WHEO Radio...in cooperation with various community partners...has officially launched a countywide campaign to collect and distribute school supplies to underprivileged children in the community as the new Patrick County school year approaches. WHEO is working closely with Kevin and Paula Polachek, who are well-known for their outstanding charity work in the community, a host of local businesses, the Patrick County Recreation Department, and Patrick County Public Schools.
Concerned citiens are asked to purchase school supplies anywhere they so desire and drop them off at collection sites throughout Patrick County. If you prefer, you may also make monetary donations that will be used by campaign volunteers to purchase school supplies for needy students. Donations of school supplies (pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, packpacks, etc.) will be collected over a two week period and then distributed to Patrick County's schools that will then direct them to the students who need them the most.
Collection boxes have been placed at these participating business establishments: MNM in Ararat, Orchard View Market in Woolwine, M&M in Critz, Poor Farmer's Market at Meadows of Dan, Bengle Outlet in Stuart, Stuart Tire and Auto Center, Lowes Foods in Stuart, Dollar General in Stuart, Food Lion of Stuart, Wal-Mart in Stuart, Lighthouse Grill at Fairystone, and the DeHart Park Pool in Stuart.
If you desire to contribute money, make checks payable to WHEO Back to School Fund. Send your contributions to WHEO, 3824 Wayside Rd., Stuart, VA 24171, Attn: Richard Rogers, or to SunTrust Bank, 114 W. Blue Ridge St., Stuart, VA 24171, Attn: Vicki Collins. Again, make all checks payable to WHEO Back to School Fund.
WHEO Back to School Supplies Drive volunteers will visit various local businesses on Sat., Apr. 2nd, and will have lists available of specific school supplies that will be needed. Also on Apr. 2nd, patrons of the Dehart Park Pool who use their pool pass and bring school supplies will receive a free soft drink. Those who pay the daily pool fee will get a 50-cent discount with the donation of school supplies.
Rising prices and poor economic conditions have left many Patrick County families financially strapped and many youngsters in our community might have to go without adequate school unless we act as a community of concerned citizens to address this growing need.
Persons wishing to donate school supplies are reminded that the best time to purchase them will be during the state sales tax holiday that will extend from Fri., Aug. 1 to Sun., Aug. 3.
My thanks to Kevin and Paula with whom it is always my pleasure to work, Patrick County Public Schools, the Patrick County Recreation Department, participating businesses, and concerned citizens. i appreciate your support of the first WHEO Back to School Supplies Drive! God bless you and God bless the future of our county, our young people!
Love :O)
Richard
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Welcome Home Tribe!
With pride, our community welcomes home a group of young heroes called the Virginia Tribe! The Patrick County state champion 10 and under baseball team returned home late last week after competing in the USSA World Series in Lexington, S.C. While the Tribe did not win the World Series, this outstanding group of young players did bring home a consolation trophy.
After losing their first four games of the tournament and being placed in the consolation round, the Virginia Tribe came back to post two consecutive victories and earn the championship and team trophy in the USSA World Series consolation bracket. Each of the players also received individual trophies. The strong finish capped a remarkable season that was highlighted by a state title and a once-in-a-lifetime experience in South Carolina during the World Series. Each of the players, their parents, and their fine coaches should be as proud of their performance this season as our commuity is of them. It was a great honor just to make it to the World Series. The players have been outstanding young ambassadors for our county throughout the season...and we proudly welcome them back to Patrick County, home sweet home!
Congratulations to team members Trevor Belcher, Tucker Brown, Cayden Dalton, Landon Gunter, Isaiah Hall, Aubrey Hopkins, Eli Horton, Will Hylton, Jacob Martin, Nathan Perry, and Austin Vernon. The Virginia Tribe is coached by Laine Dalton, Ricky Vernon, and Garry Brown. We commend the parents of these players for their dedication, support, and encouragement. Also to be commended are the citizens in the community who supported fund-raising events that generated over $10,000 to pay for the team's trip to South Carolina.
A special event is being planned to honor the Virginia Tribe baseball team as well as the Patrick County Dixie Youth Minor and Major League All-Star teams, all of whom have had outstanding seasons. Kevin and Paula Polachek and I are organizing the event which has been temporarily placed on hold until the Major League All-Stars season is completed. Thanks to the many businesses and organizations that have made donations that will help to make the post-season event possible. Stay tuned to "The Great Day in the Morning Show" for details on when the "Welcome Home Heroes" celebration will take place and come out and honor the youth of our county!
Until next time, may God bless you with a "great day"!
Richard
After losing their first four games of the tournament and being placed in the consolation round, the Virginia Tribe came back to post two consecutive victories and earn the championship and team trophy in the USSA World Series consolation bracket. Each of the players also received individual trophies. The strong finish capped a remarkable season that was highlighted by a state title and a once-in-a-lifetime experience in South Carolina during the World Series. Each of the players, their parents, and their fine coaches should be as proud of their performance this season as our commuity is of them. It was a great honor just to make it to the World Series. The players have been outstanding young ambassadors for our county throughout the season...and we proudly welcome them back to Patrick County, home sweet home!
Congratulations to team members Trevor Belcher, Tucker Brown, Cayden Dalton, Landon Gunter, Isaiah Hall, Aubrey Hopkins, Eli Horton, Will Hylton, Jacob Martin, Nathan Perry, and Austin Vernon. The Virginia Tribe is coached by Laine Dalton, Ricky Vernon, and Garry Brown. We commend the parents of these players for their dedication, support, and encouragement. Also to be commended are the citizens in the community who supported fund-raising events that generated over $10,000 to pay for the team's trip to South Carolina.
A special event is being planned to honor the Virginia Tribe baseball team as well as the Patrick County Dixie Youth Minor and Major League All-Star teams, all of whom have had outstanding seasons. Kevin and Paula Polachek and I are organizing the event which has been temporarily placed on hold until the Major League All-Stars season is completed. Thanks to the many businesses and organizations that have made donations that will help to make the post-season event possible. Stay tuned to "The Great Day in the Morning Show" for details on when the "Welcome Home Heroes" celebration will take place and come out and honor the youth of our county!
Until next time, may God bless you with a "great day"!
Richard
Monday, July 14, 2008
Go Tribe!
Congratulations to the Virginia Tribe, the inspiring youth baseball team from Patrick County, on an outstanding season that has earned it the right to compete this week in the U-Triple S World Series near Columbia, S.C. The team, comprised of players age 10 and under, won the Virginia state championship in route to a record of 16-7 this season.
The Virginia Tribe began play with two games on Monday, July 14th in the World Series, competing against the best team from this region and across the country. "It will be a once in a lifetime trip" for the players, said coach Lane Dalton. He noted that the parents of the team members are just as excited about the World Series experience as the players are.
The Patrick County team is looking forward to the stiff competition that they will face in South Carolina this week. "We're a complete team. We hit, pitch, and play defense well," said Dalton.
My best to the Virginia Tribe in the World Series! The team's roster includes Nathan Perry, Trevor Belcher, Eli Horton, Austin Vernon, Will Hylton, Isaiah Hall, Aubrey Hopkins, Jacob Martin, Landon Gunter, Tucker Brown, and Caden Dalton. The Tribe is coached by Lane Dalton, Ricky Vernon, and Gary Brown.
Whether they win or lose in the South Carolina World Series, this team is a true champion and their conduct on and off the field has been a source of inspiration to country citizens throughout the season. We want to show the team just how proud we are of them when they return home from the World Series. The Great Day in the Morning Show will sponsor a congratulations and welcome home party for the team after the series. I am joining Kevin and Paula Polachek in planning this event. Stay tuned to my WHEO morning show for the latest details on how the team is doing this week, and when and where the welcome home (hopefully, victory celebration) event will be held.
Most of the players on the Virginia Tribe were also members of the Patrick County Dixie Youth Minor League All-Stars which were playing for the District 3 tournament title in Blacksburg until the tournament was abrubtly cancelled. After shutting out Montgomery County Friday night 3-0, the Patrick County All-Stars were preparing for a rematch with Blacksburg, the only team to defeat them, on Saturday. However, just as the team was preparing to leave Saturday morning to return to Blacksburg, coach Dalton said in a message left on the WHEO answering machine Sunday, "we received a call from the district director saying the tournament had been cancelled as Patrick County had elected to go no further than District 3 and as most of the players were coming to the World Series. "I really don't know what happened," said a Dalton. Apparently tournament officials awarded the tournament championship to Blacksburg and apparently Patrick County finished as the runner-up, added a baffled Dalton. If more information becomes available on this very puzzling turn of events, I'll share it with you.
Hopefully, the Tribe's players will put this very unfortunate situation behind them and will be ready to play their best in South Carolina. Congratulatins once again to the Virginia state champion Virginia Tribe 10 and under baseball team. We're behind you all the way! You are champions in every sense of word!
Until next time, may God bless you with a "great day"!
A proud Tribe fan,
Richard Rogers
The Virginia Tribe began play with two games on Monday, July 14th in the World Series, competing against the best team from this region and across the country. "It will be a once in a lifetime trip" for the players, said coach Lane Dalton. He noted that the parents of the team members are just as excited about the World Series experience as the players are.
The Patrick County team is looking forward to the stiff competition that they will face in South Carolina this week. "We're a complete team. We hit, pitch, and play defense well," said Dalton.
My best to the Virginia Tribe in the World Series! The team's roster includes Nathan Perry, Trevor Belcher, Eli Horton, Austin Vernon, Will Hylton, Isaiah Hall, Aubrey Hopkins, Jacob Martin, Landon Gunter, Tucker Brown, and Caden Dalton. The Tribe is coached by Lane Dalton, Ricky Vernon, and Gary Brown.
Whether they win or lose in the South Carolina World Series, this team is a true champion and their conduct on and off the field has been a source of inspiration to country citizens throughout the season. We want to show the team just how proud we are of them when they return home from the World Series. The Great Day in the Morning Show will sponsor a congratulations and welcome home party for the team after the series. I am joining Kevin and Paula Polachek in planning this event. Stay tuned to my WHEO morning show for the latest details on how the team is doing this week, and when and where the welcome home (hopefully, victory celebration) event will be held.
Most of the players on the Virginia Tribe were also members of the Patrick County Dixie Youth Minor League All-Stars which were playing for the District 3 tournament title in Blacksburg until the tournament was abrubtly cancelled. After shutting out Montgomery County Friday night 3-0, the Patrick County All-Stars were preparing for a rematch with Blacksburg, the only team to defeat them, on Saturday. However, just as the team was preparing to leave Saturday morning to return to Blacksburg, coach Dalton said in a message left on the WHEO answering machine Sunday, "we received a call from the district director saying the tournament had been cancelled as Patrick County had elected to go no further than District 3 and as most of the players were coming to the World Series. "I really don't know what happened," said a Dalton. Apparently tournament officials awarded the tournament championship to Blacksburg and apparently Patrick County finished as the runner-up, added a baffled Dalton. If more information becomes available on this very puzzling turn of events, I'll share it with you.
Hopefully, the Tribe's players will put this very unfortunate situation behind them and will be ready to play their best in South Carolina. Congratulatins once again to the Virginia state champion Virginia Tribe 10 and under baseball team. We're behind you all the way! You are champions in every sense of word!
Until next time, may God bless you with a "great day"!
A proud Tribe fan,
Richard Rogers
Sunday, July 6, 2008
A Taste of Summer!
I always look forward to the annual rite of summer that takes place in early July each year. No, as patriotic as I am and as much as I cherish our American freedoms, I am not referring to the Fourth of July celebration here. But annually around America's Independence Day observance, the gardens of Patrick County begin yielding one of the most tantalizing of all their bounties, delicious, irresistible, vine ripened, homegrown TOMATOES! And nothing makes as simple and satisfying a summertime meal as a good old-fashioned homegrown in Patrick County tomato sandwich.
No other dish seems so adequately to capture the "taste of summer" as the traditional southern tomato sandwich. Some folks practically live off of them during the summer. Nothing quite hits the spot on a hot, steamy summer's day than a refreshingly palate-pleasing homegrown tomato sandwich. Although some variations are popular, the general consensus seems to be that the perfect ingredients of a homegrown tomato sandwich should be two fresh slices of white bread, covered with a generous topping of mayonnaise on both sides and graced with several healthy slices from the heart of a fresh-from-the-garden, juicy, vine-ripened tomato, grown with tender care and "drippin' with love":O)! Sprinkle on (to your personal taste) some salt and pepper (I apply freely from the shakers myself), top with the second slice of mayo-smeared bread, and enjoy a summertime sensation that is fit for a king or a country boy like me. In fact, the most cunning connaisseur could not resist the unmistakable burst of flavor that this southern delicacy draws from our tantalized tastebuds.
For me, the 10-month wait (from September through June) and craving for this summer favorite ended on July 1st when I enjoyed my first homegrown tomato sandwich of the season. The first of many to be consumed this summer, it featured one of the first fruits from the crop of renowned Patrick County tomato grower, James "Spot" Ray, my stepfather, who is widely known for carefully nurtured tomato crop. With advancing age and a declining energy level that goes with it, Spot has cut back somewhat on his crop this year but he still spends considerable time in the garden and the fruit of his vines is no less than sensational in flavor. "The Tomato Man," as Spot has affectionally been nicknamed, still gives his tomatoes the same care and attention that they have always received. His tomato plants are always immaculately cultivated, staked, mulched, watered, and manicured to produce a product that has been the centerpiece of my family's summer diet for as long as I can remember. How could this gourmet ever make it through the "dog days" of summer without my highly-touted, freely-consumed tomato sandwiches. Thanks to my stepdad and the many other tomato growers of Patrick and surrounding counties that keep so generously and skillfully supplying the main ingredient for "a taste of summer" that few can resist!
Until next time, may God bless you with a "great day" and a bountiful tomato crop!
Lovin' it,
Richard
No other dish seems so adequately to capture the "taste of summer" as the traditional southern tomato sandwich. Some folks practically live off of them during the summer. Nothing quite hits the spot on a hot, steamy summer's day than a refreshingly palate-pleasing homegrown tomato sandwich. Although some variations are popular, the general consensus seems to be that the perfect ingredients of a homegrown tomato sandwich should be two fresh slices of white bread, covered with a generous topping of mayonnaise on both sides and graced with several healthy slices from the heart of a fresh-from-the-garden, juicy, vine-ripened tomato, grown with tender care and "drippin' with love":O)! Sprinkle on (to your personal taste) some salt and pepper (I apply freely from the shakers myself), top with the second slice of mayo-smeared bread, and enjoy a summertime sensation that is fit for a king or a country boy like me. In fact, the most cunning connaisseur could not resist the unmistakable burst of flavor that this southern delicacy draws from our tantalized tastebuds.
For me, the 10-month wait (from September through June) and craving for this summer favorite ended on July 1st when I enjoyed my first homegrown tomato sandwich of the season. The first of many to be consumed this summer, it featured one of the first fruits from the crop of renowned Patrick County tomato grower, James "Spot" Ray, my stepfather, who is widely known for carefully nurtured tomato crop. With advancing age and a declining energy level that goes with it, Spot has cut back somewhat on his crop this year but he still spends considerable time in the garden and the fruit of his vines is no less than sensational in flavor. "The Tomato Man," as Spot has affectionally been nicknamed, still gives his tomatoes the same care and attention that they have always received. His tomato plants are always immaculately cultivated, staked, mulched, watered, and manicured to produce a product that has been the centerpiece of my family's summer diet for as long as I can remember. How could this gourmet ever make it through the "dog days" of summer without my highly-touted, freely-consumed tomato sandwiches. Thanks to my stepdad and the many other tomato growers of Patrick and surrounding counties that keep so generously and skillfully supplying the main ingredient for "a taste of summer" that few can resist!
Until next time, may God bless you with a "great day" and a bountiful tomato crop!
Lovin' it,
Richard
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