Experts at creating personalized medicine: Chester’s own Rx3 Compounding Pharmacy
0Continuing the tradition of a community pharmacy, pharmacists Sonny Currin R.Ph. and Chris Currin R.Ph. like to think that their pharmacy is one of the “best kept secrets in Chester.” Along with filling traditional medications, delivery service and mailing options, offering professional nutritional supplements on the retail side, and specialized packaging including unit dosing for the elderly including hospice, it is a compounding pharmacy. As Virginia’s first nationally accredited compounding pharmacy, Rx3 Compounding Pharmacy has been an industry leader in innovation and quality for over 22 years. Pharmacy compounding is the art and science of creating personalized medications. Rx3 offers…
Husband and wife team is passionate about dentistry
0For at least 50 years there has been a dental practice at 11701 Chester Road. Drs. Walter Kilbourn and Lawrence Matthews Sr. shared space for their practices at a new office built next to Chester Recreation Center. After their retirement, Walter’s son Mike followed in his footsteps and continued the Kilbourne dental practice. Matthews sold his practice to Reed Prugh who continued the practice of quality family dentistry. Drs. Ben and Liz Dunham took over Kilbourne’s practice two years ago on March 21. Dr. Ben, as he is affectionately called, began practicing dentistry immediately. Liz was still living with the…
Caleb’s Corner: Colorado visit provides mountain respite
0ABOVE: Caleb M. Soptelean, editor; Baby mountain goat on Mount Evans. The mountains are calling, and I must go. With those words, the naturalist John Muir described my situation recently. Since I was named after the Old Testament character Caleb – who said, “Give me this mountain,” – I believe a love for them is in my blood. I was afforded the chance to reconnect with several friends whom I hadn’t seen in 17 to 25 years. So … off to Denver it was with a relatively cheap flight I found from Charlottesville through Charlotte on American…
Train incidents
0This CSX rail car at the Curtis Street crossing in Chester is related to a grain spill that occurred in the area on or around Aug. 15 due a mechanical failure, according to a CSX representative and media reports. CSX is scrapping the rail car and removing grain on the tracks “as the availability of crews and equipment allows.” No other information was available. In other news, two people in a semi narrowly escaped death Thursday, Sept. 6, when a train ran through an attached trailer that was stopped on the tracks at the Curtis Street railroad crossing. Video of…
Man upset over church’s tree-cutting history
0Editor: Chester United Methodist Church has done it again! This past weekend they cut down “The Village Oak,” which had stood on the side of Harrowgate Road for hundreds of years and was listed on the National Register of Famous and Historic Trees. This tree was examined by an arborist (not to be confused with a tree-cutting service the church relied on) and by the current county extension agent and other experts who all agreed the tree did not need to be cut. Trees can survive many years with a hollow spot. Chester UMC in recent years also unnecessarily cut…
Boohoo or yahoo? Parents meet for breakfast on first day of kindergarten
1Parents of Curtis Elementary kindergarten students celebrate their children’s first day of school last week. Curtis Elementary held its first ever “Boohoo or Yahoo breakfast” for kindergarten parents last Monday. A “Boohoo or yahoo” breakfast describes parents’ reactions to their kindergartners’ first day of school. People had been discussing how to get kindergarten parents connected with other parents, school principal Susan Pereira said, adding that she thought that a “Boohoo or yahoo” breakfast would be a great first introduction to other parents at the school. “We know this is an emotional time for kindergarten parents, whether it’s their first baby…
Feathery friends: Ampthill resident loves painting on feathers
1ABOVE: Ron Navroski is pictured in his art studio. A love for art is blooming later in life for Ron Navroski. Although the northwest Massachusetts native painted when he was in high school, Navroski didn’t begin painting in earnest until seven years ago. The 58-year-old Ampthill resident said he got the idea to use acrylic paint on feathers from a woman he encountered while driving to Nags Head. The idea “flew,” he said, smiling. “It’s very symbolic,” Navroski said, adding that the woman learned about feather painting at a powwow in Minnesota. “A feather is precious to Native Americans. They…
Matthew Paul Brown
0On Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018, Matthew Paul Brown, son, brother, father, uncle and cousin, passed away suddenly at the age of 49. Matt will be forever remembered by his loved ones: mother Sylvia Brown, father Robert Brown, grandmother Bonnie Goldfarb, brother Kenneth Brown, brother Timothy Brown, sister Kristin Brown Velasco (Steve), biological son Matthew Clark, aunt Becky Clark (Danny), uncle Danny Dorsett (Lynn), aunt Cyndi Cortes (Alfredo), aunt Sandy Butters, and uncle Jack Goldfarb Jr. (Susan). Matt will also be forever remembered by his numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, extended family and dear friends. Matt’s latest employment was long distance…