Working Mother selects CJW Medical Center

CJW Medical Center has been selected as a 2006 Working Mother 100 Best Company. The company will be profiled in the October issue of Working Mother magazine, and was chosen because of its work/life program, which includes onsite daycare, flexible scheduling and healthy work environment initiatives.

Beef 'O' Brady's has opened in the Harbour Pointe Village Shopping Center on Hull Street Road. Tom and Debbie Vanover opened their new restaurant with a family-friendly element to the traditional sports pub experience, allowing parents to watch the game on large or small screen televisions while children play in the arcade. The restaurant also features interactive video games for children and a menu offering Buffalo wings, chicken fingers, salads, a variety of sandwiches and burgers and select desserts.

James River Neonatology has joined Pediatrix Medical Group, a provider of neonatal, maternal-fetal and pediatric subspecialty physician services. James River Neonatology consisted of Sandy Tarant, M.D., Randy Johnson, M.D., and three neonatal nurse practitioners who staff three neonatal intensive care units including two Level III units at CJW Medical Center.

The Chester Rotary Club distributed nearly 900 free dictionaries earlier this month to third-grade students at Curtis, Wells, Ecoff, Marguerite Christian, Harrowgate and Enon elementary schools. Rich Chandler chaired the committee overseeing the project.

Lynn Cheryl Wilczewski, chair of the history department and a 10th grade history teacher at Monacan High School, will travel to England next month as a team member of Rotary International's Group Study Exchange. The Rotary team includes four other business professionals from Virginia who will develop personal and professional relationships during their 4-6 week stay.

Lindsay Edwards, a student at John Tyler Community College's Arts and Sciences Program, has been named a recipient of the 2006 Phi Theta Kappa Leaders of Promise Scholarship. Along with 29 other community college students nationwide, she will receive a scholarship of $1,000 to further her associate degree studies. The Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program provides new Phi Theta Kappa members with financial resources to help defray educational expenses while enrolled at a two-year college.

Karen Little of Chesterfield and Jacob Eck of Moseley took their stories of cancer survival to Capitol Hill on Sept. 20 for the American Cancer Society's Celebration on the Hill 2006 in Washington, D.C. Little was diagnosed with breast cancer last December and had a mastectomy three days before Christmas. Eck was diagnosed with Medullablastoma on Christmas Eve of 2000 at age 9. They were part of a delegation of 74 Celebration Ambassadors who represented Virginia at the event.