Local girl sets and achieves goals
Tue. Jun 12, 2007

Arianna Yvette Martin, a rising 5th grader at Pearson's Corner Elementary
School had two goals when she competed in the National American Miss 2006
Miss Virginia Pageant and that was to have fun and meet the Governor of
Virginia. She not only had fun, but also got the opportunity to meet the
Hon. Governor Tim Kaine. Arianna will relinquish her crown in July during
the state pageant and had a wonderful time being a positive role model for
other girls interested in pageantry. During her year-long reign, Miss
Martin participated in the Virginia State Fair Parade and joined sister
queens at King?s Dominion for a photo shoot and fun-filled day at the
amusement park. She traveled to New York and had the wonderful
opportunity to meet Mr. Joseph ?Rev Run? Simmons, Mrs. Justine Simmons and
Mr. Russell Simmons and their families during a swim party at Run?s House
and also dined at the renowned Junior's and Sylvia's Restaurants. For
community service, she supported Children?s Miracle Network by
volunteering time to sell lemonade at the Mechanicsville Ukrops for Anthem
LemonAid and raised $278. She was selected to meet the Queen of
England during her official visit to celebrate America's 400th Anniversary
of Jamestown, Virginia. She made the Principal's list all four semesters,
graduated from the 4th Grade with Straight A's and received a special
invitation from the Hon. Ryan McDougle, Virginia State Senate to receive a
private tour of the Virginia State Capitol based on her academic
excellence. She believes school is so much fun and continues to strive
for excellence by "staying focused"! As she completes her year-long
reign, she will continue to promote the benefits of community service and
tell all contestants at the state pageant to be themselves, make rewarding
and lasting friendships and most importantly have fun.

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Cherub School Trike-a-thon
Mon. Jun 11, 2007

The Cherub School in Old Church, Mechanicsville participated in a trike-
a-thon on May 10 and 11. The children and families raised $2,407.90
to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! Pictured are several
of our preschoolers participating in the trike-a-thon. Way to go
Cherub School!!

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AAA Minor Cubs
Sun. Jun 10, 2007

AAA Minor Cubs Win Championship Game

Congratulations to all the girls for an outstanding season. Teamates are as follows: Autumn Pack, Emma Oakley, Nicole Boggs, Blair Jones, Hannah Traylor, Shelly Ways, Amanda Lee, Austyn Merrill, Cameron Hall, Sadie Atkins and Allie Butler. Not Pictured Camden Holt. Special thanks goes to the coaches for their hard work with the girls - Mark Jones, Woody Hall and Troy Traylor.

They ended the season with 13 wins and only 2 loses.

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Locks of love picture
Fri. Jun 8, 2007

Megan Hill, age 10, with the hair she donated to Locks of Love. She donated 11 inches. She had decided in the 3rd grade at age 8 that she wanted to donate her hair and grew it for two long years to reach her goal!

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Local Auxiliary pins Ward with a poppy
Tue. Jun 5, 2007

The Mechanicsville American Legion Auxiliary Unit 175, distributed their annual poppies on Saturday, May 26 and Monday, May 28 at the Mechanicsville Wal-Mart. Auxiliary President, Shirley Smith pinned a poppy on Jack Ward early Saturday morning. Ward is a member of the Mechanicsville American Legion Post 175.
Louise Rickman, Dick Goodman and Robert Rickman looked on and were present along with several others to help with the poppy distribution. Poppies are made by disabled veterans and the money raised is used for them and their families. Members of the Auxiliary also distributed poppies at the dedication service at the Hanover Veterans Memorial on Monday.

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