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By John Wallace, YMCA Greater Richmond

The fi rst thing you notice after walking through the new entryway of the recently expanded Midlothian Family YMCA is a sense of community. Look left and you will see people reading the paper, sipping

coffee and socializing in a café-like setting. The three-plus years of planning and work by YMCA staff and volunteers leading up to this 26,000-square-foot expansion has had the single goal of increasing the quality of life for all of Midlothian’s residents.

Member Jerry Brown is fully aware of the Y’s impact in the communities it serves. He exercises at the Southside Vir-ginia Family YMCA as well as the Midlothian Family YMCA and is proud to know his monthly membership helps others through YMCA programs and services.

“I’m a people person,” said Brown, who often can be found socializing in the new lobby. “To me, the extra bricks and mortar mean more opportunities for more programs, whether they benefi t children, teens or older adults.”

One room that serves a diverse age range is the new intergenerational room, which houses programs for active older adults and provides a home for teen programs such as the Y’s growing Leaders’ Club and middle-school activities.

“The hours from school dismissal until around 6 p.m. are when youth are at most risk to become the victims of or participate in crime,” said Midlothian Family YMCA Execu-tive Director Scott Williams. “It’s important this population has a safe haven where they can engage in fun and enriching activities.”

For many parents, knowing their children are in a secure environment when they are not around is invaluable.

A big advantage of a YMCA Family Membership is the

EXPANSION ADDS TO PROGRAMS Midlothian Family YMCA dedication of expansion Feb. 12

BY ERIC MILLIRONSspecial correspondent

It was almost as if one had been mystically transported back in time to the year 1940. Inside the building was what

had to be a “war room,” prob-ably in London. On tables located throughout were detailed terrains of Bethune, France, or near Calais or Cambrai. Also on these boards were two opposing forces: the Ger-man Army and the Allied Army. The battle for France had begun.

However, this was not 1940. Rather it was Saturday, Jan. 16, but the battle for France had be-gun again. Instead of the verdant lowlands, it was taking place in the U.S. Army Women’s Museum located at Fort Lee near Peters-burg.

Instead of the rat-tat-tat of machine guns, the explosion of artillery or the clanking of mov-ing armor, it was almost deathly quiet. You could hear a pin drop as the war gamers studied the boards and made their moves of infantry, artillery and armor.

This was the 5th Annual Flames of War Day, a day where those interested in playing war games against equal or sometimes unequal opponents tested their skills and luck. With specifi c de-tails and rules as to how the vari-ous units could be maneuvered, with tape measures that were used to determine how far their armor could move at one time, they each waited patiently for their time to roll the dice to see what they could move and where they could

The fall of France - again

FILE PHOTO BY SARA PAGEDr. J. Wayne Mancari won the Times-Dispatch Dress-Up and Run Contest as part of last year’s Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K with his rendition of Indiana Jones complete with boulder. Mancari is challenging runners to try to dethrone him this year. Story on page 7.

COURTESY PHOTOS BY JOHN WALLACEDr. Beth Marshall, right, with her children Riley, 7, and Chase, 6, uses the Midlothian YMCA for more than exercising. Below left: An exterior view of the expansion. Below right: Jerry Brown takes in a work-out.

Monument Avenue 10K’s creative edge

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH FARINAPlayer John Sulek fi nishes a round during the 5th Annual Flames of War Day

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see GAMES page 6

» CRIME REPORTDisclaimer: All data are based on the publicly available Chesterfi eld County Police Department daily arrest and crime releases and are reported according to Federal Incident Based Reporting rules.

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other vehicle.

23113Jan. 1911800 block of Charterhouse Dr.Unknown suspect(s) entered the victim’s un-locked garage and removed property.

13800 block of Knights Run Dr.Items stolen from job site.

23235Jan. 211300 block of Poco Dr.Suspect(s) entered multiple vehicles in the area of the residence and took property from them.

Jan. 209800 block of Midlothian Tk.Property removed from the bed of the victim’s truck.

10200 block of Midlothian Tk.Two masked sus-pects entered the store. One suspect approached and pushed a clerk while the second suspect stole beer. Both suspects fl ed on foot.

Jan. 1910900 block of Robious Rd.Unknown suspect(s) vandal-ized the interior of

the bathroom and attempted to set fi re to the toilet paper.

7700 block of Belasco Dr.Unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the victim’s unlocked rear sliding glass door and stole items from a rear bedroom

23236Jan. 21800 block of Geor-giana Ct.Property stolen from victim’s un-locked Honda.

Jan. 20700 block of S

Hyannis Dr.Locked black 2006 Chrysler 300 re-ported stolen from victim’s residence. No signs of forced entry were noted.

Jan. 19400 block of Com-stock Dr.Property reported stolen from victim’s silver 2007 Toyota Matrix, which was parked in the victim’s driveway.

1700 block of Winters Hill Cr.Property reported stolen from victim’s truck.

23832Jan. 21

4000 block of Anita Ave.Suspect(s) forced entry to the victim’s black 2003 Chev-rolet Tahoe and removed property from inside.

Jan. 2010000 block of Enderly Ct.License plates stolen from victim’s vehicle.

Jan. 193600 block of Gh-ent Dr.Property reported stolen from victim’s unlocked 1997 Ford Expedition, which was parked in his driveway.

23112Jan. 2213300 block of Kelly Green Ln.Property removed from the rear of the victim’s truck.

Jan. 217700 block of Bold Forbes Ln.Property stolen from victim’s un-locked vehicle.

4000 block of Mal-lard Creek Cr.Entry gained to two locked vehicles in the parking lot and items stolen. Entry was forced to one of the vehicles by breaking a window. No signs of force were found to the

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BY ERIC MILLIRONSspecial correspondent

With the earth-quake and ut-ter devastation in the small

Caribbean country of Haiti, many people wanted to help, but they did not know how to make certain their gifts would actually get to those in need.

One local church decided to tackle that dilemma by donating supplies to mis-sionaries. Melissa Fallen, Associate Pastor for Senior Adults at Huguenot Road Baptist Church, put it this way: “We saw a need, the church realized the need, and we mobilized to meet that need.”

After making contact with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, with whom the church is affi liated, Hugue-not Baptist learned that Steve and Nancy James, Baptist missionaries to Haiti, were requesting various medical supplies for people in the earthquake-ravaged country. The list was passed on to the membership via an e-mail on Jan. 21. It noted that “Due to the urgency of the need, HRBC will collect these items on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010.”

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the collection of anything, especially medical supplies, many of which are not avail-able in the medicine chests of the homes of the members. By Saturday, the supplies had begun to roll in.

Bandages, scalpels, syring-es, splints, and rubber gloves seemed to miraculously ap-

pear. By Sunday, the amount of supplies had grown even more. Several bins were fi lled to overfl owing. There were disinfectants, various over the counter pain medica-tions, and even Band-aids. The members of the church had responded.

On Monday morning,

families gathered and, with the children helping, the medical supplies were boxed for shipment to Haiti. The church had put into ac-tion the tenet of “Love your neighbor.”. Fallen stated very simply, “This is how we have answered God’s call.”

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PHOTO BY ERIC MILLIRONSAmada Lott, Assoc. Pastor for Children’s Ministries, assisted by daughters Sarah Grace, left, and Catie sort and pack a small portion of the medical supplies for Haiti.

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XXIV No. 2

Powhatan, Virginia

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after receiving

letter from schools

Powhatan’s Tommy

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free Child Watch program, which allows parents to place their children in the care of skilled child care staff while they work out. This area has been expanded and also connects to another colorful room gener-ously funded by the Midlothian Rotary Club. Dubbed the Midlothian Rotary Club Family Adventure Center, this room is fully equipped with a rock wall and interactive video games and is designed to provide fi t-ness-based activities as well as developmental opportunities in more quiet areas.

Health and wellness have remained a cen-tral focus. An additional group exercise stu-dio has been added to accommodate a wider variety of group exercise classes including low-impact and medically-based classes for individuals with special needs. A massage studio has also been added. “We have moved

from being adequate to really state-of-the-art,” said Senior Membership and Wellness Director William Thornton in relation to the renovated wellness center.

More than 7,000 square feet have been added in a layout conducive to beginning exercisers, competitive athletes and even individuals with disabilities.

Members Carol and Donald Fleeger ben-efi t from the Y’s income-based memberships in their quest for health and recovery. Carol Fleeger had a stroke four and a half years ago that prevented her from participating in a lot of the activities she loves, such as tap danc-ing, but she has been building her strength on the machines at the Y in hopes to get back to the group exercise classes.

“All of the expansion has been a benefi t to us,” said Carol Fleeger. “I use the machines a lot, and hope one day I can do the classes

again and also swim.” Many of the machines Carol uses over-

look the brand-new gymnasium, which creates wellness and social opportunities for all of the Y’s members, including par-ticipants in the child care programs.

The gymnasium is strategically located next to the new child care and preschool classrooms to incorporate physical fi tness into the participants’ days. “My oldest, Will, is the basketball star. He would spend all his time in the gym if he could,” said Dr. Beth Marshall, parent of three children in the Y’s Before-and After-School Child Care program.

Dr. Marshall’s family have been mem-bers of the YMCA for four years. She was originally drawn to the child care program due to the Y’s emphasis on values. “It’s been a blessing for us. I would not be able to make it to my job downtown in time if I were to see them off to school. The new classrooms allow my kids to develop with others their own age. Will is 10 and he spends time with older kids in one room, while my younger children, Riley and Jason, play and learn with the younger group. A lot of times they don’t want to leave when it’s time to pick them up.”

Around the corner from the preschool and child care classrooms are art studios and music rooms.

The family locker room is an added feature that is hard to miss because you lit-erally can see right through it. After much consideration, research and discussion

with members, the family locker room provides an open layout to accommodate the needs of multiple generations. This has been an immediate success. Individual private rooms include changing space, showers and bathroom facilities in which parents may tend to children or caregivers can assist older adults or individuals with special needs.

Environmental considerations also were a factor during the expansion. Features such as paperless hand dry-ers, low-VOC paint and carpet, no-wax fl oors, energy-saving lights, high-effi -ciency HVAC system, sky lights and light refl ectors outside of windows to minimize energy usage have been included to help reduce the building’s ecological footprint.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedica-tion of the expanded Midlothian Family YMCA is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. All of this would not have been possible without the tireless work of YMCA volunteers, staff and many selfl ess donors who understand that the Y is an integral part of their community, an asset that enhances the lives of all regardless of social or fi nancial circumstances.

Midlothian YMCA Executive Director Scott Williams sums it up well when he said, “People don’t just make a charitable contribution to the YMCA, they are giving a gift to the community and the YMCA is the catalyst for action.”

Brothers Vic, Nick, John, and Bill Routsis opened the Brickhouse Diner nearly six years ago. Restauranteering is challenging enough in the best of times. I sat down with Vic and Nick to fi nd out how they’re dealing with the cur-rent economic situation. This is how they see it.

VR: I was dating a girl that her parents owned the Mr. Submarines here in Richmond and one thing lead to another, got married to her, and then I got involved in the sub shops. My brothers came up and we opened a couple more sub shops with my father-in-law and then we decided to venture out on our own - just the brothers alone - and that’s when we found this place here in Midlothian and decided to give it a chance.

When we came [here] we had nothing; we were all young, we had nothing to fall back on to say, “Look, this is who we are and we can show you.” [Mr. Jones, the landlord] gave us a chance to open; and he said it himself that there’s been a lot of things in this property and no one has succeeded. So we took it upon ourselves to say, “Look, we gonna make it.”

NR: [Our] parents had a restaurant for 16 years in Chesa-peake, Virginia, and that’s where we grew up and learned most of it; and now we’re just trying to go further with it, God willing.

Something that we’ve had to overcome is the economy. [Good help] isn’t anything we’ve had to overcome. All of our employees [about 20 employees total, not counting the brothers] have been here at least a year. And we have some, a lot, that have been here since day one. We haven’t laid any-body off; we just kind of cut ourselves back and kind of took charge more in the kitchen [so] we, everybody could keep their job. It’s worked out.

VR: We make all our stuff in house. We don’t have to go out there and buy the chopped lettuce, we chop it ourselves. We don’t have to buy the sliced tomatoes, we slice them ourselves. We make our own burgers so we don’t have to buy it already grinded up to where you have to pay that extra money to get it grinded, to get it sliced, to get it thised, to get it that. That’s what we do.

» THE WAY WE SEE IT: VIC AND NICK ROUTSIS

NR: Customer service. Customer service. Cleanliness, customer service, and good food. You have to be on top of it. You have to take care of people. They’re coming here, they’re spending money in your establishment. You give them what they want. Make them feel at home as much as you can.

Every [restaurant] is gonna get a fi rst try. The key is keep-ing them. If you can keep them coming back, then you’ve done a good job. So our key to our success is “family owned and family operated.” We don’t have a manager that we leave it to and they do their own thing. We have someone that watches the front for us, someone’s in the back in charge, but one of us [brothers] are always in here, so if there’s a prob-lem we take care of it. We don’t have a 1-800 number. That’s the main thing.

VR: [We’d like to] have a bigger restaurant for a little

banquet room at least so I can support all the football and baseball [teams] and all that, cause sometimes people call me up and I don’t have a banquet room for them.

NR: We seat 95 people in here max and that’s with every chair fi lled. So a bigger place? Yes. More parking? Defi nitely! That’s been an issue here since day one here. Maybe the only resolution [is] building our own Brickhouse Diner on our own property. But that’s in the near future, hopefully.

The constant support of the area people is what’s keeping us here and we appreciate every day and every time they come in and I think they know it.

The Brickhouse Diner is located at 13520 Midlothian Turnpike. Open Monday-Saturday 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays 7 a.m.- 2 p.m. For more information, call (804)794-8798.

“The Way We See It” is a new monthly feature of Midlothian Exchange.

INTERVIEWED BY SKIP ROWLAND

from MIDLOTHIAN YMCA page 1The gymnasium has opened up many possibilities for the Midlothian location.

PHOTO BY SKIP ROWLANDVic Routsis, left, and Nick Routsis purchased the Brickhouse Diner with their two brothers John and Bill.


» LETTERS FROM THE INBOXMIDLOTHIAN: drop your letter in the mailbox to PO BOX 420, MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113 or e-mail [email protected]

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BY ELIZABETH [email protected]

Tuesday is budget presentation time for Chester-fi eld County Public Schools. This column was written before hearing the presentation. Howev-er, the community has heard multiple proposals

(or rumors) to cut everything under the school system’s sun. Each proposal has been met with public outcry backed by many valid reasons for these programs to be sustained.

However, what if the public changed tactics? Instead of using the three minutes of public speaking

time during the board meeting to say why the program should be saved (each program is important), why not propose how the program can be saved with either mini-mal funding or through fi nding savings while working with other county departments?

Midlothian Exchange is looking at other county de-partments and how they are working among a shrinking operating budget. There are more than 40 departments that serve more than 300,000 residents. Starting in our Feb. 4 edition, you will meet a different department direc-tor who will explain what services his or her department provides for county residents and how the upcoming funding challenges affect those services. We will feature a director each week until the Chesterfi eld County Board of Supervisors approves the budget in April.

It has been interesting to see how different the budget conversation has been outside of the school system’s leadership. And it’s been refreshing to see such a “can-do” instead of “woe-is-me” mentality among other county departments. The whole county knows it’s going to be a tough unknown terrain where every department will have to make some sort of sacrifi ce. It’s time to accept that fact.

It’s time for the budget conversation to turn from a sensationalized hot topic and become a “no-nonsense” conversation as we digest the numbers this week. No one is saying these cuts will be easy, but they must be done.

Sending out an SOS for schools

We are potentially losing our schools as we know them, and balancing our budget woes on the backs

of our children won’t cut it. Did you know that the school divi-

sion faces $42 million in cuts to its op-erations next year? That’s on top of mil-lions and millions in cuts this year. The $42 million in cuts is equal to about 500 jobs (many teachers and aides) AND a salary reduction for some of our most underpaid residents: teachers.

The new governor’s budget is des-tined to double this amount in further cuts in the state’s share of education funding to local communities. These levels of cuts WILL affect the classroom.

Did you know the county govern-ment faces the prospect of cutting only $14 million. That’s right, our schools

must cut $42 million while our county government must cut $14 million. I thought I heard county leaders say at their public budget meetings that edu-cation was a priority. A priority what -- target?

We’ve read the recent media reports and recommended budget briefi ngs, and should support:

1. The school division’s efforts to recoup the savings the school division has accrued, and returned to the county coffers during the past two years;

2. the school division’s request that the county government continue to fund our public schools at the same percentage next year as they are this year (61 percent this year; proposed 58.6 percent next year);

3. and increasing the tax rate to sup-port public education and other critical

public services.We can do without an extra pizza

each month if it means our children are provided a constitutionally mandated high quality education.

We can also pay a few dollars more now, OR our children can pay dearly later. Our citizens who do not have chil-dren in school, and think they have, “no dog in this fi ght” are sadly mistaken. These are the same children you need to work and pay into our Medicare system, attract employers to our community, and help add to society, not take away through unemployment, social services, and paying to line the pockets of indi-viduals in the incarceration business.

Stella Y. EdwardsPresident,

Chesterfi eld County Council of PTAs/PTSAs

» GUEST COLUMN

BY MELIKE MONAHANspecial correspondent

Tomahawk Creek Middle School drama students performed a one-act play called “I Never Saw Another Butterfl y,” by Celeste

Raspanti. The story is about a Jewish girl named Raja who lived through the Holo-caust when Terezin Concentration Camp was liberated at the end of World War II. The story depicts events of children’s suf-fering during this period.

Under the direction of Tomahawk Creek drama director, Charmaine Crow-ell-White, the seventh graders performed for their peers as well as the Midlothian community. Several members of Jewish organizations in metro Richmond and their rabbis also attended the play. The rabbis brought their Hebrew school stu-dents. They were greeted by the Toma-hawk Creek Choir, which sang “Shalom, Chaverim.”

Charmaine Crowell-White (popularly known as “Mrs. CW”) explained why she

chose this one-act play to perform at the school. “This summer I took a class at the Richmond Holocaust Museum about how to teach about the Holocaust. Taking the class changed me forever,” she said.

To give her actors a better insight on how to be their characters, Mrs. CW took them to the Virginia Holocaust Museum on a fi eld trip. “I wanted them to see and feel the story of the Holocaust,” she said. “Actors are story tellers. They have a story to tell and they tell it. This is a story about the Holocaust. Something horrible that has happened in World War II. We hope that everyone will seize it and they’ll never forget the story.”

The Holocaust play fi t right in with Tomahawk’s anti-bullying program the P.A.C.K. (Peers Acting with Care and Kindness), which carries the slogan “We’re the P.A.C.K. and we got your BACK,” to demonstrate how human suffrage can happen as a result of hatred.

In lieu of admission, the evening per-formance collected pennies to donate to the Virginia Holocaust Museum.

» CORRECTION & CLARIFICATION

One-act play teaches tolerance

In last week’s article “Seniors pin down win for James River,” Midlothian’s Blake Dunn earned a pin in the 130-pound weight class over Will Porzio, not Jordan O’Donnell as was stated. We regret the error.

This week afforded the opportunity to accomplish one of the objectives that

gives me great satisfaction as a legislator: to relieve a large budget challenge, in this in-stance for our local schools.

Under an administrative action passed last year by the Virginia State Board of Education, local school divi-sions were required to begin a full-credit class this fall for incoming freshman on the topic of fi nancial literacy. The purposes of this regula-tion are valuable, corralling the instruction that students receive on matters from balancing their checkbooks to free-market economics in one class. There can be no doubt of the importance of young people understanding these fundamental economic principles.

However, no fi nancial support to local schools was included in the Board’s decision. The Board could not of course foresee that this mandate would come due during the worst economic downturn in two genera-tions. Chesterfi eld Schools estimated that the mandate would cost $2.5 million. Powhatan Schools estimated the cost as at least $175,000.

Accordingly, I offered legislation in House Bill 196 to repeal the mandate. The legislation in turn prompted a meeting of some 40 inter-ested stakeholders – educa-tors from both Chesterfi eld and Powhatan, and leaders in the fi nancial fi eld. Out of that consultation has come a willingness to delay the man-date until 2011. My bill is being amended to refl ect this signifi cant accommodation.

Instrumental in achiev-ing the compromise were Dr. Joseph Tylus, director of High School Education, who superbly presented Chester-fi eld Schools’ budgetary and

curricular situations and who deftly responded to a series of queries -- and challenges; School Board member Patty Carpenter of Midlothian, who represented the board’s concerns; and, Shawn Smith, assistant director of Commu-nity Relations.

Judge selectionVirginia law designates

the legislature as the body to select judges for local courts. One of the principal purposes of this arrangement is to insulate judges from the election process, thereby ensuring that their decision-making is based solely on the merits of the cases before them.

The selection of judges for Virginia’s courts from Juve-nile and Domestic Relations Courts up to the Virginia Supreme Court is therefore one of the legislature’s most important responsibilities. Certainly it is a responsibility to which I devote consider-able time, particularly when vacancies occur in one of the two Judicial Circuits I represent.

With the retirement of Circuit Court Judge Thomas V. Warren this year, such an opening has come up. Judge Warren is the longest-serving circuit judge in the common-wealth and has rendered im-peccable service in Powhatan and the three other counties of the 11th Judicial Circuit. I add my voice of apprecia-tion to Judge Warren for his service, for the dignity of his proceedings, and for the at-tention he has devoted to the people and cases that have come before him.

With Judge Warren’s retirement, numerous constituents have contacted me to inquire how this important position will be fi lled. In brief, the central role is played by the mem-bers of the legislature who represent a portion of the

district. In the House there are four members: Del. Roslyn Dance (D) of Peters-burg, Del. James Edmunds (R) of Halifax, Del. Tommy Wright (R) of Lunenburg, and me. Three senators are engaged: Sen. Louise Lucas (D), Portsmouth; Sen. Henry Marsh (D), Richmond; and our own Sen. John Watkins (R), Powhatan. Four very capable lawyers have offered themselves as candidates for this position, two of whom are sitting judges: Judge Paul Cella, Judge Valentine Southall, Powhatan Com-monwealth’s Attorney Bob Beasley, and Mayo K. Gravatt of Nottoway.

Each legislator is contrib-uting to deliberations on this decision. These delibera-tions will be carried over to the respective Courts of Justice Committees of both the House and Senate. (The decision-making process this year is complicated by the fact that Senate is controlled by the Democratic Party and the House of Delegates has a majority of Republicans.)

The courts committees will then compose a slate of judges for openings in each of the several dozen circuits in Virginia, and this slate will be voted on by the full cham-bers. The elections for judges will be scheduled for two separate days, an arrange-ment that indicates the high importance we attach to the selection of men and women to serve on the bench.

The judges elected by the legislature must then be ap-proved by Gov. Bob McDon-nell before returning to -- or ascending to -- the bench.

Cordially, Lee Ware

R. Lee Ware Member, Virginia House

of Delegates (65th District) P.O. Box 689 Powhatan, Virginia 23139

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The 11th Annual Virginia Dance Festival to benefi t Children’s Hospital Foundation of Richmond will be held at

James River High School in Midlothian on Saturday, Jan. 30. The event features over 300 dancers performing traditional and cultural dances as well as a silent auction.

The Virginia Dance Festival is coor-dinated and founded by Jessica Morgan. Ms. Morgan coordinates the event each year by gathering dance troupes throughout Virginia to showcase their unique dance styles and talents to ben-efi t the Foundation.

The performances will consist of Tap, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Ballet, Classical In-dian, Irish, Ballroom, Musical Theater, Modern, Lyrical dances and more. More than 30 dance organizations and will be performing in this year’s Virginia Dance Festival.

Since this event began 11 years ago it has generated over $115,000 for Chil-dren’s Hospital Foundation through performances, ticket sales, generous sponsors and silent auction donations.

Children’s Hospital Foundation

raises funds for Children’s Hospital of Richmond, a resource and provider of specialized medical and therapeutic services customized to meet the specifi c needs of children and their families. The hospital began as a small clinic in 1917 and now serves over 7,000 children each year, providing inpatient, day patient and outpatient services for a wide variety of medical conditions. As a result, the hospital relies on support from the community to continue its mission of caring for children.

The Virginia Dance Festival holds two shows. The fi rst show is at 3 pm and the second show begins at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults (ages 12 and up) and $8 for children (ages 3-11). For those interested in attending both shows, the price will be discounted to $15 for adults and $12 for children. These tickets can only be purchased at the door, and all proceeds will go to Children’s Hospital Foundation.

In addition, there will be a silent auc-tion in the lobby of James River High School during both shows. Businesses and organizations are encouraged to donate items for the silent auction. For information about the event, becoming

a sponsor or donating items, please call Jessica Morgan, at (804) 739-7600.

The following organizations are scheduled to perform at the 2010 Virginia Dance Festival: Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology, Apsaras Arts Dance Group, Barbara Hammond’s School of Dance, Chesterfi eld Dance Center, Chesterfi eld Specialty Center for the Arts of Thomas Dale High School, City Dance Theatre, Collegiate School, Crossroads Irish Dance Co., Dance Masters, Encore Performing Arts Stu-dio, Five Pointes Dance Center, Flava, Goochland High School, Gotta Dance School of Performing Arts, Henrico High School Center for the Arts, Jessica Morgan School of Dance, Joy’s School of Dance, Latin Ballet of Virginia, Rich-mond Ballet’s Minds in Motion Team XXL, Rigbys’ Jig, R’VA Dance, School of Richmond Ballet, Shuffl es Dance Studio, Spotlight Studio of Dance Inc., St. Catherine’s School/Just Joni Danc-ers, Starr Foster Dance Project, Swift Creek Academy of the Performing Arts, West End Academy of Dance, Williams-burg Chamber Ballet, and Zabor Dance Academy.

Virginia Dance Festival to benefi t Children’s Hospital on Jan. 30

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THURSDAY, JAN. 28James River Writers announc-es the January 2010 Writing Show “What’s Hot and What’s Not: Local bookstore owners discuss publishing, readership and new trends in the world of books” featuring Patrick God-frey of Velocity Comics, Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore, Kelly Kyle of Narnia Children’s Books, Ward Tefft of Chop Suey Books and host, author and JRW Advisory Board member Jason Tesauro. The event will be held from 6:30 – 8: 30 p.m. at the Pavilion Room, Children’s Museum located at 2626 W. Broad Street Richmond. Tickets are $10 in advance at JamesRiver-Writers.org or $12 at the door. Students are $5 at the door.

Midlothian-based Shakara Entertainment, Incorporated along with Loud Tenant Productions announce the ap-pearance of the Resistance 5.1 at the 2010 Richmond Battle of the Bands at the Triple, 3306 W. Broad Street in Richmond. Now the Resistance 5.1 has the production of RoBBeaTs, the lyrical support of Sage, TroyILLy and Patrick Henry as well as the live musical sound of Markus, Mark and DJ Saw’dOff. The hybrid Hip Hop and Rock sound is described by Patrick Henry as “mixing Rage Against the Machine with Red Hot Chili Peppers which have been smacked in the face with Hip Hop beats and bit by a pit bull.” You may also listen to tracks and view videos at www.myspace.com/theresis-tance51.

FRIDAY, JAN. 29The 3rd annual Chesterfi eld Historical Society of Virginia Winter Lecture Series will take place in the Community Hall at Lucy Corr Village, 6800 Lucy Corr Blvd., in Chesterfi eld, 23832. On Friday, Jan. 29, CHSV Military History commit-tee chairman Scott Williams will present a lecture on “His-toric Point of Rocks,” a Civil War site in Chesterfi eld County which served as General Butler’s headquarters as well as a fi eld hospital where Clara Barton tended the wounded and visited by President Lincoln. The lectures are free to members of the Chesterfi eld Historical Society, $5 per lec-ture for non-members. Each lecture starts at 7 p.m. and res-ervations are recommended. Please call (804) 796-7003 to make reservations. For more information please visit www.chesterfi eldhistory.com

SATURDAY, JAN. 30A Special Needs Job & Resource Fair for Virginia’s special-needs students and young adults (ages 16-22) will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University of Rich-mond. Special needs-friendly corporations will provide attendees with an opportu-nity to learn about existing or

potential employment, and nonprofi t organizations and businesses providing programs and services for special- needs populations will offer families product information, summer programs and resources.Free, open to the public, and free Child Watch services. Hosted by Northstar Academy in coordination with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 31 will be teaching a BS&S Boating Safety at the Division Motor Vehicle Depart-ment located on Broad Street in Richmond. The classes will start Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 to give time for registra-tion. All other nights will start at 7. All classes end at 9 p.m. every Wednesday and Monday for 15 nights. The fi nal class and test will be Wednesday, March 24. The BS&S Safety Boating class will satisfy the new State Boating Education Law. Please call Donna Cook at (804) 741-5790 to register for the class. It is a must to register a head of time in order to know how many books are needed. The Flotilla does not charge to teach the class however there is a cost for the books and material that is needed.

THURSDAY, FEB. 4Western Chesterfi eld Busi-ness Alliance will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 1401 Old Hundred Rd., Midlothian. Thomas Jacobson, Director of Revitalization for Chesterfi eld County, will be speaking about the Midlothian Initiative to Re-vitalize Rights of Way. WCBA will also provide an update on recent developments on plans to improve the grounds of the Watkins Annex Park (Lifelong Learning Institute on Westfi eld) in the Village of Midlothian. RSVP to [email protected].

MONDAY, FEB. 8The UMFS Richmond Regional Center will offer an orientation for prospective foster parents on Monday, February 8, from 6 to 7 p.m., at 3900 West Broad Street in Richmond. Participants will learn about training and support, and may schedule an initial assessment to continue the process of be-coming a foster parent. Foster parents are especially needed for teenagers and older chil-dren. Participants must register in advance. To register or for more information, please contact Erica Mann of UMFS at 804-254-9695, or [email protected]. UMFS, formerly known as United Methodist Family Services, has served children, youth and families throughout Virginia for 110 years.

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tant in these games, for the 15mm miniatures are each meticulously hand painted, from the mortar team to the tanks, and these were whole armies of miniatures. It was quite obvious that immense amounts of time and energy had gone into developing these components of war, for each individual piece was handled with care by its own-er whether taking them from the carrying cases or moving them on the battlefi eld.

Ron Bingham, the or-ganizer of this event, holds the position of “Collection Specialist” with the Women’s Army Museum and has been involved in war gaming since 1985. Indeed, four of the 12 tables on which these war games were played had been designed and built by him.

He has a unique approach to these activities, for he stated, “There’s more than artifacts to history.” In this special way, it brings a bit of history back to life in the playing of the game. As he put it, “Some liked to play the games and then they got involved in history.”

On this day, after the fi rst of two rounds, the Germans were ahead 7-5. Not bad con-sidering the actual outcome

of the 1940 action. Yes, it is a head-to-head competition between two gamers, and the victor of yesteryear is not always the victor in these simulations.

Indeed, the competition extends also to present day families. J. D. Martin and his son Patrick, of Chester, both participated in this tourna-ment. Though he would not play against Patrick today, he stated, with a slight grin on his face, that “My son won his fi rst game and I lost mine.”

During a break for lunch, many of the players and visi-tors were given an opportu-nity to see slightly larger versions of the armor and artillery that was displayed

on the terrain tables inside the museum. In what would have to be called a “back lot” near the railroad tracks were numerous tanks from previ-ous wars that are now slowly arriving at Fort Lee from the U. S. Army Ordnance Mu-seum in Aberdeen, Md. One day, they will be available for viewing by the general public in a new ordnance museum at Fort Lee.

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were there.These soldiers hold down

the German Army Liaison Offi ce located at Fort Lee. Yes, the German Army of 2010 was represented at an event displaying battles with the German Army of 1940. During and after a tour of the event by Bingham, both seemed genuinely impressed with the detail seen. Lich-tenberg even noted that war games of this nature are not common in Germany today.

What a difference seven decades makes. Germany is an ally, and its soldiers work closely with ours. History re-cords the Fall of France and gamers relive those times on a mock battlefi eld through these miniature armies.

BY MELODY KINSERMedia General News Service

I want to tell the story.” That’s what Luke Liv-ingston said about pro-ducing “Tea Party: The

Documentary Film,” which will be presented in two screenings – 1:30 and 3:45 p.m. -- on Feb. 13 at Hanover Tavern.

Last Wednesday, Livings-ton talked about the project from his business in Atlanta.

According to the Web site, www.teapartypatriots.org. Tea Party Patriots “is a national grassroot organiza-tion that provides logistical, educational, networking and other types of support to over 1,000 community-based tea party groups around the country.”

A neighbor, Jenny-Beth Martin, is a national coor-

dinator of www.teapartypa-triots.org. She invited him to attend the April 15 tea party. He said he was “aware that they had a tea party in February downtown. I was unable to make that one.”

Livingston did, however, show up on April 15 for the event in front of Georgia’s State Capitol. “It was huge. We had 20,000 people show up.”

“I felt the movement needed some good produc-tion,” he said. “.When I saw the type of people that were showing up -- it looks more like a Fourth of July parade rather than a protest.” He said those attending in-cluded the elderly, families with children in strollers, “a pretty diverse demographic, I thought, for Atlanta.”

“When I discovered there

was no media covering this – except Sean Hannity -- I said there’s a story here that’s not being told. At that point I decided to move ahead and produce a documentary about the movement and all the reporting that I have seen on all the networks about the tea party movement was very shallow, a mile wide but an inch deep.”

He said “the people in the movement were being branded by the mainstream media and the media on the left as an abrasive, angry mob and controlled by the GOP.” He said that was “not true because I was a part of the movement.

“We need to tell the story of who the activists are and what moved them to ac-tion. We started fi lming the documentary April 15. We

started collecting footage at that point and then looked to other people who had been to the earlier tea party in February,” Livingston said.

As the organization nears the fi rst anniversary of the Feb. 27 tea party, he said they have been receiving response to the documentary on Twit-ter and Facebook.

“I knew I was going to start doing a documentary,” Livingston said. He decided “to do something bigger,” so he set his sights on the rally in Washington, D.C.

“I want to tell the story here; I want to fi nd some ac-tivists and meet them where they are in this journey and follow them.”

“Everything was pointing to a desire to move from lo-cal town hall, city park rallies to a culminating event at the

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Soldiers. Charioteers. Archers. Musicians. Generals. Acrobats.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, thousands of life-sized clay fi gures were buried in massive un-

derground pits to accompany China’s fi rst emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, into the afterlife. Their discovery outside the city of Xi’an in 1974 is one of the great-est archaeological fi nds of the 20th century.

Now, you can stand face-to-face with these terra cotta warriors. In November 2009, National Geographic Museum began hosting Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor, an exhibition featuring treasures from the tomb com-plex including 15 life-sized fi gures, weapons, armor, and coins.

Join the Lifelong Learning Institute in Chester-fi eld, hosted by Winfree Memorial Baptist Church, in welcoming Susan Norton, Director of the Nation-al Geographic Museum, for a special presentation about the largest collection of signifi cant artifacts from China ever to travel to the United States.

The presentation will be on Thursday, Feb. 4, 10:30 a.m. to noon at Winfree Memorial Baptist Church, 13617 Midlothian Turnpike. Participants must register by calling 378-2527.

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nation’s capital.” Livingston said there were 800 tea par-ties on April 15.

He set his sights on the Washington trip by fi nd-ing these people and getting on board the bus. He said the documentary examines “the elements of a road trip, which will be entertaining.” He wanted to spend time with members, fi nd out who they are, how they feel about politics and why they’re doing this, as well as any

struggles they may encounter along the way and what those are.

“What we shot along the way formed our story,” he said.

While Hanover County gets an early showing, a nationwide screening is planned on Feb. 27 to celebrate the anniversary of America’s Tea Party. “There is already a groundswell for screenings,” Livingston said, “so it’s pretty exciting.” Based on support, they are trying to schedule group screenings.

Even though he isn’t in the fi lm business, he said the project “pretty much consumed my business for six weeks.” He does corporate video productions for large companies.

The cost to produce the documentary was $20,000, which included travel, promotion and marketing. Livingston said that fi gure did not include any overhead

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Documentary to premiere in February

COURTESY PHOTOLuke Livingston

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BY SARA [email protected]

The St. Gertrude girls’ junior varsity basket-ball team has likely never been as happy

to see a player get into foul trouble as they were in their 45-35 win in Saturday’s game against Trinity Episcopal.

When Titan forward Emily Wilkenson picked up her third and fourth fouls in quick suc-cession near the three-minute mark in the third-quarter of the championship game of the Trinity Girls’ Junior Varsity Invitational Basketball Tour-nament, she already had 12 points and 15 rebounds and had scored all five of Trinity’s third quarter points.

“She is relentless defensively and on the boards, rebound-ing. She’s an absolute pleasure to coach. She’s always raring to go which is why she some-times getS in foul trouble, but she’s definitely the key and our motor,” Trinity coach Laura Weiler said.

Down 25-14 at the half, the Titans turned up the defensive pressure in the second half with a full-court, man-to-man press. They stole the ball six times and created 11 turnovers while holding St. Gertrude’s scoreless for five minutes while Trinity chipped away at the lead.

Wilkinson helped cut the lead to single digits with five minutes left in the third quarter with a steal on the inbounds play in the Titans’ offensive end. She hit the easy layup for a 27-18 margin.

Margaret Via created a jump ball at the other end to give Trinity the ball back. The Titans got it inside to Wilkin-son who grabbed an offensive board and drew the foul. She picked up her third and fourth fouls reaching for steals and became the third Trinity player in foul trouble.

“We needed a change, so we went to a full-court, man press and the girls really responded. Unfortunately, we were in foul

trouble in the first half with some of our key players and they weren’t able to be out there,” Weiler said.

St. Gertrude’s found their offensive spark late and ended the quarter on a 9-0 run with points from four different contributors.

Trinity went on an 11-4 run to start the fourth quarter and drew within 10, but free throws from St. Gertrude’s Payton Saltz, Katie Measell and Sadie Smith kept the Saints in the driver’s seat.

Saltz led St. Gertrude’s with 16 points, Measell added 11 and seven rebounds and Anne Barrett Mayfield grabbed nine rebounds.

Wilkinson led Trinity with 14 points and 20 rebounds.

The tournament is in its fourth consecutive year.

“It’s a wonderful opportuni-ty and we’re really appreciative to the boosters,” Weiler said. “It spotlights our JV programs and they don’t typically get a lot of attention, so it’s a great opportunity for them to be the ones in the spotlight … and hosting it is certainly a lot of fun.”

On the all-tournament team were Kelly Ross from Pope John Paul the Great; Morgan Schroder from Steward School; Wilkinson and Lauren Brass-ington from Trinity Episcopal; and Mayfield and Saltz from St. Gertrude High School. Saltz was named tournament most valuable player.

Other tournament scores:SemifinalsTrinity Episcopal 35, Stew-

ard 26St. Gertrude 46, Pope John

Paul the Great 17ConsolationSteward 38, Pope John Paul

the Great 21ChampionshipSt. Gertrude 45, Trinity

Episcopal 35

Titans strong down the stretch

PHOTO BY SARA PAGETrinity’s Emily Wilkinson, left, powers her way to the hoop during the Titans’ fi rst match of the day against Steward School. The team hosted the fourth Girls’ Junior Varsity Invitational Tournament last Saturday.

BY FRED JETERspecial correspondent

Mc D o n a l d ’ s may be fa-mous for its golden arch-

es, but Monacan’s Brad-ley Riester has struck gold from behind the arch.

The Chiefs count their riches three points at a time.

The senior captain’s 3-point marksmanship is among many reasons why the Smoketree school is vying for a first-ever Dominion regular-season hoops title.

Orange banners adorn the gym walls, honoring oodles of former MHS District, Region and State championship squads.

But under the banner “Boys Basketball,” there’s emptiness – just an orange background with nothing on it.

“It’s a blank … embar-rassing,” said senior cap-tain Bradley Riester. “We’re the only sport that’s never won a district champion-ship.”

Monacan won the tourney in ‘97 and ‘06, but has never reigned as in-season king.

That’s an issue the Chiefs’ long-range bombardier is addressing this winter.

Much upgraded from last year’s 9-14 record, Monacan appears a bona fide con-tender for Dominion regular-season and tourney crowns.

In-season titles are prized nuggets for they carry the reward of two Regional home games.

With Riester’s top scoring (12.8) and

a balanced offense, MHS had improved to 11-2 on Jan. 21 with a 66-42 rout of Hermitage. The team is ranked No. 8 as of the latest area poll on Jan. 18.

Able to attack from many angles, head coach Bill Roberson’s outfit features a covey of bouncy insiders like Sean Arm-strong, Derrick Cates, Xavier Kier and Anthony Brown plus clever ball handler Jeff Conner.

And then there’s “Riester Meister” – the long-distance operator who drills more

Chiefs hope to strike gold behind Riester’s arch

PHOTO BY KENNY MOOREMonacan’s Brad Riester sets up a play for the Chiefs. Riester is hoping to put some writing on the gym wall for Monacan this season.

PHOTO BY SARA PAGEDr. J. Wayne Mancari speaks with the media about his winning costume from the 2009 Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K.

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The Monument Avenue 10K has grown to become one of the fa-vorite and most populated races in the area.

It sports 35,000 participants, a kids’ race, bands and party stops, but one thing that keeps attracting runners, walkers and spectators alike is the costume contest sponsored by the Richmond Times-Dis-patch.

The contest provides an outlet for each participant’s creativity and another way to win. And all artists are sure to have com-petition from at least one of last year’s contest winners.

Dr. J. Wayne Mancari, pastor at Corner-stone Assembly of God in Chester, was easy to spot in last year’s race. The enthu-

siastic costume maker sported a brown jacket, brown leather hat, carpenter pants, boots and whip. Then there was the 9-foot boulder chasing him throughout the entire 6.2 mile race complete with Indiana Jones music blasting from a small hidden speaker and iPod. The combination got Mancari a lot of photo requests and won him the $500 grand prize in the indi-vidual/doubles division of the costume contest.

“I was a little nervous because you have this boulder that’s nine feet in diam-eter and I’m like, ‘Am I going to block people? Are they going to be frustrated?’ But everybody loved it! In fact I had so many people who said ‘I marked myself

Costume contest appeals to runners’ creative sides

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“It only weighted 25 pounds but it was incred-ibly wind resistant and I was sort of amazed at how much it pulled, but it was a lot of fun.”

A marathon runner who has run races in Greece and Paris and at notable na-tional races like Richmond, Disney and Marine Corps, Mancari still finished in a respectable, sub-hour time. He said the 10K, for him, is more about the fun and the costumes.

“I love running. I do marathons, half marathons, 10Ks. I also love Richmond and I love having fun and this is something that brings all three of those together in a really great way,” Mancari said. “You get out there, have a great time, you celebrate our city and you keep in shape, and it’s a lot of fun.”

Still, as much fun as he has with the race, Mancari is a bit competitive.

He said throughout the course last year, people would stop him for pic-tures. So many stopped him that he finally asked everyone to meet him at the finish.

“I was still in a race!” he said.

He’s very competitive about his costumes too.

Mancari started dress-ing up for the contest six years ago and said that his goal was to have the bright colorful costumes that would be the most photo-genic, but “Those colorful costumes would show up in the brochure for the Monument Avenue 10K every year, but I never won the costume competition.” Mancari said.

“I figured out that [the judges] like homemade

stuff, so two years ago I switched to making things a little more homemade.”

Mancari spent 20 hours working on his Indiana Jones costume. Most of the time went into creating the boulder which was stitched together pieces of Ty-Vex material, painted in four coats to look like a rock.

Two years ago, Mancari was a “triathlete,” running with a dummy strapped to his front and one strapped to his back. He took home the $250 second-place prize for that outfit.

Mancari says he knows one, sometimes two, years in advance what he’s plan-ning on making and begins piecing together his cos-tumes as he finds material.

“I bought the hat for the Indiana Jones costume in Gatlinburg [Tenn.] the year before the race,” Mancari said.

Though he was asked multiple times what this year’s eye-catcher will be, Mancari let nothing slip.

“It’s a secret,” he said. “I don’t want to blow it. This is a competition and I want to make sure I don’t give a heads up to anybody who’s out there competing for the costume competition.”

He did promise that even though this year’s cos-tume will not be as wide, it will definitely be as big as the boulder and people are sure to see him coming.

Registration for the Times-Dispatch Dress-Up and Run contest is from 6:45 to 9:20 a.m. at the Times-Dispatch tent in Monroe Park on race day. All participants must be registered for the 10K. Runners can participate in either the individual/duo or group competition. Winners in each category receive $500, second place wins $250, and third place wins $100. Details are online at www.sportsback-ers.org.

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» ONLINE PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBS

At left: Manchester’s Brianna Wallace battles for possession in last Friday’s 49-40 win over James River. The game turned rough at the end, but Wallace said the team found motivation in an earlier loss. Story online.

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On Friday, Dec. 4, the James River and Manchester boys’ basketball teams battled to a 52-48 decision in favor of James River. So when the two met for the second time Jan. 22, the two teams expected a close game. What they probably didn’t expect was the blood bath that ensued. Technical fouls were called four times, three players left the court with minor injuries and the whistle signaled infractions 57 times during the game. When the smoke settled, Man-chester hobbled away with a 53-42 win. Full story online.

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Edmunds commits to LynchburgCourtesy of Bob Hansen

Midlothian High School and Richmond Storm softball player Amanda “Rudy” Edmunds has committed to play softball for Divi-sion III power Lynchburg College.

Edmunds, a right-handed bat-ting catcher, has been awarded a Founders Academic Scholarship to attend Lynchburg in the fall of 2010.

Lynchburg College, a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Confer-ence, fi nished the 2009 season with

a record of 38-8-1 and has been coached for the last 12 seasons by Dawn Simmons.

Lynchburg College has been ODAC champion each year from 2007 to 2009, advancing into the NCAA Division III softball tourna-ment each year.

Edmunds is a four-year starter for Denise Manuel’s Midlothian High School Trojans, Dominion District champions each of the past three years. She is a three-year varsity softball captain and also a three-year starter for the girls’

varsity basketball team.In softball, she has been named

fi rst-team All-Dominion District each of the past two seasons. She is also a two-time second team All-Central Region and two-time Richmond Times Dispatch All-Metro second team player.

Edmunds has played travel softball for six seasons for the Rich-mond Storm under the leadership of Bob Hansen. The Richmond Storm is a Richmond based, fast pitch softball organization that fi elds teams that compete at a national level.

Clover Hill to honor basketball alumniCourtesy of Frank Short

Clover Hill High School will honor basketball alumni with two special events.

On Friday, Feb. 5, all former coaches and players (men and women) are invited to the varsity boys’ last regular season home game against Monacan. Former coaches and players will be ac-knowledged at halftime.

On Saturday, March 6, Clover Hill will host alumni basketball games and a 3-point shootout. Registration begins at 9 a.m.

County opens softball sign-upsCourtesy of Chesterfi eld County

The Chesterfi eld County De-partment of Parks and Recreation is gearing up for women’s and coed softball this spring and summer. An informational meeting for both leagues will be held Thursday, Feb. 4, at the county’s Community De-

velopment building, 9800 Govern-ment Center Parkway. The women’s meeting will be at 6 p.m., and the coed meeting will follow at 7 p.m. Everyone interested in coaching and playing should attend.

Coed teams will play Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and pos-sibly Sunday afternoons, at Harry G. Daniel Park at Iron Bridge and at the L.C. Bird Athletic Complex.

The women’s league will play on Thursdays at Warbro Complex. League fees will be announced dur-ing the Feb. 4 meetings. For more information, call Kelly Thompson at (804) 748-1122.

Woolridge to hold baseball/softball registrationCourtesy of the Woolridge Athletic Association

The Woolridge Athletic As-sociation will hold registration for its spring baseball and softball programs on Jan. 27 and Feb. 5 at the Foxcroft Clubhouse from 7-8:30 p.m.

The baseball program is for boys and girls ages 5-18 as of April 30, 2010.

The softball program is for girls ages 5-18 as of Dec. 31, 2009. Fast pitch and slow pitch programs are available.

All those planning to play are asked to print and complete registration forms available at the Woolridge Athletic Association Web site at www.woolridgeathleticasso-ciation.org.

Fees are $130 for the fi rst child in the household and $110 for each additional child in the household. Any registration received after Feb.

5 will incur a $25 late fee.For more information about

the baseball program, call Neal Edmonds at (804) 739-2060. For more information about the soft-ball program, call Gary Ouellette at (804) 639-9793.

FC Richmond opens spring registrationCourtesy of FC Richmond

FC Richmond Youth Soccer Club is now accepting registration for its recreational spring season.

Boys and girls ages U5-U19 are eligible to play. To ensure a spot on a team, visit www.fcrichmond.com and register before Feb. 1. After Feb. 1, registrants will be charged a late fee but will be accepted, based on available space.

FC Richmond offers an in-house league for coed teams that are under age of 5 to under age 10. In-house teams play other FC Richmond teams.

Older players, U10-U19 girls and U11-U19 coed teams, play in the Cross Association. The Cross As-sociation is made up of teams from the Richmond area.

Both groups practice once a week with most practices held at Robious Middle School. A few teams practice at Bon Air Elemen-tary and James River High School.

All in-house league games and Cross Association home games are played at Robious Middle School on Saturdays.

COURTESY PHOTOMidlothian High School softball catcher Rudy Edmunds, right, has commit-ted to play softball for Lynchburg College.

“threes” than all other Chiefs combined.

“Brad’s always been able to shoot,” Roberson said. “He’s very conscientious about his shot … a lot of hours have gone into [it].”

After 13 games, Riester was hitting 45 percent (28-62) on treys, with many missiles being launched well beyond the 19-6 arch.

Riester’s range stretches defenses, allowing the post players more elbow room and drawing oohs and ahhs from the audience.

The 6-1, 155-pounder pulls his shooting trigger from such remote locales, you’d almost think he has a GPS on his wrist to lo-cate his faraway targets.

Asked about his range, Riester smiles and says:

“I feel pretty good up to the volleyball line,” he said.

The volleyball line he speaks of is about six feet behind the arc, extended from the top of the key.

Still, when quizzed of his role, Riester’s first comment is “play a lot of defense … on this team we all have to play the D.”

Joined on the team by younger brother Ian, Riester digs in defensively, while also contributing some 2.4 rebounds, 2.3 as-sists and 1.7 steals a night.

With 88 percent ac-curacy (28-32) at the foul line, he’s the last Chief you want to hack at crunch time.

If not for a bad break – literally – Riester might be earning a reputation

with his feet, rather than his feathery shooting touch.

Playing soccer for Chesterfield United, he fractured his right ankle in seventh grade – then broke it, again, in a comeback effort.

Soon after, he switched focus to hoops. “Just a different kind of running,” he said.

In the summer prior to ninth grade, he began pumping hundreds of shots daily at Robious, Rockwood, the outdoor court behind Monacan – anywhere there was a basket.

His preferred shooters to study are NBA players Steve Nash and J.J. Redick, and former L.C. Bird great Tyrese Rice.

“There was no one person I patterned myself after; I watched everyone and picked up a little something from all of them,” he said.

As a freshman, Riester won the 3-point contest (varsity division) at the William & Mary camp.

Confidence is critical to a shooter. Riester says Roberson has given him thumbs up to keep firing.

“Coach says if I miss the first two, to keep shoot-ing because I’m going to hit the next three,” Riester said.

Riester is being recruit-ed by numerous small col-leges, but his hoops future has been placed on hold.

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Imagine a place of wor-ship where everyone is accepted despite socio-eco-nomic status, ability, gender or race. For Tammy Burns, pastor of Family Ministries, this sanctuary already exists.

She is a champion for in-clusive ministry at The Ridge Faith Community and will be honored for her work on behalf of those with special needs at a dinner event.

The inaugural Compass Awards will take place at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, at the Jepson Alumni Center at the University of Richmond. It is the fi rst in Virginia to honor individuals and organiza-tions, nominated by the public, who have contrib-

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The Ridge Faith Commu-nity, named for its geograph-ical location on Woolridge Road, is a non-denomina-tion, mission commu-nity located near Woodlake. Under Burns’ leadership, it has become a “safe-haven” for people with special needs that stretches across the entire community.

“I’m a huge believer in inclusion for everyone, not just people with special needs,” Burns said. “The programming we do here involves bringing people with special needs together with people with ‘normal’ needs, although I believe everyone has some sort of special need.

For example, Burns or-ganizes a bi-monthly parent support group called the Eagle’s Nest, where a diverse group of caretakers, couples, and parents come together for support. The unique aspect about this gathering is that it serves as an open fo-rum for discussion and relief for parents. “They know that

their child is being cared for by understanding and compassionate people, while they encourage each other,” Burns said.

Free on-site child care is also provided, as well as support sessions for sib-lings. The setting provides an opportunity for parents to meet others who are in similar circumstances and share experiences.

There is a welcoming, open policy at The Ridge. A typical Sunday morning for someone with special needs would be doing what their peers would be doing. Whether a child or an adult, individuals with special needs are not isolated.

“There are some churches where families with special needs feel they are not wel-

come. They feel isolated or feel that they have to isolate themselves during services. We let them know that they are not alone in the journey that they’re on. None of us is perfect,” she said.

But, Sunday is not the only time when accommoda-tions are made. Burns, along with other staff members, helps to foster a friendly environment throughout ac-tivities. Children who aren’t diagnosed with a special need are becoming friends with children with special needs.

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members. She says she knows how diffi cult it can be to not understand school system policies and other institu-tions when you need help. “I have a son with special needs, too,” she said. “He is the reason I do what I do.”

Organized by the North-star Academy, a non-profi t school providing individual-ized instruction to children with special needs, the 2010 Compass Awards are being held in coordination with the University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leader-ship Studies and is part of a two-day conference that includes a job fair, seminars and workshops.

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“Abby and my kindergartener, Charlotte, came up with the idea of a wishing well for a donation location,” said mom Liz Allums.

The “JB Watkins Wishing for Change” was painted, decorated and placed in the school lobby. “Abby’s third-grade teacher, Mrs. Janet Evans, got her class involved,” Liz Allums explained. “Mrs. Evans came up with the idea for the class to collect the money every day and sort and count it as a math lesson.”

It also added an unexpected blessing for one of Abby’s friends who was a “wish” kid, Liz Allums shared. The project opened the door for a fellow student to share her fi rst-hand experience with Make-A-Wish that she had been reluctant to tell anyone for fear of being labeled “different.” “But when she saw how enthusiastic the kids were, she volun-

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had been lifted from her shoulders that her daughter was further healed from her trau-matic illness. She thanked Abby for making her daughter feel normal, something she’d desperately wanted,” she said.

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The class inspired their peers to think about other kids in need during the holiday season and encouraged the students donate coins for the non-profi t organization that serves others. The students raised over $600 for the foundation.

“I’m so proud of Abby and the third-grade students who coordinated this activity,” said school Principal Dr. Marlene Scott. “It just goes to show that children can be unself-ish and think about ways to help those who are less fortunate.”

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central Virginia enriches the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions by grant-ing them a wish that provides enjoyment and hope. To provide this invaluable service, the Foundation relies on private funding, over two-thirds of which comes from direct fi nancial contributions.

Editor’s note: The above story was omitted from the Jan.

14 edition. We apologize for the error.

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Monacan student Stuart Archer helps Providence Middle School students Zanas Talley, Malik Lee, and Alex Springer learn a song during Middle School Night with the Monacan Basketball Pep Band held on Friday, Jan. 22.

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