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The Southside Virgin-ia Community College men’s basketball team played its most complete game to date and spanked visiting Central International College (Rich-mond) 110-64 last Saturday afternoon.

The victory improved SVCC to 7-7 on the season.

The local team got off to a great start, jumping out to a 13-8 lead on back-to-back layups by Ricardo Sullivan at the 15:48 mark of the first half.

Three straight buckets by Michael Jackson extended the lead to 24-11 at the 9:28 mark.

SVCC continued to pour it on as a turnover led to a trey by Sullivan at the 5:08 mark for a 43-20 lead.

The Panthers ended the first half on an 11-0 run over the last 4:23 to take a 56-23 lead to the halftime break.

Two straight buckets by Sullivan and a deuce by Kam-ron Hughes gave SVCC a 62-25 lead at the 18:19 mark of the second half.

Treys by KJ Reagans and Amp Harris extended the lead to 74-27 at the 16:05 mark.

Reagans hit back-to-back treys at the 7:02 mark for an 86-41 lead and the local team cruised down the stretch to

The Central Chargers varsity girls’ basketball team got a big win over William Campbell last week that helps them in the Regional standings at this point.

The game was close throughout with Central holding on late to claim a 33-28 win and give the Chargers 51 power points so far on the season with just a few games remaining.

Currently the Lady Chargers sit just above William Camp-bell in the standings with games this week against Nottoway and Cumberland remaining. Both games are on the road, but an upset for Central could move them into better position as the playoffs arrive.Current 1B Standings:School W-L-T % PointsRiverheads 10-5-0 .667 131.00Floyd County 9-8-0 0.529 69.00Altavista 6-6-0 0.500 Cumberland 6-8-0 0.429 67.00Rappahannock 6-12-0 0.333 73.00Central Lunenburg 3-11-0 0.214 51.00William Campbell 2-14-0 0.125 45.00S.J - Quicksburg 1-14-0 0.067 40.00

Southside Virginia Community College Spanks CIC, 110-64

2019 SVCC Basketball Team – From the left on the front are Glenn Hawkins, KJ Reagans, Terrell Cardin, Naquan Jordan, Alec Bailey and Ricardo Sullivan. On the back from left are Coach Dennis Smith, Isaac Edwards, Aaron Logan, Kendall Edwards, Kamron Hughes, Michael Jackson, Ike Brandon, Amp Harris and Coach Vincent Brown. (SVCC photo)

the lopsided victory.Sullivan led SVCC with

32 points and four rebounds in the game while Reagans scored 23 points and Harris added 16 points.

Aaron Logan led SVCC with 13 rebounds in the game while Michael Jackson added 11.

SVCC will return home on Saturday to welcome Ger-

manna CC.SVCC………56 54 – 110CIC…………23 41 – 64SVCC – Reagans 23, Jack-

son 8, Sullivan 32, Logan 2, Edwards 5, Brandon 2, Bailey

4, Hughes 4, Hawkins 3, Car-din 7, Harris 16, Edwards 6.

CIC – Jackson 21, Laster 7, Edmunds 1, Dembo 6, Wil-liams 3, Chiqoutle 12, Harris 4, Battle 2, Carion 4, Ellis 3.

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LUNENBURG - Pub-lic hearings continue to take place with regard to so-lar companies in Lunenburg County. This topic has con-tinued from the latter part of 2018 and into 2019 as solar companies look toward oper-ating in Lunenburg County.

The Lunenburg Coun-ty Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Lunenburg Courthouse where residents can have input on the application for a condi-tional use permit from Ken-bridge Solar, LLC. The com-pany is looking to use land located at 284 Hickory Road in the Kenbridge area to op-erate a solar facility incorpo-rating solar electrical pan-els and appurtenances. The public hearing is set to hear thoughts and determine if the project is in substantial ac-cord with the Comprehensive Plan of Lunenburg County.

CREWE - A shooting in-cident in a Nottoway County town took place at the end of last week causing concern of many in that area. The inci-dent was a shooting that took place on January 31 around 9 p.m. in Crewe. An unidenti-fied male suffered six gun-shot wounds in the parking lot area of the C-Mart conve-nience store that is located at 213 E. Virginia Avenue just as you come into town

The two men involved in the incident reportedly knew each other and were in an argument when one of them pulled out a gun and fired.

A suspect believed to have been involved in the shooting was arrested the next day as the investigation continued. The victim was med-flighted to VCU Medical Center with serious injuries.

LUNENBURG - Lunenburg County Public School officials along with state officials re-cently recognized January 20-26 as Virginia School Princi-pals Appreciation Week.

A resolution for the week stated, “School principals work cooperatively to di-rect, develop, and inspire all members of the school staff and student body, and to communicate effectively with parents to engage them in the learning process; and

Principals serve as edu-cational leaders, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures necessary to ensure a safe and effective learning envi-ronment for all students in

Central Cafe´to Close andTransition to Mexican Restaurant

VICTORIA - A Victo-ria business recently made a big announcement con-cerning the closure of their restaurant and the opening of a new restaurant in the town.

Central Café has been operating on Main Street in Victoria in the location that was formerly the Up-town Café business. Own-er Thomas Houts stated, “I have been in meetings for two days now. I am very ex-cited to announce that Vic-toria is getting something new.”

Houts continued on to say that Central Café was closing and that a “major transition” is taking place. Central Café officials said that new man-agement was taking over the restaurant location and that it will be reopening as La Tab-erna on February 14.

The information stated, “La Taberna will be a Mexican restaurant serving American food, European food and huge emphasis on Hispanic cuisine with some other international recipes. They will be serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner and should still have the ma-

jority of the “Central Café” items that our customers have grown to love.”

The statement continued, “I want to say a huge thank you to all of our custom-ers and the support we have been shown over the last six months. Although I am not a resident in the county, I do work here at another job and I am very excited to get this new eating establishment in the town. I know they will succeed and I appreciate the support everyone will show them as they have for me.”

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VICTORIA - Victoria will be undergoing the imple-mentation of new water me-ters following a recent vote by the Victoria Town Council.

The replacement of the water meters will be done over several years. The new meters will allow for more accurate readings and also give more detailed usage re-ports. The readings will also take less time for town em-ployees each month. The news meters will fall in line with recent upgrades to the town water infrastructure.

Town officials also noted that the meters work in ac-cordance with water-saving appliances in the home to give more accurate readings. The meters cost around $120 each and require software to help with the readings.

The town will pay over $50,000 in the initial year of installation and the price will slightly drop in subsequent years.

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Victoria Water Meters Continue Recent Upgrades

LUNENBURG - Lunen-burg County and the two local towns, Kenbridge and Victo-ria, continue to look for ways to help businesses in the area. The groups are working to-gether on a grant that can assist people interested in starting a business in Lunen-burg or expanding a current business.

The Virginia Community Business Launch Grant is an opportunity to possibly help people with new endeavors. The county and towns are having an “interest” meet-ing next week to help poten-tial business owners with the grant, the competition and information on how a possible grant award could help start a new business or expand one that is currently here.

The event is set to take place on February 13 at the Lunenburg County Airport. The airport is located at 634 Airport Road near the K-V Bridge area. The informa-tional meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m.

LCPS Principals Recognized During Appreciation WeekVirginia’s public and private schools.”

Virginia School Princi-pals Appreciation Week is an opportunity to recognize the hard work of Virginia school principals and to recognize the importance of principals in ensuring that every child has access to a quality educa-tion.

The four schools recog-nized their principals this week including the CHS FBLA organization presenting CHS Principal Dr. Sharon Stanis-las with flowers. The other three LCPS Principals are Ju-lie Dalton (VES), Andrea Shell (KES) and Mary Ann Crowder (LMS).

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CUMBERLAND CO. – The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office is investi-gating a shooting in Cumberland County that claimed the life of a Virginia State Police trooper and resulted in the death of the shooting suspect. The incident occurred Monday, Febru-ary 4, 2019.

Trooper Lucas B. Dowell was a member of the Virginia State Police Tactical Team that was assisting the Piedmont Regional Drug and Gang Task Force with executing a search warrant at a residence in the 1500 block of Cumberland Road/Route 45, just north of the town limits of Farmville. The Tac-tical Team had made entry into the residence shortly before 10 p.m. Monday when an adult male inside the residence be-gan shooting at them. The Tactical Team members returned fire, fatally wounding the male suspect.

Trooper Dowell was transported to Southside Commu-nity Hospital in Farmville where he succumbed to his inju-ries. Trooper Dowell becomes the Department’s 66th line of duty death. The Chilhowie, Va. native graduated the Virginia State Police’s 122nd Basic Session in November 2014. Since graduation he has been assigned to the Virginia State Police Appomattox Division; his latest assignment was on patrol in Area 20, which encompasses the City of Lynchburg, and Amherst and Campbell counties. He was a member of the Appomattox Division Tactical Team - the equivalent of a SWAT Team. He is survived by his parents and a sister.

“This is an extremely difficult day for the State Police,” said Colonel Gary T. Settle, Virginia State Police Superin-tendent. “We are humbled by Lucas’ selfless sacrifice and grateful for his dedicated service to the Commonwealth. He will forever be remembered by his State Police Family for his great strength of character, tenacity, valor, loyalty and sense of humor.”

The suspect, Corey Johnson, 44, of Cumberland County, Va. died at the scene. His remains were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond for exam-ination and autopsy. Johnson was the only individual inside his residence at the time of the shooting. The search warrant was being conducted as part of an ongoing narcotics inves-tigation.

No other troopers were injured in the shooting. In accor-dance with Virginia State Police policy, the two troopers who fired their weapons have been placed on administrative leave.

Virginia State Police Mourn Loss of TropperKilled in Cumberland County Shooting

RICHMOND - Virgin-ia Governor Ralph Northam released the following state-ment initially after a contro-versial photography on his yearbook page came out.

“Earlier today, a website published a photograph of me from my 1984 medical school yearbook in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive.

“I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now.

“This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service. But I want to be clear, I understand how this decision shakes Virgin-

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam IssuesContradicting Statements over Photograph

ians’ faith in that commit-ment.

“I recognize that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage this con-duct has caused. I am ready to do that important work. The first step is to offer my sincerest apology and to state my absolute commitment to living up to the expectations Virginians set for me when they elected me to be their Governor.”

Since that statement, Northam held a news confer-ence on Saturday and during the news conference changed his initial statement and said that he was not in the pho-tograph and had not seen it previously.

Northam met with the press during a televised

question and answer session Saturday afternoon and said he does not believe he is ei-ther person in the racist pho-to that appeared in his 1984 yearbook but that he did once darken his face to resem-ble Michael Jackson during a dance contest in 1984.

He stated, “I believe now and then that I am not either of the people in this photo.” He continued, “This was not me in that picture. That was not Ralph Northam.”

The photograph is from the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook and shows one person in a KKK outfit and one person dressed in blackface. Democrats and Republicans have both called for his resignation, but to this point he has resisted.

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Car Break-Ins at Area Churches

CHARLOTTE COUNTY – On February 3, 2019, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Lebanon Church about an attempted break-in of a car; no items were taken as a result. Another call was received from Shiloh Church about a break-ing and entering of a car; there were some personal papers stolen.

Additionally, yet again, another call was received from Salem Church about a car break-ing and entering. A wal-let, bank cards and a hand gun were stolen from this car.

Anyone with infor-mation about any of these break-ins is encour-aged to call the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office at 434-542-5141 and ask to speak to an investigator.

Police Investigate Bomb Threat at Local SchoolCHARLOTTE C.H. - A threatening message was found

written on a bathroom wall at Central Middle School late Monday afternoon, February 4, 2019.

Superintendent Nancy Leonard stated, “We knew it was probably a prank but given the day and age in which we live we had to take it seriously. We contacted local and State law enforcement and notified all parents and students. They (law enforcement) conducted a thorough search, including a dog search, as a precaution. Nothing was found.”

Leonard continued, “The County needed to know we were taking this seriously and that they were receiving accurate and timely information so they could make in-formed decisions. The following day, instead of being fearful of the police presence, parents were grateful to the police and thanked them for being at the school. “

The situation continues to be investigated.

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“Change,” for STEPS, means a new way to serve our region and its citizens in a more impactful way. Today, we are playing a critical role in providing opportunities for children, adults and fam-ilies in our communities. We are helping some of the most vulnerable citizens facing barriers. We are moving lives forward.

STEPS is proud of our storied past. Drawing from a well of community support, we have historically provid-ed job support and valued opportunities to adults with

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Each year, through the Lindy Hamlett Education Scholarship Fund, the Pied-mont Soil and Water Conser-vation District offers three $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors and college students. These scholarships give financial support to stu-dents planning to enroll or are currently enrolled full-time in an undergraduate college curriculum related to nat-ural resource conservation, agriculture, and/or environ-mental studies. Applicants must reside within Amelia, Nottoway, or Prince Edward Counties to be eligible for the scholarship. The deadline to submit applications is March 1, 2019.

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Changing Times - Moving Lives Forward

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with disabilities will contin-ue to be a cornerstone of what we do throughout the region we serve, we are now helping people on multiple fronts—from aiding families in need with heating and cooling bills, to helping children jump start their education through Head Start and assisting those with no place to sleep through the Virginia Homeless Solutions Program.

These, of course, are just a few of the services we pro-vide. STEPS offers Workforce Development programs, em-ploys individuals with dis-abilities in manufacturing, recycling and secure docu-ment destruction, and helps economically challenged se-niors struggling to find job opportunities with training to secure employment. We also provide workplace sup-ports to assist Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients, provide behavioral health services, and conduct family partner-ship facilitation.

We have come a long way on this transformative jour-ney.

Our Board of Directors agreed that it was time for a rebranding to visually com-municate the change that is continuously evolving in our non-profit agency. Our new logo, image and brand more accurately reflect who we are now, and the goals in the communities we hold so dear.

We hope you like our col-orful new logo and our tag line. It represents the heart-beat of all that we do at STEPS: “Moving Lives Forward.”

We want to express our sincere appreciation for your support in our time of change. Without you partnering with us in this endeavor, there would be no story.

(Sharon Harrup is the President & CEO of STEPS Inc. STEPS’ corporate offices are located at 225 Industrial Park Road in Farmville. STEPS’ footprint spans a 17-coun-ty area in Virginia. For more information on any program, call 434-315-5909.)

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STATEWIDE - Virgin-ia’s 4:00 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect on Febru-ary 15. The Virginia Burning Law states: From February 15 through April 30 of each year, no burning before 4:00 p.m. is permitted, if the fire is in, or within 300 feet of, woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other flammable material.

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early spring than in summer when the forest and grasses are green with new growth. The 4:00 p.m. Burning Law is an effective tool in the pre-vention of forest fires. Local-ities may have more restric-tive outdoor burning laws.

Debris burning continues to be the leading cause of for-est fires in Virginia. The 4:00 p.m. Burning Law is different from the burning bans, which are invoked only during pe-riods of extreme fire danger.

Mrs. Linda Redd Goldman, age 65 of Cullen, died January 29, 2019 in Richmond. She was the daughter of the late Wirt Henry Redd and Annie Louise Boyd Redd.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Gold-man, Jr.; two brothers, Henry Louis and David Gene Redd.

She is survived by her son, Kenneth Goldman (Marcia) of Cullen; her daughter, Tam-my Goldman of Cullen; two grandchildren, Kendrik and Kendell; three sisters, Mary Walker of Skipwith, Mar-tha Walker of South Boston, and Hazel Redd of Saxe; five brothers, Roger Redd, Wil-liam Redd, and Edward Redd, all of Washington, D.C., An-drew Redd and George Redd of Saxe; two sisters-in-law, Cheryl Gee (Kevin) and Fran-cine Faines (Michael); two aunts, Estelle Boyd and Hazel Mosley; god-children, Toya Jones and Connell Roberts; and a host of nieces, neph-ews, cousins, other relatives

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Let It Burn!

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Virginia Proposes Law to Execute Unwanted Immigrants

Those were the words of Senator Mamie Locke (D-Hampton). She is Chair-man of the Senate Democrat Caucus. Why would she say such a thing? What prompted this speech on the floor of the Senate? We do not know what she meant, but her speech was the response to the Re-publican proposal to return almost $1 billion dollars to the taxpayers of Virginia.

In the Governor’s bud-get, he proposed spending all of the money generated by the federal level Trump tax changes. Those changes in-cluded a big increase in ex-emptions while eliminating others. This gave state gov-ernment a chance to absorb a big chunk of the taxpayer’s federal tax cut.

Our proposal would re-turn those dollars to those hard-working families that paid them! The Democrats, voting as a block, voted to stop our effort to act imme-diately. To take any action immediately requires a super majority vote. That is what I think Senator Locke meant by her “let it burn” speech. However, that vote simply means that taxpayers will be delayed in their filing or that our proposed tax return will be delayed.

How will our tax return plan work?

Later this year, individu-als would receive a $110 tax rebate, and couples would get a tax rebate for $220. Be-ginning next year, the stan-dard deduction for personal income taxes will increase by 50%. An increase in the

standard deduction lowers your taxable income and, as a result, you pay less in tax-es. If enacted, our plan would constitute the second larg-est tax cut in Virginia histo-ry. The plan returns all $976 million of the projected rev-enue windfall created by the federal tax reform and sim-plification to taxpayers in di-rect tax relief.

The increase in the stan-dard deduction is long over-due. While the standard de-duction allowed when you pay your federal income taxes has regularly increased, Vir-ginia’s has not. As a result, Virginians filing their per-sonal income taxes as indi-viduals today are allowed the same $3,000 standard de-duction that was allowed 30 years ago. Under our plan, that deduction would jump to $4,500. Couples would see their current $6,000 standard deduction jump to $9,000.

By giving this money back to taxpayers, Senate Re-publicans are insisting that state government live within its means. Restraining the growth of government spend-

In July of 2016, James Comey (then the head of the FBI) made it abundantly clear on national TV that this arm of law enforcement was sol-idly partisan doing the bid-ding for the Democratic par-ty. After spelling out the nu-merous violations of the law concerning classified materi-al handled by Hillary Clinton and her staff, he in the same breath said the FBI will seek no charges. This act and date will live in infamy when the highly esteemed FBI excused criminal acts because they just don’t prosecute Demo-crats … or so it seemed! As appalling as this was, it was just the nose of the bear com-ing through the door. Com-ey was also behind a secret investigation of Trump for nnine months he didn’t dis-close to Congress.

It was later revealed how FBI agents Strzok and Page (while carrying on an il-licit love affair) exchanged text messages talking like they could singlehanded-ly decapitate Trump’s run for the office of the presi-dent. Were they delusional or could they have used their positions to execute their de-sires? No matter what they did or didn’t do, Trump was still elected. Still, the ster-ling image of the FBI started taking on layers of tarnish that would never rub off. The FBI is starting to look like a “Fifth Column,” or a weap-onized arm of the Democrat-ic party. This behavior by the FBI took on similarities of secret police reminiscent of 1940’s Germany.

On Jan. 25, 2019, former Trump advisor Roger Stone was raided by FBI agents with a force of arms compara-ble to what took down Osa-ma Bin Laden … and to what purpose? What vindictive (or sophomoric) mentality with-in the FBI would gather such an array of weapons, men and machines to pounce on a man who bonded out for a song a few hours after looking down the barrels of so many FBI as-sault rifles? Stone owned no weapons nor ever demon-strated a hostile nature. He’s been under investigation for two years with ample oppor-

ing is always a challenge. It is essential to maintain our AAA bond rating and to ensure the sustainability of the essential government services you ex-pect. With this, we still have a budget that is balanced, and we’ll still have your tax dol-lars prioritized providing core government services.

Like the federal tax plan, which also substantially in-creases the standard deduc-tion, the goal is to not only lower your income taxes but to make them simpler and more sensible. As a result, the bulk of the tax relief goes to working families. Ours is a tax relief plan for the many, not the few.

Late Term AbortionSadly, the issue of late

term abortion came up in the House of Delegates last week. Delegate Tran (D-Fairfax) of-fered legislation that, accord-ing to her own description, would make it legal in Vir-ginia (just as has been signed in New York State) to kill a baby up to the final point of delivery! It is sad that any-one would consider such a barbaric action.

Some may not believe, as I do, that life begins at con-ception. However, even the most ardent who believe in abortion find it unacceptable in the last months. Sadly, the Governor agreed with Del-egate Tran. Everyone must remember that elections have results.

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tunity to destroy evidence had he wanted. The intent of this raid was solely to impress Stone, but it impressed a nation instead demonstrating an abuse of power!

Even if Stone should lat-er be found guilty of lying to Congress, this is a “white collar crime,” wholly unnec-essary to amass such a force to arrest him. To storm a man’s home for this level of offense is best characterized by saying the FBI killed an ant with a 12-pound sledge hammer! This behavior rein-forces the FBI image of still actively partaking in partisan politics. Muller/FBI also made sure the left wing CNN was present to film the raid to set the narrative on their terms. Where were such FBI raids when Hillary Clinton and her staff were destroying Con-gressional subpoenaed doc-uments and emails? The FBI is snuggly in the Democrats pockets and they don’t bite the hand of a bed fellow!

Last week Virginia nar-rowly defeated a bill that would have made it legal to execute an unwanted immi-grant. The bill would have made it legal to terminate an unwanted immigrant min-utes before he or she received American citizenship.

These immigrants did not ask to be brought to the bor-der of citizenship nor would they have had any recourse against termination.

The bill sponsored by Democrat Kathy Tran of Virginia’s House of Dele-gates would have extended the time for late term abor-tions until birth and would have eased the requirements. The bill would have only required a woman to state the immigrants arrival would cause her mental distress and for a Doctor to agree.

Governor Northup sup-ported this bill.

Those of us who continue to support legal immigration find this disturbing particu-larly since it was proposed by the party that supports legal status for illegal immigrants

of any age including newborn infants. Surely a fetus min-utes from birth should have at least the same rights as an illegal immigrant.

Currently in Virginia I can be charged, convicted and jailed for breaking an Eagle or Sea Turtle egg even if that egg might not have hatched.

I can be charged with manslaughter for causing the death of a human fetus.

I just can’t see how min-utes prior to that short trip across the border of a birth canal can make a fully viable, nine-month fetus a candidate for termination.








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Bacon District Elementary

Fifth Grade Principal List:Toni Jones

Honor Roll:Daylan Childers

Kayla HyltonAnna Malloy

Clayton McCallNathan Porter

Lance ScottNevaeh Staten

Dalton Wilkinson

Fourth Grade Principal List:Kailey Skelton

Honor Roll:Phareal CrewsLaila LambertCarly MorganKyra Valania

Third Grade Principal List:Joy-Den Wilson

Honor Roll:Carter Bellamy

Sawyer Rowley-ClarkChristina Demetriou

Hadleigh DufferSydney GaylesKensley HyltonTanner Kean

Wesley Lipscomb

Eureka Elementary

3rd GradePrincipal’s ListBrody Bolton

Samuel CritzerBailee Williams

Honor RollEvelyn AdamsJa’Kobe Boyd

Brennan EvansAlex Gee

Spencer GibbsEmily GosneyKaelyn HurtJeffrey Irving

Abigale JacksonBenjamin JacksonLeilana Jamerson

Carrie JonesMina Lacks

Lindsay LockeCarper McCartyNoah NorwoodJoshua PearsonGrace PerkinsDaylan Poore

Maycie RedmondChris Rowan

4th GradePrincipal’s ListCaleb Barton

Virginia DavisAshla Imperiale

Clara Nelson

Honor RollParker AllenSarah Boe

Clay ClementsAlex Duffey

Kaylee GeorgeKathryn GravesAvery HilliardShania Jones

Kaydence KellumCallie MaysKaleb Nash

Anguel Perez-CruzEmily Rickmond

Jackson Ruppel-LeeCJ Seagle

Penelope Wilson

5th GradePrincipal’s ListHaroon Abuzaid

Olivia AmosRaegan BartonAdriana BrooksDylan CassadaCharlie CritzerJordaine Penick

Alyssa TownsendKarah Trent

Honor RollClarissa Amato

Julia Belle Bennett

Jamie BirdsillJalen Boyd

Jakayla BrooksRayauna CouchHaleigh EvansHaleigh Fallen

Diamond GregoryBrianna Guill

Malika HamlettSidney Hamlett

Emmerson HazelwoodTucker HazelwoodHannah Hendrick

Liam HottleHalle Jackson

Aurelia JohnsonAvi Kagan-Dubroff

Ashlyn LeeLily Marker

Presley MeyerEan Napier

Lilleeana PhelpsKaylee Pillow

Jaythan RutledgeAugustine SassiBlake Scarberry

Landon StembridgeJoshua TharpeEmma TuckerGlenna Vereen

Caleb Webb

Phenix Elementary

Principal’s ListJoyce Choi

Honor RollLandon BrinkleyLogan BrinkleyAddison CanadaAlayna GibsonJamarius GrayAaron Howard

Jaxton LeeBreanna PannellMaddox ReevesAuden Robinson

Emma-Cate ShepherdShannell SteenCole ToombsJack WalkerDaniel WardEryn Wilford

Fourth GradePrincipal’s List

Jamie Lloyd

Honor RollShaheerah Abdus-Salaam

Alayna CaryRyan Elder

Alyssa EvansJazmyn Jackson

Lane LafataAnn LawsonCaden Powell

Timothy SullivanTeagan TaylorDevin Wright

Fifth GradePrincipal’s ListAdyson Metts

Honor RollRandy AdamsKathryn CaryAlexis DavisRyan Driskill

Clarissa MurrayElla Sullivan

Caiden TuckerGriffin Ward

Central Middle School

Principal’s List8th Grade

Clark, MishaEdelson, Rayah

Hamilton, KathrynKagan-Dubroff, Miriam

Kimlick, HeleneSkelton, Lucas

Sullivan, MckaylaTharpe, Joshua

7th GradeAllen, Danner

Amato, RosalinaBush, CarolineDixon, Abigail

Driskill, LandonGeesaman, Emily

Hanks, Ethan

Hileman, SydneyJones, SummerKim, DonginMcKay, Collin

Rundstrom, AutumnTharpe, Emily

6th GradeAnderson, Savannah

Bryant, AidenClark, Alexandra

Geesaman, BenjaminKellum, KelseaPoskas, JennaRamsey, RubyWhite, Kyasia

Honor Roll 8th Grade

Algeier, AustinArrington, Brayson

Beachly, OliviaBlount, MackenseyBlount, Madison

Donaldson, SamanthaDuffey, JasonFeinman, Cole

Fowler, MatthewGallion, NicholasGarcia, GabrielaGee, Jonathan

Hughes, HannahHughes, Tymire

Jones, DevinLacks, Sierra

Marston, CalebMcGuire, Leah

Queensberry, AustinRussell, RaeganSteppe, Lacey

Thomas, MichaelTravis, Madison

7th GradeAbbott, AllisonAbdussalaam,

MuhammadqasimBattle, Catherine

Boyd, KendellCary, Andrew

Clements, MacyCrawford, Isabella

Fallen, KalebFane, Malik

Godsey, MadisonHamlett, GregoryHammonds, Jaxon

Hottle, LyndenIrving, MadisonJames, NevaehLawson, SallyMalloy, AbigailMason, EmmaMitter, JaylenNelson, Ashley

Pearson, AbigailPettus, ChristianPowell, Daniel

Rawlings, WyattRedmond, Lizzie

Robindolph, MariamRose, Rhettia

Sanderson, RebekahSassi, Eleanore

Staten, JadaTownsend, Patrick

Trent, KaelynTucker, Camden

Van Note, Je’CaryousWade, OctaviaWise, E’MayaZirkle, Ainsley

6th GradeBickford, Autumn

Boyd, JaylaBraun, Waylon

Buchanan, GracieClatterbuck, Madeline

Davis, MarjorieFrench, BradleyGraves, James

Lockridge, MaryMarston, Ashley

Nash, EmilyPalmer, Jasmine

Perez-Cruz, JaimePrue, KatelynPurser, Caleb

Ramsey, SarahRawlings, William

Ridley, DarionRoberts, Qua Nita

Robertson, Da’NiyaaRutledge, KandaceSeamster, Makayla

Terrones-Lara, DavidTroxler, Kalia

Tucker, Kariann

Randolph-Henry H.S.

9TH GRADEPRINCIPALS LIST Suha Abdul-Aziz

Alexis BlountFin Bradner

Kaylen DoswellAmy Grissom

Nipin HenningsAlexis High

Emmalee KerrickSuin Kim

Holly MalloyCade Meyer

Colton Pillow Nora Poling

Autumn ShookJoseph Wendelin

Marleigh WhitacreLaural Williams

9TH GRADEHONOR ROLLTanner Adams

Sierra AllenHailey Amos

Marques ArmstrongTyler ArringtonAmanda AshleyAshton Badeaux

Emily BartonAdrian BloomKaylee Buckler

Teri CoeShawn CopelandCarley CovingtonChesney Currin

Marcus Dailey Jr.William DavisLonah Driskill

Kristina EdmondsRaymond FowlerJoseph GangloffGrace Geesaman

Hannah GeesamanMarcus Goode

Jalia GreenJasmine GullixonSavanna HammThomas Hanks

Courtney HarmonJosie HazelwoodCayveon HilliardThomas JohnsonApril KendrickHailey Krois

Natasha LamoreauJordan Larson

Autumn MarstonTyler MasonLaurel Mays

Michelle McMahonZoey PerkinsGabriel PettusEmily RamseyAnsley NapierOlivia Nelson

Gracie PasciutaShakia ScottLaci Spurlock

Joshua StefanucciParis Stevenson

Taylor TrentTucker WebbTyler White

Ann WilliamsLucas WilmothAaliyah Wilson

10TH GRADEPRINCIPALS LIST

Grace AlgeierShania Armstrong

Nat’Shya BoydLauren Bush

Abby ClementsJordan Colbert

Alaina ErricksonSherie FredmanAbigail Henry

Shakura JenningsLilian Jubb

Dalton LockridgeAnnaleigh LokkerBraden McMillan

Nathan MichaelsonMaria PatrickCaleb Shook

Tyshaundre Walton

10TH GRADEHONOR ROLL

Dakota BeachumAlaila BrooksHayden ClarkGia Cummings

Madison DewberryLaquida Foster

Brenden FranciscoAutumn Guill

William HamiltonPeter Jones

Samantha KingAlicia LawrenceMorgan LawsonMadeline LewisCamden LoceyMollie Mayhew

Kaley MoonBishop MooringDre’Son Mosley

Isaac NapierJenna Newcomb

Lauren NewcombT’Jeyla OsborneAlyssa PoulsonAustin Rapole

Najada RobertsonMegan Scarberry

India SpencerCheyanne Stembridge

Bethann TolandGavin ValaniaNoah WalkerAlyssa Ward

11TH GRADEPRINCIPALS LIST

Nickolas DonaldsonIzaia Foster

Matthew HardingThomas Layne

Katelynn McCrillisMadison Scarberry


Shanice BarksdaleCorryne Boyd

Blair CiscoAshante Darden

Dakota DavisMegan DavisMacie FannonPatricia GarciaHunter HamillElijah Harmon

Zeonna HaskinsTrenton Jordan

Christian LambertLogan Lewis

Antonio McPleasantCollin MooreNoah Napier

Chandler NewcombMadison NewcombMatthew Newcomb

Leeann NicholsLeighan Payne

Caroline RamseyGabriela Rodriguez

Cassidy RussellMarshall Scott

Mia ScottRyan Scott

Emily ShookEmma SilverVicie Southall

Liyah StevensonAmber SullivanIndia ThompsonElizabeth Walker

Aa’Daisiana WaltonRachel WilliamsSydney WilliamsDyqaesha WilsonRamondre Wilson

12TH GRADEPRINCIPAL’S LIST

Madison AmosMary Page Atkins

William BruceHayley Conwell

Madeline FergusonWilliam French

Hannah GoldmanTabitha Hodges

Ashley JonesSkylar Lacks

Raquel LindseyBryant LockridgeAnisha MarableMichaela MillerJonathan Pettus

Cole PillowKate Pugh

Madison RobinetteMorgan SpencerShiloh TurnerSarah Wilmoth


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Tajalin Arvin WatsonTyson AtkinsColby BaileyJacob Barker

Andriea BrooksJoseph Collins

James CookLonnie CookeNedra Davis

Xavier EubanksDameon FieldsTaylor GunnJabari Gunter

Larkin JacksonCarrington Johnson

Taylor JonesMarvin Lambert

Jordan LewisSara MarstonIndya Mason

Morgan MasonCheyanne Newcomb

Lindy NewcombNicholas NewcombWalker NewcombSydney NicholsLayton Payne

Madison PettusMonique RandolphKathryn SantelloTerry SouthallZaria SpencerKaitlyn Tharpe

Morgan ThompsonKirkland Toombs

Lily ToombsCalynn Trent

John WendelinPaul WendelinDajah White

Cynthia WilliamsAlexis WilmothAryana Yuille

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EUREKA SPELLING BEE: Eureka’s Spelling Bee was held on Thurs-day, December 6, at 9:00. Mrs. Liz Peaden was the official caller and the judges were Mrs. Sandy Flynn, Mrs. Bonita Hamlett, and Mr. Billy Catron. The following students from grades 1 through 5 participat-ed: Jayda Tucker, Kaylee Talbott, Alex Abbott, Cody Adams, Jeffrey Irving, Zamarion Wood, Clara Nelson, Shania Jones, Adriana Brooks, and Haroon Abuzaid. After 20 rounds of competition, the winner was Adriana Brooks and the runner up was Haroon Abuzaid. Congratula-tions to all of the students who participated!

SOUTH BOSTON - Ran-dolph-Henry High School and Halifax High School students had the opportunity to vis-it the Career Tech Academy (CTA) at the Southern Vir-ginia Higher Education Cen-ter in South Boston Thursday, January 24. During the visit students toured the train-ing facility, participated in hands on activities in the In-formation Technology and the Mechatronics Labs, and learned more about the dual enrollment CTA program. During the wrap up session, many of the students asked excellent questions such as “what do I do next in order to attend CTA and how can I fit this into my schedule?” showing interest in the pro-gram.

The Career Tech Academy (CTA) is a hands-on train-ing program in mechatron-ics or information technology available to high school stu-dents from Halifax, Charlotte, and Mecklenburg Counties. Students take classes at the Southern Virginia Higher Ed-ucation Center (SVHEC), and may earn community college credits, a Career Studies cer-tificate, and industry- recog-nized certifications. “The Ca-reer Tech Academy provides juniors and seniors in our surrounding rural communi-ties an amazing opportunity to gain industry recognized credentials, while incorpo-rating hands-on learning in-struction as they prepare for the workforce or to further their education at the com-munity college or vocation-al level through the SVHEC Workforce Programs,” said Stephanie Robinson, CTA Ad-ministrator.

Students left CTA with a better understanding of the programs, requirements, and steps necessary if they are in-terested in attending. Rising juniors and seniors and their parents/guardians are invited to attend a Career Tech Acad-emy Information

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Good Guys and Bad Guys

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RICKSTANFIELD

Life Is Precious

R.E.L. and MLK, Jr.

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As I sent my daughter to college at UNC, I told her, “Every one of your professors is going to be a fine exam-ple.”

She interrupted me, “But Dad, some UNC professors are vain, confused, and hold world views that are strange.”

“Let me finish,” I said. “Each of your professors will be a fine example of how to be or how not to be. And you can learn from both.”

Take two historic Amer-icans who are well-loved or hated in our nation by differ-ent camps.

First there is Robert E. Lee. Mostly known as a Civ-il War general, his detractors call him a racist, a killer of more American soldiers than any other, and a man guilty of treason.

But did you know he dis-liked slavery and wanted to end it, but like many slave holders, struggled over how to do so humanely for the Ne-gro. Still, he managed to free his slaves ten years before the Civil War broke out. And Fed-eral General Ulysses S. Grant only freed his slaves after the Civil War ended. It is more accurate to say Lee fought for states’ rights than for keep-ing slavery.

Still not good enough? Then celebrate him as a peacemaker after the war. Read of his labors in Dr. Jay

One early morning around 2 a.m., while parked in a rough area of town working as a police officer, I sat in the passenger seat nearly asleep. My training officer was at the wheel and I heard him yell loudly and jump from the car with his weapon drawn. I quickly gained my composure and followed. I saw a man behind our car as he dropped a pistol onto the ground. He ran and I, being the younger of the two of us, chased him through the neighborhood while my partner drove, fol-lowing us. I lost the chase, but the suspect was appre-hended a week later. During questioning, he admitted that it was a gang-type initiation to kill a police officer. Think-ing back, we were probably seconds away from losing our lives.

A few years later, I held my Dad’s hand as cancer took his life and my best friend.

Years later, my wife and I received a phone call that our granddaughter was born three months premature-ly and weighed a little over

I grew up watching those old black and white West-erns—the kind where the bad guys wore the black hats and the good guys wore white hats, and you always knew which one was which. Those were the days of heroes. The good guys were good and the bad guys were bad.

Modern writing recog-nizes that real human be-ings are more complicated than the flat characters of black-and-white Westerns. Modern movies are more apt to reveal both a hero’s flaws and a bad guy’s conflicted emotions. Good guys aren’t all good, and nobody is com-pletely bad. The anti-hero has emerged in literature and in movies, realistically re-vealing the internal struggles experienced by all good guys and bad guys.

But that’s not the way we see it—at least not in our own lives. We tend to group people into categories of “good” and “bad.” And, of course, we’re the ones wearing the white hats. It’s impossible that we might be the bad guys, isn’t it? And, since we’re the good guys, then the ones who op-pose us—let’s call them “en-emies”—they must surely be all bad.

Of course, we have good reason for perceiving people as bad when they appear to us as threats. Some of our enemies threaten our physi-cal safety. Terrorist organi-zations like ISIS and nations like North Korea appear at the top of our lists, while certain individuals may come to your own mind. Then other ene-mies threaten relationships. While they are no physi-cal danger, they mistreat or mislead the ones you love. You may feel your place has been usurped in a friendship or marriage. Perhaps your younger teenager is hang-ing out with a new bunch of friends, and you’re having a difficult time dealing with the fact that as a parent you are no longer the primary in-fluence in his life. All these can qualify as enemies if they make you feel defensive.

Your enemy might not be a physical or relationship threat, yet they challenge your ideologies in a way that makes you angry. Maybe they have a different moral-ity from you, and you’re con-cerned about the influence they will have on your grand-children, or on society as a whole. Ideological enemies might have different politics than you, or a different bib-lical interpretation from you. They make you feel uneasy because, if you’re honest with yourself, you just don’t know how you might handle the shift if you were to find out that they were right and you were wrong. (And, of course, you’re positive that you’re right.)

Financial enemies might be the people who moved in next door to you, who have those loud parties at night,

and who throw trash around their yard. Because they let their house get run down, it brings down the proper-ty value of the whole neigh-borhood. Maybe they’re even willing to work the same job for less money than you, or maybe they don’t work at all, so you see them as a threat to your financial security. This makes you feel selfish in your dealings with them.

Defensive, angry, self-ish—the list goes on and on. An enemy is someone who brings out the negative in you. When you cry out for justice, what you really mean is revenge. They make you rage. They make you want to launch a preemptive strike against them. Get them be-fore they get you.

But is this God’s way?In Luke chapter 6, Jesus

gives a different strategy for dealing with enemies. He tells us to love them and pray for them. Bless them, do good to them, and even yield to them. Give to them. Lend to them, expecting nothing back in return. In short he said, “Treat others the same way you want them to treat you (6:31 NASB[i]).” We call this the “Golden Rule.” You see, Christians are supposed to be different. We’re not supposed to act like the rest of the world, which cries out for an eye for an eye. Instead of a preemptive strike of vio-lence or hatred or manipula-tion, why not try a preemp-tive strike of love?

You might say, “You just don’t understand who I have to deal with. This person is just plain evil!” Yet Jesus says that the Father is “kind to ungrateful and evil men (6:35b).” Christians are sup-posed to be like Christ—it’s just that simple. Jesus says that in response to people like this you should “Be merciful, just as your Father is merci-ful (6:36).” You may insist that these people are horri-bly sinful and deserve judg-ment or punishment. But the Bible says, “…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).” This includes you, too. The more you insist on judgment and punishment for them, the more you insist on it for yourself, because you’re no less a sinner than they are. It’s so much better to pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debt-ors (Matthew 6:12).” In Luke 6:37-38, Jesus says:

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

This means that God will use the same measure to judge you that you have used to judge others. God will use the same measure to pun-ish you that you have used to punish others. So, even if you’re thinking selfishly then you should know that treat-ing your enemies with love is just spiritual self-preserva-tion.

So be good to your ene-mies—and not so that you can transform them, but so that you can change your own heart towards them. One mistaken way that Christians often “love” “sinners” is that we forgive and accept them as long as they change their ways and become “like us.” We tell them that God will love them if only they will stop being—well, them. We make public statements about how bad they are just so that no one will mistakenly be-lieve that we actually approve of them. We want them to know just how bad they are so that they will want to be like us. But why would they want to be like us if we’re going to be like that? Which is worse, their sin—or your judgment and treatment of them be-cause of their sin? How are you any less of a sinner than they? Maybe it’s your heart that needs to change, before they’re ready to change theirs in response to you. In Luke 6:39b, 41-42, Jesus says:

“A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?...Why do you look at the speck that is in your broth-er’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see 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.”

two pounds. We raced to her, driving over fourteen hours to be with our family. I re-member driving and think-ing, “How can I love some-one so much when I’ve nev-er even met her?” This little girl has completely stolen my heart, and is living a perfect, healthy life as a five-year-old.

Human life is sacred to God. He, alone is the creator of all things, including the breath we breathe. The cre-ation of human life is such an amazing thing. Don’t ever take it for granted.

God created us in His likeness and I truly believe that we all can do the things He intended for us to do. Those things may be dif-ferent for individuals due to their limitations and talents, but do not let those excus-es prohibit you from living a Godly life. I am absolutely positive that He blessed us all with a talent. Dig deep and find that talent. Put it to use doing good things and you will achieve goals you never thought possible. You’ll have the life God intended for you to live!

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Winnick’s book, April, 1861: The Month That Saved Amer-ica. The gist is that civil wars do not end well. But ours did. And men of character like Lee, Grant, Sherman, and others worked hard to win the peace.

Second, look at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the great civil rights leader who by non-violent means desegregated America. In his biography of Dr. King, I Might Not Get There with You, black professor Dr. Mi-chael Eric Dyson of George-town University respects King as “one of the greatest Americans our nation has ever produced.” But he writes to demythologize Dr. King, to humanize him. In doing so he recognizes King’s plagiarism of his doctoral thesis at Bos-

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CREWE – Crewe Baptist is hosting the Going Beyond Si-mulcast with Priscilla Shirer Saturday, April 6, 2019. Along with Priscilla Shirer, one of today’s top Bible teachers, Christian recording artist An-thony Evans will lead worship via the simulcast.

Presented by the Nash-ville-based publishing com-pany, LifeWay Christian Re-sources, The Going Beyond Simulcast brings women to-gether from all walks of life across the globe for a day of biblical teaching, prayer, and worship.

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Crewe Baptist Church Presents the Going Beyond Simulcast with Priscilla Shirerble in her hand and a mes-sage in her heart, and you’ll see why thousands meet God in powerful, personal ways at her live events. With a Mas-ter’s Degree in biblical stud-ies from Dallas Theological Seminary, Priscilla brings the depths of Scripture to life. She is the author of best-selling Bible studies, including Dis-cerning the Voice of God, The Armor of God, Gideon, and Jonah, as well as the author of many books, including Fer-vent and the New York Times best-seller The Resolution for Women. She and her hus-band, Jerry, lead Going Be-yond Ministries. They count

it as their greatest privilege to serve every denomination and culture of the church.

Friday evening, April 5, at 7 p.m., Crewe Baptist will host a special kick-off event, no cost, no registration - ev-eryone is welcome. This will include prayer, worship, and testimony by Ellen Spencer of Farmville. A fellowship time will follow.

On Saturday, doors open at 9 a.m., event begins at 10 a.m. and concludes at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6. Tickets are $20 and include lunch and snacks. Seating is limited. For details and reg-istration, visit www.crewe-

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bara King, 434-645-7998, or Sherry Crafton, 434-292-1271.

ton College. He tells of King’s chronic womanizing. And he chronicles King’s poor the-ology in denying the deity of Christ, His bodily resurrec-tion, and more.

Both men were great. Both are flawed sinners like

Jesus says there are a lot of Christians who are locked in a blinding sin of judgment of our neighbors, labeling them as “bad guys” when they’re really just “guys” who are struggling the same way that we are.

Abraham Lincoln had it right when he said, “Do I not

destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” In other words, don’t change them—change yourself by praying for them and doing good things for them until your attitude toward them has become like Christ’s.

[i] All scriptures taken from the NASB.

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you and me. Each rose to the occasion to do needful things when our country needed him. Yet both had feet of clay.

So, do we tear down their statues, crying racist! wom-anizer!

My plea is we recognize their humanity, their contri-butions, their flaws. We keep their memories and memori-als and learn from their good

and their bad.In the Greek cultural no-

tion of heroes, a true hero is not perfect, but a flawed mortal who stood up to do the right thing at a crucial mo-ment. It is only in our Amer-ican notion of heroes that a person has to be perfect. And no such humans exist. For as the Bible reminds us, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Oddly, in the hall of stat-ues in our nation’s capitol are statues of both Lee and King. They both belong there. There is something honorable about both men. And we can learn from their good as well as their bad.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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LEGAL NOTICEVIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

FOR PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

NORMA JEAN BLAKENSHIPvs.

STEVEN EDWIN BLAKENSHIP

CASE NO: CL19-49

ORDER OF PUBLICATIONThe object of this suit is to obtain a di-vorce pursuant to the grounds of deser-tion. It is ORDERED that STEVEN EDWIN BLAKENSHIP appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before March 1, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Donald Carl Blessing, JudgeDate: 1/28/2019

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The Lunenburg County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 beginning at 7:00 PM in the 2nd floor Courtroom; Lunenburg Courts Building, Lunenburg, VA 23952 for public input on the following:

CUP-6-18 Conditional Use Permit Application for Kenbridge Solar, LLC to use parcel 035-0A-0-44 located at 284 Hickory Road, Kenbridge, VA 23944 as a solar facility incorporating so-lar electrical panels and appurtenances, and to determine if the project is in substantial accord with the Comprehensive Plan of Lunenburg County.

ZO Amendment - 1 - 19 to amend Article 4, Division 1, Section 4.11, subsection (b) A-1 Agricultural District by adding ‘Group Home’ as defined in the Lunenburg County Zoning Ordinance in Section 1.2, Subsection (b), Item 39 to the list of uses and struc-tures permitted by conditional use permit, and to update the ref-erence name of the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services to the Virginia De-partment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

Conduct a work session to discuss, define, add, or modify var-ious definitions of uses to be included in the Zoning Ordinance of Lunenburg County with possible inclusion in the ordinance as conditional uses. These items include, but are not limited to, event venues and solar facilities with requirements and regulations for such uses.

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The Model UN, a nation-wide, student-led program that imitates the United Na-tions General Assembly, gives students the opportunity to learn the functions and re-sponsibilities of the Gener-al Assembly and employ re-search, critical thinking, and public speaking skills as they participate. Student pairs represent selected countries. They debate current global issues and work through po-tential diplomatic solutions to those problems. This year, Fuqua students represented the United Kingdom, Sau-di Arabia, Syria, Venezue-la, Zambia, Nicaragua, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Geor-

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Over the course of the three days, representatives discussed assistance for vic-tims of chemical warfare, creating a new international drug strategy, and providing vaccines to impoverished ar-eas. The assembly witnessed some great, heated debates between delegations. Fuqua Senior Irene Thornton stat-ed, “I’ve been involved with Model UN since my soph-omore year, and it has been one of the best experiences ever! Also, having the chance to act as a Secretary General with fellow Fuqua students Christian Huggard and Ro-man Davis was an incredible opportunity. With Model UN, I’ve been able to take what I’ve learned about interna-tional politics and apply it to various classes I’ve taken. Hopefully, I will be able to participate in a Model UN and take more classes on interna-tional politics in college.”

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ZO Amendment - 1 - 19 to amend Article 4, Division 1, Section 4.11, subsection (b) A-1 Agricultural District by adding ‘Group Home’ as defined in the Lunenburg County Zoning Ordinance in Section 1.2, Subsection (b), Item 39 to the list of uses and struc-tures permitted by conditional use permit, and to update the ref-erence name of the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services to the Virginia De-partment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

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We’d bake him a cake, but since he was born in 1628, he’s 391 now, and few folks that age can blow out the candles.

Perrault painstakingly transcribed centuries-old stories that taught important lessons like bravery, honesty, and wolf avoidance.

Before Perrault committed them to paper, folk tales passed orally from one generation to the next. As you know, the mouth is filled with bacteria, so many stories were mangled through repetition.

Next to “Vixens Go to Mars,” the legend about Rid-ing Hood is my favorite. Where else can you find fresh baked goods, a lovely heroine, a wolf wearing a gown, and a lumberjack all in one place?

In the fable I heard, Red’s mom summons her to deliver food to ailing Grandma. Red takes a shortcut through the woods and meets a talking wolf (pretty suspicious). Not content to simply steal the food, Wolf finds out where Red’s going, and beats her there.

He chases off Granny, puts on her gown, and crawls into bed. Red – for the same reason Lois Lane can’t iden-tify Clark Kent as Superman – can’t tell Wolf from Grand-ma.

Wolf jumps at Red, but her screams summon a lumberjack. He races in, scares the wolf away, and Granny returns.

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survey dozens or hundreds of people before one of them gives the desired answer. Then they can say. “I asked 42 people and I was advised to …” Personally, I would never stoop to such a cheap tactic; I only ask one other person. I just make certain I choose a person who I already know will give me the answer I want. In this case, I asked the Grand-brat. “All right Bratlet, if you have any objec-tions to being called Grand-brat just say so.” He blew a few spit bubbles, burped and smiled. Then his mother (my second brat) asked, “What else would you call him? He comes from at least three generations of brats.”

On my side of the family he also comes from three or four generations of fat babies. For generations Jones babies have looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy or the Michelin Tire Guy. Their legs look like a stack of saggy balloons. My brats had so many rolls of fat

on their legs I drew faces on their knees with markers us-ing the fat rolls for features.

This Grand-brat is lean and wiry. There is nothing wrong; he is just on the low side of the weight curve. My babies were on the high side and it takes some adjustment in attitude. My babies were fat and happy; this one is lean and happy. My first instinct is to try to fatten him up. Management and I have been pushing for some “meat and taters” but the daughter says silly things like, “The Amer-ican Association of Pediatrics recommends no solid food for six months.”

The most important thing is not his size or weight. When you look in his eyes it is obvious he is plotting and scheming against someone or something. What is happen-ing inside the head is always more important than every-thing else.

I am often asked if the stories in Rural Legends are true. I always respond, “Ev-erything in it is true but all of the truth is not always included.” Some things are better left out. Sometimes I am just checking to see if you have been paying attention.

I finally finished a proj-

ect that has been nagging me for several months. (My wife Management never nags; my projects often do.) This smallish bear has been hanging out on a limb over a creek. He was probably 20 feet from the roots, which would usually mean 20 feet from the ground. In any case I have plans for that bear. After watching him for sev-eral weeks, I took a couple of assistants with the intention of bringing him home with me. Finding help in dragging a bear from a tree has been difficult. Most people wanted no part of the project for var-ious reasons. As I have men-tioned before, thirty years ago I could have recruited a dozen willing assistants. Now that my potential assistants are older and wiser they avoid interesting projects.

I finally recruited sever-al young and inexperienced assistants. This is one of the cases where youthful enthu-siasm and lack of experience with painful consequences is a plus. We arrived at the creek and the bear was still there. I was afraid some-one would beat me to him. I carefully made my way to the bear and lassoed his right rear foot. It took three of us to pull him off of the limb. As luck would have it, he fell into the creek and was 20 feet down-stream by the time we pulled him out. It was sort of like jugging for catfish. It took us an hour or so to get him out of the creek and to bun-dle him up and get him in the van. When we got him home I put him in the dog pen for safekeeping. In a few months I will know if this was worth-while. My assistants have al-ready decided it was not.

“Well,” said Steve, pol-ishing off the last of his cof-fee, “what should we discuss this fine morning?”

“I’m awful glad you asked, ol’ pard,” came the cheerful voice of Windy Wil-son, emerging through the swinging doors that came from the kitchen of the Mule Barn truck stop. “Yessir. Aw-ful glad.”

Steve and the other mem-bers of the world dilemma think tank looked in amaze-ment as this old camp cook and cowboy came over with the coffee pot and topped off their coffee mugs. Windy had found a dish towel and wrapped it around his waist, too.

“Windy?” said Doc. “Mighty fine-looking dish towel you’re wearing.”

“Thanks, Doc. I cornsid-er it the aplex of dining room fashion for a volunteer coffee guy. Took me a while to talk Loretta into lettin’ me wear it, howsomever. I guess she ain’t up on dining room fash-ions.”

“Let me guess,” said Doc. “This must be your helping day, right?”

“Right as grain, Doc,” Windy said, cheerfully. “I thought about it and deci-sioned I’d devote my helpin’ day to the good ol’ Mule Barn.”

We all knew Windy ded-icated one day each week to helping others. This some-times meant helping them when they really didn’t need

it, but hey, the older folks in our town get some trash picked up in the yard and some kindling split. You know.

“So fer a conservational subject this sparklin’ a.m.,” Windy said, “I believe I’d me-anderate through the mys-tericals of ancient history, beginnin’ with them Egypt guys. Whadda ya think?”

“Might just do that, Windy,” said Steve. “But if you don’t mind me ask-ing, why are you helping out with the coffee in here rather than cleaning up somebody’s yard.”

Windy looked around to see if the other 43 people in the café could hear, then leaned down toward Steve. “Lot warmer in here than it is in somebody’s yard, and thassa fact.”

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Where do you see your-self in five, 10, 50 years? You may have heard or asked this question as a standard que-ry in a job interview. For many, although an important question, it is not a question that is asked when thinking about marriage. This ques-tion brings to light many is-sues. Are kids in the future? How many? Do you want to adopt? Do you want to live in the country or move to the city? Do you have plans to go to college? Is your dream to move to Nashville and become a country western singer? Do you want to buy a sailboat and sail the seven seas?

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LUNENBURG - Pub-lic hearings continue to take place with regard to so-lar companies in Lunenburg County. This topic has con-tinued from the latter part of 2018 and into 2019 as solar companies look toward oper-ating in Lunenburg County.

The Lunenburg Coun-ty Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Lunenburg Courthouse where residents can have input on the application for a condi-tional use permit from Ken-bridge Solar, LLC. The com-pany is looking to use land located at 284 Hickory Road in the Kenbridge area to op-erate a solar facility incorpo-rating solar electrical pan-els and appurtenances. The public hearing is set to hear thoughts and determine if the project is in substantial ac-cord with the Comprehensive Plan of Lunenburg County.

CREWE - A shooting in-cident in a Nottoway County town took place at the end of last week causing concern of many in that area. The inci-dent was a shooting that took place on January 31 around 9 p.m. in Crewe. An unidenti-fied male suffered six gun-shot wounds in the parking lot area of the C-Mart conve-nience store that is located at 213 E. Virginia Avenue just as you come into town

The two men involved in the incident reportedly knew each other and were in an argument when one of them pulled out a gun and fired.

A suspect believed to have been involved in the shooting was arrested the next day as the investigation continued. The victim was med-flighted to VCU Medical Center with serious injuries.

LUNENBURG - Lunenburg County Public School officials along with state officials re-cently recognized January 20-26 as Virginia School Princi-pals Appreciation Week.

A resolution for the week stated, “School principals work cooperatively to di-rect, develop, and inspire all members of the school staff and student body, and to communicate effectively with parents to engage them in the learning process; and

Principals serve as edu-cational leaders, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures necessary to ensure a safe and effective learning envi-ronment for all students in

Central Cafe´to Close andTransition to Mexican Restaurant

VICTORIA - A Victo-ria business recently made a big announcement con-cerning the closure of their restaurant and the opening of a new restaurant in the town.

Central Café has been operating on Main Street in Victoria in the location that was formerly the Up-town Café business. Own-er Thomas Houts stated, “I have been in meetings for two days now. I am very ex-cited to announce that Vic-toria is getting something new.”

Houts continued on to say that Central Café was closing and that a “major transition” is taking place. Central Café officials said that new man-agement was taking over the restaurant location and that it will be reopening as La Tab-erna on February 14.

The information stated, “La Taberna will be a Mexican restaurant serving American food, European food and huge emphasis on Hispanic cuisine with some other international recipes. They will be serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner and should still have the ma-

jority of the “Central Café” items that our customers have grown to love.”

The statement continued, “I want to say a huge thank you to all of our custom-ers and the support we have been shown over the last six months. Although I am not a resident in the county, I do work here at another job and I am very excited to get this new eating establishment in the town. I know they will succeed and I appreciate the support everyone will show them as they have for me.”

Crewe ShootingIncident TakesPlace in Town

VICTORIA - Victoria will be undergoing the imple-mentation of new water me-ters following a recent vote by the Victoria Town Council.

The replacement of the water meters will be done over several years. The new meters will allow for more accurate readings and also give more detailed usage re-ports. The readings will also take less time for town em-ployees each month. The news meters will fall in line with recent upgrades to the town water infrastructure.

Town officials also noted that the meters work in ac-cordance with water-saving appliances in the home to give more accurate readings. The meters cost around $120 each and require software to help with the readings.

The town will pay over $50,000 in the initial year of installation and the price will slightly drop in subsequent years.

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LUNENBURG - Lunen-burg County and the two local towns, Kenbridge and Victo-ria, continue to look for ways to help businesses in the area. The groups are working to-gether on a grant that can assist people interested in starting a business in Lunen-burg or expanding a current business.

The Virginia Community Business Launch Grant is an opportunity to possibly help people with new endeavors. The county and towns are having an “interest” meet-ing next week to help poten-tial business owners with the grant, the competition and information on how a possible grant award could help start a new business or expand one that is currently here.

The event is set to take place on February 13 at the Lunenburg County Airport. The airport is located at 634 Airport Road near the K-V Bridge area. The informa-tional meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m.

LCPS Principals Recognized During Appreciation WeekVirginia’s public and private schools.”

Virginia School Princi-pals Appreciation Week is an opportunity to recognize the hard work of Virginia school principals and to recognize the importance of principals in ensuring that every child has access to a quality educa-tion.

The four schools recog-nized their principals this week including the CHS FBLA organization presenting CHS Principal Dr. Sharon Stanis-las with flowers. The other three LCPS Principals are Ju-lie Dalton (VES), Andrea Shell (KES) and Mary Ann Crowder (LMS).

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February 14, 2019 Meeting

6:00PM 1. Call to Order

2. Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance: Supervisors Edmonds 3. Requests for Additions to the Agenda 4. Conflict of Interest Statements & Organizational Matters 5. Consent Agenda: A) Minutes of January 10, 2019 Meeting B) Warrants for Approval January 2019 C) Treasurer’s Reports December 2019 6. Virginia Department of Transportation 7. Lunenburg County School Board

8. County Offices and Departments A) DSS Advisory Board Appointment 9. Oak Grove School House 10. STEPS Homeless Solutions Program Support Form

11. Planning and Economic Development Update 12. Administrator’s Update 13. County Attorney Update 14. Closed Session Items (if necessary) 15. Other Business (per Board approval) 16. Adjournment

It is the intention of the Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Should you need special accommodations, please contact the County Administrator’s Office at 434-696-2142 prior to the meeting date. -- Tracy M. Gee, County Administrator

Kenbridge Elementary Pre-K Student Maurice Marshall offers a cup of lemonade that he made from scratch to School Board Chairman, Barry Carnes. Carnes and School Board Member, Doug Aubel (far left) were escorting (from left to right) Board of Supervisors Member Mike Hankins, Senator Frank Ruff, and Delegate Wright on a tour of all Lunenburg Schools on November 30, 2018.

School Board Recognized for Service in February, Student Focused LeadershipLUNENBURG - Lunen-

burg County Public Schools will join 132 other school di-visions throughout the state to celebrate School Board Ap-preciation Month in February. Almost 850 elected and ap-pointed school board mem-bers throughout Virginia will be recognized by schools and communities for their service

and dedication to public edu-cation.

The theme of this year’s celebration, “Advancing Op-portunities for All,” reflects the top priority of local school board members as they advo-cate for public education with local, state, and federal lead-ers on behalf of all students.

“The foundation of school

leadership is ensuring equal learning opportunities for all students,” said Charles Berk-ley, Division Superintendent. “We’re proud of our division, and School Board Apprecia-tion Month is the time to rec-ognize and celebrate the ac-complishments of our elected trustees.”

In Lunenburg County, school board members must develop policies and make tough decisions on complex educational and social issues impacting the entire commu-nity. They bear responsibility

for an annual budget of ap-proximately $17 million, 1583 students, 280 employees, and five buildings.

“School board members statewide make decisions that affect 1.3 million Virgin-ia children and more than $3 billion,” notes Berkley. “They preserve the core of our de-mocracy—public education.”

School Board Members will be recognized at the Feb-ruary 11, 2019 board meet-ing at Kenbridge Elementary School. Students are making special cards and refresh-

ments are being provided for our board members.

The men and women serving on the Lunenburg County School Board are Mr. Barry Carnes, Chairman; Mrs. Kathy Coffee, Vice Chairman; Mrs. Ada Whitehead; Mr. Doug Aubel; Mrs. Beverley Hawthorne; Mrs. Elizabeth Williams; and Mrs. Amy Mc-Clure. We would also like to recognize our Student School Board Representative, Miss Kayla Chaffin, Senior at Cen-tral High School.

School Board Members Kathy Coffee and Amy McClure, along with our Student Representative Kayla Chaffin proudly display Lunenburg’s poster highlighting our efforts to save money while being stewards of our environment at the VSBA Conference in November.

A South Hill man and family members were arrest-ed recently on charges relat-ed to gun trafficking. Reports noted that Shawn Archie, Sr., Tara Simmons-Archie and Shawn Archie, Jr. were all ar-rested in Deptford Township, N.J. after an undercover op-eration that took place over several months.

Shawn Archie, 45, was arrested and charged af-ter planning to sell firearms to an undercover officer. A search found numerous guns and ammunition including a 9mm carbine, 10mm carbine, an AR-15 assault rifle, a 9mm handgun, four 30-round AR-15 high-capacity magazines, a 40-round AR-15 magazine, several high-capacity hand-gun magazines and ammuni-tion.

The investigation found that the trio was taking part in transporting and selling these types of firearms and ammunition from North Car-olina to New Jersey.

Archie Sr. faces five counts of transporting weapons into

South Hill Family Charged with Gun Trafficking Operationthe state for unlawful sale, one count of unlawful pos-session of an assault weapon, two counts of unlawful pos-session of a weapon or rifle without identification, and one count of certain persons not to have weapons.

Archie Jr. was charged with one count of conspiracy to transport firearms while Simmons-Archie faces one count of transporting fire-arms and one count of pos-session of a firearm without a permit.

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Wow. What a week it has been at the General As-sembly. The 2019 session is nearing our halfway mark as crossover is just days away! The House is making prog-ress on several key issues as we prepare to begin consid-ering legislation passed by the Senate. Tuesday is the last day for the House to act on its legislation.

I want to spend most of this week’s column talking about a very disturbing is-sue that was brought up this week in the House of Delegates. Democrat Del-egate Kathy Tran recently presented a bill of hers ti-tled “The Repeal Act.” This terrible piece of legislation would have allowed for a woman to seek an abortion in the third trimester, in-cluding up to the moment of birth and even when a mother is already showing physical signs of labor, for virtually any reason. When questioned, she said, “My bill would allow that, yes” and “there are no limits in the bill.” Even worse, how-ever, was Governor Ralph Northam’s ghoulish state-ment in support of Dele-gate Tran’s bill. Governor Northam said, “If a mother is in labor, the infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The in-fant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and mother.”

Virginia Democrats have revealed just how extreme their abortion policies are and made it abundantly clear what would become the law of the Commonwealth if they ever won a majori-ty in the General Assembly. Twenty-one House Dem-ocrats have co-sponsored, and undoubtedly many more support, this bill to lift all meaningful restrictions on late-term abortion. This is a stunning and open acknowl-edgement that the policies being proposed by Demo-crats would allow abortion for any reason, at any time during a pregnancy.

Supporters of this leg-islation are claiming that these comments are tak-en out of context, but these are their own words in raw, unedited form. This is what is at stake in Virginia. Dem-ocrats have made it abun-dantly clear that this bill, which allows abortion up to the moment of birth, would become law if they take con-trol of the General Assem-bly. And Governor Northam has already vowed to sign the “Repeal Act.”

I hope you will join me in standing up for life.

I also want to share some great news for teachers! On Monday, House Appropria-tions Vice-Chair Steve Lan-des announced that a 5% teacher pay raise will be included in our budget this week. As of 2018, the Gen-eral Assembly has funded four teacher pay raises in the last six years. That’s a $138 million investment in our teachers since 2013. This

raise will be done in a re-sponsible manner that does not raise taxes.

In 2018, the budget in-cluded $98 million more than the governor original-ly proposed for K-12 educa-tion, but targets the money to the classroom and gives local leaders flexibility. We fully funded re-benchmark-ing, an increase of $480 million for local school sys-tems. This is a sizable in-vestment that will make sure Virginia’s public school systems are preparing our young people to go to college or get the training they need so they can find good-pay-ing jobs. We must continue to do more for our teachers and let them know we sup-port them.

My Legislative Aid, Nan-cy, and I have thorough-ly enjoyed meeting with so many of you who have stopped by my Capitol of-fice over the past week. This week we welcomed Chris-ty Glynn, from South Hill; Morgan Stanley from South Hill; Chris Miller from South Hill; Bill Osl, Roger and Evelyn Hatcher, and Rob French, all from Cumberland County. We also had Com-missioner of the Revenue Julie Phillips from Cumber-land County. We had Mark Moody of Clarksville, with Mecklenburg County Farm Bureau; Thomas Woodson from Amelia with Virginia 4-H. We had several peo-ple with Amelia Education Association’s Sherry Spur-lock and Bethany Shilan. We had Allen Walker from Blackstone; Jerry Conner from Cumberland; Barbara Jackson-Marshall from Je-tersville; and Lloyd Lenhart from Crewe. We had Martha Pullen with Amelia Coun-ty Dept. of Social Services and Dotty Newcomb with Lunenburg County Dept. of Social Services. If you hap-pen to be in the Richmond area during this year’s Gen-eral Assembly session please stop in and say hello.

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MECKLENBURG - Accord-ing to Corinne N. Geller, Pub-lic Relations Director for the Virginia State Police, an ac-cident last week claimed the life of a Clarksville woman.

Virginia State Police Trooper J.J. Kemp is investi-gating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Mecklenburg Coun-ty. The crash occurred Janu-ary 29, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. on Route 841/Claiborne Circle, west of Route 677/Wilkerson Road.

A 2002 Chevrolet Sub-urban was traveling west on Claiborne Circle when it ran off the right side of the road. The driver over-corrected, which caused the vehicle to cross back over the road, run off the left side and strike a tree.

The driver, Tamekia D. Ragsdale, 36, of Clarksville, Va., died at the scene. Re-ports noted that she was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.

SOUTHSIDE - Last week, there were reports that coun-terfeit bills were discovered in the South Hill area. Busi-nesses throughout Southside Virginia should be aware of this incident.

Since that report, there have been two additional area businesses that have received counterfeit money. Police of-ficials are asking business owners to “Please pay extra attention to your intake of

More Counterfeit Money Found in South Hillbills.”

These criminals are us-ing real money and printing over the original money with higher denominations. The ink security pens will not in-dicate the fraud because the bill was originally cast as true currency.

Police officials said that the $20 bill is what is most

often counterfeited and passed at local stores. Of-ten when passing a counter-feit bill the person will cre-ate a small distraction when passing the bill to take your attention away from the ex-change, such as asking about an item behind the counter that the clerk has to turn to look at.

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Kenbridge Elementary

First GradePrincipal’s List

Cannon AndersonAddison Ard

Joseph ReynosoDiego Gonzalez PerezKevin Perez Tomas

Logan SmithAbigail JeterEmily Price

Charlotte WilsonColtyn ParsonsSamuel Argro

Riley KirkNathaniel Thompson

Emma GriffinNickolas Burdge

Naeli Coronel-LeonGael Vargas AleAdamary Lopez

Honor RollHailey Coffee

Ah’Mir CrowleyKihran Edmonds

Taliah HayesShakur Jones

Vanesa Mendoza-LeonSen’Cear ReeseAiden Wingold

Jezimiaya MorrisTony HarperKhalil White

DiLilyani RagsdaleJames Levin III

Dawson WomackDeacon Durham

Kyra ElderJacob Ramirez

Karli Snead

Second GradePrincipal’s List

Aiden AllenJonathan Domingo

JuarezAnthony Elliott

Ariana Hernandez-Becerra

Kylie LongPaeton Phillips

Laila ShellZachmory Easter

Crytal BlakeColt Camp

Kamoron DavisBrendan Dunnavant

Shelby GeeErnesto Montes

HernandezJacey Phillips

Anna Blake Shell

Honor RollKevyn Bautista-Escobar

Emeliza Mandez De Leon

Brisa Mendez-ReynosoJeremiah Richardson

Makenze TaylorAllannah Townsend

Amya ArthurKloe Figgatt

Oliver Jimenez-GarciaShuley Palacios

HernandezD’Ziya RagsdaleKimoni Robinson

Rolfy Simon-DomingoCadence WallaceEmilee Walker

JayShawn BoothMargaret Cruz-

GutierrezSerenity Fields

Kenyah MitchenerAlex Ramirez DiazTakiyah Seward

Josiah Webb

Third GradePrincipal’s ListKenlie HancockCaylen JacksonMariah WallaceTrenton Ashley

Kristen AbernathyKhloe Callis

Honor RollAmber Lucy

Roslyn MosesDestiny Morris

Bryan ChunDelshon Hardy

Audrey HiteReba Lawson

Madison SneadA’Kiyrah TaylorDamaris Tomas

Mackenzie WaltersDarcy WillisAndre ArthurAspen Bishop

Sha’Niiyah Johnson

Gage ParksZa’Miyah Campbell-

Ghee

Fourth GradePrincipal’s List

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Logan HallIvan Hernandez-Leon

Dennis EdmondsEmily Spencer

Caleb Word

Honor RollJordan Kiser

Cleyma Ramirez ChavezDina Ramirez Diaz

Enrique Ramirez LukeLeandro Ramirez

MacarioKayla Wade

Connor ArnoldBryant Bautista-Escobar

Addison CravenJamariana HardyJordan Johnson

Ricky Ramirez MoralesDarvis Richardson

Jazmin Sanchez-OrtizMy’Yonna WilsonMelany Beltran-

BordenaveBrodie Bruneau

Jack BenderLillian Gary

Ashley Niz-ChilelCameron OliverLandon Womack

Fifth GradePrincipal’s List

Dale MosherZach SimpsonAngelo Inezo

Ira LongRyan Barnes

Honor RollMorgan BaileySarah Coffee

Sherlyn Mendoza-LeonBryan Mojica-Manuel

Kara TannerConner Buchanan

Paul MosherIroquois WintersLydia AndersonOwen Barnette

Reece HartAmir HicksParker Hite

Selvin Perez Mendez

Victoria Elementary

First GradeCarlee Alexander

Cain ArmesLily Austin

Zacharia BartonEli Bolling

Autumn ClaryCayden Dalton

Nasir JonesJaniya LeeJaden Fix

Trevor PegramMason Armes

Amyah BullockArielle CrawleyBrantley DanielColton JoynerDenise King

Clarence StreatJala Wilkerson

Jayden WilliamsAaron Evans

Brycen FowlerDallas Hurt

Darrell JohnsonMariah LeeHugh LynchColby Medlin

Jordan PhillipsNicholas PillowAbigail Robeson

Second GradeMahina Akau

Khyshawn Lovelace-Felder

Vaden LilesCaleb Hamlett

J’miah GeeJaliyah MayBryan Long

Aunna HuntleyDasiaa Reavis

Carmen SheltonReed Nowlin

DaKyri ReynoldsEli ShortridgeXavier Rainey

Selena AbernathyJeg Clark

Gabriel CottrellEmma Davis

McKenna GravitteZane Hoyle

Elijah JohnsonDamauri Lee

Madison MarkAlly McClureBlake OverbyAllison Ryan

Jerrell TisdaleDakota Atkins

Arabella DicksonMaKayla Eanes

Johnathan FindleyMadeline FowlkesMarkai FreemanDamaryan FriendAriah HendersonTristan Hochstuhl

Janie HoyeKatie Hoye

Christian InmanBrody King

Samuel LongTaysia Redd

Zalaijiyah TerryTamia WoodsJacob Williams

Third GradeLogan BerkleyJaden ChavousTyce Eggleston

Maddox GillRyder HawthorneZachary Lafoon

Princess MorrisonKolby PowersKaziya Reese

Morgan TurnerSophia ZheEvan Powell

Je’Mez BrownMarshall Eastwood

Peyton ElliottLogan Ponce

Anabelle Ruiz-OliverasJonathan Sharpe

Kalib TannerMyla Waller

Fourth GradeAlexis Duffey

Branden ElliottLeah Hall

Aidan ParrishRonteyvous Smith

Melayla SnyderZyasia Whitehead

Brooke AmaralAlex Huntley

Akemra Lovelace-FelderAlyssa Meadows

Aaliyah PryorKimberly QiuAlycia Streat

Emma VendittiLily Wallace

Shaniya WorshamChad Mattox

Noble HollidayLibbie Layne

Alilyana StevensRihanna StokesPaige MattoxLola Tharpe

Cohen BerkleyLiam Carter

Hunter FowlkesMateo GarciaRyan Hoye

Amarae JonesAubrey McClureEmory PeacockLevi PeacockBrooke Rimel

Madison MartinKayleigh Atkins

Sophia Lipp

Fifth GradeKaia Akau

Jackson BreedloveJakiah HurtPiper Long

Emily MooreEli NewcombBrody Niles

Mackenzie BollingAriyonna Couch

Karisma HollidayLacey Joyner

Montavious MarreroTahlia Swann

Remington WallaceJustin BrockwellNicholas Farmer

Sanai JonesLaney Loebs

Emily PenlandKailey Reese

Sampson Robertson

Lunenburg Middle6th Grade

Gold

Eleanor AndersonJulianna Bender

Tristan BuchananLandon Hall

Virginia HootonLogan KingOlivia Moses

Jon-Luke PhillipsHailey PowersYu Xiang QiuJordan ReeseBree Rimel

Katherine SpencerMcKenzie White-Bisek

Jaden Williams

SilverConner Abernathy

Cody AmaralCamden Ashley

Precious BaskervilleRobert Callaham

Devion CarterKyla Clarke

Brianna CordellAnna DaltonNora DaltonRickie FieldsCarter Gee

SaDonni GilyardMariela Hernandez-

GonzalezXavian HillRobert Hite

Samantha HughesBowin Huntley

Keyala HurtAntonio JonesEmily Kelley

Austin KonkelGarrett MattoxLondyn MeadeAmarion MooreKaylee MorganKenlee MosherTrevor Parks

Aaliyah RamirezJesse Sheets

Lendi Simon-RamirezKade Taylor

Ingrid Tomas-PerezAinsley TownsendPeyton Vaughan

Kaleya WhiteheadClaire Williams

BronzeAaron Ball

Patience BridgeforthA’Aliyah Callaham

Bryce ClayShytazia Jones

Kelsey MarshallAlecia MeadowsKevin Niz-ChilelIsmael Onofre-

HernandezJames PhillipsVictor PowellNaire ProphetRhiona StreatEian Walker

7th GradeGold

Conner MattoxKennedy MoodyPresley Pulliam

Charlotte RichmondJacob SheetsDaniel ShellHunter Word

SilverRaja Adams

Sergio Ageo PerezMariah Ashworth

April Berumen-RivasLauren Burch

Hokunani ChaneyParis Coles

Samiyah CookCassidy DolchanNicolas Eastwood

Ty EgglestonNathan FarmerHayden GaryAidan Hadley

Ignacio Hernandez-Becerra Jr.

Christine HoflerSarissa Hurt

Anthony InzeoJordan JacksonBryanna Jones

Samuel KestersonMaria Lara-JuarezMichael Lawrence

Jakyia LeeSkylar Lewis

Sariah LoweryJuan Montes Hernandez

Laniya MosesHailey Routt

Adrianna ShellEllie Spencer

Adrian Sweitzer

Sabriya TisdaleChristopher Tomlinson

Jr.Leslie VazquezAmyra Watson

AnGeLeKa White Freeman

Zavian Zellers

BronzeRyan Allard

Karmia BurnsLuther Drummond III

Isabella HallChristopher KiddJessica Niz-ChilelMadison Powell

Julixa Ramos-MontesChelsee Watson

Joshua Whitehead

8th GradeSilver

Lawson AbernathyDameion ArthurLogan Ashworth

Eli BaileyAllie Callis

Chelsie ColemanJa’Nyah Daniel

Jillyan FoltzTaniyah Foster

Richard Gabriel ReynosoHunter GaryKaylee Greer

Serenity HavensLadaisa HolmesAndrea HooverAlyssa InzeoEmily Irby

Khanya MooreMadison MooreJaylen PhillipsMikayla Ray

Ethan RobertsonCheyenne RobinsonCohen ShortridgeTahkyah Simpson

Anna StrigelJackson Sullivan

Caleb TharpeBrenda Tomas-Perez

Destiny WalrathKemarion Watson

Niah WebsterJamiee Wyatt

Fernando Zuniga-Leon

BronzeMakaylia BelleMakayla Blake

Montajah BraceyElizabeth Burcham

Trinity FreemanTrinity Hash

Allana HendricksJyahrah Jones

Pedro Mojica-ManuelAlexis Paler

Te’sjion PorterMekhi Reese

Dustin SimmonsEthan White-Bisek

Madyson WillisWiyot Winters

Central High School

12th GradeGold

Samantha BishopKayla Chaffin

Trinity EastwoodEmma Hart

Fallyn HawksEva-Jean Mills

Eric MooreBruce Seward Jr.

Kirsten SneadDaijae Stith

Helen StrigelSeqouiya WintersNehemiah Wood

SilverGabrielle AubelDawson Bishop

Courtney BrostekKeira Coles

Lucas DanielTaryn Daniel

Emily-Mae DavisAlexis ElamBriana Elder

Alexandria FarnsworthCody FieldEarl Ginn

Melanie GrahamHaley Hayer

Kameryn HeatwoleKaren Hernandez-

AlvarezTrapper HiteKiana Hurt

Fatima Lara JuarezDerek Morris

Alyssa Phillips

Keyonna PryorJayla Ragsdale

Virginia RichmondLaDasha RobertsonJakeriah Spraggins

Samuel WatsonBriana Witherspoon

11th GradeGold

Emily FranklinSorie Scott

Summer WaldrepMarianna Williams

SilverMary AbernathyBrandon Allard

Brianna AndersonDanielle ArmisteadDalton Ashworth

Caleb BaileyHannah Breedlove

Grant FoleySavanna Fowler

Damian GeeJulie Ginn

Austin HallJustin Hall

Joshua HawkesAdrieana KirbyKatie Morris

Skylar PaynterCaleb Raymond

Victoria SimmonsMatthew WarrenHannah Watson

10th GradeGold

Cameron LewisHayley Moody

Caroline SpencerStephen Strigel II

SilverBrooklynn Blaszkiewicz

Hailey CichorzAsia Crawley

Colby CrowderJordan DanielZayra Escobar

Seth HallTess Hart

Makayla HawkesHunter Hinkle

McKenna MeeksMacie Nash

Rieley PhillipsTyler Prosyk

Nancy Ramos-MontesRashaun Richardson

Jamar ShellAlexis Smith

Kaylee SullivanRiley TannerChantel Tate

DaJaMeKa White Freeman

Makayla WhitheadJada Williams

Emily Zuniga-Leon

9th GradeGold

Chloe BaileyDillon BallJames Boyd

David CawthorneBenjamin Currin

Ethan CurrinTiffany Edwards

Kayla FosterItzel Garmendia

Anastasia HowellsKatherine Light

Rowan LongSavannah Richmond

Sarah Stone

SilverCaroline BayneVincent Boyle

Jackson ChildersKevin CottrellSterling Currin

Magdelyn De la CruzEmily DolchanDestiny Foster

Alexandria GregoricOlivia HarrisAaXanah HillTaylor Horn

Anthony Jones Jr.Wilmer LeonMacey Loebs

Zachary NewcombLillian Parks

Griselda Perez-MendezAntionette PerryMakayla ReeseAlyssa Rinaldo

Faith SchumakerZachary Thomas

Tony TuckerLane Usry

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Charlotte, Lunenburg and Prince Edward Co. Athletic NewsTri-County Sports

THE SOUTHSIDE MESSENGER • February 7-13, 2019 B5

The Southside Virgin-ia Community College men’s basketball team played its most complete game to date and spanked visiting Central International College (Rich-mond) 110-64 last Saturday afternoon.

The victory improved SVCC to 7-7 on the season.

The local team got off to a great start, jumping out to a 13-8 lead on back-to-back layups by Ricardo Sullivan at the 15:48 mark of the first half.

Three straight buckets by Michael Jackson extended the lead to 24-11 at the 9:28 mark.

SVCC continued to pour it on as a turnover led to a trey by Sullivan at the 5:08 mark for a 43-20 lead.

The Panthers ended the first half on an 11-0 run over the last 4:23 to take a 56-23 lead to the halftime break.

Two straight buckets by Sullivan and a deuce by Kam-ron Hughes gave SVCC a 62-25 lead at the 18:19 mark of the second half.

Treys by KJ Reagans and Amp Harris extended the lead to 74-27 at the 16:05 mark.

Reagans hit back-to-back treys at the 7:02 mark for an 86-41 lead and the local team cruised down the stretch to

The Central Chargers varsity girls’ basketball team got a big win over William Campbell last week that helps them in the Regional standings at this point.

The game was close throughout with Central holding on late to claim a 33-28 win and give the Chargers 51 power points so far on the season with just a few games remaining.

Currently the Lady Chargers sit just above William Camp-bell in the standings with games this week against Nottoway and Cumberland remaining. Both games are on the road, but an upset for Central could move them into better position as the playoffs arrive.Current 1B Standings:School W-L-T % PointsRiverheads 10-5-0 .667 131.00Floyd County 9-8-0 0.529 69.00Altavista 6-6-0 0.500 Cumberland 6-8-0 0.429 67.00Rappahannock 6-12-0 0.333 73.00Central Lunenburg 3-11-0 0.214 51.00William Campbell 2-14-0 0.125 45.00S.J - Quicksburg 1-14-0 0.067 40.00

Southside Virginia Community College Spanks CIC, 110-64

2019 SVCC Basketball Team – From the left on the front are Glenn Hawkins, KJ Reagans, Terrell Cardin, Naquan Jordan, Alec Bailey and Ricardo Sullivan. On the back from left are Coach Dennis Smith, Isaac Edwards, Aaron Logan, Kendall Edwards, Kamron Hughes, Michael Jackson, Ike Brandon, Amp Harris and Coach Vincent Brown. (SVCC photo)

the lopsided victory.Sullivan led SVCC with

32 points and four rebounds in the game while Reagans scored 23 points and Harris added 16 points.

Aaron Logan led SVCC with 13 rebounds in the game while Michael Jackson added 11.

SVCC will return home on Saturday to welcome Ger-

manna CC.SVCC………56 54 – 110CIC…………23 41 – 64SVCC – Reagans 23, Jack-

son 8, Sullivan 32, Logan 2, Edwards 5, Brandon 2, Bailey

4, Hughes 4, Hawkins 3, Car-din 7, Harris 16, Edwards 6.

CIC – Jackson 21, Laster 7, Edmunds 1, Dembo 6, Wil-liams 3, Chiqoutle 12, Harris 4, Battle 2, Carion 4, Ellis 3.

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The Patriots won the Su-per Bowl again in the lowest scoring game in Super Bowl history. While many love to hate New England, as is usu-ally the case with long time winners, even the most ar-dent Patriots hater should stop and think about what that franchise has done.

Tom Brady and his of-fensive guys scored just 13 points, but once again the team did enough to defeat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in Su-per Bowl LIII.

Brady earned his record sixth NFL championship by throwing for 262 yards, with no touchdowns and tossing one early interception. The Patriots led 3-0 at the half as their defense kept the potent Rams off the field the entire time. The Patriots scored in the fourth quarter after Brady hit MVP Julian Edelman and then Rob Gronkowski on passes that got the ball to the 2 yard line. Sony Michel scored on a 2-yard run with 7 minutes to play that essen-tially ended the game.

With the win, the Patri-ots equaled the Steelers for most Super Bowl wins at six and became the greatest or-ganization in NFL history. Sorry everyone, but here is

VICTORIA - Arrowhead Gun Club hosted the Virgin-ia 4-H Shotgun Development Team on Saturday, January 26, for a competition to de-termine who will advance to national competition. The development team is com-prised of the top 4-H shot-gun shooters in Virginia and at this event team members shot 100 trap targets and 100 skeet targets at the Victoria, Virginia, shooting club.

The group will compete at various locations through-out the state with the top four shooters from the team advancing to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia at the National 4-H Shoot-ing Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska, the last week in June.

Local development team members include Mattison Russell from Mecklenburg,

Arrowhead Gun Club Hosts the 4-H Shotgun Development Team

Vying to Represent the State - Members of the Virginia 4-H Shotgun Development Team shot Trap and Skeet at Arrowhead Gun Club in Victoria, Virginia. The top four shooters will represent Virginia at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships to be held in Nebraska at the end of June.

Sam Capps from Brunswick, Walker Coleman who shoots with the Nottoway Region-al 4-H Shooting Club and Powhatan’s Grayson Melton, whose family recently joined Arrowhead Gun Club. The remaining team members are from Amherst, Camp-bell and King George coun-ties. The team is coached by Jinx Baney, retired Brunswick 4-H Extension Agent. For additional information about the Virginia 4-H Shotgun De-velopment Team contact Jinx at (434) 774-5338 or [email protected]

The 4-H is a youth pro-gram of Virginia Cooperative Extension and is adminis-tered through the two land grant universities – Virginia Tech and Virginia State Uni-versity. The 4-H shooting education program is open to youth ages 9 to 19 and

uses the shooting sports as a vehicle to teach life skills and learn firearm safety and marksmanship skills. Cer-tified 4-H volunteer leaders instruct youth in a variety of disciplines including archery, muzzle loading, pistol, ri-fle and shotgun. Youth can participate in these activi-ties through 4-H shooting clubs and/or week-long 4-H shooting camps.

Arrowhead Gun Club is a non-profit organization which was started in 1973. This historic shooting facil-ity was put in place to pro-vide a safe and convenient place for the community to shoot skeet, rifles, pistols and trap. If you would like to learn more about the club or would like to become a mem-ber, please contact Mr. Stuart Bayne at (434) 210-0888 or [email protected].

Patriots Win Super Bowl and Solidify Spot at the Top of NFL History

why they are the best. In a time when the NFL does ev-erything to create parity, the Patriots have been in the Su-per Bowl or close for almost a decade and won it more than lost. Each year they get the latest draft picks, they have the same salary restrictions as everyone else, yet the con-tinue to win. In college foot-

ball, Alabama and Nick Sa-ban can simply out recruit all the other teams (other than Clemson evidently) and win that way, but in the NFL as Saban found out quickly, they do everything they can to cre-ate parity. Still, New England wins and in doing so have put their name at the top of NFL history.






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BUIES CREEK - NCAA scoring leader Chris Clemons has been too much for most teams to handle this sea-son. Saturday in Buies Creek, Longwood was no exception.

Campbell’s 5-8 senior guard putting on another scoring display in a season full of them, erupting for 39 points to lead the Fighting Camels (13-9, 6-2 Big South) to an 83-62 win over the visiting Lancers at the Pope Convocation Center.

Clemons’ 39 points were the most Longwood (13-12, 3-7 Big South) has allowed to a single player all season and helped Campbell become only the sixth team to top 80 points against the Lancers and their top-tier Big South defense. The loss extends a three-game losing streak that is the Lancers’ longest of the season.

“It starts with us and our competitiveness and whether we’re going to make things difficult for the other team,” said Longwood head coach Griff Aldrich. “But in essence, in a lot of respects, [Camp-bell] just ran their offense, and we reacted to it. If we’re going to be a reactive team and let teams run their of-fense, at the Division I level you’re going to struggle.

“We have lost that ag-gressiveness over the past couple weeks. That’s on us; that’s on the coaching staff to figure that out and help these guys get it back, and it’s on our players to regain that ag-gressive posture and start to push back.”

Longwood struggled to contain Clemons from the start, allowing the Big South’s all-time scoring leader 20 first-half points that sent Campbell into the locker room with a 39-20 lead. The reigning Big South

NCAA Scoring Leader Proves Too Much For Longwood Lancers

Player of the Year went on to knock down 10-of-21 shots from the field, including 10 three-pointers, en route to his eighth 30-point game of the season.

“We have to compete,” Aldrich said. “Throughout the game, it was extremely com-fortable. To start the half, it was comfortable .That helped them get into a rhythm. [Cory] Gensler hit a few threes, then Clemons started to get hot and it snowballs.”

Longwood got a pair of 14-point efforts from point guards Shabooty Phillips and Juan Munoz and 13 points from forward JaShaun Smith, who hit 6-of-7 shots from the field. Phillips and Munoz hit seven of Longwood’s eight three-pointers, with Munoz

setting a career-high with his 14 points.

However, turnovers plagued Longwood through-out as the Lancers committed 21 for their most since open-ing Big South play. Campbell converted those giveaways into 25 points.

The win was the second straight for Campbell, which entered the game just four days removed from a buzz-er-beating win over Big South frontrunner Radford Wednes-day. That game ended on a Clemons three-pointer from 30 feet out, and the Camels carried that momentum into Saturday’s showdown, open-ing the game on an 11-1 run and holding Longwood with-out a field goal attempt over the first 3:18.

Longwood battled back to cut the deficit to six points, but Clemons put the Fighting Camels back on track and ran away to a double-digit ad-vantage the rest of the way.

Along with Clemons’ 10 treys, Campbell shot 17-of-33 from beyond the arc and spread those out between both halves. Cory Gensler hit three of those triples en route to 14 points, while Jordan Whitfield came off the bench to hit a pair of his own.

“Our guys, I think they’re fried. It’s been a long stretch,” Aldrich said. “This is now our 10th conference game in under four weeks, and that’s a lot of basketball. Our guys need to rest and get refreshed. That’s first and foremost, both physically and

mentally. And we have to get back to our core principles, and that’s one of the things that will be good with prac-tice. We have to get back to those and bone up on what we do well, remind the guys how we play Longwood bas-ketball.”

Now coming off three straight losses for the first time all season, the Lancers will look to right the ship this Thursday, Feb. 7, when they return home to host Gard-ner-Webb at 7 p.m. in Willett Hall.

SOUTH BOSTON – Mike Jones’ rookie Late Model Stock season at South Boston Speedway was a trial by fire – literally.

Despite that fire that drew international attention and robbed him of a couple of starts midway through the year, he was still able to de-clare “mission accomplished” at the end of the season.

“I think we probably did accomplish all of our goals,” Jones said of the 2018 cam-paign, his first in Late Mod-els. “Our main goal was to win the (NASCAR) Virginia state Rookie of the Year and we did that. And to be com-petitive … run in the top three, top five, even though we didn’t get the finishes to go our way. But the speed was there. So, I think we accom-plished all of our goals.”

Jones’ season was almost cut short when his car burst into flames after a crash in a 100-lapper midway through the season. His father Dean immediately vaulted the in-field wall and helped his son out of the flaming car.

“It was the hardest hit I’ve ever experienced,” Jones said after the wreck.

Two days later he was an internet star. The crash had been viewed millions of times on social media platforms and websites. For a week he was interviewed by media outlets from across the United States

Jones Looking For Even Bigger Things at South Boston In 2019and around the world.

“It was pretty insane talking to all those people,” Jones said of the media crush. “But at the time I thought we were done for the season because of the damage. But a local fellow stepped up and helped us.

“The first race back we led over 90 laps or whatever it was. That was actually the last race he ever came to. He passed away toward the end of the year. Meeting him was probably the biggest positive out of all of that.”

The gentleman wanted to remain anonymous, a request Jones still honors.

There was a learning curve in 2018 for Jones. “I learned to not be as aggres-sive. In Limited races, 50 laps or twin 25s, you are basically qualifying on every lap, so I had to slow my pace down.”

And Jones figures he had a pair of the best instructors that can be found anywhere at South Boston last season.

“I was able to be behind Philip (Morris) and Pey-ton (Sellers) a lot, and I was watching and learning from what they did,” Jones said referring to the pair of na-tional champions. “Those guys have 10s of thousands of laps around this place. I tried to learn as much off them as I could because they are the best. Anytime you can run third or fourth to multi-time

national champions, that’s a good night.”

Jones’ major take-away from 2018 was tire manage-ment.

“The biggest thing from last year was probably how to manage my tires better. I never had to do that before. Every race trying to not go so fast was the biggest thing I learned. Hopefully that will transfer to this year.”

The 2019 South Boston season will kick off on Satur-day, March 16 with the Dan-ville Toyota NASCAR Twin Late Model 100s, an afternoon of racing featuring twin 100-

lap Late Model races, a 50-lap Limited Sportsman race, a 30-lap Pure Stock race and a 15-lap Hornets race.

Tickets are $10 for adults with children 12-and-under admitted free with a paying adult.





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OUT ON A LIMB By Gary Kopervas

• On Feb. 24, 1836, Texan Col. Wil-liam Travis sends a desperate plea for help when the Mexican army of 5,000 soldiers badly outnumber the several hundred defenders of the Alamo. His message ended with the famous last words, “Victory or Death.” “Remem-ber the Alamo” quickly became the rallying cry for the Texas revolution.

• On Feb. 19, 1847, the first rescuers reach surviving members of the Don-ner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Of the 89 original members of the Donner Party, only 45 reached California.

• On Feb. 22, 1918, swept along by hysterical fears of German spies, the Montana legislature passes a Sedition Law that severely restricts freedom of speech and assembly. The law made it illegal to criticize the federal govern-ment or the armed forces during time of war.

• On Feb. 18, 1930, Pluto is dis-covered at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh. He discovered the tiny, distant planet using a new astronomic technique of photographic plates com-bined with a blink microscope.

• On Feb. 23, 1940, folksinger Woody Guthrie writes one of his best-known songs, “This Land is Your Land.” Many of his songs reflected a strong commitment to the common working people.

• On Feb. 20, 1986, France and Brit-ain announce the Chunnel, a tunnel to be built under the English Channel. Construction began in late 1987 and the chunnel was finally completed in 1994. Attempts to dig a channel tunnel date back to 1883, and Napoleon drew blueprints for a tunnel in 1802.

• On Feb. 21, 1994, CIA operative Aldrich Ames is arrested for selling secrets to the Soviet Union. At least 10 U.S. spies in Russia were killed after Ames revealed their identities, and more were sent to Russian gulags.

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1. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek suffix “-stasis” mean in English?

2. GEOGRAPHY: How many conti-nents are in the world?

3. INVENTIONS: Who invented the nuclear reactor?

4. TELEVISION: In what year did “Monday Night Football” debut?

5. FOOD & DRINK: What was the original name of the breakfast cereal Cheerios?

6. LITERATURE: Where did the Grinch live in Dr. Seuss’ book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”?

7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which presi-dent was the first to campaign by tele-phone?

8. MOVIES: Which war was the set-ting for the musical “South Pacific”?

9. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is rep-resented in the condition called logo-phobia?

10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund?

Answers1. Standing still2. Seven3. Enrico Fermi4. 19705. Cheerioats6. Mount Crumpit7. William McKinley8. WWII9. Fear of words10. The giant panda

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1. What Brooklyn-born musician wrote and recorded “Shilo”?

2. Name the group that released an album entitled “Their Satanic Majes-ties Request.”

3. Which English band wrote and released “My Brother Jake”?

4. This Youngbloods founder later wrote and released “Song for Juli.”

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “A hot summer night fell like a net, I’ve gotta find my baby yet, I need you to soothe my head and turn my blue heart to red.”

Answers1. Neil Diamond, in 1970. Legend

says that Diamond’s emotional invest-ment in the song led to a dispute with his recording company, which refused to release it as a single.

2. The Rolling Stones, in 1967. The title is a takeoff on text that appears on British passports, which says “Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires ...”

3. Free, in 1971. The song was likely written as a message to one of the band members with addiction problems.

4. Jesse Colin Young, in 1973. Juli was his daughter.

5. “Bad Case of Loving You,” by Robert Palmer, in 1979. Although Moon Martin had released the song the previous year, it was Palmer’s version that climbed the charts and scored him a Grammy nom for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.


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Charlotte County Public SchoolsPre-Kindergarten Registration

Pre-kindergarten registration for the 2019-2020 school year will begin on February 1, 2019, and conclude on March 29, 2019. Children must be four years old by Sep-tember 30, 2019, to be eligible to attend this program. Enrollment in the pre-kindergarten program is need-based and subject to space availability. Information and registra-tion forms may be obtained at www.ccpsk12.org or by call-ing the school at which the student will attend. Bacon Elementary—(434) 735-8612 Eureka Elementary—(434) 736-8458Phenix Elementary—(434) 542-5570

Charlotte County Public SchoolsKindergarten Enrollment

Enrollment for the 2019-2020 school year will begin on Feb-ruary 1, 2019, and conclude on March 29, 2019. Children must be five years old by September 30, 2019, to be eligible to attend. According to the Virginia Code Section 22.1-254, all children who will be age five by September 30 must be enrolled in an appropriate school setting. Information and enrollment forms may be obtained at www.ccpsk12.org or by contacting the school at which the student is enrolling.

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Community Calendar is a free service of the Southside Messenger. We welcome all groups, churches, schools and businesses to send us your events and we will publish them free of charge, as space allows. Send your event to [email protected]. Be sure to include the date, location, and time of the event, as well as any cost or fees. For-profit events will not be included in this calendar.

Meetings• Arc of Southern Virginia meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 in the Leggett Auditorium at Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston. If desired, participants may bring a bag supper or purchase a carry out supper from the hospital’s Bellwood Café. For more info, call 434-222-8931. • Chase City Chamber of Commerce meets the second Thursday of each month at noon in the Chamber Office.• Farmville Rotary Club meets every Thursday from noon to 1:00 p.m. at Charley’s Waterfront Café in Farmville.• Keysville Lighthouse meets on the second Saturday at Sheldon’s Restaurant in Keysville beginning at 9:30 a.m.• Keysville Ruritan Club meets every third Monday in Ash Camp Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Keysville at 6:30 p.m.• The American Legion Auxiliary meets the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Sheldon’s Restaurant on Four Locust Hwy. in Keysville. Dues are $30 a year and you must be the wife, daughter or granddaughter of a member of the armed services.• The Charlotte County Grays, Sons of Confederate Veterans, meets on the

third Tuesday at Sheldon’s Restaurant in Keysville beginning at 6:30 p.m. Call 735-8415 or 696-2202 for info.• Town of Phenix Council meetings will be held the second Tuesday of each month.• GFWC Charlotte County Woman’s Club, a Volunteer Community Service National woman’s club, meets second Tuesday of each month at Central Middle School in Charlotte Court House, 6 p.m. For info call 547-3305.• American Legion Post 99 & American Legion Auxiliary Unit 99 regular monthly meeting will be held the 2nd Monday of each month. Auxiliary will meet at 6:30 p.m. with the Post meeting at 7 p.m. Location: Sinai Road and Mallard Lane, Halifax. For more info, call 434-476-7179 or 476-1268.• Lunenburg Rotary Club meets every Tuesday (except the 5th Tuesday) 12 noon-1 p.m. Meeting is held the 1st Tuesday of the month at Mildred’s Meals in Kenbridge; all other Tuesdays at Uptown Café in Victoria.• Charlotte County Democratic Committee meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Drakes Branch Municipal Building. For additional info call Eugene D. Wells Jr. at 434-547-7037.• Jack Garland American Legion Unit 32 & Auxiliary meets the third Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m., at the Farmville VFW Post, Main St.• Piedmont Area Veterans Council (PAVC) meets the third Monday of every month at the Farmville VFW, beginning at 10:30 a.m.• VFW Post 7059 holds meetings the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., Graham Road, Farmville.

• Heart of Virginia Classic Auto Club meets the second Monday of each month at Merk’s Place, Farmville, at 6 p.m. for dining and 7 p.m. for the meeting.• Central High Museum, Inc. located at 515 Thomas Jefferson Highway, Charlotte Court House, will have the monthly meeting on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.• The 320 Ladies Prayer & Bible Study Group meetings are every Tuesday, 7 p.m., at Mt. Tirzah Baptist Church, Charlotte Court House. We are a diverse group from all around the Southside area, and we love to worship, pray and dig into the Word. For more information, contact Wanda Stewart at 434-547-4405.• American Legion Post #260 meets the third Thursday of each month at Sheldon’s Restaurant, Keysville, 6:45 p.m.• VFW Lunenburg Post 9954 & Auxiliary meets monthly on the 2nd Saturday at 8 a.m. for breakfast and the 4th Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. for supper and business meeting, at 1000 Marshal St., Victoria.• Calling all “HAMS” The Charlotte County Amateur Radio Club meets at Pino’s, 365 King St., Keysville, on the first Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. Experienced hams welcome and beginners encouraged to attend. Classes available, contact Dan (K5KHZ) at 434-808-0678 for information.• Charlotte County Republican Committee meets on the second Thursday of each month at Mimmo’s Restaurant, 102 David Bruce Ave., Charlotte C.H., 6 p.m. for Dutch treat supper. Meetings are called to order at 7 p.m. For additional information, call Peggy Armentrout at 434-470-0537.• Lunenburg County Republican Committee meets the first Monday of every month, January-October and December; November will be the first Tuesday, at Marion’s Restaurant, Victoria, 6 p.m.

Support Groups• Cancer Support Group meets the third Monday of every month at 5:00 p.m. at Brian’s Steak House, located at 625 E. Atlantic Street in South Hill. This monthly support group is for adult patients with cancer, their families, friends, and caregivers.• HIV/AIDS Support “Safe Space,” a group for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, meets on the third Thursday of every month; location is private for the privacy of our participants. For more info and meeting location contact Marquis D. Mapp at 434-392-9461.• Cancer Connections Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of every month from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Hendrick Cancer & Rehab Center in South Hill, Va. For more info, contact Mary Hardin at 434-774-2417.• Domestic Violence Support Groups Tri-County Community Action Agency hosts Support Groups on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. For more info, call 434-572-1136.• Single & Parenting Support Group meets each Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., at Drakes Branch Baptist Church. For more information, call Barbara at 434-568-4021 Mondays-Thursdays, 4:30-7:00 p.m.• Men’s Support Group – Celebrate Recovery, a ministry of Midway Baptist Church, is offering a 12-week support group for men, beginning Monday, January 28, 7 p.m., at the Town Hall of Phenix, across from the Bank of Charlotte County. For questions or more information, call 434-376-3574.• Celebrate Recover meets every Tuesday night from 6:45-8:30 p.m., at Memorial United Methodist Church, Appomattox, in Legacy Hall, for adults age 18 and older. Childcare is available upon request. For more information, contact the church office at 434-352-5705.

Ongoing Events• AWAG Shuttle Sign-up Every Tuesday AWAG (Animal Welfare Action Group) will be at the J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. For more info, call the library at 434-352-5340.• Breastfeeding Class Centra Southside Community Hospital in Farmville will be holding a breastfeeding class on the first Tuesday of the month from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Quad Conference Room at Centra Southside Community Hospital, Third Street in Farmville. For info and registration call 434-547-9637• Dance at the VFW Hall, located at 1055 L.P. Bailey Highway in Halifax, will hold a dance every Friday night from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Tickets are $25 per couple, $15 for singles. Snacks, ice and sodas will be available for purchase. Music by D.J. Barry & June. Proceeds will go to various programs benefiting veterans.• Food Bank St. Luke Church of God

in Christ, located on Arvin Street in Keysville, will sponsor a food bank every fourth Saturday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Please bring your own bags or boxes to carry your food.• Drakes Branch Music Hall on Main Street will be hosting a dance every Thursday night from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. sponsored by the Drakes Branch Ladies Club. The cover charge is only $5.00 to attend this event.• 12-Step Biblical Program Midway Baptist Church, 2595 Midway Rd. in Phenix, Va. will present a 12-step Biblical program – Celebrate Recovery - every Thursday Night at 6:30 p.m. For more info, contact the church at 434-376-3574. Childcare provided.• Prince Edward Area Meals on Wheels Fundraiser last Wednesday of each month, 4-8 p.m. at Bojangles, Farmville.• TPCC Food Pantry CVFB delivers on the 3rd Wednesday of the month – distribution is the next day (Thursday) from 9:30-12. Regular hours of TPCC Food Bank Mon.-Thurs. 8:30-11:30 Lunenburg County residents only.• Women’s Bible Study each Friday at 11 a.m.-12 noon in the J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library conference room. For more info, please call 434-352-8574.• Worship Service of the Safe Haven Christian Ministries, each Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at 5150 Three Sixty Highway, Meherrin. Pastor is Rev. Gloria Eanes.• Community Prayer Breakfast is held the first Tuesday of each month at Moton Museum, 7:30 a.m., in the auditorium.• New Master Gardeners Training will begin a new class on February 5, 2019. Classes will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until noon at the Charlotte County Extension Office, Charlotte Court House. The last class will be on April 4, 2019. If interested or for more information, call 434-542-5884, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., for an application.• Do you need a ride to church? Drakes Branch Baptist Church offers free van service on Sunday mornings. Call the church office at 434-568-4021 or 434-208-8496 if interested.• Free Kids Club every Monday, 4-5:30 p.m., for grades K-5th, at Drakes Branch Baptist Church. Snacks, homework help by certified teachers, Bible stories and lessons, games and crafts. To register or for more information, call the church at 434-568-4021.• Bible Study Class every Wednesday evening, at Drakes Branch Baptist Church, for all middle school students. The material used will be AWANA material. For more information, call 434-208-8496.• “That the World May Know” Video Series every Sunday evening, 6-7 p.m., at Drakes Branch Baptist Church. Free and open to the public.• Beekeeping for Beginners School consists of three Tuesday night classes, Feb. 12, 19 and 26, 2019, 7-9 p.m., at the Prince Edward County Extension Office, across from Lowe’s in Farmville. Presented by Heart of Virginia Beekeepers. Grant money available for sign-up. For more information or to register, contact Mary Jane Morgan at 434-315-1433 or email [email protected].• Meeting of Southside PD#13 Continuum of Care for Homeless Solutions for Halifax, Mecklenburg, Brunswick and Charlotte Counties, second Friday of every other month; next meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 8, 10 a.m. To be held at the Southside Community Services Board, 143 Industrial Parkway, Clarksville. For more information, call 434-404-3455.• Balanced Living with Diabetes free 12-week program; two classes: Bluestone Harmony Center, 635 Bluestone Rd., Keysville, beginning Thursday, Feb. 14, held weekly 10:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m.; Lunenburg Senior Center, 1121 Tidewater Ave., Victoria beginning Tuesday, Feb. 12, held weekly 10:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. To register, contact Jordan Miles or Nikki Dean at 434-767-5588 or [email protected].• Video Series “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?”, beginning Sunday, February 10 and continuing each Sunday night through March 10, 7 p.m., at Worsham Baptist Church. Admission is free.

Blood Drives• Randolph-Henry High School, 755 David Bruce Avenue, Charlotte Court House, will be holding a blood drive on Friday, February 8, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.• Appomattox High School, 198 Evergreen Avenue, Appomattox, will be holding a blood drive on Friday, February 8, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.• Centra Southside Community

Hospital, 800 Oak Street, Farmville, will be holding a blood drive on Wednesday, February 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

EventsThursday, February 7• Program entitled Milkweed and Monarchs, featuring JoAnn Jones, 6:40 p.m., light refreshments, program begins at 7 p.m., in the meeting room of the Farmville-Prince Edward County Library. Presented by the Margaret H. Watson Bird Club.• Caregiver Support Group for families and caregivers of persons living with Dementia, presented by the Alzheimer Association, 2-3 p.m., at Brookview at The Woodland, 2005 Cobb St., Farmville. For more information, call Marion Kyner at 434-392-6106.• Meeting Margaret Watson Bird Club, at the Barbara Rose Johns Community Library, Farmville. Program begins at 7 p.m.; refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. Program is entitled “Right Under my Nose! Milkweed and Monarchs.” The public is invited to attend.

Friday, February 8• Spaghetti Dinner/Sweetheart Raffle sponsored by the Randolph District Vol. Fire Dept., 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the firehouse, 2145 Cumberland Rd. For ticket information or questions, call Nancy at 434-391-1250.

Saturday, February 9• Brunswick Stew Fundraiser at Palmer Springs Vol. Fire Dept., 8 a.m.-12 noon at the firehouse, 1697 Palmer Springs Rd., Palmer Springs. $8/quart; stew master is Larry Clark. Pre-orders are encouraged and may be placed by calling 434-689-2631 or 434-689-2661.• Meeting of the West End High School Mecklenburg chapter, 2 p.m., at the Masonic Building, Middle School Rd. (next to St. Luke Baptist Church). Very important meeting, plan to attend.• Black History Month Jazz Concert at the Moton Museum Auditorium, 900 Griffin Blvd., Farmville, 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.motonmuseum.org/calendar.• Meeting of the Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 10:30 a.m., at the Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library, Farmville. Guest speaker will be Magi Van Epes, Prince Edward County Tourism and Visitors Center Coordinator. The topic will be “LOVEworks.”• Black History Celebration at Shiloh Baptist Church, 125 Shiloh Church Rd., Drakes Branch, 3 p.m. Dr. Rev. Kitty Smith will be the guest speaker; the Anderson Family Gospel Singers will provide the music. A soul food dinner will be served.• Valentine’s Day Program entitled “Valentine’s Day, Yesteryear and Today,” presented by the South Central Virginia Genealogical Society, 1:30 p.m., in the Family History and Research room at the Charlotte Count Public Library, 112 LeGrande Ave., Charlotte C.H. All programs are free and open to the public. For more information visit www.scvgs.com.

Wednesday, February 13• Soup & Sandwich Luncheon hosted by STEPS, Inc., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at the Farmville Train Station. Attendance and food are by donation only. A silent auction will take place during lunch and features various items from local businesses and organizations. All proceeds from the event will benefit homeless people in our area. For more information or to donate, contact Amy Beatson at (434) 315-5909 x211 or email at [email protected].

Friday, February 15• Loving by Peter Manos at the Moton Museum Auditorium, 900 Griffin Blvd., Farmville, 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door. For more information, visit www.motonmuseum.org/calendar.

Saturday, February 16• A Children’s Story “The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage” at the Moton Museum Auditorium, 900 Griffin Blvd., Farmville, 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.motonmuseum.org/calendar.• Art Project “Hand Over Your Heart” with Red Door 104, at the Moton Museum Auditorium, 900 Griffin Blvd., Farmville, 10:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.motonmuseum.org/calendar.• Pancake Supper hosted by Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary, 5-7 p.m., at the firehouse, 45 Campbell Hill Rd., Prospect. The cost is a donation at the door. Carry-out will be available.



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