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Vol. 30, No. 1 | Richmond Suburban Newspapers | May 8, 2013
Scholarship inspired pageant entry move Festival and Mechanicsville Christmas Parade. Her reign, however, also oney was her will focus on a cause dear to motivation her. “I really want to go to and a college Hilliard House or St. Joseph’s education is Villa and work on special her goal. Scholarship fundneeds” by providing “dance ing was the incentive for classes for the little children Brittany Brooker to become there. I’m sure their minds a contestant in the 2013 Miss are in places that most kids Mechanicsville Pageant. And aren’t, so I’d like to get their it paid off: She captured the minds off that a little bit.” crown and $2,500 scholarShe said she would like ship on April 20. to “find an outlet that can be “I was really interested theirs — cause everybody in the scholarship and I had has one.” done it the year before just for A senior at Atlee High fun,” Brittany said last week School, the Mechanicsville about her experience. “So, as resident will be heading to a dancer, it was just a fun little Randolph-Macon College in thing to do with my time.” the fall to major in communiAs she looks ahead to her year as Miss Mechanicsville, cations with a double minor in film and journalism. she is eager to participate Her father Jim is a graduin the Ashland Strawberry see PAGEANT, pg. 8 Faire, Hanover Tomato
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Jim Ridolphi for The Local
The Air Force Drill Team from Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, at the left, performed for the students using real and weighty M-16s at the April 27 Virginia Air Force JROTC State Drill Competition at Atlee High School. One of the Air Force Drill Team members is shown taking the floor for an exhibition in the photo at right.
Pomp, precision displayed JROTC drill teams gather at Atlee High for competition By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local Spit and polish was the order of the day on Saturday, April 27, at Atlee High School as high school drill teams from across the state gathered for the annual Virginia Air Force JROTC State Drill Competition. Thirty-four teams from the
Air Force Junior ROTC programs across the state participated in the event. Contrary to public opinion, Junior ROTC provides more than just a gateway program for students interested in joining the military. With a wide array of subjects, life skills and leadership topics, the program prepares students for life, whether
it’s military or civilian. Today’s program attracts young men and women interested in varied career paths and offers a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum. The Air Force Junior ROTC program at Atlee High School reflects that kind of goal diversee PRECISION, pg. 4
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