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It looks like Isle of Wight schools are facing another tough financial year. — See page 6 Volume 95 Number 9 Murdered woman a ‘saint’ Ministering to elderly friend when slain Murder victim Naira Davis David Ricciardi IW targets house for Smithfield Bldg. office orders repair after town files complaint Sections of the Dutch roof of historic Pierceville have collapsed. Town officials asked the county to intervene and force the elderly owner to repair the structure. Staff Photo by Diana McFarland By Diana McFarland News editor A former Isle of Wight Circuit Court deputy clerk pleaded guilty Feb. 19 to grand larceny after steal- ing money from the clerk’s office. Sharon P. Crocker was accused of stealing nearly $3,000 from the evidence room located in the clerk’s office. She has repaid the money, but her sentencing is scheduled for April 25 in Isle of Wight Circuit Court. According to Circuit Court Clerk Sharon Jones, the investigation began af- Former deputy clerk stole funds from evidence locker ter one of her deputy clerks noticed a cardboard box was propped against the security camera in the evi- dence room. It was positioned in a way that required other items to be moved, Jones said. The box caused Jones to ask the Isle of Wight County Sheriff ’s Office to review the tape. Within 30 minutes of watching the tape, Crocker was seen moving a chair toward the camera, standing on the chair and putting the box in front of the camera, Jones said. The evidence room is not a public area and only staff goes in there, Jones said. The money had been stored in a locked box and was recently inventoried before the thefts occurred, Jones said. According to the facts presented in the case, Crocker admitted to taking the key off a co-worker’s desk and removing money from the evidence room. Crocker said she took money on at least three oc- casions. “There wasn’t a dime left in the box,” Jones said. Once the evidence is in- ventoried and placed in the locked box, there is no rea- son to go in the box again, said Jones. Evidence remains in the locker until the appeals time is up, and remains for- ever in cases where the sen- tence was 20 years to life, Jones said. Restitution of $2,983.83 was paid during the trial. Grand larceny is a felony and is punishable by no less than one year and no more than 20 years in prison, or confined to jail no more than one year or fined no more than $2,500, either or both. Crocker had been em- ployed with the clerk’s of- fice for five years. Because she was a court employee, Isle of Wight Common- wealth’s Attorney Wayne Farmer recused himself from the case and Patrick Dorgan with the Virginia Attorney General’s office handled the case. A retired judge, Walter Ford, was brought in to hear the case. • See SLAIN, p. 8 • See CROCKER, p. 8 — Appeals Bd. member Gary Terwilliger On ordering elderly woman to repair her home, begins p. 1 By Diana McFarland News editor An elderly Smithfield woman was granted a six-month reprieve by Isle of Wight County from making myriad repairs to her house that family members said she can’t afford. The issue started years ago when the town of Smithfield re- quired Mary Delk Crocker, 83, as well as several other property owners, to make repairs on their houses, which fall under the pa- rameters of the town’s historic preservation ordinance. After being ignored by Crocker for years, town officials turned the case over to Isle of Wight County, which has greater authority when it comes to en- forcing state building codes. Crocker’s situation came to a head last week when her attorney went before the Isle of Wight Building Code Appeals Board to appeal the county’s decision to enforce the Virginia State Main- tenance Code, a part of the Uni- form Building Code, and require her to make exterior and interior repairs. “She simply wants to be left alone,” said her attorney Archer Jones at a Feb. 19 Board of Build- ing Code Appeals. Jones admitted the house hasn’t been maintained in 80 years, nor painted in 40 years. Crocker was hoping the issue would just go away, he said, add- ing that every time she gets a let- ter from the town or county she has a “health event” from the stress. Crocker was not present at the meeting. Several residents made emo- tional appeals to the Board about Crocker’s situation. Isle of Wight Historic Society member Albert Burckard, who belongs to the Isle of Wight His- toric Society, an organization concerned with the preservation of the county’s historic struc- tures — said it was “scary” that the government, which is de- signed to protect its residents, instead goes after them. By Diana McFarland News editor A Smithfield woman, de- scribed as a “saint” by those who knew her, was murdered while on her way to minister to an ailing friend. David Ricciardi, 49, was charged with first degree murder after the body of Naira Davis, 73, was found Friday in his mother’s house. Ricciardi lived with his mother, Mary McPartlan, at her home in the 300 block of Lane Crescent in the Smithfield Forest neighborhood. Davis had been a long-time visitor to McPartlan, who is eld- erly and infirm. Friends and associates were left shocked and saddened as news of her untimely death spread through the community. Davis has been described as a “saint” and “big-hearted” by those who worked with her as a member of Smithfield Baptist Church, and as a volunteer at Magnolia Manor, Riverside Con- valescent Center and the Smithfield Library. Davis sang in the church choir, the ladies trio and was a Sunday school teacher at Smithfield Baptist. “She was a very, very sweet lady. She did walk the walk,” said church mem- ber Burt Riley. E v e r y Christmas, Davis and her husband, Larry, provided Christmas presents to residents at Riverside Convales- cent Center, as well as led inter- active sing-alongs at Magnolia Manor. “She was a wonderful lady. Big-hearted,” said Tammy Rollings, activity coordinator at Riverside. “She’s really going to be missed.” Magnolia Manor Director Martha Hunt said Davis was there last week to sing with resi- dents and was planning on re- turning Monday. “Everybody’s upset,” she said. Smithfield Branch Manager
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THE SMITHFIELD TIMESSERVING ISLE OF WIGHT AND SURRY COUNTIES SINCE 1920
EDUCATION SPORTSSmithfield High School hasproduced its first state wres-tling champion.
— See page 16
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“ ”The heart goes one way and thelaw goes somewhere else.
It looks like Isle ofWight schools arefacing another toughfinancial year.
— See page 6
Volume 95 Number 9
Murdered woman a ‘saint’Ministering to elderly friend when slain
Murder victim Naira Davis
DavidRicciardi
IW targets house for SmithfieldBldg. office orders repairafter town files complaint
Sections of the Dutch roof of historic Pierceville have collapsed. Town officials asked thecounty to intervene and force the elderly owner to repair the structure.
Staff Photo by Diana McFarland
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
A former Isle of WightCircuit Court deputy clerkpleaded guilty Feb. 19 togrand larceny after steal-ing money from the clerk’soffice.
Sharon P. Crocker wasaccused of stealing nearly$3,000 from the evidenceroom located in the clerk’soffice.
She has repaid themoney, but her sentencingis scheduled for April 25 inIsle of Wight Circuit Court.
According to CircuitCourt Clerk Sharon Jones,the investigation began af-
Former deputy clerk stolefunds from evidence locker
ter one of her deputy clerksnoticed a cardboard boxwas propped against thesecurity camera in the evi-dence room.
It was positioned in away that required otheritems to be moved, Jonessaid.
The box caused Jones toask the Isle of WightCounty Sheriff ’s Office toreview the tape. Within 30minutes of watching thetape, Crocker was seenmoving a chair toward thecamera, standing on thechair and putting the boxin front of the camera,Jones said.
The evidence room isnot a public area and onlystaff goes in there, Jonessaid.
The money had been
stored in a locked box andwas recently inventoriedbefore the thefts occurred,Jones said.
According to the factspresented in the case,Crocker admitted to takingthe key off a co-worker’sdesk and removing moneyfrom the evidence room.Crocker said she tookmoney on at least three oc-casions.
“There wasn’t a dimeleft in the box,” Jones said.
Once the evidence is in-ventoried and placed in thelocked box, there is no rea-son to go in the box again,said Jones.
Evidence remains in thelocker until the appealstime is up, and remains for-ever in cases where the sen-tence was 20 years to life,
Jones said.Restitution of $2,983.83
was paid during the trial.Grand larceny is a
felony and is punishable byno less than one year andno more than 20 years inprison, or confined to jailno more than one year orfined no more than $2,500,either or both.
Crocker had been em-ployed with the clerk’s of-fice for five years. Becauseshe was a court employee,Isle of Wight Common-wealth’s Attorney WayneFarmer recused himselffrom the case and PatrickDorgan with the VirginiaAttorney General’s officehandled the case.
A retired judge, WalterFord, was brought in tohear the case.
• See SLAIN, p. 8
• See CROCKER, p. 8
— Appeals Bd. member Gary TerwilligerOn ordering elderly woman to repair her home,
begins p. 1
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
An elderly Smithfield womanwas granted a six-month reprieveby Isle of Wight County frommaking myriad repairs to herhouse that family members saidshe can’t afford.
The issue started years agowhen the town of Smithfield re-quired Mary Delk Crocker, 83, aswell as several other propertyowners, to make repairs on theirhouses, which fall under the pa-rameters of the town’s historicpreservation ordinance.
After being ignored byCrocker for years, town officialsturned the case over to Isle ofWight County, which has greaterauthority when it comes to en-forcing state building codes.
Crocker’s situation came to ahead last week when her attorneywent before the Isle of WightBuilding Code Appeals Board toappeal the county’s decision toenforce the Virginia State Main-tenance Code, a part of the Uni-form Building Code, and requireher to make exterior and interior
repairs.“She simply wants to be left
alone,” said her attorney ArcherJones at a Feb. 19 Board of Build-ing Code Appeals.
Jones admitted the househasn’t been maintained in 80years, nor painted in 40 years.
Crocker was hoping the issuewould just go away, he said, add-ing that every time she gets a let-ter from the town or county shehas a “health event” from thestress.
Crocker was not present at themeeting.
Several residents made emo-tional appeals to the Board aboutCrocker’s situation.
Isle of Wight Historic Societymember Albert Burckard, whobelongs to the Isle of Wight His-toric Society, an organizationconcerned with the preservationof the county’s historic struc-tures — said it was “scary” thatthe government, which is de-signed to protect its residents,instead goes after them.
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
A Smithfield woman, de-scribed as a “saint” by those whoknew her, was murdered while onher way to minister to an ailingfriend.
David Ricciardi, 49, wascharged with first degree murderafter the body of Naira Davis, 73,was found Friday in his mother’shouse.
Ricciardi lived with hismother, Mary McPartlan, at herhome in the 300 block of LaneCrescent in the Smithfield Forestneighborhood.
Davis had been a long-timevisitor to McPartlan, who is eld-erly and infirm.
Friends and associates wereleft shocked and saddened asnews of her untimely deathspread through the community.
Davis has been described as a“saint” and “big-hearted” bythose who worked with her as amember of Smithfield BaptistChurch, and as a volunteer atMagnolia Manor, Riverside Con-valescent Center and theSmithfield Library.
Davis sang in the churchchoir, the ladies trio and was a
Sunday schoolteacher atS m i t h f i e l dBaptist.
“She was avery, verysweet lady. Shedid walk thewalk,” saidchurch mem-ber Burt Riley.
E v e r yC h r i s t m a s ,Davis and her husband, Larry,provided Christmas presents toresidents at Riverside Convales-cent Center, as well as led inter-
active sing-alongs at MagnoliaManor.
“She was a wonderful lady.Big-hearted,” said TammyRollings, activity coordinator atRiverside.
“She’s really going to bemissed.”
Magnolia Manor DirectorMartha Hunt said Davis wasthere last week to sing with resi-dents and was planning on re-turning Monday.
“Everybody’s upset,” she said.Smithfield Branch Manager
The wrong wayto save Pierceville
Talk about slippery slopes. Isle of WightCounty’s efforts to force improvement in the liv-ing conditions of Mary Emma Delk Crocker maybe well-intentioned, and we will assume that theyare.
No matter how well-intentioned, however, thecounty’s use of the State of Virginia MaintenanceCode to force repairs should be viewed as a threatto any county resident who may not live up to con-ventional community standards, but whoselifestyle is not hurting anyone else.
Mrs. Crocker lives in what most would considersqualor. Her home (at least according to countyofficials who have been inside) is apparently clut-tered, in bad repair and certainly not up to thestandards that most folks would want for theirhome.
But that’s not really the underlying issue here.The root of Mrs. Crocker’s problems with govern-ment is that she also happens to live in one ofSmithfield’s oldest and most historic homes,Pierceville. The Dutch-roofed house, built duringthe first half of the 18th century, is listed specifi-cally as a National Landmark within the town’sNational Landmark Historic District.
And it’s deteriorating rapidly.Smithfield voted more than four years ago to
try to force exterior repairs to Pierceville ratherthan to see it eventually collapse. The town hasthe authority, under its Historic District Ordi-nance, to ask a judge to declare the building threat-ened with “demolition by neglect.” Ultimately,with such a ruling in hand, the town can under-take exterior repairs to protect a building from theelements and thus preserve it in the hope thatsomeday, somebody will take better care of it.
Such repairs would be paid for by the town andwould result in a lien on the property, which wouldbe repaid only when ownership of the propertychanges.
Smithfield decided, however, that it didn’t wantto spend tax dollars to preserve the house, eventhough those dollars would be returned someday.Town officials chose instead to become a complain-ant to the Isle of Wight Building Office to try andget the county to force Mrs. Crocker to make therepairs.
The county, in turn, unleashed the State Main-tenance Code, a document that, like county zon-ing enforcement, can be triggered by an anony-mous complaint from a neighbor who has a beefwith a property owner. Under the code, the countycan require all manner of costly repairs to prop-erty. The Building Office can obtain a warrant, asit did in Mrs. Crocker’s case, and enter a home tolist what it considers deficiencies, and then orderrepairs made.
There are instances in which a maintenancecode might well be justified. Rental property is thefirst to come to mind. Poor people forced to live inunsafe conditions because a landlord won’t main-tain property properly is the most obvious ex-ample. Also, row houses and their occupants canbe threatened if one owner in the row allows un-safe conditions to develop and go unchecked.
Pierceville is neither. It is a stand-alone dwell-ing that threatens no neighbor. Mrs. Crocker’swillingness to live in what others consider squa-lor has not been determined to be a threat to any-one but herself.
Smithfield has a legitimate interest in protect-ing Pierceville from collapse, but the town wentdown the wrong path by asking the county to doits dirty work.
And the county has opened a door behind whichmay lurk numerous horrors. As knowledge of thisdraconian maintenance code spreads, we suspectthere will be Isle of Wight residents withlongstanding gripes against their neighbors whowould love to become an anonymous thorn in theside of those same neighbors. All they’ll need is awilling building office and, if the Crocker case isevidence, Isle of Wight may have one.
Bright lightextinguishedEditor, Smithfield Times
One of the bright lightsin our community wasextinguished this pastweek. Those of us whoknew Naira Davis feel araw ache that cuts deepinto our souls. It is beyondmy comprehension howmuch emotional pain thisdear woman’s family mustbe experiencing.
We were blessed thatNaira was a member ofour church family. Shetaught Sunday School,sang in the choir, playedhand bells, served as adeaconess and was activein Missions. She helpedher neighbors and visitedfolks in the nursing home.Basically, she was thevoice, the hands, the heartand the feet of Christ.
Perhaps God will callmany of us to minister inher stead. Let us all listencarefully for His voice andanswer. In doing so, wewill say “thank-you” forthe multitude of waysNaira gave of herself toour community, and wewill honor her memory.May God surround herfamily and those of uswho loved her with His
healing comfort.LuAnne K. Lewis
Smithfield
HelpfulneighborsEditor, Smithfield Times
What a glorious sight!After our recent “big”snow, which was beauti-ful, an even more beauti-ful sight was the kindnessof neighbors. Looking outour front window, we sawour neighbor, a minister,cleaning the snow off ourcar and shoveling apathway to our mailbox. Alittle later, I heard somenoise, and there wereeight to 10 neighbors, withtheir older sons, blowing,shoveling and evensweeping our drivewayuntil there was no snowleft. It was very coldoutside, but our heartshad been warmed.
My wife Nancy,Beauregard, our dog and Ijust returned home fromSmithfield after one ofour frequent visits there.As usual, we hiked thecreekside trail in WindsorCastle Park, poked aroundthe shops, and found anexcellent meal in one ofyour fine eating places. Itwas, again as usual, agreat day.
Many thanks to JohnEdwards and Ron Pack,whom I know, and athousand or more otherswhom I do not for makingyour town such a great
and handy place to visit.No tunnels, no tolls, nointerstates — just apleasant and peaceful day.
Joe StuttsFranklin
A salute toSchool BoardEditor, Smithfield Times
The month of Februarymarks the annual obser-vance of School BoardAppreciation Month — atime to show appreciationfor the work of schoolboard members andcelebrate public educa-tion. This year’s theme,“Local Schools, LocalDecisions,” reflects theimportance of ensuringthat the future of publiceducation remains in thehands of the communityit serves. Local schoolboards keep the public incharge of public schools,since they represent theircommunity’s beliefs andvalues.
In Isle of Wight Countyschools, board membersmust develop policies andmake tough decisions oncomplex educational andsocial issues impactingthe entire community.
• See LETTERS, p. 3
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A local couplelast week raisedthe issue of “po-tential conflict ofinterest” by amember of TownCouncil relativeto decisions af-fecting WindsorCastle Park.
Conflict of interest is a topicthat arises frequently during de-bates over local issues. The letterwriters raised a very legitimatequestion regarding it — one that’sworth discussing publicly.
In most instances, including
this one, it is usu-ally the “appear-ance of conflict”that arises when lo-cal elected or ap-pointed officialsvote on controver-sial matters.There’s a differen-tiation between
“potential” conflicts, the “appear-ance of conflict” and the real thing,which is specifically and carefullydefined by law.
Virginia’s Conflict of InterestsAct, found in Title 2.2 of the Code ofVirginia, details page after page of
activities that are prohibited forboth state and local officials. Ba-sically, the statute prohibits avariety of activities that result indirect financial benefit to that of-ficial, his or her family or ac-quaintances.
The warning given last weekby our readers was that CouncilMember Randy Pack might havea conflict in deciding issues re-lated to Windsor Castle Park be-cause those actions might in someway affect his restaurant and ho-tel business. He does not.
Business people & public office
• See ROWS, p. 3
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Little skipjackAn interesting wooden sailboat called the Pagan River home during 1983. The vessel was asmall version of a classic Chesapeake Bay skipjack. Full-sized skipjacks, 40 to 50 feet in length,are used in Maryland to dredge oysters. Only a few dozen still exist. (Smithfield Times file photo)
Mr. Pack is no morebarred from debating andvoting on Windsor CastlePark than any other mem-ber of the Council. The per-ception of some vague ben-efit from a public actiondoes not constitute a con-flict of interest, nor shouldit.
Look at some other ex-amples. Should, for ex-ample, Supervisors RexAlphin or DeeDee Dardenbe barred from debating orvoting on any issue involv-ing rural Isle of Wight be-cause they are farmers?
Should town dentist Dr.Milton Cook decline to par-ticipate in discussions orvotes on the town’s watertreatment process becauseit usually involves fluoride,which could impact his pa-tients and thus possibly hisbusiness in some vagueway?
And what of ConnieChapman, who works forthe YMCA? Should she beforced not to vote on mat-ters involving bike trails orother exercise facilities inthe town because her em-ployer is a major contribu-tor to and supporter of ex-ercise programs here? Ofcourse not.
There have always beenand there always will be is-sues in which local busi-ness people who sit on pub-lic bodies “appear” to havea conflict just by the verynature of the public busi-ness they transact.
Mr. Pack, on the Coun-cil, and Mrs. Darden, on theBoard of Supervisors, areclassic examples. Theyboth support tourism,which is the county’s fast-est growing business seg-ment. Both happen to ben-efit from tourism. Does that
Rows• Continued from p. 2 mean that Mrs. Darden or
Mr. Pack should refrainfrom voting for the Visitorsand Convention Bureau’sannual budget, which boththe county and town sup-port? Absolutely not. Theirinput is valuable and theyare only tangentially im-pacted by such matters.
The only way to avoidever having the appearanceof a business conflict in lo-cal public bodies is to pro-hibit business people fromelection or appointment topublic bodies, and thatwould deny our governingand advisory bodies theservices of some of themost talented and ener-getic people in the commu-nity. Such people serve ablytoday on both the TownCouncil and Board of Su-pervisors as well as on ouradvisory bodies.
Public officials are re-quired by law to familiarizethemselves with the Con-flict of Interest statute sothat they are attuned to le-gal conflicts that mightarise. And today, local bod-ies universally have legaladvisors to ensure that of-ficials abide by state stric-tures with respect to con-flict of interest and otherrequirements for public of-fice.
That’s not to say voters,including last week’s letterwriters, shouldn’t be on thealert for conflicts, both inappearance and reality. Ofcourse they should — andthey are.
But vigilance must beaccompanied by a realisticview of community ser-vice. Denying our businessleaders a seat at the publictable solely because some-day they might possiblyhave a conflict would be se-riously detrimental to thecommunity.
Letters• Continued from p. 2
They bear responsibilityfor a multi-million dollarbudget, over 5,500 stu-dents, and over 800employees. They preservethe core of our democracy— public education.
Too often we neglect torecognize the dedicationand hard work of thesemen and women whorepresent us. I invitecounty residents torecognize and celebratethe work of our SchoolBoard. Invite them out forcoffee and ask how youmight help support yourlocal neighborhoodschools. Write your schoolboard members a thankyou note. Let them knowyou appreciate what theydo for students in Isle ofWight County Schools.
The men and womenserving on the Isle ofWight County SchoolBoard are:
Julia W. Perkins, chair,Windsor District, electedNov. 1, 2011.
Kent E. Hildebrand,
Feb. 17. We also want tothank the followingbusinesses who supportedus:
Ann’s Dress Shoppe ofWaverly for all thefashions and accessories;The Oaks VeterinaryClinic for printing ourprogram booklets; PQWallace InsuranceConsultants, LLC forprinting our tickets;SAWCO Self Storage fortaking care of our dishesand other supplies in-between events; and thefollowing for purchasingads in our program book:BayPort Credit Union;Jones & Jones, P.C.Attorneys at Law; Isle ofWight Academy; PariserDermatology Specialists;Robert E. Long & Associ-ates, LTD a generalpractice law firm; SandraSanders, ND NaturalHealth Consultant. TheVendors who participatedwere the Pam Stagg DayCircle of Benn’s UnitedMethodist Church forkitchen cutlery; MaryGriffin for Miche HandBags; Sue Jordan ofCarrollton Curves; DanaGreskowak and JamieDiffenbacher of TastefullySimple; Wanda Hewlin forTracilynn Jewelry;Valerie Bullard of DoTerra Essential Oils; andStephanie Shipman ofPampered Chef. And allthe individuals whodonated items for thesilent auction from aframed painting, framedphotograph, flowers,cakes, and gift baskets. Wealso want to thank ourhusbands for theirassistance, as well asmembers of theCarrollton Ruritan Clubor members of Benn’sUnited Methodist Church.A special thank you to thefive ladies who did anoutstanding job modelingthe fashions. We alsothank our junior Pages.
The money we raisedwill go to fund the LizCropper Scholarship of$1,000; the CarrolltonPublic Library, which ourClub founded in 1984; theCarrollton Fire Depart-ment; the Isle of WightRescue Club Squad andother organizations in ourcommunity.
Our small club invitesyou to visit with us on thethird Tuesday each monthin the Carrollton RuritanHall on Norsworthy Dr at7pm.
Sibyl GillespieCarrollton Woman’s
Club
A saddecisionEditor, Smithfield Times
The decision of U.S.District Judge Arenda L.Wright handed down onFeb. 13 was a sad decisionthat amounts to thedismantling of thespiritual sacredness ofmarriage that has alwaysbeen upheld in Virginia.
ers, plastic bags, card-board boxes, aluminumbeverage cans and largebags of trash intended forthe landfill that neverarrived, the worst areabeing in Smithfieldaround the SmithfieldFoods plant, includingBerry Hill Road. South on258 to our family farm, thetrail of litter continuesand includes large plasticsheets blowing in thewind in our fields. Plasticstore bags “decorate” ourtrees!
While a majority ofpeople believe littering iswrong, research showsthat 81 percent of litteringis intentional. Accordingto the National ParkService, it takes onemillion years for a glassbottle to biodegrade, 450years for a plastic bever-age bottle, 80-200 years foran aluminum can, and 10-20 years for a plastic bag.Sadly, some litterers saythey feel no sense ofownership for the road-ways and public spaces.They believe “someoneelse” will pick up afterthem.
I have become that“someone else.” I carry alarge plastic bag with mewhen I go for walks nearour home and on ourfarm. Recently, in just atwo-mile stretch, Iaccumulated a 13-gallonbag full of trash fromditches and along the edgeof the woods.
Richmonders tell mehow much they lovevisiting quaint andhistoric Smithfield, butviewing trash along theway certainly does notenhance someone’s visitor encourage them toreturn.
Something needs to bedone. I suggest:
Be more aware if youuse an open-bed truck indepositing loose trash,bagged trash, or construc-tion materials. Secure thelitter in containers orstrap it down tightly.
Keep small trashreceptacles for litter inenclosed vehicle cabs tobe transferred later tolarger bins at home orwork.
Initiate dialoguewithin schools, churchesand civic groups to reachout to the community andremind fellow citizens oftheir responsibility toland stewardship.
The old TV commercialstill rings true: “Peoplestart pollution. People canstop it!”
Beth W. ButnerSmithfield & Chester-
field
A club‘thank you’Editor, Smithfield Times
The members of theCarrollton Woman’s Clubwant to thank the 141women who attended the23rd Annual FashionShow and Luncheon on
vice-chairman, NewportDistrict, elected Nov. 1,2011.
Robert L. Eley III,Carrsville District,elected Nov. 1, 2011.
Tina Hill, HardyDistrict, elected Nov. 1,2013.
Denise N. Tynes,Smithfield District,elected Nov. 1, 2011.
We truly appreciatetheir dedication to ourstudents and staff !
Yours in the Pursuit ofEducational Excellence,
A. Katrise PereraDivision Superinten-
dent
Isle of Wight’slitter problemEditor, Smithfield Times
I am very concernedabout the roadside litter Iobserve in Isle of Wight!As I travel often fromChesterfield to Smithfieldon Rt. 10 and Businessfrom Rushmere toSmithfield, I see a steadyflow of fast food contain-
way of living with nature.Those who live close withthe earth and nature havegreat respect for it andknow how to live with itso it nurtures nature as itnurtures them. They evenpracticed birth controlamong their tribes andfamily clans were strong.
Recent research inanimal sentience over-whelmingly provesanimals think, care abouteach other, form strongbonds, grieve over deathsof companions, and feeljoy. We need to face thefact that we humans havetreated all creationcruelly for centuries andare taught or think theyare here just for humanuse and abuse. We are partof all that is and not aboveit!
We need to change our“traditional” use of allliving beings and showthe compassion for otherlife around us as the GreatSpirit intended. Animalsdeserve the same rightswe often demand forourselves. They do notbelong to us! They belongto themselves as webelong to ourselves. Theyhave the right to theirlives as we have a right toour lives. We have no rightto enslave any being ortake them from theirnatural environmentusing them for our selfishpurposes just because wecan, for every being hastheir own purpose forbeing and living. Whencompared to all that is,human beings are a smallspeck. What goes around,comes around. Let us bemindful of that fact!
Linda Gould SteffeySmithfield
Almighty God, thecreator of human life,said in His Word after themarriage of the first manand woman to begin thehuman race, “Thereforeshall a man leave hisfather and his mother, andshall cleave unto his wifeand they shall be oneflesh.” Genesis 2.24. Thishas been for all genera-tions God’s unchangingdefinition of marriage.Lawmakers and judgesmay exercise theirrespective roles tolegislate and decreechanges in laws. Never-theless, God’s Word ofauthority regarding whatconstitutes a marriagenever changes.
“Blessed is the manwho feareth the Lord, whodelighteth greatly in Hiscommandments.” Psalms112:1
The Rev. RussellLeonardElberon
Time toend huntingEditor, Smithfield Times
Hunting, whaling,trapping, and other cruelblood “traditions” ofmankind have no place inthe 21st century! It is timemankind grew up men-tally and spiritually. It islong overdue.
I am disappointed thatchurches are not teachinggood stewardship ofGrandmother Earth andall living creatures, fornot speaking up for theconnectedness of all life. Iagree with our AmericanIndians and other indig-enous peoples of the earththat they have the right
The Smithfield Times - Wed., Feb. 26, 2014 - Page 3
By Kim CobleRecently, 21 state attorneys
general, many from the Mid-west, filed a “friend of thecourt” brief in a federal appealscourt seeking to derail theChesapeake Bay restoration ef-fort. While that is absurd, it isalso a tribute to the decades ofwork that has led to the Chesa-peake Clean Water Blueprint.
We now have in place pollu-tion limits which, if achieved,will restore local rivers,streams and the ChesapeakeBay. We also have state-specificplans and a transparent and ac-countable process to achievethem. This process, developedwith years of collaboration be-tween the states and federalgovernment, is working anddemonstrates that when citi-zens, governments at all levelsand businesses work togetherwe can restore water quality.
This “friend of the court”
brief is just the latest salvo inthe war against the ChesapeakeBay Clean Water Blueprint. Itbegan with a lawsuit brought bythe American Farm BureauFederation, its big-agricultureallies like The Fertilizer Insti-tute, the National Pork Produc-ers Council and the NationalCorn Growers Association thatsought to end Bay restorationefforts. In their original legalchallenge, they claimed the EPAoverreached its authority; thatefforts were not based on soundscience; and that there were notsufficient opportunities forpublic comment.
The Chesapeake Bay Foun-dation and others sided with theEPA, and in a 98-page opinion,federal Judge Sylvia Rambo de-cidedly rejected the argumentsof those opposing clean water.She called the collaborative pro-cess between the states and fed-eral government used to de-
velop the pollution reductionplan an example of the “coop-erative federalism” that theClean Water Act intended.
The American Farm Bureauhas appealed Judge Rambo’sdecision. The appeal is now infront of the U.S. Court of Ap-peals for the 3rd Circuit inPhiladelphia and makes simi-lar claims of EPA over-reach,but the amicus brief from the21 states provides a telling viewof their motivations.
The brief says that “If this[cleanup] is left to stand, otherwatersheds, including the Mis-sissippi River Basin (whichspans 31 states from Canada tothe Gulf Coast), could be next.”
The lead attorney on thebrief is Kansas Attorney Gen-eral Derek Schmidt, who hasthe strong support of agricul-ture interests in Kansas. A 2010press release on his campaignwebsite announcing his en-
dorsement by the Kansas Live-stock Association (KLA) con-tains this quote: “KLA hasworked closely with DerekSchmidt on many issues di-rectly impacting agricultureduring his tenure as a statesenator. Schmidt has the back-ground and commitment to bethe state’s chief legal advocateas Kansas agriculture faces un-precedented attacks on manyfronts, including burdensomefederal environmental regula-tions governing water and air,”said Todd Allen, chairman ofKLA’s Political Action Commit-tee (KLA PAC).
The appeal and the “friendof the court” brief clearly arenot about water quality in thisregion’s rivers, streams and theChesapeake Bay. They aredriven by the fear that if we suc-ceed here it will be a demonstra-tion to the nation that otherwaterways can also be cleaned.
To legally challenge the cleanupin the Chesapeake because itultimately may result in thecleanup of other waterways de-fies common sense.
Here in the Chesapeake Bayregion we are making progress.Pollution reduction efforts aremaking a difference and thedead zone is shrinking. Theseefforts also create jobs that sup-port local economies. Pollutionreduction will also reduce therisks to human health.
There is still a long road anda lot of work ahead. Yet unlikeelsewhere in the country, wehave a Blueprint that shows uswhat must be done to leave thelegacy of clean water for ourchildren and grandchildren.Let your elected officials knowthat’s important to you.Kim Coble is a vice president ofthe Chesapeake Bay Foundation.Distributed by Bay JournalNews Service.
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The next Isle of Wightproperty reassessment willbe completed in 2015.
The Isle of Wight Boardof Supervisors reinstatedthe assessment Thursdayafter it was suspended lastyear to save money.
By not doing the reas-sessment, the county savedabout $300,000.
However, the countycannot reinstate the previ-ous biennial assessmentbecause it no longer hasone full-time real estate ap-praiser or assessor, whichis required by law, accord-ing to Isle of Wight countyattorney Mark Popovich.
The county’s last realestate assessment was in2012, when property valuesfell an average of 6 percent.That came on the heels ofa 3 percent decline from2008 to 2010.
However, it seems hous-ing values are now goingback up since the recessionended.
“I think they’re starting
County ordersnew assessments
to improve, and we’re see-ing sales that are exceedingassessment values,” saidIsle of Wight Commis-sioner of Revenue GeraldGwaltney.
Wampler Eanes Ap-praisal Group remains un-der contract to conduct theassessment, Gwaltney said.
Residents can expect toreceive reassessment no-tices in mid-March of 2015,with public hearings begin-ning shortly after, he said.
The new values will be-come effective July 1, 2015.
It was a warm late spring day in 2011 ���������������noticed a swelling on Lily’s neck. Lily didn’t eat that night, and she began to pace. Tara Prosser knew something was wrong. A discoloration grew in Lily’s eye, and she began bumping into walls.
Monday morning, Tara awoke to find that Lily’s condition was worse. She rushed her beloved friend to the local veterinarians, who were completely stumped by Lily’s problem. They advised Tara to take Lily to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Clinic in Stillwater, 180 miles away, as soon as possible.
Without her purse, extra clothes or money, a friend whisked Tara and Lily to OSU immediately. Lily was checked into the veterinary Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Tara camped out at a local hotel. As Lily’s condition deteriorated, the doctors asked Tara not to visit, so as not to excite the dog.
Days crawled by. Tara lay awake at night waiting for the phone to ring with what she expected to be the inevitable bad news. She was losing her baby. Tara felt entirely helpless. Unable to visit and comfort Lily, unable to diagnose Lily’s mystery illness, it was all she could do to bide her time and wait, as the veterinarians worked on her girl.
Lily was not just a dog to Tara. She was a member of the Prosser family. She was an extension of Tara herself, her trusted partner in rescues, her faithful companion at home. Tara couldn’t fathom life without her Lily.
Lily was diagnosed with Addison’s Disease. Visit the following site to learn more about the disease: addisondogs.com/addisons. Imagine you are Lily’s vet and have a classmate pretend to be Tara. Explain Addison’s Disease to Tara, answer her questions, and offer suggestions for Lily’s care.
In the News: In this chapter, Lily overcame her illness. Find a news story with a person who had to overcome something. What obstacle did he have to overcome? How did he achieve it? Compare and contrast the news article to Lily’s experience.
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Four days later, the vets were still unable to diagnose Lily’s illness, and she showed no signs of improvement. The doctors suggested an experimental treatment as a last-ditch effort. Tara agreed to the treatment, hoping it would save Lily’s life.
Miraculously, it worked!
After five days in the ICU, Tara took Lily home! She watched Lily regain her health. Every lick, every bounding step, every morning waking to Lily’s blue eyes
became that much more precious. Tara had been so close to losing her dog, her partner, her champ.
Lily had led Tara down the road of this search and rescue (SAR) adventure, and she could never be replaced.
Lily eventually was diagnosed with Addison’s Disease. Her adrenal gland did not produce the right amount of certain hormones for her body to function properly. The treatment for Addison’s, as Tara and the veterinarians learned, involves monthly steroid injections.
One month after Lily’s illness, Tara made plans to take her younger dog, Daisey, a green but enthusiastic pup, to a training weekend in Arkansas. As the day arrived, Tara couldn’t bring herself to leave Lily at home. Lily had regained her old energy, yet Tara was cautious and
wanted to keep an eye on her. She took Lily along, thinking the dog would be happiest with her family.
Though Lily loved road trips with Tara and the Prosser clan, once they arrived in Arkansas, Lily wanted to participate in the training exercises rather than watch as Daisey and the other dogs performed.
Lily was born to be a SAR dog. She couldn’t stand her newly acquired red shirt status. Watching Daisey train with Tara made Lily nuts. Everyone could see
it. Jeff and friends encouraged Tara to let Lily try to work, to let the dog tell her if she was feeling well
enough to train, if she was really ready. Tara finally conceded. She would let Lily give it a try.
That afternoon, during a training session, Lily found a single baby tooth in the middle
of a wide, open field.
She was back in the game.
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MASTER GARDENERWestern Tidewater
The Smithfield Times - Wed., Feb. 26, 2014
Tween 12 & 20
Recently at a Master Gardener meeting, a surprisetreat was a large number of paperwhite bulbs from thehome of a thoughtful master gardener.
They do not require the chilling period, so forcingthem is as easy as putting the bulbs in water and wait-ing. The fragrant flowers bloom within about three weeksof planting for a quick visual treat.
Select a container that is about 3-4 inches deep andhas no drainage holes. Along the bottom, place about aninch or two of stones, marbles or gravel. Next, positionyour paperwhite bulbs pointed end up, on top of the stonelayer. Stuff in a lot of bulbs as this helps to keep themfrom topping over. Oh yes, they will also look great whenin bloom. Now add more stones to fill in any gaps andcover the bulbs up to their shoulders with the pointedtips showing. Add water to the base of the bulb allowingonly the bottom to sit in the water. This will stimulategrowth and prevent bulb rot.
Light is not important at this point, and keeping thebulbs on the cool side is preferred (65 degrees). Checkdaily and add more water if needed.
When roots start developing, move the container to asunny window. Too much heat could cause the plant tobe leggy, so check occasionally, moving slightly if neces-sary. When the plants flower, they will last longer ifmoved out of direct sunlight to a cool spot with indirector diffused light.
Although the paperwhite bulbs are so easy to grow,there is one problem that concerns some growers. Thatis the tendency to become top heavy and fall over. Re-cently, I read that the solution is to stunt the paperwhitewith a nip of “booze” (could be rubbing alcohol). Re-searchers in the Flower Bulb Research Program atCornell University have come up with this unusualmethod. When the paperwhite bulbs are grown in a di-lute solution of alcohol, the plants reach a height of athird to a half their normally expected growth... but theflowers remain normal size and last just as long.
To stunt these paper whites, pot as usual. Once theroots begin growing and the green shoot on top reachesabout 1-2 inches, pour off the existing water. Replace thewater with a solution of 4-6 percent alcohol. Continueusing the alcohol solution for future watering. Youshould see results in a few days.
To make the solution, check the bottle for the percent-age of alcohol and convert whatever that is to 4-6 per-cent. Here is how to do that, according to the above men-tioned research program. Divide the percentage by 5 andsubtract 1. That will tell you how many parts water tomix with your 1 part alcohol. Example: 40 percent of al-cohol divided by 5 equals 8, minus 1, equals 7. This wouldbe 7 parts water to 1 part alcohol. I tried this method andwas so excited to find that this really works.
Start paperwhites every couple of weeks for a continu-ous display throughout the winter. You will be glad youdid.Gwen HoltMaster Gardener
By Dr. Robert WallaceCreators syndicate
Dr. Wallace,I’m writing to brighten your day. At the end of my
letter, I’m sure you’ll be smiling and saying that yourday is sunnier.
During my senior year in high school, my boy-friend of two years and I became engaged. About threemonths before graduation, I discovered that I waspregnant. I stayed in school and graduated with goodgrades. After graduation, my fiance moved in with mymother and me. I was on cloud nine. I had a healthypregnancy and a fiance who promised to be by my sideforever.
In one day, all that came crashing down. He left withno notice, saying that he wasn’t the father and wouldtake a paternity test to prove it. I was eight monthspregnant when he left, and in the following four weeks,I was admitted to the hospital emergency room sixtimes for stress-related false labor. I tried to contacthis family to help me find reasons for his sudden de-parture, but they refused to talk to me, and after a fewcalls, they threatened to have me arrested for harass-ment.
The evening I brought my daughter into this world,I called him, but he hung up on me. But when ourdaughter was 6 months old, he called again and saidhe loved me and wanted to get married so we couldbecome a family.
I thought that he was sincere, so we were marriedand moved in with his parents because he didn’t earnenough money to support a wife and child. We livedthere for two years. During that time, he had sevendifferent jobs and four different girlfriends. I contin-ued to stay with him because I thought I loved himand eventually we would become that family Idreamed about.
Finally, I came to the realization that my daughterand I could be a loving family without an unfaithfulhusband and a do-nothing father. During my stay athis parents’ house, I had a part-time job that gave methe opportunity to secretly put away some of my earn-ings. This allowed me to buy a trailer home.
I am now working full-time at a fair wage and mydaughter and I couldn’t be happier. She is now 3 yearsold and the light of my life. She keeps my spirits highand I’m very proud to be her mother. Last week, wemade the discovery of gardening together. My daugh-ter and I are a family — a happy, loving, God-fearingfamily — and I am as proud as I can be.Mother, Davenport, Iowa.
Mother,You were 100 percent correct. Your letter bright-
ened my day and the day of our readers, and I know itwill keep doing so for many days and weeks to come.
Photo of the WeekChristine Stoll of Smithfield caught this sunset framing the James River Bridge. She took thephoto Friday, Jan. 31 with her smart phone. Send in your favorite shots of Isle of Wight andSurry counties to [email protected].
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
An effort to further re-fine the state’s septic tankpump-out program cleareda Senate subcommittee andis on its way to the Senatefloor.
It was approved by theHouse and Senate.
Del. Rick Morris (R-64th) introduced an amend-ment to HB1217 that would
expand the qualified poolof septic tank inspectorsbeyond septic haulers toinclude those who main-tain and design sites.
The intent is to expandthe number of inspectors,creating competition andlowering the price.
Currently, residentswith septic tanks can haveit pumped every five yearsor have it inspected by a
septic tank hauler and cer-tified that it doesn’t needpumping — often for thesame price.
The average price of apump-out or inspection isabout $300.
According to the bill, thesewage handler or inspec-tor would be permitted bythe Virginia Department ofHealth or licensed by thestate to operate, maintain
or design on-site sewagesystems.
The septic tank pump-out program, established inIsle of Wight County in2008, is part of the federaleffort to clean up the Chesa-peake Bay.
Septic tanks are esti-mated to contribute about4 percent of nutrients,mostly nitrogen, to the Bayand its tributaries.
Septic tank bill advances
The Smithfield Times - Wed., Feb. 26, 2014 - Page 5
An annual traditionGirl Scout Junior Troop 1397 membersJessica Coffield and Jennifer Baker of Isleof Wight County show off the pencil toppersthat they made recently during the CookieRally at Carrollton Elementary School. TheGirl Scout Cookie Program kicked off inJanuary when local Girl Scouts began goingdoor to door to take cookie orders. GirlScouts are continuing to sell cookies atbooths outside of local businesses. Cookiefans can download the free Girl ScoutCookie Finder app to locate nearby cookiebooths.
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
Isle of Wight County hasjoined with 13 other Hamp-ton Roads localities and theHampton Roads SanitationDistrict in a regional hy-brid sewer consolidationplan that satisfies Environ-mental Protection Agencyrequirements and wouldultimately reduce the costfor ratepayers.
The town of Smithfieldrecently signed a similarmemorandum of agree-ment with HRSD.
“I think this is a big win-win for HRSD and locali-ties, but also rate payers,”said Isle of Wight Directorof General Services FrankHaltom at Thursday’s
County joins regional sewage programBoard of Supervisors meet-ing.
The agreement trans-fers the responsibility ofindividual localities fromcreating their own wetweather management planand instead puts it in thehands of the HamptonRoads Sanitation District.
It also differs from a pre-viously proposed totalregionalization plan thatwould have required locali-ties to surrender owner-ship and operation of theirsewer infrastructure toHRSD.
That was a concern ofmany localities, includingIsle of Wight County.
Individual accountholders can expect to see
their bills go up an esti-mated $100 - $120 a year, orabout $10 a month after theplan is fully implementedafter 2018, said HRSD Di-rector Ted Henifin.
Enacting a regionalplan, rather than havingeach individual localitysubmit its own plan, is ex-pected to save about $1 bil-lion, Henifin said.
That translates to a sav-ings of about $2,200 per in-dividual account holderover the 20-year span — orabout $100 a year — of theregional plan, Henifin said,adding that those figurescan change as the processevolves.
Rates will go up, but not
as much as they would haveif each locality imple-mented its own plan,Henifin said.
HRSD expects to submitits hybrid regional plan tothe EPA by 2016.
According to the ap-proved hybrid plan, HRSDassumes sole responsibil-ity for its funding andimplementation, and rateswill rise accordingly, perthe resolution approved bythe Board.
The agreement stemsfrom unpermitted sewagedischarge by the HRSD re-gional system in 2007,which resulted in a consentorder by the EPA to developa regional Wet WeatherManagement Plan.
The plan was to ensurethe regional sewer systemcould meet increased ca-pacity needs during wetweather.
Storms are the mostcommon cause for seweroverflows in the HamptonRoads region, according toHRSD.
The overflows occurfrom a combination ofstormwater runoff andoverwhelmed systems,which are individuallyowned by each HamptonRoads locality.
The additional flow isbeyond what HRSD’s sani-tary sewer system was de-signed to handle, allowinga mixture of untreated sew-
age and rainwater to getout of the system, accord-ing to HRSD.
The number of over-flows reached a peak in2009 with 95 overflows, rep-resenting 2.7 million gal-lons of water.
Last year, there were 14overflows, representing714,077 gallons of water,according to HRSD.
Other localities thathave either entered into theagreement with HRSD, orare expected to, are the cit-ies of Chesapeake, Hamp-ton, Newport News, Nor-folk, Poquoson, Ports-mouth, Suffolk, VirginiaBeach, Williamsburg andGloucester, James City andYork counties.
By Abby ProchStaff writer
The Virginia Depart-ment of Transportation isreplacing the securitygates at the foot of theJames River Bridge inCarrollton after high windsdestroyed them in January.
The gates, which aresupposed to prevent accessto the bridge during hurri-canes, terrorist events andother hazardous conditionswhen they are in a downand locked position, brokeduring high winds on Jan.11.
Wind gusts were re-ported at up to 55 mph froma terminal on the southeasttip of Newport News, just
Two JRB security gatescollapsed during storm
across the James River.When the bridge’s secu-
rity gates broke, they werein the upright position,said VDOT Acting Commu-nications ManagerMarshall Herman.
That same day, thoughnot at that location, two tor-nadoes touched down inIsle of Wight County, onenear Bob White Road andthe other near Morgart’sBeach.
Herman said replace-ment gates have been or-dered and VDOT staff is
exploring ways tostrengthen the gates whenthey are raised and not inuse.
The repairs come a littlemore than a year after thereplacement of the bridge’sgrid deck and four monthsafter the metal stud instal-lation project, a response toseveral wrecks and com-plaints that the new griddeck was too slick, espe-cially when wet.
Though a constructionlull is expected for most of2014, VDOT has planned a
$21 million project that willreplace all the electrical,mechanical and controlcomponents of the drivesystems of the bridge in2015.
According to thewebpage for the project,which was updated lastSeptember, the project’sdesign consultant submit-ted a preliminary design inJune 2013 that is now underVDOT review.
Construction is ex-pected to start in March2015.
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Naira Epps Davis, 73,was ushered into the armsof her Lord and Savior,Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.
Born in Jersey City, N.J.,Naira was the daughter ofthe late John and AdaSmith Epps. She receivedher elementary teachingdegree from Jersey CityState College and taught inthe New Jersey PublicSchool System for 35 years.After retirement, Nairaand her husband, Larry,moved to Smithfield andthey have resided here for13 years.
A beloved wife, mother,grandmother, sister, auntand friend, Naira leaves tocherish her memories herhusband of 50 years, LarryMonroe Davis, three sons,Eric Steven Davis, of High-land Park, N.J., Mark Gre-gory Davis (Karen) ofChesapeake, and BrianWalter Davis (Shelly) ofLewisville, Texas; fivegrandchildren, Austin Gre-gory Davis, Erica DeniseDavis, Chelsea NicoleDavis, Audra Lauren Davisand Noah Patrick Davis;two sisters, VivianHargrove and Ada Will-iams, both of SouthPlainfield, N.J.; and a hostof loving extended familyand friends who mourn herpassing.
Naira was faithful to herfamily and to the work ofher Heavenly Father. Shewas a faithful member ofSmithfield Baptist Church,the church choir, the Be-nevolence Committee, theNew Beginnings Sundayschool class, and the WMU.She sang in the choir, wasan accompanist and taughtSunday school classes.
In addition to herchurch activities, Naira in-
Christian Home BaptistThe New Horizon Sing-
ers will perform an inspira-tional concert at the Chris-tian Home Baptist Churchon Sunday, March 2 at 4p.m. For more informationcall 255-4626.Brown’s AME
Brown’s AME Churchwill hold an Ash Wednes-day service Wednesday,March 5 at 7 p.m. EverySunday morning Sundayschool starts at 9:30 a.m.and morning worshipstarts at 11 a.m.Campbell’s Chapel
Campbell’s Chapel AME
Robert Allen Raup, 85,passed away Thursday, Feb.20, 2014 at home. Born inKansas City, Mo. on Sept.15, 1928, he was the eldestson of the late Albert andDoris McMillian Raup.Raup was preceded indeath by his brother, Will-iam Raup.
Robert is survived by hiswife, Bette Withrow Raup;one daughter, Susan Sube(Ron); three sons, James(Jane), Thomas and JohnChristopher (Julie) Raup;and four step-children,Blair Withrow, LindaHarms, Sally Jones (Dan)and Cindy Borrelli; sevengrandchildren, Chrissie,Annie, Emily, RaeLyn, Ben-jamin, Emily and Rickee;and two great-grandchil-dren, Brandon and Kaylin.He is also survived by hissister, Nancy Armstrong(Thomas).
Robert was a graduateof Westminster Collegeand Syracuse University.He served post-World WarII in the U.S. Navy. Later, heworked as a civilian for theU.S. Department of De-fense at the Pentagon andfor NATO, Luxembourg. Hewas an expert in computertechnology. After retire-
Naira Epps DavisRobert Allen Raup
ment, Robert was an activevolunteer for VITA and anombudsman for long-termcare facilities.
Also, he taught coursesand did research in geneal-ogy. He was a member ofthe National Society ofSons of the American Revo-lution, the National Hugue-not Society, the MayflowerSociety and NARFEE.
A memorial service willbe held Saturday, March 1,2 p.m. at St. John’s Episco-pal Church, 828 King’s Hwy,Suffolk. Following the ser-vice, the family will receivefriends at St. John’s ParishHall. In lieu of flower, con-tributions may be made inRobert’s memory to St.John’s Episcopal Church.
volved herself in the com-munity and volunteeredcountless hours at theSmithfield Library, whereshe read daily. She also vol-unteered at the local nurs-ing homes and made her-self available to anyone inneed. She was a member ofthe Ladies Auxiliary ofGideons International andthe Delta Sigma Theta So-rority.
A service celebratingNaira’s life will be held Fri-day, Feb. 28, 11 a.m. inSmithfield Baptist Churchwith the Rev. Dr. Donald R.Rhoton and the Rev. RandyGreen officiating. The fam-ily will receive friends fol-lowing the service in thechurch’s Family Life Cen-ter. Burial will follow inAlbert G. Horton Veteran’sMemorial Cemetery, Suf-folk, at 2:30 pm.
The family suggests me-morial contributions toGideons International,Smithfield Camp, PO Box274, Smithfield, VA 23431 orto Smithfield BaptistChurch, BenevolenceFund, 100 WainwrightDrive, Smithfield, VA 23430.
Arrangements are inthe care of Colonial Fu-neral Home, Smithfield.
second annual youth ves-per and communion ser-vice is Sunday, March 2 at2:30 p.m. Call 238-2905 formore information.Pentecostal Holiness
Pentecostal HolinessChurch men’s conference isSunday March 1 at 9 a.m.Speaker will be ElderWayne Hattan ofSolomon’s Temple.Oak Grove Baptist
Oak Grove BaptistChurch nightly spring re-vival with Pastor LeslieHolloway will be Tuesday,March 25 - Thursday,March 27 at 7 p.m.
Surry BaptistSurry Baptist Church
will show the “Four BloodMoons,” prophecies ser-mons by John Hagee,March 5, 12 and 19 at 7 p.m.A discussion will followeach showing. For more in-formation call 294-3387.Benn’s UMC
Benn’s United Method-ist Church 12th annual spa-ghetti feast is Saturday,March 15, from noon – 6p.m. Dinner will be $7 foradults and $3 for children10 and under. All proceedsbenefit community serviceprojects of the UnitedMethodist Men and Isle ofWight Relay for Life.St. Paul Holiness
On Sunday, March 16, St.Paul Holiness Church willcelebrate the anniversaryof Pastor Elder WeltonBlount Sr. and First LadyBarbara Blount. ReverendP.D. Wells of Mt. Sinai Bap-tist Church will deliver the
message at the 3 p.m. ser-vice. Brother Paul and Sis-ter Stephanie Branch arethe co-chairpersons for thisservice.First Gravel Hill
First Gravel Hill BaptistChurch will celebrate theirannual family and friendsday on Sunday, March 2 at3:30 p.m. Dr. TremayneJohnson and Zion BaptistChurch will be our specialguests. For more informa-tion call 357-5550.Sweet Haven
Sweet Haven HolyChurch of God Spring Re-vival will be Wednesday,March 5 – Friday, March 7at 7 p.m. each night.Tabernacle of Praise
Tabernacle of PraiseFull Gospel Baptist Churchis offering Quick Word onthe fourth Sunday of everymonth at 9:30 a.m. Break-fast with the Bishop is thefirst Sunday of everymonth at 9:30 a.m.
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Heading into the 2015budget season, Isle ofWight County schools arealready $1.3 million in thehole — and that could riseto as much as $2.8 million.
School officials do an-ticipate an increase in fed-eral and state funding.
School officials said thatthough they have not givenfigures for federal and statefunding, they anticipate anincreased contribution ofabout $1.4 million over lastyear amounts.
Last year’s budget in-cluded $25.6 million fromthe state and $4.3 million infederal funding.
School staff are expect-ing flat funding from theIsle of Wight Board of Su-pervisors. Last year, theyagreed to provide $24.2 mil-lion to the schools.
The spending gap iscaused by a nearly $2.7 mil-lion increase in departmen-tal requests over last year.
The bulk of the addi-tional expenses — $846,000— is due to mandated in-
School funds for nextyear will come up short
creased contributions tothe school division’s Vir-ginia Retirement System,group life insurance andhealth insurance credit.
According to Superin-tendent Katrise Perera,those contributions are re-quired and cannot beavoided.
The remainder of thebudget increase is attrib-uted to a variety of re-quests from throughout thedivision.
The second costliest in-crease was $802,000 neededfor technology to help meetthe state’s Standards ofLearning test require-ments, as well as for el-ementary and middleschool technology updates.
SOL tests are now doneonline and require certaintechnology updates to func-tion properly.
Other requests include$70,199 for new materialsand textbooks for grades K-3; $41,350 for staff develop-ment, including certifyingall IT employees in Applerepair and training specialeducation teachers in col-
laborative teaching; $15,575for travel and training;$67,670 for tuition to thegovernor’s schools, ThePruden Center and South-eastern Cooperative Educa-tional Programs (SECEP);$134,500 for iPad rentalsand security software, aswell as athletic field main-tenance; $29,030 for tech-nology infrastructure re-pairs; $182,000 to makesome school facilities com-pliant with the Americanswith Disabilities Act;$154,500 for anticipatedelectricity usage at the newGeorgie D. Tyler MiddleSchool; $55,100 for in-creased custodial andmaintenance contractswith GCA Services, as wellas increased technology tosupport it; $25,000 for legalsupport in special educa-tion and personnel cases;and $25,000 to hire a healthinsurance expert.
The funding gap couldwiden if the School Boardapproves a step increase forteachers and a 2 percentraise for all employees, in-creasing the budget request
by another $1.5 million to$2.8 million.
The pay increase in-cludes employees’ retire-ment, group life and healthinsurance rates.
The School Board didnot vote on the increase ata recent work session butwas in favor of it.
The Board also sup-ported, but did not vote on,a salary scale modificationfor 12-month non-exemptemployees that would add$19,750 to the budget.
Several years ago, theBoard modified the 10- and11-month employee salaryscales but did not touch theone for 12-month employ-ees.
The School Board is setto discuss the fiscal year2015 budget at a work ses-sion on March 4 at 2 p.m. inthe school board office.
Perera will present herproposed fiscal year 2015budget at Smithfield HighSchool on Thursday, March6 at 7 p.m. Public commentwill follow the presenta-tion.
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The following studentswere recently named to theDean’s List at the Collegeof William & Mary for thefall 2013 semester: BrookeAnderson from Carrollton;Jasmin Boothe, ColeenHerbert and Edmund Saw,all from Smithfield; andElizabeth Scott fromWindsor.
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Teaching aidSmithfield Middle School Principal Jeffery Mordica receives a $600check from Vice President Sharon Ewell of the Womans Club ofSmithfield on behalf of the school’s Robotics Club. Ewell said the club’seducation department took a special interest in up and comingeducation initiatives like STEM (science, technology, engineering andmath). The money will be used to purchase robots and pay competitionentry fees, said club sponsor and technology teacher Bernard Bailey.With Ewell and Mordica are Clarissa Bailey, Bernard Bailey and RexWilliams.
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
A Rushmere man willspend eight months in thepenitentiary and twomonths in jail after beingfound guilty of assaultinga deputy in his own yard.
Leon Holmes was sen-tenced to two years, withone year and four months,suspended, for assaultingan officer — a felony. Hewas also sentenced to fourmonths, with two sus-pended, for resisting arrest— a misdemeanor.
A third charge, drunk inpublic, was dismissed.
The incident, which oc-curred in March 2012, alsosparked a formal complaintfiled more than a year lateragainst the Isle of WightSheriff ’s Office by Holmes’sister, Rosa Holmes-Turner,
Given jail time forassaulting deputy
who claimed the arrest wasunlawful and racially moti-vated.
Holmes is black and Isleof Wight Sheriff ’s OfficeInvestigator MatthewVanWassen is white.
The complaint was filedshortly after a controversyerupted last year over rac-ist emails sent by NewportDistrict Supervisor BuzzBailey and Hardy DistrictSchool Board memberHerb DeGroft.
Turner is a member ofthe Isle of Wight Chapterof the NAACP, which ledthe effort to oust DeGroft.
Isle of Wight SheriffMark Marshall said the in-vestigation into the com-plaint has been completed.
“She (Holmes-Turner)brought her concerns to us,they were reviewed and in-
vestigated thoroughly, andupon that review it was de-termined that no law orpolicy was violated by thedeputy,” he said.
The assault occurred af-ter Holmes walked acrossRoute 10 to his home acrossfrom the Rushmere FoodMart. VanWassen hadstopped at the residence bymistake en route to anothercall.
The trial last Septemberrevealed two different sto-ries from Holmes andVanWassen. VanWassensaid Holmes used profanityand was intoxicated, whileHolmes said he was polite.The exchange devolvedinto Holmes andVanWassen both falling tothe ground, andVanWassen discharginghis taser at Holmes’ back.
By Abby ProchStaff writer
Complaints about deepruts and torn up grassalong a hillside at WindsorCastle Park haveSmithfield Town Councilmembers searching for so-lutions.
Drivers who enter thepark near the manor houseare parking their vehiclesfurther and further downthe hillside, beyond signsthat advise drivers “No Ve-hicles Beyond This Point.”
Town Council Member
Council taking a lookat fishing pier parking
Milton Cook said thethoughtless hillside park-ing is leaving tire tracksthat disturb an otherwisepicturesque area.
Cook said that people,often those heading to thefishing pier, are drivingpartway down the hill tomake the walk shorter be-tween their vehicle and thefishing pier.
The damage promptedtown maintenance staff tofill the tracks just beforethe BOB Fest on Jan. 18.
Town Manager Peter
Stephenson said the con-cern is about aesthetics, aswell as safety as peoplecould trip while walking inthe area.
Council members dis-cussed whether to prohibitpublic parking by outfit-ting the entrance with achain or a livestock gate orto cordon off a section witha gravel parking area.
If the town prohibitedparking in the area, thenext closest parking lot isnear the canoe and kayaklaunch.
Town staff and theParks and Recreation Com-mittee members are plan-ning to conduct a site visitto determine the best wayto solve the parking prob-lem.
A Zuni woman died aftercrashing her car into a treealong West BlackwaterRoad.
Rose CallahanMcAlpine, 52, of TuckerSwamp Road in Zuni, wastraveling westbound onWest Blackwater Road in a2003 Honda Accord when itran off the road and strucka tree around 2:30 p.m. on
Feb. 18, according to Sgt.Michelle Anaya with Vir-ginia State Police.
McAlpine suffered life-threatening injuries anddied as a result of the acci-dent.
There were no other oc-cupants in the vehicle atthe time of the crash andspeed played a factor in theaccident.
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“All Mrs. Crocker wantsto do is live out her daysthere. Leave her alone,” hesaid.
Carrollton resident TomFinderson said it wouldtake the deep pockets ofsomeone like John D.Rockefeller to fix the house.
“It’s beyond historicalrepair,” he said.
In the end, the Boardspent a bit of time discuss-ing whether or not Crockerhad a smoke detector andwhether she could get toand from her bathroom in-side the house — issuesalso related to the viola-tions listed by the county.
However, Isle of WightDirector of Inspections ArtBerkeley noted in his Oct.14, 2011 letter to Crockerthat the house “revealed noconditions that would pre-clude continued occupancyat this time.”
Unless Crocker with-draws her appeal, or fails tomake the repairs, she willhave to return to the Boardfor further consideration.
Once all efforts havebeen extinguished, thecounty’s code would allowfor Crocker to be chargedwith a misdemeanor andfined up to $2,500.
Theoretically, it couldcome to that, but the countyhasn’t reached that pointyet, said Isle of Wight attor-ney Mark Popovich.
“The appeal process isstill pending and may con-tinue to be pending formonths to come,” he said.
Berkeley said he waswilling to work withCrocker and her attorney,but not if he was going tocontinue to be ignored.
Family member MartyDelk was pleased with theextension but said, “Shecan’t do anything if shedoesn’t have the money.”
Crocker• Continued from p. 1 Historic structure
Crocker was born in,and has lived her entire lifeat, what is known in thetown of Smithfield as“Pierceville” — one ofSmithfield oldest housesand considered a “land-mark” structure accordingto the town’s historic pres-ervation ordinance.
Houses and other struc-tures in the town ofSmithfield are required bythe town’s historic preser-vation ordinance to bemaintained if deemed a“landmark” or “contribut-ing” structure.
The older part of thehouse, the “landmark” por-tion, was built around 1730,making it one of the oldestbuildings in Smithfield.Crocker lives in a newerone-story area with the his-toric area sealed off exceptfor a bathroom. That wasthe area considered habit-able by Berkeley, and theinterior portion of theolder house was not in-spected.
There are also numer-ous outbuildings on theproperty, some of whichhave also been consideredhistoric, but are in variousstates of disrepair andmany are covered in vines.
According to the town’shistoric preservation ordi-nance, the town has the au-thority to make the exte-rior repairs to the olderportion of the house andput a lien on the property.
However, the TownCouncil decided thatwasn’t a proper use for tax-payer money and has neverenforced that portion of theordinance, said Smithfieldtown attorney WilliamRiddick.
Smithfield Town Man-ager Peter Stephenson saidthe town council hasn’t ac-tually voted to not enforcethe historic preservation
ordinance by way of mak-ing repairs and putting alien on an occupied prop-erty.
“Several times the townhas gone through thelengthy public hearing andproperty owner notice pro-cess to address derelictstructures that are vacantand abandoned — not occu-pied. Typically these areproperties with no cleartitle or with multiple heirsthat live out of the area andtake no action to secure orfix up nuisance or danger-ous properties under ourtown code. In these in-stances we have gonethrough the required pro-cess, demolished the build-ings and placed liens on theproperty for our cost ofdemolition. We have alsoplaced liens on propertieswhen we have to expendpublic funds for propertyowners who are in viola-tion of grass cutting/weedand debris ordinances,”wrote Stephenson in a Feb.25 email.
Riddick pointed out thatCrocker owns all the landaround the house — about30 acres — and there havebeen numerous offers tobuy the property, which sherefused.
One offer, made severaltimes, was to pay her fairmarket value, restore thehouse and outbuildings,turn the farm fields into aball park and allow Crockerto live in the house the resther life. She turned itdown.
Meanwhile, the towncontinued to pursue otherdeteriorating properties intown — with some propertyowners ending up in court.Some of the owners madethe repairs and others soldtheir properties to some-one willing to restore thehouse or building. Theother properties included a
Victorian on Mason Street,the Parker house on thecorner of Mason and Mainstreets, a brick house onMain Street and most re-cently, the formerSmithfield shoe repairshop on Wharf Hill.
If the town lets this oneslide, what does that meanfor the next property,Riddick said.
“Are we supposed to en-gage in selective enforce-ment or treat everyonefairly?”
Riddick said there willcome a point when thePierceville house can nolonger be repaired for a rea-sonable amount of money.
In 2009, the SmithfieldTown Council unani-mously agreed that thehouse and outbuildings lo-cated at 502 Grace St. wereunsafe, dangerous and inviolation of the town code.
Crocker was given 30days to submit a plan to rec-tify the issues and 60 daysto make the repairs.
Crocker ignored thetown’s letters.
At one point, the townhad to obtain a court orderjust to go on the propertybecause she refused towork with them, Riddicksaid.
“I was astounded.”Riddick said the town fi-
nally decided to turn theissue over to Isle of WightCounty because it has theauthority to enforce theBuilding Code.
Based on photos takenin 2010 by the Smithfieldtown staff and concernabout mold due to waterdamage, Berkeley went tothe magistrate to have awarrant issued so he hadthe authority to go insidethe house.
Crocker was very dis-turbed about someone com-ing inside her house andrefused, Jones said.
Jones argued that thewarrant was based on the
assumption that the houseposed a threat to the healthor safety of either the occu-pant or the public.
The house is isolatedand the only person at riskis Crocker, Jones said.
“She finds the place ac-ceptable for her needs.”
However, the code alsoallows a warrant to be is-sued if the building officialmakes a reasonable requestto enter. Berkeley eventu-ally gained entry, but saidthat since his camera mal-functioned that day hedidn’t have photos from in-side the house to show theAppeals Board.
“He forced himself onMrs. Crocker and forcedhimself in her home,”Jones said.
After making the inspec-tion, Berkeley sent a letterto Crocker and Jones list-ing eight items needing at-tention — including thelack of a smoke detector aswell as exterior repairs.
There was no mentionof mold.
Crocker was given twoyears to make the repairs.
Jones admitted they ig-nored the letter and an-other followed in August2012. Jones said that letterthreatened criminalcharges.
Jones said that there arenumerous other structuresin Isle of Wight Countythat are in worse shapethan Crocker’s house.
“Why is she subject tothis scrutiny while othersare not?”
Popovich said it’s a com-plaint-driven process andthe complaint came fromthe town of Smithfield.
Appeals BoardThe Isle of Wight Build-
ing Code Appeals Board ismade up of five appointedmembers, but just threewere available the eveningof Crocker’s appeal —David Bugin, GaryTerwilliger and MicheleJones.
The only task for theBoard that evening was todetermine if Berkeley had
correctly interpreted theVirginia Uniform BuildingCode, which includes theVirginia MaintenanceCode.
In his application for theappeal, Jones stated thecode was not interpretedcorrectly.
Jones said the code hasnothing to do with the aes-thetic appeal of the house— and where the case origi-nally stemmed from — andnot the health or welfare ofthe occupant.
“We believe the code isto protect imminent bodilydamage and not the aes-thetics of the [Smithfield]Town Council.”
Jones said the familywas willing to put thehouse up for sale or createa covenant that whenCrocker dies or leaves, noone else can live there un-til the repairs are com-pleted.
Terwilliger said it ap-peared Crocker was not inany imminent danger andinitially favored putting offa decision for two years.
There had been manyemotional appeals thatevening, he said.
“The heart goes one wayand the law goes some-where else.”
Jones was concernedwith whether or not Berke-ley had interpreted the lawcorrectly and that emotionhad to stay out of the deci-sion.
Berkeley said if the ap-peal was denied, the countycould take it to the statetechnical review board foranother hearing.
Popovich said that re-gardless of whether an ex-tension was granted or not,Berkeley still had the au-thority to negotiate a time-table for repairs with thefamily.
In the end, the Boardvoted 2-1 to table the issuefor six months. Jones castthe dissenting vote.
Family member NancyDelk said they’ve been try-ing to help Crocker, but canonly do what she allows.
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Jenny Bailey said Davisvolunteered at the frontdesk for 10 years.
“Overall, a saint,”Bailey said, adding that thelibrary will be closed Fri-day so staff can attendDavis’ funeral.
Ricciardi was arraignedMonday in Isle of WightJuvenile and Domestic Re-lations Court and was as-signed a public defender.He is being held withoutbond in Western TidewaterRegional Jail.
Isle of Wight Common-wealth’s Attorney WayneFarmer told the SmithfieldTown Council Monday thatthe defense will likely seeka competency hearing forRicciardi.
Davis was reportedmissing Thursday eveningby her husband, who wascalled by Davis’ friendwhen she failed to arrivefor a scheduled visit earlierin the day.
Davis’ husband told theSmithfield Police that hesaw his wife leave at about4 p.m. Feb. 20 for the visitto her elderly friend who is
physically infirm.Davis’ husband found
his wife’s car on Andrew’sCrossing, not far fromMcPartlan’s house. The carwas abandoned, a windowwas partially rolled downand the keys and some per-sonal items were inside,said Smithfield PoliceChief Steve Bowman at apress conference Friday.
Fearing foul play, theSmithfield Police, with theassistance of the VirginiaState Police, the Isle ofWight Sheriff ’s Office andNightingale, began a gridsearch of the area, saidBowman.
At the same time, wit-nesses told police they sawDavis arrive at the home ofher friend and the suspecttake off in her car, Bowmansaid.
A home health careworker contacted the policeand said she had foundDavis’ body on the pre-mises.
Ricciardi was arrestedthat evening for unautho-rized use of Davis’ car, andlater charged with first de-gree murder.
According to the text on
the arrest warrant filedwith Isle of Wight DistrictCourt, the accused openedthe front door of the homeand allowed the victim toenter.
The accused closed thedoor and then struck thevictim several times on thehead with a wooden base-ball bat while she lay on thefoyer floor, according to thewarrant.
The accused then movedthe victim to the garagewhere she was again struckon the head. The accusedpulled a rolling trash can tothe side door of the garageand placed the victim in it,according to the warrant.
The friend was in thehouse at the time, Bowmansaid, adding that the victimwas fully clothed.
Ricciardi knew Davis,but robbery didn’t appearto be a motive, Bowmansaid.
Bowman said it was anisolated incident and didnot pose a threat to the gen-eral public.
Police had received callsto the house in the past, butnothing of a violent nature,Bowman said.
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By Diana McFarlandNews editor
Isle of Wight’s authorityto enter and inspect MaryDelk Crocker’s house isbased on the VirginiaMaintenance Code, whichis part of the state’s Uni-form Building Code.
As stated by Isle ofWight’s attorney MarkPopovich, the process canbe put into motion by acomplaint from anyoneseemingly concerned abouta house or structure.
Like zoning violationcomplaints, the issue is in-vestigated by the buildinginspector to see if it’s validbefore proceeding further,said Isle of Wight Countyspokesman Don Robertson.
Just because a structurelooks bad on the outsidedoesn’t necessarily meanthere’s a violation,Robertson said, adding thatthe complainant remainsanonymous.
If there appears to be animmediate threat to thehealth and safety of thepublic or the occupant, andthe owner/occupant doesnot allow the inspector in-side the building, a war-rant can be obtained to en-ter the house or structure.
Beyond Crocker’s case,the Inspections depart-ment regularly enforcesthe code for new and exist-ing structures, which wasenacted decades ago,Robertson said.
Years before the town of Smithfield was founded,a merchant from Hampton arrived here and bought300 acres of land.
The land was called Goose Hill, for reasons un-known, and later renamed Pierceville after the mer-chant, Thomas Pierce.
The house, built around 1730, still stands and isone of the town’s oldest buildings.
Pierce was prosperous and, according to an oldwill book, his estate included a backgammon tableand box, china punch bowls, china tea cups and sau-cers, silver teaspoons and a tea table, Damask table-cloth and napkins and more.
Pierce also owned eight slaves and kept a con-siderable amount of cash in his house.
Adjoining his house was a small shop with quan-tities of calico, Indian cottons, Persian cottons, shirtbuttons, thimbles and eight coarse felt hats.
His son, Thomas Pierce II, inherited the propertywhen the older man died in 1740. The son also pros-pered and soon owned all the property lying behindand adjoining the lots on the north side of MainStreet, now known as Riverview, along with a wharfand warehouse on the Pagan River.
Pierce II died between 1783 and 1795, and his son,Thomas Pierce III, inherited the estate. But PierceIII built and lived in “The Grove,” now located atthe corner of Grace and Mason streets.
Eventually the family moved on and the proper-ties were sold.
Today, Mary Emma Delk Crocker lives in theformer “Pierceville” house, where she was born andhas spent her entire life. Her father, A. Merritt Delk,ran a dairy farm on the property that now lies nextto the former Isle of Wight Health Department.
The buildings on the property are considered tobe among the most historic in Smithfield.
Members of the Colonial Williamsburg Founda-tion once studied the old barns for early Americanconstruction techniques.
The town considers the Dutch-roofed farmhouseto have landmark status in terms of its Historic Dis-trict designation.
According to a report by the United States De-partment of the Interior, the Pierceville house, withits English basement and nine-sash windows, is a“good example of mid-eighteenth century gambrelroofed farmhouse construction.”Editor’s note: Most of the information for the storycame from “Smithfield: A Pictorial History” by SegarCofer Dashiell.
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
The issue surroundingMary Delk Crocker’s houseisn’t the first for those own-ing historic houses in thetown of Smithfield.
In order to protect itshistoric homes and obtainHistoric District statuswith the Virginia Depart-ment of Historic Re-sources, the town enactedan ordinance in 1979 re-
By Diana McFarlandNews editor
The Isle of Wight Boardof Supervisors will ask thegovernor to submit anamendment to a Sundayhunting bill that would al-low localities to ban hunt-ing on Sundays.
The ability to hunt onSunday on private prop-erty, with certain restric-tions, passed the House andSenate and is now awaiting
Supers want to control Sunday huntinga signature from Gov. TerryMcAuliffe.
“No one likes it, so Idon’t understand,” saidWindsor Supervisor DeeDee Darden of HB 1237.
The bill was opposed bymany local landowners, aswell as groups such as theVirginia Farm Bureau Fed-eration and the VirginiaHunting Dog Alliance.Other localities, such asDinwiddie County, passed a
resolution against Sundayhunting.
The Virginia Depart-ment of Game and InlandFisheries Board pushed forthe bill as a way to increasehunting license sales,which have declined in re-cent years.
In Virginia, however, lo-cal ordinances cannot bestricter than state law sincethe commonwealth is a“Dillon Rule” state.
Under the new Sundayhunting law, private land-owners must provide writ-ten permission that it is OKto hunt on their propertyon Sundays. Failure to ob-tain permission is a classthree misdemeanor.
Private landowners canrefuse to let hunters hunton Sundays, but opponentscontend that individual po-licing of private propertyagainst unauthorized hunt-
ers could be difficult andtime-consuming.
The bill does not applyto public lands.
Currently, there aremany localities in Virginiathat have obtained specialhunting restrictions as op-posed to the rest of thestate.
For example, there is noearly muzzle-loading sea-son in the cities of Chesa-peake, Virginia Beach or
Suffolk east of the DismalSwamp line.
Isle of Wight Countyalso has several publiclyowned properties that it al-lows local hunt clubs to use.
The county will have todecide whetherto allowSunday hunting on thoseproperties, Darden said.
Tradition holds that theban on hunting on Sundaycame along with other so-called Sunday “blue laws.”
quiring owners of certainhouses to maintain thebuildings to minimum Vir-ginia building code stan-dards.
Crocker’s house, builtaround 1730, qualifies assuch a structure.
The ordinance, passedat the urging of formertown manager Col. ElsieHarris Jr., allowed the townto protect buildings thatwere considered essential
“There’s nothing uniqueabout that aspect of it,”Robertson said.
When asked how manysingle family occupiedhomes had been inspected— on the inside and outside— under the maintenancecode, as in Crocker’s case,Robertson said Inspectionsdoes not track that type ofinformation. Answeringthat question would re-quire extensive research,he said, adding that thecounty did use the code onanother house inSmithfield.
The Uniform BuildingCode and the VirginiaMaintenance Code were de-signed to “facilitate themaintenance, rehabilita-tion, development and re-use of existing buildings atthe least possible cost toensure the protection ofthe public health, safetyand welfare,” according tothe code.
Overall, the purpose ofthe Maintenance Code is to“protect the health, safetyand welfare of the resi-dents of the Common-wealth of Virginia, pro-vided that buildings andstructures should be per-mitted to be maintained atthe least possible cost con-sistent with recognized
to the district. The conceptthat governs maintenanceon important structures is“demolition by neglect.”
The ordinance got itsfirst test in 1982, when thetown decided to file an in-junction in Isle of WightCounty Circuit Courtagainst Dr. Rea Parker,who, according to the town,was allowing his home todeteriorate by neglect.
Parker owned the houselocated at the corner ofMason and Main streets.
Parker challenged thetown’s authority to requiremaintenance by allegingthat the town ordinanceoverstepped the authoritygranted by the General As-sembly, and thus was un-constitutional.
However, Circuit CourtJudge James C. Godwin Jr.ruled in 1983 that the ordi-
Pierceville’s construction predates the town ofSmithfield.
Staff Photo by Diana McFarland
Town attempts to protect its Historic District
nance was constitutionaland thus enforceable.
Smithfield’s ordinancewas the first in Virginia toinclude the concept knownas “demolition by neglect.”It holds that the owner of al a n d m a rk - d e s i g n a t e dbuilding cannot allow it to
be destroyed by neglect.In 1985, the court or-
dered Parker to paint thebuilding and make otherrepairs to prevent its futuredeterioration.
Ironically, the townagain pursued the owner ofthe Parker house in 2006 —
this time owned by JeffreyStark. The house had sus-tained damage to its dor-mers and chimney duringHurricane Isabel in 2003.
When the town finallytook the case to court, Starkbegan making the repairs.
The town maintains aprocess in which it moni-tors its “landmark” homeswithin the historic district.
Violators are initiallysent a “friendly” letter,which if ignored, is fol-lowed with a certified letterthat threatens legal action.Those that fail to heed thecertified letter are facedwith the possibility of go-ing to court.
Houses located in thehistoric district are desig-nated non-contributing,contributing or landmark.Pierceville is considered alandmark building.
standards of health, safety,energy conservation andwater conservation, includ-ing provisions necessary toprevent overcrowding, ro-dent or insect infestation,and garbage accumulation;and barrier-free provisionsfor the physically handi-capped and aged.”
The code sections re-ferred to by the county inits list of repairs providesgeneral requirements forstructures, such as “thestructure shall be free fromdeterioration, as well asfire safety and mechanical
and electric elements.”The county asked
Crocker to repair the roof,exterior walls and open-ings to be watertight; fixthe exterior windows;paint the house and havedeteriorated structural ele-ments replaced.
Inside the house,Crocker was asked to makethe interior doors operable,properly install and protectsurface-mounted electricalwiring, install a smoke de-tector and remove all stor-age items from all ingressand egress areas.
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SECOND FRONTFeb. 26, 2014 Page 11
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Communitycalendar
• See CALENDAR p. 12
By Abby ProchStaff writer
Branden Aubuchonpicked up his smartphone, tapped a few
buttons and within seconds,friend and business partnerConnor Montgomery poppedonto the screen.
Branden, in his T-shirt andjeans, and Connor, in a businesssuit, were ready to talk abouttheir new computer business.
Both are 14.Branden, a Smithfield Middle
School eighth grader, andConnor, an online school studentliving in Colorado, met like manytechies meet — online.
The two are computer engi-neers in the making who havelaunched an unnamed company— it was Project 64 until fears ofcopyright infringement on theNintendo 64 gaming system madethem back off.
The boys’ company specializesin building a computer operatingsystem that they hope will meldthe gaming capacity of Windows,the simplicity of Macintosh andthe networking and hardcorecomputing capabilities of Linux.
Plus, they’re adding their owntwist that will cater to computergurus like themselves — but
they’re not keen on sharing thedetails just yet.
Branden and his partner usean online image creation toolcalled SUSE Studio to build theirown operating system.
They’ve also developed a yet-unpublished mobile phone appfor their company and have“hired” other kids for things likedeveloping the company’s logo.
Progress comes slow but surein this industry and often comeswith a few failures.
“It may look simple, but you’vegot to know what you’re doing,”said Branden, navigatingthrough a series of prompts onhis Frankenstein of a desktopthat he created.
“Build and crash” is common-place, said Branden.
Fourteen years old may seemyoung to be rebuilding computersand designing operating systems,but Branden has been tinkeringwith broken computers and spareparts since his toddler years.
His mother Robie saidBranden first showed interest atage two when he built a “robot”out of a toy Dirt Devil vacuum tofinish her housework so shecould play with him.
At four, she said, he startedusing, then later rebuilding, com-
Tech savvy teen builds for future
Staff Photos by Abby Proch
puters.During one rebuilding phase,
Branden took his sister’s old netbook, which he subsequentlydropped and cracked the screen,and jury-rigged it to a TV moni-tor.
As Branden continues ex-plaining the steps he and Connor
took to build their partially builtoperating system, Robie sits onthe edge of his bed, watchingover his shoulder and admittingshe doesn’t have a clue what he’stalking about.
“Stand”by Samantha Stein
Every day when I see your faceI have to find my secret hiding placeI go to school in fearBecause I know you’re hereYou put scars on my heartYou made me fall apartTears fell from my eyesBecause of all your liesYou made me feel like I didn’t matterYou made my dreams shatterBut I will take no moreYou can’t hurt me anymoreBecause I have people who care and love me forwhom I amI don’t need to you to tell me where I stand
Smithfield Middle Schooltook a stand against bullyingand practiced tolerance in twoschool-sponsored anti-bullyingactivities recently.
Students were asked to sub-mit a video, story, poem, art-work or audio clip expressinghow they feel about bullying,how they think it affects stu-dents and schools, what theyhave done to prevent bullyingor what others can do to pre-vent bullying for the school’sAnti-Bullying Contest.
The First place winner wasSamantha Stein for her “Stand”poem, and Jamila Cromartietook second and third for herTiffany’s Story Comic Strip andanti-bullying poster.
Winners received gift cardsranging from $10 to $15.
Students speak out against bullying
Samantha Stein Jamila Cromartie
The school also held a “Mix ItUp at Lunch” day where studentsmove out of their comfort zoneand connect with someone newover lunch.
“Mix It Up at Lunch” day ispart of a national campaignlaunched by Teaching Tolerancea decade ago and encourages stu-dents to identify, question andcross social boundaries.
In a survey conducted byTeaching Tolerance, studentshave identified the cafeteria asthe place where divisions aremost clearly drawn.
Studies have shown that inter-actions across group lines canhelp reduce prejudice and helpend bullying.
Students and staff also woreorange in support the anti-bully-ing campaign.
Smithfield Middle School students “mix it up” at lunch as away to cross social boundaries.
Thursday, Feb. 27
STORMWATER SESSION— Isle ofWight County staff will provideinformation and answer questionsabout the stormwater managementprogram, Thursday, Feb. 27, 6:30p.m., First Gravel Hill BaptistChurch.
Saturday, March 1
SPAGHETTI AND SONG—TheSmithfield High School ChoralBooster Club spaghetti and songdinner is Sunday, March 1, 6 p.m.,Smithfield Middle School Cafeteria.Tickets: Adults $10/ Children age6 and under are $5. All proceedswill benefit the chorus.
WATERCOLOR CLASSES— VirginiaWatercolor Society member KarenWilliams will teach students thebasics of watercolor paintingtechniques Wednesdays, March 5,12, 19 and 26, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30p.m. at the Arts Center @ 319.Cost: $60 for members, $80 non-members. Register by March 1.Info: 357-7707.
Sunday, March 2
PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS—Photography instructor Shirley M.Whitenack is offering “Get Morefrom Your Camera,” Sunday, March1, 1 – 5 p.m. at the Arts Center @319. Cost: $45 for members; $65for nonmembers. Contact: 357-7707.
SKATE FOR A CURE—Skate for aCure, a fundraiser for triplenegative breast cancer, is Sunday,March 2, 5 - 7 p.m., SmithfieldSkate. Triple negative breastcancer is aggressive and strikesyounger women and black womenmore frequently. Info: 212-677-5770 [email protected].
Wednesday, March 5
DAR MEETING—The ColonelWilliam Allen Chapter of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution luncheon meeting willbe held Wednesday, March 5, 11a.m., Smithfield Station. Guestspeaker will be Jill Russellpresenting “GenealogicalResearch.” Info: 357-4264.
Thursday, March 6
BUDGET MEETING—The Isle ofWight County School Board willhold a special meeting presentingthe superintendent’s proposedFY15 budget, March 6, 7 p.m.,Smithfield High School auditorium.
Saturday, March 8
PORK CHOP DINNER—TheWindsor Ruritan Club will sponsora barbeque pork chop dinnerSaturday, March 8, 4:30 – 7 p.m.,Windsor Ruritan Building. Eat-in orcarry-out, $8 donation. Info: 242-3032
SKATE NIGHT—Delta 2014Debutante Rachel Judkins skatingfundraiser is Saturday, March 8,5:15 pm - 7:15 p.m., SmithfieldSkate. Advance tickets: $10/ atthe door $12. Price includes skaterental, one Chick-fil-a sandwich anddrink. Call after 6 p.m.: 813-5939.
Monday, March 10
CITIZENS MEETING—Isle of WightCitizens Association meeting isMonday, March 10, 7 p.m., SentaraSt. Luke’s building with DwightFarmer, executive director of theHampton Roads Planning DistrictCommission. Info: 357-5352.
Tuesday, March 11
FORKLIFT CLASS—Forklift andreach truck operator certificatecourse training will be held March11, 12 and 13, from 5:30 to 10p.m. at the Paul D. CampCommunity College Hobbs SuffolkCampus. Scholarships areavailable. Info: 569-6050 orwww.pdc.edu/workforce-development.
Wednesday, March 12
ACRYLIC CLASSES—Award-winningpainter Cil Barbour offersinstruction in versatile acrylicpaints and mediums during twosessions, Wednesdays, March 12and 19, 1 - 4 p.m. at the ArtsCenter @ 319. Cost; $55 formembers, $75 non-members.
Upcoming
CHAMBER EXPO— The Isle ofWight Chamber of Commercepresents its annual Chamber Expo,Wednesday, March 19, 3 - 7 p.m.
• See COMPUTERS, p. 12
Eighth grader Branden Aubuchon boots up he and partner Connor Montgomery’s custom-built operating system. The two 14-year-olds met online after finding they had the same passion for rebuilding computers and creating computer operatingsystems.
Aubuchon chats with partner Connor Montgomery, who livesin Colorado, via Skype to discuss their fledgling business.
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at The Smithfield Center. Theexpo gives local businessesan opportunity to showcasetheir products and servicesto the community. Forinformation or to reserve abooth, contact: 357-3502,[email protected] or visitwww.theisle.org.
SCHOLARSHIP—Thedeadline to apply for theCarrollton Woman’s Club$1,000 scholarship is April5. Students should contacttheir guidance counselor forapplications.
SENIOR TRIP—Isle of WightCounty Parks andRecreation’s Atlantic City,Philadelphia and New Yorksenior trip is May 18-22.This trip includes motor-coach transportation, lodgingand some meals. Price is$495 per person for doubleoccupancy. Deadline forpayment is March 18. Info:357-5959. Registration:357-2291.
NYC TRIP—Surry CountyParks and Recreation’s NewYork City trip is June 27 –30. Trip includes motor-coach transportation, threenights lodging, six meals,guided tours and a harborcruise. Info: 294-3002, ext342.
CAPE COD TRIP—SurryCounty Parks andRecreation’s Cape Cod,Plymouth and Zion UnionHeritage Museum trip isSept. 14 – 20. This tripincludes motor-coachtransportation, six nights
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lodging, 10 meals and visitsto several seaside townsand museums. Info: 294-3002, ext 342.
FITNESS CLASSES—SurryCounty Parks and Recreationwill offer the followingclasses this spring: toddlertumbling, tumbling 1, ballet,tap, Black Racer DojoKarate, Zumba and self-defense for women and girls.Info: 294-3002, ext 342.
YARD SALE—The RescueCommunity League yard saleis Saturday, March 22, 8a.m. - 1 p.m., RescueCommunity Hall. Spaces forrent: $25 inside/ $15outside. Proceeds will beused to help keep thecommunity hall open. Toreserve a space, arrange fordonation deliveries oradditional information,contact 288-6167.
4-H SIGNUPS—Youth ages 5- 18 interested inparticipating in 4-H contestsin Isle of Wight andSouthampton County Fairsmust submit enrollmentpaperwork by April 1. For 4-Hcontest guidelines visit the“What’s New” section ofhttp://offices.ext.vt.edu/isle-of-wight/ and http://offices.ext.vt.edu/southampton/. Contact:365-6258 [email protected].
Saturday, March 15
BBQ DINNER—The SurryVolunteer Fire DepartmentBoston butt sale andbarbeque dinner is March15, 5 – 7 p.m., Surry FireStation. BBQ plates; adults$7/ children $5. Bostonbutts $20, preorder at 647-8029.
Not a surprise.Branden’s language is
all but foreign, withwords like “kernel” and“boot splash” havingnothing to do with cornor rainy weather.
But Connor under-stands him.
“He’s a great partner.We’re always on the samepage no matter how longwe don’t talk,” saidBranden of Connor.
Connor returned thecompliment, sayingBranden’s fun to workwith and they have a lotin common, even theirlooks — thin, dark hairand glasses.
As many parentswould, Robie treatedBranden’s online inter-ests with skepticism atfirst.
“I don’t want him get-ting in trouble — not theFCC, not the police,” shesaid.
“I’m clean,” Brandenkiddingly persisted.
Computers• Continued from p. 11
“He’s a good kid,” sheconfided, though she doespry him from his bed-room to “go outside andget some fresh air.”
It’s not too difficult, asBranden enjoys steppingaway from the screen toimprove his BMX bikingskills and play paintballin the summer.
The trick to Branden’sinterest in anything is al-lowing him to explore itfor himself, said Robie.
“You give him aminute. He’ll look at it; hecan’t just do it,” she said.
“If you try to push meinto anything, I’ll justwalk away,” Brandenagreed.
The digital world al-lows him that conve-nience, and in exploringit for himself, Branden’sfound his calling.
“It’s our passion,” hesaid of his and Connor’soperating system project.
“We love to do it.”
Library-wideTEEN TECH WEEK—TeenTech Week at BlackwaterRegional Library is March9 – 15. Visit a local branchor www.blackwaterlib.orgto learn more.
SmithfieldTAX PREP—The UP Centerof Southeastern HamptonRoads is offering free taxprep with IRS-certifiedprofessionals every Fridayin February and March, 1 –4 p.m. No age or incomerestrictions. Walk-ins only.Call: 357-2264.
KNITTING—Ongoingknitting and crochetinggroup, Knit at Night, meetsthe second and fourthWednesday each month at7 p.m.
STORY TIME—Ages 2-3 onWednesdays, 10:30 a.m.;ages 4-5 on Thursdays,10:30 a.m.
CarrolltonSILVER YOGA—JeannineCarroll from the SmithfieldYMCA hosts a chair yogaclass geared toward the50-plus crowd. Classesare Fridays Feb. 28 andMarch 14 and 28, 10-11a.m. First come, firstserved.
KNITTING—Knitting forbeginners is everyWednesday, 6–8 p.m.Registration required. Info:238-2641.
TUTORING—One-hourcomputer tutoring offeredthe first or third Tuesday orWednesday afternoons byappointment. Info: 238-2641.
TAX PREP—The UP Centerof Southeastern HamptonRoads is offering free taxprep with IRS-certifiedprofessionals everyThursday evening inFebruary and March. Thelibrary will be closedduring this time, but thefront doors and meeting
room will be open. No ageor income restrictions,walk-ins only. Call: 238-2641.
READING PROGRAM—Celebrate the end of thewinter reading program andDr. Seuss’s birthday,Saturday, March 1, 11 a.m.- noon. Infants through age6 are invited to enjoysnacks, a movie and crafts.Registration required.
SCIENCE SATURDAY—Learn how scientists solvemysteries with evidencefound at crime scenesduring Science Saturday,March 8, 11 a.m. Ages 5-10, registration required.
ORGANIC GARDENING—Janet Spencer, Isle of WightCounty extension agent, willspeak about organicgardening Tuesday, March25, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.Registration required.
WindsorSTORY TIME—Ages 2-5,Tuesdays, 10:45 a.m.
FRIENDS—Friends of theLibrary meet the secondMonday of each month at 6p.m.
BOOK CLUB—The bookclub meets the thirdTuesday of every month at7 p.m. Registration notrequired.
•Windsor Planning Com-mission, 7 p.m., Wednesday,Feb. 26, Windsor MunicipalBuilding, 8 E. WindsorBlvd., 242-6218•Dendron Town Council,Monday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.,town municipal building,2855 Rolfe Highway. 267-2508.
•Smithfield TownCouncil, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday,March 4, The SmithfieldCenter, 220 N. Church St.,365-4200•Claremont TownCouncil, 7:30 p.m.,Wednesday, March 5, towncenter, 4115 Spring GroveAve., 866-4827
A team from the Isle of Wight County Sheriff’sOffice raised more than $3,400 for the SpecialOlympics by participating recently in the PolarPlunge in Virginia Beach. The water temperaturewas 40 degrees, and the air temperature was 35degrees. Pictured, left to right: Deputy JoshBunch, Deputy Joseph Hopko, Lt. James Popeand Deputy Ryan Acey. Not pictured: DeputyJason Brinkley, Deputy Kris Coughlin, DeputyJoseph Hopko, Capt. Joey Willard andadministrative assistant Christina Kearney.
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Smithfield’s own risingopera singer, baritoneAdam Richardson, returnsto Hampton Roads inMarch to perform withLyric Opera of Virginia inWilliamsburg, Richmondand Virginia Beach.
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Performances of LyricOpera’s “La Vie deBoheme,” a program ofhighlights from Puccini’sopera, “La Boheme,” willbe Friday, March 14, 8 p.m.at the Kimball Theatre inWilliamsburg; Saturday,March 15, 8 p.m. at theModlin Center for the Arts/University of Richmond inRichmond; and Sunday,March 16, 2:30 p.m. at the
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Richardson sang in theVirginia Opera chorus dur-ing high school and, whileat Juilliard, sang roles inPuccini’s “GianniSchicchi” and Poulenc’s“Dialogues desCarmelites.” He also par-ticipated in the inauguralJuilliard/Metropolitan Op-era collaboration produc-tion of Smetana’s “Bar-tered Bride,” conducted byJames Levine. As part ofCincinnati Opera’s Resi-dent Artist Touring Pro-gram in 2012, he performedthe roles of Jake/Porgy in“Porgy and Bess” and theWolf in Barab’s “Little RedRiding Hood.”
Most recently,Richardson has sung roleswith Opera Santa Barbara,Flatrock Playhouse andBroward Stage Door The-atre. This year, he partici-pated in an internationaland U.S. concert tour wherehe debuted with the Ameri-
can Spiritual Ensemble asa soloist. While in Europe,he sang at the Wexford Op-era House, The RoyalDublin Society, The Ameri-can Cathedral in Paris andthe La Folle Journee Festi-val in Nantes, France.
Richardson is a YoungArtist with Lyric Opera ofVirginia during its 2013-2014 season.
He has received awardsfrom Harlem Opera The-atre, the National Societyof Arts and Letters and theLotte Lenya Competition.
“Coastal Virginia”magazine (formerly“Hampton Roads Maga-zine”) held its third annualTop Teachers competitionand recognized two Isle ofWight County teachers assome of the best in the area.
Hardy ElementarySchool second gradeteacher Brandy Robbinsand Smithfield High Schoolband instructor Aaron Hillearned the distinction.
In a Q&A in themagazine’s February issue,Robbins, a 16-year educator,said her most importantlesson learned is to be flexible.
Robbins credited beingable to teach in the sameschool system in which sheattended as one reason for
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portant lesson learned isthe more autonomy helends to his students, themore they learn.
Curtis J. Lycke ofCarrollton and PatyenceP. Green of Smithfieldwere among the 346 stu-dents to receive diplomasduring Averett
University’s Dec. 14 com-mencement. Lycke gradu-ated with a master of busi-ness administration degreethrough the University’sGraduate and Professional
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The Smithfield DebateTeam finished their regu-lar season by winning thefinal Peninsula DebateLeague and TidewaterDebate League tourna-ments of the season.
At the PDL on Feb. 8,first place trophies werewon by Grace Reon (Lin-coln Douglas), SydneyTaylor (JV Lincoln Dou-glas) and Ashley Deese
Members of the Smithfield High School debate team. Back row, left toright: Sydney Taylor, Mason Miles, Xavier Sivels and Meghan Grumbling;front row, left to right: Sabrina McAllister, Michelle Puryear, JamieGraham, Grace Reon and Ashley Deese.
(Congress). The TDL, heldat Smithfield on Feb. 15,was more competitive withthe Packers edging outpowerhouse First ColonialHigh School of VirginiaBeach 32-30 in sweepstakes.
Leading the Packerswith division titles werethe team of KimberlyMarchant and ShelbyGandee (Public Forum) andJessica Gates (JV Lincoln
Douglas), while Reon(Lincoln Douglas) andthe team of Mason Milesand Jordan Hogge(Policy) took runner-upspots in their divisions.
The win gaveSmithfield strong mo-mentum going into thepost-season. TheSmithfield debate teamhad its conference meetat Smithfield Feb. 25.
SHS debate wins league tourney
The Smithfield PoliceDepartment earned dis-tinction as a nationalaward winner for its out-standing participation inthe 30th anniversary of theNational Night Out forcrime, drug and violenceprevention.
The Smithfield Policepresented the award to theSmithfield Town Council atits February meeting andacknowledged the effortsof the police department,
as well as the SmithfieldCommunity Crime Preven-tion Team and the LuterFamily YMCA.
The Night Out event washeld Aug. 6 at the LuterFamily YMCA with games,snacks and meet-and-greets.
Across the country, Na-tional Night Out involved37.8 million people in 16,124communities from all 50states.
According to Crime Pre-
vention Specialist KurtBeach, the basis of thenewfound success is due toa Town Council resolutionin 2012 to participate in theVirginia Department ofCriminal Justice CertifiedCrime Prevention Commu-nity program.
Beach said the 2013 Na-tional Night Out will con-tribute toward achievingCertified Crime PreventionCommunity certification,projected for 2014.
National Night Out award
LAND TRANSFERS
Isle of Wight CountySchools hosted its first di-vision-wide Science, Tech-nology, Engineering andMath (STEM) Fair atWestside ElementarySchool on Feb. 11.
Students from WindsorMiddle School, SmithfieldMiddle School andWestside ElementarySchool conducted scientificresearch in the areas ofchemistry, environmentalscience, life science, phys-ics, engineering, technol-ogy and mathematics.
“It is our hope that stu-dents who participate inour division STEM fair willdevelop a life-long passionand interest in these sub-jects that will inspire, en-courage, and prepare themfor careers as leaders in theworkforce of the future,”said Tina Manglicmot, Co-ordinator of K12 Math andScience Curriculum & In-tervention.
During the fair, students
had the opportunity to ex-hibit and discuss theirprojects with over 25 judgesand evaluators fromacademia and industry. Thefollowing students werejudged as winners:
Isle of Wight County Schools’ Coordinator of K12 Math and ScienceCurriculum & Intervention Tina Manglicmot, Pat Smith (first place inChemistry), Raina Hempley (first place in Plant Sciences) and SmithfieldMiddle School Principal Jeff Mordica. To see more pictures of the projects,visit www.iwcs.k12.va.us.
STEM fair winners
The following landtransfers were filed in De-cember in Isle of Wight Cir-cuit Court.
Deborah J. Patrick toRoger E. Meyer, 6.976 acres,Arcand Family Property,$428,000.
Elaine Newby to BBBailey Realty and Apprais-als, lot 20, SmithfieldHeights, $49,500.
Ronald R. Toht Jr. toOverland Llc, lot 45, QueenAnnes Court, $99,000.
Wayne T. Edwards toGwaltney Lee Edwards Jr.,1.1 acres, Route 621, $93,334.
Holland Meadows Inc toDavid Kyle Dougherty, lot51, Holland Meadows,$248,395.
Holland Meadows Inc toAlton Eugene Cole, lot 78,Holland Meadows, $249,900.
GMAC Mortgage LLC toSecretary of Veterans Af-fairs, parcel 1, Mary H.Stephens Property,$159,300.
Jo Ann ByrumUnderwood to JefferyByrun, interest 184.2 acres,Byrum Property, $75,000.
Richard B. Thomas toBenjamin J. Phillips, lot 85,Founders Pointe, $97,500.
Founders Pointe LLC toSasser Construction LC, lot221, Founders Pointe,$97,500.
Cassandra L. Washburnto Isle of Wight County,$7,050.
Secretary of Housingand Urban to MichaelCarta, Route 258, KennethPretlow Property, $130,000.
Francis XavierDilorenzo to BennettsCreek Wholesale Nursey,12.99 acres and 10 acres,Route 600, $1,021,7000.
Federal National Mort-gage Association to SugarHill Road LLC, $60,000.
NVR Inc. to ChristopherD. Agle, lot 24, Eagle Har-bor, $398,966.
NVR Inc. to Brandy E.Elliott, lot 8, Eagle Harbor,$420,096.
NVR Inc. to Richard K.Zuerlein, lot 82, Eagle Har-bor, $393,573.
LR Hill Custom Buildersto Jeffery S. Robinson, lot134, Wellington Park,$414,900.
Donald R. Suttle toGerald H. Mulder, 3.667acres, Jenkins Road,$19,000.
Farris D. Rose to RobertA Kurowski, 20 acres,Route 260, Lotz Realty Co.Inc Property, $460,000.
Eugene Blizzard Branchto Howard L. Blackwell Jr.,lot 11, Sykes Property,$25,000.
US Bank National Asso-ciation to John T. Phillips,.983 acres, WC SawyerPlumbing Inc Property,$52,500.
Mark A. Deese to JamesJ. Patrie, 1.23 acres, JamesRiver Shores, $362,000.
Norma H. Burks toStephen B. Atchely, partCrozier Tract, Route 670,$280,000.
NVR Inc. to Brooke L.Vaughan, lot 146, EagleHarbor, $318,990.
Cynthia L. Wood toHollis G. Glover, lot 39, As-pen Woods, $278,875.
Tony C. Griffin to JesseW. Wyatt, lot 10, Eagle Har-bor, $250,000.
Secretary of VeteransAffairs to Braden L. Over-man, lot 37, WindsorWoods, $334,100.
NVR Inc. to Michael M.Walker, lot 84, Eagle Har-bor, $402,001.
CMH Homes Inc. to Rob-ert H. Rice Jr., lot 8, CentralHill, $174,900.
Eagle Harbor LLC toNVR Inc., lot 133, EagleHarbor, $86,500.
David R. Stafford toJames Tatarka, lot 4, CarlBeale Property, $146,000.
Federal National Mort-gage Association to JustinM. Sweatman, lot 104,Wellington Park, $294,900.
NVR Inc. to TorranceHoulihan, lot 52, Eagle Har-bor, $417,343.
Brain Haigler to KaitlynMeredith Sadler, 3 acres,Days Point Land CompanyProperty, $235,000.
Smithfield ManorTownhomes LLC toMaureen FrancesMcCallum, lot 27,Smithfield ManorTownhomes, $205,900.
Secretary of Housingand Urban to KarlaSanchez, 1.202 acres, Route653, $87,000.
Peter P. McMahon Jr. toLarry F. Ardelji, lot 17,Carisbrooke, $247,300.
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Eleanor P. Schwartz toCharlie E. Perry, 1 acre,$100,687.50
Joel M. Kirshon to Will-iam L. McSheffrey, Route460, Village Zuni, $70,000.
Carlesi ConstructionInc. to Mark Levine, lot 39,Founders Pointe, $445,080.
Joseph A. Kimbel toSundee Kathryn Mullen,lot 4, Wrenns Mill, $179,900.
Joseph A. Kimbel toSundee Kathryn Mullen,lot 5, Wrenns Mill, $0.
Secretary of VeteransAffairs to James F. Pape,1.026 acres, Sand Pit Road,$39,000.
Margaret K. White toJohn B. Clontz, lot 8, Manx
Estates, $264,000.Federal Home Loan
Mortgage to Gerald L.Duncan, 2.398 acres,Charles R Edwards,$140,500.
Jeremy E. Ringpis to Ri-chard A. Donlavage, lot 49,Cannon Acres, $175,000.
David A. Wells to AaronL. Johnons, 1.1658 acres,Paul A. White, $180,000.
Sasser Construction LCto John D. Allen, lot 207,Founders Pointe, $506,430.
Peter A. Deibig to JohnPatrick Fitzgerald, lot 135,Scots Landing, $365,000.
Newport News Ship-building to Bradley T. Jack-son, lot 33, Longview Acres,
$235,000.Jean Edna Jones to
Timothy S. Ehasz, 5.63acres, Route 10, $155,000.
NVR Inc. to YvetteHarrison, lot 83, Eagle Har-bor, $403,505.
Federal National Mort-gage Association to PaulRoberts, lot 2, Cecil W.Gwaltney Subdivision,$38,000.
Federal Home LoanMortgage to Gregory Gray,lot 46, Moone Plantation,$195,000.
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SPORTSFeb. 26, 2014 Page 16
Smithfield High Schoolsenior Jordon Garlow be-came the Packers’ firststate 4A wrestling cham-pion last week in Salem.
The team also placedthird in the state tourney.
Garlow defeated hisSherando opponent in the170 pound weight classwith a pin in the first pe-riod, and finished his sea-son 49-5.
Garlow has alreadysigned on to wrestle for theCoker College Cobras inthe fall.
The Packers advancedfour wrestlers to the statetournament after placingthird in the regional tour-nament. They were seniorsCarter Page and NickKennedy and sophomoreRoss Manfield.
Freshmen Stan
Garlow first SHS state wrestling championPackers place third at state,regional tournaments
Photo Courtesy of Barbara Garlow
Smeltzer and Tyler Sharonplaced second and third,respectively, in the regionalmeet.
At the state champion-ship, Garlow (170 lbs.) wonby major decision overMillbrook and then pinnedhis King George opponentin the semi-finals to set-upthe state final matchagainst the number-oneNorthern Region seedwrestler from Sherando.
“Going into the match,we didn’t know a lot aboutthe Sherando wrestlerother than his record was46-1. The plan was to openwith a collar tie and wristto see how he reacted. Inthe tie, Jordon felt his op-ponent lower his level andpush setting up his signa-ture feet-to-back pin. Themoment they hit the mat,
we knew Jordon had him —it was just locked so tight,and three seconds later thereferee called the fall at 1:13in first period,” said coachJohn Swartz.
“The entire Smithfieldteam and fans jumped totheir feet as Jordon becamethe school’s first statechampion, also finishinghis high school career as atwo-time state qualifier anda two-time state place win-ner,” Swartz said.
Page finished in secondplace and finished his highschool wrestling career asa three-time state qualifierand two-time state placewinner. Carter plans to at-tend Arizona State Univer-sity in the fall.
Kennedy finished in sec-ond place and finished hishigh school wrestling ca-
reer as a three-time statequalifier and three-timestate place winner.
Manfield lost a close 0-2decision to the number-oneNorthern Region seedwrestler and senior from
John Handley. Manfield fin-ished the season with a 40-6 record.
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Smithfield High School senior Jordon Garlow, left, took third in the regionaltournament and went on to place first at the state level.
By Abby ProchStaff writer
Top-seeded Grafton shotoff to a sizeable lead overthe Packers in the firstquarter and never relin-quished.
The Packers fell 70-34 tothe Clippers in the Confer-ence 19 championship.
Smithfield came off a 51-45 win over Tabb to facefirst-place Grafton.
Grafton gained the leadearly, outscoring the Pack20-6 in the first quarter. Inthe second quarter therewas much of the same, andthe Clippers headed intohalftime with a comfort-able 38-15 lead.
The second half provedno better for the Packers,though they made a mea-surable improvement inthe third quarter, fallingjust behind Grafton, 15-11.
Grafton pulled away inthe final quarter, however,and won their fourthstraight championship, fol-lowing the previous threein the Bay Rivers Districttournaments.
They moved on to the 4ARegion South quarterfinalsagainst Hanover Tuesdaynight.
Part of Grafton’s wincame as a result of teammembers making 60 per-cent of their free throws
and field goal attempts.The Packers lagged a
bit, making 53 percent ofthe free throws but only 22percent of their field goalshots.
Chris Pierce led thePackers with 11 points, fol-lowed by Ryan Jones with7.
And though the Packcommitted just nine turn-overs, the Clippers capital-ized on rebounds, nabbing34 total — 29 of those ondefense.
Clipper Joey Miller ledhis team to victory with 23points, backed by AdamKing with 11.
Lady Packers lose regional bidSHS boys basketball endsseason with loss to Grafton
Wmsburg Christian flattens IWAIsle of Wight Academy
fell flat against theWilliamsburg ChristianAcademy Eagles, who pum-meled the Chargers 85-26 inthe first round of the MetroAthletic Conference Tour-nament Thursday night.
Williamsburg Christianquickly outpaced IWA,scoring 23 to IWA’s 5 pointsin the first quarter.
The Eagles performedequally as good in the sec-ond quarter, entering half-time up 60-13.
IWA never recoveredfrom the first half and putup single-digit points in thethird and fourth quarters.
To reach the playoff
tournament, IWA defeatedAlliance Christian Acad-emy 61-48 in the game onFeb. 18.
This was the third timeIWA beat Alliance Chris-tian this year.
The Chargers got a ca-reer-first double-doublefrom junior Adam Webb,who scored 16 points andgrabbed 13 rebounds.
Teammate Josh Dardenhad 12 points and 10 re-bounds; Bryce Casey had 14points and 10 rebounds.
The Falcons were pacedby Dominique Corprew’s 21points; Myron Prescottsnagged 17 rebounds.
IWA jumped out to a 33-
15 first-half lead. In thethird quarter, Alliancechallenged, scoring thefirst 11 points of the thirdquarter to cut the Chargerlead to 33-26 with 5:02 left inthe quarter. IWA shut downthe Alliance offense,outscoring the Falcons 15-8 over the next 5 minutes.
With the IWA reservesseeing significant playingtime in the fourth quarter,Alliance outscored theChargers 14-13, but couldnot erase the accrued deficit.
By Abby ProchStaff writer
A dry third quarterproved to be theSmithfield Lady Packers’downfall, as the GraftonClippers narrowly beatthem in the Conference19 championship, 53-48.
A back and forthbattle ensued early on,though Smithfieldstumbled slightly in thethird quarter.
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Smithfield encountereda 7-point deficit, its largestof the evening, entering thefourth quarter.
In the fourth, the trio ofJackie Jordan, Jamilla Jor-dan and Jordan Brooksmounted a comeback, atone point tying the Clip-pers 45-45.
Grafton widened thelead on four free throws,but Smithfield answeredwith three of their own to
make it 49-48.Grafton kept the lead
on two more free throwsand the clock wounddown.
Smithfield finishedthe bout with 35 re-bounds, but committed 19turnovers,
Jackie Jordan led thePack with 14 points,backed by Jamilla Jordanand Brooks with 11apiece.
Isle of Wight Academy’sJV boys team saw a turn-around season end Feb. 17in a Metro Athletic Confer-ence Tournament semi-fi-nal, to Williamsburg Chris-tian 34-33.
IWA’s three gamesagainst Williamsburg thisyear were decided by a to-
JV Chargers lose 34-33tal of 8 points.
The Chargers were ledby Rylee Will-iams’ game-high 12 points.
The Eagles advanced tothe conference tournamentchampionship Tuesdayagainst Atlantic Shores.
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TOWN OF SMITHFIELDEMPLOYMENT NOTICE
LABORER
The Town of Smithfield is now accepting applications for a full time Laborer for the Public Works Department. Starting salary begins at $21,995 DOQ plus excellent benefits. Duties include: performing a combination of manual labor and light equipment operation for the purpose of maintaining or repairing town properties, streets, public facilities and utility system components. Must be able to operate a variety of hand and power tools in the performance of assigned tasks including mowers, chain saws, shovels, brooms, edgers, etc.
This position requires 40 hours per week, presently Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. High School diploma or GED preferred; supplemented by 5 to 11 months of previous experience. A valid driver’s license is required. Closing Date: Friday, March 14th 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
A Town of Smithfield employment application is required and is available at the Department of Planning, Engineering and Public Works located at 310 Institute Street in historic downtown Smithfield or can be downloaded from the town website at www.smithfieldva.gov. Online applications will not be considered.
Mail all job applications to: Sonja Eubank, Office Manager, Department of Public Works, P.O. Box 246, Smithfield, Virginia 23431.The Town of Smithfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
TOWN OF SMITHFIELDEMPLOYMENT NOTICE
MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANor MECHANIC
The Town of Smithfield is now accepting applications for a full time Maintenance Technician or Mechanic (DOQ) for the Public Works Department. Beginning salary is $28,072 for Maintenance Technician or $30,949 for Mechanic plus excellent benefits. Duties for Maintenance Technician include: repairing water leaks/pipes maintaining sewage pump stations and operating a variety of hand and power tools and light equipment. Must be available for on call rotation on a regular basis. Duties for Mechanic include all of the above plus installing and reading meters and repair and rebuilding sewage pumps.
This position requires 40 hours per week, presently Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.High School diploma or GED preferred; supplemented by 1 to 2 years of previous experience.A valid CDL license is required. Position open until filled.
A town employment application may be obtained at 310 Institute Street, Smithfield Virginia, 23430 or may be downloaded from our website at www.smithfieldva.gov. All applications must be returned to Department of Public Works (at above address), Attn: Sonja Eubank. Contact 757-365-4272 with any questions. The Town of Smithfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Tyler Lee Van selow, (2014010) has applied for approximately 250 -+ acres of oyster planting ground in James River near Rainbow Farms Point situated in Isle of Wight City/County and described as follows:
North by: Green PF20137East by: Burton PF14417; vacantSouth by: MLWWest by: Vacant Lat/Long: N37-00 .25 1 9 W 7 6-33.5451Send comments or con-cerns to:Mar ine Resources Commission, Engineer-ing/Surveying Depart-ment 2600 Washington Ave., 3rd Floor, New-port News, VA 23607
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NOTICE OF OYSTER GROUND APPLICA-TION
Tyler Lee Van selow and Vivian Lee Van Selow, (2014011) has applied for approximately 250 -+ acres of oyster plant-ing ground in James River near Rainbow Farms situated in Isle of Wight City/County and described as follows:
North by: Reel Fishin' PF's 19279 & 19278; Al len appl ica t ion; Blount PF14939, Bur-ton 7572; Battery Park 7753; Carter 20338; Ballard 14614; Green 20259East by: VacantSouth by: MLWWest by: Carter PF19965Lat/Long: N36-59 .61 0 2 W 7 6-32.3709Send comments or con-cerns to:Mar ine Resources Commission, Engineer-ing/Surveying Depart-ment 2600 Washington Ave., 3rd Floor, New-port News, VA 23607
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Tyler Lee Van selow and John Rodney Van selow, (2014012) has applied for approxi-mately 230 -+ acres of oyster planting ground in James River near Ballard Marsh situ-ated in Isle of Wight City/County and de-scribed as follows:
North by: Burton PF19703, Pocomoke Snd PF12666, Bur-ton PF16185; Brown PF20515; Haydon 12768; Drewer 5562; Stoup 18947 & 14919East by: Burton PF14417; Pocomoke Snd PF12668; Burton PF16184; VacantSouth by: MLWWest by: Vacant Lat/Long: N36-58 .68 4 6 W 7 6-31.3693Send comments or con-cerns to:Mar ine Resources Commission, Engineer-ing/Surveying Depart-ment 2600 Washington Ave., 3rd Floor, New-port News, VA 23607
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHT
COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHT, VIRGINIA,
Plaintiff,
v. Civil Action No. 14-119
ROBERT A. HOLLO-WAY, JR., et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER OF PUBLI-CATION
The Plaintiff filed this suit pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3965, et seq., to enforce its delinquent tax liens against the following real estate standing in the name of Robert A. Holloway, Jr.: Tax Map No.: 20-01-053C Brief Descrip-tion: LT 3 MARY E HOLLOWAY An affidavit having been filed that the Plain-tiff used due diligence to locate the unknown heirs, devisees and suc-cessors in interest of Defendants Ida Hollo-way, Artis Ingram and Charles W. Holloway, but without effect; that the last post office ad-dresses of the unknown heirs, devisees and suc-cessors in interest of Ida Holloway, Artis Ingram and Charles W. Holloway are un-known; that the Plain-tiff served Defendant Robert A. Holloway, Jr. by Service of Process on the Secretary of the Commonwealth at his last known address of 1926 Skywood Street, Brea, CA 92821 and has used due diligence to ascertain any other location for him, but without effect; and that there may be others who have an interest in the property whose names and addresses are unknown, those claiming through the aforementioned parties, all such persons made defendants as “Parties Unknown.”It is ORDERED that this Order be published at least once a week for two successive weeks in the Smithfield Times, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in Isle of Wight, Virginia, and that the parties named herein appear at 9 a.m. March 19, 2014, in the Isle of Wight Circuit Court Clerk's Office and do what may be neces-sary to protect their respective interests.Entered this 20th day of February 2014. TESTE: Sharon N. Jones, Clerk
By Laura E. Smith.DC
James J. Reid, Esq., VSB No. 45796DAVID, KAMP & FRANK, L.L.C.739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 105Newport News, VA 23606 Phone: (757) 595-4500/ Fax: (757) 595-6723Counsel for the Plain-tiff L14-262-26/2t ————
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHT
COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHT, VIRGINIA,
Plaintiff,v. Civil Action No. 14-80
SHANNON J. HAR-RIS, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER OF PUBLI-CATION
The Plaintiff filed this suit pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3965, et seq., to enforce its delin-quent tax liens against the following real estate standing in the name of Shannon J. Harris: Tax Map No.: 21A-01-291 Brief Description: 210 Astrid Street An affidavit having been filed that the Plain-tiff used due diligence to locate the unknown heirs, devisees and suc-cessors in interest of Mary B. Carter and the unknown successor in title of Herman T. Benn, Trustee, but without effect; that the last post office addresses of the unknown heirs, devi-sees and successors in interest of Mary B. Carter and the unknown successor in title of Her-man T. Benn, Trustee are unknown; that the Plaintiff served Defen-dant Shannon J. Harris by Service of Process on the Secretary of the Commonwealth at her last known address of 5935 Magnolia Ridge, Stone Mountain, GA 30087 and has used due diligence to ascertain any other location for her, but without effect; and that there may be others who have an interest in the property whose names and ad-dresses are unknown, those claiming through the aforementioned par-ties, all such persons made defendants as “Parties Unknown.” It is OR-DERED that this Order be published at least once a week for two successive weeks in the Smithfield Times, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in Isle of Wight, Virginia, and that the parties named herein appear at 9 a.m. March 19, 2014, in the Isle of Wight Circuit Court Clerk's Office and do what may be neces-sary to protect their respective interests.Entered this 20th day of February 2014. TESTE: Sharon N. Jones, Clerk
By Laura E. Smith DC
James J. Reid, Esq., VSB No. 45796DAVID, KAMP & FRANK, L.L.C.739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 105Newport News, VA 23606Phone: (757) 595-4500/ Fax: (757) 595-6723Counsel for the Plain-tiff L14-0272-27/2t————
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHT
COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHT, VIRGINIA,
Plaintiff,
v. Civil Action No. 14-118
ISRAEL HENRY, if liv-ing, and if not, then the unknown heirs,
devisees and suc-cessors in interest of
ISRAEL HENRY, et al.,
Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLI-CATION
The Plaintiff filed this suit pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3965, et seq., to enforce its delin-quent tax liens against the following real estate standing in the name of Israel Henry: Tax Map No.: 39-01-019 Brief Descrip-tion: ON BOLLING GREEN RD LOT An affidavit having been filed that the Plain-tiff used due diligence to locate Defendant Israel Henry, if living, and if not, then the unknown heirs, devi-sees and successors in interest of Israel Henry, but without effect; that the last post office ad-dress of Israel Henry, if living, and if not, then the unknown heirs, de-visees and successors in interest of Israel Henry are unknown; that the Plaintiff used due dili-gence to locate the un-known heirs, devisees and successors in inter-est of Defendant Phyllis Simmons, but without effect; that the last post office addresses of the unknown heirs, devi-sees and successors in interest of Phyllis Sim-mons are unknown and that there may be others who have an interest in the property whose names and addresses are unknown, those claiming through the aforementioned parties, all such persons made defendants as “Parties Unknown.” It is ORDERED that this Order be published at least once a week for two successive weeks in the Smithfield Times, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in Isle of Wight, Virginia, and that the parties named herein appear at 9 a.m. March 19, 2014, in the Isle of Wight Circuit Court Clerk's Office and do what may be neces-sary to protect their respective interests.Entered this 20th day of February 2014. TESTE: Sharon N. Jones, Clerk
By Laura E. Smith DC
James J. Reid, Esq., VSB No. 45796DAVID, KAMP & FRANK, L.L.C.739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 105Newport News, VA 23606Phone: (757) 595-4500/ Fax: (757) 595-6723Counsel for the Plain-tiff L14-0282-26/2t————
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