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Another Appeal For Folk Festival Volunteers
Orientation sessions for volunteers for next month’s Richmond Folk Festival happen this week, but its not too late to sign up as a volunteer.
The Festival is a wonderful place for civic, school, church and office organizations to volunteer. Please email Betsy Lecky, Volunteer Coordinator, at betsylecky at hotmail.com to learn more about group volunteer opportunities.
In 2010, more than 1,200 volunteers joined in the effort to make the Richmond Folk Festival such a success – don’t miss out on your chance this year.
Pescados Helps Autism Speaks Today
From Facebook event page:
If you haven’t yet sampled one of Richmond’s finest new restaurants, here’s your chance! Come out and help Pescados China Street in their support of Autism Speaks on Monday, September 26. Take this opportunity to enjoy delicious latin/carribbean fusion cuisine, great ambiance, and fun with friends.Just so you know, 15% of all proceeds will go to support Autism Speaks. Lunch is served from 11:30 am – 2:00 pm and dinner from 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm. We look forward to seeing you!
St. Andrew’s Harvest Festival Coming Up
You may have seen the signs…
More info from the St. Andrew’s site:
Harvest on the Hill is St. Andrew’s annual community fair held at the Grace Arents Garden behind William Byrd Community House.
Sunday, October 2
12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
For more info:
Kyndra Steinmann
kfsteinmann at gmail.com
Book Sale and Book Drive at the Flying Brick
From the FaceBook event page:
We are having a book drive before October first and then selling said books on the first. It’s so easy. This is what you do. You bring books over during open hours. Mondays 9am to 4pm. Thursdays 4pm to 9pm. Or you can drop it off the day before. ANY type of book. We will sell it all. The proceeds will go directly into, you guessed it!, getting more books! PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY!!!
Time
Saturday, October 1 · 8:00am – 2:00pm
Location
The Flying Brick Library
506 S. Pine street
R.I.P. Bill Tuck
Excerpts from obituary:
TUCK, William “Bill” Lawrence, 82, of Richmond, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
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Bill was born and raised in Oregon Hill, attended John Marshall High School and was a member of the Cadet Corps Company E. After high school, he served in the United States Navy on the USS Yellowstone. He was manager of the Lakeside Little League for 10 years and played “Santa” for Sears and Philip Morris for many years. Bill was retired from Philip Morris with 33 years of service and was a committee man with B.C.T Local 203. He was also retired from Regency Mall Security with 16 years of service. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed meeting his Oregon Hill buddies every other Saturday for breakfast.
Hurricane Irene Leftovers
OHNA Invitation For Meeting Next Tuesday
From email:
The following invitation was sent to Dominion and the City planning office. This email is being sent to you because we feel that you may also be interested in this subject. OHNA also extends an open invitation to all interested parties.
To whom it may concern:
The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) would like to invite you to our next meeting on Tues. Sept. 27th at 7:00 p.m. at the William Byrd Community House, located on the 200 block of South Cherry Street. As the neighborhood in closest proximity, and with close historical ties to Tredegar, we have questions and concerns regarding the recently announced projects in Monday’s Richmond Times Dispatch article of a road connecting Second Street with Tredegar Street and a new amphitheater.
Among our concerns are:
Is Dominion planning additional construction on its property, or planning to construct the tower that was included in the decades old special use permit?
How will the proposed connector affect the historic canal and surroundings?
Has there been a traffic study regarding the effect of the connector on the surrounding neighborhood?
What is the proposed configuration of the proposed amphitheater, and how will the sound from this amphitheater impact Oregon Hill?
How will parking on Oregon Hill be impacted by the proposed changes?Please let us know if you will be able to attend our neighborhood meeting.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Hancock,
President, OHNA
Recycling Tomorrow/Really Really Free Market On Saturday
Its “Red Wednesday” tomorrow which means curbside recycling pickup as well as trash pickup in the neighborhood. And don’t forget what Ms. Friedman wrote.
If you have items that you think are reusable by others, such as furniture or books, you might want to consider donating to the Really Really Free Market in Monroe Park this Saturday. According to organizers, anything left at the end of the day will be taken to Diversity Thrift.
Byrd House Market Today
3:30p to 7:00p
at Idlewood and Linden, Richmond, VA
From Byrd House Market blog:
Welcome Shoppers!
The bounty cannot be denied. You just have to come get some.And …
We welcome the 3rd Tuesday Acoustic Jam with Epic Gardens guitarist Patricia Stansbury
SNAP EBT and Credit/Debit Cards swiped for wooden nickels? Outrageous(ly efficient method of tendering)! Ask us how it works.
Amy’s Garden is on vacation from the market this week and giving those crops a chance to catch up after all the rain, so we’ll see Amy and the crew and all their great organic goodies next week.
Vegan 101 cooking class series begins this Wednesday, 21 Sep, 6pm. Plenty of room in the class this week, but don’t wait til Wednesday to register (at eatgoodgrowgreat.blogspot.com)!
Check out the the market’s blog: byrdhousemarket@blogspot.com.See you at the market!