The event is June 29. The cost is $60 and two non-perishable food items per golfer. The fee includes 18 holes with a cart, range balls and hot dog, chips and soda.

Teams will consist of two people with a captain’s choice format.

Proceeds will be donated to Love Thy Neighbor to help needy residents.

More information is available by emailing HFClassic@yahoo.com or calling 757/771-8037.

Fresh produce from the King George Farmers Market was donated to the Love Thy Neighbor pantry.

Love Thy Neighbor served more than 200 meals and held an early Father’s Day celebration on June 9 at the King George Citizens Center.

The event included a cookout, inspirational message, live music and free groceries to take home, including fresh produce from the King George Farmers Market. Fathers also got free tools.

Participants also got to take home cleaning products, toiletries and pet food.

More information about the ministry is available at its website or by calling Karen Jones at (540) 645-7331.

Residents often bring neighbors who can’t drive or those who are shut-in to the monthly dinners.

From Stephen: 

A wonderful young lady, Emily Ginter, went to be with the Lord suddenly this past weekend. She has been an encouragement to so many. She served Christ in all aspects of her life. Many may know her from Mars Hill events as she led in worship music a number of times, but that is a very small sample of her loving service to the Lord. She served faithfully at her home church and led many to Christ on countless mission trips and just the way she lived each day. Anyone who has known her knows of her contagious smile and genuine love for the Lord and others. But as beautiful of a person as she was on earth, we know she is now even more beautiful in the presence of our Lord singing to Him and dancing on streets of gold!

A memorial service will be held at New Life Ministries on Saturday, June 15, at 1 p.m. The church is preparing for a large gathering, so please come join this celebration of Emily’s life. The church address: New Life Ministries, 2800 McKinney Blvd. (Rt. 205), Colonial Beach, VA 22443.

In lieu of flowers, the family believes Emily would have preferred any gifts be given to any one of her favorite places:

1. New Life Ministries, P.O. Box 494, Colonial Beach, VA 22443 (please designate for “missions teams”)
2. The Prayer Furnace, P.O. Box 4117, Fredericksburg, VA 22402
3. The Honor Academy, P.O. Box 2000, Garden Valley, TX 75771

The race will pay tribute to Virginia National Guard soldiers who have died in deployments since Sept. 11, 2001, said Sfc. Robert Greene with the Virginia National Guard at Fort A.P. Hill.

Mason, who lived in King George, and Ruhren, who was from Stafford County, were among 22 people who died in December 2004 during a mess-tent suicide bombing near Mosul.

All Virginia National Guard soldiers will get in free, and Greene is offering tickets for family members.

Gates open at 5 p.m. and opening ceremonies begin at 7:45 p.m. Chaplin Eddie Barnett will offer the benediction, then members of the 237th Engineers will present colors.

Barnett will read the names of National Guard solders from Virginia who have died, and TAPS will be played.

The race begins at 8 p.m.

Virginia Motor Speedway is at 4426 Tidewater Trail in Jamaica.

Because King George doesn’t have a fire academy, its volunteers often travel to Richmond, LaPlata, Md., or beyond for classes, said Chief David Moody. He asked permission from the King George Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to spend $17,728 of grant funds on a 2013 Chevrolet Impala for them to drive. Currently, volunteers use their own vehicles or county response vehicles with emergency equipment.

The board agreed with the purchase, stating the vehicle took priority over other items such as turnout gear.

“I think it’s important that we send a message to our volunteers,” said Supervisor Joe Grzeika. “We do want to minimize any extra costs for them.”

The fire and rescue department also is working with County Attorney Eric Gregory to update its mutual aid agreements with surrounding counties, as well as the Navy base in Dahlgren and companies in Maryland across the Potomac River.

Here’s his presentation. WASTE MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION – Tom Cue

Supervisors are supposed to arrange a time this summer to look at other landfills in Virginia that rise more than 300 feet in the air. If the county approves the expansion, the King George landfill would be 370 feet with a 100-acre plateau on top.

Look for an upcoming story about the plans online and in The Free Lance-Star.

The exercise is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include a convoy of 60 military vehicles that will enter and exit Naval Support Facility Dahlgren through the B Gate at U.S. 301 and Owens Drive. The convoy may cause temporary backups for others. The exercise is being conducted by Naval Support Activity South Potomac. For more information, contact the Public Affairs Office at (540/653-8153.

Runners participating in King George’s Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run gather at the starting line.

For the second year, King George County held its own event as part of the Virginia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. 

Yesterday, 238 runners, including representatives from the Sheriff’s Office, King George High School’s JROTC program and Marines from Indianhead, Md., ran from the Sheriff’s Office to King George Middle School.

The event raised $7,000 for King George Special Olympians, said Deputy Rob Shriver. The money will be used to send participants to Special Olympics games in the winter and summer.

Other businesses and individuals also supported King George’s torch run, and sponsors provided food.

The Virginia Torch run is in its 28th year. It unites more than 2,000 law enforcement agencies and corrections departments throughout the state to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics. The event has raised more than $14 million for state athletes.

The session will be held at 1 p.m. at the King George Sheriff’s Office, off State Route 3 next to the YMCA.

The event is open to the public. A representative from the Virginia attorney general’s office will talk about the issue which costs taxpayers millions of dollars a year. The office is trying to decrease the number of victims through investigation and prosecution, according to a press release.

The King George Triad, in cooperation with King George County Sheriff’s Office, promotes education on scams and frauds that impact senior citizens.

On Tuesday, Supervisor John LoBuglio asked if the documents will be shredded in front of the residents who brought them.

“No, we don’t shred it, we just throw it away,” quipped District Manager Thomas Cue.

He was kidding.

He said residents could stay to watch the shredding if they wanted, but they’d see everyone else’s paper being shredded, too. It’s all put in a big pile and shredded before the company contracted to provide the service leaves for the day, Cue said. No items submitted for shredding are taken off the property, he said.

Also on Saturday, the landfill will collect items for the food pantry operated by the King George Department of Social Services.