Noe makes colonel
1On June 1, Christopher D. Noe was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. Noe – pictured with his father, Cliff Noe of Chester – is a graduate of L.C. Bird High School. On June 15, Noe graduated from the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. Noe and his family will be stationed in Daegu, South Korea.
Raffle winner!
0David Austin won the raffle prize at the Matoaca Woman’s Club’s annual picnic.
State champs!
4The Chesterfield Baseball Club 10U Mustang All Stars traveled to the PONY Virginia State tournament in Windsor, Virginia June 23-25 where they went undefeated and won the state title. The team’s bats were on fire. They scored 75 runs while only giving up 27. Top row from left – coach David Lipes, manager Mark Lindsay, coach Jay Lipchak; middle, Nathan Berry, Landon Lipes, Tai Bowler, Kristian Geter, Jack Gasiorowski, Cooper McCormick; bottom, Owen Rogers, Blake Lindsay, Riley Royster, Caiden Jones, Logan Lipchak.
Police briefs
0Three-car crash The Chesterfield police are investigating a three-car vehicle crash that occurred in the 6500 block of Jefferson Davis Highway around 10:28 p.m. July 1. Police said a sedan was travelling northbound on Jefferson Davis Highway in the southbound travel lane when it was struck by a sport utility vehicle turning left onto Dundas Road. The sedan then collided with another vehicle on Jefferson Davis Highway as it waited the light cycle. A passenger in the sedan was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Carjacking suspects Police are searching for three suspects involved in a carjacking of…
Warehouse, gravel road planned by EDA
0A 250,000-square-foot office/warehouse is in the planning stages for the Ruffin Mill Industrial Park in South Chesterfield. A site plan says that Rosyln Farms Corp. of Colonial Heights plans to build on 17 acres at 801 Port Walthall Road in the Walthall Enterprise Zone. Some 91 employees would work in the building, according to the site plan. The Chesterfield Economic Development Authority is involved with the project, county planner Steve Prusik said. The site plan has not yet been approved. Other site plans *A site plan for a gravel road owned by the Chesterfield Economic Development Authority was approved by…
Chinn honored for acts of kindness
0Chesterfield resident Darlene Chinn recently won a Hometown Heroes Award. Sponsored by the law firm of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, the award celebrates acts of kindness and heroism throughout Richmond, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg and surrounding areas. Chinn, a former military spouse, is passionate about helping veterans. She first became involved with Veterans Helping Veterans Now after meeting its founder, Henry Mack, at a grandparents support group, Kinship Connection. She is an integral part of the fundraising efforts to build a new community outreach center for the veterans group that will provide expanded services to veterans. Through VHVNOW, she helps veterans…
Robots
0In South Africa, traffic lights are called robots. In Chester, they seem to be suggestions, rather than absolutes. In two days, I have watched more people run red lights than seemingly normal. This morning, I watched a school bus for the handicapped run a red light. There were two vehicle accidents, one with an entrapment and one resulting in a fatality, at major controlled intersections, in the county. One incident did not result in an accident because the person with the green light checked before proceeding. An elderly woman ran the light as if it did not exist with no…
Dancey, Addison pick up offers
0A popular saying in sports is “next man up,” and the L.C. Bird High Skyhawks have just that, another big man to help fill the hole left by Hakeem Beamon’s possible transfer. That man is 6-2, 285-pound offensive lineman DeMarkus Dancey. The rising senior picked up his second offer from Concord University in West Virginia. “When I was coaching at Virginia Union, I scoured L.C. Bird for talent,” explained current L.C. Bird coach Troy Taylor. “I went away from the game saying ‘No. 53 gets after it,’ and that No. 53 was DeMarkus.” Not only is he a good player,…