On the move
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I am a bit haggard now and in the middle of trying to move from one house to another about 10 minutes away. Things are complicated: the house I want to move into is currently occupied, and the bank closing is this coming Thursday. They have agreed to move one week after closing, and the family that has bought my house needs to move in two days after that deadline. So you can see that this is building to a very tense moment. My house is in complete disarray…
MEGA Mentors celebrate 10 years of mentoring, achievement
0MEGA Mentors students from Carver Middle, Falling Creek Middle, Manchester Middle and Providence Middle schools visited the Freedom Classic Festival at the Virginia State University’s Multi-Purpose Center on Jan. 19. The students were rewarded for excelling in academics and discipline at their respective schools. MEGA Mentors was founded in 2009 after a request for help from former Chesterfield County Public Schools Superintendent Marcus Newsome. Greg Cummings, MEGA’s current president, assembled a group of skilled and retired individuals who volunteered to assist the schools. They developed the foundation of MEGA’s mentoring program that teaches life skills, provides meaningful learning experiences, and…
JTCC announces art award winners
0Tabitha Buchanan’s art project shows a crystal ball in a stream. Tabitha Buchanan’s “Stream at Mid-Lothian Mines” recently won the 2019 John Tyler Community College Foundation’s art award. While working on a freelance photography job, Buchanan visited Mid-Lothian Mines Park, and as she scouted the area and took photographs, she decided to place a crystal ball in a stream, a press release states. The resulting image is ethereal, showing a world within a world and highlighting nature’s beauty. In addition to Buchanan, the following students created artwork that were finalists for the art award: Janet Burgos, Joshua Cloninger, Julia DiMartino,…
Chester resident has bit of Nashville in his soul
1Shawn Fenner Shawn Fenner penned his first song, “Love Triangle,” when he was 11 years old and not yet guitar savvy. The song stayed with him as he moved forward. Today, he has a promising musical career with some exhilarating experiences under his belt. Fenner attended Bellwood Elementary, Salem Middle and L.C. Bird High schools. He also took an automotive class at Chesterfield Tech Center. As a Marine Reservist, he trained at Parris Island, S.C. “When I was in middle school, I wrote a play,” Fenner said. “I got paid $10 for it.” Song writing came later. Singing karaoke helped…
County to link with East Coast Greenway
0CHESTERFIELD — A path near Pocahontas State Park has become a designated part of the East Coast Greenway, which aims to develop a biking and walking route from Canada to Key West, Fla. The nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance selected the Woodpecker Road Multi-Use Path because it could provide an essential connection along the 3,000-mile route. This is the first designation for Chesterfield. Additional portions of the East Coast Greenway are being considered throughout the county. “Chesterfield Parks and Recreation is excited to have the Lake Margaret Trail formally recognized as part of the East Coast Greenway,” said Stuart Connock,…
Conditions in Chesterfield women’s prison are terrible
1Editor: I am writing to express my concern about the mistreatment of inmates in our prisons. While inhumane treatment is fairly common in many of our Virginia Department of Corrections prisons, possibly the worst female prison is Central Virginia Correctional Unit 13 located at 6900 Courthouse Road. I have heard numerous complaints from current inmates of the severely unsanitary conditions there. Below are a few examples: •The entire institution is extremely filthy and run-down, and it smells like urine and mildew. •There are many leaks in the building. Ceilings leak even when it is not raining – these are plumbing…
Woman’s Club hears about Soles for Souls
0Hospitality for the Jan. 15 meeting was provided by Jamie Frasier and Brenda Grant. Stephanie Hathaway recently spoke to the Matoaca Woman’s Club about Soles for Souls, a Nashville, Tenn.-based nonprofit that gives women the opportunity to learn a skill and earn money by selling shoes. The club has already collected 40 pairs of shoes and will be collecting them through June. The club is asking for slightly-used shoes, including women’s, men’s, and children’s. It is a way to recycle, reuse, and raise money to help people who are less fortunate, and it also keeps shoes out of the landfill.…
Police seek missing man
0Justin M. Plummer Chesterfield Police are searching for a missing man who was last seen at about 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17. Justin M. Plummer, of the 3900 block of Berrybrook Drive, was last seen by his mother. She reported that Plummer left the residence and told her he was going to Kentucky. Plummer, who was reported missing Dec. 21, frequents the Virginia Commonwealth University area in Richmond. Plummer, 37, is described as a mixed-race male, about 6 feet 5 inches tall and 185 pounds. He has brown eyes, brown hair and a brown beard. Plummer also has a large…