New trail along Appomatox in Ettrick offers recreation, nature, fitness
0Chesterfield County and Virginia State University (VSU) officials and friends of the Appomattox riverfront dedicated the Appomattox Trail, one of the newest parks managed by Chesterfield County’s Department of Parks and Recreation, last month. The river trail and surrounding property is located in the Ettrick/VSU Trailhead at 3801 Main St., and is the riverfront portion of the 416-acre VSU Randolph Farm property, an agricultural research/education center. “This has been a long time coming,” said Mark Battista, naturalist for Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation, welcoming guests to the ceremony. “We started in 2000…we had a few obstacles [to overcome] to get…
Letters X4
0Thank you for remembering To the Editors: In several of your recently issues, you have run articles regarding our local military members. I just wanted to thank you for printing articles that are well-written and very respectful of these deceased military and their families. Hope to see more of them. (Mrs.) Chris Watson My peaceful emotional response To the Editor: This presidential campaign has become very emotional, as attested to by Gena Lashley’s article last week. I have heard people I know to be good and intelligent spout venom about Mr. Trump because of something they heard on the news.…
Bird sophomore snags second ACC offer
0by Zach Long – Virginia Tech, over the last decade or so, has been a premier Division I college football program. With that being said, premier programs need premier players, and L.C. Bird has proved to produce plenty. L.C. Bird defensive end Hakeem Beamon received his second scholarship offer Wednesday from the Hokies. Beamon broke the news on twitter. “I am blessed to say that I have received my second offer from Virginia Tech!!! #GoHokies” Being only a sophomore, Beamon’s talent and potential remained under wraps for quite some time. Then he received his first offer from North Carolina before…
Dogpound Nest
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Due to timelines I need to write this before the presidential election is completed…so I will need to find other filler. Let’s see…I was in the basement the other day and I noticed a strange smell. It kind of smelled like a dead mouse…probably comatose on the poison I have set out..but I did not need that smell. After some investigation I did not locate the source but I did find a small pile of straw and other nesting material behind a trash can. I was kind of intrigued…
Love, Honor, Loss: Celebrating the life of Sgt. Aaron Wittman
0In Aaron Xavier Wittman’s senior year at The Citadel, his yearbook quote was “If you don’t live for something, you will die for nothing.” His father, Duane Wittman, said it was shocking that he chose this quote, but that it was also a prophetic sign of things to come. Sgt. Wittman became the first U.S. casualty of 2013 in the War on Terror when he was killed in Kyogyani district, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan on January 10, 2013. It was his second tour in Afghanistan, and he was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with V for Valor posthumously. His…
Gratitude shown for heroic rescues at Chesterfield Fire and EMS Awards
0The fortitude and courage shown by Chesterfield’s first responders seems to have no bounds of these brave men and women go forth each day facing perils that citizens can only imagine. They sacrifice time away from families and friends; work on holidays; work in zero or 100-degree weather, face rainstorms, snowstorms, and wind; sometimes work their shifts with little or no sleep; miss meals or eat late or eat food that has been reheated many times; all because they have to run out the door to help someone as the firehouse tones sound. They face dangers in traffic both going…
Local garden club members interpret art with florals
0Chester Garden Club members created spectacular floral arrangements interpreting selected art pieces during the 13th bi-annual Fine Arts & Flowers at the Virginia Museum of Art. They joined volunteers from over 50 garden clubs in Virginia. Nearly 90 interpretive arrangements were on display during the four-day event., All of the flowers for the arrangements — upward of 8,000 stems — have been donated by Strange’s Florist.
Police Blotter
0Summary of reported offenses OCT 12 – Oct 17 larceny 2, assaults 32, traffic 22, animal cases 19, miscellaneous 17, drug offenses 17, vandalisms 12 , burglary 10 , death investigations 10, weapon violations 5, injury 5, robbery 4, trespassing 2, rape 1 ———————- ALCOTT TR (76xx block) 10/12/2016 3:40 a.m. – Front driver’s side door entered. ALFALFA LN (23xx block) 10/11/2016 11:00 p.m. – Rear window entry. Electronics and consumable goods stolen. ALFALFA LN (24xx block) 10/15/2016 5:00 a.m. – Consumable goods stolen from residence. BEACHMERE DR (143xx block) 10/07/2016 12:00 p.m. – Vandalism-Other BLACKJACK OAK CT (59xx block) 10/11/2016 5:30 p.m. – Rear passenger side door entered. Electronics stolen. BRIGHTWOOD AVE (101xx block) 10/15/2016 6:00 p.m. -Injury-Accidental – Heroin Overdose BURNT OAK…