Wear Your “I Voted” Sticker and …

Chick-Fil-A has a sign up that says if you bring your “I voted” sticker in today between 10:30 am and 8 pm, you get a free sandwich. You must have a sticker and turn it in to get the free sandwich.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts: One free star-shaped doughnut with red, white and blue sprinkles.  Some stores may offer standard circle shapes.

Starbucks (at least those stores that are company-owned) will give you a free tall brewed coffee all day long.  If you don’t have a sticker just show your voter registration card.

Ben and Jerry’s is giving out free scoops of ice cream from 5 to 8 p.m. today. The free scoops, one scoop per customer, are to celebrate democracy.

Books-A-Million is also running a “wear your “I Voted” sticker promotion to get free stuff.  If you wear your sticker in there, you receive a free cup of joe.

California Tortilla is giving a FREE taco coupon to Voters wearing an “I Voted” sticker.  Also, if you sign up to receive their Taco Talk Newsletter, they will email you a coupon for a Free Taco!

The University of Richmond will host a debate among the five candidates for mayor of Richmond Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Alice Haynes Room. The debate is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.

Questioners will represent local media, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Centro, Style Weekly, WWBT TV-12 and the university’s student newspaper, The Collegian. Audience members may submit questions, which moderator Dan Palazzolo, professor of political science, will ask as time permits.

All five candidates for Richmond mayor—Paul Goldman, Robert J. Grey Jr., Dwight C. Jones, William J. Pantele and Lawrence Williams—have agreed to participate.

University sponsors of the debate include the Office of the President, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, Richmond School of Law, Bonner Center for Civic Engagement and the Center for Government and Policy.

For more information, call (804) 289-8056.

As reported in today’s Times-Dispatch, the University of Richmond is one of about 1,000 schools affected by Commonfund’s Short Term Fund’s decision to partially freeze withdrawals this week.  Wachovia Corp is trustee for the $9.3 billion fund. 

According to the article:

Herb Peterson, UR’s vice president for business and finance, called the action “concerning but understandable.”

UR has $100 million invested with the fund. He said UR has access to
$40 million of that amount now “and we’ll get the rest of it.”

Peterson said the action was necessary to prevent a run on the fund
that would force a sell-off of investments. He did not expect it to
cause a problem for UR.

“It was the right thing to do to avoid taking losses that would have cost all of us money,” he said.

Today, Wednesday October 1st, Barack Obama and John McCain’s top energy advisors will be debating at the University of Richmond Law School. What better way to get your questions answered about what Obama and McCain plan on doing! There is no better way to show what we want from a clean energy future than to speak directly to the people who write the policies during your lunchbreak!!

WHEN: Wednesday October 1st, 12:15 PM
WHERE: University of Richmond School of Law, Moot Court Room
Directions: http://www.richmond.edu/visit/directions
Map of campus: http://www.richmond.edu/visit/directions/campusmap.pdf

City of Richmond
Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities

Contact: Christy Everson
804-646-5944

Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will hold a community yard sale at its Westhampton Community Center on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The public is invited to both attend and participate, as proceeds from table rentals will help pay for teens to attend a Red Cross certified babysitting class at the center.

The Community Center is located at 5800 Patterson Ave. and serves the surrounding Westhampton and Westwood neighborhoods. The sale will be set up on the corner of Patterson and Maple avenues.

Individuals, groups and vendors are encouraged to rent a table for $20 to sell items at the yard sale, and the public is encouraged to shop the sale. For more information or to rent a table, call the center at 646-1113 or e-mail westhamptonsoccer@gmail.com.

Hi all. As you may know, the NWEN blog has a Twitter account that sends updates to everyone following it every time we post an article on the blog. Great way for those in the “Twitterverse” to keep in touch with news and events going on around the NWEN community.

I’d like to also mention a new Twitter group account that allows follows to send dog-related playgroups and events to the group’s followers. Been using it a lot to let everyone know about related events around the NWEN area. However, it’s cool to use for letting everyone know about events all around the RVA metro area too!

The name of the group is RVADogPlayGrp. Simply follow it and you’ll have to the ability to let everyone know events by sending a “DM” (direct message) to the group. More details/how-to’s here.

Happy “play dog grouping”! :)

The RVA blogosphere (here, here, here, here, etc.) has reported that Google Street View is now live throughout the metropolitan area. I actually posted a brief synopsis of the application over on my blog.

Here’s a shot near St. Catherine’s School:

One of our readers sent us the following question:

I live in Monument Avenue Crest (near intersection of Libbie & Patterson).  Is there a neighborhood/civic association for my area?

Any takers?  :)

SHOW DATES: APRIL 11th- MAY 23rd                                                                                           
OPENING FRIDAY, APRIL 11th

Gallery 5800 located at Grove and Libbie above Suitable for Framing will feature a solo exhibition of oil paintings from Roanoke artist Greg Osterhaus. Osterhaus’s 25-year career has established him as a well recognized painter in the Eastern United States and beyond. His vibrant oil paintings are rich in their depiction of rural settings including Cow Portraitures, Southern Landscapes, and Blue Crabs of the Chesapeake.

Join us on Friday, April 11th 5:30-8:00PM for the artist reception where we will be holding a drawing at 7:00PM for a free Cow Portrait.

Contact: Robin Grabinska
285-0774

GALLERY 5800 AT SUITABLE FOR FRAMING
5800 GROVE AVE
RICHMOND, VA 23226
804-285-0774

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Darrell Olgers
(804) 943-2283 or (804) 355-2100

RICHMOND, VA - Those wondering what lies inside of one of Richmond’s most stately mansions can now not only stop wondering, but also can own some of the contents themselves. An impressive collection of antique and reproduction furniture and fine art amassed over the years by the Brown family of Windemere Mansion on Cary Street Road will be auctioned by Motley’s Auction & Realty Group on April 2, 2008.

Built in the 1860s, the three-story mansion nestled on 3.1 acres was renovated and enlarged in 1907 to 11,000 square feet. The seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom house was highly praised for its interior décor and collection of fine art and furniture. Many of those items, ranging from an enviable collection of American and French antique furniture, fine art, sterling silver, Oriental rugs from small to palace size, and china and porcelain, are now being de-accessioned by the Brown family and will go home with the highest bidder on April 2.

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