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News Suspect charged in theft of Crestview Park urns05/16/12 - 6:51 am
Clint Anthony Reamey, 42, of Chase City has been arrested on multiple felony counts stemming from the theft of numerous bronze flower urns from Crestview Memorial Park in South Hill…
Prison plans nearly knocked off track05/16/12 - 6:49 am
Amendment to saddle Mecklenburg County with extra costs fails in Assembly
Left to right are Boydton Mayor Gerald Wrenn, Councilman Ronnie Worley, Betty Herbert, Councilman Jo05/16/12 - 6:48 am
Chase City Council unveiled its budget for 2012-2013, and agreed to hold a public hearing on June 4 at 5:30 p.m.
Sports Lady Comets to face Franklin County for WVD tournament title05/16/12 - 7:48 pm
Easily get past GW in WVD semifinal.
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Community Plain and Simple for April 1, 2010SoVaNow.com / March 31, 2010
I thought about an old friend last night. James worked with me for years in respiratory therapy when I was at the hospital in Danville. He was a large man with a quick smile and we had lots of fun together on the nights we worked together. I remember that he was always easy to scare and one Halloween, I got a little skull that would roll on wheels. I waited until it was about 3 a.m. and then I set it off on the floor and watched him jump about ten feet.James stayed on the staff after I took over as supervisor. He was always ready to work overtime when I needed help. The amazing thing was that he would then stay out “sick” when things slowed down and he would make a little extra money on balance. It drove me crazy that he played the system that way. Several times I came close to getting rid of James, but he always found a way to get back in my good graces. I just could not resist his good humor. He later went into nursing and moved on to work in ICU. I will never forget the day that the supervisor of ICU came down to see me to talk about James. She said that she was not going to put up with his shenanigans and wanted to know his tricks. About six months later, she was back. With a smile, she admitted that James had won her over. James moved on to work in a hospital in Washington, DC. I was tremendously saddened to learn that he was attacked and killed in the parking lot one night. I will never forget that smile and how often he left me totally frustrated but laughing. As I said, I thought about James last night. I was reminded of the passage from Hebrews 12:1, “Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses...let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.” I believe that James and my mother and my father and all the people who have been part of the goodness and mercy that has followed me all the days of my life are part of that cloud of witnesses. They are not dead; they have only gone on to live with our Savior Jesus Christ. This, then, is what Easter means to me. As Paul says in I Corinthians 15:14, “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.” But praise be to God, Christ has been raised! Christ is alive! We serve a risen Savior. Paul says, “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” (I Corinthians 15:20) As we prepare to celebrate Easter, let us know without a doubt what Easter is all about. We can know with certainty that we will see our friends again if we are in Christ because Christ is alive and they are alive. Halifax Community
Mecklenburg Community
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