Saluda landmark to be torn down

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Serving Middlesex County and adjacent areas of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck since 1896
Urbanna, Virginia 23175 • July 30, 2009
Vol. 115, No. 18
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Urbanna BZA could vote
on marina appeal Monday
Out-of-court
settlement
still sought
by Tom Chillemi
Attorneys for condominium developer Potomac Timber Investments and
the Urbanna Town Council have been
trying for two months to reach an outof-court settlement of a marina zoning
appeal and a $4 million lawsuit.
The appeal and lawsuit are separate issues, but are connected in that
they both involve the same 1.5 acres
at Urbanna Yachting Center. The
Urbanna Board of Zoning Appeals
(BZA) appeal deals with rebuilding
the marina. The lawsuit involves the
proposed construction of 14 condominiums at the site.
If no agreement is reached on the
appeal, the BZA could decide the
fate of the proposed marina project
at Urbanna Yachting Center when it
meets on Monday, August 3, at 7 p.m.
in the town hall.
Attorneys have twice asked the
Urbanna BZA to continue the marina
appeal so the two parties could work
on a solution.
The BZA appeal stems from a
site plan rejection by Urbanna Town
Administrator Lewis Filling that
blocked the rebuilding of the marina.
On March 27, Potomac Timber
filed a town zoning permit application
to remove docks housing 82 old slips
and some old boathouses; to install
five new docks with 98 slips; replace
fuel tanks; and replace 263 linear feet
of bulkhead. Filling denied this application.
Ray E. Watson Jr., a partner in
Potomac Timber, appealed Filling’s
decision on April 21. A public hearing
was held May 26 on the matter.
The BZA is comprised of chair
J.D. Magness, Martha Lowe, Martha
Heric, Lewis Smith and Bill Hight.
Lawsuit
In September 2008, the developer
also sued the town council for $4 million after it failed to grant permits to
build 14 condominiums on 1.5 acres
at the same marina, whose large boathouse is visible from the Urbanna
Creek bridge.
Non-profits receiving
county funds required
to provide a tax return
by Larry S. Chowning
The Middlesex County Board
of Supervisors voted on July 21 to
require each non-profit organization
that receives county funds to annually
provide a copy of its 990 tax return or
a full audit to the county.
At their meeting on July 7, supervisors approved a motion requiring
a full audit from the non-profits, and
letters were sent to each organization
requesting a full audit.
At the July 21 meeting, however,
members of these non-profit organizations contended that compiling
a full audit each year would be too
expensive.
Bill Thrift of the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) of
Urbanna said it was cost prohibitive
for the MVFD to provide an audit
every year—unless the county would
pay for it.
Wayne Evans, captain of the
Middlesex County Rescue Squad in
Deltaville, agreed with Thrift and
noted that about half ($53,000) of
the squad’s income comes from the
county. “I’ve looked into an audit and
it will cost us from $5,000 to $10,000
a year, which will take about 20 percent of your (county’s) gift to pay for
the audit,” he told supervisors.
“Our operational expenses run
about $125,000 a year,” said Evans.
“We replace one of four ambulances
every two years at a cost of $125,000
to $150,000, and we are building a
squad building in the Hartfield area.
(See Audits, page A3)
Hands/Habitat ground breaking
Three of the founders of Hands Across Middlesex broke ground Sunday for the new Hands Across
Middlesex and Habitat for Humanity facility on Route 33 at Harmony Village. Pictured above are,
from left, Carroll Holmes, John D. Fackler and Betty Bray. At far right is longtime Habitat for Humanity volunteer Lyle Predmore.
(Photo by Larry Chowning)
Other charges against
Bracke could be dropped
Already serving
39-year sentence
by Tom Chillemi
Four sexual charges and an attempted
first-degree murder charge against convicted child molester Arthur Rudolph
Bracke could be dropped.
This week Middlesex Commonwealth’s Attorney Mike Hurd said he
intends to Nolle Prosequi (not prosecute) the remaining charges involv-
ing alleged sexual offenses on a minor
and the charge of attempted murder. A
hearing is set for August 5 at 9:30 a.m.
in Middlesex Circuit Court.
Hurd said he based his decision
on several factors, including the fact
Bracke is 63 years old and is currently
serving a 39-year prison sentence for
his sexual and arson convictions.
Hurd said there is difficulty with
one witness in the attempted murder
case, and there are other factors that
have led him to consider dropping that
charge.
Regarding the four sexual felony
charges pending against Bracke that
involve a different minor, Hurd said
that having the child victim testify on
the sex charges could be detrimental to
the child.
There is less need to have the
second child witness testify now that
the Virginia Court of Appeals denied
Bracke’s appeal of the 2008 sexual
convictions and upheld those convictions, said Hurd.
Hurd added that those felony charges
not prosecuted can be reinstated at a
(See Bracke, page A3)
Saluda landmark to be torn down
Centenary Methodist
Church has served
community since 1884
“We did not rush to the decision to tear down
the building. We were forced to this decision
after all of the alternatives disappeared.”
Of the six Methodist churches
formed in the 1800s in Middlesex
County, only four will be standing after
August.
The Centenary United Methodist
Church building across from the courthouse in Saluda is scheduled to be
razed next month.
Methodism was a major player in
Virginia’s Great Religion Awakening
that brought a more “down to earth”
religion to Middlesex County and the
area, according to historians. The Methodist style of camp meetings, a type of
outside revival with lively music and
loud sermons, appealed to many.
The Baptist faith had arrived in
Middlesex around 1776 and had a
solid foundation when the first Methodist camp meetings took place here
in the late 1820s. The Warner area
was called “The Forest” and one of the
first Methodist meeting places was to
become Forest Chapel, which became
the mother church of all Methodist
churches in the county.
In 1881, Rev. D.G.C. Butts was
assigned to serve the Methodist Circuit in the Upper Middlesex and Lower
King and Queen area. The Methodist
parsonage was located in the village of
Saluda on the corner of what is today
New Street and General Puller Highway—only a short distance from where
Centenary would be built. Within three
—Rev. Joseph Carson, District Superintendent
Centenary Methodist Church as viewed from the new courthouse in
Saluda. The brick building beside the wooden church is the office of the
Rappahannock District Methodist Superintendent.
(Photo by Larry Chowning)
years, Rev. Butts’ wife began a Sunday
school class in the parsonage.
From this Sunday school, Centenary
Church grew. On August 1, 1884, under
the leadership of Captain Mark Hewitt,
chairperson of the church building
committee, and others, the church
building became a reality. The name
Centenary was given to acknowledge
the centennial celebration of Methodism having been inaugurated in America at the Baltimore Conference on
December 24, 1784.
For many years, Centenary was a
part of the Middlesex Charge which
included Centenary and Forest Chapel
in Middlesex, and Old Church in King
and Queen County. The church was the
youngest of the six Methodist churches
that were started in Middlesex in the
19th century.
Centenary’s membership began
dropping in the 1990s and the small
congregation found it difficult to support itself. The church closed in 2006.
The church building was no longer
used but a modern brick addition to
the church, which was built in 1964,
continues to be utilized as the district
superintendent’s office.
Centenary was the second Methodist church to close in Middlesex in
about 20 years. Bethel United Methodist Church in Jamaica was founded in
1865 and closed in the 1980s.
The Centenary Church building
came under scrutiny when Middlesex
County building official David Selph
was asked by church officials to go
through and do a structural inspection
of the building.
“I noticed that the wall next to
Bowden Street had a major bow, which
I suspected was caused from structural
failure in the roof,” said Selph.
An engineer was hired to inspect the
building and found that some of the
old timber peg joists had broken, Selph
said.
A news release from the district
office states that in November 2008,
the county building official notified
church trustees that repairs had to be
completed within three months or the
structure would be condemned as a
hazard to public safety. Church officials were told that high winds could
blow the steeple into the street or on
top of the district office.
The cost to fix the church’s structural
flaws would be considerable.
Another complication is that there
are no restrooms in the original church
building, and the land around the church
will not sustain a septic system.
There are restrooms in the 1964
addition and Methodists plan to continue to use that building as the office
of the district superintendent.
“The decision to demolish this
123-year-old building is a painful
one that we were forced to make after
(See Church, page A3)
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Habitat home recipients make
two types of down payments
by HFH Middlesex
We’ve explained that Habitat for Humanity (HFH) house
recipients make monthly mortgage payments for the life of
their loan, but we haven’t mentioned they also make a monetary down payment on their
home and, in addition, work a
minimum of 300 hours (categorized as “sweat equity”)
performing various tasks.
Examples of the type of work
they do include keeping the
construction site clean, installing insulation, landscape work,
painting, etc. By performing
this work, they develop a real
appreciation for what it takes
to build and maintain a home.
The Dandy Family has
expressed a desire to exceed
the required 300 sweat equity
hours in order to hasten completion of their home. Already,
they have been waiting for over
a year for their new home. This
delay has been partially due
to unique problems that have
been encountered in attempting to develop the parcel of
land which has been selected
for them. These problems have
now been resolved and, as
mentioned last week, we now
have to build an access road.
Our featured member of
the family this week is little
Malachi, age 5. His namesake
is Malachi, an Old Testament
prophet. He does not know
that his namesake was the last
of the prophets of prophetic
canon. But, more importantly,
he knows that God loves him.
And his family. And he knows
that when his family moves
to their new Habitat house in
Habitat for Humanity
$60,000 - GOAL
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
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Five-year old Malachi
Topping, he can still be in kindergarten at Middlesex Elementary.
We will continue introducing the family week by week,
but in the meantime we need
your help in raising funds to be
used in the construction of their
house. Please mark your check
“Dandy Family Build” and
mail your tax-deductible contribution to HFH Middlesex,
P.O. Box 492, Hartfield, VA
23071.
Since January 1, 2009 the
following gifts were received
for the Habitat Building Fund
with sincere thanks:
Mr. Robert P. O’Keefe
$400
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Predmore $600
Clarksbury United Methodist Men $50
Mr. William Douglas $10
Knights of Columbus $200
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Burnett $1,500
Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Revere $150
Ms. Kimberly Lettner $20
Lions Club of Middlesex
County Inc. $500
Middlesex County Woman’s Club Inc. $50
Ms. Maria R. Saunders
$50
Urbanna United Methodist Church $1,494.50
Clarksbury United Methodist Men $100
Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Simon
$50
Men’s Fellowship Philippi
Christian Church $100
Mr. and Mrs. William
Crump $50
TOTAl—$5,324.50
Supervisors to work on comp plan
The draft comprehensive
plan for Middlesex County
proposes an “Agriculture/Conservation” zoning district as
one means of keeping intact the
rural character prized by many
residents.
Under the proposed updated
plan, new major subdivisions
in Agriculture Conservation
areas would be rezoned for
development as “residential
clusters.” Building dwellings
in clusters leaves large portions
of the original tract to continue
functioning as a farm or forest,
states the comprehensive plan
draft.
Under current zoning, high
density residential development could be placed anywhere in the county—with lots
as small as 10,000 square feet,
about a quarter-acre, said Matt
Walker, Middlesex zoning and
planning director.
“A lot of people depend
on land for retirement,” said
Walker, “and we wanted to
protect their right to develop
while trying to preserve rural
character.”
The Middlesex Planning
Commission
finished
the
(See Plan, page A10)
letters to the editor
Thanks for
supporting the
Sharks swim team
To the Editor:
Thanks to everyone who
helped make the Deltaville
Sharks Swim Team’s 2009
season a success. First, thanks
to the DCA, the Pool Committee, Dianne McNamee, and the
pool crew that provided the
Sharks a great place to practice.
Thanks to T.G. and Jenny
McMurtrie for designing and
creating our T-shirts! Thanks
also to all the parents who
brought their children to practice and who volunteered during
the season: writing ribbons,
timing, scoring, judging, keeping records, and helping out in
lots of different ways. Parents
who volunteered include: Doug
and Kim Hagen, Sharlynn
Fletcher, Andrea Holt, John and
Kristi Snow, Dreux and Laurie
Elliott, Jill Davis, T.C. Moore,
metaphorically speaking
An interview with Rep. Wittman
something. I found some old
wood slabs in the dunes and
used one of them as a makeshift shovel to get sand out
from the bottom of the truck so
the axles weren’t resting on the
sand. Then I wedged the slabs
in front of the rear tires so they
could get some traction. After
two or three tries I was able to
get unstuck, instead of having
to spend who knows how much
time out there on the beach!
by Amy Rose Dobson
First District Congressman
Rob Wittman of Westmoreland
County is just like us. While
he might spend his weekdays
working in the hallowed halls
of our nation’s capital, he finds
life hasn’t changed too much
at home. He still loves the
water, his dogs, and battles
household maintenance with
the best of them. Here he talks
about working hard and having
fun, sometimes all at the same
time.
Let’s start at the beginning
with your childhood. Is there
something that the taste or
smell of takes you right back
to your youth, similar to those
French cookies made famous
by Proust?
Rep. Wittman: Whenever I am around the smell
of steamed crabs it brings me
back to the memories of when
I used to go crabbing when I
was a youngster. We used to
take our chicken necks and our
dip nets and go out and dip up
a bushel of crabs. I also had a
wooden skiff that I used to pole
around and I would get up on
the bow of that boat with a crab
net and get crabs out of the eel
grass. That’s really my passion.
Both catching crabs and eating
them!
Thomas
Jefferson
was
quoted as saying that once a
person has lost their reverence
for something it is time to move
on. Has there been something
in your life that looked good
from the outside, but you knew
it was time to let it go?
Rep. Wittman: I have five
dogs and I’m very much a
believer that the owner should
be the trainer. My second dog,
a lab, I have tried and tried to
train to hunt and retrieve. The
more I tried, the tougher it got.
I stayed on it, and stayed on it
and finally I said, “You know
something, I think that Katie is
just going to be a pet.” Great
dog, but she just wasn’t cut out
to be a hunter. I even took her
to a professional trainer and
after about a week he smiled
at me and said, “Rob, I think
you’ve got it right. She’s going
to make a great pet.”
The book Catch-22 is about
being stuck no matter what you
do. Do you have a personal
Catch-22?
Rep. Wittman: You know,
Congressman Rob Wittman
I do. My frustrating Catch-22
is I’ve had an issue with water
coming into my basement. For
the first 20 years of my home it
has been dry as a bone, but for
the last 10 years I have water
coming in. I have done everything as far as solutions. I even
put concrete skirting around the
outside, thinking I had figured
this thing out, and then that
doesn’t do it. The next rainfall it makes its way in again.
Then I extended the concrete
a little more. Then I caulked
the seams. The only option left
is to dig up around the whole
house, which I am not going to
do! I’ve thought I had a solution, but there doesn’t appear
to be any.
Scarlett O’Hara was famous
for making a dress out of a curtain when she was in a pinch.
Have you ever had to scramble
and make do with something to
get out of a tight spot?
Rep. Wittman: When I have
a chance I like to get out and
do some surf fishing. I set up
my beach chair, put out my surf
pole and wait for the fish to
cooperate. Of course traveling
in the sand with a four-wheel
drive vehicle is always a challenge. Invariably, at some point
you get stuck. One time, out
in the Oregon Inlet in Outer
Banks, my vehicle gets stuck
in this barren stretch of beach.
I mean stuck up to the axles.
Nobody was around. I didn’t
have a shovel with me so I
hiked at least a mile up into
the dunes to see if I could find
You mentioned Winston
Churchill as one of the leaders
you most admire. He is famous
for saying “never, never, never,
never give up.” Where have you
applied this in your work as
Congressman?
Rep. Wittman: In public
office you have to have that
attitude. That is what Churchill
used as a leader to guide England through the Second World
War. Especially when things
looked terribly bleak, he had
that. You know that there are
going to be highs and lows.
You can’t let anyone dissuade
you from things that you feel
strongly about.
Is there a specific issue you
have applied this to?
Rep. Wittman: I’m really
passionate about getting our
Bay cleaned up. There are
times when I look at the whole
process and I am frustrated. I
have to not only advocate here
in Washington for efforts to
clean up the Bay, but to live
that way as an individual, as
a homeowner and a resident
on the Bay watershed. I know
that takes it at a different level
than what Churchill applied
during WWII, but I think the
same principles stand in what
this means to Virginians. The
quality of the Bay is a reflection of our collective efforts as
members of society. We have to
do all we can, and we can do
more.
About the author: Amy
Rose Dobson is a freelance
writer who divides her time
between Urbanna and Northern
Virginia in search of interesting
people with a story to tell. She
writes for several national publications and has found the best
part of the job is hearing the
story behind the one that runs
in print. This gave her the idea
for a column about how people
apply metaphors to their lives,
and thus this column was born.
report from congress
by Rep. Rob Wittman
J.D. and Moo Dodd of Moo’s Sweet Shoppe and Deli in
Deltaville recently hosted the end-of-season party for the
Deltaville Sharks Swim Team. Dinner included barbecue,
cole slaw, hot dogs, lemonade, and a sundae bar. Above,
deli co-owner J.D. Dodd and assistant Nikki Packett serve
some of the Sharks and their parents.
Terry Skinner, Leroy Holt,
Jackie Dyson, Alice Nelson,
Renee Banks, Renee Stokes,
Sara Lawson, Jenny Pritchett,
Kathy Heimburger, Tammy
Oberndorfer, Terri Overgaard,
Darcy O’Neil, Kelly O’Toole,
Missy Marx and Becky Revere.
I apologize for those I’ve for-
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Pluck, Perseverance and Progress
gotten, but thanks to all the
parents! “It takes a village” to
run a swim team!
Special thanks go to our
great coaches: Keith Ruse,
head coach; Julie Rouzie and
Jenny McMurtrie, 8 and under
coaches; Kendall, Lauren
and Dianne McNamee, kickboarder coaches. We wouldn’t
be champs without you all!
We also wish to acknowledge
and thank J.D. and Moo Dodd
of Moo’s Deli in Deltaville who
hosted our end-of-season party.
The barbecue, hot dogs, and
cole slaw were delicious, and
the sundae bar was enjoyed by
all! Thanks for being so generous! Adding to the fun at the
party was our DJ, Dreux Elliott,
father of two of our swimmers.
Thanks Dreux, the music was
great!
Thanks also to Jenny
McMurtrie, one of our 8 and
under coaches, who also took
photos that are available for
purchase. Check out these links
and email Jenny at jenny@
mydogart.com. with questions about how to order or
visit www.jennymphotos.com/
urbanna.
Swimmers, if you have not
picked up all your ribbons, they
are at the pool. Please go by
and pick them up. Thanks for
working hard at practice!
Thanks to the Sentinel for the
great coverage of our season.
We appreciate it very much!
Debbie Holloman
Deltaville Sharks
Parent Representative
Well folks, as we wind up
the month of July and look into
the August work period back in
the district, we have the issues
of financial services reform,
food safety and Department of
Defense spending left to take up
in Washington.
There is also the possibility of the health care reform
bill coming before us. All of
us here in Congress agree that
we must fix the current system
to reduce costs to make health
care affordable. We cannot continue on our current path where
we, as a nation, spend 17% of
what we produce on health care
and with this increasing at 1%
per year.
We should all agree that we
must come up with solutions to
reduce overall cost while protecting the patient-provider relationship. The current bill before
the House committees must do
more to address these issues.
Just this past week the director
of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office offered
his assessment of the proposed
bill: “enacting H.R. 3200 would
result in a net increase in the
federal budget deficit of $239
billion over the 2010-2019
period.”
With all of the spending that
has happened in Washington, we
face the greatest budget deficit
America has ever experienced.
So a proposal that adds an additional $239 billion to the deficit
is simply unacceptable. Furthermore, any effort to fix our health
care system should achieve the
clear goal of decreasing the
skyrocketing costs in our health
care system.
As a member of the Health
Care Solutions Group in Congress, and in working with my
First District Health Advisory
Council, I have been advocating
to fix our health care system so
as to cut costs, expand coverage,
and maintain existing relationships between folks and their
doctors.
Above all, millions of Americans should be allowed to keep
their current plans and, if they
change, plans not be forced into
one not of their choosing. For
all of the problems with the
health care delivery system in
America, we must be careful
not to change those parts of the
system that are working. In
fixing our health care system
we should encourage the cutting edge and timely medical
care we have come to expect
and work to improve it.
Please feel free to contact our
office if you have comments or
issues or if we can help you in
any way at www.wittman.house.
gov or at 202-225-4261.
Congressman Rob Wittman
represents the First District
of Virginia. He was elected to
his first full term in November
2008 and serves on the Natural Resources Committee and
the Armed Services Committee,
where he is the ranking member
of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
middlesex court news
The office of Middlesex
County Commonwealth’s Attorney Mike Hurd released the following court results this week
June 3, 2009
Commonwealth v. Brian
Oneal Jones. Charged with burglary and grand larceny. The
court dismissed both charges.
Commonwealth v. Kenneth
Miller. Pled guilty to grand larceny on March 18, 2009. On
June 3, 2009 Miller was sentenced to five years with three
years and 6 months suspended
for five years on the conditions
of good behavior, indefinite
supervised probation, pay court
costs, and pay restitution of
$3,700.55.
Commonwealth v. Gary
Lynn Cox. Charged with unauthorized use of an automobile.
Charge was amended to misdemeanor tampering with an
automobile. Defendant stipulated that evidence would be
sufficient to sustain a conviction and the court withheld a
finding for a period of one year
for defendant to be of good
behavior and pay court costs. If
he complies, the misdemeanor
will be dismissed.
May 26, 2009
Commonwealth v. Charles
K. Clark, 47, of Jamaica. In
2004 Clark was convicted of
two counts of grand larceny. On
May 26, 2009 the court found
Clark in violation of the conditions of probation and revoked
three years on each charge,
sentencing him to six years to
serve. The remaining time was
suspended on condition of good
behavior for 10 years.
May 20, 2009
Commonwealth v. Shawn
Damian Jensen. Found guilty
of violating probation. For the
previous grand larceny conviction, court revoked the remaining sentence of 5 years and 5
months. For the two convictions of distributing cocaine as
accommodation sales, the court
revoked the remaining 4 years
and 6 months on each charge.
The total sentence imposed,
all of which is active, nonsuspended incarceration, is 14
years and 5 months.
Commonwealth v. Heidi
Marie Lambert. Charged with
embezzlement, Lambert was
found guilty on January 21,
2009, and on May 20, 2009 was
sentenced to 10 years of which
9 years and 8 months was suspended on conditions of good
behavior for 10 years. Work
release was authorized and she
was to report to the jail on June
1, 2009.
July 30, 2009 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• A3
Audits . . .
Gloucester-Mathews Humane
Society moves to new facility
After many years of hopefulness and four full years of
planning and construction, the
Society (GMHS) has moved to
its new facility at 6722 Sutton
Road in Gloucester County.
The GMHS has moved from
its home of 25 years on Rangtang Road to its new facility
built solely with private contributions, with a generous assistance from Mathews County,
and with gracious donations
from regional vendors and
businesses.
While the lion’s share of
the $3.2 million needed to
complete the facility has been
raised, the GMHS finds itself
$300,000 short of being free
from building debt. It is vital
to the organization that the
building be fully funded and
not draw mortgage payments
from the operating fund necessary for everyday running
of the shelter. Donations des-
ignated for the Shelter Building Fund will continue to be
accepted in hopes of reaching
this monumental goal.
The new shelter provides
approximately 15,000 square
feet of space for the homeless
pets of the Middle Peninsula
and Northern Neck communities. In addition to new housing
for dogs and cats, the building
includes a separate room for
small animals such as rabbits
and ferrets, a “nursery” exclusively for puppies, and segregated areas for the observation
and care of animals that have
health or behavioral issues.
The animals have moved
from severely over-crowded,
run-down, patched-up crates
and cages to well-apportioned,
easily viewable, properly ventilated, clean pre-adoption
kennels and cages.
The staff and volunteers
have moved from cramped
work spaces, leaking plumbing and primitive cleaning
gear to an establishment with
work spaces for daily tasks
and animal care, state-of-theart cleaning systems, and a
facility worthy of their selfless
dedication to the animals they
serve.
The
new
GloucesterMathews Humane Society
Shelter depends on the active
support of volunteers in the
daily care of the animals and
the facility. New volunteer
programs are organized and
under way, offering opportunities to assist with animal
care and socialization, facility
tours, administrative duties,
and shelter maintenance. The
new shelter is also home to
a volunteer-staffed gift shop
with unique items for pets and
people.
The shelter will host a grand
opening event for the community on Saturday, August
1, from 9 a.m. to noon, with
a ribbon-cutting ceremony at
10 a.m. There will be refreshments, facility tours and special adoption opportunities.
The GMHS is now open to
the public on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m., and on Sundays for adoptions only from 1 to 4 p.m.
You can also visit the Humane
Society on the web at www.
gloucestermathewshumanesociety.org.
Bracke . . .
(Continued from page A1)
Honored for 25 years of service
Urbanna Town Clerk Gina Daniel (above right) celebrated
25 years of service on July 2. She has worked under seven
town administrators and five mayors. Daniel is not retiring.
Mayor Beatrice Taylor (above left) said, “Not only is Gina a
good, dedicated employee, she also is a wonderful, kind and
caring person.”
Death in Urbanna called
‘not a criminal matter’
An Urbanna man apparently
committed suicide in a house
on Rappahannock Avenue
on Sunday, July 26, said the
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office.
Police were called to the
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investigate the death by hanging.
The Middlesex Sheriff’’s
Office said on Monday the death
“is not a criminal matter.”
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In August 2008 a Middlesex
Circuit Court jury found Bracke
guilty of six sex-related crimes,
including two felonies of aggravated sexual battery involving an 11-year-old boy that
occurred in November 2007.
Bracke also pled guilty in
September 2008 to setting fire
to the house he was living in
on Mill Wharf Road in Wake
on November 17, 2007. Bracke
is currently charged with
attempted first degree murder in
connection with the fire. Allegedly, his adopted son, who was
19 years old at the time, was
sleeping inside when the fires
were set in two different areas
of the interior of the house.
On July 15, 2009, a judge of
the Virginia Court of Appeals
denied Bracke’s appeal of the
2008 sexual convictions, said
Hurd, who added Bracke has
now requested that a threejudge panel of the Court of
Appeals hear his request for an
appeal.
Hurd said he is more comfortable with not prosecuting
the remaining charges now that
the court of appeals has issued
its first ruling. He added that an
order of Nolle Prosequi allows
the Commonwealth to later
reinstate the charges at any
time.
Bracke was a child abuse
investigator with the Middlesex
Department of Social Services
for 21 years. He retired on July
31, 2007 before these crimes
and alleged crimes were committed.
Also at the August 5 court
hearing, Hurd said he will present an order seeking to clarify
restitution in the arson case,
as the court’s sentencing order
inadvertently omitted mentioning restitution.
During sentencing in November 2008, Judge William H.
Shaw III, who is now retired,
ordered Bracke to pay restitution, noted Hurd.
Church . . .
exhausting all of our other
options,” said Rev. Joseph
Carson, Rappahannock District
Superintendent.
“We know that many people
have fond memories of serving and worshiping God in this
building,” he said. “Although
our brains tell us that this is just
a pile of bricks and mortar, our
hearts recognize that this was
once holy ground for many
families. We did not rush to the
decision to tear down the building. We were forced to this decision after all of the alternatives
disappeared.”
Trustee Foster Lee said,
“In the past year the trustees
received earnest inquiries and
have spoken at length with two
potential buyers. In each case,
negotiations were derailed by
two major problems: insufficient
sewage capacity on the property
and structural problems with the
building.”
“It’s a shame,” said Selph,
“I don’t think anyone wants to
see Centenary go, but there are
major problems with the building.”
There are plans to construct
a monument on the grounds to
recognize the importance and
historical significance of Centenary United Methodist Church.
Buzz Lambert (left), branch director of the Middlesex Family
YMCA and Mary Lib Hoinkes, president of the Middlesex
YMCA, accept the YMCA grant from RCCF board member
Dick Wilson.
River Counties Community
Foundation awards grants
Foundation
(RCCF)
recently awarded its annual
competitive grants at a
reception at Rappahannock
Westminster-Canterbury
in
Irvington.
RCCF Chair J.B. “Jay”
Wallin welcomed those present.
He recognized RCCF Advisory
Board members in attendance
and praised the board’s newlyestablished 2009 Safety Net
Fund. “This fund will allow
RCCF to make both strategic and emergency grants in
response to our troubled economy,” he said.
Margaret Nost, regional
director, spoke of four new
funds established with RCCF
over the past year—the Maria
Laqueur Scholarship Fund, the
Moran Charitable Fund, the
River Counties Youth Fund, and
the Wendall and Gloria Wallace
Fund.
“2008 was a challenging
year for the foundation, yet
there remain many encouraging signs,” said Nost. “Each of
these funds reflects the unique
ways a donor can work through
River Counties to accomplish
charitable giving.”
An additional new fund, the
Beverly and John-Michael King
Charitable Fund, was received
by River Counties in August
2008.
In making the presentation,
Grants Committee chairman
Leland James noted RCCF’s
ability in 2009 to increase the
amount of grant money awarded
from last year, despite the tough
economic climate. Letters of
intent were received from more
than 50 worthy organizations
and 17 selected grant recipients
received over $45,000.
Northern
Neck
Court
Appointed Special Advocate
(CASA) received a $1,000
grant for equipment to train
volunteers.
Hospice Support Services
of the Northern Neck Inc. was
awarded $3,000 to help with
supplies.
The Haven Shelter and Services received $3,000 for the
Healthy Relationships Program
for 9th-graders in Lancaster and
Northumberland counties.
The Family Maternity Center
of the Northern Neck was given
$3,300 to help with its Healthy
Baby Program.
Lancaster County Virginia
Education Foundation received
$4,000 to help with the advancement of the new math program
at Lancaster Middle School.
Middlesex County Family
YMCA was awarded $3,000
to help with the cost of operating transportation for schoolage children to participate in
YMCA programs.
The Northumberland Public
Library received a $1,700 grant
to support the “Northumberland
County Students Read” program for Pre-K through 8thgrade students.
The Boys and Girls Club of
the Northern Neck received an
award of $5,000 for transportation, equipment and supplies.
Partners for Lancaster County
Schools Foundation was given
$5,000 to help with operating
costs as the foundation grows
its support base and operations.
Middlesex County Volunteer
Rescue Squad of Deltaville
received $1,375 to help purchase “CPR Anytime Kits.”
Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire
Department was awarded
$2,000 to purchase protective
gear for structural fire fighting.
Hands Across Middlesex was
awarded $2,500 to help cover
costs associated with its home
repair program and water sys-
Republicans
meet Aug. 11
The Middlesex County
Republican Committee will
meet on Tuesday, August 11,
at 7 p.m. at the Cooks Corner
Office Complex, 2893 General Puller Highway, about
2 miles east of Saluda. New
participants are welcome. For
information, call Lee Davis,
chairman, at 776-8422.
tems.
Lancaster/Northumberland
Habitat for Humanity was given
$2,400 to help purchase basic
office equipment.
The Westmoreland Players received a $2,000 grant to
assist with the cost of a summer
drama camp for children.
Smith Point Sea Rescue was
given $3,000 to help with the
purchase of life-saving equipment.
Rappahannock General Hospital was awarded $2,200 to
train instructors for its Diabetes
Education Program.
Additionally, Connect Rappahannock was awarded a
$3,000 grant earlier in the year
to support web-based resources
for non-profit business and government organizations serving
citizens in the Northern Neck
and Middle Peninsula.
RCCF component funds that
contributed toward these community grants include the Catherine B. Chilton Endowment
Fund, Charles Winfield Paul
Fund, Robert S. and Martha S.
Scheu Fund, William and Sally
Spotswood Fund, the Dewey
and Vivian Stallard Charitable
Fund and the River Counties
Youth Fund. Also supporting
the grants is the Frances R.
Parker Fund of The Community
Foundation of Richmond.
For more information about
Foundation, call Nost at 4389414 or visit www.rivercountiescf.org.
“We would gladly comply
with the county’s request, provided we can send you the bill
for the audit,” said Evans. “Or
the county can send their independent auditor. We have an
annual tax review and that’s
available to anyone.”
Jim Tinney of the Central
Middlesex Volunteer Rescue
Squad of Urbanna said his
squad is currently going
through an extensive audit.
“We are going back even further than a few years,” he said.
“We wish we were as affluent a
rescue squad as the Deltaville
squad. We just don’t have the
income. We have a balance
in our checkbook of slightly
under $40,000.”
Carlton Revere of the
Hartfield
Volunteer
Fire
Department told the supervisors, “I think everyone appreciates what you are trying to
do. However, the word ‘audit’
involves a much larger process
than what you really need for
us to do.”
Revere indicated all the
county really needs is a nonprofit group’s tax returns. “I
just ask that you take it back
a bit and use the tax returns,
which are all you need anyway,” he said.
Supervisor Jack Miller made
a motion to require a 990 tax
return each year rather than an
audit. “Everyone has to have
a 990 tax form, so I think we
should require it rather than an
audit. I think it is safe ground
to be on and it will give us an
idea of where our taxpayer dollars are going.”
Supervisor Kenneth W. Williams said he did not want to
do anything to hinder the nonprofit groups. “These people
are all volunteers . . . they go
through enough trying to raise
money to stay on the road.”
The four supervisors at the
July 21 meeting voted unanimously to change the proposed
ordinance from requiring an
audit to simply requiring a 990
tax form or an audit at the end
of each fiscal year.
Mary Wakefield Buxton’s
“One Woman’s Opinion” column
will return in September
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Card luncheon Hartfield Fire Department
set for Monday plans yard sales and raffle
The Middlesex County
Woman’s Club card luncheon
will be held at noon on Monday,
August 3, at the clubhouse on
Virginia Street in Urbanna.
The hostesses will be Pat
Russell, Anne Donoff, Vickie
Murphy and Jan Boyd.
Leigh Cros and Judy Evans
tied as winners of the free
lunch at our July party. For
reservations and information,
or if interested in being placed
on the substitute list, phone
Audrey McClure at 758-2955.
The cost of the luncheon is $6.
The Hartfield Volunteer Fire
Department will hold yard
sales on August 8, August 29
and September 19 from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the pavilion behind
the firehouse.
On sale will be bedroom furniture, housewares, a 40-foot
tractor trailer, tools, sinks,
clothes ($3 a bag), and other
items too numerous to mention.
Table spaces can be reserved
for $5 by calling Bonnie Rosser
776-9779 or Margaret Reamer
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776-6951. Lunch will be available. The yard sales will be
held rain or shine.
The fire department also is
accepting donations of cars,
boats and trailers.
Raffle tickets will be available. First prize is a Club Car
electric golf cart; and second
prize, $250. Tickets are $5
each or five for $20. The drawing will be December 14,
2009. All proceeds will benefit the Hartfield Volunteer Fire
Department.
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environment. The first of 4 classes is in Urbanna, Mondays, August 3, 10 and 17, 5 to 7 p.m. Class size is limited and you must sign up for all classes. 758-5717
August 3–7
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UÊ`Ê>Ê at Rappahannock Civic Club on Rt. 33
near Hartfield is open for people to pick up fresh vegetables 9 to 10 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. 758-2910.
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Robinson at 443-2498.
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baseball and softball camp for boys and girls ages 6-18
at the Middlesex County Sports Complex at Locust Hill.
The camp, hosted by Middlesex County Little League,
will run through August 7 and will be from 8:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. each day. 758-0818
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between the ages of 5–8 from 9 a.m. to noon at Urbanna
United Methodist Church. Contact the extension office
for a registration form.
July 30
August 4
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Street in Urbanna. 758-0085
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at the VIMS Gloucester Point Campus. 684-7846
July 31
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one-session class on using email from 10:30 a.m to noon
at the Middlesex County Public Library in Deltaville. Participants will need to set up a free G-mail account prior
to the class session. 776-7362
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soldiers and Southern ladies from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Court Circle in Gloucester. 693-0014
UÊ *ÌÃ«Ê -«iV>Ê ÌiÀiÃÌÊ ÀÕ« meets the
first Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m. in the meeting room
of the Lancaster Library. 462-5831
UÊ `ÕÌÊ -ÕiÀÊ «ÕÌiÀÊ >ÃÃiÃÊ For the
beginner who has had no computer experience. Sherry
Inabinet will teach this 3-session class at Middlesex
County Public Library in Urbanna, Tuesdays, August 4,
11 and 18, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. 758-5717
UÊ ,>««>Ì>VÊ 7ÀÌiÀÃÊ ÀÌµÕiÊ ÀÕ«Ê meets
the first Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. at Wicomico
Parish, in Wicomico Church. [email protected]
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>ÌÃ are held the first Tuesday of the month
at 10:30 a.m. at the Middlesex County Public Library
in Deltaville.
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iiÃÊ (NARFE) meets at 1 p.m. at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church at 1717 Hampton Hall Road (Rt. 202),
approximately 2 miles west of Callao. 529-6415
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Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. at the Orchard Senior
Living Community in Warsaw. 986-8073
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Cooks Corner. 758-0057
registration begins. The soccer season will begin on
September 1 and continue throughout the month of
October for ages 3-18. 776-8846.
August 6
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held the first Saturday of the month at the YMCA.
776-8846
UÊ Ài>ÌÛiÊ `ÛiÌÕÀiÃÊ ÀÌÊ >ÃÃ for kids age 8
and up features Marbleized Paper with Linda Brent 9
a.m. to noon at the Middlesex Woman’s Club building
on Virginia Street in Urbanna. Class is $15 and includes
all materials and ice cream. 758-0085
UÊ À>LÊ i>ÃÌ hosted by the LMVFD from 5 p.m. to
midnight in Deltaville. Food will be served from 5 to 8
p.m. The band “Flashback” will play from 8 p.m. to midnight. 776-9753
UÊÀÛ½ÊÊÌiÊ*>ÀÊ«ÀiÃiÌÃÊ-ÌiÛiÊiÌ 6 to
8 p.m. at Holly Point Nature Park at the Deltaville Maritime Museum. 776-7200
UÊ 1ìÀÃÌ>`}Ê ÌiÊ LÀ>ÀÞÊ 7iLÃÌiÊ Class is
taught by Lillian Svetahor and includes an introduction to “Find It Virginia,” the database provided to all
public libraries throughout the Commonwealth. Class is
10 a.m. to noon at the Deltaville branch of Middlesex
County Public Library. 776-7362
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August 2
UÊ ÀÃÌÊ ,Õ`Ê vÊ 6Ê *>ÞvvÃ 12 p.m. at Essex
erside Walter Reed Hospice, meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
the first and third Thursday of the month in building D,
office 7566 (across from ER). 693-8819
High School.
UÊ "«iÊ iÊ vÌiÀÃÊ vÀÊ 7ÀÌiÀÃ 2 to 4 p.m.
the first Sunday of every month at the Bay School in
Mathews. 725-1278
August 3, 10 & 17
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Continuing Events
Thursdays
UÊ>«ÃÌÊ-ÌÀÞÊ/i for ages 18 months through 3
years at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Middlesex
County Public Library in Urbanna. 758-5717
UÊ-]Ê/À«ÊÎ{£ meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at
Christ Church Parish Hall in Saluda. 776-7445
UÊ
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View. 758-3058
Fridays
UÊ /iÊ 7iLiÃ den of Cub Scout Pack 370 meet
every Friday after school at the home of Den Leader
Keith Billings. 758-2606
UÊÀ`>ÞÊ }ÌÃÊÊ1ÀL>> All local musicians and
poets are invited to perform or recite every Friday
night from 5 to 9 p.m. at Cross Street Coffee, 51
Cross St., Urbanna.
Saturdays
UÊVVÃÊÞÕÃÊopen 12-and-12 meeting,
5:30 p.m. at Zoar Baptist Church. 776-7629
Mondays
UÊ-ÌÀÞÊÕÀ for 4–6 year olds at 10:30 a.m. every
Monday at the Middlesex County Public Library in
Urbanna. 758-5717
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Monday at the United Methodist Church in Urbanna.
758-2020.
UÊ iÀLVÊ VLÝ} every Monday at 6:15 p.m.
UÊ >Ê >Ê -}Õ« 6 to 8 p.m. The absolute final
deadline is Tuesday, August 18. The Bam Bam league
is for boys and girls ages 2–5. The season opens on
Saturday, September 12. All registrations will be held in
the Tom Carter Memorial Gymnasium at old St. Clare
Walker School at Cooks Corner. 758-0057
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in Urbanna at Port Town Village Apartments in the
Community Room. 815-9587
UÊ } every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Deltaville
Rescue Squad.
UÊ ÞÊ -VÕÌÊ /À«Ê ÎÇä meets every Monday at 7
p.m. at the YMCA in Hartfield. 758-2606
Tuesdays
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ÕLÊmeets every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. for
breakfast at the Pilot House Restaurant in Topping.
694-6416
UÊÞÊ*ÌÊ>ÀìiÀ`Ã meet every Tuesday from
9 a.m.–noon (weather permitting). 776-7200
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of the month at 7 p.m. at the Beacon in Topping.
776-7508
Wednesdays
UÊ-ÌÀÞÊÕÀÊfor 4–6 year olds is held the first and
third Wednesday of the month at Lower United
Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. and the YMCA at
10:30 a.m. 758-5717
UÊ ÌÌiÀÃÊ ÀÕ«Ê meets every Wednesday at 10
a.m. at Urbanna United Methodist Church.
UÊ `ìÃiÝÊ >ÃÌiÀÊ >ÀìiÀÊ i«Ê iÃ The
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at the library
by Sherry B. Inabinet
Executive Director
Our Summer Reading program is going great.
If your children have not registered, there is still
time to do so. At the final party all children who
turn in one reading log will receive a free book,
and those who complete their target reading will
be eligible for additional prizes.
Our theme for this week is “Rhyme Time @ the
Library.” Programs will feature poetry
and creative thinking. Next week
the theme will be “Go Green @
the Library.” Rising K-grade 1
children will meet on Monday
at 10:30 a.m. in Urbanna and
1:30 p.m. in Deltaville. Rising
grades 2-3 will meet on Tuesday
at 10:30 a.m. in Urbanna and 1:30
p.m. in Deltaville. Lap-sitters will
meet on Wednesday in Urbanna at 10:30
a.m. Rising grades 4-5 will meet at Urbanna on
Thursday at 10:30 a.m. and Deltaville at 1:30
p.m.
Approximately 85 children attend weekly
programs at the YMCA. They are open to all
children and their caregivers. Gary Archer, song
writer for “Jumbo Lump Daddy and the Backfin Boys” will perform at the YMCA on Friday,
July 31, at 1:30 p.m. He will lead the children in
a sing-along and other musical activities.
Our final program at the YMCA will be
Friday, August 7, and will feature “Ty-Rone
and his Friends.” Tyrone Travis is an outstanding ventriloquist who shares with children the
importance of reading. As a young child he was
never interested in reading until he saw a ventriloquist on TV. He immediately went to the
library to check out books on the craft, which is
his chosen profession.
We have sort of neglected our middle-schoolers this summer, but do have a very special
program for them at our Deltaville Branch on
Tuesday, August 4, at 4:30 p.m. At that time,
Pam Macaulay and Wendy Price will assist
the young people with making an interesting,
braided book mark. If your student is interested in participating, please call the Deltaville
Branch at 776-7362.
Karen Vaughan and Rebecca Maddox have
quilts and wall hangings on display at our
Deltaville Branch. They are our artists of the
month. All display pieces are for sale
at very reasonable prices. Among
other quilts, there is a “Very
Hungry Caterpillar Quilt,”
which is based on Eric Carl’s
book by the same name, and
a very lively patriotic quilt in
red, white and blue. Be sure
to enjoy the work of these very
talented members of the Stingray
Stitchers soon.
The cookbook committee is very busy editing your recipes. You may receive a call from
a committee member regarding your recipes.
What seems very obvious to you, may need a
clarification for other cookbook readers.
Also, some of you failed to list an ingredient that you later included in the directions or
vice versa. The latter group includes several
members of the committee, including me. We
have had great fun proofreading each other’s
recipes.
We have not settled on a cookbook name and
encourage you to email your suggestions to
me at [email protected]. The title
should make reference to the library or books
and include the rivah/river/bay and beyond as
the source of our recipes.
We are very thankful that the violent thunderstorms did not harm any of our library
equipment. I know some of you were not so
fortunate.
Happy reading!
MCVRS to
hold August
fund drive
During the month of August
the Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad (MCVRS)
will have its annual fund drive.
Letters will be sent out
August 1. Donations can be
mailed to MCVRS, P.O. Box
98, Deltaville, VA 23043.
MCVRS is a volunteer squad
and all donations go toward
equipment to serve the community and visitors.
Hand print
decorating
day planned
Urbanna Oyster Festival
Queen contestant Kendall
McNamee and her Little Miss
Spat contestant, Sara Paige
Murray, will host a hand print
decorating day at the Ricky
Taylor Swimming Pool in
Deltaville on Saturday, August
8, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Donations of $1 will be taken
for hand prints to decorate the
concession stand and all proceeds go to the Middlesex Food
Bank. A 50/50 raffle will also
be held and ice cream sundaes
will be served to hand print
participants.
Scouts plan car wash in Deltaville
Scouts from Boy Scout
Troop 341 will hold a car wash
at the Ricky Taylor Memorial
Pool in Deltaville on Saturday,
August 1, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. All donations will benefit
the Deltaville Pool.
Scouts Victor Knez and
Joe Nelson are raising money
to pay for supplies for much
needed repairs at the pool. The
Scouts will be replacing a door
on the pump house, painting the
exterior of the pump house and
outside walls of the main building, and painting the picnic
tables. The work is expected to
be completed before the end of
the summer.
This work is all part of community service hours that are
required for the completion of
requirements for Life (one rank
before Eagle). The community
is asked to come out and support
the car wash and the Scouts.
Congratulations,
Lara & Noble Diamonds
on qualifying for finals and riding so well at the National Barrel
Horse Youth World competition in Jackson, Mississippi.
We are proud of you!
Love, All your family.
Mr. and Mrs. William Michael Edwards
Edwards-Brown vows given
The marriage of Miss Claibourne Darden Brown of Lexington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Finley Brown of Lexington, to Mr. William Michael
Edwards of Church View, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Edwards III of Church View,
took place on May 30, 2009
at R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington. Rev.
David Brown, of Christ School
of Asheville, N.C., and Rev. Tom
Crittenden of Lexington officiated the double ring ceremony.
The bride is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lynch Christian Jr. of
Lynchburg, and the late Mr.
and Mrs. David Samuel Brown
of Staunton. The groom is
the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
William Douglas Edwards Jr.
of Saluda, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Fredrick Healy of
Saluda.
The bride was escorted by
her father and given in marriage by her parents. Martha
Finley Brown, sister of the
bride, served as maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Kaitlin Healy
Edwards, sister of the groom,
and Mary Birch McLaughlin
Sayers, Heather Elizabeth Gilbert, Jennifer Elizabeth Batts,
Mallory Gray Hancock, and
Chelsea Nicole Harvey, all
friends of the bride. Amanda
Jennings McVey served as the
flower girl.
Benjamin Spencer Lewis Jr.,
friend of the groom, served as
best man. Groomsmen were
James Marshall Edwards,
cousin of the groom, Robert
Charles Courain III, Wesley
Granville Wilson, Martin Hankins Folliard, William Mason
Bray, and William Griffith Fiddler, all friends of the groom.
Readings during the ceremony were presented by
Sarah Grace Hurley, cousin
of the groom, and Mary Birch
McLaughlin Sayers. John
Morgan Vranian, cousin of
the bride, served as acolyte.
Hannah Coker Christian and
Ann Elizabeth Christian, both
cousins of the bride, served as
program attendants. William
McCorkle and John Brody provided music for the ceremony.
Jeri Rogers provided photography for the ceremony and
reception.
The rehearsal dinner was
held at Hampton Inn Col Alto
in Lexington. The wedding
reception was held at Blue
Grass Farm in Lexington. After
a honeymoon in St. Lucia, the
couple resides in Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mitchell Priddy
Mr. Priddy, Miss Janney
are united in marriage
Samantha Lynn Janney of
Martinsville and Jonathan
Mitchell Priddy of Deltaville
were married on June 27,
2009 at McCabe Memorial Baptist in Martinsville.
Pastor Lewis Harris performed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter
of Curtis and Doris Janney
of Martinsville. She is the
granddaughter of Don and
Elizabeth Crouch of Martinsville, the late Creed William
and Dorothy Janney of Eden,
N.C., and the late Jewel C.
Hankins of Danville.
The bridegroom is the son
of Mitchell and Mary Ellen
Priddy of Deltaville. He is
the grandson of Edwin and
Vivian Wilson of Deltaville,
and the late Roosevelt and
Maude Priddy of Eden, N.C.
The bride was escorted by
her father. She wore a satin
A-line gown with a sweetheart
neckline, lace embroidered
cap sleeves, and side drape
with metallic beading on the
bodice and skirt. She carried a
bouquet of colorful gerber daisies, pink roses and lilies.
The matron of honor was
Michelle Lewis of Lynchburg, sister of the bridegroom. She wore a canary
yellow crinkle chiffon dress
with braided neckline and
criss-cross back straps. She
carried a bouquet of gerber
daisies and pink roses with
greenery.
Bridesmaids were Judy
Flick of Collinsville, and
Christian
Bowman
and
Christy Love, both of Eden,
N.C., all are friends of the
bride. They wore canary
yellow sleeveless chiffon
dresses with satin beaded
straps. They also carried bouquets of gerber daises and
pink roses with greenery.
Flower girls were Alexis
14th Annual
Super Yard Sale! Winery’s maternity center
The one you have
been waiting for!
Saturday, August 8th
7am to 1pm
Church of the Visitation
Route 33, Topping
fundraiser due August 15
Athena Vineyard & Winery
has announced the “Evening in
the Vineyard” fundraiser event
to benefit the Family Maternity Center of the Northern
Neck Inc., which also serves
Middlesex County.
The vineyard is between
Wicomico Church and Burgess.
The event is Saturday, August
15, from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are
$30, which includes wine tast-
I heard the family boatbuilding week
and skiff races at the Deltaville Maritime
Museum were lots of fun!
ing, tour of the vineyard, light
hors d’oeuvres, silent auction
and music by DJ Russ.
The Family Maternity Center
of the Northern Neck will start
construction soon with opening
scheduled for 2010.
For ticket information and
donations, call 435-3504 or
580-4944; send donations to:
P.O. Box 1866, Kilmarnock,
VA 22482.
I watched the soundslide show at
www.SSentinel.com. What a great event!
and Patience Rigney, nieces
of the bride, and daughters of
Johnny Rigney.
Best man was Mitchell
Priddy, father of the bridegroom.
Groomsmen were Josh
Dean of Deltaville and Keith
Sheldon of Toano, brothers of
the bridegroom, and Johnny
Rigney of Fieldale, cousin
of the bride. The usher was
Benjamin Hankins, cousin of
the bride.
Ring bearer was Riley
Dean, nephew of the bridegroom, and the son of
Josh and Shannon Dean of
Deltaville.
A reception was held at the
Fraternal Order of Eagles in
Bassett.
The couple took a honeymoon to Jamaica. They are
residing in Franklin.
The bride is a 1999 graduate of Martinsville High
School and a 2004 graduate
of Averett University. She is
a teacher for Sussex Public
Schools.
The bridegroom is a 2002
graduate of West Point High
School and a 2007 graduate
of Chesapeake Marine Training Center. He is employed
by Crofton Diving and Construction.
Prior to the wedding, the
couple was honored on the
following occasions: April
21, a bridal shower at Collinsville Primary School;
May 24, a picnic in the park
in Eden, N.C., hosted by
Michelle Lewis and Christina Bowman; May 31, a
shower at McCabe Memorial Baptist Church, hosted
by the cousins of the bride;
June 13, a barbecue at the
Lower Middlesex Volunteer
Fire Department in Deltaville
hosted by Mitchell and Mary
Ellen Priddy.
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It has been about 50 years
since they have last seen one
another, but this is not your
typical high school or shipmates’ reunion.
From Friday, July 31, to
Sunday, August 2, there will
be a rendezvous reunion of
two kinds of boats that were
spawned from the Chesapeake
Bay almost 100 years ago.
The Chesapeake Bay Buyboat
Association and the Smith
Island Crab Skiff Association
will hold a joint rendezvous in
Urbanna to display and provide
an example of the history and
heritage of the boats that used
to work these waters.
The Smith Island Crab Skiff
originated in Smith Island,
Md., in the 1920s and 30s as
one of the first motorized skiffs
to work the shallow grass beds
for soft-crab harvesting. It did
not change the methods, but
it changed the mobility. Long
and narrow at 18-feet long and
3½ free wide, they were unique
in that they were planked on
the bottom from bow to stern,
rather than side to side as with
most traditional skiffs.
These boats were powered
with 4–6 horsepower direct
drive engines that would cause
them to jump out of the water
like a speedboat.
During the week they would
work the shallow waters on
the Bay, and on the weekends
they would “sport around” the
Bay either racing or running
“moonshine” during the Prohibition. Some even reportedly
made their way to Urbanna
after the 1933 storm.
Unfortunately the construction of these skiffs dwindled
off after the 1940s. The only
remaining skiff known in existence is on display in Smith
Island Museum. However, the
heritage has been revived with
the construction of new skiffs,
made out of wood or fiberglass, which have been racing
throughout the Eastern Shore
for the last 10 years. Instead
of the 4-6 horsepower of her
ancestors, these boats are powered with 20 horsepower lawnmower-style engines.
One skiff, “Old Bay,” is from
Mathews. She, along with several other of the skiffs, will
be on display along with the
buyboats at the Urbanna Town
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In the heyday of the Rappahannock River oyster
fishery, Urbanna had three oyster shucking houses
along its shores and over 100,000 bushels of oysters were shucked there each year.
Oyster buyboats were large wooden deadrise-
style boats used to purchase oysters from area
watermen on oyster grounds just out in the river.
The days of buying seafood on the water have
long since passed, and today there are only a few
of these large classic wooden boats still plying
the waters of the Chesapeake.
On Friday and Saturday, July 31-August 1,
Urbanna Harbor will once again see these boats.
As many as 16 of the boats are coming to Urbanna
Creek for the 5th Annual Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Homecoming and the third to be held in
Urbanna. The boats will be moored at the Urbanna
Town Marina at Upton’s Point at the foot of Virginia Street.
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Tortuga
Also visiting the homecoming will be the head
boat “Tortuga,” owned and operated by Capt.
Bubbie Crown of Deltaville.
As the construction of buyboats waned after
WWII and ended in the early 1950s, the materials labor force and know-how still existed in the
Deltaville area, and work shifted to large head
boats, such as “Tortuga,” for ocean fishing.
Lin Price already had customers in New York
and New Jersey, and other local builders followed
this boom market into the 1970s and 1980s. Over
100 head boats were built and “Tortuga” is the
first one to return to Middlesex as a working
vessel. She is a traditional Chesapeake deadrise
wood hull with strip planking up the deck.
Other traditional deadrise workboats and Bay
cruisers will be at the homecoming, such as the
dredge boat “Hornet,” owned and operated by
Captain Willie Bristow of Remlik.
These narrow skiffs were built for speed and
several were brought to Urbanna after the August
Storm of 1933 when Tangier Island families
migrated to town. The skiffs were towed behind
a larger boat, and the skiff and large boat were
loaded down with everything the families owned.
High waters of the 1933 storm made the high
banks along Urbanna Creek an attractive lifestyle
feature for those Tangier families.
Crab Skiffs
Buyboats
The Smith Island Crab Skiff Association will display some of its motorized skiffs, which were first
designed to work the shallow grass beds around the
islands for netting soft crabs during the 1920s and
1930s.
Attending the Buyboat Homecoming from Maryland and the northern Bay will be “P.E. Pruitt,”
“Muriel Eileen,” “Nellie Crockett” and “Thomas
J.”
Buyboats from the southern Bay will include
“Samuel Bailey,” “Propwash,” “East Hampton,”
“Emmett H.,” “Capt. Latane,” “Iva W.,” “Ellen
Marie,” “Delvin K.,” “Peggy,” “Dudley,” “Ella
K.” and “Elva C.”
“P.E. Pruitt” was built and owned by the late
Paul Pruitt of Urbanna and Tangier Island. “Iva
W.” was built by Deltaville boatbuilder John
Wright for the late Captain Johnny Ward of
Deltaville. “Nellie Crockett” was owned by
James Ward of Deltaville and was a regular boat
seen on Urbanna Creek.
Arrive Friday
The boats will arrive throughout Friday with
most of the boats coming by mid-afternoon.
They will be open for tours until 5 p.m.
On Saturday, the boats will be open for
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There also will be nautical-related activities and displays under a tent on the creek
waterfront.
The boats are scheduled to leave Sunday
morning.
The public is invited to attend the homecoming
and tour the boats. There is no charge.
Aiding the committee with various events
for the weekend are Bethpage Camp-Resort,
Urbanna Creek Yacht Club, Dozier’s Port
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Deltaville Maritime Museum
in Deltaville
and Holly Point Nature Park’s
popular music series Groovin’
in the Park continues with wellknown musician Steve Keith
this Saturday, August 1, from 6
to 8 p.m.
With many local performances at Donk’s Theater
and the Sandpiper Reef in
Mathews, the Mooring in
Kinsale, Urbanna and other
localities, Keith has a loyal following of area fans.
Beginning his professional
music career at the age of 19
with legendary blues man Babe
Stovall, Keith won many banjo
and fiddle contest throughout
the South and West. During
the 1980s he played as sideman with such well known
musicians as Jerry Jeff Walker,
Mason Williams and David
Bromberg. He often shared the
stage and played on albums for
Willie Nelson, Leon Russell,
Waylon Jennings and Townes
Van Zandt.
Keith began his solo career
in the 1990s, playing concerts around the country and
in Canada, England and Ireland. Living aboard his sailboat “Rocinante,” he currently
plays between the city of New
Orleans and the Chesapeake
Bay, where Annapolis, Md., is
his home port.
Keith has written and produced three CDs: “Little Hinkly
Yawl,” “Fresh Fish,” and “All
Kinds.”
“I enjoy people,” said Keith.
“I’m often out there on the
water with sailors, fishermen,
doctors and lawyers. I mingle
with so many different kinds
of people. I don’t choose to
confine myself to the world of
music and I think that shows
in the way I relate to my audience. There can be a real giveand-take between us when I tap
into what we humans all have
in common, using that to mix
music, lyrics and humor in the
right proportions.”
For more on Keith and his
music, visit www.stevekeith.
com.
The Lower Middlesex
Volunteer Fire Department
in Deltaville will host its
Annual Crab Feast on Saturday, August 1, from 5 p.m. to
midnight.
The ticket includes all the
steamed crabs you can eat
plus hamburgers, hot dogs
and corn-on-the-cob. The
food will be served from 5 to
8 p.m. The band “Flashback”
will play from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Tickets are $25 in advance
or $30 at the gate if the event
is not sold out. Children
age 6 and under get in free.
Tickets are available at Harrow’s Home Center at Cooks
Corner, Henley Do-It Center
in Hartfield, Urbanna Builders’ Supply in Saluda, and in
Deltaville at Hurd’s Hardware
and J&W Seafood. Tickets
can also be purchased from
any LMVFD member. Call
Jimmy Walden at 776-9753
for more information.
Steve Keith
Following Keith on the
Groovin’ schedule is jazz guitarist Joshua Walker on August
22.
The 36-acre Holly Point
Nature Park is open dawn to
dusk and encourages folks to
come out early, picnic, and
enjoy the gardens, Pierwalk,
nature trails and museum. The
museum is open 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Saturday, and advance
and “anytime” concert tickets
are available inside. Groovin’
concerts are “cooler friendly”
events. Bring lawn chairs or
blankets. There is a dedicated
blanket area down front. A limited number of folding chairs
and picnic tables will be available on the waterfront and more
picnic tables are under the
nearby Log Canoe Pavilion—
Groovin’s rain shelter.
Tickets for Saturday’s performance are $10 at the door or
can be bought in groups of five
“anytime/anyway” tickets for
$30, a $20 savings. Children
under 12 are admitted free.
Tickets may also be purchased by mail by calling the
museum at 776-7200 and leaving name and address, or at
Nauti Nell’s in Deltaville. All
proceeds directly benefit the
museum and park.
and Holly Point Nature Park,
an all-volunteer, all-donation,
non-profit organization, is
in Deltaville at 287 Jackson
Creek Road and on Mill Creek.
Follow the Groovin’ signs, turn
right across from NAPA.
To find out more about the
museum and upcoming events,
or to become a member,
visit
www.deltavilleva.com
and click museumpark, or
Google “Deltaville Maritime
Museum.”
Summer dancers
Bayside Youth Ballet (BYB), the resident company of Diggs School of Dance, recently sponsored the second annual “Summer Dance Experience,” a free camp open to residents of
Mathews, Gloucester, Middlesex and Lancaster counties. Under the direction of Diggs
School of Dance faculty, 40 students (above) learned dance techniques, styles and choreography throughout the week while taught by members of Bayside Youth Ballet. Desiree
Moore, Emma Hollowell and Morgan Conley taught the camp activities, while Amaris Mills
and Adelena and Miranda Bracken assisted with group activities. The camp is one of many
community outreach programs sponsored by BYB designed to bring the art of dance to the
Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula communities.
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On Saturday, August 8, the
and Holly Point Nature Park
will host a kayak tour of Jackson
Creek. Paddling tours begin at 10
a.m., and ending with a picnic in
the park. The museum kitchen,
“Billz Bistro,” will supply hot
dogs, hamburgers and drinks, but
guests are asked to bring a side
dish to share. Kayakers are asked
to call the Deltaville Maritime
Museum at 776-7200 to RSVP
for the August 8 tour.
Cost Share
signup begins
The first Tidewater Soil & Water
Conservation District Cost Share
signup is under way and ends on
Friday, August 14. This is the time
for landowners to register for winter
cover crops, nutrient management
plan writing, and record keeping.
The signup also will include any
other qualified Best Management
Practices (BMPs) other than split
applications of nitrogen on corn
and small grains.
Museum
oyster roast
planned for
September
The Deltaville Maritime
Museum and Holly Point
Nature Park have scheduled a
members’ oyster roast for all
members and guests for Saturday, September 12, from 5 to
9 p.m. following their annual
members’ meeting from 4 to 5
p.m. Members should be looking for their ticket forms in the
mail.
The Oyster Roast will feature local favorites “Jumbo
Lump Daddy & The Backfin
Boys” on the bandstand; oysters steamed and on the halfshell; and barbecue, hot dogs
and cold beverages.
Tickets, including food,
music and beverages will be
$30 per person or a “Century
Club” package of four for $100.
All tickets bought after Sunday,
September 6, and at the door
(if available) will be $35. There
is a limit of 300 tickets.
Members who do not receive
the announcement and ticket
forms by August 7 should call
the museum at 776-7200 and
leave a message. Tickets and
membership applications also
will be available at Nauti Nell’s
in Deltaville.
Above, from left, are Lions Club president Mike Firkins; Lions
Club Zone A chairman Sandra Mikulecky, and Middlesex
YMCA director Buzz Lambert.
Lions support ‘Bright Beginnings’
Middlesex Family YMCA
director
Buzz
Lambert
showed a new and informative video that explains the
YMCA’s successful community program “Bright
Beginnings” at the July 14
Middlesex Lions Club meeting.
A contribution of $125 (tax
deductible) to the program will
provide a less-fortunate child
with new clothes and school
supplies.
Volunteering to help a child
shop for school, so they will
have a more positive start to
their school year, will make
them smile and you too! The
goal this year is to give at least
20 children a Bright Beginning.
The Middlesex Lions Club
meets the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month at 7
p.m. at The Beacon behind The
Pilot House Restaurant in Topping. For more information,
call membership chairperson
Ann Estis at 776-7508 or Lions
Club president at Mike Firkins
at 435-5559.
Bluegrass/gospel in Urbanna
The Central Middlesex Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary
will sponsor bluegrass/gospel music on two Saturdays,
August 1 and 8, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Urbanna squad
building. Admission is free. Donations will be accepted.
Those attending are invited to bring a covered dish snack to
share at intermission.
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Thousand Trails to
host ‘Music Week’
‘Moonlight and Valentino’
The Court House Players’ production of “Moonlight and
Valentino” continues Friday and Saturday, July 31 and
August 1, at 8 p.m. at the Piankatank Ruritan Club, Buckley
Hall Road, Hudgins. The cast includes, from left, Maddie
Molly, Rebecca Hogge, Kathleen Encrapera, Shawn Jaeger
and Melissa Polonsky. Tickets are $15 at the door or $13 in
advance ($12 for seniors) at Coffman’s on the Coast, 10675
Gen. Puller Hwy., Hartfield (776-7766). For more information, call 694-5471.
Donations sought toward
beautifying MHS grounds
Maggie Hall, Urbanna
Oyster Festival Queen contestant, is seeking donations to
help support her community
service project for the beautification of the Middlesex High
School grounds.
Hall, along with her Little
Miss Spat contestant Laura
Walton, has prepared and
printed an activities booklet
on Middlesex County. Donation boxes with the booklets
are on display at Marshall’s
Drug Store, Cross Street
Coffee,
Harrow’s
Home
Center, Urbanna Builders’
Supply, Bella’s Pizza and
J&W Seafood.
Funds are needed to pur-
chase mulch, plants, stone and
paint supplies. Volunteers are
welcome to help with weeding, mulching, sanding, painting and power washing now
through August 13, Monday
through Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. Student hours
worked can be used toward
the student’s community service requirements.
Contact Hall at 758-3256
or email [email protected].
Tax-deductible
donations can be mailed to
Friends of Middlesex County
Public Schools, P.O. Box 205,
Saluda VA 23149 (earmarked
MHS grounds beautification/
Maggie Hall project).
July & August
Full color in your ad $100
One color in your ad $50
Color in your ad raises
its visibility by 53%!
Call the Southside Sentinel
at (804) 758-2328 or
email [email protected]
From Monday, August 3,
through Friday, August 7, the
Talent Developing Studio of
Hanover will present “Do-ReMi Music Week,” a program of
musical activities for all ages
at Thousand Trails Camping
Resort in Gloucester.
The activities include a
children’s musical, a children’s singing ensemble, a
youth/adult singing ensemble,
introduction to the keyboard
classes, singing for adults who
think they can’t sing, music
fun for fantastic kids, and private lessons in piano, voice and
other instruments. There will
be a small fee charged for each
activity. The activities will take
place daily for the five days.
At the end of the week,
there will be a performance
of the children’s musical
and performances by the
children’s and youth/adult
ensembles. During the week,
there will be several evening
performances by guest musicians. The public is invited to
participate.
For more information on
the Do-Re-Mi Music Week at
Thousand Trails, contact Terry
DuRose at 693-9757 or Sharon
Britton at 804-370-1394.
Civil War ‘living history’
encampment is Saturday
The public is invited to step
back to the year 1863 and meet
Civil War-era soldiers and
Southern ladies from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Saturday, August 1, at
the Court Circle in Gloucester.
Those attending can meet
Robert E. Lee, see what life was
like in a Confederate Camp,
learn what medical treatment
may have been like in the 1800s,
visit with the 13th VA Cavalry
Company C and talk with James
D. Gardner, Medal of Honor
recipient.
At 11 a.m., Robert E. Lee
leads a memorial service for
Gloucester soldiers, including
a wreath laying at the Confederate Monument.
At 2 p.m., “A conversation
about my life” will be held by
General Lee in the Colonial
Courthouse.
This free Living History Day
is sponsored by the Rebecca
Lloyd Tabb Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy
and Gloucester Parks, Recreation
& Tourism. For more information, call 804-693-0014, or email
[email protected].
around deltaville
by T.D. Harris
Years ago when the ospreys
were looking for places to
nest, we contracted to have a
pole with a wooden frame for
an osprey nest put near our
dock. We thought it would be
a nice thing for the ospreys
and it would be fun to watch.
For several years the ospreys
would check it out and go up
the creek or somewhere else. It
was if they did not trust what
was there or they found something better. It could have been
the Corgyn barking furiously at
them. It was disappointing.
Then, one year, we had a
pair of ospreys and after that
they came back. Then the dratted Canada Geese claimed it
for two years, and while they
were interesting to watch, the
ospreys were welcome when
they got to the nest first this
year. They hatched three fledglings. The parents were good
fish catchers and the fledglings
are healthy and big.
Over the past week, watching them with binoculars has
been just about all that has
gotten done around the house.
We saw the first one take his
first flight and that was ever
so exciting. Our hearts were in
our mouths watching him fly
in-between the mast of the sailboats at the marina next door.
We found ourselves clapping
when he came back to the nest.
We missed the first flights
of the other two, but were in
time to see one standing on the
beach trying to figure out how
he got wet and being patient
about getting dried off so he
could fly again.
The parents dropped a big
fish on the dock. We watched
them eat their first meal out of
the nest. Amazing that there
was no fighting. One ate and
when he was finished, the other
ate. What they did not eat was
snatched up by the seagulls.
It’s not certain if they are fishing for themselves yet, but they
are instinctively bringing twigs
back to the nest.
The weather is very enjoyable and swimming is pleasant.
The stinging nettles are easy to
spot. They look ever so wicked.
It seems like they are bigger
this year than in years past.
Long ago rubbing wet sand on
the burn was the only thing to
do. Later it was meat tenderizer. Now it is just watch out.
The DCA calendar is being
put together. This year there
are several people getting
names and dates. There are
also forms at Nauti Nell’s and
NAPA should you want to pick
them up. Call Theresa at 7766992 and leave a message to be
returned later in the evening.
The calendar is a fundraiser
for the DCA. The DCA does
not have membership requirements. Everyone is welcome
to attend the meetings and to
work on the committees. It is
an interested group of people
willing to step up and do things
around Deltaville. Lew Grimm
is president. The board solicits
members to serve and decides
on the president. It is nonprofit.
The DCA raises money to
maintain the tennis courts,
basketball courts, and pool.
This year Michele Rother is
heading up the fundraising for
equipment for the playground.
The money for the fireworks is
raised by the DCA and the Sheriff’s Office is paid by the DCA
to do the fireworks display. In
the past, the Lower Middlesex
Volunteer Fire Department
displayed the fireworks. And,
on top of all of that, the DCA
building and grounds are maintained by the board, which also
oversees the renting and use of
the building. An awesome job
for a few people.
Felicitations to Michele and
Jess Saunders, who are celebrating their anniversary today.
Becky and Joey Revere and
Charlotte and Kelly Slaughter celebrated their anniversary earlier this week. Happy
birthday to Charles Harrow
and Jimmy Pleasants, who
are celebrating their birthdays
today. A big welcome to Dr.
Anthony Hayes, the new doctor
at Chesapeake Medical Group.
He comes to us from northern
California.
Marty and Tom Hawksworth are being visited by their
daughter, Elizabeth, her husband Dale, their children Jessie
and Seth Azevedo, and their
dog. They live in Connecticut.
Another daughter, Martha, is
expected toward the end of the
week with at least one dog.
“A retentive memory is a
good thing, but the ability to
forget is the true token of greatness.” Fair winds.
Wings & Wheels
meetings set
There will be a Wings and
Wheels 2009 planning meeting
at the Pilot House Restaurant at
Topping on Monday, August 3,
at 7 p.m.
Other meetings will be on
Monday, August 31; Monday,
September 14; and Monday,
September 21.
rotary news
New Rotarians Priscilla Davenport (left) and Jeannie Bristow.
Profiling new Rotarians
by Fernando Atienza
A distinctive feature of
Middlesex Rotary meetings
is the classification talk. This
much-anticipated, fun, lively
and informative part of Rotary
life allows a new member to
share their life and professional
histories with their new friends.
It, in turn, gives the membership a broader view of the business and professional life of
the community it is committed
to serve.
On July 28, Middlesex
Rotarians got to hear from two
of their new members, Priscilla Davenport and Jeannie
Bristow.
Priscilla, also known as
Bonnie the “Friendly Greeter”
(the newest member of the club
is assigned the job of greeting people as they arrive for
the meeting until such time
as a newer member arrives, or
the club tires of her or him),
is the current Commissioner
of the Revenue for Middlesex
County. Prior to being elected
to her present position, she
worked in the commissioner’s
office for 10 years where she
rose to become a Master Chief
Deputy.
Bonnie is originally from
New York City where she met
her husband John. They have
been married for 52 years and
have two sons and five grandchildren.
Before moving to Middlesex
County, from where her husband hails, she held various
accounting and executive positions with Columbia pictures
and Macy’s Department Store.
She was the first AfricanAmerican female to hold the
position of member support
representative for the New York
State Credit Union League.
A cancer survivor of 30 years,
her favorite all-time organization is the American Cancer
Society where she has participated in the annual walkathon
almost since it began.
Jeannie Bristow was born
and raised in Middlesex County
and admits to being “a big-time
daddy’s girl.” She currently
holds the position of Relationship Banker for C&F Bank. A
relationship banker is a new
concept in financial services
marketing whereby an account
officer tries to meet and gain
an understanding of consumer
needs and offers services that
fulfill those needs. In this
capacity Jeannie says she especially enjoys dealing with the
younger generation on how to
balance their checkbooks and
how to save.
Jeannie and her husband
Chris have three children and
two grandchildren. In addition
to being the new Vocational
Services Chairman for Rotary,
she is active in the proposed
Syd Thrift Athletic Complex at
Middlesex High School and the
MHS Athletic Booster Club.
In other matters, club president Chauncey Mann received,
on behalf of the club, thank
you notes and expressions of
appreciation from the Library
Committee, Middlesex rescue
squads and Northern Neck Free
Health Clinic.
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Above, Lt. Col. Bert Jones of the Hummel Field Squadron of
the Civil Air Patrol presents Ryan Cannon with the Wright
Brothers Award.
Local Civil Air Patrol
promotes two cadets
Jessica Olmedo was presented the General H.H.
“Hap” Arnold Award by Lt.
Col. Jones.
take on a modern sailor’s lifealong with other salty favorites.
Tickets at the door are $10 or
five for $30. Bring your own
chairs, coolers and bug spray.
Let’s hope for good weather,
but we can move under the roof
if necessary.
Steve is a heck of a musician
and puts on a great show. At
one point in his life he played
with Mason Williams. Now he
plays his own compositions.
These concerts have morphed into socials with likeminded folks getting together
to eat, drink and be merry.
Many thanks to Bill Powell for
taking on the series with such
short notice and thanks to the
public for supporting it. We’re
in the process of organizing
for next year, so if you have
a favorite group or a favorite
type of music, make sure to let
us know.
On to Urbanna where it is
having the buyboat rendezvous
this Friday and Saturday. For
those of you who are not familiar with these workhorses of a
bygone era, a buyboat is a large
decked-over deadrise with a
small house aft. Now that they
are not economically viable,
pure love and cubic money
keep them afloat. If you have a
buyboat today, it’s like having a
Duesenberg, only you leave it
out in the rain and salt.
So come see these queens
of yesterday and take a ride on
Deltaville’s newest attraction,
“Tortuga,” piloted by Bubbie
Crown (a fellow Boatnut).
Next week—how shiny are
they? The Kaptain goes to the
ultimate wooden boat show in
Clayton, N.Y.
Water quality monitoring training offered
On Saturday, August 8, from
9 a.m. to noon, Friends of the
Rappahannock will conduct a
free water quality monitoring
training class for volunteers
interested in getting certified
to monitor the health of the
Rappahannock River and its
tributaries.
Volunteers will learn techniques for monitoring both
physical and chemical parameters such as temperature, pH,
dissolved oxygen, and turbidity.
The valuable data collected by
the certified volunteers will be
used for tracking stream health,
making watershed management
decisions, and to aid in the identification of impaired waters
that require legislation mandating pollution reduction.
The event is sponsored by the
Friends of the Rappahannock
and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and is funded by the
Chesapeake Bay Restoration
Fund.
The training will take place
at the Friends office at 3219
Fall Hill Ave. in Fredericksburg.
Registration is required. Call
(540) 373-3448 to register.
Plan . . .
comprehensive plan draft
last month and sent it to the
Middlesex Board of Supervisors. The supervisors will hold
a work session on the draft
plan at its meeting on Tuesday,
August 4. The public is invited
to the meeting that starts at 9
a.m. in the historic courthouse
in Saluda.
The board’s public hearing is
set for August 18 at 7:30 p.m.
in the historic courthouse.
State law requires comprehensive plans to be updated
every 5 years.
The draft comprehensive plan
is online at www.co.middlesex.
va.us/2006Plan/Main.htm.
Triplets
Three sunflowers blossomed from one stalk in the garden
of Deborah Figg of Wake. This photo was taken from above
and shows two fully-opened sunflowers fused together and
a third one forming on the top. “I have always had sunflowers, but have never seen triplets,” Figg said. The 5-foot-tall
plant was grown from a Burpee Co. hybrid seed.
middlesex 4-h
4-H Summer Programs
by Cynthia K. Rowles
Extension Agent
4-H Youth Development
Summer is always a busy
time. Middlesex 4-H has had
a busy time also. In my last
article you heard from 6 teens
who attended the 2009 Virginia
4-H State Congress. Two weeks
later, 59 campers, 10 teens
and 4 adults from Middlesex
attended Junior 4-H Camp at
the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center. We also had 6
other adults who volunteered
to assist with classes at least
one day.
Campers between the ages
of 9 and 13 took part in four
classes, three in the morning and one in the afternoon.
The classes were canoeing,
archery, kayaking, performing
arts, swimming, air rifle, woodworking, crafts, entomology,
ropes, quilting, VET science
and marine science. In the late
afternoon, campers had free
swim, open rec, and free time.
Congratulations to Matt
Owens for being selected as
Outstanding Male Teen Counselor, and to Breanna Tabor
as Outstanding Counselor-in-
Training.
Thanks to all who participated
and those who volunteered to
help the campers. Thanks also
to the Middlesex community
which was very supportive in
providing scholarships for some
campers who otherwise would
not have this experience. Thank
you for making a difference in
the life of a child especially in
these economically challenging
times!
Next week, we will hold
the Middlesex 4-H Cloverbud
Day Camp. This camp is for
our younger 4-H’ers, ages 5
to 8 years. The theme is “Save
the Environment.” Campers
will learn ways to protect the
environment. Each day will
conclude with swimming at
Urbanna Town Pool.
Research has shown that 4-H
Camp participation helps youth
to learn, to make new friends, to
develop new skills, to become
more independent, and to take
care of themselves. Those goals
were accomplished during the
2009 Junior Camp week and
will be accomplished at the
Cloverbud Camp. Hope to see
you and a friend next year at
one of these camps.
‘Woods in Your Backyard’
workshop due July 31-Aug. 1
Making decisions about how objectives. It is designed to
to impact the trees in your own help landowners sort through
backyard can sometimes be the options available and to
challenging. Rich Steensma, gain knowledge about forestry,
forester with the Virginia wildlife habitat and landscapDepartment of Forestry, will ing techniques and improve
offer a field trip to see some their skills in tree identificaof the techniques landowners tion.
of small wooded lots can use
The class is from 1 to 5
to improve their land for the p.m. on Friday, July 31, and
forest, wildlife and aestheti- from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satcal values. The field trip will urday, August 1, including the
be the final session of a two- field trip. The class will be at
day workshop titled “Woods in Grace Episcopal Church in
Your Backyard.”
Kilmarnock.
The Woods in Your Backyard
The $25 registration fee
workshop is being offered for includes lunch, refreshments,
the first time in the Northern and The Woods in Your BackNeck region on July 31 and yard workbook plus several
August 1. The workshop is other helpful reference publifor owners of small forested cations. For a couple sharing
lots who would like to better materials, the registration is
On July 18, a number of area understand their impact on the $35.
For more information, call
emergency services joined with land and how to better manage
Rappahannock
Community the land to suit their personal 443-1118.
College’s Emergency Medical
Services program coordinator
Suzanne Tolson to stage a training exercise for the Summer
2009 class of emergency medical technician students.
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training exercise.
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Jessica E. Olmedo was
recently promoted to the rank
of Cadet Airman First Class
(C/A1C) by the Hummel Field
Squadron of the Civil Air
Patrol. Cadets must pass an
aerospace test, along with a
leadership, and physical fitness
test in order to advance in rank.
Cadets also must attend at least
one Moral Leadership session.
C/A1C Olmedo was also presented with the General H.H.
“Hap” Arnold Award from Lt.
Col. Bert Jones during the ceremony.
Olmedo will be a freshman
at Lancaster High School in the
coming school year.
Ryan Cannon was recently
promoted to the rank of Cadet
Technical Sergeant (C/Tsgt) by
the Hummel Field Squadron of
the Civil Air Patrol. The promotion marks his transition to
the “Phase II: Leadership” segment of training.
C/Tsgt Cannon also was presented with the Wright Brothers Award from Lt. Col. Bert
Jones during the ceremony.
Cannon will be a junior at
Middlesex High School in the
coming school year.
The Hummel Field Squadron
meets at 7 p.m. every Tuesday
at Hummel Field Airport in
Topping. For more information
on the Civil Air Patrol, email
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by Nature Girl
and Kaptain Krunch
How could it be August
already? Let’s take a quick look
at the upcoming events.
This Saturday, August 1, is
Groovin’ in the Park with Steve
Keith from 6 to 8 p.m. Bring a
cooler and a picnic and you’ve
got a great evening on the banks
of Mill Creek.
On August 8 bring your
kayak for the Jackson Creek
Kayak Tour and picnic lunch.
The Rappahannock Summer
Art Academy for Kids is August
10-14. Call 804-333-6828 to
register. Grants are available.
On August 22 the Deltaville
Farmers’ Market returns and
the last Groovin in the Park
ends the evening.
As the dog days of summer
finally settle in, don’t forget
the museum is open Tuesday
through Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to
4 p.m. The park is open dawn
to dusk.
Mark your calendar for the
Annual Membership Meeting
on Sept. 12. New this year is
the oyster roast.
The Gardenerds are taking
a break in August and we’ll
resume our Tuesdays after
Labor Day. Thanks to the dedicated helping hands for making
the park look so great.
The buyboats are coming
to the Urbanna Harbor this
Friday and Saturday. Stop by
and see us. And now to Krunch
for a look at what’s up in the
boat shop.
Yes, it’s yet another big
weekend. At the park, our concert series continues featuring
Steve Keith with his original
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