Falling Creek Ironworks Annual Event to be Held on May 21
0The Falling Creek Ironworks Foundation will present its free annual event on Saturday, May 21 at 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. This event offers an opportunity to explore the site of America’s first iron furnace, the 1619-22 ironworks on Falling Creek, and to see some of the improvements recently added to the park. Guides will lead tours through the archaeological ruins of the 1619 ironworks. Other activities include exhibits, costumed interpretation, musket militia demonstrations and Native American dancing. There also will be numerous children’s activities including tin pressing, corn husk dolls and candle making. Enjoy period music from Apastador and…
Zip! Zoom! Vroom! RC racing comes to Meadowdale
0Nick Hackett is passionate about car racing, he has been navigating race cars since he was thirteen.Now, five years later, it continues to be his passion. Hackett is a young entrepreneur who is a skilled master when it comes to remote controlled race cars. “When I was seven,” Hackett said excitedly, “I soloed my first remote controlled nitro-airplane. It was so awesome. My dad was an avid plane flyer and then I got interested.” My brother was also interested in the beginning, Hackett explained, his dad told him if he got A’s and B’s on his report card he would…
Virginia Home gets Volunteer’s Strolling help
0Members of the Matoaca High School American Red Cross Club and their family and friends volunteered on Saturday, April 23, at the Virginia Home 5K Fun Walk. This is the seventh year the 5K Fun Walk has taken place and the MHS American Red Cross Club has volunteered each time. The Virginia Home is a private, non-profit that provides nursing, therapeutic and residential care to adult Virginians with irreversible disabilities. Members of the club teamed up with different residents to assist them in the walk by: helping push their wheelchairs, guiding them around the course at beautiful Bird Park and…
The 1st Annual “I’d Rather Be Crazy than Lazy Challenge”
1Carver Middle School’s seventh grade class, to promote healthy lifestyles and to associate fun with fitness, will offer its first annual “I’d Rather Be Crazy than Lazy Challenge” on May 11. Activities will include “Minute-To-Win-It” events, fitness and local history trivia, and 30 second “Road Block” exercises involving all areas of fitness. There is no cost (free for all ages.) Carver students and faculty ask that you please come out and join them for some crazy fun at Carver Middle School on Harrowgate Road, 3800 Cougar Trail, Chester,which will take place from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Calling all JTCC Nursing Alumni
0If you are a graduate of John Tyler Community College’s Nursing Program, now is your chance to reconnect with classmates and faculty. On May 11, Tyler’s Alumni Association and the College’s leadership are hosting a reception celebrating John Tyler Nursing alumni. The reception will take place from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. in the Nicholas Center at the Chester Campus, located at 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy. The Nursing Alumni Reception is free, but alumni must register for the event by May 6, 2016, using the link found at www.jtcc.edu/about/news/7416. For more information about the reception, contact Jennie Romero in the…
Nathan Hoback named Matoaca High Teacher of the Year
0Nathan Hoback has been named 2016 Matoaca High School Teacher of the Year. Mr. Hoback, a worthy recipient of this recognition is well known to students and faculty at Matoaca High School. Originally from Roanoke, Virginia, Mr. Hoback earned his undergraduate and Masters from William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is certified to teach Spanish and Mathematics. He has been a member of the Matoaca High School faculty for five years and his current teaching assignments are Spanish 1 and Algebra II. In addition to teaching Mr. Hoback serves as the Warriors JV Field Hockey coach. He sponsors of…
Meet Chesterfield County’s Students of the Year
0An amazing kid with a positive attitude, creative thinker, goes above and beyond in everything, and a smile that brightens everyone’s day. This student is a great team player, hard working, outstanding citizen, tremendous student-athlete, highly involved in school community with great leadership qualities. Those are descriptions of students selected as 2016 Students of the Year. Each year, Chesterfield County Public Schools honors two students from every school for demonstrating citizenship and the school division’s core values of respect, responsibility, honesty and accountability. During an April 21 celebration sponsored by the Midlothian Rotary Club, 128 students will gather with their…
En Garde: Local Fencing Teams Escort Olympic Team
0The 2016 U.S. Olympic Fencing Team, on the evening of April 11, was escorted by the Greater Chester Knights and Salle Green Fencing Clubs onto the stage during a Richmond Convention Center event leading up the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. It was streamed live around the world where the 2016 team members were introduced. The Monacan High School drum line performed ahead of the fencers. Local fencers, from left are Mitchell Brooks, Trevor Brown, Grace Larmee (Salle Green), Tyler Field, EvinGwaltney (Salle Green), Jeremy Dial and Tim Armstrong. The Chester Knights meet at Salem Middle School and is…