Restaurant review
0I have offered a few fire station recipes, but I have never done a restaurant review in my column. There are many good restaurants across this land, and I especially like to go to the places that all the locals go, wherever I am. Today was a different experience from the moment that we drove into the parking lot. I am talking about Mission Barbecue, located at Broad and Glenside. The parking lot was adorned with the flying U.S. flag. There was also something that I have not seen in any other parking lot, and that was a “Veterans Only”…
Curtis’s Pansy Day special this year
0Pansy Day at Curtis Elementary, a day when every student plants a pansy or bulb, is a day of beautifying the school grounds for the winter and early spring. Last Wednesday was a cool but sunny morning. Each grade filed out of the classroom either with their pansy or picking up one purchased for a small fee from the PTA. Bulbs were furnished for students who did not bring a pansy or turn in the PTA form to purchase one at school. Shovels from the first Pansy Day 23 years ago were picked up one by one. With shovel and…
Blair Witch Project
0By CHRIS MILLER and ALEX MANN Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Twenty years ago this month, two intrepid young directors—including a Maryland native—and three little-known actors descended upon the state to film what they thought would be a small, low-budget film. It was low-budget, but anything but small. Though “The Blair Witch Project” took only eight days to film and had a shooting budget of about $25,000, the film was a historic success, grossing almost $250 million when it was released in 1999. The movie features actors Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard playing student filmmakers…
Big winnings from big catch
0By Brain Carter Boater Richard Owen of Chester, Virginia, caught a three-day cumulative total of 15 bass weighing 40 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the T-H Marine Fishing League Worldwide Bass Fishing League Regional event on the James River presented by Costa Sunglasses. Owen earned $65,000 for his win, a new Ranger Z518C boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard, and an automatic berth into the 2018 BFL All-American Championship. “The win is still sinking in – I can’t believe it,” said Owen, who earned his second career win in bass competition. “The James River is my home waters. I’ve waited…
Camping
0A few weekends ago, I embarked on an adventure with my sweet girl. We went on a camping trip with her Girl Scout troop. I will be honest with you: I was not looking forward to going. I had been camping a few times in my life, but never as an adult with creaky knees and hips. I borrowed a tent, and some sleeping bags, and off we went to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The drive up was beautiful; there is nothing like the gently rolling mountains of Virginia. We arrived at our campsite, and unloaded all of our gear.…
New theater teachers bring passion in county schools
0Each year, theater and drama teachers bring new experiences to their students and audiences alike, sharing thrill and adventure through the arts. They showcase plays, develop love for the arts in students and many other life skills. Meet two Chesterfield County teachers that bring their talents to two neighborhood middle schools with their own flair and commitment to theater and drama. Each is in her first year as a drama teacher in the area. Falling Creek Middle School – Shelley Butela Right now, Shelley Butela has her drama students working on dramatic writing. Some of the students made speeches on…
Recipes support church’s missions
0Those in search of yummy comfort food were in for a tasty treat Saturday as the Trinity United Methodist Church held their Apple Butter and Brunswick Stew event. Previous years saw the church selling their stew and apple butter on different weekends however this year, they decided to do it all on one day in conjunction with their annual pumpkin patch. Karen Poole, who is known affectionately as the Apple Butter Queen and is the treasurer of the fellowship class at the church, said the apple butter tradition has been in her family for a long time and…
Dogpound laptopless
0Hello and welcome back to the sad part of the Dogpound. I am typing this letter from my work office because my laptop decided all it wanted to do was crash its memory. It would recalculate…run for a while, and then repeat the process to the point where it was crashing more than it was running. Work is only about 10 minutes from home…so it is no great effort to come in to use my office computer…but my office does lack the amenity of a television or a refrigerator. Sigh! Just shows what lengths I will go through to ensure…