Action on arts center coming soon, project manager says
0Bruce Miller spoke at the May 22 board of supervisors meeting. Chester residents should see some action soon outside the Chester Library, according to Mike Laing, project manager of Chesterfield’s Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts. On May 22, Laing told the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors that they should see some activity within the next 10 days on the site where the 352-seat arts center will be built. Afterward, Laing said a construction trailer will be located on the site next to the Chester Library along with some security fencing that directs visitors to the library’s entrance. “We’re in the…
Police seek missing man
0Bryan A. Sebera Chesterfield Police are searching for a man who was last seen on April 21. Bryan Austin Sebera, of the 14700 block of Esther Lane in Enon, left his residence April 21 in his red, 1993 Honda Civic bearing Virginia license plate: XMUGENX. He was reported missing by relatives on May 7. Sebera, 28, is described as a white man, about 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing about 152 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing black Levi’s jeans, orange, ankle-length boots, and an orange, short-sleeved, button-up shirt. He has tattoos…
Rios enjoys showing love to her students
0Diana Rios Diana Rios tells her students at Ettrick Elementary School, “I love you, have a good day” every school day. She is a firm believer that every day is a new day and her students know when they walk in, they are starting with a clean slate. Rios said the school had recently lost a fifth-grader in a car crash and that you never know when you’ll see a student for the last time. “They have to know that someone, especially some of them that don’t have moms or a stable home life, [loves them],” she said. A former…
Celebrating long-lasting love: Two couples win theater tickets for submitting their love stories
0Douglas and Carolyn Wheeling Jennifer and Chris Grandstaff In celebration of 50 Days of LOVE and the 50th birthday of the “Virginia is for Lovers” theme, Swift Creek Mill Theatre launched a Facebook search in mid-April asking people to write down their love stories and submit them in a contest to win an evening at “The Mill” with dinner and tickets to see “Bright Star.” On May 5, two stories were selected, one from Carolyn D. Wheeling, who submitted her story on her 53rd wedding anniversary with Douglas Wheeling, April 18, and one from Jennifer C. Grandstaff. “Our whole life…
Village News in the Bahamas
0Gloria Andrs, center, enjoyed a cruise to the Bahamas recently with her sister, Viola Clark of Virginia Beach, on left, and her daughter, Brenda Andrs Wallace.
Big Boy
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I hope you enjoyed your three-day weekend. I also hope you took time out to honor those who have served and given their lives so we can enjoy the freedom that is denied to many in this world. God bless them and all who have served and are currently serving this great country. Since I am writing this in advance, I am not sure what I plan to do over the holiday, but I suspect it will entail lots of outside work, weather permitting. Speaking of outside, I need…
Recently deceased
0Avent, Eleanor Gray Sublett, 97, of Chester, widow of Jesse Benjamin Avent. Bare, Douglas Fleming, 78, of Chesterfield, a Navy veteran, husband of Karen Bare. Clark, Sharon Kellam, 57, of Chesterfield, widow of Barry Clark. Council, Charles Lee, 66, of North Chesterfield. Fogazzi, William Joseph Sr., 96, of Chester, a Marine Corps veteran, widower of Marjorie Fogazzi. Harvey, Dianne Keith, 68, of Chesterfield, wife of Jack Kenny. Hickman, Virginia Mae, 94, of Chesterfield, widow of Washington A. Hickman Sr. Martin, Wallace Glenn, 60, of Chesterfield, husband of Sarah Martin. Mullins, Curtis Wayne, 72, of Chesterfield, an Army veteran. Roth, Douglas Allen, 47, of North Chesterfield, husband of Angela L. Roth.…
In the heat
0During spring, we have already experienced 90-plus-degree days. Every summer, we hear the tragic stories of children and pets being left in non-running vehicles. We know, from studies conducted, that temperatures can reach and even exceed 130 degrees inside vehicles. The time that it takes for a car to heat up is not as long as one may think. The human body is capable of managing heat, but only to a point. The younger or older a person is, the shorter the time before heat management shuts down and the body begins to heat up. In other words, a person…