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Clowning around at the Koger Center BY JODI DEAL Regional Reporter
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his week, the Holiday Inn Koger Center in Midlothian will be taken over by a bunch of clowns – literally. About 200 members of Clowns of America International have gathered for their annual conference, held in a different location each year. During the gathering, which started on Tuesday and lasts until Sunday, they’ll learn plenty about their trade, with seminars on everything from new makeup techniques, balloon animals and magic tricks to ministering through clowning and international clown practices. While the courses and other events – like an awards banquet and private parties – are strictly for clowns, other events, including skit and parade competitions, are open to the public. In fact, event chair Sandra Winstead said spectators are an important part of the competitions. CLOWNS page 3
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Members of Virginia Alley # 3, a local clown group, are hosting a national clown convention at the Holiday Inn Koger Center this week.
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earn all about the Civil War battle sites that played a major role in the 1864 Bermuda Hundred Campaign through an upcoming driving tour that departs Henricus Historical Park at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 20. Offered by the Chesterfield Department of Parks and Recreation and
the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia, the tour will examine a larger ring of fortifications that made up a Confederate line of defenses known as the Howlett Line. Constructed in late May, 1864, this defensive position would prevent Federal troops from launching any further operations and keep the Army of the James entrenched on the peninsula. Participants will stop
at Battery Dantzler, Parker’s Battery, Howlett Line Park, Fort Wead and Sgt. Engle Park. The tour costs $15, and registration is via PayPal at www.chesterfieldhistory. com. Transportation will be provided and space is limited. Participants should wear comfortable shoes and bring snacks and water. For more information, call 804751-4946.
Celebration of the Vine BY KOREY HUGHES Special Correspondent
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ocal wine lovers will soon get a look at what Virginia has to offer at the seventh annual Celebration of the Vine Wine Festival, set for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. Hosted by the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce, the event will feature vineyards and wineries from all over Virginia. It will be held at the Chesterfield County Government Complex at 9901 Lori Road in Chesterfield. Darcy Warren, communications and events director for the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce, explained the event’s goals. “It’s about bringing people together in Chesterfield County to support Virginia wines and local craft vendors and artisans,” Warren said. “We also want to provide a tourist destination here in Chesterfield County, which is one of our ultimate goals.” Chris Sovine of Huckleberry Café and Catering is the chairperson for this year’s festival, which she planned along with chamber members and Chesterfield County government officials. Warren said Sovine had previously served on the committee and also helped to plan the Petersburg Wine Festival, giving her valuable expertise. VINE page 2
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Jay Morehouse as Dr. Einstein and Eddie Webster, playing Jonathan, tie and silence Mortimer, played by Art Trotter. The three are among the cast of the Huguenot Community Players’ production of Arsenic and Old Lace, which opens Friday, April 19.
Betsy Jane Allen helps wash dishes during a recent Cooking for a Cure fundraiser. Scott Allen’s barbecued chicken and ribs were so popular that the April 6 event sold out quickly. He will return on Saturday, April 20.
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More Cooking for a Cure set They followed their noses to where Allen and other Special to the Exchange volunteers were serving up After the overwhelming barbecue and sides. All the success of recent fundraising profits were donated to the cookouts, Scott Allen will fire American Cancer Society’s up his grill again at 10 a.m. Lee’s Scouts Team, named for on Saturday, April 20 at Bon Allen’s sister, Lee Allen Dean, Air Shell in hopes of raising a veterinarian’s assistant and money to fight cancer. Boy Scout leader, who died of As Allen cooked on April cancer in 2004. 6, the wind was cold enough Team members Betsy Jane to make people shiver in the Allen, Scott’s mother; Todd sunshine, and strong enough Allen, Scott’s brother; Layton to carry savory smells they and Cory Deane, Scott’s could not resist. Customnephews; Andrew Dunnick ers said they could smell the and Larry Lawless served up barbecued ribs and chicken the meat, with sides of potato next door and as far away as Forest Hill Avenue. CURE page 2 BY FRANCES CRUTCHFIELD
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nept police, bodies in the window seat, burial in the Panama Canal, an untrained plastic surgeon, an evil brother, a taste of elderberry wine and two of the nicest serial killers you could hope to know. Intrigued yet? You can find all of the above in the classic comedy Arsenic Old Lace, which is being offered up by the Huguenot Community Players starting Friday, April 19. Under the Direction of Alex Martin, local actors will bring charming and disturbing characters to life. Cast members include Mickey Black,
Shawn Hambright, Cary Houseman, Todd Lautebach, Jay Morehouse, Bill Oglesby, Emily Poff, Don Polaski, Rod Sterling, Art Trotter, Eddie Webster and Pat Walker. Evening performances will start at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19, Saturday, April 20, and Thursday through Saturday, April 25 through 27. Sunday matinees will begin at 2:30 p.m. on April 21 and 28. Performances will be at Huguenot United Methodist Church, located at 10661 Duryea Drive in Richmond. Tickets are $12, and reservations can be made by calling 804-272-6820.
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obby Ukrop is quick to humbly lavish others with credit for his contributions to the community, Jay Stegmaier, Chesterfield’s county administrator, said as he introduced his friend at an awards breakfast on Friday in his honor. Best known as president and chief executive officer of Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods, Ukrop also has had a hand in many regional and local initiatives, including the Greater Richmond Aquatics Partnership, Communities In Schools of Chesterfield, The First Tee PHOTO BY JODI DEAL
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Bobby Ukrop accepts his award from Debi Girvin.
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This weekend's Celebration of the Vine will feature hundreds of wine makers, musical entertainment and crafts.
ooking for a fun, hands-on way to celebrate Earth Day? From 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, the public is invited to come help park officials with landscaping work at the CCC Museum, which is located at 10301 State Park Rd in Chesterfield. Volunteers of all ages will be needed to plant 50 seedlings donated from National Wildlife Federation, landscape and remove invasive species. At the end of the day, participants will have helped create a beautiful garden for all park visitors to enjoy, and will receive Stewardship Virginia certificates. If you want to participate, bring water, gloves and April 22 marks the 43rd celebration of Earth Day, the grassroots environmental awareness event celebrated in 175 countries. Pocahontas is one of many Virginia State Parks that
will offer programming and volunteerism events during “Earth Week,” April 16 through 22. A statewide recycling program will also be introduced. Dominion Virginia Power awarded a $25,000 grant to Keep Virginia Beautiful for 250 rolling recycling bins and educational signs in Virginia State Parks. Keep Virginia Beautiful also provided portable cigarettebutt ashtrays and larger disposal units to help with cigarette litter, which is unsightly, costly to clean up, and harmful to waterways and wildlife. Units will be in place statewide for Earth Week. For more information concerning green attractions, green lodging and green meeting facilities, visit www.virginia.org/ green. For more information on Pocahontas State Park, email pocahontas@ dcr.virginia.gov, call 804796-4255 or visit www.dcr. virginia.gov/state_parks/ poc.shtml.
terfield County Chamber of Commerce. “I think it represents a wide variety of the types of vineyards and wineries we have in Virginia,” Warren said. “Some are big, and some are smaller, family-owned ones, while some have existed for many years, and we will have some that are new. But it’s great to support them all.” Advance tickets are $20 for tasters and $10 for non-tasters. Tickets are available at 26 Martin’s grocery locations, which are also offering a $2 discount for advance ticket purchases through Friday, April 19. At the gate, tickets are $30 for tasters and $15 for nontasters. For more information about the Celebration of the Vine Wine Festival, visit CURE from page 1 www.acelebrationofthevine. salad, cole slaw, macaroni com. and cheese and baked beans. For dessert, there were lemon cupcakes. A couple of people walked over from Sneed’s Nursery. “I work next door. The CONTRIBUTED REPORT PACE, which provides CareMore, which smell’s killing me,” one ptions are out all-inclusive care for the focuses on wellness and woman said. there to provide elderly with comprehensive coordinated-care plans for The smells enticed Frankie specialized care long-term services and sup- its patients. Cox, a five-year survivor, for older adults. ports. The program will be held who was headed in the other Learn about three pro JenCare, which proat Lucy Corr Village, located CONTRIBUTED REPORT direction. grams specially designed to vides neighborhood medical at 6800 Lucy Corr Boulevard full day of art “I smelled it all the way meet older people’s needs at centers that specialize in in Chesterfield. For reservaand music will from Forest Hill Avenue, and 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 25. primary care and preventive tions or more information, kick off at 1 I said I’ve just gotta come PHOTO PROVIDED BY The seminar will cover: medicine. call 804-768-7878. p.m. on SaturFRANCES CRUTCHFIELD back,” said Cox. day, April 20, as Trinity The team offered Susan Episcopal School hosts its McDorman drive-up service Andrew Dunnick helps wash dishes during a eighth annual Titan Jazz because there was no parking recent Cooking for a Cure and Art Festival. space available for her car, fundraiser. More than 200 area which was pulling a trailer come back for ribs,” he said. high school students with a hydraulic lift for her Charlie Frith, a frequent will take the main stage scooter. customer, bought a half of a throughout the day “I’ll take a whole chicken,” chicken, a request from his as part of the musiMcDorman said. “It’s the wife of 61 years, and returned cal line-up. Jazz will be week before chemo, when later to make a donation. performed continuI eat everything that’s not All the ribs were gone by ously from 1 to 7:30 p.m. nailed down.” Ensembles will perform Several people made more 1 p.m., and nearly everything else soon after. Disappointed from Lee-Davis High than one trip. Ed Burgess customers were offered the School, Maggie Walker asked Allen to save him a Governor’s School, whole chicken, then returned promise that Scott will soon be cooking again. Steward School, Monacan with his wife, who bought a Hours for the April 20 High School, Collegiate half rack of ribs as well. cooking event are techniSchool, James River High “I’m a survivor – three cally 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., but School and Trinity Episand a half years,” said Burorganizers report that ribs copal School. Antonio gess. often sell out by noon. Come Garcia, nationally-acEric Branch also made a claimed director and second trip to add a half rack early and come often. Don’t head of Jazz Studies at of ribs. “I ate the chicken and miss it. Bon Air Shell is located at Virginia Commonwealth macaroni and cheese and 8762 West Huguenot Road. University, will also baked beans, and I had to conduct the VCU Greater Richmond High School Jazz Band for the festival finale. The headliner is Brazilian ensemble Quatro na Bossa at 3 p.m. Student artwork will be exhibited by Richmond area middle schools and Trinity’s International Baccalaureate students. Participating schools include Seven Hills School, St. Christopher's School, Steward Middle School, St. Michael's Episcopal School and Veritas School. Trinity faculty will offer pottery and printmaking PHOTOS PROVIDED BY PAULA WILLIS workshops between 1 and William Davis of Greenfield Elementary was recognized for 1:30 p.m. creating the winning currency used at VCU Market Day and Festival attendees rang the opening bell. will be able to sample a variety of foods from well known jazz cities at the Taste of Jazz food court. ® For example, jambalaya will be available from New Orleans, deep dish pizza from Chicago and CONTRIBUTED REPORT a town name, currency, jobs, chili from Memphis. Greenfield Elementary salaries, businesses, services, Food court tickets are School’s fourth grade Center- marketing and advertising, $10, which includes Based Gifted classes parand production in order to samples from each of ticipated in Mini Economy study and experience aspects nine celebrated jazz cities. Market Day at Virginia of practical economics. StuAdmission to the festival Commonwealth University dents from a variety of local is free. on March 26. Market Day elementary schools attend For more informaat VCU is the culmination the VCU event, during which Family Practice Specialists of Richmond - 3742 Winterfield Rd, Midlothian tion, visit www.trinityes. of the Mini-Economy unit. they participate in a market org/jazz. Each fourth grade CBG atmosphere with other stuclassroom participated in dents, selling their handmade “the society” complete with products. browse the event’s website will find helpful cell phone apps “When our past chair, Carl that will make navigating the Duffy, decided to step down, festival an enjoyable experiChris was a natural fit,” Warence. “We’ve got different ren said. “She knows festivals apps that you can put on your and knows a lot of local winer- phone about wine tasting, and ies as well, which is helpful.” you can find all of our sponA large, established event sor and vendor information could be successful without there,” Warren said. making major changes, but So, what’s the process for festival-goers are likely to selecting the vineyards and notice upgrades put in place wineries for inclusion in the this year. festival each year? For the first time, customWell, as Warren explained, ers who purchase cases of wine the Celebration of the Vine during the festival will be able Wine Festival gets plenty of to store them in a secured area requests, but it also reaches out while they enjoy the festivities. to local wine producers. Atten“We’re adding a new eledance surpassed 5,000 visitors ment with a sort of ‘will-call’ last year, but if it reaches a new area where people can keep plateau this time, Warren said their cases to hold them,” that additional suppliers might Warren said. “It was something be added to meet increased that we heard about other demand in 2014. festivals doing.” “It’s a little bit of both,” In addition, attendees who Warren said. “We get quite a
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few requests, but we only take so many each year.” “If you have too many, the individual wineries won’t get as much space. So, if we go up and get in another 1,000 people this year, we will probably get another winery in next year.” The band Casper, which plays a mix of funk, Motownera hits and swing, will be the featured entertainment. “We have had a working relationship with them for years now, so we schedule them and they reserve their calendar for us,” Warren said. At press time, 50 artisans and craft vendors had been confirmed, who will sell a host of items including jewelry, leather goods and pottery. Certainly, the wealth of experiences at Saturday’s event will be a win-win for wine lovers, wine suppliers and the Ches-
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hesterfield County Public Schools focus heavily on math, science and technology, as careers in those fields are in high demand. This weekend, students will show off what they’re learning Chesterfield County Public Schools STEAM Fair at the Science Museum of Virginia, which is located at 2500 West Broad Street in Richmond. The acronym STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Technology. During the event, students will show off their science projects and their analytical skills when they participate in competitions that involve those key subjects. Middle and high school STEAM competitions, demonstrations and project displays will get underway from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 19. During those hours, the museum will
be closed to the public. The museum will be open to the public as elementary school STEAM team competitions, demonstrations and project displays take place from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for kindergarten through second grade students and from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. for grades three through five on Saturday, April 20. Melanie HaimesBartolf, instructional specialist for science for grades K-12 at Chesterfield County Public Schools, said the fair shows off what students can do. “The STEAM Fair highlights what students are learning in schools every day and all year round,” Haimes-Bartolf said. “(It) demonstrates how students are integrating science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics across the curriculum and in their everyday lives.” In order to qualify for the STEAM Fair, student science fair projects were either accepted by
numbers of seconds will also receive ribbons. “Each student in a team of five students will do one of five Minute to Win It tasks, (and) students will be given an explanation of the task that they must complete within a minute,” Haimes-Bartolf said. “Fellow students may coach their teammates during competition.” 2013 marks the second year that STEAM Fair will be held at the Science Museum of Virginia. Haimes-Bartolf PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS said that the museum is This group of students is participating in last year's STEAM Fair, which, like this a perfect venue for the year's event, was held at the Science Museum of Virginia. The Bailey Bridge event in terms of context Middle School team, shown here, was competing in the STEM Olympics. Each and space and that it is team had a variety of items and had to figure out how to use those items to a good way for students move an egg a certain distance. and parents to see what a wonderful resource it is. the Metro Richmond to Win It competitions. the highest numbers of The event is primed Science Fair sponsored During the STEAM points will win ribbons to provoke scientific by the Mathematics Challenge competitions, for first, second, third curiosity in the minds of and Science Innovation teams of five students places and honorable Chesterfield County Public Center or the Virginia from each school will mentions. Junior Academy of Scibe assigned a challenge, A scientific Minute to Schools students who will ence or they were among and will have to create Win It competition will participate in it. And, at the same time, the seven best projects in a design to solve that pit groups of five stua school-based science problem using an assort- dents against each other it might also stimulate the mental motors of fair. The schools selected ment of materials. Evalu- in an assortment of the students who will ators will observe while scientific challenges. The museum visitors who will see the projects take part in the STEAM the teams work, and students who complete Challenges and Minute competing schools with the tasks in the shortest those pupils have put
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oodwill and James River High School are partnering to provide a convenient, free, and tax-deductible way for Midlothian residents to clean out their clutter for a good cause. Local residents can bring their gently used items, including computers, to the James River High School parking lot from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. Goodwill donation attendants, as well as students from James River’s Leadership Program, will be on hand at the big blue Goodwill truck to help unload items, answer questions, and provide donation receipts. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Goodwill once again. Our families and neighbors have come to rely on being able to donate easily to this great organization every spring,” said Jeff Ellick, principal of James River High School. “Every year, we see more and more students volunteer and more and more area
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Students from Swift Creek Middle School were among the participants in Chesterfield County’s first countywide Battle of the Books Competition. They included, front row, left to right, Annie Sanchez, Veronica Lee and Bradley Spencer, and back row, left to right, Alyssa Novo, Kathryn Randall and Anthony Fludovich.
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So what will you see if you come to the clown convention? “A bunch of crazy people,” Winstead said. All joking aside, spectators can see clowns doing what clowns do best: jumping around, joking, posing, doing skits, painting faces and showing off their very best makeup and costumes. Vendors also will be on hand selling clown supplies. Public events include: Thursday, April 18,will feature a makeup competition from 8 a.m. to noon, a face-painting competition from 1 to 3 p.m., a balloon art competition from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and a variety show from 7 until about 9:30 p.m.
As the world changes, clowning is becoming a bit of a dying art, Winstead said. The local regional division of Clowns of America International, Clown Alley 3, which is the oldest remaining chapter of the organization, once had as many as 65 members. That’s down to 35 right now, and many clowns across the country are older hobbyists who have the time and money to do it right. “It’s an expensive recreational activity,” Winstead said. Finding time to clown is tough for working adults, she added, noting that the national organization has a huge contingent in Florida. That said, the time, money and effort are worth it for clowns like Winstead, who said bringing people joy has deep meaning for her. “It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done,” Winstead said. “It has added so much levity to my life.” Winstead said she hopes that locals with an interest in clowning will come learn more about the hobby at the convention. Clown Alley 3 meets twice monthly and may soon offer a beginner’s class, she noted. Learn more about the convention and Clown Alley 3 at www.clownalley3.com. You also can reach Clown Alley 3 by calling 804-257-9799 or by e-mail at clownalley3@ yahoo.com.
Friday, April 19, events will include an individual skit contest from 8 a.m. to noon and a group skits competition from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Nighttime activities, including a non-clown costume party, will be only for convention participants. Saturday, April 20, will feature one very important public event, a paradability contest, which will test clowns’ ability to participate in a parade and engage crowds. Starting at 9 a.m., outside if weather permits, clowns will ham it up for the public until noon.
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CLOWNS from page 1 “We appreciate the audience because we need people to laugh at us!” she said. Winstead isn’t just the event’s planner. By day, she’s a certified public accountant; in her free time, she becomes “Strawberry,” a cheerful, face-painting clown. She said she fell in love with clowning during a visit to the circus as a child, but didn’t actually don the white makeup until she was in her 30s and took a clown course at John Tyler Community College. “It’s positively the most joyful thing you can do,” Winstead said. She added that there’s something about a clown that melts everyone from little kids to tough-looking adult males. “I never take for granted that a child will come up and hug me when I have my clown makeup on. It’s a privilege.” After 18 years as a clown, Winstead, who lives in Chesterfield, has been to Clowns of America International conferences across the country, making friends along the way. “There’s nothing like being in clown world for almost a whole week, seeing people you only see once a year,” Winstead said. “The whole week will go by, and, other than occasionally going out to get a meal, you don’t do anything normal. You don’t turn on the television. It’s just being silly and having a good time. That’s as good as it gets.”
together. “We believe that students who develop and use knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to be successful in STEAM disciplines also develop problem-solving skills and abilities necessary to engage in a global society,” Haimes-Bartolf said. “And, we want to encourage higher thinking and learning skills and abilities by facilitating students’ learning and understanding of difficult concepts through application.” Admission is free for Chesterfield County Public Schools students and their families who are participating in the fair, excluding IMAX access. For spectators, admission to the STEAM Fair is included with exhibit admission, which is $10 for youth ages 4 to 12 and seniors ages 60 and up, $11 for adults ages 13 to 59 and free for Science Museum of Virginia members. For more information about the STEAM Fair, visit www.smv.org.
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No higher calling conversations we had during her illness. I felt as if she was giving me final instructions have several friends who are caring for for life, and attempting to answer every question aging or ill parents, and I have the utmost that might arise once she passed. respect for the compassion and diligence To make a long story short, those two years of they display every day in these efforts. my life were the most rewarding, satisfying and They are part of a silent suffering number educational months of my life. She taught me of Americans who face the elder care situation more in those final months than any professor, with fear, anticipation and, although sometimes priest or mentor I’d had. misplaced, hope. And I kept my end of the bargain — keeping It’s a web of paperwork, appointments, asher out of nursing homes until the final months sessments and what seems like endless hoops when home care wasn’t enough to keep her goto jump through to obtain the best care for our ing. loved ones. We hang in the struggle because the And when she went into a home, I never outcome is so important, but the issue of how missed a day going to be with her, still taking her we care for the elderly in this country is a subject meals from home until the end. most politicians avoid. It shouldn’t be. But, I got a lot more than I gave. I remember It hits home when many of us least expect it. one summer night near the end when she sat on So, caring for aging parents at home seems the end of her bed, feet dangling like a 12-year like the best option to me. Unfortunately, I’ve old. had experience in this field as a consumer and We talked of my long deceased father, my caregiver. sister, her grandchildren and life in general until When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, I finally got up the nerve to ask her the question my mind and life were as far away from impend- everyone is at least a little curious about. ing tragedy as they could get, and I was the least “Is it hard dying?” I said quietly. likely suspect to become anyone’s caregiver. “No,” she replied without hesitation. “Finding But, life casts us in varying and seemingly un- the strength to live is the hard part. Leaving the suited roles, and I became my mother’s caregiver. people who I have loved and who have loved me Now, most parent/child relationships graduis the hard part.” ally change when the latter becomes the priYou never know when or where life’s wisdom mary caregiver, but that wasn’t the case with my will strike, but people who care for their parents mother. She was a strong, independent woman have reserved a special place in my heart. I know who maintained her dignity in the most difficult your struggle, and I also can reveal the promise of situations. In other words, she called the shots of your journey. during her illness and I carried out the orders. Embrace the mission and it will offer you But our relationship did change, and I grew untold rewards and, always remember, you’re not to treasure what I first perceived an enormous traveling the road alone. inconvenience, and looked forward to our long
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tives like those Ukrop has worked on have a lasting impact, Stegof Richmond and Chesterfield and maier pointed out. Sports Backers. He was chosen as “Those people whose lives the 17th recipient of the Bernard Bobby has touched more than L. Savage Community Service others aren’t here today – thouAward, which he received at the sands and thousands of young April 12 ceremony at Ruth Chris people,” Stegmaier said. He later Steak House. added, “Without Bobby’s support “People can make a difference and commitment to community in the community,” Ukrop told fitness, these things wouldn’t be members of the Chesterfield Busihere.” ness Council of the Greater RichUkrop is president of the mond Chamber, the group that Greater Richmond Aquatics presents the award each year. “I Partnership, which organized the accept this on behalf of the people development of the $14 million who have worked so hard to make these programs a reality.” Ukrop said he was surprised Bobby Ukrop and humbled by the honor, noting that the award holds special meaning for him, as he knew the family of its namesake, real estate broker and community leader Bernard Savage. Stegmaier was just one of many who described Ukrop as a kind, fair, dedicated family man and member of the community. “He has this complete, unmitigated, 100-karat genuineness that always surrounds him,” Stegmaier said. “Even when the topic is difficult, you always know that every word that passes his lips is honest and heartfelt.” Harry Turton of Union Market Collegiate School Aquatics Center Bank called Ukrop “hardworkin Chesterfield County, which ing, helpful, safe and honest,” and includes three pools and unites the added that he always lives by the Richmond Kickers, the Richmond Golden Rule. Sports Backers, the Poseidon swim Doug Roth, chairman of the club and Collegiate and Trinity Greater Richmond Chamber, said Episcopal schools. He also was Ukrop has always been a visionary, involved in the planning for The thinking decades into the future. Diamond in Richmond and a “He’s not only a visionary, but co-founder of Sports Backers, a realso a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of gional organization that supports guy,” Roth said. a variety of running and athletic Athletic and educational initiaevents.
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“I consider myself a citizen of the Richmond Metro Area,” Ukrop said, urging local leaders to cooperate across county and city lines. “The whole can be greater than the sum of its parts.” “This is the region’s playground,” Ukrop said, pointing out that Sports Backers-backed events bring thousands of people to the Greater Richmond area each year, making a significant economic impact. “I am hopeful our county and city leaders can set aside their differences and come together to build a new park near The Diamond,” Ukrop said. “In my opinion, the citizens of the region will be the winners.” Ukrop’s family owned and operated the regional Ukrop’s Super Markets chain, before selling the grocery stores to the parent corporation of Martin’s in 2010. The company had 26 stores at the time of the sale. Ukrop started out as a cashier in one of the markets in high school. A graduate of the University of Richmond and the Darden School at the University of Virginia, Ukrop spent more than 40 years helping grow the Ukrop’s markets, serving as the company’s president and chief executive officer from 1998 until the sale in 2010. In addition to being a cofounder and former president of the Richmond Sports Backers, Ukrop serves on the boards of Communities in Schools of Virginia, Greater Richmond Fit 4Kids Foundation and The Richmond First Tee. He also is on the Advisory Boards of the Massey Cancer Center and the Salvation Army.
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14400 Gildenborough Drive Unknown suspect/s entered an open garage and stole miscellaneous items. 3600 block of Brandermill Parkway Unknown suspect/s broke out the window of a vehicle and stole items.
April 5 7000 block of Tim Price Way While in a parking lot an unknown suspect grabbed a victim’s purse from her shoulder and fled on foot. Some stolen items were recovered in a trash can at a nearby location.
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4000 block of Hailey Crescent Drive April 7 9300 block of W. Huguenot Road Unknown suspect/s forced entry through the front door of a rental office A dangerous or vicious animal was reported at a residence. and stole items. 5100 block of Twelveoaks Road A dangerous or vicious animal was reported at a residence.
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23234 April 8 6400 block of Pebble Spring Drive A dangerous or vicious animal was reported at a residence. 6400 block of Iron Bridge Road Maltreatment of an animal was reported at a residence. 5500 block of Handel Court Maltreatment of an animal was reported at a residence. 15700 block of Woods Edge Road Forgery and counterfeiting was reported at a convenience store.
3600 block of W Hundred Road Vandalism was reported at an elementary school. 3000 block of Burley Ridge Trace Unknown suspect/s entered a residence through a rear unlocked window. Items were reported stolen.
April 6 13000 block of Bradley Bridge Road A possible known suspect pried open a door and stole items from a residence.
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800 block of Beginners Trail Lane 6200 block of Omo Road Unknown suspect/s forced entry to a Two unknown suspects were observed trailer and vandalized the interior of a inside a victim’s vehicle and items school.
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Providence Middle School celebrated March 14, Pi Day, with a variety of activities centered around the mathematical concept of Pi. Although students have participated in plenty of hands-on learning activities more focused on the actual math, some of the festivities on Pi Day were more focused on good, old-fashioned fun. A favorite among students and teachers was “Pi the Principals” at lunch, during which principals and assistant principals got a face full of whipped cream pie. The effort raised funds for the school’s Boys Bound For Success program. Above, Providence Middle School Assistant Principal Monique Booth shows good face after being pied by sixth grader Cheyce Ross as plenty of students and teachers look on.
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STUFF TO DO E-mail your event to editor@midlothianexchange.com. Subject line: EVENT bring them to the Jewett Bass Hall location on Friday, April 19 from 4 to 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 18 The Bon Air Baptist Church Moms of Tots to Teens (MOTTS) group meets from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 2531 Buford Road. All moms are welcome. Preschool childcare is available. For more information, contact Loretta Sherwood at tiandlo@aol.com. The Virginia Home for Boys and Girls Auxiliary is hosting a card party from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the facility’s dining hall, located at 8716 West Broad Street in Richmond. Tickets are $20 per person. Refreshments, lunch, prizes, and boutique items are offered to purchase. Bring your friends to make up a table. All proceeds go to benefit the teens who receive assistance from VHBG.
FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Arsenic and Old Lace will be presented by the Huguenot Community Players at 7:30 p.m. at Huguenot United Methodist Church, located at 10661 Duryea Drive in Richmond. For reservations, call 804-272-6820, and leave your name, phone number and number of tickets. A concert featuring Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass will be presented by the adult choirs of five Midlothian area churches: St. Edward the Confessor Catholic, Salisbury Presbyterian, St. Mathias’ Episcopal Church, Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church and Episcopal Church of the Redeemer at 7:30 p.m. at St. Edward’s Church, which is located at 2700 Dolfield Drive at Huguenot Road. Admission is free, but an offering will be received. The public is invited.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20 The Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church Landscape Committee is having its Spring Plant Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Jewett Bass Hall, between Arby’s and Caddy’s on the corner of Midlothian Turnpike and Mt. Pisgah Drive, across the street from The Red Barn and Midlothian Middle School. Get a head start on your spring planting at bargain prices. Proceeds will fund the Landscape Committee’s planting projects at the church. For more information, call Ann at 804-378-4606. Those who wish to donate plants may
Bon Secours Richmond Health System will host Public Safety day 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Francis Watkins Centre, located at 601 Watkins Centre Pkwy in Midlothian. Activities will include a fire and life safety house, a fire extinguisher simulator, a 911 simulator, a sheriff’s office children’s ID kit, public safety and preparedness booths, fire trucks and medic units, mascots McGruff and Bonnie, refreshments and door prizes. The CCC Museum at Pocohontas State Park will host an Earth Day planting and landscaping event from 2 to 3 p.m. Participants can help plant 50 seedlings donated by the National Wildlife Federation and can assist with the removal of invasive species. Bring water, gloves and sunblock. Participants will also receive Stewardship Virginia certificates. For more information, call 804-796-4255 or email pocohontas@dcr.virginia. gov. The museum is located at 10301 State Park Road in Chesterfield. Arsenic and Old Lace will be presented by the Huguenot Community Players at 7:30 p.m. at Huguenot United Methodist Church, located at 10661 Duryea Drive in Richmond. For reservations, call 804-272-6820, and leave your name, phone number and number of tickets. The fifth annual Bon Air 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run, hosted by and benefiting the Bon Air Elementary School PTA, will be held at the school. A 1Mile Fun Run for students will be held on the school track starting at 8:30 a.m. The 5K race starts at 9 a.m. The 5K race starts on the school grounds at 8701 Polk Street in Bon Air. The post-race celebration begins at 9:30 a.m. with a complimentary pancake breakfast for all race participants sponsored by Benny’s BBQ. Nonparticipants may purchase breakfast for $5. Race participation costs $25 for adults and $15 for children, and $12 for the fun run. To pre-register, view a map of the Bon Air 5K course, or get more information, go to www.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 21 Arsenic and Old Lace will be presented by the Huguenot Community Players at 2:30 p.m. at Huguenot United Methodist Church, located at 10661 Duryea Drive in Richmond. For reservations, call 804-272-6820, and leave your name, phone number and number of tickets.
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Substance Abuse Free Environment Inc. will hold phase four of its Summit on the Medication Abuse Crisis 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the Fulghum Center, which is located at 4003 Cogbill Road in North Chesterfield. The community is invited to come learn about the comprehensive approach SAFE’s community partners have developed to address medication abuse. For more information, call 796-7100.
JobSeekers meets at 10 a.m. to provide those unemployed WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 or underemployed with Chesterfield County resources for landing a job Emergency Management and emotional and spiritual will host a Basic SKYWARN support while they’re looking. class at 6 p.m. at the EanesThe meeting is held in Pinder Pittman Public Safety Hall at Episcopal Church Training Center, which is of Redeemer in Midlothian, located at 6610 Public Safety located at the corner of Way (in the Chesterfield Winterfield and Salisbury County government roads. Get help with complex). The Basic resumes; assessing skills SKYWARN class covers all and strengths; preparing for the background information interviews, correspondence, needed to become a trained and networking tips. All severe weather spotter. The help is provided free of class is free and lasts about charge. For info, contact two hours. All materials Rev. Dr. Nancy E. Meck at are provided. To register, redeemerassociate@gmail. or for more information, com, or Teddy Cogbill by contact Sherri Laffoon at e-mailing interviewwell22@ 804-796-7159 or laffoons@ gmail.com or calling 804chesterfield.gov. 379-8899. The community is invited to Sexual Assault Misconceptions: It’s Not What I Wear or How I Look! The seminar will be 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the ChesterfieldColonial Heights Department of Social Services Multipurpose Room, located at 9501 Lucy Corr Circle in Chesterfield. Learn how to distinguish healthy relationships form unhealthy ones, what prompts sexual assaults and why victims fail to report them. Participants will earn three Continuing Legal Education credits. The event is sponsored by the Chesterfield County’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Chesterfield Domestic Violence Task Force. Admission is free. For more information, email jonesturnerp@chesterfield. gov or call 804-318-8265. A free landscaping workshop begins at 6 p.m. at Bon Air Library. I Can Teach My Child to Plant will teach adults planting activities to do indoors or outdoors with children. It is intended for adults only. To register, call 804-751-4401.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Manchester High’s Lancer Theatre Company will stage Dracula, based on the Bram Stoker novel, at 7 p.m. Due the graphic nature of the production, it is not recommended for elementary aged children or adults who are not horror movie fans. Tickets cost $8 for adults and $6 for students, and can be purchased at seatyourself. biz/manchesterhs or at the door. The ticket booth will open by 6 p.m. James River High School presents “Peter Pan: the boy who would not grow up” at 7 p.m. This is a play for all ages. The cost is $5 for students and $7 for adults. Tickets will be on sale each night of the play. The ticket office will open at 6 p.m. and the doors will open for seating at 6:30 p.m. The school is located at 3700 James River Road in Midlothian. For more information, contact Donna Wilson at 804-647-2052. Arsenic and Old Lace will be presented by the Huguenot Community Players at 7:30 p.m. at Huguenot United Methodist Church,
located at 10661 Duryea Drive in Richmond. For reservations, call 804272-6820, and leave your name, phone number and number of tickets.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Manchester High’s Lancer Theatre Company will stage Dracula, based on the Bram Stoker novel, at 7 p.m. Due the graphic nature of the production, it is not recommended for elementary aged children or adults who are not horror movie fans. Tickets cost $8 for adults and $6 for students, and can be purchased at seatyourself. biz/manchesterhs or at the door. The ticket booth will open by 6 p.m. James River High School presents “Peter Pan: the boy who would not grow up” at 7 p.m. This is a play for all ages. The cost is $5 for students and $7 for adults. Tickets will be on sale each night of the play. The ticket office will open at 6 p.m. and the doors will open for seating at 6:30 p.m. The school is located at 3700 James River Road in Midlothian. For more information, contact Donna Wilson at 804-647-2052. Arsenic and Old Lace will be presented by the Huguenot Community Players at 7:30 p.m. at Huguenot United Methodist Church, located at 10661 Duryea Drive in Richmond. For reservations, call 804272-6820, and leave your name, phone number and number of tickets.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Southminster Presbyterian Church will host a community festival 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Festivities will go on rain or shine at the church, which is located at 7500 Hull Street Road, next to the Manchester YMCA. The event will include picnic food, activities for children and adults, carnival games, arts and crafts, music, Rosie the Clown, a bouncy house and door prizes. A blood drive will be held and local information services will be available. For more information, visit www. southpreschurch.org or call the church office at 804-276-1749.
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eirloom tomatoes are colorful, flavorful treasures whose seeds are passed down from generation to generation. More than 30 varieties will be offered up as part of an annual Heirloom Tomato Plant Sale at the Chesterfield County Museum, which opens at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 19.
The sale, which is offered by the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia in cooperation with the county Department of Parks and Recreation, will run 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, then will continue April 23, 24 and 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. while supplies last. Tomatoes will also be on sale during the Celebration of the Vine wine festival, set for Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum, but visitors must pay for admission to the wine festival. Tomato varieties on sale will include Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Mortgage Lifter and Persimmon. Basil, peppers and other heirloom plants will also be available. Tomato plants are $2 each or three for $5. Only checks and cash will be accepted. For information on plant varieties and availability, call the county museum at 804768-7311. The Museum is located at 6813 Mimms Loop in the Chesterfield County government complex. For more information on the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia or to volunteer, call 804-796-7121 or visit www.chesterfieldhistory.com
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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 There are a few things you can’t seem to work out in your head, Taurus. A better idea may be to put everything on paper and perhaps the answer will jump out. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, there will be a few moments this week when you seem to have a breakthrough. Maybe it’s in a relationship or you have just the right answers at work.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Surprising events are in store as you continue to change your views about life-altering events, Cancer. You may find your master plan is entirely turned on its head. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, your energy level is so revved up that others won’t be able to keep up with you. You may have to slow down a little to let others catch up. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, others find it difficult to change your opinion once you have your mind set on something. But it still helps to consider if the direction you’re heading is the right way.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may be feeling a little homesick, especially if you are away on business or on vacation. Try to make the most of the situation even if you’re feeling nostalgic. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, if it seems like nothing is going your way, keep in mind there is a master plan in the works. You may not be able to see the resolution, but just be patient. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, there are a few puzzle pieces that you need to get into place and then you’ll have everything worked out. Reward yourself with a night out.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, lay low for awhile rather than drumming up some trouble. Tempting as it is to stir the pot, it may cause more difficulties for you in the long run. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, although you have a few projects on your to-do list, you can’t seem to get started. Instead of looking at the entire list, tackle one task at a time and you’ll get the job get done. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, turn your thoughts to creative efforts and you’ll find the days will just fly by. Before you know it, the weekend will be here.
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, take time to sort through some of the paperwork on your desk. You could find there is something important that you overlooked that needs to be addressed.
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ichelle Bennett, an English teacher at Cosby High School, will be inducted in the Penn Relays' Wall of Fame in special ceremonies April 25-27 at the University of Pennsylvania. She is being honored for her track accomplishments in high school and college. Bennett attended Cardinal Spellman Catholic High School in the Bronx and Villanova University in Philadelphia on a track scholarship. She is a seven-time watch winner in the Championships of America. She was a member of the Distance Medley Relay World Record Team, whose record of 10:48 still stands. This marks the 25th year anniversary of her team's record run. She will be there as a presenter and an inductee on the Wall of Fame. The Penn Relays are a highly competitive global event for high school and college relay teams.
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Midlothian High School’s Will Kendall, who is 6 feet tall, is shown holding the bar at 6-foot-7, the new school record he set this spring.
Junior high-jumper sets the record for his event
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ill Kendall has raised the bar – or rather the cross-bar – at Midlothian High School. In the nearly 100 years since MHS opened its doors, only the birds have soared higher at the western Chesterfield outpost. The junior high-jumper recently cleared an outdoors school-record 6-foot-7 and, according to jumps coach Dan Ward, he’s just
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Elby and Henry Omohundro of Midlothian recently competed in the 2013 AAU Indoor Track & Field National Championships in Birmingham, Ala. Elby, 12, placed first in the pentathlon (55-meter hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot put and 1,000-meter run). He set a new national record in the event, becoming the first competitor in his age group to score more than 2,000 points in an indoor pentathlon. Henry, 7, placed second in the shot put.
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peedgolf International will be partnering with The First Tee of Richmond & Chesterfield to host the first annual Speedgolf Eastern Open on June 29-30. The professional-level event will be the largest speedgolf event held on the East Coast. “We are really looking forward to hosting one of our biggest, professional level events on the East Coast,” Tim Scott, executive director of Speedgolf International, said. “Because of Richmond’s commitment to building an active community, it seemed like a perfect location to introduce and grow the sport of speedgolf.” SPEEDGOLF page 9
RAISED and sets the standard of excellence for the sport at Midlothian High School
warming up his engine. And, on April 6, in one of the first prominent outdoor meets of the spring, the Glen Allen Invitational, he leaped 6-4 to win. “Will’s not topped out . . . not by a long shot,” Ward said of his leaper extraordinaire. Trojans’ head coach Stan Morgan said, “Will just keeps getting better and better.” Recently competing at the I-95 meet in Stafford, the springy son of Brian and Mary Kendall eclipsed the old mark of 6-6 held by Tony Rodriguez.
Indoors, Rodriquez remains the standard bearer at 6-10. Kendall will attack that mark next winter as a senior. At Stafford, Kendall’s primary goal wasn’t topping Rodriquez, but instead making qualifying standards for the prestigious Penn Relays later this month in Philadelphia. “It was a good day for me . . . I got Penn Relays standards, a school record . . . and a personal best,” the serious-minded Kendall BAR page 9
James River lacrosse teams’ marathon relay to benefit HEADstrong Foundation BY BEN ORCUTT Staff Writer
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rom now through May 11, members of the varsity and junior varsity boys’ and girls' lacrosse teams at James River High School are going all out to raise money to help find a cure for blood cancer. At 11 a.m. on Saturday, 11, about 50 lacrosse players’ from the two teams will begin to run 105 laps around the school's quartermile track in an effort to break the individual world marathon record of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 38 seconds. Rick Russo, whose son Jack is a member of the Rapids’ varsity lacrosse team, is helping to spearhead the fundraising effort that will benefit the HEADstrong Foundation, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for the kind of cancer like the one that claimed the life of former Hofstra lacrosse player Nick Colleluori, who died in 2006 at the age of 21. The HEADstrong Foundation, which is based in Holmes, Pa., was chosen as the beneficiary because James River’s varsity boys’ head lacrosse coach Rob Helsley’s mother-in-law recently died from blood cancer, Russo said, noting
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in the body. NHL is the seventh most common cancer among males and females in the U.S. Each lacrosse player will “sprint” a quarter-mile, one runner at a time, each passing a lacrosse stick on to the next runner as a baton, Russo said. “There really shouldn’t be any reason that we don’t go under two hours, but we’ll see,” Russo said. The boys will have to run 105 laps around the track to equal the marathon distance of 26.2 miles, Russo said. Each runner will run PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE DAVIES two laps, with about an hour’s rest James River High School's boys' and girls' lacrosse teams will be in between. A few boys will run sponsoring a marathon relay to benefit the HEADstrong Foundation. three laps, Russo added. Members of the boys' team participating include, from left, Dave “I don’t know if the kids know Reilly, coach; Austin Read, team captain; Drew Althouse, coach; how fast they’re going to have Cameron O’Donnell, team captain; and Rob Helsley head coach. to go -- but they’re going to find out,” he said. that Helsley’s son Jack also is a expenses and lodging and that To break the world record, each member of the varsity squad. kind of thing. They also provide runner will have to average a 77“It just seemed like a natural scholarships for student-athletes thing for us to support,” Russo who want to go into medicine. So second lap, which translates into added. “Nick died of non-Hodg- they kind of have a three-headed just over a 5-minute-mile pace and the kind of effort put forth kin’s lymphoma. He actually thing that they do.” started the organization before According to the HEADstrong for the entire length of a marathon by the world’s elite runners, he passed away and his family’s Foundation’s website – www. kind of continued it on. They headstrongfoundation.org – non- he continued. Donations are being solicited, have kind of a multi-level apHodgkin’s lymphoma or NHL, Russo said, and those interested proach. They support the research is a form of blood cancer where in making a contribution can efforts to cure these cancers, but malignant white cells crowd out they also support the families of healthy cells, causing the cancerLACROSSE page 9 cancer victims if they need travel ous cells to mass at various sites
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Since heeding Murray’s advice to join up with Poseidon, Casey or all intents and purhas broken several records. poses, 14-year-old Casey She also was introduced to Ted Fanz looks and acts like Sallade, the head coach of Poseiyour average teenager. She don and Casey’s self-proclaimed lists eating as one of her favorite role model. hobbies and macaroni and cheese Sallade has been named as one of her favorite meals. But Virginia Swimming Coach of the put her in the water and you’ll Year four times and has coached quickly find that she is anything numerous athletes who have but average. She is, as it were, a competed in the Junior Nationals sort of amphibian. (Casey falls in that category), USA Casey began swimming for Senior Nationals and USA OlymPoseidon Swimming Inc. in North pic trials over his 30 years around Chesterfield, one of the most the pool. respected competitive swim proCasey has embraced the advice grams in Virginia, two years ago. from Sallade. In March, at the She had been competing in the Virginia Swimming Short Course YMCA summer league when ReAge Group Championships becca Murray, the aquatics direc- in Christiansburg, she broke a tor, saw enough talent in Casey to long-standing record in the 13- to urge her to join Poseidon, which 14-year-old age group 50 Freestyle offered a more intense competiFANZ-TASTIC page 9 tion experience.
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The son of a Midlothian couple was picked in the 2013 Ontario Hockey League draft. Kyle Rhodes, whose parents are Brian and Carolyn Rhodes, will play right defense. The 15-year-old, who is 6-1¼ and weighs 192 pounds, started skating in hockey skates at age 2. He started playing House League Hockey in Richmond when he was 4½. At 9, he played on the Virginia Express team out of Fredericksburg. He started playing with the Richmond Royals on the PeeWee team at 10. He became a member of the Richmond Generals U16 at 13. For more information on the Ontario Hockey League, visit http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/.
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Casey Fanz recently broke a state freestyle record that was in place since 1985. At 14, with a state record on her resumé, she has already proven she’s a force to be reckoned with in the water.
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BAR from 8 said, barely managing a smile. Here’s how his departures and landings went on a chilly, blustery day in Northern Virginia: Kendall entered the competition at 5-10 and was “clear” (no misses) through 6-2. He faltered once at 6-4, then sailed over it. It was at 6-6 where the drama thickened. A jumper is given three attempts at a given height. Kendall missed his first two efforts at 6-6 and could see the window about to shut on his adventures. So, with just one jump left, he “let down his hair” and went for broke. Boldly, he asked that the bar be hoisted to 6-7. “It’s not like they wipe the slate clean; I still had two misses, so I only had one try at 6-7,” he said. It turned out to be the jump of the teenager’s life. Not only did he fly over the bar, he did it with space to spare. “It looked like he was two inches over,” Ward said. The historical leap is even more impressive when you consider Kendall stands an even 6 feet. Clearing a bar seven inches over one’s head is quite the difficult chore for those lacking feathered wings. Not an overnight success, Kendall was a fairly ordinary high jumper until late last spring when, Ward said, “It just clicked.” In spring 2012, he won the Dominion District and was second at Regions, both with 6-4s. The upward spiral continued this past indoor campaign. He won Districts, was second at Regions and the fourth at States in Hampton. His most fierce rival looms
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nearby – senior Michael Averett at Manchester. Averett won Regions and was second to Kendall at Districts indoors. “It’s friendly (rivalry), of course,” said Kendall. “It does seem to always come down to Michael and myself.” Earlier in life, Kendall put his leaping ability to best use on the basketball floor. But before he could be dubbed Air Kendall, he hit a snag. “Couldn’t shoot,” he said, shaking his head. So bye-bye hoops, hello track and field. He got his early tutoring at Midlothian Middle School and then took some private lessons at the University of Richmond. “Will is really a student of the event,” Ward said. While the high jump is his specialty, he’s well-rounded enough to score in several activities. “What I like about Will is that he can do a little bit of everything for us,” Morgan said. In a recent tri-meet victory over James River and Huguenot high school, Kendall not only won the high jump, but added a first place in the triple jump and ran on the Trojans’ winning 4-by100 and 4-by-400 relays. If asked, he concedes he could do more. “For a long time, I thought of myself more as a long-distance runner,” he noted. As for his jumping style (generally referred to as “Fosbury Flop”), Kendall said, “I try to be technical . . . at times too much so -- sometimes I try to be too perfect.” No, he’s not perfect. But he is the Trojans’ all-time flyer. Kendall puts the “high” into Midlothian High.
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accomplishments, Casey and her teammates set new high marks in 200 Freestyle Relay, which was previously set in 2005, and the 400 Freestyle Relay, which was set in 2002. Both marks are now LSC (Local Swim Committee) records. Perhaps the most notable accomplishment of her young but ever-blossoming swimming career was competing in the 2013 NCSA Junior Nationals, a competition geared for girls aged 18 and under. Casey, at 14, was among the youngest swimmers to enter the field, but she held her own against a group of swimmers that had more experience. Her most recent accomplishment came at the NASA
Showcase Classic in Clearwater, Fla., where she swam a 23.44 in the 50 Freestyle, a time that was a state and personal best. She and her teammates also bested the 200 Relay time they set in the SC Age Group Championships. As it stands, Casey’s dedication to her passion has led her to become the 31st ranked swimmer in the nation in the 18 and under age group. When she’s not spending time splashing around the pool, Casey said she enjoys creating homemade concoctions in the kitchen, the most notable of which is a classic teenage favorite. “I make homemade mac and cheese,” she said.
is have kids try to collect after contact him by e-mail at the fact,” he said. “We know richardrrusso@comcast.net that no one’s going to ask for or by calling him at 804-855- that money back if you don’t 4434. break the record, but I mean “At that point I’ll send out there should be no reason that my home address and infor- we don’t break the record.” mation about who to make The goal is to raise $10,000 a check out to and that kind and Russo is urging the playof stuff,” he said, adding that ers and their families to post donations are tax-deductible. information about the event The lacrosse teams are on their Facebook pages. suggesting that contribuThanks to Nate Cundy, a tors make a pledge per mile 2008 James River graduate and add a bonus pledge if and a former lacrosse player the players break the record, at Hampden-Sydney College Russo said. who works for Baltimore“We’d like to get all the based lacrosse equipment money up front thinking that manufacturer STX in their the last thing we want to do corporate promotions de-
partment, the fundraiser now has a sponsor. “They have donated a significant amount of equipment that we’re going to be able to auction off and use that as incentives for whoever raises the most money and that kind of thing,” Russo said. “I’m going to take the best stick that we had donated, the best lacrosse stick and head, and use that as the baton and my intent is to reward it to the kid who raises the most money and it should really mean something to him because all 50 of his teammates will have carried it.”
by posting a time of 23.77, more than a tenth of a second faster than the previous mark of 23.90, which was set in 1985. She also holds the team record in the Open 50 Freestyle, which she set on March 12 with a faster time (23.73) than the one posted at the SC Age Group Championships. It comes as no surprise when she names her favorite event. “Fifty Freestyle, by far,” Casey said, with a hint of excitement in her voice. “It’s short, fast and really fun. I’m a sprinter; I like short races.” Her penchant for sprinting was on display in the team portion of the SC Age Group Championships as well. In addition to her individual
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She’s also given some of her time back to the community, volunteering at the Bon Secours Daycare center. She plans to continue swimming at the collegiate level, although she has some time to prepare for the application process. These days, she said she’s still very much a kid. But, when the time comes to make the jump to the next level, there seems to be little doubt that there will be plenty schools that would be more than happy to have her in the water. There’s always the possibility that Casey may become the next swimmer under the tutelage of Sallade, her idol, to reach the U.S. Olympic Trials.
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