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Powhatan, Virginia

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Vol. XXXI No. 39

March 28, 2018

County leaders at odds over access to staff

By Laura McFarland News Editor

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OWHATAN – An issue that had been building for months behind the scenes and finally bubbled over at the Feb. 26 Powhatan County Board of Supervisors meeting progressed even further last week when a restriction was put on how all board members have access to county staff.

While a highly contentious debate on a proposed apartment complex drew a few hundred people to the Feb. 26 board meeting, the biggest fireworks of the night happened immediately before on an agenda item to reinstate language into the county’s Subdivision Code regarding auxiliary turn lanes.

In that matter, David Williams, who

Citizens support board member Almost a dozen citizens spoke during the public comments of the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors’ meeting on March 19, including Sally Boese, top, and John Delong. For full story, see page 3.

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represents District 1, had begun questioning Bret Schardein, assistant county administrator, about a timeline of events that had led to a section of the Subdivision Code being taken out without board knowledge and approved without that language in January 2017.

Before he could finish his line of questioning, Williams was interrupted in a quick line of succession by three board members who called his dressing down of a staff member in public inappropriate.

But while the supervisors were the public face of the conflict at the time, during the same meeting, county administrator Ted Voorhees sent three emails that made it clear he felt Williams had crossed a line. He issued a directive that said Williams was no longer to have direct contact with staff and should direct any requests for information through the county administrator. Voorhees released the emails in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Powhatan Today.

Williams also released several emails he exchanged with Voorhees in the weeks that followed pertaining to the rights and responsibilities of the county administrator and the supervisors in regard to staff.

The newest development in the situation came several hours before the board’s March 19 budget workshop, when Voorhees sent an email to all of the supervisors and his leadership team. In the interest of fairness to all concerned, he said he was extending his restriction against interacting directly with staff to all members of the board of supervisors.

Many local residents spoke out during the March 19 meeting against restricting Williams’ access to staff (see story page 3) saying it limited his ability to do his job and their right to fair representation. Only one of the residents mentioned the extension to all board members specifically.

In a separate interview, Voorhees said his initial decision to restrict Williams’ access to staff was not based solely on

the supervisors’ actions at the Feb. 26 meeting, but it was a tipping point. Leading up to that night, there was also the growing issue of an individual board member making regular requests of staff for information that put a heavy burden on their time and resources, the county administrator said.

And in fact, the ever growing mountain of information stemming from the seemingly simple issue of auxiliary turn lanes shows that this situation is far more complicated and operating on several levels with many different concerns, some of which are still developing.

Just a few of them already expressed by supervisors, staff or residents include: the issue of the original deletion of language and how it happened; an internal investigation that was conducted into that matter; whether that investigation should have been conducted externally instead even if it was at a high cost to the county; whether or not to make the internal investigation public in part or in see COUNTY, pg. 6

Data shows more DUIs being caught

By Laura McFarland News Editor

POWHATAN – Local law enforcement has long been committed to keeping Powhatan’s roads as safe as possible, and recent data shows they continue to get stronger at successfully catching and prosecuting people driving under the influence.

So far in fiscal year (FY) 2018, Powhatan County has referred 49 cases to the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, which is only one less than the 50 cases it reported in the entirety of FY 2017, according to Rob Cerullo, deputy commonwealth’s attorney. Of those 49, 33 were specifically for a conviction for driving under the influence (DUI).

The Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP) is the state system of local alcohol safety action programs, offering different educational courses mandated for those who have been convicted

of a DUI or related offense in an effort to make the roads safer.

“That is DUIs, drug cases, reckless driving – any cases that we thought VASAP should be a part of, usually because

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there is an alcohol or drug factor involved,” said Cerullo, who represents Powhatan on the regional VASAP board.

In a comparison of 17 other jurisdictions in the region that referred cases to VASAP so far in FY 2018, Powhatan had the fourth highest number overall and the second when compared to agencies of

similar size, staffing levels and population.

Larger localities like Chesterfield and Henrico counties far outstrip Powhatan with 445 and 571 referred cases, respectively. But after that, the only jurisdiction with a higher referral rate was Colonial Heights with 55 cases. Some of the other localities in the comparison were Emporia, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Petersburg, Prince George, Goochland, Hanover and New Kent.

“I am glad to see it because it means what we have been doing, which is putting a focus on getting drunk drivers off the street, is working. The guys are bringing us the cases so we can get the convictions so we can refer them to VASAP,” Cerullo said.

Locally, DUI arrests are making up an increasing percentage of the overall arrests in Powhatan County. In 2015, deputies made 465 arrests, 46 of which were DUI see DUI, pg. 4

Snow falls on second day of spring CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Addison Wallace, left, greeted snow with glee while Eloise Culver was not as happy. More photos page 5.

Supervisors hear school budget details in workshop

By Laura McFarland News Editor

POWHATAN – The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors got its first introduction last week to the public school system’s proposed $47.2 million operating budget for fiscal year 2019.

Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent, presented the fiscal year (FY) 2019 operating budget to the supervisors during their budget workshop held on Monday, March 19.

Jones’ presentation took the board through a brief introduction to the budget, how it is being affected by student enrollPHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND ment numbers and what remains unknown Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent, presabout the budget at this time. ents the school board’s budget.

As it stands now, the division’s proposed operating expenditures stand at services and another $176,648 paid to the $46,811,227, according to documents pro- county as part of planned savings related to vided to the supervisors. When combined a school closing, these three numbers add with a transfer of $250,000 to school food up to the proposed $47,237,875 million

FY 2019 operating budget.

Although it is supplemented with transfers from the operating budget so it is not entirely self-sustaining, food services has its own proposed budget of $1.35 million, according to the documents.

As he had when he gave roughly the same presentation to the school board, Jones once again pointed out that the General Assembly adjourning without an adopted state budget had left a big unknown area in the district’s budget. The school district built its budget using the governor’s original proposed budget, which called for it to receive $22,226,568 in state funds.

This would have been an increase of $73,982 from the adopted FY 2018 budget.

But with the General Assembly still debating the budget, the version recommended by the House of Delegates would mean see SCHOOL pg. 8

Inside

A3 Maker Fest helps children learn through hands-on activities.

Powhatan, Virginia

B1 Powhatan softball powers past Generals.

Vol. XXXI No. 39

March 28, 2018

County leaders at odds over access to staff

By Laura McFarland News Editor

P

OWHATAN – An issue that had been building for months behind the scenes and finally bubbled over at the Feb. 26 Powhatan County Board of Supervisors meeting progressed even further last week when a restriction was put on how all board members have access to county staff.

While a highly contentious debate on a proposed apartment complex drew a few hundred people to the Feb. 26 board meeting, the biggest fireworks of the night happened immediately before on an agenda item to reinstate language into the county’s Subdivision Code regarding auxiliary turn lanes.

In that matter, David Williams, who

Citizens support board member Almost a dozen citizens spoke during the public comments of the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors’ meeting on March 19, including Sally Boese, top, and John Delong. For full story, see page 3.

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represents District 1, had begun questioning Bret Schardein, assistant county administrator, about a timeline of events that had led to a section of the Subdivision Code being taken out without board knowledge and approved without that language in January 2017.

Before he could finish his line of questioning, Williams was interrupted in a quick line of succession by three board members who called his dressing down of a staff member in public inappropriate.

But while the supervisors were the public face of the conflict at the time, during the same meeting, county administrator Ted Voorhees sent three emails that made it clear he felt Williams had crossed a line. He issued a directive that said Williams was no longer to have direct contact with staff and should direct any requests for information through the county administrator. Voorhees released the emails in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Powhatan Today.

Williams also released several emails he exchanged with Voorhees in the weeks that followed pertaining to the rights and responsibilities of the county administrator and the supervisors in regard to staff.

The newest development in the situation came several hours before the board’s March 19 budget workshop, when Voorhees sent an email to all of the supervisors and his leadership team. In the interest of fairness to all concerned, he said he was extending his restriction against interacting directly with staff to all members of the board of supervisors.

Many local residents spoke out during the March 19 meeting against restricting Williams’ access to staff (see story page 3) saying it limited his ability to do his job and their right to fair representation. Only one of the residents mentioned the extension to all board members specifically.

In a separate interview, Voorhees said his initial decision to restrict Williams’ access to staff was not based solely on

the supervisors’ actions at the Feb. 26 meeting, but it was a tipping point. Leading up to that night, there was also the growing issue of an individual board member making regular requests of staff for information that put a heavy burden on their time and resources, the county administrator said.

And in fact, the ever growing mountain of information stemming from the seemingly simple issue of auxiliary turn lanes shows that this situation is far more complicated and operating on several levels with many different concerns, some of which are still developing.

Just a few of them already expressed by supervisors, staff or residents include: the issue of the original deletion of language and how it happened; an internal investigation that was conducted into that matter; whether that investigation should have been conducted externally instead even if it was at a high cost to the county; whether or not to make the internal investigation public in part or in see COUNTY, pg. 6

Data shows more DUIs being caught

By Laura McFarland News Editor

POWHATAN – Local law enforcement has long been committed to keeping Powhatan’s roads as safe as possible, and recent data shows they continue to get stronger at successfully catching and prosecuting people driving under the influence.

So far in fiscal year (FY) 2018, Powhatan County has referred 49 cases to the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, which is only one less than the 50 cases it reported in the entirety of FY 2017, according to Rob Cerullo, deputy commonwealth’s attorney. Of those 49, 33 were specifically for a conviction for driving under the influence (DUI).

The Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP) is the state system of local alcohol safety action programs, offering different educational courses mandated for those who have been convicted

of a DUI or related offense in an effort to make the roads safer.

“That is DUIs, drug cases, reckless driving – any cases that we thought VASAP should be a part of, usually because

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there is an alcohol or drug factor involved,” said Cerullo, who represents Powhatan on the regional VASAP board.

In a comparison of 17 other jurisdictions in the region that referred cases to VASAP so far in FY 2018, Powhatan had the fourth highest number overall and the second when compared to agencies of

similar size, staffing levels and population.

Larger localities like Chesterfield and Henrico counties far outstrip Powhatan with 445 and 571 referred cases, respectively. But after that, the only jurisdiction with a higher referral rate was Colonial Heights with 55 cases. Some of the other localities in the comparison were Emporia, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Petersburg, Prince George, Goochland, Hanover and New Kent.

“I am glad to see it because it means what we have been doing, which is putting a focus on getting drunk drivers off the street, is working. The guys are bringing us the cases so we can get the convictions so we can refer them to VASAP,” Cerullo said.

Locally, DUI arrests are making up an increasing percentage of the overall arrests in Powhatan County. In 2015, deputies made 465 arrests, 46 of which were DUI see DUI, pg. 4

Snow falls on second day of spring CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

Addison Wallace, left, greeted snow with glee while Eloise Culver was not as happy. More photos page 5.

Supervisors hear school budget details in workshop

By Laura McFarland News Editor

POWHATAN – The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors got its first introduction last week to the public school system’s proposed $47.2 million operating budget for fiscal year 2019.

Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent, presented the fiscal year (FY) 2019 operating budget to the supervisors during their budget workshop held on Monday, March 19.

Jones’ presentation took the board through a brief introduction to the budget, how it is being affected by student enrollPHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND ment numbers and what remains unknown Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent, presabout the budget at this time. ents the school board’s budget.

As it stands now, the division’s proposed operating expenditures stand at services and another $176,648 paid to the $46,811,227, according to documents pro- county as part of planned savings related to vided to the supervisors. When combined a school closing, these three numbers add with a transfer of $250,000 to school food up to the proposed $47,237,875 million

FY 2019 operating budget.

Although it is supplemented with transfers from the operating budget so it is not entirely self-sustaining, food services has its own proposed budget of $1.35 million, according to the documents.

As he had when he gave roughly the same presentation to the school board, Jones once again pointed out that the General Assembly adjourning without an adopted state budget had left a big unknown area in the district’s budget. The school district built its budget using the governor’s original proposed budget, which called for it to receive $22,226,568 in state funds.

This would have been an increase of $73,982 from the adopted FY 2018 budget.

But with the General Assembly still debating the budget, the version recommended by the House of Delegates would mean see SCHOOL pg. 8

Powhatan Today, March 28, 2018

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O B I T UA R I E S ELIZABETH JONES It is with great sadness that the family of Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Jones, of Titusville, Florida, announces her passing on Friday, March 16, 2018, at the age of 75, after a brief illness. Liz will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 25 years, Olen (Butch) Jones; her father-in-law, Marshall Jones; her son, Ronald Allen Pack and his wife, Alexandria; her daughter, Mary Jane Minogue and her husband, George; four grandchildren, and her two sisters. Liz and Butch moved to The Great Outdoors in Titusville in 2015 from Powhatan. She was a gifted artist, loved traveling the country with Butch and their puppy, Mitzi, in their coach, and loved the game of golf. Words cannot describe what Liz meant to so many people. A Celebration of Life has been scheduled for Saturday, March 31, from 6 to 9 p.m., at The Great Outdoors Golf and RV Resort in the Pavilion.

KATHY MEADOWS Kathy G. Meadows, 66, of Chesterfield, widow of K.C. Meadows Sr., passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018. She is survived by two sons, Ray Meadows (Wendy) of Powhatan and Karl Meadows of Richmond; brother and sister-in-law, Mack and Martha Lewis of Richmond; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews; and beloved companion, Nubbin. A meMEADOWS morial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 24 at Bennett & Barden Funeral Home, 3215 Anderson Highway, Powhatan.

STEPHEN MICHAEL Stephen Lewis Michael, 60, of Powhatan, passed away

peacefully at the Hospice House of Bon Air, on Monday, March 12, 2018. Stephen was preceded in death by his parents, James and Margaret Michael. Stephen is survived by two brothers, J. Grey Michael (Janet) of Midlothian, and John R. Michael (Robin) of Powhatan; two nieces, Kayla and Lacy Michael; two great-nieces, Kyleigh and Stella Michael; and one great-nephew, Hayden Michael. Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy. The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 26, in the Chapel of The Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia, 10300 Pridesville Road, Amelia, VA 23002. The family wishes to thank the Veterans Hospital Hospice and the Hospice House of Bon Air.

MADELINE MORRIS Madeline Morris, 82, of Goochland, departed this life on Thursday, March 15, 2018. She is survived by a devoted daughter, Cleopatra "Cleo" Carter of Powhatan; three granddaughters, four great-grandchildren, one great-greatgrandchild; three sisters, Yvonia Yates, Almanie Bowles and Arleen Myles (Moses); one brother, Charles Morris (Shirley); her extended family, the Carter family; a devoted companion, Lewis Young; and a host of other relatives and friends. Her remains rested at the Robert Mealy Funeral Home, Goochland. Funeral services were held at noon on Tuesday, March 20 at Antioch Baptist Church, 4712 River Road West, Goochland. The Rev. Reginald Clark officiated.

Rev. Daniel Watson, eulogist.

ERMA CATRON ROBINS Erma Catron Robins, 95, of Chesterfield, formerly of Wythe County, went to be with our Heavenly Father on Friday, March 23, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Robins, and her daughter, Nancy (Robins) Lindsey. She is survived by two sons, Randolph

Robins of North Carolina and Paul (Debbie) Robins of Powhatan; two grandchildren, Chris (Lindsey) Robins and Kalyne (Eric) Holland; two greatgrandchildren, Logan Williams and Rosabell Robins; with Holland baby due in August 2018, along with many ROBINS nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Erma graduated from Rural Retreat High School, West Virginia Business College and Radford Women’s Division of V.P.I. She met her husband at Virginia Tech, where they married September 11, 1948. They shared more than 42 years of marriage before his passing in 1991. She served from 1964 to 1970 as a trustee for the Public Library System for Chesterfield County. She helped organize the first “Friends of the Library” in 1970, where a room has been dedicated to her at the LaPrade Library.

Erma was a volunteer at Johnston-Willis Hospital for 15 years. She and her husband were the developers of Falling Creek Farms Subdivision. Being community-minded, they donated land for St. Luke’s Methodist Church and helped found it. They donated and started Falling Creek Farms Swimming Pool with the help of close friends and neighbors. Erma was a long-time member of Providence Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. She was truly loved and will be missed with great sadness. A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 8, officiated by the Rev. Derrick Parson, at Providence Methodist Church, 901 S. Providence Rd., N. Chesterfield, VA 23231. There will be visitation at 2 p.m., followed by memorial service at 3 p.m., with a reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Providence Methodist Church.

“Fly High to our loved ones that have gone before us and embrace the sweet reunions that there will be.”

Powhatan High School second nine weeks Honor Roll Ninth Grade All A Eddie Adkins, Isabella Cerullo, Kayla Davis, Frederick Douglas, Julie Fens, Maddie Ferguson, Brodie Glanden, Savannah Hall, James Hess, Ashton Ingle, Kira Knudsen, Olivia Mack, Adelaide Meade, Seth Parker, Cooper Schardt, Kayli Shenk, Katelin Stocker, Davis Tester, Jackson Tester, Isabelle Torrijos, Reid Vonderharr, Ellenor Whitehead, and Ella Wolf.

Ninth Grade 3.0 and Above Benjamin Allanson, Jon Alston, Braylynn Alvarado, Sara Amiss, Zachary Atkinson, Hannah Bailey, Brea Baldwin, Ryan Barden, Ellie Barton, Anthony Bastiaensen, Cody Bateman, Caden Beil, Jackson Bell, Jetta Belton, Steven Bigham, Ashlee Blankenship, Carter Blanning, Trevor Branch, Luke Buzzard, Cora Callahan, Morgan Carr, JaySun Carroll, Jordan Cary, Genevieve Conlee, Alexandria Conway, Sarah Cottone, Mason Crockett, Kailee Dalton, Grant Dauley, Jason Davis, Chloe DeGroat, Elizabeth Dickson, Rachel Dickson, Jordyn Dippold, Carly Dolan, Krystal Durrbeck, Carrie Elrod, Alexis Elzey, Sarah English, Richard FitzSimmons, Ella Fleshood, Brianna Fox, Alisha France, Hailey Gallaher, Thomas Garland, Megan Garrigan, McKenzie Goacher, Nash Gober, Chloe Grell, Gracie Gusti, Sean Hall, Olivia Hamby, Brayden Hamilton, Abigayle Harrell, Hanna Hathaway, Ryan Hathaway, Carl Hess, Micah Holt, Nadia Howell, Sydney Hubbard, Kara Huber, Maddison Hughes, Emily Islip, Noah Jarrell, Abigail Johnson, Lauren Johnson, Palmer Johnson, Makayla Kammerman, Ramneet Kaur, Trista Kimble, Cole Kimmich, Ethan Kramer, Keeley Lamm, Emmalee Lawson, Amery Lecik, Kylie LeJenkins, Isabella Lhuillier, Leanne Lightsey, Austin Long, Madison Lovgren, Cavan Lowery, Chase Mahaney, Joseph Manderbaugh, Jacob Markland, Kayla Markwith, Caris Martin, Gabrielle Martin, Sarah McFadden, Autumn McMillen, Georgia Meadows, Lance Melchert, Delta Miles, Kristen Minbiole, Kayla Mizelle, Samuel Moniz, Cecilia Moore, Thomas Morin, Alexis Morris, Tye Morris, Grace Moss, Ryan Moss, Natalie Mueller, Elizabeth Mullins, Jack Mundt, Cassie Murray, Michael Muss, Aaron Nash, Amber Nevius, Bethany Nichols, Jaylyn Nixon, Emily Nuckols, Julia Nuckols, Janey Nye, Summer Oglesby, Alexis Osborne, Jeremy Paden, Daniel Paquette, Lilian Peck, Morgan Post, Kassadie Price, Danielle Pullin, Jillian Ratliff, Samantha Rea, Kelly Reed, Aspen Richardson, Elizabeth Rini, Garrett Ritz, Hayden Roudabush, Santiago Rueda, Eliza Samuels, Angelina Schott, Dawson Seaver, Zachary Shelor, Elizabeth Shock, Parker Snellings, Sierra Stewart, Garrett Taylor, Shane Thacker, Kaitlin Thompson, Samantha Tillett, James Timberlake, Elisabeth Townsend, Marran VanSickle, Connor Voorhees, Austin Walter, Lindley Waters, Sidney White, Eric Willersdorf, Julia Wood, Connor Woodel, Scott Wyman, Lani Yohman, and Rebekah Young.

10th Grade All A Hailey Camp, Maura Campbell, Evelyn

Chitty, Nathan DeLong, Gabriella Dintino, Darcie Dosher, Michelle Eggleston, Talmadge Fralin, Caitlin Garrigan, Taylor Goolsby, Anna Guthrie, Skyler Hall, Harry Hayden, Ashley Kaleta, Jacob Leynes, Rylen Luck, Eularia Manis, Camden McCullough, Kylee Reese, Zoe Sontag, Rachel Stegner, Emma Valcourt, Heidi Wiedrich, Jeanne Wolkiewicz, and Savannah Wood.

10th Grade 3.0 and Above Erin Adam, Blake Adams, McKenna Adams, Cameron Arnold, Julia Ashman, Patrick Baird, Summer Barden, Emma Barnett, Erin Barney, Keona Barnwell, Alexis Beaty, Ian Beers-Jones, Ruth Bennett, Jacob Boykin, Hayden Bradbury, Faith Brecht, Taylor Bridgforth, Emma Brooks, Hailey Brooks, Rebecca Browder, Paris Brown, Ainsley Bruce, Olivia Bryant, Katia Burgio, Jake Burton, Kimberly Campbell, Ayden Carroll, Anthony Cascone, Morgan Casteel, Madeline Cecil, Katelyn Chandler, Hannah Chilton, Zara Church, Kaitlyn Cline, Abigail Cocker, Jacob Cook, Colby Coppenger, William Cosby, Cody Cox, Jacob Crockett, Alexander Davis, Alicia Dern, Rileigh DeWeese, Michael Dobbins, McKenzie Dowdy, Brandon Eacho, Anna Edwards, Hannah Edwards, Brandon Eike, Sierra Ellison, Sean Fanning, Candace Farmer, Jessica Farrell, Lance Fleming, Sydney Freeman, Hallie Futrell, Rodriguez Garfias, Thomas Gates, Molly Gerow, Austin Gillenwater, Gina Girgente, Karyn Griggs, Tyler Hall, Katelyn Harnage, Sarah Harrell, Gabrielle Hasty, Madison Hayden, Chloe Hicks, Zoe Higley, Mackenzie Honebein, Olivia Hoover, Haley Hopkins, Steele Hottinger, Kaitlyn Hughes, Kristen Hughson, Arnell Jackson, Joshua Jordan, Gabriel Kerns, Caleb Kersey, Katherine Kim, Trinity Kimble, Wyatt Kimmich, Christopher King, Noah Kneessi, Mary Labons, Maxine Labons, Dalton Lane, Megan LaTulipe, Kayleigh Lewis, Kaylynn Lipford, Kailin Little, Lauren Little, Rachel Losch, Sheryk Luna, Courtney Madison, Emily Matthews, Kyleigh McCoy, Patrick McFarland, Tara McGee, Amber McKoy, Jade Miller, Adam Mitchell, Spencer Moran, Richard Morgan, Isaiah Morgan, Hayley Moss, Nathaniel Moyer, Madison Mozingo, Sophie Muller, Hannah Myers, Nathan Nightengale, Ethan Niles, Keegan O'Hare, Andrew Osborne, Ryann Overboe, Nathan Overton, Aleeyah Owens, Violet Parks, Wilson Pearson, Madeline Peloke, Eva Powell, Dylan Pulley, Preston Pullin, Griffin Ramsey, Jacob Ray, Amber Robinson, Maya Rottmund, Vianca Rubio, Nicholas Ryan, Brittany Samuels, Logan Sankey, Alexander Sarver, Hazel Saunders, Ian Scaparo, Kiya Sims, Cameron Sprouse, Hannah Squires, Cameron St. John, Brad Steele, Ryan Steinruck, Emily Stephenson, Kayla Tambellini, Kayla Tibbs, Kimberley Tibbs, Macie Tiller, Haley Timberlake, Christian Trent, Anthony Ulmer, Reese Vandell, Regan Warinner, Michael Washburn, Eleanor Weber, Carmen Westfall, Katherine White, Aidan Willard, Kaitlyn Williams, Robert Williams, Peter Wood, Zachary Woodel, Rachel Woodfin, Travis Wooten, and Jonathan Yoder.

11th Grade All A Tayliahna Beckwith, Danielle Bigham, Joseph Biringer, Colin Brinkley, Joseph Casedonte, Ava Furbee, Autumn Griffith, Madison Griffith, Hailey Haddix, Kesari Henderson, Blair Johnson, Erika Jones, Mallory Keck-Wilson, Jack Leipertz, Lauren Llewellyn, James Massengill, Timothy McCreight, Faith McNeel, Joshua Meador, Christina Moore, Hannah Ownby, Corey Palmore, Maggie Salomonsky, Julia Sherpa, Jared Somerville, Sarah Stegner, Joanna Thompson, Brandon Walters, and Kalli Williams.

11th Grade 3.0 and Above Troy Adams, Henry Adkins, Elizabeth Akins-Bredemeier, Logan Allen, Hannah Anderson, William Arrington, Olivia Aston, Pierce Bailey, Shane Baldwin, Haley Balzer, Parker Barnes, Sean Barrick, Graham Bateson, Courtney Beasley, Ethan Belcher, Austin Belton, Connor Benway, Linda Beyer, Hannah Blair, Lauren Bodsford, Charles Branch, Trent Brandon, Harmony Bray, Joseph Breen, Korey Brown, Cole Burton, Sarah Buser, Anna Causey, Nailah-Bena' Chambers, Noah Chandler, Colby Cheatham, Gavin Clark, Ashdin Clayton, Patricia Coates, Kathleen Coats, Brianna Coerper, Ethan Cook, Kaila Cook, Katelyn Cook, Victoria Cook, Michael Corley, Joseph Coward, Richard Crawford, Evan Dodd, Jeremy Dodd, Elena Douglas, Jacob Dowdy, Emily Eanes, Lindsey Elam, Early Foor, Brooke Ford, Claire Fortune, Grace Frame, Jacob Frame, Alyssa Franco, Marissa Freeman, Alexis Funn, Kayleigh George, Connor Glendenning, Casey Glover, Andrew Green, Kyla Greenway, Caitlin Grell, Hannah Hald, Dylan Hallock, Christian Hardie, Madalyn Harris, Tymothy Hart, Ethan Helms, Katherine Henderson, Conner Hendrick, Briana Hensley, Rebecca Hicks, Hunter Highsmith, Shelby Hooker, Melissa Hoye, Joshua Hughes, Zachary Hughes, Victoria Jackson, Jennah Jarosinski, Zacary Jasper, Jacob Jeter, Alayna Jiles, Katie Johnson, Rodney Jones, Joseph Kaiser, Marshall Ketron, Joel Kinnan, Charlotte Kramer, Ethan Krauss, Cecilia Lara Rocha, Nicholas LaRaffa, Carter Lawrence, Collin Lawson, Autumn Lederman, Morgan Lent, Samantha Lent, Trevor Leonard, Joshua Long, Sarah Long, Colby Lowery, Celindian Lugo, Carly Marsh, Christopher Mashburn, Brandi Mayes, Ashley Mazza, Brooklyn Mazza, Blair McAteer, Gibson McClung, Blake McCoy, Joshua McKee, Isabella McLachlan, Joshua McLevain, Brendan McMullin, Charlotte Meade, Nya Miles, Jason Mills, Ryan Minter, Jacob Moss, Ariana Moyer, Rachel Mueller, Josephine-Renee Munford, Sebastian Murnahan, Lily Nelms, Riley Nickerson, Saarah Niles, Austin Palmore, Anna Pantos, William Paxton, Megan Perkins, Brendan Pfab, Mariel Phillips, Clarence Pickens, Savannah Post, Alexis Powell, Angel Rather, Calie Rehme, Nicole Remillard, Ashley Rissmeyer, Mary Roberts, Ryleigh Roberts, Seth Rogers, Tate Russell, Finn Schmidt, Adrian Scruggs, Matthew Seeley, Noah Selino, Raphael Shaw, Abigail Shiflett, Ashley Sikes, Peyton Sloan, Allison

Smith, Moriah Stanley, Grace Stevens, Ellie Sullivan, Bennet Tambellini, Jacob Taylor, Autumn Thompson, Ashley Trevillian, Cameron Trichell, Colleen Trott, Brianna Tye, Chase Urbine, Ashley Van Buskirk, Deven Van Natter, John Varel, Aidan Voorhees, Colton Vosburg, Keira White, Tristan Wills, Areanna Wilson, Jordan Winall, Cameron Wingfield, Joseph Wirt, Sarah Wood, Hannah Worsham, and Andrew Worthington.

12th Grade All A Alexandria Anderson, Mason Basdikis, Lillie Brindley, Alexandra Bryant, Bryce Burmaster, Katie Corbitt, Caileigh Dintino, Brooke Dippold, Lindsey Fanz, Cameron Fisher, Luke Foster, Collin Gerardi, Alexander Ing, Sophia Jaconski, Veronica Lennon, Athena LeVau, John Lockett, Morgan Lovgren, Karen Martin, Emmy Melchert, Charles Miller, Jaquan Miller, Brooke Nevius, Jared Parker, Rachel Parker, Ashley Reed, Benjamin Salisbury, Savanna Schumacher, Brianna Stone, Ella Thomas, Reagan Thomas, Elijah Tiller, Libby Watson, Chandler Wright, and Noah Wyman.

12 Grade 3.0 and Above Summer Adams, Amy Adcock, Logan Amiss, Athena Anderson, Audrey Anderson, Olivia Arnold, Kiley Artabazon, Zackary Baldwin, Cameron Barden, Robert Bass, Matthew Beals, Jacob Beil, Grace Beverly, Christopher Bigelow, Hannah Blanning, Catharine Blevins, Leslie Bonner, Douglas Bradbury, Samuel Brawley, Katelyn Bray, Raegan Bruce, Natalie Bryant, Jessica Burden, Janie Burge, Abigail Cahill, Avery Caldwell, Melanie Campbell, Lily Carnahan, Nadiya Carter, Peyton Chandler, Rebecka Chestnutt, Alyssa Cole, Jo'Lee Collins, Sierra Conner, Gabrielle Criscione, Kaitlyn Crockett, Courtney Daniels, Elizabeth Deyton, Taylor Dickerson, Ryan Dodd, Kylie Donnelly, Sydney Dorn, Noah Dowdy, Carlton Dunford, Cassie Ellis, Megan English, Madison Evans, Kelsey Fleming, Kyle Frinkle, Makayla Gaines, Rodriguez Garfias, Aviae' Gibson, Tori Gilbert, Julia Gregory, Annette Griffith, William Groves, Ashton Gunn, Ryan Hall, Sydney Hall, Gabrielle Hamby, Julia Hannaford, Scott Harrelson, Kaylee Harris, Kayla Hathaway, Damian Hayes, Julia Hebert, Landry Henderson, Brett Hilbert, Amanda Hill, Andrew Hodson, Tyler Holswade, Hunter Hopkins, Jeffrey Hoyt, Danielle Huber, Joseph Johnson, Afton Jones, Emily Jones, Samuella Jones, Ramandeep Kaur, Hunter Kingery, Shane Lacks, Phillip LaRue, Samantha Lawless, Charles Laxton, Taylor Lewis, Bryan Lovell, Josie Lowe, Wayne Lucas, Kylee Maiolo, Garrett Manes, Dominic Manis, Hannah Martin, Kevin Martir, Taylor Mattison, Kelsey Mawyer, Katlyn Mayo, Ashley McArtan, Benjamin McFadden, Madison McGee, Shawn Michalski, Kevin Mikita, Kyle Mikita, Jessica Miller, Neal Miller, Scott Mills, Jacob Montgomery, Atticus Morgan, Abigail Morin, Abigail Nee, Kimberly Novak, Ian Oliver, Lindsay Overholser, see HONOR ROLL, pg. 4

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Maker Fest helps children learn through hands-on activities

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Children learned through hands-on activities from adult makers who shared their hobbies.

Citizens lobby for supervisor’s rights News Editor

said. This was in reference to a different part of that Feb. 26 email, which was sent to chair Carson Tucker, District 5, and county leadership team members.

Sally Boese of Powhatan referenced the situ-

DON SILBERBAUER

SUSANNE EARNHARDT

Some of the points made that evening were: Don Silberbauer of Powhatan posed several questions to the board about the authority Voorhees has to restrict verbal or written access by a supervisor to county staff and asked for documentation to support that power.

If the documentation giving that authority to Voorhees can’t be presented, the “county administrator must rescind the directive to the county staff that restricts direct contact with supervisor Williams or follow through on the ultimatum to resign as stated in the county administrator’s email,” Silberbauer

ation Williams had been questioning on Feb. 26 regarding language being taken out of the county’s Subdivision Code without the board’s knowledge.

She questioned why an outside independent investigation was not conducted instead of an internal one.

“This judgment call opened up the possibility of a cover up,” she said.

“Furthermore, the administrative order to cut off Mr. Williams’ access to staff further reinforces the impression of a cover up.”

She said Williams, who is her supervisor, “cannot represent his constituents nor carry out the

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During a budget workshop held on Monday, March 19, 11 citizens spoke during the public comment section voicing concerns and outrage about county administrator Ted Voorhees’ recent decision to limit District 1 supervisor David Williams’ access to county staff.

The directive first was issued by email during the board’s meeting on Monday, Feb. 26 after Williams began an aggressive line of questioning of a staff member. Rather than rescind the directive in the weeks that followed, Voorhees stood by his decision.

It was mentioned but barely discussed at the board meeting that earlier that day Voorhees had extended the directive to include all board members until a policy can be presented to the board for consideration regarding how and when supervisors may make requests of staff that involve a substantial amount of additional work.

While this issue was not front and center as an item discussed by the board at the March 19 meeting, it dominated the public comment period, where the overriding theme regarded government transparency.

full responsibilities of his role without the same rights enjoyed by all other members of the board of supervisors. We are being denied full representation, however, by the latest administrative directive placed on him and we demand that this order be retracted immediately.”

Susanne Earnhardt of Powhatan said Williams deserves to have the same rights as everyone on the board as they go about their duties and make sure county staff performs their responsibilities.

John Delong of Powhatan questioned

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GATES OPEN AT 5:00 PM - MEALS START AT 6:00 PM. Take-out meal service available at the gate. Pulled Beef Brisket, sides and beverage catered by PQ’s BBQ - Live entertainment by Route 64 Band - Charity Silent Auction - 50/50 Cash Drawing Raffle – All profits go directly to charities – 100%.

SAVE $5 – buy Advance Tickets for a $20 donation ($25 at the gate) - See any Lion’s Club member or call 804-794-1440. Children 12 and under – FREE You may also make tax deductible charitable donations to support the Lion’s Club charity event. **The Powhatan Lion’s Club is a Registered Section 501(c)(3) charity**

Men’s, Ladies’ or Mixed Captain’s Choice Charity Golf Tournament begins at prestigious Mill Quarter Golf Club at Noon – Sign-up and info: call 804-513-3878 or 804-690-0177.

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Emergency preparedness training offered in Powhatan Contributed Report The Central Virginia Emergency Management Alliance (CVEMA) will host another Survivor Day program in 2018 with events at 11 locations around the region, including one in Powhatan County.

The Powhatan County event will be held on Saturday, April 21, with check-in starting at 8 a.m. and the training running from 9 a.m. to noon at the Village Building, 3910 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Seating is limited and registration is on a first come, first served basis.

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charges, or about 10 percent, according to data provided by Sheriff Brad Nunnally. In 2016, arrests increased to 588 and DUI arrests went up to 83 (about 14 percent), while in 2017, arrests reached 607, including 93 DUIs (15 percent).

Emergency and community response professionals will teach residents the best ways to prepare for disasters. Emergencies and disasters are a part of life in Central Virginia - hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, winter storms, and other hazards – we have them all.

Survivor Day attendees will learn how to survive in their home without power for at least 72 hours, what to take with them should they need to evacuate and much more.

Topics discussed during the event will include basic active shooter awareness; food and water safety; household safety; first aid and hygiene; planning and docu-

Not all of those DUI arrests end up being referred to VASAP. Sometimes when someone is pulled over and tested, their blood alcohol levels are too low to ultimately get a DUI conviction, Nunnally said. “We have cases where they blow a zero. We suspect that they are under the

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Registered attendees who complete the entire Survivor Day training will receive a free backpack with survivor kit supplies (limit one per household, must complete training).

Survivor Day is presented by CVEMA with funding from the FEMA’s Grants Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. CVEMA is a coalition of local emergency managers and partner organizations from 25 localities in Central Virginia who voluntarily partner with each other to make the Central Virginia region as prepared and resilient as it can be. Planning

and basic staffing services for CVEMA are provided by the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission.

Central Virginia residents may attend any Survivor Day event offered and are not restricted to Survivor Day events in their own locality of residence.

Registration is online at www.SurvivorDay.com. Those without internet access may call United Way at 804-771-5874 or the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission at 804-323-2033 to register.

Those without internet access or requiring assistance with registration may also dial 211.

influence of narcotics. The narcotic level may not be high enough to justify a conviction for under the influence. Their driving actions were still against the law so the charge is changed to reckless driving,� he said.

Nunnally said neither the VASAP referral numbers nor the steady year-toyear increases in overall arrests in the county are an indication of a sudden crime wave. The county is “not more dangerous than we were two years ago or three years ago.�

Instead, he attributes a steady rise in both overall arrests and DUI arrests to a culmination of additional staff in the commonwealth attorney’s office and additional deputies assigned to patrol Powhatan’s roads. “I reduced administration levels in the office so I could increase the levels of patrolmen on the road. That has led to an increase of eyes out there and cars out there that are actively looking for offenses. That is being reflected in the numbers,� he said. “It’s not that we have more drunks in the county than we ever had be-

fore. It’s just that we are not spread as thin as we used to be and we are able to detect more of these crimes and actually be more proactive in bringing them in.�

Nunnally added that his deputies are further motivated by the successful prosecution of the cases. “It is nice to see that we are making an impact in a very important public safety area, which is these DUIs. Nobody wants somebody that is intoxicated, impaired or otherwise on the road with their wife and kids,� he said. “We are trying to reduce the number of traffic deaths we have in the county and that is a big contributor to it.�

Increased staffing has helped, but so has more advanced training, Cerullo said. In February 2017, he and Sgt. Rodolfo Riopedre attended a special advanced DUI training put on by the Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council.

Topics covered at the intensive week-long training include investigative stops, checkpoints, blood testing issues and DUI manslaughter. The program utilizes a

team-training format requiring a team consisting of a prosecutor and a law enforcement officer from the same jurisdiction.

Nunnally said Cerullo and Riopedre brought back what they learned at the training course and shared it with the other Powhatan deputies. It was the first time he could recall someone from the two offices attending a class together as students, but it fits with the longstanding tradition of the two offices working together to make sure cases are investigated and prosecuted correctly, he said. “We have upheld that tradition but that has been around long before I got here. It goes back to every sheriff I have worked under before also. But we certainly see the merit in it,� Nunnally said.

That relationship is especially important with DUIs because it is one of the more complicated situations officers deal with as far as both the detailed testing they have to do and the often risky environmental conditions – parked at the side of busy roads, often in

the dark – they are in when conducting those tests, Cerullo said. “There’s a lot of moving parts going on in a DUI case and any one of them if you mess it up it can have adverse affects on the case,� he said.

Nunnally said he will sometimes receive complaints from people who are upset they were pulled over because an officer suspected they were driving under the influence and they were asked embarrassing questions such as if they have been drinking. In response, he said he is not going to make any apologies for his deputies working to make the public safer. “It is not a personal thing. They are not hoping that you are drinking. They don’t get an extra day off because they got more DUIs than the next guy.

They have a legitimate desire to protect the public and that’s it; they don’t get any other benefit from it,� the sheriff said. “Being offended because they asked if you were drinking, how else are they supposed to find out?�

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CHURCH DIRECTORY St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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HOLY WEEK Maundy Thursday, March 29 - Agape Meal/Holy Eucharist - 6:30PM Good Friday, March 30 - Liturgy - Noon and Stations of the Cross - 7PM 2910 Genito Rd. Powhatan, VA Holy Saturday Eve, March 31 - The Great Vigil of Easter - 8PM 598-2086 Feast of the Resurrection, Sunday, April 1 - Holy Eucharist 7:30AM, 9AM & 11AM Worship with us this Sunday All are Welcome Church service @ 9:30 AM

Church

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EVERGREEN COMMUNITY CHURCH (PCA) Proclaiming & Practicing the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Worship service at 9:30 AM Meeting at Flat Rock Elementary School www.EvergreenPowhatan.com

598-8844 Rev. Leonard Liu, Pastor

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Manakin Episcopal Church Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

985 Huguenot Trail

Providence Presbyterian Church

Meeting Sundays in Amelia, Farmville, Fork Union, Midlothian, Powhatan and Online.

Visit pccwired.net for services times & locations.

598-1174 pccwired.net

(1 mile west of Rt. 288)

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794-6401 www.manakin.org

Located 1950 Ridge Road (Rt. 627) 2/10th of a mile north of Rt. 13

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

Pastor Linda Lowe

Hearts and Beyond Our Doors

Worship: 8:30 Just off Rt. 13 in8:30 the Village Worship: & 11 a.m.& 11 a.m.

Sunday School: 598-4438 Sunday School: 9:45 9:45 a.m.a.m.

2253 Rosson Rd.

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Powhatan Christian Fellowship Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 am Wednesday Night 7:30 p.m.

Powhatan United Methodist Church

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Sunday school @ 10:30 AM

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804-403-3963 Sundays: Morning Worship 10:00 AM Stephen Shelton, Bishop Wednesday: Sacrament Service – 9:00 am Family Life Night 7:00 PM Gospel Doctrine – 10:20 am 2480 Academy Road Priesthood/Relief Society – 11:10 am 598-7159 Located off Route 60 at Lower Hill Rd. Pastor: Johnathan M. Whichard

www.powhatanumc.us 2253 Rosson Road

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3308 Pleasants Road, 1/4 mile off of Route 711 Russ Cress, Pastor 598-0733

St. John Neumann Catholic Church

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CALL 598-4305 for details.

Rev. Walter G. Lewis, Pastor Saturday - 5 p.m.

Sunday - 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

598-3754 www.sjnpowhatan.org Located behind Flat Rock Village Shopping Center

598-6090

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Powhatan, VA 23139 1801 Huguenot Trail Sunday School 9am Pastor, Larry B. Collins Sunday Worship 10am Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:45pm Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study Bryan M. Holt, Pastor 7:30 p.m.

378-3607 www.EmmausChristianChurch.org Office 804-598-2398

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Moose Family Center limits smoking

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The Powhatan Moose Family Center, a local charitable organization, recently announced the rearrangements of the facility. The center’s smoking and non-smoking areas will be rearranged effective April 1, 2018 as follows: smoke free areas Bingo hall (open to public) and social quarters (member and guests). The center offers a separate area where smoking will be permitted. Major improvements have made to the facility to accommodate this change. The public is invited to come and join in on Tuesday nights for smoke free bingo. It will have a jackpot of $1,000 the first Tuesday of every month provided the center has an attendance of at least 60 players.

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SECOND ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH 1059 Dorset Road Powhatan, VA 23139 Reverend Mark A. Divens, Sr. Pastor

Praise and Worship Service Sunday School 9:45-10:45 Sunday Morning Worship will begin at 11:00 a.m.

CHURCH DIRECTORY Faith

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Worship - 10:30 am Bible Study Wednesday 7 pm

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Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

4731 Bell Road, Powhatan, VA 23139

Worship Service, Each Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School, Each Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Prayer and Bible Study, Each Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Reverend Lawrence A. Wilson, Sr., Pastor 804-379-3539 5680 Cartersville Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139

(Independent Bible Believing)

Pastor Gregory L. Beechaum Sr. “The church where Jesus is Alive”

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Randy Blackwell, Pastor

Sundays 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 6:00 Youth Soul Food Thursdays 5:45 Mid-Week Meal 6:15 Handbell Choir 6:30 Children’s Choir/GA’s, RA’s Children’s Mission Moment 6:30 Adult Bible Study (Child Care Provided) 7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal 3922 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan In The Village (804) 598-3098

Baptist Church “A Church Where Love Never Fails!”

Pastor Otis B. Lockhart, Jr.

598-2763 Sunday School at 9:30 am Morning Service at 11:00 am Bible Study Every Wednesday Night at 6:30 pm 3964 Old Buckingham Road

Muddy Creek BAPTIST CHURCH Baptist Church

FIRST ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH

2591 Ridge Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139 804-598-2051

3920 MAIDENS RD., POWHATAN Pastor Vera Rhyne

MOUNT ZION

Rev. Bryan Stevens, Pastor 11 a.m. – Worship Service 9 a.m. – Church School Wednesday Bible Study 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Sunday School - 9:45 am Worship - 11 am Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer Service - 7:00 pm 3470 Trenholm Road www.muddycreekbaptist.org

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Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Jeff Beard, MA, MBA

Faith

Free Will Baptist Church 2828 Genito Road, Powhatan Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM R. Robinson, Pastor 804-690-0558

Experiencing the presence of God in Worship Preaching the Word of Faith 1348 Anderson Highway Powhatan, VA 23139 804-379-8223

Pastor Donald Habersack Sundays 10:00 AM Wednesday 6:30 PM

Brad Russell, Pastor 598-4241 First Worship 8:30 am Bible Study for all ages 9:45 am Second Worship 11:00 am Wed. Family Ministry 6:30 pm

2202 Old Church Road www.powhatanbaptist.org

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804-598-2301 Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Mid Day Bible Study 11:30 a.m.

Contemporary – 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.

Worship – 11 a.m.

Children’s Worship – 11 a.m.

Prayer/Bible Study – Wed. 6:30 p.m.

Children’s Worship (all ages) – 2095 Red Lane Road Wed. 6:30 p.m.

1/2 mile off Rt. 60 on Red Lane Road New Generation Praise & Worship – 804-598-2455 Sat. 7 p.m. www.redlanebaptist.org Lighthouse Youth – Wed. 5:30 p.m.

Worship Service 9:00 a.m. Miracles of God Sp. Needs Service: Small Groups 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. the 2nd Sat. of each month Wednesday Night Classes for all ages at 6:15 598-3481 • 975 Dorset Road Dr. James Taylor, Pastor www.gracelandbc.org

3619 Huguenot Trail Powhatan, Virginia 23139 804-403-3070 www.finecreekbaptist.org Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

Traditional Rev. David A. Simpson, Pastor

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Hollywood

Dr. Ronald Wyatt, Jr., Pastor

OLD POWHATAN BAPTIST CHURCH

9:00 a.m. ---- Sunday School Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

9:45 a.m. ---- Prayer & Praise Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.--- Sunday Morning Worship Sunday EveningYouth Ministry - 6:00 p.m.

5th Sunday at 11 a.m.

Sunday EveningAdult Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.

Hour of Power Wednesday Prayer - 7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m. ---- Tuesday Night Worship & Bible Study 379-8930

May Memorial Baptist Church

Michael Edwards, Pastor Ashley Edwards, Minister of Children and Youth Beverley Edwards, Minister of Music

Office: 804-598-2667

Holly Hills Baptist Church

1659 Anderson Highway 3½ miles east of Flat Rock

804-598-5491

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Christian Fellowship

Bill Sisson, Pastor

GREENBRIER BAPTIST CHURCH

St. James Baptist Church

Graceland Baptist Church

1530 Cook Road (Rt. 636)

fbcpva.org (Independent, Fundamental Bible Believing) Travis Keith, Pastor Sunday School - 10:00 am • Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 am Sunday Evening Service - 6:00 pm • Wednesday Prayer Meeting - 6:30pm • Children & Teen Programs on Sundays 6:30-7:30pm (Sept-May) Contact - 794-7054 2109 Anderson Hwy Across from Food Lion & Wendy's

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whole; determining if the deletion of the language had any adverse affects on the approval of certain development projects in the year it was removed; making sure county procedures are tightened up to ensure some of the admitted mistakes in this situation aren’t repeated; agreeing on the authority a county administrator has to restrict a supervisors’ access to staff; what power an individual board member has over county employees, and whether transparency and accountability in regard to local government have been upheld throughout this situation.

The board members had agreed to discuss one of those issues – whether to release the internal investigation to the public – at its meeting on Wednesday, March 21, so county attorney Tom Lacheney could be present to advise them. However, that meeting was canceled because of snow.

The issue was likely to come up at the board’s next meeting, which was scheduled for Monday, March 26 and occurred after press time.

A new directive In an email send during the Feb. 26 meeting to chairman Carson Tucker, District 5, Voorhees said Williams’ behavior “in attacking staff tonight was so egregious, that I cannot leave it unaddressed. Actions have consequences.

From this point forward, I must insist that all requests for information and contact with staff by Supervisor Williams will need to come through me. I cannot allow behavior of this nature in a properly functioning organization. If the Board cannot support me in this, then I will no longer be able to serve as your County Administrator and will begin seeking other employment.”

In an email to his leadership team about 10 minutes later, Voorhees instructed them that they were to refer all contact from Williams to the county administrator and said “he is not to be provided answers to questions or any information by staff directly.”

In the same email, he said the directive would stand until further notice and

that if Williams agreed to “conduct himself more appropriately, then I will consider rescinding this directive.”

Another 15 minutes after that, Voorhees sent an email to Williams saying his public statements “showed significant frustration about the process, behaviors and decisions of County staff.” However, Voorhees took issue with how Williams approached the topic, saying “there are limits as to what level of public criticism is appropriate and norms for how staff should be treated.”

Voorhees said that to make sure he understood what all of Williams’ concerns were, he requested the supervisor “direct all requests for information to me and avoid direct contact with staff.”

Voorhees said he would do his best to meet Williams’ “information needs to enable you to fully perform your policy, governance and oversight responsibilities.”

Rights and responsibilities A series of emails was exchanged in March between Williams and Voorhees regarding the county administrator’s initial decision to restrict the supervisors’ access to county employees.

From the start, Williams made clear in a March 7 email to Voorhees that he believes staff does not work for Voorhees but for the governing body and is directly accountable to the board of supervisors.

“I appreciate your desire to control communications with the staff, but every elected member of the Board has a right to seek information from the staff about the handling of the people’s business. If that is not the way things should be handled, a County Administrator could prevent elected officials from holding staff accountable for their actions,” he said.

Williams said he has a “right and a responsibility to do what I can to make certain that County business is conducted with transparency.”

Referencing the investigation into the Subdivision Code language deletion, Williams reasserted something he said in the Feb. 26 meeting, that “not everything that public employees do should be confidential.”

About two hours later, Voorhees re-

sponded in an email saying he didn’t have a problem disclosing to the public that a mistake was made but he does “have a problem with publically humiliating people.”

Voorhees said that the issue that precipitated Williams’ “inappropriate comments” during the Feb. 26 meeting had already been discussed by the board as a whole.

“I am accountable to the board as a whole, and not to any one member. I believe that is also how individual board members best operate. A case is made, the board deliberates, and a decision, collectively, is rendered. Acting to the contrary undermines the very democracy that we cherish,” Voorhees wrote.

Regarding Voorhees’ authority, he said he intended to operate “in the tradition of the council-manager form of government.” He also referenced the significant authority over personnel granted to the county administrator by the board and spelled out in his employment agreement.

Voorhees also supplied his employment contract as part of a FOIA request.

The document includes three full pages specifically listing the different job functions of the county administrator as enumerated in Code of Virginia §15.2-1541.

Among the many essential job functions detailing the rights and responsibilities is language that addresses the power that the county administrator, who serves as the chief administrative officer for the county, has, including; “directs daily operations of the government”; “manages and supervises all departments, agencies and offices of the county to achieve goals within available resources”; “plans and organizes workloads and staff assignments”; “performs or assists subordinates in performing duties; adjusts errors and complaints”; “appoints and removes all department heads, officers, and employees of the county, except members of the Board of Supervisors and Constitutional Officers,” and “sees that all laws and ordinances are faithfully performed.”

“This language makes it very clear that the staff does indeed ‘work for me’ as you put it, and not ‘for the Board’ specifically,” Voorhees wrote on March 7.

“If you are suggesting otherwise, then I

have entered into a contract under false pretenses and will need to evaluate my employment tenure. I absolutely did not intend to work for a local government where employees are hired, disciplined and fired by the board directly, that is not what I was told, and that is not what is in my agreement.”

Williams responded by email on March 17, saying the argument of who the staff works for misses the point because all elected officials and county employees, by the Constitution of Virginia, “work for the people and are accountable to them.” Voorhees has a statutory responsibility over county staff, but elected officials have the “overriding, constitutional responsibility” of assuring county staff are accountable to the people in the performance of their duties.

He also said that under Voorhees’ interpretation of the law, he appeared to believe that he can determine whether a member of the board can obtain information, when he can obtain it and how he can obtain it.

Williams also denounced Voorhees’ decision to go with an internal investigation into the turn lane language deletion, especially assigning the task to an “individual who had been directly involved in the communications leading up to the deletion.”

In the final emails from Voorhees to Williams in this chain, also dated March 17, the county administrator said he would never want to limit an elected board member in properly carrying out his/her duty and is willing to assist and facilitate individual members and the whole board.

“However, the rights of individual members of any board do not supersede the decisions of the body as a whole.

While individuals rightly continue to advocate a position, once a decision is rendered, it is no longer my duty to entertain dilatory actions of individuals,” Voorhees said. “This whole auxiliary lane issue has distracted numerous staff members from otherwise pursing the goals of the board of supervisors and it needs to stop.

“Furthermore, the rights of individual board members do not give license to

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What television show from your past brings up good memories for you?

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A visit with an old neighbor brings a smile

By Laura McFarland News Editor

L

et’s have some make believe time now.

With those few words, I was transported back to childhood and watching everybody’s favorite neighbor, Mr. Rogers, speak directly to me through my television screen.

Like millions of people in the United States and around the world, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” was a staple of my childhood. I don’t remember specific episodes, probably because there were too many, but there were things that were always in the back of my memory – the “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” song, characters like the puppets Daniel Tiger and Henrietta Pussycat, and the Trolley that could take you to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Social media, while often frivolous in nature, has the benefit of every once in awhile bringing something to your attention you might find truly interesting. Leading up to last week, I somewhat noticed more stories and videos than usual showing up on Facebook about Fred Rogers to highlight his goal to provide quality television for young children.

But something that caught my attention immediately was when I learned that in honor of what would have been the late Mr. Rogers’ 90th birthday, March 20, a marathon of all of the show’s episodes was being live streamed for free by a gaming website called Twitch.

The marathon started with 90 of the most popular episodes followed by a run through the entire show’s history ... all 886 episodes.

To be honest, the first thought triggered by learning about the marathon was, yes, I could use a little more positivity in my day today. Whether it is some local events that have been heating up and becoming increasingly contentious or national news like another school shooter in Maryland or a person setting off bombs in

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L E T T E R S TO T H E E D I TO R Citizens want information released on ordinance mistake Dear Editor, “That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people, that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.”

This language was first adopted in May 1776 when Virginia declared its independence from Great Britain and remains a part of the Virginia Constitution today. It has been a fundamental principle of the commonwealth’s governing system for almost 250 years.

The county administrator, Ted Voorhees, objected to the effort by Supervisor David Williams at the February 26 board of supervisors meeting to let the citizens know how a provision of the Subdivision Ordinance that requires a developer to construct turn lanes was deleted from the ordinance in January 2017.

The county staff claims that the deletion was just a “clerical mistake.”

Mr. Rogers also took a trip to Colonial Williamsburg to highlight the historical and educational offerings there, describing what he saw with simple but intelligent words and not talking down to his viewers.

In the same episode, the lesson that came out of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe was that learning can come in more than one form; you don’t only have to limit yourself to one way. And at the very end of the episode, there was even a simple moment where Mr. Rogers played with a flashlight and then reminded his television neighbors what you do when you are finished playing with something – you put it away.

Before I knew it, he was heading back to his closet to switch out that trusty cardigan and singing about how much he likes me just the way I am.

It’s hard to describe how peaceful and calming I found this short respite from my regular day. The soothing cadence and welcoming but not over-the-top conversation with the audience combined with simplified but not dumbed-down information. It made for an entertaining half-hour, even if I am far older than the intended audience.

Just so you know, this column was never a lead-in to talk about the good ol’ days or how television shows today, especially those for children, don’t even compare in terms of quality and life lessons.

I used the word respite before and I meant it. Watching that episode of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” (never mind the fact that I ended up leaving it on as soothing background noise) was indeed a moment of eccentricity and nostalgia. It was a calm from the storm, a break from reality, and a needed infusion of positivity all rolled into one.

Based on everything I have ever heard or read about Fred Rogers, hearing the affect his show had on one of his television neighbors, even 24 years after it originally aired, would have given him a smile.

Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@ powhatantoday.com.

Texas, the idea of having a positive respite with an old friend sounded beyond appealing.

So, I dutifully headed over to www.twitch.tv/misterrogers and there it was, Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, looking exactly as I remembered it.

Now it had been years since I watched the show, so I didn’t remember all of the details about its 30-minute format. For old time’s sake, I decided to watch an episode, which ended up being one that originally aired in 1993. Wow! – was my mind blown.

There was the opening song greeting me like an old friend. I watched with a smile as Mr. Rogers’ exchanged his suit coat and shiny shoes for a cardigan and tennis shoes. In the next few minutes, he laid the groundwork for one of several topics up for discussion that day by talking about having to practice to become proficient on a musical instrument, or anything in life really. The “field trip” he always seemed to take was to meet world renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Growing up in Houston, I played the cello in my middle and high school orchestras. In middle school, the orchestra attended a performance by Mr. Perlman, who is a truly brilliant and powerful musician. Then, as on the show, he walked out using his crutches, the result of contracting polio when he was a child. He sat down and pulled out his violin and began playing. At that point, any other thought left my head except being caught up in his mastery of that instrument.

In their short time together, Mr. Rogers talked with Mr. Perlman about several topics, including his own history and surviving polio, how hard he had to work to become a proficient violinist, and the way music can help a person express their emotions.

One thing I noticed again during their discussion was when Mr. Rogers would look at the camera and refer to viewers as his “television neighbors.” Everything he did was about inviting audiences in and making them feel part of what was happening.

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The documents that Mr. Williams described on February 26 raise questions about the staff’s claim.

Mr. Voorhees thinks that there is a rule that shields actions by county employees from public scrutiny.

That kind of rule would make the Virginia Constitution’s rule requiring accountability of county employees to the public meaningless.

The public has a constitutional right to know the details of what happened.

This is important to the citizens of Powhatan. Removing the turn lane requirement meant that developers who were not required to construct those lanes for safety while the requirement was not in effect, will see those improvements made later at taxpayer expense.

The previous county administrator publicly pushed to have that provision taken out. So did two of the members of the board. I seem to

recall that the Economic Development Authority Board of Directors and its current chairman, former State Senator John Watkins, supported the individuals who sponsored the Economic Development Strategy when it proposed taking the provision out. There was apparently a lot of political activity to remove this requirement.

It is worth noting that more than a year went by before the board was asked to put the requirement back in the Subdivision Ordinance. It shouldn’t have taken that long to correct a “clerical mistake.”

The citizens of Powhatan deserve a full and transparent review of what happened to cause the requirement for auxiliary lanes to be deleted from the Subdivision Ordinance.

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Senior Connections offers a lunch and social event called Friendship Cafe that is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Thursday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church. It provides socialization, nutrition, exercise, transportation and information about relevant topics for seniors ages 60 plus. For more information, contact Joan Doss with Senior Connections at 804343-3000 or jdoss@youraaa. org.

Powhatan County Public Library’s family storytime is held at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The library is closed on Sundays and county holidays. For more information, call 804598-5670.

Powhatan Domestic Violence Services and Goochland Family Services hold a support group for survivors of domestic violence from Powhatan and Goochland counties and surrounding areas every Wednesday. The group meets in the evening with childcare provided.

All women are welcome.

For more information or location, contact Powhatan Domestic Violence Services at 804-598-5630 or go to the organization’s Facebook page and send a private message.

The Free Clinic of Powhatan, located at 3908 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan offers health services (medical, dental, mental health, women's health) free of charge for uninsured and low income residents

of Powhatan County.

Administration hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Thursdays, lab services are from 9 a.m. to noon and patient hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Mondays, registration for new patients is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and patient hours are from 4 to 8:30 p.m. All patient visits are by appointment. For more information, contact 804-598-5637.

The Powhatan Lion’s Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the County Seat Restaurant. Contact Mike Jones at 804-794-1440 for more information.

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The Powhatan Food Pantry is open from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays and 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays at 2500 Batterson Road. Contact the pantry at 804-372-9526 or powhatanvafoodpantry@ gmail.com.

The Woman’s Club of Powhatan’s Clothes Closet is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday, Monday and Tuesday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at 3908 Old Buckingham Road at the back end of the social services building.

Donations accepted anytime but preferably during regular hours. Shoppers can fill a paper grocery bag full of stuff for $3. The second hand store sells clothes, shoes, books, movies, CDs, housewares, linens, toys, small electronics, games and more. Look for The Clothes Closet of Powhatan on Facebook. see CALENDAR, pg. 8

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Senator Tim Kaine set to visit Powhatan Contributed Report United States Senator Tim Kaine has announced a 20-event tour of Virginia to formally launch his re-election campaign, and will be making Powhatan one of his first stops.

On Thursday, April 5, the Powhatan County Democratic Committee will host a brunch with Kaine starting at 8 a.m. at the County Seat Restaurant, 3883 Old

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a shortage of $265,830 for Powhatan schools and the one from the Senate would mean a potential shortage of $435,280, Jones said.

The school board was scheduled to adopt its budget during its meeting on March 27, which happened after press time. However, Jones said the school board planned to adopt the governor’s version of the budget and then go back and amend it when they had more definitive information on state funding.

Building a budget One of the biggest factors in building the school board’s budget is the projected student enrollment, Jones said. During the 2018-2019 school year, enrollment is projected at 4,301, which would be an additional 25 students and be in line with the steadily increasing numbers the county has seen in the last two years. The county will know its official number on March 31 along with state funding figures.

One of the big challenges for Powhatan this year is that the Local Composite Index, which is the formula the state uses to calculate funding, increased from .4033 to .4302, Jones said. This recalculation happens every two years with a biennium, and there were about 79 school divisions that saw an increase. However, only seven of those had a larger increase than Powhatan, which is expected to see a $750,000 impact on its budget.

“There was some increase in state funding that was proposed by the governor, including a no loss provision, which kind of softened the blow for us in his version of the budget so that whole $750,000 increase wasn’t felt,” he said.

office from 2006 to 2010. Under Buckingham Road, Powhatan. his leadership, Virginia was rated Kaine was first elected to pubas the best state to raise a child in lic office in 1994, when he won a a 2007 report by Education Week seat on the Richmond City Counand the Pew Center on the States. cil. He was then elected mayor of He has served in Congress since Richmond in 1998 and was in that 2013. In 2016, he received the position until being elected lieuKAINE nomination for vice president of tenant governor of Virginia in the United States.

2001. Kaine was elected the 70th When Kaine visits Powhatan he will governor of Virginia in 2005 and held that

share his message of making jobs, health care, and education available to every Virginian and the importance of this year’s election.

The Powhatan High School Jazz Ensemble will be performing under the direction of Nicholas and Andrew Snead.

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However, he would later point out the General Assembly was still debating the budget and than in both the House and Senate versions of the budget, the no loss provision proposed by the governor to offset the local composite index had been removed.

The second big forecasted revenue change was county administrator Ted Voorhees had informed the school division that the transfers from the county would increase by $705,189, Jones said.

Another factor weighed in the budget was the comparison of per pupil costs. In 2016, the state average to educate a student was $11,745, compared with $10,585 in Powhatan.

Because of the wide range of divisions factored into the state average, David Williams, who represents District 1, asked Jones if the board could see how Powhatan compared with comparable jurisdictions to gauge how Powhatan is really stacking up. Jones said he could get that information for the board.

Another big factor in the budget is average class size as the community enjoys having relatively small class sizes for students and teachers, although that level is different depending on the grade level, Jones said.

As he has in the last few years, Jones pointed out that the majority of the budget is made up of costs that are fixed, such as payroll and benefits, operations, instruction and vehicles. Out of the $46.4 million budget in the 2017-2018 school year, only $2.6 million, or 5.63 percent, was considered variable costs that the school board had full control over, he said.

When the board of supervisors approved the building of the new middle school, the school board had committed to returning $650,000 in savings from closing Pocahontas Middle School and has been paying on that for the last few years. The final installment of $176,648 is included in the recommended budget.

Because of the unknowns involved in waiting on the recommended state budget, the school district had already been looking at areas of potential savings, Jones said.

One potential savings, which staff had been considering but had not yet factored into the budget, was recommending no longer operating as a full member of the Math Science Innovation Center, which would be a savings of $115,000.

The school district is heavily invested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and a review of the data involving the center showed a limited return on investment, Jones said.

“Students would still be able to participate in some of the enrichment programs so those wouldn’t be taken away. … Our teachers can still participate in the professional development. We would just be paying as a prorated rate per teacher that participated, but we wouldn’t be part of the consortium moving forward,” he said.

Other potential savings might be found in a request for proposal in contract negotiation phase to outsource the school district’s food service; removing or reducing the targeted salary adjustments, a savings of up to $246,198; the school district has some flexibility with the recommended position changes, and potential savings from a competitive fuel bid.

With the current worst case scenario of the shortfall in the Senate budget, these potential changes could be used as areas of savings to make up the difference, he said.

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AA meets at 7:30 p.m. every Monday in the gathering room at May Memorial Church, 3926 Old Buckingham Road.

6 p.m. and games starting at 7 p.m. every Tuesday. For more information, call 804598-2809.

Powhatan Handcraft Group meets from 3 to 5 p.m. every Tuesday at the Powhatan County Public Library.

People can bring their own project to work on, such as knitting, crochet, needlepoint, beading, cross stitch and embroidery. Handcrafters of all ages and experience levels are welcome. No registration necessary. No craft provided.

The Chrysalis Writers Group will meet at 5 p.m. in the small meeting room of the Powhatan County Library.

For more information, call 804-598-1795.

AA meets at 8 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

Tuesday, April 3

Powhatan AA meets at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Manakin Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center needs volunteers to help with sessions with veterans participating in equine therapy. Helpers are needed starting at 9 a.m. on April 3, 11 and 17; May 1, 9 and 15; June 5, 13 and 19; July 11 and 17; Aug. 7, 15 and 21; and Sept. 12 and 18.

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The Heart of Virginia Beekeepers will meet at 7 p.m. at the Prince Edward County Extension Office across from Lowe's in Farmville. The program will be on “Experimental Oxalic Acid Shop Towel Method of Varroa Mite Treatment.” Anyone who has bees or is interested in bees is welcome. Call Mary Jane Morgan at 434-3151433 or visit Facebook or heartofvirginiabeekeepers. org.

The Powhatan Moose Family Center, 4140 Old Buckingham Road, will host Bingo with doors opening at

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tem, the required amount is expected to decrease this year to $155,600, which is good news, Jones said.

Health care premiums had originally been anticipated to increase by 21 percent, but instead they will only go up by about 10 percent, or $357,243, he said. He would later highlight proposed structural changes to health care options that would result in $197,128 in savings to the employer with similar savings for employee premiums. He talked about the idea to replace the Key Advantage Expanded plan with the Key Advantage 250.

The school district is also looking at providing an employer incentive of a $100 per month contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees enrolled in the High Deductible Plan.

The district’s budget proposes personnel requests that would represent an increase of $120,547, Jones said. Required standards of quality (SOQ) positions that need to be filled are a part-time counselor at Pocahontas Elementary School after redistricting and a second media specialist position for the new Powhatan Middle School. Although it is not an SOQ requirement, hiring a social worker has been a need stated by staff and the community to help meet the social and emotional needs of students. The district has not employed one for several years.

Like the county, the school board wants to give a 2 percent raise to all its employees, Jones said. The school board also has been committed to slow but steady targeted salary adjustments for certain employee groups that have the lowest salaries in the region in an annual comparison study. The pay raises would be capped at 5 percent. Jones pointed out it is a an incremental process aimed at attracting and retaining the best employees.

The 2 percent raise and targeted pay raises combined add up to an increase in expenditures of $934,198, Jones said.

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C R I M E R E P O RT Arrests • One male was charged on March 13 with revocation of suspended sentence and probation (Misdemeanor). • One male was charged on March 13 with involuntary manslaughter (Felony). • One male was charged on March 15 with driving under the influence-mis-

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abuse staff through public humiliation or through an unreasonable use of their time. It is my duty to filter such requests on behalf of the board and the staff, and to strike the appropriate balance. Individual rights end when they negatively impact on the rights and responsibilities of others,� he said.

Moving forward In order to resolve this issue, Voorhees said he is working with Lacheney to develop new procedures and protocols that he hopes will establish a better balance on these interactions. The finished policy, which would be presented to the board members for a vote, would allow them to speak directly with senior staff while making it clear that burdensome and misaligned requests will be referred to Voorhees and potentially to the board for a decision as to whether staff ought to be engaging in that activity.

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staff investigating staff and requested an outside investigation into the matter. He also wanted to know what that kind of investigation would cost.

Dave Bailey of Powhatan started his speech talking about some supervisors receiving money in their campaigns from developers and said in connection with some of the things supervisors have supported in recent years, it can

demeanor (M), reckless-20 mph over limit (M), expired state registration (F), and driving without a license (M). • One female was charged on March 15 with contempt of court (M). • One male was charged on March 16 with driving under the influence-misdemeanor (M).

• One male was charged on March 16 with providing a prisoner with a cell phone (Unclassified charges). • One female was charged on March 17 with driving under the influencemisdemeanor (M). • One male was charged on March 17 with driving under the influence-misdemeanor (M).

• One female was charged on March 18 with public swearing or intoxication (M). • One female was charged on March 19 with contempt of court (F). • One male was charged on March 19 with felonious assault (F) and assault and battery (M).

“I want it to be a board adopted policy, so I am preparing something for the board to consider. If the board adopts it, then my hope is that the board will abide by it,â€? Voorhees said. “Then I will be able to encourage staff to return to more productive interactions. But it will be clear to them if they are inappropriately directed or requested to provide something that is burdensome ‌ they can refer it to me and refer the board member to me for further consideration.â€?

Besides Williams, other board members had different reactions to Voorhees’ decision to extend his directive to all of them.

Tucker issued a statement saying he thought the restriction was the right decision on Voorhees’ part. “I understand Mr. Williams’ hunger for information. I also understand Mr. Voorhees’ need to maintain an orderly flow of work, the queue up work to be done, to allocate resources (time and staff) to ensure all supervisors’ (not just one) requests for information/analyses are honored, and to assess what ongoing

work by staff has to be pushed off the plate to accommodate a supervisor’s ad hoc requests,� he said.

He emphasized that Voorhees’ directive does not deny Williams’ right to ask for information and that Voorhees never said he would refuse to deliver on the supervisors’ requests. “Thus, those who claim discrimination or lack of due representation are mistaken (or mislead),� he said.

Angie Cabell, District 3, said she is happy to comply with the policy of the county administrator regarding communications with staff. “My ultimate goal is the most efficient and effective functioning of our county government,� she said.

Larry Nordvig, District 2, said Voorhees’ directive is a completely unrealistic plan. He said he didn’t agree with the initial decision to single out one supervisor because each elected official should receive equal treatment. “If all supervisors are restricted from staff access, it will be impossible for Mr. Voorhees to field the numerous requests

from the five of us every day. Most importantly, no elected representative of the people should be restricted by those lower down in the organization. The people chose us to lead and to represent them. We are accountable to them, alone,� Nordvig said.

Bill Melton, District 4, said that board members request a fair amount of information and having those requests filtered through the county administrator is meant to assist staff members in time management. “Our staff work very hard, and I see this as a way to say that we respect their time. When (a supervisor) calls staff for something, a staff member would be very uncomfortable to not honor that request no matter what deadlines are looming in front of them,� Melton said. “The request from the county administrator is by no means meant to hinder a board of supervisors’ ability to gather information they need to do their jobs, but to run an efficient government.�

Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.

make people suspicious.

Bailey referenced Voorhees and said allegations had been made in the past that he was “arrogant and didn’t seem to be too interested in connecting with the community.�

Bailey also said that an individual board member should not be singled out and treated differently than the rest of the board, which he said prohibits Williams’ from fulfilling his obligations to his citizens.

Eleanor Hertzler of

Powhatan raised concerns with the directive and holding one board member to a different standard than all of the others.

However, she added that if they were all subject to the directive, she questioned how anything could get done as it would limit the ability to form duties and be productive.

Hertzler said she agreed 100 percent that staff should not be publicly disciplined but also asked Voorhees to back up the county’s assertion

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that deleting the language from the Subdivision Code was simply a clerical error.

Christopher Compel of Powhatan said Williams is his representative and when that ability to represent him is limited, he is being discriminated against. Compel said the actions being taken have made it look like there is something to hide.

Maria Picchi of Powhatan said she didn’t think Williams’ was out of line on Feb. 26 and supported his interaction with the staff.

Stephen Barham of Powhatan said he already found it appalling to limit one person interacting with staff and then heard the directive had been extended to all board members. If true, this raises the question “who is working for who.� “This is not a county dictator, this is not a county manager; it’s a county administrator. He works at the will of the five people up there. Y’all five work at the will of us and yourself,� Barham said.

He questioned how Voorhees would be able to get anything done if he is always handling board requests. He also questioned the Feb. 26 recording of the meeting being edited to cut out breaks.

Darrell Griffin of Powhatan said he found it “Constitutionally offensive� that one individual could be separated out for any kind of separate treatment or even the whole board. He questioned when the board gave Voorhees the authority to make these kinds of decisions. He also called into question Voorhees’ temperament since he hadn’t backed down from the stance he took during the Feb. 26 meeting in that email even given a few weeks of additional time to consider it.

Mike Byerly of Powhatan referenced the internal investigation into the language being dropped from the Subdivision Code and asked about who conducted it, the questions that were asked, and how the information was verified. He

DAVE BAILEY asked for the details of the investigation to be released to residents.

He read part of email correspondence between him and Voorhees about the matter and specifically highlighted Voorhees’ response that the county attorney had advised him not to comment further on the controversial matter.

He asked whether it is a “personnel matter or a controversial issue� and said if the latter is true, citizens deserve to know how it happened.

Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday. com.

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the AARP Tax-Aide program will meet with clients for free but by appointment from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Every Wednesday and Friday through April 13 at Powhatan County Public Library.

Contact 804-598-7577.

The Powhatan County AntiLitter Council is sponsoring its annual Clean-up Blitz from March 17 to April 15 and the public is invited to pick up trash and win cash.

Neighborhoods, businesses, nonprofits and individuals are invited to fill bags and leave them for pickup. Snap before and after photos of your group’s trash collected to compete for cash prizes: first prize, $1,000; second prize, $500; third prize, $250, and several $100 honorable mentions. Orange trash bags are available at

St. John Neumann Catholic Church, in partnership with the Powhatan Community Action Agency, is currently looking for volunteer drivers for a pilot transportation program to provide rides for the elderly and disabled. Riders may need transportation to the Free Clinic or another health care

area farmers and horticulture business that were, up until now, without a location to recycle their properly rinsed pesticide containers. The collection site is a shed in the back right corner at Powhatan Volunteer Fire Department Company 1, 3971 Old Buckingham Road. Before bringing containers to the collection site, applicators must triple rinse or jet rinse containers, remove plastic sleeved label and/or label booklets, and remove caps. To schedule a drop off, contact Rachel Grosse at 804-598-5640 or 804-385-5370 or Dave Johnson at 804-385-6231.

providers, to the grocery store, or other necessary tasks. Drivers must provide a current driving record, be able to pass a background check, and take a Driver Safety Course. Drivers may be compensated for their mileage if they choose, and the program will cover insurance on the vehicles while driving for the program.

At this time, we are only looking for volunteer drivers.

Rider applications are not being accepted at this time.

For information on becoming a volunteer driver, contact Maria Sharples, Get A Ride Program director, at 804372-9755.

the Powhatan Chamber of Commerce and Cooperative Extension offices. There are a limited number of grabbers and vests available on loan at the extension office.

Preregistration is required.

Applications may be found at www.powhatanva.com/157/ Anti-Litter_council or email chowland@vt.edu. Winners will be announced during the Powhatan Earth Day Celebration at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 on the Courthouse Square. Contact 804-598-2636 or chowland@ vt.edu.

The Powhatan County Cooperative Extension Office and Powhatan Department of Public Works have partnered with Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences (VDACS) to bring a free recycling service to

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The Coalition of Powhatan Churches needs drivers for clients to go to doctor appointments and small errands as present volunteers are being overwhelmed with requests. Contact Liz Benton at 804-372-6384 or angels5517@aol.com.

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Senator Tim Kaine will be visiting Powhatan to attend a brunch from 8 to 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 5 at

Crossroads Community Services Board will hold Revive! Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education for Virginia, free lay rescuer training, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 6 at 214 Bush River Drive, Farmville. You will learn how to respond to an opioid overdose emergency with the administration of Naloxone, how opioid overdoses happen, and the risk factors for opioid overdoses.

Free Narcan nasal spray is dispensed at training.

Registration is required.

Contact 434-392-9461 or nhill@crossroadscsb.org.

Powhatan County Public Library is bringing back its popular free bingo social for Winter/Spring 2018. Bingo is sponsored by the Powhatan Friends of the Library and everyone is welcome to play.

Game time is 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the following Mondays: April 9 and May 14. Light refreshments and coffee will be served.

Players are welcome to bring their own lunch. Make new friends, win prizes and have a good time at the library! Call 804-598-5670 or visit the website at www. powhatanlibrary.net.

Powhatan County Public Library’s Teen Advisory Creative Organization (TACO) is a group focused on sharing ideas and creating displays and events for the library. The group meets from 4 to 6 p.m. on select Tuesdays: April 17, May 1, 15 and 29 and June 5.

On the third Wednesday of each month at a new time, 1 p.m., Powhatan County Public Library will offer Library for All, a program

Upcoming

Please contact Gloria or Brenda at BPOL – (804) 598-2723 with any questions.

Backpacks of Love, nonprofit committed to eliminating hunger in schoolage children by providing nourishing food for their weekend, needs help. In addition to the constant need for donated individualsized food items, adults or students are needed to double bag the plastic bags the group packs in, which will help expedite the packing process. (This job can be done at home if people pick up bags at the pantry office.)

The group also needs help breaking down boxes for recycling. This job should be done weekly preferably on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/ or Thursdays after packing days. These are great jobs for students looking for community hours. Contact Gloria at 804-598-2723.

the County Seat Restaurant, 3883 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan. The Powhatan County and Goochland Democratic Committees are hosting the event. The public is invited to come out and meet Kaine and enjoy the County Seat’s full brunch menu as the senator shares his message of making jobs, health care, and education available to every Virginian. Kaine has served in the U.S. Congress since 2013. For tickets call 804-601-4790 or visit www. powhatandemcrats.org.

planned for adults with special needs and their caregivers. Each hour-long session will offer something new. Caregivers must remain with attendees during each program. Everyone from the Powhatan community is welcome to attend. The Winter/Spring 2018 dates are: April 18 and May 16.

Contact the Powhatan Public Library at 804-598-5670 or visit us online at www. powhatanlibrary.net.

Powhatan Anti-Litter Council will sponsor free paper shredding to residents during the Powhatan Earth Day Celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, on the Courthouse Green in the Village. During the event, residents may get rid of old documents confidentially and safely by bringing them to the Courthouse Square for free paper shredding.

Powhatan County residents are encouraged to GO Green with a free recycling event bring old and discarded tires, appliances and electronics for recycling. The Powhatan Anti-Litter Council sponsors this annual event from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 21 at the Powhatan Fairgrounds on Route 60.

Mini-Maker Studio is a new creative arts program for ages 5 to 12 being held at Powhatan County Public Library. Join coordinators at 10:30 a.m. on select third Saturday mornings: April 21, Fairy Gardens, and May 12, Clay Exploration. Participants will explore creative art forms using a variety of materials including wood, fabric, natural materials and clay.

No registration is required.

Contact the Powhatan Public Library at 804-598-5670 or visit www.powhatanlibrary.net.

The eighth annual Free Clinic of Powhatan Bike Tour will be held on Sunday April 29 with start times between 8 and 9 a.m. The event offers three ride distances: 35 miles, 65 miles and 100 miles around gently rolling roads through Powhatan and Amelia counties. The charity bike ride will benefit the Free Clinic of Powhatan.

A $6 all you can eat pancake breakfast will start at 7 a.m.

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Powhatan catcher Teri Jackson (right) readies to make contact with a pitch and knocked in two runs on the play for the Indians in the 12-4 win over Dinwiddie on March 19. Jackson was 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs in the win for Powhatan.

Powhatan softball powers past Generals

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

T

hanks to the wet weather, the Powhatan Indians softball team has had more time in the cage than almost anything else in the young season.

That experience was showcased on March 19 in a rematch of the regional fi-

nal from last season against Dinwiddie in which the Indians rolled past Dinwiddie 12-4.

“Offensively, we came out strong early,” Powhatan head coach Marie Crump said. “We gave up four runs, but we kept at it. That’s the key. Offensively, if you can keep your bats going and put pressure on the other team and obviously that puts you ahead in one category anyway.

Dinwiddie is a good team, they’ve always been a good team.”

The Indians, ranked No. 1 in the Times-Dispatch Top 10 poll, got off to a hot start against the Generals.

Mason Basdikis, Sami Pleasants and Tori Gilbert reached base in the opening frame to load the bases for Lindsey Elam.

Elam singled, scoring Basdikis to make it 1-0. Pleasants was thrown out at

third base for the first out of the inning.

Taylor Dickerson reached base with a single of her own.

Then, Teri Jackson cleared the bases with a single to right-center, scoring Gilbert and Elam to make it 3-0.

Madelyn Peloke grounded to shortstop after Jackson’s single, but the throw from the Generals shortstop was wild, see SOFTBALL, pg. 4B

Harrelson scores, but Indians fall to Warriors

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

PHOTO BY BILLY FELLIN

Powhatan’s Scotty Harrelson (10) moves upfield against Western Albemarle on March 19, with Ethan Taylor (7) running up the flank.

Powhatan’s boys soccer team went toe-to-toe with a perennial soccer powerhouse on March 19 at Powhatan High School.

And, the Indians came very close to pulling out a win.

But, a Western Albemarle goal off a corner kick in the 39th minute was the difference in a 2-1 final on a crisp night in Powhatan.

“What I love about these guys is that they never stop,” Indians head coach Tim Cristian said. “They have grittiness and they work hard and they never give up.

No matter who I put in, they brought

something to the table against a very good side. It was great to compete. That’s what we want to do. Against teams like this, we want to have a chance to win. We had a chance to tie and we had a chance to win too as far as the number of chances. I was happy with it.”

Western Albemarle, just two seasons removed from winning the Class 3A state championship, started the scoring in the 14th minute to put Powhatan in a 1-0 hole.

But, Scotty Harrelson took just seven minutes to score the equalizer.

In the 21st minute, Harrelson took a pass from Ethan Taylor and challenged see SOCCER, pg. 3B

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Powhatan dirt bike racer Kylie Le-Jenkins, seen here during a practice ride at CVTR, has already captured three class championships despite being just 15 years old. She has advanced to the Expert Women’s Class in the Virginia Championship Hare Scramble Series.

Le-Jenkins continues dirtbike racing success

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

P

owhatan’s Kylie Le-Jenkins got off to a fast start in the Virginia Championship Hare Scramble Series.

In her rookie season in 2015, Le-Jenkins won the championship in her rookie season in the Super-Mini Class.

As of March, Le-Jenkins, now 15, has expanded her trophy cabinet as she now has three class championships to her name.

She won the Super Mini Class again in 2016 and won the Novice Women’s Class in 2017.

“In my mind, I’ve always pictured becoming a fast rider growing up,” she wrote in an email. “But, I never thought by the age of 15 I would have three class championships under my belt.”

Last season was a close race for the title from start to finish, according to LeJenkins.

She wrote that the 13th round was particularly close, as it came down to the wire.

“Just about every race this past season, it was anyone’s race down to the last

lap,” she wrote. “(In round 13) I had to come out ahead in order for me to lock up the championship. I had to work extra hard for it this past season. It came down to just the last few races of the season, so I’m really proud of myself for achieving my goal.”

The Virginia Championship Hare Scramble Series (VCHSS) has been around since 1984 and races dirt bikes on unconventional terrain.

Riders race in different parts of the state and on different terrain, such as wooded flatlands or through the mountain trails.

The VCHSS hosts 36 classes of competition, split up by age and gender.

While Le-Jenkins raced for only about an hour in the Super-Mini class in 2015, she now races about double that time.

For the 2018 season, Le-Jenkins was bumped up a class to the Expert Women’s Class after her Novice Class title a season ago.

The season is already underway as the first race of the season was held on March 18 with the Joe Lloyd Memorial at Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington.

In the first race of the season, Le-Jenkins scored 39 points at the event, good

for a fourth-place standing after the first event.

The next event on the schedule is April 8 at the same venue in the April Fools at Oak Ridge event.

Le-Jenkins wrote in an email that it is her favorite event on the schedule.

One advantage that Le-Jenkins is starting to accumulate is familiarity with some of the venues on the circuit.

She wrote that watching film of the previous season’s race is one way she prepares for an event weekend.

“I get focused by the days leading up to the race by trying to train and exercise as much as possible,” she wrote. “I also try to watch my diet and drink lots of water days before the race. Occasionally, we watch film of last year’s race and talk about where I can improve.”

This season will run 14 races from March through the end of October.

Le-Jenkins wrote that this season will be one of learning.

“My goal for 2018 is to gain as much experience as I can from riding behind the faster riders in the Expert Women’s Class,” she wrote. “I hope in a couple seasons to be competitive in the Expert Women’s Class where I can possibly

make another run at a championship.”

When Le-Jenkins isn’t off on the VCHSS tour for a weekend event, she is most likely in Buckingham County, where she practices with a club she belongs to.

“We do try to get out once or twice during the school week for practice,” she wrote. “I belong to a riding club out in Buckingham County that has 100 acres full of riding trails and a (motocross) track. That’s where I do most of my practicing.”

However, above it all, Le-Jenkins wrote that nothing beats what a race weekend brings to her—time with her family and the unforgettable feeling of competition.

“My favorite thing about racing is being able to spend time with my family and friends during race weekends,” she wrote. “But, what I really love about racing is race day, where I get to line up against my friends and competitors and the exhilarating rush I get before the flag drops to start the race.”

That rush has pushed her to three championships thus far. None of her competitors would be surprised if it continues to be a theme in her career.

Roundup: Powhatan football standouts make college picks

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

Two Powhatan senior football players recently announced their verbal college commitments on Twitter.

Wide receiver Gabe Satterwhite announced that he has committed to Old Dominion University. Running back and linebacker Ben Nowacki will head to Hampden-Sydney in the fall and play for the Tigers.

Satterwhite had 81 receiving yards and a touchdown in the Indians comefrom-behind 28-20 win over Albemarle last season.

Satterwhite also played in the Big River Rivalry Game at Randolph-Macon College in December as

the only Indians representative on the team.

Nowacki had two rushing touchdowns against Charlottesville on Sept.

29, 2017, and was a constant playmaker on both sides of the ball.

Both players will sign their official commitments on April 9 at Powhatan High School.

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Powhatan’s Ben Nowacki (left) and Gabe Satterwhite (right) both announced their verbal commitments to play college football at Hampden-Sydney and Old Dominion, respectively.

Powhatan and Blessed Sacrament Huguenot each had the weather drastically change the scheduled games for the week of March 19.

While the Indians got two games in on March 19, the rest of the week was not so fortunate.

The Indians girls soccer game against Orange was rescheduled from March 21 to March 27.

The girls tennis home match and the boys tennis away match scheduled for March 22 against Fluvanna will now take place on April 9.

The Indians boys tennis team also had a match scheduled against Hanover on March 23 that was postponed and has not been rescheduled as of press time.

The girls and boys lacrosse home games scheduled for March 22

against Matoaca will now be played on April 17.

Powhatan’s baseball game against Orange was rescheduled from March 22 to March 27.

The Knights baseball team was able to play against Brunswick Academy on March 19, but

their game scheduled for March 21 was postponed.

Blessed Sacrament Huguenot will now face Fuqua on May 5.

The soccer team also had a game rescheduled from March 21. The Knights will take on Isle of Wight on April 12.

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Powhatan youth lacrosse takes to the field

PHOTOS BY ANJIE KAY

While the high school teams had their scheduled games derailed by the snowfall over the area on March 21, the Powhatan Lacrosse youth teams were able to get into action on March 25 at the Admin Field in Powhatan. The boys 3rd-4th, 5th-6th and 7th-8th teams played against CYL-Blue on March 25, with the 5th-6th team having an additional game against Blackhawks Blue that morning. Top Left: Powhatan’s Luke McDaniels of the 5th6th team battles, and would eventually win, a challenge for possession of the ball. Top Right: Powhatan’s Paxton Sloam of the 7th-8th team works his way upfield with possession of the ball. Bottom left: Powhatan’s Parker Unmissig (57) of the 7th-8th team celebrates a goal along with Austin Beasley (11) and Davis Bean (9). Bottom right: Powhatan’s Jack Valcourt (13) of the 5th-6th team defends the net against the incoming attack from the CYL-Blue team. The boys 5th-6th team won’t play again until an inter-squad scrimmage on April 14, while the 7th-8th team will play the same day against the NMS Eagles.

SOCCER Continued from pg. 1

the Warriors goalie.

The goalie came out to play the ball, but Harrelson chipped it over his head and into the netting to tie the game at 1-1.

Harrelson has scored three of the Indians’ five goals this season.

“He’s a forward…he’s a striker,” Cristian said.

“He’s a guy up there that wants to score goals. He sniffs out the ball and is dangerous when the ball is at his feet. He creates great runs and good space for himself. They had to handle him. They had a great center-back and that guy is going to remember tonight because (Scotty) really worked him. I think Scotty is going to be a great college player if he keeps this up.”

After the Warriors took the lead just before the half, Powhatan came out

in the second half with an aggressive mindset and had more than a couple chances to tie the game.

In the 48th minute, the Indians had a push of momentum going, but were derailed by the Warriors defense.

Harrelson tried once again to be the spark of the Indians offense in the 53rd and 55th minutes, but couldn’t complete the play on either attempt.

Throughout the game, Harrelson was constantly pushing to get the Indians offense to maintain control in the Warriors’ zone, but the Western Albemarle defense more often than not was able to keep the pressure to a minimum.

Mason Hubley got into the act in the 59th minute with a shot on net, but it went wide.

Goalie Cole Vonderharr, who was in net in the second half after Austin Palmore’s six saves in the

first, recorded one of his three saves after a direct kick from Western Albemarle in the 64th minute to keep it a one-goal game.

Taylor had one of the best chances of the second half for Powhatan, when his shot went off the post in the 64th minute.

A corner kick for Powhatan soon thereafter was unable to carry that momentum as Western Albemarle quickly cleared it from their zone.

After a shot on net from the Warriors in the 70th minute, Powhatan continued its assault on the Western Albemarle defense.

Taylor and Harry Hayden each produced quality chances on the Western Albemarle keeper, but were unable to convert.

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The Indians played Western Albemarle closer than they did in both games last season, which the Indians lost by 4-0 and 3-1 margins.

“We legitimately had more chances than they did in the second half,” Cristian said. “There’s no question. I hope we can continue to compete. I think we’ll have a tougher time against (Western Albemarle) on a bigger field. We’re certainly going to have to improve

tactically. We have young guys and the seniors are doing a great job of leading them.”

Those tactics, especially defensively, are something that Cristian said he hopes to see his team continue to improve upon.

“We need to not ball watch so much,” he said.

“We need to know how to tuck in, slide and drop as a team. They just haven’t had much time with that. We haven’t had many practice days. We can’t work on what we

need to work on inside, but that’s probably what we’ll get.”

That scenario was what the Indians boys soccer team, along with the other spring sports teams, got after the snow that hit the area.

The Indians had its game on March 21 against Orange postponed and will now face the Hornets on April 13.

Powhatan will have its rematch on the road against the Warriors on March 29.

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FROM THE SPORTS EDITOR

Sportsmanship should be first

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

Happy Spring!

I mean, looking out my window it doesn’t seem like spring with the snow on the ground.

But, Happy Spring nonetheless!

It has been awhile since I’ve written in this format, but I wanted to reflect on some thoughts that have been cascading through my head.

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216 member schools to be on the Sportsmanship Honor Roll for the winter season.

What does that entail exactly? Well, per the release, it means that the school “did not have any player or coach ejections, or placed on warning during the winter sports season.”

That’s a pretty big deal.

Congratulations to all the Powhatan winter sports teams for this achievement.

I mean, just think about it.

Anytime we see a heartwarming story about a cross country runner practically carrying one of their competitors across the finish line, or consoling opponents who are crushed after a tight, close loss, for example, it is seen as a shining example of sportsmanship.

But, more often than not, it is highlighted because that doesn’t happen every day. How many of us have seen someone losing their cool in a cell phone video posted online, or a professional athlete going

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off the rails on an ESPN highlight?

I recently heard a story that took place during a tournament for one of the board games in which I compete, where a competitor’s friend threatened violence because the friend didn’t qualify for the “playoffs” of that particular tournament.

I’m not saying that each game is fraught with foul language, tempers flaring and general chaos — certainly nothing close to that.

However, I do think that it needs to return to the norm where people are just assumed to be gracious in both victory and defeat.

We all lose our cool sometimes, as is human nature.

Let me tell you about one time when I did.

I always considered myself someone who took sportsmanship seriously. I wanted to have fun with the game and my goal was that everyone else did too.

I even won the Sportsmanship Award out of the entire player base at Tuckahoe Little League when I was in the Minors, so around 12 years old.

But, there was this one time playing baseball that I let the moment get to me and forgot to be a gracious loser.

I was at bat, my team was down by one run, and we were in the bottom of the seventh inning.

I had some friends come and watch me play for the first time, so the pressure of performing (in my high school-aged brain at least)

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which allowed Dickerson to score from third to make it 4-0.

Four runs in the first frame seemed to get the Indians into a dominant position, but Dinwiddie answered immediately in the top of the second.

Dinwiddie’s Macy Beville led the inning off with a double, followed by Miranda Clarke recording

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was even higher.

It was a 2-1 count when the opposing pitcher missed his mark and I absolutely crushed the ball to right center.

I was running to first, confident that I had delivered the game-winning hit.

But, the centerfielder for the other team tracked it down, dove for the ball, and made a spectacular catch.

I stopped at first and was absolutely fuming. I entirely skipped the handshake line, to the disappointment of my father (who also was my coach), and ended up taking my frustrations out on a chain

link fence with my left hand.

No, it definitely wasn’t my brightest moment, or my most sportsman-like.

I actually have a scar on my left middle finger from the incident. It’s about onequarter-inch long and perpendicular to my wedding ring.

I look at it often and it serves as a reminder to me that I should always follow the path of my wedding ring as opposed to that scar.

We are in a world ruled by social media and anyone’s knee-jerk reaction or being unlike you for two seconds is the next viral

video that could haunt someone for a long time.

I’m really glad camera phones and Twitter didn’t exist when I let the moment get the better of me.

After all, these are games that we are playing and they’re meant to be fun.

So, congratulations once again to all the athletes that put sportsmanship first and set an example for everyone else for what is the proper decorum when you lace up your cleats or buckle the chinstrap.

Let’s all try to be like them, both on and off the field.

a single and advancing to second on an errant throw.

Then, Holly Naylor grounded to shortstop, which wasn’t fielded cleanly and allowed Beville to score to make it 4-1.

Karleigh Morgan then knocked in Clarke with a single to make it 4-2.

Basdikis struck out Ashley Eubank of Dinwiddie, but Breanna Turner reached on a throwing error, which allowed Naylor and Morgan to score to tie the game at 4-4.

Desirae Turner struck out against Basdikis for the second out, and then Pleasants showed off her arm in centerfield after Kaytlin Durham singled to center.

Pleasants gunned Morgan out at home as she tried to score for the third out of the inning.

“We knew they were going to hit,” Crump said.

“We just hoped we could contain their hits, and I think we did that. We made some mistakes defensively. We needed to stop the bleeding a little bit quicker. But, they hit the ball well.”

The four runs were a huge burst from the Generals, but would be the only time Dinwiddie would score, or even come close to scoring, the rest of the game.

The Indians wasted no time in responding to the Dinwiddie offense in the bottom of the inning.

Katlyn Mayo reached on an error to begin the inning. Basdikis and Pleasants both flew out for two quick outs, but Gilbert worked a walk to extend

the inning.

Elam singled to load the bases, which led to Dickerson knocking in Mayo with a single to make it 5-4.

Then, Jackson showed off her bat once again with a laser to right field, scoring Gilbert and Elam to make it 7-4.

Jackson was 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs. “(Teri) had a good night,” Crump said. “She had two key hits with some RBIs. They were very productive for her.

She seems to be getting her rhythm and we hope she can continue to do that. That’s the key.”

Peloke knocked in Dickerson with a single to make it 8-4.

After allowing just one runner reach base in the top of the third, Basdikis scored in the bottom of that frame after a double from Gilbert to up the score to 9-4.

“Against both of their pitchers, I felt we hit the good pitches,” Crump said. “We didn’t go after the bad stuff and that’s certainly helpful.”

Powhatan continued its offensive torrent in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Dinwiddie recorded two quick outs on the Indians, but Basdikis worked a walk and Pleasants reached on an error before Gilbert knocked both runners in with a triple.

Elam knocked in Gilbert with a single to complete the scoring at 12-4.

Gilbert was 2 for 2 with two walks, 2 RBIs and two runs scored. Elam was 3 for 3 with two runs

scored and an RBI. Basdikis made quick work of the Generals in the sixth and seventh innings, both in one-two-three fashion, to end the game without any hint of a comeback from Dinwiddie.

The Indians softball team, just like the rest of the spring sports teams across the area, was victim to the snow and resulting wet fields and had their scheduled game against Orange moved from March 22 to March 29.

The wet conditions are nothing new this particular spring sports season, but Crump hopes that it dries out soon so the Indians can get more consistent time on the field.

“The whole beginning of the season has been very wet,” she said.

“When we do get out here, half the time the field is too wet to practice on, so we’re out at the cages and it’s wet out there. Sometimes, we’re just out on the blacktop.

So, we haven’t gotten into a rhythm defensively because we haven’t gotten lot of defensive work in. Defense is one of those things that’ll come along. A lot of it is confidence and getting used to playing together. We made a couple mistakes I’d like to see us not make, but nothing was a game-changer.”

The Indians were scheduled to take on the Hornets on March 27 and then host Midlothian on March 28 before hitting the road to Manchester on March 29.

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MLB Baseball: Indians at Mariners Wheel J’pardy! Grey’s Anatomy (N) Station 19 (N) Å Scandal (In Stereo) News Kimmel News Access Big Bang Sheldon Mom (N) Life in S.W.A.T. “Crews” News Colbert Big Bang Big Bang Gotham (In Stereo) Show-Apollo Fox News at Ten DailyMail Mike ET Inside Super A.P. Bio Will Champ Chicago Fire (N) News J. Fallon Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops hairUWear Stephen Dweck Shoe Shopping With Jane (N) (Live) Å Vince Camuto PBS NewsHour (N) Currents Inside Body Hack Å Rick Steves: Front and Center Original Vicar Their Words Their Words Their Words PBS NewsHour (N) E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper CNN Tonight CNN Tonight Hardball Matthews All In With Chris Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å American Greed American Greed The Story Tucker Carlson Hannity (N) Å Ingraham Fox News Night Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Ninja vs. Ninja Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam NCIS: New Orleans NBA Basketball: Thunder at Spurs NBA Basketball Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48 Grace vs. Abrams Friends Friends Friends Lip Sync Battle (N) Lip Sync Nobodies (N) Å Lip Sync Lip Sync Office Office Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Daily Opposi Naked and Afraid Invisible Killers (N) Naked and Afraid “Rookie Survival” (N) Naked and Afraid My 600-Lb. Life My 600-Lb. Life (N) (In Stereo) Skin Tight My 600-Lb. Life Lone Star Law Å Lone Star Law Lone Star Law Lone Star Law Å Lone Star Law Å “The Lion King” Siren “Pilot” Å Siren “The Lure” Shadowhunters The 700 Club Å M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Mom Mom King King “Stratton Story” “The Golden Touch” (1935, Fantasy) Mickey’s Trailer: Full H’se Full H’se Full H’se Full H’se Full H’se Full H’se Middle Middle Golden Golden Project Runway Project Runway Project Runway All Stars Å Project Runway All Stars Å Flip/Flop Flip or Flip or Flip or Flip/Flop Flip/Flop Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Chopped Å Chopped Å Chopped Å Beat Beat Beat Beat Black Mancave Rundown Black ›‡ “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” (2011, Comedy) The Magicians Å ›› “Leprechaun” (1993) Warwick Davis. ››› “Beetlejuice” (1988, Comedy) Å ›››‡ “The Departed” (2006) Å ›››‡ “The Green Mile” (1999, Drama) Tom Hanks. Å Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Music ›› “Soul Surfer” (2011) Å Swamp People Swamp People Swamp People (N) Truck Night Swamp People

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“The Finest Hours” (2016) ››‡ “Old School” (2003) Luke Wilson.

ELEAGUE ›› “Vacation” (2015) Ed Helms.

Live PD (In Stereo) Live PD: Rewind (N) Live PD “Live PD -- 11.18.17” (In Stereo) Å ››› “The Bourne Identity” (2002) Å ››› “The Bourne Supremacy” (2004) Matt Damon.

Bourne Office Office ›‡ “The Sitter” (2011) Jonah Hill. Å ››‡ “The Fluffy Movie” (2014, Comedy) Gold Rush Gold Rush Gold Rush (N) Å Bering Sea Gold Gold Rush Å Trading Spaces Trading Spaces Trading Spaces Trading Spaces Trading Spaces Tanked (In Stereo) Tanked: Unfiltered Tanked (N) Å Tanked (In Stereo) Tanked (In Stereo) The 700 Club Å ›››‡ “Up” (2009, Children’s) ›››‡ “Ratatouille” (2007) Voices of Patton Oswalt.

M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Mom Mom King King “Maytime” (1937) ››‡ “Yield to the Night” (1956) ›› “The Long Haul” (1957) Diana Dors “Summer Love” “The Sweetest Heart” (2018, Romance) Meet the Peetes Golden Golden Bring It! Å Bring It! (N) Å Bring It! (N) Å Bring It! (N) Å Bring It! Å Hunters Hunters Dream Dream Dream Dream Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Sparkle ››‡ “This Christmas” (2007) Delroy Lindo. Å The Quad Black Mancave GWR Mako Top Chef Junior Dragons Dragons HZipzer Amazing Top Chef Junior ››› “Contagion” (2011) Marion Cotillard. ›››‡ “The Green Mile” (1999, Drama) Tom Hanks.

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GENERAL CDL Drivers, Mechanics, Equipment Operators and General Laborers wanted to assist with regional road construction projects. All positions offer great starting pay and a full benefit package including health, dental, life and 401(k).

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING POWHATAN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to § 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia, that the Planning Commission of Powhatan County will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 7:00 PM in the Powhatan County Village Building Auditorium, 3910 Old Buckingham Road, to consider the following request: 18-01-REZC: Matthew and Melissa Davenport (District #3: Bethesda/ Lee’s Landing) request amendment of the proffer statement for Lot 6 of Section 1, being Tax Map Parcel 16A-2-6, of the Westlake at Millmount subdivision (Case #04-10-REZC and Case #06-17-REZC) by reducing the cash proffer amount from $3,530 (adjusted by increases in the Consumer Price Index) to $1,880 (adjusted by increases in the Consumer Price Index). The subject property is zoned Rural Residential – 5 (RR-5) with proffered conditions and is located at 3839 Mill Mount Drive. The 2010 Comprehensive Plan designates the property as Rural Residential on the Countywide Land Use Map. All Planning Commission meetings are open to the public and interested persons are encouraged to attend on the day and time specified above.

Copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, and amendments may be reviewed in the Department of Community Development in the Powhatan County Administration Building (3834 Old Buckingham Road) between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM of each business day. Copies of staff reports are available one week prior to the Public Hearing upon request.

Legal Notices NOTICE OF ACTION VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF POWHATAN IN RE: ESTATE OF CHERYL LEE TURNER, DECEASED CASE NO. 160002665 AMENDED SHOW CAUSE ORDER It appearing that a report of the accounts of Anne L. Roddy, Administrator of the Estate of Cheryl Lee Turner, deceased, and of the debts and demands against her estate has been filed in the Clerk’s Office, and that six (6) months have elapsed since the qualification, on motion of Administrator, Anne L. Roddy, IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the estate do show cause, if they can, on the 17th day of April, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., before this Court at its courtroom located at 3880 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan, Virginia, against the payment and delivery of the Estate of Cheryl Lee Turner, deceased, to the distributees without requiring refunding bonds.

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3/15/18

Paul W. Cella, Judge I ask for this: /s/ Susanna B. Jones, Esquire (VSB #84868) FLORANCEGORDONBROWN, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1900 One James Center 901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Phone: (804) 697-5100 Fax: (804) 697-5159

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING POWHATAN COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS The Board of Zoning Appeals of Powhatan County will meet on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 9:00 AM at the Powhatan County Library: Conference Room (2270 Mann Road) to consider the following request: 18-01-AP: Christopher Marsho (District #1: Subletts/Manakin/ Flat Rock) has submitted an application to appeal the determination made by the Zoning Administrator on January 9, 2018 that a structure constructed on Tax Map Parcel 29-15A (2180 Overlook Road) is not permitted within required riparian buffers, per Section 83-471 (Environmental Protection) of the Zoning Ordinance of the County of Powhatan. The subject property is zoned Agricultural-10 (A-10).

Copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, and amendments may be reviewed in the Department of Community Development in the Powhatan County Administration Building (3834 Old Buckingham Road) between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM of each business day. Copies of staff reports are available prior to the Public Hearing upon request.

If you have any questions, please call (804) 598-5698.

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O B I T UA R I E S ELIZABETH JONES It is with great sadness that the family of Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Jones, of Titusville, Florida, announces her passing on Friday, March 16, 2018, at the age of 75, after a brief illness. Liz will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 25 years, Olen (Butch) Jones; her father-in-law, Marshall Jones; her son, Ronald Allen Pack and his wife, Alexandria; her daughter, Mary Jane Minogue and her husband, George; four grandchildren, and her two sisters. Liz and Butch moved to The Great Outdoors in Titusville in 2015 from Powhatan. She was a gifted artist, loved traveling the country with Butch and their puppy, Mitzi, in their coach, and loved the game of golf. Words cannot describe what Liz meant to so many people. A Celebration of Life has been scheduled for Saturday, March 31, from 6 to 9 p.m., at The Great Outdoors Golf and RV Resort in the Pavilion.

KATHY MEADOWS Kathy G. Meadows, 66, of Chesterfield, widow of K.C. Meadows Sr., passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018. She is survived by two sons, Ray Meadows (Wendy) of Powhatan and Karl Meadows of Richmond; brother and sister-in-law, Mack and Martha Lewis of Richmond; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews; and beloved companion, Nubbin. A meMEADOWS morial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 24 at Bennett & Barden Funeral Home, 3215 Anderson Highway, Powhatan.

STEPHEN MICHAEL Stephen Lewis Michael, 60, of Powhatan, passed away

peacefully at the Hospice House of Bon Air, on Monday, March 12, 2018. Stephen was preceded in death by his parents, James and Margaret Michael. Stephen is survived by two brothers, J. Grey Michael (Janet) of Midlothian, and John R. Michael (Robin) of Powhatan; two nieces, Kayla and Lacy Michael; two great-nieces, Kyleigh and Stella Michael; and one great-nephew, Hayden Michael. Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy. The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 26, in the Chapel of The Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia, 10300 Pridesville Road, Amelia, VA 23002. The family wishes to thank the Veterans Hospital Hospice and the Hospice House of Bon Air.

MADELINE MORRIS Madeline Morris, 82, of Goochland, departed this life on Thursday, March 15, 2018. She is survived by a devoted daughter, Cleopatra "Cleo" Carter of Powhatan; three granddaughters, four great-grandchildren, one great-greatgrandchild; three sisters, Yvonia Yates, Almanie Bowles and Arleen Myles (Moses); one brother, Charles Morris (Shirley); her extended family, the Carter family; a devoted companion, Lewis Young; and a host of other relatives and friends. Her remains rested at the Robert Mealy Funeral Home, Goochland. Funeral services were held at noon on Tuesday, March 20 at Antioch Baptist Church, 4712 River Road West, Goochland. The Rev. Reginald Clark officiated.

Rev. Daniel Watson, eulogist.

ERMA CATRON ROBINS Erma Catron Robins, 95, of Chesterfield, formerly of Wythe County, went to be with our Heavenly Father on Friday, March 23, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Robins, and her daughter, Nancy (Robins) Lindsey. She is survived by two sons, Randolph

Robins of North Carolina and Paul (Debbie) Robins of Powhatan; two grandchildren, Chris (Lindsey) Robins and Kalyne (Eric) Holland; two greatgrandchildren, Logan Williams and Rosabell Robins; with Holland baby due in August 2018, along with many ROBINS nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Erma graduated from Rural Retreat High School, West Virginia Business College and Radford Women’s Division of V.P.I. She met her husband at Virginia Tech, where they married September 11, 1948. They shared more than 42 years of marriage before his passing in 1991. She served from 1964 to 1970 as a trustee for the Public Library System for Chesterfield County. She helped organize the first “Friends of the Library” in 1970, where a room has been dedicated to her at the LaPrade Library.

Erma was a volunteer at Johnston-Willis Hospital for 15 years. She and her husband were the developers of Falling Creek Farms Subdivision. Being community-minded, they donated land for St. Luke’s Methodist Church and helped found it. They donated and started Falling Creek Farms Swimming Pool with the help of close friends and neighbors. Erma was a long-time member of Providence Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. She was truly loved and will be missed with great sadness. A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 8, officiated by the Rev. Derrick Parson, at Providence Methodist Church, 901 S. Providence Rd., N. Chesterfield, VA 23231. There will be visitation at 2 p.m., followed by memorial service at 3 p.m., with a reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Providence Methodist Church.

“Fly High to our loved ones that have gone before us and embrace the sweet reunions that there will be.”

Powhatan High School second nine weeks Honor Roll Ninth Grade All A Eddie Adkins, Isabella Cerullo, Kayla Davis, Frederick Douglas, Julie Fens, Maddie Ferguson, Brodie Glanden, Savannah Hall, James Hess, Ashton Ingle, Kira Knudsen, Olivia Mack, Adelaide Meade, Seth Parker, Cooper Schardt, Kayli Shenk, Katelin Stocker, Davis Tester, Jackson Tester, Isabelle Torrijos, Reid Vonderharr, Ellenor Whitehead, and Ella Wolf.

Ninth Grade 3.0 and Above Benjamin Allanson, Jon Alston, Braylynn Alvarado, Sara Amiss, Zachary Atkinson, Hannah Bailey, Brea Baldwin, Ryan Barden, Ellie Barton, Anthony Bastiaensen, Cody Bateman, Caden Beil, Jackson Bell, Jetta Belton, Steven Bigham, Ashlee Blankenship, Carter Blanning, Trevor Branch, Luke Buzzard, Cora Callahan, Morgan Carr, JaySun Carroll, Jordan Cary, Genevieve Conlee, Alexandria Conway, Sarah Cottone, Mason Crockett, Kailee Dalton, Grant Dauley, Jason Davis, Chloe DeGroat, Elizabeth Dickson, Rachel Dickson, Jordyn Dippold, Carly Dolan, Krystal Durrbeck, Carrie Elrod, Alexis Elzey, Sarah English, Richard FitzSimmons, Ella Fleshood, Brianna Fox, Alisha France, Hailey Gallaher, Thomas Garland, Megan Garrigan, McKenzie Goacher, Nash Gober, Chloe Grell, Gracie Gusti, Sean Hall, Olivia Hamby, Brayden Hamilton, Abigayle Harrell, Hanna Hathaway, Ryan Hathaway, Carl Hess, Micah Holt, Nadia Howell, Sydney Hubbard, Kara Huber, Maddison Hughes, Emily Islip, Noah Jarrell, Abigail Johnson, Lauren Johnson, Palmer Johnson, Makayla Kammerman, Ramneet Kaur, Trista Kimble, Cole Kimmich, Ethan Kramer, Keeley Lamm, Emmalee Lawson, Amery Lecik, Kylie LeJenkins, Isabella Lhuillier, Leanne Lightsey, Austin Long, Madison Lovgren, Cavan Lowery, Chase Mahaney, Joseph Manderbaugh, Jacob Markland, Kayla Markwith, Caris Martin, Gabrielle Martin, Sarah McFadden, Autumn McMillen, Georgia Meadows, Lance Melchert, Delta Miles, Kristen Minbiole, Kayla Mizelle, Samuel Moniz, Cecilia Moore, Thomas Morin, Alexis Morris, Tye Morris, Grace Moss, Ryan Moss, Natalie Mueller, Elizabeth Mullins, Jack Mundt, Cassie Murray, Michael Muss, Aaron Nash, Amber Nevius, Bethany Nichols, Jaylyn Nixon, Emily Nuckols, Julia Nuckols, Janey Nye, Summer Oglesby, Alexis Osborne, Jeremy Paden, Daniel Paquette, Lilian Peck, Morgan Post, Kassadie Price, Danielle Pullin, Jillian Ratliff, Samantha Rea, Kelly Reed, Aspen Richardson, Elizabeth Rini, Garrett Ritz, Hayden Roudabush, Santiago Rueda, Eliza Samuels, Angelina Schott, Dawson Seaver, Zachary Shelor, Elizabeth Shock, Parker Snellings, Sierra Stewart, Garrett Taylor, Shane Thacker, Kaitlin Thompson, Samantha Tillett, James Timberlake, Elisabeth Townsend, Marran VanSickle, Connor Voorhees, Austin Walter, Lindley Waters, Sidney White, Eric Willersdorf, Julia Wood, Connor Woodel, Scott Wyman, Lani Yohman, and Rebekah Young.

10th Grade All A Hailey Camp, Maura Campbell, Evelyn

Chitty, Nathan DeLong, Gabriella Dintino, Darcie Dosher, Michelle Eggleston, Talmadge Fralin, Caitlin Garrigan, Taylor Goolsby, Anna Guthrie, Skyler Hall, Harry Hayden, Ashley Kaleta, Jacob Leynes, Rylen Luck, Eularia Manis, Camden McCullough, Kylee Reese, Zoe Sontag, Rachel Stegner, Emma Valcourt, Heidi Wiedrich, Jeanne Wolkiewicz, and Savannah Wood.

10th Grade 3.0 and Above Erin Adam, Blake Adams, McKenna Adams, Cameron Arnold, Julia Ashman, Patrick Baird, Summer Barden, Emma Barnett, Erin Barney, Keona Barnwell, Alexis Beaty, Ian Beers-Jones, Ruth Bennett, Jacob Boykin, Hayden Bradbury, Faith Brecht, Taylor Bridgforth, Emma Brooks, Hailey Brooks, Rebecca Browder, Paris Brown, Ainsley Bruce, Olivia Bryant, Katia Burgio, Jake Burton, Kimberly Campbell, Ayden Carroll, Anthony Cascone, Morgan Casteel, Madeline Cecil, Katelyn Chandler, Hannah Chilton, Zara Church, Kaitlyn Cline, Abigail Cocker, Jacob Cook, Colby Coppenger, William Cosby, Cody Cox, Jacob Crockett, Alexander Davis, Alicia Dern, Rileigh DeWeese, Michael Dobbins, McKenzie Dowdy, Brandon Eacho, Anna Edwards, Hannah Edwards, Brandon Eike, Sierra Ellison, Sean Fanning, Candace Farmer, Jessica Farrell, Lance Fleming, Sydney Freeman, Hallie Futrell, Rodriguez Garfias, Thomas Gates, Molly Gerow, Austin Gillenwater, Gina Girgente, Karyn Griggs, Tyler Hall, Katelyn Harnage, Sarah Harrell, Gabrielle Hasty, Madison Hayden, Chloe Hicks, Zoe Higley, Mackenzie Honebein, Olivia Hoover, Haley Hopkins, Steele Hottinger, Kaitlyn Hughes, Kristen Hughson, Arnell Jackson, Joshua Jordan, Gabriel Kerns, Caleb Kersey, Katherine Kim, Trinity Kimble, Wyatt Kimmich, Christopher King, Noah Kneessi, Mary Labons, Maxine Labons, Dalton Lane, Megan LaTulipe, Kayleigh Lewis, Kaylynn Lipford, Kailin Little, Lauren Little, Rachel Losch, Sheryk Luna, Courtney Madison, Emily Matthews, Kyleigh McCoy, Patrick McFarland, Tara McGee, Amber McKoy, Jade Miller, Adam Mitchell, Spencer Moran, Richard Morgan, Isaiah Morgan, Hayley Moss, Nathaniel Moyer, Madison Mozingo, Sophie Muller, Hannah Myers, Nathan Nightengale, Ethan Niles, Keegan O'Hare, Andrew Osborne, Ryann Overboe, Nathan Overton, Aleeyah Owens, Violet Parks, Wilson Pearson, Madeline Peloke, Eva Powell, Dylan Pulley, Preston Pullin, Griffin Ramsey, Jacob Ray, Amber Robinson, Maya Rottmund, Vianca Rubio, Nicholas Ryan, Brittany Samuels, Logan Sankey, Alexander Sarver, Hazel Saunders, Ian Scaparo, Kiya Sims, Cameron Sprouse, Hannah Squires, Cameron St. John, Brad Steele, Ryan Steinruck, Emily Stephenson, Kayla Tambellini, Kayla Tibbs, Kimberley Tibbs, Macie Tiller, Haley Timberlake, Christian Trent, Anthony Ulmer, Reese Vandell, Regan Warinner, Michael Washburn, Eleanor Weber, Carmen Westfall, Katherine White, Aidan Willard, Kaitlyn Williams, Robert Williams, Peter Wood, Zachary Woodel, Rachel Woodfin, Travis Wooten, and Jonathan Yoder.

11th Grade All A Tayliahna Beckwith, Danielle Bigham, Joseph Biringer, Colin Brinkley, Joseph Casedonte, Ava Furbee, Autumn Griffith, Madison Griffith, Hailey Haddix, Kesari Henderson, Blair Johnson, Erika Jones, Mallory Keck-Wilson, Jack Leipertz, Lauren Llewellyn, James Massengill, Timothy McCreight, Faith McNeel, Joshua Meador, Christina Moore, Hannah Ownby, Corey Palmore, Maggie Salomonsky, Julia Sherpa, Jared Somerville, Sarah Stegner, Joanna Thompson, Brandon Walters, and Kalli Williams.

11th Grade 3.0 and Above Troy Adams, Henry Adkins, Elizabeth Akins-Bredemeier, Logan Allen, Hannah Anderson, William Arrington, Olivia Aston, Pierce Bailey, Shane Baldwin, Haley Balzer, Parker Barnes, Sean Barrick, Graham Bateson, Courtney Beasley, Ethan Belcher, Austin Belton, Connor Benway, Linda Beyer, Hannah Blair, Lauren Bodsford, Charles Branch, Trent Brandon, Harmony Bray, Joseph Breen, Korey Brown, Cole Burton, Sarah Buser, Anna Causey, Nailah-Bena' Chambers, Noah Chandler, Colby Cheatham, Gavin Clark, Ashdin Clayton, Patricia Coates, Kathleen Coats, Brianna Coerper, Ethan Cook, Kaila Cook, Katelyn Cook, Victoria Cook, Michael Corley, Joseph Coward, Richard Crawford, Evan Dodd, Jeremy Dodd, Elena Douglas, Jacob Dowdy, Emily Eanes, Lindsey Elam, Early Foor, Brooke Ford, Claire Fortune, Grace Frame, Jacob Frame, Alyssa Franco, Marissa Freeman, Alexis Funn, Kayleigh George, Connor Glendenning, Casey Glover, Andrew Green, Kyla Greenway, Caitlin Grell, Hannah Hald, Dylan Hallock, Christian Hardie, Madalyn Harris, Tymothy Hart, Ethan Helms, Katherine Henderson, Conner Hendrick, Briana Hensley, Rebecca Hicks, Hunter Highsmith, Shelby Hooker, Melissa Hoye, Joshua Hughes, Zachary Hughes, Victoria Jackson, Jennah Jarosinski, Zacary Jasper, Jacob Jeter, Alayna Jiles, Katie Johnson, Rodney Jones, Joseph Kaiser, Marshall Ketron, Joel Kinnan, Charlotte Kramer, Ethan Krauss, Cecilia Lara Rocha, Nicholas LaRaffa, Carter Lawrence, Collin Lawson, Autumn Lederman, Morgan Lent, Samantha Lent, Trevor Leonard, Joshua Long, Sarah Long, Colby Lowery, Celindian Lugo, Carly Marsh, Christopher Mashburn, Brandi Mayes, Ashley Mazza, Brooklyn Mazza, Blair McAteer, Gibson McClung, Blake McCoy, Joshua McKee, Isabella McLachlan, Joshua McLevain, Brendan McMullin, Charlotte Meade, Nya Miles, Jason Mills, Ryan Minter, Jacob Moss, Ariana Moyer, Rachel Mueller, Josephine-Renee Munford, Sebastian Murnahan, Lily Nelms, Riley Nickerson, Saarah Niles, Austin Palmore, Anna Pantos, William Paxton, Megan Perkins, Brendan Pfab, Mariel Phillips, Clarence Pickens, Savannah Post, Alexis Powell, Angel Rather, Calie Rehme, Nicole Remillard, Ashley Rissmeyer, Mary Roberts, Ryleigh Roberts, Seth Rogers, Tate Russell, Finn Schmidt, Adrian Scruggs, Matthew Seeley, Noah Selino, Raphael Shaw, Abigail Shiflett, Ashley Sikes, Peyton Sloan, Allison

Smith, Moriah Stanley, Grace Stevens, Ellie Sullivan, Bennet Tambellini, Jacob Taylor, Autumn Thompson, Ashley Trevillian, Cameron Trichell, Colleen Trott, Brianna Tye, Chase Urbine, Ashley Van Buskirk, Deven Van Natter, John Varel, Aidan Voorhees, Colton Vosburg, Keira White, Tristan Wills, Areanna Wilson, Jordan Winall, Cameron Wingfield, Joseph Wirt, Sarah Wood, Hannah Worsham, and Andrew Worthington.

12th Grade All A Alexandria Anderson, Mason Basdikis, Lillie Brindley, Alexandra Bryant, Bryce Burmaster, Katie Corbitt, Caileigh Dintino, Brooke Dippold, Lindsey Fanz, Cameron Fisher, Luke Foster, Collin Gerardi, Alexander Ing, Sophia Jaconski, Veronica Lennon, Athena LeVau, John Lockett, Morgan Lovgren, Karen Martin, Emmy Melchert, Charles Miller, Jaquan Miller, Brooke Nevius, Jared Parker, Rachel Parker, Ashley Reed, Benjamin Salisbury, Savanna Schumacher, Brianna Stone, Ella Thomas, Reagan Thomas, Elijah Tiller, Libby Watson, Chandler Wright, and Noah Wyman.

12 Grade 3.0 and Above Summer Adams, Amy Adcock, Logan Amiss, Athena Anderson, Audrey Anderson, Olivia Arnold, Kiley Artabazon, Zackary Baldwin, Cameron Barden, Robert Bass, Matthew Beals, Jacob Beil, Grace Beverly, Christopher Bigelow, Hannah Blanning, Catharine Blevins, Leslie Bonner, Douglas Bradbury, Samuel Brawley, Katelyn Bray, Raegan Bruce, Natalie Bryant, Jessica Burden, Janie Burge, Abigail Cahill, Avery Caldwell, Melanie Campbell, Lily Carnahan, Nadiya Carter, Peyton Chandler, Rebecka Chestnutt, Alyssa Cole, Jo'Lee Collins, Sierra Conner, Gabrielle Criscione, Kaitlyn Crockett, Courtney Daniels, Elizabeth Deyton, Taylor Dickerson, Ryan Dodd, Kylie Donnelly, Sydney Dorn, Noah Dowdy, Carlton Dunford, Cassie Ellis, Megan English, Madison Evans, Kelsey Fleming, Kyle Frinkle, Makayla Gaines, Rodriguez Garfias, Aviae' Gibson, Tori Gilbert, Julia Gregory, Annette Griffith, William Groves, Ashton Gunn, Ryan Hall, Sydney Hall, Gabrielle Hamby, Julia Hannaford, Scott Harrelson, Kaylee Harris, Kayla Hathaway, Damian Hayes, Julia Hebert, Landry Henderson, Brett Hilbert, Amanda Hill, Andrew Hodson, Tyler Holswade, Hunter Hopkins, Jeffrey Hoyt, Danielle Huber, Joseph Johnson, Afton Jones, Emily Jones, Samuella Jones, Ramandeep Kaur, Hunter Kingery, Shane Lacks, Phillip LaRue, Samantha Lawless, Charles Laxton, Taylor Lewis, Bryan Lovell, Josie Lowe, Wayne Lucas, Kylee Maiolo, Garrett Manes, Dominic Manis, Hannah Martin, Kevin Martir, Taylor Mattison, Kelsey Mawyer, Katlyn Mayo, Ashley McArtan, Benjamin McFadden, Madison McGee, Shawn Michalski, Kevin Mikita, Kyle Mikita, Jessica Miller, Neal Miller, Scott Mills, Jacob Montgomery, Atticus Morgan, Abigail Morin, Abigail Nee, Kimberly Novak, Ian Oliver, Lindsay Overholser, see HONOR ROLL, pg. 4

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Maker Fest helps children learn through hands-on activities

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For the fourth straight year, Powhatan 4-H and Powhatan County Public Library cohosted Powhatan’s Maker Fest, held Feb. 24 at the library.

Children learned through hands-on activities from adult makers who shared their hobbies.

Citizens lobby for supervisor’s rights News Editor

said. This was in reference to a different part of that Feb. 26 email, which was sent to chair Carson Tucker, District 5, and county leadership team members.

Sally Boese of Powhatan referenced the situ-

DON SILBERBAUER

SUSANNE EARNHARDT

Some of the points made that evening were: Don Silberbauer of Powhatan posed several questions to the board about the authority Voorhees has to restrict verbal or written access by a supervisor to county staff and asked for documentation to support that power.

If the documentation giving that authority to Voorhees can’t be presented, the “county administrator must rescind the directive to the county staff that restricts direct contact with supervisor Williams or follow through on the ultimatum to resign as stated in the county administrator’s email,” Silberbauer

ation Williams had been questioning on Feb. 26 regarding language being taken out of the county’s Subdivision Code without the board’s knowledge.

She questioned why an outside independent investigation was not conducted instead of an internal one.

“This judgment call opened up the possibility of a cover up,” she said.

“Furthermore, the administrative order to cut off Mr. Williams’ access to staff further reinforces the impression of a cover up.”

She said Williams, who is her supervisor, “cannot represent his constituents nor carry out the

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During a budget workshop held on Monday, March 19, 11 citizens spoke during the public comment section voicing concerns and outrage about county administrator Ted Voorhees’ recent decision to limit District 1 supervisor David Williams’ access to county staff.

The directive first was issued by email during the board’s meeting on Monday, Feb. 26 after Williams began an aggressive line of questioning of a staff member. Rather than rescind the directive in the weeks that followed, Voorhees stood by his decision.

It was mentioned but barely discussed at the board meeting that earlier that day Voorhees had extended the directive to include all board members until a policy can be presented to the board for consideration regarding how and when supervisors may make requests of staff that involve a substantial amount of additional work.

While this issue was not front and center as an item discussed by the board at the March 19 meeting, it dominated the public comment period, where the overriding theme regarded government transparency.

full responsibilities of his role without the same rights enjoyed by all other members of the board of supervisors. We are being denied full representation, however, by the latest administrative directive placed on him and we demand that this order be retracted immediately.”

Susanne Earnhardt of Powhatan said Williams deserves to have the same rights as everyone on the board as they go about their duties and make sure county staff performs their responsibilities.

John Delong of Powhatan questioned

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43rd Annual Steer Roast & Charity Golf Tournament Wednesday, April 25, 2018, the Powhatan Rescue Squad Field 3920 Marion Harland Rd - off Route 13 in Powhatan Village.

Lions Steer Roast

Huge Covered Pavilion behind the Four Seasons Restaurant.

GATES OPEN AT 5:00 PM - MEALS START AT 6:00 PM. Take-out meal service available at the gate. Pulled Beef Brisket, sides and beverage catered by PQ’s BBQ - Live entertainment by Route 64 Band - Charity Silent Auction - 50/50 Cash Drawing Raffle – All profits go directly to charities – 100%.

SAVE $5 – buy Advance Tickets for a $20 donation ($25 at the gate) - See any Lion’s Club member or call 804-794-1440. Children 12 and under – FREE You may also make tax deductible charitable donations to support the Lion’s Club charity event. **The Powhatan Lion’s Club is a Registered Section 501(c)(3) charity**

Men’s, Ladies’ or Mixed Captain’s Choice Charity Golf Tournament begins at prestigious Mill Quarter Golf Club at Noon – Sign-up and info: call 804-513-3878 or 804-690-0177.

Individual cost per player is $80 which includes one ticket to the Steer Roast; greens fees, cart, practice balls, beverages, lunch, 1st place wood trophy plus awards for drives and putts.

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Emergency preparedness training offered in Powhatan Contributed Report The Central Virginia Emergency Management Alliance (CVEMA) will host another Survivor Day program in 2018 with events at 11 locations around the region, including one in Powhatan County.

The Powhatan County event will be held on Saturday, April 21, with check-in starting at 8 a.m. and the training running from 9 a.m. to noon at the Village Building, 3910 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Seating is limited and registration is on a first come, first served basis.

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charges, or about 10 percent, according to data provided by Sheriff Brad Nunnally. In 2016, arrests increased to 588 and DUI arrests went up to 83 (about 14 percent), while in 2017, arrests reached 607, including 93 DUIs (15 percent).

Emergency and community response professionals will teach residents the best ways to prepare for disasters. Emergencies and disasters are a part of life in Central Virginia - hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, winter storms, and other hazards – we have them all.

Survivor Day attendees will learn how to survive in their home without power for at least 72 hours, what to take with them should they need to evacuate and much more.

Topics discussed during the event will include basic active shooter awareness; food and water safety; household safety; first aid and hygiene; planning and docu-

Not all of those DUI arrests end up being referred to VASAP. Sometimes when someone is pulled over and tested, their blood alcohol levels are too low to ultimately get a DUI conviction, Nunnally said. “We have cases where they blow a zero. We suspect that they are under the

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Registered attendees who complete the entire Survivor Day training will receive a free backpack with survivor kit supplies (limit one per household, must complete training).

Survivor Day is presented by CVEMA with funding from the FEMA’s Grants Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. CVEMA is a coalition of local emergency managers and partner organizations from 25 localities in Central Virginia who voluntarily partner with each other to make the Central Virginia region as prepared and resilient as it can be. Planning

and basic staffing services for CVEMA are provided by the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission.

Central Virginia residents may attend any Survivor Day event offered and are not restricted to Survivor Day events in their own locality of residence.

Registration is online at www.SurvivorDay.com. Those without internet access may call United Way at 804-771-5874 or the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission at 804-323-2033 to register.

Those without internet access or requiring assistance with registration may also dial 211.

influence of narcotics. The narcotic level may not be high enough to justify a conviction for under the influence. Their driving actions were still against the law so the charge is changed to reckless driving,� he said.

Nunnally said neither the VASAP referral numbers nor the steady year-toyear increases in overall arrests in the county are an indication of a sudden crime wave. The county is “not more dangerous than we were two years ago or three years ago.�

Instead, he attributes a steady rise in both overall arrests and DUI arrests to a culmination of additional staff in the commonwealth attorney’s office and additional deputies assigned to patrol Powhatan’s roads. “I reduced administration levels in the office so I could increase the levels of patrolmen on the road. That has led to an increase of eyes out there and cars out there that are actively looking for offenses. That is being reflected in the numbers,� he said. “It’s not that we have more drunks in the county than we ever had be-

fore. It’s just that we are not spread as thin as we used to be and we are able to detect more of these crimes and actually be more proactive in bringing them in.�

Nunnally added that his deputies are further motivated by the successful prosecution of the cases. “It is nice to see that we are making an impact in a very important public safety area, which is these DUIs. Nobody wants somebody that is intoxicated, impaired or otherwise on the road with their wife and kids,� he said. “We are trying to reduce the number of traffic deaths we have in the county and that is a big contributor to it.�

Increased staffing has helped, but so has more advanced training, Cerullo said. In February 2017, he and Sgt. Rodolfo Riopedre attended a special advanced DUI training put on by the Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council.

Topics covered at the intensive week-long training include investigative stops, checkpoints, blood testing issues and DUI manslaughter. The program utilizes a

team-training format requiring a team consisting of a prosecutor and a law enforcement officer from the same jurisdiction.

Nunnally said Cerullo and Riopedre brought back what they learned at the training course and shared it with the other Powhatan deputies. It was the first time he could recall someone from the two offices attending a class together as students, but it fits with the longstanding tradition of the two offices working together to make sure cases are investigated and prosecuted correctly, he said. “We have upheld that tradition but that has been around long before I got here. It goes back to every sheriff I have worked under before also. But we certainly see the merit in it,� Nunnally said.

That relationship is especially important with DUIs because it is one of the more complicated situations officers deal with as far as both the detailed testing they have to do and the often risky environmental conditions – parked at the side of busy roads, often in

the dark – they are in when conducting those tests, Cerullo said. “There’s a lot of moving parts going on in a DUI case and any one of them if you mess it up it can have adverse affects on the case,� he said.

Nunnally said he will sometimes receive complaints from people who are upset they were pulled over because an officer suspected they were driving under the influence and they were asked embarrassing questions such as if they have been drinking. In response, he said he is not going to make any apologies for his deputies working to make the public safer. “It is not a personal thing. They are not hoping that you are drinking. They don’t get an extra day off because they got more DUIs than the next guy.

They have a legitimate desire to protect the public and that’s it; they don’t get any other benefit from it,� the sheriff said. “Being offended because they asked if you were drinking, how else are they supposed to find out?�

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HOLY WEEK Maundy Thursday, March 29 - Agape Meal/Holy Eucharist - 6:30PM Good Friday, March 30 - Liturgy - Noon and Stations of the Cross - 7PM 2910 Genito Rd. Powhatan, VA Holy Saturday Eve, March 31 - The Great Vigil of Easter - 8PM 598-2086 Feast of the Resurrection, Sunday, April 1 - Holy Eucharist 7:30AM, 9AM & 11AM Worship with us this Sunday All are Welcome Church service @ 9:30 AM

Church

For more information visit www.stlukespowhatan.org Route 711 at Three Bridge Road 794-6953

EVERGREEN COMMUNITY CHURCH (PCA) Proclaiming & Practicing the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Worship service at 9:30 AM Meeting at Flat Rock Elementary School www.EvergreenPowhatan.com

598-8844 Rev. Leonard Liu, Pastor

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Manakin Episcopal Church Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

985 Huguenot Trail

Providence Presbyterian Church

Meeting Sundays in Amelia, Farmville, Fork Union, Midlothian, Powhatan and Online.

Visit pccwired.net for services times & locations.

598-1174 pccwired.net

(1 mile west of Rt. 288)

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794-6401 www.manakin.org

Located 1950 Ridge Road (Rt. 627) 2/10th of a mile north of Rt. 13

Mount Calvary Baptist Church

Pastor Linda Lowe

Hearts and Beyond Our Doors

Worship: 8:30 Just off Rt. 13 in8:30 the Village Worship: & 11 a.m.& 11 a.m.

Sunday School: 598-4438 Sunday School: 9:45 9:45 a.m.a.m.

2253 Rosson Rd.

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Powhatan Christian Fellowship Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 am Wednesday Night 7:30 p.m.

Powhatan United Methodist Church

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Sunday school @ 10:30 AM

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804-403-3963 Sundays: Morning Worship 10:00 AM Stephen Shelton, Bishop Wednesday: Sacrament Service – 9:00 am Family Life Night 7:00 PM Gospel Doctrine – 10:20 am 2480 Academy Road Priesthood/Relief Society – 11:10 am 598-7159 Located off Route 60 at Lower Hill Rd. Pastor: Johnathan M. Whichard

www.powhatanumc.us 2253 Rosson Road

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3308 Pleasants Road, 1/4 mile off of Route 711 Russ Cress, Pastor 598-0733

St. John Neumann Catholic Church

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CALL 598-4305 for details.

Rev. Walter G. Lewis, Pastor Saturday - 5 p.m.

Sunday - 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

598-3754 www.sjnpowhatan.org Located behind Flat Rock Village Shopping Center

598-6090

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2020 Red Lane Road Powhatan, VA 23139 1801 Huguenot Trail Sunday School 9am Pastor, Larry B. Collins Sunday Worship 10am Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:45pm Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study Bryan M. Holt, Pastor 7:30 p.m.

378-3607 www.EmmausChristianChurch.org Office 804-598-2398

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Moose Family Center limits smoking

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The Powhatan Moose Family Center, a local charitable organization, recently announced the rearrangements of the facility. The center’s smoking and non-smoking areas will be rearranged effective April 1, 2018 as follows: smoke free areas Bingo hall (open to public) and social quarters (member and guests). The center offers a separate area where smoking will be permitted. Major improvements have made to the facility to accommodate this change. The public is invited to come and join in on Tuesday nights for smoke free bingo. It will have a jackpot of $1,000 the first Tuesday of every month provided the center has an attendance of at least 60 players.

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SECOND ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH 1059 Dorset Road Powhatan, VA 23139 Reverend Mark A. Divens, Sr. Pastor

Praise and Worship Service Sunday School 9:45-10:45 Sunday Morning Worship will begin at 11:00 a.m.

CHURCH DIRECTORY Faith

2901 Jude’s Ferry Rd. Powhatan, Va

Worship - 10:30 am Bible Study Wednesday 7 pm

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Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

4731 Bell Road, Powhatan, VA 23139

804-598-5491

Holly Hills Baptist Church www.HollyHillsBaptist.org

(Independent Bible Believing)

Randy Blackwell, Pastor

1659 Anderson Highway 3½ miles east of Flat Rock

Sundays 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 6:00 Youth Soul Food Thursdays 5:45 Mid-Week Meal 6:15 Handbell Choir 6:30 Children’s Choir/GA’s, RA’s Children’s Mission Moment 6:30 Adult Bible Study (Child Care Provided) 7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal 3922 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan In The Village (804) 598-3098

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Muddy Creek BAPTIST CHURCH Baptist Church 2591 Ridge Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139 804-598-2051 Rev. Bryan Stevens, Pastor 11 a.m. – Worship Service 9 a.m. – Church School Wednesday Bible Study 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Office: 804-598-2667 Worship Service, Each Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School, Each Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Prayer and Bible Study, Each Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Reverend Lawrence A. Wilson, Sr., Pastor 804-379-3539

Sunday School - 9:45 am Worship - 11 am Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer Service - 7:00 pm

Contemporary – 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.

Worship – 11 a.m.

Children’s Worship – 11 a.m.

Prayer/Bible Study – Wed. 6:30 p.m.

Children’s Worship (all ages) – 2095 Red Lane Road Wed. 6:30 p.m.

1/2 mile off Rt. 60 on Red Lane Road New Generation Praise & Worship – 804-598-2455 Sat. 7 p.m. www.redlanebaptist.org Lighthouse Youth – Wed. 5:30 p.m.

Worship Service 9:00 a.m. Miracles of God Sp. Needs Service: Small Groups 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. the 2nd Sat. of each month Wednesday Night Classes for all ages at 6:15 598-3481 • 975 Dorset Road Dr. James Taylor, Pastor www.gracelandbc.org

OLD POWHATAN BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor Gregory L. Beechaum Sr. “The church where Jesus is Alive”

3619 Huguenot Trail Powhatan, Virginia 23139 804-403-3070 www.finecreekbaptist.org Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

Traditional Rev. David A. Simpson, Pastor

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Hollywood Baptist Church

“A Church Where Love Never Fails!”

Pastor Otis B. Lockhart, Jr.

598-2763

Sunday School at 9:30 am Morning Service at 11:00 am Bible Study Every Wednesday Night at 6:30 pm 3964 Old Buckingham Road

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Free Will Baptist Church 2828 Genito Road, Powhatan Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM R. Robinson, Pastor 804-690-0558

Experiencing the presence of God in Worship Preaching the Word of Faith 1348 Anderson Highway Powhatan, VA 23139 804-379-8223

Pastor Donald Habersack Sundays 10:00 AM Wednesday 6:30 PM

Brad Russell, Pastor 598-4241 First Worship 8:30 am Bible Study for all ages 9:45 am Second Worship 11:00 am Wed. Family Ministry 6:30 pm

2202 Old Church Road www.powhatanbaptist.org

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FIRST ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH 3920 MAIDENS RD., POWHATAN Pastor Vera Rhyne

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whole; determining if the deletion of the language had any adverse affects on the approval of certain development projects in the year it was removed; making sure county procedures are tightened up to ensure some of the admitted mistakes in this situation aren’t repeated; agreeing on the authority a county administrator has to restrict a supervisors’ access to staff; what power an individual board member has over county employees, and whether transparency and accountability in regard to local government have been upheld throughout this situation.

The board members had agreed to discuss one of those issues – whether to release the internal investigation to the public – at its meeting on Wednesday, March 21, so county attorney Tom Lacheney could be present to advise them. However, that meeting was canceled because of snow.

The issue was likely to come up at the board’s next meeting, which was scheduled for Monday, March 26 and occurred after press time.

A new directive In an email send during the Feb. 26 meeting to chairman Carson Tucker, District 5, Voorhees said Williams’ behavior “in attacking staff tonight was so egregious, that I cannot leave it unaddressed. Actions have consequences.

From this point forward, I must insist that all requests for information and contact with staff by Supervisor Williams will need to come through me. I cannot allow behavior of this nature in a properly functioning organization. If the Board cannot support me in this, then I will no longer be able to serve as your County Administrator and will begin seeking other employment.”

In an email to his leadership team about 10 minutes later, Voorhees instructed them that they were to refer all contact from Williams to the county administrator and said “he is not to be provided answers to questions or any information by staff directly.”

In the same email, he said the directive would stand until further notice and

that if Williams agreed to “conduct himself more appropriately, then I will consider rescinding this directive.”

Another 15 minutes after that, Voorhees sent an email to Williams saying his public statements “showed significant frustration about the process, behaviors and decisions of County staff.” However, Voorhees took issue with how Williams approached the topic, saying “there are limits as to what level of public criticism is appropriate and norms for how staff should be treated.”

Voorhees said that to make sure he understood what all of Williams’ concerns were, he requested the supervisor “direct all requests for information to me and avoid direct contact with staff.”

Voorhees said he would do his best to meet Williams’ “information needs to enable you to fully perform your policy, governance and oversight responsibilities.”

Rights and responsibilities A series of emails was exchanged in March between Williams and Voorhees regarding the county administrator’s initial decision to restrict the supervisors’ access to county employees.

From the start, Williams made clear in a March 7 email to Voorhees that he believes staff does not work for Voorhees but for the governing body and is directly accountable to the board of supervisors.

“I appreciate your desire to control communications with the staff, but every elected member of the Board has a right to seek information from the staff about the handling of the people’s business. If that is not the way things should be handled, a County Administrator could prevent elected officials from holding staff accountable for their actions,” he said.

Williams said he has a “right and a responsibility to do what I can to make certain that County business is conducted with transparency.”

Referencing the investigation into the Subdivision Code language deletion, Williams reasserted something he said in the Feb. 26 meeting, that “not everything that public employees do should be confidential.”

About two hours later, Voorhees re-

sponded in an email saying he didn’t have a problem disclosing to the public that a mistake was made but he does “have a problem with publically humiliating people.”

Voorhees said that the issue that precipitated Williams’ “inappropriate comments” during the Feb. 26 meeting had already been discussed by the board as a whole.

“I am accountable to the board as a whole, and not to any one member. I believe that is also how individual board members best operate. A case is made, the board deliberates, and a decision, collectively, is rendered. Acting to the contrary undermines the very democracy that we cherish,” Voorhees wrote.

Regarding Voorhees’ authority, he said he intended to operate “in the tradition of the council-manager form of government.” He also referenced the significant authority over personnel granted to the county administrator by the board and spelled out in his employment agreement.

Voorhees also supplied his employment contract as part of a FOIA request.

The document includes three full pages specifically listing the different job functions of the county administrator as enumerated in Code of Virginia §15.2-1541.

Among the many essential job functions detailing the rights and responsibilities is language that addresses the power that the county administrator, who serves as the chief administrative officer for the county, has, including; “directs daily operations of the government”; “manages and supervises all departments, agencies and offices of the county to achieve goals within available resources”; “plans and organizes workloads and staff assignments”; “performs or assists subordinates in performing duties; adjusts errors and complaints”; “appoints and removes all department heads, officers, and employees of the county, except members of the Board of Supervisors and Constitutional Officers,” and “sees that all laws and ordinances are faithfully performed.”

“This language makes it very clear that the staff does indeed ‘work for me’ as you put it, and not ‘for the Board’ specifically,” Voorhees wrote on March 7.

“If you are suggesting otherwise, then I

have entered into a contract under false pretenses and will need to evaluate my employment tenure. I absolutely did not intend to work for a local government where employees are hired, disciplined and fired by the board directly, that is not what I was told, and that is not what is in my agreement.”

Williams responded by email on March 17, saying the argument of who the staff works for misses the point because all elected officials and county employees, by the Constitution of Virginia, “work for the people and are accountable to them.” Voorhees has a statutory responsibility over county staff, but elected officials have the “overriding, constitutional responsibility” of assuring county staff are accountable to the people in the performance of their duties.

He also said that under Voorhees’ interpretation of the law, he appeared to believe that he can determine whether a member of the board can obtain information, when he can obtain it and how he can obtain it.

Williams also denounced Voorhees’ decision to go with an internal investigation into the turn lane language deletion, especially assigning the task to an “individual who had been directly involved in the communications leading up to the deletion.”

In the final emails from Voorhees to Williams in this chain, also dated March 17, the county administrator said he would never want to limit an elected board member in properly carrying out his/her duty and is willing to assist and facilitate individual members and the whole board.

“However, the rights of individual members of any board do not supersede the decisions of the body as a whole.

While individuals rightly continue to advocate a position, once a decision is rendered, it is no longer my duty to entertain dilatory actions of individuals,” Voorhees said. “This whole auxiliary lane issue has distracted numerous staff members from otherwise pursing the goals of the board of supervisors and it needs to stop.

“Furthermore, the rights of individual board members do not give license to

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What television show from your past brings up good memories for you?

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A visit with an old neighbor brings a smile

By Laura McFarland News Editor

L

et’s have some make believe time now.

With those few words, I was transported back to childhood and watching everybody’s favorite neighbor, Mr. Rogers, speak directly to me through my television screen.

Like millions of people in the United States and around the world, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” was a staple of my childhood. I don’t remember specific episodes, probably because there were too many, but there were things that were always in the back of my memory – the “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” song, characters like the puppets Daniel Tiger and Henrietta Pussycat, and the Trolley that could take you to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Social media, while often frivolous in nature, has the benefit of every once in awhile bringing something to your attention you might find truly interesting. Leading up to last week, I somewhat noticed more stories and videos than usual showing up on Facebook about Fred Rogers to highlight his goal to provide quality television for young children.

But something that caught my attention immediately was when I learned that in honor of what would have been the late Mr. Rogers’ 90th birthday, March 20, a marathon of all of the show’s episodes was being live streamed for free by a gaming website called Twitch.

The marathon started with 90 of the most popular episodes followed by a run through the entire show’s history ... all 886 episodes.

To be honest, the first thought triggered by learning about the marathon was, yes, I could use a little more positivity in my day today. Whether it is some local events that have been heating up and becoming increasingly contentious or national news like another school shooter in Maryland or a person setting off bombs in

L E T T E R S TO T H E E D I TO R Citizens want information released on ordinance mistake Dear Editor, “That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people, that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.”

This language was first adopted in May 1776 when Virginia declared its independence from Great Britain and remains a part of the Virginia Constitution today. It has been a fundamental principle of the commonwealth’s governing system for almost 250 years.

The county administrator, Ted Voorhees, objected to the effort by Supervisor David Williams at the February 26 board of supervisors meeting to let the citizens know how a provision of the Subdivision Ordinance that requires a developer to construct turn lanes was deleted from the ordinance in January 2017.

The county staff claims that the deletion was just a “clerical mistake.”

Mr. Rogers also took a trip to Colonial Williamsburg to highlight the historical and educational offerings there, describing what he saw with simple but intelligent words and not talking down to his viewers.

In the same episode, the lesson that came out of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe was that learning can come in more than one form; you don’t only have to limit yourself to one way. And at the very end of the episode, there was even a simple moment where Mr. Rogers played with a flashlight and then reminded his television neighbors what you do when you are finished playing with something – you put it away.

Before I knew it, he was heading back to his closet to switch out that trusty cardigan and singing about how much he likes me just the way I am.

It’s hard to describe how peaceful and calming I found this short respite from my regular day. The soothing cadence and welcoming but not over-the-top conversation with the audience combined with simplified but not dumbed-down information. It made for an entertaining half-hour, even if I am far older than the intended audience.

Just so you know, this column was never a lead-in to talk about the good ol’ days or how television shows today, especially those for children, don’t even compare in terms of quality and life lessons.

I used the word respite before and I meant it. Watching that episode of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” (never mind the fact that I ended up leaving it on as soothing background noise) was indeed a moment of eccentricity and nostalgia. It was a calm from the storm, a break from reality, and a needed infusion of positivity all rolled into one.

Based on everything I have ever heard or read about Fred Rogers, hearing the affect his show had on one of his television neighbors, even 24 years after it originally aired, would have given him a smile.

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Texas, the idea of having a positive respite with an old friend sounded beyond appealing.

So, I dutifully headed over to www.twitch.tv/misterrogers and there it was, Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, looking exactly as I remembered it.

Now it had been years since I watched the show, so I didn’t remember all of the details about its 30-minute format. For old time’s sake, I decided to watch an episode, which ended up being one that originally aired in 1993. Wow! – was my mind blown.

There was the opening song greeting me like an old friend. I watched with a smile as Mr. Rogers’ exchanged his suit coat and shiny shoes for a cardigan and tennis shoes. In the next few minutes, he laid the groundwork for one of several topics up for discussion that day by talking about having to practice to become proficient on a musical instrument, or anything in life really. The “field trip” he always seemed to take was to meet world renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Growing up in Houston, I played the cello in my middle and high school orchestras. In middle school, the orchestra attended a performance by Mr. Perlman, who is a truly brilliant and powerful musician. Then, as on the show, he walked out using his crutches, the result of contracting polio when he was a child. He sat down and pulled out his violin and began playing. At that point, any other thought left my head except being caught up in his mastery of that instrument.

In their short time together, Mr. Rogers talked with Mr. Perlman about several topics, including his own history and surviving polio, how hard he had to work to become a proficient violinist, and the way music can help a person express their emotions.

One thing I noticed again during their discussion was when Mr. Rogers would look at the camera and refer to viewers as his “television neighbors.” Everything he did was about inviting audiences in and making them feel part of what was happening.

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The documents that Mr. Williams described on February 26 raise questions about the staff’s claim.

Mr. Voorhees thinks that there is a rule that shields actions by county employees from public scrutiny.

That kind of rule would make the Virginia Constitution’s rule requiring accountability of county employees to the public meaningless.

The public has a constitutional right to know the details of what happened.

This is important to the citizens of Powhatan. Removing the turn lane requirement meant that developers who were not required to construct those lanes for safety while the requirement was not in effect, will see those improvements made later at taxpayer expense.

The previous county administrator publicly pushed to have that provision taken out. So did two of the members of the board. I seem to

recall that the Economic Development Authority Board of Directors and its current chairman, former State Senator John Watkins, supported the individuals who sponsored the Economic Development Strategy when it proposed taking the provision out. There was apparently a lot of political activity to remove this requirement.

It is worth noting that more than a year went by before the board was asked to put the requirement back in the Subdivision Ordinance. It shouldn’t have taken that long to correct a “clerical mistake.”

The citizens of Powhatan deserve a full and transparent review of what happened to cause the requirement for auxiliary lanes to be deleted from the Subdivision Ordinance.

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Senior Connections offers a lunch and social event called Friendship Cafe that is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Thursday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church. It provides socialization, nutrition, exercise, transportation and information about relevant topics for seniors ages 60 plus. For more information, contact Joan Doss with Senior Connections at 804343-3000 or jdoss@youraaa. org.

Powhatan County Public Library’s family storytime is held at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The library is closed on Sundays and county holidays. For more information, call 804598-5670.

Powhatan Domestic Violence Services and Goochland Family Services hold a support group for survivors of domestic violence from Powhatan and Goochland counties and surrounding areas every Wednesday. The group meets in the evening with childcare provided.

All women are welcome.

For more information or location, contact Powhatan Domestic Violence Services at 804-598-5630 or go to the organization’s Facebook page and send a private message.

The Free Clinic of Powhatan, located at 3908 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan offers health services (medical, dental, mental health, women's health) free of charge for uninsured and low income residents

of Powhatan County.

Administration hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Thursdays, lab services are from 9 a.m. to noon and patient hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Mondays, registration for new patients is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and patient hours are from 4 to 8:30 p.m. All patient visits are by appointment. For more information, contact 804-598-5637.

The Powhatan Lion’s Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the County Seat Restaurant. Contact Mike Jones at 804-794-1440 for more information.

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The Powhatan Food Pantry is open from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays and 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays at 2500 Batterson Road. Contact the pantry at 804-372-9526 or powhatanvafoodpantry@ gmail.com.

The Woman’s Club of Powhatan’s Clothes Closet is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday, Monday and Tuesday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at 3908 Old Buckingham Road at the back end of the social services building.

Donations accepted anytime but preferably during regular hours. Shoppers can fill a paper grocery bag full of stuff for $3. The second hand store sells clothes, shoes, books, movies, CDs, housewares, linens, toys, small electronics, games and more. Look for The Clothes Closet of Powhatan on Facebook. see CALENDAR, pg. 8

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Senator Tim Kaine set to visit Powhatan Contributed Report United States Senator Tim Kaine has announced a 20-event tour of Virginia to formally launch his re-election campaign, and will be making Powhatan one of his first stops.

On Thursday, April 5, the Powhatan County Democratic Committee will host a brunch with Kaine starting at 8 a.m. at the County Seat Restaurant, 3883 Old

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a shortage of $265,830 for Powhatan schools and the one from the Senate would mean a potential shortage of $435,280, Jones said.

The school board was scheduled to adopt its budget during its meeting on March 27, which happened after press time. However, Jones said the school board planned to adopt the governor’s version of the budget and then go back and amend it when they had more definitive information on state funding.

Building a budget One of the biggest factors in building the school board’s budget is the projected student enrollment, Jones said. During the 2018-2019 school year, enrollment is projected at 4,301, which would be an additional 25 students and be in line with the steadily increasing numbers the county has seen in the last two years. The county will know its official number on March 31 along with state funding figures.

One of the big challenges for Powhatan this year is that the Local Composite Index, which is the formula the state uses to calculate funding, increased from .4033 to .4302, Jones said. This recalculation happens every two years with a biennium, and there were about 79 school divisions that saw an increase. However, only seven of those had a larger increase than Powhatan, which is expected to see a $750,000 impact on its budget.

“There was some increase in state funding that was proposed by the governor, including a no loss provision, which kind of softened the blow for us in his version of the budget so that whole $750,000 increase wasn’t felt,” he said.

office from 2006 to 2010. Under Buckingham Road, Powhatan. his leadership, Virginia was rated Kaine was first elected to pubas the best state to raise a child in lic office in 1994, when he won a a 2007 report by Education Week seat on the Richmond City Counand the Pew Center on the States. cil. He was then elected mayor of He has served in Congress since Richmond in 1998 and was in that 2013. In 2016, he received the position until being elected lieuKAINE nomination for vice president of tenant governor of Virginia in the United States.

2001. Kaine was elected the 70th When Kaine visits Powhatan he will governor of Virginia in 2005 and held that

share his message of making jobs, health care, and education available to every Virginian and the importance of this year’s election.

The Powhatan High School Jazz Ensemble will be performing under the direction of Nicholas and Andrew Snead.

For ticket information, call 804-6014970 or visit www.powhatandemocrats. org.

However, he would later point out the General Assembly was still debating the budget and than in both the House and Senate versions of the budget, the no loss provision proposed by the governor to offset the local composite index had been removed.

The second big forecasted revenue change was county administrator Ted Voorhees had informed the school division that the transfers from the county would increase by $705,189, Jones said.

Another factor weighed in the budget was the comparison of per pupil costs. In 2016, the state average to educate a student was $11,745, compared with $10,585 in Powhatan.

Because of the wide range of divisions factored into the state average, David Williams, who represents District 1, asked Jones if the board could see how Powhatan compared with comparable jurisdictions to gauge how Powhatan is really stacking up. Jones said he could get that information for the board.

Another big factor in the budget is average class size as the community enjoys having relatively small class sizes for students and teachers, although that level is different depending on the grade level, Jones said.

As he has in the last few years, Jones pointed out that the majority of the budget is made up of costs that are fixed, such as payroll and benefits, operations, instruction and vehicles. Out of the $46.4 million budget in the 2017-2018 school year, only $2.6 million, or 5.63 percent, was considered variable costs that the school board had full control over, he said.

When the board of supervisors approved the building of the new middle school, the school board had committed to returning $650,000 in savings from closing Pocahontas Middle School and has been paying on that for the last few years. The final installment of $176,648 is included in the recommended budget.

Because of the unknowns involved in waiting on the recommended state budget, the school district had already been looking at areas of potential savings, Jones said.

One potential savings, which staff had been considering but had not yet factored into the budget, was recommending no longer operating as a full member of the Math Science Innovation Center, which would be a savings of $115,000.

The school district is heavily invested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and a review of the data involving the center showed a limited return on investment, Jones said.

“Students would still be able to participate in some of the enrichment programs so those wouldn’t be taken away. … Our teachers can still participate in the professional development. We would just be paying as a prorated rate per teacher that participated, but we wouldn’t be part of the consortium moving forward,” he said.

Other potential savings might be found in a request for proposal in contract negotiation phase to outsource the school district’s food service; removing or reducing the targeted salary adjustments, a savings of up to $246,198; the school district has some flexibility with the recommended position changes, and potential savings from a competitive fuel bid.

With the current worst case scenario of the shortfall in the Senate budget, these potential changes could be used as areas of savings to make up the difference, he said.

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Are you artistic or crafty?

Have you ever wondered how to repurpose old books? Register to show off your creativity at the Altered Books Workshop at 11 a.m. at Powhatan County Public Library. Join us as we cut, stamp, paint, and glue to transform old, unused books into new works of art. The workshop is for ages 13-99. Registration is required and space is limited. To register, call the library or complete the form online at: http://tinyurl.com/ alteredbooksworkshop. It is free and open to the public.

Monday, April 2

The Huguenot Ruritan Club

AA meets at 7:30 p.m. every Monday in the gathering room at May Memorial Church, 3926 Old Buckingham Road.

6 p.m. and games starting at 7 p.m. every Tuesday. For more information, call 804598-2809.

Powhatan Handcraft Group meets from 3 to 5 p.m. every Tuesday at the Powhatan County Public Library.

People can bring their own project to work on, such as knitting, crochet, needlepoint, beading, cross stitch and embroidery. Handcrafters of all ages and experience levels are welcome. No registration necessary. No craft provided.

The Chrysalis Writers Group will meet at 5 p.m. in the small meeting room of the Powhatan County Library.

For more information, call 804-598-1795.

AA meets at 8 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

Tuesday, April 3

Powhatan AA meets at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Manakin Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center needs volunteers to help with sessions with veterans participating in equine therapy. Helpers are needed starting at 9 a.m. on April 3, 11 and 17; May 1, 9 and 15; June 5, 13 and 19; July 11 and 17; Aug. 7, 15 and 21; and Sept. 12 and 18.

To volunteer, call 804-3186485. Visit www.ldequestrian. com.

The Heart of Virginia Beekeepers will meet at 7 p.m. at the Prince Edward County Extension Office across from Lowe's in Farmville. The program will be on “Experimental Oxalic Acid Shop Towel Method of Varroa Mite Treatment.” Anyone who has bees or is interested in bees is welcome. Call Mary Jane Morgan at 434-3151433 or visit Facebook or heartofvirginiabeekeepers. org.

The Powhatan Moose Family Center, 4140 Old Buckingham Road, will host Bingo with doors opening at

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No one deserves to be abused. Find safety, options and support. Women’s support group based in Powhatan but open to all women impacted by domestic violence. The group is free, confidential and childcare is available.

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tem, the required amount is expected to decrease this year to $155,600, which is good news, Jones said.

Health care premiums had originally been anticipated to increase by 21 percent, but instead they will only go up by about 10 percent, or $357,243, he said. He would later highlight proposed structural changes to health care options that would result in $197,128 in savings to the employer with similar savings for employee premiums. He talked about the idea to replace the Key Advantage Expanded plan with the Key Advantage 250.

The school district is also looking at providing an employer incentive of a $100 per month contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees enrolled in the High Deductible Plan.

The district’s budget proposes personnel requests that would represent an increase of $120,547, Jones said. Required standards of quality (SOQ) positions that need to be filled are a part-time counselor at Pocahontas Elementary School after redistricting and a second media specialist position for the new Powhatan Middle School. Although it is not an SOQ requirement, hiring a social worker has been a need stated by staff and the community to help meet the social and emotional needs of students. The district has not employed one for several years.

Like the county, the school board wants to give a 2 percent raise to all its employees, Jones said. The school board also has been committed to slow but steady targeted salary adjustments for certain employee groups that have the lowest salaries in the region in an annual comparison study. The pay raises would be capped at 5 percent. Jones pointed out it is a an incremental process aimed at attracting and retaining the best employees.

The 2 percent raise and targeted pay raises combined add up to an increase in expenditures of $934,198, Jones said.

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C R I M E R E P O RT Arrests • One male was charged on March 13 with revocation of suspended sentence and probation (Misdemeanor). • One male was charged on March 13 with involuntary manslaughter (Felony). • One male was charged on March 15 with driving under the influence-mis-

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abuse staff through public humiliation or through an unreasonable use of their time. It is my duty to filter such requests on behalf of the board and the staff, and to strike the appropriate balance. Individual rights end when they negatively impact on the rights and responsibilities of others,� he said.

Moving forward In order to resolve this issue, Voorhees said he is working with Lacheney to develop new procedures and protocols that he hopes will establish a better balance on these interactions. The finished policy, which would be presented to the board members for a vote, would allow them to speak directly with senior staff while making it clear that burdensome and misaligned requests will be referred to Voorhees and potentially to the board for a decision as to whether staff ought to be engaging in that activity.

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staff investigating staff and requested an outside investigation into the matter. He also wanted to know what that kind of investigation would cost.

Dave Bailey of Powhatan started his speech talking about some supervisors receiving money in their campaigns from developers and said in connection with some of the things supervisors have supported in recent years, it can

demeanor (M), reckless-20 mph over limit (M), expired state registration (F), and driving without a license (M). • One female was charged on March 15 with contempt of court (M). • One male was charged on March 16 with driving under the influence-misdemeanor (M).

• One male was charged on March 16 with providing a prisoner with a cell phone (Unclassified charges). • One female was charged on March 17 with driving under the influencemisdemeanor (M). • One male was charged on March 17 with driving under the influence-misdemeanor (M).

• One female was charged on March 18 with public swearing or intoxication (M). • One female was charged on March 19 with contempt of court (F). • One male was charged on March 19 with felonious assault (F) and assault and battery (M).

“I want it to be a board adopted policy, so I am preparing something for the board to consider. If the board adopts it, then my hope is that the board will abide by it,â€? Voorhees said. “Then I will be able to encourage staff to return to more productive interactions. But it will be clear to them if they are inappropriately directed or requested to provide something that is burdensome ‌ they can refer it to me and refer the board member to me for further consideration.â€?

Besides Williams, other board members had different reactions to Voorhees’ decision to extend his directive to all of them.

Tucker issued a statement saying he thought the restriction was the right decision on Voorhees’ part. “I understand Mr. Williams’ hunger for information. I also understand Mr. Voorhees’ need to maintain an orderly flow of work, the queue up work to be done, to allocate resources (time and staff) to ensure all supervisors’ (not just one) requests for information/analyses are honored, and to assess what ongoing

work by staff has to be pushed off the plate to accommodate a supervisor’s ad hoc requests,� he said.

He emphasized that Voorhees’ directive does not deny Williams’ right to ask for information and that Voorhees never said he would refuse to deliver on the supervisors’ requests. “Thus, those who claim discrimination or lack of due representation are mistaken (or mislead),� he said.

Angie Cabell, District 3, said she is happy to comply with the policy of the county administrator regarding communications with staff. “My ultimate goal is the most efficient and effective functioning of our county government,� she said.

Larry Nordvig, District 2, said Voorhees’ directive is a completely unrealistic plan. He said he didn’t agree with the initial decision to single out one supervisor because each elected official should receive equal treatment. “If all supervisors are restricted from staff access, it will be impossible for Mr. Voorhees to field the numerous requests

from the five of us every day. Most importantly, no elected representative of the people should be restricted by those lower down in the organization. The people chose us to lead and to represent them. We are accountable to them, alone,� Nordvig said.

Bill Melton, District 4, said that board members request a fair amount of information and having those requests filtered through the county administrator is meant to assist staff members in time management. “Our staff work very hard, and I see this as a way to say that we respect their time. When (a supervisor) calls staff for something, a staff member would be very uncomfortable to not honor that request no matter what deadlines are looming in front of them,� Melton said. “The request from the county administrator is by no means meant to hinder a board of supervisors’ ability to gather information they need to do their jobs, but to run an efficient government.�

Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.

make people suspicious.

Bailey referenced Voorhees and said allegations had been made in the past that he was “arrogant and didn’t seem to be too interested in connecting with the community.�

Bailey also said that an individual board member should not be singled out and treated differently than the rest of the board, which he said prohibits Williams’ from fulfilling his obligations to his citizens.

Eleanor Hertzler of

Powhatan raised concerns with the directive and holding one board member to a different standard than all of the others.

However, she added that if they were all subject to the directive, she questioned how anything could get done as it would limit the ability to form duties and be productive.

Hertzler said she agreed 100 percent that staff should not be publicly disciplined but also asked Voorhees to back up the county’s assertion

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that deleting the language from the Subdivision Code was simply a clerical error.

Christopher Compel of Powhatan said Williams is his representative and when that ability to represent him is limited, he is being discriminated against. Compel said the actions being taken have made it look like there is something to hide.

Maria Picchi of Powhatan said she didn’t think Williams’ was out of line on Feb. 26 and supported his interaction with the staff.

Stephen Barham of Powhatan said he already found it appalling to limit one person interacting with staff and then heard the directive had been extended to all board members. If true, this raises the question “who is working for who.� “This is not a county dictator, this is not a county manager; it’s a county administrator. He works at the will of the five people up there. Y’all five work at the will of us and yourself,� Barham said.

He questioned how Voorhees would be able to get anything done if he is always handling board requests. He also questioned the Feb. 26 recording of the meeting being edited to cut out breaks.

Darrell Griffin of Powhatan said he found it “Constitutionally offensive� that one individual could be separated out for any kind of separate treatment or even the whole board. He questioned when the board gave Voorhees the authority to make these kinds of decisions. He also called into question Voorhees’ temperament since he hadn’t backed down from the stance he took during the Feb. 26 meeting in that email even given a few weeks of additional time to consider it.

Mike Byerly of Powhatan referenced the internal investigation into the language being dropped from the Subdivision Code and asked about who conducted it, the questions that were asked, and how the information was verified. He

DAVE BAILEY asked for the details of the investigation to be released to residents.

He read part of email correspondence between him and Voorhees about the matter and specifically highlighted Voorhees’ response that the county attorney had advised him not to comment further on the controversial matter.

He asked whether it is a “personnel matter or a controversial issue� and said if the latter is true, citizens deserve to know how it happened.

Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday. com.

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the AARP Tax-Aide program will meet with clients for free but by appointment from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Every Wednesday and Friday through April 13 at Powhatan County Public Library.

Contact 804-598-7577.

The Powhatan County AntiLitter Council is sponsoring its annual Clean-up Blitz from March 17 to April 15 and the public is invited to pick up trash and win cash.

Neighborhoods, businesses, nonprofits and individuals are invited to fill bags and leave them for pickup. Snap before and after photos of your group’s trash collected to compete for cash prizes: first prize, $1,000; second prize, $500; third prize, $250, and several $100 honorable mentions. Orange trash bags are available at

St. John Neumann Catholic Church, in partnership with the Powhatan Community Action Agency, is currently looking for volunteer drivers for a pilot transportation program to provide rides for the elderly and disabled. Riders may need transportation to the Free Clinic or another health care

area farmers and horticulture business that were, up until now, without a location to recycle their properly rinsed pesticide containers. The collection site is a shed in the back right corner at Powhatan Volunteer Fire Department Company 1, 3971 Old Buckingham Road. Before bringing containers to the collection site, applicators must triple rinse or jet rinse containers, remove plastic sleeved label and/or label booklets, and remove caps. To schedule a drop off, contact Rachel Grosse at 804-598-5640 or 804-385-5370 or Dave Johnson at 804-385-6231.

providers, to the grocery store, or other necessary tasks. Drivers must provide a current driving record, be able to pass a background check, and take a Driver Safety Course. Drivers may be compensated for their mileage if they choose, and the program will cover insurance on the vehicles while driving for the program.

At this time, we are only looking for volunteer drivers.

Rider applications are not being accepted at this time.

For information on becoming a volunteer driver, contact Maria Sharples, Get A Ride Program director, at 804372-9755.

the Powhatan Chamber of Commerce and Cooperative Extension offices. There are a limited number of grabbers and vests available on loan at the extension office.

Preregistration is required.

Applications may be found at www.powhatanva.com/157/ Anti-Litter_council or email chowland@vt.edu. Winners will be announced during the Powhatan Earth Day Celebration at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 on the Courthouse Square. Contact 804-598-2636 or chowland@ vt.edu.

The Powhatan County Cooperative Extension Office and Powhatan Department of Public Works have partnered with Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences (VDACS) to bring a free recycling service to

Peanut Butter Drive

The Coalition of Powhatan Churches needs drivers for clients to go to doctor appointments and small errands as present volunteers are being overwhelmed with requests. Contact Liz Benton at 804-372-6384 or angels5517@aol.com.

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Senator Tim Kaine will be visiting Powhatan to attend a brunch from 8 to 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 5 at

Crossroads Community Services Board will hold Revive! Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education for Virginia, free lay rescuer training, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 6 at 214 Bush River Drive, Farmville. You will learn how to respond to an opioid overdose emergency with the administration of Naloxone, how opioid overdoses happen, and the risk factors for opioid overdoses.

Free Narcan nasal spray is dispensed at training.

Registration is required.

Contact 434-392-9461 or nhill@crossroadscsb.org.

Powhatan County Public Library is bringing back its popular free bingo social for Winter/Spring 2018. Bingo is sponsored by the Powhatan Friends of the Library and everyone is welcome to play.

Game time is 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the following Mondays: April 9 and May 14. Light refreshments and coffee will be served.

Players are welcome to bring their own lunch. Make new friends, win prizes and have a good time at the library! Call 804-598-5670 or visit the website at www. powhatanlibrary.net.

Powhatan County Public Library’s Teen Advisory Creative Organization (TACO) is a group focused on sharing ideas and creating displays and events for the library. The group meets from 4 to 6 p.m. on select Tuesdays: April 17, May 1, 15 and 29 and June 5.

On the third Wednesday of each month at a new time, 1 p.m., Powhatan County Public Library will offer Library for All, a program

Upcoming

Please contact Gloria or Brenda at BPOL – (804) 598-2723 with any questions.

Backpacks of Love, nonprofit committed to eliminating hunger in schoolage children by providing nourishing food for their weekend, needs help. In addition to the constant need for donated individualsized food items, adults or students are needed to double bag the plastic bags the group packs in, which will help expedite the packing process. (This job can be done at home if people pick up bags at the pantry office.)

The group also needs help breaking down boxes for recycling. This job should be done weekly preferably on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/ or Thursdays after packing days. These are great jobs for students looking for community hours. Contact Gloria at 804-598-2723.

the County Seat Restaurant, 3883 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan. The Powhatan County and Goochland Democratic Committees are hosting the event. The public is invited to come out and meet Kaine and enjoy the County Seat’s full brunch menu as the senator shares his message of making jobs, health care, and education available to every Virginian. Kaine has served in the U.S. Congress since 2013. For tickets call 804-601-4790 or visit www. powhatandemcrats.org.

planned for adults with special needs and their caregivers. Each hour-long session will offer something new. Caregivers must remain with attendees during each program. Everyone from the Powhatan community is welcome to attend. The Winter/Spring 2018 dates are: April 18 and May 16.

Contact the Powhatan Public Library at 804-598-5670 or visit us online at www. powhatanlibrary.net.

Powhatan Anti-Litter Council will sponsor free paper shredding to residents during the Powhatan Earth Day Celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, on the Courthouse Green in the Village. During the event, residents may get rid of old documents confidentially and safely by bringing them to the Courthouse Square for free paper shredding.

Powhatan County residents are encouraged to GO Green with a free recycling event bring old and discarded tires, appliances and electronics for recycling. The Powhatan Anti-Litter Council sponsors this annual event from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 21 at the Powhatan Fairgrounds on Route 60.

Mini-Maker Studio is a new creative arts program for ages 5 to 12 being held at Powhatan County Public Library. Join coordinators at 10:30 a.m. on select third Saturday mornings: April 21, Fairy Gardens, and May 12, Clay Exploration. Participants will explore creative art forms using a variety of materials including wood, fabric, natural materials and clay.

No registration is required.

Contact the Powhatan Public Library at 804-598-5670 or visit www.powhatanlibrary.net.

The eighth annual Free Clinic of Powhatan Bike Tour will be held on Sunday April 29 with start times between 8 and 9 a.m. The event offers three ride distances: 35 miles, 65 miles and 100 miles around gently rolling roads through Powhatan and Amelia counties. The charity bike ride will benefit the Free Clinic of Powhatan.

A $6 all you can eat pancake breakfast will start at 7 a.m.

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Powhatan catcher Teri Jackson (right) readies to make contact with a pitch and knocked in two runs on the play for the Indians in the 12-4 win over Dinwiddie on March 19. Jackson was 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs in the win for Powhatan.

Powhatan softball powers past Generals

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

T

hanks to the wet weather, the Powhatan Indians softball team has had more time in the cage than almost anything else in the young season.

That experience was showcased on March 19 in a rematch of the regional fi-

nal from last season against Dinwiddie in which the Indians rolled past Dinwiddie 12-4.

“Offensively, we came out strong early,” Powhatan head coach Marie Crump said. “We gave up four runs, but we kept at it. That’s the key. Offensively, if you can keep your bats going and put pressure on the other team and obviously that puts you ahead in one category anyway.

Dinwiddie is a good team, they’ve always been a good team.”

The Indians, ranked No. 1 in the Times-Dispatch Top 10 poll, got off to a hot start against the Generals.

Mason Basdikis, Sami Pleasants and Tori Gilbert reached base in the opening frame to load the bases for Lindsey Elam.

Elam singled, scoring Basdikis to make it 1-0. Pleasants was thrown out at

third base for the first out of the inning.

Taylor Dickerson reached base with a single of her own.

Then, Teri Jackson cleared the bases with a single to right-center, scoring Gilbert and Elam to make it 3-0.

Madelyn Peloke grounded to shortstop after Jackson’s single, but the throw from the Generals shortstop was wild, see SOFTBALL, pg. 4B

Harrelson scores, but Indians fall to Warriors

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

PHOTO BY BILLY FELLIN

Powhatan’s Scotty Harrelson (10) moves upfield against Western Albemarle on March 19, with Ethan Taylor (7) running up the flank.

Powhatan’s boys soccer team went toe-to-toe with a perennial soccer powerhouse on March 19 at Powhatan High School.

And, the Indians came very close to pulling out a win.

But, a Western Albemarle goal off a corner kick in the 39th minute was the difference in a 2-1 final on a crisp night in Powhatan.

“What I love about these guys is that they never stop,” Indians head coach Tim Cristian said. “They have grittiness and they work hard and they never give up.

No matter who I put in, they brought

something to the table against a very good side. It was great to compete. That’s what we want to do. Against teams like this, we want to have a chance to win. We had a chance to tie and we had a chance to win too as far as the number of chances. I was happy with it.”

Western Albemarle, just two seasons removed from winning the Class 3A state championship, started the scoring in the 14th minute to put Powhatan in a 1-0 hole.

But, Scotty Harrelson took just seven minutes to score the equalizer.

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Powhatan dirt bike racer Kylie Le-Jenkins, seen here during a practice ride at CVTR, has already captured three class championships despite being just 15 years old. She has advanced to the Expert Women’s Class in the Virginia Championship Hare Scramble Series.

Le-Jenkins continues dirtbike racing success

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

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owhatan’s Kylie Le-Jenkins got off to a fast start in the Virginia Championship Hare Scramble Series.

In her rookie season in 2015, Le-Jenkins won the championship in her rookie season in the Super-Mini Class.

As of March, Le-Jenkins, now 15, has expanded her trophy cabinet as she now has three class championships to her name.

She won the Super Mini Class again in 2016 and won the Novice Women’s Class in 2017.

“In my mind, I’ve always pictured becoming a fast rider growing up,” she wrote in an email. “But, I never thought by the age of 15 I would have three class championships under my belt.”

Last season was a close race for the title from start to finish, according to LeJenkins.

She wrote that the 13th round was particularly close, as it came down to the wire.

“Just about every race this past season, it was anyone’s race down to the last

lap,” she wrote. “(In round 13) I had to come out ahead in order for me to lock up the championship. I had to work extra hard for it this past season. It came down to just the last few races of the season, so I’m really proud of myself for achieving my goal.”

The Virginia Championship Hare Scramble Series (VCHSS) has been around since 1984 and races dirt bikes on unconventional terrain.

Riders race in different parts of the state and on different terrain, such as wooded flatlands or through the mountain trails.

The VCHSS hosts 36 classes of competition, split up by age and gender.

While Le-Jenkins raced for only about an hour in the Super-Mini class in 2015, she now races about double that time.

For the 2018 season, Le-Jenkins was bumped up a class to the Expert Women’s Class after her Novice Class title a season ago.

The season is already underway as the first race of the season was held on March 18 with the Joe Lloyd Memorial at Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington.

In the first race of the season, Le-Jenkins scored 39 points at the event, good

for a fourth-place standing after the first event.

The next event on the schedule is April 8 at the same venue in the April Fools at Oak Ridge event.

Le-Jenkins wrote in an email that it is her favorite event on the schedule.

One advantage that Le-Jenkins is starting to accumulate is familiarity with some of the venues on the circuit.

She wrote that watching film of the previous season’s race is one way she prepares for an event weekend.

“I get focused by the days leading up to the race by trying to train and exercise as much as possible,” she wrote. “I also try to watch my diet and drink lots of water days before the race. Occasionally, we watch film of last year’s race and talk about where I can improve.”

This season will run 14 races from March through the end of October.

Le-Jenkins wrote that this season will be one of learning.

“My goal for 2018 is to gain as much experience as I can from riding behind the faster riders in the Expert Women’s Class,” she wrote. “I hope in a couple seasons to be competitive in the Expert Women’s Class where I can possibly

make another run at a championship.”

When Le-Jenkins isn’t off on the VCHSS tour for a weekend event, she is most likely in Buckingham County, where she practices with a club she belongs to.

“We do try to get out once or twice during the school week for practice,” she wrote. “I belong to a riding club out in Buckingham County that has 100 acres full of riding trails and a (motocross) track. That’s where I do most of my practicing.”

However, above it all, Le-Jenkins wrote that nothing beats what a race weekend brings to her—time with her family and the unforgettable feeling of competition.

“My favorite thing about racing is being able to spend time with my family and friends during race weekends,” she wrote. “But, what I really love about racing is race day, where I get to line up against my friends and competitors and the exhilarating rush I get before the flag drops to start the race.”

That rush has pushed her to three championships thus far. None of her competitors would be surprised if it continues to be a theme in her career.

Roundup: Powhatan football standouts make college picks

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

Two Powhatan senior football players recently announced their verbal college commitments on Twitter.

Wide receiver Gabe Satterwhite announced that he has committed to Old Dominion University. Running back and linebacker Ben Nowacki will head to Hampden-Sydney in the fall and play for the Tigers.

Satterwhite had 81 receiving yards and a touchdown in the Indians comefrom-behind 28-20 win over Albemarle last season.

Satterwhite also played in the Big River Rivalry Game at Randolph-Macon College in December as

the only Indians representative on the team.

Nowacki had two rushing touchdowns against Charlottesville on Sept.

29, 2017, and was a constant playmaker on both sides of the ball.

Both players will sign their official commitments on April 9 at Powhatan High School.

SCHEDULE Powhatan and Blessed Sacrament Huguenot each had the weather drastically change the scheduled games for the week of March 19.

While the Indians got two games in on March 19, the rest of the week was not so fortunate.

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Powhatan’s Ben Nowacki (left) and Gabe Satterwhite (right) both announced their verbal commitments to play college football at Hampden-Sydney and Old Dominion, respectively.

The Indians girls soccer game against Orange was rescheduled from March 21 to March 27.

The girls tennis home match and the boys tennis away match scheduled for March 22 against Fluvanna will now take place on April 9.

The Indians boys tennis team also had a match scheduled against Hanover on March 23 that was postponed and has not been rescheduled as of press time.

The girls and boys lacrosse home games scheduled for March 22

against Matoaca will now be played on April 17.

Powhatan’s baseball game against Orange was rescheduled from March 22 to March 27.

The Knights baseball team was able to play against Brunswick Academy on March 19, but

their game scheduled for March 21 was postponed.

Blessed Sacrament Huguenot will now face Fuqua on May 5.

The soccer team also had a game rescheduled from March 21. The Knights will take on Isle of Wight on April 12.

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Powhatan youth lacrosse takes to the field

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While the high school teams had their scheduled games derailed by the snowfall over the area on March 21, the Powhatan Lacrosse youth teams were able to get into action on March 25 at the Admin Field in Powhatan. The boys 3rd-4th, 5th-6th and 7th-8th teams played against CYL-Blue on March 25, with the 5th-6th team having an additional game against Blackhawks Blue that morning. Top Left: Powhatan’s Luke McDaniels of the 5th6th team battles, and would eventually win, a challenge for possession of the ball. Top Right: Powhatan’s Paxton Sloam of the 7th-8th team works his way upfield with possession of the ball. Bottom left: Powhatan’s Parker Unmissig (57) of the 7th-8th team celebrates a goal along with Austin Beasley (11) and Davis Bean (9). Bottom right: Powhatan’s Jack Valcourt (13) of the 5th-6th team defends the net against the incoming attack from the CYL-Blue team. The boys 5th-6th team won’t play again until an inter-squad scrimmage on April 14, while the 7th-8th team will play the same day against the NMS Eagles.

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the Warriors goalie.

The goalie came out to play the ball, but Harrelson chipped it over his head and into the netting to tie the game at 1-1.

Harrelson has scored three of the Indians’ five goals this season.

“He’s a forward…he’s a striker,” Cristian said.

“He’s a guy up there that wants to score goals. He sniffs out the ball and is dangerous when the ball is at his feet. He creates great runs and good space for himself. They had to handle him. They had a great center-back and that guy is going to remember tonight because (Scotty) really worked him. I think Scotty is going to be a great college player if he keeps this up.”

After the Warriors took the lead just before the half, Powhatan came out

in the second half with an aggressive mindset and had more than a couple chances to tie the game.

In the 48th minute, the Indians had a push of momentum going, but were derailed by the Warriors defense.

Harrelson tried once again to be the spark of the Indians offense in the 53rd and 55th minutes, but couldn’t complete the play on either attempt.

Throughout the game, Harrelson was constantly pushing to get the Indians offense to maintain control in the Warriors’ zone, but the Western Albemarle defense more often than not was able to keep the pressure to a minimum.

Mason Hubley got into the act in the 59th minute with a shot on net, but it went wide.

Goalie Cole Vonderharr, who was in net in the second half after Austin Palmore’s six saves in the

first, recorded one of his three saves after a direct kick from Western Albemarle in the 64th minute to keep it a one-goal game.

Taylor had one of the best chances of the second half for Powhatan, when his shot went off the post in the 64th minute.

A corner kick for Powhatan soon thereafter was unable to carry that momentum as Western Albemarle quickly cleared it from their zone.

After a shot on net from the Warriors in the 70th minute, Powhatan continued its assault on the Western Albemarle defense.

Taylor and Harry Hayden each produced quality chances on the Western Albemarle keeper, but were unable to convert.

Hayden’s chance was off a direct kick and was close to converting on the

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The Indians played Western Albemarle closer than they did in both games last season, which the Indians lost by 4-0 and 3-1 margins.

“We legitimately had more chances than they did in the second half,” Cristian said. “There’s no question. I hope we can continue to compete. I think we’ll have a tougher time against (Western Albemarle) on a bigger field. We’re certainly going to have to improve

tactically. We have young guys and the seniors are doing a great job of leading them.”

Those tactics, especially defensively, are something that Cristian said he hopes to see his team continue to improve upon.

“We need to not ball watch so much,” he said.

“We need to know how to tuck in, slide and drop as a team. They just haven’t had much time with that. We haven’t had many practice days. We can’t work on what we

need to work on inside, but that’s probably what we’ll get.”

That scenario was what the Indians boys soccer team, along with the other spring sports teams, got after the snow that hit the area.

The Indians had its game on March 21 against Orange postponed and will now face the Hornets on April 13.

Powhatan will have its rematch on the road against the Warriors on March 29.

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FROM THE SPORTS EDITOR

Sportsmanship should be first

By Billy Fellin Sports Editor

Happy Spring!

I mean, looking out my window it doesn’t seem like spring with the snow on the ground.

But, Happy Spring nonetheless!

It has been awhile since I’ve written in this format, but I wanted to reflect on some thoughts that have been cascading through my head.

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What does that entail exactly? Well, per the release, it means that the school “did not have any player or coach ejections, or placed on warning during the winter sports season.”

That’s a pretty big deal.

Congratulations to all the Powhatan winter sports teams for this achievement.

I mean, just think about it.

Anytime we see a heartwarming story about a cross country runner practically carrying one of their competitors across the finish line, or consoling opponents who are crushed after a tight, close loss, for example, it is seen as a shining example of sportsmanship.

But, more often than not, it is highlighted because that doesn’t happen every day. How many of us have seen someone losing their cool in a cell phone video posted online, or a professional athlete going

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off the rails on an ESPN highlight?

I recently heard a story that took place during a tournament for one of the board games in which I compete, where a competitor’s friend threatened violence because the friend didn’t qualify for the “playoffs” of that particular tournament.

I’m not saying that each game is fraught with foul language, tempers flaring and general chaos — certainly nothing close to that.

However, I do think that it needs to return to the norm where people are just assumed to be gracious in both victory and defeat.

We all lose our cool sometimes, as is human nature.

Let me tell you about one time when I did.

I always considered myself someone who took sportsmanship seriously. I wanted to have fun with the game and my goal was that everyone else did too.

I even won the Sportsmanship Award out of the entire player base at Tuckahoe Little League when I was in the Minors, so around 12 years old.

But, there was this one time playing baseball that I let the moment get to me and forgot to be a gracious loser.

I was at bat, my team was down by one run, and we were in the bottom of the seventh inning.

I had some friends come and watch me play for the first time, so the pressure of performing (in my high school-aged brain at least)

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which allowed Dickerson to score from third to make it 4-0.

Four runs in the first frame seemed to get the Indians into a dominant position, but Dinwiddie answered immediately in the top of the second.

Dinwiddie’s Macy Beville led the inning off with a double, followed by Miranda Clarke recording

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Powhatan senior wrestler Collin Gerardi (left) shakes hands with Kyle Budd of Fauquier after Gerardi’s state championship win over Budd in February.

was even higher.

It was a 2-1 count when the opposing pitcher missed his mark and I absolutely crushed the ball to right center.

I was running to first, confident that I had delivered the game-winning hit.

But, the centerfielder for the other team tracked it down, dove for the ball, and made a spectacular catch.

I stopped at first and was absolutely fuming. I entirely skipped the handshake line, to the disappointment of my father (who also was my coach), and ended up taking my frustrations out on a chain

link fence with my left hand.

No, it definitely wasn’t my brightest moment, or my most sportsman-like.

I actually have a scar on my left middle finger from the incident. It’s about onequarter-inch long and perpendicular to my wedding ring.

I look at it often and it serves as a reminder to me that I should always follow the path of my wedding ring as opposed to that scar.

We are in a world ruled by social media and anyone’s knee-jerk reaction or being unlike you for two seconds is the next viral

video that could haunt someone for a long time.

I’m really glad camera phones and Twitter didn’t exist when I let the moment get the better of me.

After all, these are games that we are playing and they’re meant to be fun.

So, congratulations once again to all the athletes that put sportsmanship first and set an example for everyone else for what is the proper decorum when you lace up your cleats or buckle the chinstrap.

Let’s all try to be like them, both on and off the field.

a single and advancing to second on an errant throw.

Then, Holly Naylor grounded to shortstop, which wasn’t fielded cleanly and allowed Beville to score to make it 4-1.

Karleigh Morgan then knocked in Clarke with a single to make it 4-2.

Basdikis struck out Ashley Eubank of Dinwiddie, but Breanna Turner reached on a throwing error, which allowed Naylor and Morgan to score to tie the game at 4-4.

Desirae Turner struck out against Basdikis for the second out, and then Pleasants showed off her arm in centerfield after Kaytlin Durham singled to center.

Pleasants gunned Morgan out at home as she tried to score for the third out of the inning.

“We knew they were going to hit,” Crump said.

“We just hoped we could contain their hits, and I think we did that. We made some mistakes defensively. We needed to stop the bleeding a little bit quicker. But, they hit the ball well.”

The four runs were a huge burst from the Generals, but would be the only time Dinwiddie would score, or even come close to scoring, the rest of the game.

The Indians wasted no time in responding to the Dinwiddie offense in the bottom of the inning.

Katlyn Mayo reached on an error to begin the inning. Basdikis and Pleasants both flew out for two quick outs, but Gilbert worked a walk to extend

the inning.

Elam singled to load the bases, which led to Dickerson knocking in Mayo with a single to make it 5-4.

Then, Jackson showed off her bat once again with a laser to right field, scoring Gilbert and Elam to make it 7-4.

Jackson was 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs. “(Teri) had a good night,” Crump said. “She had two key hits with some RBIs. They were very productive for her.

She seems to be getting her rhythm and we hope she can continue to do that. That’s the key.”

Peloke knocked in Dickerson with a single to make it 8-4.

After allowing just one runner reach base in the top of the third, Basdikis scored in the bottom of that frame after a double from Gilbert to up the score to 9-4.

“Against both of their pitchers, I felt we hit the good pitches,” Crump said. “We didn’t go after the bad stuff and that’s certainly helpful.”

Powhatan continued its offensive torrent in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Dinwiddie recorded two quick outs on the Indians, but Basdikis worked a walk and Pleasants reached on an error before Gilbert knocked both runners in with a triple.

Elam knocked in Gilbert with a single to complete the scoring at 12-4.

Gilbert was 2 for 2 with two walks, 2 RBIs and two runs scored. Elam was 3 for 3 with two runs

scored and an RBI. Basdikis made quick work of the Generals in the sixth and seventh innings, both in one-two-three fashion, to end the game without any hint of a comeback from Dinwiddie.

The Indians softball team, just like the rest of the spring sports teams across the area, was victim to the snow and resulting wet fields and had their scheduled game against Orange moved from March 22 to March 29.

The wet conditions are nothing new this particular spring sports season, but Crump hopes that it dries out soon so the Indians can get more consistent time on the field.

“The whole beginning of the season has been very wet,” she said.

“When we do get out here, half the time the field is too wet to practice on, so we’re out at the cages and it’s wet out there. Sometimes, we’re just out on the blacktop.

So, we haven’t gotten into a rhythm defensively because we haven’t gotten lot of defensive work in. Defense is one of those things that’ll come along. A lot of it is confidence and getting used to playing together. We made a couple mistakes I’d like to see us not make, but nothing was a game-changer.”

The Indians were scheduled to take on the Hornets on March 27 and then host Midlothian on March 28 before hitting the road to Manchester on March 29.