American Idol contestant visits elementary students
0Thomas Dale High School seniors recently visited Marguerite Christian Elementary School in their gradation gowns. Coralei Waller, Abby Moore and Lily Lashley are pictured with senior Shayla Winn, who recently was a national contestant on American Idol and advanced to the Top 40 in Hawaii. (Gena Lashley photo)
Girl Scouts cleaning up
0Girl Scout Troop No. 5257 from Enon recently worked on their community service badges by picking up trash along the trails at R. Garland Dodd Park at Point of Rocks. The troop will be holding a yard sale from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at 1613 Enon Church Road. They are raising money for a trip to Savannah, Ga., “Home of the Girl Scouts.” (Gena Lashley photo)
At path to the goal: First Touch Sports is exposing youngsters to soccer
0David Glass mans the sidelines for Meadowbrook High School’s junior varsity soccer program, but the work he has done to get local children to play the game has been paramount. Glass founded First Touch Sports, an organization that has over 500 kids from low-income areas playing soccer. In the program’s 10-year lifespan, thousands of kids have been given the opportunity to play, despite the rise of exclusive and expensive club teams. “Sports and America has come down to economics,” Glass said. “You can look at certain sports and certain records of teams and know what the student body looks like,…
Liberty University makes offers to three Knights
0Jasiah Williams Thomas Dale High School recruits just keep racking up college offers. In this case, one school wants not one, but three Knights. That school is Liberty University. The three athletes are offensive/defensive lineman Bryce Carter, wide receiver/defensive back Jasiah Williams and defensive back Crishaun Saunders. Liberty is the seventh school to make an offer to Carter. At 6 feet, 3 inches and 260 pounds, he represents a problem for opposing offenses on the defensive line. Other offers include Virginia Tech, Virginia, Duke, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh and East Carolina. The colleges’ interest has been a direct result of his…
Recently deceased
0Barbour, Steven Phillip, 55, of Chester. Blankenship, Gerald Coyle, 81, of Chesterfield, an Air Force veteran, husband of Nancy Blankenship. Bridgers, Kinnie Rhoden Jr., 96, of North Chesterfield, an Army veteran, widower of Eleanor G. Bridgers. Cox, Gary Ray, 57, of Chesterfield, husband of Tracy Shumaker Cox. Cumbea, Russell Rawlings Jr., 85, of North Chesterfield, husband of Jane Adams Cumbea. Edwards, Robert C., 86, of Chesterfield, widower of Norma Edwards. Evans, Ronnie, 50, of Chesterfield, husband of DeAnn M. Evans. Fulghum, Jean Spencer, 77, of Chesterfield, widow of Arthur Thomas Fulghum III. Gorton, Bonnie Lee, 73, of Chester, widow of Paul E. Gorton Jr. Greenawalt, Kenneth David, 79, of North…
Identifiable addressess
0I listened as Chesterfield Fire Chief Loy Senter addressed the attendees at this year’s TRIAD meeting. He said the majority of emergency responses were for medical incidents and that it is important for everyone to ensure that their addresses are readily identifiable from the street. Whether a response occurs in the day or night, house numbers should be visible to emergency responders. The longer that it takes personnel to find your residence, the longer it will be for patient care to begin. If you have a mailbox at the street, then you need to have numbers that are reflective and…
Happy Mother’s Day!
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know what is coming up this Sunday, and likewise, those who have read my articles over these many years know what I mean when I say, what you really need to give Mom this day is a four-letter word: time! You can give her candy, gifts and cards, and even take her out for dinner. That is all well and good, but what we are talking about is her time. This should mean that you have the cell phone turned…
Walker to be honored at Falling Creek Ironworks Park: Event will include tours and period demonstrations
0Lyle Browning stands next to the falls. The remains of a pump house is on left. Falling Creek Ironworks Park likely would not exist if not for Bryan Walker, and the recently deceased 87-year-old will be honored at a May 4 ceremony at the park. Lyle Browning — who serves as a volunteer archeologist for the nonprofit Falling Creek Ironworks Foundation — said he first got involved with the ironworks in the late 1980s or early 1990s when Walker organized a meeting about it. “He nudged people to do something and was instrumental in getting the county to buy it,”…