SwimRVA to host national swimming championship: 2020 U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championship to be in Chesterfield
02020 U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championshi to be in Chesterfield SwimRVA will host the 2020 U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championship after successfully winning a bid for the competition.An estimated 1,200 of the nation’s best adult swimmers will compete in the August 2020 event, which will be held in SwimRVA’s Chesterfield County facility. This is the first time a U.S. Masters Swimming national competition will be held in Virginia. As part of the bid, SwimRVA installed new starting blocks, and it will add an above-ground warm-up pool during the competition. A 20-foot screen will also be installed outside the facility for spectators to…
Macros and Micros
0Lately, we have experienced hot, humid, and dry days with an occasional evening thunderstorm, or as some call it, the dog days of summer. Consistent moisture is critical for ornamental and edible plants as they bloom and produce the attractive flower or fruit desired. Besides water, the plants’ nutritional needs are also critical at bloom time. Because most of us do not have six inches of organic, rich topsoil, we have to supplement the soil through fertilization to meet the plants’ nutrient needs. This weekend was fertilization time for my annuals and some perennials and it made me think….do most…
That was then … POWs
0German POWs during WWII were held at Bellwood (DGSC). At its height, 2,000 POWs would be camped at Bellwood. As they arrived, they would build their own barra cks, athletic field and place of worship. A barbed-wire stockade circled the camp which was under surveillance by American M.P. guards who were completed armed. Some area residents, thought the prisoners may be living a good life at the camp that sat right in their community. According to the “Golden Anniversary” edition of Elk Horn, a magazine distributed within the DGSC facility, the army activated a new supply depot at the site…
New court surfaces for Ettrick Park
0A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Ettrick Park last Tuesday to unveil their newly renovated basketball and tennis courts. The unveiling was held in conjunction with 34th annual National Night Out celebration, an event that brings police and residents together in support of crime prevention. Stuart Connock Jr., Director of Planning and Construction Services Division, said construction on the basketball and tennis courts began less than three months before. “We started in May with the renovation and essentially we took everything down, took the tennis courts down to dirt and the basketball courts down to dirt, and rebuilt everything…
Kelly to serve as interim police chief
0Kelly to serve as interim police chief Col. Thierry G. Dupuis announced that following h is retirement on Sept. 1, 2017, Lt. Col. Daniel W. Kelly will serve as interim chief of police. Kelly’s appointment will be effective Sept. 1, 2017, and will continue until the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors appoints a new chief of police.
Friends of the library
0Friends of the library The Friends of Chester Library will have a meeting on Thursday, August 17, at 7 p.m. in the small meeting room at the library to elect a new leader for the Friends branch. Current members and any person interested in joining the Friends are welcome to attend. Only a paid Friends member will be allowed to vote. For more information call Jan Rusbasan, 712-0970, or Mike Uzel, 720-0937, or [email protected].
How are your tax dollars allocated?
0How are your tax dollars allocated? County residents can now see how their individual tax dollars are working in the community using a new taxpayer receipt tool. Residents can simply answer two questions, and the Chesterfield taxpayer receipt will provide a breakdown of how their taxes were used to support programs and operations in several categories: government operations, public safety, health and welfare, community development, parks, recreation and cultural, schools and facilities, and infrastructure. Learn more at blueprint.chesterfield.gov.
Joe and Mary Carroll Jordan 50th Anniversary Celebration
0Last weekend, Joe and Mary Carroll Jordan celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a great gathering of family members and friends. They were married on Aug.10, 1967, at Good Counsel Catholic Church in Little Rock, Ark. Mary Carroll’s uncle, the Rev. Thomas Keller, officiated at the wedding. In December 1967, they moved to Chesterfield, where Joe was to begin teaching mathematics in January 1968 at the new John Tyler Community College. He taught there until May 2014, when he retired after 45 1/2 years of teaching. He had the privilege of teaching math for 36 years with his brother Ed,…