Outdoors

EARTH DAY EVENTS

By VN Staff on April 19, 2017 Outdoors

EARTH DAY APRIL 22 Earth Day celebration at Beulah Pool Join Beulah Pool as they do their part to keep our Earth healthy. On Saturday, April 22 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., there will be an on-site yard sale until 11:30 a.m.. Spaces are still available for rent for $20. Along with the yard sale, the members are collecting used shoes and electronics including cell phones, laptops, tablets, e-readers, iPods, and mp3 players to be recycled. For kids up to age 12 an Earth Day poster contest will be held. Molly’s Bicycle Shop will be making free minor bike…

Finding your fitness equilibrium

By Melissa Wilfong on January 11, 2017 Health, Uncategorized

After the food coma of the holidays passes, most people want to recover their fitness equilibrium — getting back to a normal routine of exercise and conservative, healthy eating. It’s getting colder outside and feels like time to hibernate. Sometimes it’s extremely hard to get back into fitness and eating right in January. Starting out 2017 with good fitness goals can help to find that fitness equilibrium. So, if 2017 is the year to get fit, there are many options to find that fitness equilibrium. Alliance for a Healthier Generation, www.healthiergeneration.org, offers healthy tips for fitness. They report that less…

Greater Richmond ARC announces respite weekends schedule for people with disabilities

By Press release on January 6, 2017 Classes, Lectures, Outdoors, People, Uncategorized

RICHMOND – Sean, 25, didn’t socialize much in high school, but respite weekends at the Greater Richmond ARC’s Camp Baker in Chesterfield now give him the chance. Sean truly enjoys his time with his Camp Baker buddies, according to his mom Teresa, who says it is a safe place where he gets a break from his daily household routine. Sean would be a “sadder, more moody person” without Camp Baker respite, she says. “It’s given him a sense of independence where he’s doing things on his own.” The Greater Richmond ARC’s Camp Baker will provide weekend respite for children and…

NOVEMBER: Year in Review

By VN Staff on December 28, 2016 Community, Outdoors, Uncategorized

Route 10 Bridge Honored in name of Sgt. Aaron Xavier Wittman On Sunday, the bridge on West Hundred Road in Chester was named in honor of fallen Sgt. Aaron X. Wittman, U.S. Army. At a ceremony at Chester Village Green, the bridge was officially named the Sergeant Aaron Xavier Wittman Memorial Bridge. Representatives and alumni from The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, where Wittman graduated, attended the ceremony. Lt. Col. Jack W. Parker Jr., U.S. Army and The Citadel Class of 1987, read a poem that he wrote in Wittman’s honor. Wittman died on Jan. 10, 2013, while serving…

And… Rededication of Linear Park

By VN Staff on December 16, 2016 Outdoors, Uncategorized

Girl Scout Troop 5233 completed their Silver Award Project by installing mile markers in the Chester Linear Park. On December 27, at 9 a.m. at the Chester Linear Park, Girl Scouts from Troop 5233 will have a dedication and install plaques at the park. “Sadly, this will be the final event the girls will do together as a troop because the troop will be dissolved due to relocation of its leader and one of its Scouts to Alabama,” said troop leader, Shana Demby. Members of the community are invited to come out to the dedication on Tuesday, Dec. 27 and…

New trail along Appomatox in Ettrick offers recreation, nature, fitness

By Linda Fausz on November 3, 2016 Outdoors, Uncategorized

Chesterfield 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…

Trails, Turtles, Teaching, Natural Treasures at Presquile Island

By VN Staff on September 29, 2016 Events, Outdoors, Uncategorized

By Danielle Ozbat People of different ages and sizes braved the heat Saturday morning and ventured out to Fall Field Day at Presquile National Wildlife Refuge. Visitors were able to tour the 1,329-acre island refuge, its native plants and animals, and the energy-efficient facilities of The James River Ecology School. The wildlife refuge offered a myriad of activities including an Audubon guided tour, wetland canoe trips, a butterfly exploration hike, and a self-guided nature trail. One of the Presquile visitors making use of the nature trail was Scott Nesta. Nesta, who was there with with his family, found out about field…

Sign up for 17th Annual James River Regional Cleanup

By Press release on August 31, 2016 Events, Outdoors, Uncategorized

CHESTERFIELD – Online registration is open for the annual James River Regional Cleanup scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Now in its 17th year, the cleanup is a tremendous regional effort in which volunteers remove hundreds of bags of trash and recyclable materials from the James and its tributaries. The cleanup is open to individuals, families, groups, boaters and paddlers. Volunteers select from 17 different cleanup sites throughout the James River watershed. Some sites have already reached capacity, and registration has been closed at Richmond’s Great Shiplock Park, Pony Pasture Rapids and Reedy Creek and Lynchburg’s Percival’s Island.…

Public Meeting to Gather Input on Draft Appomattox River Trails on September 19

By Press release on August 31, 2016 Outdoors, Uncategorized

PETERSBURG – Friends of the Lower Appomattox River (FOLAR) is hosting a second public meeting to present recommendations for trail routes, amenities, and logo branding, and to receive public comment for the purpose of developing two regional planning documents that will guide FOLAR in linking and enhancing the parks and trails along the Appomattox River. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the Petersburg Public Library, 201 W Washington St, Petersburg, VA 23803. This meeting follows an initial public meeting in June, where input was gathered on potential locations for the trail and suggestions on the…

Richmond: Breathing Could Be Dangerous to Your Health

By Press release on July 27, 2016 Economic Development, Outdoors, Uncategorized

Of the Top 25 Virginia Localities with the Highest Toxic Air Emissions, three are in the greater Richmond area, with two in the top ten: Chesterfield zip code 23836 ranks fifth, the City of Hopewell zip code 23860 ranks seventh alongside Hanover (23005) which is No. 20. These three zip codes combined had over 2.5 million pounds of toxic pollutants released into their collective air in 2014. Local governments depends on the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to oversee pollutants of air, water and land. These reports seem to come as a surprise when reported. Locality typically lose must of…

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