busy plane, don't angels in jamestown tomorrow, or we're ready for that much. i can't hear. yeah, we're ready. despite facing her own challenges, rita remains dedicated to supporting other young women through regular walks in her neighborhood. she actively engage us with the youth extending a helping hand to those in her community. the. this also provides rita with an opportunity to reflect this case of teenage pregnancy, drug ideas and others. so it help or support your your, your mind is always like i have to go to the basketball course. there is no time for you today. i'll go to the why, who is always bothering me and be like come to us. which means rita doesn't just spend tons of time playing basketball. she also loves to watch it. she does her best to model her game off of her favorite player age, a wilson from the w. n. b, a 's las vegas. a says she is always at a center or sometimes that is a sideline. vision gives a chance to she double. she should sit down kinds 3 locations and through further partnerships with schools works with thousands of young people. today is

she was a young girl when, when the jamestown colony was founded in 1607.like the pilgrims who would come later, the english were ill prepared to survive in the new land that they had come too. and really had to depend on the generosity of the local indians to survive their first few winters. so pocahontas, we all know the story i think we all know the story of how pocahontas befriended john smith in some versions of the story she was john smith's lover. which is gross she was 11 years old when she met john smith. but at some point her father is going to execute john smith. but pocahontas cast herself over john smith's body and saved him from being executed by her father. well, that's a good story, right? that is a cool story. and it makes for great myth. so much so virginians to this day love to trace their ancestry back to pocahontas. so at this point of course there are thousands of people with at least some credibility connect themselves to pocahontas and her offspring john rolfe. it probably did not happen. in fact it almost certainly didn't happen. jo

and so the jamestown colony was always on the edge of failure and and literally going away. but when thomas rolfe brought the tobacco from the caribbean, the the colony began to prosper and and then came the the the the colony of virginia and later the commonwealth of virginia, who. let me let me there's another part just kind of fun. so fast forward literally 300 years the state of virginia in the 1920s is refining its jim crow laws and at time under virginia law there were two kinds of people there were white and there were colored people. and you can guess who the colored people were, if you had any black ancestry whatsoever, ever any native ancestry, any asian ancestry whatsoever. you were colored. and and if not, then you could be white. and of course, being white was better under under the laws of virginia at the time. but then they remembered that there were hundreds perhaps thousands of virginians at the time who claimed ancestry from pocahontas on us and under that law would have been deemed colored and ineligible for many of many of the advantages that were due to

i gave a team heading across across coast to jamestown, where they'll face off against another dunc squad in the retail shows offer skills early on opening the scoring the in the end, the giga side came out on top. i think that goes was 195. we did our best because when nobody played it, it's quite chinese about today. the one basketball has helped me to grow and helps her pursuing education and a brighter future. but she realizes how rare that can be in her community. the sunrise in last space time i went to the side, let's see on boise young girls and every know boys they will for the information and the one to about to see on your as a senior. trying to think that for asian, when settings and then my kids and yeah, this before, i'll kind of decide education. and i think when, when education is added to this, people do, i do know do based on just vision. and i think when i get an opportunity to change this, i really change things to her efforts. retail looks well on her way to making that difference. the schools we say they're about never getting up every weekend on dw of the the new wi

jamestown, virginia. if this piece belonged to john purcell, alden it may have been acquired through john's trading contacts. fellow plymouth colony magistrate thomas willet, one of the colony's wealthiest inhabitants, dealt frequently with the dutch and new amsterdam modern manhattan in his 1674 inventory, he lists spoons of, quote, outlandish make john and priscilla's oldest captain, john ogden, was a mariner and merchant and could also have been the source. this rare and very special object. imagine, you know the little the wonderful little teacups you get at the chinese. you know, those wonderful, cute little that's exactly what we have here is a wonderful little chinese porcelain cup designed for tea. but here it is in duxbury in the 17th century. it's being traded from all around the world. the east india companies of the netherlands and england are carrying all these different wares around world. so the alton's an existing in isolate there in duxbury they're attached the much wider world around the

most important election of our lifetime in a column ran in a series of local papers including the jamestown sun from late last week. he is talking about how did north dakota office of the secretary of state has the responsibility of overseeing the state election process, but this is how he leads the column. we hear it every two years, this is the most important election of our lifetime. in a sense it is true, not because of who the candidates may be or the issues facing voters, but because the most important election of our lifetime is always the next election. voting is a privilege that every united states citizen has an a response ability every eligible voter should take seriously. you are responsible for choosing your leaders, policies, and future no matter if it is a presidential election or your local school board election. the secretary of state of north dakota. this is river in ohio. good morning. you are next. caller: hi there, good morning. how are you? host: doing well. what is the most important election of your lifetime? caller: my thunder was stolen by the last article but ever

we've just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. and last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right? this is where we've come from. where we're going is the revolution. we're talking about wars and we're talking about tensions. the theme of today is the colonists were whining freeloaders getting all the benefits of british citizenship. yep. without footing any of the cost. that's the motherland fought to protect them. they then objected to carrying any of the burden for paying their share of the costs of protecting them. we're going to talk about the situation at the end of the last war, what the solutions, including curb the freeloading colonists. just stay with me on this, okay? stay with me on this. the european in

like, i know this sounds ridiculous, but i've never been to jamestown, so i didn't know exactly where we talk about it. and then i started reading, well, you know that's not the first attempt the establish a colony for the english on the continent. the first was the lost colony of roanoke which is right off of -- pete: in case you didn't know, you've turn tuned in to the history channel. will: yeah, yeah. sir walter raleigh, they put 'em in, but no no one knows what happened to them. were they killed by indians? did they starve? the reason is i didn't come across -- [laughter] pete: guess what? nowhere near the ocean, i'm being told. will: i'm being told it's by roanoke. pete: yeah. where's roanoke? where's roanoke in ray they were just obsessing over maps earlie- pete: we spent the last ten minutes with rick at the wall after his weather report, and he was breaking down do all the coastline s of america. different states and why they're different. coastlines of texas, louisiana, the 30a area of florida, up, you know, the carolinas, and he was able to describe why they're all differen

jamestown settlement. this is where the first americans arrived and attempted to set up colonies and states just in this area not far from virginia beach. when it comes to politics, this is really one of the true battleground spots of virginia. kamala harris has a big lead or a decent size lead over donald trump. it's blue up near washington, d.c. it's red in most of the state. and virginia beach. norfolk, this area right here is where there is a real battle who could win, donald trump or kamala harris. we begin to learn today with early voting in virginia. >> steve: particularly, in that area you are at, there is so much military, such a military build up. >> will: that's right. our naval infrastructure is based down there. >> will: it's huge, huge. absolutely. naval bases. naval air bases. naval seals based on operations throughout this area. all throughout this tide water region. it is all up and through this tide water region. huge presence from the military. >> brian: somewhat affordable, too. i have

well, i've been interested in history since i was a little kid and to jamestown and wearing the chainand the steel helmets. but this particular book in. but it was really shaped by watching january 6th because i how much i took for granted peaceful transfer of power, how central it is to our democracy and the concept of a peaceful is what makes our republic. and i thought as i was looking back on the first transition and there was a lot there that hadn't been explored and maybe it hadn't been explored because it was subtle. and adams was about it and didn't, you know, make big fuss. and if you weren't looking for it, if you hadn't experi a contested transition, then you wouldn't have thought to ask how these first ones emerge. and so that really what inspired this story. where did you grow up and where did you go to school? i grew up in california and then i moved to the east coast and went to george washington university and, then got my ph.d., my master's in ph.d. back in california. but then kept coming back because i am east coaster at heart. all of the history that i love to stud

well, i've been interested in history since i was a little kid and to jamestown and wearing the chainand the steel helmets. but this particular book in. but it was really shaped by watching january 6th because i how much i took for granted peaceful transfer of power, how central it is to our democracy and the concept of a peaceful is what makes our republic. and i thought as i was looking back on the first transition and there was a lot there that hadn't been explored and maybe it hadn't been explored because it was subtle. and adams was about it and didn't, you know, make big fuss. and if you weren't looking for it, if you hadn't experi a contested transition, then you wouldn't have thought to ask how these first ones emerge. and so that really what inspired this story. where did you grow up and where did you go to school? i grew up in california and then i moved to the east coast and went to george washington university and, then got my ph.d., my master's in ph.d. back in california. but then kept coming back because i am east coaster at heart. all of the history that i love to stud

after graduating from jamestown high school and studying criminal justice at jamestown community college, rich began his law enforcement career many 1991 with the shah talk what county sheriff's office. he rose through the ranks serving as deputy and sergeant overseeing the county's 911 center. a lieutenant and later a supervisor for court security. his hard work and leadership were undeniable. and in 2021, he was appointed undersheriff of chautauqua county, a role in which he continued to lead by strong example. rich's dedication to the community wasn't limited to his badge. he is remembered as a family man, a loving family man, getted to his wife, ahman dark and their three children, caitlyn, andrew, and alec. throughout his career, rich embodied the qualities that we look for in public servants, integrity, courage, and respect. his actions over 33 years spoke louder than any words. whether it was investigating fires with the department's fire investigation team or attending the prestigious f.b.i. national academy, rich never stopped pushing himself to be better for his community. mr.

country were in line behind that, because whiteness was created in the commonwealth of virginia, in jamestown. i mean, we know that that's where whiteness was created in the book on the books. and so then they had to determine who was white. so some people were white and other people were not white. if you were white, you got a bunch of stuff. if you weren't white, you didn't get a bunch of stuff. and those monuments were put in place to kind of address that and to uphold those ideals. and so what we're trying to do is just evaluate, reevaluate, take it, take a breath. as president collins said, take a breath and look at these monuments with fresh eyes, with what we know now, and try to deliberately and intentionally be rational in our approach, responsive to our present communities. thank you. commissioner. comment is now closed. is there any public comment on agenda item number seven? shaping legacy? i believe we have another commissioner carney. do we have another comment from a commissioner? oh yeah. commissioner carney here, i agree with you that it's important to tell our story and accu

most important election of our lifetime in a column ran in a series of local papers including the jamestownun from late last week. he is talking about how did north dakota office of the secretary of state has the responsibility of overseeing the state election process, but this is how he leads the column. we hear it every two years, this is the most important election of our lifetime. in a sense it is true, not because of who the candidates may be or the issues facing voters, but because the most important election of our lifetime is always the next election. voting is a privilege that every united states citizen has an a response ability every eligible voter should take seriously. you are responsible for choosing your leaders, policies, and future no matter if it is a presidential election or your local school board election. the secretary of state of north dakota. this is river in ohio. good morning. you are next. caller: hi there, good morning. how are you? host: doing well. what is the most important election of your lifetime? caller: my thunder was stolen by the last article but every