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LOCAL Call for gallery entries COLONIAL HEIGHTS — Side Street Gallery, located at 127-129 Pickwick Ave., is preparing for its Planes, Trains and Automobiles Fine Arts Show, scheduled to be held from 4-8 p.m. Sept. 19 at the gallery.

There will be a gallery reception and refreshments. The art exhibit will be in Gallery 129 and an antique car display will be set up in the parking lot of Pickwick Plaza, corner of Pickwick and Boulevard.

The gallery is calling for entries for this September show. Artists are welcome to enter their art that relates to the subjects: planes, trains or automobiles. Any medium is welcome. There are no size restrictions.

Entry fee is $5 per entry, up to three entries. Entry dates will be Sept. 8-16. Hanging artwork will be Sept. 17, prior to the show’s opening on Sept.

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Networking luncheons COLONIAL HEIGHTS — The Colonial Heights Chamber of Commerce will reconvene its Chamber networking luncheons on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 11:30 a.m. at Big Mike’s Burger Shop, which is located inside Keystone Tractor Museum, 800 W. Roslyn Road.

Those attending are asked to bring business cards for networking and door prizes.

Travel with the chambers COLONIAL HEIGHTS/ PETERSBURG — The Colonial Heights and Petersburg chambers of commerce are planning trips to Italy and Ireland. These travel opportunities are open to the public.

Trips are planned for March 15, 2016, to Ireland and March 28, 2016, for Tuscany.

For more information, visit either chamber’s websites: www.colonialheightschamber. com or www.petersburgvachamber.com or contact Danielle in the Petersburg Chamber office at (804) 733 8131 or by e-mail at Danielle@ petersburgvachamber.com.

Students from Tri-Cities head back to class Staff Reports

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esterday marked the unofficial end of summer as thousands of students returned to public and private classrooms across the region.

The biggest changes in public schools involved a change in leadership, including an interim superintendent in Hopewell and an acting superintendent in Prince George County. In Dinwiddie, three new faces were part of school administration.

Dr. Kari Weston will serve as the assistant superintendent of instruction, Penny Brooks will act as the principal of Midway Elementary and Davis Roberts will serve as principal at Dinwiddie Elementary School.

Students in Dinwiddie, Petersburg and Hopewell will also be going into their second year of using tablets for their digital classroom initiatives.

But for some Petersburg students, yesterday was just another school day. Two of Petersburg’s public schools, A.P. Hill Elementary and Peabody Middle School, have already been in school for close to three weeks. Those two schools are on a year-round calendar in an effort to improve academic performance.

ABOVE: Crossing guard Jennifer Fletcher helps pedestrian traffic move along safely on the first day of school at Colonial Heights Middle School in Colonial Heights on Tuesday. SCOTT P. YATES/ PROGRESS-INDEX PHOTOS

LEFT: William V. Hortz, principal of Colonial Heights Middle School, makes the morning announcements from his office on the first day of school in Colonial Heights on Tuesday.

LEFT: (L-R) Petersburg Vice Mayor Samuel Parham, Superintendent Joseph Melvin and Sheriff Vanessa Crawford greet children as they enter Walnut Hill Elementary School.

Kiwanis Club Shrimp Feast PETERSBURG — The Colonial Heights Kiwanis Club 2015 Shrimp Feast will be held from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Old Towne Civic Center, 136 River St. This year’s event will be sponsored by Tri-City Surf’n Turf, and feature shrimp with all the fixingsand golden beverages. All proceeds benefit the William N. (Bill) Humphries Scholarship Fund and other Kiwanis Club community projects.

Live music will be provided by “Red Neck Pool Party”.

Those attending must have photo identification.

The cost is a $25 donation in advance; or $30 at the door.

Republican women to meet PETERSBURG — The next meeting of the Tri-Cities Republican Women will be Sept. 12 at the Country Club of Petersburg, Flank Road. Social time is 10-10:30 a.m. with the business meeting to follow from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

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ABOVE: Colonial Heights Middle School opened for the first day of the 2015-2016 school year in Colonial Heights on Tuesday.

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EDUCATION

Youth explore careers in health care Contributed Report

COLONIAL HEIGHTS — The Southside Health Education Foundation’s Health Career Exploring Program launched a Middle School Camp this summer for local students.

This one-of-a-kind, week long camp offered a unique experience- introducing the region’s teenagers to the health industry and the variety of careers it provides. SHEF is grateful to the many partners who made this camp possible, especially Health South Rehabilitation Hospital in Petersburg for serving as the host for the camp.

Each day the participants visited two health care facilities to learn about health care career

opportunities in the region. Participants enjoyed visits to local post-secondary educational institutions including Richard Bland College, Virginia State University, and John Tyler Community College. At these localities students learned about the equine therapy program, nursing and becoming a paramedic, respectively.

Students also toured the new Southside Regional Medical Center- Professional School and learned about their nursing, sonography and radiography programs. Mr. Bubby Bish, Director of Operations at Southside Virginia Emergency Crew, spoke with students about Southside Health Education Foundation Health Career Explor-

ers pose with the staff of JTCC Department of EMS Education.

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OUR VIEW

Water tower is a symbol of growth

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water tower may not seem like the most exciting thing in the world. But a new $6.2 million water tower at Virginia State University’s Randolph Farm represents a major milestone for the school and the southern portion of Chesterfield County.

Both the school and the county will benefit from the 2-million gallon tank. Each saves approximately $1 million each in new infrastructure costs by constructing a water tower that fulfills the needs of both. The water tower also saves easement acquisition costs.

VSU will cut its water bill 30 percent by switching all of its water service to Chesterfield. The water tower has a little over a mile of piping through Ettrick to the VSU campus.

“Not only does the water tank save both state and county taxpayers $2 million, but the project helps to ensure both a reliable source of water for the public and campus safety,” VSU’s interim president Pamela V. Hammond said at the dedication ceremony on Aug. 7. “It also helps to reduce Virginia State University’s water bill by one third and that is a big, big savings for the university.”

Construction on the project started in July of 2014, but it was a lengthy process to get it approved.

The cost was split in half by the university and Chesterfield County and while the county had to get the funds appropriated through the Board of Supervisors, the university had to get its contribution appropriated by the General Assembly.

But the project was much needed for VSU and the surrounding community due to concerns over a lack of adequate water supply in case of an emergency.

The water tower provides more than 10 times the water capacity the university had. And while public safety is critically important, the water tower also presents economic opportunities to the area.

Steve Elswick, chairman of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, said the water tower is the latest example of the county’s relationship with VSU that has spanned for decades. And he said the county and university will continue to collaborate on future projects.

“What’s happened in the past four years is that Chesterfield County has taken a hard look at our relationship with the college and how do we take it to the next level,” Elswick said. “But this water tower means so much to the community … to know that we’re going to have ample water should an emergency occur in this neighborhood and that’s just a component that we need.”

The water tower is more than a tower - it’s an example of a growing partnership between the university and county that bodes well for southern Chesterfield County.

INSPIRATION

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ...

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

Luke 6: 41-42 SOURCE: WWW.DAILYSCRIPTURE.NET

YOUR VIEW

Redistricting reform needed in Virginia September 1 brought yet another reminder of the partisan rancor that too often paralyzes the Virginia General Assembly these days. Despite convening briefly for a special session in midAugust, that body failed to meet the deadline imposed by a federal court for redrawing the boundaries of the state’s 3rd Congressional District.

To briefly recap, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the General Assembly to go back to the drawing board after it found that its 2011 Congressional redistricting plan sought to pack as many AfricanAmericans as possible into the district represented by Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott of Richmond. Because AfricanAmericans now make up nearly 20 percent of the state’s population, this approach served only to dilute their potential political power in a state that has 10 other Congressional districts.

While the legal and political wrangling continues, the failure of the General Assembly to address its responsibilities will likely leave the map-drawing in the hands of the federal judiciary—a job that the League of Women Voters of Virginia (LWV-VA) suspect the judges are not eager to take on. The LWV-VA believes that these maps are a good place to begin, because they were developed by persons seeking to adhere to the redistricting requirements embedded in the Virginia Constitution, rather than by persons seeking only to amass enough voters of the right political stripe in their districts to assure their easy re-election.

The judges do have the opportunity to set a very positive example for all future redistricting efforts by using as their starting point the independent, bipartisan redistricting plans that were developed during the last redistricting cycle. A good redistricting plan would respect natural geographic boundaries, the boundaries of local jurisdictions and communities of interest. If redistricting is done in a way that is fair and nonpartisan, it will ultimately produce a result that permits democratic processes to flourish in our state and reflects the true political power of minorities and other ethnic groups within our increasingly diverse Commonwealth.

The court also has the opportunity to follow a key recommendation of Governor McAuliffe’s bipartisan Integrity Commission. The commission recommended amending the Virginia Constitution so that future redistricting plans would always be drawn by an independent commission, rather than partisan politicians.

It was commendable that then-Gov. Bob McDonnell appointed an independent, bipartisan advisory commission, which held hearings around the state before proposing three different congressional redistricting maps.

The commission also encouraged the consideration of the winning maps that emerged from a competition among Virginia college teams that year.

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of using such commissions to draw the boundaries of legislative districts, we believe the current impasse provides the appeals court with a rare opportunity to demonstrate that this approach CAN actually work in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In doing so, the court can strike a blow for fairness, transparency and

good government—and take an important step toward promoting a healthier democracy in our very politically polarized state.

The League of Women Voters of Virginia (LWV-VA), along with Leagues across the country continue to press for redistricting reform at the state level. To learn more about redistricting and LWV-VA decades-long efforts to decrease gerrymandering go to http:// www.lwv-va.org/redistrict.html. A major effort of LWV-VA is to have redistricting reform by 2021 when the next redistricting occurs.

Dianne Blais Lois Page Co-Presidents League of Women Voters of Virginia Richmond

The power of work and American values When I was a boy growing up in Chesapeake, I often worked odd jobs during the summer, even if it was mowing a neighbor’s lawn, white washing fences, or earning coins by collecting and recycling old Coke bottles tossed along the roadside. My parents encouraged it.

They said they wanted me to learn how to be a good citizen (although I suspect they also wanted me to do something other than play baseball and sit out on the front porch playing Parcheesi with friends).

My summer jobs eventually taught me to value hard work and rest.

This past weekend signaled the final days of summer. The whole nation seems to take a pause – a deep breath before an exhale into a new season of work, the return of school schedules, and shorter days. During this time, I’ve been reflecting on the meaning of work.

As I traveled across the Fourth District this month, I shook hands with many business owners and I listened to dedicated employees. I spoke with hardworking parents raising their children. I talked with leaders of congregations and classrooms. They were eager to tell me about their jobs. But almost without fail, they didn’t talk about what they did on a day-to-day basis. They spoke about their families and the people they support.

We work to earn money, but work is so much more than a paycheck. To work is to give a part of yourself to a mission. If you work on an assembly line, it’s towards the mission of building a product. If you run a business, it’s towards the mission of your industry or your customers. Even if you don’t particularly like your job, earning the paycheck gives you the satisfaction of supporting something bigger.

A family. A home. A cause you support. A dream for something different.

Work is a silver thread throughout the American character. Throughout history, it has been individual Americans who have helped our nation burst through economic sluggishness.

Contrary to what many leaders in Washington believe today, it is not the government that powers America. It is the individual. One job feeds a family.

One job helps build the next school.

One invention brings the next medical breakthrough. One new employee adds to the growth of the company. It’s the power of one, but it’s the collective power of the American workforce that drives America to greatness.

I am an optimist. I believe in the greatness of America and I believe our greatest days are ahead of us. But I am impatient

optimist. I am restless to leave our kids and grandkids an America as great as the one in which I was blessed to grow up.

I’m eager to return to a government that empowers Americans, not Uncle Sam’s purse strings, and therefore stretches the reach of our economy.

Some common sense reforms can return us to a work ethic that empowers the individual, thrives on American responsibility, and shrinks the size of the federal government: a zero-tolerance policy for government waste and excessive spending, scrapping the current tax code and starting over, balancing the budget, preventing Americans from being taxed twice, and making it easier for businesses to invest and grow.

These are the things I’m fighting for everyday. If you have ideas, I want to hear them too. I encourage you to join the conversation on my Facebook page www. facebook.com/randyforbes. Our collective efforts will help put the power back with the individual.

Congressman Randy Forbes R-4th District Chesapeake, Va.

On education Racism running rampant and casual on campuses, Where sexual assaults have also come to the fore, All that whining about the high price of tuition, Is this worth - and what - we’re going five or six figures into hock for?

Or is it athletics...architecture...amenities...or alcohol?

Sheepskin status? Now that it’s made to seem required that everyone have post secondary degrees, What happened to learning? True “A’s?”

The Education-Industrial Economic Complex... ...Credentials for cash, back to school forever, locked in for life to consecutive, continuing fees...

Graduates unemployed, and unemployable, living in their childhood “cribs,” 20% of student loans in default, Profitability plummeting, dialing for dollars, is bank mooching off Millennials approaching its demise?

Why pay for PC “intellectual” institutions...picturesque physical plants... lipservice to critical thinking...when the message is clear...

Majors adaptable for the long haul... being well rounded...is discouraged as being unwise.

It’s all about STEM, go into tech even if you have no talent, But when that job market saturates.... offshores...changes?....Fads fade, Look at your parents, Baby Boomers, “certain” careers...”forced” midlife course corrections, Lest history repeat itself, life and work’s about more than the immediate and a means for bills to be paid.

As high school seniors contemplate their future, stand up against being shortchanges scholastically...

Trendy trophy diplomas, grade and cost inflation, can no longer afford to persist, Consider occupations that can’t be exported...trades where humans aren’t replaceable, Most of all, Gnothi Seauton! Put following what fulfills you at the very top of your list.

Karen Ann DeLuca Alexandria, Va.

The Colonial Voice, Petersburg, Va. | Friday, Sept. 11, 2015

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YOUR NEWS Back to School photos coninued from V1 Members of the Petersburg City Council, School Board, the commonwealth attorney’s office, the Sheriff’s Office and members of the Virginia State University 4th Brigade Trojan Battalion helped to greet children and guide them to their classrooms Sept. 8 at the new Bland Program for Mathematics and Humanities.

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Students in the Tri-Cities returned to class for the 2015-2016 school year on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. SCOTT P. YATES/PROGRESS-INDEX PHOTO Petersburg Interim Ward 2 Councilman Darrin Hill (right in blue shirt) and Commonwealth’s Attorney Cassandra Conover greet children as they enter Walnut Hill Elementary School on Sept. 8.

Petersburg School Board Chairman Kenneth Pritchett greets children on their first day at Walnut Hill Elementary School Sept. 8.

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Colonial Heights Middle School opened for the first day of the 20152016 school year in Colonial Heights on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. SCOTT P. YATES/ PROGRESS-INDEX PHOTO

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BUSINESS MILESTONES

Long & Foster’s Franck Named Top Closer for July 2015 Contributed Report

Kharris Howell learns about compounding prescriptions during the visit to John Randolph Medical Center. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

CAREERS

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careers as an EMT. Dr. Robin Sayles, Pharmacist at John Randolph Medical Center provided a handson session for students to learn about being a pharmacist.

Students visited Poplar Springs Hospital to learn about being a recreation therapist, music therapist and a nurse. The staff at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Petersburg provided hands-on experiences for the students to learn about occupational therapy and physical therapy. Stacey Bowen, Administrator at the Dunlop House Assisted Living and Specialized Alzheimer's Care provided our students with a great experience at their

facility. Staff at Southside Regional Medical Center taught the students about what it’s like to work in an operating room and how to do CPR. SHEF is grateful for financial support from the John Randolph Foundation, assistance from Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, the Bank of America, and the Richmond Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia. SHEF would also like to thank the Boy Scouts of America Learning for Life program which partnered with SHEF to make this program possible. Thanks also to Richard Bland College for their partnership in providing transportation for the camp. SHEF plans to host a middle school health career explorer’s camp again next year. This program is

Taylor Bowman (left) and Deborah Abiodun (right) learn about the high tech simulation mannequins used by the SRMC- Professional Schools nursing students. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO.

open to students residing in the following localities: Colonial Heights, Dinwiddie County, Hopewell, Pe t e r s b u r g , P r i n c e George County, Southern Chesterfield County, and Sussex County.

For more information or to be added to the mailing list for next year’s camp please contact Sherry L. Channell, SHEF Program Manager at schannell@ shefva.org or call (804) 720-8067.

COLONIAL HEIGHTS – Frankie Franck, a sales associate with Long & Foster Real Estate, the largest family-owned residential real estate company in the United States, has been named top closer for July 2015 for Long & Foster’s Tri-Cities Southpark office, located in Colonial Heights, Va. “ We are proud to a n n o u n c e Fr a n k i e Franck as this month’s top closer,” said Gary Scott, president of Long & Foster Real Estate.

“Frankie is one of many examples of Long & Foster’s highly-trained professionals who go to great lengths to best serve clients seeking the total homeownership experience.”

A real estate professional for 35 years, Franck is an ac tive member of the Southside Virginia Association of Realtors and the Virginia Association of Realtors.

Franck has consistently proven to be a high achiever since she

Frankie Franck of Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc. Contributed Photo/ Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc.

entered the real estate field, and has frequently been cited as a top real estate producer. Franck is a member of Long & Foster’s coveted Director’s Club for producing more than $2 million in settled sales volume in 2014. In addition, Franck holds the prestigious Graduate, Realtor Institute designation of advanced real estate.

For more information, visit LongandFoster. com.

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STATE&REGION POLICE SHOOTING

BUSINESS

Officers fired into car not knowing infant was inside Two adults shot to death; baby was uninjured

By Brock Vergakis The Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH — The four police officers who shot and killed two people inside a vehicle during a gunfight in a convenience store parking lot didn’t realize there was an infant in the back seat of the car until after the gunfire stopped, police said Tuesday.

Angelo Delano Perry, a 35-year-old Virginia Beach resident with an extensive criminal history, and 28-year-old postal carrier India Kager of College Park, Maryland, were shot to death Saturday night less than 15 seconds after officers approached the parked vehicle they were in. The couple’s 4-month old son, Roman, was sitting in the rear of the vehicle in a car seat and escaped uninjured, said Virginia Beach Police Chief Jim Cervera.

Perry had been under surveillance for about 30 minutes on the night of the shooting, Cervera said at a news conference. The police chief said Perry was a person of interest in a homicide investigation and that police had received information he may have been about to commit a violent act.

Cervera did not say what, specifically, police thought Perry was about to do, and did not provide any details about the homicide investigation.

Perry fired four rounds at officers as they approached the vehicle, including one that struck an officer’s clothing, but did not hit his body, Cervera said. He said the officers returned 30 rounds of fire at Perry and unintentionally also hit Kager, who was in the driver’s seat.

Police found two guns and the child in the car after the shooting ended, Cervera said.

Perr y was recently released from prison after serving 12 years of a 13-year prison sentence on a malicious-wounding charge for shooting someone in the back. Court records show he also was charged with assaulting a police officer in 2000. In 2013, Perry was denied parole, in part, because he had a history of drug use and violent crimes and was considered a threat to society.

Each of the officers involved in Saturday’s shooting has been placed on administrative duty while the shooting is investigated by the police

department and the commonwealth attorney’s office, Cervera said. He declined to release the identities of the officers, saying the police department had received threats.

Perry and Kager were black; the four officers are white.

Kager’s mother, Gina Best, said in a telephone interview from her home in Columbia, Maryland, on Tuesday that it would have made more sense for police to wait until her daughter and her grandson were out of the car to apprehend Perry and that she doesn’t believe that her daughter knew what Perry may have been involved in.

“My greatest fear is it will be doctored ... to make India seem like she’s part of dark behavior. India was not of that element,” Best said. “Her upbringing, everything about my daughter — she walked the straight and narrow. She was a wonderful person.”

Best said Kager’s father and grandfather were both retired police officers in Washington, and Best said Kager was quiet, introverted and artistically talented. She said Kager attended the Duke Ellington School for the Arts in Washington before she followed in the footsteps of her older brother and joined the military.

Military records show Kager was in the Navy from 2009 to 2013 and served as a culinary specialist. She was briefly attached to the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Florida, in 2010 before moving to Virginia Beach, where she was attached to two strike fighter squadrons for the remainder of career. The Navy said she was awarded a ribbon for pistol marksmanship and medals for good conduct and serving in the global war on terrorism. The U.S. Postal Service said Kager had been working as a carrier in Bethesda, Maryland, since August.

Best said her daughter had only been in Virginia Beach for a few hours the night of the shooting.

While she said Kager and Perry were romantically involved, she said she had never met him before and knew little about him.

“I’m devastated because she should still be alive nursing her son, my grandson,” she said.

“We’re talking about a very beautiful soul that should still be here. She was unarmed, she was completely innocent. They shot indiscriminately.”

Best said Kager also had a 4-year-old son with a man she had been married to in Florida.

CHURCH DIRECTORY

Calvary Baptist Church Address: 17001 Jefferson Davis Highway. For more information, call 526-0981.

Christ Community Church Address: Meets at Lakeview Elementary School, 401 Taswell Ave. For more information or directions, call 520-6200, or www.christcommunitychurchva. org.

Cameron Avenue Church of Christ Address: 601 Cameron Avenue. For more information, call 526-5286.

Celebration of Life Church Celebration of Life Church of

God meets at 123 Pickwick Ave. in Colonial Heights. For more information please call 221-2915.

Chesterfield Community Church Address: Meets at Greenwood Presbyterian Church, 7110 Woodpecker Road. For more information, call 7961040 or visitccc4jc2007@ aol.com.

Colonial Christian Address: 295 Dunlop Farms Blvd. For more information, SEE CHURCHES, V5

The Meredith Corp. headquarters building is in Des Moines, Iowa. Media General is buying Meredith Corp. in an approximately $2.4 billion cash-and-stock deal. The combined company, called Meredith Media General, will have 88 television stations in 54 markets and media brands including Better Homes and Gardens, Parents and Shape. AP PHOTO/CHARLIE NEIBERGALL, FILE

Media General buying Meredith in $2.4B deal

By Michelle Chapman The Associated Press

Media General is buying Meredith Corp. in an approximately $2.4 billion cash-and-stock deal.

The combined 88 television stations in 54 markets will be able to reach 30 percent of U.S. households, the companies said, making it one of the largest owners of major network affiliates.

The new company,

called Meredith Media General, will also own magazines like Better Homes and Gardens, Parents and Shape, as well as Allrecipe.com.

Meredith shareholders will receive cash and stock valued at $51.53 per share.

That’s a 12 percent premium to the company’s Friday closing price of $45.94. Media General stockholders will own about 65 percent of the combined company, while Meredith shareholders

will own approximately 35 percent.

Meredith CEO Steve Lacy will serve as CEO and president of the combined company.

The board will include 12 members, eight appointed

by Media General Inc. and four by Meredith. Media General Chairman J. Stewart Bryan III will serve as chairman of the combined business.

Meredith Media General will maintain

corporate and executive offices in Des Moines, Iowa and Richmond, Virginia. Meredith is based in Des Moines, while Medial General is based in Richmond, Virginia.

The companies expect more than $80 million in total savings within the first two years after the transaction closes.

Both companies’ boards approved the deal, which is targeted to close by June 30, 2016.

FREDDIE GRAY BALTIMORE POLICE SHOOTING

Family settles with city for $6.4M

By Juliet Linderman The Associated Press

BALTIMORE — The parents of Freddie Gray reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the city of Baltimore, nearly five months after their 25-year-old son was critically injured in police custody, sparking days of protests and rioting.

The deal announced Tuesday appeared to be among the largest settlements in police death cases in recent years and happened just two days

before a judge is set to hear arguments on whether to move the trials for six officers charged in Gray’s death from Baltimore.

Gray’s spine was injured April 12 in the back of a transport van after he was arrested. Gray, who was black, died at the hospital a week later. In the aftermath, Gray became a symbol of the contentious relationship between the police and the public in Baltimore, as well as the treatment of black men by police in America.

The city’s Board of

Estimates is expected to approve the settlement Wednesday.

“The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a news release. “This settlement is being proposed solely because it is in the best interest of the city, and avoids costly and protracted litigation that would only make it more

difficult for our city to heal and potentially cost taxpayers many millions more in damages.”

The settlement does not resolve any factual disputes, and expressly does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of the city, its police department or any of the officers. The settlement has nothing whatsoever to do with the criminal proceedings, the news release said.

An attorney for Gray’s family declined to comment.

VIRGINIA FLEA MARKET FRAUD

7 charged with selling counterfeit items Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne H I L L S V I L L E — Geller says all seven men Authorities arrested seven are charged with being in men and seized more than violation of registration $500,000 worth of coun- and protection of tradeterfeit merchandise at a mark/service marks.

She says state and local flea market in Hillsville.

The Associated Press

investigators arrested the suspects at the Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market. Investigators also seized counterfeit cell phone accessories, jackets, perfumes and other items.

The investigation was

conducted by state police and the Hillsville Police Departent. Blazer Investigations, representing numerous trademarked brand names, assisted investigators with identifying counterfeit goods.

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SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

KICK-STARTED Colonial Heights opens season 1-0 after 24-21 game Staff Reports

NEW KENT —They won their first game of the season.

Now they've got nine more chances to see whether they can put together a playoff-worthy campaign.

Colonial Heights football overcame a deficit that was at one point 14-0 and had stretched to 21-6 to defeat conference opponents New Kent (0-1) 24-21.

Through Darien Canada's rushing scores and a recovered fumble that was returned for the touchdown by Ramon Ares, the Colonials put up 18 unanswered points to take the lead away from New Kent and then hold on to win.

Colonial Heights is striving to build upon last year's results, where they went 2-8, but had managed to secure their The Colonials (left, in white), line up against the New Kent Trojans. Colonial Heights won 24-21. PHOTOS COURTESY MARDE MOTT first wins since 2011. hair, edging both teams Tonight, they head to by one point. They beat South Hill, where they Bluestone (0-1) 27-26 and aim to improve to 2-0 against conference oppo- Nottoway (0-2) 33-32.

Game time for Colonial nents Park View, who are Heights at Park View undefeated themselves (South Hill) is scheduled after two games. The 3A for tonight, Friday, SepDragons have been winning their matchups by a tember 11 at 7 p.m.

ABOVE: New Kent’s Davion Barnes (right) is met by the Colonials defense.

LEFT: A member of the Colonial Heights team embraces another. The Colonials came from behind off of a rushing score by Darien Canada to beat New Kent 24-21.

Darien Canada (#20) with the carry. Canada’s ground game cropped up 228 yards and his three rushing TD’s helped lift his Colonials to a 24-21 victory over New Kent.

BOYS VOLLEBALL

Colonial Heights takes 9th in tourney Staff Reports

RICHMOND — The Colonial Heights boys varsity team finished 9th in the Richmond Volleyball Club's Virginia Volleyball Showcase. The Colonials put together a strong showing on Saturday, taking down both James River (2-1) and Douglas Freeman (2-1).

They battled back from a 6-14 deficit in their effort to beat James River.

Colonial Heights was scheduled for a matchup against Highland Springs at Colonial Heights High School in the gymnasium (3600 Conduit Rd, Colonial Heights) on Thursday, September 10 at 7 p.m.

CHURCHES

call 526-0634.

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Faith Baptist

call 520-4988 or visit www.colonialchristianchurch.com.

Address: 1226 W. Roslyn Road. For more information call 526-8189 or visit mysite. verizon.net/FBC316/.

Colonial Heights Baptist Address: 17201 Jeff Davis Highway. For more information, call 526-0424 or visit www.chbaptist.com.

CH Nazarene Church Address: 601 East Ellerslie Avenue. For more information, call 526-6920.

Colonial Heights Presbyterian Address: 211 Lynchburg Avenue. For more information, call 526-0929 or visit www.colonialheightspres. org.

Community Christian Fellowship Address: Meets at Matoaca Middle School, West campus. For more information, call 526-8260 or visit www.ccfnet1.org.

Sunday services and other Life changing ministries and activities go to www. visitlifechurch.org, or e-mail wanda@visitlifechurch.org or call 526-7000.

Lifeline Fellowship Faith and Hope Outreach Church Center Services are held at Salem Address: 101 Highland Avenue. For more information, call 526-3667.

Fellowship Baptist Church Address: 21000 Chesterfield Avenue, Ettrick. For more information call 5266184 or 590-2277.

Church Elementary School, 9600 Salem Church Road, in Chesterfield. For more information, call 804-839-3136.

Highland Methodist

Address: 516 Lyons Avenue. For more information, call 520-7813.

Address: 125 E. Westover Avenue. For more information, call 526-3870.

Immanuel Baptist Address: 620 Lafayette Avenue. For more information, call 526-3276 or www. ibc4family.com.

Ivey Memorial U.M. Church Address: 17120 Jefferson Davis Highway. For more information, call 526-1350.

Covenant Christian

Life Church

Address: 542 South Park Blvd. For more information,

Address: 16801 Harrowgate Road. For info on

Lyons Avenue Bible Church

Lutheran Church of our Redeemer Address: 1769 S. Sycamore St., Petersburg. For more information, call 732-8567 between 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Monday-Thursday.

Mount Calvary Baptist Church Address: 19600 Halloway Avenue, Matoaca. For more information, call 590-2094.

Mount Pleasant Baptist Address: 3110 Greenwood

Avenue. For more information, call 526-0816.

information, call 526-2548.

Oaklawn Baptist

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church

Address: 7925 Hickory Road, Chesterfield. For more information, call 804-526-5649.

Address: The corner of Ellerslie Avenue and Old Town Drive. For more information, call 526-1790.

Power Over Power Deliverance Ministries

Swift Creek Baptist Church

Address: Meets at Comfort Suites hotel, Colonial Heights (near Southpark shopping mall). For more information, call 757-968-6532.

Address: 18510 Branders Bridge Road. For more information, call 520-1211.

Prayer Vigil Ministry

Address: 20905 Third Ave., Ettrick. For more information, call 520-5133.

The Tri-Cities Prayer Vigil Ministry has a prayer line open for prayer requests seven days a week including holidays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The number to call is 804-895-6910.

Prince of Peace Outreach Center Address: 107 Pickwick Avenue. For more information or transportation, call Overseer Walter J. Mason at 834-2356.

St. Ann Catholic Church Address: 17111 Jefferson Davis Highway. For more

The Lord's Church Baptist

Walthall Baptist Church Address: 14001 Woods Edge Road. For more information, call 530-8011.

Wesley Methodist Address: 3701 Conduit Road. For more information, call 526-3700 or visit www. wesley.col-hts.org.

Woodlawn Baptist Church Address: 3116 Woodlawn Avenue. For more information, call 526-2179 or 541-3514.

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