Diehr graduates from Liberty

Anna Diehr graduated on May 11. from Liberty University in Lynchburg. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in fashion merchandising and a minor in business. She currently resides in Lynchburg and works as an assistant manager in the training program at Buckle in Roanoke. She is the daughter of Mel and Linda Diehr of Providence Forge.

Christian named to national society

Deborah Shartae Christian, a 2012 honor graduate of New Kent High School, completed her first year at the College of William & Mary and was named ot the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Christian’s academics earned her the honor of being named to the Deans List. She plans to major in psychology and minor in dance. Christian intends to pursue a career in family law. She is the daughter of Keith L. and Patricia Minor Christian of Quinton, and is the granddaughter of Thomas R. and Mary E. Minor of Quinton.

Haga graduates from Bridgewater

Zachary Haga, a music major from Quinton, graduated on May 18 from Bridgewater College. Supreme Court of Virginia Justice William C. Mims urged the college’s 301 graduates to remember society’s timeless virtues and to build meaningful lives. Among the Class of 2013, 100 earned bachelor of arts degrees, 175 earned bachelor of science degrees and 26 are scheduled to complete degree requirements during summer school sessions, which conclude Aug. 2. The college’s interim president, Roy W. Ferguson Jr., conferred the degrees at the ceremony.

Dividend declared

C&F Financial Corporation’s board of directors has declared a 29-cent per share dividend payable July 1 to shareholders of record as of June 14. The corporation is the one-bank holding company for C&F Bank.

NK Finance earns ninth straight award

New Kent’s financial service department received its ninth consecutive award for excellence in financial reporting. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) awards a certificate for a locality’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). “The attainment of this award demonstrates the commitment of the [New Kent] Board of Supervisors, as well as management and staff to full disclosure, transparency, and professional presentation of our local government,” said director of financial services Mary Altemus. The certificate is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.

Lambert-Burnett

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Rutledge Burnett of New Kent are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Stuart Burnett, to Matthew Edwin Lambert, son of Mrs. Brenda Dawkins Lambert and Mr. Edward Clyde Lambert III of Richmond. Miss Burnett and Mr. Lambert are both 2006 graduates from New Kent High School. Miss Burnett is a 2010 graduate of Washington & Lee University and earned a Master’s Degree in environmental science and policy from Johns Hopkins University in 2013. She is employed by Chesapeake Research Consortium in Annapolis, Md. Mr. Lambert is a 2010 graduate of Bridgewater College and…
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Letter to the Editor: Encourages support for government liberties

I read with interest the reaction in the press to conservative candidates selected by GOP delegates at a recent convention. Along with thousands of new voices in the RPV, I rose to my feet repeatedly during E.W. Jackson’s speech. This should be an easily understood response to the sharp turn to the left by our government, both federal and state. Democrats have moved further left over the past 60 years and the GOP, attempting to stay in the center, has moved left also. Those who have studied the founding of this country, are alarmed at the encroachment of the government…
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Letter to the Editor: Disappointed with CCHS graduation dress code

As we watch our children grow and strive to achieve great things and graduate, I would like to say shame on Charles City High School. I was in attendance for the graduation May and what I saw disturbed me. Parents, grandparents, and loved ones were being turned away at the door due to their attire. Let me say that the attire loved ones had on were black jeans, nice shirts and dress shoes; nothing with holes or disrespectful. The same theme kept coming up; “We have never had a dress code before?” Charles City decided there should be a dress…
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Letter to the Editor: Says all dollars are not created equally

The recent article, ‘Attention Turning from Historic School to New Elementary’, creates the impression that for a few million dollars more a new elementary school could be built with twice the capacity of the Historic School. The figures cited are $8.5 million planned for the Historic School which would provide 40,000 square feet and a new school being built in Louisia County with 86,000 square feet only costs $11.2 million. On the surface it would appear that New Kent could build a new school for less than $3 million more than completing the Historic School project. But, appearances can be…
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Charles City boat ramp dedicated