Presenting the colors

Festival of Flight

CCHS cadets attend camp

Five cadets from Charles City County High School Army JROTC “Panther” Battalion participated in a regional JROTC Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) summer camp June 24-28 at Fort A.P. Hill. Over 400 cadets from 43 high schools in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia learned the value of team work during “JCLC Camp Mountain.” Charles City Cadets attending the camp were Brandon Bulheller, Brandon Collie, Alex Daniels, Sammatha Hodges and John Hoffman. The two JROTC instructors from CCHS, Sgt. 1st Class Steward Greene and Lt. Col. Vernon Peters, accompanied the cadets to and assisted in daily instruction. During Camp Mountain, the cadets…
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Emergent readers club

Providence Forge business adds to product offerings

Back in the Day Antiques & Uniques, located at 3610-B North Courthouse Road in Providence Forge, has expanded its inventory to include a section devoted to “Man Cave” items for sale, a new line of handmade soaps, book offerings, and items from estate sales. The new “Man Cave” section offers fishing lures, “primitive” furniture, and other items labeled as “mannish” by owners Steve and Becky Dunaway. The new handmade soap line is produced in Franklin, Va. while the latest addition to the store’s book sales is a compilation by two local residents of newspaper articles from the Civil War era…
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Pumpkin paradise

Wallace-Evelyn

The marriage of Emily Anne Evelyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Evelyn of New Kent, to Edwin Scott Wallace II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Scott Wallace of Lanexa, took place Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, at St. Peter’s Parish Church in New Kent. The Very Rev. Dr. S. Paul Rowles, Rector, officiated at the ceremony. The bride is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William C. Stanley formerly of Glen Allen, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Evelyn, formerly of New Kent. The groom is the grandson of Mrs. William E. Wallace of…
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Letter to the Editor: Labels sign shooting a sad incident for all

Shortly before 11 p.m. on Oct. 22 and soon after the conclusion of the final presidential debate, I heard two shotgun blasts at the end of my driveway. I turned off the light in my bedroom so that I could see out to the road. A vehicle was stopped near the entrance to our driveway. It slowly crept forward and another shot rang out. I called 911 and reached the Charles City Sherriff’s Department, reporting the situation and suggesting that someone might be spotlighting a deer. Then I remembered that someone had destroyed an Obama yard sign at the end…
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Letter to the Editor: Says country better off than four years ago

I am compelled to respond to the question: Are we better off today than four years ago? The answer is yes. President Obama saved this country from possible financial collapse while simultaneously keeping the American auto industry alive, signing an equal pay bill for women into law, removing the middle man (banks) from student loans, adding over 4 million private sector jobs, cutting taxes over 15 times, eliminating terrorist leaders, and implementing health care for millions. Unemployment is down to 7.8 percent. All of these facts are a tribute to the president’s perseverance. And as for the credit rating downgrade,…
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Letter to the Editor: Urges support for Question 1 on ballot

On Nov. 6, Virginians will have the opportunity to vote on an amendment to Virginia’s constitution to permanently protect your private property rights. Hopefully, that vote will be a resounding “Yes.” If a majority of Virginia voters approve the proposed amendment (Question 1), then the state constitution will be changed to incorporate new language and rein in eminent domain abuse. The changes would go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. By voting yes, you will be making sure that: • Private property may be taken for a true “public use” only, and not taken and then given to another private landowner….
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