By Zach Long The all-time great ambassador for the game of golf, Arnold Palmer, once said: “Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.” Will Creekmore and Chase Petri led the Matoaca golf team to a Conference 12 championship this season, and exemplified the strength of mind to push even further to the state tournament. The Warriors finished the regular season with a 10-7-1 record, and took on many top programs in the area before making a post season run. The team posted a season-best 311 score in the Conference 12 tournament. Petri and Creekmore led the way with a 72 and 73. Creekmore,…
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From left to right Row 1: Jacob Hevener, Kevin McNeilly, Evan Wade, Austin Gruwell, Matthew Patterson, Nathan Arapoff, Kevin Shaw, Jared Velez, Luis Delgado, Cullen Hoover Row 2: Madison Overgard, Maddie Wade, Addison Winter, Jordyn Flood, Tiara Blevins
By Zach Long Thomas Dale 42, Petersburg 12 It was a beautiful night for a homecoming football game at Ed Karpus Field, and the Thomas Dale home crowd was out in full force. In the end, Thomas Dale extinguished Petersburg 42-12 Friday. On the Knights’ first possession, five different players touched the ball. A wide-spread distribution of the ball kept the Crimson Wave defense guessing all night. The Knights would deliver a quick strike, and ended their first drive on a Matt Lawton to Gabe McCollin 19-yard score. From there, Thomas Dale would have control of the first half. AJ Lazaro…
Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I came across something interesting the other day. Now, we are all aware that when we enter the grocery store we are hit in every aisle by signs and tags that say “New”..”Improved”..”Better”..etc. I came across one in the cleaning section..it was on one of those daily shower sprays. You know the one that helps keep soap scum, hard water and mildew from forming on your shower stall walls. I bought a bottle that had a big, bright red sticker on it that said “NEW” in cap letters. It was…
Tranlin Inc. announced recently it has awarded a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to design the site work for possibly the largest business in Chesterfield. The award was issued to further develop VASTLY’s (Shandong Tranlin Paper Co. Ltd.) greenfield construction mega-project in Chesterfield County. Some local weekly-news outlets recently called the Tranlin project dead. The $2 billion project, according to Chesterfield Economic Development, is not dead but is in the engineering phase, which includes preliminary engineering and design, as well as environmental permitting, of the new VASTLY facility. The plant will produce biostimulant, soil amendment fertilizers, and paper tissue…
By Danielle Ozbat The Chesterfield County Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services opened the Chesterfield County Fire Museum last Sunday. The fire museum is located at fire station No. 12 –the Ettrick Volunteer Fire Department – which was formed in 1928 and was the first fire station built in Chesterfield County.Retired Battalion Chief David Creasy, the founder of the fire museum, was honored at the event and was presented with a resolution from the County Board of Supervisors and a Fire Chief’s award. Creasy began his fire service career in 1968 when he became a volunteer firefighter and is…
What does your neighbor’s house assess for? That’s like stalking, but it can be helpful for professionals as well. Chesterfield County’s new GeoSpace and Open GeoSpace allow citizens to search county maps online. The site has a number of layers, which can be turned on and off for a less cluttered look for what someone is looking for. The layers draw on 20 datasets including building footprints, impervious areas (such as driveways, sidewalks, and any place liquid cannot penetrate), street center lines, parcels (property boundaries), addresses, resource protection areas (wetlands), contours, points of interest, and middle school boundaries. For those…
Wyatt Scott, at right, representing Vulcan Materials Company, which is a PTA community partner, presents to Ecoff Elementary School principal Joshua Cole a $600 check for the Ecoff Empowerment Zone, Family/Community Resource Center. Financial support will be focused on Social Emotional Learning objectives for students, teachers, families, and community members.
Chester Library is forming a Teen Art Club for interested teens between the ages of 12 to 18 years to share their love of creativity and self-expression. The club will meet the third Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. There is no pre-registration and no fees to join. You must bring your own art project and supplies. The first meeting will be held this Saturday, Oct. 15.
Chesterfield- The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) will present a lecture on the old trees of Chesterfield County, on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 11a.m. at the County Museum. Museum staff and Chesterfield Master Gardener Pat Roble will discuss Chesterfield’s most notable trees. Learn about the Nunnally oak tree that has been standing for nearly two centuries at the old courthouse, Violet Bank’s cucumber tree, the Osage orange tree at Magnolia Grange, and other old local trees. For more information or to reserve a seat, call the County Museum at (804) 768-7311. While the event is free, donations are welcome.…