Community

Grandmaster May Be in the Making at Meadowdale Library

By Press release on October 7, 2015 Community, Uncategorized

Check and checkmate could be heard last Saturday wafting across the Meadowdale Library meeting room. Fifty players from across the state in three categories, from elementary through high school levels, competed in a Chess Tournament sponsored by the Chesterfield County Public Library. James Hudson, branch manager at the Meadowdale Library, began a Chess Club at the Meadowdale branch and for a couple of years the club has been meeting once a month. He said the club has grown a lot and now meet each week on Tuesday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. All skill levels and ages are invited…

A brush with age does not stop inspiration

By Linda Fausz on October 7, 2015 People, Uncategorized

Painting with oils has been one of Mildred Shockey’s greatest pleasures. Shockey was 60 years old when she told her friend and former neighbor, artist Joe Kiffmeyer after receiving one of his watercolors as a gift, that she would do anything to be able to create art like he did. “’If you want to do it you can do it,’ he told me” said Shockey. “He said, ‘You have to want to do it. It has to be your priority.’” Kiffmeyer agreed to give her a lesson. “We got started and after he left I haven’t stopped.” Each time the…

Run/walk to fight hunger

By Press release on October 7, 2015 Events, Uncategorized

Chesterfield Food Bank will be benefiting from a 5K run and walk to fight hunger at the Chesterfield County Complex on Saturday, Oct. 17. Sponsored by the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office, Haley Buick GMC – Midlothian and Kim Rice Nationwide Insurance, the Chesterfield County Be a Giver 5K Run & Walk to Fight Hunger! will take place at the Chesterfield County Complex located at 9500 Courthouse Rd. with registration at 8:30 a.m. and the race starting at 9:30 a.m. Along with the race and family fun, there will be raffles, prizes and music. The sponsors are asking attendees and participants…

Medicaid Mythbuster: Source and Quality of Care

By Press release on October 5, 2015 Politics, State News, Uncategorized

A constant complaint about Medicaid is that fewer healthcare providers take patients on public insurance programs, and the resulting quality of care suffers. The facts, however, tell a different story. According to the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey nearly all Medicaid (95%) and private coverage patients (94%) have a regular source of health care. The quality of care (rated excellent or very good) is higher for Medicaid patients (55%) than for those with private insurance (53%). Unfortunately, uninsured people are severely disadvantaged in both respects. Only 77% of those without insurance have a regular source of health care. And…

Memorial Service for Edward Bishop Oct. 8

By VN Staff on October 1, 2015 Obituaries, People, Uncategorized

G. Edward Bishop Died September 30 Born August 20, 1933 Service Monday, October 5, visitation at 1 pm, service at 2 pm. Both at Chester United Methodist Church. Check www.jtmorris.com if weather demands rescheduling

Pedestrian, bike, history, environment projects considered

By Press release on October 1, 2015 Planning & Zoning, Uncategorized

The county intends to apply for funds allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to cover costs for a number of programs involving safe routes for non drivers, historic assets, vegetation management and wild life preservation. The Transportation Alternatives Projects will weighed by the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors at a a public hearing at its regular meeting on October 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the County Public Meeting Room at the Chesterfield Government Complex, at 10031 Iron Bridge Road, Chesterfield. The county intends to apply for funds allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Richmond Area…

Weekly Calendar

By VN Staff on October 1, 2015 Events, Uncategorized

SEPTEMBER 30 THE SIGHTS OF RICHMOND 1929-1933 – The Films of Harris Stilson. Kitty Snow will share her great-grandfather’s films and stories. Register online at library.chesterfield.gov. 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Central Library. OCTOBER 1 CHESTER PICKLEBALL. Goyne Park. Ecoff Ave. Each Thursday. 9 – 11 a.m. Play will be at the tennis courts located behind the baseball field. Questions or info, call 804-712-8113. COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY – Begins October 1. Luke – The Savior of the World. New Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6415 Irongate Dr. Details: (804)743-8163. COMPANION SUPPER – 6 p.m. Chester Baptist Church, 4317 School St. Details: Deanie…

Companion Supper’s resume at Chester Baptist

By Press release on October 1, 2015 Events, Uncategorized

If you missed the Companion Dinner at Chester Baptist Church on September 17, you missed out on a delicious meal and some good fellowship. But it is not too late. The meals take place on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, September thru May. October 1, this Thursday is the next one. Dinner is served at 6 p.m., come early and visit with other Chester locals. Companion Dinner’s were started in 1998 by Betty Lou Johnson a member of CBC. It was designed for people who are eating at home alone or couples who just want to get…

Neighborly in Kendale Acres

By Public Comment on October 1, 2015 Community, Uncategorized

From left: Carroll Miller, Harry Trimmer and Mark Strayberry replaced their Kendale Acres subdivision sign at the entrance of Hopkins and Alfaree’s roads. The previous sign was destroyed by an errant motorist. James E. Harris, Jr., neighborhood watch chairman, not pictured, painted the destroyed sign just prior to the accident. Informal groups such as this keep some degree of pride and orderliness in their neighborhood.

Fifty-eight emigrants naturalized at Henricus Historical Park

By Mark Fausz on October 1, 2015 Community, Uncategorized

“There is such a difference between my country and America,” said Wandafrash Butta a native of Ethiopia, “I love America for its freedom.” Henricus Historical Park was the proud host of a naturalization ceremony last week on Thursday morning. Fifty-eight people from 31 different countries became U.S. citizens during the first-ever naturalization ceremony at the park. Because the bicycle races were taking place in Richmond, the Federal Courthouse, Henricus was a fitting standin. Immigrants such as Butta tenatiously crossed from Ethiopia into Kenya where he was able to emigrate to the United States. His daughter attends Virginia Commonwealth University. “We…

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