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Heritage HS Task Force Announced
On Tuesday, January 25, the Heritage High
School Steering Committee conducted a press
conference to release information concerning
its progress to date and to formally announce
the names of the individuals who have agreed
to serve on the Task Force.
“Over the past few months, the Steering
Committee has worked diligently to begin the
community discussion that was essential as we
attempt to identify options and issues concern-
ing Heritage High School and the future of sec-
ondary education,” said Committee Chair Dr.
Michael Gillette. “Our next step was to create
a Task Force to guide the process moving for-
ward.”
In addition to the members of the Steering
Committee, the Task Force will be comprised
of the chairs of five subcommittees along with
two at-large members. The subcommittees are
Facilities, Education Plan, Extracurricular Ac-
tivities, and Community Impact. “Our plan is
to develop a charge for the subcommittees and
give them the spring to complete their work,”
said Gillette. The Task Force will then meet
over the summer to analyze the data and pro-
duce an exhaustive analysis of options to the
School Board.
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Associate Professor and was awarded tenure.
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of Virginia, Inc. and is a Clinical Assistant Pro-
fessor of Family Medicine at the University of
Virginia School of Medicine. He has served on
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• Mr. Al Billingsly, Vice Chair - Mr. Billingsley
was an engineer at BWXT for 21 years before
taking early retirement. He is currently an in-
dependent insurance agent and has served on
the Lynchburg City School Board for six and
one-half years. While serving on the school
board, he has been the city’s representative on
the Central Virginia Governor’s School govern-
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Lynchburg man charged with

neglect after death of mother
On January 24, 2011 at approximately 3:54 p.m.
members of the Lynchburg Police Department re-
sponded to the Lynchburg General Hospital Emer-
gency Room in reference to a female who was being
treated for several health related issues. On January
25, 2011 the female, identified as Shirley Mikhail, age
74 of Lynchburg, passed away.
On January 26, 2011, members of the Lynchburg
Police Department arrested Alexander Mikhail, age
32 of Lynchburg (the victim’s son) and charged him
with Neglect of an Incapacitated Adult, a Class 3
Felony.
An investigation into this incident is ongoing. Any-
one who has information regarding this crime should
contact Detective D.L. Couch with the Lynchburg Po-
lice Department at 455-6153 or Crime Stoppers at
1-888-798-5900.

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Above, from left, are Heritage High School Steering Committee Chairman and City Councilman Michael Gillette,
Committee Vice Chairman and School Board member Al Billingsly. At right is School Board member Charlie
White. Both videos are available in the Local News section of MyLynchburg.net
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sistant superintendent, superintendent and
county superintendent where he served as the
educational leader for Somerset County’s 23
school districts.
• Ms. Jenny Poore, Extracurricular Activities
Subcommittee Chairperson – Ms. Poore is a
Lynchburg native with experience as a vocal
community advocate and is a local small busi-
ness owner. She has three young children and
has been active in the Perrymont Elementary
School PTO serving on the executive board as
Volunteer Coordinator.
• Mr. Lyle Schweitzer, Finance Subcommit-
tee Chairperson - Mr. Schweitzer is a former
School Board Chairperson. He is the Vice Pres-
ident of LBM Office Solutions, and serves on
the boards of several organizations including
the Lynchburg Kiwanis and the Heritage High
School Band Boosters. He is a graduate of Vir-
ginia Tech – Pamplin College of Business.
• Dr. Sally Selden, Community Impact Chair-
person - Dr. Selden is a Professor of Manage-
ment at Lynchburg College where her areas of
teaching are organizational behavior, human
resource management leadership and perspec-
tives on business. She is a published researcher
with two current research projects - one on lo-
cal early childhood education and the second
on public management systems. She is the par-
ent of Lynchburg City School students.
• Ms. Ingrid Hamlette, At Large Member - Ms.
Hamlette is the mother of both a 2010 gradu-
ate of Heritage High School and a current ju-
nior there. She previously served as a member
of the Lynchburg School Board and currently
serves as president of the Heritage High School
Athletic Boosters and is a member of the Ath-
letic Advisory Committee. Ms. Hamlette is em-
ployed with the Falwell Corporation.
• Mr. Robert Miller, At Large Member - Mr.
Miller worked at Rustburg High School for 17
years in several capacities including classroom
teacher, coach and assistant
principal. He also served Heritage High School
as the Associate Principal and Principal for 16
years before retiring. He is the parent of two
Heritage High School graduates.
• Mr. Charlie White, At Large Member - Mr.
White is a Lynchburg native and a graduate of
Lynchburg City Schools (LCS). He has served as
a member of the School Board since 2009 and
also serves on the Lynchburg College Board of
Trustees. He is an owner of Wood & White (an
asset management firm) and a LCS parent.
• Mr. Turner Perrow, At Large Member - Mr.
Perrow is a Lynchburg native and LCS gradu-
ate. He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering from VMI and is currently em-
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Bill gives legal options to molestation victims
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Delegates in the Vir-
ginia House on Monday moved quickly
on a bill that would give victims of sex-
ual abuse more time to sue their alleged
abusers.
There was no debate on the bill when
it reached the House floor Monday after-
noon. A final vote in the House is expect-
ed later this week.
The Senate still has not set a date to
hear testimony on similar legislation.
The House version would give victims
eight years to file a civil lawsuit against
their alleged abuser either from the time
of the abuse or from the time the victim
remembers what happened.
Del. David Albo, R-Fairfax County, said
the legislation is straightforward and isn’t
controversial for lawmakers.
While Virginia law affords people two
years to file lawsuits in civil cases, Albo
said more time is needed in sexual abuse
cases because children often don’t under-
stand what is happening to them nor rec-
ognize that the treatment is wrong.
The House Courts of Justice Committee
voted unanimously to send the bill to the
full House for consideration.
Albo initially proposed increasing the
statute of limitations from the standard
two years for civil cases to 25 years. But
lawmakers felt that was too long.
They settled on eight years, which is
on the high end compared to most other
states, Albo said.
But the Virginia Catholic Conference
lobbied to reduce the statute of limita-
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contains the 25-year cap.
Lobbyists for the Catholic Church have
fought to block similar legislation in other
states, including Maryland as recently as
2009, despite ongoing scrutiny over the
church’s handling of sexual-abuse cases
involving priests in countries around the
world.
Margaret Mikkelsen, executive director
of the Sexual Assault Resource Agency
in Charlottesville, said she doesn’t know
how many of her agency’s clients would
seek justice by suing their abuser. But to-
day, that option doesn’t really exist, she
said.
The agency serves about 80 adults a
year who were molested as children. It
provides therapy and crisis intervention,
and works with victims as they navigate
the justice and legal system, Mikkelsen
said.
“It’s always helpful to provide the vic-
tim options in seeking justice in whatever
way they choose. Two years doesn’t make
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a lot of sense,” Mikkelsen said. timized by sexual abuse, it includes a pro-
While the bill aims to help children vic- vision to protect the incapacitated.
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Virginians stuck in vicious cycle of debt with predatory loans
Counties and cities around the state want lawmakers to crack down on payday loan compa-
nies and the interest rates that can trap low-income Virginians in a revolving door of debt
Private property protections amendment takes hit
A proposed constitutional amendment that would protect private property from some forms
of eminent domain died Tuesday in a Senate subcommittee.
Dems offer solution to bleak job picture
Senate Democrats say Virginia should spur small business growth and work force training
this year to help put more Virginians back to work.
Finding time for physical education causes rifts
There is little debate that children need more physical activity, but a plan to require Virginia
school children to participate in 150 minutes of physical education each week is drawing some
ire.
Lawmakers ask for prescriptions for pseudoephedrine
Rising numbers of methamphetamine lab busts in Virginia during the past year have law-
makers looking to require a prescription for pseudoephedrine.
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saving you $1,000. That’s $83 per month. at the bank. By the end of this year you’ll
• If you’re self-employed you have been have enough to pay cash for all your pur-
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you to spend that extra money out in the pocket over the long haul.
marketplace to help the economy get back
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City Council starts discussion on Storm Water Fees
By Emily Williams
The Lynchburg Times
The Storm Water Advisory Commit-
tee presented recommendations for the
future of the city’s storm water program
to city council Tuesday. The committee,
SWAC, suggested a funding plan that
includes a three-dollar monthly fee per
average single-family household.
Should Lynchburg decide to adopt
such a fee-based system, it would join 13
other communities in the state includ-
ing Richmond, Staunton and Norfolk.
The nearby cities of Charlottesville and
Roanoke are both working on storm wa-
ter funding programs of their own.
The need to change to the current
storm water plan, explained Combined
Sewer Overflow Program Manager Jeff
Scarano, stems from a federal mandate
to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. As a
result, the city of Lynchburg is required
to meet a number of new regulations,
some as early as 2013.
Currently, explained Scarano, there is
no central building or leadership when
it comes to storm water. One result, ac-
cording to the manager, is that the sys-
tem is often not examined until there is
a problem. Some evidence of this is the
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fact that 25 percent of all road projects
are storm water related. Many of the
responsibilities that could fall under a
storm water management team, such as
leaf collection and street sweeping, are
spread out among the cities other de-
partments.
“The time is now… We don’t have a
shepherd guiding the flock through this
storm water storm,” said Scarano.
Jeff Creekmore, SWAC member rep-
resenting the Presbyterian Home, ex-
plained that the committee, made up
of 26 Lynchburg citizens, rarely came
to a unanimous decision on the recom-
mendations presented to the council,
citing the financial burden on city citi-
zens. One recommendation they were
in agreement on was that the present
storm water program meets only the
minimum levels for current regulations.
The majority of the SWAC agreed that
the best way to fund changes to storm
water management should be a combi-
nation of State Department of Transpor- Lynchburg City Council is weighing a three-dollar monthly fee per
tation money, the city’s general fund and average single-family household to meet federal rules.
user fees. The user fee would amount to
an average of three dollars a month for
a single-family household. Since this
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“That was one of the most thorough,
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council member Hunsdon “H” Cary.
While time for discussion on the com-
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good solution, I’m just very concerned
about how it’s implemented,” said coun-
cil member Perrow.
This issue will be brought back to the
council on February 8 for further dis-
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These are extra tender because they’re made
with cake flour!
3 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1. Name the group that had hits with “Charity
Ball” (1971), “I’ve Had It” (1974) and “Butter
Boy” (1975).
2. Which singer was married to James Tay-
lor?
3. Of the various cover versions of “Betcha by
Golly, Wow,” who released the song first?
4. Who is Michelle Karen Johnston, and what
was the name of her first album?
5. Did Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans ever have
a Top 10 hit?
6. Who played all the instruments (except
drums) on his first album? (No, not Prince.)
Answers
1. The all-female group Fanny. While they
were well thought of at the time, they seemed
to just ... vanish.
2. Singer and songwriter Carly Simon.
3. Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics, in
1971. Their next hit was “You Make Me Feel
Brand New” in 1974.
4. Johnston’s stage name is Michelle Shocked.
Her first album was “The Texas Campfire
Tapes Album” in 1986. Her most recent album
was “Soul of My Soul” in 2007.
5. Amazingly, yes, with “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”
(1962), which rose to No. 8 on the charts. The
tune came from the 1946 Disney animated film
“Song of the South.”
6. Trent Reznor. The album, “Pretty Hate Ma-
chine,” was released in 1989. Reznor was
working in a studio at the time and used the
recording equipment in the off hours.
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6 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 cup buttermilk
1. Preheat oven to 450 F. Into large bowl,
measure cake flour, baking powder, baking
soda and salt, stir until combined. With pastry
blender or 2 knives used scissor-fashion, cut
in shortening until evenly combined.
2. Add buttermilk to flour mixture, mix together
with hand just until dough forms. (Do not over-
mix, biscuits will be tough.)
3. On lightly floured surface, pat dough into 7-
inch square. Cut dough into 4 strips, then cut
China Without Illusions
Judging by the past three decades, there’s no
worse fate than getting touted as the next global
superpower.
The Japan of the 1980s did not end up owning
the United States; it wallows in a never-ending
“lost decade.” The European Union of the 1990s
didn’t end up becoming a significant, unified force
on the world stage; it will be lucky to hold togeth-
er its currency. As Chinese President Hu Jintao
visits Washington, his country has stepped into
the well-worn role of the emerging power that
provokes exaggerated fear and misplaced envy.
China is rising only because it partially adopted
our economic system and plugged into the inter-
national markets we built and sustain. Without
the economic liberalization that began 30 years
ago, Chinese rulers -- enlightened or not -- would
still sit atop a vast expanse of misery.
If China has come far, it started from the abso-
lute dregs of totalitarian socialism. In 1978, GDP
per capita was $240. It is more than 10 times that
now. But that still leaves it between Albania and
Angola in the world rankings. Its middle class re-
mains a slice of the population in a country with
enough desperately poor people to fill up Ban-
gladesh several times over.
Partly as a matter of sheer size, China has
bypassed Japan as the world’s second-largest
economy. This hardly makes it a dire economic
threat, even if ignorant or demagogic American
politicians insist on portraying it as such.
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each strip crosswise into 4 pieces to make 16
biscuits.
4. Place biscuits on ungreased large cookie
sheet. Bake biscuits 12 to 15 minutes, until
lightly golden. Serve biscuits warm, or cool on
wire rack to serve later. Reheat before serving
if you like.
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China hasn’t ruined U.S. manufacturing. As
Kevin Williamson, the author of the engaging
“Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism,” notes,
we make more stuff than we did in the 1950s; we
just do it more efficiently, so require fewer work-
ers. China isn’t our evil banker. It owns about
11 percent of our foreign-held debt, a little more
than Japan. It isn’t an unstoppable green-energy
powerhouse. In 2009, coal-dependent China
emitted 50 percent more greenhouse gases than
the U.S., even though its economy is only one-
third as large.
Reviving the U.S. economy has little to do with
China. If we don’t reduce our debt, and don’t
adopt policies that spur savings, investment and
innovation, China could let Timothy Geithner sin-
gle-handedly determine the value of its currency,
and we’d still languish.
None of this means that China isn’t a major
worry. It feels that it is finally taking its rightful
place among nations and deserves to project its
power out into the Western Pacific. It considers
American-style liberalism a threat to its govern-
ment and perhaps its national existence. This
makes it an ambitious, bristling power with the
disruptive potential of 19th-century Germany.
The Obama administration came into office
believing that China only needed more coddling.
Two years of Chinese provocations in the region
exploded this naiveté. Secretary of State Hill-
ary Clinton delivered a speech on the cusp of
Hu’s visit that reflected a new realism. She re-
jected out of hand a world run by a “G-2” of the
United States and China (an idea floated when
President Barack Obama first took office), and
referred to the U.S. and China as “competitors.”
She pointedly related how the U.S. has worked
to strengthen alliances with Asian countries that
happen to be essential to containing China.
Clinton’s speech is a step toward what our do-
mestic debate so desperately needs -- a China
without illusions.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
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• It was beloved British mystery novelist and
playwright Agatha Christie who made the
following sage observation: “It is a curious
thought, but it is only when you see people
looking ridiculous that you realize just how
much you love them.”
• Some toads can live for up to a year without
eating a single thing.
• Those who study such things say that not
all your fingernails grow at the same rate. It
seems the nail on your middle finger is a bit
of an overachiever -- it grows faster than the
nails on your other fingers.
• Lawmakers in Corpus Christi, Texas, evi-
dently once found home alligator farming to
be enough of a problem that they felt com-
pelled to pass a law making it illegal to raise
the crocodilians in a home.
• If you buy a postage stamp in Israel, rest
assured that the glue you’ll be licking on said
stamp is kosher.
• If you (like me) are a fan of Krispy Kreme’s
donuts, you may be interested to learn that
the pastries have been made with dough
from the same secret recipe since 1937.
• During the first couple of years of life, dol-
phins gain an average of five pounds every
month.
• Despite the fact that famed magician Harry
Houdini exposed a number of mediums and
psychics as frauds, Sherlock Holmes novelist
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle persisted in believing
that Houdini himself was a medium.
• The subcontinent of India is steadily moving
closer to the continent of Asia -- by about 2
inches every year.
Thought for the Day: “Give all power to the
many, and they will oppress the few. Give all
power to the few, and they will oppress the
many. Both therefore ought to have power,
that each may defend itself against the oth-
er.” -- Alexander Hamilton
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Hendrick Shuffles the Deck
Jimmie Johnson isn’t actually perched alone
at the top of NASCAR. His car owner, Rick Hen-
drick, has also won five consecutive champion-
ships.
While five straight championships as an own-
er doesn’t rival such attainment in a driver, it’s
instructive to note that Hendrick Motorsports’
Chevys have won a total of 10 titles: five with
Johnson, four with Jeff Gordon and one with Ter-
ry Labonte. The total equals the all-time record of
10, won by Petty Enterprises with Richard (7) and
Lee (3) Petty.
Hendrick, whose other business interests in-
clude an empire of automobile dealerships, never
sits still. Johnson was the only one of his four driv-
ers who won races last year. This led Hendrick to
order an offseason shuffle of crew chiefs among
the teams of Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin and Dale
Earnhardt Jr.
The team shuffle pairs crew chiefs Alan Gus-
tafson with Jeff Gordon, Steve Letarte with Earn-
hardt and Lance McGrew with Martin.
“I think we just got complacent, and other
teams were getting stronger and stronger,” said
Hendrick. “We were not really where we needed
to be, so we started to really try to step up our
program in every area.”
The decision was based, Hendrick said, on a
desire to “pair up people that I thought would be
better together.”
Describing the changes only in terms of crew
chiefs is incomplete. The actual change is in
drivers linked to the respective teams. Gordon,
who drives No. 24, is now aligned with the entire
team, not just crew chief Gustafson.
“We are not changing the people in the shops,”
said Hendrick. “The people in the ‘24’ and ‘48’
(Johnson) shops will remain the same. The only
thing that will change is Jeff Gordon’s seat be-
comes Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s seat. The cars, the
people, will remain the same. The same is true
in the other two shops (Earnhardt, Martin). The
only things changed were the seat, the driver, the
Car owner Rick Hendrick has won five
straight championships with driver
Jimmie Johnson, but his other three
teams failed to win a race last season.
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sponsor and the number.”
Just having one team at the top isn’t enough to
please Hendrick.
“We have to work a lot harder and a lot smart-
er,” he said. “I’m confident that the guys can and
will do it. They’re really energized, so we’ll just
see.”
Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The
Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at nas-
carthisweek@yahoo.com.
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1. Who holds the record for the highest career batting
average by a switch-hitter?
2. Name the two players who hold the major-league
record for getting at least one hit on Opening Day for
14 consecutive seasons.
3. In the 2009 season, Tennessee’s Chris Johnson be-
came the sixth player in NFL history to rush for at least
2,000 yards in a season. Name three of the first five.
4. In the past eight years (2003-10), how many of the
current Big East men’s basketball teams reached the
NCAA Final Four?
5. Name the last two goalies before Philadelphia’s Mi-
chael Leighton in 2010 to have three shutouts in one
NHL playoff series.
6. How many consecutive gold medals did Norway’s
Sonja Henie win in Olympic women’s figure skating?
7. In 2010, golfer Arjun Atwal became the first Monday
qualifier in 24 years to win on the PGA Tour. Who was
the previous golfer to do it?
Answers
1. Frankie Frisch batted .316 in his 19-year major-
league career.
2. Frank Thomas and Will Clark.
3. O.J. Simpson (1973), Eric Dickerson (‘84), Barry
Sanders (‘97), Terrell Davis (‘98) and Jamal Lewis
(2003).
4. Seven -- Marquette (2003), Syracuse (‘03), UConn
(‘04, ‘09), Louisville (‘05), Georgetown (‘07), Villanova
(‘09) and West Virginia (‘10).
5. Tampa Bay’s Nikolai Khabibulin and Toronto’s Ed
Belfour, both in 2004.
6. Three -- 1928, ‘32 and ‘36.
7. Fred Wadsworth, at the 1986 Southern Open.
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Meet Jimmy Glenn
“Jimmy’s Corner” is the kind of saloon that used
to dot New York City in a far gone area, a time when
New York’s famed Times Square was synonymous
with the seedier side of life. Dollar bills, all of them
hastily scrawled with black marker, hang off the
Christmas lights that stay hanging (and lit) on the
back bar all year round. The entire place is about 8
feet wide but extends back about the length of a city
block, and every inch of the walls are covered in box-
ing photos.
After glancing at a few, even the casual observer
notices that one of the faces in the photos remains
the same, so the smart bet says that it’s Jimmy.
There he is with Muhammad Ali, there he is with
Sugar Ray Leonard, there he is with Muhammad Ali
again, there he is with Floyd Patterson, and there he
is with Muhammad Ali again.
And there he is at the end of the bar.
Meet Jimmy Glenn, one of the best boxing trainers
New York has ever known and the owner of Jimmy’s
Corner.
Glenn was an amateur boxer himself in the late
‘40s. He compiled a 14-2 record with two knockouts
over two years, but retired after losing his last fight
to the man who would end up being champion of the
world, Floyd Patterson.
“He beat me,” Glenn acknowledged in a 2004 in-
terview with Seconds Out magazine. “Knocked me
down a few times, broke my tooth. But I went the
distance.”
Glenn retired after the bout, coming to grips with
the fact that he would never rise to the upper eche-
lons of the sport, but he did work hard enough to buy
the bar, which ultimately allowed him to run the famed
Times Square Boxing Club. And though he worked
the corner as Patterson’s trainer in his knockout loss
to Muhammed Ali, Glenn’s gym is credited with do-
ing more than just churning out contenders -- it offers
every kid a chance to change his life around.
“The best thing about boxing is that it teaches
respect,” Glenn once said. “You take a kid off the
streets. He’s angry and scared and beefing about the
system. But after a few weeks in the gym, it’s ‘yes,
sir’ and ‘no, sir’ and the lessons of discipline and hard
work set in. Before long, the kid starts to make some-
thing out of himself and believe in himself.
“Kids in the gym want to learn. That’s why they’re
there. People hear about the fighters who become
champions. But a lot of young men who never go be-
yond the amateurs get good jobs and become good
citizens because of boxing.”
There is no finer example of this than Jimmy
Glenn.
Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter and publisher
of The Kansas City Luminary.
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called for an early vote Tuesday on a
temporary solution to the leaks in the
Heritage High School roof. The board
unanimously agreed to use a Dryvit “out-
sulation” system on the building’s cur-
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dollars with an annual energy savings of
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Gatzke also announced in Tuesday’s
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Board Gives Go Ahead on POW
Historic Marker
The Lynchburg City School Board voted
unanimously to approve a historic marker
on E.C. Glass High School property. The
sign will mark the site of a Prisoner of
War camp that held Union soldiers dur-
ing the Civil War.
The proposal was presented by Dr. Clif-
January 27 - February 2, 2011 • The Lynchburg Times • Page 13
ton Potter, a professor at Lynchburg Col-
lege and representative of the Taylor-Wil-
son Camp #10 Sons of the Union Veterans
of the Civil War. The marker also has the
approval of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, as well as the city council.
The marker will be about 300 words in
length and contain some pictures of what
the POW camp may have looked like. It
will be placed by the Union Mound, a
gravesite located near the Glass audito-
rium parking lot, and provide some park-
ing for visitors. Once erected, the marker
will be a part of the Hunter’s Raid Trail,
which stretches from north of Lexington
to Roanoke.
While most of the bodies interned on
the Union Mound were later moved to
the Old City Cemetery, historic evidence
suggests that five soldiers remain buried
on the site. This can only be confirmed by
ground penetrating radar that, explained
Potter, is very expensive.
Board member Thomas Webb brought
a phone call from a citizen to the atten-
tion of Dr. Potter. The caller asked why a
monument should be erected when “these
people came down here to kill us.” Dr.
Potter responded that the soldiers buried
at Union Mound were simply fighting for
the same flag the board pledged allegiance
to earlier in the meeting, motioning to an
American Flag in the boardroom.
“This is part of our city history, and it is
time to move on,” said Potter.
The monument will be entirely funded
by a grant and donations, and will be
erected at no cost to the Lynchburg City
Schools. Potter did hope, however, that
when the marker was completed, the
school would be involved in an unveiling
ceremony.
A draft of the marker and its contents
will be presented to the board at a future
date for approval.
As the meeting drew to a close, board
member Webb gave a shout-out to San-
dusky Middle School sixth grader Mi-
chael Davis winner of the school wide
spelling bee. Davis, who also is a member
of the wrestling team at Sandusky, was
prompted to call the board member by
his principal Jay Sales. Webb challenged
the board to spell the sixth grader’s win-
ing word “patriarch” and added that Da-
vis probably didn’t get to see his on-air
mention as it was after 10 p.m.
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Guard Your Social Security Number
Social Security numbers were first issued to
identify those who were getting benefits. Now
it’s become a national ID number, and far too
many people have access to it.
Theft of Social Security numbers is big busi-
ness. With that little number, plus your name and
address, thieves can steal your identity and take
your money or run up debt in your name. At the
very least, it can mean spending untold hours
straightening out the mess when your credit re-
port has errors. With that number, someone can
get medical services in your name, and at your
expense, or refinance your mortgage and take
the profits. For those who’ve put together a nice
nest egg, it can mean losing everything you’ve
worked for over the years.
McAfee, a computer security company, put
together a list of the Top 10 places where our
Social Security numbers are most likely to be
No Applesauce?
What kind of hospital doesn’t have applesauce?
Since time immemorial, sick people have been
taking medications crushed up in applesauce.
Not, apparently, at Cochran Medical Center in
St. Louis.
When a male nurse (who’s also a veteran)
brought in his own supplies -- in this case, the
applesauce for patients who couldn’t swallow
whole pills -- he was reprimanded.
This one small issue looms large as indicative
of bigger problems.
Lest you think I’m picking on Cochran, if you
received dental care at Cochran in St. Louis from
early 2009 to early 2010, and if you’ve since
moved, the VA might still be looking for you.
Dental instruments weren’t properly cleaned and
some veterans have come down with hepatitis.
Some of the veterans who were patients can’t be
stolen. Starting with the riskiest places, they
are: universities and colleges, banks and finan-
cial institutions, hospitals, state governments,
local governments, federal governments, medi-
cal businesses that provide equipment or billing
services, nonprofit organizations, technology
companies, medical insurance and medical of-
fices.
While it’s often necessary to give your Social
Security number to get services, cut your risk by
being careful.
Send for a free copy of your credit report every
year to make sure it doesn’t have errors.
Invest in a shredder, or share one with friends.
Shred any mail (unless you need to file it away)
that has your personal information on it.
If you’re hunting for a job, don’t automatically
put your Social Security number on the applica-
tion. Those applications often end up in dump-
sters behind the business. Instead, wait until
they hire you and provide the number to the ap-
propriate person in Human Resources.
Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot person-
ally answer reader questions, but will incorporate
them into her column whenever possible. Write
to her in care of King Features Weekly Service,
P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or
send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com.
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located for testing.
Now nursing staff is coming forward (see the re-
cent issue of Infection Control Today on the Inter-
net) with more information about Cochran. They
tell of a lack of disposable personal equipment to
prevent the transmission of infections diseases,
broken respiratory equipment, diagnostic equip-
ment they’re still waiting on after three years, and
lack of adequate staff for simple things such as
daily baths.
I wonder how much information would be
revealed if nurses were given a secure way to
provide facts about things they’ve seen in the
medical centers -- and have that information sent
to those who would respond and act. Let those
on the front lines of the hospitals speak up about
what’s really going on.
The Veterans Administration Office of the In-
spector General is due to issue a report in the
spring about several medical centers, including
Cochran. THE VAOIG always does an excellent
job of reporting what it finds. The problem is the
powers-that-be who always smile and nod and
promise to fix things, then don’t.
Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features
Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL
32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@
gmail.com.
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As the World Spins
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you please explain
vertigo? I fell asleep in a chair one evening,
and when I woke, I was slightly dizzy. The next
morning when I woke up and sat up, I was ex-
tremely dizzy. Everything was going back and
forth. When I tried to walk, I was bouncing off
the walls. The room was moving. My doctor pre-
scribed Dramamine. I still wake up dizzy, but not
as bad as the first two nights. I am 69. -- E.B.
ANSWER: Vertigo is a hallucination that everything
is moving. It’s not. What you describe fits the defini-
tion. Many causes of vertigo can be traced to the
inner ear, which has two important functions: hear-
ing and balance, the orientation of our body to the
things around it. That function is handled by the ves-
tibular system of the inner ear.
Sometimes a viral infection of the ear can trigger
vertigo. The only way to handle it is to take a medi-
cine such as you’re taking and wait for the infection
to clear in about three to six weeks.
Or it can come about because tiny calcium par-
ticles in the inner ear have made their way to places
where they shouldn’t be. This is benign positional
vertigo. When affected people move their head or
change position from lying or sitting to standing,
the calcium particles activate the vestibular system
abnormally, and profound dizziness strikes. When
you woke up and sat up, you became dizzy. You
changed positions. Calcium particles activated your
vestibular system.
A doctor easily can prove benign positional vertigo
by provoking a dizzy spell through a series of head
and body movements. He or she can coax those
transplanted calcium specks back to their site of ori-
gin through another series of movements, called the
Epley maneuvers. The medicine you mention often
lessens symptoms. Antivert is another useful drug.
So is scopolamine -- in its oral form, not in its patch
form.
I made vertigo sound like an easy diagnosis and
an easy treatment; it isn’t. Many other serious con-
ditions have to be considered by the examining doc-
tor.
The booklet on vertigo discusses this common
malady in detail. To obtain a copy, write to: Dr.
Donohue -- No. 801W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL
32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no
cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s
printed name and address. Please allow four weeks
for delivery.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My teenage daugh-
ter twists and pulls her hair when she reads,
watches TV or studies. She has two small bald
patches on her scalp. I cannot get her to stop
doing this. Is this normal? -- R.T.
ANSWER: It’s not normal, but it’s pretty common.
It’s trichotillomania (TRICK-oh-TILL-uh-MAY-nee-
uh). Some classify it as an obsessive compulsive
disorder. The hair pulling quiets an inner anxiety. It’s
almost an involuntary act.
If you can’t get your daughter to stop, the family
doctor can recommend a therapist for her. The ther-
apist can explain to her why she does this and how
she can curtail the urge. Sometimes, medicines are
prescribed for a short period.
She really does need attention. Constant hair
pulling can damage the hair roots and lead to a per-
manent bald patch.
Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer in-
dividual letters, but he will incorporate them in his
column whenever possible. Readers may write him
or request an order form of available health newslet-
ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
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