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That’s right! Under “arrest” are Sheriff John Henry Woodward, Mayor Dean Morehouse, Supervisors Charles Estes, Nelson Lane and Richard Latham, the Rev. Jennings Hobson III, attorneys Doug Baumgardner, David Konick and Bill Fletcher, Clerk of the Circuit Court Diane Bruce, Randolph Clater, Robert Eastham, Washington ARB member Jim Thomasson, real estate agent Ray Cannon, Marie Davis and Rappahannock News journalists Daphne Hutchinson and Lou Hatter.
Although some of their friends may wish otherwise, the “arrests” are all in fun, part of a fundraiser and publicity campaign dubbed “Cardiac Arrest,” sponsored by the American Heart Association.
According to the Heart Association, more than 20,000 Virginians will die of heart disease this year. That’s more than the total number of deaths from cancer, accidents and all other causes of death combined.
The major focuses of the Association’s fund-raising and volunteer efforts are research and prevention.
On the research side, the Association contributes more than one million dollars each year to fund projects at Virginia’s top medical facilities. The Heart Association’s funding was instrumental in the development of, among other innovations, the artificial heart valve, heart-lung machine and CPR techniques.
But even better than the successes achieved in overcoming heart disease are the Association’s efforts aimed at prevention. At the top of the prevention list are the Association’s educa
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