Checking the competition
County's chess clubs dominate school league
By Sande Snead CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      After Bill Barrow and Badr Sharobim taught their kids to play chess, it wasn't long before their progenies turn to prodigies. Their sons' love for the strategic board game led both men to become coordinators for high schools in the Greater Richmond High School Chess League.
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A military makeover
Interior redesigner helps military wives prepare for their husbands' return
By Marcy Horwitz CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Lynn Dillingham is a seasoned Coast Guard wife. So when her husband Dean was assigned to Guantanamo Bay last year, she did what all military wives do: she coped. From September until June, she ran the household. She got the children - four of them - to school, sports practices, games and lessons....
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Explore the Voyage to Virginia at Henricus
      Learn the dangers of 17th century sea travel at Henricus' Voyage to Virginia by Sea program on Sat., Jan. 27, at 1 p.m., at Henricus Historical Park, 251 Henricus Park Road. For more information, call 706-1340 or visit www.chesterfieldtourism.com.
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