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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY || ONLINE EVERY DAY BON AIR || BRANDERMILL || GENITO || MIDLOTHIAN || ROBIOUS || SALISBURY || WOODLAKE SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY 03.03.11 BY ELIZABETH FARINA [email protected] S ometimes a good book can tap the imagination. For Midlothian Middle School students, reading took on a whole new edible dimension with a school-wide library project. It all began with a cake pan in the shape of a book that sparked the "Oscars for Books" baking marathon. The finished cakes, which rivaled outcomes seen on shows like TLC's Cake Boss, were on display in the library on Friday, Feb. 25. "We ended up with seven cake pans and we checked them out like books," said librarian Cindy Ford. For three weeks, every day, six or seven kids would check out pans to use overnight, she explained. "We only lost 10 cakes in the process. We had 40 cakes and about 66 kids that went through it. We started with 50 cakes and, as you know, the reality is that not every cake turned out," she said. The students and librarians shared what they learned through the baking and creative experience. They shared their baking obstacles. "There was one student, and he, bless his heart, froze his cake before it was cool. He brought it out the night before and it was covered in a sheet of ice," she said. The students also gained some tricks of the culinary trade such as using the “flower nail” method to distribute heat because the cake's book mold was thicker in the center of the cake than at its thin edges. They also learned about foundant, other types of cake icing and using specialty pens to write the title of their selected book. “They learned through the whole process,” Ford said. The library staff only had one restriction for the students' projects – the base had to be an edible cake. “As long as it represented the book and have the title on it, they could use other items, but they had to bake a cake,” she said. Cakes were judged and awarded prizes for style and creativity. Also, each student received a blue spoon for participating and took their edible art home at the end of the school day. For Ford, the project provided an insight to what the students are enjoying in their spare time. “They really all know the Cake Boss, and Ace of Cakes and Cupcake Sisters. We were tickled because they didn't know about the Oscars as much.” COURTESY PHOTOS BY CHRISTY MARTIN Top left: Ethan Rossi, with a little help from dad Phil Rossi created a 3-D effect with "Sherlock Holmes" cake. Bottom left: Russel Lutge, Warriors "Into the Wild" cake. Right: Victoria Turner displays her cake based on the book "Shark Girl" during Midlothian Middle School's Oscars for Books event. A video and slideshow of all the cakes are on the school's Facebook page linked at midlothianexchange.com. Project showcases culinary talent Cinderella Dreams connects teens with prom gowns BY JIM MCCONNELL [email protected] D arren Barlow’s bid to become one of the top high school distance runners in Virginia nearly ended right after it began. Barlow, a consistent top-seven performer for Midlothian’s cross country team as a freshman, entered the summer before his sophomore season training hard to improve his personal-best time of 16:06 for 5,000 meters. It only took a split-second to alter those plans. A freak accident at the pool left Barlow with two broken bones in his right lower leg – an injury so serious, the surgeon assigned to operate on him refused to guarantee that the 14-year-old would ever be able to run competi- tively again. The surgical team used 12 screws and a metal plate to stabilize the bones. Barlow spent seven weeks in a cast and five more in a walking boot, then began two months of physical therapy to counter muscle atrophy in his right leg. But not only did he make a full recovery, Barlow became a key contributor to Midlothian’s state champion cross country squad as a senior. He finished second in the district, third in the region and third at the Group AAA meet, earning first-team all-Metro honors while also helping the Trojans reach the Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon. In the process, Barlow also land- ed an opportunity to compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference and pursue an engineering degree from Virginia Tech. He signed a national letter-of-intent with the Hokies last month, a remarkable ending to an improbable story. “It’s been a journey,” acknowl- edged his mother, Angie, a Virginia Tech alumnus. “We’re very happy he gets to go to a school he loves. He’s just happy somebody wanted him.” Barlow didn’t turn himself into a Division I runner by taking a traditional path. His first love was swimming and he was good enough to qualify for the Junior Olympics as a member of the local Poseidon club. Midlo runner makes a path to Va Tech BY MATT BIRCH Capital News Service T hink before you text – because sending malicious electronic messages with your cell phone soon could be pun- ishable by law. Under legislation approved by Virginia’s General Assembly, it would be a Class 1 misde- meanor to use a cellular tele- phone or other wireless device to transmit a text message that contains “profane, threatening, or indecent language.” The bill targets teenagers engaging in “cyberbullying” via wireless communications. It would add “texting” to Virginia’s obscene phone call statute. On Monday, Feb. 21, the Senate unanimously passed House Bill 2059, proposed by Delegate Robert B. Bell, R-Charlottesville. It had cleared the House on a 99-0 vote two weeks ago. “Cyberbullying is a real problem, and makes it harder for students to learn,” Bell said in a statement. “I am hope- ful that the law will protect students from those who would threaten or intimidate them through obscene texts.” The Cyberbullying Research Center, an information clear- inghouse operated by criminal justice professors in Florida and Wisconsin, defines cyber- bullying as “when someone repeatedly harasses, mistreats, or makes fun of another person online or while using cell phones or other electronic devices." About one in five adoles- cents will be victimized by cyberbullies, according to the center’s research. In extreme cases, authorities say, cyberbul- lying has driven young people to commit suicide. Virginia already has a law New law targets cyber- bullying BY ERICA TERRINI Capital News Service Virginians’ private property rights would be more secure under a resolution passed by the General Assembly to restrict the government’s eminent domain powers. The resolution seeks to amend the Virginia Constitution to strengthen property right protections. Gov. Bob McDonnell said passage of the resolution last week “is a step in the right direction and is a long time coming.” “For too long, government and certain business interests colluded to make it possible to take the land of one landowner and give it to another, merely for the purpose of increasing tax revenue or employment or for private gain,” the governor said. On Tuesday, Feb. 22, the Senate voted 35-5 for House Joint Resolution 693. The fol- lowing day, the House gave its final approval of the measure, 83-15. If the General Assembly passes the resolution again next year, voters will consider the constitutional amendment in a statewide referendum in November 2012. As a state legislator in 2007, Resolution strengthens property rights Cinderella said it best: “In dreams you lose your heartaches." Since 2006, the Midlothian Junior Woman’s Club has helped many area teenage girls overcome the heartache of not being able to af- ford a prom dress due to financial hardships. This year the MJWC, Puritan Cleaners and 103.7 The River have teamed up for another successful Cinderella Dreams project. The project provides gowns and accessories, free of charge, to any girl who, just like Cinderella, needs help getting a gown for the ball. The Cinderella Dreams project is currently ac- cepting donations until Friday, March 11 of new or gently used gowns and accessories at all Puritan BULLYING P3 DREAMS P1 PROPERTY RIGHTS P4 PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINA Mike Evino helps Midlothian Woman's Junior Club Cinderella Dreams chair Chrystal Graybill unload the donated prom dresses from storage. Several club members and volunteers were busy getting the store ready for the three-day annual event that helps girls who are financially challenged find a dress, shoes and accessories for prom. Barlow eventually started splitting time between the pool and the track, meaning he spent most of the year playing catch-up with peers who specialized in one sport or the other. Ironically, that experience helped him. When he returned from the injury, he wasn’t intimidated by the prospect of having to work extra hard to make up for lost time. “It took a long time to get back, PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELL Darren Barlow, center, with parents Angie and Scott, during the Midlothian senior's national letter-of-intent to run for Virginia Tech. BARLOW P9
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY || ONLINE EVERY DAY
BON AIR || BRANDERMILL || GENITO || MIDLOTHIAN || ROBIOUS || SALISBURY || WOODLAKE
SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY 03.03.11
BY ELIZABETH [email protected]
Sometimes a good book can tap the imagination. For Midlothian Middle School students, reading took on a
whole new edible dimension with a school-wide library project.
It all began with a cake pan in the shape of a book that sparked the "Oscars for Books" baking marathon. The fi nished cakes, which rivaled outcomes seen on shows like TLC's Cake Boss, were on display in the library on Friday, Feb. 25.
"We ended up with seven cake pans and we checked them out like
books," said librarian Cindy Ford.For three weeks, every day, six or
seven kids would check out pans to use overnight, she explained. "We only lost 10 cakes in the process. We had 40 cakes and about 66 kids that went through it. We started with 50 cakes and, as you know, the reality is that not every cake turned out," she said.
The students and librarians shared what they learned through the baking and creative experience. They shared their baking obstacles. "There was one student, and he, bless his heart, froze his cake before it was cool. He brought it out the
night before and it was covered in a sheet of ice," she said.
The students also gained some tricks of the culinary trade such as using the “fl ower nail” method to distribute heat because the cake's book mold was thicker in the center of the cake than at its thin edges. They also learned about foundant, other types of cake icing and using specialty pens to write the title of their selected book. “They learned through the whole process,” Ford said.
The library staff only had one restriction for the students' projects – the base had to be an edible cake.
“As long as it represented the book and have the title on it, they could use other items, but they had to bake a cake,” she said.
Cakes were judged and awarded prizes for style and creativity. Also, each student received a blue spoon for participating and took their edible art home at the end of the school day.
For Ford, the project provided an insight to what the students are enjoying in their spare time. “They really all know the Cake Boss, and Ace of Cakes and Cupcake Sisters. We were tickled because they didn't know about the Oscars as much.”
COURTESY PHOTOS BY CHRISTY MARTINTop left: Ethan Rossi, with a little help from dad Phil Rossi created a 3-D effect with "Sherlock Holmes" cake. Bottom left: Russel Lutge, Warriors "Into the Wild" cake. Right: Victoria Turner displays her cake based on the book "Shark Girl" during Midlothian Middle School's Oscars for Books event. A video and slideshow of all the cakes are on the school's Facebook page linked at midlothianexchange.com.
Project showcases culinary talent
Cinderella Dreams connects teens with prom gowns
BY JIM [email protected]
Darren Barlow’s bid to become one of the top high school distance runners in Virginia
nearly ended right after it began.Barlow, a consistent top-seven
performer for Midlothian’s cross country team as a freshman, entered the summer before his sophomore season training hard to improve his personal-best time of 16:06 for 5,000 meters.
It only took a split-second to alter those plans. A freak accident at the pool left Barlow with two broken bones in his right lower leg – an injury so serious, the surgeon assigned to operate on him refused to guarantee that the 14-year-old would ever be able to run competi-tively again.
The surgical team used 12 screws and a metal plate to stabilize the bones. Barlow spent seven weeks in a cast and fi ve more in a walking boot, then began two months of physical therapy to counter muscle atrophy in his right leg.
But not only did he make a full recovery, Barlow became a key contributor to Midlothian’s state champion cross country squad as a senior. He fi nished second in the district, third in the region and third at the Group AAA meet, earning fi rst-team all-Metro honors while also helping the Trojans reach the Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon.
In the process, Barlow also land-ed an opportunity to compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference and pursue an engineering degree from Virginia Tech. He signed a national letter-of-intent with the Hokies last month, a remarkable ending to an improbable story.
“It’s been a journey,” acknowl-edged his mother, Angie, a Virginia Tech alumnus. “We’re very happy he gets to go to a school he loves. He’s just happy somebody wanted him.”
Barlow didn’t turn himself into a Division I runner by taking a traditional path. His fi rst love was swimming and he was good enough to qualify for the Junior Olympics as a member of the local Poseidon club.
Midlo runner makes a path to Va Tech
BY MATT BIRCHCapital News Service
Think before you text – because sending malicious electronic messages with your
cell phone soon could be pun-ishable by law.
Under legislation approved by Virginia’s General Assembly, it would be a Class 1 misde-meanor to use a cellular tele-phone or other wireless device to transmit a text message that contains “profane, threatening, or indecent language.”
The bill targets teenagers engaging in “cyberbullying” via wireless communications. It would add “texting” to Virginia’s obscene phone call statute.
On Monday, Feb. 21, the Senate unanimously passed House Bill 2059, proposed by Delegate Robert B. Bell, R-Charlottesville. It had cleared the House on a 99-0 vote two weeks ago.
“Cyberbullying is a real problem, and makes it harder for students to learn,” Bell said in a statement. “I am hope-ful that the law will protect students from those who would threaten or intimidate them through obscene texts.”
The Cyberbullying Research Center, an information clear-inghouse operated by criminal justice professors in Florida and Wisconsin, defi nes cyber-bullying as “when someone repeatedly harasses, mistreats, or makes fun of another person online or while using cell phones or other electronic devices."
About one in fi ve adoles-cents will be victimized by cyberbullies, according to the center’s research. In extreme cases, authorities say, cyberbul-lying has driven young people to commit suicide.
Virginia already has a law
New law targets cyber- bullying
BY ERICA TERRINICapital News Service
Virginians’ private property rights would be more secure under a resolution passed by the General Assembly to restrict the government’s eminent domain powers. The resolution seeks to amend the Virginia Constitution to strengthen property right protections.
Gov. Bob McDonnell said passage of the resolution last week “is a step in the right direction and is a long time coming.”
“For too long, government and certain business interests colluded to make it possible to take the land of one landowner and give it to another, merely for the purpose of increasing tax revenue or employment or for private gain,” the governor said.
On Tuesday, Feb. 22, the Senate voted 35-5 for House Joint Resolution 693. The fol-lowing day, the House gave its fi nal approval of the measure, 83-15. If the General Assembly passes the resolution again next year, voters will consider the constitutional amendment in a statewide referendum in November 2012.
As a state legislator in 2007,
Resolution strengthens property rights
Cinderella said it best: “In dreams you lose your heartaches." Since 2006, the Midlothian Junior Woman’s Club has helped many area teenage girls overcome the heartache of not being able to af-ford a prom dress due to fi nancial hardships.
This year the MJWC, Puritan Cleaners and 103.7 The River have teamed up for another successful Cinderella Dreams project. The project provides gowns and accessories, free of charge, to any girl who, just like Cinderella, needs help getting a gown for the ball.
The Cinderella Dreams project is currently ac-cepting donations until Friday, March 11 of new or gently used gowns and accessories at all Puritan
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DREAMS P1
PROPERTY RIGHTS P4
PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINAMike Evino helps Midlothian Woman's Junior Club Cinderella Dreams chair Chrystal Graybill unload the donated prom dresses from storage. Several club members and volunteers were busy getting the store ready for the three-day annual event that helps girls who are fi nancially challenged fi nd a dress, shoes and accessories for prom.
Barlow eventually started splitting time between the pool and the track, meaning he spent most of the year playing catch-up with peers who specialized in one sport or the other.
Ironically, that experience helped
him. When he returned from the injury, he wasn’t intimidated by the prospect of having to work extra hard to make up for lost time.
“It took a long time to get back,
PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLDarren Barlow, center, with parents Angie and Scott, during the Midlothian senior's national letter-of-intent to run for Virginia Tech.
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Cleaners and metro-Rich-mond YMCAs. They are welcoming volunteers of all ages to help prepare the store and only adult-volunteers to help staff the store during the open shopping days.
The shopping event is being held on two weekends at The Village Marketplace Shopping Center located at 13172 Midlothian Tnpk. in Midlothian. The shop-ping event will be on Friday, March 18, from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturday, the 19, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The shopping event will continue the next weekend on Saturday, March 26 from 11a.m. – 3 p.m.
Girls will be helped on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. A donation of $5 is sug-gested.
Parents and their daugh-ters, who have previously attended the shopping event, have expressed their grati-tude and relief knowing that the burden of buying a dress has been lifted by the Cinder-ella Dreams project.
To learn about volunteer opportunities, please contact the project chair at: [email protected] or visit the website at: www.cinderel-ladreams.net.
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additional $1 you can select from an assortment of desserts.The fi sh fry begins on Friday, March 11 at St. Edwards ad-
jacent gym, located off Huguenot Road at 2700 Dolfi eld Dr. in Bon Air. It continues consecutively for the following fi ve Fri-days. Dinner is served from 5 to 7 p.m. For the busy families, take-out dinners are also available. The public is welcome.
Some of the charities the organization supports through the annual dinner fund raiser are: Riverside School, Outreach in Love (assisting children and adults who are mentally chal-lenged, Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph’s Villa. Christmas turkey dinners are served to the veterans at McGuire Medical Center, feeding the homeless at Christmas through CARITAS, and young adults Robotics teams as well as sending books and magazines to the soldiers who are serving in Iraq and Afghani-stan.
Courtesy of Dan Murphy, Knights of Columbus 6546
When the fi sh fry began the Knights of Columbus 6546 at St. Edward the Confessor Roman Catholic Church was feeding about 200 people per week. Today, 10 years later they are feeding 400 to 500 people per week within the same time frame at the same location. They contribute doubling the number of people served by offering fresh, homemade fi sh dinners during the season of Lent.
They serve a lightly battered farm-bred catfi sh or baked salmon or lemon pepper salmon. Side dishes are: coleslaw, bake potatoes, or French fries. For the children, a half por-tion of catfi sh or macaroni & cheese dinners are available. Of course the Knights of Columbus also has soft drinks, coffee, and tea for your liking. The price is $9 for adults, $6 for chil-dren 4 to 12 years old and children under 3 are free. For an
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Knights of Columbus 6546 to begin 10th year of serving dinner through the Lenten season
The Chesterfi eld County Public Library system is hosting three free programs in March to celebrate Women’s History Month. On Saturday, March 12, 11 a.m.-noon, at Central Library, the Virginia Homespun Dance Ensemble will perform 19th-century dances with authentic representation of the social graces of that time period.
Halloway House of Petersburg will present “Getting Dressed in a Hurry,” a demonstration of how a woman would get dressed for the day during the 19th century. A live model will get dressed for a normal day using all of the clothing articles from that time period. Authentic period clothing such as undergarments, outerwear and accessories will be on display. This program will take place on Tuesday, March 22, 11 a.m.-noon, at Chester Library.
The program “Winning Women” will be presented twice on March 26, 10:30-11:30 a.m., at Central Library and 2-3 p.m. at Meadowdale Library. Storyteller Lynn Ruehlmann celebrates Women’s History Month with a look at photographer Dorothea Lange and cookbook author, Fannie Farmer.
Registration is recommended and begins two weeks prior to the program start date. For more information, call (804) 768-7941.
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Henricus Historical Park contin-ues its 400th commemoration with the third major event in a series called “The Year of Henricus” with “Henricus Colledge – First Uni-versity Charted in North America” on March 26 and 27. In 1619, the Virginia Company of London char-tered a university designed to offer higher learning to both colonists and American Indians. After the Indian offensive of 1622, develop-ment was postponed until 1693 when the College of William and Mary became the fi rst permanent univer-sity in Virginia. This event explores Henricus Colledge through family-friendly historical interpretations and demonstrations, including lectures from experts on the university.
Activities will highlight how colo-nists and American Indians applied educational systems within their cultures. American Indian activi-
ties will feature how the Powhatan people learned to cook, sew clothes, craft tools, make and use weapons and construct dwellings. English ac-tivities include militia, religious and cultural instruction, trade appren-ticeships and house management including cooking and gardening. On Saturday, lantern tours recount-ing the Indian offensive of 1622 will begin at 7 p.m. and pre-registration is required. Both days, prominent lecturers will discuss the political and religious questions of the day, includ-ing the Indian offensive of 1622.
In an effort to expand its social networking presence, Henricus Historical Park will conduct a draw-ing for fi ve complimentary “400th Commemoration All-Access Passes” for Facebook fans if the Henricus page reaches 500 followers by March 26. Passes include free admission to the Park for two adults for one year,
advance notice of special events and programs and 20% off in the visitor’s center gift shop. Please help the Park spread the word by inviting friends and family to follow Henricus on Facebook here.
“The Year of Henricus” began with Publick Days 2010 and will continue to lead up to the site’s 400th anniver-sary which will be commemorated in September 2011. Events will culmi-nate with the arrival of 17th-century ship replica, Godspeed from James-town Settlement, at Publick Days this September. For more information about all events during “The Year of Henricus”, visit www.henricus.org or call (804) 748-1613. Reporters and photographers are encouraged to schedule tours in advance and attend all events.
Admission for Henricus Colledge, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, is free for gift club
patrons, $8 for adults and $6 for children aged 3-12. Pre-regis-tration is required by March 19 for the lantern tours, which will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on March 26, by calling (804) 748-1613. Henricus Historical Park is located on 32 acres along the scenic and historic James River and is surrounded by the 810-acre Dutch Gap Conservation Area. The park is located at 251 Henri-cus Park Road, Chester (23836). courtesy of Henricus Historical Park
Lecture scheduleSaturday1 p.m. - Robert C. Galgano, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of History, Univer-sity of Richmond: "Trust is the Mother of Deceit: 1622"2 p.m. - Stuart Peachey, Director of Historical Management Associates Ltd.: "The Farming English People of 1622 Virginia"3 p.m. - Margaret E. Carlini, Education Supervisor at Henricus Historical Park: “Legacy of Early Virginia Education – 1622 to Today”
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that says, “Any person who uses obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or makes any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threatens any illegal or im-moral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, over any telephone or citizens band radio, in this Common-wealth, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.”
But the statute doesn’t say anything about texting. HB 2059 would make it clear that obscene or threat-ening text messages would be illegal.
“This is an example of changing laws to keep up with changing times,” Bell said. “It was originally brought to my attention by a juvenile prosecutor in Culpeper. I also met with my local middle and high school principals, who made it clear that cyberbullying does cause problems in their schools.”
Bell’s measure states that “over any telephone” would cover “any electronically transmitted communica-tion producing a visual or electronic message that is received or transmitted by cellular telephone or other
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The Senate’s action now sends the bill to Gov. Bob McDonnell for his approval. If signed into law, the legisla-tion would take effect July 1. A Class 1 misdemeanor is punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fi ne.
“I am hopeful that the law will protect students from those who would threaten or intimidate them through obscene texts,” Bell said.
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Black History Month came to an ear-splitting, foot-stomping, hand-clap-ping, singalong-singing end Monday morning at Robious Middle School.
The students from Siyani Roberts and Bridget Manasco's fi rst block English class saw to that.
With the accompani-ment of local blues musician and educator Cy Taggart on guitar, the 18 students traced the black music experience in America from the earliest slave songs to the most con-temporary hip-hop.
They told the stories; Tag-gart, of the River City Blues Society of Virginia, sang the songs; and Aaren Parsons, displaying deft footwork and self-confi dence not often seen in an eighth-grade boy, danced up a storm.
"This whole program is just amazing," said Assistant Principal Jason Sears, still in awe from his temporary perch in the back of the au-ditorium between the second and third performances of the 30-minute show. It was put on once each for the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders.
He credited Roberts, in her eighth year at the Ches-terfi eld County school, with creating a month-long series of programs that were more intensive than any Black His-tory Month celebration in recent memory at the school.In addition to the musical review, she helped students create for the school a black history museum displaying the many every day inven-tions and led an effort to decorate classroom doors with themes of African-American accomplishments.
Principal Javaid Saddiqi added,"The way our teachers and students have responded to the structure [Roberts and Manasco] created, our students and staff have really run with it. They appreci-ated the hard work and it compelled them to be active participants in this month."
Roberts was quick to share credit with Manasco, in her fi rst full year at Robious, and with everyone else in the school.
"We wanted something that showed the kids that it was more than just sports and entertainment," she said.
Each grade had a dif-ferent theme for the door decorations from science, innovation, sports, enter-tainment, literature, and politics. But Roberts and Manasco kept the music for their class, which includes an educationally and culturally diverse mix of students. The students are black, white and Hispanic. Some speak Eng-lish well, some as a second language. But no matter their backgrounds, they all needed
a way to connect with the topic.
"We were looking for something to make the kids part of Black History Month," Manasco said.
For a month, the students researched the music and put together their show. They did it in class some but mostly on their own time, usually at lunch.
The reward, the teachers said, was that for a day, their students got to be something they normally aren't: the center of attention.
"A lot of them are not the kids who are usually chosen for things," Manasco said of the students.
To the surprise of the teachers, every student participated. Some, such as Aaren, ate up the attention. He perfectly mimicked the dance moves of Michael Jackson and added some of his own, drawing a rousing ovation each show.
Others, such as Giovanni Mackie, mustered up all the courage they could to get through their parts, but they made it through without a hitch.
Giovanni, who enlight-ened his schoolmates about the blues singer B.B. King, made it through all three shows just fi ne and pro-nounced himself A-OK.
"I'm fi ne," he said. "It wasn't too bad."
Focusing on music was more than fi ne with Cassidy Durham, who spoke about hip-hop.
"Music is my life," she said after the second show. "I can't imagine life without music. And I think from this, I've learned how much African-Americans have contributed to music."
Roberts, as teachers are wont to do, came out having learned a lesson of her own.
"I know what my kids'
Cy Taggart is known as the "Blues In The Schools" guy. A board member of The River City Blues Society of Virginia, a Richmond-based chapter in the interna-tional organization offers a free program that provides musical educational outreach to local schools through a grant from the Experience Music Project.
"What we do is offer three different cur-riculum. We do a Fine Arts class, I do an improvisation class for ensemble and then this would be considered a performance," Taggart explained during a break between the student shows at Robious Middle School's Black History Month celebration.
Taggart added that the improvisa-tion class offers a chance for students to explore music. "The fi rst thing I do is tell them [students] to turn the music stands around, we're not using them today. I teach them a simple improvisational vamp, a background thing, and give them simple tools to be able to actually improvise," he said.
Taggart also teaches music history component of the program. He added that Siyani Roberts and Bridget Manasco asked him to provide music for the school's
event. Taggart was impressed with the show
and the students' efforts. "They did a great job. They worked hard at practice on Thursday," he said.
For learn about Blues In The Schools and the River City Blues Society of Virginia chapter, visit http://rivercityblues.org
- by Elizabeth Farina
The Blues In The Schools guy
potential is," she said.
Zachary Reid is a staff writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Lessons, events, and exhibits add depth to school's Black History Month celebration
Teacher Siyani Roberts, center, encourages the students to join in the morning music event.
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I knew the day would come when my child would dis-agree with me saying, “but the teacher said…”
First, I love my child’s teachers. They are thoughtful and kind. They are dedicated to their profession. They are also human.
So, when I heard these words uttered from the mouth of my babe, I knew I was treading in to unchartered ter-ritories. How should I respond to such a statement?
It was during our dinner time when I heard about “the school snack.” I didn’t receive a teacher’s note. I didn’t get an e-mail. I didn’t even have the luck of a courtesy phone call. Instead, my child tells me that the individually-wrapped snack I have been sending to school with her for over a week has too much sugar. Huh?
Yes, my child’s snack had been exchanged that day for a “health” bar because the teacher said the snack from home had too much sugar. What federal or state regulations or guidelines, or even school policies, did I break? I couldn’t help feeling irritated as well as inadequately prepared to answer my child’s question about her snack. It was time to separate fact from fi ction.
In our pantry were boxes for both the snack I had sent with my child as well as a recently purchased box of those “health” bars too. Flipping over to the Nutritional Infor-mation graph, I noticed that the “health” bar wasn’t really that healthy. It had dietary fi ber, but so did the broccoli being served for dinner. It had a trace percent of vitamins, minerals and 40 more calories and a whopping 8 more grams (two teaspoons) of sugar than the snack I had sent that day.
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McDonnell sponsored a proposal simi-lar to HJ 693, but it failed.
“Every year since then, the Gen-eral Assembly and special interests have attempted to chip away at those protections,” McDonnell said. “That is why there was a need to put these very fundamental rights in the Virginia Constitution and protect them from the political whims of future legislatures.”
Just two weeks earlier, the Senate had defeated a motion to consider HJ 693 on a party-line vote, with all 22 Demo-cratic senators opposing the measure.
But last week in the Senate, 17 Democrats joined all 18 Republicans to approve the resolution. The reversal came after the measure was approved by one-vote margins by both a sub-committee of the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee and by the full committee.
HJ 693 was sponsored by Delegate Johnny Joannou, a Democrat from Portsmouth. It would add these words to the state Constitution:
• “The General Assembly shall pass no law whereby private property, the right to which is fundamental, shall be damaged or taken except for public use.”
• “No private property shall be dam-aged or taken for public use with-out just compensation to the owner thereof.”
• “No more private property may be taken than necessary to achieve the
stated public use.”• “Just compensation shall be no less
than the value of the property taken, business goodwill and access lost, dam-ages to the residue caused by the taking, and damages to adjacent property caused by the taking.”
• “A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exer-cises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services.”
• “In all other cases, a taking or damaging of private property is not for public use if the primary use is for private gain, private benefi t, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development, except for the elimination of a public nuisance existing on the property.”
• “The condemnor bears the burden of proving that the use is public, with-out a presumption that it is.”
According to McDonnell, the resolu-tion will ensure that “the cost of taking private property be borne by the public, not the individual property owner.”
“The public at large benefi ts from the property, and so it should bear the total cost, which includes compensat-ing landowners for loss of profi ts when businesses are forced to move, and loss of access when property is taken which gave a landowner access to his land,” McDonnell said.
Before the legislative session began, the state’s Republican leadership said it
would push for protecting the property rights of Virginians. This was a priority for McDonnell, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, At-torney General Ken Cuccinelli and the Senate and House Republicans, noted Sen. Thomas Norment Jr., R-Williams-burg.
Sen. Stephen Newman, R-Lynch-burg, chairman of the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus, said the resolution’s passage was a major victory for all Virginians dedicated to ensuring private property rights.
“It is also an important victory for Senate Republicans,” Newman said. “Our persistence and commitment have paid off.”
Legislators see the proposed consti-tutional amendment as a corrective to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, Conn. In that case, the court ruled 5-4 that the power of eminent domain could be used to transfer land from one private owner to another to further economic development.
Sen. Emmett Hanger Jr., R- Mount Solon, said the constitutional protec-tions would have the greatest impact on Virginia’s farming communities.
“Even before the Kelo decision made this a national issue, leaders in rural communities and agribusiness were advocating measures to limit eminent domain,” Hanger said. “The passage of this amendment is great news for rural Virginians.”
With all of the current discussion about short-term federal spending resolutions and potential gridlock in Congress, you might think we have lost the opportunity for serious action on our longer-range defi cits and debt.
I remain convinced that our country is at a critically important moment: we simply must seize this opportunity to get our fi scal house in order for the long term, and since last summer this has been one of my top priorities.
Partnering with my Republican col-league Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, we are working to try to turn the recom-mendations of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform into legislation.
Our current national debt stands at more than $14 trillion. If adopted in full, the commission’s recommenda-tions would gradually reduce that debt by $4 trillion over the next ten years.
Unfortunately, the current debate is centered on deep cuts in short-term, discretionary and nonmilitary spend-ing, which only makes-up about 12% of the overall federal budget.
The spending proposal recently ad-opted by the House of Representatives slashes funding for workforce training programs that are so important to many people across southwest and southside.
It targeted federal support for the multi-state, multi-year Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort, and the House budget makes deep cuts in federal funding to
Northern Virginia’s Metro mass transit system.
The simple fact is, drastic and even painful cuts to these individual programs alone will not fi x our larger structural budget problems.
That's why Senator Chambliss and I have been working with a grow-ing number of our Senate colleagues to address these fi scal challenges in a more comprehensive and responsible way. We must work together to control government spending, simplify our tax code, and begin to gradually eliminate our defi cits.
That is the only way we will fi x our nation’s balance sheet over the long term.
The defi cit commission's recom-mendations, while far from perfect, represent a courageous fi rst step in tackling our national debt in ways that will make our nation competitive for the 21st century:
· The commission laid out a plan to accelerate healthcare savings in Medicare and Medicaid, and it provides a responsible roadmap to strengthen Social Security for the next 75 years. The commission’s plan protects Social Security, and does not use Social Secu-rity funds to balance the budget.
· It dramatically simplifi es a tax system in serious need of an overhaul. It proposes closing loopholes and phasing out some deductions while lowering overall tax rates for individuals and
corporations. · It puts everything on the table,
including entitlement programs and defense spending. We believe that this has to be part of the discussion, too.
As you might imagine, various political opponents and special interests already are mobilizing to short-circuit our work on this legislation, which demonstrates why this is such a dif-fi cult challenge. It also shows why Washington’s typical political response has always been to kick this can down the road, and push the tough choices to another day:
· These choices do not get any easier simply by delaying action. Every day that we put off these diffi cult decisions, an average $4 billion is added to the national debt.
· Every dollar that we spend simply paying the interest on our nation's staggering debt is disappearing into a fi scal sinkhole. These are resources that cannot be targeted toward creat-ing jobs, expanding the U.S. economy or addressing any of our other shared priorities.
While there are plenty of recom-mendations in the commission's plan that I would not have chosen, this much is crystal clear to me and the other members of our bipartisan coalition: we simply cannot postpone this diffi cult discussion any longer.
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
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The talent show, produced by Keri Wormald, features live critiques of compet-ing acts by a panel of performance profes-sionals. The acts, which began with over 60 student artists auditioning to perform for the fi rst week's semi-fi nals this past Friday, went through the judges' decision to either be eliminated or move on to the fi nals to compete for cash prizes and bragging rights. This year's judges include actor, director, and producer Steve Perigard, actress and theatre educator Laine Satterfi eld, Richmond Boys' Choir artistic director Billy Dye, and season seven American Idol semi-fi nalist Colton Berry.
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The eclectic talent on hand will include an opera performance, a Broadway singer and tapper, two original contemporary dances, break dancers, singers, guitarists, rappers, a rock band and a performance by Thomas Dale's drumline. The evenings' hosts will be Dale teacher Justin Fashure and Kara Watts.
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Blocked Trevor Cullen of team Smurf It Up, composed of Manchester High School students, blocks a ball during a dodgeball match.
Lead with the right Raymond Robin-son of the Richmond Police Athletic League (PAL) throws a right to Dan-iel Smith of Ninth Dimension boxing during a 132 lb. boxing exhibition.
The referee is watching Robinson won the exhibition match by decision.
Send it on Jordan Archambault of team Midlo DECA Club prepares to blast a ball at his opponent during the county Dare 2B U event.
Do not get hit Jonathan Kitt of team Midlo DECA Club dodges an oncom-ing ball while holding on to his next shot at the opponents.
Preparing for gloves Keith Hunter tapes of hand of boxer Phillip Thompson before the boxing exhibition.
Taking aim Danielle Boeres of Man-chester High School throws the ball during the dodgeball tournament.
And the winner is Hilary Strahota, Senior Director of Publications and New Media for by America's Promise Alliance, presents the100 Best com-munities for Young People award to Chesterfi eld School Superintendent Dr. Marcus J. Newsome, School board members Omarh Rajah and Dianne Pettitt and Chesterfi eld County Supervisor Art Warren. The event was sponsored by Chesterfi eld SAFE, the county’s Department of Youth Planning and Development, COACH, Alpha Boxing Fitness, Bon Secours Sports Medicine and Teen Outpost.
Making contact Devon Thompson of the Alpha Boxing Club trades blows with Kevin Ford of the Ninth Di-mension Boxing Club during a 132 lb. boxing exhibition Ford won the match on decision.
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Three-peat thrillerTitans rally to beat Dale, claim third regional titleBY WELDON BRADSHAWMedia General News Service
Stunning.Simply stunning.Down 11 points early
in the fourth quarter and seemingly headed nowhere, Cosby's girls used a smother-ing 1-2-1-1 full-court zone press to ignite a 20-2 run and defeat Thomas Dale 62-55 Monday night in the cham-pionship game of the Central Region basketball tourna-ment at the Siegel Center.
"Pure guts and hustle and never, never say die," said Titans' coach Rachel Mead of the reason behind her team's third consecutive regional title.
"What more could I ask?"With Duke University-
bound Ka'lia Johnson (a game-high 22 points) run-ning the show and getting plenty of help from her supporting cast, the Knights led 21-7 after a quarter, then fought off a mini-rally by Cosby and took a 32-26 lead into the locker room.
Though Johnson, the regional player of the year, was fl irting with foul trouble, Dale regained its intensity, increased its advantage to 51-
PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLKelsey Conyers is one of three seniors who have played on all three of Cosby's regional championship squads.
39 entering the fourth period, and appeared comfortably in command.
After a steal by Madi Conyers, Mead called time at 6:11 and made the strategic defensive adjustment that she will remember, well, forever.
“If we couldn't dip into the lead any more than we had, we knew we'd have to press,” Mead said. “We had to
go after it. And we did, and it worked.”
Thomas Dale led 53-41 when Johnson went to the bench after being whistled for her fourth foul with 6:20 left in the game.
The Knights’ advantage was still signifi cant (53-44) when Johnson returned to the court less than two min-utes later.
But Cosby seized the mo-ment after Chyna Lennox stepped up and drew a charge on Johnson for her fi fth and disqualifying foul with 3:50 still on the clock.
In the fi nal period, the Ti-tans harried the Knights into 18 of their 34 turnovers and allowed just three shots from
Cosby refuses to use youth as an excuseBY JIM [email protected]
Conventional wisdom said Cosby’s girls basket-ball team would take a step back this season after losing standouts Becca Wann, Jazmin Pitts and Andrea Bertrand – and their com-bined 45 points per game -- to graduation last June.
The Titans were aware of those expectations when they gathered for their fi rst preseason workout, but that didn’t mean they agreed.
So after Cosby completed a remarkable comeback Monday night to beat Thomas Dale 62-55 for its third consecutive Central Region championship, there was no gloating or chest-thumping – just the satisfac-tion that comes with work-ing hard enough to prove all the naysayers wrong.
“This is sweeter than the other two because no one thought we’d even be here, let alone win it,” Cosby coach Rachel Mead said.
Cosby (23-4), which plays host to Northwest Region runner-up Stonewall Jackson in the Group AAA state quarterfi nals Saturday at the Siegel Center, is at least a year ahead of schedule with a roster that features only three seniors and a start-ing lineup that includes a 14-year-old freshman post player.
Monday’s game was further proof that age is just a number. While all three seniors (Kelsey Conyers, Kaylor Nichols and Chyna
Lennox) were in the starting lineup against Thomas Dale, Cosby's top three scor-ers were that 14-year-old, Dorothy Adomako, who poured in a game-high 19 points; another freshman, Madi Conyers, who came off the bench to hit three three-pointers and score 12; and a sophomore, Adriane Vaughan, who added 10.
"Our young players are fearless," Kelsey Conyers said. "They have a lot of confi dence."
Confi dence never was an issue for Cosby when Wann, Pitts and Bertrand were on the fl oor. Each scored more than 1,600 points in their high school careers, and their experience paid divi-dends as the Titans reached the state tournament in each of the past two seasons.
Now it's up to the current group of seniors to counsel their younger teammates and give them a glimpse of what to expect when they run out onto the court for the start of Saturday's game.
"The pressure is differ-ent," Lennox acknowledged. "It's like beginning a whole new season. The other teams are all just as good as we are, so we have to work hard and be focused."
Mead has no doubt that her players -- veterans and youngsters alike -- will be ready when the bright lights come on again at the Siegel Center.
"They showed me they can deal with the crowd," Mead said. "We consider this our home fl oor now."
PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLMonacan's Gabby Harris fi nished with 27 points and 11 rebounds in the Chiefs' semifi nal loss to Cosby.
Chiefs lament end of Cinderella runBY JIM [email protected]
Monacan’s girls basketball team rolled into last Thursday’s Central Region semifi nals with a ton of momentum and even more confi dence.
And why not? The Chiefs already had pulled a pair of upsets, beating district champions Patrick Henry and Highland Springs by a combined 31 points in their fi rst two regional games.
They also believed the law of averages was on their side; their semifi nal opponent, Cosby, already had beaten Monacan three times this season.
It’s been said that beating the same team three times in one season is extremely diffi cult. If so, how tough must it be to do it four times?
“We wanted Cosby,” Monacan
coach Larry Starr said, standing outside his team’s locker room at the Siegel Center last Thursday following a 58-50 loss to the Ti-tans – a result that ended Mona-can’s season and left the Chiefs one victory shy of their fi rst trip to the Group AAA state tournament since 2006.
“Those two wins did a lot for us,” Starr added. “It’s the fi rst time I saw fi re in my girls’ eyes against Cosby. We came here to win the region.”
For the fi rst half, at least, it appeared that Gabby Harris was going to help Monacan do just that. The 5-7 junior came out fi r-ing from all over the court, hitting four three-pointers and pouring in 19 points as the Chiefs took a 30-29 halftime lead.
Freshman steps up in clutchBY JIM [email protected]
Cosby senior Kelsey Conyers had a simple, direct message for her little sis-ter when Madi entered Monday’s Cen-tral Region fi nal in the second quarter: The team needs you to step up.
Did it ever. After a fast start, the Titans had gone
ice-cold from the fi eld. They scored only seven points in the fi rst quarter and had only 12 when Thomas Dale star Ka’lia Johnson went to the bench after sustaining an injury to her right eye with 3:22 left in the fi rst half.
Searching for some offense with her team trailing by double digits, Cosby coach Rachel Mead played a hunch and sent Madi Conyers into the biggest game of her young life.
Conyers insisted she wasn’t nervous. But she wasn’t exactly feeling confi dent, either, after struggling with her shot in pregame warmups at the Siegel Center.
That all changed in the time it took for the freshman to get her fi rst open look from beyond the three-point arc, line up her shot and let it fl y.
Swish!“Once the fi rst one went through,
it was a huge confi dence booster,” said Conyers, who made two more three-pointers and helped keep Cosby within striking distance until Johnson fouled out late in the game.
She also made three free throws as the Titans rallied for a 62-55 victory and their third consecutive regional championship.
Conyers’ 12 points were second on the team to Dorothy Adomako’s 19 and made her one of Cosby’s three double-fi gure scorers.
PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLCosby freshman Madi Conyers receives a congratulatory handshake from Chesterfi eld County school board representative Omarh Rajah following the Titans' victory over Thomas Dale Monday night at the Siegel Center.
“I just had to block everything out and play like I’ve been on the team for three years,” Conyers said.
How cool was the kid? She wasn’t even fazed when she found herself being guarded by Johnson, the region player of the year who will play on
scholarship at Duke next season, at a couple different points of the second half.
“That’s a big compliment in my book,” Mead said.
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PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLCosby's Olivia Morgan drives to the basket against Thomas Dale's Ka'lia Johnson.
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the fi eld, none of which came close to their target.
"The front line [of the press] has to be active to the ball," said Dorothy Adomako, a 6-0 freshman who as the rover on the press was cred-ited with fi ve steals.
"The middle person [Ado-mako] has to keep her eye on the ball at all times and look for a bad pass."
After back-to-back layups off steals by Adomako and another by Kelsey Conyers cut the difference to 53-48, Thomas Dale coach Kevin Coffey called a timeout in an attempt to calm his troops.
To no avail. The momen-tum was squarely in the Ti-tans' hands. They seemingly became more confi dent with each possession.
Adomako dropped in two free throws, Lennox hit a layup off a steal, and Adriane Vaughan duplicated Lennox's feat to give Cosby a 54-53 lead at 2:51. Dale called another timeout.
With smiles crossing their faces, the Titans began a game of keep-away and hit 8 of 14 free throws to ensure the victory that hardly seemed possible a quarter earlier.
"We never gave up," said Kelsey Conyers, "We had faith in each other and in our-selves. We played as a team."
PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLCosby's players and coaches celebrate after receiving the Central Region championship trophy for the third consecutive season Monday in Richmond.
But Cosby coach Rachel Mead hasn’t built one of the region’s powerhouse programs by failing to make timely adjustments. This time, she plucked sophomore Olivia Morgan off the bench and told her to become Har-ris’ shadow.
Morgan did even bet-ter than that; by using her quickness to prevent Harris from receiving the ball, she effectively stalled a Monacan offense that had been hitting on all cylinders.
“I had a feeling it was coming at halftime because I saw their coach getting frustrated,” Harris said.
The frustration belonged to the Chiefs in the second half. Unable to get the ball to Harris, Monacan’s other four starters combined to shoot just 6 of 34 from the fl oor.
Cosby wasn’t much better – the Titans made only 6 of 22 fi eld-goal attempts in the second half – but pulled away by going 17 for 32 at the free-throw line after halftime.
“We had that game. The ball just didn’t bounce our way,” said Kara Bacile, who fi nished with two points, fi ve
rebounds and four assists in her fi nal high school game.
Monacan, which exceeded all expectations this season after losing fi ve seniors, bids farewell to four more players this year: twins Kara and Les-lie Bacile, Christina Martin and Alex Johnson.
There were more than a few red eyes as the Chiefs de-parted their locker room for the fi nal time this season.
“It’s going to be tough leaving this team because we’ve become like a family,” Leslie Bacile added.
Starr seemed most disap-pointed that the end of the season means he won’t be able to spend more time with a team he called “the most fun group I’ve ever coached.”
Harris said Monacan’s returning players shouldn’t spend too much time dwell-ing on the loss; instead, they should build on the con-fi dence gained from their Cinderella run and prepare to take the next step in 2011-12.
“We had a point to prove and we proved it, even though we lost,” she added. “Nobody believed we’d make it this far. We gave everything we had. Sometimes you just come up short.”
PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLSisters Madi (left) and Kelsey Conyers share a laugh during the awards presentation.
Conyers was only con-cerned about Johnson to the extent that it affected her team’s ability to win the game.
“I knew she was on me and I was happy because if she’s guarding me, that helps my teammates score and get rebounds,” she added.
Kelsey Conyers has always known her sister was capable of putting up big numbers on offense. She may have been the least surprised person in the building to watch Madi bury one three-pointer after another.
“She’s defi nitely a spark off the bench,” the elder Conyers said with a smile. “I had faith in her because she’s done it before.”
With that, the sisters picked up their gym bags and began walking down the corridor that leads from the locker rooms to the fl oor of the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Arm in arm, laughing and celebrating their team’s championship, they couldn’t have been happier.
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Angie Barlow said her son has been that way since he was a child. Whether he was playing sports or do-ing schoolwork, he always wanted to be the best.
“He’s pretty driven,” she added. “He doesn’t cut him-self any slack and he never makes excuses for why he can’t do something.”
After such a serious injury, the physical challenges inherent in cross country weren’t insignifi cant for Barlow’s parents. But while they discussed their concerns with Darren, they never told him he had to focus strictly on swimming because there was less risk in re-injuring his ankle.
“I think it probably was in the back of our minds, especially in cross country because it’s uneven terrain and you’re more susceptible to turning your ankle,” said Barlow’s father, Scott. “As time went on, it became less and less of an issue.”
As his cross country times improved throughout his junior year, Barlow began to realize that he’d eventually have to choose either swim-ming or running if he hoped to compete in college.
It wasn’t an easy decision. Poseidon coach Ted Sallade had been extremely support-ive after Barlow’s injury and Barlow didn’t want to let his teammates down by quitting to focus entirely on running.
But while Barlow received his only swimming offers from a few small Division III schools, he soon realized there was greater opportu-nity to land a scholarship if he pursued a combination of track and cross country on the next level.
He made a visit to Lip-scomb University, a Division I program in Tennessee, but wasn’t enamored by its liberal arts curriculum.
He wanted to run for Virginia Tech. Even if he couldn’t run, he wanted to graduate from Virginia Tech.
He wanted it so badly, he took the initiative and decided to market himself.
He sent several e-mails to Tech’s coaches expressing interest in joining the squad as a freshman, but didn’t get a reply until midway through the cross country season.
When Hokies cross country/distance coach Ben Thomas fi nally came through with an offer, Barlow jumped at it; now he’s look-ing forward to joining his older sister in Blacksburg in August.
“Virginia Tech’s coaches are really good at getting the best out of everybody,” Barlow said. “I’m a motivated person and I don’t like doing poorly at anything; if I’m not going to do it well, why do it?”
PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLMidlothian's Darren Barlow will run at Virginia Tech next season after making it back from a serious leg injury to become one of the top cross country runners in Virginia.
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Missing just one workoutisn't the end of the worldBY JIM [email protected]
I am happy to report this fi ne day that my dream of completing the Monument Avenue 10K is alive and well.
That was in serious doubt as recently as a couple weeks ago, when scheduling issues and a lingering ill-ness conspired to keep me away from my training team’s weekly Saturday morning run for the fi rst time.
It wasn’t the fi rst time I had skipped a workout. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve already made a mockery of our detailed weekly train-ing schedule with my laundry list of excuses for ditching individual runs, among them: lack of motivation, pain in both knees and a work schedule that doesn’t always leave room for running during the week.
Lame. I know.My better half has already felt com-
pelled to note (with some annoyance) both my near-compulsive need to march to the beat of my own drum-
mer and my inability to follow a daily planner for more than a couple days.
Gotta enjoy that tough love, right guys?
Anyhow, I had been quite proud of myself for getting up at 6:30 a.m. every Saturday, no matter how late I had been up the night before, and managing to complete the fi rst four longer weekend workouts with the rest of my team.
Skipping a Saturday run seemed like a much bigger deal, as if I had breached some invisible point-of-no-return.
I always fi gured my lazy side would use even the slightest opening to con-vince the rest of my body to abandon this 10K folly altogether, and the pos-sibility left me seriously bummed out.
Possibility became near-certainty when I managed to go six more days without so much as lacing up my run-ning shoes, never mind actually using them for their intended purpose.
When a quick scan of my training booklet revealed that last Saturday’s
team run was to cover four miles, I knew I was in deep, deep trouble.
Four miles? Please. I had only gone three miles once, and it took several weeks of building stamina to accom-plish that goal.
Uncertainty rode shotgun with me to the Y on Saturday morning. After basically two weeks off, I had no idea if I could fi nish two miles. Four seemed like Mission Impossible.
Somehow, I did it. Well, almost. With two brief walking breaks, I’d guess I jogged about 3.7 of the four-mile workout – and couldn’t help but feel a keen sense of pride and accom-plishment afterward.
For anyone who plans to run the 10K next year, this is not to suggest that you should purposely ignore the training schedule set out by your YMCA leaders.
The plan is there for a reason. But one missed workout doesn’t have to be the end of the world, either.
Just don’t quit and everything will work out in the end.
MONUMENT AVENUE 10K: A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME
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Chesterfi eld Adult Sports is now accepting registrations for the upcoming Spring 2011 season.
You can download a registration form at chester-fi eldadultsports.com, print it and either deliver or mail it to P.O. Box 2355, Chester, VA 23831.
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