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There is still time for residents Hosts chesterfield.gov/nationalnightout/ or 12730 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Chester – 804.751.9898
and businesses to plan and register may request call Career Officer Matt Rogers at
neighborhood events for the 34th visits from (804) 318-8549. By Gena Lashley
Annual National Night Out, which McGruff here comes a time in every into the age of technology kicking
will take place Tuesday, Aug. 1. the Crime parent’s life where you have and screaming, and while I know that
From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Dog and Tto eat your words; that time this is the world my children live in
Aug. 1, residents in neighborhoods police has come for me. I have always been and need to be prepared for, I still
throughout Chesterfield County and department adamant that children do not need want them to have similar childhood
across the nation are asked to lock members. cell phones before the age of 16, experiences to mine.
their doors, turn on outside lights, Hosts are when they are driving and have jobs. My two kiddos still play, they
and spend the evening outside with asked to I would snort with disgust when I saw go outside daily; they make up
neighbors and police. On “America’s register 12-year-olds with cell phones, silently games, and they have wonderful
Night Out Against Crime,” events by reprimanding their parents in my head imaginations. I truly credit – limited
neighborhoods and businesses July 24. To Save the Date and Join us for VBS (I am judgmental, I know this about electronics. This summer we finally
throughout Chesterfield will host a register, Mon-Fri, August 7-11 myself and I am constantly working joined the pool, and they are up there
variety of special events, including visit http:// 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. on it). I was firmly planted on my almost every day, playing hard for
Pre-register online at
block parties, cookouts, visits from www. FILE PHOTO FROM NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2016. COUNTY OFFICIALS, http://bermudahundredumc.com/#/vacation-bible-school “No Cell Phone” soapbox until about hours at a time. Good luck getting
police and more. POLICE, AND VOLUNTEERS HEADING OUT TO NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS or contact the church office six months ago, when it dawned on them to leave when all of their friends
THE COUNTY. at (804) 530-1391 or me how far away my sweet boy would are there! It’s a sight to behold, all
email bhumchurch@comcast.net be once he started middle school; a of these children laughing, playing,
Bermuda Hundred UMC
Photo of the Week 2025 Florence Ave, Chester, VA 23836 school that is a good 35 minutes from and swimming, and no electronics. I
absolutely love it.
530-1391
where we live ( he is in a particular
program that takes him away from Once school begins, we will see
his home school). I know that with how it goes with the phone. Ya’ll just
keep sending positive vibes this way,
middle school begin the days of
TRAYLOR sports and clubs after school. How and help this Mama make it through
would he get in touch with me if he
getting him off to middle school!
needed a ride or was sick? Yep, you
DANCE earth and I decided that we needed Alzheimer’s
guessed it, a cell phone.
The most wonderful man on
to get the boy a cell phone for
ACADEMY middle school. I’m not going to lie, Specialty Center
knowing that my child can call me
on the spot does make this overly
anxious mother feel a bit more secure
knowing I can reach him at all times.
Now, don’t worry, he has MAJOR
rules with this phone. He has been
working all summer towards getting
REGISTRATION the phone;you have never seen a
more chipper adolescent vacuuming,
FOR FALL CLASSES putting dishes away, and cutting the
grass. He is working hard for this
phone, and doing it with a smile.
It’s truly amazing, and he just better
JULY 25 - JULY 27 continue being so pleasant once the
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. phone is in his hands permanently.
Today, I let him take the phone
August 8 - August 10 over to a friend’s house or the first Living with Alzheimer’s: Late Stage Seminar
time. While there, he and the friend
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. exchanged numbers, and, they can presented by the Alzheimer’s Association
now communicate without involving Wednesday, August 16 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
th
CALL FOR DETAILS (804)526-7585 their mothers. It’s a pretty sweet
deal; I feel like his social secretary
Ballet • Pointe • Tap • Jazz • Hip Hop • Lyrical • Kinderdance • this summer. He understands that he
Gymnastics • Tumblebears • Modeling • Competition and Performance Teams may have the phone when we give Sunflower Gardens cutting-edge Alzheimer’s Specialty Center
408 Boulevard • Colonial Heights • 526-7585 it to him this summer, and that each is designed with neighborhoods around a town center – giving residents with
Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia the chance to live normal lives.
evening it's back in our hands and
in our room. During the school year,
major rules apply. I’m the psycho “Come take a walk through town with us”
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