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PHOTO COURTESY OF CHAVONNE BROWNTony Shores,left, Paul Maretti, and Tyrone Noakes pause for the camera during a Saturday, Oct. 15 soccer tournament atProvidence Middle Soccer Field. Over 108 Special Olympics athletes from the counties of Chesterfield, Goochland, andPowhatan and 35 coaches are attending the Special Olympics Fall State Games that are currently underway at Virginia Beach.

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BY JIM [email protected]

Gage Edwards was a member of the first inlinehockey team at Bailey Bridge Middle School, asquad that was short on skill but made up forit with hustle and physical play.

That team pulled off a remarkable turnaround aftergoing winless during the regular season, winning fivestraight playoff games to claim the league championship.

Along the way, the Bailey Bridge players forged a bondthat survived even after some of them had given up thesport and moved on to other activities.

So when Joshua Grim found out that his former team-mate had been killed in a car accident Oct. 13 on QuallaRoad, Grim knew he had to do something to celebrateEdwards’ remarkable life.

A thought immediately popped into his head: Why notget the former Bailey Bridge players back together for apickup hockey game in Edwards’ memory?

“It just seemed like the right thing to do,” Grim said.Grim approached Edwards’ mother, Laurie, the follow-

ing Monday and asked if the family would have a problemwith him organizing a tribute game. Laurie Edwards saidshe’d be honored by such an effort.

So Grim and another former Bailey Bridge player, PaulBurnham, sprang into action. They launched a Facebookpage for the event and on its first day of existence, morethan 100 people confirmed their plans to attend. Bylunchtime on the second day, 18 players had committedto participate in the game.

“Four or five of the guys had hung up their pads,” Grimrecalled, “but when I called them, they all said they wereplaying and they’d find some way to get pads.”

Grim located a referee, Mike Spence, who donated histime and agreed to officiate the game for free. He alsofound supportive partners in Cynthia and Richard Kent,owners of Shooters Indoor Sportsplex in Midlothian.

The Kents remembered Edwards from his time as ahockey player and knew his family. They were glad to

donate their facility as host of the game in his honor.“I thought it was a great learning experience for the

kids,” Cynthia Kent said. “We want our young people todo something for somebody other than themselves. I fig-ured if [Grim] wanted to take on this project, I’d be rightthere with him.”

Many others obviously felt the same way. By Saturdayat 10:45 a.m., when the players were on the floor at Shoot-ers warming up for the game, Grim stole a quick glanceat the crowd and was stunned to find every seat filled

– many by people wearing Edwards’ preferred camouflage.“He said, ‘Can you believe this?’” Burnham recalled

with a smile. “I said, ‘What?’ He said, ‘All these people.’”Added Grim: “The whole thing just blew up so much.

We had both sides of stands filled and then some. It wasabout a million times more than anything we expected.”

Such was the outpouring of love and support in the af-termath of Edwards’ death on his 17th birthday, a tragedythat has touched so many people in the local Chesterfield

St. Francis Watkins Centre opensMidlothian-based facility offers 24-hour emergency department

BY ELIZABETH [email protected]

Bon Secours St. FrancisWatkins Centre of-ficially opened itsemergency doors this

week as the first free-stand-ing, 24-hour, 7-day-a-weekemergency department for theGreater Richmond area. Thefacility, located on the south-western corner of Routes 288and 60 interchange in Ches-terfield County, is the newestexpansion to the Bon SecoursVirginia Health System, whichis the fourth largest healthcaresystem in the Commonwealth.

The Bon Secours commu-nity and their guests gatheredSaturday, Oct. 29, for theblessing and dedication of thenew building. The Most Rev.Francis X DiLorenzo, Bishopof the Diocese of Richmond,presided over the brief serviceand celebration. “I take the

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PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSGage Edward's mother Laurie places her son's hockey stick in the penalty box in memory of his aggressive play while onthe Bailey Bridge Middle School team during a memorial game held in the teen's honor.

PHOTO BY BRIDGE HAZELKevin Sheppard, vice-president of Ambulatory Services, assists Bishop Francis X DiLorenzo of theDiocese of Richmond, left, who presided over the blessing and the dedication of the new St. FrancisWatkins Centre in Midltohian on Saturday. The emergency care center is now open to serve the public.

Memorial game held in honor of Gage Edwards

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BY LATIKA LEESpecial Correspondent

Some say success in businessdepends on two things: cus-tomer satisfaction and personalrelationships.

For promotional product pitchmanFred Clark, the old adage “it’s not whatyou know, it’s who you know” still holdstrue in today’s business climate. But,the question arises – how do you knowwhom to know?

“I was looking at different network-ing oppor-tunities…lookedat theChamberof Com-merce anda groupcalledSynergy,”Clark said.He evenserved aspresidentof the lat-ter organi-zation.

“But,they

tended to have the same types of peopleattending,” Clark said. “I was looking forsomething where I might fit in a littlebit better.”

Clark, a Chesterfield County nativeand 1993 Radford University graduate,found the answer he was looking forthrough a young professionals’ organi-zation called the Richmond Jaycees, alocal chapter of the Virginia Jaycees andJunior Chamber International. Open toindividuals ages 18 to 40, the mission ofthe organization is to develop leadershipskills through community involvement.It provides opportunities in areas suchas business, community, individual andinternational relations. Currently, thereare 13 chapters located in the CentralVirginia area, including ChesterfieldCounty.

“I really knew of the Jaycees as anabbreviation for the “Junior Chamber ofCommerce,” said Clark, who is Chair-man of the Board for the RichmondJaycees and third-generation businessowner of Rennie’s Advertising Spe-cialties, “I thought it would be youngpeople with individuals like me whowould be a better fit for how I couldnetwork with people and develop long-

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opportunity, as the bishopof the diocese, of thankingall who has been so diligentand working so hard tobring this new reality intoour midst,” the bishop said.

Tom Winfree, Direc-tor President and CEO ofVillage Bank and Chair-man of Bon Secours JointHospitals Board, said to theaudience that he has beenamazed at the swiftness andcoordination in completingPhase I of the facility. “BonSecours is committed tohow health care is deliveredto our community and BonSecours St. Francis WatkinsCentre is a tangible, physi-cal piece to this commit-ment,” Winfree said.

“This is very significanteconomic developmentduring a time of depres-sion in our economy. Thisexpansion will increaseemployment and will nodoubt provide a substantialshot in the arm, pardon mymedical reference, for all ofour businesses in the area

both retail and institution-al,” he said.

After the ceremony, PaulRogers, president of theWestern Chesterfield Busi-ness Alliance, agreed thatSt. Francis Watkins Centrewill serves as an asset forthe community-at-large.“It’s a tremendous assetobviously for growth in thearea, not only as a commu-nity service facility, but as adriver of economic growthbecause of the jobs that itwill provide and the ser-vices to our community sowe’re really happy to havethem here,” he said.

Virginia Senator JohnWatkins agreed that themedical facility offersa needed service in theregion. “One of the thingsthat we see is that there area lot of people that don’t goto a family-practice physi-cian any more and theywind up in the emergencyroom. That overcrowdsemergency rooms at majorfacilities,” he said.

“This will take a load offof those facilities and allowpeople who need emergentcare, but may not need tobe in a hospital to comehere. They are triaged hereand the determination isthen made and that’s agood thing,” Watkins said.

The facility’s locationprovides access to emer-gency care for residentsin the surrounding areasincluding Powhatan andGoochland counties. Inthe event that advancedcare is required, St. FrancisWatkins Centre can trans-port patients to the largerSt. Francis Medical Centerlocated within five milesfrom the new facility.

The 16-acre propertyhas seen steady construc-tion since its groundbreak-ing in March of this year.The centre’s two buildings,one 40,000 and the other60,000 square-feet respec-tively, houses an emergencycenter department with16 patient bays, diagnosticimaging, women’s imagingcenter and medical officefacilities. Over 200 peoplewill be employed in the two

buildings with half of thosebeing new jobs in Ches-terfield County, accordingto Kevin Sheppard, vice-president of AmbulatoryServices.

Sheppard, with ShellyBuck-Turner and ValerieSzalay, provided a guidedtour of the new building’sfirst floor last week.

Sheppard explained theefficiency of using electron-ic-weight bins in the emer-gency department’s medicalsupply room. The technol-ogy allows nurses to focuson retrieving medical sup-plies needed without havingto individually record eachitem on a patient’s chart.Instead, a nurse can nowopen a patient’s file on thecomputer, pull the suppliesneeded and the items areautomatically listed underthe patient’s name. “Froma nursing perspective itwill be a much smootherprocess and will not nearlytake as much time, so theywill be able to be with theirpatient much quicker,”Sheppard said.

Buck-Turner, vicepresident of patient care

and chief nurse executiveSt. Francis Medical Center,highlighted that the emer-gency department also has anegative pressure room, andtwo of the 16 patient bayswill serve as an orthopedicroom and trauma room.

She explained that thenegative pressure roomreverses the air pressureso that the air flows intothe room and never flowsout, which reduces the riskof infection. “This type ofroom would be used forpatients that would come inwith any type of air-borneinfections such as TB [tu-berculosis] or meningitisand we would place patientsimmediately into this areaand quarantine them,” shesaid.

The orthopedic andtrauma bays offer sizeablespace for staff and equip-ment to maneuver aroundthe patient. ““For patientsthat may come in withlong-bone fractures thatmay need some type ofprocedure – stabilizationor fixation – they wouldcome to this room becauseyou can imagine the size of

the carts and the numberof practitioners that wouldneed to come in and assistwith that patient,” Buck-Turner said.

Valerie Szalay, adminis-trative director for imaging,Bon Secours HealthSource,Memorial Regional Medi-cal Center and RichmondCommunity Hospital,noted that the women’simaging center, located onthe second floor, is a com-prehensive care center. “Thetechnology that we havenow is under one roof…another unique character-istic to this service is thespecialized approach ofthe team that will providecomprehensive results whileyou’re waiting,” she said.“We feel that service is oneof a kind for ChesterfieldCounty and all the patientsin the surrounding area thatwe serve.”

The women’s imagingservices will open on Dec. 5and the projected open-ing of the larger secondbuilding is scheduled forFebruary 2012.

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term relationships.”This year, the Rich-

mond Jaycees is celebrat-ing its 75th Anniversary.It is the oldest chapter inthe capital region and thesecond oldest in the state,having served the metroRichmond area since Mayof 1936. Its history includesmany accomplishmentsincluding being instrumen-tal in Polio vaccinations,helping to bring the SpecialOlympics to Virginia, start-ing the Big Brothers BigSisters of Richmond affili-

ate, founding the RichmondChristmas Parade andbuilding community parksand playgrounds.

Although Clark origi-nally joined the RichmondJaycees to network, it wasbecause of the personalsupport and a sense ofpurpose that he remaineda member. He started outby attending a few monthlychapter meetings and waslater asked to volunteerfor a special commu-nity project called ‘ProjectW.A.R.M.’.

Project W.A.R.M.,founded in October of 1976

by Richmond resident LouWilson, is a joint commu-nity service effort led bythe City of Richmond, TheSalvation Army, Tuckahoeand Richmond Jaycees.Throughout the winterseason, the program sup-plies wood for less fortu-nate families who use it asa primary source to heattheir homes. The volunteerscut, split and deliver thefirewood on a weekly basis.

“I remember saying, ‘Idon’t have time for that. Ijust don’t have time on theweekends’,” he remembered.“But, it turns out that now,

ten years later, I am outthere just about every week-end.”

The project appealedto Clark because it didn’thave a fundraising aspectto it. Members don’t knockon doors to solicit moneyand the recipients don’tpay. Volunteers use theirpersonal vehicles to deliverthe wood. It is also a ‘green’project since the wood isreclaimed.

“Our fundraising isprimarily done throughChristmas Tree sales. Itforms our yearly opera-tions support. Many peopleknow us best through thiseffort. We start sales theday after Thanksgiving,”stated Clark. “This year,we’re initiating a new effortto benefit Big Brothers BigSisters where we’ll send“Letters from Santa” towell-behaved boys and girlswho are on his “Nice” list.”

For more informationabout Richmond Jayceesand their programs suchas Letters from Santa, linkonline at midlothianex-change.com

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PHOTO BY BRIDGET HAZELThe mural view from above relaxes patients undergoing imaging services at the new St. Francis Watkins Centre.

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Financial expert Aaron W. Smith, RFC, spoke withMidlothian’s Millwood School upper and middleschool students about the three principles inbuilding a foundation in the language of money

on Monday, Oct. 31.The president and founder of AW Smith Financial

Group highlighted three main points of sharing, spend-ing, and investing during his 30-minute presentation.“They all have great meaning,” Smith said. “Sometimesas we mature economically, we begin to learn a lot moreabout each of those.”

Smith explained that most people do not grow uplearning about money. “Because we don’t grow up learn-ing about money, we are a little afraid of it like it’s aforeign language,” he said.

Smith added that without a solid foundation in un-derstanding money, one does not always make the bestfinancial decisions. “It doesn’t matter if you have a Ph.D.or if you’re a high school graduate, it’s a challenge if youdon’t have the foundation for financial planning,” he said.

Betsy Latham, head of Millwood School, believed thesession was a good opportunity for the students to startthinking and talking about the financial world. She addedthat Dr. Eileen Atkinson, who is the assistant head ofmiddle and upper school, saw Smith during a five-minutebroadcast segment on CBS affiliate WTVR 6 and sug-gested Smith as a speaker for one of the school’s monthlyforums.

Dr. Atkinson added that Smith’s message was on targetwith the school’s core mission. “At Millwood School, webelieve that teaching students about money and finance isessential. Mr. Smith did an outstanding job of explaininghow important it is to balance investing, spending and

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINAPHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINAMillwood assistant head of middle and upper school Dr.Eileen Atkinson invited financial expert Aaron Smith todiscuss the language of the financial world with students.

Millwood students learn financial literacy

The World Language students at Clover Hill HighSchool celebrated cultural diversity by holding a WorldFair in the school’s parking lot on Thursday, Oct. 6.The students demonstrated their knowledge of cultureand history of all five languages that are offered atClover Hill.

Students created over 90 displays and organized 15performances to showcase diverse cultural topics. Thevarious booths offered food samples, carnival-stylegames, artistic demonstrations and live musical perfor-mances. The World Language Department hosted thisevent to develop other students’ interest in studying aforeign language. The purpose of the World Fair wasfor the language students to teach their peers what theyhave learned in their French, German, Japanese, Latinand Spanish classes.

The language students invited the entire studentbody to attend. Over 35 classes took advantage of theopportunity to learn from their fellow Cavaliers.

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Clover Hill High School celebrates World Fair

sharing,” Atkinson said.Smith, who is a University of Richmond alumnus and

former Spiders running back, has over 20 years experi-ence in finance including financial education and trainingfor numerous groups. The Richmond native has penned“In the Black: Life Faithfully, Prosper Financially – theUltimate 9-Step Plan for Financial Fitness”, which waspublished by Harper Collins in 2009.

Jenna Nojaim displaysthe replica of the EiffelTower that she andher group built for theWorld Fair.

The Annual Holiday Gift Basket Project is an impor-tant partnership of Senior Connections and the Cityof Richmond Office on Aging and Disabilities. Thisinitiative promotes healthy aging and helps seniorsremain independent in their homes and communities.The Project brings holiday cheer to isolated seniorsand those in the greatest need of support.

Over the years, the project has grown from a giftof food during the holiday season to granting wishes.Through the Holiday Gift Basket Project, we haveassisted seniors with obtaining mattresses and boxsprings, winter coats and other clothing, televisions, ra-dios, and emergency preparedness items. These specialgifts have greatly enhanced their quality of life. Thesegifts have helped seniors who often have to choosebetween paying utility bills, purchasing medicationsand food or taking care of the rent or mortgage. Spe-cial gifts have helped more than ever during the recentyears of economic recession.

This year we are helping seniors impacted by theeconomy. Many seniors have been impacted by theeconomy to a great extent. We are responding to callsfrom additional seniors seeking assistance. Therefore,we are pleased to announce our continued partner-ship with the City of Richmond Office on Aging andDisabilities. This important partnership will allow usto reach and assist more seniors in the greatest needthroughout the metropolitan Richmond area. We areasking the community for support and appreciate theresponse we know we will receive.

The Holiday Gift Basket Project is accepting dona-tions through Friday, December 9, 2011. Individualsand local organizations including civic, nonprofit, faithand corporate wishing to donate items may drop themoff at the Richmond East District Center, 701 N. 25thStreet or Senior Connections, 24 E. Cary St., SecondFloor, Richmond, VA 23219. Donations needed arenon-perishable food items, canned goods, toiletries,paper products, emergency preparedness items and giftcards for grocery stores and pharmacies. In addition toitems for the gift baskets, other emergency needs maybe met through monetary contributions from individ-uals and area businesses interested in supporting theProject. Please make checks or money orders payableto Senior Connections, write “Holiday Project “on thememo line of your check and mail to SC/CAAA, 24 E.Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219. Donations are taxdeductible.

For additional information please contact Ms.Toni Beechaum at (804) 646-6885 or e-mail [email protected].

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It had not even reached midnight on Halloween when I saw a commercial froma big box retail store drumming up some excitement for traditional shopping onblack Friday. I’ve been tuning out the lure of the holiday trappings while out onmy usual errands. I have accepted the small tale-tell signs of red bows and candycanes in a few shopping aisles immediately following Labor Day. I actually don’tmind getting an early fall jump on the gift-giving shopping. It helps keep myholiday budget flexible. I even have indulged my holiday spirit a time or two withthe guilty pleasure of breaking into a carol at the most random moments when noone is within earshot. However, this one invaded my living room.

It struck me that our family hasn’t even decided yet who will cook the turkeyon Thanksgiving Day. Truthfully, we know it will be Grandma, but that’s not thepoint. I think that turkey dinner is still wearing its feathers and inhaling the crispcool air that’s enveloped the East Coast. I’m just not willing to have the holidayscome crashing in like a beast this early in November. I have a few more items onmy schedule.

First, before I haul out the lights, trees, ornaments, nativity scene and themistletoe from the attic crawl space, I must lose an obligated hour of sleep as wefall back this Sunday at 2 a.m. with a change in Daylight Saving Time. It’s toughto lose an hour of sleep for the greater good of mankind, but tradition prevails onchanging the clocks back an hour. Although the tradition of changing our clocksis a few weeks past National Fire Safety week, it’s still a good time to check thebatteries in the smoke alarms and even go through the emergency drills with thelittle one before she’s too embarrassed to call me her mother (did I mention I singcarols at random?).

Before I even look at garland, wrapping paper, gift boxes and someone’s hugewish list for Santa, I must carry out my civic duty to vote next Tuesday, Nov. 8 inthe General Election. Going out to vote is a simple form of freedom of speechwithout having to say a word. It’s not something this household treats as a popu-larity contest. It’s more of a reflection about whether or not I believe the candi-date is capable of being a representative that adheres to the governing ideology Ifollow. If I believe they are truly representative of my interests and the interestsof the community, then they’ll get my vote. So, take a moment to collect yourthoughts, concerns, and issues and really look at which candidate can best servethe seat. It will be interesting to see what the outcomes will be on Nov. 9 (or theunofficial outcomes that are posted after the polls close on Nov. 8).

And before I even think about looking for a fresh Frasier Fur or a White Pine,I will be commemorating Veterans’ Day on Friday, Nov. 11. Although its date isselected from historical events, it’s appropriate that the day that honors those whohave served in our military falls so close to elections. If you have a retired veteranor someone in the military you’d like to honor in our upcoming publication onNov. 10, please contact me at [email protected] no later than 5p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7.

I guess I might be willing to accept the onslaught of holiday hoopla once I havea turkey on the table drowned in gravy served with sides of homemade mashpotatoes and green bean casserole. However, until my brother’s second cousinarrives in this state for the annual feast of plenty, I will slow down to participate inthe great events of autumn even if there is frost and snow on the fall foliage.

No rush needed for the holidays

The Chesterfield County Annual Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony, sponsored bythe Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia, will be held on Friday, Nov. 11, at 2 p. m.at the Chesterfield County Historic 1917 Courthouse Green on Iron Bridge Road. Inthe event of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Chesterfield County PublicMeeting Room.

Representatives of Veterans organizations throughout Chesterfield and surroundingcounties have been invited to lay wreaths along the Veterans Memorial Wall in front ofthe 1917 County Courthouse. To honor our veterans, Mr. Ronald White, District Rep-resentative and Military Liaison for Congressman Randy Forbes will present the annualaddress.

This year’s ceremony will include memorials to William Kyle Middleton, U.S. Army,Charles Anthony Ransom, U.S.Air Force, and Michael Jason Gray, U.S. Navy who werelost in the line of service in this past year.

In addition, the Thomas Dale High School Band will join the Meadowbrook HSJunior ROTC in an Armed Forces Salute. The Chesterfield County Veterans Day Cer-emony is free and members of the public are encouraged to participate in this annualevent to honor our men and women in uniform and remember those who have madethe ultimate sacrifice.

For more information, please call (804)796-7131 Monday through Friday betweenthe hours of 10am and 4 pm.

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OTHER SERVICES:Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Joseph R. Inge will be the keynote speaker at

the annual Veterans Day Ceremony to be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 11 at the VirginiaWar Memorial in Richmond.

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Chesterfield Veterans' Day CeremonyScheduled at Historic Courthouse Green

As the Defense Logistics Agen-cy celebrates 50 years of service toAmerica's military, DLA Aviationis celebrating almost 70 years ofsupport in Richmond, Va., wherethe installation was first activatedin 1942 as the Richmond GeneralDepot under the command of theU. S. Army Quartermaster Corps.

World War II marked the peakof depot operations with morethan 8,400 people employed whowere supplemented by 1,200 Ger-man prisoners of war housed ona 50-acre camp adjacent to thedepot. Employees received, storedand supplied quartermaster,medical and engineering items.

The '60s brought Vietnam,reorganization and mission ex-pansion to the depot.

Mary Cottrell began work asa clerk-typist supporting localprocurement purchases in 1960when the installation was knownas the Richmond Quarter-masterDepot and continues her servicetoday as a supply technician clerkfor DLA Aviation's Aircraft andAirframes Division III. She hasworked at the installation foralmost 52 years.

"Back then, the procurementdivision had a total of 14 employ-ees, including the boss, clericalemployees, distribution, pre- andpost-award, and four buyers," shesaid.

With activation of the Mili-tary General Supply Agency in1960 and its absorption by theDefense Supply Agency in 1962,the depot's mission expandedto managing more than 30,000general supply items. Escalationof the U.S. role in Southeast Asiadrove the workload increase and

another name change for theinstallation to Defense GeneralSupply Center.

By 1967, DGSC was procuringmore than $731 million worth ofgeneral supplies. Managed itemsaccounted for $800 million inannual sales.

A MOVE TOWARDSAUTOMATION

Technological progress wasdramatic in the mid-to-late 1960swith the installation of four newcomputer systems, which wereconsidered high speed at thattime, in the center's data systemsdivision. DGSC was receivingmore than 4,500 requisitions aday, which were processed aroundthe clock. The center becamehome to one of the largest dataprocessing facilities on the EastCoast.

Cottrell said she remembersthe transition from typewriters tocomputers. "I remember one girlsitting at a control desk and wewere inputting data into comput-er terminals called Phase 4," shesaid. "At noon she would tell us tostop and take the reel tapes to themain computers in data systems.Then, if there were any errors, wewould re-input the data."

In the 1970s, things got evenbusier. More employees workedon the installation, and workloadsincreased to include additionalfederal supply classes such asecclesiastical and mortuary sup-plies.

Alma Charles, acting deputydirector of DLA Aviation SupplierOperations and chief of Com-modities Division II, started in1972 as an inventory management

intern straight out of college."At that time, all training was

on site and on the job," she said.In 1981, DGSC started com-

municating with its headquartersacross the miles, both visuallyand vocally, using a predecessorto current video-teleconferencingequipment called the Gemini 100Electronic Black-board. Geminiwas a leased system that usedtelephones and specially designedblackboards for graphic andvoice communications betweenDLA and its field activities.

Charles said that early inher career, employees typicallyspecialized in one area and didnot often work in more than onearea.

"When I first came to thecenter, we were a stovepiped or-ganization," Charles said. "Supply,procurement and technical opera-tions were divided into separateareas. Inventory managers wereresponsible for … the whole nineyards for an item. Unless you werea self-starter, you didn't learnabout other disciplines."

Meggan McCarter, who startedwith DGSC in 1981 in the Of-fice of Data Systems and is nowdeputy director of DLA FinanceRichmond, said there was nostandardization across the direc-torate.

"Nothing touched systemical-ly," she said. "We were an inven-tory control point with generalsupply items."

In the early 1970s, Charlessaid, the center had none of theautomation it takes advantage oftoday. Work was done on paperforms.

"As inventory management

specialists, we got the demands,the customer forecasts and gener-ated purchase requests to initiatethe buy. We documented all wedid on a 'Big M,' Form 690, akey tool of inventory managers,"Charles said. "The biggest changefor me was moving from manualto automation."

In 1984, DGSC developedthe Paperless Order PlacementSystem, the Defense Department'sinitial electronic commerce anddata interchange application.POPS passed customer requisi-tions to suppliers for immediatedirect shipment from commercialstocks rather than from govern-ment warehouse inventories.

"POPS was when we still had alot of general items we managed,

like batteries and film that werereadily available from all kindsof suppliers," McCarter said. "Itwas a way to get a request outthe same day to the supplier byelectronic data interchange, autophone, mainframe or fax andavoid time and costs associatedwith manual paperwork. POPSincreased sales dramatically ingeneral items like building light-ing, batteries and film."

Brenda Longest, who retiredfrom DSCR in 2007, served as thesupply chain's chief marketingofficer in the 1990s.

"POPS is often cited as theoriginal DoD effort to take ad-vantage of standard commercialpractices in conducting logisticssupport for America's military

Defense Logistics Agency's history is flying high

FLYING HIGH page 5

PHOTO COURTESY OF DLA AVIATION PUBLIC AFFAIRSWorkers put up a sign at the Richmond Quartermaster Depot, the facilitywhere DLA Aviation resides today in Richmond.

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23112Oct. 304900 block of Glen TaraDriveVictim reported the vehiclepart was stolen from victim’sFord vehicle.

Oct. 295300 block of Rock HarbourRoadVictim stated a knownsuspect removed the prop-erty from victim’s unlockedvehicle.7200 block of OtterdaleRoadVictim reported unknownsuspect(s) stole the propertyfrom victim’s residence. Nosigns of forced entry werenoted.

Oct. 2710100 block of Hull StreetRoadThe property was reportedstolen from the victim’svehicle.

Oct. 265000 block of King CottonLaneSuspect(s) gained entry to thevictim’s residence by breakingthe front window and stealingthe property.

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Unknown suspect(s) forcedentry to the maintenanceshed at the location and tookproperty from inside.

Oct. 2110900 block of PaulbrookDriveVictim stated victim’s inoper-able 1938 truck was stolenfrom the location.

23113Oct. 111100 block of Alverser DriveUnknown suspect(s) gainedentry to the vacant businessby punching in the doorknoblock on the vacant business.At this time nothing has beenreported stolen.

23114Oct. 27600 block of Charter ColonyParkwayRear license plate reportedstolen from victim’s vehiclewhile parked at the location.

Oct. 2611700 block of Marigold CourtVictim reported the propertywas stolen from victim’s un-locked vehicle.

23235Oct. 298100 block of ClovertreeCourtSuspect(s) kicked in the reardoor and gained entry to thevictim’s townhouse. The prop-erty was reported stolen.

Oct. 269100 block of MidlothianTurnpikeSuspect(s) broke the driver’swindow on the victim’s HondaPilot and stole the property.2900 block of Turner RoadVictim stated he was drivento the location and robbed byknown suspects.

10800 block of Center ViewDriveSuspect(s) broke the passen-ger window and gained entryto the victim’s locked GMCYukon. The property wasreported stolen.

Oct. 241800 block of Wrens NestRoadComplainant reported un-

known suspect(s) stole scrapmetal from the location.11100 block of Robious RoadInspection sticker wasreported stolen from victim’sunlocked Honda Accord.

Oct. 211300 block of Winslow RoadUnknown suspect(s) removeda window screen on anunlocked window and gainedentry to the victim’s garage.Property was reported stolen.

23236Oct. 2813500 block of Green SpireCourtUnknown suspect(s) attempt-ed to kick in the rear door tothe victim’s residence. Thealarm sounded when the dooropened. Entry was not gained

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AVIATION FOCUSIn 1985, DGSC assumed management

of aviation structural components, layingits foundation as a key contributor to avia-tion support throughout DoD.

In 1990, DGSC fielded additionalsystems to enhance its processes. TheAutomated Inventory Management Sup-port System facilitated the recommendedbuy decision process and established theactivity's first local area network, linkingemployee desktop computers to mid-tierand mainframe computers. The DLA Pre-Award Contracting System is still in usetoday. DGSC's organizational structurechanged from functional stovepipes toproduct centers in the late 1980s and early1990s.

By 1992, DGSC had changed from afunctionally based organization to a com-modity-based one.

"The move was a critical step to elimi-nate communication barriers between ma-jor directorates and have individuals froma variety of disciplines sit together," saidCindy Kubat, who was the deputy leader ofProduct Center 7 and was a former deputydirector of DLA Installation Support inRichmond. "Item managers, acquisition,equipment and quality assurance special-ists were moved to physically sit togetherin the same location, even though thedirectorate reporting structure remainedin place."

Kubat said training empowered em-ployees to make decisions without goingto their direct chain of command, andbusiness plans were built to define productcenter goals.

"The intent was that each group work-ing the same federal supply classes wouldbe in the same location and solve problemsimmediately, versus sending forms acrossbays and buildings," she said.

All disciplines came under one umbrel-la, and employees became multifunctional,Charles said.

"Product center leaders were required toknow about each discipline. IST leads hadcontrol over the whole product," she con-tinued. "It was almost like cradle to grave.It was all about supporting the warfighter."

Charles said original equipmentmanufacturer divisions were also pilotedunder product centers, allowing for furtherrefinement of business plans and increasedcommunication.

"This organizational innovation sweptfrom DGSC to other DLA supply centersand eventually to DLA Headquarters," Mc-Carter said.

In 1996, the Defense General SupplyCenter's name changed to Defense SupplyCenter Richmond. Shortly after the newname took effect, agency leaders startedtalking about supply chain management,McCarter said.

"It was about the time (the agency)started a Virtual Prime Vendor Programand began discussions to update ourautomated systems to the current BusinessSystems Modernization. In an initial steptoward a supply chain focus, the agencyalso made federal supply class transfersbetween field activities. The agency waslooking at how it organized work, and theidea of managing by supply chains cameinto being," she said. "The cradle-to-graveapproach allowed each supply chain tofocus on a certain area, which led to betterrelationships with suppliers."

BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATIONIn 2000, Business Systems Moderni-za-

tion was formally initiated as a new majoracquisition program within DLA.

"We transferred to BSM because the[older] systems were becoming technologi-cally dated," Charles said. "Everyone feltlike we had made too many Band-Aids to[the previous system] and it was time tocure the problem, so the agency contractedout for a state-of-art system competitivewith commercial industry."

In 2004, DSCR prepared the center tomanage supply chains rather than supplyclasses and prepared for BSM deployment.Big Bang, the name coined for the deploy-ment and reorganization, affected the en-tire workforce, physically relocating 2,000employees on the center and changing jobtitles for some.

Also during this time, BSM replacedlegacy computer systems to improve cus-tomer support, lower operational costs andstreamline operations.

"BSM and its resulting reorganizationwithin DLA Aviation made DLA and itsfield activities customer and supplier fac-ing, making it easier for customers andsuppliers to do business with one entitywithin DLA," said Amy Gonzalez, a DLAAviation change management specialist.

DSCR forged another link in the supplychain concept by standing up a DLA Landand Maritime detachment at the centerand an aviation detachment in Philadel-phia in 2004. The stand-ups marked theestablish-ment of supply chain detach-mentsat the DLA inventory control points,transforming the agency from a lead centerconcept to a supply chain focus.

"With rollouts of personnel and itemscompleted in 2006, BSM allowed the centerto leverage the benefits of commercial

off-the-shelf software and reengineeredbusiness practices to enhance customersupport," Gonzalez said.

BRAC 2005DSCR's mission expanded greatly be-

tween 2007 and 2009 with the implemen-tation of Base Realignment and Closure2005 legislation. DSCR privatized itssupply storage and distribution manage-ment of tires, packaged petroleum, oil andlubricant products, and compressed andliquefied gases. The center also broadenedits mission as a supply chain providerbeyond its traditional wholesale role whenit moved into consumer-level retail supplylogistics.

During this timeframe, DSCR activatedsix industrial support activities and fivedepot-level reparable activities, movingaviation closer to military industrial main-tenance production lines and the artisansperforming weapon system repairs.

In July 2010, DSCR changed its name toDLA Aviation, unifying its more than 3,900employees across the U.S. and more closelyaligning it to the larger DLA enterprise.

Today, DLA Aviation manages 1.3million repair parts and supply items,conducts business with more than 5,400suppliers, serves 24,500 customers, andprocesses 6.41 million customer ordersannually.

"This year, we celebrate five decades ofsupply chain support to our military avia-tion customers," said Air Force Brig. Gen.Scott Jansson, DLA Aviation commander."This longevity is a credit to the dedicatedservice of many thousands of governmentcivilians and military personnel, past andpresent, who've maintained a laserlikefocus on meeting our warfighters' needs."

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The exclusive U.S. presentation of a major international touring exhibition of ancient Egyptian an-tiquities from the British Museum’s world famous collection opens at the Virginia Museum of Fine Artson Nov. 19, and continues through March 11, 2012. A 7000-square-foot exhibition of more than 100ancient artifacts is brought to life and contextualized by a 3-D film exploring the life, mummification andafterlife of an Egyptian priest.

Visitors to Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb will be immersed in the life and afterlife of ofNesperennub, a temple priest who lived 3,000 years ago and whose mummy serves as

the focus of this exhibition. In addition to the mummy of Nesperennub, the exhibi-tion includes other human and animal mummies, jewelry, canopic jars, monumen-tal stone sarcophagi, statuary, a gilded mask and bronze and stone sculpture.

“Visitors to this exhibition will be taken on an extraordinary adventure back to800 BC to explore this priest’s world and his tomb,” Director Alex Nyerges said.“Their experience will include a 3-D film that will give them new insights into an-cient Egyptian mummies and culture. Ancient Egyptian culture developed more

than 5,000 years ago and its pyramids, mummies, and beliefs about the afterlifehave fascinated people for centuries.”

Exploring the MummyThe 3-D film narrated by Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the

Star Trek movie series) and based on the most advanced scanning technologyopens the exhibition. The film takes the audience on a journey that unwrapsthe mummy of Nesperennub in vivid detail and reveals the secrets of life anddeath in ancient Egypt. The film presents the scientific knowledge made pos-sible by non-destructive scans of mummies and provides understanding intolife expectancy, health, disease and funerary beliefs, as well as the complex

process of mummification.Until recently, the only way to extract data from Egyptian mummieswas to actually unwrap the body, a destructive and irreversible process.In recent years, noninvasive imaging techniques have made it possibleto look inside a mummy without disturbing the wrappings in anyway. This technology allows the viewer to literally travel through thebody beneath the wrappings and reconstruct aspects of Nesperen-nub’s biography. Nesperennub was chosen for this project becausehis mummy is still in its original cartonnage coffin – it has neverbeen opened, neither by looters in antiquity nor modern Egyptolo-gists. The first scans, completed in 2003, showed the state of thebody and images of amulets wrapped within the mummy. Newerscans completed in 2010 provide sharper images, offer more details,and reveal additional amulets, as well as new details of Nesperen-

nub’s physiology. For instance, the new scans revealed abscesses inNesperennub’s teeth, suggesting a longer life span than previously

believed. Through the film, visitors also learn what the scien-tific study of mummies has allowed us to discover about thereasons for and process of mummification, life expectancy,health and disease in ancient Egypt.

One of VMFA’s goals was to bring examples of Egyptianart that can convey its monumentality to Richmond. Two ofthe most striking objects are stone sarcophagi lids, objects

that rarely travel – even without the chests, the lidsweigh more than one ton). One of these, the lid of thesarcophagus of Nesisut, shows an idealized image of thedeceased and inscriptions that record the promises madeby the gods to protect Nesisut. The second lid, belongingto the sarcophagus of Pakap, is shaped like a mummy andincludes an inscription that assures Pakap that “the godswill be purified at the sight of him every day.” Togetherthe inscriptions on these lids make a demonstration ofthe mutual dependence of humans and gods. Two of theother stars of the exhibition are statues of the lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet. Like the sarcophagus lids, theyare large-scale pieces, complementing VMFA’s permanentcollection.

This is a timed exhibition with tickets sold on the halfhour. Punctual arrival is essential to enable visitors toenjoy the 3D film before viewing the exhibition. Ticketsare $15 for adults and $12 for seniors, students with validID and groups of 10 or more and may be purchased athttp://www.vmfa.museum/Exhibitions/Mummy.aspx orby calling 804.340.1405.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

MUMMY OF NESPERENNUBThe mummy of Nesperennub is enclosed in a casemade of cartonnage (layers of linen and/or papyrus

resin covered with plaster). The painted surfaceincludes a figure of the sun god Ra as a wingedscarab beetle with a falcon’s head, the funerary

god Sokar as a mummified falcon, and the emblemof the god Osiris. These deities ensured the resur-rection of the deceased. The hieroglyphic inscrip-tions on the coffin’s lid and sides contain prayersto various gods to provide Nesperennub with “life,

prosperity, and health” and a long lifespan.

JUDGMENT SCENE FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEADThe deceased, Ankhwahibre, faces Osiris, while hisconduct during his life is assessed by the symbolic

weighing of his heart in a balance, to determinewhether or not he has lived by the principles of

Ma’at (truth or justice). A successful outcome wasrewarded with admission to eternal life. A badly

spent life brought punishment: the heart was swal-lowed by the monstrous Ammut “the Devourer,”

who crouches on a plinth.

PORTRAIT FROM COFFINThis finely sculpted wooden portrait probably

formed part of a coffin lid. Such images were nottrue likenesses of the dead but were idealized,

depicting them as eternally young and free fromphysical blemishes and ailments. The life-like ef-

fect has been enhanced by the use of obsidian andivory inlays for the eyes, which are set into bronze

sockets.

MUMMIFIED CATThe cat, sacred to the goddess Bastet, was one ofthe most frequently mummified animals in ancient

Egypt. Especially in later periods, the cats wereusually covered in intricately patterned wrappings,with a representation of the animal’s head (hereit is made from folded and painted linen). X-rayshave shown that this specimen contains a smallkitten that occupies only one-third of the bundle,

the rest of which is filled with cloth.

Egyptian ancient artifacts exhibit begins Nov. 19

Above: Seated Statue of Menkheperraseneb, ca. 1450BC. 18th Dynasty. Egyptian. Granite. Courtesy of TheTrustees of the British Museum

Above: Face from Coffin, 18th Dynasty (1400 BC) or later,provenance unknown. Wood, obsidian, ivory, bronze.courtesy of The Trustees of the British Museum

NOVEMBER 3, 2011 || �MidlOthiaNExchaNgE.cOM sports || fitnessEXERCISE

By JIm [email protected]

Cross country isn’t a relayrace. There’s no passingthe baton to a teammateafter a certain distance;

you have to cover the entire courseby yourself.

But for Midlothian’s perennialpowerhouse boys cross countryprogram, seniors pass on theleadership torch when they gradu-ate and the underclassmen have tostep up and run with it.

That can be a daunting proposi-tion when you’re trying to replacestandout performers like DarrenBarlow and Brayden Burleigh, eachof whom finished in the top sevenat last year’s Group AAA meet andled Midlothian to the state teamtitle.

“Darren told us when he gradu-ated that he wanted to see us winstates again and get back to Port-land [for the Nike Cross Nationalscompetition],” said Midlothianjunior Sean Willard, who ran16:11 to claim his first DominionDistrict individual championshipThursday at Pocahontas Park.

trojans score twice in finalminute, deny Rapids crownBy JIm [email protected]

Fourth-seeded James Riverwas 40 seconds away fromcompleting one of the moreremarkable championship runs

in the history of the Dominion Districtfield hockey tournament.

Second-seeded Midlothian was 40seconds away from watching an excel-lent season end far sooner than theTrojans’ players and coaches had hopedit would.

But as Thursday’s Dominiontournament final proved, plenty canhappen in 40 seconds.

Trailing 2-1, Midlothian appliedheavy pressure and finally tied thegame when Abbey Ripley scored withjust 40 ticks left on the clock, spark-ing a wild celebration on the Trojans’

sideline.Instead of backing off and being

content with overtime, the Trojans keptpushing forward, moved the ball intothe circle and got the game-winninggoal from Allison Piotrowski with justseven seconds left in a taut, emotion-ally charged 3-2 victory at SportsQuest.

“This is a very special group,”Midlothian coach Geri Douglas said.“We’ve been together a long time. I’mjust so happy to see them get the payoff-- the reward they’ve worked so hardfor.”

James River’s talented squad finallybegan to fulfill its potential as thepostseason approached. After winningtheir first-round match in the districttournament, the Rapids stunned top-seeded Cosby 3-1 in the semifinals.

Suddenly, a team that lost as many

district games as it won during theregular season needed just one morevictory to earn a berth in the CentralRegion quarterfinals.

“I kept telling them, ‘Don’t look atour record. You’re still in this. Be thatteam that sneaks up and catches ev-eryone off-guard,’” James River coachSlade Gormus said. “When we beatCosby, and the fact that it was 3-1 andwe didn’t just squeak by them, I thinkthat gave the girls a lot of confidencethat we really were a good team.”

Cosby’s defeat made the districtfinal a winner-take-all scenario. Sincethe Titans already were assured of aberth in the regional tournament byvirtue of their district regular-seasontitle, both Midlothian and James River PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELL

midlothian coach Geri Douglas hugs maddi Dagenhart afterthe Trojans rallied to beat James River in the district final.

DOMINION DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLmonacan's Kaila Blackburn hung with Cosby's megan moye for a while, but the defending champion pulled away and broke the meet record.

By JIm [email protected]

Megan Moye has been so consistentand so good for so long, it’s easyto wonder how she could pos-sibly continue to find new ways

to challenge herself.Having already compiled a resume that in-

cludes multiple district and regional titles andeven a state outdoor track championship, theCosby High senior is waging a different typeof battle these days, one that distance runnershave been fighting since the ancient Greeks

organized the first Olympics.Her opponent is pain.And not just any run of the mill pain, either.It’s the kind of all-encompassing agony that

results from exerting yourself to your physicallimits and beyond, from running so hard forso long that you essentially force your brain toignore the desperate pleas for mercy from yourlungs and legs.

It’s not always the most pleasant pursuit, es-pecially when it’s played out over a rolling 5-Kcross country course inside the mind and bodyof an ultra-competitive superstar who remains

steadfast in her belief that it’s still possible to bebetter and push harder and go faster.

But when it’s over, as it was at last Thursday’sDominion District championships when Moyeflew across the finish line six seconds ahead ofher personal goal and nearly 30 seconds fasterthan the meet record, the satisfying sense ofaccomplishment can be difficult to put intowords.

“I was going to make sure pain lost the battletoday,” Moye said with a smile after finishing

Pain no match for moyeCosby senior pushes herself to break Dominion District mark

PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLmidlothian's Sean Willard leans on his dad, Scott, as he catches his breath after winning the boys title.

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Feistervital toCosby'ssuccessBy FRED JETERspecial correspondent

If high-bounding JackWilson represents theair force of Cosby vol-leyball, Jeremy Feister is

the foot soldier.Flamboyant, airborne

outside hitters, like Wilson,typically attract the camera’slens, college scouts and oohsand ahhs from the crowd.

Liberos, like Feister, settlefor skinned knees and, ingood times, a nod of ap-proval from the coach.

“Some may not recognizethe libero, but I sure do,” saidTitans’ coach Frank Jenkins.“Jeremy does the little things,the dirty work … he keepsour engine running.”

Wilson’s to-do list for theregular-season champ Titansis all about ascending overthe 8-foot net and swinginghis long right arm.

You can’t miss him.Feister, at lower altitudes,

does more digging than anexcavation crew.

A libero’s none-too-glamorous job descriptionrequires getting down anddirty and “digging” (passto setter) opponent’s spikeattempts, often inches beforethey strike the floor.

The libero (meaning “free”in Italian) is also the key toservice return – no easy as-signment when nose-divingmissiles are speeding yourway.

Feister, the 5-foot-9 seniorfirst-year starter, had 14 digsin Cosby’s Dominion clinch-ing 3-2 victory over defend-ing state champ James Riverlast week.

“The (digs) happen soquick, sometimes you don’teven see who got it,” saidJenkins.

On the season, the “FeisterMeister” leads the Titanswith 146 digs and could chal-lenge the school mark of 179,set by Kelly Fraser in 2007, ifCosby keeps advancing.

Feister is also tied forsecond in service aces.

Cosby will compete indistricts this week (finals atMonacan) and regions nextweek (at fan-friendly Cosby,where some 600 turned outfor the JR shootout.)

The Central Region final-ists advance to the GroupAAA state tournament.

Wilson, the 6-foot-6 hu-man pogo stick, is back in thelineup after recovering froma preseason ankle injury.

The enthusiastic highriser will continue spikingnext year at George MasonUniversity, the state’s onlyDivision I volleyball-playingschool for males.

Wilson has plenty of highhelp at the net.

Other towering teenagersin Columbia blue and silverare Graham Gresham andDerek Sullivan, both 6-5, and

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found themselves playing tokeep their seasons alive.

“We knew it was going tobe a dangerous game. Theyhad a lot of momentum andwere peaking at the righttime,” Douglas said. “Youcan never discount Slade as acoach. She’s always going tohave something up her sleeveto make her team better.”

Not surprisingly, the in-tensity was off the charts.

“I didn’t even mention it,”Douglas said of her team’s“win or else” mandate. “Iknew they knew it, so itdidn’t need to be said. Thisgroup puts so much pressureon themselves, they don’tneed any extra pressure.”

Midlothian got on thescoreboard first when AshleyFoster converted a feed fromPiotrowski with 10:17 left inthe first half.

At that point, though,things had just started to getinteresting.

James River answered lessthan 90 seconds later, getting

PHOTO BY JIM MCCONNELLMidlothian's Abbey Ripley dribbles against tight defense byJames River's Lauren Dailey.

a goal from Ann Martin toknot the match at 1 with8:55 remaining.

Martin’s second goalcame 50 seconds before thehalftime break and left theRapids just 30 minutes fromwriting the final chapter oftheir Cinderella title story.

As it turned out, thatwas just enough time forMidlothian to pen a differ-

ent ending.“This is definitely one

that’s taken a while to getover, probably more thanany other loss I’ve ever had,”Gormus said. “My heart wasbroken for my girls becausethey were right there. Butyou have to finish. You haveto play from the time theclock starts to the time theclock stops.”

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSCosby's players and fans celebrate after the Titans clinched the district regular-season title.

6-4 Will Newlon.The libero position is

all about defense; in fact, alibero is not allowed to chal-lenge the net for points.

“The libero doesn’t getthe credit he deserves,” saidWilson, “and we’ve got thebest around.”

Further setting the posi-tion apart, a libero wearsa different colored jersey

off-season club ball. Thatwould conflict with his othersporting passions, snow-boarding and deer hunting.

Travel volleyball startsup soon after high schoolseason.

It was a “family thing,”Feister says, that persuadedhim to sign up for volleyball.

His mother, Dede Feister,is Cosby's JV coach. Beforemoving here, Dede Feistercoached at Central SquareHigh near Syracuse, N.Y.

She suggests her son’sbaseball background madehim a natural for libero.

“Jeremy has always playedsecond base and shortstop,”she said. “The skills that gointo fielding those positionsare much like playing libero.”

While spectators focus onthe air space above the nets,victory would be improbablewithout the helping handsfrom floor level.

“Jeremy is our cohesivejell,” says Jenkins.

(black, in Feister’s case) soofficials can keep track.

“I’m just happy to befinally playing and help-ing the team,” said Feister, areserve defensive specialist ayear ago.

“I really like our chances(of advancing to States)… I’m not a hitter myselfbut I’m surrounded by bigpeople who are.”

Unlike many of his team-mates, Feister does not play

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ing her final district crosscountry meet in 17 minutes,34 seconds and accepting acongratulatory hug from hermother.

“I wanted to run it at afast pace and break 17:40.When I felt pain, I wasn’tgoing to back off. With about400 meters left, I was dying.My knees were buckling. ButI just told myself to keeppushing.”

She didn’t have to, ofcourse. Monacan’s KailaBlackburn ran a terrificrace to finish second – hertime of 18.10 was only sixseconds off the previousmeet standard established byMidlothian’s Kathleen Laut-zenheiser – but Moye spentthe second half of the raceoff by herself in the woods.

Nobody would’ve noticedif she had chosen to ease offon the throttle and cruised tothe finish. She still could’veposted a respectable winningtime without having to causeherself so much discomfort.

But then, if her goal wasavoiding pain, Moye neverwould’ve competed in crosscountry in the first place.

“I was thinking about thatone time at practice: Everyday I go out and purposelycause myself pain,” she said.“It is kind of crazy. But if youcan conquer the pain andnegativity that builds up dur-ing a race, you’re set for yournext race because you knowyou can do it.

“It’s definitely challenging.You just have to picture theend of the race and imaginehow it’s going to feel whenyou reach your goal.”

It’s a challenge Willardunderstands well. He’s beenaround the Midlothian pro-gram since he was in elemen-tary school, watching hissisters compete while waitingfor his opportunity to stepto the front of the pack andassume a leadership role.

So he wasn’t surprised inthe least when district coachof the year Stan Morgangathered his troops after theTrojans rolled to the teamtitle by 44 points over run-ner-up Cosby and pointedlyinformed some of them thatthey needed to get with theprogram.

“We have an unbelievablecoach who keeps us on ourtoes 24-7,” Willard added.

“He knows every race is newand it doesn’t matter whatyou did yesterday. If you’resatisfied, someone is going tocatch you when your guardis down.”

Even with a couple ofMidlothian’s top competi-tors sidelined with injuries,nobody was catching theTrojans on Thursday. Midlohad the top two finishers inWillard and runner-up RyanPeterson, three of the top fiveand five in the top 10.

“Coach is all about theteam,” Peterson said. “Hetells us at the beginning ofthe season that he’s lookingfor seven guys who are toughas heck and willing to goon a journey with him. He’sproud of us and always wantsthe best for us.”

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSThe players and referee Mike Spence pose for a picture after the Gage Edwards memorial hockey game on Saturday.

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community and beyond.Edwards’ parents and sis-

ter, Tessa, were at Shooterson Saturday morning to seethat affection manifest itselfin a good-natured hockeygame that was ultimatelywon 12-10 by the Blacksquad over the White.

“We always said whenGage was growing up thathe was an amazing kid, andhow did we get so luckyto be his parents?” PhilEdwards said. “We had noidea that he was even moreamazing than we thought.”

The younger Edwardswasn’t an exceptionallyskilled hockey player, but hewas a perfect fit for a BaileyBridge squad that Burn-ham described as “the mostphysical team in the league.”

“We had like eightpeople in the penalty box atone time,” he said.

Laurie Edwards, whocame out onto the floor andaddressed the crowd dur-ing the first intermission,acknowledged her son’spenchant for physical playas she opted for a slightlyunusual version of the“missing man” tribute.

When she suggestedthat she’d like to put a stickwhere Gage most likelywould’ve been on the ice,then provided the punchline -- “in the penalty box”-- laughter reverberated

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSMany of the players and spectators wore camouflage shirtsin honor of Edwards, who was an avid outdoorsman, andincluded personalized messages to his memory.

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSEdwards' parents, Laurie and Phil, and sister Tessa were the guests of honor at the game.

throughout the building.After the final horn, as

friends stopped to offerhugs on their way out intoa rainy Saturday afternoon,Edwards’ parents notedthey took tremendous com-fort from the knowledgethat a group of fellow teen-agers felt strongly enoughabout their son to put on agame in his honor.

“There are really nowords for it,” Phil Edwardssaid. “These kids give methe energy every day to getup and keep going.”

“We know what purposeGod had for Gage’s life,”Laurie Edwards added.“The seeds he planted inhis short time will live onforever.”

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSWith defense mostly optional in the freewheeling game,both teams' goalies faced a barrage of shots.

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