James City County Fire Educator Margaret Tucker (left) was recently presented a “Heavyweight” award by the Virginia Citizen Corps. She was honored for furthering business disaster preparedness and for helping to bring Teen CERT to Virginia.  The award was presented by Brock Bierman, Director of the Community Preparedness Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Sharon Woo, Citizens Corps & CERT training and outreach coordinator, Virginia Department of Emergency Management.

It was freedom day – just 9 days before Thanksgiving -- for 14 wild turkeys at Freedom Park off Centerville Road. Fourth-graders from Norge and D.J. Montague Elementary Schools learned all about the habits of these grand gamebirds before they flew off to their roosting places in the treetops. The release was sponsored by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the National Wild Turkey Federation.