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Newsom, Paolini reach VSGA Amateur final
WILLIAMSBURG — Roger Newsom and Brinson Paolini, both Virginia Beach residents, will meet today in the 36-hole championship of the 95th Virginia State Golf Association’s Amateur Championship at Kingsmill Resort’s River Course.
Newsom, 44, reached the final by beating Blacksburg’s Lanto Griffin 2 and 1 in the semifinals Friday afternoon on the 6,831-yard, par-71 course.
Paolini, 17, beat Vincent Nadeau, of Penhook, 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals Friday morning and then beat Jordan Utley 2 and 1 in the semis.
Griffin had beaten Tazewell’s Garland Green, a rising sophomore at Virginia Tech, in a 22-hole quarterfinal match.
5 locals qualify for
VSGA junior amateur
Martinsville’s Jack Adkins fired an even-par 72 at London Downs Golf Club to pace zone qualifying for the VSGA Junior Amateur Championship.
Adkins was one of five area players who finished in the low six spots to earn berths in the field for the July 29-31 tournament at Blacksburg. Collinsville’s Jason Dove (76), Forest’s Sam Dailey (77), Ridgeway’s Dylan Jenson (77) and Bassett’s Blake Carter (78) were the other qualifiers.

Blacksburg police this afternoon identified the 16-year-old victim of a fatal car crash this morning.

Ayesha Kathleen Wintersdorff of Blacksburg was traveling west on U.S. 460 near the North Main Street intersection at about 4:50 a.m. when she lost control of the sedan she was driving, according to a news release from the police department.

Reginald Wayne Killingsworth claimed to a jury that he never intended to kill Zaid Almajali, that he shot the Melrose Avenue shopkeeper by accident after being insulted and threatened.

With another night of competition under their belt, Caressa Cameron and Caitlin Uze walked away with preliminary awards during the second night of the 2008 Miss Virginia Pageant on Friday evening.

After walking the runway in a bright pink bikini, Uze (Miss Greater Springfield) was awarded the $500 Audiotronic scholarship for Group A's swimsuit competition.

The hamburger patties sizzled on the grill, seven or eight across and five deep, kicking up smoke under the white shelter.

A woman was shot to death early Friday in Northwest Roanoke and police arrested a suspect not long afterward.

Kendra T. Jones, 33, was shot shortly after midnight at Lansdowne Park housing project in the 2900 block of Salem Turnpike Northwest, according to police spokeswoman Aisha Johnson. Police responding to the scene found Jones outside, suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where she later died.

The remaining two victims from this week's triple homicide in Henry County were identified Friday by investigators.

Filiberto Martin Loredo-Morales, 43, and Jose Martin Perez-Lopez, whose age is unknown, were among the three men found slain in the Ridgecrest Trailer Park in Collinsville early Monday, a news release from the sheriff's office said. Both Loredo-Morales and Perez-Lopez were Mexican natives living in Collinsville.

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who they say struck a Southwest Roanoke house and fled on foot.

The crash occurred just before 9:30 p.m. in 3300 block of Pasley Avenue, according to spokeswoman Aisha Johnson.

Betty G. Price

Price, of Roanoke, was a member of the Valley Junior Women's Club and worked with the Miss Virginia Pageant in the early years.

The caustic tone of Amy Roberson's letter ("Pageant contenders are hardly role models," June 25) makes me wonder if she knows anything at all about the Miss Virginia Pageant itself or state satellites that comprise the Miss America Pageant.

To colleagues of Dr. Alexander McCausland, his name will always be linked with the medical field he worked in for nearly seven decades.

When McCausland stopped practicing medicine in 2005, he was 92 and believed to be the oldest practicing allergist in the country.

The Long & Foster Companies plans to close its real estate office at 1818 Electric Road in Roanoke County and lay off a small number of employees next week, regional vice president Pat Clark said Friday.

Rowe Fine Furniture, a furniture manufacturer based in Elliston, opened this week a new lumber grading facility in Salem to expand operations at the company's Salem Frame business unit.

Before, Salem Frame had been limited to providing customers kiln drying of freshly cut lumber.

Some familiar names have been training around the country for the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

William Copeland, the 2004 Timesland boys' swimmer of the year, has been practicing at the University of California. Peter Volosin, a four-time All-Timesland pick, has been preparing at Brown University. Jordan Anderson, the 2006 Timesland boys' swimmer of the year, has been training at Auburn.

Courtney Ellenbogen's first trip to Minnesota won't stand too high on her long list of visited destinations.

Unable to get in the swing for a second straight day, Ellenbogen struggled to another round of 6-over-par 79 Friday and failed to make the 36-hole cut for the 63rd U.S. Women's Open in Edina, Minn.

The Detroit Pistons want Deron Washington on their team -- but probably not next season.

Detroit, which has made it to the Eastern Conference finals or NBA Finals each of the past six seasons, took the former Virginia Tech forward with the next-to-last pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night.

Sacramento was thought to be in such desperate need for a point guard that many NBA Draft analysts believed the Kings would select one with their No. 1 pick Thursday night.

The Kings ended up using their first pick -- the 12th overall -- on 6-foot-11 Patrick Thompson from Rider. But, that didn't diminish their need for a point guard.

One would not be taking a flying leap to claim that tonight's $50,000 Grand Prix of Roanoke jumper class could be the most tightly contested ever.

Three past champions, an Olympic gold medalist, a prodigy in stirrups who has already won two of the week's major jumper classes, and a decade-old rivalry will make for a spicy equestrian gumbo tonight on the snug oval floor of the Salem Civic Center.

EUGENE, Ore. -- Virginia Tech's Queen Harrison and Sherlenia Green advanced to the semifinals of the women's 400-meter hurdles Friday on the opening day of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.

LOUDON, N.H. -- Its existence relegated to museum displays, old TV footage and our memories, the black No. 3 car is making a comeback.

It's back on NASCAR tracks.

And so is the sight of that car stalking its prey or leading the pack as Dale Earnhardt famously did before his death.

Polin Trinidad, who stifled Carolina League bats for Salem in the first two months of the season, has made the World team for the Futures all-star game.

The Futures game is a part of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, pitting U.S. prospects against prospects from the rest of the world on July 13 at 12:30 p.m. It will be televised on ESPN2.

Two people were hurt Friday afternoon when a tire on the van they were riding in blew as they drove on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County, causing the van to crash.

The crash happened shortly before 1 p.m. on I-81 north near mile marker 120.

Pulaski officials said Friday they received eight letters of interest from residents willing to fill a vacant seat on the town council.

Thursday was the deadline to apply.

The seat will be vacated by council member Jeff Worrell, who is scheduled to be sworn in as mayor Tuesday.

When Virginia Department of Transportation officials close Monday the public comment period on new secondary road regulations, they will likely hear strong objections from Montgomery County officials.

WHITE GATE -- The June 4 collapse of the "old wagon bridge" that for nearly a century connected several families to the outside world has stirred memories of a community's coming together to make life easier.