Virginia
Homestead Creamery launches two new flavors of Virginia Tech-inspired ice cream
BLACKSBURG. (WDBJ) – Looking to beat the summer heat? Well, Virginia Tech has a scoop for you.
Hokie Nation has two new ways to stay cool this summer as the latest flavors to come out of Virginia Tech and Homestead Creamery’s cool ice cream collaboration roll out to grocery stores, restaurants, ice cream shops, and specialty stores across Virginia.
According to a news release:
Evoking the creaminess of Homestead’s classic French custard-style ice cream, HokieBerry Trail consists of a base of premium vanilla swirled with tart Chicago maroon raspberry pomegranate and sprinkled with decadent dark chocolate crumbles. Hokie Sunset Swirl has a smooth vanilla ice cream base with vanilla cake crunch bites. A ripple of sun-kissed mango tangerine gives it a refreshing fruity bite and its signature burnt orange color.
As with Hokie Tracks — the first licensed ice cream to come out of Virginia Tech and Homestead’s creamy collaboration — these new flavors were developed by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Food Science and Technology faculty members and alumni Joell Eifert ’88, M.S. ’14 and Brian Wiersema ’98 working in partnership with Homestead’s team.
“The success of Hokie Tracks exceeded our expectations, and now we’re really excited to share these two new flavors with the public,” Joell Eifert said. “We worked really hard to make sure they embody Virginia Tech in every way,” Eifert said.
Team members’ first ice cream was so well liked that it caught them off guard, and according to Eifert, it didn’t sink in until the CEO of a popular regional grocery store chain reached out after tasting it to request to carry the legen-dairy dessert in his stores.
“We’ve been developing these two new flavors for quite some time — they’ve become a passion project for Joell and I — and they each express something about us,” Brian Wiersema said.
When the team set out to develop Hokie Tracks’ successor, its members came up with three ideas that guided the development of the ice creams’ flavor profile — they wanted refreshing fruity flavors, classic Virginia Tech colors Chicago maroon and burnt orange to be represented and they wanted to create something that consumers couldn’t already buy.
“What says summer more than fresh fruit?” Eifert said. “We also wanted to lean into flavors that both showed off our colors and were something unusual that folks weren’t seeing in stores.”
This cold collaboration benefits more than just those who enjoy quality frozen treats. A portion of the proceeds from sales of all three flavors go to support food science education through the funding of scholarships, student product development teams, lab supplies, and more in the Department of Food Science and Technology — a program consistently recognized as one of the top food science institutions in the country for its focus on experiential learning and its nearly 100 percent career placement rate.
Eifert said the department will award its first student scholarships funded entirely by Hokie Tracks sales in summer 2025.
“I hope when people buy our ice cream they know that a portion of the proceeds does come back to the academic side and help our students be able to do things that maybe they wouldn’t normally be able to do,” Wiersema said. “Experiential learning and studying abroad gives them new perspectives and opportunities for discovery.”
The new pint container label designs for both flavors feature university trademarks, including the word “Hokie” and the Hokie ice cream marks, which represent the footprints of Virginia Tech’s beloved mascot, the HokieBird. The label for Hokie Sunset Swirl features a golden-orange sun setting over silhouetted mountains, reminiscent of the Appalachian sunset that both Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus and Homestead experience every night. HokieBerry Trail’s label features topography lines surrounding a dotted path, a reference to Blacksburg’s Huckleberry Trail that gave the ice cream its name. The new designs were created by Shanin Glenn for Virginia Tech Communications and Marketing in collaboration with Homestead Creamery.
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A manhunt is underway in Virginia for a suspect accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy while he was conducting a welfare check, law enforcement officials said.
Deputy Logan Utt was fatally shot after police received a request from a family member to do a welfare check at the location, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said.
A man at the home opened fire on the two deputies who responded to the location, according to the sheriff’s office. The deputies returned fire, the sheriff’s office said, and both were hit by gunfire. Utt was pronounced dead, while the second deputy was struck in his ballistic vest. That deputy is currently receiving medical evaluation and is reported to be in stable condition, officials said.
“Deputy Utt was a devoted husband, loving father, cherished family member, friend, and respected member of our law enforcement family. His service, courage, and dedication will not be forgotten,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Utt joined the sheriff’s office in 2023, after serving in the military.
A search is underway for the suspect. He should be considered armed and extremely dangerous, law enforcement officials said.
“My office is closely monitoring this tragic incident,” Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger wrote on social media. “I encourage anyone with information on the suspect’s whereabouts to contact Virginia State Police. My thoughts are with the deputy’s family and the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office as we work through this awful situation.”
“I didn’t know I could go that fast,” Richard Delcid, the general manager of a Domino’s Pizza in Manassas, told WTOP.
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‘I didn’t know I could go that fast’: Virginia pizza maker breaks record
A general manager of a Domino’s Pizza in Manassas, Virginia, won the chain’s “World’s Fastest Pizza Maker” competition this month.
Richard Delcid prepared a pepperoni pizza, mushroom pizza and cheese pizza for the oven in 31.22 seconds.
“I didn’t know I could go that fast,” Delcid told WTOP.
“Eight seconds better than the previous record,” Robert Donner, one of the owners of the Domino’s on Centreville Road, said.
The competitors at the May 13 Las Vegas event came from Domino’s locations around the world, and Donner said the competition is about more than speed.
“They’re judged by weight, they’re judged by portion, and they’re judged on whether they’re sellable to a customer,” Donner said.
When Delcid first started working for Domino’s in 2012, he was a teenager. He was much slower then, he joked.
As with anything, practice makes perfect.
“We record ourselves during practices,” Delcid said. “We dissect videos, we look at body movement, hand movement, everything.”
Delcid was not alone in Vegas. Donner, who is part owner of more than 30 Domino’s Pizza locations in Virginia and Maryland, brought dozens of employees to the event.
Coming in second at the competition was another member of Donner’s team.
Joe Burr, who is known as “Domino Joe,” is the local director of training, and calls himself the Dan Marino of the Domino’s World’s Fastest Pizza Maker competition.
“I’ve won third place a couple times, I’ve won second place like three or four times,” Burr said. “So I’m like always a bridesmaid, but never a bride.”
Don’t let Burr’s jokes fool you — he has known Delcid for a long time and is very proud of him.
“I like to say it’s not the sculptor, it’s the clay. Richard is the best clay,” Burr said.
Along with a championship belt and a trophy, Delcid’s record‑breaking performance earned him $5,000 from Domino’s Pizza corporate, and his local bosses kicked in another $5,000.
Virginia
Netflix casting Central Virginia singles for “Love on the Spectrum” after Danville man joins show
DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) — Netflix is searching for singles in Central Virginia to appear on its documentary-style dating series “Love on the Spectrum,” after a Danville man was cast for an upcoming season and producers are now looking to find his match.
The series follows adults on the autism spectrum as they navigate dating.
Monica Karavanic, executive director of The Arc of Southside in Danville, said the person cast has ties to her organization.
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“This show has been loved by millions internationally and so for it to come to Danville is pretty awesome and we’re just really excited and hoping to make it work,” Karavanic said.
Casting is focused on singles ages 25 to 40, of any gender, who live near Danville or Lynchburg and would be interested in going on a date with a man on the spectrum. Producers say the time commitment could be as little as half a day.
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