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End of LumbEE Era - WiLLiE frEnch LoWEry PassEs at 68 by a. Kay oxEndinE

I have been preparing and excited for months over attending the Spring Lumbee Pow-wow. I con-sider the Lumbee tribe my second tribal family and always feel at home in Pembroke. But instead of spending the entire weekend at the pow-wow, I spent it attending the homegoing services of my friend Willie Lowery.

People like Willie Lowery come once in a lifetime. He sings his way into your heart and takes you on such an incredible journey, you can not imagine life without him. His lyrics to his songs become a way of life, an inspiration, a path to salvation and a list of instructions. Willie came from humble begin-nings and by his death last week, had written over 500 songs. One of his biggest hits among his beloved Lumbee tribe was his anthem “Proud to be a Lum-bee Indian”, on which he sang whenever asked.

I am not a Lumbee Indian, but always felt love from this incredible humanitarian. I had the pleasure in working with him at Strike at the Wind!, an outdoor drama that highlighted the hero of the Lumbee peo-ple, Henry Berry Lowry. Willie wrote the music for this long lasting drama and I was project director. We worked together for over two years, right beside his beautiful wife a, and it was a highlight of my life. Willie had a way of always making you feel like you belonged. There will never be another like him.

Below is an obituary that was written from Bach-elors of Paradise in which they eurolgized this in-credible talent who will be sorely missed.

Willie leaves behind his dear wife Malinda, their daughter Lydia, his sons Clint, Corey, Dustin and Miranda from previous relationships and a host a loved ones and friends.

Rest well, friend. Your work here is done.

Lauded Lumbee songwriter, artist, husband and father Willie French Lowery passed away May 3 at the age of 68. Lowery’s legacy in-cludes more than 40 years worth of music, shaped by Indian, African, and European American traditions alike. His prolific career spanned psychedelic rock and children’s music, painting and stagecraft. Ar-guably, his most important career role, though, was as a cultural fig-urehead in the Lumbee tribe. An assistant curator at the North Caro-lina Museum of History and mem-ber of the Lumbee community, Jefferson Currie III calls Lowery a

hero: “His entire career makes [us] proud. In some ways, he helped

to nurture a stronger identity and sense of being among Lumbees. I think his legacy will continue for a long time.”

For some time now, Brendan Greaves and Jason Perlmutter of the Paradise of Bachelors label have been trying to ensure exactly that. Working with Lowery and his wife, Malinda Maynor Lowery, the label has pursued reissues of his older releases. Their first is the eponymous record by Plant and See, Lowery’s short-lived ‘70s psych rock band; it will be released this July. “What’s really fascinat-

ing about him,” says Greaves, “is that he put out these two LPs that

are classic to the canon of

psychedelic music, if little known beyond that, but then turned his career into a ve-hicle for articulating American Indian identity and politics.”

Born in 1944 in Robe-son County, N.C., Lowery took a unique path. As a young man, he played in a traveling car-nival, served as the bandleader for former Drifter Clyde McPhat-ter, wrote commercial jingles, and fronted both Plant and See

and Lumbee. In those psychedel-ic rock bands, Lowery honed a southern swamp-psych sound. The lat-ter group’s only recording, Over-dose, drew the attention of The Allman Bros, who took the group on the road as an open-ing act. Though Lumbee swiftly disbanded, their recording has since become

a highly collectible psychedelic classic.

After brushes with success, Low-ery decided to trade the prospect of rock ’n’ roll fame for more community-focused work. He spent much of the rest of his career

making music and art that exalted the traditions of Lumbee culture. With an acoustic guitar and a grit-ty tenor, Lowery wrote more than 500 songs that range from blues to country to gospel. Notably, in 1976, he recorded a children’s folk album, Proud to be a Lumbee, which solidified his place as an icon in the Lumbee tribe. He also penned Strike at the Wind!, a pop-ular, long-running outdoor drama about his ancestor, Henry Berry Lowery, a Robin Hood figure within the Lumbee community.

“He was an exceptionally gifted guitar player and singer. His music is an anthem for the Lumbee peo-ple,” says Dr. William Ferris, the Senior Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the Ameri-can South. He often featured Low-ery as a guest lecturer in his course on Southern Music. “He and his ancestors are forever associated with their voice in North Caro-lina.”

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The Summer Fancy Food Show on the East Coast is a big deal for the specialty food trade. With its sister event on the West Coast, the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) brings in more than 40,000 attendees from 80-plus countries to see 260,000 innovative specialty food products each year. The summer show takes place June 17 through 19, 2012, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., and it’s a big year for Virginia. The state’s companies will showcase their wares at the Virginia Pavilion sponsored by the Virginia De-partment of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). It will be the larg-est state pavilion ever at a NASFT In-ternational Fancy Food Show. It will include 36 booth spaces represented by 32 Virginia companies. The Pavilion will be located in Hall B – booth numbers 2922-2933; 3022-3033; 3122-3133. The total num-ber of Virginia exhibitors, both inside and outside of the Pavilion, was 48 as of April 26. That includes a VDACS Information Booth in space number 2929. Virginia foods at the show in-clude confections, snacks, spices, eth-nic foods, hot sauces, peanuts, ham, potato chips, oils, natural and organic products, fruitcakes, sparkling ciders, pasta, pudding, cakes and cookies, glu-ten free products and much more. According to NASFT, total sales of specialty foods in 2011 were $75.14 billion, with $59.74 billion re-tail sales. The specialty food industry continues to enjoy spectacular growth, outpacing most sectors within the U.S. economy. From 2009 through 2011, sales of specialty foods rocketed by 19.1 percent. Sales at retail grew 9.2 percent between 2010 and 2011. “We just concluded our 2012 Food and Bev-erage Expo in March,” said VDACS Commissioner Matthew J. Lohr, “and it was our best year ever for the event: the greatest number of vendors, a huge number of buyers and an estimated

million dollars in sales. We are going into the summer food show with very high expectations. I encourage buyers from across the state and around the re-gion to join us in D.C. and to visit our Virginia producers to sample and buy their products.” One of the highlights of the 2012 Summer Fancy Food Show will be the 2012 sofi™ Awards Ceremony. These awards from the NASFT are the highest honor in the specialty food in-dustry. On Monday, June 18, the sofi™ Gold winners will be announced at a ceremony featuring Chef José Andrés. The following six Virginia Exhibitors are 2012 sofi™ Silver Finalists:· Ashman Manufacturing Co. of Virginia Beach – KIMKIM Korean Hot Sauce· Blue Crab Bay Co./Bay Beyond Inc. of Melfa – Surf Doggies™ Gour-met Virginia Peanuts with Spicy Honey Mustard Seasoning· S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, Inc. of Surry – Jowciale, an Italian ba-con made from the meat of hog jowls, a much-sought delicacy in central Italy· Route 11 Potato Chips of Mt. Jackson – Mama Zuma’s Revenge Po-tato Chips· Mediterranean Gourmet of Ash-burn – Argan Oil· Hard Times Chile Spice Co. of Alexandria – Hard Times Chili Lisa Lloyd, Coordinator of the Virginia Pavilion, said, “As soon as buyers enter the show floor, they will know that Virginia is here in a big way. Large Virginia’s Finest banners will mark the three complete aisles for the Virginia Pavilion. Our anchor booths will be several larger, well-known Vir-ginia companies that will attract key buyers to the Pavilion. Those buyers then get an automatic introduction to a wide variety of new Virginia compa-nies and products.” For more informa-tion and a list of exhibiting companies from Virginia, see vdacs.virginia.gov/vafinest/fancyfoodshow.shtml.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) today announced a train-ing workshop sponsored by the Food Science and Technology Department of Virginia Tech, along with Virginia Cooperative Extension. The course takes place May 21 – 22 and is de-signed for processors of acidified food products such as pickles. The course will take place in Room 132 of Vir-ginia Tech’s Food Science and Tech-nology Building, located at 22 Duck Pond Road Blacksburg, VA 24061. The registration fee for the course in-cludes a student text book, training, lunch on both days and examinations. The cost is $250 per person and space is limited to 36 people. Topics include Microbiology of Thermally Processed Foods, Acid-ified Foods, Food Container Han-dling, Equipment Instrumentation and Operation for Thermal Process-ing Systems, Principles of Food Plant Sanitation, Principles of Thermal Processing, Recordkeeping for Prod-uct Protection, and Container Closure Evaluation for Glass, Flexible and Semi-rigid Containers. Instructors will give examinations throughout the course and will grade them quick-ly so that students are aware of their progress. Successful completion of the Better

Process Control School certifies su-pervisors in the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Part 114, which states: “All plant personnel involved in acidification, pH control, heat treatment, or other critical factors of the operation shall be under the operating supervision of a person who has attended a school approved by the Commissioner [of Agriculture] for giving instruction in food handling techniques, food pro-tection principles, personal hygiene, plant sanitation practices, pH con-trols, and Critical factors in acidifica-tion.” “During the previous legislative ses-sion, several producers expressed an interest in having this training avail-able,” said Matthew J. Lohr, VDACS Commissioner. “I am delighted that Virginia Tech is able to offer these courses at such a low cost. This will be a terrific benefit to those want-ing to sell pickles or other acidified foods.” Pre-registration and payment are re-quired by May 14, 2012. A registra-tion brochure is available by calling VDACS at 804.786.3520 . For additional information, interested parties should contact Dr. Karleigh Bacon at 540.231.6806 or kbacon@vt.edu.

Henry’s Farm Inc. is expanding the recall of its Soybean Sprouts to include Natto Soybean Sprouts because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause seri-ous and sometimes fatal infections to individuals with weakened im-mune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Liste-ria infection can cause miscarriag-es and stillbirths among pregnant women. The initial date of the recall was April 27, 2012. The following products are being recalled by the firm.1. All clear plastic packages containing 1.5 lbs. Grown in Natu-ral Spring Water Soybean Sprouts. The packages were not coded. 2. All bulk (approximately 10 lbs.) plastic bags of Soybean Sprouts. The packages were neither coded nor labeled. 3. All clear plastic packages containing 1 lb. Grown in Natu-ral Spring Water Natto Soybean Sprouts. The packages were notcoded.

These items were distributed to re-tail stores in Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. The contamination was discovered after sampling by VDACS Food Safety and Security Program. Sub-sequent analysis by the Virginia Division of Consolidated Labora-tory Services revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the products. No illness has been re-ported to date.Individuals who purchased Soy-bean Sprouts distributed by Henry’s Farm should return the product to the place of sale for a full refund.Consumers with questions may contact the company directly at 301.802.2996 or the Virginia Department of Agricul-ture and Consumer Services, Food Safety and Security Program, at 804.786.3520 . Media should contact Mr. Soo Park, above, or Elaine Lidholm with VDACS, below. Elaine LidholmDirector of CommunicationsVirginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services102 Governor StreetRichmond VA 23227 804.786.7686

VIRGINIA HOSTS LARGEST STATE PAVILION EVER AT THE SUMMER

FANCY FOOD SHOW

BETTER PROCESS CONTROL SCHOOL HELPS VIRGINIA PROCESSERS MEET REQUIREMENTS

OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS FOR FOOD PRODUCTION

HENRY’S FARM, INC. EXPANDS RECALL OF SOYBEAN SPROUTS DUE TO

POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK

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A few weeks ago the Virginia De-partment of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) and other agricul-tural organizations encouraged citizens to take the $10 Buy Local Challenge: if each household in Virginia spent just $10 a week on locally grown agricul-tural products, consumers would invest an additional $1.65 billion back into the local economy annually. That’s an extra $1.65 added to the $55 billion agricul-ture already contributes to the state’s economy each year. “We did not limit the challenge to ed-ible products,” says VDACS Commis-sioner Matthew J. Lohr. “This week we are encouraging people to go their local nursery, greenhouse, co-op or farmers’ market and buy Virginia Grown prod-ucts that will help them beautify their yards and enhance their gardens.” Virginia’s nurseries are bursting with Virginia Grown products right now. Many of them feature plants, shrubs, trees, grasses, bulbs, rhizomes and bush-es grown within minutes of the point of sale. These plants already are acclimated to the micro-climate of the area, increas-ing the chance that they will thrive in consumers’ yards or gardens. Horticulture is a fast-growing segment

of Virginia agriculture. It is now the state’s fifth highest ranked commodity and generated $262 million in revenue in 2010. Just over a decade ago it was not even ranked in the state’s Top 20 Commodities. Finding Virginia Grown products couldn’t be easier. At VirginiaGrown.com, consumers can search by prod-uct or by venue. A search for “nursery” yields farms, nurseries, garden centers, farmers’ markets and more that sell fresh, seasonal products. Consumers should look for the Virginia Grown ban-ner at these locations, as well as grocery stores and big box stores. They also can download a free Virginia Grown app for Windows Phone 7 at appsfuze.com/ap-plications/windowsphone.foodanddin-ing/virginia-grown-mobile,7888. “I encourage every Virginian to look for and buy local nursery and landscap-ing products,” said Commissioner Lohr. “They are proven winners in our diverse geographical areas. In addition to beau-tifying our neighborhoods, they pro-vide additional benefits such as wildlife habitat, erosion control, biodiversity and oxygenation.”

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The GOOD KARMA volunteers would like to thank EVERYONE that came out and supported all of the wonderful families and businesses at this past Saturdays Spring Yard Sale (held at KWHS). GOOD KARMA would also like to THANK Dean Traux with the King William Auction house who graciously held a non-profit auction on Friday, April 20th as well as a flea market during the King William Spring Fest on Saturday, April 21st. With each of those fund-raisers as well as the Krispy Kreme d o u g h n u t sales GOOD KARMA was able to raise a little over $2000 to sup-port the “Feed The Children” project. GOOD KARMA, King William De-partment of Social Services and King William County School Systems are in the early stages of meeting and dis-cussing of how we can help families in our area. As many of you know the simple task of providing a nutritious meal to a child may be a need that can’t be met. GOOD KARMA would

like to share a WONDERFUL oppor-tunity for our area and ask for King William residents, churches, civic or-ganizations and businesses to partner with GOOD KARMA, KWDSS and KWCSS to collectively do our best to provide non-perishable lunches to the children who currently are en-rolled in the FREE lunch program through the King William County School System. We may not be able to provide non-perishable lunches to the children for

the entire sum-mer but we’d like to be able to pro-vide what we can, when we can. If you’re interested in becoming a sponsor or a busi-ness partner or if you’d just like more information about this proj-

ect, contact Lisa Woody at 994-8742. Please do your best to give back some of what you graciously have been given and try to help GOOD KARMA fulfill some of the many needs of your neighbors, friends and King William residents. Warm Regards –Lisa Woody

I would like to thank all the volun-teers that picked up litter in King Wil-liam County and The Town of West Point during the 2012 Spring Cleanup. Thanks to the efforts of the King Wil-liam County Administrator, Trenton Funkhouser, and the 2012 Board of Supervisors, this cleanup was made possible. I would also like to thank The Virginia Department of Transportation, Rumford Division, for picking up the orange bags and disposing of them. The cleanup started on March 12th, 2012 and ran until April 8th, 2012. In that time, 241 orange bags of litter were collected from the right-of-ways along the roadways. This totals 3.44 tons or 6,886 pounds of litter removed! Until people realize that it is their re-sponsibility for putting litter in the proper receptacles, we will continue

to have litter on our roadways. Please do your part to keep litter where it be-longs and keep King William County and The Town of West Point a more beautiful place to live, work and play. According to Keep America Beautiful, the presence of litter in a community takes a toll on quality of life, property values, and housing prices. KAB’s 2009 National Visible Litter Survey and Litter Cost Study found that lit-ter in a community decreases property values 7%.

With heartfelt gratitude, thank you all for the difference you made! Sincerely, Mary WaltonKing William County/Town of West PointLitter Prevention Coordinator

Dear Editor,

Title: Don’t Let Him Get Away With It! President Obama continually uses his “power of office” to circumvent the Constitution. Maybe I’m ignorant, but someone please tell me where in our Constitution does it say that the presi-dent has the right to make the laws?! His favorite response is: “We can’t wait.” Who is WE? Is that his sole excuse to impersonate Hugo Chavez? I thought that our Constitution was

created to LIMIT THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT, not to give gov-ernment the right to trample on it!!! Didn’t he once take an oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the United States? Has he been committing im-peachable offenses and getting away with them? I think I answered my own question. Isn’t it way past time that someone in Congress has the in-testinal fortitude to stand up and say “ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!!”

Leslie ZodunMechanicsville, VA 23116

President Obama is reportedly “visit-ing college campuses in key states this week to rally students.” From what I’ve seen and heard online, the recep-tion has been quite warm.College students of America: are you in denial? Have you lost your minds?There is reportedly a 50% unemploy-ment rate among recent college gradu-ates. One out of every two of you will be outrageously debt-saddled, and eventually living at home with Mom and Dad.Success, 2012-style.The other half will be outrageously debt-saddled, “fortunate” to have some god-awful cubicle job that barely meets the minimum payments on your student loan obligations. You’ll be in front of a screen, selling products and

services you don’t believe in, making the world a slightly worse place, all so you can hang on to barebones corpo-rate health insurance.Hope! Change!Obama hasn’t done a darn thing for people in our age group. This country’s wealth has been squandered on outra-geous projects, like a $2 billion data center in the desert to spy on Ameri-cans’ online communications, rapid expansion of the TSA, solar panel companies, foreign country bail-outs and to defense contractors who make creepy high-speed drones designed to kill “enemy combatants” without trial or judicial review.

Mrs. LaToya BrownMechanicsville, VA 23111

Dear Editor:

Title: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! It is getting so that one day doesn’t go by that President Obama and his Chicago Cronies use the “Executive Order” to take more of our freedoms away. Isn’t there anyone in Con-gress that has any guts to stand up to this guy, or have we elected just a bunch of “wusses” with a Social-ist leader? Unfortunately, it would seem that the GOP is taking a “wait and see” attitude before any action is taken! Why is the RNC so silent on this?! Is there even an RNC any-more? Is the Liberal Left holding him for ransom somewhere? It all boils down to this: Along with the Obama and his administration,

we must also kick out the “career politicians” in November. You know who they are!! We must elect persons to office that care about America more than just getting re-elected. Also, If Obama would happen to get re-elected (God for-bid), he will undoubtedly appoint two more Liberal judges to the Su-preme Court to replace the Conser-vative ones that will probably re-tire, which means that there won’t be any unconstitutional law enacted that won’t be ruled unconstitutional anymore!! AN UTTER CATAS-TROPHE!!!! This country can’t take four more years of Obama!!

John LouisMechanicsville, VA 23111

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is advising consumers that Profile Business Group, LLC, which operated as Maxx Fitness located at 7060 Columbia Pike, Annandale, Vir-ginia, closed as of December 31, 2011. Eligible members of this health spa who believe they are due refunds have until June 30, 2012, to file a claim with VDACS’s Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA). The V i r g i n i a Health Spa Act provides that when a health spa fa-cility goes out of business and cannot provide mem-bership at a c o m p a r a b l e alternate facil-ity, all contracts are cancelled automat-ically and eligible members are entitled to receive a prorated refund of the un-expired portion of their contract. Pro-file Business Group, LLC did not have a comparable alternate facility and all of its contracts have been cancelled by law. Profile Business Group, LLC also informed OCA that it is unable to make refunds to eligible members. There-fore, OCA will be issuing prorated refunds to eligible members from the surety bond filed previously with that office by Profile Business Group, LLC.

This process, overseen by OCA, pertains only to Profile Business Group, LLC and it is NOT associated with ProMaxx, LLC – a new compa-ny and owner opening under the same name and location as the original Maxx Fitness. Members who believe they are due refunds should contact OCA to file a claim. Members must establish eli-

gibility for a refund by submitting a copy of their c o n t r a c t , proof of pay-ment and a c o m p l e t e d Health Spa Refund Re-quest form. This form is available at http://www.

vdacs.virginia.gov/forms-pdf/cp/oca/healthspas/oca02refund.pdf on the VDACS’ website, or through the toll-free Consumer Protection Hotline at 1.800.552.9963 . Press 2 to be con-nected with OCA. For additional information, contact VDACS’ Investigator Sandy Har-rington at 1.800.552.9963 , extension 54601, or sandy.harrington@vdacs.virginia.gov.

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My mother wasn’t big, just five foot nothing in her stocking feet. She’d tell you she was five foot, five inches, but that was on a good day, wearing heels. She was pretty, which was a curse she’d say. I know more than one of my high school chums had lusted in their heart after my mom. She was talented. She could paint anything she wanted and she was a master craftsman of American Indian bead work. The paintings and pieces she created were beautiful, and sold for a lot of money. She had an exhibit once at a museum in Wichita, Kansas even. The curator liked her work so much he stole half of her better paintings.My mother gave birth to seven chil-dren. There would have been nine of us, but, she lost two children after my sister Theresa was born, but before Dawn and Debbie were brought into this world. All of us were premature births, probably due to her size and more than likely her diet. Back then they didn’t know the things about nu-trition like they do today. Back then cigarettes were a quarter a pack and had a warning that said: The Surgeon General has determined that smoking may be harmful to your health. That’s funny now considering what we know today, n’est pa? Yes, she smoked too. Salem Menthol 100’s.I remember when I was three years of age when my sister Theresa came home from the hospital. It felt like my birthday even though it was only July. I felt that way because my mother told me that Theresa was my special little sister and it was my job to watch over and protect her. At that time, I was the baby of the family and mother told me I had to be strong, to look out for my Theresa and keep her safe. Ultimately I would end up in the position of the middle child. There were three before me, Nigel, may he rest in peace, Doris Marie, Bobbie Jean, me; then three af-ter- Theresa, Dawn, then Debbie. The latter two were born to my mother and step-dad, may he also rest in peace. We never made like they were any-thing but our sisters, but, then again, Theresa and I didn’t realize that Don Lindsay wasn’t our daddy. We had his last name, he called us his children, why would we think any different? We called our father “Big Nigel”, and the two of us just assumed he was some kind of half-brother or cousin. I don’t really know what we thought about that because it never really came up. We didn’t find out any different until I was thirteen and mother told Theresa and me that we had to go live with our father in South Carolina. Needless to say we were confused among other emotions. Back then my mother went by the nickname, “Lucky”. I never realized that this wasn’t her name until I ran

away from South Carolina to live with my mom and step-dad and two sis-ters still at home. By then Nigel was in the Marine Corp, Doris Marie was married and living... well somewhere, I assumed Oklahoma, but we weren’t always too sure about her. Bobbie and Theresa were still in South Carolina living with our father.I told my mother on the day she sent us to live with Big Nigel that I would be back. I promised her that I would come back when I was sixteen. On June, 15th 1977 at the tender age of fifteen, I hitchhiked from Greenville, South Carolina all the way to Win-field, Kansas. I arrived in Kansas on June, 18th, the day before Father’s Day. Daddy said it was the best pres-ent he’d ever gotten. I agreed. I was home again.There have been a lot of questions in our minds about why we had to go to S.C. Theresa told me she barely re-members living in Oklahoma City, or our mother being around. I lovingly explained to her that with seven kids to feed, mother worked a lot. That part is true. When we left Oklahoma City, though, mother and dad were sepa-rated and she had her own place over near Cowtown south of downtown Oklahoma City. She had two jobs at the time. Slinging hash at a dive called Mary’s Dinner Bell and bartending at The Brave Bull on Capitol Hill. Dad was a truck driver and the company he worked for had been on strike, so he worked doing what he could, and tried to keep our family together as long as possible. We ate a lot of oatmeal. I don’t like oatmeal now.Mother didn’t have what one would call “strong motherly instincts”. I al-ways wondered about that growing up. I met her mother when Pawpaw and Grandmother France visited from their home in Alaska. Pawpaw was a big man, huge even. Grandmother, as we were instructed to call her, was, well, distant. She doted on the three youngest girls, but really didn’t want anything to do with the rest of us. She looked just like our mother, which isn’t so strange; women grow up to look like their mothers. I realized though, that she acted just like mother when it came to the four oldest of us.Don’t get me wrong, our mother loved us, yes she did! At times she could smother us with love and affection, at others she couldn’t really be bothered with us or what was going on in our lives. I remember one instance that stuck with me and left a huge impres-sion on my life. It was summer and we lived on Chetwood Drive in Oklahoma City. It was hot, damn hot, but that’s July in Oklahoma City. We evidently had been getting on her nerves as she gave us money to go to the swimming pool at the park behind our house.

We, Theresa and I, went to the pool to swim, but a local bully named Jer-emy was there also, and he hated me. After torturing me relentlessly under the watchful eyes of the uncaring life-guards, Jeremy hit me and gave me a bloody nose. I went home to have my mother dress my wounds and sooth my spirit. When she asked me what happened I told her. She asked me if I had hit him back and I told her that I hadn’t. She slapped me in the face and told me, and I quote, “NEVER, EVER let ANYBODY get away with treat-ing you like this! Always get even!” (Capitalization added for effect.) I did get even with Jeremy. About a week later I spotted his bike at the local U-Totem convenience store, so I stole it. I took it out to an area where we rode dirt bikes and completely trashed it. I don’t think larceny is what my mother had in mind, but, Jeremy Irons, wher-ever you are, I got pay backs.No, our mother wasn’t going to win any mother of the year awards, but she taught me a lot. She instilled in me a spirit that my father in South Carolina couldn’t beat out of me, and he hated me for that. She instilled in me a strong will that gave me the strength to hitch-hike over twelve-hundred miles to get away from the abuse and emotional turmoil my life had become. Luckily for me, for all of us really, she mar-ried a wonderful man that I still call “daddy” to this day.When I grew up and got out on my own, and when I started drinking heavily after my daughter died, I got a real good glimpse inside my mother’s head. Unfortunately one of mother’s faults was that she was an alcoholic. I soon realized why she was the way she was. Why? Because I was just like her in so many ways. It’s taken a lot of work to get rid of those traits, and sometimes I still struggle with them to this day.I have a lot of fond memories of life with my mother. Don’t let me fool you into thinking she was a terrible per-son, she really wasn’t. For my twelfth birthday she asked me what I wanted and I told her a new inner-tube for my rickety old bike. The morning of my birthday I awoke to find a brand new ten speed. It was a Scwhin and it was painted bright orange.There was the time that she took us camping and rock climbing at Red Rock Canyon State Park west of Okla-homa City. We went hiking and my sister Theresa sat on a cactus. There was the time when we were really little that mother decided that the five of us needed to get out of the house, so she took us fishing at Draper Lake. Dad was out of town because he was a truck driver, and I’m sure being stuck with the five of us in the house was enough to drive the sanest person to

drink. I don’t remember catching any fish, but I remember mother laughing and having fun as she untangled lines and fixed our scratches and boo-boos from fishhooks and the like.One instance stands out in my mem-ory like it happened yesterday. After Christmas break when I was in the fifth grade, we all went back to school to start the spring semester. I was at-tending Creston Hills Middle school in Oklahoma City. It was the first time going to school that I didn’t have my brother or at least one of my sisters go-ing to the same school. Anyway, when I got back to class after Christmas I learned that my best friend, Ed Begay and his whole family had been killed in a car accident going home to the res-ervation in Arizona before Christmas. Ed was my best friend. I was devas-tated, not only because I had lost my best friend, but, also because it drove home the idea of my own mortality to me. I remember my mother coming to the school to pick me up. We sat in her old brown Chevy Impala and she held me while I cried. It seemed like we sat there forever. She wiped away my tears and promised me I would see my friend again. That life wasn’t permanent, and that death is just a stepping stone to a higher plain of ex-istence. She took me to Dairy Queen, and even though I couldn’t and even-tually wouldn’t eat it, she ordered me a shake. The following weekend she bought me and Theresa a puppy. A black lab named “Kido”. She said it meant “friend” in our native language.I have many such memories of my mother. More than the bad memories of what she wasn’t or was unable to be. I guess in the end that it balances out, as it should. I am what I am today because of her, good and bad, and for that I am grateful. Never let it be said that I’m not grateful for my mother. She tried her best to make me a bet-ter person, not always with the best of success, but, I have to take the blame for that, now don’t I? One thing she taught me to be is a survivor. I’m very much like her in that respect. I’m like a cat, I always land on my feet. Some-times it takes me a minute to get back up when I fall, but thanks to Dorothy, “Lucky” Lindsay, I always get back up.

I miss you momma, so very much. I can’t wait to be with you again some day. I hope that you are happy with what you see in me. I pray that you can forgive me my shortcomings, and I thank you every day for making me what I am today. With Love, Respect, and Gratitude, Your Baby Boy.

MY MAMA BY GEDDES LINDSAY

Happy Mother’s Day! Proverbs 31:28a Her children stand and bless her. I have a little one year old grandson who has his pick of who he wants to hold him. There are many he chooses ahead of me, unless I have my sun glasses sitting on top of my head. When he spots those glasses he will begin grinning and leap into my arms. Oh, what a blissful moment of joy! However, a moment is truly all it is. He wants my sun glasses and in his effort to get them, he immediately grabs a handful of hair and pulls my head down so he can get to my glasses. It’s comical when a one year old does it, but we truly have to teach him that you don’t pull someone’s hair to get what you want. I often tell him, “if I treated you that way you would think I was mean”. Being a mother often presents itself with these same type moments and challenges. We’re not always the favorite, even though we cer-tainly have earned that position.

We often have these glimpses of bliss that immediately turn into a more challenging situation and a teachable moment, and we can’t give back what we get. We must respond to situations and people, not react. Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the

LORD will be greatly praised. Be encour-aged, our strength and reward comes from the Lord. Philippi-ans 4:13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Ephesians

3:20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Anita Blake

The Parent’s Corner

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by James Moore Editor’s Note: This is part one of a four part series, showcasing anoth-er story of this young writer, James Moore. Hope you enjoy it.

It’s a humid, rainy day in Sumatra. The tiger, merciless in her gaze, creeps out of her hiding place be-tween the soft blades of the tall jun-gle grass. And then she roars, as if she has to prove to me her resilient strength and worth. Yet, if the truth were to be told, it would be this—it is because of her resilient strength and worth that I had to overcome her. We both shall fight each other, and one of us will die. Out of the great clarity of the steamy raindrops, one of us will perspire no more. Funny thing about it though: to the tiger, it’s just pure instinct and survival. But to me, it’s simply a game. “Do you experience these dreams often?” asked Dr. Stefan Je-pson, my own clinical psychiatrist for three months—so far is my ten-ure at the mental hospital, my hellish prison. I am jailed here in this dark place because my family does not know what’s wrong with me. “Tom, did you hear me?” Dr. Jepson just sounded arrogant, but the truth was that he didn’t know. He can never re-ally know, just like no one else really can. As the conversation started to unfold before me, I felt half-asleep, like I wasn’t even in reality. What-ever I could’ve felt or thought, it could have been real, or it could not have been. Whichever the case, I had no way of knowing. I would have to wing it from here on out, so as to not let this buffoon get the best of me.

“Yes, I heard you,” I muttered flatly and coolly, my weary eyes wandering around the room like the dying moths going towards the blue-tinted fly-zapper. My head had suddenly grown heavy with drowsiness and thought. “These dreams all occur while I sleep, as dreams will often do, you know.” I did not really mean to sound so sarcastic, but the grave heaviness of my head just irritated me. “Just let me ask you something, now: do you know who it is that I am?” For some strange and unreasonable reason, the mere posing of this opaque ques-tion seemed to for-ever ease the great burden, then resting itself in my mind. Good, very good. For I was truly glad for this sudden re-lief, even though it was only to be a wholly temporary thing in the long run. Fleeting pleasures are often the best. “I know exactly who you are,” Dr. Jepson stated calmly and unabashedly, unafraid of my frustrat-ed glances towards him. “Your name is Thomas Maiewski, age thirty-sev-en. You’re a college professor—been teaching there at the University of Virginia for three years now. Eco-nomic Theory and Advanced Eco-nomics are fields of expertise.” Dr. Jepson paused, glancing at his notes, and then said, “Shall I go further, or have I proven my point?” Not arro-gant. Just never knew how to ask the right questions, and you can’t fault a guy for his ignorance.

Continued on May 23, 2012

THE SICK ONES NEvEr KNOWBy James Moore

How would you like to win a brand new 46 inch flat screen TV? The Gaines, Harris, Smith, and Williams Family Rally of Third Union Baptist Church is sponsoring a fundraiser. The families are hosting a raffle. All pro-ceeds from the raffle will be donated to Third Union. You could be the winner of this brand new 46 inch flat screen TV by purchasing raffle tickets at the May Day Celebration being held at the PBA Center on Satur-day, May 19th where we will have the TV on display.

Tickets will go on sale starting Sunday, May 13, 2012! The winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday, June 30th at the PBA Center at 3:00P.M. You are welcomed to come out and witness this exciting event! You do not need to be present to win. Tickets may also be purchased by contacting Ivy Broaddus-Riley at (804) 769 – 1904. The cost of the ticket is: ($2 each) or ($3 for 5 tickets). Don’t miss this opportunity to win a brand new 46 inch flat screen TV! Respectfully Submitted, The Gaines, Harris, Smith, and Williams Family Rally

Heritage DayMay 19, 2012

Join in the Heritage Day celebration at Hanover Tavern from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Knibb’s Battery will be dem-onstrating the process of preparing, loading, and firing Civil War artillery throughout the day. At 11:15 meet Ha-nover lady and listen to her stories of civilian life during the Civil War and don’t miss out on the free guided tours of Hanover Tavern at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 2:00 pm. This event is free with a suggested donation of $5.00. For more information call 804-537-5050

Tuesday, May 15: 6:30 PM Hanover Writers Club meeting at the East-ern Hanover Fire Station #3, 4428 Mechanicsville Turnpike Speaker:

Don Harrison, Arts & Culture Editor for Style Weekly. Meeting is open to the public and anyone interested in the craft of writing is welcome. For more information go to www.

hanoverwriters.org.

2012 LumbEE sPrinG PoW-WoW a trEmEndous succEss BY A. KAY OxENDINE

This year’s Lumbee Spring Pow-wow was held in a new indoor facility and drew folks from all over the US and Canada. This photo was taken

during the first grand entry on Friday night! Great time!

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While working in the Hamilton-Holmes Middle School garden during Life Science class back in October 2011, 7th grade students Shannon Hott and Summer Jones found something unusual that at first they thought was a rock. It turned out to be a class ring from Bowling Green High School, class of 1971, with the initials J.O.F. engraved in it. Mrs. Wendy Lipscomb, HHMS instructional aide who was with the students when they made the discovery, contacted Herff-Jones, the company that manufactured the ring, in search of school records in an attempt to identify the ring’s owner. Unfortunately, those re-cords were no longer available, but Mrs. Lipscomb didn’t stop looking. She then contacted Caroline High School. Joanne Blanton of Caro-line County Public Schools was able to put Mrs. Lipscomb in con-tact with a relative of someone who could possibly be the ring’s owner, who was identified as Jerome Oli-ver Fields. When Mrs. Lipscomb contacted Mr. Fields about the long-lost ring, he confirmed that it was indeed his. Student Shannon Hott said, “We thought we could try to find the owner but probably wouldn’t be able to. It was smart of Mrs. Lipscomb to find out who the

ring actually belonged to!” The ring was finally re-united with its owner on Thurs-day, April 26, 2012 when Mrs. Lipscomb and the students pre-sented it to Mr. Fields. According to Mrs. Lipscomb, “He thought it was lost forever and he’d never see it again.” Apparently the ring had been lost when Mr. Fields’ daugh-ter, Latrice Fields, wore the ring on a necklace to school back when she was a student at HHMS, about fifteen years ago. Mrs. Lipscomb commented, “It’s not every day that you can make a difference for someone by returning something that was near and dear to them, and getting to see their face light up… but that’s what happened when the ring was returned to Mr. Fields.”

Caption:7th grade students Summer Jones and Shannon Hott presented Mr. Jerome Oliver Fields with his clean and shiny class ring from Bowling Green High School, 1971. The ring was found buried in the dirt outside of Hamilton-Holmes Middle School. Photo by Dr. Stan-ley Waskiewicz, HHMS Principal

AES Holds Science Fair

By Kimberly Burnette

The homeroom students from Mrs. Benitez’s, Ms. Burnette’s, Mrs. Clark’s, and Ms. Haven’s classes participated in a Science Fair on May 9, 2012. Each student completed a project which fo-cused on an SOL topic with an emphasis on the scientific method. The students put forth a lot of effort on their proj-ects and the final results were amazing! With help from our judges, first, second and third place winners were chosen from each homeroom. First place went to: Joey Clatterbuck, Ryan Glazebrook, Luther Mitchell, and Kaleyah Volk. Second place was awarded to: Abigail

Russell, Caige Spicer, Jackson Stewart, and Trevor Weavor. Third place win-ners included: Ariona Jackson, Emma Lutz, Carson Morrow, and Sincere Weeden. The winners were awarded science kits which were graciously do-nated by the 4-H Coordinator Catherine Short. In addition to the projects, students, along with their parents, visited special science booths that included informa-tion about the King William Animal Shelter, The Mattaponi and Pamunkey River Association, as well as a hands-on presentation by Forensic Scientist Sarah Seashols, and a preview of the upcoming chicken hatching project. Students and their families also partici-pated in an electricity lab. The Science Fair showed everyone that learning can be fun!!!

Members of the King William High School National Honor So-ciety (NHS) as well as parent and teacher volunteers spent their Satur-day, April 21, 2012, picking up litter along a two-mile stretch of Route 30. The group collected over 20 bags of trash during the recent clean-up. The NHS adopted a portion of the road-way eight years ago and has been cleaning it diligently ever since. The Adopt-a-Highway program was created by the Virginia Depart-

ment of Transportation in an effort to keep our roads clean and to pro-vide volunteers with a rewarding op-portunity to show pride in their com-munity. Families, businesses, civic and church groups are encouraged to participate. To find out which roads are in need of adoption visit VDOT’s website at www.VDOT.Virginia.gov.

Photo CaptionParent volunteer Mrs. Jones and

NHS students, Heather Davis, Nathan Boardwine, Jaimee Layne, and Zack

studEnts discovEr 40-yEar-oLd cLass rinGStory by Dakotah Smith, HHMS Student

KinG WiLLiam hiGh schooL nhs hELPs KEEP routE 30 cLEan

By Michelle D. Yates

During the month of April first grade students at Cool Spring have been putting some left-over milk jugs to good use as miniature greenhouses for starting seeds. In an effort to show that reading does not just occur at school, and with books, students read varying sources of information such as blogs, magazine articles, and the instructions on the back of seed packets. They first had to read about how to make the greenhouses, and what the benefits would be to using a greenhouse. Then they read about how to plant the different types of seeds and made a chart with step-by-step directions. After planting, the students made observations, and

predictions, and drew conclusions based on their observations and pri-or knowledge. They then re-visited the instructions on the seed packets to verify information and draw con-clusions about why some seeds had sprouted, and some had not. The cross-curricular project in-volved science, reading, and writ-ing, and was funded entirely by a teacher grant from the Cool Spring Primary PTA.

First grade student Olivia Cross digs out a spot to plant her seedling in the courtyard flower bed.

Photo by Joy Washington

GroWinG LEarninG oPPortunitiEsBy Joy Washington, Media Specialist, Cool Spring Primary School

WraPPinG uP transPortation With a racEBy Joy Washington, Media Specialist, Cool Spring Primary

For the final activity of their week-long transportation unit, Kindergar-ten students at Cool Spring participated in a whole-class, whole-grade level relay race. Using cars made out of boxes, students took turns rac-ing around the bus loop as each class competed to see which class would “win” the race. Pictured is Kindergarten teacher Jennifer Anderson as she helps “driver” Elijah Thomas step into his race car and prepare to take off.Photo by Joy Washington

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On April 20th, there was a great gathering of businesses, schools, colleges and agencies for King & Queen Central High School’s (CHS) 4th annual career/col-lege fair. Percy Pollard, Career Coach, stated, “We are thankful for the various representatives who covered over 60 tables aligned across the school’s gymna-sium. They said they would come and they kept their word.”

These representatives included: an independent artist; culinary arts; wedding/custom cakes; Job Corp; social services; client/human services; library services; state/local government services; forestry services; humane society services; em-ployment services; banking institutions; technology firms; colleges/educational institutions; cooperative services; legal services; senior services; a historical soci-ety; state/local police; child development services; food services; health services; heating/air handling services; scouting; church outreach services and more. In other words, the “village” came together to share future career possibilities for current students.Mr. Bernard “Trey” Davis, CHS Principal, expressed his personal thanks to the representatives who spent their morning hours here at Central. During those morning hours, there was also a Central High building tour for 7th graders from King & Queen and Lawson-Marriott Elementary Schools who were especially invited to attend the fair. We were very delighted to see Mr. Charles Clare, Su-perintendent of Schools making the “rounds” as he interacted with the represen-tatives, teachers and students. He noted his delight with the cross section and diversity of representatives attending.Mrs. Vera Steward, Director of Guidance and Counseling, who sponsored the fair, stated, “It was a great gathering and we were pleased with the engagement of our students in the process. I must also express my thanks to various students, CHS Alumni and one parent in particular (Ms. Ethel Clayborne) who just pitched-in to help make the morning successful. Thanks, thanks and more thanks to everyone for your outstanding assistance.”

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On Friday, April 27th, King & Queen Central High students traveled to downtown Norfolk to board the Spirit of Norfolk Cruise Ship. It was de-lightful day, weather wise, for an out-ing, and two buses left Central High at about 9:15 AM for a boarding time of 11:30 AM at the Waterside dock in downtown Norfolk. Central’s students were greeted at dock side by the crew and photographers prior to being seated on the ship’s second level for food, a narration on the harbor, and of course entertainment. Students were dressed more upscale than normal for this very special cel-ebration. The trip included Gear Up Se-niors, Rappahannock Scholars, ECMC Scholars and several other selective students. Gear Up stands for “Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Under-graduate Programs” and is a grant based program designed to encourage students to plan for and attend college, or other post-secondary programs after graduation. These students were iden-tified back in 2006 for this special em-phasis, and as seniors this year, they are

eligible for competitive scholarships and grants.The ECMC Scholars (ECMC stands for Educational Credit Management Cor-poration) are part of a scholarship/loan based program designed to encourage students to prepare for post second-ary education. Grants/resources are pre-identified for students who main-tain competitive grade point averages (GPAs) until graduation.Rappahannock Scholars are students who are part of a partnership program with the University of Mary Washing-ton where they are identified for early admission to the university. The stu-dents must maintain competitive GPAs and complete selective advanced cours-es.These three groups of students and some selective others were treated to a grand lunch, a narration on the har-bor and the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet. Of course, having a singing “wait staff” and a DJ playing the top 40 hits could not be missed. Yes, there was a dance floor for the latest “line” dances while cruising up and down the harbor for some spectacular sightseeing. Chaper-

ones on this trip had pleasant duties and a few of them displayed that in addi-tion to line dancing, even the “twist” is still alive and well. The Sprit of Norfolk Cruise was a highlight for the school week and is considered by many students to be one of the top outings for the school year. Mrs. Vera Steward, Director of Guid-ance and Counseling, commented, “We

usually have no problems reaching our numbers for students to go on this trip, and we wanted this celebration for some of our very selective students. We are thankful for the bus drivers and chaper-ones who helped make the process run so smoothly. Mr. Percy Pollard, Career Coach, also gets a big thank you for putting the whole outing together.”

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American Indian FestivalPhone: 757-382-6411

Contact: Sally B. TrioletEmail: sbtriolet@cityofchesapeake.net

Address: Greenbrier Middle School 1016 Greenbrier Parkway, 23320

17th Annual American Indian FestivalJune 2nd & 3rd, 2012

Saturday & Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm

Head Female: Debbie Littlewing MooreHead Male: Charles Eagletail

Master of Ceremonies: A. Kay Oxendine

Celebration features American Indian storytelling, traditional danc-ing and demonstrations. Native jewelry, crafts, and food vendors. Don't miss the spiritual "Grand Entry" at Noon Saturday and 1 pm

Sunday.

Presented by the Nansemond Indian Tribal Association, Chesapeake Parks and Recreation.

Event is FREE to the public.

FAMILY LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH has re-located to, 7283 Richmond-Tappahannock Hwy, Aylett, VA, (the old Holladay House Furniture Bldg.) on Sundays @ 10:30 a.m. We want to invite you to our exciting wor-ship experience. Children will enjoy Kid-zLife worship and KidZoo. COME JOIN US! For more information, contact: Gus Agostino (804) 769-2534 www.visitfami-lylife.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hope Alive Family Church invites the LA-DIES to a Wednesday morning fellowship with discussion, sharing and encourage-ment: “How To Find God’s Master Plan For Your Life.” Times are Wednesdays from 10 - 11:30AM. Hope Alive Family Church is located at 7753 Richmond Tap-pahanock Hwy. in Aylett for more informa-tion contact the church @ 804-769-7299 or by e-mail: hopealive@verizon.net Also check us out on Facebook. Regular service times are 10:30 Sunday mornings with Back to Basics bible study at 9:30. hopeALIVE Kids have Breakfast and a movie at 9:30 and Superkid Acad-emy beginning at 10:30. hopeALIVE kids presents the uncompromised, life-changing Word of God to children in fun and age ap-propriate ways. Hope to see you there!Hope Alive Family Church is located at 7753 Richmond Tappahannock Hwy. in Aylett. For more information contact the church @ 804-769-8872 or by e-mail: hopealive@verizon.net Also check us out on Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CORINTH CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 9153

Dabney’s Mill Rd., Manquin, VA 23106Minister: Sonny Claiborne, (804) 746-2762 Monday - Choir Practice, 6:30 pmWednesday- Bible Study, 7:30-8:30 pmSunday School - 10 am, Sunday Corpo-rate Prayer - 10:15 am, Sunday Worship Service - 11 am, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sharon Baptist Church invites you to join us for worship. We are located at 901 Sha-ron Road across from King William High School. Sunday mornings start with cof-fee & doughnuts at 9 am in the Fellowship Hall, followed by Sunday School for all ages at 9:15 am. Our Morning Worship Service starts at 10:30 am. Nursery pro-vided. We have a Sunday Evening Bible Study & Children’s Activities at 6 pm. Ad-ditional Bible Studies at 10 am on Tuesdays and at 7 pm on Wednesdays. Youth (7th – 12th graders) meet at 7 pm on Wednes-days. Church office hours are 9 am to 3 pm Monday – Thursday. Call the church at 769-2320 for more information.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Indian View Baptist Church invites every-one to their Sunday services - each Sunday at 11:00 AM. Join us this Sunday and ev-ery Sunday. 13349 King William Road, King William, VA 23086, (804) 350-1555.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Millers Tav-ern holds services at 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. each Sunday. Nursery and Sunday School are available during the 10:00 service, which is accompanied by the choir and or-gan and followed by a coffee hour. All are

welcome. Corinth Christian Church, located at 9153 Dabney’s Mill Road, Man-quin, VA 23106 (about 8 miles off Rt. 360), would like to invite you to its Sun-day School at 10 am, Cor-porate Prayer at 10:15 am,

Worship Service at 11 am, Choir Practice on Monday nights at 6:30 pm and Bible Study on Wednesday nights at 7:30 pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A new ministry has opened its doors at the old Dyson Store in Dowsell. ROCsolid Outreach Center has opened a THRIFT STORE. This ministry helps many in need. Donations are welcome. Pastors Lonnie and Dana Brawley invite to browse the selection of clothes, shoes, house wares, electronics and furniture. Open Monday-Saturday 10 am - 6 PM. Call 804 317 7415 if you need donations picked up.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CALLING ALL YOUTH! Coming to Ay-lett is Hope Alive’s Pit Stop Youth Group. We welcome all youth 13-17, grades 6-12 to join us for a fun-filled pursuit of the things of God. Regular Wednesday Pit Stop services are at 7pm in the church fel-lowship room. Join the Facebook page at Pit Stop Youth or contact via e-mail hope-alivepitstop@gmail.comLADIES please join us from 10:00 to 11:30 am Wednesday mornings for ongoing fel-lowship with discussion, sharing and en-couragement: “How To Find God’s Master Plan For Your Life.” REGULAR SERVICE times and hope-

ALIVEKids Superkid Academy are Sun-day mornings at 10:30am. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Ha-nover Courthouse. We are a friendly, fam-ily-oriented Episcopal church a few miles from King William County, at the intersec-tion of Rts. 301 and 54 (537-5516). The doors are open to our King William neigh-bors, and we’d love to have you visit and worship with us. Our Sunday schedule is: 8 AM, Holy Communion; 9:15, Christian education for adults and children; 10:30, Holy Communion. Refreshments and fel-lowship follow both services. On the sec-ond Sunday each month we have a Second Sunday Luncheon, free and open to all, where we sit down and catch up with one another. We have a special ministry to chil-dren, love to have babies in church, and welcome all persons of any sort to our wor-ship services and parish life.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Epworth United Methodist Church, locat-ed at the corner of Route 30 and Epworth Road in King William County, invites you to worship with them. Church service be-gins at 9:00 am followed by a time of re-freshments and Sunday School classes for all ages begins at 10:30 am. There are reg-ular bible study groups and youth groups available. For further information please contact Pastor Bill Walker at 769-1949 or visit our web site at www.EpworthUM-CAylett.org.

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Indian Rivers Humane Society meets on the second Thursday of each month at the King William Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are open to the public and we welcome new volunteers to our group! Please con-tact (804) 885-3109 for directions or ad-ditional information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Blue Grass Jam 2nd Monday in each month 7pm-until Open to the Public King William Tire & Auto Rt. 360 in Manquin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VFW Post 83561658 VFW RoadWest Point, VABINGOEvery Thursday niteDoors open 5:20 p.m.Early Bird 7:20More info 804-241-9795~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Participation in the KING WILLIAM T.E.A. PARTY (Taxed Enough Already) is open to all citizens of good will. No sign up, no dues, no obligation. KWTP is an all-volunteer, grass-roots group of citizens who believe in honoring the US Constitu-tion, limiting the size and power of gov-ernment at all levels, cutting spending, and reducing taxes. Find us on Facebook and www.kwteaparty.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Mechanicsville Tea Party will hold a candidates forum ahead of the GOP prima-ry. Representatives for both the Romney and Paul campaign will speak on behalf of their candidates with Q&A to follow. Look for these dynamic speakers at future meetings: Mark Obenshain, Ken Cucci-nelli and John Tayor director of Va Policy Institute. Join us the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, 7 p.m., 8700 Bell Creek Road. For more information about us, vis-it www.Mechanicsvilleteaparty.com, Me-chanicsville VA TEA party on Facebook or call 241-8614. Thank you,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lawn & Garden Tractor PullSat. May 19 - 10amProceeds to benefit Frog Level Vol. Fire Dept.Rt. 30 - .2 miles west of RT. 301Info call - 804-690-9585 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Heritage DayMay 19, 2012Join in the Heritage Day celebration at Hanover Tavern from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Knibb’s Battery will be demonstrat-ing the process of preparing, loading, and

firing Civil War artillery throughout the day. At 11:15 meet Hanover lady and lis-ten to her stories of civilian life during the Civil War and don’t miss out on the free guided tours of Hanover Tavern at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 2:00 pm. This event is free with a suggested donation of $5.00. For more information call 804-537-5050

Hanover Tavern13181 Hanover Courthouse RoadHanover VA, 23069~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Testifying Toastmasters, Eastern Ha-nover’s only OPEN Toastmaster club, has changed its meeting times to the 2nd and 4th THURSDAY of every month. Still at 630-800 pm at Hanover Nazarene Church. If you seek better communication skills and more confidence in a safe environ-ment, come out to the Testifying Toast-masters! Contact Sandy Sanders, Mem-bership/PR VP at eesjresquire@netscape.net or 804.779.3057 . Testifying Toastmasters is a outreach service of Ha-nover Nazarene Church to the Mechanics-ville community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tuesday, May 15: 6:30 PM Hanover Writ-ers Club meeting at the Eastern Hanover Fire Station #3, 4428 Mechanicsville Turnpike Speaker: Don Harrison, Arts & Culture Editor for Style Weekly. Meeting is open to the public and anyone interest-ed in the craft of writing is welcome. For more information go to www.hanover-writers.org.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Grace Temple Ministries Weekly Bible class for “All Nations” Wednesday 7:00 p.m. at the King William Fire & Rescue Community Hall in Aylett, Va. Subject taught, the Authority of the Scriptures and the Sufficiency of the Holy Bible. Come hear the Word of God taught systematically in preparation for the im-minent return of our Lord Jesus Christ. For more information, please contact El-der Dennis L. Dabney 804 633-1261 or scripturalrestoration7@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Men’s Fel-lowship is sponsoring a trip to Tunica, Mississippi and Memphis Tennessee for 6 days and 5 nights from August 25 - 30,. The cost is $579 per double occupancy and $742 single. There is a payment plan: $82 a month for double occupancy and $106 a month single. Payments are due the 15th of each month beginning Janu-ary 15th. The final payment is due by July 15th. There are no refunds unless the trip is cancel. Cancellation insurance is avail-able upon request. Send all payments to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Men’s Fellowship, P.O. Box 83, West Point, VA 23181. You may contact the following numbers for more information 804-843-4643, 843-7205 or 843-2498. Spread the word.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grace Temple MinistriesWednesday Bible Study 7:00p.m at KWFR

Community Hall in Aylett Va. Subjects in-clude, What is the Gospel? What is true Repentance and Faith toward God through Jesus Christ? What is the Church of The Living God? The apostle’s doctrine in-cluding the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Scriptural role of men and women in the local Church. Biblical truth concerning marriage, divorce and re-marriage. Contact Reverend Dennis Lee Dabney at 804 633-1261 or scripturalres-toration7@hotmail.com. Thanks for your prayers in advance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Christian Fellowship Ministries is located at 304 W. Chinquapin Rd. , King Wil-liam County, VA 23086. Please call El-der Julie Peters at 804-687-9912 or email cfm23086@yahoo.com for more informa-tion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The youth of Immanuel Old Church and Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal would like to invite the community to their Low Country Boil on Saturday, May 12, 2012. This seafood dish is a combina-tion of shrimp, sausage, corn, and pota-toes. It’s tradition to just pile everything into the middle of a newspaper-covered picnic table and let everyone enjoy! The menu also includes salad, bread, dessert and non-alcoholic beverages, BYOB. Hot dogs and chips will be available for children. We will have 2 seating times, at 5:00pm and 6:30pm. This event will take place at Immanuel Episcopal, 3263 Old Church Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23111. Tickets are $20/adult and $7/child, advanced ticket sales only. Please call the church office at 804-779-3454 to purchase tickets. For more information, please visit the website at www.immanueloc.org. All proceeds will go to the youth pilgrimage to Liverpool and England with mission experience.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~May 17th - May 20th 2012: Christian Fel-lowship Ministries (CFM) will be cele-brating their annual Pastor’s Anniversary! There will be guest speakers on Thursday & Friday, May 17th and May 18th at 7:30 pm and Saturday & Sunday, May 19th and 20th 2012 3:00 pm. Speaker: Bishop Walter Robertson, May 17, 2012 at 7:30 PMSpeaker: Pastor Kathleen Ryals, May 18, 2012 at 7:30 PMSpeaker: Pastor Gwendolyn Wyche, May 19, at 3:00 PMSpeaker: Pastor Thelma Jordan, May 20, 2012 at 3:00 PM Feel free to give praises to God while re-ceiving a Blessed word from God! CFM is located at 304 W. Chinquapin Rd., King William County, VA. (Phone) 804-

769-1985 . Please contact cfm23086@yahoo.com or contact Elder Julie Peters for more information at 804-562-8059 . May 25th – May 27th 2012: Christian Fel-lowship Ministries (CFM) will be hosting a Women’s Conference from May 25th – May 27th 2012!! The conference speak-ers are Bishop David R. Burgess Sr. & Elect Lady Lori Burgess from Mount Mo-riah Tabernacle of Praise in New Haven, CT. Speaker: Bishop David Burgess on Friday, May 25th 2012 at 7: 30 PMWorkshop: Mother Peggy Wormley and Youth Pastor Cherie Green on Saturday May 26, 2012 from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.Speaker: Minister Lori Burgess – Sunday May 27, 2012 at 9:00 am. Please contact cfm23086@yahoo.com or contact Elder Julie Peters for more infor-mation at 804-562-8059 .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~May 9: Brett-Reed Memorial Presbyterian Church resumes “Wednesday Matinee” – a monthly fellowship and Bible study that includes lunch and a short lesson based on the old Andy Griffith TV series; watch an episode and discuss the ethical and Bib-lical implications of what happened that week in Mayberry. The first 2012 Wednesday Mati-nee will begin May 9 at noon in the church fellowship hall, and will continue on the second Wednesday of each month. Call 843-2343 by Monday, May 7 to reserve a place. Members of churches in West Point and surrounding counties are invited to share in the fellowship and lively discussion. Donations will be ac-cepted to cover the cost of lunch, with any extra monies going to support St. David’s ministries in Aylett and the Good Neigh-bor Center in West Point. Brett-Reed has two ground-level entrances in the back of the church and is handicapped accessible. The church is located at 29680 King William Road., 7 miles west of West Point and 19 miles east of Central Garage on Rt. 30. Bring old friends, and meet new ones, at the Wednesday Matinee!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SUNDAY, MAY 13TH --- 11:00 AM THE ANNUAL WOMAN’S DAY / MOTHER’S DAY WILL BE OB-SERVED. THE PREACHED WORDWILL BE BY MINISTER MARIA HAR-RIS, MEMBER OF THIRD UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.COME AND JOIN US.

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RICHMOND, Va. – Virginians can save money and get ready for hurricane/flooding season during the Commonwealth’s tax-free shopping week set for May 25-31. No sales tax is charged on the purchase of many items that can be used to prepare homes and businesses and to fill emergen-cy supply kits during Virginia’s Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. All retailers partic-ipate, according to Virginia law. Among the items that will be ex-empt from sales tax are:

• Batteries, including cell phone batteries

• Battery-powered light sourc-es, such as flashlights and lanterns

• Bottled water of all types and sizes, including flavored, car-bonated and vitamin waters

• Battery-powered and/or hand-crank radios, including those with electrical power option

• Weather band radios and NOAA Weather Radios

• First aid kits• Carbon monoxide and smoke

detectors• Fire extinguishers• Tarps, plastic sheeting, plas-

tic drop cloths, duct tape

• Water storage containers, in-cluding coolers, buckets, bar-rels, canteens

• Storm shutter devices• Portable generators For a complete list, go to www.tax.vi rg inia .gov/s i te .cfm?alias=STHoliday. “Last year proved that Virginia is not immune from hurricanes and tropical systems,” said Michael Cline, state coordinator for the Virginia Department of Emer-gency Management. “Five Vir-ginians died as a result of Hurri-cane Irene in late August, which caused the second-highest num-ber of power outages in Virginia history. Then we were hit by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee in September that took the lives of five citizens and displaced hundreds more. Nearly the entire state was affected to some extent, and we were left with millions of dollars in property damage. Ev-eryone should take steps to pre-pare for this hurricane season.” Hurricane season starts June 1. Additional information about preparing for hurricane and flooding season is available at www.ReadyVirginia.gov.

RICHMOND, Va. – The 2012 edition of the Virginia Hurri-

cane Evacuation Guide is now available to the public through multiple agencies and organi-zations throughout Hampton Roads and central Virginia. The guide contains essential hurricane season information, including evacuation routes, traffic reversal plans along In-terstate 64 and family prepared-ness. Produced by the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, the guide is part of the Ready Virginia and Ready Hampton Roads public information campaigns. Sections of the guide explain storm surge maps and how to use them and preparedness infor-mation for those with special needs. A fed-eral grant that helps the HRPDC conduct special needs out-reach paid for the guide. “All Virginians need to know their risk for storm surge and should plan ahead for

what they will do in an emer-gency,” said Michael Cline, state coordinator for VDEM. “This is an important resource especially for those who live in coastal and low-lying areas.” For the 2012 hurricane season, 175,000 copies of the guide were printed. Most will be dis-tributed by state and local agen-cies, private businesses and nonprofit organizations. Any individual or organization inter-ested in receiving guides should contact the VDEM Public Af-fairs Office at (866) 782-3470 or pio@vdem.vir-ginia.gov . The guide is posted online at www.vaemergency.gov/readyvirginia/additional-resources.

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