A sure sign of summer:
Although the photo does not show them, there were some young children enjoying the fountain. Oregon HIll Neighborhood Association members were able to contact the City’s Parks and Recreation Dept. this past week to get a copy of the key needed to turn on and off the fountain.
From today’s police report:
4th Precinct
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
200 block of South Laurel Street
5/29/11 2:30 a.m.
A male reported he was assaulted by an unknown male.
From announcement:
Lobs & Lessons, out of the Mary and Frances Youth Center, is hosting its
first on-line auction! Although there are only seven items, they are sure
to interest tennis and basketball enthusiasts, along with the most
spirited of VCU Ram fans. Two coveted items include two tickets for the
sold out Davis Cup in Austin, TX July 8-10 and a white VCU basketball
signed by Shaka Smart and all 14 members of the 2010-2011 men?s basketball
team. Other signed basketball items are available. Items can be
previewed now at
http://www.vcuyouthcenter.org/lobs-lessons/serving-aces-slam-dunking-great-cause/
as bidding will close on June 10th. There is a minimum bid set for each
item, and items can either be shipped or picked up. All proceeds will
directly benefit Lobs & Lessons participants and programming.Lobs & Lessons is an afterschool and summer enrichment program for at-risk
elementary and middle school age youth that focuses on character
development, a path to higher education and the sport of tennis.Tina Carter
Director
Mary and Frances Youth Center
120 S. Linden Street
804-827-0802
This photo was taken yesterday afternoon.
The Times Dispatch has another article about rising VCU student fees.
Some excerpts:
The board of visitors on Friday approved a $50 increase in the university fee, bringing the charge to $1,637 for full-time students.
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The university fee, which is assessed on all students but is prorated for those attending part time, supports intercollegiate athletics, recreational sports, the Student Commons and other programs.The fee will bring VCU $41.5 million in total revenue for the 2011-12 academic year. Nearly $11 million will go to athletics.
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It also will cover the $10,000 needed for increased fees for game officials, $100,000 for athletic facility maintenance, and $50,000 for the higher cost of inflation and deflation of VCU’s new tennis bubble.Also covered by the fee increase is $45,000 in higher costs for the GRTC pass program that allows full-time students to ride city buses at no charge. About $158,000 will be used for Cary Street Recreation Center operations, and $80,000 will go to student disability programs.
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The board of visitors adopted the increase in setting tuition and mandatory fee rates that will cost in-state students 7.9 percent, or $700, more. The university fee was not increased when tuition charges jumped 24 percent for the current year.Adele McClure, this year’s student government president, said she did not hear from students who were upset by either the tuition or university fee increase. Nor did she hear complaints after Smart’s $1.2 million contract was announced.
There will be a memorial ceremony at the John Marshall Cadet Memorial in Hollywood Cemetery on Monday, May 30th at 12 noon.
There will be rifle volleys fired as a part of the service.
There is a special Memorial Day walking tour scheduled for Hollywood Cemetery for Sunday at 2pm.
Join local historian Jim DuPriest for a unique walking tour of Hollywood Cemetery and learn about the origins of Memorial Day. Begun in 1866, the Ladies’ Hollywood Memorial Association formed to decorate the graves of the Civil War dead buried at Hollywood. Learn about the Confederate soldier’s section, the dead from Gettysburg, Lee’s Lieutenants, and the huge stone pyramid. Please meet inside the front gate, wear comfortable walking shoes and stay hydrated.
Also, this Monday the Virginia War Memorial will have a special ceremony, starting at 10 am.
This ceremony is held to honor all veterans and to remind citizens that we must remain vigilant to protect our freedoms. The 11th District American Legion is a co-host. The guest speaker will be the Commander, Department of Virginia’s American Legion. The ceremony will be held outdoors, and seating will be provided. The event is free, with free parking for our guests.
The Hell’s Satans may be having their moped rally here tomorrow, but local bicycle club the Cutthroats are headed out of town. ‘Skids’ ( a former Oregon Hill resident of the 300 block of S.Laurel) was setting up a bamboo teepee temporarily in Pleasants Park this morning in preparation for camping this weekend at Bennett airfield in Brooklyn, NY.
At last night’s Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting, residents voted in favor of sending a letter to the Commonwealth Transportation Board asking them to support funding for Virginia’s passenger trains.
Here is some background on the issue from Virginians For High Speed Rail:
Dear Supporters,
We have launched our latest web-form to ask the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board to support the funding currently in their draft six-year transportation plan to maintain our current Amtrak Northeast Regional Service and future expansion to Norfolk.
This funding is vital to the continued operation of the regional trains that serve Alexandria, Manassas, Burke, Woodbridge, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Ashland, Richmond, Williamsburg, Newport News, Lynchburg, with future stops in Norfolk and eventually Roanoke.
Please help us encourage the CTB to fully fund passenger rail over the next six years!
To view and sign the message go to www.vhsr.com/action/sixyearplan
Sincerely,
Danny Plaugher
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Its worth noting that OHNA’s support and this current issue are about maintaining and improving our current passenger rail, not necessarily more expensive high speed rail.