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Friday night football roundup
Magna Vista wins Piedmont District title

Magna Vista clinched the Piedmont District title on Friday, downing Bassett 22-14 at Bassett to complete a journey from worst to first.

The Warriors (6-4 overall, 4-0 PD) entered the season with a 21-game losing streak, but wound up undefeated in the district in coach Joe Favero’s second season at the helm of the Ridgeway program.

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H1N1 vaccine clinic set Monday
At National Guard Armory

The Virginia Department of Health will hold an H1N1 vaccine clinic at the National Guard Armory in Martinsville on Monday.

The clinic will operate in three shifts — from 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Each time slot will have vaccine available, according to a health department news release.

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Husband is sentenced in wounding
Hairston hid under wife's bed before shooting her in the back
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By DEBBIE HALL - Bulletin Staff Writer

Family members wept Wednesday as Circuit Court Judge David V. Williams sentenced Terrance Milano Hairston to 16 years in prison for crimes against his estranged wife, including shooting her after she found him hiding under her bed.

“I love my wife dearly,” Hairston said in a low tone Wednesday as he asked Williams to “consider my kids” when sentencing him.

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Witasick's verdicts split; wife cleared

By AMANDA BUCK - Bulletin Staff Writer

Kevin Witasick, an attorney who once lived in the historic Stoneleigh home in Stanleytown, was found guilty Thursday of health care fraud and not guilty of mail fraud following a four-day trial in Danville, according to court records.

Witasick and his wife, Whitney, were on trial this week before U.S. District Court Judge Jackson L. Kiser of Martinsville on one count each of mail fraud. Kevin Witasick also faced the health care fraud charge.

The judge found both not guilty of mail fraud, court records show.

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BHS students make All American band

By ELIZA WINSTON - Bulletin Staff Writer

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Two students from Bassett High School have been invited to join the All American Marching Band.

The Army sponsors the All American Bowl and All American Marching Band. High school seniors are selected to compete in the football game or play during the half-time show in the marching band.

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Memories linger of drug stores in area's history

By MICKEY POWELL - Bulletin Staff Writer

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Think there are a lot of drug stores in Henry County and Martinsville now?

More than 40 pharmacies were in business in the Martinsville area at one point in the early 20th century, said local historian Desmond Kendrick.

Wednesday afternoon, he presented a lecture at the New College Institute on local drug stores that operated many years ago.

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The Henry County School System’s new logo (above) was unveiled for the Henry County School Board on Thursday. The system also has a redesigned, updated Web site, which will go live today. The new site is designed to help the school system communicate internally and externally, officials said.

Former local resident seeks 5th District seat
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By AMANDA BUCK - Bulletin Staff Writer

Former Martinsville resident Ken Boyd, a businessman and member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, returned to the city Thursday to announce that he is seeking the Republican nomination for the 5th District seat in Congress.

Boyd, 62, spoke outside the city municipal building on the first day of a three-day tour of the district. His goal, he said, is to meet voters and local officials, listen to their concerns and share his ideas about representing them.

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