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WTVR News: Officials discuss rerouting trains around Richmond that transport volatile oil

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WTVR CBS 6 recently had a new report on talks with the railroad company and government officials about possibly rerouting the trains that carry the volatile oil around Richmond. This follows the recent disaster in Lynchburg.

Excerpt:

Fire officials define the “worst case scenario” for this situation would involve 33 train cars derailing in Shockoe Bottom.

If that were to happen during peak business hours, the impact could stretch to a half mile radius encompassing hundreds of thousands of people.

Byrd House Market Tuesday

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From email announcement:

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Byrd House Market is a nutrition program of William Byrd Community House. WBCH.org
Turns out Byrd House Market customers really like their eggs. Yep. Eggs. So, whose got eggs? The Byrd Farm, Deer Run Farm, Epic Gardens, Faith Farm Foods & Origins Farm. Check first and get’em quick!
Click here to try our Product Search feature for eggs, lettuce, greens, onions, and more!
Welcome Pedal Pops to our market this week – delicious fruit popsicles. Heavenly Treats features Boyfriend Cookies, Chocolate Pound Cake, and Molasses Cookies. Rina Factory’s got Madelines, Cranberry Scones & Biscotti, Croissants, Twists and Sub Rosa loaves. Portobellos, Shiitakes & Criminis, Get Tomato and Herb Plants from Bill & Joyce. Variety, quality and aromatic visions in soaps and skin care at Wandering Cow Farm and Serene Suds. Phal’s Noodles, Spring Rolls & Kebabs, Agriberries and Jams, Herbes de Provence & refreshing Tulsi Basil Tea, Smudge Sticks, Sausages, Chicken and roasting veggies. Supper makes itself!

Welcome Elaine Meredith, intern from VaTech, doing Cooking Demos and SNAP nutrition lessons every Tuesday this summer! THIS WEEK: Asparagus Scrambled Eggs!

Amanda West Montgomery is a fantastic educator volunteering to coordinate children’s activities in the community garden. Meet her this week!
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We send a big thanks to intern Teresa Willoughby who came to WBCH from St. Andrew’s Church “Grace On The Hill” episcopal service corps, in September 2013. She’s been our market and library assistant, and receptionist. Teresa did SNAP promotion with interns from VCU, shared nutrition information with WBCH visitors, and compiled a directory of Oregon Hill nonprofits, schools and local businesses which we’ll have at the market info tent. She and her fellow GOTH interns made shopping at Byrd House Market part of their weekly food budget so we know they ate very well while supporting our local economy! Thursday is her last day as an official Grace On The Hill intern. We wish her well in her future endeavors!

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Farm. Fresh. Pledge! Facts
Summer Pledge Months: June, July and August
Monthly Prize Pack Values: $100-$200 (Virginia Grown and Virginia’s Finest goodies)
Bonus Prize Pack Month: August to celebrate Virginia Farmers’ Market Week (August 3-9) the prize will include a $200 Virginia Grown/Virginia’s Finest Prize Pack plus a Bed and Breakfast (B&B) gift certificate courtesy of the Bed & Breakfast Association of VA
First Drawing: July 8, 2014 – Prize Pack: $100 Virginia Grown/Virginia’s Finest Pack

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Live Music:
Blue Lotus Collective
is a local collective of RVA musicians, who organize house and venue shows and offer recording/performance opportunities to up-and-coming songwriters.

Wire Work

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There has been a lot of rumors about some of the telecommunications wire work going on in the neighborhood.

I received this from a neighbor (posted with permission):

So, I spoke to the technicians working in the neighborhood and they confirmed that we are indeed getting residential fiber (Verison calls it FIOS) installed to our houses. Obviously, this is voluntary. They’re just building out the capacity to provide the service if you want it, because their franchise agreement with the city requires them to do so, and they’ve fallen behind.

FYI- If you switch to FIOS from your old copper phone line, and begin purchasing phone service over the FIOS line, they may try to remove your old copper lines. This is to prevent you from going back to copper, or to use any other service provider.

In reality, they are required by law to reinstall your copper lines (at no charge to you) if they remove them.

Just keep in mind that Verizon may try to get you to bundle all your services into some plan that is delivered via FIOS, remove your copper lines, and then make it difficult for you to get out of that arrangement.

This is interesting, given some of the past appeals and speculation.

Byrd Market/Council/OHNA This Afternoon/Evening

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Byrd House Market this afternoon at Idelwood and Linden. Visit http://www.byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com for more info.

While many people will paying attention to the stadium debate and large docket of issues at Richmond City Council, there is also an Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) meeting this evening at 7 pm at the William Byrd Community House.

Part of OHNA’s agenda will include a development proposal for a small lot on the 400 block of S.Cherry Street.

Evening Tour/Movie Tomorrow Night

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Hollywood Cemetery is happy to announce a new evening tour for tomorrow night at 6 pm! You can purchase tickets through the Valentine Richmond History Center or by clicking here.

Across the river, The James River Outdoor Coalition (JROC) presents the premiere of the movie DamNation on Thursday, May 22, at 9 pm at the Manchester Floodwall Park, 3 Hull Street, Richmond 23224. “This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers.” Suggested donation is $5. It’s a fabulous place to watch a film!

“Metalest Record Shop”

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From Style Magazine’s Best of Richmond issue:

While Richmond has several great record stores, Vinyl Conflict’s 324 S Pine St. storefront is the one that scares baby boomers. You won’t find Eric Clapton, but you will find plenty of Dischord classics and used leather jackets. It’s the record store you’ll want to show your out-of-town visitors, even if punk and metal aren’t your taste. “Why do all those people standing in front of it have tattoos?” a bewildered father asked. You’ll never get it, Dad.

Vinyl Conflict, everybody.

Today at Byrd House Market

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From email announcement:

Asparagus, Beets, Greens, Lettuces, Spinach, Salad Greens, Herbs,Mushrooms, Salad Dressings, Strawberries, Spring Onions, Onions…
Eggs, Pasture-raised Pork, Beef, and Chicken – Sausages, Hams, Soup Bones…
Organic Teas, Herb Blends, Herb & Veggie Plants, Medicinal Herbs & Plants, Sage Smudge Sticks
AND …
Granolas, Breads, Croissants, Pastries, Cookies, Desserts to Order
Goat’s Mild and Vegetarian Soaps, Soap Balls, Lotions, Shampoo Bars, Lip balms, Insect Repellent, Aromatics
Wool Yarns, Needle Felted Animal Toys and Gifts
Ready to Eats: Spring Rolls, Noodles with Local Veggies and Herbs, Kebabs, Vegetarian and Omnivore Options

Live Music:
Blue Lotus Collective is
a local collective of RVA musicians, who organize house and venue shows and offer recording/performance opportunities to up-and-coming songwriters. They include
Solace Sovay
The Foresters
Celtic Panda
The Alberts
The Banduras
Megan Parochka
Captain Captain
Floodwall
Recluse Raccoon
Gracious Ghosts
Energy 2000
Clifton Gibbons
The Willie Nelson Experience
Ashes
Haints in The Holler
Where’s Denmark?
Temple
Kristen Leigh
Longjohn’s Silver
James Curtis
The Manifestivus
The Cognitions
Rivers Crude
Snowshoe Orangatang
Aaron Mauck
Good Stuff Today!

Get your $10 Student Deal at Origins Farm, The Byrd Farm, Epic Gardens, Agriberry, and Tomten Farm.

In the market, the Virginia Friends of Mali sharing information about Segou which is Richmond’s Sister City in the Republic of Mali in West Africa – a part of Africa where many of our ancestors originally came from!
Ms. Beth from the Richmond Public Library will do Story Time.
It will be a wonderful 75 degrees – great weather for active outdoor fun! So we will have the corn hole boards set up and 2 hoola hoops. For the younger kids the hoola hoops can be laid on the grass as targets for tossing the bags into.
We should all start watching the Mulberry Tree’s berries progress from unripe and green to ripe and purply-red over the next few weeks… Botanical Word to Repeat and Learn: Morus Rubra (pronounced MORE-US ROO-BRUH) – this is Latin for Red Mulberry!

From more information, go to http://www.byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

How Much Are The Lyrics To Kerosene Hat Worth?

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Planet Money has a somewhat interesting radio show this week on music lyrics. It prominently features Camper Beethoven/Cracker singer David Lowery. As mentioned before, Lowery lived on the 200 block of S. Laurel while he wrote much of the album Kerosene Hat.

The topic of the Planet Money show is about how lyrics of songs are available on the internet and the question of ‘fair use’. From the show synopsis:

There are roughly 5 million searches for lyrics per day on Google, according to LyricFind. Those searches often lead to websites that post lyrics to lots of songs — and, in many cases, sites that post ads alongside those lyrics.

David Lowery, frontman and songwriter for Cracker and Camper van Beethoven, is waging war on the sites he believes make money off song lyrics but don’t pay the songwriter. Once he took a closer look at where his music was making money on the Internet, he realized: There were more people searching to find lyrics to his songs than searching to illegally download mp3s of his music. And he wasn’t making money off those searches. Last November, after months of exhaustive and systematic Googling, he released something called The Undesirable Lyric Website List.

There’s more to it, of course, and may be worth a full listen.

A Cemetery for Both Reverence and Recreation

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Henrico Citizen newspaper Managing Editor Patty Kruszewski has a nice opinion piece in the latest issue about a small controversy regarding the use of cemeteries. (Click here to see it as PDF)

In it, she mentions her own’s daughter’s burial place in Hollywood Cemetery.

Quote: “I would never have thought to bring my own children to Hollywood (Cemetery) or to use it as a playground or public spot, but it makes perfect sense. It’s beautiful, it’s public, it’s historic”.

Actually Hollywood Cemetery is still a private business that opens to the public. Kruszewski also rightly brings up the role of the cemetery as a valuable green space. We are very fortunate to live next to it.