http://www.blackstonechronicles.com An interactive magazine for Blackstone & Southside Virginia Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:18:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The American health care system reminds Delores Bishop of a giant trap. You get cancer, and the magic cheese saves you. Then the spring snaps, and you are caught like a rat. Yes, we will fight your cancer, the system says, but in payment we will take all that you have saved, all your ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=750 My name is Charlie Jefferson IV and i've been artistic since I was about 4 years old. When I picked up my first crayon what I had put to paper was captivating. What I love about my art are the many different stories within each piece. I love how I'm able to ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=724 Jap Hawkes climbed board the road grader and cranked it up for the last time. As the old diesel engine coughed and came to life, his smile widened a few more inches. Hawkes, 78, and the grader that was being sold to the school board, had come to work for ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=719 The tooth is out! Once more again The throbbing, jumping Nerves are stilled. Reader, would you avoid This pain? Then have your crumbling Teeth well filled. -David Bares (1810-1876) The obscure poet, David Bates, who wrote the above lines may be forgotten, but his “throbbing, jumping nerves” are well known to anyone who has ever had a bad tooth ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=713 When soldiers arrive at Fort Pickett, the supply office is one of the first stops. Expecting the usual ritual forms and more forms, soldiers are always surprised by a collection of military crests covering the rear wall of the supply clerk’s office. While requests are being filled, soldiers, whether reservists, national ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=709 By Ed Conley Many of us, old or young, don’t know who we are or what we really want to do. Kimberly Brown, a Kenston Forest 10th grader, said she “feels blessed” that she sits in the saddle of life at this early age knowing what she wants to do while ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=700 Clucks replace moos for local dairy farmer Most people are familiar with the story about the flock of sea gulls that saved the early Mormons from starvation by eating the locust. But how may people know about the Nottoway dairy farmer who was saved by a flock of chickens? In ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=694 Two officers and two dispatchers are being honored with portraits for their continued service to the Blackstone Police Department. Officer Larry Chumney, 35 years; Officer Clyde Rothgeb, 35 years; Dispatcher Louise Johnson, 20 years; and Barbara Rothgeb, (? later) http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=665 http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=661 Order vs. Chaos by Ed Conley As a lifetime house cleaner and the enemy of clutter, I have some experience in this war. My wife is my partner and as she is on the side of Clutter as my "enemy" of order, she has taught me so much wisdom. This is ... http://www.blackstonechronicles.com/?p=652