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Page 2A COMMUNITY BRIEFS Noise ordinance does not apply to lawful discharge of fire arms by residents Language has been added to the newly-adopted county noise ordinance to clarify that the law does not apply to residents who lawfully discharge their fi rearms. Sport shooting ranges are also exempt from the conditions of the ordinance, as are non-sport shooting facilities in operation as of June 14, 2010. Notably, that stipulation does not apply to, say, a Virginia State Police fi ring range; County Attorney John Rick said that while more research will have to be done, a State Police training facility and fi ring range could be held accountable to the county’s noise ordinance. Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) includes over $11 million in projects The county will undertake more than $11 million in capital projects in fi scal year 2011- the Huguenot Public Safety Building at a cost of $6.7 million and the Flat Rock utilities extension project at $4.3 million, according to the CIP Supervisors approved June 14. The county plans to spend $180,000 in fi scal year 2012 to replace the voting machines . Public meeting on Cobbs Creek set for tomorrow The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors will hold a special joint meeting with the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors and representatives of the Henrico County Administration on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Old Clerk’s Offi ce located at 13 Courthouse Circle, Cumberland, Va. 23040. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss matters related to the Cobbs Creek Reservoir project. No public hearing will be conducted. College news: John “Daniel” Walton graduated with honors from Virginia Tech on May 15, 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. He is the son of Don and Kathy Walton and the grandson of Donna and the late John O’Quinn, all of Powhatan. We encourage you to adopt a pet today! Presents PET PETof theWEEK WEEK CASEY Casey is a very sweet 8 year old beagle mix! She is very well behaved and house-trained! She loves being around people and gets along with other dogs too! Casey would love someone to cuddle with every night and a place to call home. Come meet her today! IS YOUR PET MISSING? PLEASE CALL US! Please contact Ally at ajhurlbert@powhatansheriff.net or 804-598-5672 for more information on Casey, or to learn about our other adoptable pets. 2320 Anderson Highway 598-6839 24-Hour ATM www.essexbank.com Lobby Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm Friday Only 9:00am - 6:00pm Drive Up Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 6:00pm Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm “There were no movies, no library. We had to entertain ourselves.” Former Powhatan resident Lillian Lambert on growing up in the rural Ballsvillecommunity. See page 1A. Powhatan Today, June 23, 2010 QUOTES OF THE WEEK Kamp Kinderdance! Ages 3-5 Prince and Princess Week! www.kinderdance.com Join us for a week of Fun, Dance, Floor Gymnastics and Crafts. Low Rates! At Powhatan Volunteer Rescue Squad! Various weeks to choose from! Choose Yours Early! Space is Limited Register Early! Call or email for details and pricing today! 804-551-4048 or lauraskinderdance@verizon.net GALACTIC BLAST VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JULY 19 - JULY 23 PROVIDENCE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (804) 598-4970 Call for more information or to register Located on Ridge Road (Rt. 627) 2/10ths of a mile North of Rt. 13 Dinner 6:00 p.m. Program 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. AGES 3 - 12 No Cost to Attend Fun and Fellowship Music, Games, Crafts, Bible Stories “How can you allocate money in percentages like that? Formulas don’t work in real life.” School Board member Valarie Ayers, on the current method of sharing revenue between the schools and the county. See page 2A. “They’ll get every penny if it’s available, but if we can’t produce it, how can we give it to them ?” Supervisor Robert Cosby on $1.5 million that’s being withheld from the schools until March 1. See page 2A. PHOTO BY ROSLYN RYAN Flat Rock Elementary School students check out a table of books during the Riders for Readers program. A day of bikes and books By Roslyn Ryan Editor Students all across the county were able to admire some hot wheels last Th ursday – and walk away with a free book to boot – as the Riders for Readers program roared through each school. Th ursday’s event was put A note to our readers As of this month, Powhatan Today will no longer be publishing the Weekender, which Powhatan residents had been receiving twice a month. Starting June 23, 2010, we will begin publishing a once-monthly on in partnership with the Rotary Club of Powhatan in an eff ort to promote literacy to local 3rd and 4th grade students. Th e program, which has been in the Richmond area for the past seven years, off ered over 700 Powhatan students the chance to pick out a book of their choice. county-wide edition, aimed at offering more county residents a glimpse of the award-winning coverage we strive to provide our readers each and every week. For those readers who enjoyed the Weekender, Parting Shots and other features will have a place in the new Once they had selected a book, students were in for yet another treat: Riders for Readers volunteers allowed each child to have a seat on one of their bikes, the better to get a feel for what it might be like to take to the open road. Defi nitely not a bad way to kick off summer break. structure as well. We’d like to sincerely thank our loyal readers for their support as we continue to seek out new and better ways to provide the Powhatan community with the best news coverage possible. –Roslyn Ryan, Editor If you’re not happy, why not? Make changes you need in your life! GED Job Vacation Weight Loss Remember: Life is no dress rehearsal. Life By Design LifeByDesign@hotmail.com Partner with Ms. Lloyd Fleury, M.Ed. (former Alternative Ed. teacher at PHS)
Continued from page 1A Post Master for a time, and she and her two sisters grew up hearing his tales of Ballsville life in the early 1900s. For a place that doesn’t seem to have any exact boundaries, Ballsville has a history as proud as any you are likely to fi nd in Powhatan. Once a thriving, selfsuffi cient community, it boasted at least three stores, a blacksmith shop, a railroad stop and a post offi ce. Most families grew what they needed, shared what they had, and purchased whatever they couldn’t raise themselves from local shopkeepers. Children played ball in the streets, remembered Clark, and everyone knew everyone else. Still, idyllic as it was, few who grew up outside Ballsville likely knew of its charms. “The little village qualifi ed for distinction but never got it,” wrote Clark’s great uncle John Jeter Hurt in his memoirs in 1957. “Mapmakers glance at it and pass on... Ballsville has always rubbed elbows with distinction, without actually possessing it.” Legend has it that the community’s name is somehow connected to the famous Ball family (Martha Washington, George’s wife, was a Ball) but a more likely explanation may be that the name came from Isham Ball, a long-time tavern owner in the area. * * * Small as it is, Ballsville counts a number of notable Powhatanians among its current and former residents. Powhatan County Fire Chief Rick Butcher lives in Ballsville just up the road from where Benjamin Wilson Coleman, once the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, was born in 1861. Brian Ritzberg, Jr., the only soldier buried in Powhatan after giving his life in Iraq, was laid to rest in the cemetery of Mt. Pero, the same church the fi rst black female to earn an MBA from Harvard, Lillian Lambert, still attends whenever she is back in Powhatan. Lambert seems to look at Ballsville the way you’d look at any member of your own family: two parts love, one part frustration and one part tolerance. The place was never perfect – plenty of young people daydreamed of escaping to more exciting places, she remembers – but it was home. Her memories are fi lled with church suppers and homecoming revivals, and summer days spent running from house to house with friends and chatting with neighbors. “There were no movies, no library,” she recalls. “We had to entertain ourselves.” Horse Hay Premium Quality Square Bales Delivery Available (804) 337-7825 Charlie’s Cleaning & Maintenance Quality Residental & Commercial Service • Office Buildings • Churches • Retail Stores • Banks • Schools Over 10 years experience FREE Estimates • Reasonable Rates If it can be seen, it should be clean! 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For so many in Lambert’s generation, the call of the outside world – and the jobs and educational opportunities it offered – was too much to resist. These days, however, some of those who left Ballsville in their younger years are moving back, seeing the gentle rolling hills as the perfect place to raise their own families or enjoy their retirement. Living alongside those who have always called Ballsville home – and those who are rediscovering the WEPAY WE PAY $$$$ FORJUNK FOR JUNK VEHICLES (FARM OR OTHER) ALL SCRAP, MACHINERY, METAL INCLUDING COPPER, IRON, STEEL, TIN, ALUMINUM & WIRE. (Such as house appliances, yard equipment, batteries, etc.) WE WEIGH BY CERTIFIED SCALES. CUMBERLAND, VA | 1639 ANDERSON HWY. CALL 804-492-4772 Even some residents have a tough time explaining where Ballsville begins and ends. Signs like this one are a good way to tell you’re still there. PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBS Ballsville: Town has a proud – if little-known – history community after many years away – are the newcomers, those drawn to the area for the peace and tranquility living a bit off the beaten path provides. Among those who have fallen in love with the area is Powhatan County Administrator Carolyn Bishop. “Sometimes I come home late at night after a Board meeting and just stare up at the stars in the sky since there is nothing like the dark you get out in the country. I have often said that I love living in Powhatan and I adore being part of the Ballsville family.” Certainly the Ballsville of today would look shockingly different to those who walked along its tree-lined roads a century ago; now a quiet bedroom community, the community is now barely discernible from the other bedroom communities that dot the county. 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