The John Marshall Memorial Association will hold a ceremony at Hollywood Cemetery on Veteran’s Day, November 11th at 12:00 noon. The ceremony will include artillery fire.
John Marshall Ceremony in Hollywood Cemetery (with artillery)
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Veggie Potluck/Documentary This Thursday
From announcement:
Last Chance this year for dinner and a documentary night!
Veggie Dinner and a documentary will start again in late winter, early spring of 2010.
Bring your veggies to share (6pm) and come see short segments of Ken Burns “The National Parks” (7pm) Thurs. Nov 5, 2009.
Bring photos and experiences of your trips to National Parks to display!
If you have your own videos/cds/dvds of your trips to National Parks and know how to show them, bring them!
Please let us know if you’re coming to the William Byrd Community House at 224 South Cherry Street by RSVP carolion1@yahoo.com or 783-6316 to John or Caroline
Don’t forget your plates and utensils!
Lost Dachshund
From Craigslist.
From Fine Food:
Appreciation for successful OHNA party/social
I would like to express my appreciation to neighbors the
Hargers (Shawn, Misty, and their relatives), Kyle Meyer, and Roxanne
Schwartz, who were the primary organizers for the Oregon Hill
Neighborhood Association party/social we had this past Tuesday night.
They prepared a great spread. We also had some wonderful donations
from area businesses, including 821 Bakery Cafe, Mojo’s, Pescados Seafood ,
Ukrop’s, Chick-fil-A (guys, please let me know if I am missing anyone). Of
course the William Byrd Community House and Robert Bolling deserve
thanks as well for hosting. And, last but not least, all the Oregon
Hill residents who attended. Some of you won some nice door prizes as
well. Overall, a very successful evening, despite the rain.
Halloween parade flyer
St. Andrew’s Oregon Hill House Warming
From announcement:
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is offering basic home energy-saving devices to households on Oregon Hill that want and need assistance in this area. Items include weatherization strips for doors and windows and interior window insulation kits. Windows and doors can account for up to 20% of the air leaks in a house. Reducing them and the solar gain in houses can save as much as 10% to 25% on heating and cooling bills (See Energy Savers: Tips on Saving Energy and Money at Home, produced by the US Department of Energy). Our hope is to help households reduce the cost of utility bills while also caring for God’s creation.
On October 31 from 10:00 am to Noon and on November 1 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, volunteers will be canvassing the Oregon Hill neighborhood to identify those households that need and want this assistance. If you are home and interested, please welcome them!
If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact Abbott Bailey at abailey@standrewsec.org. Volunteers will be given a simple script to follow and an area to cover. We’d love to have some more neighborhood folks join us in our House Warming efforts.
It’s Like This, Cat- Calico Cat Found On Laurel Street
A neighbor wanted to let people that he found a calico cat in his yard on the 400 block of S. Laurel St. If it is yours, please call 804 216 1441.
Me, I just wanted to reference this young adult book that I remember from my childhood.
Good News/Bad News On Planning Front
First, from Fans of Monroe Park Facebook Group:
Good news, friends- the Monroe Park Master plan/document was unanimously approved by the Planning Commission on Monday, Oct 19th. Now the City needs to come up with some major dollars to make this park the historic jewel the City deserves!
While Oregon Hill neighbors continue to ask for a traffic circle for Idlewood Avenue, other neighborhoods receive…the lack of action is disturbing. I will continue to give voice for my neighbors’ concerns:
Thank you for your work on this issue.
There were several distinct reasons to support the roundabout. Others
have made the same observations; just making the notes below to
refresh some of the local experience.During the building of the Grace Arents Community Garden (GACG),
workers saw numerous cars going the wrong way down Idlewood after
passing through the traffic light at Cherry Street. There were close
calls with cars coming off the exit ramp, including one screeching
moment long enough for garden workers to look up & take in the whole
thing, conscious of the split second swerve that avoided what could
have been a fatal head-on crash. Even that incident, & certainly none
of the other times cars went the wrong way down the street, never made
it into a police accident report, because near-misses are not
recorded. The heart-pounding of the witnesses could not have been a
fraction of the terror of those in the vehicles; too bad none of their
voices were raised in an official appeal to traffic designers to never
let it happen to anyone else.The William Byrd Community House had a persuasive point that the
property on which the GACG & Byrd House Market currently operate might
someday be used for much needed subsidized elder housing under
auspices of WBCH. Adding residents, staff & visitors of an elder
housing establishment into the current limited access to the site
would add even more traffic confusion.If the long-term proposal for elder housing does not happen anytime
soon, then the GACG & market may continue to grow in importance as
local food security infrastructure. The one-way traffic pattern
effectively reduces awareness & participation, especially by Randolph
neighborhood.If the elder housing does come to pass, then the community garden &
market might be moved further down the Garden Mile, possibly nearer
Clark Springs school. At that time, our neighborhood might be in the
position that Randolph is now with regard to being uninvited to
participate by the one-way traffic design.Rush hour coming off of the RMA, with a good chunk of it being VCU
traffic, tries impatiently to get through the bottleneck of our
neighborhood at a time most dangerous for children & elders attending
WBCH programs, for students attending St.Andrews school, & even for
walkers to Open High School. The confusion, irritation & danger would
be reduced considerably by splitting off all the traffic that is
actually west-bound before it has to come through the light at Cherry
Street.One other element of the discussion is the roundabout itself.
Statistics prove that it increases safety at intersections. It
reduces gridlock by being designed for almost continuous flow.
WBCH’s Deli-Palooza at the New York Deli on Thursday
Have we got a deal for you! Join WBCH for a night of fun at the New York
Deli! There will be giveaways, karaoke, drinks specials and more on
October 22nd with WBCH!When you make a donation to WBCH in the month of October and eat at New
York Deli from 5-10pm on Thursday October 22 and mention WBCH
Deli-Palooza you will receive a discount on your meal on our special
night. You can also give the night of the event at New York Deli.Give WBCH $10 = 10% off your meal on October 22nd
Give WBCH $25 = 25% off your meal on October 22nd
Give WBCH $50 = 50% off your meal on October 22nd
Send your gift to WBCH today to participate!
How It Works: Donations will be taken between 10-1-2009 & 10-22-2009 in
the WBCH Development Office. Credit Cards, Checks and Cash may be used
until 4 pm on October 22nd. Checks and Cash donations will be accepted
on site for your meal discount. Participants will receive wristbands
when they arrive at New York Deli on 10/22/09 to receive discount based
on giving level.Have questions? Email: doffice@wbch.org or call 804-643-2717 ext. 324
New York Deli is located @ 2920 W. Cary St Richmond Virginia 23221
Jessica Turner
Development Associate
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220(804) 643-2717 ext. 324
jturner@wbch.org
Roundtable on Climate Change and National Security
Not in Oregon Hill, but nearby in Randolph:
Hello,
I am writing to invite you to a roundtable on climate change and national security. Military veterans are embarking on a 21-state tour to talk to citizens and local community leaders about the dangers of climate change and ts threat to national security. Tomorrow, October 20th, they will be coming to Richmond.
The tour is sponsored by Operation Free, a coalition of veterans and national security groups working together to raise public awareness about national security threats posed by climate change and the importance of building a clean energy economy that is not tied to fossil fuels.
Operation Free and its members are encouraging Congress to pass energy legislation that cuts carbon pollution, develops clean energy incentives, and puts America in control of its energy future.
In conjunction with the tour, the veterans group VoteVets.org is running a heavy buy of radio ads in Norfolk featuring a local veteran urging Senators Warner and Webb to support clean energy legislation in Congress.
WHAT: Roundtable on Climate Change and National Security
WHERE: Randolph Community Center
1415 Grayland Ave.
Richmond, VA 23220WHEN: Tuesday October 20th
10 – 11 AMI hope that you will be able to make it to this event.
Antigone Ambrose
Conservation Program Coordinator
Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter
804-301-5916
antigone.ambrose@sierraclub.org