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Positions Available At William Byrd Community House

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Early Childhood Lead Teacher (1): To direct and promote a
developmentally appropriate group experience for children 3-5 that
promotes their cognitive, social emotional and physical growth.

BS in Early Childhood required – plus three years experience working
with 3-5 year old children and their families; must possess VA driver’s
license and experience driving a passenger van or mini bus

Early Childhood Assistant Teacher (1): Assist Lead Teacher in providing
a developmentally appropriate early childhood group experience to 3-5
year olds and their families.

CDA with 3rd or 4th year college currently enrolled in BA or BS early
childhood education degree program; Must possess VA drivers license and
experience driving passenger van or mini bus.

Early Childhood Teacher Extended Day (1): To implement and provide a
developmentally appropriate preschool group experience to 3-5 year olds.

CDA or AA in Early Childhood with 3rd or 4th year college currently
enrolled in BA or BS early childhood education degree program; Must
possess VA drivers license and experience driving passenger van or min
bus

After school Child Care Worker (2): To implement and provide appropriate
after school care to 5 – 12 year olds.

Associates degree required in child development, elementary education,
social sciences or recreation and 3 years experience working with groups
of elementary children; must possess VA driver’s license/ CDL preferred
and experience driving a bus or passenger van.

After school Child Care Worker (1): To implement and provide appropriate
after school care to 5 – 12 year olds.

Associates degree required in child development, elementary education,
social sciences or recreation and 3 years experience working with groups
of elementary children.

After school Child Care Worker/ Coordinator (1): To implement and
provide appropriate after school care to 5 – 12 year olds.

Associates degree required in child development, elementary education,
social sciences or recreation and 3 years experience working with groups
of elementary children; must possess VA driver’s license/ CDL preferred
and experience driving a bus or passenger van

To apply for these positions please e-mail your cover letter and resume
to Shelia Givens by 5:00 pm August 10, 2009 sgivens@wbch.org

July Smallpox Scare of 1905

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From the newspaper archives of the Times Dispatch:

Two guards were yesterday ordered to patrol that section of the City south of Spring Street and east of Belvidere Street, where citizens have been exposed to the disease.

Dr. W.T. Oppenheimer, President of the Board of Health, and Mayor McCarthy held a conference yesterday morning and decided that it was imperative to have the guards placed on the infected section of Oregon Hill to see that no one entered the houses that were quarantined.

At the risk of being alarmist, history does tend to repeat itself, and citizens should be prepared.

Trash Problem on Idlewood

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From this past Tuesday

From this past Tuesday


From this past Saturday

From this past Saturday

Despite multiple communications over the past year with the City’s Public Works and Community Development, as well as letters to the property owner, this trash pile remains a sore spot. Its right along the sidewalk and its one of the first things people see when they enter into the neighborhood from the west. Visitors to the Tuesday Byrd House Market often have to walk around it. Despite City Code violations, the trash cans are hardly ever taken away from the street back to the residents’ yards. Really, one easy solution would be to create a trash containment area along the alley which goes north behind the residences just a few yards away, and make sure residents use it. City trash trucks are supposed to be picking up from the back alleys in the neighborhood. The owner of these row houses which face the 200 block of S. Cherry, is a man named Hugh Edmunds. He continues to rent to VCU students while he lives over in the Windsor Farms neighborhood.

There have also been multiple noise complaints about these houses over the past few years, with at least one being on the Richmond police CAPS list. Sadly, some of the longtime residents on the 300 block of S. Cherry have moved away in part to the ongoing nuisances.

Years ago, I used to attend parties at 238 S. Cherry when Mike Gangloff lived there. Mike ran his own record label, Radioactive Rat, from that house. Sometimes he would even have bands play there. He made a point of warning neighbors a few days before and making sure the loudness was over before midnight. Then we would QUIETLY hang out while enjoying a few of Mike’s excellent homebrew pumpkin ales.

Franklin St between Laurel and Belvidere will be partially closed Thursday

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DPU TRAFFIC ALERT
Franklin Street between Pine & Belvidere Streets
 
RICHMOND, VA— Beginning Thursday, July 23, 2009 through Friday, July 24, 2009 at 7 a.m. the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities will be lining a sewer main along Franklin Street from E Pine Street to the intersection with Belvidere Street.

During construction the right and left lanes of Franklin will need to be closed from approximately Laurel to Belvidere, leaving the center lane available for traffic. The right southbound lane of Belvidere Street will also be closed from Grace Street to beyond the intersection of Franklin and Belvidere streets.

Motorists should follow all posted detour signs. Motorists are asked to proceed with caution around the construction area.

The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities provides natural gas, water, wastewater and stormwater services to more than 500,000 residential and commercial customers in the metropolitan region. DPU also operates electric street lighting utility, which maintains more than 37,000 streetlights throughout the City. For more information, call DPU’s Customer Care Center at 644-3000 or visit DPU’s Web site at www.richmondgov.com/dpu.

Remembering George Rice

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From the newspaper archives of the Times Dispatch:

July 22, 1905, Page 2, Image 2

GEORGE RICE DROWNED
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Was Bathing In The Canal Near Hollywood – Body Recovered
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George Rice, the thirteen-year-old son of Dick Rice, of Oregon Hill, was drowned in the Canal, near Hollywood Cemetery while in bathing yesterday morning.

The body was recovered by Pat Woods, who dived for it.

Anniversary of Streetcar Bombing

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The Tuesday, July 14, 1903 edition of the Times Dispatch reports of ‘torpedoes’ going off under a streetcar on Laurel Street during the tense times of a labor strike.

It sort of puts the previous post in perspective…I have been fascinated by the now-online archives of Richmond newspapers. Most of the stories I have read so far that mention Oregon Hill are about dogs, smallpox, and violence, but there are also beautiful descriptions of the neighborhood that could easily apply to today.

Do yourself a favor and search and read through them sometime. I will be sure to be including more Hill history now that these are available.

So Next July 4th…

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…the police will be ready!

News Release
Richmond Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit Receives $1.1 Million Dollar Grant

July 9, 2009
This week, the Department of Criminal Justice Services notified the Department that its EOD Unit will receive $1,176,300 in federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security.

“This will enhance our operational capacity with equipment allocations and training with our local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies. The grant allows us to add public value to our community without a local financial impact,” stated Assistant Chief Dave McCoy.

Contact: Sgt. Ron Brown
Richmond Police Department
Phone 804-646-0607
Fax 804-646-3496
http://www.richmondgov.com/police