Baum collects ODAC award
0Former L.C. Bird High point guard Madison Baum was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 5-10. Baum opened the season for Bridgewater College with 14 points, nine assists and five steals as the Eagles notched 92-82 victory over William Peace. The sophomore guard graduated from L.C. Bird in 2016. Although short in stature at 5 feet even, she wasn’t short on playmaking or leadership. Despite tearing her ACL during her senior year for the Skyhawks, Bridgewater stuck with her, and has been rewarded. During her freshman season, she started…
Brooks earns Eagle Scout rank
0Jameson Connor Brooks, 15, son of Kimberly Brooks Spiers of South Chesterfield, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout on June 12. He is a member of Troop 2815 at Chester United Methodist Church. Brooks has been active in Boy Scouts since he was 8. He was awarded the Arrow of Light in March 2014 while he was with Troop 922 in Enon. For his Eagle Scout project, and in connection with his lifelong passion for trains, Brooks chose to benefit the Richmond Railroad Museum and led a team in building and installing a new exit bridge for the former Seaboard…
Eagle Scout project benefits airport fire station
0ABOVE: These members of Troop 2837 helped with Torres’ project. Right, Jonathan Torres stands between the benches he and his team built for the Airport Fire Station. The seating accommodations just became more scenic at Chesterfield Fire and EMS Station No. 15, thanks to a local youth. Jonathan Torres, 15, worked benches and tables that were placed outside the fire station. “The beneficiary and I had a meeting, and we decided what would be built,” Torres explained. “I started to talk about my path to Eagle in April. After months of planning, the lumber was prepped on one workday and assembled…
Dog dies in Chester house fire
0A dog perished in a house fire in the 4200 block of Laurel Oak Road on Nov. 20. A call came into emergency communications at 3:04 p.m., fire officials said. Crews arrived on scene to find heavy fire coming from the home. A vehicle in the driveway was scorched by the flames. “No one was home at the time,” said Lt. Jason Elmore of Chesterfield Fire and EMS. “Two adults were displaced and are being assisted by family members.” Firefighters from Centralia, Airport and Dutch Gap Chesterfield fire stations battled the blaze. Also on scene were two fire department battalion…
Virginia’s Native American heritage celebrated in November
1ABOVE: Left, A Native American yehakin, or longhouse, is pictured at Henricus Historical Park. On right, Tamsye ‘Little Dove’ Stover of the Chickahominy Tribe has appeared at past Henricus events and demonstrated beadwork and crafting. Since 1996, Virginia has recognized November as American Indian Month. In Virginia, there are seven federally recognized tribes: Chickahominy, Chickahominy Eastern, Monacan, Nansemond, Rappahannock, Upper Mattaponi and Pamunkey. Virginia is home to four state-recognized Indian tribes: the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Mattaponi, Nottoway of Virginia and Patawomeck. “Thousands of American Indians from outside of the Commonwealth have moved to Virginia and made it their home,” Gov. Ralph…
Meadowdale Library celebrates 10 years in current building
0ABOVE on right: Former branch manager John Twombly, Mike Mabe, director of Library Services and current branch manager James Hudson. Meadowdale Library recently celebrated 10 years in its new building. More than 200 people attended a Nov. 10 celebratory event. Many changes have come to the library over the years. The library was temporarily located in a trailer in the parking lot of the old Fulghum Center off Cogbill Road from February 2007 until November 2008. The library was reopened as a 20,000-square-foot facility that was funded through a 2004 bond referendum. During the year such programs and events as Comic…
‘Triple Nickels’ remembered
0Members of the Jesse J. Mayes Tri-Cities Chapter of the 555th Parachute Infantry Assoc., attended a commemoration of Ettrick’s Triple Nickel Bridge on Nov. 16. The 555th Parachute Infantry was the nation’s first all-black parachute infantry platoon, and was affectionately known as the ‘Triple Nickels.’
Family time!
0Kristina Williams, on right, submitted a photo of five generations of women from her family’s recent Thanksgiving celebration. Top, Peggy Schmidt, right, Williams, bottom, Addison-Mae Mingloski, bottom left, Katelynn Mingloski, upper left, Rosemary Thompson.