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BOOK Kelly to serve as
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by seeing a scriptural event from a new and
different point of view.” Col. Thierry G. Dupuis announced
Damon holds a doctorate in that following his retirement on Sept. 1,
marriage and family counseling and is 2017, Lt. Col. Daniel W.
Kelly will serve as interim
also the author of four additional works: chief of police.
“Relationship Skills,” “A Measure of Kelly’s appointment
Success,” “A Voice Beyond Weeping” (her will be effective Sept. 1,
memoir), and “Theirs is the Kingdom” (a 2017, and will continue
fictionalized account of the early church until the Chesterfield
in Rome). County Board of LT. COL.
Damon has scheduled over 24 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DIGNITARIES AND THE CIT- Supervisors appoints a DANIEL W. KELLY
book signings from Oklahoma City to IZENS OF ETTRICK TO CUT THE RIBBON ON NEWLY RENOVATED BASKETBALL AND new chief of police.
TENNIS COURTS. ABOVE, BONNIE INGE-BELL WITH MATOACA DISTRICT SUPERVISOR
Petersburg, Alexandria, and Lynchburg. CUT THE RIBBORN.
She will have her first local book signing Friends of the library
on September 10 at 4 p.m. with Chester New court surfaces for
Baptist Church during their all-church The Friends of Chester Library will
Bank Road at picnic shelter No. 1. Anyone Ettrick Park have a meeting on Thursday, August
picnic in Colonial Heights at 400 White
who shows up will get fed and invited to BY DANIELLE OZBAT 17, at 7 p.m. in the small meeting
room at the library to elect a new
Chester Baptist Church. Parks and Recreation, who addressed leader for the Friends branch. Current
She is happy to book speaking A ribbon cutting ceremony was the lively crowd at the dedication, also
engagements in churches or women’s held at Ettrick Park last Tuesday to talked about the project. members and any person interested
in joining the Friends are welcome to
groups. She does not accept honorarium unveil their newly renovated basketball “This project’s been going on attend. Only a paid Friends member
for these engagements, but she would and tennis courts. The unveiling was since spring with the refinishing of the will be allowed to vote.
appreciate the privilege of selling and held in conjunction with 34th annual court,” Innis said. “and they put new For more information call Jan
signing books. For information check her National Night Out celebration, fencing, a new court down, new nets, Rusbasan, 712-0970, or Mike Uzel,
website: www.robertadamon.me or call an event that brings police and new color coating, and of course it’s 720-0937, or uzelsells@comcast.net.
Chester Baptist Church at 748-2939. residents together in support of crime also the same thing for the basketball
prevention. courts.”
Stuart Connock Jr., Director of
Jaeckle cuts ribbon at Planning and Construction Services Innis said he was excited about the How are your tax
new Lidl grocery Division, said construction on the refurbished courts and said he thinks dollars allocated?
basketball and tennis courts began less the residents will be able to make use
European-based grocery chain Lidl of them for many years to come.
opened two locations in Chesterfield July than three months before. Connock also expressed County residents can now see
27, one at 11701 Iron Bridge Road and “We started in May with the excitement about the new tennis how their individual tax dollars are
another at 311 Mall Drive. The grand renovation and essentially we took and basketball courts and his role in working in the community using a
openings were two of four the company everything down, took the tennis restoring them. new taxpayer receipt tool.
held in the region Thursday. courts down to dirt and the basketball “That’s one of the big paydays Residents can simply answer
Chesterfield Board of Supervisors courts down to dirt, and rebuilt two questions, and the Chesterfield
Chairman and Bermuda District Supervisor everything in its place,” Connock said. of working in Parks and Recreation,” taxpayer receipt will provide a
Dorothy Jaeckle cut the ribbon for the new Phil Innis, Assistant Director of Connock said. “to be able to create breakdown of how their taxes were
grocery store at Iron Bridge Road. things like this, to see the interest of used to support programs and
the community, and just be able to
come out from year to year and see operations in several categories:
people using it and say ‘Hey, I had a government operations, public safety,
part in that, I created that.’ It’s pretty health and welfare, community
nice.” development, parks, recreation and
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