Recently deceased
0BEASLEY, Swade Roger Sr., 83, of Chesterfield, an Air Force veteran, husband of Patricia Ann Pendleton Beasley. BRYNER, Helen Markiel, 100, of Chesterfield. CHURCH, Ronald “Gary,” 77, of Chesterfield, an Air Force veteran, husband of Sarah Church. CONNER, Stacey R., 51, of Chesterfield. EMORY-WHITE, Edith Carol, 79, of North Chesterfield, widow of Joseph Waverly White Sr. LACOVARA, Vincent Anthony Jr., 76, of Chesterfield, husband of Louise Ann Lacovara. LATHAM, Eva Mae, 90, of Chesterfield. KEISER, Ernestine L. “Ernie,” 75, of Chesterfield. KESLER, Clarence, 83, of North Chesterfield. MERRICK, Gloria Ann, 80, of Chesterfield, wife of Claude E. Merrick Jr. MILLS,…
Life is a bed of roses….
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Hard to believe that we have blown through August and will celebrate Labor Day in a few days. This is the general signal that summer is over, and it is back to school for many kids. Some, I understand, have already gone back to school. At my age that is not something I have to worry about anymore, but I did pick up some extra labor around the house. The previous owners of my house put in a very nice flower garden in front of the house. It took…
Food on the stove
0Our English language is full of idioms, phrases like, “it is raining cats and dogs” or “it is raining buckets.” I just walked in and told my wife that it was “lightning up a storm.” If you ask a firefighter, “What caused that fire?” the answer given is often: “Food on the stove.” This answer might baffle most, but makes perfect sense if you understand the words left out of the statement. Two recent kitchen fires on the same day in Chesterfield County displaced two families. Cooking-related fires account for the largest number of single-family and multi-family dwelling fires. When…
Crash on Varina-Enon Bridge
0It was a close call on the Varina-Enon Bridge on Tuesday, Aug. 13, when a pickup truck hauling a machine jackknifed and crashed. Corrine Geller of the Virginia State Police said the single-vehicle crash occurred around 11:52 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 295 at mile marker 18. “The backhoe the truck was towing fell off the trailer and into the travel lane.” Geller said. “The driver and passenger in the pickup truck were not injured.” (Billy Spivey photo)
My fair lady: White is ready for county fair
0Brenda White is pictured at the county fairgrounds last week. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) Brenda White has a pretty fair idea of what’s going on this week, which marks the 30th year that the Chesterfield County Fair is in its present location at 10300 Courthouse Road across from L.C. Bird High School. White – who’s now in her fifth year as general manager of the Chesterfield County Fair Association – took time last week to talk about some of the new things at this year’s fair, which runs from Friday, Aug. 23, to Saturday, Aug. 31. White began nine years…
Contract approved for new Ettrick Elementary School
0A $24.57 million contract for construction of a new Ettrick Elementary School was unanimously approved last week by the Chesterfield County Public Schools board. Oyster Point Construction Co. of Newport News was the low bidder out of five. The others were Kenbridge Construction Co., Southwood Building Systems, Sorensen Gross Construction Services and Gulf Seaboard General Contractors. The highest bid was $24.897 million by Kenbridge. The total budget for the project is $27.1 million, including an estimated additional cost of $1 million for an expanded gymnasium. The county – which requested that the school district expand school gyms by 3,565 square…
Chester woman gets help publishing children’s book
0Dasha Dent (Jaylin Dent photo) Dasha Dent had a close relationship that ended badly. The result left her filled with doubt about who she was and wanted to be, but she decided to turn the series of events into a positive message. With the help of Kim Wells Eley, she turned her pain into a children’s book with a positive message titled “You Are a Star.” Dent, a Chester resident, said she could have let the experience leave her with deep wounds, but instead she used it to reflect and set new goals. “I believe everyone has a unique talent,…
‘Holmes and Watson,’ an intelligent mystery
0Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty. But as Holmes’ body was never retrieved, a number of frauds, fakes, and charlatans have since come forward to lay claim to his identity, and it falls to Dr. Watson to disprove them. Then a telegram arrives informing Watson that three men, each claiming to be Holmes, have been committed to a remote asylum off the coast of Scotland. Now Watson must discover if one of the mad men is the real Sherlock Holmes. Opening Sept. 14,…