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It would lead a person to believe they (government) wanted less people to see the notices.

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Stanfield found guilty By Abby ProchStaff writer

DNA evidence found in a bas-ketball shoe helped convict a New-port News man in the shooting death of 36-year-old Travis Newby.

Last week, Isle of Wight Cir-cuit Court Judge Carl Eason Jr. found 26-year-old Shymeek Stan-field guilty of first degree murder, robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Stanfield shot and killed New-

Drug buy became robbery and murderby outside his Jersey Park apart-ment on Dec. 19, 2012.

(Related story, p. 9)Stanfield will be sentenced

April 1, and Judge Eason has or-dered a pre-sentence report.

After a nine-hour day of wit-ness testimony and closing argu-ments, Eason leaned not on the

Seward: Taxhike neededagain this yr.By Diana McFarlandNews editor

Isle of Wight County Admin-istrator Anne Seward told the Board of Supervisors Thursday that her three-year financial plan includes additional real estate tax increases over the next two years.

To eliminate the county’s bud-get deficit, the three-year plan in-cludes a 5-cent increase for fiscal ’16, followed by another 5-cent increase in fiscal ’17, she said.

The two potential tax increas-es would come on the heels of a 12-cent real estate tax increase last year.

Seward told the Board that to

eliminate the more than $7 mil-lion deficit all at once last year, it would have taken a 22-cent tax increase.

“We felt that was too steep of a hill to ask the public to climb,” she said.

S m i t h f i e l d S u p e r v i s o r Al Casteen was surprised by Seward’s comments about anoth-er tax increase.

The Board didn’t agree to an-other tax increase beyond the 12 cents last year, he said.

Seward pointed to page five of her three-year budget plan

most glamorous of testimony — a forensic podiatrist flown in from Indiana to show how Stanfield’s foot fit a shoe found at the crime scene — but on DNA analysis and jailhouse testimony.

The prosecution, led by Com-monwealth’s Attorney Georgette Phillips, argued that Stanfield

went to Newby’s home at 745C Wrenn Road to buy marijuana on Dec. 19, 2012.

Inside, Newby and Stanfield sat at a glass dining room table as Newby broke apart buds of marijuana and weighed them on a scale.

Before the buy happened, Stan-

field swiped his hand across the table, grabbing the marijuana and Newby’s handgun, which was also on the table.

Stanfield then pulled his own gun and ordered Newby to the floor.

Darden: IW needs to spend money on parks

IW staff continues battleover public notice rules

Officially openThe new Isle of Wight Volunteer Rescue Squad building opened Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed with an open house Saturday. The new building includes a community room for public use, an 80-person training facility and the only FAA designated helicopter pad in the county. Pictured left to right, front row: Deputy Chief Dwain Rodman, President Grady Miller, Operational Medical Director Dr. Joel Michael, Windsor Supervisor Dee Dee Darden, Chief Brian Carroll. Back row, left to right: rescue squad volunteers Anthony Miller and Jeff Looney, Smithfield Supervisor Al Casteen, Hardy Supervisor Rudolph Jefferson, Newport Supervisor Buzz Bailey .

• See CONVICTED, p. 3

• See NOTICES, p. 3

• See TAXES, p. 5

• See PARKS, p. 5

By Diana McFarlandNews editor

Windsor Supervisor Dee Dee Darden said the county needs to spend money to make money by developing a nearly $1 million park at the Blackwater River.

The park is included in Isle of Wight’s proposed capital im-

provement plan, with $800,000 set aside through fiscal 2025. Funding of $100,000 is proposed for the upcoming fiscal year.

The park would be located on the 2,487 acres that the county purchased for $3 million in 2010 — with half of that funding coming from grants.

If developed, the Blackwa-ter Park would include a camp-ground, a canoe and kayak launch, trails and other outdoor amenities.

Isle of Wight Director of Parks and Recreation Mark Furlo said camping, canoeing and kayaking could generate revenue.

Smithfield Supervisor Al Casteen asked if it would be a problem to put the plans off for a year or so given the number of projects scheduled at the county’s other parks.

Darden said that doing some-thing might be a way to generate revenue and give people another

recreational outlet.“We’re going to have to spend

some money to make some mon-ey,” she said.

Also included in the CIP was an amphitheater for $200,000 in the next fiscal year, followed by an

— Delegate Rick MorrisOn IW’s battle over legal notices, p. 3


The debate over inform-ing the public about the actions of its government continues in Isle of Wight County.

Easing the requirement for counties to publish pub-lic notices is part of a bill before the General Assem-bly and was drafted at the request of Isle of Wight County.

The bill has caused a “tremendous uproar” among interested parties and is being misunderstood in Richmond, according to county spokesman Don Robertson.

Board of Supervisors Chairman Rex Alphin said the Board wasn’t aware of its implications when staff presented it as part of the county’s legislative agenda and maybe it should be revisited.

It also comes after coun-ty staff decided, without telling the Board, to pull all public notices from local newspapers, and which led to a 4-1 vote in December to reverse that decision.

Public notices alert resi-dents of upcoming govern-ment action.

SB 841, sponsored by Sen. Louise Lucas, D-18th, would remove the require-ment that counties adver-tise their intention to pro-pose an ordinance for two weeks in a newspaper of

general circulation.At least that’s what the

summary of the bill says. But after a week of study, the Virginia Press Associ-ation doesn’t really know what the bill does except re-duce the number of public notices that counties need to publish for ordinances, according to VPA Executive Director Ginger Stanley.

(The Smithfield Times learned late Tuesday that Lucas planned to withdraw the bill by the end of the day.)

Robertson told the Board of Supervisors last week that it removes the need to publish two notices for routine amendments to or-dinances that are required by the state each year.

It’s a way to remove the inequality between coun-

ties and towns and cities, which don’t have that par-ticular requirement, he said.

However, the wording of the actual bill does not make that distinction. It just refers to ordinances and resolutions generally.

When Smithfield Super-visor Al Casteen learned of the details of the bill last week, he wrote a letter to Lucas asking that she not pursue the legislation although his own staff re-quested it.

When Chairman Rex Alphin heard of Casteen’s letter, he wrote a letter to Lucas’ office stating that Casteen’s views did not reflect those of the entire

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Isle of Wight Coun-ty lost one of its most tireless public servants this week. James Banks Brown Jr. — Jim to many and Jimmie to his closest friends and family— died in the Riverside Convalescent Center on Jan. 17.

Jim was out of touch with much of the community in recent months due to his declining health, but for those of us who knew him, his service to his home county spanned decades and rose so far above the “average” that it can only be viewed with awe.

Jim came from good stock.

The Browns hailed from Car rollton and were al-ways a hard w o r k i n g family that believed ed-ucation led to opportuni-ty. When he

graduated from the Isle of Wight Training School in the late 1950s, his parents encouraged him to advance his education, and he en-rolled in Howard University where he earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering.

His degree and his determina-

tion led him to a successful career as a naval architect, designing propulsion systems for the Navy’s small craft. He was honored by members of his profession and the government numerous times for his work.

But it was through Jim’s service to Isle of Wight County that most of us came to know and admire him. He was a member of the School Board for more than three decades, and during those years he never lost sight of his personal commitment to education and his desire to see young people have the opportunities that had been open

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Super 460 won’t be built

Isle of Wight County is understandably upset that the Virginia Department of Transportation has jettisoned an interstate-style highway that Gov. Bob McDonnell’s administration planned to build.

The county, after all, has spent about $12 million so far purchasing and developing a huge industrial development park that local government hoped would be fueled to greatness by the McDonnell super highway.

But the highway that McDonnell schmoozed investors into signing on to was never realistic. It would have destroyed more than 600 acres of wetlands between Suffolk and Petersburg and, at least as important, would have cost $1.8 billion, a significant portion of which would have been scraped together in tax dollars and the remainder in significant tolls.

The 460 project was a public-private partnership that guaranteed investors a profit through a combi-nation of tax dollars and tolls. Meanwhile, the plan simply ignored national wetland standards.

Because of its cost in tax dollars, tolls and en-vironmental damage, the administration of Gov. Terry McAuliffe jettisoned the project almost im-mediately after taking office and has now planned a much scaled-down Windsor bypass and little more.

More needs to be done to 460 than what is now planned, and had expectations a decade ago been more realistic, it is altogether possible that a scaled down — but not this scaled down — project might now be under construction.

Isle of Wight should continue pitching improve-ments to the plan that has emerged and should work with property owners to try and get the least damaging road alignment that is possible. But the county should not remove itself from the table by insisting that only a southern bypass that runs directly by its industrial park is the only thing acceptable. It would be better to work on tweaking what has emerged to make it a workable part of the county’s vision for the future.

Pave the street, pleaseTo repeat a year later what is even more obvi-

ous today than when we first wrote about it — it’s time to repave Main Street.

It’s been more than two decades since Main Street was refurbished, and today the street, with its period lighting, brick sidewalks and granite curbs, is the focal point of the town and county’s tourism promotion efforts.

Businesses have come and gone along the strip and will continue to do so. That’s the nature of tourism-driven trade and always will be. But the street will continue to be a large part of the draw, will continue to be featured on promotional material and will continue to be the setting for local events such as Olden Days.

And it’s time for the Smithfield Town Council to give its centerpiece a facelift.

Town officials and representatives of Historic Smithfield Inc., who worked together to design and construct the street improvements in the early 1990s, decided to pave the street with tar and river stone rather than asphalt in order to give it an earth-tone “old” appearance. The decision dramatically changed the street’s appearance from basic black, but it also complicated improve-ments. When a hole had to be dug to repair or install utilities, the patch inevitably looked more like a patch than it would have if the surface had been black.

Two decades later, there have been a lot of holes dug in the street and a lot of patches made. Town workers have done the best they could to maintain the street’s appearance, but the repairs are still quite obvious. In addition, the street has settled in some places, the result of the massive trench work that was required during the revi-talization project.

Restoring the street to its appearance when the revitalization was completed won’t be easy — and it won’t be cheap. But it is important. And it’s overdue.

Affordable,or not?Editor, Smithfield Times

Today’s so called afford-able housing comes with very high maintenance costs, which makes it not affordable. The buyer needs to be aware of the facts.

Claude W Reeson Surry

The sheriffis rightEditor, Smithfield Times

The school board has no business attempting to tell the Sheriff to have his deputies to cut off their body cameras. Anyone with any common sense, something which I certain-ly do not accuse the School Board of having, can see that the first time some incident happens and the deputy has the camera cut off, he will be accused of having it cut off to hide

concerned citizen. When working the polls, I have observed up front the igno-rance of the voter; people who don’t even know what or who is on the ballot, cannot follow the voting instructions, need help reading the ballot and much more.

Thomas Jefferson said, “Democracy requires an informed population.”

Voters are manipulated by politicians and polit-ical parties and surveys indicate that we do not get the leaders we want. We must do something to encourage an intelligent electorate. My suggestion is that the political party designations; D, R, L, & I be removed from the bal-lot, as a first step. (People would necessarily at least have to know for whom they are voting.)

Many more steps are also needed, but we should take the first step.

Hank SimsSurry

something. The cameras are very

useful tools to the commu-nity and mostly to the offi-cers in today’s anti-police and generally “have no re-spect for anyone” society. If the parents and School Board were doing their job there would be no need to have Law Enforcement Officers in the schools in the first place.

I was educated in the Isle of Wight Pub-lic School System and they did not need armed deputies to control the students. Since Sheriff Marshall and his staff have created the first pro-

fessional law enforcement agency the County has ever had, I would trust his judgment on how to run his department and what rules to have in place for his deputies. The School Board needs to focus on not continuing to waste taxpayers’ money.

Volpe BoykinCarrsville

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service as a member of the Board of Supervisors for two terms.

Jim was no shrinking violet. He had opinions and was perfectly willing to express them. For years, he was an outspoken ad-vocate of a central county high school, believing that with the county’s small school-age population, a central school would be bet-ter positioned to offer the advanced learning courses that he believed were crit-ical to providing a leg up to students preparing for college in an increasingly technological world.

His vision of a central high school never won suf-ficient support to become a reality, but it elevated the debate over public educa-tion in Isle of Wight County and played a great role in ensuring a long, slow, but steady improvement in our school system.

He also supported Paul D. Camp Community Col-lege’s role in educating local young people and he believed strongly in a well-run vocational training program to assist students whose career paths might be better served by solid job training than college.

But the trait that most

endeared Jim to those who worked with him, I believe, was his color blindness on the School Board. He served on that body during some of the more tense years following full integration of the system, and I never once heard him express views that could be construed in any way as racist. He cared about children — all children. No matter where they lived or what color skin they had, Jim Brown wanted what was best for all Isle of Wight youngsters and, even though some of his views were never held by a working majority, he persisted as long as he was able in working for what he sincerely thought would make a better community.

In 1996, he became the first black person ever to be recognized by the Isle of Wight Ruritan and Rotary Clubs as Citizen of the Year. That presentation was a very public embrace of this community. It spoke volumes about the progress that the people of Isle of Wight have made thanks to leaders like Jim Brown.

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Jim Brown had a huge, and positive, impact on public education in Isle of Wight County, and he will be missed.

Once Newby was on the floor, Stanfield demanded to know where he kept his money.

Newby said it was in the kitchen.

While Stanfield rum-maged through the kitchen drawers, Newby stood up and ran out the front door of his apartment.

Newby held the front door shut from the outside, while screaming that some-one was robbing him.

Stanfield tried to push through the door and leave the apartment, but could not overpower Newby’s 280-pound frame.

Stuck inside the home, Stanfield chose to jump through the first floor win-dow, knocking the screen to the ground in the process.

Outside, Stanfield and Newby began fighting, and Stanfield drew his gun and

fired at Newby, striking him in the left hip.

Newby fell into the landscaping in front of his apartment.

Police later recovered two 9mm casings from the area.

After hearing the shots, Newby’s cousin, Gregory Cooper, who lives in the next building, opened his front door to see a man run-ning past his door toward Main Street.

A K-9 of ficer said a bloodhound followed the suspect’s scent to nearby Hearn’s Mobile Home Park, where it stopped. The offi-cer concluded the suspect left by car.

Cooper testified that he couldn’t identify the run-ning man as Stanfield, even when looking at him in the courtroom, but did say he had short dreadlocks and was missing a shoe.

A photo of Stanfield

from that time shows him wearing dreadlocks.

Jennifer Cooper, Grego-ry’s wife, and also a nurse, tended to Newby before medics arrived.

Cooper said she found a Nike shoe underneath New-by’s body, picked it up with her fingertips and placed it on the sidewalk, where she protected it until police ar-rived and secured the scene.

The shoe proved para-mount in Stanfield’s con-viction. According to Mary Jane Blankenship, a former forensic scientist at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science, she found a DNA mixture of three to four samples in the shoe.

She then compared the DNA profiles from the shoe with DNA from a cigarette butt that Stanfield had tossed out and a swab from Stanfield’s mouth.

She concluded that, based on her DNA analy-

sis, Stanfield “could not be eliminated as a contributor to the DNA mixture profile from the shoe.”

According to the certifi-cate of analysis, Stanfield’s DNA is 5.3 trillion times more probably a match to the DNA found in the shoe than a coincidental match to an unrelated black per-son.

The prosecution bol-stered the DNA analysis with testimony by Gary Allmond, one of Stanfield’s cellmates at Western Tide-water Regional Jail.

Allmond said Stanfield confided in him how he committed the murder.

Allmond provided two details of the case that were never released to the public: Newby kept a video camera in his living room and he suffered from head trauma in addition to his gunshot wound.

Autopsy reports show

Newby had sustained blunt force trauma to the head, and Allmond recalled Stan-field as saying he hit him repeatedly with a handgun.

Allmond also said the video camera had a missing memory card, something that, even if he had seen a crime scene photo, he would have not been able to dis-cern, said the prosecution.

According to Allmond, Stanfield instructed some-one he knew to come and remove the memory card. Court testimony was un-clear whether any one had done as Stanfield instruced, but the memory card was confirmed missing.

Stanfield’s attorney, Jen-nifer Walsh, proffered that Allmond knew these details because he rifled through Stanfield’s papers, which were kept under his mat-tress.

However, the prosecu-tion said the medical ex-

aminer’s report detailing the head trauma wasn’t released publicly until Oc-tober 2014 and the video camera was never included in the criminal complaint, published shortly after the crime.

And, Stanfield and All-mond had only shared a cell for about month between January and February 2014.

The prosecution rea-soned Allmond could not have known those details by reading Stanfield’s paper-work because, at that point, the paperwork did not exist.

In her closing argument, Walsh contended that DNA evidence determined Stan-field had worn the crime scene shoe, but didn’t con-clude he was wearing it on the night of the murder.

Judge Eason was not swayed and concluded that Allmond’s “reasonable credibility” and DNA evi-dence were enough to con-


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Sen. Louis Lucas’ bill removing the requirement to publish proposed ordi-nances in newspapers is not the only legislation dealing with public notices at the General Assembly this year.

The House Counties, Cities and Towns Subcommittee killed two relat-ed bills last week.

And Isle of Wight’s delegate voted against both of them because of what happened in the county recently, ac-cording to the Virginia Press Associ-ation’s Jan. 22 issue of ePress.

HB 1438 would have given localities alternatives to publishing legal notic-es other than newspapers of general circulation.

The second bill, HB 1405, would have allowed localities with popula-tions of 50,000 or more to meet public notice requirements by using its own website rather than a newspaper of general circulation.

Del. Rick Morris, R-64th, said he changed his opinion on the bill follow-ing an incident in Isle of Wight County, according to ePress.

Isle of Wight County stopped publish-ing legal notices in The Smithfield Times and The Tidewater News and instead published them exclusively in the Daily Press, which is located in Newport News.

“It was a real outcry in the communi-ty,” Morris said. “It would lead a person to believe they wanted less people to see the notices. Maybe it’s not; maybe it is, but it makes me skeptical,” according to ePress.

“The local government would abso-lutely control the information. It’s on their website, then they are responsible for disseminating it. When we have problems with local government, even answering a Freedom of Information Act request, I am additionally skeptical about them being 100 percent owner of the information,” ePress quoted Morris as saying.

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Board, and that SB 841 was part of the county’s legisla-tive agenda that was passed in October.

Alphin said it was his duty as chairman to clarify the stance of the Board.

Casteen said he wrote his letter as an individual, but his being a member of the Board of Supervisors was relevant.

The bill calling for fewer public notices for counties also comes, coincidently, about a month after the Board of Supervisors vot-ed 4-1 to keep all public

notices, in their entirety, in the two local papers — The Smithfield Times and The Tidewater News.

Last July, Isle of Wight County Attor ney Mark Popovich decided to put public notices only in the Daily Press — allegedly to save money and to make it more convenient for staff.

Popovich said it was easier to meet state public notice requirements with a daily than with a paper that publishes once a week or a few times a week.

However, Daily Press advertising rates are con-siderably higher than The

Smithfield Times, plus it has half the circulation in Isle of Wight.

The Board of Supervi-sors was unaware of the change until The Smithfield Times published a story about it.

That led to the Dec. 18 meeting when Woodrow Crook, who for many years served as the county attor-ney, told the Board about previous supervisors trying to “punish” The Smithfield Times by pulling public notices.

Ro b e r t s o n s a i d t h e current senate bill was included in the county’s

legislative agenda that was approved by the Board of Supervisors in October — and a few weeks before the public was made aware that the county had decided to pull public notices from the local newspapers.

A reference to SB 841

was titled ““Inequities in authority granted to cities and towns vs. counties” and was included in the October Board packet.

Casteen said he didn’t realize what that meant, nor did he read the legislative agenda thoroughly.

Alphin agreed the word-ing was unclear and that the Board didn’t catch the im-plication at the time. It was presented as an inequality issue, he said.

“It would have been in-cumbent upon us to ques-tion that at the time.”


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Wedge Salad - a petite iceburg wedge toppedwith buttermilk dressing, cucumbers, tomato,

carrot and red onionBlack Bean Cakes - topped with tomato chutney

Second Course: choose one

Italian Meatball Pasta - Italian meatballs sautéedpeppers, onions, garlic and red sauce, tossed in

angel hair pastaBlackened Chicken Breast - topped with cornmaque choux and served with wild rice and

sautéed squash

Third Course: choose oneè

LUNCHFirst Course: choose one



Second Course

Chicken & Cheese Strudel - shredded chicken, peppers, onions, and cheese baked in a flaky pastry crust and served with sautéed squash


112 Main Street (757) 357-1752

APPETIZER:Choose one

• Frank’s Cheesy-Hot Wings• Hand-battered Onion Rings

LUNCH ENTREE:Choose one

(Each entree includes your choice of side dish & beverage)

• 3 oz. BBQ Sandwich (N.C. or St. Louis style)• Two Crunchy Chicken Wraps

• Three BBQ Taquitos• Five Smoked wings (Hot, BBQ, or Caribbean)

• Soup & Side Salad(Brunswick stew or Chicken & Dumplings)

DINNER ENTREE:Choose one

•Two Carolina Platter Dinners which include: 6 oz. N.C. or St. Louis BBQ

Two Chicken Tenders (grilled or fried)Two Sides* & Hush-puppies

• Grilled Chicken Salad• Chicken Salad Salad

•Salmon Salad•Large House Salad

Other options available… ask us!

DESSERT:Choose one

• Banana Pudding• Sweet Potato Pie

*Side options include: mac & cheese, baked beans, green beans, collard greens, broccoli, mashed potatoes (corn on the

cob, onion rings & sweet potato wedges extra)

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bacon and choice of cheese, with lettuce,tomato and onion

• Pork Tenderloin*with special sauce on bed of Arcadian lettuce

with grilled peaches

• Commerce Street Arcadian Salad*with sliced grilled chicken breast, gorgonzala

cheese and pears

DESSERT: Choose One• Homemade Peach Cobbler• Homemade Bread Pudding

LUNCH MENU : $10APPETIZER

• Pork PoppersENTREE: Choose One

• Taste of Smithfield Shoppe SandwichHoney Ham or Roasted Turkey, choice of cheese

on sliced French Bread with Special House Dressing

• Tidewater Chopped Glazed Ham* with apples and walnuts over mixed greens with

choice of dressing

DESSERT : choose one• Homemade Peach Cobbler• Homemade Bread Pudding

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Participating restaurants will offer a $10 lunch menu and/or a $20 dinner menu. The price includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Beverage, taxes and tip are not included. Each menu will also feature a “healthy choice selection” to celebrate Smithfield-On- The-Move’s “Order Healthy Project.” Visit your favorite participating restaurants between Friday, January 30 through Saturday February 7 to take advantage of these special menu options at this great price!

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“Order Healthy” sticker on therestaurant’s menu which indicates a meal

with fewer calories, fewer calories from satu-rated fat, less sodium and no trans fats, and to consider ordering this entrée or appetizer as a “healthy choice.”

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DINNER - $20Appetizer:

Oyster Rockefeller - (4) Fresh local oysters baked with spinach, bacon, heavy cream, Pernod and topped with

parmesan cheeseEntree: Choose One

Crab Stuffed Salmon - Substainable Salmon fillet wrapped around our own crab imperial. Broiled to a golden brown with butter, sherry & Old Bay® & then served over a

tarragon cream sauceFlat Iron Steak with Mushroom Demi-Glace - Cross cut sirloin steak cooked to your liking and dressed with a

mushroom demi-glace sauceChicken Smithfield - Plump breast of chicken, grilled &

topped with a Genuine Smithfield ham cream sauceBroiled Crab Cake - One of our most popular dinners! A mouthwatering crab cake lightly seasoned with only enough filler to make them stay together when broiled

Dessert:Bread Pudding - Our very own homemade bread

pudding topped with a thick bourbon sauce and served just warm enough to melt your taste buds.

LUNCH - $10Appetizer: Choose One

Small Garden - Mixed salad greens topped w/ cheddar cheese, rings of red onion, ripe olives, grape tomato,

cucumber and your choice of dressingCeasar Salad - Crisp romaine lettuce tossed w/ parmesan

cheese and Ceasar dressing. Topped w/ lemon, croutons andred onion

Entree:Calabash Seafood - Generous portions of the freshest seafood, lightly breaded & fried to order. Choose from shrimp, flounder or oyster. Served w/ fries, coleslaw &

hushpuppiesChicken Salad - Chunks of white chicken meat w/ celery

grapes and a Hellmann’s® based dressing served on a bed of salad greens w/ tomato, fresh fruit, coleslaw & cheese wafers

Dessert: Bread Pudding

415 S. Church Street (757) 357-7700

DINNERFirst Course: choose one



Second Course: choose one

Italian Meatball Pasta - Italian meatballs sautéedpeppers, onions, garlic and red sauce, tossed in

angel hair pastaBlackened Chicken Breast - topped with cornmaque choux and served with wild rice and

sautéed squash


LUNCHFirst Course: choose one



Second Course

Chicken & Cheese Strudel - shredded chicken, peppers, onions, and cheese baked in a flaky pastry crust and served with sautéed squash


112 Main Street (757) 357-1752

APPETIZER:Choose one

• Frank’s Cheesy-Hot Wings• Hand-battered Onion Rings

LUNCH ENTREE:Choose one

(Each entree includes your choice of side dish & beverage)

• 3 oz. BBQ Sandwich (N.C. or St. Louis style)• Two Crunchy Chicken Wraps

• Three BBQ Taquitos• Five Smoked wings (Hot, BBQ, or Caribbean)

• Soup & Side Salad(Brunswick stew or Chicken & Dumplings)

DINNER ENTREE:Choose one

•Two Carolina Platter Dinners which include: 6 oz. N.C. or St. Louis BBQ

Two Chicken Tenders (grilled or fried)Two Sides* & Hush-puppies

• Grilled Chicken Salad• Chicken Salad Salad

•Salmon Salad•Large House Salad

Other options available… ask us!

DESSERT:Choose one

• Banana Pudding• Sweet Potato Pie

*Side options include: mac & cheese, baked beans, green beans, collard greens, broccoli, mashed potatoes (corn on the

cob, onion rings & sweet potato wedges extra)

15149 Carrollton Blvd., Carrollton, VA757-238-2148 • www.bubbanfranks.com

DINNER MENU : $20APPETIZER

• Two Pork Wings with SauceENTREE: Choose One

•TOS BurgerSignature burger with crab meat, country ham,

bacon and choice of cheese, with lettuce,tomato and onion

• Pork Tenderloin*with special sauce on bed of Arcadian lettuce

with grilled peaches

• Commerce Street Arcadian Salad*with sliced grilled chicken breast, gorgonzala

cheese and pears

DESSERT: Choose One• Homemade Peach Cobbler• Homemade Bread Pudding

LUNCH MENU : $10APPETIZER

• Pork PoppersENTREE: Choose One

• Taste of Smithfield Shoppe SandwichHoney Ham or Roasted Turkey, choice of cheese

on sliced French Bread with Special House Dressing

• Tidewater Chopped Glazed Ham* with apples and walnuts over mixed greens with

choice of dressing

DESSERT : choose one• Homemade Peach Cobbler• Homemade Bread Pudding

*Beverage, taxes and tip are not included.217 Main Street (757) 357-8950

*Healthy Choice Menu Options Available



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By Abby ProchStaff writer

Del. Rick Morris, R-64th, is pushing a bill that would make it a crime for govern-ment officials to purposely violate the Freedom of Information Act.

HB 2223 allows that, in addition to the civil en-forcement provisions of FOIA, any officer, employ-ee or member of a pub-lic body convicted of a willful and knowing vi-olation of certain FOIA provisions be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill is currently assigned to the House criminal law subcommittee.

FOIA gives residents the right to obtain gov-ernment information and documents, with some ex-ceptions.

Morris argued the only recourse residents have is to file a lawsuit when gov-ernment does not respond or supply the information requested.

Morris is proposing that if a government worker fails to follow FOIA, he or she would be slapped with a class 1 misdemeanor charge, with up to a $2,000 civil penalty.

Morris said an “individ-ual should not have to sue

their government” to get public information.

Morris also emphasized that though he runs as a Republican — big “R” — he identifies with being a “lit-tle ‘R’ Republican.”

The difference, Morris said, is that he believes in better — not bigger — leg-islation and will support a resolution to hold a state convention to advocate de-centralizing the federal government.

“The purpose of the gov-ernment isn’t to protect us from ourselves but to preserve the individual liberties given to us by our Constitution,” said Morris.

Morris would make FOIAviolations a misdemeanor

events center for $800,000 in fiscal 2017-18. Both would be located at Heritage Park in Windsor.

County staff anticipates that both facilities would generate revenue.

Funding for the 50-acre Bradby Park in Rushmere

is not scheduled to receive funding until fiscal 2021-25 at $800,000.

Currently, Bradby Park is in need of another wet-lands delineation, and de-velopment cannot begin until that is completed, Furlo said.

Furlo said the trees are now regrowing on the pre-

viously cleared land, and as they continue to grow and soak up water, the better chance the county has of getting a favorable delin-eation.

Overall, the proposed CIP for fiscal 2016 is $23.9 million, with 52 percent of the funding coming from general obligation bonds over the next five years.

The most expensive item in the CIP for the next fis-cal year is $11 million to replace the 911 emergency communications system.

The Planning Commis-sion adopted the CIP in De-cember, passing the plan up to the Board of Supervisors without a public hearing — breaking a long tradition of allowing the public to comment at that level.

A public hearing on the proposed capital improve-ment plan is scheduled for the Feb. 15 Board of Super-visors meeting at the Isle of Wight Courthouse complex. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. The CIP can be viewed in its entirety on the county’s website at www.co.isle-of-wight.va.us.

approved last year, which called for the 12-cent tax increase for this fiscal year, followed by two years of “anticipated increased rev-enue growth.”

Seward said in an email that the county has no idea how increased revenue will be obtained until the budget is prepared, but “hope that we see an increase via natu-ral growth (either business, residential, state aid, etc. That growth will help to offset the need for an tax adjustment.”

Chairman Rex Alphin said the three-year plan

implied that it would take a total of 22 cents to balance the county’s budget.

However, the Board can “reassess everything every year … our choice would be to use existing funds, if possible,” he said.

Alphin said that until staff comes up with a pro-posed budget and gets the county’s finances sorted out for that process, it’s hard to say it would definitely be one way or another.

The Board is hoping the real estate reassessment brings added revenue, as well as other unanticipated sources, he said.

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Anna Virginia Pitman Douglas, 87, passed away peacefully at her home, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, after an extended illness. Born in Irvington on March 9, 1927, Anna was the daughter of the late Earl and Grace Mitchell Pitman.

A beloved wife, moth-er, sister and stepmother, Anna leaves to cherish her memory her husband of 23 years, Edgar F. Douglas; her daughter, Anne Wes-ley Norris of Richmond; a sister, Nellie Walden of Urbanna; her step-children, Paul Douglas, Patricia Staf-ford and Lynn Mallonie; five step-grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In addition to her parents, Anna is preceded in death by a grandson, John Vernon Swann and a sister, Marjie Barnett.

Anna will be remem-bered for her spirit of help-

ing in the time of need and willfulness in act or deed. She was a passionate home-maker and gardener, always keeping busy.

Family and friends will gather Friday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. for a service celebrating An-na’s life in Colonial Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim Phipps officiating, followed by visitation. A graveside funeral service will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, 1 p.m., in Woodlawn Cemetery, Kilmarnock.

The family suggests me-morial contributions to Christian Outreach Pro-gram, PO Box 253, Smith-field, VA 23431.

Arrangements are in the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield. Visit us at colonialfuneralhome-smithfield.com to share remembrances and words of comfort with the Douglas family.

Anna Pitman Douglas

CARROLLTON—Robert M. “Bob” Moore, 83, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Jan. 24, 2015. He passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family. He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted wife of 59 years, Carol; his sons, Robert M. Moore Jr. and wife, Connie, and David B. Moore and wife, Ann; and his beloved grandson, Brooks. He is also survived by many niec-es and nephews.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, An-drew K. and Eulah Blanche Moore; his brothers, An-drew C. Moore and Jeffer-son Ray Moore; and his sisters, Earnestine June Hamric, Wilma Jean Marsh and Mary Jane Glass.

Bob was born in Barbour County, W.V. on Thanksgiv-ing Day, Nov. 26, 1931. He graduated from Kasson High School in Barbour County in 1950. Bob served in the U.S. Air Force for 26 years, retiring as a master sergeant at Langley Air Force Base in 1978. He be-gan his Air Force career as a B-29 gunner, later becom-ing an inflight air refueling specialist (boom operator) on the KC-97 and the KC-135. After retiring from the Air Force, he attended Thomas Nelson Community College where he received certif-icates in air conditioning and refrigeration and elec-tricity, graduating summa cum laude. He later worked in maintenance at Peninsu-la Christian School where his specialty was fixing everything.

Bob was a former mem-ber of First Free Will Bap-tist Church in Newport News and a current mem-ber of Faith Free Will Bap-tist Church in Carrollton, serving as deacon, trustee and Sunday school superin-tendent. Bob loved the Lord and lived his Christianity daily, in spirit and in deed.

Throughout the years, Bob was a father and grand-father to many families. Among these were Roger, Tammy, Luke and Emily Harris; Jeff, Charlene, John T. and Hollyn Bedford; and Randall, Amber, Abigail and Dallas Owens, who af-fectionately referred to him as Poppa Moore.

The family wishes to

thank Dr. Nair and the ICU staff at Obici Hospital for the special care they gave Bob during his time there.

A celebration of Bob’s life will be held at Faith Free Will Baptist Church, 16054 Carrollton Blvd. (Rt. 17), Carrollton, Saturday, Jan. 31, 11 a.m. The fam-ily will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Bennett’s Creek Chapel, 2690 Bridge Road (Rt. 17), Suffolk, Friday, Jan. 30, 5 - 8 p.m. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Memorial Park, Smithfield.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions may be made to Faith Free Will Baptist Church, P.O. Box 205, Carrollton, VA 23314. www.SturtevantFuneral-Home.com.

CARROLLTON—Mary Frances Shortall Patrick, 81, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. Born in Easton, Md., Mary was the daughter of the late John C. Sr. and Frances Holden Shorthall.

Prior to her move to Isle of Wight County in 1978, Mary resided on the Mary-land Eastern Shore and in Charleston, WV. She fin-ished high school in Easton, and met her beloved hus-band of 62 years, the late Franklin Eugene Patrick, Jr. (d. 12/2013). She was a former secretary at C&P Telephone, Annapolis, Md., and a school secretary and substitute teacher while liv-ing in Charleston, W.V. She retired from Bank of Amer-ica, Smithfield, in 1995, after 15 years of service.

Mary was a founding member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church and was very active in the ministries of the parish. Mary made herself available to an-swer questions and follow through with concerns of the parish as a whole. She was credited for starting the Easter egg fundraiser in two Catholic parishes.

Mary was a devoted and beloved mother to her chil-dren and grandchildren. She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Beth Ziegler, and husband, Bob; two sons, Steven G. Patrick

and David J. Patrick; grand-children, Erin and Kevin Ziegler, Kristen, Samantha, Michael and Kelly Patrick; a sister, Carolyn Walker, and husband, Bobby; and a host of extended family and friends who also share the sorrow of Mary’s passing.

Family and friends gath-ered Jan. 22 for visitation. A funeral mass was held Jan. 23 in Good Shepherd Catholic Church, with Fr. Oscar Paraiso officiating, followed by a reception in the family’s honor in the parish hall. Burial will be at a later date in Albert G. Horton Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

The family suggests me-morial contributions to Good Shepherd Catholic Church, PO Box 840, 300 Smithfield Blvd, Smithfield, VA 23431.

Mary Frances Patrick

Wendy Marguerite Wes-sels, 45, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday evening, Jan. 20, 2015. She is the daughter of the late Carl E. and Doris J. Bur-dick.

Wendy is survived by her by her husband of 20 years, Scott T. Wessels; sons, Peter M. Wessels and Justin T. Wessels; daughters, Britta-ny N. Wessels, Morgan B. Wessels, and Madison E. J. Wessels; brothers, Daniel and Joel Burdick; and sister, Carla Pendleton. Wendy is also survived by her dogs, Delilah and Faye.

Wendy was a cosmetol-ogist and was always avail-able to help her clients and anyone else who needed her. She had many talents and hobbies, soap making, can-ning, drawing and dancing.

Wendy was a fun and loving person who always stayed true to her faith.

A celebration of life ser-vice was held Jan. 24 at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jeff Cannon officiating.

The family requests me-morial donations be made to the SECU family house at UNC, Chapel Hill, 123 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27517.

Arrangements are in the care of Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield. Family and friends are encouraged to post condolences and memories at colonialfuner-alhomesmithfield.com.

Wendy M. Wessels

Robert M. MooreWindsor Baptist

Windsor Baptist Church is holding its annual Open House Soup Kitchen on Saturday, January 31, 4-6 p.m. at 4 Church St. in Wind-sor Free soup and grilled cheese sandwiches will be served.

Community Choir

All youth in Smithfield, Carrollton, Surry and sur-rounding area are invited to join a new local community choir. If interested, text 503-5219 or email kerry900@ aol.com. Or, meet Pastor White Feb. 9, 7 p.m. at 110 Hill St. in Smithfield. Bring your voice, instrument and praise.Runneymede Holiness

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mede Holiness Church New Year’s Revival is Thursday and Friday, Jan. 29 and 30, 7:30 p.m. nightly. Thursday night’s speaker is Elder James Artis, and Friday’s speaker is Elder Cleveland Swain. Tabernacle of Praise

Tabernacle of Praise Full Gospel Baptist Church in Zuni will celebrate its 22nd church anniversary beginning Sunday, Feb. 1 with Deacons, Deaconess and Trustees Anniversary at 3 p.m. Black History and Choir Day will be Sunday, Feb. 8. Pre-Anniversary services will be Sunday, Feb. 15, 4 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. The 22nd church anniversary service will be Sunday, Feb. 22, 4 p.m.

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WALTERS—Carrsville residents expressed dismay over lack of development in their area as Isle of Wight staff touted the ISLE2040 growth plan for the north-ern end of the county.

“It’s going to die if noth-ing is done,” said Cynthia Smith of the far south-ern end of Isle of Wight at a county-sponsored town hall meeting last week in Walters.

Others described chron-ically flooded roads and yards, trash-filled ditch-es and a vacant shopping center as evidence of the disparity between the Route 58 corridor and the Car-rollton area targeted in the ISLE2040 plan.

“Nobody is doing noth-ing,” said Ivan Leonard.

While ISLE2040 antic-ipates paving the way for higher density residential development followed by retail and other services in an expanded Newport Development Service Dis-trict, county officials told residents that “rooftops” are necessary for commer-cial ventures — a feature sorely lacking in the Carrs-ville area.

“The businesses go where there are rooftops, said Carrsville Supervisor Rex Alphin.

Zuni resident Tom Gas-kell, who has worked to bring businesses to the former Airway Shopping Center, said businesses don’t want to locate along the Route 58 corridor “be-cause it looks so crappy.”

Several years ago, Isle of Wight conducted a Route 58 corridor study that found most residents wanted a grocery store to locate in that area. However, the study concluded that there were not enough residents to support anything beyond an expanded mini-mart.

Businesses are not in-terested, said Isle of Wight Assistant Director of Plan-ning Richard Rudnicki.

A county can put to-gether a plan, but a private developer or company has to make the investment, said county spokesman Don Robertson.

At one time, the now va-cant Airway Shopping Cen-ter once contained a Winn Dixie grocery store, but the center closed in 2002 after housing several businesses, including a McDonalds, for more than 20 years.

Carrsville wants a shareof IW growth

Riverview United Methodist10696 Smiths Neck Rd., Rescue

Leon Basham, Minister 532-4078email: c.basham@charter,net

Southside Vineyard Community Church“Real, Reaching & Ready”

Services Sunday @ 10:00 amNursery, Children, Youth MinistriesCasual with a Real Life Messagewww.southsidevineyard.comPastor Bill Eley, (757) 357-SVCC (7822)

Christ Episcopal Church111 S. Church St., Corner Church & Main

9AM - Contemporary Service10AM - Christian Education11AM - Traditional ServiceRev. Derek Pringle, Rector

Benn’s United Methodist Church

Sunday Services 8:30 and 11:00amSunday School 9:45am

Rev. O.H. Burton, Jr., Ph. 357-3373Bennsumc@yahoo,com

Mill Swamp Baptist Church6329 Mill Swamp Rd, Ivor, VA; 357-2575

Sunday: Sun. Sch. 9:30am, Worship 10:45am,5:50-7:30 p.m. AWANA for children and WORD OF LIFE for teens, bible studies for adults 5:30-7:30. Wednesday 6:00-7:30 p.m. “THE LOFT” children’sprogram, bible studies.

10270 Central Hill Rd, Windsor 357-2225Rev. Roger Johnson, PastorParsonage 757-539-7759Sun School 10am, Sun Worship 11amWed Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 7pm

Central Hill Baptist Church

Saints of Runneymede Holiness Church7711 White Marsh Rd, Elberon, VAIntercessory Prayer Sunday: 8:30 - 9:30 amSun. School 10am; Morning Worship 11:30amWed Noon Day Prayer-Prayer & Bible Study 7pmAndrew L. Cypress - Pastor

Good Shepherd Catholic Church

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Fri at 9am, Phone: 365-0579 Fax: 757-365-4749Pastor: Fr. Oscar P. Paraisoemail: [email protected]

Sun.Sch.9:40am/Worship 8:30am & 11amWed, 5:15 Cherub Choir, 5:30 Dinner, 6:30 Bible Studies & Missions,

7:30 Adult Choir, 7:30 Children’s ChoirDr. Donald R. Rhoton, Pastorsbchurch@smith�eldbaptist.org

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Trinity United Methodist Church201 Cedar St.,

Sunday School 9:30Worship 8:30 & 11am, 9:30am Rivers of Life

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Bethany Presbyterian Church5358 Zuni Circle, Zuni, Va. 23898Sunday School 9:30amWorship 10:30amRev. Dr. Steven Frazier, Pastorwww.bethanyzuni.org

Uzzell United Methodist Church

Sunday School 10:00amSunday Worship Service 11:00amBecky Gwaltney, Pastor 810-9397COME WORSHIP WITH US!

Hope Presbyterian ChurchA Reformed PCA Church259 James Street

Luter YMCAWorship: 9:30 amwww.hopepca.comPastor George Boomer, 771-2243

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Oakland Christian United Church of Christ

(757) 255-4353 Rev. Greg Ryan,M.Div.,M.A.([email protected])Services: Sunday at 8:45am and 11amSunday School (all ages) 10amwww.Oaklanducc.com

Woodland United Methodist Church20051 Orbit Rd. Windsor, VA 23487Traditional Worship Service 9:30AMSunday School 10:45AMRev. Mandy Newman(757) 357-7499

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If a resident wants to represent 10 or more people to get two more minutes to speak to the Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors, the group will now have to be present at the meeting.

The requirement to bring all 10 people already ex-isted for public hearings; its just now been expanded to include public comments, said Isle of Wight County spokesman Don Robertson.

Individuals are given three minutes to speak, while those representing 10 or more people get five minutes.

Debbie Bales, who represents United We Stand and supports the Carrollton Volunteer Fire Department, was reduced to three minutes when the 10 people she claimed to represent did not stand when requested at Thursday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

Bales, who was confused over the start time of the meeting, said her people were “en route.”

Bales asked facetiously if this was another effort by the county to be more transparent.

“I don’t think so,” she said.


The Isle of Wight County School Board is changing its meeting time.

The Board will now be-gin its regular monthly meetings at 5 p.m.

The meetings occur ev-ery second Thursday of the month at the boardroom at the county courthouse.

Until January, the Board held a work session at 5

p.m., followed by its regular meeting at 7 p.m.

The Board will start the meeting with a closed ses-sion and then follow the rest of its agenda.

The change is meant to reduce downtime between the 5 p.m. work session and the 7 p.m. regular meeting.

The hope is that by start-ing the regular meeting earlier, school officials, staff and attendees may go home sooner.

The School Board has also agreed that it will stop in the middle of what it’s doing at 7 p.m. to hold the Isle of Wight Achievers ceremony.

During that time, the Board honors students and staff for their achieve-ments, including academic and athletics successes.

That way, parents can expect the ceremony to start at a certain time.

The Board last changed the meeting time in July 2012.

In that move, the School Board bumped back its meeting from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and created 5 p.m. work session, which includes a financial work session, instructional presentations and a closed session.

The Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors tried a sim-ilar program last year by opening the meeting and then going immediately into closed session. Resi-dents and others were left sitting in the audience, unsure of when the closed session ended and the pub-lic meeting began.

After some complaints, the Board decided to start its meeting at a set time, 6 p.m., to be more convenient for residents.

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Three suspects pleaded guilty recently to breaking into local recreation associ-ation buildings and Check-ers Restaurant in October.

Aaron Underhill, 25, of Suffolk; Blane Washington, 24, of Suffolk; and Steph-anie Drames, 25, of Ivor, pleaded guilty in Isle of Wight County Circuit Court to two felony counts of breaking and entering and one felony count of grand larceny.

All three received 15 years in prison with all 15 years suspended. They will each serve two years super-vised probation.

They also agreed to split the $2,500 court-mandated restitution. However, that total does not yet include restitution to Smithfield Recreation Association.

According to the plea agreement, read by As-sistant Commonwealth’s

Attorney Patrick Clark, the three broke into the Smith-field Recreation Association concession stand at Beale Park on Oct. 15, 2014.

There, the three broke into a safe and stole $200.

Later that day, with Drames providing direc-tions, Underhill drove the suspects to Windsor Athlet-ic Association, located off Courthouse Highway.

T h e r e, Wa s h i n g t o n kicked in the Association’s concession stand door, and they stole food as a well as wireless speakers valued at $200.

The speakers were later recovered at Drames’ home.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 17, the three broke into Checkers Restau-rant on Route 460 in Zuni.

They parked at a nearby

church, walked down the train tracks, jumped a fence at Checkers and entered the restaurant after removing a vent fan, said Clark.

Drames emptied fish into a cooler with Washington’s help, while Underhill stood outside, said Clark.

Before the three could leave with their spoils, an employee arriving at work scared them off.

Drames’ plea agreement promises she’ll cooperate in the case against a fourth suspect, Toby Underhill, Aaron’s brother.

Toby Underhill, of Suf-folk, has been charged with one felony count each of breaking and entering and larceny.

He remains at large; a warrant is out for his ar-rest.

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Nine intersections are tentatively planned for the portion of Route 460 that runs through Isle of Wight County — and are part of the 17-mile preferred alter-native proposed by VDOT.

The first intersection is located where the existing Route 460 will meet the proposed northern bypass at the Isle of Wight-Suffolk line, according to Isle of Wight Director of Planning and Zoning Beverly Walkup, who outlined further details obtained from VDOT at a town hall meeting last week in Walters.

Headed west on the pro-posed northern bypass of Windsor, the next inter-section is slated for Shiloh Drive, which will also be realigned to straighten out a stiff curve in the road, Walkup said.

Intersections are also planned for Deer Path Trail, Route 258, Staves Mill Road and at Cut-Thru and Antioch roads, where the northern bypass will reconnect with the existing Route 460.

Intersections to be added to the existing Route 460 west of Windsor will be lo-cated at Winston Drive and Ecella Road, Yellowhammer Road and Firetower Road and Zuni Circle.

The existing bridge over the Blackwater River at Zuni will be 600 feet long with an elevation designed to handle a 100-year flood event, said Isle of Wight Transportation Project Manager Jamie Oliver.

The improved portion of Route 460 will be 200 feet wide, including shoulders and a depressed median. The unimproved area west

of Zuni will be 105 feet wide, including shoulders and a flush median.

Staves Road is expected to be closed, causing con-cern for access to a county convenience center, said Carrsville Supervisor Rex Alphin.

Also to be closed is a por-tion of Cut Thru Road and Old Suffolk Road, Walkup said.

County of ficials are working with VDOT to have an intersection where the Shirley T. Holland inter-modal park can connect with the preferred align-ment, Walkup said.

Oliver said the county is also concerned that only an intersection, not an over-pass, is slated for the bypass and Route 258.

Oliver told the Board of Supervisors Thursday that residents wanting to request a road shift of 300 feet or less can do so at pub-lic meetings because there is some leeway in the route.

Those that want a road-way shift greater than 300 feet need to speak at the

Map of proposed Rt. 460 bypass shows potential displacements.

460 bypass detailsCommonwealth Transpor-tation Board meeting in February, write a letter or call VDOT’s district office, Oliver said.

The preferred alterna-tive goes before the Com-monwealth Transportation Board Feb. 18. If approved, VDOT will wrap up the final supplemental environmen-tal impact statement, as well as hold public hear-ings, Oliver said.

Once the SEIS and hear-ings are completed, VDOT will pursue the necessary permits with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, move ahead with the design and renegotiate the contract with US 460 Mobility Part-ners, the company hired to design and build the origi-nal 55-mile tolled highway from Petersburg to Suf-folk as part of the state’s public-private partnership initiative.

Once VDOT gets the nec-essary permits from the Corps, design is expected to take two years, followed by two years to construct the road, Walkup said.

The preferred alterna-tive begins at the Route 460 and 58 interchange in Suffolk, bypasses Windsor to the north, with improve-ments stopping just west of Zuni. The improved portion of the road will be a four-lane divided highway and does not include tolling.

Oliver said VDOT has a long-term plan to continue improvements along Route 460 from Zuni to Petersburg.

The change from the original alignment, which called for building an en-tirely new, limited access highway from Petersburg to Suffolk, came after the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers raised concerns last

year about its effect on wet-lands. Improving Route 460 is expected to address three main concerns — increas-ing capacity for truck traffic

coming from an expanded Port of Virginia, providing an enhanced evacuation route for Southside Hamp-ton Roads and increase safe-

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For more information on Route 460, visit route460.org.

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Wednesday, Jan. 28SPECIAL MEETING—The Isle of Wight County School Board is having a special meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 4 p.m. in the large conference room of the school board office, 820 W. Main St. in Smithfield. The meeting is to discuss the superintendent search.

Thursday, Jan. 29WATER QUALITY—The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is hosting a workgroup meeting to discuss water improvement plans for Chuckatuck and Brewers creeks Thursday, Jan. 29, 1-3 p.m. at the CE&H Ruritan Hall, 8881 Eclipse Drive, Suffolk.

Friday, Jan. 30DMV TO GO—The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles will be at the Isle of Wight County Courthouse administration building Friday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 31BASEBALL/SOFTBALL—The Surry Pony League baseball and softball registration for boys and girls age 4-14 is Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 9 a.m. to noon at L.P. Jackson Middle School. $5 off the registration fee per family if paid in full on those dates. Bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate.

PHOTOGRAPHY—Award-winning photographer Shirley M. Whitenack teaches students the capabilities of digital cameras with Beginning Digital Photography, Saturday, Jan. 31, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $60 for member/ $80 for non-members. Register now by calling 357-7707 or visit the Arts Center @319 on Main Street in Smithfield or visit www.SmithfieldArts.org.

Monday, Feb. 2CIVIC LEAGUE—The Carrollton Civic League meets Monday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m. in the conference room at Sentara St. Luke’s medical center, 20209 Sentara Way, near Benn’s Church to discuss ISLE2040 and managing growth in Carrollton and the Newport District. Info: 613-6183.

Wednesday, Feb. 4RELAY FOR LIFE—Relay event leadership team meetings at Benn’s UMC Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m. Accounting opens at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Info: 810-5207, email [email protected], or visit www.RelayForLife.org/IWSVA.

ACRYLICS—Award-winning painter Cil Barbour offers instruction in acrylic paints and mediums Wednesday, Feb. 4-5, 1-4 p.m. Register by Feb. 1. Students work on projects of their choice. Fee is $55 for members, $65 non-members. Contact instructor for materials list or to purchase supplies. Register: 357-7707 or visit the Arts Center @319 on Main Street in Smithfield.

Saturday, Feb. 7WINE TASTING—The Beacons of Hope Relay for Life team is hosting its Love and Hope Wine Tasting and Silent Auction for Relay, Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Gatling Pointe Yacht Club. $25 per person by Feb. 1, $30 at the door, if space is available. Sample five wines with five appetizers. RSVP to [email protected] or stop by The Frilly Lilly 130 Main St. in Smithfield or call 357-6355. Also accepting silent auction donations for this event.

RUN4BEADS—The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Mardi Gras Run4Beads, Saturday, Feb. 7 in Smithfield. Race day registration begins at 8 a.m. The Geaux for the Gold 10K Race starts at 10 a.m., followed by the Fat Tuesday 5K at 10:15 a.m. and the Crawfish Crawl 1K at 11:15 a.m. Info and registration at www.race4beads.com or by calling 357-3502.

Monday, Feb. 9CITIZENS—The Isle of Wight Citizens’ Association will discuss the state of county government as well as a petition drive opposed to ISLE2040, Monda, Feb. 9, 7 p.m.


Isle of Wight Academy bas-ketball coach Benjamin Vaughan earned his 600th win as coach of the Isle of Wight Academy Char-gers Friday night.

Vaughan, 67, joins just a hand-ful of active coaches in earning the distinction, including Jack Baker of Maury High School, George Lancaster of Highland Springs High School and Paul Hatcher of Robert E. Lee High School.

Vaughan and the Chargers se-cured his 600th win when they beat Denbigh Baptist, 47-35, on Friday night at Jester Gymnasium.

The Chargers rose to 4-16, 2-9 in the Metro Athletic Conference.

Vaughan earned screams of support from the home crowd and went home with the game ball after photo ops with current and former players.

“It was special in the sense that it made me reflect on all the won-derful people I’ve been associated with the years that I’ve coached basketball,” said Vaughan.

A graduate of The College of William and Mary, Vaughan is in his 44th year at IWA, his 39th as head coach and his 25th as headmaster.

He played basketball in his youth at Windsor High School.

Vaughan says his success comes from the players and the people who support the program.

“Our teams have always played hard, and we’ve played together and we’ve tried to play smart … Our goal has always been not necessarily to win but be as a good a player and as good a team as is

possible for us to be.”Vaughan pointed at the gen-

erations of players he’s coached over the years, including JJV Coach Thomas Butler and his son, Samuel, one of the team’s senior captains.

“ C o n n e c t i o n s l i ke t h a t throughout the years make this a special moment,” said Vaughan.

Vaughan has had several suc-cesses during his tenure, includ-ing a run at the state title a few years back.

The Chargers reached the state championship but lost. A key play-er on that team, Brandon Black, is now Vaughan’s assistant coach.

Vaughan first started coach-ing in the school’s original gym, which dates back to the 1950s, and has coached in the school’s Jester Gymnasium since 1974.

Vaughan is very much a Char-ger; his wife, Cynthia, is an art teacher there, and his son, Chris, is a freshman.

Earlier in the week, Isle of Wight Academy avoided a repeat of the blowout of earlier this season, but Portsmouth Christian still triumphed, 65-50, Jan. 20.

James Ricks led the Chargers with a season high 14 points, in-cluding four three-pointers, and teammate Adam Webb had 11 points for IWA.

600 wins for Vaughan

Isle of Wight Academy headmaster and basketball coach, Benjamin Vaughan.

Photo courtesy of Isle of Wight Academy

“Connections like that throughout the years make this a special moment.”

— Benjamin Vaughan


Fingerprints have long been used as evidence in criminal trials. Last week, footprints made their evidentiary debut in the murder trial of Shymeek Stanfield.

Forensic podiatrist Dr. Mi-chael Nirenberg testified that convicted murderer Shymeek Stanfield likely wore a shoe recovered from a crime scene.

“The evidence shows that the foot impression in the crime scene shoe was made by Mr. Stanfield or someone with the same foot,” testified Nirenberg. “There is no evidence that any-one else wore the shoe.”

Stanfield was subsequently found guilty of first degree murder, robbery and use of a

firearm in the commission of a felony for the 2012 murder of Travis Newby in Jersey Park Apartments.

In Isle of Wight Circuit Court, Nirenberg testified that Stanfield or “someone with the same foot” wore a size 12 Nike basketball shoe recovered from the crime scene.

“A lot of people don’t realize how individual footprints are,” said Nirenberg as he drove home from O’Hare Internation-al Airport last week.

Nirenberg runs Friendly Foot Care in Crown Point, In-diana. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Foren-sic Podiatry and the Forensic

Forensic podiatrist Dr. Michael Nirenberg uses an endoscopic camera to analyze the crime scene basketball shoe, which he determined was worn by Shymeek Stanfield or someone “with the same foot.”

Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Nirenberg, DPM

Feet are like fingerprintsForensics of feet subject of recent murder trial

See related story on page 1.

Podiatry Subcommittee of the International Association for Identification and is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners.

Nirenberg said the chances of finding a matching footprint would be 1 in 1.27 billion, accord-

ing to statistical analysis done by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The RCMP’s database includes 24,000 footprints, none of which are alike, he said.

Even adult twins have been found to have different feet, he

added. Nirenberg had to add the

“someone with the same foot” stipulation because footprints — and feet — are not unique like fingerprints, he said.

Instead, they “approach uniqueness.”

That means, if Stanfield didn’t wear the shoe, the person who did would have needed to have the same gait and the same weight distribution to create the same impression as Stanfield, he said.

“It’s not just the foot. It’s the entire biomechanics of the lower limb,” he explained.

In particular, the shapes created by Stanfield’s feet had characteristics unlike most people.

“His great toe in the ink im-pression and insoles deviated inwards,” he said.

Stanfield, as indicated by his photos, had a bunion that Nire-nberg calls a “deviation from suspected norm in society.”

Stanfield also has a baby toe impression that is not oval or round like most toe impres-sions, but square.

“His baby toe — he’s not walking on the tip of his baby toe, he’s walking on the side of his baby toe,” said Nirenberg. ‘That’s another deviation to the norm.”

To conclude Stanfield likely wore the crime scene shoe, Ni-renberg conducted a series of tests, the basis of which started back here in Smithfield.

Last fall, Nirenberg asked Smithfield Police Department Lt. Patrick Valdez to photo-graph the size 12 Nike basket-ball shoe recovered from the crime scene and a size 11 Nike basketball shoe Stanfield wore when he was booked into jail.

Unknowingly, Stanfield end-

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RELAY FOR LIFE—Relay Rally meetings at Benn’s UMC are for team captains, team participants, cancer survivors and caregivers, Monday, Feb. 9. Accounting opens at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Info: 810-5207, email [email protected], or visit www.RelayForLife.org/IWSVA.

Tuesday, Feb. 10FORKLIFT—Forklift, Forklift Clamp Truck and Reach Truck Operator Certificate Course training will be held Tuesday-Thursday, Feb. 10, 11 and 12, 5-10 p.m. at the Paul D. Camp Community College Hobbs Suffolk Campus, 271 Kenyon Road. Info: -6050, or visit www.pdc.edu\ workforce-development.

Friday, Feb. 13BLUEGRASS—The Carrollton Volunteer Fire Department will host its monthly “Firehouse Bluegrass” music benefit concert Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. at Fire Station 10. A donation of $5 for admission is requested for the featured entertainment: String Ties Bluegrass Band. Hot dogs and soft drinks available. Bring a chair. Info: 613-6183 or at www.carrolltonfiredept.org.

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is hosting a seminar and ghost hunt at Windsor Castle Friday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m. Reservations are required. The cost is $20 per person. Info: 356-1223 or visit www.historicisleofwight.com. For more information on RTL Paranormal, visit their website at www.rtlparanormal.com.

Saturday, Feb. 14VFW BREAKFAST—Enjoy a country breakfast including omelets to order and salt herring Saturday, Feb. 14, 7-10 a.m. at VFW Post 8545, 223 Washington St. in Smithfield.

UpcomingSCHOLARSHIP—Applications for the Ed Bland $1,000 music scholarship applications are available for graduating seniors who play an instrument and plan to pursue a professional music career. Eligible students must be enrolled in one of the high schools in Districts 3, 4 or 8 of the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association. Home-schooled students who meet the requirements are also eligible to apply. Deadline for applications is April 30. Inquire at [email protected], and for more information visit www.edblandmusic.com.

SCHOLARSHIP—The deadline to apply for the Smithfield Little Theatre $1,000 scholarship is Friday, March 27. Info: www.smithfieldlittletheatre.org or call 365-0387.

Medicare MEDICARE—Senior Services Medicare benefits counselors will be holding free information and assistance meetings at the following locations. Assistance will also be available for those who are currently enrolled and may be eligible for the Part D Low-Income Subsidy “Extra Help” benefit. Appointments not necessary, but if one is desired, call Bonnie Dozier at 449-8706 or Angela Hamblett at 328-4217.

•The Smithfield Library, 225 James St., Feb. 5 and 19, 1-3 p.m.

•The Carrollton Library, 14362 New Towne Haven Lane, Feb. 10, 1-3 p.m.

•The Windsor Library, 18 Duke St., Feb. 24, 10 a.m. to noon.

SmithfieldKNIT — Knit at Night meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.

STORY TIME—Story time resumes Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 10:30 a.m. for ages 3-5. Story time for ages 2-3 is Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

BOOK CLUB—The book club meets Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1 p.m. Featured book is “The Invention of Wings,” by Sue Monk Kidd.

KNIT—Knit at Night is the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.

HEALTH CARE—The Smithfield Library is hosting an information seminar on the Affordable Care Act and helping individuals sign-up Wednesday, Jan. 28, 5 p.m. Free.

DRIVER SAFETY—AARP driver safety course for those over age 50, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 29-30, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendance both days is required. Registration is required and there is a fee. To register call 357-2264.

TOWER BUILDING—Children age 6-11 are invited to monthly LABrary events. The first is Wednesday, Feb. 18, 3-4 p.m. and includes a tower building contest. Register at the front desk or call 357-2264. Space limited.

FRIENDS—The Friends of the Library have a set of vintage Louis Lamour leatherette western novels (14 book set) like-new condition for sale. If interested in viewing for purchase call 357-2264.

SPECIAL NEEDS— The Smithfield Library is now offering sensory story times the third Saturday of each month beginning Feb. 21 for children on the Autism spectrum, have ADHD, or are otherwise differently-abled.

CarrolltonTAX HELP—Free Tax Aid. First come, first served. In person registration begins at noon for each session. Sessions held 2 - 6 p.m. on Feb. 17, March 3, March 17, March 31 and April 17. Priority to ages 60-plus.

GARDENERS—Training with the Master Gardeners on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m. to noon, on proper pruning techniques.

TUTORING—Free GED tutoring on Tuesday nights, 5 to 7 p.m. The Pruden Center provides tutoring on math and writing for adults who are preparing for the GED test. For more information call 925-5651.

ART SHOW—Jajala J. Schweiger of Isle of Wight

County presents a variety of nature-themed art including acrylic on canvas, mixed media and stained glass. On display now.

SEED SWAP—A seed swap is starting at the library. Bring in seeds to share or take seeds to use in the garden.

STORY TIME—Story time is on Mondays at 10 a.m. for ages 2 and 3 and Thursdays for ages 3 through 5.

COMPUTERS—Computer tutoring sessions are one hour, one-on-one session for beginners. Sessions are the first or third Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons. Registration required; appointment only.

VOLUNTEERS—The Friends of the Carrollton Library meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. Call 238-2641 or email [email protected] for more information. Group needs a vice president, secretary and marketing coordinator.

BIRD HABITAT—Join the Virginia Master Naturalists to learn about creating a bird habitat Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1:30 -3 p.m.

GARDENS—Join the Master Gardeners for seed saving and garden planning, Saturday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

WindsorBOOK CLUB—The book club meets the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Registration not required.

STORY TIME—Story time for ages 2 through 5 will be at 10:45 a.m. Tuesdays. Registration is not required.

COMPUTER INSTRUCTION—Free one-on-one computer instruction on Wednesday mornings. Registration is required. Call 242-3046 or email [email protected].

SurryHEALTH CARE—The library is hosting “Enroll Virginia” to help residents with the health insurance marketplace as part of the Affordable Care Act on Friday, Jan. 30, 2:30 – 4 p.m. Private sessions with a certified counselor is available.

MOVIE NIGHT—Family Movie Night is Wednesday, Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m.

MOVIE MONDAY—Classic movies on Monday, Feb. 2, 1 p.m.

KNIT-STITCH—Knit and stitch every Tuesday, 1-2 p.m.

BOOK CLUB—The book club meets Feb. 5, 1-2 p.m.

LEGOS—The LEGO club meets Feb. 14, 10 – 11 a.m., ages 5-11.

TEEN MOVIES—Teen movie night every third Tuesday, 5:45-8 p.m., ages 12-17.

BRL KIDS—BRL Kids after school program, Feb. 4, 4-5 p.m., ages 6-11.

WIN—Minute to win it night, Feb. 17, 6-8 p.m. ages 12-17

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ed up aiding Nirenberg’s analysis by wearing basket-ball shoes.

For Nirenberg, compar-ing “like with like” im-proves accuracy.

“(Valdez) took photos of the insoles, and I was able to look a the footprint impression of the insoles, and those looked similar. And that was just a cursory examination,” said Nire-nberg.

Nirenberg then tinkered with the photos, reverting them to black and white and playing with the con-trast to bring out the soles’ impressions.

Then, Valdez visited Stanfield in Western Tide-water Regional Jail where he made a series of im-prints of Stanfield’s foot: in bare feet, in socks, while walking and while stand-ing.

He took pictures of Stan-field’s feet too.

Valdez shipped the pic-tures and imprints to Nire-nberg’s office.

Back in Indiana, Niren-berg compared the photo-graphs, the imprints and the shoes themselves, which were hand-delivered by Valdez.

“It’s almost like an au-topsy on the footwear,” said Nirenberg.

He took 17 measure-ments of the shoes’ insoles, surpassing the industry standard, and found all were within the suggested 5mm margin of error.

Nirenberg evaluated the shoes, inspecting the creases on the outside and the wear patterns on the

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This is a photo of the actual insole that came from the shoe left at the crime scene at Jersey Park apartments.

bottoms, and searched the inside with an endoscopic camera for a rubbing.

“When you’re walking in a shoe, it’s the relationship with your foot and the shoe over time,” he said.

Even with shoes’ being two different sizes, the mea-surements were sufficiently close and the shapes were the same.

Despite Nirenberg’s tes-timony as an expert, Eason said he had a “great deal of skepticism” about the results. Nirenberg believed he could have alleviated that had he had more time on the stand.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Nirenberg

school students between the ages of 14 and 17 (par-ticipants must be 14 by June 1). While no prior experience is necessary, participants will work out-side, and the service is physically demanding. A positive attitude, an inter-est in learning, curiosity about interpreting nature, and the physical ability and desire to work outdoors are also important.

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Presses stop at Modlin PrintingBy Diana McFarlandNews editor

The presses stopped at Modlin Printing last week.

The nearly 70-year-old mainstay of Main Street in Smithfield was sold to Multi-Print in Hampton, and owner Troy Johnson is tying up loose ends before going to work over there.

Johnson, however, wants his customers to know that, for them, little will change.

Multi-Print will have all Modlin’s customer informa-tion and Johnson will still provide personal delivery.

“They can continue to count on us,” he said, add-ing that office supplies can be purchased at Office Ex-press Plus in the Smithfield Square shopping center next to Food Lion.

Modlin Printing was one of the few non-tourist oriented businesses left on Main Street — its closing follows the demise over the past eight years of Lit-tle’s Supermarket, Winn’s Hardware, Ben Franklin, Simpson’s Pharmacy and the Twins Restaurant.

The sale was prompt-ed by consolidation in the print business that has been going on for about 10 years, Johnson said.

“We were lucky we could hold out,” he said, but added there’s no sense having two shops run the same amount

of equipment half of the time.

People are using less paper, fewer brochures and forms, and many create their own printed pieces at home on a computer, John-son said.

Johnson also admits he’s looking forward to being an employee and not a small business owner, responsible for everything from sweep-ing the floor to paying the bills.

“The only thing more overrated than natural childbirth is owning your own business,” he joked, quoting a well-known say-ing.

“That’s why I don’t have any hair left.”

The building is owned by Johnson’s father, Ray, who bought the business from the Modlins in 1971. Johnson isn’t sure what his father plans to do with the building, once home to the former Merchants and Farmers Bank.

The building has some unique features, including wood trimmed glassed-in offices in the front, 14-inch thick walls, a concrete vault and vintage tile floors.

Modlin Printing got its start in 1948 when Robert Modlin purchased an inter-est in Weaver Publishing Co. on Commerce Street. Five years later, Modlin

Modlin Printing owner Troy Johnson announced last week that his company was merging with Multi-Print in Hampton. Johnson cites less demand for commercially printed material as one of the reasons the merger.

Staff photo by Diana McFarland

moved to a larger location on the same street, and in 1963, moved to the current shop on Main Street.

Johnson started work-ing at Modlin full-time af-ter graduating from Old Dominion University in 1986. He can still remember setting wood block type — computers were still part of the future.

Back then, a church member would come in with handwritten instruc-tions for a church program and the type would be set by hand, Johnson said.

That has since changed and now computers domi-nate everything and many jobs come in by email, John-son said.

“Sometimes it tickles me when people come in and ask for a resume.”

RICHMOND — Appli-cations are being accept-ed through April 15 for two three-week summer sessions of the award-win-ning Virginia State Parks Youth Conservation Corps (YCC).

The program will be held June 21 to July 11 and July 19 to Aug. 8.

Teams of eight to 10 participants will be cho-sen from current high

YCC crew members are provided room, board, T-shirts and equipment. They receive a $500 sti-pend at the end of the three weeks.

For more infor ma-tion about the YCC pro-gram, visit www.dcr.vir-ginia.gov/state-parks/youth-conservation-corps, or call 804-887-8933 or e-mail [email protected].

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As of Tuesday morning, a boater is still missing in the James River.

The missing boater has been identified as William Johnson, 75.

The boater, who left from Tyler’s Beach boat harbor in Isle of Wight County, was last seen at 5:30 p.m. Mon-day, according to a county press release.

The Isle of Wight Sher-iff ’s Office said the man was checking his fishing nets.

His capsized boat was discovered around 9:30 p.m. in the James River.

A search for the boater

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Several agencies are in-volved in the search, includ-ing the U.S. Coast Guard Helo Unit, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Virgin-ia Marine Resources Com-mission, the Isle of Wight County Sheriff ’s Office, the Rushmere Volunteer Fire Department, the Isle of Wight Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Smithfield Police Department.

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“We want them to get up and get active,” he said.

Studies by the American College of Sports Medicine now show that encouraging cancer patients to be active reduces fatigue, muscle atrophy and weakness, stiff-ness and a host of other side effects from treatment, Anderson said.

The Sentara Therapy Center at St. Luke’s has re-sponded to the new research by offering a cancer rehabil-itation program for those recently diagnosed to those who have long completed treatment.

Patients can obtain a prescription for treatment through their doctor, or come directly to the clinic for a screening, said Physi-cal Therapist Gay Peacock.

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The physical screening includes a sit-to-stand exer-cise to assess strength, a sin-gle leg stance and four-step square test to determine balance and a six-minute walk to evaluate endurance. The questionnaire looks at the ability to lift and carry groceries, lifting dishes into an overhead cabinet, wheth-er the person can feed him or herself and other similar questions about everyday activities.

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For more information, call the Sentara Therapy Center at 852-9066.

Physical Therapy Assistant Chris Anderson demonstrates one of the screening tests used with Sentara’s new cancer rehab program at St. Luke’s. The test evaluates a patient’s balance, which can often be adversely affected by chemotherapy.

Staff photo by Diana McFarland

Jeffrey “Jeff ” Terwillig-er was named the new Isle of Wight Chief of Emergen-cy Services.

Terwilliger began his career in the emergency services field with the city of Portsmouth for 19 years where he rose through the ranks to battalion chief pri-or to his retirement in 2013.

He served in Isle of Wight County previously as a part-time paramedic. Terwilliger has served as the Director of Public Safe-ty for Accomack County since January 2013, where he has overseen the emer-gency management pro-gram and the delivery of fire and rescue services for a combination department consisting of 15 stations, 50 paid staff and 600-plus volunteers.

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In another close encoun-ter, the Smithfield JV Pack-ers pulled out another win Friday to maintain their unbeaten record.

The Packers rise to 11-0 with a 58-54 win over the Jamestown JV Eagles.

The Packers took the early lead, but during the second period fell behind.

They entered the half, however, up by 1 point

Shannen Atkinson posted 21 points in the Lady Packers’ sixth win of the season on Satur-day.

The Lady Packers punished Jamestown, 51-43.

Atkinson also led the Pack with 14 rebounds.

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Smithfield thumped the Jamestown Eagles Friday, 68-45.

The Packers racked up their ninth win this season in defeating the Bay Rivers District foe.

A handful of Packer players put up double-digit points, with Nicholas Wells’ 17 points leading the way.

Chris Pierce had 15, Ryan Jones had 11 and

Smithfield walloped the Jamestown JV Lady Eagles 52-23 Saturday in a game where the JV Lady Packers held their opponents to just 6 points in the first half.

With a 25-point first quarter, Smithfield claimed an early lead and held on to top the JV Lady Eagles 29-6 by halftime.

Ariyana Parker scored 18 points, as well as two rebounds, five steals and one block.

game for all but a few min-utes heading into the sec-ond quarter.

By the half, they had a 31-19 lead.

Jamestown rejoined the game on an even keel with Smithfield after halftime.

They posted 13 points in the third, and Smithfield kept pace with 11.

Despite the Lady Eagles’

increased vigor, Smith-field held on for the win.

The Packers played Grafton Tuesday, but re-sults were not available by press time.

They travel to New Kent Thursday (7 p.m.) and host Warhill Satur-day (2:30 p.m.).

Lady Packers pounce on Eagles for sixth win

SHS trounces Jamestown Nicholas Turner had 10.

The Packers took an ear-ly 18-9 lead in the opening period and continued their domination in the second.

They amassed another 16 points to Jamestown’s 6 by halftime.

Jamestown rebounded a bit in the third.

They racked up 18 points, their heftiest period of the game, and Smithfield an-swered with 16, bringing the score to 48-33.

In the final quarter, the Packers performed their best in adding another 20 points, and Jamestown managed to put up just 12.

The Packers hosted La-fayette Monday night.

Results were not avail-able by press time.

They travel to Grafton tonight. Tip off is at 7 p.m.

The Packers retur n home Friday to face New Kent at 7 p.m.

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In the second hal f , the Packers took off on a 11-point scoring run and never looked back.

Peter Moore put 15 points, and Wilkerson add-ed another 13. Marcus Cus-tis had 10.

Wilkerson also had 13 rebounds, eight on defense and five on offense, and one steal.

Custis had seven steals.

JV boys earn another win

Shakeria Tucker had 17 points.

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Tucker was a big defen-sive contributor as well, racking up eight rebounds, two steals and one block.

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The JV Lady Packers rose to 8-1.

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Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virgin-ia, (1950), as amend-ed, that the Planning Commission of the Town of Smithfield, Virginia will hold a public hearing at the regular meeting of the Planning Commission in the council cham-bers in The Smithfield Center, 220 N. Church Street, meeting room A, Smithf ield, Vir-ginia , on Tuesday,

February 10, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. to consider an amendment of the Smithfield Compre-hensive Plan adopted August 4, 2009, and as amended, by the adoption of a revised Future Land Use and Growth Area map. Copies of the current Com-prehensive Plan for Smithfield, Virginia, and all amendments thereto, along with copies of the proposed map amendment of the Comprehensive Plan for Smithfield, Virginia, are on file and may be examined in the office of the De-partment of Planning, Engineering, & Public Works, 310 Institute St reet , Smithf ield , Virginia. A ny p e r-son desir ing to be

heard in favor of, in opposition to, or to ex-press his or her views with respect to the aforesaid amendment may appear and be heard.

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By: Lesley G. King, Clerk

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HEARING TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, VIRGINIA

The Town of Smith-field will conduct a public hear ing on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. at the Smithfield Cen-ter, located at 220 North Church Street in Smithfield. The purpose of the hearing is to review the Town’s past performance in using Com munit y Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and solicit public input on local communi-ty development and housing needs for the purpose of preparing an application for fu-ture CDBG funding from the Virginia De-partment of Housing and Community De-

velopment. Information on the amount of available funding, eligible proj-ect activities, the re-quirements to benefit low-to-moderate in-come persons, plans to provide displacement assistance as neces-sary, and general pro-gram guidelines will be discussed at the public hearing. Citi-zens will be given the opportunity to com-ment on the Town of Smithfield’s past use of CDBG funds. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend and participate in the hearing. For addition-al information contact Mr. William Saun-ders, Town Planner, at 310 Institute Street, Smithfield, Virginia 23430, or call (757) 365-4200.

C o m p l a i n t s a n d gr ievances can be submitted in writing to Mr. William Saun-ders, Town Planner, at 310 Institute Street, Smithfield, Virginia 23430 or by phone at (757) 365-4200 or TDD (800) 828-1120 until Tuesday, Febru-ary 10, 2015. If you plan to attend and have any special needs requirements, please call the number listed above.

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Eleven Smithfield High School Band mem-bers made the District VIII Band.

Joining the symphon-ic band are senior Jo-seph Brown, first chair Bb bass clarinet; senior Lauren Bull, first chair Bb tenor saxophone; se-nior Ashley Deese, ninth

Photo courtesy of Karen Baumgartner

Eleven Smithfield High School barnd members were chosen for the District VIII band. Pictured, left to right, front row: Madison Lee, Lauren Bull, Celine Stewart, Ashley Smith and Joseph Brown. Back row, Blake Baumgartner, Kathryn Schau, Nicholas Adams, Ashley Deese, Jazz Thompson, Joseph McNure and Band Director Joel Joyner.

SHS students make District bandchair Bb trumpet; junior Madison Lee, fourth chair French horn; senior Joseph McNure, first chair Eb bari-tone saxophone; and senior Jazz Thompson, seventh chair Bb trumpet.

Named to the concert band are junior Nicholas Adams, third chair Bb trumpet; sophomore Blake

Baumgartner, fifth chair percussion; senior Kath-ryn Schau, fourth chair French horn; senior Ash-ley Smith, seventh chair Bb clarinet; and senior Celine Stewart, 18th chair Bb clarinet.

The band is under the direction of Joel Joyner.

Brother’s Keeper Inc. of Richmond and Aaron Rentals of Smithfield donated money to help buy classroom libraries for both of the fifth grade English classrooms at Luther Porter Jackson Middle School. Pictured, from left to right, are Deborah Seward, reading specialist; Helen Panags, fifth grade English teacher; David Banks, CEO Brother’s Keeper Inc.; Justin Berry, Aaron Rentals; and Aisha Jones, Brother’s Keeper Inc., site manager.

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An 18 th planter and philanthropist from Isle of Wight County is a 2015 Virginia Women in History honoree.

Elizabeth Bray Allen Smith Stith, ca. 1692–1774, is one of eight women hon-ored this year by the Li-brary of Virginia.

The Virginia Foundation for Women started the ed-ucational program in 2000 and transferred it to the Library of Virginia in 2006.

The Library sponsors statewide activities that in-clude educational resourc-es and activities tied to the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) as well as a traveling exhibition.

Stith used her own funds to establish a free school for poor children in Smithfield.

According to the biogra-phy provided by the Library of Congress, Stith, born Elizabeth Bray, grew up around Williamsburg.

Unlike many young women at the time, she learned to read and write.

In 1711, she married Ar-thur Allen and, after his death 16 years later, she managed his Surry County plantation and large brick home that is now known as Bacon’s Castle. To secure the inherited property, in 1729, she married Arthur Smith.

In 1753, she established a £140 trust fund to create a free school for six poor boys and girls in Smithfield.

She named the trustees and gave directions for the building’s construction.

The school once stood at the site of the Smithfield Masonic Lodge on Mason Street.

Stith said that boys

would study reading, writ-ing and arithmetic for three years, while girls would study reading and writing for two years.

After their schooling, the boys took on a trade and the girls learned domestic matters from local women.

Stith married again in the 1760s.

When she wrote her will, she provided for the educa-tion of a goddaughter and left £120 and the remainder of her estate to the Smith-field school, which ran until the Revolutionary War.

When she died, Stith had personal property valued at £350, including five en-

slaved laborers.She died shortly before

her will was filed in the Surry County Court on Feb. 22, 1774.

Stith is recognized along-side legislator Nancy Melvi-na “Vinnie” Caldwell, poet Nikki Giovanni, business professor Ruth Coles Har-ris, legislator Dorothy Shoe-maker McDiarmid, philan-thropist Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin, pathologist and women’s health advocate Vivian W. Pinn, and Vir-ginia Indian scholar and advocate Karenne Wood.

For information, visit www.lva.virginia.gov.

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