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•P7 Midlothian Cross Country teams dominate in Central Region.

•P10 'Annie Get Your Gun' to pre-miere at Clover Hill.

•P5 Midlothian graduate, now a teacher, leads in new theater.

•P2 Midlocanics host annual alumi-num can drive today and Friday

SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY 11.11.10

PHOTO BY KENNY MOOREJames River Rapids Peter Sowers (#4) tries to get one past the defense of Cosby Titans Graham Gresham (#33) and Michael Peter (#45) during the Dominion District Tournament held this past week.

Rapids topple Titans in district tourney

Keith Reese pummels through 10 boards during a 'breaking' technique demonstration at the 39th anniversary Dong’s Martial Arts Tournament held on Saturday, Nov. 6 at L.C. Bird. The annual event is a benefi t for Children’s Hospital Foundation, which demonstrates a celebration of the true spirit of martial arts— willingness to help others as well as yourself. The competition, in its 14th year, has provided over $245,000 in donations for the foundation. More photos on page 11.

BY FRED JETERspecial correspondent

Volleyball is a game of highs and lows.

That’s “highs” as in soar-ing above the net for kill-

shots and blocks, and “lows” as in down ‘n’ dirty, point-saving digs.

James River High’s Rapids enjoyed plenty of both in upsetting Cosby in the fi nals of the Dominion District tourna-ment held at Monacan High School.

Senior All-Dominion outside hitter Darren Kilby had 19 kills, fi ve blocks and three digs, while libero Troy Keo-hane bloodied his knees for 15 digs.

“In my opinion, Darren’s the best player in Virginia, by far … and he has been since he was about 13,” said James River coach Terry Ford.

Keohane was to the defense what Kilby was offensively.

“We’ve had games this year where our libero only had 4-5 digs,” said Ford. “We’ve worked hard on our defense and this was evidence the hard work in practice paid off.”

The 25-22, 23-25, 26-24, 23-26, 15-12 marathon victory improved the Rapids’ record to 16-5 heading into Regionals, and avenged two regular-sea-

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DOMINION DISTRICTSince the Virginia High School League began sponsoring a statewide boys volleyball tourna-ment in 1997, Dominion District teams have been familiar fi gures in the Group AAA winner’s circle:

CHAMPS Clover Hill (2009, 2005, 2001); Monacan (2002, 1998)

RUNNERS-UP Clover Hill (2003, 2004); Monacan (1997); Cosby (2009)

Neighbors recognize local man for selfl ess serviceBY ELIZABETH [email protected]

The table at the opening of the driveway was lit-tered with many

cards of appreciation for one man who has made a signifi cant difference in his neighbors’ lives. One would think that it was a retirement party for a beloved men-tor. However, Tom Schmitt, referred to by some as “Papa Tom” or “Captain Tom”, isn’t going anywhere soon. The 78-year old and his wife of 55 years Darlene have lived in the Scotmarr subdivision since January 1973 and enjoy watching their neighborhood thrive.

Schmitt was greeted with a round of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” from the neighbors at a surprise ‘thank you’ party held late October. “We just wanted you to know how much we appreciate you, buddy,” said neighbor Ted Balsamo.

Tom Schmitt, in his unique way, added, “I didn’t know. I feel bad that I wasn’t on time.”

Of course, Schmitt has been “on time” helping with one project or another for many of his neighbors. “When the hurricane [Isabel] came through, he cleaned up my yard,” said neighbor

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BY ELIZABETH [email protected]

The Central Virginia Technical Rescue Team will be ready when disaster strikes. The collaborative regional team, comprised of Chesterfi eld, Hanover, Henrico and Rich-

mond fi refi ghters, trained this past week in several catastrophe scenarios over a three-day period that also included a day of training with Virginia National Guard.

Generators whirred as search and rescue crews used sawzalls to cut through debris in order to reach ten “victims” in the simulated building collapse at the Enon Public Safety Training Center in Chester. Some “victims” were mannequins. Other “victims” were fi refi ghters who volunteered to play the role. Lt. Jason Elmore of Chesterfi eld County Fire and EMS explained that the scenarios have been benefi cial in preparing team members. “When we call out this regional team, it’s normally very complex situations like a building collapse with numerous victims.”

“We’ve been called out two or three times in the past year or so as a regional team. We had the build-ing collapse in Chester last year and we also had a trench rescue of a utility worker that was doing some work in the city of Richmond, so the team was called out on that, and were able to mitigate those inci-dents,” Lt. Elmore said.

The team is also a fi nancial benefi t for each local-ity because of its shared resources in purchasing generators and other tools. It also assists in helping each organization maintain the manpower to answer normal call volumes when the team is dispatched to a disaster. “We have a team here today of anywhere be-tween 30-40 fi refi ghters, so if we had to pool together 40 fi refi ghters from Chesterfi eld County to handle one scenario from anywhere in the county, we would kind of have our resources depleted,” he said.

Although a building collapse event is one scenario, the team actually responds to all types of disaster. “It’s

BY LATIKA LEEspecial correspondent

Educators across the board agree – ‘highly-qualifi ed’ teachers make the difference in the education of successful

students. At least that’s what educators who recently participated in a focus group said during the private viewing of the newly released documentary

movie entitled “Waiting for Superman.”Invited by the “Can you Hear Me

Now?” Leadership Metro Richmond (LMR) Leadership Quest class of 2010 Project Team, several teachers, admin-istrators and school board members from across the Richmond region par-ticipated in the forum dubbed “Coura-geous Community Conversations.

The discussions focused on the fi lm

“Waiting for Superman” as well as addressing the education achievement gap in the region.

“Waiting for Superman” examines the public education crisis in the Unit-ed States through multiple interlocking stories from a handful of students, their families, and educators as well as those

Controversial documentary opens dialogue for ‘Courageous Community Conversations’

Technical rescue team trains for disaster

Breaking through PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBS

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINAA ‘victim’ in a package called an LSP, a product that incorporates legs, head and torso, is lowered with assistance from Chesterfi eld County fi refi ghter Paul Marsee.

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RESCUE P4

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINATom and Darlene Schmitt laugh at the appropriate gift for the neighborhood handyman at the 'thank you' party.

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Chesterfi eld County’s Department of Parks and Recre-ation and the Bensley Veterans Association will host the annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 13, 10:30-11:30 a.m. The event will take place at Bensley Park, 2900 Drewrys Bluff Road.

Live music will be performed by the Fort Lee Army Band with vocals by members of the Thomas Dale High School Chorus. The colors will be presented by JROTC cadets from Thomas Dale High School.

The speaker will be Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, chancellor, University of Richmond. Heilman was a United States Ma-rine during WWII in the war in the Pacifi c.

For more information, call (804)275-5321- courtesy of Chesterfi eld County

Puritan Cleaners and the Richmond Flying Squirrels announced Monday that they collected 1,007 coats on Sat-urday, Nov. 6 at their 2nd Annual Coats For Kids Ballpark Warming Party.

The event, which was free to the public, took place at The Diamond this past Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

Squirrels fans were invited to come by the stadium to enjoy live music, ballpark food, games and prizes for the kids, and catches on the Diamond playing fi eld. Fans were asked to donate a coat when they came in and, in return, they received a raffl e ticket and a chance to win Squirrels baseball memorabilia and other baseball related prizes.

“We were hoping for a big day and boy did we get one,” said Gary Glover, President of Puritan Cleaners. “Parney and Christina and the whole Flying Squirrels staff really put together a

fun event, and the fans started coming early and just kept coming. Getting over 1,000 coats is a great jump start for the Coats For Kids program this year. I can’t thank the Squirrels enough for helping us with Ballpark Warming Party - they truly are great partners to work with. Thanks also goes to TV8’s Juan Conde, who did a great job of helping to get the word out, and who was with us all day Saturday greeting fans.”

“It is always gratifying to see just how passionate and involved our fans are when it comes to helping the community,” said Flying Squirrels’ Vice President & COO Todd “Parney” Parnell. “It is amazing to us as an orga-nization to see just how much we have grown in the past year, and collecting more than double the coats we did last year is indicative of that. We feel very fortunate to have had the opportuni-

ties to partner with Gary Glover and the great folks at Puritan Cleaners, and look forward to continuing to grow this event in the years to come.”

Puritan Cleaners has collected well over 300,000 coats since the Coats For Kids’ inception 23 years ago. For more information on how to help the Coats for Kids program, please visit us online at www.puritancleaners.com. Included at the online home of Puritan’s Coats for Kids are store locations, fl yers, coloring pages and videos. For those who were unable to attend the Ballpark Warming Party, coats can be donated throughout the month of November at any Puritan Cleaners location. Home delivery route managers are also col-lecting coats on their runs throughout the month.

courtesy of Puritan Cleaners

Puritan Cleaners, Flying Squirrels collect 1,007 coats at 2nd annual Coats For Kids/Ballpark Warming Party

On Saturday, Nov. 20, 2-4 p.m., take a Historic Architec-ture Tour and discover the unique architecture of the historic buildings on the Courthouse Green. Learn how Greek Palla-dian and Italianate Classical design infl uenced the construc-tion of various historic structures on the lawn. Explore the story behind these remarkable structures, and learn how a building receives a Historic Landmark designation.

The cost of the tour is $8 for adults, seniors and children aged 8 and above. Pre-registration is required. To register, visit www.chesterfi eldhistory.com

The tour will begin at the Chesterfi eld County Museum, 6813 Mimms Loop, in the Chesterfi eld County government complex. For more information, contact Bryan Truzzie at (804)751-4946. - courtesy of Chesterfi eld County

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Veterans Day ceremony to be held on Nov. 13

Midlothian Robotics team to collect empty cans in recycling fundraising drive today and tomorrow

Aluminum is the precious metal in high demand at Midlothian High School during the school's annual

FIRST Robotics Team Midlocanics CAN drive, which will take place today and tomorrow from 2 - 5 p.m. The students, wearing old shoes and clothes, will be stomping empty aluminum cans collected from fellow classmates, who

can earn extra credit for the donation, as well as from the greater Midlothian community.

Last year, the group raised approxi-mately $3,000 - one crushed recycled can at a time. The money was used for team travel and technology needs as well as donated to the school's science department.

If businesses or households would

like to donate other large aluminum items, contact coordinator Nancy Lee at [email protected]. ONLINE: Midlocanics is more than an engineering brainiac group, according to group president Brady Crawford. The traveling team captains talk about what's next on midlothianexchange.com

- By Elizabeth Farina

PHOTO COURTESY OF JERIANN CRAWFORDMidlothian High School FIRST Robotics Team #1541, the Midlocanics, prepare for a busy year of building.

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BY MARK BOWESMedia General News Service

Counterfeit Latino music seems to have found a niche in the Richmond area.

Chesterfi eld County police, in cooperation with investigators for the Record-ing Industry Association of America, recently arrested 11 people at the Bellwood Flea Market in Chesterfi eld on charges of selling thousands of counterfeit CDs -- the great majority of which contained Latino music from established labels.

Police recovered at least 30,000 pieces of evidence during a raid last weekend that targeted nine vendors at the fl ea market at 9201 Jefferson Davis Highway, said Chesterfi eld police Capt. Hal Moser.

“It’s a nationwide prob-lem,” said Moser, who added that the activity seems to

BY KATHERINE CALOS Media General News Service

If Scouting for Food is as successful as it was last year, when almost 300,000 pounds of food was delivered to the Central Virginia Food Bank, the shelves should remain stocked for a little while -- all of four days.

“Right now we’re push-ing out about 70,000 pounds of food a day,” said Kristin VanStory, director of com-munications for the Central Virginia Food Bank and Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia.

“When I tell people that it goes out as quickly as it comes in, that’s an accurate statement,” she said. “You can walk in, in the morning, to see the shelves have been stocked and look pretty full. If you walk in a few hours later after the agencies have been shopping, they look empty.”

Scouting for Food is the single largest community food drive for the food bank, VanStory said. It marks the beginning of the holiday sea-son when donations tend to increase. Food bank supplies tend to dip in late summer and early fall as potential donors go on vacations and then focus on the beginning of the school year.

In the annual Scout food drive, empty grocery bags are delivered to homes one weekend and picked up the next. This year’s Scouting for Food ended Saturday. The fi nal tally won’t be known for about a week, VanStory said, because donations will continue to come in from Martin’s store locations.

Demand for food contin-

ues to increase at the Central Virginia Food Bank and elsewhere in the region.

In June, food distribution through the Central Virginia Food Bank and Meals on Wheels was 21 percent higher than the year before. Kids Café meals and snacks in-creased 41 percent. Children ate 10 percent more sum-mer meals. Meals on Wheels clients increased 7 percent. Requests for food increased 9 percent.

The ROC -- Richmond Outreach Center -- has seen a 166 percent increase in the number of people served weekly through its food ministry on Midlothian Turnpike, said Sarah January, director of development. Last year, an average of 303 people were benefi ting weekly from the food pantry, and this year the average is 807 people a week, she said.

“We are seeing people who never thought they would be in a predicament to need free food,” she said. People who were making $70,000 a year when they lost their job can end up having to choose between paying the utility bill and buying food, because new jobs have been hard to fi nd in a down economy.

The ROC conducts its own food drives as well as working through the Central Virginia Food Bank to col-lect perishables donated by grocery stores in an assigned region.

Fay Lohr, president of FeedMore, the umbrella organization for the Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, and Community Kitchen, said adequate food supplies are critical for the

future of individuals and the region.

“People don’t understand why kids can’t learn. If they don’t eat, the brain can’t develop,” she said. “If they are hungry, they are falling asleep in class, not able to pay attention, falling behind, getting frustrated, eventually dropping out. We want to break that cycle.

“We want to provide the crucial foundation and building blocks of regu-lar, reliable nutrition that

every citizen needs to pursue strong education, economic vibrancy and quality of life, so they’re not dependent on social services, they can make a living and donate to their community.”

The Central Virginia Food Bank’s service area has the highest concentration of pov-erty and hunger in the state, VanStory said. Almost half of the 36 jurisdictions are in the red zone -- depicting 15.7 percent to 24.7 percent of the population affected by food

insecurity -- on a map pro-duced by Feeding America using data from 2008. Nine counties from Nottoway and Prince Edward south to the North Carolina line are red.

Keeping up with demand can be daunting, but it’s not a solo effort, VanStory said.

“This community is awe-some,” she said. “We see the community respond when we ask for help, whether that’s food or time. We have more than 7,000 volun-teers in the organization.

We couldn’t come close to meeting the need without the community support.”

Scouting for Food is sim-ply another example of how everyone in the community can help, she said.

“People can feel a part of things with something as simple as putting a bag of food outside their door.”

Katherine Calos is a staff writer for The Richmond Times-Dispatch

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fl ourish at small stores and fl ea markets.

The seized music would have a retail value of $400,000, had it been authentic recordings and sold in legitimate stores, said John Cassillo, director of investigations for the Record-ing Industry Association of America’s Northeast Region.

“We survey markets throughout the United States, and [the Bellwood] market came to our atten-tion,” Cassillo said.

Moser said the group con-tacted county authorities in August, and police organized an undercover operation that culminated Oct. 30 with the execution of search war-rants. “We had somebody go undercover and identify the tables that were selling music,” he said.

The large majority of items seized were pirated

Latino recordings, although police confi scated other counterfeit music, Moser said.

“Those things are really easy to make,” Moser said of the CDs. “You just go out and buy [a genuine CD], and they get the recording equipment and make them. And I think it’s killing the recording industry fi nancially.”

Police arrested six men, three women and two teenag-ers on charges of trademark infringement. All 11 suspects are Hispanic, and three were turned over to immigration authorities for residing here illegally.

Moser said the operators of the Bellwood Flea Market

were not complicit in the il-legal activity. “This wasn’t an investigation of the Bellwood Flea Market,” he stressed.

Moser said police are will-ing to assist in the investiga-tion of counterfeit recordings because of larger issues that sometimes arise.

“Oftentimes, these types of counterfeit crimes lead to other crimes, mainly drugs and weapons and those kinds of things,” he said. “So a lot of times we’ll get involved in that because of what it leads to.”

Mark Bowes is a staff writer for The Richmond Times-Dispatch

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who are trying to reform the education-al system with lasting solutions.

The “Can You Hear Me Now?” proj-ect team is a microcosm of the Rich-mond area.

The group is a very diverse set of community leaders from varying back-grounds. Group members include: Ram Bhagat, Bennett Fidlow, Steve Malone, Kate Lim, Daniel Herr, Vilma Seymour and Mark Gordon. Courtney Malveaux serves as the project team coach. The group represents African American, Asian, Caucasian, male, female, LGBT, and live north and south of the James River – a refl ection of the region. Their goal is to create a new paradigm for dialogue that crosses racial, social, and political divisions within the metropoli-tan area

Led by Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center CEO, Mark Gordon, interactive discussions were facilitated by project team members where each posed poignant questions to stimulate conversation.

“We’re in different places on almost everything, but what seemed to be a theme throughout all of our [internal] conversations is ‘how do you build regional capacity?’ and ‘What keeps us

from really maximizing our potential for regional cooperation?” said Gordon.

“The potential of our area is not being realized because there are lots of unheard voices … people that don’t get to the table for whatever reason … It could be because of class, gender, or racial issues or historical divisions between areas of our region that we don’t have good conversations with one another.”

Kate Lim, who serves as Senior Leader of Quality Management at HCA Hospital, explained,“Our team wants to bring all people to the table.”

“We decided to have forums to start a discussion … to have people thinking and talking with different people in the community to help improve relations,” she said.

Lim is a member of the Asian American Society of Central Virginia. The Midlothian resident had worked at Sheltering Arms Rehabilitation Hos-pital, until recently, when she accepted a position with HCA at Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center.

Gordon added, “We have no agenda. We don’t want any certain outcome. We’re just saying, you know, there are things that we need to talk about.”

“We seek cooperation no matter

what our issue may be. Let’s have con-versations where we become comfort-able talking about any issue and have very transparent discussions in saying, ‘even though you don’t like what some-one has to say, you still have an obliga-tion to bring them to the table’.”

The Leadership Metro Richmond experience exposed participants to regional areas of concern such as educa-tion, transportation, crime and safety, and housing. “Can You Hear Me Now?” chose to address the issue of education through the viewing and discussion of “Waiting for Superman.”

Team members Ram Bhagat, a Richmond Public Schools educator and Bennett Fidlow, an entertainment attorney, collaborated to bring the idea to fruition.

In the future, “Can You Hear Me Now?” intends to actively work with a diverse team of community partners to present a series of “Courageous Com-munity Conversations.” The conversa-tions will focus on developing a mutual respect for one another – in a safe en-vironment- regardless of race, ethnicity and cultural differences that do not readily occur across the region.

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not limited. It’s any type of com-plex rescue scenario that we come into,” he said. “It’s not just build-ing collapse or things like that. They do confi ned space, they do special search and rescue opera-tions, they do swift water rescue. They do many, many things.”

Hanover Fire and EMS Lt. Matt Price, who began as a vol-unteer fi refi ghter at age 16 and now serves as a career fi refi ghter, added that the training is not only benefi cial for the fi refi ghters, but essential. “Basically, what we have here is a drill of structural collapse,” he said. “We all train together, trying to keep our skills sharp.”

Lt. Price added that training helps mold the team and prepares members to work together out-side of a crisis situation. “You’ll get to an incident and see familiar faces,” he said.

That familiarity allows minimal delay in responding at a scene. “In the fi re service, you got to do it right now, so you don’t really have time for an icebreaker. By doing this, we get to meet, shake hands and eat lunch with each other … you get that emotional intelligence with the other members on the team. Now, when we meet on the scene, all that’s done and we just go to work. We know each other’s skill sets, we know where we’re at in our training, who can do what, who is placed where, and you know where the equipment is on an apparatus,” Lt. Price said.

A painful shout is heard from the building. Lt. Price, who also served as a training facilitator, noted that the protesting shout is something that possibly could happen during a building col-

lapse. “It’s just not natural. It’s not every day that everybody’s in a building collapse where it’s dark, they have injuries and other people are screaming. You’re not used to that, that’s out of our comfort zone,” he said.

“We put some realistic patients in there to create that scenario so we can treat them. We use man-nequins too, but they can’t tell us where they hurt or what we did wrong. So, it’s all in an effort to make our transport of patients and treatment of patients better,” Lt. Price added.

The fi refi ghters continue with each task within the building and remove all the “victims” after intense work for two-plus hours. However, in some real-life disas-ters, not every victim will walk away. Lt. Elmore noted that fi re-fi ghters deal with such outcomes in various ways such as physical activity or hobbies or internal re-sources. “We’re there to help, and do a great job, and sometimes, unfortunately, the outcome isn’t a good one. We just have to deal with that, and we have a lot of outlets in the department that we can use,” he said.

“We’re very fortunate that it’s kind of like a brotherhood, a fam-ily between all the guys and girls that work in the fi re department. We can come back to the station and a lot of times we talk about it. We have critical incident stress debriefi ngs, and we have teams of people that are trained to handle and talk about it,” he said.

“We have a great group of guys and girls that work in these organizations … We really enjoy it and it’s a benefi t for the citizens of the Metro Richmond area,” Lt. Elmore said.

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As the African American Reper-tory Theatre of Virginia (AART)

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Smith, a 1987 graduate of Midlothian High School, has come full circle. His fam-ily moved to Chesterfi eld County in the early 1980s when his father, Skip, was re-assigned to the area. His mother, Ann Smith, still lives in Midlothian.

“My dad was an accoun-tant and mother was the creative one. She cultivated our talents and instilled those skills in us,” Smith fondly said.

“She performed in com-munity theater and we would tag along with her; that’s when I kind of got “the act-ing bug” from being around and watching her.”

Smith’s theater teacher at Midlothian, Katherine Baugher, encouraged him to pursue the art of theater. He became president of the drama club and later entered James Madison University where he was theatre major. He graduated in 1992.

“That’s where it all began for me. I cherish those years,” Smith said.

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“Home” is a theatrical tale of one man’s struggle to stay true to himself amidst a rap-idly changing and turbulent America. Leaving behind his family’s farm in North Carolina, Cephus Miles seeks refuge and prosperity in the North. Over the course of Cephus’ epic journey, from adolescence to adulthood, the drama spans the 1950s through the Civil Rights era and the 1960s to the Vietnam War.

A long-time industry col-league of Smith’s, L.Roi Boyd, who is an adjunct professor at Virginia Union Univer-sity and Virginia Common-wealth University, will direct the multi-talented cast of “Home”.

Veteran stage actor Toney Cobb portrays the title role of “Cephus”. The drama features AART senior en-semble member Kesha Oliver, as well as talented actress Shantell Hamilton, who will

BY LAURA GRAFF Media General News Service

Move aside autumn. Ski season is here.

Two North Carolina resorts, Sugar Mountain and Cataloochee, opened their slopes this past weekend to skiers and snowboarders anxious for cold.

“It’s always a race to see who opens fi rst,” said Jessica Davis, a snowboarding in-structor at Beech Mountain Resort who spent Saturday, Nov. 6 at Sugar Mountain.

Cataloochee Ski Area won this year, opening at 8:30 a.m. that day. Sugar Moun-tain opened 30 minutes later.

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National Weather Service meteorologists predicted temperatures could rise into the50s and 60s at Sugar Mountain this week, but Kim said resort staff plan to build up a bed of snow so the mountain can stay open to skiers.

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people like Davis. This is her fourth season working at Beech Mountain. When she heard the slopes were open-ing at other resorts, she said: “I waxed up my board and I went.”

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Laura Graff is a reporter for the Winston-Salem Journal

PHOTO BY TOMMY PENICK Patrons of Sugar Mountain ski on Sunday, Nov. 7. Sugar Mountain opened its slopes on Saturday morning with a dusting of fresh snow and hefty coating of man-made snow.

'Home' opens season for African American Repertory Theatre of Virginia

Right: Derome Scott Smith, a 1987 graduate of Midlothian High School, founded AART and serves as the artistic director. Below: Smith instructs the student-actors at George Wythe for a school play.

play more than twenty-fi ve characters.

In October, Smith was recognized as a 2010 winner of Richmond Magazine’s prestigious Theresa Pol-lak Prize for Excellence in Arts. He was honored for his nearly 20 years in theater.

From 1992-1996, Smith was an apprentice under his mentor, Ernie McClintock. McClintock, who was a signifi cant fi gure in the black theatre movement of the 1960s and 1970s, taught Smith about acting tech-niques, directing and behind-the-house responsibilities from an African American point of view. Later, Smith started a teaching career in theater education at George Wythe High School in Rich-mond.

“At George Wythe, basi-cally everything I learned from Ernie, I started to apply what I taught my students,” Smith said. “I took those kids from a program which was non-existent to a world-renowned theatre program with real performances and competitions. It was a tribute to everything I had learned from him.”

Shortly after attending the performances Smith founded the Living Word Stage Com-pany, which is now known as AART.

“When I looked around, I didn’t see a lot of African American involvement in the theatre,” Smith refl ected. “Our philosophy was to

give a home to a voice that I thought was lost or really didn’t have a home. So, we started to create shows and do theater from the African American perspective, which included grooming actors, fi nding directors, plays and writers who could give voice to that.”

Today, AART is striving for the highest caliber of art that it can produce. And Der-ome Scott Smith is leading the charge.

Tickets for “HOME” can be purchased online at www.aartva.org. For more infor-mation, call (804) 355-2187.

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BY FRED JETERspecial correspondent

Some athletes offer you a little of this and a little of that.

With Ben Morrison, it’s more like a lot of this and a lot of that.

The Cosby High senior is the Titans’ ver-sion of a Swiss Army knife – you name it, he does it.

“We’ve asked Ben to change positions each season, and he’s been exceptional every-where,” says Cosby coach Frank Jenkins.

Settling in as setter this autumn, the 6-1, 175-pounder led the team in assists and aces, unoffi cially in fl oor burns, was third in blocks and even managed his share of throw-downs.

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Morrison swapped the greater notoriety of outside hitting (spiking) for setting, for the sake of a restructuring squad that lost all but one starter – him - from 2009.

“The setter is a lot like a quarterback,” he said. “Only you don’t get quarterback’s glory; people only notice the setter when he messes up.”

Team wise, he spurred the Titans to the Dominion District regular-season title and an overall 19-2 record entering this week’s Central Region playoffs.

Individually, he was named Dominion Player of the Year by a vote of the district's

PHOTO BY KENNY MOORECosby's Ben Morrison had 42 assists during the Titans' loss to James River in the Dominion District fi nal.

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The girls’ cross country team from Midlothian High School entered last Saturday’s Central Region champion-ship meet knowing full well that the spotlight was pointed squarely in its direction.

Its predecessors, which included several of the 2010 Trojans, had won the past fi ve regional titles.

Milestat.com, the authori-tative source for track and cross country in Virginia, had them ranked fi rst among all schools in Group AAA.

Was there pressure?Were they overconfi dent?Were they ripe for an

upset?Not a chance.With Claire Benjamin,

Kara Dickerson and Kari Johnston fi nishing within seven seconds of each other in sixth, seventh, and eighth place, respectively, and Meghan Mulroy (13th) and Krista Willard (18th) claim-ing the all-important fourth and fi fth team spots, the Tro-jans (50 points) added a sixth trophy to their collection.

Maggie Walker Governor’s School (65) placed second, Mills Godwin (89) third, and Cosby (127) fourth.

“It’s not really a pressure situation,” said Benjamin, a senior who covered the 5K course at Pole Green Park in 18:37. “We enjoy trying to do our best. It’s not about ‘We have to keep this up.’ We

Teamwork critical as Morgan's boys rollBY WELDON BRADSHAWspecial correspondent

Midlothian High cross country coach Stan Morgan has a straight-to-the-point mantra that explains the Trojans’ domination of the Central Region boys’ meet Saturday at Pole Green Park.

“Like I tell the guys,” he said, “individuals win races, but teams win champion-ships. We really stress team-work. If there’s one team sport, cross country is a team sport.”

He explained: “I mean, there are seven guys out there depending on one another. If your 1 or 2 is having a bad day, hopefully somebody will see that and step up.”

On a cool, breezy after-noon in Eastern Hanover County, no one wearing a Midlothian uniform had any-thing remotely approaching a bad day.

While Silas Frantz of Douglas Freeman blew through the 5K in a course record 15:24 to claim the individual title, top-10 performances by Brayden Burleigh (2nd), Darren Bar-low (3rd), Sean Willard (5th), Sam Hush (9th) and Ryan Peterson (10th) gave the Trojans 29 points and their fourth regional crown in the past fi ve years.

Freeman placed second (89 points), Hanover (116) third and Deep Run (148) fourth.

“I have no idea where our other guys are during a race,” said Burleigh. “But I just know, somewhere in my heart, they’re working as hard as they can.”

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSMidlothian's Sarah Long elevates for one of her 11 kills during the Dominion District tournament fi nal vs. James River.

Senior moment

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Mary Allen had waited fi ve years for this moment, and

as she hugged the trophy to her chest after Midlothian beat James River 3-0 last Thursday to win its fi rst Dominion District girls volleyball tournament championship since 2005, her smile spoke volumes about how much it meant to the Trojans’ veteran coach.

“It’s even better because you always want something for your seniors to go out on a high note,” Allen said while accepting congratula-tions from a bevy of well-wishers in the gymnasium at Cosby High School.

Midlothian (15-7), which faced Atlee in the Central Region quarterfi -nals, has fi ve seniors on its roster. But that fi gure is a little misleading because only two -- fi rst-team all-district picks Sarah Long and Megan Reichert -- start and play key roles.

Long had 11 kills against

BY ERIC KOLENICHMedia General News Service

When Maggie Walker junior Katy May scored on a corner late in overtime, everyone on the fi eld froze.

The referees conferred in the middle of the fi eld as the Green Dragons and Cosby Titans held their collective breath.

Finally, the signal was made -- the goal was good.

The Maggie Walker Gover-nor’s School players who stood on the sideline threw off the Snuggies and blankets in which they were wrapped and ran to the middle of the fi eld to celebrate their 1-0 overtime victory over Cosby in the Central Region cham-pionship on a cold Friday night at SportsQuest.

“It’s really exciting,” May said. “It just feels really good that we can take home a trophy.”

With less than two min-utes remaining in the fi rst overtime, Maggie Walker junior Siobhan Rigby got the ball off a corner. She tossed the ball to May, who popped it into the goal. May said the delay was caused because the referees were ruling whether or not the shot had gone too high to count.

Green Dragons coach Paige Hawkins said she wasn’t sure if time had expired -- she later found out they had two seconds to spare.

The goal was May’s 17th of the season, which makes her the team leader. The Green Dragons (20-1) also kept their fl air for the dramatic alive. Their 4-3 win over Monacan Wednesday in the semifi nals went into double overtime.

“Just the whole emotional exhaustion and the physical exhaustion, it was just a lot,” Hawkins said. “We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy game. We knew there was go-ing to be tough competition.”

Cosby gave Maggie Walker a run for its money. Near the end of the fi rst half, senior Taylor Johnson got the ball in the goal, but it was called back because of a high swing. Earlier in the game, Cosby had another shot called back because it was off a corner, and the shot went too high.

“We had our opportu-nities, but Maggie Walker played a good game, too,” Cosby coach Rachel Mead said.

Both teams advanced to the Group AAA state quarterfi nals. Cosby traveled to Stafford Tuesday, while Maggie Walker played host to Mountain View.

Titans unable to slay Dragons

Trojans top Rapids for district tourneytitle, send veterans out as champions

Girls claim sixth straight championship

Unselfi shness, versatility will be player of year's lasting legacy

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James River and Reichert added 15 digs. The Trojans also got a huge game from sophomore Alex Olivero (20 assists, 7 digs and 5 aces), while juniors Kelly Layne and Emma Murphy each contributed several

well-timed kills in a 25-13, 25-15, 25-20 victory.

“At the beginning of the season we were a new team, but as we grew closer, the team got stronger,” Layne said. “Now we all know what we’re thinking and we

have each other’s backs.”Midlothian, which fi n-

ished third in the district, reached the tournament fi nal by beating Manchester and Clover Hill. That wasn’t enough to clinch a regional berth this season, though, because James River upset regular-season champion Cosby in the semifi nals.

Cosby already was as-sured a spot in the re-gional quarterfi nals, leaving Midlothian and James River to play for the other.

While the Trojans won both regular-season meet-ings with the Rapids, Allen didn’t feel compelled to remind her players what was at stake this time.

“I fi gured the less I said, the better,” she added. “They knew what they needed to do.”

James River’s players put everything they had into extending their Cinder-ella run into the regional tournament, but the Rapids were shorthanded; with 6-1 standout hitter Carol Pyszkowski unable to swing

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSJames River's Kari Heavenrich gets low to make a pass while teammate Lauren Wright looks on.

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Chesterfield County Admin-

istrator Jay Stegmaier an-

ced two appointments

pal bond bank, where she served in an

outstanding capacity and is credited

with quadrupling financial support to

nities according to Bill

BY FRED JETER

special correspondent

Never mind putter-

ing along the scenic route;

Lyberty Anderson is leaving

rubber in golf ’s fast lane

to stardom at Manchester

High.

Before so much as find-

ing her locker or tasting her

first slice of cafeteria pizza,

Anderson was arguably her

school’s most talked-about

athlete.

The talented daughter

of Wayne and Christal

Anderson will commence

freshman classes Sept. 7.

Preceding that, she filed

the best overall score (70-69,

5-under 139) Aug. 24-25

in the VSGA Foundation

Invitational at Independence

Golf Club.

The almost all-boys,’

“by invitation only,” event

featured many of the state’s

elite high-school golfers,

from some 30 schools,

including reigning Cen-

tral Region medalist Chris

O’Neill of Deep Run.

Also before the first day

of class, Anderson was a

medalist (3-under 69 at

Salisbury) in an Aug. 26 tri-

match with James River and

Midlothian.

On the overwhelmingly

male high-school circuit,

Anderson will often be the

lone girl in contention. On

the 14-person MHS roster,

she’s the solo female.

“Being the only girl has

its pros and cons,” she says.

“I don’t like being the only

girl; but it’s kind of cool,

too, because you get noticed

more.”

Anderson, who caught

the golf bug some nine years

ago while at a birthday party

outing, actually turns heads

wherever she totes her bag.

In the spring of 2008,

at age 13, following her

seventh grade year at Bailey

Bridge Middle, she became

the Richmond Women’s

Golf Association’s youngest-

ever champ.

This past spring, she

successfully defended her

RWGA private sector title.

Now, she’s turning to

public-school action, and

blending in as part of a

team concept in a largely

individual sport.

While Lancers’ coach

Chris Weaver critiques his

ninth-grader’s skill set, he

also acknowledges her high

character.

“Lyberty is a fabulous

golfer,” says Weaver. “But

she’s an even better person.

“She’s very much a part

of the team aspect and she’s

quick to help anyone.”

Anderson, who plays

out of the public First Tee

off Route 10, hails from a

middle-class working family.

Father Wayne runs an

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Golfer Lyberty Anderson will be attending Manchester High

this fall.

Anderson continues to shine in golf career

More than likely, most Virginia women have never said,

“Thank you, Lucy Randolph Mason, for advocating for

women’s rights in the 1920s.” Virginia children don’t stop

and think, “I could be working in a factory right now if it

weren’t for the National Child Labor Committee display at

the 1907 Jamestown Exposition.” Many African American

workers in Virginia might not realize that the jobs they cur-

rently hold could be a result of a strike at Richmond tobacco

stemmeries in 1937. And the majority of working Virginians

id how the 1935 Wagner Act and 1947

New museum exhibition

explores evolution of the

state’s Union history

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

2005.0138

1903 strike against Virginia Passenger and Power Co.,

operator of the Richmond and Petersburg streetcar lines,

was supported by much of the community. The strike lasted

two months and became so violent that the National Guard

was called out to protect persons and property, while

streetcars continued to run with the aid of strikebreakers.

Militiamen guarded the company offices at 7th and Main

streets in Richmond (seen on the left in the image), while

half a dozen rode the open car leading the line on Seventh

Street. Strikers ultimately failed in their efforts to win better

pay and hours.

PHOTO BY ROBERT BRENDLI The Midlothian High School girls and boys cross country teams celebrate after winning the Central Region Championships on Saturday at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville.

season with diligent summer training including weekly two-hour runs at tempo pace.

As the season unfolded, he maintained his mileage, added intervals, mile repeats, and speed work includ-ing 400’s and 200’s with his teammates, and quickly found himself the favorite to win the regional title.

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBSMidlothian's Kelly Layne (3) goes up to block a spikeby James River's Julia Solari.

Trinity Episcopal won its fi rst Prep League cross country championship since 1981, and St. Catherine’s won its fourth consecu-tive League of Independent Schools title in competition held Friday on Collegiate’s 5K Robins Campus course.

The Titans, who edged defending champ Woodberry Forest by one point, placed fi ve runners in the top 10.

Guy Shelby fi nished second, Reider Stre-hler fi fth, Mac Strehler sixth, Alden Knipe ninth, and Chris Cantone 10th.

“It’s really nice to see kids who have worked so hard being rewarded,” said Trinity coach Marcus Jones.

“We had a lot of gutsy performances. It was a complete team effort.”

Collegiate’s Scott Newton, who pulled away from Shelby and Woodberry’s Kevin Bennert near the halfway mark, won the individual title in 16:10.

St. Christopher’s placed third overall, and Collegiate fourth.

The Saints’ James Busch (12th), Nick Richardson (13th), and Farrar Pace (14th) and the Cougars’ Connor Partlow (15th) also earned all-Prep League honors with their top-15 fi nishes.

St. Catherine’s, which has won 21 LIS cross country titles, placed six runners in the top 13, scored just 27 points and easily out-distanced runner-up St. Anne’s-Belfi eld (60).

Trinity was fourth with 97 points.“The girls pushed themselves really hard,”

said SC coach Dave Bloor. “They put a lot of effort into knowing the course and knowing their opposition, and they ran really well.”

Taylor Clevinger and Ali Doswell fi nished 1-2, and Keeilah Moseley was fourth, Rose-mary O’Hagan eighth, Randall Ackerly 12th, and Whitney Busch 13th.

Collegiate’s Jasmine Turner (third), Julia Sroba (sixth), and Gray Little (14th) and Trinity’s McKenzie Walker (11th) and Chan-dler Harris (15th) were all-LIS by virtue of their top-15 fi nishes.

really admire the teams that have come before us, but we don’t ever feel like we’re in their shadow. We’re just try-ing to do the best we can.”

Cosby’s Megan Moye, the pre-race favorite, fended off a challenge from Deep Run’s Erica Dobbs to claim the individual championship.

Moye, a junior,led a group of nine through the fi rst mile in 5:40, separated from Dobbs with 1,000 meters to go, and sailed through the fi nish in a course record 17:51. Dobbs, a Wildcats se-nior, placed second in 18:12.

“The fi rst mile was really relaxed,” said Moye. “There was no time plan. Just run by feel.”

At about the halfway mark, Moye and Dobbs dis-tanced themselves from the pack and matched stride for stride through rolling terrain and into a tough 300-meter climb that took them into the third mile.

“Erica’s an amazing com-

petitor, and we were really pushing each other,” Moye said. “She led at one point. Then I would lead. Finally, I realized I had to pick it up a notch, so I pulled away, and it just got farther and farther.

“When I have someone running right beside, I have to have two gears. One gear is at 800 (from the fi nish). Once I get to 400, I know I have to lay it all down on the course.”

Her assessment of the Pole Green Park layout: “This course is brutal. It’s really not one of my favorites.”

The top four teams and top 15 individuals advance to the Group AAA champion-ship meet Saturday at Great Meadow.

For the moment, though, Moye will savor her regional title.

"I listened to my iPod and pictured the whole race in my head beforehand,” she said. “I pictured myself coming down the stretch. To actu-ally have that happen . . . it’s absolutely amazing.”

GIRLS RESULTS Midlothian (Mid) 50, Maggie Walker GS (MWGS) 65, Mills Godwin (MG) 89, Cosby (Cos) 127, Hanover (Han) 137, Lee-Davis (LD) 142, Douglas Freeman (DF) 167, Atlee (A) 201, Deep Run (DR) 221, James River (JR) 309, Prince George (PG) 316, Manchester (Man) 355, Matoaca (Mat) 392, Glen Allen (GA) 419, Thomas Dale (TD) 466.

1. Megan Moye (Cos) 17:51, 2. Erica Dobbs (DR) 18:12, 3. Anna Spiers (MWGS) 18:23, 4. Molly Breidenbaugh (Han) 18:25, 5. Rachel Galton (MWGS) 18:28, 6. Claire Benjamin (Mid) 18:37, 7. Kara Dickerson (Mid) 18:45, 8. Kari Johnston (Mid) 18:50, 9. Bonny Turnage (LD) 18:52, 10. Anna Gordon (Han) 18:54, 11. Kaila Blackburn (Monacan) 19:07, 12. Daisy Banta (MWGS) 19:13, 13. Meghan Mulroy (Mid) 19:21, 14. Lindsey Blum (Cos) 19:30, 15. Anne Menefee (MG) 19:33.

CENTRAL REGION CROSS COUNTRYBOYS RESULTS

Midlothian (Mid) 29, Douglas Freeman (DF) 89, Hanover (Han) 116, Deep Run (DR) 148, Atlee (At) 156, Maggie Walker GS (MWGS) 184, Lee-Davis (LD) 190, James River (JR) 199, Cosby (Cos) 219, Manchester (Man) 229, Mills Godwin (MG) 267, Matoaca (Mat) 285, Thomas Dale (TD) 325, Henrico (Hen) 433, Prince George (PG) 455, Colonial Heights (CH) 487

1. Silas Frantz (DF) 15:24, 2. Brayden Burleigh (Mid) 15:36, 3. Darren Barlow (Mid) 15:40, 4. Andrew Catanese (At) 15:56, 5. Sean Willard (Mid) 16:01, 6. Evan Niciphor (Cos) 16:10, 7. Nathan Clarke (Man) 16:11, 8. Cody Snyder (LD) 16:14, 9. Sam Hush (Mid) 16:15, 10. Ryan Peterson (Mid) 16:21, 11. Ronnie Calkins (DF) 16:22, 12. Kyle Murray (Mid) 16:25, 13. Michael Goolsby (Han) 16:25, 14. Robbie Longest (LD) 16:26, 15. Andrew Gorsuch (Mid) 16:32.

Andrew Gorsuch placed 15th overall, giving the Tro-jans six all-region perform-ers. The top four teams and top 15 individuals earned berths in the Group AAA championship Saturday at Great Meadow.

“All of our guys were really relaxed and focused,” said Burleigh, whose team, like its female counterpart, is ranked fi rst in Group AAA by Milestat.com.

“Darren, Sean, and I are basically our frontrunners. My main goal at the begin-ning of the race is to pace off the guys in front of us and use them as a little wind-shield.

“That way, we’re not tak-ing the brunt of the wind at some places and saving a bit of energy.”

Frantz, a junior who sailed through the fi rst mile in 4:40 and the second in 9:48, sepa-rated from his challengers near the midway mark.

Frantz prepared for the

GIRLS from P7 BOYS from P7 OVERHEARD

Like I tell the guys, individu-als win races, but teams win champion-ships.

Stan Morgan

because of a shoulder injury, they had only one player taller than 5-8 to challenge Midlothian’s front line.

“You can’t just focus on Sarah [Long] because they have hitters all over the fl oor,” James River coach Whitney Curtis said.

5-11 Julia Solari had 6 kills and 3 blocks for James River (10-9). Caroline Parker fi nished with 5 kills, 4 digs and an ace. Pyszkowski, the Rapids’ lone representative on the all-district fi rst team, did what she could to provide a defensive presence at the net.

“Carol’s a great leader,” Curtis added. “Whether she can hit or not, her experience is invaluable.”

Despite the season-ending defeat, Curtis was proud of her players' effort.

Of course, there was plen-ty of pride on Midlothian's side of the court, too.

“I knew we had a good team, but this completely surpassed my expectations,” Long said. “We pulled to-gether and worked hard.”

Added Allen: "I can’t say enough about this group of girls. They get along so well, they’ve made it fun and re-warding to get to this point.”

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coaches, while also garnering All-Academic accolades.

“In my opinion, there was no doubt about it,” Jenkins said of the rare honor for a setter.

“Most Players of Year are the big hitters … they draw the most attention. You don’t see a setter win it often.”

James River coach Terry Ford, who has coached Mor-rison on the club level, says this of the Titan:

“Ben’s a spectacular player and a spectacular kid … in fact he’s my son’s (JR setter Mitchell Ford) role model.”

The Titans advanced to this week’s Central Region tournament (fi nals tonight at Hanover High) despite a loss to Ford’s Rapids in the Dominion fi nals.

In the rare setback, Mor-rison was a beacon with a whopping 42 assists, 17 alone to “Jumpin’ Jack” Wilson.

There’s not a spot on the volleyball court Morrison doesn’t have his footprint.

He was libero (defensive specialist) as a sophomore and outside hitter in ‘09 be-fore transferring to setter.

On the travel circuit, he’s played most positions in fi ve seasons with the Richmond

Volleyball Club National squad (U-17 last summer).

Morrison’s jump serve is a nose-diving missile oppo-nents treat like its carrying chicken pox.

“Pretty lethal,” says Jenkins of his ace server.

With a laugh, Morrison describes his serve as “hard and low … I have broken a few noses.”

The surprise to some fam-ily members is that Morrison is spreading his wings on the volleyball fl oor, rather than basketball court.

He grew up in Lexington, Ky., a huge Kentucky Wild-cats hoops fan.

“Both my parents went to Kentucky,” he explained. “I had my life mapped out … I was going to play in the NBA someday.”

His focus began shift-ing when he discovered sand-court volleyball at the Woodlake pool, and tried out for the RVC National squad at 14.

From then on, the only net he’s been concerned with is the 8-foot high volleyball net.

“I just love it; I never dread a day of practice,” said Morrison, who hopes to con-tinue playing in college.

“Volleyball isn’t a sport to me … it’s a passion.”

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PHOTO BY KENNY MOOREBen Morrison's jump serve routinely gives opponents fi ts.

PHOTO BY KENNY MOOREJames River's players celebrate after beating Cosby in the district tournament fi nal.

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son losses to the Titans.Sophomore setter Mitchell

Ford (son of coach) had 53 assists to go with four kills and three blocks. Ford as-sisted junior Sam Albus on 11 kills.

“Sam’s only been playing volleyball three months,” said Ford. “He’s 6-2 (height) and touches 11-5 (with jump) … one of the best jumpers I’ve seen.”

Sophomore outside hitter Pete Sowers, senior middle Simon Wilson and senior

RAPIDS from P1

Brian Novak threw four touchdown passes and Bishop Sullivan (6-4) held off Trinity Episcopal 29-21.

Novak's fi rst two touch-downs gave Bishop Sullivan a 14-0 lead.

Trinity Episcopal (1-9) ral-lied thanks to Torey Burston's school-record performance.

Burston had seven catches

for 185 yards and a touch-down, breaking the record for yards in a single-game set by Nick Almond and Andrew Sarlo in 2008.

Burston caught a 70-yard touchdown pass from Zach Swift, Bryant Drayton hit Wells Larson for a 6-yard TD and Bill Patton scored on a 2-yard run for the Titans.

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We had all our seniors back ... they're the core of the team.

Terry Ford

opposite Michael Harrier fi ll out the Rapids’ lineup.

A year ago, James River fi nished in a three-way tie for the Dominion regular-season title with Clover Hill and Cosby, and was left at home.

In the end, Clover Hill defeated Cosby in the state fi nals.

“We didn’t get out our sistrict, but we were the third best team in Virginia last year,” said Ford. “That shows how tough the Dominion is.”

James River played at times this season minus its full cast of characters, for various reasons. In the District fi nal, all hands were accounted for.

Asked the difference be-tween the two losses to Cosby and the victory over the Titans, Ford quickly said “we had all our seniors back … they’re the core of the team.”

PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBS James River's Stacy Jennings stretches out to catch a pass during last Friday's nondistrict game against Lee-Davis.

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINAManchester's Willie Pugh battles for the ball with four L.C. Bird defenders.

PHOTO BY KENNY MOORECosby's Jainard Lambert (28) tries to break outside against Monacan's defense.

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Dorothy Durkin. From cards and gifts to

in-person hugs and lively conversations over the out-door grill, the neighbors celebrated Schmitt’s genuine help throughout the years. “He does everything in the neighborhood that needs to be done. And things he perceives to be done, he gets everybody’s opinion on it and he gets it to happen,” Jim Daley said.

MaryJane Daley echoed the sentiments, “He just does it out of the kindness of his heart.”

Jim Daley added, “Most importantly, I don’t know where he fi nds the energy.”

Schmitt has served numer-ous volunteer efforts, not just for the neighborhood, but for the community. Schmitt con-tinues to serve as a volunteer for the Chesterfi eld County Police Department. He has been instrumental in helping organize the neighborhood’s August “National Night Out” picnic as well as organizing the Neighborhood Watch, which was created 13 years ago. “He’s constantly help-ing out. He keeps an eye on the neighbors, young and old. Our children, who have grown up through the years, he’s mentored,” Balsamo said.

Darlene Schmitt says her husband is just that kind of

guy who likes to be involved and help others. “Just his whole willing to help every-body, and so willing to help me, and so willing to help all of our kids and grandkids – all 14,” she said.

A few of the neighbor-hood projects Schmitt’s coordinated are: streetlight installation, repaving the neighborhood’s main thor-oughfare, and coordinating with the fi re department for anyone who needed help with proper installation of smoke detectors.

John Carico remembers the fi rst time he met Tom Schmitt. “When we fi rst moved into the neighbor-hood about fi ve years ago, he showed up at our door and handed us information about the neighborhood with a list of everybody’s phone num-ber and how to get in touch with each other. He also introduced us to different people in the neighborhood,” he said.

The genuine welcome was memorable for Carico as for other neighbors who shared similar stories.

Tom Schmitt noted that it’s easy to welcome neighbors and recalled the importance of a connected neighborhood when he and Darlene were young parents raising their own children. “We had tons of children in

the neighborhood when we came here in 1973. When the bus stopped at the corner, fi fty children got off. Over the years, they’ve all grown up,” Schmitt said. “Now, the new families are coming and it’s such a delight. We get together for parties and make

sure the families are there and feel welcome.”

Where Schmitt fi nds the energy to be a help to his neighbors is easy. “Oh my gosh! It’s just something that’s so enjoyable to do. The people out here are the most wonderful I’ve ever seen, ever

worked with. It’s just fun being neighbor-for-neighbor with these people. It’s just what I believe in,” he said.

And it is Schmitt’s belief in extending a helpful hand to others that has become con-tagious among his neighbors. “Bottom line, it doesn’t take a

big production to show some people some compassion and some appreciation,” Balsamo said. “When you do it in large numbers, it resonates even more.”

Balsamo added, “He’s just a selfl ess guy.”

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINANeighbors surprise Tom Schmitt at a surprise 'thank you' party

"Alice in Wonderland" was presented by the Theatre on the James on Oct. 29, 30, and 31 at James River High School. Jessica Rawls, a junior, played Alice and Taylor Goodbody, a Senior, played the Queen

of Hearts.Also, children were invited to come in costume to the matinee on

Halloween Day. The Cheshire Cat, played by senior, Shannon Clunie handed out candy to trick-or-treaters. Watch for the next exciting

production: "The Wedding Singer" -coming February 3-5 at James River High School.

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Roll out the red carpet, Irving Berlin’s Broadway smash, "Annie Get Your Gun," will be moseying into town on Nov.18, 19 and 20 at 7 p.m., premiering at the new Clover Hill High School. The original 1946 Broadway production starred Ethel Merman as the brash, gunslinging “Annie Oakley,” and has been one of Broadway’s favorite musicals of all time.

Directed by Ginger Gobble, “Annie Get Your Gun” is Clover Hill’s fi rst production in their brand new, 1,000-seat theatre. Seniors Kaylee Hansen, stars as Annie Oakley and Dane Barber as Frank Butler. Also starring are seniors Jenny Carlson as Dolly Tate and Wil Johns as Buffalo Bill Cody. Choreogra-phy is from Clover Hill alum Logan Jamison

and musical direction from Sandi Thomas. Erin Peebles serves as technical director.

“There’s No Business Like Show Business,” the production’s showstopper, will feature the entire cast of 32 students. Other well-known musical numbers are “Anything You Can Do,” and “I Got the Sun in the Morning.” “Annie Get Your Gun,” won numerous Tony Awards and has been revived several times on Broad-way, on tour, and made into a 1950 movie starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel.

Tickets will be available at the door for $5. Clover Hill High School is located at 13301 Kelly Green Lane.

For more information, please contact (804) 564-6983.- courtesy of Michelle Schappacher

Alice in Wonderland provides plenty of smiles for children and actors

Broadway comes to Brandermill

Clover Hill actors prepare for opening night. Front row: Jenny Carlson, left, Kaylee Hansen, Dane Barber, and Carli Cheatham Back row: Will Johns, left, Andrew Hughes, Andrew Chappacher, and Kyle Horowitz.

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Starbucks at Bellgrade - 11307-F Polo Place

SYCAMORE SQUARE:The Italian Café - 1002 Sycamore Square

VILLAGE MARKETPLACE SHOPPING CENTER:deRochonnet Delights - 13228 Midlothian Tpke

Midlothian Book Exchange - 13195 Midlothian Tpke

Pick up a Midlothian Exchange at any of

these locations

The deadline for advertising in Midlothian Exchange is 3pm Thursday - RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY! Call (804) 339-9162 for details.

Advertise with Midlothian ExchangeCall 201-6071 or 908-6086 to hear about Midlothian Exchange’s upcoming advertising opportunities!

Bed - New Mattress Set in Plastic w/ warr. Full$99, Queen $109, King $189. Delivery/Lay -A-Way.218-0680

Chihuahua Puppies - AKC/CKC. Short & Long-Haired Males 3-5 lbs. 2-Chocolates & 2-Fawns

$200-$350. Parents on premises. Call 804-513-2554

HVAC Technician Local family-owned companyseeking an experienced and knowledgeable tech-nician for immediate hire. 5+ yrs experiencepreferred. Must be comfortable working on A/C,gas and oil boilers and furnaces, heat pumps, etc.CFC certification, hand tools and good drivingrecord required. We offer a great benefitspackage to include health, dental, pd vacation,etc. Call 804.355.2800 or email resume to:[email protected]

JOB DEVELOPER: Local Case Management Co.specializing in Workers’ Compensation desires aJob Developer to identify available employmentvacancies in North Carolina and Virginia. Qualifi-cations require a high school diploma or equiva-lent and an interest in detail. Bachelor’s degree inpsychology or similar field preferred. Salaried po-sition with full benefit package. Email resume tomail@vocmed, or fax to 804-419-0202.

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PHOTOS BY PATRICK DOBBSHundreds of martial arts students and their families attended the 39th Anniversary Dong’s Martial Arts Tournament held Saturday, Nov. 6 at L.C. Bird High School to benefi t Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Leah Glass of Richmond demonstrates a form prior to sparring Six-year old Kimora Miesnik of Chester scores a point.

Tournament benefi ts Children's Hospital Foundation

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www.Legion.org

The American Legionand

join in saluting our military veterans of all wars this November 11 - and every day. Thank you for serving America with honor, courage and commitment.

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Order YourThanksgiving Meal

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Barbara A. Smith, Owner – Powhatan, VA

Phone/Fax: (804) 897-6222 Cell Phone: (804) 314-6340

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BON SECOURS FOR WOMEN Good Help to Those in Need®

Wednesday,November 176:30 – 8:30pmMemorial Regional, MOB I8220 Meadowbridge RoadMechanicsville, VA 23116

Thursday,November 186:30 – 8:30pmSt. Francis, Main Lobby13710 St. Francis BoulevardMidlothian, VA 23114

Sunday,November 212 – 4pmSt. Mary’s, MOB Northwest1501 Maple AvenueRichmond, VA 23226

Bon Secours will host three free seminars during

Prematurity Awareness Month in November. Our

speakers will include physicians and other experts.

They’ll discuss the causes of early deliveries and

how to avoid them. Join Bon Secours andMarch

of Dimes as wework to prevent premature births.

PREMATURITY AWARENESS SEMINARS

good helpto babies so theyaren’t born too soon

register @ bonsecoursforwomen.com or call (804) 545-1234Space is limited. Registration is required. Heart-healthy refreshments. Door prizes.

Door prizes include:

The ultimate expecting and newmama package!

for 5-week HypnoBirthing TheMonganMethod

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