Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. If you remember last week, I was explaining how my billfold was on its last legs and how men really cherish their billfolds. With that being said I saw a commercial the other night about a slim billfold, so slim you do not even know you have one. “Ha!” I said, at no one particular, “My wallet was slim once too!” I shouted at the television. Just like me, over time, it has gained some in its girth. So I decided to get real about this topic and actually…
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The Kiwanis Club of Chester is seeking the names of local Korean Conflict Veterans who might be interested in attending a banquet in their honor in September. Local veterans from Bensley Village to Petersburg and from the Beach area to Hopewell will be considered. Send a letter with your full name, mailing address, daytime telephone number or email address to: KCVD, care of, the Kiwanis Club of Chester, Chester, VA 23831. Someone will promptly get in touch with you to answer your questions.
The Board of Supervisors last week approved a request to construct another section of sidewalk along the east side of Harrowgate Road. (Curtis Street to Hyde Park Drive). The sidewalk project will be paid for by an appropriation of $400,000 in anticipated Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) reimbursements to the Chesterfield Department of Transportation (CDOT) and $100,000 from the General Road Improvement Account. “I have been working with CDOT to have sidewalks put in throughout the Bermuda district especially roads such as Harrowgate, where there are a large number of residential neighborhoods,” said Bermuda District Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle. “Barbara Smith in…
Steve Elswick became the chairman of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors last week during the first meeting of the county’s government body. Without a strike of the gavel, County Administrator J.L. “Jay” Stegmaier brought the Board meeting to order. He took the center seat saying that he would take the place of a regular Board chair until a new chair could be elected. Matoaca District Supervisor Elswick sat next to Stegmaier, ready to take on the chairmanship fo the second year. Bermuda District Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle, motioned that Elswick take the job as chair. The next motion allowed Ms.…
During the night of December 23, 1998, an ice storm now referred to as The Storm, pummeled Chester leaving an astounding amount of damage in its wake. By morning the ice had built up on branches enough to cause their collapse, and when the boughs broke they brought down with them power lines, power poles, phone and cable lines. Chester was disabled. Most had no power; some were without phones and cable did not matter. Pictured above: several trees and branches wiped out power lines on Petersburg Street closing the road for several days. Some 75,000 households were out of…
January 20 AMERICAN RED CROSS KNIT/CROCHET CLASSES – 10 a.m. Chester Baptist Church, 4317 School St. Details, Linda Southward, 779-3453. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY FORUM – The school board wants to hear from community members as the search begins for the next superintendent. 7 p.m. – Carver Middle School for the Bermuda District and 7 p.m. – Meadowbrook High School for the Dale District. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING – 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. Room 502, Lane B. Ramsey Administration Building, 9901 Lori Rd.This Committee serves as a point of regular contact between the…
Winter Schedule for the Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield Adventures in Learning Programs is here. There are tons of courses to choose from. Take any or all for only $25. Choose from: iPad 101, Tai Chi (Beginner to Advance Classes), Scotland-A Travelogue Through the Highlands, Bible Study, Easy Flower Painting, Beginner Yoga, Friends from our Past, Writing Life’s Memoirs, Watercolors, Creative Coloring for Adults, Potpourri (Literatures and Words), Short Story Book Club, Civil War History, Fun Games to Play, Folk Music Nostalgia Club, Let’s Talk Politics, Quilting and Machine Embroidery, Needlepoint, Knitting & Crocheting, Line Dancing, Charleston Post Card History Tour, Hollywood Films: The Coen Brothers Part…
The only way to access the Brown and Williamson Conservation Area in Enon, a site donated by the tobacco company to Chesterfield County, is by a Parks and Recreation tour. Parks and Recs is offering a trek, Saturday, Jan. 26, according to Mark Battista, naturalist for the County. The tour will start at the vernal pool along the southern border, Drop down into a big hollow and follow the stream. Next, it will ascend to the bluff to view the James River and follow the bluff its entire length to the start. This hike will travel almost the entire boundary…
During the course of a normal day, the feet are asked to bear much of the burden of our regular locomotion. We often take our feet for granted until they start hurting. Ideally, the foot is designed to distribute the weight of each step throughout the foot and not just on one particular area. There are many causes of foot pain including alterations in the bones, tendons, ligaments, circulation, and nerves in the foot. Anatomical differences can predispose a foot to excessive strain on its parts as it “gives” under the weight of the body. For example, some people have…
I am often asked about timing. “Is it too late for, too early for, or when should I….?” These are common but good questions because it means the person is thinking before doing. Most trees, shrubs, and lawn grasses are forgiving when it comes to errant timing of pruning and pest management. An example are azaleas. Azaleas bloom on the current season’s growth. This is often referred to as ‘new wood.’ Pruning after mid-summer will remove next spring blooms but it will not harm the plant. Another example is spraying herbicide on weeds in the lawn when the temperatures are…