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Doris O’Donnell Jellig

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5 days ago

June 23, 2024

Doris O’Donnell Jellig of Virginia Beach passed away on June 21, 2024 with gratitude to her Lord and family for over 81 years of love and grace spent doing exactly what she intended to do with her time on Earth. Doris was born in Brooklyn on November 12, 1942 to Charles O’Donnell and Doris Egan, raised on Long Island, and it was there at St. Thomas the Apostle School in 7th grade where she met twelve-year-old Donald Vincent Jellig, who courted her under the watchful eyes of the nun-led faculty. Doris graduated Cabrini College and St. John’s University, with a marriage to Don in between- wherein she proposed to him via Western Union telegram on February 29, 1964 – and their 58-year marriage led them around the country but never apart.

Eldest child Janice (Lear) was born in Rockville Centre, NY, and it was shortly thereafter when their first move to Hampton Roads began and Jerry Jellig was born at the Langley A.F.B. Hospital, where Lieutenant Don Jellig was a hospital administrator. Jeanne (Alhusen), Joyce (Bednarek), and Jennifer (Freeman) soon followed, and their eventual family of 7 traversed the country following Don’s information technology career: Newport News, Harrisburg PA, with a short stop in Dallas (but long enough to form a lifelong bond with the Cowboys), Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, long stay in Schenectady, NY, and back to Virginia Beach for good in 1986, teaching high school and college English at nearly every stop. In 1986 Sentara brought husband Don to Virginia Beach, and Doris returned to Tidewater Community College as an English professor, and two years later was appointed full time faculty. She taught another 27 years at TCC, building relationships with thousands of students, serving as assistant Division Chair, and leading one of the very first study abroad courses, returning to Ireland over a dozen times with students (and Don). Upon retirement, Doris was honored as a Professor Emeritus and was intensely proud of what Tidewater Community College has become for her community.

She was extremely grateful for her over four decades of teaching, but her favorite students were her 5 children, whom she marinated in a culture of love, Ireland and the Irish, Catholic service and decency, Happy Hours, travel, great books, and an unflinching devotion to family and country. When it appeared she couldn’t be any happier or more grateful, the first of her 20 grandchildren arrived, and things really got going! Doris and Don were undefeated- every Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, high school and college graduations were gleefully attended and commemorated, and surely toasted at a Jellig Happy Hour. Those 20 humans, from a 3rd year law school student to a kindergartener, love their Granny and believe her to be the greatest, and for us, she was simply that. A great and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, active in and supportive of multiple church parishes; in particular, Ascension, where lasting friendships were made, the community of St. Luke’s, both in Virginia Beach and St. Agnes in Lake Placid, NY.

Doris is predeceased by brother James O’Donnell, survived by her husband and “Prince” Don, sisters and dearest friends Marilyn Faherty (Fred), of Acton, MA and Joyce Bussewitz (Roy), of Wilmington, NC, Russ Jellig of Vista, CA, nieces and nephews and her so named “Fab 5” – children Janice Lear, Jerry (Julie), Jeanne (Philipp) Alhusen, Joyce (Robert) Bednarek, and Jennifer (James) Freeman. She is not so much survived, as she is manifested- mind, body, heart and soul- in grandchildren Holly, Maggie, Jack, Bridget, Lindsay, Conor, Maria, Charlie, Shane, Casey, Donnie, Katie, Patrick, Archie, Annie, Nellie, Max, Bella, Teddy, and Henry.

The visitation is scheduled for Monday, July 1, 2024, from 5-7 PM at Smith and Williams Funeral Home, 4889 Princess Anne Rd. Virginia Beach. The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at 11 AM, at the Church of the Ascension, 4853 Princess Anne Rd. Virginia Beach, followed by a reception for all in the Ascension Community Center. Burial is private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Church of the Ascension Social Ministry Program, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation or a charity of your choice. You may offer condolences at smithandwilliamskempsville.com

Cheers to a wonderful educator, community member, and friend to all. We miss you terribly.

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First Lady Jill Biden visits Virginia Beach before debate, Trump to visit Chesapeake next

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6 hours ago

June 27, 2024

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First Lady Jill Biden visits Virginia Beach before debate, Trump to visit Chesapeake next

Hours before the two presumptive nominees were slated to hit the debate stage for the first time in the 2024 presidential race, First Lady Jill Biden stopped in Virginia Beach on her way to Atlanta to support her husband, President Joe Biden.

“You all know that there’s two visions for America and you’ll see them tonight when you watch the debate,” she told the crowd that had gathered inside of the Biden-Harris campaign office in Virginia Beach for a sign-making event.

“You’ve already chosen your vision, or you wouldn’t be here,” she said to the crowd of Biden supporters. “The vision you’ve chosen is for strong, steady leadership versus the other vision, which is chaos and corruption.”

Earlier, another crowd had gathered near the entrance to parking lot of the strip mall where the campaign office was held. They wore red hats with “make America great again” embroidered on them, held signs in support of former President Donald Trump, the GOP presumptive nominee, and wore shirts with slogans on them like “Joe and the hoe got to go.”

The First Lady’s visit, announced Tuesday, underscores Virginia’s standing as a battleground state during the 2024 presidential election. Her visit came after Trump had announced his plan on Saturday to visit Chesapeake for a campaign rally on the day after the first presidential debate.

“I want you, tonight when you see them debating, I want you to hear Joe’s words but most of all, I want you to listen to his heart,” the First Lady said, as she rallied the group to help get out the vote efforts in the largely active and retired military community.

The pro-Trump demonstration had cleared out of the area by the time the First Lady left in her motorcade.

Democratic voters on the pending debate

Barbara Nesbitt, a retired teacher, said she is happy there won’t be an audience at tonight’s debate.

“It won’t be such a clown show,” she said. She’s a little nervous, ahead of the 2024 rematch in November, but she said she hopes Biden wins overwhelmingly. “To let them know we’re not stupid in America,” she said.

Maurice Hawkins, a Democratic voter in Virginia Beach, noted that the commonwealth has voted for a Democratic president since 2008, when former President Barack Obama won his first term in office. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win in Virginia before Obama was former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Biden won Virginia by 10 points over Trump in 2020.

“In Virginia, we know that we’re a battle ground state, year-in, year-out. All our races are tight. This area is going to be a strategic region in regards to voter turnout, to determine how Virginia will go out,” he said, referring to the Hampton Roads region – which includes both Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.

Sandra Brandt, chair of the Second Congressional District Democratic Party, said she feels confident Biden will perform well in the debate.

“I feel good, I think the president has been looking at all of the issues,” she said. “I think he’ll do an excellent job.”

She noted that the Democratic Party has a lot of work ahead, between June and November, but she feels confident in Biden’s chances of winning the election.

“Tonight will be historic,” Charles Stanton, 69, chair of the Norfolk City Democratic Party said, in the parking lot of the strip mall after the event had wrapped.

He called himself an “optimist on America” and said he hoped the 10% or 15% of undecided voters will shift to the Democratic camp after the debate.

“We are going to have one candidate on the stage with a historic record of accomplishment and another candidate on the stage with a historic record of being indicted 88 times, convicted 34 times,” he said. “It’s just not a choice, I mean it truly is decency versus debauchery.”

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Virginia Places 5th in LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup, First Among ACC Schools

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June 27, 2024

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Virginia Places 5th in LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup, First Among ACC Schools

Virginia placed fifth in the final standings for the 2023-2024 LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup, a competition between all Division I schools that compares each athletic program’s finishes in NCAA Championships across all sports. UVA finished with 1,066.25 points, good for fifth place nationally and first among schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Texas – 1,377.00
Stanford – 1,312.75
Tennessee – 1,217.00
Florida – 1,189.00
Virginia – 1,066.25
Texas A&M – 1,059.25
North Carolina – 1,035.75
Michigan – 1,030.00
Alabama – 1,028.88
UCLA – 1,017.50

Click here to see the complete final 2023-2024 LEARFIELD Division I standings.

As a note for the scoring of the event, Directors’ Cup points are awarded bases on a school’s NCAA finish in 19 sports, four of which must be men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, and baseball.

Powered by a fourth-consecutive NCAA women’s swimming & diving championship, Final Four appearances in both field hockey and men’s lacrosse, a fifth-place finish in men’s golf, and another trip to the College World Series in baseball, Virginia placed in the top five for the second year in a row (4th in 2022-2023) and for the fourth time in the 31 years the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup has been awarded. UVA is one of only 10 schools in the country to rank in the top 30 in every year of the Directors’ Cup’s existence.

“We had another incredible season in competition and in the classroom,” said UVA director of athletics Carla Williams. “Our student-athletes, coaches and staff continue to perform at the highest level while representing themselves and this wonderful university with honor and integrity. Our continued excellence is a tribute to their hard work and dedication. We are so grateful for the opportunity to represent the University of Virginia.”

Here is a list of the sports in which Virginia scored points towards the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup:

For the second year in a row, Virginia was the highest-ranked ACC school in the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup:
5. Virginia 1066.25
7. North Carolina 1035.75
10. Notre Dame 1008.50
12. Florida State 998.88
17. Duke 928.50
21. NC State 853.50
31. Clemson 675.75
44. Syracuse 538.00
48. Louisville 515.50
50. Virginia Tech 499.25
56. Wake Forest 421.00
67. Miami (FL) 368.25
68. Boston College 360.00
74. Georgia Tech 316.50
80. Pittsburgh 277.00

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35th Virginia Commonwealth Games Preview

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20 hours ago

June 27, 2024

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35th Virginia Commonwealth Games Preview

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — The 2024 Virginia Commonwealth Games are just around the corner, with the weekend taking place from July 19-21 set to ignite the City of Lynchburg and Liberty University with a celebration of sportsmanship and talent.

Athletes from across the state are gearing up to showcase their skills in a wide range of sports.

For details on registering and volunteering, log on to https://www.commonwealthgames.org/

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