.0 AU 9.88 AU

Not bad for numerology – but there’s no underlying theory. The “missing” planet at 2.8 AU was of some concern. Later discoveries of Uranus and

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Neptune sort of fit – Uranus at 19.2 AU versus predicted 19.6, Neptune at 30.05 AU versus predicted 38.8 indicates the rule’s failure for further utility, but what about that gap between Mars and Jupiter?

Was there a planet there yet to be observed? Had there been a planet that subsequently disappeared (or exploded)?

Astronomers searched actively to find it, and on 1801

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January 1, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered an object at 2.77 AU which he named Ceres, after the patron goddess of his native Sicily. But, Ceres is small – only 940 km in diameter. (It’s now classified as a “dwarf planet” because it is large enough to be spherical.)

Current nomenclature preceded the object name with its order of discovery, so it’s officially 1 Ceres. In 1802 another object was found in the gap, 2 Pallas (named after the goddess Pallas Athena). 3 Juno was discovered in 1804. 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in what we now call the asteroid belt was discovered in 1804 and named after the Roman goddess of hearth and home.

And another, and another …

And while there are likely millions yet to be discovered, they don’t collectively add up to make one decent planet. Ceres has about 30% of the mass in the entire asteroid belt; Vesta maybe 10%, Pallas maybe 7% -- and it goes down from there.

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The asteroid belt is most likely leftover material from the formation of the solar system. That stuff never coalesced into a planet (even a minor one) because of tidal disruption from Mars and Jupiter.

Next month we’ll focus on what they are instead of just where they are. And, by the way, while most are in the asteroid belt we do find other asteroids elsewhere in the solar system.

Lunar phases for December: Last Quarter on the 7th, at 7:37 p.m.; New Moon on the 14th, at 11:17 a.m.; First Quarter on the 21st, at 6:41 p.m.; Full Moon on the 29th at 10:28 p.m. New Moon on the 14th is accompanied by a total solar eclipse – but not visible from here. The track of totality begins in the South Pacific, crosses South America through Chile and Argentina, then into the South Atlantic.

All times are Eastern Standard.

(Don’t forget to turn back your clocks!)

Predawn planet watchers can see Mercury and Venus to the southeast. Venus rises at 5:00 am, and will be the brightest thing in that direction until the Sun comes up.

Mercury is only visible early in the month. Mars will be due south around 8:00 pm, and sets around 2:00 am. Jupiter and Saturn are setting at 7 p.m., so you’ll only have a couple hours after sunset to see them to the southwest.

Looking overhead at midmonth, about three hours after sunset, finds the constellation Andromeda at zenith. It’s not an impressive or terribly bright asterism, but is noted for the presence of the Andromeda Galaxy. Two million years ago the light you see from this rela-

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tively nearby galaxy, much like our own, left to come to Earth.

We see our own galaxy in cross section as the faintly luminous Milky Way, stretching from east to west, with a distinct bow towards the north. The stars making up this band are typically hundreds to thousands of light years away – a factor of over a thousand smaller than the distance to Andromeda.

The constellation Cassiopeia is to the north, in the plane of the Milky Way. It looks like a crooked M. To the west-northwest, Cygnus the Swan now looks like its other namesake, the Northern Cross. Deneb is the bright star at the top of the cross, about 40 degrees from the horizon. To the northwest is Vega, at about 18 degrees, and Altair is a little lower and to the west. When these were high in the sky, we called them the Summer Triangle. Now we bid them adieu until late spring.

Rising to the east is Orion, which will dominate the winter star scape. Above Orion is the familiar cluster of the Pleiades, about 55 degrees from the horizon and climbing.

If readers have questions about astronomy in particular or science in general that you would like covered in one of these columns, please feel free to contact me at gspagna@ rmc.edu.

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Santa Runs announced

by Hanover Fire-EMS Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com

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ANOVER – Hanover FireEMS companies are once again planning to visit the communities they serve by bringing Santa Claus to visit during the much anticipated Santa Runs.

The schedules are as follows:

ASHLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY Sunday, Dec. 6 – Oakhill Estates Subdivision, Fox Mill Run, Melton Road, Ashland Heights Road, Ashglade Court, Cheroy Road, Cheroy Woods Subdivision, Mount Herman Farms, North Woods Subdivision, Country Club Hills and River Run Subdivisions, Stanley Park Drive, Ashland Park Drive, and Carters Hill Subdivision.

Monday, Dec. 7 – Jamestown Road, Woodside Lane, Providence Subdivision, Woodside Estates Subdivision, Wintercrest Subdivision, Omni Park Place, Omni Apartments, Slash Cottage Subdivision, and Lance and Bridle Subdivision.

Tuesday, Dec. 8 – South Center Street southeast side, Virginia Street, East Francis Street, 1000 block of Maple Street, Kilby Station Road, 100 and 200 block of New Street, MacMurdo Street, Arlington Street and Mist Pines Apartments, Maiden Lane, Lee Street, 100 and 200 block of Robinson Street, Sedgefield Subdivision, Palm Leaf Subdivision, and 500 block of Pleasant Street.

Sunday, Dec. 13 – College Avenue, Caroline Street, North Taylor Street, Calhoun Street,

Louisiana Street, Macon Circle, Henry Place, North Cottage Green Drive, Trotter Mill Close Apartments, Hanover Apartments, Laurel Woods Apartments, Vaughan Road, Ashland Towne Square, and Smithtown Road.

Monday, Dec. 14 – Dale Avenue, South James Street, Duncan Street, Early Street, South Center Street southwest side, Oaks Apartments, Ashland Manor Apartments, Cox Lane, Stebbins Street, Race Course Street, West Francis Street, Hanover Avenue, South Snead Street, Beverly Road, Lee Avenue, Cubs Lane, and Thompson Street southern side.

Tuesday, Dec. 15 – Henry Street north of RandolphMacon College, Berkley Woods Subdivision, A&B Streets, 100 block of North Center Street east, Henry Apartments, northwest Henry Lane, 200 block of Berkley Street, Burruss Apartments, North Center Street west side, West Patrick Street, North James Street (North Snead to Thompson), Mullen Drive, North Snead Street, Wesley Street, John Street, Henry Clay Road, Thompson Street north side, Chapman Street, Cross Road, Clover Hill Drive, Elm Avenue, Park Avenue, Linden Street, and North Macon Terrace Subdivision.

The streets listed above are the basic order the fire company will be following each night, starting by 6:30 p.m. Due to COVID-19, Santa Claus and his Elves will be riding in the fire truck. Spectators are not to approach the moving units. As the fire truck nears, noise will be heard. Crews, at any time, may have to leave for an emergency. Santa and his Elves must

move swiftly so he can make it to all of the boys and girls. The Ashland station has been a volunteer organization since 1890; donations are always accepted and appreciated.

BLACK CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Schedule subject to change due to weather and/or calls.

Due to COVID-19, crews will not be exiting the trucks to hand out candy canes, but will stop for kids to wave at Santa Claus.

Friday, Dec. 4 – 6 p.m. -Starts at Beulah Church Road and Sandy Valley Road, Beulah Church Road to Woody’s Hundred Subdivision and back to Beulah Church Road to Glenn’s Harbor Subdivision and back to Beulah Church Road to Old Travellers Lane and back to Beulah Church Road to Cold Harbor Road to Flaherty Drive and back to Cold Harbor Road to Elder Ridge Lane and back to Cold Harbor Road to Turkey Hollow Subdivision and back to Cold Harbor Road to Market Road, Market Road to Range Road and back Market Road to Falling View Lane and back to Market Road to Rockhill Road and stops.

Note changes have been made to this route and if your street is not listed then please come to end of your road to see Santa.

Saturday, Dec. 5 -- 4:30 p.m. -- Starts at Old Church Road and Flannigan Mill Road, Flannigan Mill Road

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to Babbling Brooke Lane and back to Flannigan Mill Road to Ettington Road and back to Flannigan Mill Road to Hopewell Road to the county line, Hopewell Road from county line back to Westwood Road, Westwood Road to Hidden Lake Estates and back to Westwood Road to Jordan Woods and back to Westwood Road to Boundary Run and back to Westwood Road to McClellan Road McClellan Road to Crown Hill Road, Crown Hill Road see SANTA RUNS, pg. 4

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SANTA RUNS Continued from pg. 3

to Parsleys Mill Road, Parsleys Mill Road to Tanglewood Court and back to Parsleys Mill Road to McClellan Road and stops.

Friday, Dec. 11 – 6 p.m.

-- Starts at Rockhill Road and Cold Harbor Road Rockhill Road to Confederate Hill Drive and back to Rockhill Road to White Oak Ridge and back to Rockhill Road to McClellan Road, McClellan Road to Papa Lane and back to McClellan

Road to Black Creek Estates and back to McClellan Road to Peace Road, Peace Road to Quaker Road to Dispatch Road to Fox Hunter Road, Fox Hunter Road to Market Road and back to McClellan Road, McClellan Road to Peace Road and stops.

Saturday, Dec. 12, -- 4:30 p.m. -- Starts at Crown Hill Road and Burnett Field Drive, Burnett Field Subdivision and back to Crown Hill Road to Valley Oaks Subdivision and back to Crown Hill Road to

Madison Estates and back to Crown Hill Road to Tall Cedars Lane and back to Crown Hill Road to Cold Harbor Road, Cold Harbor Road to Boatswain Lane and back to Cold Harbor Road to Hanover Farms Subdivision, Hanover Subdivision and ends.

Note changes have been made to this route and if your street is not listed then please come to end of your road to see Santa.

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CHICKAHOMINY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 10 Sunday, Dec. 6 – 12 to 6 p.m. – Totopotomoy, Milestone, Ashcreek, Ashcake Station, Forest Lake Hills, Fox Head, Somerset, Colonial Estates, Chickahominy Falls, Elmont Woods, Stony Run Estates, Cedar Lea Parks, Kosmo Village, Telegraph Road, Lakeridge Apartments, and Americamps.

Sunday, Dec. 13 – 12 to 6 p.m. – Charleston Ridge, Atlee Ridge, Green Ridge, Hickory Ridge, Beechwood Farms, Summer Duck Farm, Chickahominy Oaks, Madison Springs, Honey Meadows, Taylor Farms, Kings Charter II/Stephens Manor, Ivy Banks, Castlewood, Kingswood Court, Rapidan Woods/Kings Charter I, and Charter Creek Apartments.

Sunday, Dec. 19 – 12 to 6 p.m. – Snow/rain makeup date.

EASTERN HANOVER COMPANY 3 Friday, Dec. 4 – 6 p.m.

-- Studley Road (from Mechanicsville Turnpike) to Summer Hill, including Blakewood Road, Linney’s Court, Spring Run Road, Double Five Drive), Studley Farms, Summer Hill to River Road (including Pinta and Cabin Court), River Road to Hanover Town Road, Hanover Town Road to Studley Road (including Scotts Landing) to New Bethesda.

Saturday, Dec. 5 – 5 p.m.

-- Old Church Rd (from Mechanicsville Turnpike) to Piping Tree Ferry Road (including Spring Run Road), Piping Tree Ferry Road to Old Church Road (Including Old Lafayette Road, Epps, Pamunkey River Farms Drive, Retreat Drive and Pamunkey

Crest Drive), around the loop back onto Old Church Rd and continuing to Candle Berry Drive, Christians Ridge Subdivision, to McClellan Rd and end on Crown Hill Road.

Sunday, Dec. 6 – 5 p.m.

-- Pole Green Road (from Rural Point Road) to Walnut Grove (including Sherrington, Fieldshire, Pole Green Station, Raven Runs Drive, and Spice Tree Subdivisions), Walnut Grove Road to Mechanicsville Turnpike.

Friday, Dec. 11 – 6 p.m.

-- Pole Green Road (from Mechanicsville Turnpike) to Williamsville Road (including Woodlawn Farm Drive), Williamsville Road to Studley Road (including Winsmith Farms, Prospect Hills, Pine Slash and Rainier Estates), Williamsville Road across Studley Road to River Road, including Santa Maria, Summer Plains and Gould Hill.

Saturday, Dec. 12 – 5 p.m. -- Sandy Valley (from Creighton Road) to Little Florida Road (including Hobby Horse Lane), u-turn at the end of Little Florida Road (including Shall Drive) and continuing onto Sandy Valley to Beattie’s Mill (Sinclair Manor), back to Beattie’s Mill (including Pepper Town Road) and back to U.S. 360.

Sunday, Dec. 13 – 5 p.m. -Battlefield Green Subdivision, West Haven Drive, Hughes Road, Orchard Lane, and Gethsemane Court.

Monday, Dec. 14 – 6 p.m.

-- Pebble Creek Subdivision, Walnut Grove to Colts Neck (including Melissa Page), Colts Neck to Sandy Valley (including Stonewall Estates and Garden Estates).

Alternate dates: Dec. 15, 16 and 17.

Due to safety, crews ask that all families that live at the end of short cul-de-sacs come to the main road.

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HANOVER COURTHOUSE STATION 5 Starting at 7 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 7 – 54 West, turn on Liberty Oaks, left on Depot, right on St. Paul’s Church Road, right onto 301, right on Depot Road, left on Liberty Oaks, left onto 54 going west. Turn right into Wickham Manor Way through the subdivision.

Come back out Wickham Manor Way turn right onto Route 54 to Taylor Complex turn around and head back east on Route 54 turn right on Goddins Hill Road, right on Jennings Road to the end.

Turn left on Mount Hermon Road, left on Goddins Hill Road then right on Mount Eagle Road. Turn around and proceed back on Mount Eagle Road turn left on Goddins Hill Road then turn left on Mount Hermon Road end at Stumpy Road.

Tuesday, Dec. 8 – U.S. 301 south to Cady’s Mill Road right on Cady’s Mill Road, right on Peaks Road, right on Stumpy Road to Mount Hermon Road – turn left continue to stop sign then left on Peaks Road , turn right on U.S. 301 right on Hill Crest Road to Hillcrest Baptist Church. Hillcrest Road right on Peaks, cross over U.S. 301 to Georgetown Road, turn left on Chestnut Church Road left into Glebe Hill Subdivision, turn around back down Chestnut Church Road to Georgetown turn right on Foxal Road to the end, turn around, back to U.S. 301 north all the way to Route 54.

Wednesday, Dec. 9 – U.S. 301 south, turn left on to River Road right into Dundee Estates right on River Road to the county line. Crews will see SANTA RUNS, pg. 5

New Town Hall PLUMBING, HEATING & COOLING

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The Town of Ashland government staffs have been gradually making the new Ashland Town Hall at 121 Thompson St. their work home. At right, lights, with a somewhat chandelier appearance, grace the ceiling above the lobby. Above, council members and other governmental bodies that meet at Town Hall will use the new Council Chambers.

SANTA RUNS Continued from pg. 4

then head back down River Road to U.S. 301, turn right onto U.S. 301 north, turn right onto Firehouse Road, turn right on to Normans Bridge Road, turn left on to Hanover Quarter Road, and head back to Normans Bridge Road turn right, back to U.S. 301 north to Caroline Line and turn around, back to 301 south to the County Courthouse Complex. *Crews will end every run by driving through the County Courthouse Complex in case you missed Santa.

SPECIAL NOTICE DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS: The streets listed above are the basic order we will be following each night. Due to COVID-19, Santa and his Elves will be riding in the fire truck and will not be exiting the apparatus. Please DO NOT approach the moving units. You should here us coming; we will give a little notice and please pardon our noise. Santa and his Elves must move swiftly so he can make it to all the children, so please understand our haste.

Please do not congregate in large groups and observe social distancing practices to ensure safety.

HENRY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 6 Start time around 6 p.m. each night.

Please socially distance while waving to Santa Claus.

Wednesday, Dec. 2 – Slash Church area, Mandy Lane, Bowie, Stumpy Road, Pine Ridge, Lincoln Park Circle, Wheeling Circle, Hanover Small Farms, and Patrick Henry Heights.

Friday, Dec. 4 – Academy Drive/Culley, Sharon Park, Holly Ridge, Brianthorn, Stywalt, and Hanover Heights.

Saturday, Dec. 5 – Avondale East, Avondale West, Royal Grant, Robin Ridge, Beaverdam Trail, Swannanoa, and Rural Point Farms.

Sunday, Dec. 6 – Garrison Manor, Berkley Forest, Quail Creek, Twin Oaks, and Atlee Lakes/Springs.

Wednesday, Dec. 9 – Mimosa, Pearson’s Corner, Henry Clay Heights, Holly Road, Knollwood, and Cool

Spring West.

Friday, Dec. 11 – Strawhorn, Springhill Acres, Pine Slash, Hartford Oaks, Greywood, Breckenridge, Shelton Point, Woodlands, Pebblebrook, and Enon Church.

Saturday, Dec. 12 – Pollards Creek, Fire Lane, Georgetown, Shannondale, Oakdale, Greenway, Colonial Forest, and Lindsay Meadows.

Sunday, Dec. 13 – Crown Colony, Royal Glenn, Rutland Grove, Atlee Manor, and Giles Farms.

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Christian Village, Cypress Tree, Davis Place, Dogwood Knoll, Fox Lair, Hanover Grove, Laurel Meadows, Legacy Park, Meredith Farms, and Summer Grove.

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STATION 7 Sunday, Dec. 6 – 6 to 9 p.m. – Adams Farm, Aspen Hills, Brandy Creek, Brandy Hill Apartments, Buff Ridge, Cold Harbor Farms, Creekside Village, Gaines Mill, Jackson Arch, Lereve Manor, Liberty Hall Hills, Locust Hills, Travelers Run, and Walnut Grove.

Wednesday, Dec. 9 – 6 to 9 p.m. – Bishops Park, Brooks Hollow, Covenant Woods, Cherrydale, Cherrydale West,

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He only talked about Pearl Harbor once being on a Sunday morning, all the ammunition lockers were locked up. I don’t recall if the gunnery officer was aboard to go to get the key to the ammo lockers.”

“Maybe 6 to 8 minutes after the initial attack started, we took a torpedo midship port side and then probably 2 to 3 minutes later took a bomb between the Number 2 and 3 stacks (the Raleigh had 4) midship that didn’t detonate. It went through the ship and out the bottom.

“It was then determined that it was maybe not a bomb but a 500-pound projectile.”

The reaction on the Raleigh was, Uncle Herman said, “just total confusion. People, not really understanding what was taking place, couldn’t understand the reason for it.”

After they saw “all the carnage and the damage that had taken place, we were handed rifles and ammunition.”

“Rumors were flying all over the place, like the Japanese were invading Honolulu. We didn’t know what was going to happen, but after a little while they (their supervisors) came around and said, ‘If worse comes to worse, we’re going to turn you loose.’ ” He said four or five of them sought out a lieutenant “who knew every nook, cranny and everything else on those islands.” They heard that Japanese miniature submarines were in the harbor. “It wasn’t safe to walk topside.”

The Raleigh suffered one injury in the attack: “a guy named Carl Workman,” who took a machine gun bullet to the hip. “I don’t know if he was running or what.”

Fortunately, Uncle Herman continued, even sailors on the quarter deck escaped injury when the torpedo struck.

“I thank the Lord. He really has kept His hand of mercy upon my life.”

The USS Utah rolled bottom side up astern of the Raleigh. “We sent a couple of people over and they got

By Melody Kinser Managing Editor

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ve often referred to Jack Herman Kinser, “Uncle Herman”, as being larger than life. He was strong; he was tough; he was a presence.

But, most of all, he was our family patriarch.

He had an incredible influence on his youngest sibling, my father, Dallas A. Kinser. The two were as close as any brothers could be.

There’s a story, however, about Uncle Herman that only I ever heard: Being at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked. He was onboard the USS Raleigh when the United States was drawn into World War II. We sat at my parents’ kitchen table; Dad started to sit down; Uncle Herman said, “No, brother”. I didn’t question him, neither did Dad. He looked down at the table as he started talking. I didn’t ask any questions -- he talked and I wrote.

When he was 12 years old, he already had his career plan: to join the U.S. Navy. He pleaded with his mother to allow him to enter the military in 1939 at the age of 17. She was hesitant, but his persistence finally won her over.

On to December 1941, which, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, was “a day that will live in infamy.”

The air strikes began at 7:55 a.m. that Sunday.

“We were getting ready to run the Stars and Stripes up,” Uncle Herman said. “I was 19 years old and scared to death. I don’t think anybody realized what was going on.”

“As we finally realized what was taking place, people were milling around, lost as what to do. It

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Trebek did make you feel like you knew him I am writing in response to the article titled “Trebek made you feel like you knew him”, published in your newspaper on Nov. 16, 2020.

I’d like to start by echoing the words of Melody Kinser: The day Trebek passed was a day of so many emotions.

Alex Trebek was a unifier in my family, the thing that would get everybody in the same room at the same time.

During this game of Jeopardy, we saw contestants scrambling to answer a question, some with the objective to get it right, and others trying to please Trebek.

He was a celebrity that many families welcomed into their homes because they found him comforting and reassuring and that they could truly get to know him.

He was a public figure that found a way to garner trust from those of us watching on the other side of the screen. And, as many have studied Trebek’s speech patterns in looking for clues, it makes us wonder if the show Jeopardy should even continue without him.

Emily Bowles Mechanicsville

Hanover Ruritan will not be selling Christmas trees (Editor’s note: The following letter was addressed to “Dear Neighbors”.)

This letter goes out to the Greater Mechanicsville community at large. I am writing on behalf of the Hanover Ruritan Club, a civic organization that has been serving the Hanover County community since its founding in May of 1936.

One way in which the club has served the local community is through see LETTERS, pg. 15

SANTA RUNS Continued from pg. 5

Saturday, Dec. 12 – 4 to 9 p.m. – Autumn Ridge, Barnette Oaks, Battlefield Farms, Beaverdam Bluff, Beaverdam Creek Apartments, Beaverdam Park, Berry Pointe, Brookshire, Bruces Estates, Burnside Farms, Cherry Grove, Chickahominy Bluffs, Cold Cove, Cold Harbor Gardens, Cold Harbor Meadows, Ellerson Farms, Ellerson Station, Elwin Place, Haden Estates, Harbor Square, Harbor Hill Farms, Hunters Crossing, Hunters Woods, Mayfield Farms, Meadowbridge, Mill Trace, Mill Valley, Pond Way, Rose Hill Estates, Summer Walk, Tangle Oaks, Thompson/Carneal, Timberlake Place, Walgrove Court, and York Point.

Monday, Dec. 14 – 5 to 9 p.m.

– Bell Creek, Bell Creek Estates, Cherry Grove, Chime Court, Coolwell, Green Oaks, Fullview Manor, Loralea, Meadowgate, Old Grove Glen, Ridgeview Estates, Seven Springs, Shady Brook, Shady Grove Forrest, Sherwood Crossing, and Spring Meadows.

Wednesday, Dec. 16 – 6 to 9 p.m. – Highpoint Farms, Jackson Avenue Apartments, Mechanicsville Farms, Mechanicsville Heights, Milton Woods, Oakley, Signal Hill, Sledd Run, Virginia Manor, Windmill Way, Windsor, and Windy Hills.

Special note to the community: Estimated times for each day are posted above and there will be two (2) Santas splitting the routes, so please be prepared. The streets/ neighborhoods listed above are not necessarily in the order we will follow each night. You should hear us coming and we’ll give a little notice, so please pardon our noise. Our tentative “makeup” date is Thursday, Dec. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. and we will make every effort to get to any areas we miss due to weather on that night. Santa Claus and his Elves must move swiftly so they get to see all the good boys and girls, so please understand our haste.

Since 1945, we have served our Mechanicsville neighbors 24/7.

Hanover County area library programs announced Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com HANOVER – Librarian Carolyn Garner has announced the upcoming virtual programs for December at the Pamunkey Regional Library.

All branches of the Pamunkey Regional Library will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25.

Virtual Programs on Zoom Atlee Virtual Book Club – 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 9. Join in discussing “About Face” by Donna Leon. Stop by the Atlee Branch Library to pick up a copy curbside or at the circulation desk or download it from hoopla, available as an ebook or as an audiobook. Registration is required at https://pamunkeylibrary.libcal.com/ event/7287928. This virtual program is hosted through Zoom and the meeting link will be sent to the email registered one day before the event occurs. For

more information or if you have a special physical or communication need, contact ask@pamunkeylibrary.org or call the Atlee Branch Library at 804559-0654.

UKW Virtual Book Club – 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 12. Join in a great online book discussion. Call 804769-3731 or visit the library for title information. Go to https://pamunkeylibrary.libcal.com/event/7268722 to register. This program is hosted virtually through Zoom, and the meeting link will be sent to the email registered 1 day before the event occurs. For more information or if you have a special physical or communication need, contact ask@ pamunkeylibrary.org.

Kids’ Lego Club – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 18, for grades K-5. Meet and talk with other Lego fans about your current creations, ask questions, and show off your amazing builds.

Registration required at https://pamunkeylibrary.libcal.com/event/7280039.

This virtual program is hosted through Zoom, and the meeting link will be sent to the email registered one day before the event occurs. For more information or if you have a special physical or communication need, contact ask@ pamunkeylibrary.org.

On Demand Videos Learn Holiday Origami for Teens -- Premieres Friday, Dec. 4, for ages 12 and up.

Make some decorative bows and a holiday gift box through the paperfolding artform of origami. Starting Dec. 4, go to https://www.youtube. com/user/pamunkeylibrary or https:// tinyurl.com/prlteens to see the video.

For more information or if you have a special physical or communication need, contact ask@pamunkeylibrary. org.

DIY Hovercrafts -- Premieres Saturday, Dec. 5, for ages 12 and up.

Learn the science behind how a hovercraft works and make a mini-version

of your own. Go to https://pamunkeylibrary.libcal.com/event/7280038 for the materials or more info. Starting Dec. 5, go to https://www.youtube.com/user/ pamunkeylibrary or https://tinyurl. com/prlteens to see the video. For more information or if you have a special physical or communication need, contact ask@pamunkeylibrary.org.

Cross Stitch 101 -- Premieres Saturday, Dec. 5, for ages 18 and up.

Get started with cross stitch. Limited kits will be available to pick up at the Cochrane Rockville Branch Library or bring your own supplies to follow along with our YouTube video. Patterns will be available to download. Starting Dec. 5, go to https://www.youtube.com/user/ pamunkeylibrary or https://tinyurl. com/prladults to see the video. For more information or if you have a special physical or communication need, contact ask@pamunkeylibrary.org.

Carolyn Garner may be contacted at cgarner@pamunkeylibrary.org or 804365-6214.

Comprehensive Plan Update 2021 Your Input Is Needed!

This is your opportunity to provide input as the Town drafts the new plan to guide Ashland into the future.

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Light Up the Tracks in Downtown Ashland with holiday fun December 1st to January 1st

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SHLAND– Every December, Downtown Ashland transforms into a vintage Christmas village with Light Up the Tracks, presented by Dominion Energy — a mile-long light display welcomes visitors for a unique small town holiday experience.

“Light Up the Tracks, a signature event of

Downtown Ashland Association, is a unique experience in our historic downtown,” said Maggie Longest, Executive Director of Downtown Ashland Association.

Downtown buildings are outlined in twinkling white lights, along with historic homes and Randolph-Macon College. The whole of Ashland’s Center Street is illuminated, giving visitors a chance to step into a real-life holiday postcard. Plus, local merchants and community groups offer special events all month long.

“We are proud to be a part of this one-of-akind celebration,” said Hunter A. Applewhite, president of the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation. “Especially during this difficult year, we are pleased to support community building and spread holiday cheer in Ashland.”

Visit downtown Ashland throughout December for holiday dining, quaint shops, quirky entertainment, and more. Shoppers wanting to experience the charm of Ashland’s main street will find handmade gifts and decor

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at many of the local shops. Visitors are also invited to warm up with a glass of wine or hot chocolate and enjoy Downtown Ashland’s many restaurants.

“Whether it’s a girls’ night out or a romantic dinner followed by an arm-in-arm stroll trackside, Light Up the Tracks brings all things merry and bright to your weekends in December,” Longest said.

Please find the special events calendar and visitor information at LightUptheTracks.com.

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Visit downtown Ashland throughout December for holiday dining, quaint shops, quirky entertainment, and more.

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Fewer spectators allowed for sports return

By Dave Lawrence Sports Editor MECHANICSVILLE – Official practices for winter sports are set to begin Monday at Virginia High School League member schools, but they begin in an atmosphere of great uncertainty amid a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic and everevolving guidelines on how to resume a life that is nowhere near returning to routine.

In light of the surge in COVID cases both within Virginia and nationwide, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Nov. 6 ordered a cap on both indoor and outdoor in-person gatherings to a maximum of 25 people.

Northam spokesperson Alena Yarmosky clarified what exactly the cap applied to.

“It’s important to note that the 25 person gathering ban, as always, applies to gatherings,” Yarmosky tweeted. “That means parties, celebrations, or group hangouts -- it *does not* apply to religious services, employment settings, retail stores, or school classrooms.”

Nevertheless, there was likewise some confusion as to how Northam’s Nov. 6 order would affect the resumption of high school sports. The VHSL clarified that the 25-person limit applied to spectators only.

“We want to make it very clear that the Governor’s order

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Basketball regionals limited to eight teams

By Tim Pearrell Richmond Times-Dispatch

Rachel Witham for The Local

Spectators, including cheerleaders and pep bands, will be limited to 25 people according to revised VHSL participation guidelines.

for reduction in public and private gatherings to 25 individuals applies to ‘spectators’ and not participants at those events,” VHSL executive director Billy Haun said in a Nov. 13 press release. “Nothing in the order prevents VHSL member schools from holding contests.”

The VHSL release clarified the definition of both spectators and participants in a subse-

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quent press release on Nov. 20.

“The governor’s order defines ‘participants’ as players, coaches, officials, school event staff and school administration critical to the operations of the contests, media, law enforcement, and medical services,” the release said. “Cheerleaders, pep bands, etc., and other student support groups, are counted as spectators in the limit of 25

25 spectators per field. Races allowed at events.” or marathons may have up But the 25-person limit on to 250 participants, provided spectators is actually an upper staggered starts separate runbound. The governor’s modiners into groups of 25 or less. fied guidelines as listed in his Amended Executive Order 67 b. Conduct screening of coaches, officials, staff, and players for mandate: COVID-19 symptoms prior a. The total number of spectato admission to the venue/ tors cannot exceed the lesser facility. of 30% of the occupancy load of the certificate of occupancy for the venue, if applicable, or see SPECTATORS, pg. 11

If area public schools get to play boys and girls basketball this season, most of the various regions they play in will have eightteam playoffs.

All regions have one week to complete their playoffs this year under the Virginia High School League’s condensed schedule due to the pandemic, which essentially caps the number of qualifiers in basketball at eight.

“Otherwise you’d have to play four games in five days,” J.R. Tucker activities director Chris Brown said.

“That time of year, you always have the weather issue kind of hanging out there. You’ve got to get this see REGIONALS, pg. 11

WE NEED YOUR HELP With the pandemic-related cancellations and delays, we could use your story ideas.

Contact Dave Lawrence at dlawrence@mechlocal.com with your suggestions.

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| Youth, High School, College, Recreational & Professional

Fewer spectators allowed for sports return

By Dave Lawrence Sports Editor MECHANICSVILLE – Official practices for winter sports are set to begin Monday at Virginia High School League member schools, but they begin in an atmosphere of great uncertainty amid a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic and everevolving guidelines on how to resume a life that is nowhere near returning to routine.

In light of the surge in COVID cases both within Virginia and nationwide, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Nov. 6 ordered a cap on both indoor and outdoor in-person gatherings to a maximum of 25 people.

Northam spokesperson Alena Yarmosky clarified what exactly the cap applied to.

“It’s important to note that the 25 person gathering ban, as always, applies to gatherings,” Yarmosky tweeted. “That means parties, celebrations, or group hangouts -- it *does not* apply to religious services, employment settings, retail stores, or school classrooms.”

Nevertheless, there was likewise some confusion as to how Northam’s Nov. 6 order would affect the resumption of high school sports. The VHSL clarified that the 25-person limit applied to spectators only.

“We want to make it very clear that the Governor’s order

10

Basketball regionals limited to eight teams

By Tim Pearrell Richmond Times-Dispatch

Rachel Witham for The Local

Spectators, including cheerleaders and pep bands, will be limited to 25 people according to revised VHSL participation guidelines.

for reduction in public and private gatherings to 25 individuals applies to ‘spectators’ and not participants at those events,” VHSL executive director Billy Haun said in a Nov. 13 press release. “Nothing in the order prevents VHSL member schools from holding contests.”

The VHSL release clarified the definition of both spectators and participants in a subse-

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quent press release on Nov. 20.

“The governor’s order defines ‘participants’ as players, coaches, officials, school event staff and school administration critical to the operations of the contests, media, law enforcement, and medical services,” the release said. “Cheerleaders, pep bands, etc., and other student support groups, are counted as spectators in the limit of 25

25 spectators per field. Races allowed at events.” or marathons may have up But the 25-person limit on to 250 participants, provided spectators is actually an upper staggered starts separate runbound. The governor’s modiners into groups of 25 or less. fied guidelines as listed in his Amended Executive Order 67 b. Conduct screening of coaches, officials, staff, and players for mandate: COVID-19 symptoms prior a. The total number of spectato admission to the venue/ tors cannot exceed the lesser facility. of 30% of the occupancy load of the certificate of occupancy for the venue, if applicable, or see SPECTATORS, pg. 11

If area public schools get to play boys and girls basketball this season, most of the various regions they play in will have eightteam playoffs.

All regions have one week to complete their playoffs this year under the Virginia High School League’s condensed schedule due to the pandemic, which essentially caps the number of qualifiers in basketball at eight.

“Otherwise you’d have to play four games in five days,” J.R. Tucker activities director Chris Brown said.

“That time of year, you always have the weather issue kind of hanging out there. You’ve got to get this see REGIONALS, pg. 11

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REZONINGS REZ2020-00021, ROSE STUBBS FLEMING, ET AL. Request(s) to rezone from B-3, General Business District, and R-1, Single-Family Residential District, to RM(c), Multi-Family Residential District with conditions and B-1(c), Neighborhood Business District with conditions, on GPINs 8705-83-4862, 8705-83-4904, 8705-84-6144, 8705-84-2275, 8705-84-3039, 8705-84-4273, and 8705-84-9046, consisting of approximately 8.5 acres, and located on the southeast quadrant of Meadowbridge Road (State Route 627) and Shady Grove Road (State Route 640). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Multi-Family. The proposed zoning amendment would permit the creation of 120 apartment units for a gross density of 15 dwelling units per acre and neighborhood business uses. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Chickahominy REZ2020-00024, ROXANNE S. AND LAZARO G. PERDOMO, ET AL. Request(s) to rezone from A-1, Agricultural District, to RS(c), Single Family Residential District with conditions, and M-2(c), Light Industrial District with conditions, on GPINs 7787-39-1265, 7788-40-0089, 7788-40-1355, 7788-40-0566, and 7788-40-0850, consisting of approximately 35.65 acres, and located on the north line of Old Keeton Road (State Route 719) at its intersection with Washington Highway (U.S. Route 1). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Suburban General (1.5-3 Dwelling Units Per Acre) and Business-Industrial. The proposed zoning amendment would permit the creation 71 single-family lots and 16 townhome units for a total of 87 dwelling units for a gross density of 2.68 dwelling units per acre on 32.03 acres. A self-storage facility would also be permitted on the remaining 3.62-acre portion of the property that fronts on U.S. Route 1. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: South Anna REZ2020-00039, LEWISTOWN COMMERCE CENTER, L.L.C. Request(s) an amendment to the proffers approved with rezoning request C-1-18(c), Lewistown Commerce Center, L.L.C., on GPIN 7788-66-1268, consisting of approximately 1.16 acres, zoned M-2(c), Light Industrial District with conditions. The property is located on the west line of Lakeridge Parkway (State Route 782) approximately 925 feet south of its intersection with Lewistown Road (State Route 802). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Multi-Use. The proffer amendment would adjust the phasing for construction of the proposed office building.

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REZ2020-00040, JEAN W. AND WILLIAM D. BERRYHILL Request(s) to rezone from A-1, Agricultural District, to AR-6(c), Agricultural Residential District with conditions, on GPIN 6798-95-0863, consisting of approximately 10.25 acres, and located on the west line of Watkins Road (State Route 721) approximately 200 feet north of its intersection with Dogwood Trail Road (State Route 620). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Agricultural. The proposed zoning amendment would permit the creation of one additional building lot for a family member for a gross density of one (1) dwelling unit per 5.13 acres. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: South Anna Copies of the above cases may be reviewed in the Planning Office, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Hanover County Board of Supervisors has set Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 7:00 P.M., in the Board Room of the Hanover County Government Building at Hanover Courthouse, Hanover, Virginia, as the day, date, time, and place for a public hearing to consider the following cases, at which public comments will be accepted: REZONINGS REZ2020-00036, ANGELO JORDAN, ET AL. Request(s) to rezone from A-1, Agricultural District, to AR-6(c), Agricultural Residential District with conditions on GPIN 8718-28-2005, consisting of approximately 14.45 acres, and located on the north line of Foxal Road (State Route 699) at its intersection with Georgetown Road (State Route 651).

The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Agricultural. The proposed zoning amendment would permit the creation of three (3) building lots for a gross density of one (1) dwelling unit per 4.82 acres. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Henry REZ2020-00037, ANNIE MAE DIXON-BAKER AND IRVING L. BAKER, SR. Request(s) to rezone from A-1, Agricultural District to RS(c), Single-Family Residential District with conditions, on GPIN 8715-39-9790, consisting of approximately 7.18 acres, and located on the west line of Verdi Lane (State Route 710) approximately 1,400 feet west of its intersection with Havelock Lane (State Route 2281). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Suburban General (1.5-3 dwelling units per acre).

The proposed zoning amendment would permit the creation of two additional building lots for family members for a gross density of one (1) dwelling unit per 2.39 acres. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Chickahominy REZ2020-00038, DOSWELL VENTURES, L.L.C. Request(s) an amendment to the proffers approved with rezoning request, C-22-92(c), George A. Hase, III, on GPIN 7796-91-8715, consisting of approximately 1.34 acres, zoned B-3(c), General Business District with conditions. The property is located on the northwest line of Chamberlayne Road (U.S. Route 301) at its intersection with Leon Lane (State Route 1364). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Commercial. The proposed zoning amendment would allow revisions to the approved proffers regarding architectural treatment and thoroughfare buffer landscaping. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Chickahominy REZ2020-00034, GRACE COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Request(s) to rezone from A-1, Agricultural District, to B-1(c), Neighborhood Business District with conditions, on GPIN 7798-30-4187, consisting of approximately 5.47 acres, and located on the south line of Sliding Hill Road (State Route 656) approximately 0.25 miles west of its intersection with New Ashcake Road (State Route 643). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Commercial. The proposed zoning amendment would allow the property to be used for church offices and small group meetings. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Ashland CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS CUP2020-00013, GRACE COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Request(s) a Conditional Use Permit in accordance with Section 26-110.7 of the Hanover County Zoning Ordinance to permit church offices and small group meetings on GPIN 7798-30-4187, consisting of approximately 5.47 acres, zoned A-1, Agricultural District (rezoning request pending for REZ2020-00034 for B-1, Neighborhood Business District with conditions), and located on the south line of Sliding Hill Road (State Route 656) approximately 0.25 miles west of its intersection with New Ashcake Road (State Route 643). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Commercial. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Ashland CUP2020-00012, TRUSTEES OF HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH Request(s) an amendment to a Conditional Use Permit (CUP-6-03, Trustees of Hillcrest Baptist Church) in accordance with Section 26-20.21 of the Hanover County Zoning Ordinance to permit a church expansion and its related uses on GPIN 8708-76-6495, consisting of approximately 5.42 acres.

The property is zoned A-1, Agricultural District, and located on the west line of Hanover Courthouse Road (U.S. Route 301) at its intersection with Hillcrest Road (State Route 649). The subject property is designated on the General Land Use Plan Map as Agricultural. (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Beaverdam SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS SE2020-00026, GREEN TIRE AUTO, L.L.C. Request(s) a Special Exception Permit in accordance with Section 26-184.4 of the Hanover County Zoning Ordinance to permit used car sales on GPIN 7787-99-7834, consisting of approximately 1.0 acre, zoned M-3, Heavy Industrial District, and located on the east line of Richardson Road (State Route 1254) approximately 1,175 feet south of its intersection with Lickinghole Road (State Route 1264). (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Ashland SE2020-00028, 18th STREET DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C. Request(s) a Special Exception Permit in accordance with Section 26-338 of the Hanover County Zoning Ordinance to permit a sign larger than permitted, on GPINs 7796-94-6872, 7796-95-4087 and 7796-95-7173(part), consisting of approximately 7.52 acres, zoned R-1, Single-Family Residential District, and located on the south line of Atlee Road (State Route 638) at its intersection with Hollycroft Court (State Route 2329). (PUBLIC HEARING) Magisterial District: Chickahominy Copies of the above case may be reviewed in the Planning Office, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Luck Chevrolet supports local youth Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com ASHLAND – Luck Chevrolet is once again partnering with the Patrick Henry Patriot Club and Patrick Henry High School through the Chevy Youth Sports program.

Similar to the successful partnership with Ashland Little League, the program features a one-time monetary contribution to assist Patrick Henry Patriot Club with registration fees, equipment costs, facility maintenance and other administrative fees to benefit Patrick Henry High School athletics.

The program also provides an opportunity for community members to earn additional funds for the league via a Test Drive fundraiser.

“Being involved with sports helps kids develop skills like leadership, cooperation, and sportsmanship while bringing families and communities together to show their support. Luck Chevrolet and Chevy Youth Sports are proud to help Patrick Henry Patriot Club bring extra resources to kids and families in Hanover, especially during this pandemic. We are excited for our high school athletes to be back on the courts and fields in our communities and look forward to cheering them on,” said Ross Luck, general manager at Luck Chevrolet. “Chevrolet believes in the power of play as a way for young people to build the life skills needed to be successful in their future endeavors.” see LUCK, pg. 14

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LUCK Continued from pg. 13

Chevy Youth Sports gives Chevrolet dealerships the opportunity to provide support for youth athletic programs across the country. In 2020, nearly 500 Chevrolet dealerships will participate in the program nationwide.

“Chevrolet vehicles are designed and built with busy families in mind, with advanced safety features, new technologies that make the journey more comfortable and engaging for the entire family, and the space and flexibility needed to haul people and cargo. We would

encourage everyone to come take a look at what Chevrolet has to offer,” said Luck.

For more information about Chevrolet Youth Sports, visit www. chevrolet.com/youthsports.com.

About Luck Chevrolet: Founded in 1916 in Ashland, Luck Chevrolet is one of the oldest Chevy dealers in the country. Luck Chevrolet is the local Chevy Truck Expert, featuring commercial specialty trucks and vans for all types of applications. Visit them virtually at luckchevrolet.com, or stop by their showroom at U.S. 1 and

Ashcake Road in Ashland.

ABOUT CHEVROLET Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is one of the world's largest car brands, doing business in more than 100 countries and selling more than 4 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature engaging performance, designs that make the heart beat faster, passive and active safety features and easy-to-use technology, all at a great value. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.

Storytime @ Home returns Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com HANOVER – Storytime @ Home, which started on Tuesday, Sept. 8, continues through Saturday, Dec. 5.

According to Librarian Carolyn Garner of the Pamunkey Regional Library, a daily online Storytime will be posted to the system’s website at https://tinyurl.com/prlstorytime at 10 a.m. Monday through Saturday Monday-Saturday and on

the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PamunkeyLibrary/) at 11 a.m.

Each Storytime features stories, songs, and fun, age-appropriate learning activities.

Check the calendar at https:// pamunkeylibrary.libcal.com/ to see more virtual programs for all ages this fall.

For more information, call your local branch library or email ask@ pamunkeylibrary.org.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The Hanover County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on December 9, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the Board meeting room at the Hanover County Administration Building, 7516 County Complex Road, at Hanover Courthouse, Hanover, Virginia, on the following ordinance being proposed for adoption: ORDINANCE 20 - 14 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE HANOVER COUNTY CODE TO ADD A SECTION NUMBERED 2-5 RELATED TO THE AWARD OF BONUSES TO HANOVER COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES OF THE HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND QUALIFYING EMPLOYEES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS FOR HANOVER COUNTY. A complete copy of the proposed ordinance and related information is available at the office of the County Administrator any regular working day between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

All persons wishing to comment on the proposal may appear at the stated time and place.

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TOWN OF ASHLAND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please take notice that on the 15th day of December at 7:00 p.m. at the Ashland Town Hall, 121 Thompson Street, Ashland, VA, the Ashland Town Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving input, and may take action on the following: REZ20-0819, ORD2020-15, & CUP20-1009 JAG LOGISTICS Michael Howard, applicant and owner of the property at 106 Jamestown Road, requests to rezone his property from RR-1, Residential Rural, and M-1, Limited Industrial, to M-2, Industrial.

The applicant intends to use the property for a contractor’s office and to store his landscaping equipment. Storing landscape equipment, in conjunction with a contractor’s office, is a use by-right in M-2. The applicant is also requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to store tractors associated with a separate trucking business. Storing tractors are associated with a truck terminal use, which requires a CUP in the M-2 district (Sec. 21-135, Permitted Uses). The property is approximately three acres in size, has a split zoning designation of M-1 and RR-1, and has a future land use designation of Mixed Business.

Copies of REZ20-0819 and CUP20-1009 may be obtained by contacting Town Hall at (804) 7981073, Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Written comments may be submitted to planning@ashlandva.gov or mailed to Town of Ashland, PO Box 1600, Ashland, VA 23005. *** PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NEW ASHLAND TOWN HALL BULDING *** All interested persons may attend and express their views, however, the number of people admitted to Town Hall is being limited in accordance with CDC Guidelines. Citizens are encouraged to participate electronically; please contact Bernadette Cornelius, bcornelius@ ashlandva.gov to make those arrangements. Any person with a disability requiring assistance in order to participate in this public hearing is asked to contact Town Hall in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

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on the bottom of it with hammers and pecked on it.

They got a peck back and pulled Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class John Vaessen, who had dogged himself down into the double bottoms.” The Utah, he said, “looked like a whale back.” The ship remains “right in the same place.”

Forty-seven ships were stationed at Pearl Harbor the day of the attack. The USS Nevada was the only one to depart under its own power.

That teenage sailor from the hills of West Virginia had survived by swimming to shore after the attack. His family didn’t learn he was alive until about three days later.

The boy who had wanted to join the Navy “so I can have the opportunity to see some of the world” returned

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an annual sale of fresh-cut Christmas trees. Hanover Ruritans have been hosting this tree sale for over 60 years, having begun to sell Christmas trees, in Mechanicsville, sometime in the late 1950s.

Multiple generations of families, from Hanover and the surrounding counties, have purchased Christmas trees beginning on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

For several years, our sale of fresh-cut trees has been the single largest fundraising event for Hanover Ruritan, with all the proceeds going back into the community in the form of scholarships and donations to local charities, non-profits, and other worthwhile organizations.

I have been assigned the unenviable task of notifying the local community that the Hanover Ruritan Club will not

to Hawaii in 1984 after a lot of encouragement from Dad. Of course, their wives, Annamae and Hazel, joined them. Uncle Herman had reservations about returning to the scene.

Mom recalls his reaction when they neared the USS Arizona in its below the ocean grave. Uncle Herman’s knees nearly buckled at the sight.

Seeing the place where as a young man he became a part of history prompted a flood of memories -- “just like it was happening all over again. It just finally brought it back to me. It wa a feeling I had never had before.”

In 1991, the State of West Virginia paid tribute to the survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack. My parents joined my uncle and aunt for a ceremony in which Herman received a medallion for his service.

Always humble and tightlipped about Pearl Harbor, it

was because of Dad’s urging that Uncle Herman took part in the program.

When he left the Navy, he, his wife and son settled in the Huntington, West Virginia, area. Whenever I wrote anything about his experiences that fateful day, I often received calls from other media outlets about him sharing his story. “No” was always my response. He told it once -and it’s a story I’ll never forget.

I get chills thinking about that day at that kitchen table as I listened to this man, this giant of a man in my eyes, talk about one of the most terrifying days in our country’s history.

As tears fill my eyes, I feel an extraordinary sense of pride of the contributions my family has made to the U.S. military. Uncle Herman, however, as always, stands tall above the rest.

be hosting a Christmas Tree Sale in 2020.

Due to unforeseen circumstances related to the unprecedented global health crisis, our club was not able to secure a supplier to provide us with trees. Several of our dedicated members, most notably Ray Heath, spent weeks doggedly trying to locate a supply of fresh-cut trees in the midAtlantic region and beyond, but to no avail.

As a club, we then had to make the difficult decision to cancel this year’s tree sale.

The Christmas Tree Sale means a great deal to many of our members, including myself, and has always had a tremendous response from the local community and our many loyal repeat customers.

We thank you!

Please know that this decision was not made lightly and only comes after much discussion over several months.

The members of Hanover Ruritan are disappointed to

cancel a Mechanicsville tradition that has been going strong for over half a century.

Hanover Ruritan is hopeful that this period will soon pass, and we can all begin to regain a sense of normalcy in our lives. Until then, we will have to be satisfied planning for our Christmas Tree Sale that will begin on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021.

(We look forward to seeing some of you then!)

On behalf of our club, I would like to again say, “Thank you!” to everyone who has ever bought a Christmas tree from Hanover Ruritan.

With the absence of our tree sale this year, the Hanover Ruritan Club encourages the citizens of Hanover County to consider donating to a worthwhile charity, a local service organization, or local First Responders.

Jym Coleman President Hanover Ruritan Fellowship, Goodwill, Community Service

CALENDAR | News, Updates & Listings Saturday, May 15, 2021 Rescheduled The Highland Springs High School Class of 1970 has had to postpone its 50th reunion again. The new date is Saturday, May 15, 2021. All other previous information is correct, including the location at the Hill Building at Sandston Pool at 501 Beulah Rd. in Sandston. Music will be presented by DJ Dalton Beagle. Dinner, drinks and dessert will be provided by Champagne Taste Catering.

Bring your own mixers and alcohol. Small coolers are welcome. The doors will open at 4 p.m.; cocktails at 5 p.m.; dinner at 6 p.m.; and cleanup will be at 10 p.m. The cost is $45 per person. Those who may have recently paid $50 after March 1 have been refunded $5. No tickets will be sold at the door. For invitations or more information, contact Bill Brooks at 1970HSHS@gmail. com.

Ongoing Families Anonymous Support Group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at the Episcopal Church of the Creator at 7159 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Mechanicsville.

The group is a self-help fellowship for the friends and family members of addicts who are in need of understanding

and healing themselves. For details, call Sandy at 804-7304812 or email sandy.leigh@ verizon.net.

Overcomers Outreach and Women’s Codependency, a Christ-centered anonymous support program offering hope and healing for recovering alcoholics, addicts and their families meet every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Mechanicsville Christian Center at 8061 Shady Grove Road in Mechanicsville. For more information, call 804366-9645 or email kjfaith1@ gmail.com.

Saturdays Trinity Lutheran Church, Ashland Campus, located at 11515 Ashcake Road in Ashland two miles west of U.S. 1, holds it church service at 5 p.m. with Pastor Roy Minnix, senior pastor, and Nycholas Greig, associate pastor. For more information, visit www. trinityrichmond.net or call 804-270-9626.

Sundays Outside the Walls, a new Narcotics Anonymous group, has been organized and will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. in the lobby of the Pamunkey Regional Jail at 7240 Courtland Farm Rd. in Hanover. For more information, contact John Shinholser,

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Deadline is 1 p.m. Thursday for the following week’s issue.

Calendar announcements cannot be taken by phone.

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McShin president, at 804-2491845. The website is http:// www.mcshin.org.

Tuesdays A Commanders Coffee is held from 10 a.m. to about 11 a.m. at the Beaverdam Post at 17662 Beaver Dam Rd. in Beaverdam. Members discuss issues of interest/befits of the American Legion. There also will be donuts. Eugene Truitt is the Post commander. He can be contacted at 804-7464734.

The Hanover Concert Band rehearses from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Tuesday, midJanuary through mid-December, at the Hanover Arts and Activities Center at 500 S. Railroad Ave. in Ashland, just south of U.S. 54. Membership is open to anyone who can read music and play a nonstring instrument. High school students are welcome with parents’ permission. For more information, visit www. see CALENDAR, pg. 16

Free drive-thru COVID testing available Dec. 5 Staff Report news@mechlocal.com MECHANICSVILLE – The First Union Baptist Church at 6231 Pole Green Rd. in Mechanicsville will host a free drive-thru COVID-19 test from 10 a.m. to noon on

Saturday, Dec. 5, at the church.

Church leaders and members of the congregation invite all to stop by for the test as rates continue to increase.

The test will be administered by the Chickahominy Health District doctors and nurses.

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Child care providers can sign up for free essential supplies Contributed Report news@mechlocal.com RICHMOND -- Several community partners are providing free essential supplies to providers at child care centers and family day homes.

Supplies include bleach, spray bottles, masks, touchless thermometers and more.

You must pre-register in order to participate, and you

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includes indoor and outdoor gatherings and sporting events, children playing in neighborhoods, sleepovers, and other recreational activities.

These choices are having a direct impact on the number of cases reported in our schools, which also is rising, particularly within our high schools.

This also has a direct impact on our ability to continue providing in-person instruction.

We are doing our part, and

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can select the date and location for picking up your supplies on the registration form.

The pickup date/time/ location is: Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Chester YMCA Parking Lot. All child care centers and family day homes must reside in one of the following localities to be eligible for this program: Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond,

Colonial Heights, Goochland, Powhatan, Charles City or New Kent.

The link to register is: https://airtable.com/ shr268C3tL2SjoNVj. The community partners are ChildSavers, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond, Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond, Virginia Department of Social Services and VPM.

we ask that you do yours. Our faculty and staff are working tirelessly each day to help ensure our buildings are as healthy and safe as possible.

Our health mitigation strategies are working. The spread of COVID-19 within our schools is very low, and we have not experienced widespread COVID-19 outbreaks.

However, we cannot control what occurs beyond our walls, and this is where we need your help.

Your choices affect others, so please choose wisely. We

understand that everyone is weary from the pandemic and craves normalcy. However, we must remain vigilant, especially as we head into the holiday season. Vigilance helps to protect everyone. Vigilance keeps our students healthy and ready to learn. Vigilance helps to keep our teachers and staff healthy so they can provide our students with the highquality instruction, support, and opportunities that they need and deserve. Vigilance helps to keep our schools open.

Second Tuesdays

Third Mondays

Hanover Family Support Group, a support group for family members of a loved one with a mental illness, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday evening of each month at the Ashland office of Hanover Community Services located at 12300 Washington Highway in Ashland.

Attendees support one another, share experiences, challenges and resources and to advocate for their loved ones.

For more information, contact Kathy Redfearn, LCSW at 804-675-4230.

The Hanover County Community Services Board meets at 6:30 p.m. at 12300 Washington Hwy. in Ashland.

The Hanover County Historical Society will be conducting free tours of the Old

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hanoverconcertband.org or call 804-789-0536.

Thursdays The Rotary Club of Ashland meets at noon for lunch at the Iron Horse Restaurant at 100 S. Railroad Ave. in in Ashland. For more information, contact Steve Dunham at 804-496-6093 or sandrdunham@yahoo.com.

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Hanover Courthouse on the Historic Courthouse Green from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every second Tuesday through December. The address is 13182 Hanover Courthouse Road in Hanover. For more information, visit http://www. hanoverhistorical.org/index. html.

The Clay Spring Garden Club in Ashland meets at 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month (except for the month of July at the First Baptist Church in Ashland off of U.S. 54. Barbara Boor is the president. Doors are open to anyone who would like to attend.

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