Recently Deceased
0ATKINS, Deborah Herndon, 59, of North Chesterfield. ALEXANDER, Marie Carol Welch, 84, of Chesterfield. BOOKER, Barbara, 70, of North Chesterfield, an Army veteran. BOOKER, Gilbert Jr., 69, of North Chesterfield. CASELLA, Christy, 65, of Chesterfield. DALE, Margaret, 93, of Chesterfield, widow of Thomas Alvin Dale. DAVIS, Joseph Earl, 82, of Chester, widower of Aileen, husband of Joyce Davis. DOBBS, David Glenn, 70, of Chesterfield. FRIDLEY, Annie Duncan, 92, of Chester, wife of Charles E. Fridley. GERGELY, Katalin, 81, of Chesterfield, widow of Alexander Sandor Gergely. GORDON, Josie, 101, of Chesterfield. GRISHAM, Harry, 71, of North Chesterfield, husband of Julia Grisham. HARRIS, Robert Thomas, 86, of Chesterfield, an Air Force veteran, husband of Cindy…
Arson Awareness Week
0Last week was Arson Awareness Week. Arson is defined as “the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.” It is a problem not only for the fire service, but for a community. Fires caused by an arsonist could cause the death of a firefighter or a civilian. Until the arsonist is caught, the costs for arson has to be absorbed by the particular jurisdiction. Arson takes place for many reasons: A pyromaniac is a person who has “an obsessive desire to set fire to things.”A juvenile fire setter is a child, up to the age of 17, who sets…
Medication
0Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Hope you are surviving this crazy world and speaking of crazy, in my world of the Dogpound it does not take the virus to make my life a little bit crazier. For example, I noticed that I was not getting any advance notices from my medical program about the medications that needed to be refilled or ordered. I went to the Web site, and it was not showing most of my medications and did not even have my correct contact information. Oh great, more fun! I called the medical…
Their paths may never cross again
0By Walter Scott Jr. Life is different now. It’s affected everyone, and the Thomas Dale’s boys’ lacrosse team is no different. The team was poised to have what the school hoped to be a championship season, but COVID-19 ended the run before it started. The roster, loaded with 18 seniors, will never know what could have been. The brotherhood of athletes may never share the same field again. “It’s really heartbreaking to have so many players lose out on such a special season,” said coach Paul Amos. “The one thing about the players that stood out is not that they…
Legislators reflect on veto session
0Two Chesterfield County state senators and a state delegate took time recently to reflect on the state Legislature’s one-day “veto session” that occurred April 22. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the state House and Senate held meetings under a canopy outside the state Capitol and at the Science Museum of Richmond. “I’m glad it was held at the Science Museum of Virginia with people 10 feet apart,” state Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond) said. “It was a continuation of the same in which the new (Democratic) majority got pretty much what they wanted (during the regular session),” state Sen. Amanda…
Communities in Schools of Chesterfield making a difference
0To the Editor: As a longtime resident of Chesterfield County, where my three children attended school and my wife was a teacher and elementary principal, the choice to join Communities In Schools of Chesterfield’s (CIS-C) Board of Directors was a good fit. When I first joined the board, I knew the county had poverty but didn’t realize the extent – I learned that since 2000, poverty in Chesterfield increased by 110 percent, affecting thousands of our community’s youth. CIS-C is doing something about it. Our work to serve 9,000-plus vulnerable students in Chesterfield schools levels the playing field for at-risk…
“Relaunch Chesterfield” aims to reopen Chesterfield businesses
0Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce, ChamberRVA Chesterfield Cabinet, and Chesterfield County have united to support a coordinated relaunching of the Chesterfield economy. “Relaunch Chesterfield” focuses on issues for businesses and elected officials around the county to consider as reopening plans are made. “Relaunch Chesterfield” is meant to work in conjunction with the Governor’s Covid-19 Business Task Force recommendations as they too begin the work of relaunch Virginia’s economy. “Relaunch Chesterfield” will be developed in partnership with business leaders across a broad array of industry sectors and organizations around the county, including but not limited to the following sections: Health and…
She was the “Mother of Chester”
0Dr. Alvin J. Hurt’s wife, Maud, saw a need and did her best to fill it From the Village News archives: Oct. 15, 1998 Maud Hurt When Dr. Alvin Judson Hurt and his wife, Maud McLaurine Hurt, came to Chester in 1904, it was the country. Dr. Hurt liked the woods, he liked to fox hunt, and he liked the people. That is why he wanted to be a country doctor. The Hurts took up residence in the Chester Hotel. Dr. Hurt had his office on the first floor, and he and Mrs. Hurt lived on the second. “They saw…