From the Times Dispatch (click here for full obituary):
WALLER, Walter S. “Sonny,” age 72, of Mechanicsville, and originally of Oregon Hill, passed away Friday, January 14, 2011….
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 17, at Bliley’s – Central, 3801 Augusta Ave., and where a chapel service will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 18. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery.
From Facebook announcement:
Time:
Thursday, January 20 · 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation:
Flying Brick Library
506 S Pine St.
Richmond, VACreated By:
Richmond Zine FestMore Info:
This is an open meeting for all folks interested in helping to organize the 2011 Richmond Zine Fest! Please bring your ideas!
From email:
Fourth Precinct
The Community Assisted Public Safety (CAPS) meeting will be held:
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Linwood Holton Elementary School
1600 W Laburnum AvenueThank you
Jacki Page
Sr. Customer Services Representative
804-646-4150
Got a little bit of volunteer time in with M.O.R.E. this morning. They are working on a better trail for the southern side of Belle Island (be patient, its not ready for public traffic quite yet). They will be out there for a few more Saturday mornings if you would like to help.
From SynerGeo announcement:
Hello Oregon Hill,
Just wanted to let you know that our monthly Community Dinner is this coming Monday, Martin Luther King Day. This dinner is a good way to spend the holiday with community folk. It starts at 6PM. Bring a dish if you can. Hope to see you there.
Mary Beth Johnson
The Richmond Forum is presenting Laura Bush at the Landmark Theater tomorrow night.
From the website:
The role of First Lady has been called the “highest unofficial office in the land.” Over the years, the roles and duties of the American First Lady have remained officially undefined, leaving each lady since Martha Washington to create her own role, often including hostess, campaigner, public face, and most recently, policy advocate. Laura Bush was one of the most popular first ladies in American history, and she will be the first to address The Richmond Forum. From her time in the White House to her continuing personal commitment to education, women’s health and human rights, Laura Bush has a unique and wide-ranging perspective.
Her memoir is scheduled for release in May.
The Richmond Times Dispatch ran a review of the 821 Bakery Cafe today. Here’s a portion:
821 Café’s menu boasts casual fare but plenty of flavor — wraps, croissant sandwiches, subs, burgers, pasta and breakfast (served until 5 p.m.).
We tried 821’s signature fried artichoke sub ($7.25), a pork loin sandwich ($6.75) and Fetabello ($10), angel hair pasta topped with portabellas and feta.
The big crusty sub roll held perfectly fried pieces of artichoke, spinach, spicy mustard and plenty of provolone. If you’re tired of most menus’ bland vegetarian options, this simple sub packs plenty of pungency.
Thick-cut slices of roasted pork were gussied up with a boatload of caramelized onions, melted Swiss and a jolt of tangy honey mustard. The flavors were in perfect balance; however, the spongy bun was not. I wouldn’t recommend it if finger-licking good isn’t your style.
The pasta was tasty stuff. Fresh basil, crumbly feta and tons of garlic enhanced the simple toppings: spinach, Parmesan, portabellas and tomatoes. Accompanying garlic bread was so-so, but it did its duty in soaking up the white wine sauce.
821 has long catered to its immediate audience — college kids happy to exist on sandwiches and pasta. But its menu has enough diversity and pizzazz that those not toting textbooks are loyal fans as well, no matter what the address.
Click here for the full review.
Got this from the restaurant’s Facebook page:
…cooking roasted corn and chicken chili w/ fried tortillas. meatball sub w/ roasted garlic and bacon mayo topped with field greens and fried bourbon onions. BBQ Tofu. Tis thirsty thursday yall! check our review in todays Times dispatch and prepare for Fridays tapping of Bells hopslam @ 5 pm!!!
From announcement:
Who: All residents of Oregon Hill, eligible for membership in OHNA
Where: William Byrd Community House (Library)
224 S. Cherry StreetWhen: Tuesday, January 25th
7 pm to 8 pmAgenda Items:
Pot Luck (Bring a favorite dish), OHNA will provide the basic set up and supplies.
Annual Elections of the OHNA Officers – President, one or more Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Discussion regarding the future of the 5 Standing Committees (Beautification Committee, Resident Assistance Committee, Community Relations Committee, Housing Committee, Public Safety Committee). Membership signup for Committees.
Update from on the Holly Street Playground Committee.
Open Discussion
Bylaws of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association are posted here https://www.oregonhill.net/oregon-hill-neighborhood-association-ohna/ You may want to print out a copy to bring to the meeting.All positions are open and available. Announce your intention to run for an office via email to the Yahoo Oregon Hill Group oregonhill@yahoogroups.com or at the January OHNA meeting. All positions will be voted on at the January meeting.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Please forward this email and pass the word…..
Sincerely,
Debbie Anderson
OHNA Secretary
The following is not particular to Oregon Hill, but this event is close by in downtown where I am not sure there is another community blog to cover it. Besides, this neighborhood does have a history of activism…
From announcement:
On Saturday, Jan. 15, the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., community advocates and supporters from across Virginia will gather in downtown Richmond to tell the 2011 General Assembly:
Reform the prison laws!
Equal rights for immigrants!
Reclaim Richmond’s African Burial Ground!
Don’t balance the budget on the backs of Virginia’s working people!
Money for jobs & education, not for wars & occupations!1 p.m. – RALLY – Kanawha Plaza, 8th & Canal streets, Richmond, VA
2 p.m. – MARCH – to the Virginia State Capitol and the African Burial Ground
From The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1864:
Stealing money from a negro.
–Mr. Alexander Gill yesterday made oath before the Mayor that on Saturday last he sent his little negro boy to the mill to buy some meal, but that while he was on his way thither he was set upon by John Bastin and some other white boys, who held him and took from his pocket a ten-dollar note, with which he was to purchase the meat. Bastin has the reputation of being a very bad boy, and is said to be attached to an organization on Oregon Hill, known as the “Forty Thieves.” The Mayor continued the case, in order to have before him other parties implicated in the affair.
Editor’s note: I left the term “negro” in this account as that what was printed in the record and what was commonly used in that time period. Certainly, I do not mean any offense with this historical post, nor do I intend to romanticize the criminality.