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Wayne Powell to be club’s guest on Sept. 12

Wayne Powell

Wayne Powell, the Democratic candidate for Congress from Virginia’s 7th District, will visit Lake of the Woods on Sept. 12 as a guest of the LOW Democratic Club to meet with citizens and to answer their questions about his plans to improve the way the region is represented in Washington.Mr. Powell’s appearance will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Clubhouse. The event is open to all, regardless of political affiliation. Refreshments will be served.

A native of Richmond, Mr. Powell is owner and proprietor of the Powell & Parrish law firm.

He served in the U.S. Army for 30 years — five years of active duty and 25 years in the active reserves. He was called back into active duty after Sept. 11, 2001, to command a specialized Army intelligence unit. He was highly decorated during his military career and awarded the Legion of Merit when he retired as a full colonel in 2002.

Mr. Powell was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Richmond in 1972, and received a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1973. After his full-time military service, he attended the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond and graduated in 1980.

Mr. Powell served as staff clerk to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, was appointed assistant attorney general by then Attorney General Gerald Baliles, and served as deputy commissioner of the Virginia Worker’s Compensation Commission for six years. He entered private practice in 1991, and founded his present firm of Powell & Parrish in 1999.

He served for two terms as chair of the Lay Advisory Committee to the Henrico County School Board, where his children were educated.

Mr. Powell and his wife Katherine live in Chesterfield County. They are the parents of a son, Sean, a major in the Army currently serving overseas, and a daughter, Michelle, a legal professional, and the proud grandparents of five.

“Gridlock and partisan obstructionism are hurting America and Congress is broken,” Mr. Powell said. “Eric Cantor is the poster-child for what’s wrong in Washington. I’m running to get Congress working for the people again and to end Eric Cantor’s culture of corruption.”