Alberta, VA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/ Alberta, VA News Gun discharges during robbery outside victim's house http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/97f6956957a7f8fb8def90692bf3baa7.html Sometimes it's even hard to feel safe near our homes as a county resident recently learned after becoming the victim of an armed robbery According to police the victim was outside his home in the 4000 block of Chippendale Court shortly before 10 pm on Dec 21 when two men approached him and demanded his cash Two Avalanches Bury Snowmobilers 6:35am http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/6ad98d5cd0d68e26fadc5b4bf0e9355e.html FERNIE British Columbia AP Eight people are unaccounted for after two avalanches in southeastern British Columbia and it's feared some are dead Snow slides swept over 11 snowmobilers in a valley Delbert W Hoover http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/4b6ebb7dfa91ea1127bccc8fcf24af22.html DAYTON Delbert William Hoover 83 of Dayton died Sunday Dec 21 2008 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital He was born July 9 1925 in Moyers WVa a son of the late Henry Albert and Anna Elizabeth Propst Hoover Moments in sports http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/5762c810ec78b3893801f297ec8b95d3.html Clockwise from top: More than 550 runners participated in the County Middle School Cross Country Meet earlier this month at R Garland Dodd Park at Point of Rocks Sean Willard from Midlothian Middle won the 21mile run during the meet Fall field trip to the farm http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/bf02917e02a1757b510397a76fa217bc.html Students from several county schools recently took their annual field trips to the Chesterfield Berry Farm From top: Cyann McDaniel frolics in the hay piles with other kindergarteners from Grange Hall Elementary Jkai Lewis from Alberta Smith Elementary pumps water during a duck race Allie Morris from Redeemer Episcopal poses for a photo during her school's field trip Photos by Lisa Billings Student enrollment at schools growing more slowly http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/328ed94dcc96791060d0729700c060ed.html Chesterfield County Public Schools CCPS bucked its growth trend for the second year in a row adding only 156 new students this year according to the latest enrollment numbers submitted to the Virginia Department of Education Hockey moms speak up on Palin roanokecom http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/6924278363607854083f6a73b8b489b0.html The vicepresidential hopeful's reference in her convention speech has resonated with someCanadian Liz Goddard executive director of Albertabased wwwhockeymomscom said she's never seen a pit bull wearing lipstick Closer to home hockey moms Shirley Jensen and Pam Doroshenk both residents of Roanoke County said they haven't either And then they laughed Local father to climb for son's cure http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/virginia/alberta/content/5699f899eeb0171c1375d1ed02fb1f09.html Midlothian resident Keven McQueen will climb Mount Rainier in an effort to raise funds to find a cure for Fanconi anemia FA a rare deadly childhood disease that has struck his 9yearold son Sean FA is an inherited genetic disorder that primarily affects children often more than one in a family by attacking their bone marrow