Nominations open for First Annual Chesterfield Community Champions event honoring volunteers
0Chesterfield County announced the first annual Chesterfield Community Champions event, honoring residents who volunteer their time and resources to effect positive change in their communities. Awards will be given to winners from seven categories of volunteers: Youth (ages 12 and under), Teen (ages 13 and older), Youth Group (two or more volunteers under age 18), Adult (ages 18 to 59), Senior (ages 60 and over), Group (two or more volunteers, with no age restriction),and Organization (a business, church, or the like). To nominate a person or group, please visit the Chesterfield Community Champions Web page to complete a nomination form. Nominations are…
Lively atmosphere at new veterinary office
0By Marly Fuller Have you ever been to a Flying Squirrel’s baseball game and wondered where Parker the Rally Pig lives? He shares a home with another pot-bellied pig, 10 rescue dogs and a veterinarian named Dr. Deirdre Mason. She is the creator and owner of Chester’s newest veterinary clinic: Whiskers and Wags Animal Hospital t 4640 Chester Square Road. The sign is not hard to miss with its hot pink letters, welcoming visitors into the West Hundred Road shopping center that also houses Wild Rose Cafe. “My vision was to have a clean and comfortable, bright and happy place…
Building the foundation for academics
0Life has a funny way of directing you where you want to go, according to Anna Reilly. Reilly always wanted to teach since she was little, but she started out in another career before she switched to education. Reilly worked as an office coordinator for a medical equipment company and was a stay-at-home mom until her youngest child went into kindergarten. She received her teacher’s license after she went back to school and went into substitute teaching for Chesterfield County before becoming a kindergarten teacher at Ettrick Elementary. “I love learning … [and] education, and I think the biggest part…
Weekly Calendar
0WEDNESDAY, JAN 22 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING – 2 p.m. afternoon session. Evening session – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Public Meeting Room. 10001 Iron Bridge Road. PINOCHLE/MEXICAN TRAIN/EUCHRE CARD GROUPS – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bensley Recreation Center, 2900 Drewrys Bluff Road. Free. To register, call (804) 768-7904. CHESTERFIELD NEEDLEWORK FRIENDS – 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Library, Central Meeting Room. Knit, crochet, socialize, and share your techniques. All skill levels welcome. MAKERSPACE OPEN HOURS – 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Central Library Maker space. The MakerSpace in…
Shepherd’s Center hosts its first paint and wine party
0The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield hosted its first ever Paint and Wine Party fund raiser. Howlett’s Restaurant and Tavern graciously donated the space for the event. The cloudy winter Saturday afternoon provided the picture-perfect setting for an afternoon of fun, wine, and artistic creations in an event that provided assistance to a great cause in the community. More than 30 guests enjoyed wine, wonderful fellowship, and creating their own masterpieces to take home and enjoy. Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield Board of Trustees member, Margaret Edie and local artist Abigail Bayne were on hand to help the party-goers needing assistance with…
Police Blotter
0BROADWATER WY (149xx block) 01/11/2020 11 p.m. – Rear window entry during burglary. Electronics reported stolen. BRUCE RD (46xx block) 01/11/2020 3 a.m. – Rape-Forcible BURLEY RIDGE TR (29xx block) 01/10/2020 10 p.m. – Money stolen from vehicle. CALDWELL AVE (50xx block) 01/12/2020 11 p.m. – Rear window during burglary. Nothing reported stolen. CARMIA WY (13xx block) 01/09/2020 2 p.m. – Miscellaneous items stolen from vehicle. CEDAR CLIFF RD (50xx block) 01/11/2020 7 a.m. – Money and miscellaneous items stolen from vehicle. CHESTERFIELD AVE (213xx block) 01/11/2020 12:43 a.m. – Weapons Violations-Carrying Concealed COGBILL RD (49xx block) 01/08/2020 2:50 p.m.…
Overcooked
0Cooking-related fires remain the leading cause of residential fires in America. The fire tetrahedron shows the four components necessary for a fire to occur: heat, fuel, oxygen, and a chemical chain reaction that brings them together. Take any of the four components away and a fire cannot occur. The problem is that in the kitchen, the components are brought together more frequently than most other activities in the home. Whatever distracts people causes them to either forget that they are cooking altogetheror delays them long enough for a problem to occur. Cooking-related fires are heavily influenced by the human factor,…
Recently Deceased
0ARNOLD, N.R., 83, of North Chesterfield, widower of Geraldine Whetstone Arnold. BEATTIE, John Fielding, 71, of Chesterfield, husband of Marion S. Beattie. CLARK, Barbara Fields, 69, of Chesterfield, wife of Jimmy Clark. COULON, Kathryn Lee, 75, of North Chesterfield. DALE, Anita, 83, of Chesterfield. FLOYD, Stephanie Hill, 60, of Chesterfield, wife of Robert F. Floyd. GOODRICH, James Robert III, 66, of Chester, husband of Martha Thomas Goodrich. HALL, John Wesley, 50, of Chesterfield. HONN, Lillian, 73, of Chesterfield, wife of Tommy Honn. HOWLETT, Byron Sr., 73, of North Chesterfield, husband of Hazel Howlett. ward Hunter Isbell Sr. KIEPER, Rodney Charles, 84, of Chesterfield, husband of Nancy Kieper. LIMERICK, Nancy, 51, of Chesterfield.…