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From The Editor
Where there is no vision, no solution, don’t prognosticate
These days people are so busy. It takes two incomes for many families to make ends meet. In addition to raising children, taking care of their home and just being worn out, many people don’t have the chance or don’t have the time to care, or work to understand, a document such as Chesterfield’s draft countywide comprehensive plan.
READ MORERick Gray
Starting something
Looking back over the past 60 years, I’ve had an interesting career thus far. You might even call it an odyssey.
READ MORECharlie Todd
Homeless in the District of Columbia
Homelessness is a blight on a civilized nation, and the problem is acute in our nation’s capital. As the economy has floundered and the unemployment rate has soared, a growing number of homeless families from outside the District have migrated into the City in search of shelter.
READ MORERep. Randy Forbes
For endless posterity
The “preservation of liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.” Those words written by James Madison in the Federalist Papers laid the groundwork for one of the cornerstones of our structure of government.
READ MOREDr. Robert Owens
A Declaration of Independence
It has happened just as foretold. The Progressive Republicans have joined with their Democrat fellow-travelers and once again sold our inheritance for a bowl of promises. We voted for an end to the out-of-control spending, and what did we get?
READ MORELt. Pete Hypes
How did it happen?
You cannot ride by many fire stations in Chesterfield County that you will not see an ambulance sitting in one of its bays. You may take this for granted, but I thought that I would share how this happens.
READ MORERise and Shine in the Dogpound
Max finds the light
Hello and welcome back to the Dogpound where you can learn something new all the time. For example I often go to work after-hours and there are two ways to get into the offices. One is through the main lobby and that door has an alarm system which is a bit of a pain to operate.
READ MOREDr. Todd Reynolds
Vitamin D-fish-ency
Vitamins are essential for normal function of our bodies. The word comes from the roots vit- meaning life and –amine which refers to a chemical component of many biological molecules. They are “vital” because most vitamins cannot be made by the body. These nutrients must be obtained by outside sources, that is, food.
READ MOREGardening With Gita
Finding the first hellebore
On a recent, relatively mild afternoon, as I stepped into the back yard to gather some camellia flowers for an arrangement, I literally squealed with delight when I casually glanced at the clump of our hellebore, Lenten Rose to be specific, growing in the vicinity.
READ MOREGena Lashley
Playoff time equals family time
Hello Chester. The husband is filling in this week, and well, giving moms and dads a little something to read. That’s right ladies, be sure to hand this to the “most wonderful man in the world” in your life when you are done because I’m talking playoffs this week.
READ MOREAnthony Barnes
Menopause and weight gain in the midsection
Question of the Month: I expected to gain weight during menopause but I didn’t think that most of it would be in my midsection. This is not where I usually put on weight. Is there a reason for this?
READ MOREJohn Hall
The good, the bad and the ugly
After the Hokies dominated the hopeful ‘Hoos in Charlottesville over Thanksgiving weekend, only to be totally thrashed a week later by Clemson in the ACC championship game, neither camp was very happy until the BCS again proved that you really can win by losing.
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