Richmond History Tours of Hollywood Cemetery

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From the Richmond History Center:

Mon.-Sat. (10:00-11:30a) Through October 31st

HIGHLIGHTS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY A walking tour of historic Hollywood Cemetery, final resting place of soldiers, residents and presidents.Meet your guide just beyond the stone building at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets. $10 (Pay your guide on the day of the tour. ) Members: $5

PLUS THIS WEEKEND:

Oct 11 (2-4pm)

HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY An extension of the daily “Highlights” tour, this version covers in more detail the cemetery’s unique history, landscape design, architecture, symbols and residents.

Meet your guide at the rear of the stone structure at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Streets. $10 (Pay your guide on the day of the tour. ) Members: $5

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Fourth Precinct CAPS Meeting Scheduled

Fourth Precinct Community Assisted Public Safety (CAPS) meeting will be held:

. Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Place: Linwood Holton Elementary School

1600 W Laburnum Avenue

Please bring your concerns, comments and suggestions to this meeting in order that we may address them properly.

Thank you

Jacki Page

Sr. Customer Services Representative

804-646-4150

10M Race Goes Thru

The Richmond Road Runners had their Capitol 10M Race this morning. According to the website, the course was “designed by runners for runners”, which is great, except they neglected to tell anyone in the neighborhood, even after the course changed. Oregon Hill is used to these kind of events and sometimes even enjoys hosting them, but a little respect goes a long way.
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From an earlier run:
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Since they were without the Royal protection and the runners were really slacking as they came down Laurel Street, I decided to briefly join the race and add “a little motivation”:
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(Seriously, I was never within 40 feet of these runners to keep her from lovingly licking their sweat off. The dog did quietly enjoyed the quarter of a block run. Did I mention there are some pit bull awareness events coming up?)

Schoooooooooooooooooools

I got a request to post this with the calendar list I did a few days ago. I did not have time then, so I am giving it a whole post now. I would love to hear more about plans/events for Open High, Patrick Henry, Clark Springs, and the other schools. Feel free to get in touch.

Upcoming Event
at Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts
3411 Semmes Avenue, Richmond VA

Facilities 101
Join us at the PHSSA building on Thursday, October 1 at 8 p.m. for an overview of our recent assessment of the building and information about scheduled renovations. Take a tour of the building and check out the classrooms that our students will use starting in July 2010.

Patrick Henry School will accept student applications beginning January 1, 2010 through February 12, 2010. Students will be able to apply for grades
K-5, with a start date of July 2010. Please visit www.patrickhenrycharter.org for more information.

Sector 413 October Newsletter

Don’t you just love the fall? The nights are getting cooler which means we can turn the air conditioner off and crack the windows. If you chose to do this please do not leave them up when you are at work and never open the windows on the first floor, you are only inviting trouble. Unfortunately, we have to always think defensively.
The same crimes are still plaguing our Sector. During the month of September we had 29 thefts from motor vehicles in Jackson Ward and Monroe Ward. The items being stolen are still electronic equipment,(GPS, iPods, laptops). If anyone sees or hears of these types of items being sold on the street, call me so I can forward that information to a Detective.
There were 8 robberies to individuals in Sector 413 last month. Three were cleared with arrests. There were also 2 aggravated assaults in Sector 413; an arrest was made on one of them.
Here is a breakdown on the crimes reported:
VIOLENT CRIME:
8 Robberies
100 W. Franklin Street, 9-5-09, unknown b/m robbed at this location of money.
16 E. Grace Street, 9-8-09, unknown b/m attempted to rob the victim of his money.
100 S. Cherry Street, 9-11-09, 3 unknown b/m suspects robbed 3 victims. ARRESTED: Jayquan Perry, 6/22/90; Brian Walker,12/19/90; Dennis Loney, 8/21/86
800 E. Marshall Street, 9-13-09, 3 unknown 2 b/f, 1 b/m suspects robbed the victim.
100 E. Leigh Street, 9-14-09, unknown b-m robbed the victims of money.
800 Cumberland Street, 9-19-09, 3 unknown suspects robbed the victim of his wallet. ARRESTED: Jayquan Perry, 6/22/90; Brian Walker,12/19/90; Dennis Loney, 8/21/86
100 E. Leigh Street, 9-24-09, unknown b/m stole money from victim.
0100 N. 4th Street, 9-26-09, 5 unknown b-m’s robbed 3 victims of money. ARRESTED: Roger August, 6/29/67; Delroy Dixon, 8/5/87, Everett Evans, 8/23/87; Roy Battle, 7/13/89; Lamine Ndour, 8/15/85.
2 Aggravated Assaults-
312 W. Grace Street, 9-9-09, Individual assaulted by a known party- ARREST MADE
15 N. 5th Street, 9-27-09, a male was shot in the 00 block of 5th Street. Result of a fight inside of the “Cotton Club”.
PROPERTY CRIMES
As I already mentioned there were 29 thefts from motor vehicles in Sector 413 with the majority being in the Jackson Ward and Monroe Ward neighborhoods. The police will continue to patrol and monitor these areas but we need your help by securing valuables in the trunk and locking all doors.
October 24, 2009, is clean up day in the Jackson Ward neighborhood, come out and support this good cause!
If interested, the Richmond Police Department has an account on FACEBOOK and we are interested in your comments.
Please continue to report suspicious persons or activities to the police as soon as possible. The non emergency number is 646-5100.
During the month of September, Sector 413 officers answered 1769 radio calls and conducted 154 field interviews.
I want to thank the officers, detectives and community for their continued support in combating the crime in Sector 413.
Sincerely,
Lt. Yvonne Baltz– Fourth Precinct – Sector 413 – (o) 646-4239

Also, you can get to the newsletter from links on this page:
http://www.ci.richmond.va.us/departments/police/fields/4thPrecinct/S413.aspx

The Busy Season- a partial calendar of events

Sept. 26- St. Andrew’s Oregon Hill Art Show

Sept. 26- Jerry Seinfeld at the Landmark Theater

Sept. 27- St. Andrew’s Community Fair

Sept. 27- OHHIC annual meeting

Sept. 28- Richmond City Council meeting

Sept. 28- Lady Gaga at the Landmark Theater

Sept. 29- Blood Drive at the Byrd House Market

Sept. 30- VCU Commuter CoffeeBRAKE

Sept. 30- VCU’s Green Unity’s E-Cycling Drive

Oct. 1- Adopt-A-Tree deadline
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