Labor Day in the Dogpound
0Hello and welcome back to the “we are ready for a three-day weekend!” Dogpound. Hard to believe we are here already…where has the summer gone? Labor Day officially marks the end of summer, kids are tucked nicely back into school, and this is our last three-day weekend till Thanksgiving. Seems like a long time between holidays…but fortunately I still have a few vacation days left so I can squeeze out a couple four-day work weeks. Did you know that Labor Day actually started out as a state holiday and Oregon was the first state to put this on their calendar…
Pledge will bring a renaming and needed funding to CCFA
0CHESTER – The Chesterfield Center for the Arts has a new donor Dr. and Mrs. Baxter Perkinson Jr. stepped up to help the Center move closer to its goal. Dr. Perkinson and family will contribute to the center’s foundation building fund and pay for some of the operation costs once it has opened. Today, (Aug. 24, 2016), the Board of Supervisors will consider renaming the future arts center in Chester the Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts. “Dr. Perkinson Jr. and his wife Elaine have pledged an extremely generous donation to the Chesterfield Center for the Arts Foundation. According to…
Niagara Bottling to build facility at Meadowville
0ENON – The Greater Richmond Partnership announced that Niagara Bottling LLC, the largest private label bottled water supplier in the U.S., will build a $95 million, 450,000 square-foot facility in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park, employing 76 people. A second phase is expected to increase the workforce by another 50 employees with a $50 million build-out. “Niagara Bottling, LLC is committed to providing a high-quality product with unmatched quality service to its customers,” said Brian Hess, Executive Vice President of Operation for Niagara. “The Chesterfield location allows the company to fulfill that commitment by providing an optimal location that is…
Sabra leading efforts to combat food deserts
0CHESTERFIELD – Sabra, maker of hummus dips, with a processing plant at the Walthall Industrial Plant, has launched a campaign and challenged others to join in efforts to alleviate the effects of food deserts. “Plants With a Purpose” has begun with a pilot program in the company’s backyard in, Richmond City and Chesterfield County. The company established an on-site garden and is coordinating with Renew Richmond, a nonprofit dedicated to urban agriculture in underserved communities, to create community education programming. Food deserts are defined by the USDA as neighborhoods and towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, affordable food. It…
John Rolfe Players
0The John Rolfe Players preformed in Chester and Chesterfield from the 1950s to the late 1970s. The force behind the group was Dottie and her husband Larry Armstrong. The performance poster above was typical for the troupe. Elizabeth Matthews, one of the original Chesterfield Center for the Arts supporters, said the John Rolfe Players sparked the idea of a playhouse approximately 60 years ago. The Armstrongs would be proud of the development of the Arts Center as the building is on the cusp of being built.
Weekly Calendar
0AUGUST 24 INTRODUCTION TO 3D PRINTING – 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Central Library. Learn to use computer-aided design (CAD) software to create just about anything, and print it on a 3D printer. Open to all ages. Register online at library.chesterfield.gov. COUNTY MEETING – 3 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The Board of Supervisors meeting. Public Meeting Room, 10001 Iron Bridge Road, Chesterfield CHESTERFIELD FARMERS MARKET – 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Chesterfield County Complex AUGUST 25 DISCOVER DAYS PROGRAM SERIES – 17TH CENTURY GAMES & SONGS – 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. For ages 3-10. Join Henrius for an hour…
Push Pause
0I feel as though someone has hit the “pause” button. From the birth of my first child, my darling boy, to this very moment; time has been on fast forward. I can barely remember that sweet towheaded little boy, with curls bouncing as he ran on his chubby little legs towards me, arms outstretched. I know that I wrote endless columns in this very paper about our adventures in parenting this delightful boy from tantrums in the Chester Library to singing sweetly to the Disney “Cars” soundtrack in our minivan. Then there was the birth of my precious flower. My…
Caution: May Cause Drowsiness
0By M.A. Fuller, Reiki Practitioner & Stress Management Coach Worrying, never-ending to-do lists, thinking and re-thinking events from the day and how things could have been done or said differently… sound like those noisy thoughts in your head when you are trying to unplug or drift off to sleep? According to the Center for Disease Control, insufficient sleep is a public health problem. If you are among the 88 million Americans who report poor sleep because they are trying to remember or thinking of other things, then try out these four pillars of getting better sleep. Pillar 1: Prepare A…