Amelia The county Board of Supervisors and School Board members are continuing to discuss future school construction. School officials are leaning toward building a flexible intermediate school, but other options were discussed during a recent meeting of the two boards.

Caroline During its meeting tomorrow evening, the county Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a lease with the State Fair of Virginia, which has offered property at Meadow Farm for the relocation of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service office, currently at the Community Services Center in Milford. The board meeting starts at 6 p.m., with the public hearing portion of the meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Community Services Center.

Charles City Fort Pocahontas will host its 11th annual re-enactment of the Action at Wilson's Wharf this weekend. The re-enactment, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, commemorates an 1864 Civil War battle during which United States Colored Troops at Fort Pocahontas, an earthen fort under the command of Brig. Gen. Edward Augustus Wild, repulsed an attack by Confederate cavalry troops led by Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for students. For details and directions, see www.fortpocahontas.org, e-mail ktyler@sherwoodforest.org or call (804) 358-6248.

Chesterfield Henricus Historical Park will present its "Musket, Sword and Pike" program Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to replicate a day in the life of the soldiers of Sir Thomas Dale's militia. Guests will visit with the soldiers in the Citie of Henricus, participate in a drill with the Henricus Militia, and see demonstrations of period tactics, armor, weaponry and artillery. The daily admission is $6 for adults and $4 for children. For details, call (804) 706-1340 or visit www.henricus.org.

Colonial Heights The City Council is seeking applications from Colonial Heights residents interested in serving on the Transportation Safety Commission. Applications are available at the clerk's office in City Hall or at the Colonial Heights Public Library on Yacht Basin Drive. For more information, call (804) 520-9360.

Cumberland The Board of Supervisors will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the county circuit courtroom. The board is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the issuance of up to $10 million in lease revenue notes for short-term financing for the planning, engineering, permitting, land acquisition, construction and equipping of capital facilities for the proposed Cobbs Creek Reservoir project.

Dinwiddie Venida Shields said she was just doing what people ought to do when she took in and cared for her mother-in-law, who died from breast cancer in September. Shields was one of nine Virginians honored with the 2008 Governor's Caregiver Recognition Award during a recent ceremony in Virginia Beach. Shields, who lives on Church Road, was nominated by her sisters-in-law.

Goochland The Board of Supervisors has approved a permit that will allow Goochland Free Clinic and Family Services to keep a second-floor apartment at its River Road building. The apartment will be used on an emergency basis for Social Services and the Goochland Family Services Society to house displaced people for up to 60 days, county records show.

Hanover Montpelier Fire Company Station 8 will hold an open house and unit dedication on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A new rescue truck will be introduced and other equipment will be on display. The event, to be held at 16861 Mountain Road, will feature free blood-pressure checks, a helicopter landing, fire-prevention information and entertainment. For details, call (804) 883-5656.

Henrico Short Pump Middle School recently was named a School to Watch by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle School Reform. The school, located in western Henrico County, was one of only 47 nationwide to receive the honor.

Hopewell The City Council will hold a work session on the proposed budget for fiscal 2009 Wednesday at 6 p.m. in council chambers. Manager Edwin C. Daley last month proposed a slightly higher budget for the next fiscal year, including small increases for the school system and police department. The overall budget of $40.6 million is $1.05 million, or 2.65 percent, greater than the current budget, Daley said. The school system got about half of the funding increase it had requested, and city officials will address that and funding for public safety priorities at this meeting.

King and Queen A spring concert will be held at Central High School at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The high school band and high school chorus will perform, in addition to selections played by county band students in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades.

King William Register now for the inaugural Chesty Puller Memorial Twin Bridge 10K Run. The race will take place at 8 a.m. June 21 in West Point, with registration beginning at 6:30 a.m. at Eighth and Kirby streets. Proceeds will support the newly created West Point Historical Society and will go toward the future construction of a West Point museum. For details, contact Neal Barber at (804) 843-2228.

Louisa Representatives of the design firm the county School Board hired to build a new elementary school now project a construction start for early September this year and completion in November 2009. Officials from Newport News-based Rancorn Wildman Architects PLC gave board members an update on plans for Moss-Nuckols Elementary School during the board's regular meeting last week.

New Kent Want to learn to be a storm spotter? The county's Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management will host a National Weather Service Skywarn class on June 18 to train residents to be storm spotters. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the New Kent Forestry Center, 11301 Pocahontas Trail in Providence Forge. Basic Skywarn training is free and open to the public, but the class is limited to 35 participants. Call New Kent Fire-Rescue at (804) 966-9618, Ext. 3 to register. Details can be found at www.erh.noaa.gov/er/akq/spotterinfo/skywarn.htm#Training.

Petersburg The Petersburg School Board learned last week that the city has the highest teen pregnancy rate in Virginia. Mattlyn Debrick, a nursing supervisor with the Crater Health District, said that in 2006, there were 195 teen pregnancies in Petersburg for a rate of 91.5 per 1,000 girls ages 10 to 19. The state rate was 27.3. Debrick said the coalition is working with other agencies in the city and is also trying to encourage parents to talk to children about the risks of early sexual activity.

Powhatan The Powhatan County Historical Society will present its first World War II Roundtable program at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Village Building on Old Buckingham Road in the village of Powhatan. The event is free. Powhatan's World War II veterans will be honored guests of the society at this and all ensuing programs.

Prince George Accepting the challenge of Rotary International to make a positive impact on literacy this year, the Rotary Club of Prince George County has presented a dictionary to each third-grader in the county. With a grant from The John Randolph Foundation, one student from each third-grade class will also receive a $20 gift certificate to purchase books at their school's scholastic book fair or at a local book store.

Richmond The city's Department of Finance recently received a "Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting" by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its annual financial report.

Sussex Incumbents had an easy time of it in Tuesday's at-large Town Council elections in Wakefield and Waverly. In Wakefield, council members Jean C. Barker, Charles W. Gray, J.M. "Jim" Long Jr., Mary L. Renney, O.E. "Chip" Parker III and J.R. "Jack" Stringfield easily won re-election, turning back challenger David L. Fronek. In Waverly, incumbents Andrew W. Mayes, Betty C. Harrell, Kayda Pope Thornton and Sonda Johnson Parham prevailed, and former councilwoman Barbara L. Taylor captured an open council seat by defeating Erica M. Gatling and Willie Cheeks Walker.

AROUND THE STATE

Tazewell A Tazewell County man received two life sentences for his role in the shooting of a county sheriff's deputy last fall. Tazewell Commonwealth's Attorney Dennis Lee said a Circuit Court judge last week sentenced 28-year-old Scotty Lee Stinson of Bandy to life terms for two counts of attempted capital murder. Prosecutors said Stinson was the triggerman in the Oct. 19 shooting of Deputy Eric Mullins during a traffic stop in Bluefield as police searched for robbery suspects.

Alexandria Transportation officials say they have finished weekend work at the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge as they prepare to open a second span of the $2.5 billion project. Crews had been working since Friday to shift lanes on the Capital Beltway's outer loop to align with the new bridge. The second span of the new Wilson Bridge will open to traffic the last weekend of the month. The first span opened in the summer of 2006.