Bird wins, Matoaca loses
0ABOVE: Tre Mason fights for some of his 342 yards against James River High last week. (Rob’s DigiPix) L.C. Bird 40, James River 20 The L.C. Bird Skyhawks improved to 4-0 with a dominant second half. The Rapids led 13-7 at halftime, but Bird came up with 33 points in the second half to cruise to victory. Junior Tre Mason exploded, rushing for 342 yards on 29 carries. He ran for four touchdowns and returned a kickoff 75 yards for another score. His five touchdowns accounted for 30 of the team’s 40 points. Mason, combined with a usual strong defense,…
TDHS hosting Band Night exhibition
0The Thomas Dale High School Marching Knights are hosting this year’s All County Band Night Exhibition. All Chesterfield high schools will perform. The event is free to the community. It will take place Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. Concessions will be sold at the event. Recently the Marching Knights held their annual two-week camp to prepare their show for the season. During the camp, drum majors Shamar Matthews and Jacob Kern challenged their sections to a coin contest to raise money for Autism Speaks. The Marching Knights raised $736.13 for the nonprofit.
G.W. Carver scholars, GospelFest announced
1ABOVE: Imani Quiara Booth and Kennadi Kierra Terry CHESTER – The George Washington Carver Alumni and Friends Association recently announced the winners of two scholarships and announced plans to host a gospel music fundraiser. Imani Quiara Booth, who graduated from L.C. Bird High School, won the $1,500 William Albert “W.A.” Brown Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship pays tribute to Carver High School’s only principal, who served for 22 years. Booth is matriculating at Old Dominion University in the fall. Kennadi Kierra Terry won the $500 Tabula Rasa Incentive Award, which is given to a deserving Carver College and Career Academy graduating senior.…
A land-falling hurricane
0Just two days ago, we were standing on the shore of the Cape Fear River, looking at one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. The mandatory evacuation notice for vacationers came Monday afternoon, Sept. 10. For residents, it was Sept. 11-12. A canceled vacation only matters to those whose vacation was canceled. We left with a light breeze blowing and the sun shining brightly. A low-pressure system came off the west coast of Africa, met favorable conditions for formation of a hurricane and threatened the East Coast of the United States. Part of living in a coastal…
Lions Club speakers bureau ‘rotates’ in retired NASA engineer
0By Carelyn Sheppard Donner Grigsby, a retired engineer from NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, explained numerous topics from hurricanes and global warming to space exploration and the universe to the Chester Lions Club recently. He said scientists constantly monitor the heat at certain depths under the African deserts for the earliest warnings and source of hurricanes, like Florence. He encouraged the audience to think in terms of a much larger, or universal, scale. People tend to think only in terms of the time and space immediately surrounding them, he said. He has a much larger view of things, including…
Historic trees are worth saving
0I thank him and could not agree more with Jim Daniels’ letter to the Village News editor regarding the loss of Chester’s “Village Oak.” I also applaud his and Joe Hillier’s offer to pay for a professional arborist’s evaluation of this beloved tree in a valiant effort to save it. Such a certified expert would have advised that hollow trees can and do survive, even with ants. My wife and I proudly reside in “historic” Chester in front of this church, so it was just more of the same to us. We have witnessed the Methodist church’s developer-like approach to…
Running for a reason: Husband’s battle with disease gives woman the drive to help
1ABOVE: Amanda Moody runs at the Thomas Dale High School track. Once a week at the Thomas Dale High School track, one can hear the stomp of Amanda Moody’s tennis shoes as she trains for her next big marathon. Moody has participated in 12 marathons; including three that were dedicated to finding a cure for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Her next race is the New York City Marathon, to be held Nov. 4. “It’s called Team in Training,” Moody said of her volunteer effort. “I told myself that if I’m running, I would want it to be worth something…
School board hears about transportation issues
0Transportation problems were the focus of much of the discussion at last week’s Chesterfield school board meeting as at least eight people spoke about it during public comment. School district officials said the problems were related to a shortage of school bus drivers, including some who resigned in the two weeks before school started Sept. 4, and also as a result of implementing new start times and new bus routes. “It took two days to say transportation issues weren’t normal,” parent Erin Folkenroth said at the Sept. 12 evening meeting. She accused the district of “blatant lies” in regard to…