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Welcome to your weekly Reader Rewards newsletter! Ok - so I know we just welcomed the official arrival of Fall 2021 last week, but doesn't it feel like we were JUST heading into Labor Day weekend??  Now, here we are: October 1st?! I suspect some NFL teams are ALREADY making plans for 2022!

What it means is we've been wrestling with COVID-19 here locally for a good year-and-a-half now.  As more and more of the local population has become fully vaccinated - we now start to face the potential of a booster shot.  If you missed The Pilot's Elisha Sauers write-up on booster basics - catch the story here. Additionally, more vaccine requirements are coming about - especially for high school athletes.  If you missed The Pilot's Jami Frankenberry and Sara Gregory's reporting earlier this week on Chesapeake and Virginia Beach - check it out right here.  Either way - we all know the drill: keep six feet of distance, wear a mask and wash hands frequently!  Hey - as we approach the regular flu season, it doesn't hurt right?  Our new normal.

Speaking of new normal - eating out at local restaurants has a new normal for sure since restrictions have eased earlier this year.  Labor has been quite a challenge for almost all restaurants - among a number of industries.  The Pilot's Trevor Metcalfe brings us the challenge with staffing shortages for Hampton Roads restaurants.

Before we get too far away from football - local high school football fans are well aware of the most recent local powerhouse high schools when it comes to football.  Oscar Smith High school on the Southside and Phoebus High School on the Peninsula.  For years many have wondered what such a game would look like if the two schools ever played each other in a regular season game.  Well, we finally have our chance.  The Daily Press' Marty O'Brien and The Pilot's Jami Frankenberry - have the coverage of the upcoming game between Oscar Smith and Phoebus - right here.  Whether at Darling Stadium or at Oscar Smith High School - it should be quite a matchup.  November 5th will be here before you know it!

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COMING SUNDAY:

At least six pregnant Virginians have died of COVID-19, and 346 have been admitted to hospitals for serious illnesses.

It’s not known what happened to their babies — whether any were lost or if they got sick. Virginia Department of Health officials said they don’t have data on their outcomes.

Pregnant people are more likely to get severely ill if they contract the virus than those who aren’t, state epidemiologists said. If they have underlying health conditions, such as diabetes or obesity, they’re at even greater risk.

With the recent rise in cases, more pregnant patients have ended up in the hospital earlier than planned. Lucy Vinson, a Sentara Norfolk General Hospital ICU nurse manager, said her team also has cared for a slew of pregnant coronavirus patients.

Read more in this Sunday's Main News section

You’ve probably seen the ads. They’re on billboards and in your browser. They play during commercial breaks of football games, and podcast hosts tell you about the chances to win big.

Online sports betting started this year in Virginia, and the persistent advertising seems to be effective. In the seven months since sports betting became legal, Virginia bettors wagered $1.48 billion at the seven sportsbooks licensed to operate in the state, according to the Virginia Lottery.

Look closely or listen to the end of those ads, and you’ve probably noticed the disclaimer, too. Gambling problem? Call 1-888-532-3500.

Carolyn Hawley, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, is president of the Virginia Council on Problem Gambling, the organization that manages the help line. This year, that line is on track to receive close to 800 calls. In 2019 and 2020 combined, it received 646. Callers can get information about problem gambling or referrals to different resources based on what they need. Some callers need treatment, and a major challenge, Hawley said, is connecting those callers to a certified gambling counselor.

Only nine people in Virginia have that certification.

Read more in Sunday's Main News section

In the past year both Hampton City Schools and Newport News voted to rename several schools in their district previously named after Confederate officers, slaveowners and segregationists. Several of these renamed schools are now in session, after beginning the transition toward taking new names celebrating progressive and predominantly Black leaders from Hampton and Newport News over the summer.

Read more in Sunday's Main News section

In 1960, people around the world marveled at that year’s Summer Olympics, the first to be commercially televised.

Fans watched athletes compete in the oval-shaped Stadio Flaminio, Rome’s new 30,000-seat stadium designed by Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi and his son.

Norfolk civic leaders were watching too and were captivated by the stadium. In 1965, they tapped the man behind it to design Norfolk’s cultural and convention center for basketball championships, rock concerts, opera and theater: Scope.

Scope opened in November 1971. The building and nine other Nervi projects are the focus of the 50th anniversary exhibition, “Pier Luigi Nervi: Art and Science of Building,” at the Chrysler Museum of Art.

The show opens this weekend and will continue through Feb. 27.

Read more in the Sunday Break section

Lauren Oliver and Samantha Foster, Main Street Smithfield business partners, have been best friends since they were 6 years old.

Now 30 and 29 years old, respectively, Oliver and Foster are expanding their small-town retail niche with a second store and growing lifestyle brand.

The duo bought Sew Personal Boutique on South Church Street in 2013 and relocated it to Main Street five years later, where it’s acquired quite a following. The 600-square-foot shop carries a variety of women’s clothing and offers monogramming and embroidery services.

“We realized the traffic on Main Street is absolutely incredible; there are people coming from all over,” Oliver said.

Couples would stroll down Main Street, but the business partners watched as men would make a beeline away from the boutique while their partner shopped. That’s when they saw the potential for a dedicated men’s clothing store in town.

Oliver’s husband, a farmer, isn’t your typical suit-and-tie wearer, she said.

“There is nothing around here for him as far as shopping goes,” Oliver said.

When a storefront directly across the street from Sew Personal became available in January, Oliver’s and Foster’s wheels started turning. The landlord offered the spot as a larger space for their existing store, but instead they decided to launch a second business.

In February, they opened River’s Edge Apparel, a retail outfitter’s store for men and women at 207C Main St.

Read more in the Sunday Work & Money section




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