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Thursday, May 20, 2004
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Kilmarnock, Virginia
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Eighty-seventh Year
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Number 32
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Three Sections
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50¢
Opposition knocks the wind
out of turbine permit request
by Reid Pierce Armstrong
HEATHSVILLE—A proposal to install a
wind turbine at 375 Logan Lodge Road hit a
headwind of oppostion from dozens of residents in the Bluff Point area last Thursday.
The Northumberland board of supervisors
eventually denied Wes Pullman’s request to
erect a 104-foot-tall tower and turbine.
Citing aesthetics, noise pollution, property values, a nearby landing strip, migratory birds and proximity to other houses,
the neighbors made their case against the
modern windmill.
Used to generate electricity, wind turbines
are a source of renewable energy. Northumberland, described as one of the windiest
places in eastern Virginia, decided in March
after six months of public debate to allow
wind turbines.
Each proposed wind turbine would be considered on a case-by-case basis, the board
agreed, noting the generators might be better
suited to large parcels of land than to crowded
neighborhoods.
Pullman was the first resident in the county
to request a wind turbine.
Despite the efforts of wind turbine representative Jim Madden to increase awareness about the alternative energy source,
fear and confusion reigned at the public
hearing.
“Why does this tower need to be put up?”
asked Dr. Wyatt Beazley, a neighbor on
Bluff Point Road, who has a windmill. “If
approved, one person will benefit. Many will
be adversely affected.”
“If you approve this one, are you going to
okay the next one and the next one and the
next one?” asked Connie Ruble, who does
not live in the neighborhood but was concerned about the implications of the board’s
decision.
“I imagine it will be about as tall as the
Kilmarnock water tower,” Ruble said.
“It’s like having a couple of flag poles 104
feet high,” neighbor Jones Felvey added.
District 4 supervisor Pamela Russell moved
to deny the request based on the objections.
The board approved her motion by a 5-0
vote.
In other land use matters, the board
approved a special exceptions permit for the
Northumberland Woman’s Club to establish
a clubhouse in Lottsburg.
The board also approved a new bed and
breakfast for an existing dwelling at 74
Glebe Point Lane.
Irvington studies sewer,
drainage, legal matters
and office improvements
by Robb Hoff
IRVINGTON—A centralized
water and sewer service initiative for the towns of Irvington
and White Stone and the Tides
Inn and Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury is progressing towards an engineering study
to determine the scope and cost
of the project.
Town administrator Jack Fitzpatrick told the Irvington council
last week that four engineering
firms have been interviewed for
the project feasibility study.
A committee representing the
four entities involved will vote
soon to select a firm to undertake
the study, said Fitzpatrick. The
study could require four to six
months to complete, he added.
Tavern Road drainage
Just Gardens blooms
Irises were in full bloom along with roses and primroses
at Blanchette and Jim Joneses’ garden at French Landing.
The Just Gardens tour just missed an array of colors at the
home, where some 420 azaleas were in full bloom two
weeks ago. The Just Gardens tour, which included four
houses in the Millenbeck and Ottoman area and two in
Irvington, was held last Friday and Saturday to benefit The
Haven Shelter. More photos appear on page A14. (Photo
by Lisa Hinton Valdrighi)
Fitzpatrick also reported on the
progress of a joint project with
the Virginia Department of Transportation to improve drainage on
Tavern Road near the Chesapeake
Bank entrance.
“The upshot of it is that before
a successful job can be done
on Tavern Road, the entrance to
the bank has to be upgraded to
a commercial entrance,” Fitzpatrick said.
Transportation officials have
recommended that a cedar tree in
the vicinity be taken down so the
roots would not interfere with the
asphalt, he said.
However, concerns were raised
about removal of the tree.
“I really think you’re going to
have some reaction,” said town
attorney Matson C. Terry II.
Council authorized Fitzpatrick
to seek VDOT input on allowing
the tree to remain.
Other action
By a 5-0 vote, council unanimously approved spending up to
$2,500 for new computer equipment for the town office and up
to $2,000 in labor to paint the
exterior of the town office.
Rhonda Kerr, Anne Carpenter
and council members Garry
Luckham and Kathleen Pollard
were appointed to a committee to
address interior improvements at
the office.
Council also authorized Fitzpatrick to contact the county
regarding Irvington road signs
posted within the county’s jurisdiction. Pollard expressed interest in the town constructing its
own sign posts rather than using
the metal ones specified by the
county.
Windmills
generate
whirlwind
of activity
Last week was a week for
windmills locally. On Tuesday, Ken O’Brock of O’Brock
Windmills in North Benton,
Ohio, (top) replaced an
eight-foot 1932 Aermotor
windmill atop a 47-foot
tower at the Enon Hall property of Bill and Gay Chapman on Antipoison Creek. On
Wednesday, O’Brock (left)
installed a 40-foot 1920s
windmill tower restored and
assembled by Alan Merkel on
Indian Creek. O’Brock had
some help from Rick’s Tree
Service owner, Rick Senter,
who dangled from a crane
and held the tail to keep
the windmill from spinning
as O’Brock tightened the
blade connections. Also on
Wednesday, O’Brock
installed an eight-foot windmill atop an existing tower at
the Henry’s Creek property of
Dr. Wyatt Beazley (bottom).
Legal matters
Fitzpatrick updated council on
the status of a ditch drainage
lawsuit filed last year against
the town by Irvington resident
Audrey Lowery.
(continued on page A14)
Household wealth affects public projects
HEATHSVILLE—Northumberland’s pockets have grown
too deep for U.S. Department of
Agriculture Rural Development
loans and grants.
The same source of funding
that recently built sewer systems
in Fleeton and Callao will not be
available to Indian Creek Estates,
a development of hundreds of
houses near Kilmarnock sorely in
need of a sewer system.
The county’s application was
denied last month because its
median household income has
risen to $38,100, the highest in
the Northern Neck.
Northumberland has long
depended on USDA grants and
loans to fund infrastructure and
utility programs, among other
things. Without funding assistance
from
the
Rural
Development program, county
officials say these infrastructure
improvements would have been
impossible.
Rural Development aid is
granted to counties based on the
median household income, which
cannot exceed the non-metropolitan area median income of
Data shows growth in 2003
Regional economic indicators point to growth in Northumberland County.
The Northern Neck Planning District Commission quarterly newsletter reports the county’s percentage of increase
in taxable sales was the largest in the Northern Neck during
2003.
While Northumberland has the lowest overall taxable sales
in the region, $53 million last year compared to Lancaster’s
$122 million, Northumberland saw an 11 percent increase
from 2002.
Supervisor Joseph Self guessed that the unexpected
increase came from construction material sales. At least three
retail stores in Northumberland County sell constructionrelated materials.
New housing permit figures support Self’s theory.
With almost 230 building permits issued, Northumberland
had 150 percent more new homes built last year than any
other county on the Northern Neck. Of those, only 20 were
manufactured homes. Lancaster County, with 144, had the
second greatest number of permits issued.
$33,400.
Westmoreland County, with a
median household income of
$35,700, also does not qualify
for Rural Development assistance while Lancaster County, at
$33,200, and Richmond County,
at $33,000, still meet the guidelines.
All four Northern Neck counties may soon exceed the state’s
non-metro income, making the
entire region, including the
Middle Peninsula, ineligible for
the Rural Development grants.
The same phenomenon is
taking place elsewhere in Virginia as people relocate from
urban areas to rural regions with
waterfront property and mountain vistas, shifting the median
income level higher. Assistance
that was once spread to rural
localities across the entire state
is now being directed almost
entirely to the state’s southwestern counties, one of the
only regions where the median
household income is still below
$30,000.
By a unanimous 5-0 vote,
Northumberland supervisors last
week adopted a resolution urging
a change in the rules. It will be
sent to Sen. George Allen, Sen.
John Warner and Rep. Jo Ann
Davis.
The resolution states, “the
median income level for
determining eligibility for funding does not produce an accurate
representation of income in rural
areas since it does not take into
account earned income, citizens
Lancaster supervisors resume budget process
by Robb Hoff
LANCASTER—Following the
approval of a $12.9-million
school budget last month that
includes $8.2 million in county
funding, the Lancaster board of
supervisors resumed work last
week on the county’s overall
budget for 2004-05.
The budget draft projects more
than $21 million in local, state
and federal revenues, including
$7.2 million in real estate tax revenues based on a preliminary tax
rate of 39 cents per $100.
The actual tax rate for the year
will be determined in June.
The budget includes statefunded pay increases of 3 percent
for constitutional offices other
than the sheriff’s office, which
will receive a 4.8 percent boost
from the state.
Overall expenditures for the
sheriff’s office are projected at
$1.7 million, primarily through
state funding. However, the
preliminary budget does not
reflect two new deputy positions
requested by Sheriff Ronnie
Crockett for drug enforcement.
Board chairman Patrick G.
Frere said the sheriff has indicated
that 80 percent of the county’s
crimes, other than those directly
involving drugs, are still related
in some form to drug activity.
Supervisor Ernest W. Palin Jr.
noted the benefit that increased
drug enforcement in the county
could have.
“If he (sheriff) had more deputies assigned to drugs, he could
do a better job with them,” Palin
said.
However, supervisor F.W.
“Butch” Jenkins Jr. requested
more information about whether
problems with drug activity are
greater this year than last, and
whether the problems are sufficient to warrant two additional
deputies assigned specifically for
drug enforcement.
Supervisor Peter N. Geilich
suggested the request for the two
new positions be considered further into the budget process.
The budget also projects a 5
percent increase in pay for county
employees and a $300-per-month
county contribution toward health
insurance premiums for county
employees.
County administrator Bill Pennell noted that health insurance
costs for a single employee could
increase from $390 to $415 per
month. He added that the county
contribution per non-school
employee has increased by 9 percent this year.
Other increases discussed were
$20,000 more in contributions
for the Lancaster Community
Library in Kilmarnock, up from
$55,000, and $16,000 more for
the Northern Neck Free Health
Clinic in Kilmarnock, up from
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■ Celebrate in Lively:
Firemen’s Festival to feature parade,
other events this weekend ....... A9
Painting
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■ Turtle turmoil:
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Look
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Landmark
Pound netters back at work with
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wary lookout for sea turtles ..... B1 demolished:
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Calendar ........... A2
Churches.........B2-4
Classified ..... C1-12
Directory .... C10-11
Obituaries ......... B3
Opinion ........... A4-5
Police report ...... B1
Schools .......... B8-9
Sports ........ A10-13
Upcoming .. A2-3,6+
Wildlife notes .. A13
A2
Upcoming
May
20 Thursday
The Rotary Breakfast Club
meets at 7:30 a.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury.
Bingo is played at the American Legion Post 86 on Waverly
Avenue in Kil marnock at 7 p.m.
The Planning Commission
for Lancaster County meets at
7 p.m. at the courthouse in
Lancaster.
The Planning Commission
for Northumberland County
meets at 7 p.m. at the courthouse in Heathsville. The commission will finalize a grant
application to the Jessie Ball
duPont Fund to support the
development of three water
access sites.
The Rappatomac Writers
meets at 2 p.m. in the Chinn
House at Rappahannock Community College in Warsaw.
The Breast Cancer Support
Group meets at 6 p.m. in the
Warsaw Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. 333-0005, 580-7039
or 462-7517.
Duplicate Bridge will be
played at 1 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of White Stone.
Men, women and newcomers
are invited. No reser vations.
435-2755.
A Master Basket Making
Class with John McGuire continues at Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. 453-6529.
The RFM Photographers
meets at 4 p.m. at Reedville
Fishermen’s Museum.
453-6529.
The Annual Dinner Meeting
of the Virginia Aeronautical
Histor ical Society, Northern
Neck/Middle Peninsula Chapter begins with a social period
at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7
p.m. at the River Crossing Restaurant Floyd Criswell is the
speaker.
The Lancaster Chamber of
Commerce will hold a tent
party from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for
members and guests at 506
North Main Street in Kilmarnock. 435-6092.
The Rural Virginia United
Coalition meets at 4 p.m. at
the Cooks Corner Office Complex .
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Friday
Narcotics Anonymous meets
at 8 p.m. in Charterhouse in
Kilmarnock. 580-4400.
Bingo is played at the Upper
Lancaster Ruritan Center in
Lively at 7:30 p.m.
Dave Long is featured on the
piano from 6 to 9 p.m. at Bambery’s Restaurant in Heathsville. For dinner reserva tions,
call 580-8181.
A Walk-A-Thon to benefit
senior services in the Northern
Neck will be held at 8 p.m.
on the trail behind Farifields
United Methodist Church in
Burgess. The event is sponsored by the Nelia Tingle Fellowship group and Bay Aging.
A Picnic will be held at 6
p.m. by the Northern Neck Parents Club at Belle Isle State
Park. New members are urged
to attend. 453-4235.
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Saturday
The Lancaster Band Boosters will sell ham biscuits, muffins, coffee and orange juice
from 8 to 11 a.m. at Farm and
Home Supply in Kilmarnock.
Country Music is featured at
Donk’s Theater on Route 198
in Mathews at 8 p.m. Call
725-7760 for ticket information.
Ron Fetner is featured at
Piper’s Pub in Kilmarnock.
The show starts at 8 p.m.
Dinner reservations recommended; call 435-7178,
An Open Weave for basket
makers will be held at Reedville Fishermen’s Museum from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 453-6529.
A Shed Your Shell Party
with music and winery tours
will be held at Ingleside Plantation Vineyards in Oak Grove
from 4 to 8 p.m. Reservations
required; 224-8687.
The Northern Neck Anglers
Club will hold a Spring RockA-Thon. Ingram Bay Marina is
the home port for the rockfish
compeititon. 580-4204.
A Dameron Marsh Walk, led
by local naturalists, begins at
10 a.m. To get there from
Kilmarnock, take Route 200
to Route 606 and follow the
signs.
The Annual Down on the
Farm Tour of Middle Peninsula
farms, forests and fisheries,
will be held in Middlesex,
Gloucester and Mathews counties The farms are open from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For brochures
and directions, call 443-1118.
A Farmers’ Market will be held
in Deltaville at the Yates House
Fine Art and Craft Gallery at
17466 General Puller Highway.
776-9023.
A Multi-Family Yard Sale
begins at 9 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lancaster. A
portion of the proceeds benefit
commuity outreach programs.
The 27th Annual Fireman’s
Festival sponsored by the
Up per Lancaster Volunteer Fire
Department begins at 10 a.m.
at the pavilion in Lively. A
parade begins at 1 p.m.
Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • May 20, 2004
Ongoing:
Donk’s to host
Steve Keith
this Saturday
Steve Keith
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Saturday
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Sunday
A Yard Sale begins at 8
a.m. at the school board office
in Lottsburg. The sale benefits
the Northumberland County
Animal Shelter medical fund.
The Widowed Persons Service for Lancaster and Northumberland counties holds its
lunch brunch at Kentucky
Fried Chicken in Kilmarnock
im mediately fol low ing church
ser vices.
A Hickory Hollow Treasure
Hunt For Orchids, sponsored
by the Northern Neck Chapter
of the Virginia Native Plant
Society, begins at 2 p.m. at
Hickory Hollow. 435-6673.
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Monday
The Historyland Community
Workshop meets at the Lancaster Woman’s Club clubhouse from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Brown bag lunch. Visitors welcome.
Duplicate Bridge will be
played at 1 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of White Stone.
Men, women and newcomers
are invited. No reser vations.
435-2755.
Party Bridge will be played at
the Woman’s Club of Northumberland County. Bring a sandwich. Side dishes, dessert and
beverage provided for a $5
donation. 580-8205.
The Rappahannock Art
League meets at 1:30 p.m.
at the Studio Gallery on Main
Street in Kilmarnock.
The Lancaster County Democratic Committee meets at 7
p.m. at the Bank of Lancaster
northside branch in Kilmarnock.
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Tuesday
Narcotics Anonymous meets
at 7 p.m. at Charterhouse in
Kilmarnock.
“Surfin’ the Net,” a com puter
workshop with Richard Emory
for middle and high school students, is from 3 to 5 p.m. at
Northumber land Public Library
in Heathsville. 580-5051.
The Kilmarnock & District
Pipe Band rehearses at 7:15
p.m. at Campbell Memorial
Presby terian Church in
Weems. 462-7125.
Bridge will be played at 1 p.m.
at Rappahan nock WestminsterCanterbury.
The RFM Quilters meet at 7
p.m. at Reedville Fishermen’s
Museum. 453-6529.
A Bridge Discussion Group
meets at 9:30 a.m. at the
Woman’s Club of Lancaster.
$3. No reservation neces sary.
462-0742.
Outdoor Photographer Jeannie Couch will lead a session
at 1:30 p.m. at Festival Halle
in Reedville. The session is
sponosred by the Chesapeake
Bay Garden Club.
The Widowed Persons annual
meeting and election will be
held at noon at Wicomico
Parish Episcopal Church in
Wicomico Church. A covered
dish luncheon follows the
meeting. All widowed persons
or those suffering grief or loss
are invited to bring a dish and
join in fellow ship.
The Virginia Marine
Resources Commission
meets at 9:30 a.m. at 2600
Washington Avenue in Newport News. Fisheries items
begin at noon and inlcude
additional discussion on
sponge crab harvest restrictions.
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Steve Keith of White Stone
will be the featured entertainer at Donk’s Theater in
Hudgins on Saturday, May
22, at 8 p.m.
Keith has performed at
Donk’s on fiddle, banjo and
guitar since January 2002.
His rendition of “Foggy
Mountain Breakdown” on
banjo, “Orange Blossom Special” on fiddle, and his singing of “My Deadrise, My
Flies and My Beer,” and the
comedy number, “Putting on
the Dog,” have become his
trademarks.
He will be joined on stage
by his wife, Laurie Keith,
and his friend, Bill Gurley
of Regina. They will blend
country music with bluegrass,
Irish folk songs, songs of the
bay and original pieces. The
show also will feature the
Shades of Country and Uncle
Jimmy Wickham.
For tickets, call 725-7760.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m
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Wednesday
The Rotary Club for Kilmarnock, Irvington and White
Stone meets at 12:30 p.m.
at Rappahannock WestminsterCanterbury.
The Northern Neck Bay
Tones meets at 3 p.m. at St.
Andrews Presbyterian Church
in Kil marnock. 438-5127.
Piper’s Pub in Kilmarnock
hosts an acoustic jam session
open to all musicians, beginning at 7 p.m. For dinner
reservations, call 435-7178.
A Grief Support Group meets
at 4 p.m. at the White Stone
United Methodist Church.
435-7585.
The Lancaster Lions Club
will meet at 7 p.m. at River
Crossing Restaurant in White
Stone.
National Senior Health and
Fitness Day will be celebrated
at the Bank of Lancaster main
office in Kilmarnock from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Thursday
The Rotary Breakfast Club
meets at 7:30 a.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury.
Bingo is played at the American Legion Post 86 on Waverly
Avenue in Kil marnock at 7 p.m.
The Bay Aging Alz hiemer’s
Support Group will meet at
10:30 a.m. at Rappahan nock
Westminster-Canterbury.
758-2386.
Mahjong will be played at
10:30 a.m. at the Woman’s
Club of White Stone. Bring a
sandwich. Drinks and dessert
provided. Tables of three or
more. $2 per person.435-2024.
Flags for Veterans’
Gravesites will be distributed
by the American Legion Post
#86 at the Bank of Lancaster
northside branch in Kilmarnock
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for distribution prior to Memorial Day.
Flags may also be picked up
before or after the Memorial
Day Service at Christ Church
on May 28.
[Submit calendar items to
Robert Mason Jr., editor]
Ongoing:
Al-Anon Family Group meetings are on Mondays at 7
p.m. at the Bethany United
Mehthodist Church Hospitality
Center; on Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
at Kilmarnock United Methodist Church and on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Palmer Hall.
435-1935.
AA Meetings are on Mondays
at noon at Palmer Hall (open);
on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at
Palmer Hall (beginners) and at
8 p.m. at Palmer Hall (closed);
on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at
De Sales Hall (open); on
Wednesdays at noon at Irvington United Methodist Church
(Shady Ladies); on Sat urdays
at 5 p.m. at Zoar Baptist
Church in Deltaville and 8
p.m. at Irvington United
Methodist Church (open); and
on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. at
White Stone United Methodist
Church (open). 435-1935.
An Immunization Clinic is
held on Tuesdays by appointment only from 9 to 11
a.m. at the Lancaster County
Health Department in Lancaster. 462-5197.
Post your events here!
The Free Health Clinic for
uninsured residents of the
Northern Neck and Middlesex
County is open Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. General clinics
also are held Tuesday and
Thursday evenings; clients
must register from 5:30 to 7
p.m. The office is off Harris
Drive in Kilmarnock.
A Pilates Class is held at St.
Andrews Presbyterian Church
in Kilmarnock on Mon days and
Tuesdays from 7:50 to 8:50
a.m. and Thursdays from 9 to
10 a.m. For fees and registration information, call Renaissance in Motion at 529-5949.
GED Classes are held at the
Lancaster Middle School Technology Center in Kilmarnock
on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; the
Workforce Enhancement Project Center at 8275 Mary Ball
Road in Lancaster on Tuesdays from 9 to 11 a.m.;
the Adult Learning Center in
Heathsville on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and
Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.; and the Burgess
Workforce Center in Burgess
on Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m.
A Dis tance Learning Program
is available. 580-3152.
Transportation Services for
Lancaster and Northumber land
counties are provided by Bay
Transit Monday through Fri day
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
a call-in basis. 435-0141 or
877-869-6046.
Transportation Services for
non-emergency medical
appointments in the Northern
Neck and prescription pick-ups
is provided by MedCarry.
435-9791.
The Haven in Richmond
County holds weekly support
group meetings at a confidential location. The Haven
serves victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in
the Northern Neck and Essex
County. Other services are
a 24-hour crisis hotline, an
emergency shelter and court
advocacy. 333-5370 or 1-80022-HAVEN.
Let us help you
BRAG about
your product or
service!
Call
435-1701 and
let us show
you how!
The Kiwanis Club meets at
7:30 a.m. at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Kilmarnock.
TRADITIONAL
DINING
DOCK ‘N DINE
CONRAD’S UPPER DECK:
Waterside restaurant overlooking
Rappahannock River, specializing in
fresh local seafood. Extensive all you
can eat buffet plus a full menu. Boat
dockage. Friday & Saturday only 5-9
pm (D) Route 624, Mollusk 462-7400.
TRADITIONAL
DINING
ALEXANDER’S:
Full service dining-Lunch 11:30-3:30
Thurs. & Fri. & Dinner 4 p.m. Mon. thru
Sat. Char-grilled steaks, seafood,
salad bar. Sunday brunch 11-3, Open
7 days. Wireless internet access.
Power Point capability available
for meetings. 555 North Main St.,
Kilmarnock. Take-out available.
804-435-3100.
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BAY BREEZE DELI:
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast all day! Open late. Daily
specials. Mon. - Sat. - 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sun.- 6 a.m.- 4 p.m. Lancaster Square,
Kilmarnock. 435-7796.
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DIXIE DELI:
Family owned and operated (forever!)
Serving lunch 5 days a week, MonFri., 10:30-3:00, Subs, soup, our famous potato & chicken salad and
sandwiches, 50 Ir vington Rd.,
Kilmarnock 435-6745.
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LEE'S RESTAURANT:
Hometown cooking and atmosphere
in a popular downtown Kilmarnock
tradition. Full menu, local seafood in
season. (B,L,D) Main St., Kilmarnock.
435-1255.
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PIPER’S PUB & TEA ROOM:
The finest in Celtic cuisine served
in a comfortable pub styled atmosphere in downtown Kilmarnock.
Open Wednesday-Saturday, Lunch
11:30-2:30 Dinner, 5:30-till, Wednesday night open mike, Thursday Irish
nite, Live entertainment Saturday at
8 pm. 37 N. Main St., Kilmarnock.
804-435-7178.
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SANDPIPER RESTAURANT:
Est. 1982. Casual relaxed dining with
friendly service. Featuring nightly specials, charbroiled steaks and fresh seafood dishes. Full menu. (D) Route 3, White
Stone. 435-6176.
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SANDPIPER REEF RESTAURANT:
4 Star Dining on the Piankatank.
Friendly, local atmosphere. Fresh seafood, prime beef. Thurs-Sat. 5-9. Sun.
11:30-2. Special Parties-Off Nights.
Reservations accepted. Off Rt. 198 in
Mathews County. (D). 725-3331.
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THAI POT: Authentic Thai cuisine.
Serving lunch and dinner. Dine in and
carry-out. Hours: Lunch 11am-3pm.
Dinner 5pm-10pm., Mon.-Sat. Catering
available. 238 N. Main St., Kilmarnock,
436-Thai.
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THE LITTLE PEOPLE'S GUILD &
CAFÉ LOTTÉ : Great BBQ Ribs,
chicken, homemade salad, delicious
desserts & more. Serving lunch Mon.Thurs. 11-3, Lunch and dinner Fri. Sat. 11-8. Closed Sundays. 529-5938
Lottsburg, Va.
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THE STEAMBOAT RESTAURANT:
Enjoy casual dining while overlooking the
beautiful Piankatank River Golf Club. We
offer a traditional lunch menu, gourmet
and traditional evening menus and Sunday Brunch selections. Open Tues.-Sat.,
11:00 am - 2:30 pm, Thurs., Fri. & Sat.
evenings 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm, and Sunday Brunch 10:30 am - 2:00 pm. Banquets, functions and group outings also
available. Call 776-6589 (Reservations
suggested). Located off Rt. 33 at 629,
Hartfield, Va.
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TOBY'S:
Casual dining, fresh seafood, steaks,
chops & pasta. Open 7 days at 3 pm.
(D) 804-776-6913. Deltaville, just off
Rt. 33.
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WILLABY’S:
Comfortable casual atmosphere. Featuring daily chef's specials, gourmet
burgers & delectable desserts. Eat in
or carry out available. Monday-Saturday 11-3. Items available for take home
until 4:00. White Stone. (L) 435-0044.
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To place your ad in
the dining guide,
call 435-1701
Daily Visits • Overnights • Extended Stays
Tess Dumais • Bonded
[email protected] • Wicomico Church • 804-580-5295
Flea Market
Sat., May 29
Masonic Lodge
48 N. Main
Kilmarnock, VA
7 - 12:30 p.m.
Bargain Hour
Locusville Plantation
c. 1855
“Using Farm Methods of our Heritage”
Wed.-Sun. Tour our Gardens and visit our store
9-5
Vegetables • Herbs • Eggs • Folk Art
583 Slabtown Rd. • Lancaster, VA • (804) 462-0002
1/2 mile past Ottoman on Rt. 354, left on Slabtown Rd, 1/2 mile on left
1 - 2 p.m.
Call 435-9831 to donate items
LET US SHOW YOU
Brass Polishing
of Williamsburg
Polishing Brass & Brass Beds
Brass, Copper, Silver & Pewter
Fireplace Accessories
Door Handles/Knockers
Other Home Items
Lamps & Lamp Repair
Free Pick-up/Delivery
30 years experience
Serving Virginia
Wayne Harris • 757- 220-3466
Cell: 757-810-1677
donk’s
THEATER
ROUTE 198 at HUDGINS
IN MATHEWS, VA
Phone (804) 725-7760
VIRGINIA’S Lil Ole Opry presents:
Steve Keith
★
with his Banjo, Guitar and Fiddle
AMERICA!
For a FREE Catalog of Tours Call:
1-800-552-0022
SUNSHINE TOURS
www.gosunshinetours.com
HILLSIDE CINEMA
(804) 693-2770
(804) 693-7766
7321 J. CLAYTON HIGHWAY, GLOUCESTER, VA.• SCHEDULE FOR 05/21–05/27
Monday - Ladies Special
Admission, Medium Drink and Medium Popcorn are all for
TROY (R) 2HRS 43 MIN.
Fri. (3:00), 6:00, 9:00 Sat. (12:00,3:00), 6:00, 9:00
Sun. (1:30, 4:30) 7:30
Mon.–Thurs. (5:00), 8:00
$6.00
SHREK2 (PG13) 1HR 43MIN
Fri. (3:15), 5:15, 7:15; Sat. (1:15,3:15), 5:15 , 7:15,9:15
Sun. (1:15, 3:15) 5:15 Mon. (5:00), 7:00,9:00
Tues.-Thurs. (5:15), 7:15
Students, Senior Citizen & Active Military $3.50 for all shows
Children under 2yrs. (any show) FREE/Children 2 to16yrs. (any show) $3.50
**Shows in parentheses ( ) all seats $3.50/Adults all shows on & after 6pm $5.50**
Visit us at www.hillsidecinema.com or www.hc22.com for show times.
To print money-saving coupon click on certificate then free stuff icon.
Saturday • May. 22, 2004 • 8 p.m.
★
PLUS ★ ★ ★
★ All the Opry Regulars
★ Shades of Country ★
★ Uncle Jimmy Wickham
Adults: $12.00 • Children under 12: $2.00
TICKETS:
N&N Services, Woods Cross Roads 693-7614
Country Casuals, Mathews, 725-4050
Carolina Bar-B-Q, Gloucester Pt. 684-2450
Lynne’s Family Restaurant, Mathews 725-9996
Country Flower Shop, Hudgins (next to Donk's) 725-5222
Seabreeze Restaurant, Gwynn's Island 725-4000
The Mathews County Visitor Center 725-4229
Website: www.donkstheater.com
For Information and Reservations 725-7760
CLOCKS REPAIRS
1965
INCE
Wednesday
Dining Guide
GRANDFATHER, MANTEL & SHIP CLOCKS
ANTIQUE & NEW
Howard Miller Clock Service Rep.
John C. Willis, Clock Maker,
804-776-9900
ESSEX 5 CINEMAS
located on Route 17 in the Essex Square Shopping Center,
Tappahannock • Movie Hotline: 804-445-1166
ADULTS: $6.00 CHILDREN 11 AND UNDER: $4.00
SENIORS 62 AND OLDER: $4.00
ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 ARE $4.00 FOR EVERYONE
* NO PASSES OR COUPONS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL 804-443-0837
FRI. 5/21
SUN. 5/23
SHREK 2 (PG)
7:30, 9:40
BREAKIN ALL THE RULES (PG13)
7:35, 9:50
TROY(R)
8:00
VAN HELSING (PG13)
7:10, 9:45
MEAN GIRLS (PG13)
7:15, 9:30
SHREK 2 (PG)
1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30
1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:35
TROY(R)
1:15, 4:30, 7:45
VAN HELSING (PG13)
1:45, 4:20, 7:10
MEAN GIRLS (PG13)
2:30, 5:00, 7:15
SAT. 5/22
MON.-TUES. 5/17-18
SHREK 2 (PG)
1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40
1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:35, 9:50
TROY(R)
1:30, 4:45, 8:00
VAN HELSING (PG13)
1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45
MEAN GIRLS (PG13)
2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30
SHREK 2 (PG)
7:30
7:35
TROY(R)
7:15
VAN HELSING (PG13)
7:10
MEAN GIRLS (PG13)
7:20
■ Take a cruise
A cruise aboard the skipjack
Claud W. Somers departs the
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum
dock at 10 a.m. on May 29.
Participation is limited to 20
people. Tickets are $20 for
museum members and $25 for
others. To make reservations,
call 453-6529 or email at
bunker@crosslink. net.
■ Family picnic set
The Northern Neck Parent’s
Club will host a picnic at Belle
Isle State Park on Friday, May
21, at 6 p.m. Families are encouraged to bring a dish to share.
The Northern Neck Parent’s
Club is made up of families
and caregivers with young children. Activities include play-dates
and outings. New members are
encouraged to attend the picnic
or call 453-4235.
Smithfield, above, a pot-bellied pig with a flare for art, takes
a swipe at a canvas with a loaded brush as stunned humans
watch in silence. Smithfield will appear in Kilmarnock at Rivahfest on May 29.
Painting pig to appear
Smithfield, a pot-bellied pig on Main Street imme diately
that paints artistically, will visit after the 11 a.m. Children’s
Kilmarnock for Rivahfest on Parade.
May 29.
Other entertainment will
A recent guest on the Regis in clude the Lancaster High
and Kelly Show, Smithfield School Jazz Band, accordian■ Unwind with the WSBA also has appeared on “Pet Star” ist Tom Fudala, who was origThe White Stone Business in Hollywood, on Nickel- inally with the Lawrence Welk
Association (WSBA) will host a odeon’s “Nick News,” on orchestra, the Gospel Chicken
“Fridays by the River” gathering Animal Planet’s pet pro ject, House Band, the Jerry Lee
May 28 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the “The Planet’s Funniest Ani- Scott Band with Bubba YardIce House Field in White Stone. mals,” in a cameo appear ance brick, the Brother’s Keeper
Bluegrass Band,
There will be refreshments of on the Ophra
Show
the New St.
beer, wine, soft drinks and water. Winfrey
John’s
Men’s
The Lancaster High School Band and on “Virginia
Currents,”
on
Chorus
and
Boosters will serve food.
PBS. He was
Band, the New
May 29
invited to be on
Edition Dancers,
Kilmarnock
the David Letterthe
Dancing
man and Jay Leno
Divas and cast
shows, but was
members of the
unable to ap pear.
school produc tion of “CinderSmithfield’s paintings will ella.”
Drink Penta® water for
be offered for sale as they are
The children’s parade will
amazing health benefits!
completed. One of the paint- move south on Main Street to
ings will be available for the Bay Trust on the corner of West
“funny money” auction at 5 Church Street. The theme is “A
p.m.
Tribute to the Summer OlymPastas, Rice, Cereal & Baking Mixes
Also appearing at Rivahfest pics.” Winners will receive
Sprouting Jars & Sprouting Seeds
Nutritious Snacks & Dried Fruits
will be trick bicycle riders from Olympic-style medals. Every
Gift Certificates
43 N. Main St.
Fredericksburg. Led by Tim child in the pa rade will receive
804-436-0011
Kilmarnock, VA
Eggers, the group will perform a small gift. Children up to age
12 are welcome. The parade
will ac cept baby strollers, bicycles, tricycles, walkers and
dogs.
Parade entry forms are available by calling Diana Gutknecht at 435-2208 or Sylvia
Vanlandingham at 435-5251.
Chainsaw
artist
Don
Blanchard will do wood sculp★
ture demonstrations. The finished products will be offered
★
for sale.
Rivahfest will host a large
★
display of antique stationary
engines by Tom Hundley of
9:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Mathews and Curtis Kellum
of Weems, along with their
friends.
An antique and exotic bicycle display is planned at Noah’s
Ark on Main Street, a “Po Boy
Art Show” and sale is planned
at the Kilmarnock Museum
and a huge lawn sale will be
held at the Kilmarnock Antique
Mall. Yard sales, bake sales and
flea markets will take place
throughout town.
The “funny money” auction
Escorted 7 night cruise with 2 night pre-cruise on
will be held at the entertainHonolulu’s Waikiki Beach.
ment tent at 5 p.m. with Manuel
Haynie of Reedville as
Enjoy the islands of Kauai, Maui, Hawaii & Oahu
auctioneer. “Funny money” is
Prices start at $1250 including port charges
now available at participat ing
Kilmarnock
chamber
mer chants on a dollar-for-dollar basis for purchase up to
Chesapeake Commons, Kilmarnock
$500.
436-9200 1-877-436-9200
The festival includes seafood,
hamburgers and hot dogs,
“Come join us–we’re going places”
ice cream, snow cones, buffalo
burgers, arts and crafts, civic
displays and sidewalk sales.
The festival begins at 10 a.m.
Rivahfest
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✩ D.J. Curtis Walker ✩
Will Be Playing At
Bambery’s Restaurant
★
★
in Heathsville
Saturday, May 22
★
✩
✩
Adventure Travel
Tour the all new
Smithsonian
Email news to [email protected]!
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
in Heathsville will hold its annual
Strawberry Festival May 29 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The festival involves everyone
in the congregation. Dozens of
people, paring knives in hand,
descend on the church Friday
afternoon to hull and slice strawberries. Experienced festival visitors make a beeline for the quarts
of local strawberries and homemade shortcakes. The hundreds
of servings go fast.
Another crew marks lines for
the booths. “We started with 35
crafters,” Virginia Townsend said.
“Now we are up to 114.”
The vendors come from as far
as Ohio offering wrought iron
plant stands, handmade Windsor
chairs, lampshades, coffee mugs,
quilts, braided rugs, wooden puzzles, piggy banks, doll clothes,
puppets, fine arts, paintings and
prints.
Foods include baked goods,
barbecue and hot dogs.
Proceeds benefit local charities.
Retired U.S. Navy Vice
Admiral William H. Rowden
is the speaker for the 15th
annual Memorial Day ceremony at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The program honors those
who have served and are serving in the armed forces of the
United States of America.
The observance begins at 9
a.m. on Memorial Day, May
31, in the cemetery adjacent to
the church on Route 201 west
of Lively.
A wreath will be presented
in honor of the 108 servicemen buried in the cemetery
as members of the Bethel-Emmanuel United Methodist Men
read their names.
American Legion Post 86
of Kilmarnock will provide a
color guard.
Lancaster High School band
director Robbie Spiers will play
“Call to Colors” and “Taps”
and the Men’s Chorus will sing
“America the Beautiful.”
Memorial service
is three days early
at Christ Church
On Friday, May 28, Christ
Church will host the 13th
annual Memorial Day service
conducted by the Northern
Neck Chapter of the Military
Officers Association of America and Adams Post 86 of the
American Legion.
Music will be provided by a
brass ensemble from the Lancaster High School band.
The service will begin at
11:30 a.m. following a concert
of patriotic music that commences at 11 a.m. The Rev.
Hugh White, rector of Grace
Episcopal Church, will officiate.
The guest speaker is retired
Vice Adm.
William
H.
Rowden.
A commemorative wreath
will be laid at the church altar
following his address.
Only $40
Motorcoach Trip
Sign up early - limited seating
Non refundable
For more information and/or reservations call
Adventure Travel
Chesapeake Commons, Kilmarnock
436-9200 1-877-436-9200
“Come join us–we’re going places”
For happy gardeners . . .
Greenpoint Nursery, Inc.
An eclectic collection for
aesthetic reflection
804-435-0531
81 S. Main • Kilmarnock, Va.
• Culinary & Medicinal Herbs • Native & Wetland Specimens •
Now Open
Overlooking Cockrell’s Creek
Serving Dinner Tues.-Sun.
and Lunch Sat. & Sun.
™
CHEF’S SPECIALS
RESTAURANT
featuring Seafood, Steaks
and Chicken dishes
SPECIAL MENU FOR DECK
AND DOCKSIDE SERVICE
ON HISTORIC MAIN STREET
REEDVILLE, VIRGINIA
804-453-6789
incorporated
Slides of Virginia Watercolor Show
@ Monthly Meeting
Monday, May 24 at 1:30
Rappahannock Art League
19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock
Hours: 10 till 4, Tuesday-Saturday
(804) 436-9309
The craze that
has swept the
nation is coming
to this year’s
RivahFest.
Idol
We’re looking for
talented performers
for the first ever . . .
Preliminary tryouts will be held on June 5th and 6th at the
Riverside Wellness & Fitness Center.
You must be pre-registered prior to the tryout dates to participate
in the event on
June 19, 2004.
You must be between the ages of 12 - 18 years to participate.
$500 Grand Prize Sponsored by Peninsula Healthcare
Registration forms are available at the Riverside
Wellness & Fitness Center or at www.rivahfest.com
Presented by Riverside Tappahannock Hospital
and sponsored by Peninsula Health Care/
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Kilmarnock’s
Rivahfest 2004
Washington Dulles Airport
Depart Kilmarnock 7 am
Arrive Museum 10 AM
Leave Museum 3 PM
Arrive Kilmarnock 6 PM
Tappahannock Pick Up
• Ornamentals • Premium Nursery Stock • Grasses
Bethel plans
Memorial Day
ceremony
AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
Thursday
October 7, 2004
435-1701 .... this number will get you places!
• Groundcovers •Trees •
Strawberry
festival is
May 29
• Shrubs • Perennials • Vines •
Area
Events
Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • May 20, 2004 • A3
Wine Dinner Series
presents
the
“Tour de France”
Featuring Fine Wines
from the
Major Wine
Producing Regions of France
Saturday, May 29
• Children’s Parade • Musical
Entertainment • Arts & Crafts • Llamas
& Alpacas • Clowns • Children’s Games
• Face Painting • Dancers
• Horse & Pony Rides • Unusual Exhibits
and
Funny Money Auction
Plus
Paired with the Award Winning
Cuisine
of the Tides Inn
Friday, May 21st
7:00 pm
$75.00 ++ per person
Special Guests
•TOM
TOMFUDALA
FUDALA--from
fromLawrence
LawrenceWelk
WelkShow
Show
•THE
THEGOSPEL
GOSPELCHICKEN
CHICKENHOUSE
HOUSEBAND
BAND
•SMITHFIELD
SMITHFIELDthe
thePainting
PaintingPig
Pig
BUBBA
YARDBRICK
• BUBBA YARDBRICK
•CINDERALLA
CINDERALLA
A full day of fun, food & great things to see
and enjoy at The Rivah, Downtown and all
around Kilmarnock
A4
Opinion
Excerpts
I
n 1964 Grover Hastings suffered a massive
stroke which took his speech, his mobility and
his ability to work again. He was 54 years old
and, aside from minor numbness, he had experienced no indications of what was to come. The
stroke was a pivotal event in his life and in that of
his wife, Jane. Grover lived for another 21 years, a
fraction of his former physical self, but at a quality of life far greater than that of many folks in full
possession of their faculties.
Jane made the difference. Her level of devotion
and fidelity was at heroic proportions. My family
and I first met them in 1969. Initially, one did not
know how to speak to them, but Jane quickly laid
down the ground rules, remarking “Grover cannot
speak, but he understands everything you say and
I will speak for him.” Thus it began. We would
encounter them most often at the old Clegg’s Restaurant in Wicomico Church where they dined
every Friday evening.
Jane would come home from Lancaster High
School where she taught business, get Grover
ready, put him in the car, and head out to Clegg’s.
She would help him into the restaurant, get seated
at the table, discuss with him what they would be
ordering, place the order and then engage in conversation with others. She prepared the food on
his plate, helped him eat while still eating herself,
carry on more conversation, and behave in such a
way that nothing seemed different from the routine of any other patrons.
Only a short time passed upon meeting them
that Grover’s incapacities faded into the background. He truly participated in the conversation,
albeit not speaking, and one forgot that he was a
stroke victim. It seemed so easy, but Jane worked
so hard to make that reality happen. Over the
years she undertook projects that might daunt
even those in the prime of good health. She and
Grover traveled on lengthy trips out west, Jane
commenting that she and Grover wanted to see
more of the country, and Grover smiling by her
side. When speaking of activities past, she would
describe what she enjoyed and what he had liked.
by Henry Lane Hull
Through Jane, friends got to know Grover very
well.
In 1983 Jane retired from teaching and devoted
her entire waking lifetime to Grover. He had begun
to decline more rapidly, and in 1985 he died. I
recall so well Jane telling me at his funeral that
she wished he could have lived longer so that she
could have done more for him. I also remember
thinking as I left the cemetery that I had known
him for 16 years, had shared meals, visited in his
home, and had never heard his voice. I had heard
it through Jane, and that was what mattered.
Jane had come to Kilmarnock because of her
aunt, Mrs. Noreen Bryant, a legendary figure in
the Northern Neck who lived at Blue Water Farm
in Fleets Bay. Jane’s mother, Mrs. Bryant’s sister,
and her sister and brother followed, and the family
became an important presence in the area. She
went to Mary Washington College and then taught
in northern Virginia. She and Grover married in
1947, and later came back to the Northern Neck
for Jane’s teaching appointment.
The years after Grover were good to Jane. She
had developed her persona to such an extent that
she could handle nearly anything. She was a loyal
Christian Scientist and her view of the world
revolved around her church’s teachings. She had
integrated religion and life inseparably, and saw
good wherever possible. She exuded happiness
and kindness whether it was towards an animal or
a person. In March she suffered her own stroke,
and earlier this month she died.
Everyone who knew her during those long years
of Grover’s incapacity never will forget her treatment, her care, her determination that the stroke
which left him so depleted would not triumph over
them. Grover’s physical condition was worse than
that of many who live in nursing homes, but his
quality of life was better than many at the peak of
health.
That was Jane’s greatest accomplishment in a
long life of incredibly wonderful deeds.
Jane Quillan Hastings, September 17,
1918—May 8, 2004. R.I.P.
Yesteryear in Lancaster
Aulden Shay has returned from
(A nostalgic reprint from the engaged in official business. It is
May 20, 1904, issue of the Vir- understood that the position pays the Virginia Union University at
more than two thousand a year. Richmond, where he has been
ginia Citizen)
attending school this session.
Ocran
Plum for Coles
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Gill of Home and Boat to Sell
Mr. Malcolm A. Coles, an
About six acres of land, with
attorney of Northumberland Fairport, were the guests of Mrs.
County, at present residing in J. W. Toleman a few days last dwelling (kitchen and dining
Richmond city, has received a week. Mr. and Mrs. Gill were room attached), and necessary
letter from the Attorney General married Wednesday of last week out-buildings, comparatively new
of the United States informing at the home of Mrs. G. R. Pas- and in good order; young orchard
him of his appointment as a spe- quith, 206 Warren Avenue, Bal- with variety of fruits. Situated on
cial attorney in the Department timore. The lady’s maiden name south side of Antipoison Creek,
was Miss Lena Wooten and is Lancaster County within 100
of Justice in Washington.
yards of steamboat wharf. Will
His work will be under the quite well known here.
sell privately. Have also a first
appropriation for “Defendant Irvington
Suits and Claims against the
Masters Francis and George class canoe known as the “PeerUnited States.” This position car- Rowe, sons of J.P. Rowe, of Fred- less” 48 feet long and in first
ries with it a handsome salary, ericksburg, accompanied their class order, which I wish also to
and all traveling expenses while uncle, A.P. Rowe on a visit to sell. Gilbert Julian, Palmers, VA
Irvington Saturday and Sunday Cherry Point
The sheep brought from Ohio
last.
Frank Wilshin, who has been by Mr. Bayers, the recent purin Norfolk the past two months chaser of Fauntleroys, do not
USPS (455-600)
attending to some contract work, seem to be adapted to this cli27 N. Main St., P.O. Box 400,
spent a few days the past week mate. Many have died and the
Kilmarnock, VA 22482-0400
with his family here. Jno. Fol- rate of mortality seems to be
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liard, Mrs. Wilshin’s brother was increasing.
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Crab dealers from Crisfield are
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Robert D. Mason Jr., Editor
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to the home of Mrs. Jenervia prices. E. Dameron on last Friday
J. E. Currell, Publisher, 1927-1993
Thomas in West Irvington. Mr. caught 30 dozen and sold them
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Williams, formerly of
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Letters to the Editor
‘A uniform is the
great equalizer’
To The Editor:
Regarding recent reports and
letters related to dress codes
for Lancaster’s public schools,
I could not believe the lack of
knowledge in the comments of
those not wanting a specified
dress code for their children.
With extreme permissiveness
and so much giving in to children
today and the extreme social need
for popularity and fad clothing,
I was appalled that parents want
to defend the unbelievable, offensive and very suggestive clothing.
I am considered modern, very
socially aware, and am complimented on my ideas and clothing
almost always. People consider
me to have good taste. They know
not where I shop nor how much
I spend on my clothing. I have
a reputation as a good person, a
strong individual, a woman who
is kind and considerate, thoughtful and well mannered, tasteful,
hard working and private.
I went to a private school and
wore a school uniform for 16
years. I also raised three children
who went to both private schools
(uniforms) and public schools (no
uniforms). I learned who I am and
what to wear along with receiving a great education—while my
“character” was being formed in
a school system that always said,
“You are what you wear. If you
dress like a lady, you will act like
a lady. If you dress like a gentleman, you will act like a gentleman.” I still believe every single
word of this quote.
I grew up very poor. There
were middle-class kids and rich
kids in my school, but no one
could tell the difference who had
what. Thank God for the uniforms in school. A uniform is
the great equalizer. We all looked
alike on the outside. I wore socks
that were darned. I wore slips
underneath my uniform that were
patched. I had one pair of play
shoes and one pair of uniform
school shoes.
No one knows who is rich or
poor or middle-class in schools
with uniforms. You only know
the differences in one another
by your smile, your kindness,
your friendliness, your compassion, your manners, your answers
in class, your marks on papers,
your grades on report cards, perhaps some athletic ability, some
music ability, some special award
or rank or standing in class.
Education and character were
both built in the classroom. In
those days, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayers were said.
Students stood up when an adult
entered the class and they said,
“Yes, sir” and “Yes, Ma’am.”
There were even more profits
from wearing uniforms. We had
two uniforms and we knew every
single day what we were going
to wear. By sixth grade, I washed
out my own collars and cuffs on
a wool uniform and ironed them
myself. There was less money
spent on clothing. There was
no discussion or argument about
what mom wanted us to wear and
what we wanted to wear. Getting
ready for school was inexpensive
and very simple.
Don’t even mention cleanliness. We were clean in body, mind
and hearts. We were taught these
things at home and in school.
Education starts in the crib and
high chair. It continues throughout life. Education is not only
school subjects, but values are
learned at home and continued
in school, if parents, teachers,
advisors and authorities cooperate. Self-discipline and hard work
must be learned both at home and
in the school system.
I now have 12 grandchildren
who are in public school. I know
what is going on in the schools
today: permissiveness, rudeness,
lack of manners, bad language,
disrespect to teachers, too close
boy/girl interaction; too much
makeup; too many girls dressing
like the almost-naked female
singers of today; too many boys
distracted by the attire of the
girls; too many decadent or crude
sayings on the boys’ tee-shirts;
too much emphasis on popularity; and knowing who has money
and who doesn’t by the name
brands they wear. Total materialism in a totally materialistic
world.
Sadly, most parents have
bought into the system. Parents
now want their children to be
given “consideration” and to be
allowed to “express” themselves.
By what rights? What have these
children learned and earned?
They should have clothing privileges? For what reason? Don’t
parents want their children to
have any rules and restrictions?
Why not? Are there no rules
and restrictions for adults in our
world? No traffic signals? No
deadline dates for bills? No specific hour to arrive at work? No
behavior rules for adults regarding smoking and drinking? Aren’t
shirts and shoes required in restaurants?
Now we are learning there are
restrictions on language use and
penalties for bad language on TV
and radio.
We have rules and penalties no
matter what our ages. There are
definite rules in this world for all
ages. Surely children can have
a few in their lives. We are all
responsible for our own actions.
Rules are there for all of us! It’s
best to learn this at an early age
and good habits are as hard to
break as bad habits! Let us rather
teach our children to learn the
good ones. To instill discipline in
children is to build character.
Where are these wishy-washy
parents? Do any of them attend
church?
School is supposed to be about
learning and education; bringing
out talents and abilities; building
the social graces of acceptance,
kindness and consideration;
making one’s character strong by
discipline, training, understanding and heart.
In today’s world of cell phones,
materialism, money, popularity,
and the constant suggested sexual
fulfillment in songs, movies, magazines and TV advertisements,
it’s a wonder that today’s children
are learning anything but total
self-absorption and “I want what
I want and I want it now.” Parents are feeding into the world’s
ideas and they give their children
no roots whatsoever on which to
build true character and a sense
of responsibility.
In a few years, who will be
there to make this world a better
place?
Nobody.
I am concerned about what
kind of people these spoon-fed,
give-them-it-all children will be
as adults if they learn no self
control and build no character,
but have only the total permissiveness of today. God help us all.
Most of us have not gotten where
we are today by being given
everything we wanted. Let’s build
our children with discipline, rules
and limitations, not destroy them
with conveniences and constant
satisfaction.
Build character in our children.
Give them inner-strength.
Uniforms are one small way in
which to deny self and reach for
true values. Teach today’s children that minds, bodies and hearts
need to be educated in order to
become worthwhile and valued.
Let us teach them self-respect,
respect of others, manners.
Let us teach them that it is not
what we wear or have, but what
we are, that really matters!
Joan M. Winters
Burgess
School calendar
conflicts with
church activities
To The Editor:
Greetings in the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ. I want to deal
with a problem that I think is affecting our area spiritually, especially
our youth.
Many of the area churches
including the one I pastor, Lighthouse Baptist Church, have services Sunday morning and Sunday
and Wednesday evenings.
I am saddened that our area
public school officials have no
regard for the spiritual welfare of
children and church schedules.
Last Wednesday, I had one family
out due to baseball, another family
out due to soccer, and a young lady
out due to SOL testing. I have written Northumberland and Lancaster
county schools and principals with
my concern.
I asked three simple things.
Please make sure as principal that
nothing is scheduled on Wednesday evenings that would make a
student have to make a decision
to serve God or come to a school
event. This is unfair and leads
to many bad decisions they have
to make as future adults. I am
talking about any and all sporting
events, plays, dramas, extra curricular events and club meetings.
Also, please advise the teachers
to keep the homework schedules
extremely light on weekends and
Wednesday evenings. I have
noticed that many school students
have to decide whether to serve
God and come to church or complete homework. This is entirely
unfair. Also, please do not give
tests, final exams, or quizzes on
Mondays and Thursdays. The most
frequent thing I hear is that a student must stay home and study for
a test and again they have to decide
whether to serve God or not.
I have asked for a written
response to this letter from every
local school principal reminding
them, that as a public servant, that
they owe me a response. Our tax
dollars as Christians make up a
portion of their salary.
If they ignore this letter, I will
be in every open meeting that the
county schools have and ask for a
microphone to voice the opinion of
Christian America.
Also, I will form a large group of
Christians from Northumberland
and Lancaster counties and we will
constantly fight this with all we
have in us.
I want to urge every Christian
in Northumberland and Lancaster
counties to call our school principals and write the school board.
Please join me in this matter.
Our children need the Lord Jesus
Christ and the word of God and
their right to worship is being hampered by the public school’s schedule of events.
Dr. Michael R. Shuman
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Wicomico Church
Delegate’s Report
by Del. Albert C. Pollard Jr.
Handy Tips
One of the real joys of
this position is helping folks
with every day problems. And,
since the House of Delegates
district contains 72,000 people, there are some problems
we regularly encounter which
individuals will hopefully see
only once in their lifetimes.
I have learned that if you
have a vehicle which is inoperable and want to cancel
the insurance, it is very, very
important that you first turn
your plates in to DMV. Otherwise, the Richmond office
believes that you are driving
an uninsured vehicle and will
start proceedings to suspend
your driver’s license and levy
a $500 fine.
It takes a large amount
of cajoling, explaining and
pleading by my office on
behalf of the constituent, never
mind the amount of time the
constituent must now take to
go through for the regulatory
appeal and hearing process, to
convince the Richmond office
that the vehicle in question
was on cinder blocks with a
blown head gasket as opposed
to, say, making a daily commute to northern Virginia.
Another lesson learned is
that for those who are organized enough to mail in for
cash rebates, we have found
that companies very often
“foot-drag” in paying that
rebate. Getting a big box
retailer to respond to an
individual is difficult. How-
ever, we’ve found that the
customer service representatives are much more motivated towards good service
when the Attorney General’s
Office of Consumer Protection is copied on correspondence.
Similarly, with health insurance, the State Corporation
Commission’s managed care
insurance ombudsman sometimes makes HMOs more
responsive to citizens who
are willing to question the
health care decision made
by the payer. Essentially, the
ombudsman is the advocate
for the consumer, and a very
informed advocate at that. The
ombudsman can be reached at
877-310-6560.
On occasion, we get complaints about the telephone
book. On one occasion, a constituent who happened to have
the last name of “Pollard”
was through the years omitted, misspelled, misplaced or
shared the listing for a local
fast food restaurant.
We contacted Verizon and
had several conversations with
a vice president about correcting this inequity. Finally, after
several years, the constituent’s
problem was fixed. The only
problem was that my legislative office in White Stone was
subsequently omitted from the
2004 directory.
So, if you need help with
these problems, other than
phone book listings, don’t hesitate to call us at 436-9117.
Trinity Church
yard sale
earns blessings
Come see me if you can. You
are always welcome and hopefully I’ll see you in the bookstore
when I visit. Keep reading, keep
laughing and keep in touch.
Kathy Stevens, manager
To The Editor:
Twice Told Tales
We are grateful to the vestry of
Trinity Episcopal Church for sponsoring a multi-family yard sale on Political fantasy,
Saturday, May 22.
As a family planning relocation, or a nightmare?
we are faced with the problem To The Editor:
of finding a home for a lot of
I feel like Alice in Wonderland.
“stuff” we no longer need or can This is a country where governuse. Located off the “beaten track” ment officials who misbehave end
doesn’t help, because our own yard up on nationwide talk shows and
would be difficult for many people where about 50 percent of the popto find.
ulation, refusing to accept the fact
Thanks to the good folks at Trin- that this administration has taken
ity, we are able to share the church endless tragic missteps, may reward
parking lot with other families and it by voting it back in office.
sell or give away our “treasures.”
Our present administration has
We have a lot to sell: furniture, squandered our financial reserves,
clothing, toys, yard and garden our military might and our good
equipment, tools, boating equip- name. They used the tragedy of
ment, art work, and many odds and 9/11 to wage a war on Saddam
ends.
Hussein. Poor intelligence is no
Much of our offerings come excuse. Before the invasion, plenty
from our families in New England of people were saying that no weapand Pennsylvania and we just want ons were likely to be found and no
to find good homes for most of it. citizens would greet us with flowWe will be pleased to donate a ers. Rumsfeld even told us we did
portion of our “earnings” to the not need very many soldiers to do
community outreach and ministry the job.
programs of the church, and I
Was there a choice at that moment
believe other participating families in time?
will do the same. In this way, some
Of course. We should have stayed
of the money earned is returned to the course in Afghanistan and looked
the community supporting us.
for Osama bin Laden. We could
The sale begins at 9 a.m.
have spent time building up small
Bob Vehse anti-terrorists units. The administraLancaster tion has tried to confuse the war on
terror with the war in Iraq and there
just has never been any real conFriends welcome
nection.
To The Editor:
The administration disregarded
For the last seven years, it the United Nations until we got
has been my pleasure to work at into trouble. It has paid no respect
Twice Told Tales. My time at the to our democratic allies when we
bookstore has been very reward- need every friend we can get. It
ing, but I have found another job looks now as if we do not think the
that will also be rewarding.
Geneva Conventions applies to us.
What I will miss the most
When our last President lied about
are my customers. Nothing feels a sordid affair, we heard screams of
better than having that door open impeachment. This administration
and seeing one of my friends with its secret agendas, distortions
walk in the door. I say friends of the truth and arrogance is getting
instead of customers because that a free ride.
is what you all have become.
Some people still think this PresiFinding the perfect book was dent will do the right thing. From
wonderful, the conversation and looking at past actions, I believe
caring even better. I’d like all the lots more mistakes will be made.
wonderful people who patronized We have the opportunity to change
the bookstore to know that they this. Perhaps when gas gets too
can come visit me at my new expensive, people will have to stay
job at the Northern Neck Family home and give some thought to
YMCA. Although the YMCA what is going on.
won’t help me indulge my love
Poor Alice, she is stuck down the
of books, it will indulge my love rabbit hole.
of helping people and my desire
Mary L. Lay
to make people happy.
Kilmarnock
Paying for war
To The Editor:
In The Reckoning (2003),
Sandra Mackey described the
chaos that was likely to erupt
in Iraq among the three major
groups upon a displacement of
the regime in Iraq. The Bush
Administration ignored those
warnings. We are paying that
bill.
Prior to our invasion of Iraq,
economists at Yale, the President’s college, estimated the
cost of an invasion and its aftermath in the $100 billions. The
Bush Administration pretended
it wasn’t so. We are paying that
bill.
Prior to the invasion, the Pentagon estimated that a force of
about 200,000 would be required
for a stay in Iraq that was
longer than hit and run. The
Bush Administration pretended
that wasn’t so. We are paying
that bill.
Those who now question all
of this are labeled as unpatriotic,
supporters of evil, and against
our fighting men and women,
which is absolute rubbish.
The Bush Administration is
led about by neoconservative
intellectuals who, out to remake
the world in their image, cannot
admit to what is before their
very eyes.
It is becoming increasingly
apparent that our adventure in
Iraq has become a disaster for
which our families are paying a
dear price.
William Fleischman
Wicomico Church
Donation clarified
To The Editor:
Tanya Carter is the chil dren’s
librarian at the Lancaster Community Library.
In a recent picture Glo Engle,
assistant to the director of
the library, accepted a check
from the Historyland Community Workshop in Carter’s
absence.
The contribution is to be used
to buy books and supplies for
the Summer Reading Program
and represents a new donation
to the library.
I apologize for any embarrassment or confusion that the
information accompanying the
photo may have caused.
Luci York
HCW Publicity chair
Kilmarnock
War in Iraq affects
family life at home
To The Editor:
We all know now of the confusion surrounding what has
become an insane involvement
in Iraq.
But I wonder, how many of us
are aware of the effect on American families here at home?
I had the opportunity to learn
when I visited my daughter and
her husband, a civilian employee
of the Navy.
I arrived just as they were
finishing dinner and Glen
immediately said he was sorry
he could not remain to chat with
Kim and me, because he had to
go to bed immediately. He had
to go to bed so he could awaken
at midnight to be back at work
by 2 a.m.
Eight others in his department have quit because of the
increased work load resulting
from the Mid-East crisis. So,
Glen has to do the work of all,
plus about every month he must
fly to the west coast to do a similar job on ships of the Pacific
fleet in port for servicing where
there is no staff to do the job.
Why doesn’t the government
replace the staff who have quit?
The government hasn’t the
money as it is all going to the
billions we are spending to produce equipment and armor to
stop the nightly attacks on our
troops and the killing on which
we hadn’t planned. The logical
pull-out is something our president will not abide despite the
fact that he and others who got
us into this mess admit that they
made a mistake.
So, Glen Sterling, and others
like him here at home, are
paying with their blood, sweat
and forced labor for the mistakes our president and others
have made.
Josh Billings
Merry Point
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To The Editor:
On behalf of Chesapeake Academy’s recent Mardi Gras auction,
we thank each and every donor
in the surrounding counties. Your
generosity made this our most
successful year ever. Without you,
it could not happen.
Your kindness and continual
loyalty to Chesapeake Academy
is greatly appreciated. The auction is for the children and they
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Commission, the Rappahannock
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Council on Indians, the Board
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Yorktown Foundation, the Joint
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Science, the Northern NeckMiddle Peninsula Public EducaSwift
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tion Consortium and the board
of directors of the Virginia
Commonwealth University’s
Health System Authority.
He is active on committees of
national groups, including the
American Legislative Exchange
Conference, the National Conference of State Legislatures
and the Council of State Governments.
HOLE IN ONE
Before his election to the
Jetts Marine
Senate, he served as a member
and chairman of the Hanover
County Board of Supervisors.
EAGLE LEVEL
He and his wife, Jean Ann, and
Bay
Specialties,
lnc
•
Pritchard
and
Fallin, Inc. • Bay Accountants • Jetts Hardware
sons Matthew and Kevin, live in
Reedville Menhaden, lnc. • Hudnall & Marie Haynie • Roche Laboratories
Mechanicsville.
to enjoy your “Lazy Days”
Bolling campaign event set in Morattico
Northern Neck supporters of
Sen. Bill Bolling’s candidacy for
lieutenant governor are sponsoring a fund-raiser on May 28 at the
Morattico Waterfront Museum,
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The event, a “Down Home
Celebration,” will include food,
drink and music by My Brother’s
Keeper. Dress is casual.
Individual tickets are $50 per
person. For reservations, call
Carol Dawson at 462-9916.
Sponsors include Marguerite
Ajootian, Gary and Bernadette
Barber, B. W. “Wally” Beauchamp Jr., Dave and Yoko Buswell, Shawn and Sandy Donahue,
Walt and Jan Fadeley, Faith
Kauders, Dawson and Frank
Smith.
Sen. Bolling has announced
his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for lieutenant governor in the 2005 primary.
Sen. Bolling represents District
4 in the Virginia Senate. The district includes Hanover, Caroline,
Essex, King and Queen, King
Sen. Bill Bolling
William, Middlesex, and parts of
Spotsylvania. He has served in
the Senate since 1996. His committee assignments include agriculture, conservation and natural
resources, privileges and elections, the general laws and education and health.
He also serves as a member
The Swift-Walker Families
would like to
“Thank” the following
sponsors and donors for a
very successful 4th annual
memorial golf tournament
to benefit the RGH Cancer Center
Lancaster
Democrats
set meetings
Norm Mosher
Carmen Kilduff
Local Democrats to join
delegation to convention
Norm Mosher of Irvington and
Carmen Kilduff of Kilmarnock
have been elected as Virginia delegates from the First Congressional District to the National
Democratic Party Convention in
Boston in July.
Mosher is chairman of the Lancaster County Democratic Committee and Kilduff is an aide to
Del. Albert C. Pollard Jr. They
were elected at the convention of
the First District Democrats in
Fredericksburg on May 15.
Mosher and Kilduff will be
joined by Dee Zisman of Fredericksburg as delegates pledged to
John Kerry. Mike McKenney of
Callao, Commonwealth’s attorney for Northumberland County,
was elected as a delegate pledged
to John Edwards.
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Members of the Lancaster
County Democratic Committee
will hold their monthly meeting
at 7 p.m. Monday, May 24, in the
community room in the northside
branch of the Bank of Lancaster.
The program will include
reports by delegates to the Democratic National Convention in
Boston in July. They will discuss
activities and results of the First
Congressional District Convention recently held in Fredericksburg.
Precinct 1 Democrats and
Independents who vote at the
Lively Rescue Squad will meet
Sunday, May 23, at 3 p.m. at the
home of Helen and Rev. Lewis
Cobb in Bertram to organize the
precinct. Those interested should
call 462-7570.
Email your ADS to:
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Bobby’s Marine • Get And Zip Convenience Store
Bank of Northumberland • Bert & Cliff’s Machine Shop
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R. Hunter Manson, PLC • The Pedestal • Tri-Star Supermarket • John & Pam Miller
Connemara Corp. • Callao Supermarket • Callao Drugs, Inc. • Clegg’s Diesel
Lewis Seafood • Gaskins Seafood • Smith Point Seafood • Bank of Lancaster
Shore Realty • Lillian Lumber Co. • Ingram Bay Construction
Docks of the Bay, LLC • Mary & Stan Snapp/Elite Distributers
DONORS
Also, thanks to all the volunteers and participants and to David Hershiser, Bagpiper
for the Memorial Walk. A very special thank-you to Bill Burruss and his Culinary Staff
for the wonderful lunch and dinner! Thanks to Thomas Gale
for being the Master of Ceremonies.
Bay Specialties/Arton • David and Jerry Ball • S. F. Barnes • Jan Bates/Julianne
Clothing Company • Captain Danny Crabbe, The Kit II • Catherine Coggin/Arbonne
International • Cranemasters, Inc. • Creek Fever Framing • Elite Distributors
Fairport Marina & Restaurant • Gifts and GaJetts • Hobbs Hole Golf Course
Horn Harbor House Restaurant • Sandra Hughes/Avon Representative
Jett’s Hardware • Jett’s Marine • John M. Jett • Little River Seafood
Newsome’s Lunch • Piankatank River Golf Club • Captain Billy Pipkin, Billy’s Fishing
Charters • Queensfield Plantation • Quinton Oaks Golf Course • R. W. Sports Shop
Diane Redmond/Avon Representative • Ned Reese • Rittenhouse Salon
Captain Ryan Rogers, The Midnight Sun • Walter Rogers Seafood • Royal New Kent
Sports Centre • Stonehouse • Sue Swift/Creative Memories • T & T’s Restaurant
Tangier & Rappahannock River Cruises • The Alley Café • The Crossings
The Tartan Golf Course • Doug Walker & Sons • Sheila Wilson/mary Kay Cosmetics
Robin Augst • Krista Keyser • Dawn Neale/Longaberger Baskets • Ray Rogers
Cockrell’s Creek Seafood Deli • Landmark Resort
A6 • Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • May 20, 2004
Elizabeth Anne Carter Cheek
Cheek–Hickey
Mr. and Mrs. David Wayne Cheek
of Irvington announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth
Anne Carter Cheek, to Maunsel
McDonald Hickey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wingo Knowles of Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin
Airey Hickey of Charlotte, N.C.
Miss Cheek is the granddaughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Pierce McGinnes of Irvington and
the late Benjamin Newton Hubbard
of Kilmarnock, and Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Thomas Cheek of Raleigh,
N.C. Miss Cheek made her debut
at the Holly Ball and Tidewater
Assembly.
Mr. Hickey is the grandson of
Mrs. McDonald Lee Stephens of
New Orleans, La., and the late Mr.
Stephens and Mr. and Mrs. Maunsel White Hickey of New Orleans,
La.
Miss Cheek is a graduate of
Christchurch School. She attended
Saint Mary’s College in Raleigh,
N.C., and finished at West Texas
A&M University in Canyon, Texas,
with a major in broadcasting. She
works for the architectural firm
3north in Richmond.
Hickey is a graduate of Saint
Christopher’s School in Richmond.
He attended Tulane University in
New Orleans and studied international business at Salzburg College
in Salzburg, Austria, and the American University in Paris, France.
He will graduate this summer from
Virginia Commonwealth University
Business School.
A September wedding is
planned.
Fashion Show
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shops, models
Sarah Elizabeth Curtin and
Preston Brooks Tims
Curtin–Tims
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Curtin of
Hinsdale Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to Preston Brooks Tims, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Tims of Kilmarnock.
The couple are graduates of Princeton University, where they met.
Miss Curtin is an investment associate at UBS, the financial services
company, in Chicago. The prospective groom is an associate in fixed
income sales in the Chicago offices
of Merrill Lynch.
Their wedding is planned for June
19 at St. Clements Church in Chicago’s Lincoln Park with a reception
to follow at Germania Place.
Dawson’s Ltd. of Kilmarnock and Wildest Dreams of
Burgess will fea ture the latest
in spring and summer fashions
at a Fashion Show and Luncheon on June 5 from noon
until 2 p.m. at 48 North Main
Street in Kilmarnock.
The ladies of King Carter
Chapter No. 5, Order of the
Eastern Star, are sponsoring
the event featuring local models and a delicious lunch.
Tickets are available at
Chesapeake Bank in Kilmarnock, Bank of Northumberland in Kilmarnock and
Wildest Dreams in Burgess;
or call June Duckworth at
435-2903, Pam Kidwell at
436-1905, Maxine Beatley at
580-6145, Joanne Forman at
580-7755, or Bonnie Petty at
438-5101.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joseph Vandergrift
Vandergrift-Cernicky vows exchanged
The marriage of Kara Lee Cernicky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas J. Cernicky of Kilmarnock, to Walter Joseph Vandergrift, son of Nicholas Vandergrift
and Mrs. Judy Fellion, both
of Norfolk, took place October
18, 2003, at Wesley Memorial
United Methodist Church in
Norfolk. The Reverends James
Hundley and Raymond Edmonds
Jr. officiated.
The bride is the granddaughter of Mrs. Patricia Maier of
Cabot, Pa., and the late Kenneth
Maier and the late Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Cernicky. The groom is
the grandson of Walter Vandergrift of Norfolk and the late Mrs.
Brondina Vandergrift.
Mrs. Shea Hopkins of Keene,
N.H., served as her sister’s
matron of honor. Serving as
bridesmaids were Mrs. Lisa
Brockelbank of White Stone,
Ms. Kerri Dillard of Norfolk and
Ms. Kristen Carter of Atlanta.
Nicholas Vandergrift, father of
the groom, and Walter B. Vandergrift, grandfather of the groom,
served as best men. Groomsmen were Tommy Staples of
Norfolk, Sean Morris and Scott
Spencer, both of Virginia Beach,
and Tripp Nofplot of Moyock,
N.C.
Mrs. Peggy Spiak of Waynesboro sang “Keeper of the Stars”
during the ceremony. Mrs. Page
Schwab, aunt of the bride, read a
Bible passage.
The rehearsal dinner was
hosted by the groom’s family
and held at The Inlet Restaurant
in Virginia Beach. The reception
was held at Fort Monroe Officer’s Club in Hampton.
After a honeymoon in the
Bahamas, the couple is residing
in Ocean View.
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Residents began “National
Nursing Home Week” last
Monday by expressing how they
felt through their responses to
“Today I Feel Cartoon Drawings.” Most of the residents who
participated in the activity shared
that they felt confident, hopeful
and happy.
Residents heard current news
items going on in our world,
nation, and state later in the day
and aired their views on some
of the topics. They also talked
about ways to get a better night’s
sleep and challenged one another
in identifying things related to
sleep. Anna O’Daire won the
game with a score of 14 points.
On Tuesday, residents enjoyed
a sing-along featuring many oldtime favorites. Bingo was the
highlight of the afternoon; Noble
Lee won the most games.
On Wednesday, residents on the
Chesapeake Unit played “Sayings
That Stick,” completing famous
phrases from the past used as clichés. Jeanette Farmer won first
place and Katharine Simmons
was second.
Residents were blessed on
Thursday morning with the
gospel music of Jay and Harvey.
Mousby Reed scored 18 points
to win at horseshoes. Pet therapy
with T.J. the dog brought folks
much joy later in the day.
Residents praised the Lord
through a hymn sing on Friday.
Thanks to Miss Nancy and Miss
Betty for their leadership. “GuessA-Sketch” was a hit with Ada
King of the Chesapeake Unit and
Florine Basker of the Rappahannock Unit taking first. Folks
enjoyed bingo on Saturday.
Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church
for leading a worship service on
Sunday.
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daughter, Miss Emily Shelburne
Conway, to Ryan Brent Self, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L.
Self of Lively.
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family members. While there
they attended the graduation of
a niece, Meighan Acuff, who
received a Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of
Arkansas.
Mr. Wallace Carter is in
Bridgewater this week with his
son and family, Dr. and Mrs.
Kevin Carter, Sarah, Sam and
Steve. Sarah and Sam will be
exhibiting their lambs.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kidwell
were in Richmond last weekend for a Jesters Convention.
The weekend before last, they
were in Ashboro, N.C., for the
graduation of a granddaughter,
Sarah Ball, from Pfeisser College.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dize, Ms.
Maxine Somervell and Dave
Haurand were those from here
attending the Robert Boone
wedding reception in Rocky
Mount, N.C., last weekend.
Tom and Kathee Cernicky
were visited by their families
for Mother’s Day weekend.
Home from Norfolk were Kara
and Walt Vandergrift and from
Keene, N.H., were Shea,
Rowen, and Emily Hopkins.
The Vandergrifts also visited
the previous weekend for Emily’s infant baptism.
Innis and Dixie Wood have
returned home from an
ex tended trip south. They
visited her sister, Frances
Hawkins, in Winston-Salem,
N.C., for a few days, and their
grandsons, Thomas and Chris
Hathaway, and their father,
Henry, in Lake Charles, La.
Before re turning home last
week, they attended the annual
Korean War Buddies Reunion
in Charleston, S.C.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Keyser
hosted 18 members of the Bluff
Point
Ecumenical
Men’s
Breakfast Group on Sunday
morning at their home on Kent
Cove.
Sympathy is extended to the
family of Mrs. Charles R. Allen
of Ditchley in the loss of a
grandson, Second Lt. Leonard
Cowherd Jr., who lost his life
on Sunday in Iraq.
Guests of Mrs. Everett Dameron the first of this week
were a nephew and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Hampton of
Inverness, Fla. While here they
enjoyed an early birthday celebration for Mrs. Dameron.
Mrs. Aaron Colliver and little son, Braydon, of Charlotte,
N.C., are spending this week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Proctor.
Ms.
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Johnston,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Brooks Johnston, graduated
May 8 from James Madison
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Mrs. Henry Bashore and Ms.
Amy Doggett were in attendance.
The same weekend Suzanna’s sister, Ms. Victoria Johnston, graduated from Gonzago
University Law School in Spokane, Wash. Her father, Brooks
Johnston, and Frank and Carol
Burke at tended her graduation.
Krista Smith, AOAA, of
NAS, Pensacola, Fla., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Smith and family here
before leaving for Aviation
Ordinance School in Lemoore,
Calif.
Terry Elbourn of White Stone
and Glen Clark of Ophelia
are in Lake Charles, La. attending the graduation of Danielle
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A Rose by Any Other Name
Seafood fest tickets are now on sale
by Janet Willis
This is the time of year that I
love best in the rose garden. After
a long and bare winter to see the
roses pop out and seeing all the
different colors is truly a wonderful experience. You should see
my garden and as I’ve told you
before, you are always welcome
to visit. The cost of admission is
pulling 12 weeds.
During the past few weeks,
I’ve watered three times—rain
has been scarce and roses thrive
on lots of water. We’ve sprayed
once a week trying to avoid the
onset of blackspot. So far, no
blackspot, but we do have some
From left are Ben Conboy as King Darling, Jessica Barefoot as powdery mildew; warm days and
the Fairy Godmother, Alston Byrum as King Darling and Katie cool nights bring that. Fortunately, the spray for blackspot and
Walker as the King’s helper.
powdery mildew is the same.
If you have any questions about
spraying, call me at 462-7069. I
try to include in this column a lot
of answers, but space is tight, so
a phone call may be in order.
The Lancaster High and
The musical will be staged at
Middle school drama clubs will the Lancaster Middle school thepresent “Cinderella” May 28 ater in Kilmarnock.
through 30.
Performances are Friday, May
The student thespians have 28, at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., Satbeen working on their lines, urday, May 29, at 2 p.m. and 7
songs and music since January. p.m. and Sunday, May 30, at 2
The Prince Street Players p.m.
production combines the Walt
Tickets are available at LMS.
Disney version with the Rogers Admission is $5 for adults and
and Hammerstein version and $3 for students. Group rates are
Over 20 artisans from the
includes audience participation. available.
Northern
Neck,
Suffolk,
Mathews, Williamsburg, and
Richmond will show their rustic art at the Bay School Cultural Arts Center in Mathews on
The Rappahannock Art League going president, will act as editor May 28 and 29.
meets Monday, May 24, at 1:30 of the monthly newsletter, Art
The Rustic Art Show and Sale
p.m. at the Studio Gallery on Line. Sue and Dennis Gosnell will be held from 10 a.m. to 5
Main Street in Kilmarnock.
will serve as co-chairmen of p.m. on May 28 and 10 a.m. to
The program will feature slides the annual Labor Day Weekend 4 p.m. on May 29.
from the Virginia Watercolor Show.
Wooden toys, walking sticks,
Society’s 2003 show.
On June 21, the annual art furniture, gourds, baskets, metal,
Among business, officers and league picnic will be held at the glass and pottery are among
committees for the coming two home of Anne and Johnny Hayes the show items. Art is made
years will be elected. The slate of in White Stone. The June Art Line from rustic, or natural materiofficers includes Johnny Hayes will include a sign-up form and als. Every item is original. The
for president, Agnes Carter for members are urged to make their show is judged with cash prizes.
vice president, Anne Hayes for reservations promptly. Regular The judge is Jeffrey Allison, the
secretary and Tom Norris for trea- meetings will resume in Septem- Paul Mellon Collection educator
surer. Lella Lee Edwards, out- ber.
at the Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts in Richmond.
A reception is planned May
Audience to participate
in ‘Cinderella’ performance
We’re trying to feed more often
this year. I’m aiming for every
two weeks for the liquid feeding. I’ve finished putting down
Mills Magic, which is the slow
release fertilizer. I’ll use that
again around the last of July or
first of August.
Roses are really picky and will
perform best when you give them
lots of water, a reasonable amount
of food and lots of attention.
Now that the roses are finally
blooming, don’t forget to “deadhead,” or cut off the dead
blooms. If you don’t do it, you
won’t get new blooms. And
remember, every time you do
this, you’re pruning the bush
and shaping it.
Don’t forget the rose show at
Coliseum Mall in Hampton on
May 22 and 23. This is the best
way to discover a new rose that
you must have for your garden.
I’ll see you there.
Rustic art event
set May 28-29
RAL to meet on Monday
28 from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring
“Rustic Appetizers” with The
Stepping Stones, a square dance
club from Syringa.
On May 29, Charlene Talcott
will talk on folk medicine. For
generations, moms and grandmothers have taken care of the
family and their medical needs
using methods passed down
through the generations. Many
were based more on superstition than science. Some are still
used today.
Talcott is descended frm
Appalachian healers. She has
a master’s in history, and has
taught about herbs and their
uses in Williamsburg area museums. She also is a consultant
for the herbal education program for Old Bedford Village
in Pennsylvania.
Urbanna author to speak
at forestry society meeting
Urbanna author, columnist and
writer Mary Wakefield Buxton will
speak at a dinner meeting of the
Rappahannock Chapter of the Society of American Foresters at 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 20, at Goodfellas
Restaurant near Gloucester.
She is the author of Bringing in
the Wood: The Way it was at Chesapeake Corporation, a history of
the Woodlands Division at Chesapeake Corporation’s West Point
paper mill. The mill has since been
sold to St. Laurent and subseMuma donates painting
Ann McClintock receives Jerry Muma’s award-winning paint- quently to Smurfit Stone Container.
ing of Wharton Grove as a donation to the Steamboat Era The book is based on interviews
Museum. Work progresses at the museum in Irvington, sched- of 100 foresters, managers, wood
dealers and woodsmen who spent
uled to open in June.
their lives supplying wood, the raw
material for paper and paperboard,
to the mill.
Buxton has a bachelor’s in history from the College of William
The Lancaster County Crime be available upon boarding and
Solvers will hold its second cruise door prizes will be awarded.
on the great Wicomico River
Cruise sponsors include Conneaboard the Chesapeake Breeze, mara Construction, Anchor
departing Buzzard’s Point Marina Pharmacy, Chesapeake Bank,
in Fairport on June 26. Boarding Crowther Ford Sales, Chris Mart,
will begin at 6:15 p.m. with Hudson-Blunt Insurance, Bank
departure promptly at 7 p.m.
of Lancaster and Little River
Tickets for the cruise are $20 Market.
The 11th annual National Senior
per person and include dinner and
Tickets may be purchased at Health and Fitness Day sponsored
soft drinks. Disk jockey Curtis the main offices of Chesapeake by the Bank of Lancaster Golden
Walker will provide a variety of Bank and the Bank of Lancaster Advantage Club will be celebrated
music and entertainment through- in Kilmarnock; or by calling Wednesday, May 26, from 9 a.m. to
out the evening. A cash bar will Michelle at 435-4103.
2 p.m. at the bank’s main office in
Kilmarnock.
The Rappahannock General Hospital lab will offer free cholesterol,
glucose and blood pressure checks.
The Reedville Fishermen’s grateful that Bruce is willing to Representatives from Bay Transit,
Museum, in conjunction with share his expertise and work with Bay Aging and RSVP will distribute
Bruce Watson of White Stone us on this annual event. The first information.
Wine and Cheese, will hold a two events were sold out and this
The Virginia Cooperative Extenwine tasting workshop held on last program is sure to do the sion Lancaster County Office will
June 6 in the museum’s Cov- same.”
provide information for a healthy
ington Building.
The session begins at 4 p.m. diet and lifestyle.
“This partnership with White Registration is limited to 50
At the bank’s White Stone office,
Stone Wine and Cheese is a pro- people. The fee is $25 for the Lancaster County Voter Reggram that our membership looks museum members and $30 for istrar will be available to register
forward to,” said museum direc- others.
To
register,
call voters.
tor Cara Sutherland. “We are so 453-6529.
Shelter friends
The Ladies Auxiliaries of the
American Legion throughout the
U.S. will distribute poppies on
Memorial Day weekend as a
reminder of the veterans and
those who gave their lives in support of the nation.
The poppy was chosen to symbolize Memorial Day because
so many soldiers were killed
or injured while fighting in the
poppy fields of Flanders.
Use of the poppy provides therapy for the hospitalized veterans
who make them and produces
income for the veterans who sell
them to the Legion Auxiliary
units. The money received from
distribution to the public provides
support for community activities
of the auxiliary units.
Local poppy chairman Heather
Robertson of the American
Legion Adams Post 86 Auxiliary
and representatives will be at TriStar and Food Lion supermarkets
on May 27 and 28 distributing
poppies.
For display or directory advertising,
call the Record: 435-1701.
for yard sale
Volunteers have filled a large
room at the Northumberland
school board building in Lottsburg with items for a yard sale
Saturday, May 22, to benefit the
Northumberland Animal Shelter.
The sale will be held from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds will pay
for medical expenses for the animals at the shelter.
The sale is sponsored by
Friends of the Northumberland
County Animal Shelter. Sale
items have been donated by generous citizens. The shelter volunteers plan to have the sale every
two months at the same location.
Items include furniture, electronics, glassware, books, toys
and original paintings.
Seafood festival committee
chairman Ken Bransford (left)
sells the first ticket to William
Wente of Weems.
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Poppy Days are May 27-28 collect items
Tickets are on sale for the
14th annual Bay Seafood Festival
sponsored by the KilmarnockIrvington-White Stone Rotary
Foundation.
The goal is to have all tickets
sold by July 30.
The festival will be held September 10 at Belle Isle State Park.
Gates will open at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 and include all the
food one can eat, soft drinks,
beer, wine, mixed drinks, bottled
water and entertainment.
Tickets may be purchased from
club members by fax at 435-0543,
by phone at 800-777-9717, by
internet at www.kiwsrotary.org,
or by mail at KIWS Rotary,
P.O. Box 1573, Kilmarnock, VA
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and Mary and a master’s in education from George Washington
University. She is author of nine
previous books on Virginia.
Her 10th book, Love Stories:
People and Places of Middlesex
County, is due to be published by
Rappahannock Press of Urbanna
this summer.
For reservations, call Jim Vadas
at 3705341.
Crime Solvers plans cruise
RFM to host wine tasting
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Masonic Lodge honors Beasley
Historical
society
gathers
The recent Northern Neck of
Virginia Historical Society spring
meeting at Stratford Hall attracted
120 history buffs.
New business included a presentation of the Robert O. Norris Jr. History Award to Jennifer Wilkins and
a presentation by Don McCann of
the Northern Neck Planning District
Commission on efforts to designate
the Northern Neck as a National
Heritage Area.
The featured event was a presentation of “The War of 1812 in
the Northern Neck and Surrounding
Waters” by retired Cmdr. C. J. Blondin of Northumberland County.
By 1812, the British were forcibly impressing American seamen
into the Royal Navy and blockading
the ports of Continental Europe, cutting off American trade with those
countries, he explained. The British
fleet dwarfed the small American
Navy and the few American privateers. The British army, hardened
by years of war against Napoleon,
far surpassed the army of the United
States in numbers and fighting
experience. The strong British force
was opposed primarily by local
militia forces defending the Northern Neck, said Cmdr Blondin.
British raids into the Northern
Neck were successfully rebuffed by
the Virginia militia for about two
years, continued Cmdr. Blondin.
In August 1814, however, British
reinforcements arrived and the fleet
and army moved up the Potomac
River, eventually setting fire to several public buildings in Washington,
D.C.
Cmdr. Blondin’s speech will be
printed in the 2004 Northern Neck
of Virginia Historical Magazine.
The fall meeting will be October
27 at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club in Lancaster.
To join the society, call
224-0163.
On March 13, at a meeting of
Heathsville Masonic Lodge No.
109, Brother Robert Richard “Bob”
Beasley was presented with a
60-year Masonic Veteran’s emblem
and certificate.
Donald Maynard Robey, Grand
Master of Masons in Virginia in
1987, made the presentation with
the emblem being pinned by Beasley’s youngest grandson, William
Beasley. The elder Beasley was
raised to Master Mason in Lodge
109 A.F.&A.M. in 1944. He said
he had always tried to live his life
agreeable to the tenets of Freemasonry and that Masonry had been
good to him. He is known throughout the Northern Neck as a provider
of concrete services.
Following the presentation, guests
retired to the social hall where they
were joined by lodge members and
visitors for refreshments.
From left are Robert Beasley, Donald Robey and William Beasley.
Library event attracts families
Families recently celebrated National Library Week with the
third annual Family Fun Night at the Lancaster Community
Library in Kilmarnock. The event featured a picnic supper, crafts
and a program for families.
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Geriatric Support Services president Louise Mohardt recently
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A graduate of the University of
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depression in three stages: sadness,
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Sports
Stuck in fifth, Devils need the right
wins to snag a district tourney berth
by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi
Mathmatically, the Devils
are still alive, according to
coach Ashley Wilmore.
However, for his varsity baseball team to earn a fourthseeded berth in this week’s
Northern Neck District tournament, Lancaster will have
to upset top-ranked Essex and
down Northumberland today,
May 20, in the regular season
finale.
“If we win just one of our two
games this week, we’ll need
some help from some other
teams to make the tour nament,”
said Wilmore. “In stead of relying on other teams to win or
lose, the safest thing for us to
do is beat Essex.”
After splitting against James
Monroe and Rappahannock last
Ramarcus Baylor of Essex High gets a step ahead of Lancaster week, the Devils are sit ting in
defender Chris Cornwell in a varsity soccer match in Tappahan- fifth place with a 2-6 district
nock last Friday.
record and 4-14 overall mark.
Only the top four teams
ad vance to the district tournament. Right now that’s Essex
in first and Northumberland in
fourth. W&L and Rappahannock are still fighting it out in
the middle for the second and
third place spots.
The Devils helped their cause
last Thursday, using a six-run
rally in the fourth to get by
James Monroe, 8-4.
Rob Gutknecht struck out
five, gave up four hits and
walked five as the winning
pitcher.
Brian Jarvis led at the plate,
going 2-for-3 with two doubles. Tim Blake and Gutknecht
both went 2-for-4 with a double
and two RBI each.
Lancaster trailed 3-2 in the
fourth when they rallied for six
runs off four base hits and two
doubles.
by Lisa Hinton Valdrighi
The varsity Lady Devils
played two of their best games
of the season last week, but are
peaking a little too late for postseason play.
Lancaster, with a 21-15 win
over James Monroe and a onerun loss to Rappahannock, is 2-6
in the district and 5-14 overall.
The Devils will likely finish regular season play in fifth, leaving
them just short of a berth in next
week’s league playoffs.
The top four district teams,
Northumberland, Essex, Washington & Lee and Rappahannock, are expected to
compete for the tournament
title.
Brandy Gilbert gave up three
hits, walked one and struck out
four in three innings for the win
over James Monroe last Thursday. Kori George put in four
innings on the mound to strike
out three, allow 10 hits and walk
one.
With its best offensive performance of the season, LHS
rallied for 17 hits with Lucy
McCann going 3-for-4 with two
walks and three runs scored to
lead the team.
Lauren Haydon and George
batted 3-for-5 with two runs each
and Enika Saunders was 2-for-2
with a pair of walks and three
runs. Becky Smith and Cabell
Dixon also scored three times
apiece while Gilbert and Brittany Dodson scored twice.
The Devils reached base 14
times on walks.
Curtis Krauth hit a home run
for JM’s only earned run of the
game. Mike Byrum and Will
Withers each had two hits and
scored a run apiece for the
Jackets.
Rappahannock 7
Lancaster 2
Rappahannock capitalized on
seven Lancaster errors and
scored six unearned runs to
beat the Devils, 7-2, last Tuesday.
“Take away the errors and the
mental mistakes and we could
have and should have won that
game,” said Wilmore.
Gutknecht, who was the
losing pitcher, struck out four
and gave up six hits in four
innings.
Rappahannock rallied for
four runs with two outs in the
bottom of the second, scoring
off three hits and an error after
Gutknecht had struck out backto-back batters.
Akene Savoy led the Devils
at bat, going 2-for-3 with the
team’s two runs.
Savoy scored his first run in
the second inning when Jarvis
drew a bases loaded walk.
He came home again in the
seventh after bunting to get on
base and advancing to second
and third on an overthrow from
the pitcher to the first baseman. Rappahannock committted another throwing error on
the same play when the ball
got by the third baseman and
Savoy scored.
Lancaster had only four hits,
with William Saunders and
Gutknecht getting one each.
Justin Hanks had the win
for Rappahannock, going seven
innings with five strikeouts,
two walks and four hits.
Season-ending surge is too late for Lady Devils
Essex, James Monroe
Rappahannock 2
top LHS varsity booters
Lancaster 1
Carter Ball scored four goals for
the Trojans last Friday as Essex continued its bid for the Northern Neck
District championship with a 6-3
win over Lancaster.
The Trojans improved to 7-0-1
in the district and 10-2-2 overall.
James Monroe (7-0-1, 10-3-1) also
remains unbeaten in the district.
Essex and James Monroe were to
play earlier this week for the regular
season championship.
The Devils, who fell to 3-8 overall and 2-4 in the league, will likely
finish in fifth place.
Lancaster took an early lead on
higher ranked Essex with Jacob
Jackson scoring on a penalty kick
two minutes into the match.
The 1-0 lead held for nearly 30
minutes, until the Trojans’ Travis
Norris scored on a pass from Charlie Pennix to tie the game.
With nine minutes to go in the
opening period, Ball scored his first
of four on an assist by Jeremy
Futchko. He found the goal again
five minutes later, redirecting a
corner kick from CW Davis to lift
Essex, 3-1.
Billy Jackson pulled Lancaster to
within a goal, scoring on a break-
away with a minute to go in the
half.
Bryan Seal wasted little time
expanding Essex’s lead in the second
half, beating out a defender to
receive a pass from Davis inside the
18. He hit the far left post for a 4-2
lead with just a minute off the second-half clock.
With 29 minutes to play, Ball
completed a hat trick after a pass
from Davis. He scored his fourth of
the night on an assist from Norris
with seven minutes to go, capping
the scoring for both sides.
Between Ball’s goals, Lancaster’s
Chris Wyvill put a shot by keeper
Ben Woolford.
Woolford had five saves for the
night, while Lancaster’s Chris Felthouse made 18 stops.
Essex outshot the Devils, 41-15.
The visiting Yellow Jackets
remained unbeaten last Monday,
shutting out the Devils, 4-0.
Joel Lambert, Taylor Neal, Mike
McGinnes and Josh Hamill each
scored for James Monroe.
Lambert, Curtis Krauth and
Jeremy Prudhomme all had assists.
Maryland officials
issue snakehead
alert on Potomac
The Maryland Department of
Natural Resources is calling on
recreational anglers to help determine the extent of an invasion
of northern snakehead fish in the
Potomac River.
Signs will eventually be posted
at marinas and fishing sites from
Colonial Beach to northern Washington D.C.
In the past two weeks, three of
the voracious alien species have
been found in the river. The most
recent was a 13-inch fish caught
last weekend in Occoquan Bay
near Woodbridge.
DNR fisheries staff are instructing anglers to kill all northern
snakehead fish that are caught, to
retain them and to report them
to the DNR at 410-260-8320.
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5/22
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Sun
We enjoyed good fishing in
Virginia waters last week. As
water temperatures continue to
rise, we can expect many species to become more abun dant
and settle into regular feeding
patterns.
The spring season for Virginia’s striped bass fishery
opened in a productive fashion
last Sunday. Anglers found that
when the waters around the
Northern Neck and Asphalt Pile
reefs were sparsely populated
with boats, fishing was good.
The limit of two 18- to 28-inch
fish per person were landed by
most fishermen until the waters
became filled with chum and the
fish were engulfed with food.
The patient angler can practice careful catch and release
until the 24-inch and larger
fish bend the poles. We have
been fortunate in that there are
enough fish to allow us to pick
and choose among our landings.
Chum is the key to success
after the trolling season wraps
up. Many folks are misled when
they believe that more chum
equals more fish. It is necessary to tease the fish with a
steady light stream of ground
menhaden to entice the striped
bass to bite. They fol low the
line of chum up to the boat
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White Stone/Grey’s Point Tides, Sun, & Moon – May, 2004
5:51 High 1:28 1.6’
1:04 High
5/21 Sunrise
Tue 5/25 Moonset
Moonrise 7:15 Low 8:16 0.1’
Sunrise
5:49 Low
c
Sat
According to the DNR, “this
action is necessary to assess the
number of northern snakehead
fish in the Potomac, and the corresponding threat level to the ecosystm.”
An aggressive predator fish
imported from Asia, the northern
snakehead is highly invasive with
the potential to wipe out native
species. Once established, eradication may be impossible, according to the DNR.
Meanwhile,
the
Virginia
Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries asks anglers who may
have caught a northern snakehead
in Virginia waters not to release it,
but to contact the nearest VDGIF
office or call 804-367-1258 for a
positive identification.
by Capt. Billy Pipkin
RAPPAHANNOCK ALMANAC
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Moonrise
Sunset
5:50
8:58
8:15
^ 5/24^
Moonset 12:27
Sunrise
5:49
Moonrise 9:57
Sunset
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Great Wicomico River Light
Smith Point Light
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9:35
3:09
9:23
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High 3:52
Low 10:08
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11:00
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Sunset
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Low 10:59
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0.3’
1.2’
0.3’
Moonset
1:37
Sunrise
5:48
Moonrise 12:02
Sunset
8:18
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High 4:56
Low 11:47
High 5:31
Low 11:56
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0.3’
1.3’
0.3’
High 5:49
Low 12:36
High 6:27
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1.3’
Moonset
Sunrise
Moonrise
Sunset
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2:05
5:48
1:06
8:18
Moonset
Sunrise
Moonrise
Sunset
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5:47
2:10
8:19
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Low 12:57
High 6:46
Low 1:26
High 7:24
0.3’
1.3’
0.2’
1.4’
PM times are in boldface type.
Unusually high & low tides are also in boldface.
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Lancaster gave second-place
Rappahannock all it could handle
last Tuesday as the Raiderettes
edged the Devils, 2-1, in extra
innings to remain in the hunt for
first.
Brittany Dodson went 2-for-3
and scored Lancaster’s only run
to lead the offense. Kelle Urban
and Dixon batted 1-for-3 each
Scoreboard
Varsity baseball
Lancaster 8, James Monroe 4
Rappahannock 7, Lancaster 2
JV baseball
Rappahannock 13, Lancaster
6
James Monroe 11, Lancaster
10
Varsity softball
Lancaster 21, James Monroe
15
JV softball
13, James Monroe
and then dine on the larger Lancaster
4
morsel of bait carefully placed
on the hook. If one feeds them
too heavily, the fish will hold
near the bottom or lay far back
behind the boat.
Trolling has slowed substantially as warm water has pushed
most of the larger fish down
the bay towards the ocean.
There remain pods of trophysize fish from Buoy 72 down
to the Maryland-Virginia line.
The lower Potomac River has
offered a much smaller class of
fish this week to those trolling.
A few large specimens were
found be tween Buoy 63 and
Buoy 1 off the Great Wicomico
River, and from Buoy 62 down
to the head of the Cut Channel.
Croaker continue to please
bottom fishermen from the
Silver Beach area up to Buoy
62 and in Maryland waters,
the hot spot is around Buoy
72a. The rivers are holding
great numbers of 12- to 18-inch
croaker with the evening hours
continuing to produce along the
shorelines. The channel dropoffs in the rivers and creeks
are good daytime loca tions to
drown a few worms or squid
strips. The croaker are spread
out over much of the river at
this time. There are no particular hot spots that are holding
most of the fish. I suggest that
you fish your favorite hole and
give it at least one change of
tide before you move on to the
next location.
Bluefish have yet to hit the
bay in any numbers. Other than
a few scattered fish, the bulk of
them remain off the Nags Head
area below Virginia Beach. As
each year, we hope that they
will take up temporary residence in the bay waters. If they
do decide to travel up the bay
this summer, it will be interesting to see if there is enough
menhaden to satisfy their voracious ap petites as well as that
of the striped bass. Thus far,
the size of menhaden in the bay
is var ied. This is usually a sign
that it will be an abundant year
to come. Let’s hope so.
“Fishing is the chance to
wash one’s soul with pure air,
with the rush of a brook or with
the shimmer of the sun on blue
water.” –Herbert Hoover
Until
next
week…Fair
winds.
(Capt. Billy Pipkin operates
Capt. Billy’s Charters and
In gram Bay Marina in Wicomico Church. 580-7292,
www.captbillyscharters.com)
and Hillary Holt and George were
1-for-4 apiece to account for the
Devils’ six hits in the outing.
Gilbert was the losing pitcher,
going all eight with six allowed
hits and one walk.
Barring any major upsets
around the district this week, the
Lady Devils will likely play their
season finale today (May 20)
in Heathsville against undefeated
Northumberland.
Varsity Soccer
Essex 6, Lancaster 3
James Monroe 4, Lancaster 0
W&L 2, Northumberland 1
Essex 4, W&L 1
JV soccer
James Monroe 9, Lancaster 0
Essex 5, Lancaster 1
—Upcoming—
Varsity baseball/
softball
(Lancaster’s home games will
be played at 6 p.m. at Dream
Fields. All away games and
other games listed are at 4:30
p.m. unless otherwise noted.)
May 20:
Lancaster at Northumberland
JV baseball/softball
May 20:
Lancaster at Northumberland
Soccer
(JV 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.)
May 19:
Rappahannock at Lancaster
District Tournaments:
Northern Neck District
baseball tournament at
Essex. Semifinals: May 25,
4 and 7 p.m. May 27, JV
championship, 4 p.m.; varsity
championship, 7 p.m.
Northern Neck District softball tournament at Rappahannock. Semifinals: May 25,
3:30 and 5:30 p.m. May 27,
JV championship, 3:30 p.m.;
varsity final, 5:30 p.m.
Northern Neck District
soccer tournament at James
Monroe. Semifinals: May 24, 6
and 8 p.m. May 26, JV championship, 6 p.m.; varsity final,
8 p.m.
Region A track meet at
West Point, Thursday, May
27. Times to be announced.
Steve Brown of Suffolk recently caught this citation largemouth
bass in a Northumberland pond.
Croaker are everywhere
by Capt. Jerry Thrash
Croaker are everwhere in the
Piankatank and in the Rappahannock River.
A 4-pound, 7-ounce croaker
was caught in Milford Haven
between the mainland and the
Hole-in-the-Wall on peeler crab.
Small gray trout and some spot
are mixed in. Charter captains are
crossing the bay to get consistent deep water croaker east of
the Cell.
Big croaker continue to be
available in shallow waters from
piers and beaches. Bloodworms,
followed by squid and frozen
shrimp are the favored baits.
Stripers are available around
the islands at the Hole-in-theWall, on river points and in the
grassy areas. They are also available on live and artificial baits at
Stingray Light and in the structure of Windmill Light.
Eels, small spot, and cut bunker
fished in a chum line are effective. Peeler crab is also working
well.
Citation gray trout are on the
Cell and on wrecks further south.
Jigs tipped with cut peeler crab
are the top bait.
Flounder are inconsistent. The
Cell Buoy and Buoy 42 areas
have produced, but the fish are
tight due to the very heavy concentration of crab pots in the area.
Apparently clams being used for
crab bait acts as chum for the
flounder or their prey.
Tautog are biting on the iron
ore bottoms off Gwynn’s Island
and at the Cell.
Citation black drum are being
taken at Latimer Shoals in the
vicinity of Buoy 13.
Among citation catches last
week, Wesley M. Jones III of
White Stone caught and released
a 50-inch black drum May 14
at Latimer shoals. He was using
chowder clams as bait.
Of freshwater interest, Steve
Brown of Suffolk caught a
25.5-inch,
7.25-pound
largemouth bass in a Northumberland pond on May 15.
(Capt. Jerry Thrash operates
Queens Creek Outfitters in
Mathews.)
Bridge
Results
Seven tables of duplicate
bridge were in play May 11
at Rappahannock WestminsterCanterbury.
Winners north/south were first,
Arden Durham and Jane Hughes;
second, Kate Frayne and Ronnie
Gerster; and third, Cynthia Birdsall and Babs Murphy.
Winners east/west were first,
Sheila Babcock and Judy Peifer;
second, Liz Hargett and Tot Winstead; and third, Rebecca Harger
Beka Conboy (left) gets the and Carolyn Reed.
Lancaster pitcher Tiffany Lee rushes in to cover home, but the throw in time for an out at
The next bridge for this group
Rappahannock baserunner is safe on the slide.
first for Lancaster.
is May 25 at 1 p.m.
JV softball team suffers batting
slump against Rappahannock
Rappahannock moved a step
closer to the tournament championship last Tuesday in Kilmarnock, beating Lancaster, 7-3, in a
Northern Neck District JV softball
game.
However, the Lady Devils’ playoff hopes are still alive. LHS
downed James Monroe last week
to improve to 5-3 in the district
and 12-3 overall with the regular
season finale set for today, May 20,
at Northumberland.
Struggling at the plate, Lancaster
Monroe batters at the plate, walking four and allowing five hits in
seven innings of work.
Killion was the winning pitcher
as Lancaster routed the Yellow
Jackets, 13-4.
Robertson was 2-for-3 with a
walk and two runs scored to lead
the Lady Devils at the plate. Killion batted 1-for-3 with two runs
and Lee and Abby Robbins each
went 1-for-4 with two runs apiece.
Lancaster 13
Madison Smith walked three
James Monroe 4
times to score twice and Tiffany
Killion mowed down the compe- Sisson walked once and got on by
tition Thursday, retiring 10 James an error to score twice.
managed just two hits against the
Raiderettes last Tuesday. Tiffany
Lee and Therese Killion batted
1-for-3 each.
Sara Caudle, Natalie Stickel and
Sarah Robertson scored one run
apiece for the Devils.
Lee was the losing pitcher, going
all seven innings on the mound to
allow four hits, walk five and strike
out nine.
JV soccer season draws
to a close for the Devils
Essex gave up a goal in the opening seconds, then shut down Lancaster for a 5-1 win in Northern
Neck District JV soccer last Friday
night.
The Devils play their final game
of the season tonight, May 20,
against Northumberland. With a
1-6-1 district record and a 2-6-2
overall mark, they have no hope of
making the tournament playoffs.
Justin Guthrie woke the Trojans
early, scoring on a pass from Reynan
Beltran in the first 30 seconds.
Essex answered quickly and
jumped to a 3-1 lead at the half.
The Devils took 15 shots on goal,
most of those coming late in the
second half.
Goalkeeper Jason Rice had nine
saves. Replacing injured keeper
Devin Davis, Rice got his first start
in goal since early April.
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Six-and-a-half tables of duplicate bridge were in play May 12
at the Woman’s Club of White
Stone.
Winners north/south were first,
Cynthia Birdsall and Arden
Durham; second, Norma Drinnon and Barbara Hubbard; and
third, Ilva Doggett and Kay Williams.
Winners east/west were first,
Barbara Lawrence and Mary
Andrews; second, Tot Winstead
and Liz Hargett; and third, Margaret Livesay and Marilyn Burkholder.
The next bridge for this group
is May 20 and 24 at 1 p.m.
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Bridge event
set for June 8
The “Bridge into Summer”
an nual luncheon of the Woman’s Club of White Stone will
be held June 8 at 11:30 a.m. at
the clubhouse in White Stone.
Tickets are $15 per person,
sold in blocks of four. For
reservations, call 435-3025 or
435-9834.
The event includes lunch,
games and prizes.
Proceeds help fund scholarships to three Lancaster High
School se niors.
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Pool Side
Struggling offensively, Lancaster
has scored just three goals this
season and suffered through its sixth
shutout last Tuesday, losing 9-0 to
James Monroe.
Reid Williams had the only shot
on goal for the Devils in the game.
The Yellow Jackets took 15 shots,
with Rice making six saves in 45 Lancaster’s Josh Sterling leaps to send the ball downfield during
a JV game against Essex Friday.
minutes in the goal.
Pit Stop
Virginia Motor Speedway
May 15 results:
Track closed due to Richmond
International race weekend
events.
Upcoming races:
May 22:
(VMS is on Route 17, eight miles
north of Saluda. Pit gates open
at 2 p.m.; spectator gates at 4
p.m. Track activities begin at 6:15
p.m.)
Jonathan Frith of Lancaster fouls off the first pitch during a JV Super late models, sportsmen,
game against Rappahannock.
modifieds, all-Americans
JV Devils are a long shot
for district baseball tourney
With an 8-0 record, the Raiders have a firm lock on first
place.
Lancaster and Essex are battling for second. The top two
regular season teams will play
for the tournament title at Essex
next Thursday, May 27.
Jonathan Frith gave up 11
hits, including a homer, struck
out four and didn’t walk a batter in four innings as the losing
pitcher against the Raiders.
Jonathan George and Adam
Benson each went 2-for-3 at bat
with a run and RBI apiece.
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James Monroe 9
Lancaster 0
The Lancaster JV baseball
team will have to win both of
its games this week and hope
that Essex loses to earn a berth
in the tournament championship
next week.
The Devils lost to unbeaten
Rappahannock, 13-6, last Tuesday and to James Monroe,
11-10, Thursday to fall to 4-4
among Northern Neck District
teams.
ÜFHOOÜ
James Monroe 11
Lancaster 10
The Devils scored six runs in
their last at-bat, but waited too late
to make a move on homestanding
James Monroe last Thursday. The
Yellow Jackets held on for a 11-10
win.
Lancaster was trailing 11-4 in
the seventh when they rallied for
six runs behind a three-run homer
by Benson. He and James Jackson
led the offense with Benson batting
2-for-4 with two runs scored and
three RBI.
Jackson went 3-for-4 with a triple,
two runs and three RBI.
Lancaster had its opportunities to
win, leaving eight runners on in the
outing. The Devils left the bases
loaded in the second and fourth
innings.
Benson was the losing pitcher,
going four innings to give up five
hits and four runs.
George came to the mound in the
fourth to get the Devils out of a
bases loaded, no outs situation, and
allowed just one run off a sacrifice
fly.
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Club Golf
ICYCC 18-holers
Chong Hudgins, 64; Ann Padgett,
On May 11, the Indian Creek 70; and Adele Pogue, 75.
Third flight winners were Judy
Yacht and Country Club 18-holers played the first round of a Castleman, 66; Carole Elliott, 72;
and Ruth Wallace, 73.
senior championship.
The daily winners were Rae ICYCC 9-holers
Frances Talley, first; Mary Hug,
On May 13, the Indian Creek
second; Seale George, third; Yacht and Country Club 9-holers
Mickey Kirby, fourth; and Muffin played a member/member tourFitzpatrick, fifth.
nament.
Carol Johnson had two chipNancy Jarrell and Jenny Boyins and Jean Kenny, Janet Blunt enga placed first; Helen Hopton
and Meredith Townes had one and Betty Penley, second;. Suzy
each.
Swift and Alice Kelley, third; and
Quinton Oaks ladies
Pat Willet and Shirley Pleasants
The Quinton Oaks Ladies Golf and Lucy Murphy and Marsha
Association met for league play Mays, fourth (tie).
on May 12.
Jenny Boyenga hit a birdie on
The format was best drive, hole 3.
alternate shot with four-lady
ICYCC men
teams.
The Indian Creek Yacht and
Placing first were Joan Frie,
Country
Club interclub men’s
Cheryl Putt, Kay Miller and Laura
group hosted the Williamsburg
Robinson.
Placing second were Terri Sar- Country Club on May 12. ICYCC
tori, Carol Reese, Juanita Miles won the event.
ICYCC mixed scramble
and Sara Goodwyn.
Maggie Dennett, Betty Hall
Some 54 players participated
and Darlene Bean made birdies. in the Indian Creek Yacht and
Piankatank ladies
Country Club mixed scramble on
The Piankatank River Ladies May 16.
Golf Association played a trophy
Gross winnners shooting a 64
day match on May 13.
were Emerson Gravatt, Janet
Carole Lloyd shot low gross at Blunt, Herb Vaughan and Lois
81; Ann Stanley shot low net at 62. Spence.
First flight winners were Mary
Net winners shooting a 58
Frances, 68; Roseanne Thomp- were Stephen Reed, Dick Davis,
son, 69; and Kelly Lowe, 71.
Darla Williamson and Meredith
Second flight winners were Townes.
Gov. Mark R. Warner recently
proclaimed May as Motorcycle
Awareness Month. Proclaiming
the month is designed to increase
public awareness about motorcycles and to encourage their safe
and proper use among motorcycle riders.
First flight winners are (from left) Justin Kopcsak, Scotty
“Motorcycle safety is every
George, Ryan Kent and Myers Coggin.
driver’s job,” said Gov. Warner.
“Increased awareness of motorcycles and increased attention to their
safe operation can reduce accidents
among all motor vehicles.”
The proclamation notes that
motorcycles are efficient vehicles
that reduce fuel consumption,
ease parking, reduce traffic
congestion, and are becoming
increasingly popular for commutSome 32 teams competed Tartan.
ing, tourism and recreation.
in the fourth annual SwiftOverall low gross winners
The General Assembly recently
Walker Memorial golf tour- were Sam Fisher, Stuart Obier,
nament April 23 at the Tartan Timmy Newsome and Frank
Golf Course near Weems.
Dennis.
First flight winners were
Following the tournament, a
first, Meyers Coggin, Scotty memory walk was held for the
George, Ryan Kent and Justin golfers and their families. Over
Kopcsak; and second, Cruger 250 signs were displayed in
Ragland, Marty Melville, Frank honor of cancer survivors or in
Filipowics and Bob Brown.
memory of cancer victims. The
Second flight winners were walk was led by David Herfirst, Dick Huffman, Butch shiser of the Kilmarnock and
Miller, Bucky Deihl and Ron District Pipe Band.
Silver; and second, Woody
A cookout followed. A rafCampbell, Mark Petska, Dur- fle and auction offered many
wood Obier and Doc Lyons.
gift certificates, prizes and trips
Third flight winners were donated by local busi nesses.
first, Robert Wilkins, Norman Tom Gale served as master
Williams, David George and of ceremonies. The Swift and
Ronnie Dodson; and second, Walker families thanked those
Roy Hall Sr., Roy Hall Jr., John who participated or volunteered
Luttrell and Chris Crowther.
to make the tournament sucFirst-place prizes were char- cessful, in cluding the Tartan
ter fishing trips donated by Golf Course and employees.
Capt. Billy Pipkin of Liquid
Tournament proceeds beneAssets; Captain Danny Crabbe fit the Swift-Walker Fund, a
of Kit II and Capt. Ryan Rodg- permanently
restricted
ers of Midnight Sun.
endowment fund supporting the
Second-place prizes were Rappahannock General Hospirounds of golf for four at Royal tal Cancer Treatment and
New Kent, Stonehouse and the Ed ucation Center.
Annual cancer awareness
golf tournament winners
earn charter fishing trips
passed legislation promoting safe
motorcycling.
One measure established a
motorcycle learner’s permit.
Riders may operate motorcycles
under a motorcycle learner’s
permit if accompanied by a
person providing immediate
supervision from an accompanying motor vehicle. It also allows
nighttime operation and operation on limited access highways.
Operation while under supervision of someone who is not
licensed to operate a motorcycle
is disallowed.
Another measure established
motorcycle rider safety training
centers. It provides for licensure
of motorcycle rider safety training centers and instructors by the
Department of Motor Vehicles.
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From left are Larry Hammick, George Thompson and Bob
Berry.
Thompson wins trap match
George Thompson of Dutton
took top honors with a 25 straight
in a trap match fired on May 15
at the Rappahannock Pistol and
Rifle Club range in White Stone.
Close behind for the second
place was Bob Berry of Burgess
with a 23. He managed to beat
Larry Hammick of Ditchley in
a shoot-off. Hammick had to be
content with a third-place ribbon
with a 23.
Shooters fired 25 shots at clay
pigeons.
The next match will be a centerfire match May 29 at 9 a.m.
Twenty timed shots will be fired
with sighters at 100 yards.
Junior challenge sets
a fund-raising record
Young sailors from across
Tidewater and Central Virginia
raised a record $21,000 to fight
leukemia through the Christchurch Leukemia Cup Junior
Challenge
However, gusty winds cancelled the April 8 races on the
Rappahannock River
“It
was
an
awesome
accomplishment,” said Kristin
Stokes, regatta coordinator for
the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society. “This puts things into
perspective when we look at what
these kids can do.”
Some 50 student sailors representing eight schools took part.
The leading fund-raising schools
were St. Christopher’s of Richmond, Walsingham Academy of
Williamsburg and Christchurch
School. Between them, the three
teams raised $11,000. Other
participating schools included
Kecoughtan, Maury, Norfolk
Collegiate, Poquoson and Smithfield.
The junior challenge has raised
some $45,000 in four years.
“Each one of these young men
and women are to be commended
for what they have achieved,”
said Judy Buis, co-chair of the
Southern Chesapeake Leukemia
Cup Regatta series. “They have
simply out-done themselves this
year.”
One of the major reasons the
young people work so hard on
this fund-raising event is young
Craig Murray, an 11-year-old
Walsingham student and leukemia survivor and his brother,
Justin, who teamed up to raise
money. Craig and Justin are
just two of the many fundraisers, but it was their enthu-
siasm that encouraged others to
take part. Another is C.C. McCarthy, another Walsingham student, who was recognized as the
junior sailor who volunteered the
most time to fund raising. Christchurch’s sailing team was also
recognized for the many hours it
spent in the fund-raising effort.
Other participants helped raise
money by sponsoring “dress
down days” at school, through
cookie sales and other fund-raising ventures. Aided by a late
donation, the top fund-raiser this
year and winner of the James
Keith Hall Memorial Trophy was
St. Christopher’s.
Meanwhile, the Leukemia Cup
Kayak Tour attracted some 20
boats on Urbanna Creek, and
raised about $700.
Both the Junior Challenge and
Kayak Tour are part of the
sixth annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta
series, sponsored by SunTrust.
Upcoming events include the
second annual Poker Run for
power boaters at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 22; Leukemia Cup
Night at the Ball Park in Deltaville at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June
19; and Regatta Weekend in Deltaville on July 9 and 10.
Regatta Weekend includes a
new auction and a crab cake
feast during a welcome reception
at the Deltaville Fire Station at 7
p.m. on July 9. A classic yachts
division has been added to the
Leukemia Cup sailboat races on
July 10.
To register for any of the
events, contact Kristin Stokes
at the Virginia LLS office at
800-766-0797, 627-0406, or
[email protected].
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The Virginia Department for
the Aging and the Virginia
Department of Motor Vehicles
recently announced the launch
of GrandDriver, a source for
important driving safety information for seniors and their
families.
“In Virginia, 65 is a speed
limit, not an age limit,” said Jay
W. DeBoer, J.D., Department
for the Aging commissioner.
“That’s the message Virginians
will be seeing and hearing over
the next several weeks. Our
goal is to reach out to all older
Virginians and to their families
and caregivers with steps they
can take to remain mobile and
safe.”
The GrandDriver awareness
initiative includes a website,
www.GrandDriver.net,
and
toll-free
phone
number,
800-552-3402.
“With more and more people
over age 70 on Virginia’s highways, it’s important for older
drivers to continually hone their
skills,” said D. B. Smith, Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner. “Driving refresher
courses and courses specifically
designed for drivers over 55 are
ideal for skill development and
refinement.”
Sometimes a simple change
Flotilla 33
to conduct
boat checks
Vessel safety check “Megaweeks”
begin on the first Saturday of
National Safe Boating Week, May
22, and end on July 4.
Certified vessel examiners from
U.S. Coast Guard Flotilla 33 in
Kilmarnock will conduct safety
checks at Bethpage Family Campground, Bush Park Mobile Home
Park, Remlik Marina, Buzzard’s
Point, Smith Point, Chesapeake
Boat Basin, Conrad’s Ramp, Custom Yachts, Dozier’s Point and
Urbanna Yachting Center.
Also, Fleeton Public Ramp,
Grey’s Point Camp Ground, Greenvale Creek Marina, Indian Creek
Yacht and Country Club, Ingram
Bay Marina, Irvington Marina, Rappahannock Yachts, Rappahannock
River Yacht Club, Crockett’s Landing, Regent Point, Simonson Landing, Tides Inn, Whalen’s Marina,
Windmill Point and Yankee Point
Marina.
Safety checks also will be conducted at home piers and other locations upon request. To schedule an
appointment for a free check, contact Mike Sachen at 438-9202 or
[email protected].
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in habits is all that’s necessary
to stay safer longer, he said.
These changes vary from driver
to driver and may include driving only during daylight hours,
mapping out a course of right
turns to avoid potential left turn
dangers or avoiding busy streets
and busy times of day.
GrandDriver
information
includes practical tips for safer
driving, alternate forms of transportation to help seniors stay
independent, a listing of Area
Agencies on Aging and driving
assessment tools.
GrandDriver was created by
the American Association of
Motor Vehicle Administrators in
May 2003. Virginia is the first
state in the county to localize
and implement the education
campaign on a statewide level.
Part of the mission of GrandDriver is to help prepare seniors
and their families to remain safe
and mobile in their later years.
By planning early, older Virginians can continue to remain
as mobile and as independent
as possible, said DeBoer. Public
transportation options, senior
shuttle services, friends and
families can all make a big difference in the life of a senior
who can no longer drive for
whatever reason.
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by Joyce Fitchett Russell
“Wishing you butterfly mornings and wildflower nights” reads
the colorful wooden plaque two
of my best friends gave me for
my bird-feeding station and wild
flower garden. It brings joy to
me, our visitors and, I’m sure, to
our creatures. We are very thankful.
This week lots of people have
had experiences with nature. Fran
and John Ware have an enthusiastic tufted titmouse pecking at
his reflection in all of their windows. Fran worries about him
over-stretching neck muscles and
blunting his beak. He thinks he’s
fighting an enemy. The good
news is that Fran has enjoyed
him waking her early to hear all
the other birds singing.
Evie Thorndike saw two pelicans at Glebe Point, and our
grandchildren saw several at the
Norris bridge. Our son in North
Carolina has four martin houses
full of those nesting birds.
Near Indian Creek, Chris
McClintock hears a bobwhite
calling at dusk. In Midlothian,
Steve Riley had a northern oriole
visit his feeder; several local
people have seen them too. I
thought I saw one of the orange
and black birds, but I think it was
a robin.
My catbirds have a nest in
acubas near the clothesline, where
they have settled for many years.
I never disturb them. I saw a dark
bird come out of a bird house; it
may be a starling. Tommy saw
a kingbird; I did too. Walking
down Waverly, I’ve seen a small
indigo bunting and a bat.
Now I have another puzzle to
solve. A friend found an egg in
the driveway. It’s larger than a
hen’s egg, tan with brown speckles and round, not indented. It’s
21/4 X 11/4 inches.
To be continued next week.
YMCA News
The following programs are
planned by the Northern Neck
Family YMCA on Harris Drive in
Kilmarnock. Financial assistance
may be available. Call 435-0223
for others. The 30-minute classes
are twice a week at the YMCA
facility in Kilmarnock.
Lifeguard classes
Registration is under way for
lifeguard classes June 13 through
Dance
Musical theater workshops 19 at the YMCA Lively pool. The
conducted by Kelly Bowen and fee is $140 for members and $160
audtions for the Dancing Divas for others.
will be beld June 10. Workshops Summer camp
will be held from 4 to 5 p.m.
Registration is under way for
for ages eight to 10 and 5 to 6 summer camp for the YMCA
p.m. for ages 11 and up. The programs serving Lancaster,
fee is $10 for members and $12 Mathews, Middlesex, Northumfor others. Audtions begin at 6 berland and Richmond counties.
p.m.
Five two-week sessions are
Swimming lessons
planned Monday through Friday,
Registration is under way for from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 14
swimming lessons for June and through August 20. Registration
July with instructors Robin Blake, is $40 and per session fees are
Lisa Shivers and Jean Poole. The $130 for members and $160 for
fee is $35 for members and $45 others.
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Bowling Results Fun festival events expand
Ladies League
Cap’n Red’s seafood won two
games against R. P. Waller when
Alma George bowled a 316 set with
games of 105 and 117. Ruth Moore
rolled a 300 set with games of 104
and 107. Elsie Henderson had a
107 game. For R. P. Waller, Ilva Jett
bowled a 322 set with games of
112 and 121. Dee Atkins rolled a
114 game and Ola Nash had a 126
game.
Yeatman’s Forklift won two games
against Callis Seafood when Sis Ransone bowled a 303 set with games
of 105 and 110. Corinne Beauchamp
had a 106 game and Gladys Sisson
rolled a 119 game. For Callis, Donna
Thomas bowled a 355 set with games
of 100, 120 and 135. Gayle Conrad
and 121. Sharon Price had a 117
game, Mary Savalina a 100 game
and Lillian Potter a 110 game.
Northern Neck Surgical Services
won two games against Young Country when Bev Benson bowled a 340
set with games of 121 and 122. Betty
Steffey rolled a 322 set with games
of 108 and 121. Terry Stillman had a
307 set with a 113 game. Elsie Rose
rolled a 104 game. For Young Country, Theresa Davis bowled a 352 set
with games of 107 and 149. JoAnne
Paulette had a 350 set with games
of 107, 118 and 125. Cathy Savalina
and 105. Linda Lake had a 114
game.
Lively Oaks Girls won two games
against J. C. Marsh when Lynn
Gordon bowled a 324 set with games
of 104, 107 and 113. Jean Reynolds
had a 313 set with games of 105 and
111. Becky Thrift rolled a 104 game.
For J.C. Marsh, Sandra Evans
bowled a 318 set with games of 109
and 111. Marie Piccard had a 314 set
with games of 108 and 111. Vivian
Callaway rolled a 102 game.
High Average: Theresa Davis, 113;
Lynn Gordon, 111; Donna Thomas,
109.
Standings
W
L
Young Country
27 18
J. C. Marsh
26 19
Yeatman’s Forklift
25 20
Lively Oaks
23 22
Cap’n Red’s Seafood
22 23
Callis Seafood
21 24
N.N. Surgical
20 25
R. P. Waller
15 30
Mixed League
The Untouchables won two
games against All in Fun when
Albert Fisher bowled a 127 game
and Garnett Harris a 125 game.
Mary Kent had a 121 game and
Kenny Kent a 111 game, Pat Harris
a 109 game and Brenda Fisher a
101 game. For All in Fun, Marie
Piccard bowled a 134 game in a
364 set. Elsie Henderson had a 303
set. Vergil Henderson rolled a game
of 99.
Woodie’s Angels won two games
against The Pin Busters when
Betty Steffey bowled a set of 371
with a 139 game. Theresa Davis
had a 356 set, Bill Hendershot a
341 set and Beverly Benson a 109
game. For The Pin Busters, Linda
Lake bowled a 335 set, Archie Lake
a 322 set, JoAnn Paulette a 312
set and Cathy Savalina a 306 set.
Last week, Linda Lake had the high
set among the women of 415 with
games of 128, 133 and 154.
The Thunder Hammers won two
games against the Put to Gathers
when Joe Carlson bowled a 332
set. Elsie Rose had a game of 133
and Harry Donavan rolled a 106
game. For The Put to Gathers, Nick
O’Bier bowled a 315 set, Danielle
Savalina a 309 set and Robert Piccard a game of 94.
The summer league begins June
7. Anyone wanting to bowl should
come to Evans Bowling Center on
that day.
High game: Woodie Evans, 178;
Beverly Benson, 163; John Forrester, 158; Linda Lake, 154; Kenny
Kent, 151.
High set: Woodie Evans, 423;
Linda Lake, 415; Beverly Benson
405; Theresa Davis, 396; Danielle
Savalina, 393; John Forrester, 392.
High average: Woodie Evans,
114; Theresa Davis and Kenny
Kent, 113; Garnett Harris, 112;
Archie Lake and John Forrester,
109; Linda Lake and Betty Steffey,
108.
Standings
W
L
Woodie’s Angels
31 17
Thunder Hammers
30 18
Pin Busters
25 23
Untouchables
23 25
Dameron
Marsh walk
is scheduled
An interpretive walk will be
held at Dameron Marsh Natural
Area Preserve in Northumberland
County on Saturday, May 22, at
10 a.m.
Birds, fauna and history of the
area will be covered. Tom Teeples and Jane and Sibley Towner
will lead the hike.
The two-hour walk begins from
the preserve parking area.
To reach the preserve from the
Kilmarnock area, travel north on
Route 200. Turn right on Route
606 and follow the signs.
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The Family Fun Festival is June
5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Belle
Isle State Park.
The Northern Neck Planning
District Commission will sponsor
a “Get Your Feet Wet” program for
children of all ages. At 10:15 a.m.,
participants will cast nets for young
fishes and marine critters. Participants also will be eligible for prize
drawings.
Event parking will be paid for
by the commission, the Virginia
Coastal Program at the Department of Environmental Quality, the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
Chesapeake Bay Program through
the Department of Conservation
and Recreation, and the Virginia
Department of Rail and Public
Transportation through the Northern Neck Rideshare Program.
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From the front
W Lancaster budget process . . . .
$38,050. The board recommended an increase from $50 to
$100 per meeting for appointees
to the board of zoning appeals,
the planning commission and the
wetlands board.
Other items discussed by the
supervisors were maintenance
contracts for waste removal
($350,210), a wood waste processing contract ($200,000), and
the county’s 45-percent match of
the budgeted $400,000 required
by the Comprehensive Services
Act for youths with special
needs.
Decreases
Just Gardens tour blooms in Lancaster County
Just Gardens tour visitors last Friday walked through a winding path overlooking the Corrotoman River garden at the home of Abe and Chris Jordan. The tour benefits The Haven.
Frere noted that the general
government category has been
reduced by $104,973, which Pennell said was due to the completion of a countywide reassessment
of property budgeted at $135,000
for the current fiscal year.
Another potential decrease
could come in the school budget.
Pennell said the school division
is now projected to receive more
state funding than anticipated.
He estimated the schools would
require an estimated $100,000
less in local funds due to the state
windfall.
“You were generous to them
and the state was generous to
them,” Pennell said. “It seems to
me there needs to be some leveling out to take place.”
Budget schedule
Pink peonies surrounded by
shrubs, perennials and vines
Volunteers Judy Betts (left) and Patricia Kirby relaxed at love the full sun of the EastFrench Landing during a break in the stream of Just Gar- view garden. (Photos by Lisa
dens tour participants.
Hinton-Valdrighi)
Sponge crab report due consideration
NEWPORT NEWS—The Virginia Marine Resources Commission will meet Tuesday, May 25,
to continue its discussion regarding the harvesting of sponge
crabs.
The session begins at 9:30 a.m.
at 2600 Washington Avenue in
Newport News. Fisheries items,
including the sponge crab discus-
sion, will be addressed at noon.
A public hearing was held at
the April 27 meeting on a proposal to repeal the ban on the possession of dark colored sponge
crabs and the requirement to
return them immediately to the
water alive. Instead, the VMRC
proposed to substitute the existing
regulation and ban the possession
of all sponge crabs, regardless of
color or stage of development,
during July and August.
By a unanimous 8-0 vote, the
commission at that time referred
the issue to the blue crab management advisory committee.
The committee is expected to
offer its recommendations at the
upcoming meeting.
White Stone resident to participate
in dedication of WWII memorial
WASHINGTON, D.C.—At the invitation of the Office of Strategic Services and an officer
the U.S. Library of Congress, retired Capt. who served with the U.S. Coast Guard.
After recently publishing the maritime memRobert J. Bloxsom of White Stone will be a featured speaker on the National Mall in Washing- oirs of his Merchant Marine years, entitled
ton, D.C., May 27 and 30 during the dedication The Sailor, Capt. Bloxsom sent a copy of his
of the National World War II Memorial.
book to the Library of Congress. He was conCapt. Bloxsom made 16 combat crossings tacted by archivist Nancy Mitchell and invited
of the U-boat-infested Atlantic Ocean between to speak and represent the Merchant Marine vet1941 and 1945 as a Mererans during the dedicachant Marine officer and
tion activities.
served on several merThe Smithsonian Instichant ships bringing war
tute has offered to cover
supplies to the Allies in
Capt. Bloxsom’s lodging
England and other Euroand expenses during the
pean ports. In addition to
three days of festivities.
serving aboard several of
Born in 1920, Capt.
the famed Liberty Ships,
Bloxsom was raised in
including the John Brown,
Collingswood, N.J. As a
Merriman and Nordica, he
youth, he had an interest
also joined a convoy on
in the sea and with his
the World War I-era Keyfather, Alford, built a sailstone early in the war and,
boat. As a teen, Capt.
later, the relatively modern
Bloxsom was active in
Cape Horn.
scouting and earned
“I never saw any
Eagle in the Boy Scouts
(German) subs, but ships
and Quartermaster in the
were sunk in the convoys
Sea Scouts.
I was in,” Capt. Bloxsom
In 1939, he left home
said. “In one convoy, there
for
the
Merchant
were two ships just ahead
Marine’s Pennsylvania
of us that were sunk.”
School Ship to hone his
If the convoy’s comseamanship skills before
modore ship hoisted “the
receiving a license as a
big black rag,” that meant Retired Capt. Robert J. Bloxsom relaxes third mate.
there were subs in the area at his home on a cove of Carter’s Creek.
After the war, Capt.
hunting Allied ships.
Bloxsom became an offi(Photo by Reid Pierce Armstrong)
Later in the war, Capt.
cer in the U.S. Coast
Bloxsom and his shipmates found themselves in Guard and was stationed in Milwaukee, Wis.,
an Italian port during a German Luftwaffe air between 1951 and 1960. Later he was promoted
raid.
to captain of the Coast Guard cutter Dallas for
“When the air raid sirens sounded, the most several years before retiring in 1972.
dangerous place to be was in the gangway
He and is wife, Jinney, have been married 61
because those Italian stevedores would (drop years. They have three children, nine grandchileverything and) leave in a hurry,” he joked.
dren and several great-grandchildren.
While bringing supplies to Europe’s largest
The couple is active in community and charport, Antwerp, Belgium, merchant seamen were ity events, including White Stone United Meththe first to be attacked by one of Nazi Germany’s odist Church. Capt. Bloxsom is a third-degree
latest wonder weapons, he said.
Mason and a member of the National Audubon
“The first German jet fighter (a Messerschmitt Society.
262) dropped a bomb on a ship and sunk it just
An avid woodworker, Capt. Bloxsom built
a pier up from us,” Capt. Bloxsom said.
custom-designed toys for disadvantaged young
As part of the WWII Memorial’s dedication, children at Christmas for over 10 years. He’s
Capt. Bloxsom and a panel of two other World also enjoyed model railroading and hobby rockWar II vets will speak May 26 at 5 p.m. and May etry. The Bloxsoms also enjoy square dancing.
30 at 4 p.m. at the Library of Congress Veterans
For a schedule of the Library of Congress
History Project Pavilion on the National Mall. Veterans Memorial Project Pavilion events, visit
Joining him at the podium will be a veteran of www.loc.gov/folklife/vets.
The board set three preliminary
meetings leading to an adoption
of the budget by June 24.
A work session will be held
May 25 at 4 p.m. at the courthouse. Organizations and constitutional officers can address
the board about funding requests
at this meeting.
On June 2, the board will meet
at 5 p.m. in the county administrator’s office for a work session.
On June 15 at 7 p.m., the board
will hold a public hearing on the
budget in the General District
courtroom.
Capital improvements
Although Pennell noted that
capital improvement figures have
Hearing set
on waiver
to bay act
LANCASTER—The board of
supervisors will conduct a public
hearing May 27 on a request for
a waiver to the Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Act resource protection area setback requirements.
The hearing will address a
request from Andrew K. and
Sarah B. Spongberg to place a
stone walkway on property off of
Saint Andrews Lane near Weems.
The walkway would be constructed within 21 feet of tidal
wetlands along Church Prong.
The board meets at 7 p.m. in
the basement courtroom of the
county courthouse at 8311 Mary
Ball Road in Lancaster.
W Irvington . . . .
(continued from page A1)
“There’s no change in the situation with the ditch, which remains
in the hands of our attorneys,”
Fitzpatrick said.
The suit was amended in January and seeks a $750,000 judgment in addition to an injunction
that would undo the trespass on
her property alleged by Lowery
when the town in December of
2001 authorized the pipe installation and covered a drainage ditch
that crosses her property.
In another legal matter, council met in a closed session to discuss a pending court proceeding
on a division of land in which the
town has an eighth interest. The
parcels are on Chesapeake Drive
across from the Irvington Commons.
The interest in the parcels was
originally conveyed to the town
by Virginia Thomas.
No action was taken following
the closed session, reported Fitzpatrick.
not been included in the preliminary budget, one proposed
improvement project came under
fire during the work session: the
replacement of the school bus
garage, estimated to cost up to
$915,000.
An engineering study for the
project was previously recommended by the supervisors.
However, Jenkins said any new
construction for the garage, originally proposed for $360,000,
would likely be too costly.
“There is no way we can afford
a new bus garage, and going back
to have the gentleman to redo the
figures isn’t going to get us anywhere,” Jenkins said, adding that
he supported a study for rehabilitation of the existing garage in
Lively.
Geilich cited concerns about
requests approved by the school
board that seem to have estimates
that are too high.
“I just want them to come to us
asking for something reasonable,”
Geilich said. “Not asking for the
moon and hoping to get a few
stars.”
Frere suggested that two service bays instead of three could be
sufficient to service the schools’
31-bus fleet. He also noted that
he was inclined to support use
of the existing garage if service
of county vehicles other than
those of the school division was
not included in plans for a new
garage.
Jenkins
also
questioned
whether or not mechanics would
prefer to work from the floor
IDA loan
The board authorized Pennell
to initiate a $10-million bond
issue for a Norfolk private school
through the Lancaster County
Industrial Development Authority, which can authorize up to $10
million in loans per year without
liability to the county.
Pennell noted that the county
could realize $12,500 in revenues
from one-eighth of one-percent
that the county would receive on
the annual unpaid principal of the
loan.
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The board recommends that
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rather than use the service lifts
planned to raise buses from the
floor.
However, the deterioration of
the existing garage was pointed
out by Palin. “They need to do
something with the present situation,” he said.
Frere recommended a feasibility study to rehabilitate the
existing garage. Pennell suggested hiring a firm seperate
from the one to be selected by
the school board to consider a
replacement garage.
“If you’ve got two firms competing against each other, we’re
likely to get better numbers,”
Pennell said.
In other capital improvement
matters, the board approved a
payment of $32,900 to Church
View Septic Service for replacement of a failed drainfield at Lancaster Primary School and an
additional $20,902 for approximately 100 emergency septic
pumpouts at the school before the
drainfield was replaced.
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