As the woman who requested the breast density inform legislation alluded to in your March 5 editorial (“Playing doctor with feel-good bill”), I am writing to clear up some of the confusion your writers have sown with respect to this critical issue.

To begin, notwithstanding your editorial’s insinuation to the contrary, there was no connection between the breast density inform legislation and any of the other, more controversial women’s issues tackled by this General Assembly. I am honored to have worked with Del.Robert Orrock, R-Spotsylvania, Sen.John …

…The Virginia bills, proposed by Del. Robert D. “Bobby” Orrock Sr. (R-Caroline) and Sen. John S. Edwards (D-Roanoke), originally required radiologists to alert women if they have dense tissue and advise them that “supplementary screening tests may be beneficial.” …

Republican candidates swept several local House races last night, helping add to a solid Republican majority in the House of Delegates. … In the 54th House District, incumbent Del. Bobby Orrock easily won re-election, taking 73 percent of the vote over independent Matthew Simpson…

The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund has put out its ratings and endorsements for General Assembly candidates in this fall’s elections. … Elsewhere in the region, the NRA has endorsed Republican challenger Jeff Frederick in the 36th Senate District, Republican Margaret Ransone in the 99th House District, Republican Sen. Jill Vogel in the 27th Senate District, Republican Mark Dudenhefer in the 2nd House District, Republican Tom Garrett in the 22nd Senate District, Del. Bobby Orrock in the 54th House District,and Republican Michael Webert in …

HERE’S A FAIR question: What happens when the journalistic duty to cover new State Fair green initiatives gets tested by the sight of teens with crosscut saws, and then the smell of deep-fried Reese’s Cups?

At Friday’s opening day of the State Fair of Virginia at the Meadow in Doswell, the answer was simple– I checked out all three.

I started with the Forestry Field Day hosted by the FFA in the Heritage Village of the State Fair, which runs through next Sunday.

It was there I found Bobby Orrock, a state delegate and an agriculture teacher and adviser at Spotsylvania High School.

The farm-raised Orrock had brought 112 of his students from Spotsylvania, with several taking part in competitions that ranged from log tossing and rolling to log sawing with bow and crosscut saws…

The Virginia chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business has endorsed Del. Bobby Orrock, R-Caroline, for reelection.

Orrock, a teacher in Spotsylvania County, was first elected to the 54th House seat in 1989. This year he is opposed by independent Matthew Simpson. The 54th District covers parts of Spotsylvania and Caroline counties…