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A Cemetery for Both Reverence and Recreation

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Henrico Citizen newspaper Managing Editor Patty Kruszewski has a nice opinion piece in the latest issue about a small controversy regarding the use of cemeteries. (Click here to see it as PDF)

In it, she mentions her own’s daughter’s burial place in Hollywood Cemetery.

Quote: “I would never have thought to bring my own children to Hollywood (Cemetery) or to use it as a playground or public spot, but it makes perfect sense. It’s beautiful, it’s public, it’s historic”.

Actually Hollywood Cemetery is still a private business that opens to the public. Kruszewski also rightly brings up the role of the cemetery as a valuable green space. We are very fortunate to live next to it.

Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and Richmond Councilman Parker C. Agelasto to Open 8th Season of William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market

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From City Press release:

COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED

Monday, 5 May 2014

Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and Richmond Councilman Parker C. Agelasto to Open 8th Season of William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market

Everyone invited and encouraged to attend

WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) – First Lady of Virginia, Dorothy McAuliffe, will join The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District in opening the 8th season of the William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market. The event will include a tour, preschoolers, live music and 22 farmers, food-makers and hand-crafters.

Accompanying Mrs. McAuliffe will be Mr. Chris Blain, the new Virginia Executive Mansion Chef, who will shop for local foods to be used in the mansion’s kitchen.

The William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market is held on Tuesdays, from 3:30 – 7:00 p.m., weekly from May through October.

WHEN Tuesday, May 6, 2014
3:30 -4:30 p.m.

WHERE William Byrd Community House Farmers’ Market
980 Idlewood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23220
(Corner of Idlewood Avenue and S. Linden Street)

WHO

First Lady of Virginia, Dorothy McAuliffe

The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman
Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District

Ms. Shelia Givens, Executive Director, William Byrd Community House

CONTACT For more information, please contact
The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District, at 804.646.6050 (tel), or parker.agelasto@richmondgov.com (email)

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Pescados China Street/EAT Furniture/Items For Sale

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Remodeling continues in preparation for the new restaurant. In the meantime, furniture and cash register system from the previous operator is for sale on Craigslist.

From ad:

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6 Double Booth 48dx50hx38w $200each 15 ¾ seat depth; 18″ seat height from floor
1 Single Booth 48dx50hx23w $100each 15 ¾ seat depth; 18″ seat height from floor
7 Diner Seatback Counter Stool w footrest $125each
18 yellow & 17 purple Diner Chairs $75each
6 Large 4 top table top only 48×34 $75each
6 4 top table top only 48×30 $60each
7 Deuce table top only 24×30 $40each

TOTAL(if purchased separately) 5890.00 TAKE ALL FOR $5000.00 OBO

Click here for ad for Micros POS system. Click here for ad for fans.

Get Ready For Bike Races Tomorrow

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From the Times Dispatch:

About 24 hours remain before the time trials for the CapTech USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships begin, and a push is underway to make sure residents are aware of the major traffic disruption coming their way.
The three-day championships, which begin Friday, will close dozens of streets in Richmond and force drivers onto different routes.
To help alleviate some potential headaches, organizers will announce this morning that the start of Friday’s time trials has been pushed back 15 minutes to 9:15 a.m. The first day should finish about 4:30 p.m.

I have reported this before, but here is the link again for a pdf list of routes and road closures.

From RVANews.com:

Friday’s course stretches from Boulevard and W. Broad Street, to Oregon Hill and the Southside via the Lee Bridge, to downtown and parts of Church Hill.

Towing will begin at 3:00 AM on Friday and run until 7:00 PM along the course route. So make sure you move your car Thursday night.

Lynchburg Derailment Raises Richmond Concerns

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A train derailment yesterday in Lynchburg train destroyed three oil tanker cars and spilled an estimated 50,000 gallons of crude oil into the James River.

Thankfully no one was hurt in the upriver incident, but it has raised local concerns. The Times Dispatch reports:

The spill also prompted Richmond utility officials to prepare to possibly switch to an alternative source for the city’s drinking water supply, which depends primarily on the James. With the river at flood stage, that isn’t likely, said city officials, who plan to use booms to capture any oil nearing the treatment plant.
The incident also cast a bright light on the rapidly expanding rail transport of crude oil from the Upper Plains through Virginia — and downtown Richmond — to terminals and refineries in the Northeast, raising safety and environmental concerns all along the way.
“It’s difficult to get Virginia to pay attention to this because they don’t think of their being part of the oil patch, but now they are,” said Fred Millar, an Arlington County-based consultant on hazardous materials safety who has warned Virginia officials of potential dangers from the transport of crude oil across the state.

Personally, while I am not panicking, I do know of a few neighbors who have filled water containers despite safety assurances. This may cause more scrutiny of trains going by the neighborhood along the Kanawha Canal.