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Petersburg Chamber honors ‘Hometown Heroes’

2/26/2015, 10 a.m.
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce recognized six “Hometown Heroes” at its 134th annual dinner Feb. 18 at Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce

The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce recognized six “Hometown Heroes” at its 134th annual dinner Feb. 18 at Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Those honored:

• Lt. Col. Mark E. McLain of the Fort Lee Provost Marshal’s Office. He was wounded during his service in Kabul, Afghani- stan, in August 2014.

• William “Johnny” Young, a volunteer since 1989 with the Southside Virginia Emergency Crew. He has been recognized for his actions in two recent vehicle accidents that resulted in positive outcomes.

• Detective Roosevelt Harris of the Petersburg Bureau of Police. He has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Detective of the Year.

• Lt. Dwayne Burnett of the Petersburg Sheriff’s Office. He has served in the office 19 years and is second in command of the Civil Processing Unit.

• Hallie Powers of Petersburg Public Schools. She has taught for 29 years in the city’s schools and currently teaches English at Petersburg High School.

• Marlow Jones, assistant fire marshal for the City of Peters- burg. He started a water program to help homeless people earn money and also founded a Petersburg boxing team and youth wrestling program.

“Each were honored for their selfless efforts to nurture, edu- cate, protect, fight, rescue and serve to have a major impact on the Greater Petersburg region,” according to a release from the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce.