INSIDE SPRAY WARNING page 3 BOOK CHAIN page 5 18,215 page 7 MORE CROZET PIZZA page 8 OLD TRAIL NIGHT OUT page 10
AUGUST 2013 VOL. 8, NO. 3
Werner Takes Over as WAHS Principal
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THIEVES CAUGHT page 13 GARDENS IN SPAIN page 14 EAT LIKE AN ATHLETE page 15 BATESVILLE CLOSING page 16 HOUSING MARKET page 17 HOSPITAL CAPTIVES page 19 PARADE HIGHLIGHTS page 20-21 MERCY page 22 CROSSWORD page 23 VOYAGE TO GALÁPAGOS page 24 CHARD FRITTERS page 25 INVASIVES page 28 BEREAVEMENTS page 29 BOOK LIST page 30 HOT FLICKS page 32 DEWPOINT page 33 TWINKLING page 34
Exuberant Crozet Gators crowd the wading pool at Crozet Pool as they try to take a team picture with the 2013 Jefferson Swim League Trophy at the team victory party.
Gators Win JSL Championship! By David Wagner The Crozet Gators Swim Team won the 2013 Jefferson Swim League championship meet at the UVA Aquatics Center July 26 and 27, knocking the Fairview Swim Club off the throne it had occupied for 22 years. Crozet won by 28 points, scoring 1908.75 points to Fairview’s 1880.75 points. Fairview had
won every JSL Champs meet since 1991. Seventeen teams from four Central Virginia counties competed at the meet. Boar’s Head Swim Team placed third with 1789.25 points. Over the past decade the Gators have threatened to win nearly every year, but in the end continued to come up short. Through lots of hard work, determinacontinued on page 35
Peachtree 9U Ballplayers Represent Virginia at Southeast Tournament By Doug Barrese The Peachtree 9U All-Stars made an historic run to the final four of the Cal Ripkin 9U Southeast Regional Tournament in Franklin, Tennessee, July 24 and 25, the best a Crozet team has ever performed in Babe Ruth League play. On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late May, 12 nine-year-old boys from Peachtree’s minors bracket, selected after a nomination by their coach and a tryout, had their first team practice at Crozet Park. Players were Andrew
Barrese, Matthew Heilman, Michael Holzwarth, James Meenan, Hayden Miller, Jacob Petty, Brendan Quigley, Devin Rachwal, Andrew Shifflett, Isaac Sumpter, and Austin Zimmerman. Their tournament coaches were Matt Winkler, Drew Holzwarth and Austin Zimmerman. The boys share a love for baseball, a winning attitude and a determination to play hard. They showed grit and pride in how they represented Peachtree baseball, Crozet, and ultimately the state of Virginia, as they advanced to face big continued on page 6
Western Albemarle High School’s new principal, John Werner, comes to Crozet with experience mainly in northern Virginia high schools. He was raised in Wisconsin but moved to Virginia in his senior year of high school, a tough transition, and graduated from Chantilly High School in Fairfax County. He earned his undergraduate degree at George Mason University and went back there for two master’s degrees, one in curriculum and instruction and the other in educational leadership. He later earned a doctorate in education from Nova Southeastern University, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, through a program the university was offering in northern Virginia. Meanwhile he spent seven years as a social studies teacher at Herndon High School, which had a student population of 2,300, teaching mainly European history, psychology and government. He also coached football, as an assistant, and was the head coach of the boys’ track team. Then he moved into Herndon’s administration for three years
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WAHS Principal John Werner