Healthy Living: Grant money aimed at combating obesity, related diseases

The Chickahominy Health District, which includes the New Kent and Charles City County Health Departments, has been awarded a Healthy Eating/Active Living Grant for 2014. The primary goal of the grant will be to develop a community-wide coalition that will address obesity and related chronic diseases which can accompany poor diet and lack of adequate physical activity, and explore what we can do as a community to help improve our community’s health. If you or your organization would like to partner with us in the establishment of this coalition, please contact Melissa Janes, the Health District’s Nutrition Program Coordinator, at…
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Healthy Living: Americans’ sedentary lifestyle contributes to poor health

Western society is built around a seated lifestyle. We sit at work, during our leisure time in front of the television and in our cars as we commute from place to place. In fact, the Center for Disease Control reports that the average American adult spends more than half of his or her waking hours completely sedentary. For children, this statistic is not any more encouraging. Our children are taught to sit for hours at a time in school. In fact, the CDC has found that the average child enrolled in public schooling spends up to 87% of their six…
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Healthy Living: Regular visits to primary care office vital for maintaining good health

There are different names for it– the annual physical, regular check-up, health screening. Whatever you call it, it is important to have some regular appointments with your primary care office for the purpose of doing certain screenings that are vital for your health. A scheduled visit to your healthcare provider gives us an opportunity to focus on your individual needs and give you recommendations. Most of these visits should be yearly, but if you are young and healthy and have no ongoing medical problems, it may not need to be that often. Blood pressure should be monitored on everyone every…
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Evelyn named to President’s List

Caroline Hope Evelyn, a senior at Longwood University, successfully completed the summer and fall semester of 2013 and was named to the President’s List. A grade-point average of 4.0 is required to be distinguished with the honor of being named to the President’s List. Caroline is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Evelyn of New Kent. She is a 2011 graduate of New Kent High School.

A gift of remembrance

TV series coming to Shirley Plantation

Cloak and Dagger, an AMC network television series, will be filming episodes at Shirley Plantation. Virginia’s Oldest Plantation, Shirley will be depicted as a home during the Revolutionary War. The Great House, stables, kitchen, courtyard, and wharf are expected to appear in the show. The show is based on a non-fiction book entitled “Washington Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring,” and is available at Shirley Plantation for purchase. The show is expected to premiere during the spring of 2014.

Arts Alive presenting “Merry Wives”

Arts Alive, Inc. is presenting Shakespeare Center’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. The play is based on an urban legend claiming that Queen Elizabeth asked Shakespeare to write a play featuring “the fat knight in love.” The play dictates the events of the story and is presented by the American Shakespeare Center (ASC), a regional theatre company. Doors open and pre-show music begins at 6:30 p.m, with curtain opening at 7:00 p.m. at the Robinson/Olsson Civic Auditorium in West Point. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors (65 and over), and $10…
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Library dedication

NK Environthon scheduled for Apr. 12

New Kent Extension Office is organizing the fifth annual Environthon/Earth Day for Saturday, Apr. 12. The event will be held on the grounds outside New Kent’s Cooperative Extension Office. Patrons and knowledgeable people who are able to provide knowledge on an environmentally friendly, green, or recycled products are asked to participate. If interested, contact Patty Towsend at 966-9645, or by email at patric4@vt.edu. The Environthon is scheduled in conjuction with Earth Day to provide friendly activities for all ages and bring awareness and appreciation for the earth’s environment. This is a day of Earth friendly activities for all ages designed…
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Gerardi-Howard

Miss Abigail Grace Howard and Mr. Nicholas David Gerardi were joined in marriage on September 7, 2013, at the Historic Jasmine Plantation in New Kent County, Virginia by Pastor David Smith. Abigail is the daughter of Martin and Debbie Howard of New Kent County and the granddaughter of Mrs. Ann Pace and the late Durward R. Pace Sr., and Dr. and Mrs. F.W. Howard. Nick is the son of David Gerardi of Buffalo, New York and Diane and Steve Fenton of Clifton Forge, Virginia, and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benedict Gerardi and Mrs. Patricia Noward and…
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