The Chester Community Association (CCA) presented the business owners and property owner of 4507 Lee Street with the Orchid Award for exemplary care and upkeep of their property. The Orchid Award is given to recognize businesses that have excellent landscaping and curb appeal. Pictured from left: Les Blackwell, LC and Company; Kristi Higgins, CCA board member; Leonard McAdams, Edward Jones; Cindy Mizelle, LC and Company; and Hugh Cline, property owner. For more information about the Chester Community Association and its mission visit chestercommunity.org
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Last week the Chester Community Association met with Thomas Dale JROTC members to present them with a monetary contribution of $1,000 to benefit the JROTC program. Thomas Dale JROTC has been a vital ally to the CCA over the last decade by lending support at ChesterFest every fall. Pictured from left: Sean Eichert, CCA vice president; incoming Battalion Commander, Liam Griffin, JROTC; and Maj. (Ret.) Deloris Turner, JROTC program coordinator. For more information about the Chester Community Association and its mission visit chestercommunity.org
Virginia was the 29th state in the United States to legalize a state run lottery when it voted 57 for and 43 opposed in 1987. Virginia was also the first Southern state to allow a lottery. Of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, all now have lotteries with the exception of Alabama, Mississippi, Utah, Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii. The funds collected are divided into a number of pots before any monies reach the education system, which is a major destination for these funds. Each dollar going into the lottery for all tickets (scratch, powerball, etc.) goes roughly 60 percent to prizes,…
During the White Cane fund raising event on May 6 and 7, the Chester Lions Club met their monetary goal and the members met many wonderful supporters from the community. Many of those generous people are friends of members of the Lions and all are very kind-hearted. There are always citizens who have stories about some earlier personal experience with Lions. The stories are accounts of times when they or a family member or perhaps just a friend were recipients of services provided by a Lions club. Pictured with Ralph Jones is of one of those recipients. When Carol Tillar…
The Chester Garden Club members will have a plant sale on Saturday, May 21 at the Chester Farmers Market on the Village Green from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Assorted perennials, herbs, and small shrubs will be available. All proceeds will be used by the Garden Club to beautify Chester.
Members of the Kiwanis Club of Chester cleaned up Route 10 last Saturday. Joining the effort were from left, John Howsman, Greg White, Noelle Grosso, Pam Dvorak, Wayne Stuart, Wendy Holiday, Gary Burleigh, Bob Holiday, CJ Weaver.
The Woman’s Club of Chester has “Celebrations From Our Kitchen to Yours” cookbook available for holiday gift giving. The cookbook consists of its members favorite family recipes and is available for $12.50 plus $5.85 for shipping. This is a fund raiser for the club. To order you cookbook/s for your holiday gift giving, enclose a check or money order along with your name and mailing address and send to Woman’s Club of Chester Cookbook Orders, P.O. Box 3074, Chester, VA 23831. To receive cookbooks by Christmas orders must be received by December 15.
The Woman’s Club of Chester invites all youth, 12 through 14 years of age, to submit an original 250-word essay on the subject “What It Means To Me To Be An American Citizen.” The essay should include the feelings and beliefs of the writer. Essays will be judged on content, originality and presentation. On a separate cover sheet, writers should provide the writer’s contact information to include full name, mailing address and telephone number. Send the typed essay along with the signed cover sheet to The Woman’s Club of Chester, P.O. Box 3074, Chester, VA 23831, Attention Citizenship Committee. Essay…
For the holidays and as a way to raise funds for the club’s vision projects, the Chester Lions Club members have delicious Virginia Peanuts from Plantation Peanuts in Wakefield available for the holidays. “The club recently began offering these tasty treats as an inducement to encourage people to increase and continue their generous donations to the club,” said Lion Carelyn Sheppard, committee chair. “All monies collected from the peanut sales go first to pay for the peanuts and then to the vision (eye exams and glasses) and hearing (aids) needs of the citizenry of the community who have need of…
The Chester Lions would like to thank the community for their support at the ChesterFest last weekend and at their White Cane fundraiser this weekend. They will be at the Wal-Mart on Route 10 and the Kroger in the Breckenridge Shopping Center from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3. Pictured are from left, Lions Gregory Bergeret, Carelyn Sheppard, Montie Weaver, George Lake and Boris Gallegos.