Quilt Lady Sally Tirs is a true material girl
By Sande Snead CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Making a quilt is no easy feat, but it's something that kindergarten teacher Sally Tirs (aka The Quilt Lady) has been doing for expecting teachers and families at Crenshaw Elementary School for a dozen years, and nine years at Beulah Elementary before that.
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Bells, books & Big Brother
By Donna C. Gregory NEWS EDITOR
      As if teachers with x-ray eyes in the backs of their heads weren't enough, now Big Brother is watching students at schools, too. All county schools are now equipped with security cameras, reported administrators during last week's school board meeting, and a federal grant is going to make it even ...
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County school board elects new leadership
Pettitt/Trammell will head up board
By Donna C. Gregory NEWS EDITOR
      At its first meeting with two new board members, the Chesterfield County School Board unanimously elected Clover Hill representative Dianne Pettitt as its chair and Bermuda District representative Marshall Trammell Jr. as vice chair. Both are longtime board members.
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Meet other county newcomers
      The New Virginians, a club for women new to the Richmond area in the last two years, will have its monthly luncheon on Wed., Feb. 13, at 11:30 a.m. at the Salisbury Country Club. Reservations are requested by noon on Feb. 6. The program is "Jewelry Jubilee," a raffle of costume jewelry donated by...
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Seeking: L.C. Bird High School graduates
      There will be a 15-year reunion on Sat., Aug. 23, at Tiki Bob's Cantina for all members of the L.C. Bird High School classes of 1992, 1993 and 1994. The cost is $25 per person for those who register by Feb. 14. Checks can be made payable to "L.C. Bird Reunion" and mailed to: L.C. Bird Reunion, P....
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One birdie, two birdie
     Bob Schamerhorn, Richmond Audubon Society's education chairperson, and Lori Rutledge, the group's member chair, use binoculars to spot birds at the Dutch Gap Conservation Area during a recent census of the bird population there.
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