Body found in Broad Creek

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Urbanna, Virginia 23175 • January 8, 2009
Vol. 114, No. 40
Two Sections • 75¢
Schools
to lose
$553,000
in funds
by Larry S. Chowning
County leaders
Saluda District supervisor Robert Crump (left) of Topping and Jamaica District supervisor Wayne Jessie of
Church View were elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Middlesex County Board of
Supervisors on Tuesday. Crump replaces Pinetop District supervisor Kenneth W. Williams as board chairman.
(Photo by Larry Chowning)
Body found
in Broad Creek
The body of a Prince George
County man, Charles Leroy
Lundie, 65, was found Sunday
morning floating in Broad
Creek between Norton and
Norview marinas, said the
Middlesex County Sheriff ’s
Office on Tuesday.
The sheriff ’s office received
a 911 call at 7:39 a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 4, from a Deltaville resident reporting that he had come
upon the body. The Virginia
Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) was contacted
to dispatch a boat to assist the
sheriff ’s office in the recov-
ery operation. Also called was
the ladder truck of the Lower
Middlesex Volunteer Fire
Department of Deltaville.
The body of Lundie was
removed from Broad Creek
and transported to the State
Medical Examiner’s Office in
Richmond for an autopsy.
The official cause of death
cannot be determined until the
autopsy results are finalized
and released, said the sheriff ’s
office; however, at this time,
Lundie’s death is not being
considered suspicious or criminal in nature.
The State of Virginia will cut
$445,000 in basic school aid
and $108,000 in debt service
payments from the Middlesex
school budget in 2009-10
(FY10), the county board of
supervisors was told by school
superintendent Rusty Fairheart
Tuesday.
Last year, Middlesex schools
lost over $700,000 in state
funds because of changes to the
State Composite Index—the
formula used to determine how
much basic state school aid
each school system receives.
“We’ve lost over $1.2 million the past two years,” said
supervisor Jack Miller. “It’s
terrible.”
Fairheart told supervisors his
staff has already been looking
at ways to trim the cost of education without impacting classroom learning.
Supervisor Kenneth W. Williams said he did not know
what the county would do to
overcome the loss in funds. He
indicated real estate taxes are
not going to continue to pay
most of the county expenses if
the state continues to withdraw
funding.
Supervisors Fred Crittenden
and Wayne Jessie said the
county needs to revisit implementing a meals tax. The
county has proposed a meals
tax twice and placed it on a referendum. However, each time
county citizens have voted it
down.
Miller said the funding problem goes beyond a meals tax.
“A meals tax will help, but
(See Funds, page A3)
A storm water runoff filter system has been installed to treat water running off the roof and
asphalt parking lot at the renovated Urbanna Lumber Corp. building and property just outside of Urbanna. Above is the water outlet at the headwaters of Sprout Cove ravine behind
the firehouse.
Runoff continues to be a
major source of pollution
by Larry S. Chowning
For generations, the deep,
steep ravines at headwaters of
creeks and coves have been
natural dumping grounds.
Ravines were natural areas for
getting rid of trash. They provided a place—out of sight and
out of mind.
Three major ravines that
surround and cut through the
center of the Town of Urbanna
have been used for generations
to dispose of trash and anything
else unwanted, such as cars and
old tires.
Sprout Cove ravine is the
northern boundary of the town
and years ago provided a dumping site for the Old Tavern and
other homes on Prince George
Street. What could not be
burned in the fire barrel “went
over the hill.”
Perkins Creek ravine runs
along the town’s western
boundary to the south, emptying into Perkins Creek and the
Rappahannock River. At the
end of the 19th century, the
headwaters of Sprout Cove and
Perkins Creek met at a certain
point near where the Urbanna
Firehouse is located today.
Today, wine and soda bottles,
tires and other trash are going to
the landfill rather than ravines,
but Sprout Cove, Perkins Creek,
Jamison Cove and Urbanna
Creek have become the main
avenues for another type of
unwanted
element—storm
water runoff from the streets
and parking lots of the town,
highways outside of town, and
(See Ravines, page A3)
‘Come out Fighting’ was motto of 761st Tank Battalion
by Tom Chillemi
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In the winter of 1944-45, Raymond W. Burrell
of Deltaville was fighting with the now famous
761st Tank Battalion that saw extensive action at
the Battle of the Bulge—Hitler’s last desperate
effort to stop the Allies at the border of France
and Germany.
The U.S. Armed Forces were segregated until
after World War II, and the “Black Panthers” of
the 761st were the first tank battalion to be comprised of African-Americans.
Jackie Robinson, who would later be the first
African-American to play Major League Baseball, was a member of the 761st Battalion. Burrell, 89, said Robinson’s bunk was three away
from his, and they often talked.
Burrell easily recalls details of some of the
harrowing events during his 183-day deployment. In addition, books have been written about
the 761st, which was assigned to General George
S. Patton’s Third Army.
On November 2, 1944, Gen. Patton stood on
a half-track and addressed the 761st Tank Battalion, said Burrell.
“Men, you’re the first Negro tankers to ever
fight in the American Army,” said Gen. Patton.
“I would never have asked for you if you weren’t
good. I don’t care what color you are, so long as
you go up there and kill those Germans.”
Gen. Patton continued, “Everyone has their
eyes on you and are expecting great things from
you. Most of all, your race is looking forward to
you doing well. Don’t let them down, and don’t
let me down.”
Burrell said Gen. Patton told the men they
had to fight to stay alive. He kept referring to
the ground with his hands showing “what was
going to happen to you,” said Burrell.
Gen. Patton had sent men up the hill at the
battle site for 90 days “and no one came back,”
said Burrell, who wondered if his fate would be
the same.
Patton knew that a soldier would not take
reckless chances on his own, but would still
find a way to take the objective, said Burrell.
“Once you leave here don’t listen to anybody,
you are on your own,” Patton told his soldiers.
“If you get an order from an officer and you see
a better way you can do it, pay him (officer) no
mind. When you leave this point of departure,
every man is responsible for his own death. I’ve
been sending them up there and officers have
been giving them orders, and they wind up in
the ground.”
When he finished his speech, Gen. Patton
said to Burrell, “You look like you don’t think
much about what I said.”
Burrell agreed. “I told him I didn’t think much
about what he said,” responded Burrell, who then
asked Gen. Patton, “If Raymond gets killed, how
are you going to get another Raymond?”
Gen. Patton responded with a rhyme, “Raymond’s name is Lou, let him go too. Just save
the tanks . . . got any more questions?”
To which Burrell responded, “No, you said it
all.”
Burrell had tried to transfer out of the 761st
Tank Battalion after he saw how an armorpiercing shell burned through a tank’s armor in
30 seconds.
The Army told him that because he had graduated from high school, he could not transfer.
First battle
The 761st Tank Battalion landed in France
at Omaha Beach in October 1944, four months
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“Men, you’re the first
Negro tankers to ever fight
in the American Army. I
would never have asked
for you if you weren’t
good. I don’t care what
color you are, so long as
you go up there and kill
those Germans.”
—Gen. George S. Patton
after D-Day. “The stench of death hung over
the beach like a cloud,” said Burrell.
A 400-mile trek led Burrell and his battalion
to “Hill 253.”
Burrell, who was 26 years old, had narrowly
escaped death when he and some men were
warming themselves by a fire. A German shell
exploded nearby and killed all of his buddies.
Burrell ran along the road and got into a ditch.
Another shell exploded and covered him with
mud.
Later the same day, A, B, C and D companies of the 761st Tank Battalion moved toward
a town to force out the Germans. Burrell and
his Headquarters Company set up their tank to
shoot its 105-mm cannon over the hill at the
enemy as they retreated.
One of the 761st tanks had a track knocked
off, recalled Burrell. The men escaped through
a hatch in the floor and set up machine guns
under their tank.
The Germans broadcast over loud speakers, “We got you now, so give up,” remembers
Burrell. Instead, the Black Panthers shredded
wave after wave of German soldiers who tried
for hours to knock out the American position.
The Germans gave up the fight and when
they started to abandon the town, the 761st
was waiting at a narrow pass. “We laid down
fire on them,” said Burrell.
Their job was to lob shells in front of the
(See Battle, page A3)
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Raymond W. Burrell of Deltaville still carries
memories of the Battle of the Bulge where he
was deployed during World War II with the
761st Tank Battalion.
(Photo by Tom Chillemi)
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opinion
middlesex sheriff’s report
Middlesex Sheriff Guy L. Abbott reported that
the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office documented 200
calls for service between December 29, 2008 and
January 4, 2009. Some of the calls and felony
arrests are listed below.
Clarence Raymond Harris, 22, of Locust Hill
was arrested on a direct indictment on Dec. 30,
2008. Harris was indicted in Middlesex Circuit
Court on Nov. 24, 2008 for his active participation in a street gang. Harris is currently incarcerated.
Only four minutes into the official start of
New Year’s Eve, a passing motorist on Route
17 reported a vehicle being driven in the wrong
direction on Tidewater Trail in Saluda. The witness told the dispatcher that a newer model car
was traveling northbound in the southbound lane.
Deputy Myers was conducting business checks
near the intersection of Routes 17 and 33 when
the be-on-the-lookout information was broadcast
across the radio. Sheriff Abbott was northbound
on Tidewater Trail just a few miles north of the
call and headed back south to assist. Four minutes later, Sheriff Abbott located a vehicle in the
11000 block of Tidewater Trail that had struck
an embankment and come to a stop in the southbound lane facing north. The 49-year-old King
and Queen woman was arrested by Myers and
charged with second offense DUI. The woman’s
driver’s license was administratively suspended
for 60 days as a result of the arrest as well.
On Dec. 30, a Piankatank Shores property
owner notified the sheriff’s office of a residential burglary discovered by a contractor. There
are five break-ins under investigation in that area
that have been reported since before Thanksgiving. Investigator C.B. Sibley said he expects to
make an arrest soon, possibly this week.
A 26-year-old Locust Hill man was arrested
for domestic assault and battery on Jan. 1. The
arrest was the result of a domestic altercation
that had occurred at a Locust Hill home earlier
that evening. An emergency protective order was
issued against the alleged offender as well.
A residential burglary was discovered by
the owners of a home on Silver Ridge Road in
Locust Hill on Jan. 2. Some forensic evidence
was removed from the scene and the case is
under investigation.
The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office was called
to a residence on Morgan Lane near the Essex
County line on Jan. 2 to investigate the report
of an intoxicated elderly male who was armed
with a gun. Deputies arrived at the home shortly
after 2 p.m. At that time the male resident, Alton
Freeman, 78, was placed under arrest. Alton
was charged with public intoxication, brandishing a firearm and possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon. Alton was held without bond
pending his arraignment in Middlesex General
District Court on Jan. 5.
License plate decals and a vehicle’s registration were reported stolen on Jan. 3. The vehicle
was unlocked and parked at a business in Saluda
when the items were stolen.
A vehicle owner from Essex County reported
vandalism to a car and the theft of its Virginia
license plates on Jan. 4. The owner left the car
on private property along Route 17 in Jamaica
on Dec. 14 when it broke down. In the time the
vehicle was left unattended, all of the windows
were broken out and one tire was slashed.
Middlesex High School staff reported on Jan.
4 that the school had been vandalized. Graffiti
was spray painted on a large area at the back side
of the school. A driver’s education vehicle and
the marching band trailer were spray painted as
well.
In calendar year 2008, the Middlesex Sheriff’s
Office processed 944 warrants and criminal summonses. Of the 907 warrants that were served,
173 were felonies. A total of 623 arrests were
made by the sheriff’s office in 2008.
The sheriff’s office staff served 5,492 civil
and court documents during 2008. Among those
court documents served included 135 protective
orders.
The completed 2008 Middlesex Calls For Service Report (CFS) will be ready for publication
in the next Sheriff’s Report. The CFS report will
include inbound telephone call totals received
by the 911 communications center as well as a
breakdown of calls by each of the four volunteer fire companies and the two volunteer rescue
squads that serve Middlesex County.
December 8 - 28
Middlesex County Sheriff Guy L. Abbott
reported that the sheriff’s office documented 636
calls for service between December 8-28, 2008.
The following are a list of felony arrests made
in that period as well as some of the incidents
reported:
Spencer Antoine Carey, 25, of Fredericksburg
was arrested on Dec. 8 at a home on Box Elder
Arch in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach Police
were alerted to Carey’s suspected whereabouts in
its city by way of a teletype message previously
sent by the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office. Carey was
arrested on two outstanding Middlesex County
warrants that charged him with attempted seconddegree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A total of four felony charges
have been brought against Carey as the result of
a firearm being discharged inside a home during
a party on McKans Road in Jamaica on Aug. 23.
The investigation of the events that transpired at
the residence was headed up by Investigator C.B.
Sibley.
Robert Lee Rose, 53, formerly of Topping,
was extradited back to Virginia from Gulfport,
Miss., Dec. 22. A direct indictment was handed
down by Middlesex Circuit Court on Aug. 22 that
charged Rose with object sexual penetration—an
incident alleged to have occurred in September
2003.
Rose was located and identified as being
wanted by Middlesex County through a HIT
(positive response) to a wanted check the Gulf-
port Police Department ran on him through the
NCIC database in mid-November 2008. Gulfport
police were originally dispatched to the scene to
check on the welfare of a man passed out in a car
in a parking lot of a business during non-business hours. Rose was transported to a hospital
in Gulfport for treatment of a medical condition
and was then turned over to the Harrison County
Jail, where he was held until an extradition hearing was arranged. Rose was extradited back to
Virginia by transportation staff from the Middle
Peninsula Regional Security Center (MPRSC) in
Saluda and was committed to MPRSC on Dec.
22. Rose also was wanted for failure to comply
with pre-trial supervision and an additional failure to appear. Rose is scheduled for arraignment in January 2009. Investigator P.T. Lyons Jr.
headed the investigation of the September 2003
incident that led to Rose being charged.
Robert Dale “Bobby” Clark, 56, of Locust
Hill, was arrested the evening of Dec. 9, following an illegal hunting incident witnessed by
Captain R.C. Green on Stormont Road. Green
charged Clark with shooting from a vehicle, trespassing on posted property and shooting across a
highway. The sheriff’s office has received numerous complaints about spotlighting and poaching
in all areas of the county since the beginning of
general firearms season in November. Hunting,
fishing and boating violations in progress should
be reported directly to the Department of Game
and Inland Fisheries law enforcement communications center at 804-367-1258.
On Dec. 13, a 57-year-old Urbanna area
woman was arrested as the result of a traffic stop
near Big John’s Convenience Store on Route 17
in Church View. The woman was charged with
second offense DUI and the vehicle she was
operating was impounded for 30 days.
On Christmas Eve night, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office got a call to check on a man reportedly
staying in a room at The Pilot House Inn that had
not been rented out by staff. Deputy R.D. Cable
came in contact with the man in question and at
that time placed him under arrest for defrauding an innkeeper. When Cable patted the suspect
down, a baggie containing a green plant-like
material, believed to be marijuana, along with a
substantial roll of U.S. currency, tumbled down
from inside a pants leg of the 28-year-old Richmond man, who claimed to be homeless. Cable
had the department’s drug canine unit, “Syrus,”
along with his handler Deputy A.P. Moon, dispatched to the scene. Syrus “hit” on the room
the man was staying in illegally and “hit” on the
man’s vehicle as well. Over $1,700 in cash was
confiscated from the suspect and the plant-like
material was sent to the crime lab for content
analysis. The magistrate ordered the man to be
committed to MPRSC for the night.
Nine homeowners reported break-ins or
reported finding signs of attempted break-ins
December 18-21. The majority of the homes
broken into were in the Piankatank Shores Subdivision, four in total. Three homes on or near
Barricks Mill Road in Wake reported break-ins,
as well as two homes located on Healys Road.
One home on Green Branch Loop also reported
finding a breaking and entering in that time
frame. All break-ins reported in that time are
under investigation.
Deputies were dispatched to a fight on Point
Cove Lane in Hardyville on Dec. 27 just after
4:30 a.m. Deputies arrived to find a 22-yearold man with a knife wound to the chest. The
Deltaville Rescue Squad transported the victim
to a nearby hospital with a suspected collapsed
lung as a result of the stab injury. Lt. J.H. Ellis
transported the suspect in the incident, a juvenile male from Mathews County, from the scene.
After the juvenile was medically cleared at an
area hospital, he was transported and remanded
to the Merrimac Juvenile Detention Center in
James City County and charged with a felony by
way of a juvenile detention order.
An eatery in Urbanna reported on Dec. 9 that
damage found to a locked back door at the business could have been evidence of an attempted
burglary. Tool marks were reportedly found on
the back door. It did not appear the illegal entry
was successful.
Two unrelated major house fires occurred
within less than 24 hours of each other the evening of Dec. 14 and the afternoon of Dec. 15.
The first residential structure fire occurred at a
home in the 500 block of Dragon Road, approximately 2 miles behind the Virginia Motor Speedway, just before 8:30 p.m. Dec. 14. Water View,
Urbanna and Hartfield volunteers and fire equipment responded to the scene along with the
Urbanna Rescue Squad. A mutual tanker was
requested from Essex County. Fire personnel and
equipment began being released by fire ground
command to return to their respective stations at
9:42 p.m. shortly after water shuttling operations
ended. Water fill-up locations included the Virginia Motor Speedway as well as the Boy Scout
Camp off Bayport Road. The American Red
Cross was contacted to assist with temporary
shelter provisions for the residents of the burned
home.
The second fire occurred in the 1700 block of
General Puller Highway in Saluda just before 3
p.m. on Dec. 15. The call came in to the Middlesex
Sheriff’s office 911 communications center as a
large two-story house, with smoke and flames
showing from the rear of the house. Urbanna,
Water View, Hartfield and Deltaville fire departments all responded with personnel and firefighting equipment to assist in extinguishing the
large flames that were fanned by occasional high
wind gusts that afternoon. Mutual aid responses,
in the form of tanker trucks, were requested from
Essex and Gloucester counties. Water was shuttled in by tankers that utilized the hydrant in front
of the Middlesex Courthouse on Bowden Street
and the hydrant on New Street, situated on the
east side of the Woodward Building in Saluda.
Shucking champ seeks sponsor
Women’s world champion oyster shucker Deborah
Pratt of Middlesex County is
seeking sponsorship for her
next shucking event on Jan.
16 at the Mohegan Sun in
Connecticut.
Any business or individual interested in sponsoring
Pratt should contact Regina
Pratt at 732-768-1900.
Deborah Pratt is the
defending Urbanna Oyster
Festival shucking champion.
UBA plans
last meeting
The last meeting of the
Urbanna Business Association
(UBA) will be held at 5:15 p.m.
on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the town
hall. Any comments or questions
will be answered at the meeting.
All are encouraged to attend.
letters to the editor
A short-sighted
nation we’ve
become
To the Editor:
After listening to the talking heads and the politicians
on TV, I thought I had heard
everything about the bailout
of the auto industry from all
the people that didn’t have a
clue about the industry! Indeed
these people had obviously slept
through every lesson concerning economics that they had
ever taken.
Obviously I was wrong. Now
I have had to read it in the Letters to the Editor in the Sentinel. Lesson number one states
you have to supply what people
want to have a chance to make a
profit. If no one buys what you
want to supply, you go out of
business, period.
For quite some time prior to
2008 people wanted big SUVs
and automakers supplied them.
Suddenly the price of gas jumped
up and people then wanted small
fuel-efficient cars. That’s fine,
but no manufacturer has a magic
wand to suddenly make such a
change. Every new vehicle takes
about three years at least to go
from the drawing board to production. The parts required come
from many different manufacturers, and they have to plan for the
production of their parts. Machinery has to be designed and made
to perform these operations. And
once the new car is rolling off the
assembly line, it has to be tested
to meet all the requirements of
the government regulations for
gas mileage and safety standards.
Unless the regulations have been
recently changed, this requires
that the test cars have to be driven
50,000 miles. Obviously, this
is not done through any magic
wand!
Lesson number two in economics requires a manufacturer
to make and sell a sufficient quantity of cars at a profit to cover the
entire overhead, which includes
people and their salaries. Very
few people work for free. To do
this and sell the cars at a price that
anyone can afford to buy requires
the sale of hundreds of thousands
of cars. Very few people can pay
to purchase a car costing several
million dollars.
This brings us to the fairy
tales you read about in newspapers and see the talking heads
on TV rave over. Chevrolet does
have an electric car scheduled
for production in 2010. The
last I heard the car will go for
about 80 miles before needing
to have the batteries recharged. I have driven a lot of miles this
past year on our highways and I
have yet to see any recharging
stations along the way. Also,
it takes a number of hours to
charge the batteries—when you
will be able to find such a station.
Obviously, the electric car will
be a city-use vehicle only. And
then there is the little matter of
replacing the batteries because
all batteries eventually die. The
price I have heard for such a set
of batteries will take your breath
away! You will probably have to
finance the cost of replacement
batteries for a longer period than
they will last! I have heard they
will only last a short number of
years. As of this date, no battery
has been invented that will go
over 80 miles or be reasonable
to purchase. Again no magic
wand!
So if you still believe in Santa
Claus and fairy tales, go ahead
and believe what the politicians,
talking heads and daydreamers
tell you. But just don’t hold your
breath! You will be dead long
before these products are practical for general use.
Don’t throw your gas away
either. And speaking of gas, our
good bozos in Congress have
helped make more vehicles gasguzzlers for us. They made the
use of 10% ethanol mandatory
in gasoline. Thus we all get less
mileage per gallon; in my car
approximately 3.5 miles less per
gallon. This also was a double
whammy as the cost of food
using corn also increased along
with the grain used to feed animals. All of this was done to
benefit Iowa!
This was done so we wouldn’t
have to drill for gas in Alaska or
off of the shores of the United
States and anger all of the
“green environmentalists” and
seashore vacation-loving critters. We as a nation would much
rather give our money to Saudi
Arabia and other Middle East
countries and finance the purchase through China and watch
them slowly become the owners
of the United States. What a
short-sighted nation we have
become!
W.D. McClure
Urbanna
Caring and
compassionate
Moo’s Diner
items sought
To the Editor:
I saw a photo (Nov. 20,
Southside Sentinel) of a firefighter in your community with
his arm around a man who had
been involved in a fatal accident. It was obvious to me this
man is a caring and compassionate individual working as a
volunteer firefighter.
I also know this man is
just that, and Urbanna is very
blessed to have this man and the
others that give of themselves
every day for the community
they live in. I know he has done
this for over 40 years, sacrificing his time with his family
and putting himself in danger
to help others and many times
he has also become the victim.
I know these things about him
because he is my daddy, Joe
Moschetti, and I want your
community to know that “my”
hero is living and working in
your town simply for the passion he has to help others.
He has paid his dues working
for Chesterfield County then
retiring from Henrico County
and now giving of himself to
the town of Urbanna or any
other towns that need him. My
brother and sister and I never
got to spend all the time most
get to spend with their fathers,
but we always understood that
his job was for the good of
others and we were okay with
that. Now when he should be
sitting in a rocking chair telling
his grandchildren about “the
big one” he fought back in the
day, he is still waiting for “the
big one” and will be there to
help.
Please take care of our daddy,
we love him very much.
David A. Moschetti
Williamsburg
To the Editor:
I hope everyone enjoyed
a happy and healthy holiday.
Now that our lives have calmed
down some, I thought I would
write a reminder to all concerning the memorabilia for Moo
and J.D. Dodd of Urbanna. I
have been able to collect some
wonderful things. I am most
appreciative to those of you
who have contributed pictures,
articles and prints. I would like
to give the collection to Moo
and J.D. soon, so if any of you
have anything you’d like to add,
please contact me. Thank you
in advance for your kindness.
Cathy Newcomb
263 Cedar Pointe Drive
Urbanna, VA 23175
758-8561
[email protected]
Killing just to kill
To the Editor:
We live on Sturgeon Creek
in Deltaville and about 8 a.m.
on New Year’s Day a jon boat
came up the creek with two
men and guns. No more than
25 yards from our house,
they started shooting ducks.
Although I yelled at them to
stop, they took no regard for
human life and continued to
shoot in a highly-populated
section of the creek. They shot
one of our three ducks that we
had enjoyed watching, and did
not even bother to attempt to
pick it up. This kind of action
needs to be stopped. Where do
our laws fit in that they can just
kill to kill. This weather is hard
enough on our wildlife without
making it any harder. It certainly ruined the beginning of
the New Year for me.
Ann Ward
Deltaville
Star of the
Christmas season
To the Editor:
We would like to express the
thanks of countless travelers
in and through our county to
Jimmy Pitts and Pitts Lumber
Company for their gift of a
large, elevated, lighted star
during the holidays. There are
many costs connected with
this beautiful sight, we’re sure,
but the sight of this symbol of
the season is hard to put into
words—other than “thanks.”
Judy and Don Richwine
Urbanna
Proposed
subdivisions
on planners’
agenda tonight
The Middlesex Planning
Commission has a full agenda
for its meeting tonight, Jan. 8,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Middlesex
Historic Courthouse in Saluda.
On the agenda is a request
for the review and preliminary
approval of a major subdivision
plat for a 16-lot subdivision in
Deltaville, submitted by Englehart Homes Inc.
Five public hearings also are
on the agenda and include:
• A special exception request
to allow a feed, seed and fertilizer sales facility in the Jamaica
area, submitted by Angel and
Jeffrey Stanaway and Jamie
and Eric Bellows.
• A special exception request
to allow multi-family dwellings on Port Town Road just
west of Urbanna for supportive
housing for the elderly, submitted by Bay Aging Apartments
Middlesex Inc.
• A major subdivision review
and approval for a proposed
21-lot subdivision on a 36.03acre parcel, submitted by
Susan Valencia for V&C LLC.
The site is on Crittenden Road
in Deltaville.
• A major site plan application request for review and
approval of the revised site plan
for improvements for a 90-acre
site at Camp Piankatank near
Hartfield, submitted by designers Draper Aden Associates on
behalf of Virginia Baptist Mission Board. Plans include construction of five youth cabins
(3,827 square feet each), and
a 17,475-square-foot adult
retreat center with dining hall
building on Route 630.
• A zoning ordinance amendment proposal to amend Article
15-22 “Accessory Dwelling
Units” in the Middlesex County
Zoning Ordinance. The proposal has been initiated by the
Middlesex County Planning
Commission.
Correction
The year of the Christmas
Eve ice storm described in
Mary Wakefield Buxton’s “One
Woman’s Opinion” column
in the Dec. 24 Sentinel was
1998—not 1999 as reported.
One Woman’s Opinion will
return in February.
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Jan. 8, 2009 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• A3
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being
sued by watermen associations, former officials and the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
(CBF) because EPA’s “failure
to comply with the Chesapeake
Bay Agreements and the Clean
Water Act has led to the continued degradation of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay,”
according to the plaintiffs.
Organized by CBF, the
41-page lawsuit was filed
Monday in U.S. District Court
in Washington, D.C.
Plaintiffs who filed the
lawsuit include the Virginia
Waterman’s Association, based
Battle . . .
in Deltaville; the Maryland
Watermen’s Association of
Annapolis, Md.; the Maryland
Saltwater
Sportsfisherman’s
Association; and former State
Delegate W. Taylor Murphy of
Warsaw, who also is a former
Virginia’s Secretary of Natural
Resources.
Among other things, the lawsuit asks the court to order EPA
to “implement programs to
reduce nitrogen, phosphorous
and sediment discharged from
all point sources within the bay
watershed.”
A complete copy of the lawsuit is available at www.SSentinel.com.
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Germans as they left town.
Burrell, assigned to the Headquarters Company, said he told
his captain to set the fuse so the
shells would discharge 15 yards
above ground. This would make
the shells kill by concussion.
All five tank companies fired
simultaneously, creating a circle
around the German convoy.
When it was over, the stalled
convoy was about 2 miles long
and the truck engines idled until
they ran out of fuel.
“They (dead Germans) were
sitting up there in the trucks
without a scratch on them,” said
Burrell, who added that he still
has nightmares about that sight.
Take cover
About 7 p.m. that day, a flare
lit up the area where Burrell
and his company were located.
They knew they had to move.
German planes “bombed that
area all night and didn’t miss a
spot,” he said.
Later, Burrell was on guard
when a 28-man German patrol
came through and saw the damaged equipment. Burrell said
he wanted to use his 50-mm
machine gun to cut them down,
but held his fire, knowing the
noise would give away his position. Instead, Burrell called
ahead and told the infantry to
be looking for the Germans.
“They captured every last one
of them,” he said.
“That was only the beginning,” continued Burrell. The
761st was the spearhead as
Allied Forces advanced from
the west on Berlin, trying to get
there before the Russians, who
were moving toward the capital
from the east.
Eventually, the 761st met up
with the Russians, who took
Berlin. The 761st headed west
toward home.
Burrell said the Germans
would rather surrender to Americans than to Russians. Sometimes, however, the Germans
would walk up to American soldiers acting like they wanted to
surrender, but would then produce live hand grenades from
under their coats.
Even as the final surrender of
WWII was being negotiated in
May 1945, a German railroad
gun fired a shell that left a huge
crater in the earth near the 761st.
Burrell and his men wanted to
retaliate by knocking down a
smoke stack near the railroad
gun, but were told to hold fire.
“They fired that one for fun,
that’s the truth,” he said.
Memories
The horror of war stays with
Burrell, who still suffers the
effects of frostbite from that
cold German winter.
Burrell said he always felt sorry
for the German mothers who lost
their sons, just as the American
mothers did. “I had sympathy for
them all. Look at all the mess we
could have done without. It was
all started by a few men. I wonder
why it happened?
“Greed is one thing that
caused it. Everybody wants to
be boss. Nobody wants to do
the work,” continued Burrell.
“We still haven’t learned anything. World leaders still got
that mess in their mind.”
It wasn’t until January 24,
1978, that President Jimmy
Carter awarded the 761st Tank
Battalion the Presidential Unit
Citation in recognition of its
sacrifice.
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it’s not going to generate the
kind of money we are going to
need,” he said.
Miller noted that waterfront
real estate sales are now slow. He
said one waterfront house in the
county started out at $800,000,
has been dropped to $600,000,
and still there is no buyer.
“When this next reassessment comes, all that waterfront
that was inflated because of the
real estate bubble just might be
reduced,” said Miller.
Middlesex’s real estate reassessment was completed in
early 2008 when real estate
values were still high. County
administrator Charles Culley
said if the value of real estate
goes down, supervisors will be
faced with raising the tax rate
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This large tank is part of
a filtration system being
installed on property of the
old Urbanna Lumber Corp.
to filter storm water runoff
that is being channeled into
Sprout Cove ravine behind
the Urbanna Firehouse.
plans to handle runoff on Virginia Street to the waterfront,
he said.
Filling indicated that the
plans for the Urbanna Landing
condominiums at the foot of
Watling Street call for a runoff
filtration system. (At this time,
the Town of Urbanna and the
condo developers are involved
in a lawsuit over the proposed
project.)
Filling also said he does
not feel pollutants and sediment get to Perkins Creek or
Jamison Cove because of the
long marshy run from where
the water discharges into the
headwater stream. He believes
the marsh in the ravine filters
out most pollutants before the
runoff flows to the cove and
creek.
An unfiltered portion of the
town system goes into Sprout,
Perkins and Jamison ravines.
The runoff going down Watling
Street and toward Port Urbanna
also is unfiltered.
There has been about a 20
percent population growth on
the Chesapeake Bay from 1985
to 2003, from 13.5 million to
16.2 million residents, and the
number is expected to hit 19.4
million by 2030.
“With increases in population, it will mean even more
impervious surfaces,” said
Dr. Diaz. “The problem is not
going to go away.”
Urbanna’s problems are
small in comparison to some.
For example, The Washington Post reported in September that Washington, D.C.,
has only one drain system for
sewage and storm water. Under
normal conditions, sewage and
storm water are treated and filtered together. However, when
there are heavy rains the older
sewers flood, sending raw
sewage and storm water from
53 outlets into the Anacostia River, Potomac River and
Rock Creek.
Each year, an average of 2
billion gallons of storm water
and sewage from Washington,
D.C., wind up in the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay,
according to the D.C. Water
and Sewer Authority.
Christmas Friends Inc.
nears $33,000 mark
Donations to Christmas
Friends Inc. has set an astounding record of $32,939.82 this
holiday season.
In its 23rd year, Christmas
Friends Inc. helped more than
285 low-income and elderly
residents of Middlesex County.
Tax-deductible
donations
are accepted year around and
checks should be made payable
to Christmas Friends Inc., c/o
Southside Sentinel, P.O. Box
549, Urbanna, VA 23175. Call
758-2328 for more information
or visit SSentinel.com.
Contributors will be recognized as Christmas Friends and
their donations will be listed in
the Southside Sentinel. Contributors who wish to remain
anonymous should request
that their donations be listed as
such. Memorial contributions
will also be acknowledged.
This week, $1,025.00 in
donations was received. As of
January 6, a total of $32,939.82
in donations had been received.
Recent Christmas Friends
contributors include:
In memory of our Mamaw,
Love Stone and Taylor Grace
Shores, $200.
In memory of Steven Carroll Smith by Homer and
Donna Smith, $50.
In memory of Katharine
and Edward Kidd by Jackie
and Megan Carey, $25.
In loving memory of Leonard and Marion McGeorge of
Healys, VA, $200.
In honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Garland by Don and
Polly Van Benschoten, $25.
In honor of Ryan Clay
Payne by Mike and Janet
Winebarger, $250.
In memory of Cecil Elizabeth Brooks for her love of
the “River” - Her Family,
$100.
In honor of Johnny Fleet
from the Hartfield Crew,
$100.
In memory of Barbara
Shores by Zani and Larry
Autry, $50.
In loving memory of Jack
Kimble, $25.
Total received this week—
$1,025.00
Total received—$32,939.82
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of course
necessary income to run the
county.
In August, Culley sent letters to all county department
heads, asking them to suggest
ways that 5 percent could be
cut from each department’s
current (FY9) and upcoming
FY10 budget.
VDOT cuts
VDOT resident engineer
Marcie Parker told the board
the VDOT budget is going
to be reduced statewide by
$284 million, and Middlesex’s
portion of the funds will be
trimmed.
She also noted the state
plans to reduce the number of
VDOT residencies by 30 percent. She did not know whether
the Saluda Residency would
remain open. She did indicate
there is no threat of the VDOT
Saluda Maintenance Headquarters closing.
“If we don’t find new revenue
sources, we are not building
anything,” said Parker. “This is
a grim projection of road construction in Middlesex. It’s this
way in every county.”
Parker noted that every
aspect of local road construction would be impacted, except
the widening of the turn lane
serving St. Clare Walker and
Middlesex Elementary schools.
A light and turn lane is scheduled to be installed there in
June 2009. “This was already
far enough along that it will not
be impacted by budget cuts,”
she said.
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Other Little Critters Available:
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from the new urban growth to
the west of Urbanna.
The small springs that once
fed the headwaters of the creeks
and coves have been either
replaced or supplemented with
large pipes that move water
very quickly off streets, and
this is not always good for the
environment, said Dr. Robert
Diaz, professor of biological
sciences at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
An “impervious surface” is a
big issue as far as Chesapeake
Bay pollution is concerned,
said Dr. Diaz. In a natural landscape, the maximum amount of
runoff pollution occurs after the
beginning of a storm. Impervious surface areas increase the
velocity and quantity of this
runoff.
Dr. Diaz said impervious
surfaces include roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks,
rooftops, patios, pools, and
severely compacted soils from
development activities such as
grading, excavation and landscaping.
“Urban growth has created impervious surfaces that
allow water to move so fast
it no longer seeps into the
ground to restock aquifers,” he
said. “Also, when water flows
slowly from land to sea, it has
a chance for pollutants to filter
out through a biological process in the soil.”
Hydrocarbons from oil and
grease on parking lots and
nutrients from fertilized lawns
and gardens are reaching the
waterways. “When there is
nothing to slow these things
down, they can create some
real problems,” said Dr. Diaz.
There are ways to filter out
pollutants, and two storm water
drains in the Town of Urbanna
have filtering systems.
John Mullins recently had
the old Urbanna Lumber Corp.
building renovated and built
a large office park. He also
installed a large pipe from the
property that extends behind
the firehouse. This pipe moves
surface water off his parking
lot and building and empties
into Sprout Cove ravine.
Mullins has installed an
underground filtering system
to take out sediment and hydrocarbons. The system also regulates the amount of water flow
emptying into the cove.
Tommy Langford of Church
View Septic said the new
system used by Mullins is
much more environmental
friendly than just letting the
water run freely. Langford said
the system is extremely expensive, but Mullins felt it was
needed to protect the environment.
The Town of Urbanna has
installed an underground filtering system in the storm
water drainage line on Virginia
Street, which empties into Jamison Cove behind the town post
office. It was part of the town
street beautification project.
“Our plan is to eventually have
filtering systems throughout
the town,” said town administrator Lewis Filling. Such
a filtering system is in Phase
III of the street beautification
Funds cut . . .
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Many of our dogs and puppies have found
the home they so deserved. There are still
more than forty dogs and puppies at the
shelter and in foster care that need a good
loving home.
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• Middlesex Animal Welfare League needs volunteers to help with various issues regarding the county’s
abandoned animals. Email [email protected] for more information.
January 8
• Cancer Support Group, for cancer patients is
offered at RGH Cancer Center, meets the second and
fourth Thursday of the month from 3–4:15 p.m. Call
435-8593 for more information.
• Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department
Auxiliary meets the second Thursday of the month
at 7 p.m. at the firehouse in Deltaville.
• Middlesex Planning Commission meets the
second Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the
Middlesex Courtroom in Saluda. Call 758-3382 for
more information.
• American Legion Post #82 meets the second
Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at its post home
on Watson Landing Road in Saluda.
January 9
• 2009 4-H Summer Camp will be held July 6–10 at
the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center. If the deposit
is received before January 9, 2009, the cost is reduced.
Financial aid is available. Call the Virginia Cooperative
Extension Office in Middlesex County at 758-4120 for
more information.
January 10
• Apple Seeds, a Mac User Group, meets at 10:30
a.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, in
Irvington. Meetings are informal and anyone who is a
Mac user or aspires to be is welcome to attend. Email
[email protected] for more information.
• Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical
and Historical Society meets the second Saturday
of the month at 11 a.m. at the Essex County Public
Library in Tappahannock. Call Gloria-Waller Scott at
January 11
• Pianafiddle presented by Concerts By The Bay at
Mathews High School in the Harry M. Ward Auditorium.
Tickets available at the door for a single concert are $25.
Call Sandy Warren at 725-9776 for more information.
January 12
• Audubon Bird Walk See story at top right.
January 13
• Urbanna Business Association meets the second
Tuesday of the month in the town hall board room at
5:15 p.m. Any changes will be posted.
• Middle Peninsula Brain Injury Support Group
meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester. Contact Theresa Ashberry for more information.
• Rappahannock Pistol and Rifle Club meets
the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the
Chesapeake Bank training facility at 51 School Street,
Kilmarnock. Email R.J. Mallon at [email protected]
for more information.
• Rappahannock River Railroaders, a model railroad
train club with three operating layouts (G, O and HO), is
located on the 2nd floor in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and
Power Squadron building on Ball Park Road in Deltaville.
The club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7
p.m. Call Lee Paul at 776-7250 for more information.
January 15
• Middlesex Social Services monthly Board Meeting at 9 a.m. in the Social Services Board Room at Cooks
Corner Office Complex.
• Middlesex County Master Gardeners have
scheduled 50 hours of classroom education which, along
Continuing Events
Thursdays
• Lap-sit Story Time for ages 18 months through 3
years at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Middlesex
County Public Library in Urbanna. Call 758-5717 for
more information.
• BSA, Troop 341 meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday
at Christ Church Parish Hall in Saluda. Call Alice
Nelson, Scoutmaster, at 776-7445 after 6 p.m. for
more information.
• Cub Scout Pack #314 meets every other Thursday at 7 p m. at Hermitage Baptist Church in Church
View. Call Antonio Bagby at 758-3058 for more information.
Fridays
• YMCA Running/Walking Club meets every Friday
at 8 a.m. at the YMCA. Call Buzz Lambert at 7768846 for more information.
• The Webelos den of Cub Scout Pack 370 meet every
Friday after school at the home of Den Leader Keith
Billings. Call Keith at 758-2606 for more information.
• Friday Nights in Urbanna 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
• Alcoholics Anonymous open 12-and-12 meeting,
5:30 p.m. at Zoar Baptist Church. Call 776-7629 for
more information.
Mondays
• Story Hour for 4–6 year olds at 10:30 a.m. every
Monday at the Middlesex County Public Library in
Urbanna. Call 758-5717 for more information.
• YMCA Running/Walking Club meets every
with 50 hours of mentored internship, will lead toward
achieving the Master Gardener designation. Classes
will be held at the American Legion Hall in Saluda each
Tuesday and Thursday morning and continue through
approximately March 10. Call the Middlesex Extension
Office at 758-4120 for more information.
Audubon plans bird walk at refuge Monday
On Monday, Jan. 12, wildlife biologist Sandy
Spencer will lead a Northern Neck Audubon
Society bird walk at the Wilna Unit of the
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife
Refuge near Warsaw.
• Grief and Loss Support Groups, offered by RivOn this walk, which will include early growth
erside Walter Reed Hospice, meets the first and third forest, managed grasslands, a pond and river
Thursday of the month in the hospital dining conference front, possible sightings will include eastern
room. Call Pam at 693-8819 for more information.
meadowlarks, winter warblers and sparrows,
Savannah sparrows, bald eagles, swans, dab• Northern Neck Middle Peninsula Telehealth bling and diving ducks, and woodpeckers.
Consortium in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s
The carpool group will leave Grace EpiscoAssociation, is sponsoring a health education program pal Church in Kilmarnock at 7:45 a.m. Those
driving directly to the refuge should meet at the
pond near the visitor’s center at 8:30 a.m.
Directions are as follows: from Tappahannock,
take Rt. 360 East 4.1 miles, turn left onto Newland Road; from Warsaw, take Rt. 360 West about
2.1 miles, turn right onto Newland Road, go 4.2
miles on Newland Road, turn left onto Strangeway Road, turn right onto Sandy Lane, turn left
at the sign for the refuge. Follow that road to the
end, turn left, go to the end of that road and turn
right, and meet in the parking lot near the pond.
For additional information, call Rick Skelton
at 580-9066.
titled “Maintain Your Brain” from 11 a.m. to noon. The
program will be presented by Lelia Poteet RN, Northern
Neck Outreach Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Association.
The session will cover things we can do to keep our
brain healthier as we age. This program will be offered
to the public via video conferencing at the Middlesex
County Health Department in Saluda. Please RSVP to
Andrea Fricke at 443-6286.
• Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society luncheon meeting at The Pilot House in Toppng at noon is
open to the aviation-minded public to visit and to join.
• Virginia Native Plant Society, NN Chapter, meets
at noon at Wicomico Parish Church Hall in Wicomico
Church when Nancy Ross Hugo, the acclaimed outdoor writer and educator will describe the spectacular
“Remarkable Trees of Virginia” book project. Brown bag
lunch; tea/coffee/light refreshments available. Vistiors
welcome.
• Rappatomac Writers Critique Group 2 to 4 p.m.
in Warsaw at RCC in the Board Room. If RCC is closed
due to inclement weather the group will not meet. Visit
www.chesapeakebaywriters.org for more information.
• Deltaville Community Association meets the third
Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Deltaville
Community Center.
January 16
• Middlesex County Public Schools observe Lee/
Jackson Day. Student dismissal at 1 p.m.
January 17
• Micro-Dairy Workshop presented by the Middle
Peninsula Business Development Partnership and Rona
Sullivan from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Saluda Professional
Center. This day-long workshop will explore how to turn
a family farm into a niche commodity producer. Call the
MPBDP at 758-4917 or register online at www.mpbdp.
org.
• Come Together, a Tribute to the Beatles The
Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department, in association
with Fatt Catt Productions, will present an evening with
one of the premier Beatles tribute bands in the country.
“Come Together, a Tribute to the Beatles,” portrays the
Beatles from 1964 to 1966, the touring years. “Come
Together” will present one show only at 8 p.m. at the
Lancaster Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock. All seats
are reserved. Call 435-6880 for more information.
January 19
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• Middlesex County Public Schools are closed in
observance of the Martin Luther King Holiday.
January 20
• Dinner hosted by the Middlesex High School baseball and soccer teams at Ann’s Family Diner at Glenns
from 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased
from Middlesex High coaches or by emailing ggregory@
mcps.k12.va.us.
• Family Education Program offered by the
Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board’s Prevention Services staff in King William
County beginning January 20. The Family Education
Program is a 15-week course for parents and their
children, ages 5–11. The program will be held on
Tuesday evenings at Acquinton Elementary School
from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided each
night during the 15- week course. Call 758-9398 for
more information.
January 21
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a public hearing on a draft permit for
the proposed Middlesex County Courthouse Wastewater Treatment Plant in Saluda at St. Clare Walker Middle
School in Locust Hill. An informal question-and-answer
period will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. before the hearing, which will begin at 7 p.m.
Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the YMCA. Call Buzz at 7768846 for more information.
• Kiwanis Club of Middlesex meets at 6 p.m. every
Monday at the United Methodist Church in Urbanna.
Call Fred Gaskins at 758-2020 for more information.
• Bingo every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Deltaville
Rescue Squad.
• Aerobic Kickboxing every Monday at 6:15 p.m. in
Urbanna at Port Town Village Apartments in the Community Room. Call Mason Hargrave at 815-9587 for
more information.
• Boy Scout Troop 370 meets every Monday at 7
p.m. at the YMCA in Hartfield. Call Keith Billings at
Tuesdays
• Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. for
breakfast at the Pilot House Restaurant in Topping.
Call Chuck Ylonen at 776-6627 for more information.
• Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the Air Force, meets
every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Hummel Field in Topping.
Call Frank Bernhardt at 435-6078 for more information.
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Join the journey!
Take advantage of one or more of the following opportunities
to get to know Christchurch School. Don’t miss out!
Saturday, January 17
Instructional Boys Basketball Clinic, 10:00 a.m.
Ages 11-15
Saturday, February 7
Instructional Girls Soccer Clinic, 10:00 a.m.
Ages 11-15
February 19-21
The Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway
Production of Cinderella, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesdays
• Gardenerds meet every Wednesday at 9 a.m. at
Holly Point Nature Park. Call the Museum at 7767200 for more information.
• Story Hour for 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. Call 758-5717 for more information.
• Knitters Group meets every Wednesday at 10
a.m. at Urbanna United Methodist Church.
• Middlesex Master Gardener Help Desk The public
is invited to ask gardening questions or request information. Call 758-4120 or stop by the extension office in
Saluda from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays until the fall.
Please email your event to [email protected]
by Friday for consideration.
Christchurch School
An Episcopal college preparatory school located on the Rappahannock River.
Boys boarding and co-educational day school for grades 8-12 and PG.
www.christchurchschool.org
Contact the Admission Office for further details.
[email protected] or 804-758-2306 ext. 122
A Christchurch School education is affordable. Financial aid available.
at the library
by Sherry B. Inabinet
Executive Director
You certainly know how to make the New
Year bright! When I arrived after the New Year
holiday, I was delighted to find a stack of endof-the-year Annual Fund Drive donations on my
desk. My staff had put the envelopes containing the checks on top of the mail stack
so that I would see them first. To
know that you value your library
and its services makes dreary
winter days suddenly seem
brighter. Our goal is to provide the services you need
and your donations make this
possible. Thank you for your
ongoing generosity.
The economic times are going to be
difficult for many of you, your businesses, the
nonprofits, and our government. It is in times
like these that libraries are even more valuable
to the public. In addition to a very up-to-date
book, DVDs and books on CD collection, we
provide free computer services, including high
speed wired and wireless internet, word processing, and an amazing variety of online databases.
Although we are not adding to the collection,
we continue to offer books on tape and videos.
Both branches provide The Wall Street Journal,
Daily Press, Southside Sentinel, and a great
variety of magazines. We have new fiction by
hundreds of popular authors available on the
same day you can purchase it at the leading
bookstores and discount chains. Check us out!
New arrivals this week include “Bones of the
Dragon” by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman,
“Eclipse” by Richard North Patterson, “Plum
Spooky” by Janet Evanovich, and “Regenesis”
by C.J. Cherryh. The upcoming winter/spring
publishing season is always a busy one with
books by many of your favorite authors, including John Grisham, due to arrive soon.
Next week Alison will share information
regarding the special features available through
our Find It Virginia databases. By logging into these databases (you must
have a Middlesex County Public
Library card) via our website
(www.mcplva.org) on your
home or a library computer,
you may obtain full text of
publications such as Consumer
Reports, Fodor’s City Guides,
Newsweek and Time. You may
also obtain transcripts of Meet the
Press, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show.
You can even receive an alert on publications
that you would like to read, such as Consumer
Reports, which will notify you whenever the
newest edition has been added to the database.
Also, you can also set email alerts for specific
subject material that you are interested in receiving, such as reviews on digital cameras.
And, oh yes, those annually sought federal tax
forms will be available at each branch starting
January 12.
I hope your year is off to a good start. The
most popular New Year’s resolutions usually
center around losing weight and becoming
physically fit. We hope you have or will add one
to visit your library more often and read more
books. Treasuring the freedom to read is at the
heart of our democracy.
Happy reading!
Genealogy
group to meet
Dr. Randy Ferrance
‘Living with
Diabetes’ is
program topic
Riverside Tappahannock Hospital’s Community Education
Series was developed to inform
the public on various health
topics. Hospital physicians
work hard to provide information the public needs to keep up
with the changing times. This
educational series is held on the
third Wednesday of each month
at Essex Public Library.
The first talk for 2009 will
be held on Jan. 21 at the Essex
Public Library with Dr. Randy
Ferrance. Dr. Ferrance will
be speaking on the topic of
“Living with Diabetes.”
To RSVP for this event, call
Angela Jones at 443-6015. This
The Alzheimer’s Associa- event is free of charge and light
tion will offer “Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Learn” programs at no charge
during the month of January.
Several of the programs feature a light lunch at no charge.
Pre-registration is required
at least five days prior. Call
804-678-8635 or email lelia.
The next luncheon meeting
[email protected]. The pro- of the Virginia Aeronautical
grams are:
Historical Society will be at
• “Nutrition: It’s More The Pilot House in Toppng at
Than a Meal,” Jan. 13, 11:30 noon, Thursday, Jan. 15, and
a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Carrington is open to the aviation-minded
Place, 1150 Marsh St., public to visit and to join.
Tappahannock.
•
“Communication
&
Behavior—What’s the Connection?” Jan. 14, 1 to 3 p.m.,
Essex House, 17976 Tidewater Trail, Tappahannock.
• Hospitalization & Dementia: What You Need to Know,”
Jan. 20, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., The
Orchard, 62 Delfae Drive,
The Northern Neck Chapter
Warsaw.
of the Virginia Native Plant
The following program Society will meet on Jan. 15 at
offers a free dessert buffet at noon in the Wicomico Parish
no charge:
Church (Episcopal) Hall at
• “How to Maintain Your Wicomico Church.
Brain,” Jan. 22, 1 to 2:30 p.m.,
Guest speaker Nancy Ross
Farnham Manor, 511 Cedar Hugo, the acclaimed outdoor
Grove Road, Farnham.
writer and educator, and coorThe Alzheimer’s Associa- dinator of the Remarkable
tion has four support groups Trees of Virginia Project, will
on the Middle Peninsula and illustrate the collaborative proNorthern Neck, each of which cess by which a representative
meets monthly. They are:
sample of Virginia’s oldest, largJan. 14, 10:30 a.m., est, most historic, unique, culGloucester House, 7657 turally significant, or otherwise
Meredith Drive, Gloucester. remarkable trees were located,
Respite care available during photographed and described.
the meeting.
Bring a brown bag lunch; tea/
Jan. 20, 10 a.m., The coffee and light refreshments
Orchard, 62 Delfae Drive, will be available. Visitors are
Warsaw.
welcome.
Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m.,
Rappahannock WestminsterRed Cross plans
Canterbury, Irvington.
Jan. 22, 1:30 p.m., Port disaster classes
Town Village Apartments, 111
Port Town Lane, Urbanna.
The River Counties Chapter of the American Red Cross
will hold disaster classes from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,
Jan. 17.
Classes will include “Introduction to Disaster Services”
and “Fulfilling our Mission.”
Please contact the chapter at
435-7669 for details and to
attend.
The Third Annual Valentine’s
Day Cabaret to benefit Special
Olympics Virginia will be held
Feb. 14 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at
the Van Den Boogaard Center
in West Point.
The cabaret is sponsored by
the Middle Peninsula Regional
Security Center Transportation
Department.
Music will be contributed by
“DJ Nasty.” This event is for
ages 25 and over and the dress
is semi-formal. Tickets are $25
(advance only).
There will be a photographer
on site to take photos of couples. There also will be raffles
and heavy hors d’oeuvres.
Call 758-2338, 694-7407 or
Alzheimer’s
programs
offered
Dancing for the playground
About 20 sixth, seventh and eighth graders enjoyed an evening of dance on Friday, Jan. 2, at the Deltaville Community
Center. Volunteer Julie Lee provided refreshments and Lucas
Sharpe was the DJ. About $80 in proceeds from the dance
will support the Deltaville Community Playground Project.
The event was so successful that another dance is planned
for Friday, Feb. 20. Anyone interested in supporting the Playground Project should call 776-9020 and ask for Michelle.
Blood drive is Tuesday
The River Counties Chap- Deltaville Rescue Squad buildter of the American Red Cross ing on Tuesday, Jan. 13, from 1
will hold a blood drive at the to 7 p.m.
(804) 642-6461 • Gloucester Point
Porch Rockers • Gliders
Windmills • Adirondack
Chairs • Wishing Wells
Lighthouses • Mailboxes
Wagon Wheels • Arbors
Wheelbarrows • Swings
Water Pumps • Bridges
Victorian Swings • Tables
Water troughs • A-Frames
Aeronautical
group to meet
Plant Society
to discuss
tree project
Valentine
Cabaret will
offer photos
NAMI to meet
in Urbanna
The National Alliance
on Mental Illness (NAMI),
Mid-Tidewater Chapter, will
meet at 7 p.m. on Monday,
Jan. 19, at Urbanna Baptist
Church. Call 435-7509 for
more information or e-mail
midtidewaternami@yahoo.
com.
The Middle Peninsula African-American
Genealogical
and Historical Society of Virginia (MPAAGHS) will hold
its monthly meeting on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 11 a.m. at the
Essex County Public Library,
117 North Church Lane (Rt.
17), Tappahannock. Persons
who are interested in AfricanAmerican genealogy and history are invited to attend.
As always, persons attending
the meeting will be encouraged
to share recent genealogical
successes and discoveries, as
well as roadblocks that they may
have encountered in their family
research. There will be an opportunity for individuals to set goals
for their family history research
and to elicit help from the group
in realizing those goals.
For further information about
the society, call 758-5163.
engaged
Claibourne Brown and
William Edwards
Brown-Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. James Finley
Brown of Lexington announce
the engagement of their daughter, Claibourne Darden Brown,
to William Michael Edwards,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Douglas Edwards III of Church
View.
Ms. Brown is a 2006 graduate of Meredith College, and
is employed by Conservation
Partners LLC. Mr. Edwards is a
2006 graduate of The Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University, and a 2008 graduate of the Pamplin College of
River Counties Chapter of the Business.
American Red Cross will hold
A May 2009 wedding is
a “CPR for the Professional planned.
Rescuer” class at 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 10. Those planning to attend should contact
the chapter at 435-7669 for
more information.
Red Cross
plans CPR
training
NOAA buoys
to be discussed
The Mathews Maritime
Foundation/Museum’s
first
speaker meeting of 2009 will
take place on Thursday, Jan.
15, at 7 p.m. in the John Warren
Cooke Room of the Mathews
Memorial Library on Main
Street in Mathews.
The speaker will be Andrew
Larkin the outreach coordinator for NOAA’s Chesapeake
Bay office. He will describe the
six interactive buoys recently
placed in the Bay. Call 7254382 for details.
50 years
Nathan “Jonsey” and Shirley
Payne of Urbanna celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 2, 2009.
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Miss Robbins crowned
Queen of the Holly Realm
Five By Design
‘Five By Design’ to perform
January 19 in Kilmarnock
The Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts
(RFA) will present the group “Five By Design”
in “Stay Tuned” on Monday, Jan. 19, in the third
of its 2008-09 On Stage series. The program,
sponsored by River Counties Community Foundation, will begin at 8 p.m. in the Lancaster
Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock.
Season sponsors for On Stage are the Bank of
Lancaster and Bay Trust.
Five By Design’s signature harmonies have
withstood the test of time in a career that stands
out on America’s musical landscape, spanning
more than 15 years. This nationally-acclaimed
vocal quintet has been the choice of symphony
orchestras and performing art centers delighting
hundreds of thousands.
But Five By Design’s creative talents go far
beyond their vocal prowess. As the creative talent
behind Radio Days, Club Swing, and Stay Tuned,
their productions showcase the group’s penchant
for storytelling and the comedic. Whether backed
by symphony orchestra or studio big band, Five
By Design embraces the unforgettable melodies,
lush harmonies, and swinging rhythms that evoke
the names of Miller, Mancini and Mercer.
The Minnesota-based Five By Design includes
Lorie Carpenter-Niska, Sheridan Zuther, Kurt
Niska, Michael Swedberg and Terrence Niska.
Four of the five members have been singing
together since 1986.
For ticket information, call 435-0292, or visit
rappahannockfoundation.org for complete information on the Rappahannock Foundation for the
Arts.
Arts Alive to present
children’s art workshops
The Visual Arts Committee of
Arts Alive Inc. will offer three
children’s workshops on Saturdays during January and February. Children may take the classes
by themselves or with a parent or
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other adult, and the fee for each
workshop participant is $10 plus
supplies.
The first workshop is “Cartooning,” and will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon.
This workshop will be taught by
local artist and art educator Julie
Harris. Harris will teach children
ages 7 to 12 how to tell a story
through cartooning.
The second class, “Learning
to See,” will be offered on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Taught by professional New Kent
artist Michael Coleman, students
ages 8 to 12 will acquire drawing
skills by learning “to see.”
The third class will be held on
two consecutive Saturdays, Feb.
21 and Feb. 28. From 9 a.m. to
noon each day, Megan Countiss,
art teacher in New Kent County,
will teach “Clay.” Beginning clay
sculpting techniques will be used
to allow children ages 5 to 10 to
make a sculpture the first Saturday, which will be fired in order
to be painted on the second Saturday.
All workshops will be held
at West Point United Methodist
Church on Main Street in West
Point. To enroll in these classes
and for a supply list, contact Gail
Nichols at 843-4418 or [email protected]; or Cindy
Heid at 843-2365 or cindyheid@
verizon.net.
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‘Pianafiddle’
to perform
Sunday
The first performance of
Concerts By The Bay in 2009
will be “Pianafiddle” on
Sunday, Jan. 11, at 3 p.m. in the
Harry M. Ward Auditorium at
Mathews High School.
Pianist Lynn Wright and violinist/fiddler Adam DeGraff
blend the traditional, the
unwritten, and the spontaneous
in exciting and compelling performances.
Future concerts will feature
Baritone Daniel Narducci on
Friday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m., and
the Side Street Strutters Jazz Band
on Sunday, April 5, at 3 p.m.
Take advantage of the reduced
season ticket price of $45 for
these three concerts ($15 per
concert). They are available at
the door and by mail at P.O. Box
355, North, VA 23128-0355.
Tickets for a single concert
are $25 at the door. Youth are
admitted free.
For more information, contact
Sandy Warren at 725-9776, Bob
McCreary at 725-7560, or visit
www.concertsbythebay.org.
Miss Abigail Leigh Robbins
of White Stone was crowned
Queen of the Holly Realm on
Dec. 27 at the Indian Creek
Yacht and Country Club near
Kilmarnock.
More than 500 guests were
in attendance as 23 Northern
Neck and Middle Peninsula
area debutantes were presented at the 113th Annual
Holly Ball, according to
publicity chair Patricia Gallagher.
Del. Albert Pollard, orator
for the gala event, crowned
Miss Robbins with the traditional crown worn by past
queens. She succeeds Miss
Jocelyn Maguire Stephens of
Irvington, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Randolph Wood Stephens of Irvington.
Miss Robbins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Stoneham Robbins. She was
presented by her father and
escorted by Mr. John Thomas
Jackson of Weems.
Miss Robbins chose as her
attendants Miss Jessica Rose
Vanecek, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Fred Vanecek
Jr. of Reedville and Miss Jessica Leigh Abbott, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Lee Abbott of Kilmarnock.
Mr. Oren Wingert Harrison III
of Wicomico Church escorted
Miss Vanecek, and Mr. Jonathan Carroll Somers of White
Stone escorted Miss Abbott.
Mr. Ammon
Gresham
Dunton Jr. was master of ceremonies.
The proceeds from the
Holly Ball are dispersed by
the Tidewater Foundation to
charitable organizations, supporting education and youth
Holly Ball Queen Abigail Leigh Robbins is escorted by John
Thomas Jackson as, in the background from left, Jessica
Leigh Abbott, Oren Wingert Harrison III, Jessica Rose Vanecek and Ammon Gresham Dunton Jr. look on.
in the Northern Neck and
Middle Peninsula. Over the
the past 10 years, the Tidewater Foundation has contributed some $247,000 to local
entities. In 2008, the Tidewater Foundation made 31 such
contributions, made possible
by the proceeds of the 112th
Holly Ball in 2007.
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Society will hold a public
program on Sunday, Jan. 11,
at 2 p.m. at the Middlesex
Woman’s Club in Urbanna.
Anyone interested in any
or all aspects of roses is welcome. A panel of members
will share their experiences
with selecting roses for their
gardens, such as climbers,
hybrid teas for cutting, roses
for the small garden, antique
and old garden roses, and
roses that can’t fail.
There will be a questionand-answer
period
and
refreshments will be served.
For directions or membership
information, email [email protected] or telephone 435-0032. All are
invited.
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Bishop to obituaries
Virginia T. Caskie
visit Grace Virginia Tubbs Caskie, 79, of
Christmas Cantata
The Clarksbury United Methodist Church Choir of Deltaville
gave the Philippi Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregation a musical Christmas present by performing its
Christmas Cantata at an early service at Philippi on Dec.
28. “The performance was outstanding and appreciated by
all,” said a church spokesperson.
Christ Church to celebrate
the Feast of the Epiphany
On Sunday, Jan. 11, Christ
Church Parish (Episcopal)
will celebrate the Feast of the
Epiphany, also called the Feast
of Three Kings. This celebration marks the “12th day of
Christmas” and end of the
church’s Christmas season.
Epiphany celebrates the
Star of Bethlehem, the light
which led the Wise Men (Three
Kings) to the Infant Jesus and
the revelation of Christ to the
world. In many parts of the
world, the Feast of the Epiphany (Three Kings) is the day
on which Christmas gifts are
exchanged.
Christ Church is adjacent
to Christchurch School at the
intersection of Routes 33 and
638.
The Sunday worship service
will be at 10 a.m. and preceded
by a parish breakfast at 9 a.m.
in the parish hall and followed
by the parish’s Annual Congregational Meeting at 11 a.m.
‘Last Lecture’ to be discussed
The Theology and The Arts
Discussion Group resumes
its meeting schedule at 11:30
a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, at
Living Water Lutheran Church
at 83 Bluff Point Road in
Kilmarnock. The group will
review the book “The Last
Lecture” by Randy Pausch.
The public is invited. Bring a
sandwich; coffee and tea will
be available.
Kelseys to address
Unitarians Sunday
On Sunday, Jan. 11, Ann and
Andy Kelsey will present to
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock
(UUFR) a dialogue on the Cross
of Reality, an emerging paradigm for modern Christianity.
The Kelseys will lead a discussion on Russian religious
thinking of the early 20th century, particularly that of Nicolai
Berdyaev, which is currently in
revival in the post-communist
world. Based on material from
the book “Beyond Belief ” by
Clifton Gardiner, the dialogue
will include the work and
thought of Eugen RosentockHussey, a Dartmouth professor of social philosophy whose
classes Andrew Kelsey attended
in the 1940s.
The Kelseys live on the
Northern Neck and are charter
members of UUFR.
UUFR meets every Sunday
at 10:30 a.m. at 366 James
Wharf Road in White Stone.
Conversation and refreshments
will follow the service.
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The Rt. Rev. Shannon Johnston, Bishop Coadjutor of the
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia,
will meet with the representatives of Region 2, stretching
from Montross to Mathews and
West Point, on Sunday, Jan. 11,
at 3 p.m. at Grace Episcopal
Church, Route 684, Millers
Tavern. This will be his first
official visit to all the leadership of Region 2 clergy and
lay.
Gospel group
to perform at
Harmony Grove
On Saturday, Jan. 17, at 7
p.m. Harmony Grove Baptist
Church near Topping will present the gospel group “Free Will
Gospel Grass” in a program of
southern gospel and bluegrass
music.
Mary Carter, who sang for
the church last year, is bringing
her group to perform again. Carter will play guitar, Tom
Propst will be on bass, Kent
Bailey on banjo, and Judy Blair
and Lois Overbey will join
Carter in singing.
The public is invited.
Christ Church
congregation
meets Sunday
On Sunday, Jan. 11, Christ
Church Parish (Episcopal)
will hold its Annual Congregational Meeting. Registered
active members will review
the budget, ministries and programs of 2008 and establish
the budget, ministries and programs for 2009.
There will be a parish breakfast at 9 a.m., worship service
at 10 a.m. and congregational
meeting at 11 a.m.
Christ Church is adjacent
to Christchurch School at the
intersection of Routes 33 and
638. Kilmarnock
church plans
annual supper
The men of Kilmarnock
United Methodist Church on
East Church Street will serve
their 35th annual spaghetti
supper on Jan. 29 from 5 to 8
p.m.
Tickets may be obtained from
the Methodist men, the church
office, or at the door. Tickets
are $8 in advance and $9 at the
door.
There is plenty of parking
at the church and along East
Church Street. The supper will
be served in the fellowship hall
below the sanctuary. Patrons
should enter the church through
the main front doors.
The supper will include spaghetti with time-tested meat
sauce, salad, Italian bread and a
choice of beverages. The Methodist ladies will offer desserts at
$1 each.
Hampton, formerly of Urbanna,
passed away Dec. 11, 2008.
She is survived by her three
children, their spouses and their
children: Lee Siler and his
wife Dany of Belmont Mass.;
Mark Tubbs, his wife Billie and
their children Meghan, Cassie
and Gracie of Midlothian; and
Matthew (Magoo) Tubbs and
his wife Jeanne of Westminster,
Colo.
Mrs. Caskie was active at
work, in her community and
politically. Before retiring from
what was the C&P Telephone
Company, she was a member of
the Planning Commission for
the Town of Urbanna and one
of the first woman elected to
the Urbanna Town Council. As
a member of her local Chamber
of Commerce, she chaired the
Urbanna Oyster Festival Committee. In addition, she was formerly a member of the Central
Committee of the Democratic
Party of Virginia.
A memorial service will be
held Saturday, Jan. 10, at 2
p.m. at Christ Church Episcopal, Christ Church.
Arrangements
by
Bristow-Faulkner
Funeral
Home & Cremation Services,
Saluda.
Gladiola J. Purcell
Gladiola J. Purcell, 98, of
Locust Hill died Wednesday,
December 24, 2008.
She was a member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church
and a retired line inspector
for G.E. Corporation.
She is survived by her children, Joyce Purcell Lewter of
North Carolina, Charles E.
Purcell of Texas and Eldred
Lane Purcell of Gloucester;
eight grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held
December
29
at
Bristow-Faulkner
Funeral
Home & Cremation Services
in Saluda. Interment was
at Harmony Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery in Topping.
James M. Tate
Mary “Jean” Seitter
Mary “Jean” Seitter, of
Wake, formerly of Richmond,
passed away Monday, December 29, 2008.
She was predeceased by her
husband of 51 years, Emerson
L. (Skip) Seitter Sr.
She retired in 1997 with 35
years of service from Honeywell Inc. She was a member
of Harmony Grove Baptist
Church and an avid line dancer
and devoted wife and mother.
She is survived by her children, Emerson L. “Roy” Seitter Jr. and wife Linda, Vickie
R. Seitter, and Danny R. Seitter and wife Susan; mother
and father, Marjorie and Sterling Wallerstein; grandchildren, Emerson L. “Skipper”
Seitter III, Brandy R. Seitter,
Daniel Ray Seitter and Andrew
Glenn Seitter; step-grandchildren, Kim Evans and Heather
Shires; five great-grandchildren, six step-great-grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Arnold
“Sonny” Seitter, Glen Seitter
and Edward Seitter; and sisterin-law, Eloise Linkerhoker.
Funeral services were held
Jan. 2, 2009 at Harmony Grove
Baptist Church, Topping.
Interment was at Washington
Memorial Park, Sandston.
In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to the
Middlesex Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 98, Deltaville,
VA 23043, or the American
Cancer Society, 4240 Park
Place Court, Glen Allen, VA
23060.
James Matthew Tate, 62, of
Saluda died Thursday, December 25, 2008.
He is survived by his wife,
Shirley Tate; his mother, Mabel
Tate Hayes of Champlain; two
sisters, Dora Brightwell of
Dunnsville, and Ann Loving
and her husband Tommy of
Sparta; one brother, Floyd
Tate Jr. of Millers Tavern; and
a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services
were
held December 28 at MarksBristow Funeral Home in
Tappahannock with Rev. John
C. Yeatts officiating. Interment
followed at Rappahannock
Christian Church Cemetery in
Dunnsville.
Pallbearers were James
Mitchell, Charles Loving,
Timmy Brightwell, Patrick
Brightwell, Jerry “Dickie”
Brightwell and Brent Brightwell.
Business
seminar
planned
The Gloucester County
Chamber of Commerce will
sponsor a “Five Steps to
Business Freedom Seminar” on Wednesday, Jan. 14,
from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the
Hampton Inn in Gloucester.
Seminar presenters will
be Mike Byrne, business
coach, AdviCoach; and Mark
Holthaus, financial advisor,
Wachovia Securities LLC.
The breakfast and seminar will be provided at no
charge.
Call Kimberly Allen for
tickets at 695-1999.
Email church news
and photos to [email protected]
“Living a life that blesses others”
is the topic of this week’s
Mary B. Wormley
Mary B. Wormley, 78, of
Urbanna passed away Sunday,
Dec. 28, 2008.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Bagby Sr.; daughter,
Luester Bagby Banks; husband, Alfred Wormley; and
four brothers, Richard, Grant
Jr., Charles Sr. and Ezell
Bagby Sr.
She is survived by her grandchildren, William “Billy”
Henderson, Drema Roye and
Daniel W. Banks; sisters,
Sarah Stokes, Mattie Pittman,
Dorothy Fitchett and Temple
Robinson; brothers, Freddie
Bagby and William Bagby;
and a host of nieces, nephews
and close friends.
A funeral service was held
Jan. 3, 2009 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Church View.
Interment was in Rev. B.H.
Gayles Memorial Cemetery.
Christian Science Sentinel Program
Now airing on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Tune in Sunday, January 11 on WKWI Bay 101.7 FM
Thank You…
for being
a friend!
The 2008 Christmas Friends
Delivery Crew & Special
Helpers
The 2008
Christmas Friends
Wrapping Crew
Once again, members of the Kiwanis Club
of Middlesex led gift wrapping sessions on two
Saturday mornings at the Southside Sentinel.
Our thanks to Kiwanians Jim Lennon and his
wife Nennie, Betty Coulson, Ray Kotesky, Stan
Hovey, Jim Hill, Ron Massey and his wife Ann,
Homer Hartung, Fred Gaskins, Jack Tarran,
Tom Lowe, Bill Douglas, Roy Bowman and Neil
Gabbert.
Others who helped with the wrapping are E.
T. Minter, Bobbie Wyker, and five members of
the Clarksbury United Methodist Church Edna
Yankovich Circle: Polly Van Benschoten, Fran
Miller, Anne Tompkins, Dolores Decker and
Phyllis Garland.
Several others were ready to help with a
third wrapping session that was not needed,
and many more volunteered to wrap after our
spaces were full. We thank all who wrapped
and offered to help. We also thank the many
shoppers who brought in their purchases
already wrapped.
Christmas Friends needs lots of boxes when
the wrapping begins each year. If there are too
many gift boxes around your house, we’ll take
them. They may be left in the covered area at
the Sentinel back door any time.
Delivering gifts to all corners of Middlesex
County were Homer Hartung, Ray Kotesky,
Jack Tarran, Ron Massey, Ron McCallum,
Fred Gaskins, Tom Lowe, John Starke and
Bev Bowles (all Kiwanis Club of Middlesex
members), Sentinel editor Tom Hardin, Rick
Ughetto, Buzz Lambert, Paul Pearce, Aubrey
Hall, Ken McAuley, Norma Jean Sears, Jerry
May and Roxanne Taylor.
The nine vans used for delivery were loaned
by the Southside Sentinel, Rappahannock
Record (2), Paul Pearce, Aubrey Hall, Ken
McAuley, Norma Jean Sears, Jerry May and
Homer Hartung. We are especially grateful
to Hartung who was rousted early Saturday
morning after one van owner/driver called
in sick. We thank several others who also
offered to loan vehicles and deliver.
Special thanks once again to Bill Hight of
Urbanna Auto & Marine and Scott Orrell who
loaned and transported a large trailer where
the hundreds of gift bags were stored, and
to Tim Moore of Four Seasons Insulation for
providing space where the gift bags could be
unloaded, sorted and reloaded into vans. The
trailer and large sorting space have become
integral to the operation of Christmas
Friends and we are extremely thankful for
those donations year after year.
Several Four Seasons Insulation employees
and Southside Sentinel employees assisted
in unloading the trailer and loading vans.
Thanks to Ryan Payne who reported early
Saturday morning to help load the nine
vans.
Christmas Friends is a Labor of Love!
Because Christmas Friends has such generous volunteers and is sponsored by the
Southside Sentinel, it operates with no overhead. Where expenses are incurred for
wrapping supplies or for fuel used to shop or deliver, no reimbursement has ever been requested.
Every dollar donated goes directly toward making the season brighter for those in need.
Our thanks to Millie Hampton of the Middlesex County Department of Social Services for again
coordinating that agency’s screening and making referrals. This is the only way clients are referred to
Christmas Friends; the program cannot handle requests from any other source.
The efficient organization of Christmas Friends is due to the efforts of the social services
department and primarily two individuals at the Sentinel, shopping coordinator Bettie Lee Gaskins
and bookkeeper and front office manager Geanie Longest. They dedicate countless hours to recruit
and assign shoppers, prepare and distribute shoppers’ packets, map delivery routes, record and
recognize donations, accept gift bags and perform many other tasks.
Tom Chillemi, Joe Gaskins and Mike Kucera helped assemble two bicycles and repair flat tires
on others. The entire Sentinel staff assists in many ways, including sharing its work space with
hundreds of gift bags, helping prepare shoppers packets and enduring the general hustle and
bustle the program creates around the office during November and December.
The 2008
Christmas Friends Shoppers
Monetary donations by the community make it
possible for volunteer shoppers to purchase gifts from
a wish list provided by each child and senior adult. The
shoppers donate their time, gas and, in many cases,
extra money from their own pockets to fulfill the
wishes. This year we are grateful to:
Ernest and Virginia Ashford, Larry Autry, Zani
Autry, Emily Bailey, Diane and Jonathan Bennett,
Stephanie Piva Benson, Jane B. Birchard, Jeff Bliemel,
Carolyn Boggs, Betty S. Bray, Jana Leigh Bridgman,
Ellen and Webster Brooke, Madeline Brooks, Barie
Carmichael, Dorothy and Ellen Carneal, Janet Carson,
Janice Clark, Jane Cooke, Betty N. Coulson, Joy
Crowder, Carolyn Davis, Jennifer M. Duke, Martha
W. Dunlevy, Lynn Eanes, Martha Engard, Susan G.
Faulkner, Becky Ferrell, Bruce K. Forsberg and Louise
Friday.
Also Sarah and Don Geeson, Carolyn Goodrich,
Kathy Hall, Tom and Molley Hardin, Nancy Page
Harris, Thyra Harris, Gracejean Hennigar, Patricia
and Jeremy Herrin, Kristy Abbott Higgins, Jean R.
Hill, Stephanie Hunt, Elizabeth B. Hurd, Maria L.
Johnson, Kathy Kauffman, Julia Lee, Rebecca D.
Lengua, Edna A. “Nennie” Lennon, Theresa A. Linn,
Geanie Longest and Donald and Lorie Lowrey.
Also Roberta P. Major, Katlin Major, Brenda C.
Maul, Mickie McCallum, Donald McNamee, Pat
McNamee, Melinda J. Miller, Dawn Myers, Denise
C. Oliff, Kate G. Oliver, Kimberlee Olsen, William H.
Parker III, Wendy Payne, Cheryl Perkins, Ginger J.
Philbrick, S. Jean Pierce, Diana Pitts, Kerry Polson,
Terri Purcell, Joan Ramsay-Johnson, Darla Revere,
Lynne and Gary Richardson, Jeannine Rowe, Donna
Rutkowski and Irma H. Ryman.
Also Carolyn B. Salmon, Julia Schumann, Eloise
M. Shaver, Wendy Shores, Crystal Sickal, Donna M.
Smith, Eileen D. Smith, Beth Straw, Claudia Stuart,
Helen S. Tarran, Janice Taylor, Susan Thomas, Lori
Tyler, Barbara Vest, April K. Smith Walker, Pam
Watson, Judy Whidby, Laurie Winchester-White,
Debbie A. Wilkins, Lynda R. Willard, Bonnie J.
Williams, Susan F. Williams, Evie Wilton, Delores
Wright, Kathryn H. Wright, Kathy D. Wright and
Lorri York-Matthews.
We thank many shoppers for also wrapping the
gifts they purchased.
Because of your efforts, this Christmas was brighter for more
than 287 Middlesex residents. Thank you for your gifts.
CHRISTMAS FRIENDS INC.

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