Richmond Public Library’s Summer Reading Program is coming!

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From announcement:

Richmond Public Library would like to invite all childcare programs in
the city to join us for “Amazing Tales @your library” beginning June 18!
Directors, we encourage you to get ALL your classrooms signed up!

Here’s what you need to do:

* Visit your local Richmond Public Library Branch or call Krista
Dawson at Main (646-4147) to get your logs and daycare directions

* Have each classroom teacher read aloud 30 books (or for
school-age classrooms, read a chapter of a novel)

* Log each entry

* Turn in your completed logs before August 6th

* Earn a bag with 5 books for the classroom!

We also have some wonderful programs free of charge. Check with your
local branch to register. The full schedule will be available on our
website and in the Check-It-Out brochures as well as our Summer Reading
brochure. Pick them up at any branch.

Happy Reading!

Pothole At Cherry and Albemarle

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I reported this pothole to the SeeClickFix application about 3 months ago and the issue has been ‘acknowledged’. In the meantime, it looks like residents have done a temporary repair by stuffing it with pieces of drywall.

Speaking of City responses, it’s been almost 2 months since the Mayor’s Office had a walk-through of Oregon Hill. During that walk, I gave the Mayor and his staff copies of my own list of items needed for Oregon Hill that were ranked in priority. I have not heard that much back yet. I did go over my list at the last month’s OHNA meeting and I plan to post it here in the next few days. Keep in mind that list is certainly not complete, and is more ‘global’ in outlook.

Get Ready For City’s Sustainability Plan

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From announcement:

Richmond Community:

The Mayor will hold a community workshop on June 9th from 6-8 p.m. at
the Carillon Tower in Byrd Park to present progress made thus far on
the RVA Green plan and take citizen input. For more information on
this city project, visit: http://www.richmondgov.com/sustainabilityplan/

No word yet on making local firework displays more green…

Lobs & Lessons Tennis Auction

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From announcement:

Lobs & Lessons, out of the Mary and Frances Youth Center, is hosting its
first on-line auction! Although there are only seven items, they are sure
to interest tennis and basketball enthusiasts, along with the most
spirited of VCU Ram fans. Two coveted items include two tickets for the
sold out Davis Cup in Austin, TX July 8-10 and a white VCU basketball
signed by Shaka Smart and all 14 members of the 2010-2011 men?s basketball
team. Other signed basketball items are available. Items can be
previewed now at
http://www.vcuyouthcenter.org/lobs-lessons/serving-aces-slam-dunking-great-cause/
as bidding will close on June 10th. There is a minimum bid set for each
item, and items can either be shipped or picked up. All proceeds will
directly benefit Lobs & Lessons participants and programming.

Lobs & Lessons is an afterschool and summer enrichment program for at-risk
elementary and middle school age youth that focuses on character
development, a path to higher education and the sport of tennis.

Tina Carter
Director
Mary and Frances Youth Center
120 S. Linden Street
804-827-0802

Rising VCU Student Fees

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The Times Dispatch has another article about rising VCU student fees.

Some excerpts:

The board of visitors on Friday approved a $50 increase in the university fee, bringing the charge to $1,637 for full-time students.
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The university fee, which is assessed on all students but is prorated for those attending part time, supports intercollegiate athletics, recreational sports, the Student Commons and other programs.

The fee will bring VCU $41.5 million in total revenue for the 2011-12 academic year. Nearly $11 million will go to athletics.

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It also will cover the $10,000 needed for increased fees for game officials, $100,000 for athletic facility maintenance, and $50,000 for the higher cost of inflation and deflation of VCU’s new tennis bubble.

Also covered by the fee increase is $45,000 in higher costs for the GRTC pass program that allows full-time students to ride city buses at no charge. About $158,000 will be used for Cary Street Recreation Center operations, and $80,000 will go to student disability programs.
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The board of visitors adopted the increase in setting tuition and mandatory fee rates that will cost in-state students 7.9 percent, or $700, more. The university fee was not increased when tuition charges jumped 24 percent for the current year.

Adele McClure, this year’s student government president, said she did not hear from students who were upset by either the tuition or university fee increase. Nor did she hear complaints after Smart’s $1.2 million contract was announced.