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Charles City Public Schools First Quarter Honor Rolls 2019-2020

Charles City Elementary School Grade 3- All A’s: Cade Jenkins, Logan Jones. A/B Honor Roll: Aalaya King, Kaleb Shiflet. Grade 4- All A’s: Peyton Adkins, Isaac Blanks, Carter Sheridan, Landon Smith, Annalee Steffen. A/B Honor Roll: Mariah Black, Aiden Cash, Dalaija Cotman, Bradley Fitzgerald, Kristin Harris, Eric Moody, Steven Pryor, Brooke Richardson, Daniel Tinsley, Lawsen Vance, Riley Waldron, Colton Walizer. Grade 5- All A’s: Makaila Smith. A/B Honor Roll: Charlie Fetter, Kylea New, Jacari Reed. Grade 6- All A’s: Alexis Bradby, Nina Cannada, Alanye Greene, Jaylen Hayes, Karley Jasper, Jaelyn Locke. A/B Honor Roll: Damian Barnes Jr., Teonna Bey, Madison…
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New Kent Public Schools First Quarter Honor Rolls 2019-2020

George Watkins Elementary School Grade 3- All A’s: Allyana Aryeh, Nathan Atkins, Brayden Batkins, Jillian Bender, Lucas Berry, Riley Bonds, Adam Bryant, James Burrell IV, Nehemiah Christian, Thomas Cyrus, Cayden Dickerson, Loganne Felts, Damian Foster, Brody Goodman, Colten Hall, Ryan Harris, Ketyn James, William Keane, Matthew Long, Samuel Luck, Raelyn Marino, Harper Moore, Elizabeth O’Connor, Jaelyn Petty, Laniyah Randolph, Anna Rice, Ava Robertson, Joshua Rosser, Owen Rudd, Sidney Slosjarik, Charlestyn Steele, James Taylor III, Balin Terry, Nathan Thomas, Lula VanBourgondien, Tenley Wood, Drex Wright. A/B Honor Roll: Larry Akrie III, Hunter Blankenship, Denver Bower, Brody Boyd, Desiree Brown, Messiah Brown,…
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Editorial: Your job as a voter isn’t done just yet

Now that election season is over, your job as a voter is not done yet. Despite if the person that you voted for won or loss in this past election, as a citizen of your respective locality, you must follow up on who you voted for to make sure that he or she is doing their job correctly. During the time leading up to the election season, I receive a lot of “Letters to the Editor” that reference supporting a particular person. Even after the elections of done, letters will continue to pour in that focus on why a group…
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‘Truckster’ provides good cause during holiday season

For the last few holiday seasons, a replica of a famous movie vehicle has made its rounds in New Kent County. In a play on words, that automobile has been a vehicle to brightening the holiday season for several families in needs. The “Truckster” is a vehicle from the 1983 movie “National Lampoon’s Vacation”. With a love for the the series, Safe and Sound owner Chuck Ward came up with the idea to replicate the vehicle based on the 1989 rendition from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” The “Truckster” is a special type of vehicle that looks wacky on the outside,…
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Editorial: Our communities are not invulnerable, but we can’t live in fear

The last few weeks have taught us that even in Charles City and New Kent, we’re not invulnerable to serious and deadly crimes. A few weeks ago, an attempted armed carjacking took place in Providence Forge’s Forge Center, an area that is visited by literally a thousand people every day. The result of that crime was the serious injuries to two people. This past weekend, a man lost his life in a shooting in Charles City, the county’s first homicide in more than a decade. Most of us view these crimes as serious, as we should. But when we hear…
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