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Urbanna, Virginia 23175 • October 28, 2010
Vol. 116, No. 31
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Boat operator is
charged with murder
and six other felonies
by Audrey Thomasson
A grand jury on Friday, October 22,
returned nine true bills against Steven
W. Nixon in the July 5 motor boat
accident on the Rappahannock River
which resulted in one death and injuries to nine others, including himself.
His trial is scheduled for February
17-18, 2010 in Lancaster County Circuit Court.
Seven felony charges against Nixon
were certified to the grand jury October 13 in Lancaster General District
Court, but Lancaster Commonwealth’s
Attorney Jeff Schmidt added two
additional felony charges, including
murder, for the grand jury to consider
Friday. The jury returned indictments
on each of the charges.
Schmidt said Nixon now faces
four counts of aggravated child abuse
Middlesex
schools take
steps to fix
book error
by Larry S. Chowning
Middlesex School Superintendent
Rusty Fairheart has sent a letter home
to parents of 4th grade students regarding a statement contrary to accepted
historical belief that appears in the 4th
grade history book, “Our Virginia:
Past and Present.”
The history book states that thousands of African Americans fought for
the South in the Civil War—a claim
rejected by most historians.
Articles questioning the accuracy
of this statement have appeared in
the Washington Post and publications
throughout Virginia, and the publisher
of the history book has announced it
will provide “sticker labels” to cover
the statement.
In his letter to parents, Fairheart
wrote, “Unfortunately, it has come to
our attention that there is potentially
inaccurate information in this book.
Our response to the issue surrounding
this misinformation is based on guidance from the Virginia Department of
Education and collaboration with the
publishing company.
“As reported in the Washington Post
on October 20, 2010, the textbook ‘distributed to Virginia [and Middlesex
Elementary School] fourth-graders
says that thousands of African Americans fought for the South during the
Civil War—a claim rejected by most
historians.’ The Virginia Department
of Education is advising the commonwealth’s 132 school divisions that the
statement about black Confederate
soldiers in the textbook ‘Our Virginia:
Past and Present’ is outside accepted
Civil War scholarship and does not
reflect the content of the commonwealth’s academic standards for grade
four Virginia Studies [SOLVS.7],”
continued Fairheart.
“As with any review process, there
is the possibility of a questionable
statement or assertion being overlooked. If it is determined that a stateapproved textbook contains an error,
the Virginia Department of Education
communicates appropriate guidance
to instructional leaders and teachers in
the field. In response to this issue, the
publisher has announced it will issue
‘sticker labels’ that can be pasted over
the paragraph in the text that has been
questioned,” wrote Fairheart.
“Teachers in Middlesex County
use a variety of resources in presenting instruction aligned with the commonwealth’s standards. Increasingly,
a textbook is ‘a’ resource and not
‘the’ resource for teaching and learning in our classrooms. We are advising our fourth grade teachers to focus
on teaching the Virginia Standards of
Learning and to continue to evaluate
all instructional materials for accuracy
prior to delivering content to students.
Additionally, we are confident our
resulting in serious injury; three
counts of aggravated wounding to one
adult and two children while intoxicated; one count of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; and one count
of felony murder for causing a death
while committing a felony.
Misdemeanors
Nixon was convicted in district
court on two misdemeanor charges
of operating a boat while intoxicated
and reckless operation of a boat. He
received two suspended 6-month jail
sentences from Judge Gordon Wilkins
and was ordered to pay $500 of a
$2,500 fine. He was also barred from
operating a boat for two years.
Testimony and other evidence presented on the misdemeanor charges
indicated Nixon was operating the
23-foot boat about 10 p.m. on July
5 when it slammed into a channel
marker that has a flashing red light.
The accident occurred about a halfmile from the Lancaster County shore
near Belle Isle State Park.
Other evidence included a report
from Riverside Walter Reed Hospital which showed that Nixon’s blood
alcohol content a few hours after the
crash was .14%, while .08% is legally
intoxicated.
New Name for Humane Society animal shelter
Since 1987, Middlesex County has been served by the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society (GMHS).
In August, the humane society named its new building the Gloucester-Mathews-Middlesex Animal
Shelter to reflect the three county area it serves, which is evident in the above sign. Posing with the
sign showing the shelter’s name are, from left, GMHS president Dieter Hoinkes, treasurer Bob LeBoeuf and board member Kathy Kauffman, who is cuddling a stray Papillon dog that will soon be up for
adoption. It should be noted that the society’s shelter is separate from the county animal pounds in
Gloucester and Middlesex. See story on page B10 in this issue of the Sentinel. (Photo by Tom Chillemi)
Supervisors seek extension of public comment
period on proposal to drain Healy’s Mill Pond
by Larry S. Chowning
The Middlesex County Board of
Supervisors has asked the Army
Corps of Engineers to extend the
public comment period on an application by Gene Ruark of Deltaville
to establish a “compensatory wetland
and stream bank” at Healy’s Mill Pond
off Stormont Road near Hartfield.
Ruark’s application asks to also
establish a similar stream bank on
a separate piece of property, “Hill
Crest,” on 24 acres on Wilton Creek.
The Army Corps had been seeking
input on whether there is a need to hold
a public hearing on Ruark’s application. The deadline for comments was
October 20, and supervisors want to
extend this deadline. As of Tuesday
morning, supervisors had not received
a response from the Corps.
The proposed wetland and stream
bank would involve the creation, preservation and restoration of both wet-
lands and streams by draining Healy’s
Mill Pond.
Such a wetland bank would allow
another entity to develop non-tidal
wetlands elsewhere and buy credits
from a wetland bank, such as the one
proposed by Ruark, to be used as compensation for the wetlands the entity
would lose in its own development.
Healy’s Mill Pond is currently
retained by a dam that VDOT engineers have said is unstable and could
collapse. VDOT has refused to repair
the dam which, for decades, had
served as the road bed for a portion
of Stormont Road. VDOT has permanently closed that section of the road.
Army Corps official Adrian R. Jennings told Ruark in a letter that a portion of the Healy’s Pond site may be
suitable for consideration as a wetlands bank site.
However, she wrote, “There is
outstanding concern of how the
issue of the existing roadbed/dam
will be resolved with the County of
Middlesex, the Virginia Department
of Transportation and the deeded
landowners.”
The letter also requested information on how Ruark plans to lower the
water level or drain the pond, and how
this will impact the homeowners who
have built on land overlooking the
pond.
David Milby wrote county supervisors that, “Years ago, Mr. Ruark
and his partners developed the land
surrounding Healy’s Mill Pond as a
waterfront and water-access community. My wife and I purchased two lots
and built our dream home on Healy’s
Mill Pond. Now Mr. Ruark is proposing draining the pond. It seems to me
that a proposal such as this would not
be legal. Healy’s Mill Pond is the centerpiece of their development and now
rather than spend money to maintain
it, Mr. Ruark has come up with a way
to profit at the homeowners’ expense.
Enter if you dare
For 12 years, Mel Newcomb, manager of Bush Park Camping Resort in Wake, has been expanding his
Halloween exhibition. Seasonal campers staff the 30-plus displays that include the Bridge to Nowhere,
Caged Monster, Spirited Graveyard, Insane Clown Village, Snake Pit and many more. All are animated
with lights and sound that will surprise and scare those who dare to enter the “Haunted Forest.”
The exhibit is free and will be open on Saturday, October 30, from 7 to 10 p.m. For more information, call 776-6750.
(Photo by Tom Chillemi)
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Mark Lomax, president of the
Middlesex County Chapter of the
NAACP, has requested a private meeting with two members of the county
board of supervisors to discuss “concerns” over the way the board has handled certain issues.
At the board’s October 19 meeting,
Lomax asked during the public input
session that he be allowed to meet with
two supervisors at a time so the meetings could be private and not open to
the public.
The Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires all meetings
that have at least three supervisors (a
quorum) in attendance to be held in
open session, and the press and public
must be notified of such meetings.
At press time, it was unclear what
legal issues might be involved when
such “non-quorum” private meetings,
as suggested by Lomax, are held to
intentionally circumvent the intent of
FOIA open meeting laws.
It is also unclear exactly what issues
Lomax wants to talk about, but his
request appeared to be prompted by the
action of the supervisors to try to assist
homeowners on Healy’s Mill Pond
by requesting that the Army Corps of
Engineers extend the public comment
period on an application by Gene Ruark
to drain the pond and make the remaining wetlands and streams a “wetland
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Draining the pond to create wetlands
will not only affect our quality of
life, but will greatly reduce our land
value.”
Julie Carson Colby, who owns a
home on the pond, wrote, “Gene Ruark
and Paul Canton created our subdivision in the 1980s. How can Ruark
have the right to destroy what he sold
to us as waterfront? We are talking
about loss of value in our waterfront
investment—that is a huge topic.”
The county has written the Corps
requesting that the public comment
period be extended to give everyone
more time to respond to the application.
Jennings said the 24-acre “Hill
Crest” site on Wilton Creek owned by
Ruark is thought to be too small for
consideration to be a viable part of the
proposed wetland bank.
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A2 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Oct. 28, 2010
opinion
one woman’s opinion
the direct confrontation between John Waller
Cheers for John Waller!
Urbanna, Va.— If you didn’t see the play, and Reverend Klug from Christ Church was that
“The Baptist and the Parson,” written by local both parts were played by clergymen. Dennis
historian Barbara Lovelace and presented by the Buchanan, who played John Waller, is a Baptist
Middlesex Museum and Historical Society last minister in Fredericksburg, and The Reverend
Sunday at both Urbanna and Antioch Baptist Paul Andersen, who played Rev. Klug, is rector
churches, you really missed an important event of Christ Church. When Klug told the Baptist he
in local history. Congratulations to all who took had no right to preach the word of God because
he had not had a proper education or background
part in the presentation.
The 40-minute play celebrates the life of it made me, an Episcopalian, squirm in my pew.
Special kudos go to Father Paul who was a
Middlesex County hero and Baptist preacher
John Waller who in 1771 was arrested and jailed good sport to agree to play the part of the misin Urbanna for preaching the word of God “with- erable Klug. He did a good job speaking for
out a license.” In those pre-revolutionary years the establishment of the past, so much so that I
the established state church in Virginia was the thought the audience might break out into hisses
Church of England or Anglican Church, and it and boos!
But there were no young
was illegal to practice any other
people in the audience in the
religion.
Urbanna presentation. This
The established church did
bothered me. Where were the
not approve the rising tide of
teenagers of Middlesex County?
Baptists, Methodists and PresHave we become so used to relibyterians who were also orgagious freedom that we no longer
nizing throughout the Colonies
value the real-life stories of hardand soon were challenging the
fought battles waged and won
established church.
by earlier generations? Or do we
It’s hard to believe today that
have more important things on
in those early years in Virginia
our minds and things to do than
all citizens were forced to be
relive a piece of local history?
members and pay taxes to the
Perhaps we hardly think twice
Anglican Church. Those who
about history any more? But we
refused were labeled “dissishould. Those who don’t learn
dents.” They could be stoned,
history are destined to repeat it.
beaten, whipped and sent to jail
Perhaps the play could posfor meeting together to share the
by Mary
sibly go to Middlesex schools
word of God and defying the
Wakefield Buxton
because it is imperative that
Anglican Church.
young people understand how
What makes the play so
vibrant is that it is based on an actual letter that important religious freedom is. The alarming
John Waller wrote while in Urbanna jail that was truth is that future generations may very well
fortunately preserved for history. The letter tells face a similar threat that John Waller once faced.
With the Muslim religion growing by leaps and
circumstances of his arrest, judgment and even
the way he was treated in Urbanna jail. Names bounds throughout the world and its correspondlike Montague, Faulkner, Weber and Greenwood ing insistence on Sharia law that forbids religious
pop up in the story; family names that we still freedom beyond its own perimeters and severely
restricts the rights of women, we had better
recognize in Middlesex County.
No matter how many times John Waller was take seriously this issue of religious freedom.
whipped and jailed, however, he could not be Americans may still enjoy religious freedom, but
stopped. He continued preaching equality, close numerous other nations do not. The next generafellowship, personal salvation and relationship tions need to know how basic this freedom is to
with God just like early followers of Christ so mankind if they hope to preserve it.
This republic absolutely does not ever want
many centuries ago who were also severely
oppressed. His letter describes how throngs of his to return to a state or world-established religion
brethren gathered under the window of his cell in (or government, for that matter) or any kind of
Urbanna to hear him preach. Local Baptists have forced dictation of religious laws to our citizens.
So learn history and be ready at all times to
never forgotten the incident, as well they should
not, and even have placed a brick from the old defend religious freedom. And thank you, John
Urbanna jail in the foundation of the Urbanna Waller, and our Baptists for leading the way in
Baptist Church to commemorate the event and Virginia. ©2010
www.marywakefieldbuxton.com
never forget John Waller’s spirit.
What made the play especially intense during
letters to the editor
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Middlesex needs
Stormont Road
fixed and open
To the Editor:
It just blows my mind that
our board of supervisors can’t
or won’t get the Healys Mill
dam fixed in some way so we
can drive over it. Looks like
to me from what I have heard
and read in the paper that no
one owns the dam—not the
adjacent landowners and not
VDOT.
So why can’t the board of
supervisors lay claim to it?
Get a local contractor to fix
it, have it paved or graveled,
and make it a county road.
Leave VDOT out if it! The
county can own and control
that section of Stormont Road.
We don’t have to let VDOT
dictate whether it gets fixed or
not or when it gets fixed. There
are county roads around that
work just fine, even if they are
just gravel.
I understand that if VDOT
gets involved it would cost a
ton of money to do it according to their specs and impact
studies. I feel like any good
local contractor could put a
new culvert in and fix that dam
for not a lot of money. I’m
sure the county could get it
fixed just as cheap as VDOT
will probably spend on installing turn-around areas on each
side of the dam.
I’m told the box and dam
were built way before the turn
of the century for a mill and
it’s been used as a highway all
this time. It’s foolish to just
let it disappear. For years that
road was the only way to get to
the courthouse from the lower
end of the county. I know more
citizens use that road or would
like to use it than use the
county owned and operated
airport. If the airport needed
some repairs, the board would
jump out of their skin to get it
fixed.
The people of this county
have used that road for longer
than anyone can remember
and it’s just foolish to turn it
into a dead end. It’s not complicated—get an excavator, a
large enough culvert to handle
the water, some good packing
clay material, gravel and some
tar, and it would be fixed for
another hundred years or so.
Tyler Crittenden
Hardyville
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Pluck, Perseverance and Progress
Keep a sharp
eye on DCA
tennis courts
To the Editor:
The Deltaville tennis courts
have been violated again! Two
weeks ago players arrived to
find that the very large posts
that had been installed to keep
cars from driving into the fence
had been pulled out of the
ground—no easy job! The mud
that had gathered in the holes
was scooped out and thrown all
over the nearest court, making
one terrible mess. This is pure
vandalism.
Several times, over the past
few years, the gazebo has been
trashed and torn apart in many
places necessitating many
repairs.
Some years ago we raised a
lot of money to have the courts
completely rebuilt and the
gazebo constructed. We don’t
need to have vandals destroy
them!
The sheriff’s department
was notified of this most recent
damage and came to ascertain
the damage. He made some
suggestions upon which we
will follow up.
Deltaville folks, please look
over at the tennis courts when
you drive by, especially at
night, and watch for the mischief-makers. We need to stop
this kind of behavior. Call the
sheriff if you note anything
suspicious.
We must work together to
look out for the areas that the
Deltaville Community Association has worked so hard to
maintain, including the pool,
the play area and the tennis
courts.
Thanks for your help.
Bruce Forsberg
Hardyville
Textbook . . .
(Continued from page A1)
teachers will have no difficulty
using the textbook and other
materials to effectively instruct
our students on the experiences
of Virginians during the Civil
War,” wrote Fairheart.
The fourth grade history
textbook was approved in the
spring of 2010 by a History and
Social Studies Textbook Committee comprised of Middlesex
County teachers, community
members and school administrators.
Religious freedom lives
by Larry S. Chowning
One of the most significant
events in Middlesex County
history was the arrival of Baptists spreading a new style of
religion throughout the area.
Since the beginning of English settlements here in 1642, the
Church of England, also known
as the Anglican Church, was the
established church of Virginia
and Middlesex County.
“The Baptist and The
Parson,” a living history play
sponsored by the Middlesex
County Museum and Historical
Society, and performed Sunday
at Urbanna Baptist Church
and Antioch Baptist Church
in Saluda, reflects the second
arrival of Baptist minister John
Waller to Middlesex in August
of 1771.
The Baptist movement spread
like wildfire in the county, creating animosity and unrest for
those of the Anglican faith.
The excerpt below is from a
new county history book titled
“Signatures in Time - A Living
History of Middlesex County,
Va.” scheduled to be published
toward the end of 2011 or beginning of 2012. The book is sponsored by the Middlesex County
Board of Supervisors and
Middlesex County Jamestown
Anniversary Committee.
Excerpt from book
The Baptist movement started
in Middlesex County when
William Mullins moved from
Middlesex to Amelia County,
where he embraced the Baptist
faith. In 1769, he came home to
the county to visit relatives who
lived in the upper end of the
county near the Essex County
line. Mullins convinced his
brother John and his brotherin-law James Greenwood “of
the necessity of being born
again.” In November 1770,
Baptist preachers John Waller
and John Burrus came to the
county and preached some of
the first Baptist sermons in
Middlesex.
Waller preached for three
days, and as each day the crowds
became larger, it did not take
long for the Anglican hierarchy to become quite concerned
at the implications of this turn
of events. On the second day, a
county magistrate attempted to
pull Waller off the stage, but the
clergymen from the parish prevented it. On the third day of his
preaching, rocks were thrown at
The Anglican Rev. Samuel Klug (left) played by Christ
Church minister Rev. Paul J. Andersen, questions Baptist minister John Waller (right), played by Dennis Buchanan, on his educational ability to bring God’s message
to the people of Middlesex. The living history program
took place at Antioch Baptist Church in Saluda and
Urbanna Baptist Church on Sunday. See video of the program at SSentinel.com.
(Photo by Larry Chowning)
Waller.
Waller left Middlesex but
returned again in August of
1771. It was on this visit that the
Anglicans had Waller jailed for
“carrying on a meeting against
the authority of the land” and
“preaching without a license.”
Inside a Middlesex County
jail cell in Urbanna on August
12, 1771, Waller would pen a
revealing letter about his situation there. “At a meeting which
was held at Brother McKain’s,
in this county last Saturday,
while Brother William Webber
was addressing the congregation . . . there came running
toward him, in a most furious
rage, Captain James Montague,
a magistrate of the county, followed by the parson of the parish
(Rev. Samuel Klug) and several
others who seemed exasperated.
The magistrate (James Montague) and another took hold of
Brother Webber, and dragging
him from the stage, delivered
him, with Brethren Wafford,
Robert Ware, Richard Faulkner,
James Greenwood and myself,
into custody, and commanded
that we be brought before him
for trial. Brother Wafford was
severely scourged, and Brother
Henry Street received one lash
from one of the persecutors,
who was prevented from proceeding to further violence by
his companions.”
Waller and others were
searched for firearms and, when
they found none, were asked
if they had a license to preach
in the county. Wafford agreed
to leave the county by noon
the next day or be imprisoned.
Faulkner was released but the
rest were to remain in jail “with
a charge not to let us walk in the
air until court-day.”
Waller also wrote about some
Middlesex hospitality. “Blessed
be God, the sheriff and jailer
have treated us with as much
kindness as could have been
expected from strangers.”
Large crowds began to gather
on the courthouse grounds in
Urbanna at the jail as Waller
preached from the jail window.
Middlesex Baptists were further aggravated and oppressed
when James McKain petitioned
the county court, requesting that
his home in the upper end of the
county be licensed as a place of
worship. He used as his defense
the Act of Religious Toleration. The British Parliament
had approved this act in 1689.
It exempted dissenters from the
Church of England, from penalties under certain laws. Not
unsurprisingly, the Middlesex
Anglican-run court denied
McKain’s petition.
The Anglicans, however, were
unable to stop the rush of the
Baptist movement, and in 1772
Glebe Landing Baptist Church,
the mother church of all Baptist
churches in the county, was constituted, and William Mullins
became its first pastor. In just a
few short years, many staunch
Anglicans had converted to the
Baptist way of thinking.
Rabies clinic is Saturday in Middlesex
A rabies clinic will be held
Saturday, October 30, from 9-11
a.m. at the Middlesex County
Animal Shelter at 2840 General Puller Highway (behind old
Rappahannock Central Elementary School), Cooks Corner.
Shots will be $8 for each
3-year dog vaccine and $15 for
each 1-year cat vaccine. Owners
are asked to keep their animals
in the vehicle; the vet will come
to the animal to give the shot.
People with five or more animals are encouraged to come
early on the day of the clinic.
Pre-registration for five or
more animals is also strongly
encouraged. This may be done
at the Middlesex County Health
Department on October 25-29
from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each
day.
Dog owners are reminded
that new dog tags are required
each year by February 1 and
may be purchased at the clinic
with proof of vaccination. Tags
may also be purchased during
normal office hours from the
county treasurer’s office in
Saluda, Monday through Friday,
8:30-4:30 p.m.
K&Q man indicted for 2007 murder
A Little Plymouth resident
was indicted by a King and
Queen County grand jury on
October 12 for murder in the
first degree.
The indictment stems from
a three-year investigation by
special agents T.P. Collins and
J.R. Lyons of the Virginia State
Police Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, Richmond Field
Office, and investigators from
the King and Queen County
Sheriff ’s Office.
Floyd B. Newton III, 41, of
Little Plymouth, was served
with the indictment on October 13 for the murder of Toni
R. Stanley, 35, his live-in
girlfriend at the time. Special
agents served Newton with
that indictment at the Middle
Peninsula Regional Jail in
Saluda.
On the night of September
22, 2007, Stanley was shot
at their residence and died
from an apparent single gunshot wound. The King and
Queen County Sheriff ’s Office
responded to the scene after
(See Murder, page B3)
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County meals tax on Middlesex ballot Tuesday
On Tuesday, November 2,
Middlesex voters will decide
if the county should have a 4%
meals tax.
Counties may only enact a
meals tax if approved by voters
in a binding referendum. The
exact wording of the referendum on this Tuesday’s ballot
reads: “Should the Board of
Supervisors levy a Food and
Beverage Tax within Middlesex
County, Virginia?”
Urbanna currently has a 5%
tax on meals as do many surrounding jurisdictions.
Middlesex voters failed to
approve a meals tax referendum
in 1999 and 2005.
If the November 2 referendum passes, the Middlesex
ordinance proposes that food
retailers collecting the meals
tax be allowed to keep a 5%
commission of the total tax due,
accounted for and remitted, said
county administrator Charlie
Culley.
Also on November 2, voters
in Middlesex will cast ballots
in the First District election for
the U.S. House of Representa-
Polls open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m.
Voting hours are 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following polls:
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Deltaville Rescue Squad building.
tives. On the ballot are incumbent Republican Robert J.
“Rob’” Wittman of Montross,
Democrat Krystal M. Ball of
Fredericksburg, and Independent Green party candidate G.
Gail “for Rail’’ Parker of Alexandria.
Amendments
Three questions will be on
the ballot regarding proposed
amendments to the Virginia
Constitution.
Question 1 reads: “Shall Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia be amended
to authorize legislation that will
permit localities to establish
their own income or financial
worth limitations for purposes
of granting property tax relief
for homeowners not less than
65 years of age or permanently
and totally disabled?”
Under the Constitution, the
General Assembly may give
localities the power to grant full
or partial exemptions from real
estate taxes to persons 65 years
of age or older or for persons
permanently and totally disabled. The exemption applies
to owner-occupied property
used as the sole dwelling of
such persons. The exemption is
currently available only to such
persons who bear “an extraordinary tax burden” in relation
to their income and financial
worth.
The proposed amendment
removes the requirement that
tax exemptions are available
only to such persons who bear
“an extraordinary tax burden,”
and gives the General Assembly
authority to permit localities to
determine their own income or
financial worth limitations for
tax exemptions for persons 65
years of age or older or for persons permanently and totally
disabled.
Question 2 on the ballot
involves the state’s “rainy day
fund.” It reads: “Shall Section
8 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia be amended to
increase the permissible size of
the Revenue Stabilization Fund
(also known as the “rainy day
fund”) from 10 percent to 15
percent of the Commonwealth’s
average annual tax revenues
derived from income and retail
sales taxes for the preceding
three fiscal years?”
Under current law, the Rev-
enue Stabilization Fund is used
to offset shortfalls in anticipated
revenues in any given year, and
thus is designed to provide a
cushion in the event of an economic downturn. The State
Constitution currently limits
the fund to 10% of the Commonwealth’s average annual tax
revenues from income and sales
taxes for the preceding three
fiscal years.
The proposed constitutional
amendment increases the maximum size of the fund from 10%
to 15% of the Commonwealth’s
average annual tax revenues
from income and sales taxes for
the preceding three fiscal years.
Question 3 on the ballot
involves property tax exemptions for disabled veterans. The
ballot question reads: “Shall
the Constitution be amended
to require the General Assembly to provide a real property
tax exemption for the principal
residence of a veteran, or his
or her surviving spouse, if the
veteran has a 100% serviceconnected, permanent, and total
disability?”
Currently, the Virginia Constitution does not grant real
estate tax exemptions specifically to veterans. However,
the Constitution does allow
the General Assembly to give
localities the power to grant
full or partial exemptions from
real estate taxes to persons 65
years of age or older or for persons permanently and totally
disabled who “bear an extraordinary tax burden” in relation
to their income and financial
worth. This exemption applies
to owner-occupied property
used as the sole dwelling of
such persons.
The proposed amendment
would require the General
Assembly to pass a law exempting from local taxation the
principal residence owned and
occupied by any veteran with a
100% service-connected, permanent, and total disability.
The veteran’s surviving spouse
could continue to claim the
exemption so long as he or she
does not remarry and continues
to occupy the home as his or her
principal residence.
Three seek First District Congressional seat
Three candidates are on the
November 2 ballot seeking Virginia’s First District seat in the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Rob Wittman
Incumbent Republican Rob
Wittman, 51, calls for tax cuts
for families and small businesses and pursuing growth-oriented incentives that encourage
economic activity and job creation. Wittman is co-sponsor
of legislation that would place
a 2-year moratorium on capital gains and dividends taxes,
cut the payroll tax rate and the
self-employed tax rate in half
for two years, and reduce the
lowest income tax brackets by
5% each.
Wittman said he is working to hold the line on out-ofcontrol spending “and expose
the waste, fraud and abuse in
Washington.”
Wittman said he opposes
those in Congress who hold
military funding hostage for
political gain, and he will “continue to fight for the funding and
equipment our Armed Forces
need in the war on terror, and
for the support and care they
need when they return home.”
Wittman is the former director of field operations with
the State Division of Shellfish
in economics from the University of Virginia. This is her first
run for public office.
Gail Parker
Independent Green candidate
Gail Parker, 63, lists building all
types of rail as her top priority.
She would “move funding from
the Federal Highway Administration to the Federal Transit
Administration for rail.”
She also calls for installing an auditable accounting
system at the Pentagon to cut
waste, “stopping those no-bid
Murder . . .
Rob Wittman
Krystal Ball
Gail Parker
Sanitation. He holds a PhD in
public policy from Virginia
Commonwealth
University.
Wittman served for 10 years
on the Montross Town Council, and was elected to the
Westmoreland County Board
of Supervisors in 2003. In
2005, voters in the 99th Legislative District elected him to
the Virginia House of Delegates, where he served until he
was elected to the U. S. House
of Representatives in 2007.
Krystal M. Ball
Democrat Krystal M. Ball
lists the economy and unemployment as her top priorities.
Ball, 28, would provide a 50%
cut in payroll taxes for the first
two start-up years, allow small
businesses to expense 100%
of new equipment to help cut
costs now and set the business
owners up for job growth in the
future, and ensure that responsible business owners who want
to expand have access to credit.
Ball said she supports easing
the tax burden off of middle
class families.
As a certified public accountant, Ball said the budget needs
to be balanced. “I know how to
eliminate wasteful spending by
auditing and streamlining government agencies because I’ve
directed a project that reformed
our federal courts criminal/civil
accounting system. I’ll fight to
cut Congress’ pay.”
Ball holds a bachelor’s degree
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Trick-or-treat is Saturday
Middlesex County will
observe Halloween from 5-8
p.m. on Saturday, October 30,
said Middlesex Sheriff Guy
Abbott this week.
As a precaution against
spreading flu, participating
homeowners are being asked to
pass out the candy or treats and
not allow children to reach into
a bag of goodies to pick their
own. Passing out candy will
lessen the chances of children
touching candy that has been
touched by a sick child.
Children should go trick-ortreating only between 5 and 8
p.m., Sheriff Abbott said, and
they should:
s "E LESS THAN YEARS OLD
and accompanied by an adult.
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an outside light on.
s7EAR CLOTHING THAT IS LIGHT
colored or has reflective material.
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that are large enough so children can see well.
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candy and treats.
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Homeowners who are participating in trick-or-treat should
leave on an outside light as a
signal to children that they are
welcome, said Abbott. Turn off
the porch light at 8 p.m.
He also reminds motorists
to watch for children and drive
cautiously during Halloween,
especially since it falls on a
Saturday night when many parties will occur.
Saluda Veterinary Clinic
Will be closed Friday, November 5th
Enjoy the Oyster Festival!
Regular Saluda hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2–5 p.m.
(804) 758-2303
Emergencies may call
Tappahannock Veterinary Hospital
(804) 443-2878
uncontested contract awards,”
eliminating the Foreign Military Sales program, and turning
overseas military bases over to
“our friends and allies.”
Parker is calling for fiscally
conservative government.
Parker, CEO of SteppingStone Industries, is certified in
software engineering administration and holds a master’s
degree in business administration. She ran unsuccessfully
for the US Senate in 2006 and
2008.
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receiving a 911 call and found
Stanley deceased in an open
field adjacent to their home.
The King and Queen County
Sheriff ’s Office contacted
special agents with the Virginia State Police to conduct
an investigation into Stanley’s
death. Special agents conducted their investigation and
collected evidence in connection to the murder.
The indictment and arrest
comes after consultation with
King and Queen County Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles
Adkins.
Newton was scheduled to be
arraigned on October 20. The
investigation is ongoing.
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A4 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Oct. 28, 2010
‘Scouting for Food’ bags Historyland Gulf oil spill
to be distributed Saturday boxwood
to be VIMS
On the morning of Saturday, Lodge, and the Rappahannock
lecture topic
wreaths
October 30, Boy Scouts from Civic (Boosters) Club.
Troop 341 and Cub Scouts
Due to a shortage of bags
The VIMS After Hours
from Packs 307 and 314 will from the Boy Scout Council, are on sale
Lecture Series will present
begin their annual Scouting for bags being left may not say
“The Gulf Oil Spill: A report
Food drive by delivering paper
bags to homes throughout the
county. Citizens are asked to fill
the bags with non-perishable
food items and leave the bags
on their front step on Sunday,
November 7. Scouts will begin
picking up bags after 1 p.m.
All food will be donated to the
food pantries of Hands Across
Middlesex, Bethlehem Star
“Scouting for Food.” The Cub
Scouts and Boy Scouts thank
Food Lion in Saluda, Urbanna
Market and Deltaville Market
for donating the bags. There will
be a flyer attached giving details
on pickup and identifying the
Scouting for Food project.
“All community support for
Scouting for Food is greatly
appreciated,” said a spokesman.
Orders are being accepted
for Historyland Community
Workshop’s famous boxwood
wreaths by calling Anne Costello at 462-0102.
The price for a wreath is still
$25. Since a limited number
will be made, patrons are
encouraged to order early and
to arrange pickup before the
November 20 sale.
the RGH Training Center directly behind the hospital in
Kilmarnock. 435-8662
unity
Commalendar
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Saturday, October 30
Uʈ``iÃiÝÊ
œÕ˜ÌÞÊ,>LˆiÃÊ
ˆ˜ˆV 9-11 a.m. at the
Middlesex County Animal Shelter at 2840 General Puller
Highway. 758-2779
from the front lines” at 7
p.m. on Thursday, October
28, in McHugh Auditorium,
Waterman’s Hall, Gloucester
Point.
The public is invited to
join VIMS alumnus Dr. Don
Boesch, a member of the President’s BP Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Commission, as he
explores the impacts and consequences of this summer’s
spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Reservations to this free
public lecture series are
required due to limited space.
Please register online at www.
vims.edu/events or call 6847846 for further information.
New Bay Aging officers
New officers of the Bay Aging Board of Directors include,
from left, chair Jimmie Carter of Lancaster, vice chair Jim
Mickens of King William, recording secretary Diana Pitts of
Middlesex, and treasurer Bill Reisner of Northumberland.
The remaining board of directors members for 2010-2011
are Luther Derby Jr. of Essex, Joe Curry of Lancaster, Ed
Clayton of Mathews, Carolyn Gray of Richmond County, Dr.
Elton Smith Jr. of King and Queen, new member Don James
of Gloucester, Manuel Haynie of Northumberland, Dr. Sara
Looney of Westmoreland, Stanley Clarke of Essex, Harrison
Dixon of Gloucester, and Maria Roe of Westmoreland.
UÊ>œÜii˜Ê>ÌÊ̅iʈ}Ê,i`Ê>À˜ hosted by the
Northern Neck Farm Museum from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the museum in Heathsville. $5 admission. 761-5952
UÊ>“œÕÃÊ
À>LʈõÕi The Middlesex County Woman’s Club of Urbanna is accepting orders for quarts of its
famous crab bisque, which is an annual favorite at the
Urbanna Oyster Festival. Call Jean 758-8417.
UʜÞÊ-VœÕÌÃÊvÀœ“Ê/Àœœ«ÊÎ{£ will begin their annual
Scouting for Food drive by hanging paper bags on the
front doors of homes throughout Middlesex County on
the morning of Saturday, October 30. Citizens are asked
to fill the bags with non-perishable food items and leave
the bags on their front step on Sunday, November 7.
Scouts will pick up bags after 1 p.m. All food will be
donated to the food pantry of Hands Across Middlesex.
Uʜ܏ˆ˜}Ê՘`À>ˆÃiÀÊvœÀÊ>Àˆ˜iÊ
œÀ«ÃÊi>}ÕiÊ
iÌ>V…“i˜ÌÊ£Î£Ç 1–4 p.m. at Village Lanes Bowling
Center, Gloucester. 693-9360
UÊ >œÜii˜Ê "LÃiÀÛi`Ê ˆ˜Ê ˆ``iÃiÝÊ œÕ˜ÌÞ
Children should go trick-or-treating only between 5 and
8 p.m. and they should be less than 13 years old, be
accompanied by an adult and go only to houses that
have an outside light on.
UÊ>œÜii˜Ê>ÌʜÞÊ*œˆ˜ÌÊ*>ÀŽ 6 to 8:30 p.m.,
the park will come to life to entertain Middlesex children
with a night of fun and treats. 776-0727
Uʈ``iÃiÝʈ}…Ê-V…œœÊ
>ÃÃʜvÊ£™ÈäÊ,i՘ˆœ˜
UÊ"«iÀ>̈œ˜Ê/…>˜ŽÃ}ˆÛˆ˜} sponsored by Bethlehem
Star Lodge #249. This program provides meals to over
200 families at Thanksgiving. Baskets for food donations
are at Colonial Pizza, Big John’s, Tall Chief Market, Bella’s
Pizza, Taylor’s Restaurant, Deltaville Market and Urbanna
Market. The organization is also accepting cash to buy
turkeys and other food products for the less fortunate of
Middlesex County. For those interested in making a cash
donation, contact William T. Bagby at 443-7044.
at the Steamboat Grill at the Piankatank River Golf Club
in Hartfield. 815-4313
Uʜ˜Ž½Ã Fourth Talent Search/Cast Tribute to Tim and
Faith. Tickets are $12. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; show
starts at 8 p.m. 725-7760
Sunday, October 31
Uʈ``iÃiÝÊ9
Ê>“ˆÞÊ>ÊiÃ̈Û>Ê noon–2
UÊ 1ÀL>˜˜>Ê œ“iÌœÜ˜Ê …ÀˆÃ̓>ÃÊ *>À>`iÊ p.m. at Lower United Methodist Church in Hartfield.
˜ÌÀˆià are now being accepted. The parade will be on 776-0005
Friday, December 3, at 7 p.m. Call Lois Jean Brooks at
758-4717 to participate.
UÊ/…iÊ
ÀÞiÀÊ
i˜ÌiÀ on Rt. 33 near Locust Hill will be
open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday starting November 1. The center will be open from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The Cryer Center will be closed
the fourth Saturday of every month.
Monday, November 1
UʈiÌ]Ê*…ÞÈV>ÊV̈ۈÌÞ]Ê>˜`Ê
>˜ViÀÊ,ˆÃŽÊ,i`ÕV̈œ˜\Ê 7…>ÌÊ Ì…iÊ -Vˆi˜ViÊ ->Þà features associate
professor Dr. Diane B. Wilson of VCU’s Massey Cancer
Center, who will speak from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Middlesex
County Public Library in Deltaville. 333-6707
UÊ œœ`Ê >˜ŽÊ Middlesex Food Bank hours at
UÊ œÀ̅iÀ˜Ê iVŽÊÕ`ÕLœ˜Ê-œVˆiÌÞ celebrates its
Rappahannock Civic Club near Hartfield are as follows:
produce and bread pickup, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.; regular food bank every
other Monday from 9:30 a.m. until food is distributed.
758-2910
40th anniversary with a reception, dinner and program
at Rappahannock Westminster Canterbury in Irvington.
The reception is at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:15 p.m. and
program at 7 p.m. 435-1788
are being held at Middlesex High School. 769-1151
UÊ
…iÃ>«i>ŽiÊ
…œÀ>i ,i…i>ÀÃ>Ê7 p.m. Mondays
at Harmony Grove Baptist Church in Topping through
November 29. 758-3013
Thursday, October 28
UÊ ˆ``iÃiÝÊ i“i˜Ì>ÀÞÊ -V…œœ½ÃÊ *>Ài˜ÌÊ
/i>V…iÀÊ"À}>˜ˆâ>̈œ˜ meets at 7 p.m. in the school’s
UÊÊ
>ÃÃià sponsored by Middle Peninsula RACE
UÊ >̅ii˜Ê
œvvȘ}iÀ will teach a session of six
classes “Individual Studies in Watercolor” from 9:30
a.m. to noon at the Philippi Christian Church in Deltaville
October 28 through December 9. 832-1387
Friday, November 5
Association certified instructors and is open to anyone
needing Basic Life Support Certification. 435-8280
observance of Oyster Festival
UÊ ˆ``iÃiÝÊ œÕ˜ÌÞÊ *ÕLˆVÊ -V…œœÃÊ i>Ì…Ê
`ۈÜÀÞÊ œ>À` meets at 3:30 p.m. at the school
November 5 & 6
UÊ ˆ``iÃiÝÊ œÕ˜ÌÞÊ i“œVÀ>̈VÊ œ““ˆÌÌii
meets at 7 p.m. at the Cooks Corner Office Complex
on the fourth Thursday of each month. Congressional
Democratic candidate Krystal Ball has confirmed her
attendance at this month’s meeting. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. for socializing, business meeting starts at 7 p.m.
UÊ ˆ``iÃiÝÊ œÕ˜ÌÞÊ *ÕLˆVÊ -V…œœÃ Closed in
UÊ 1ÀL>˜˜>Ê "ÞÃÌiÀÊ iÃ̈Û> Highlights include
Friday night’s Firemen’s Parade at 7 p.m., Saturday’s Virginia State Oyster Shucking Contest at 11 a.m. and the
Oyster festival parade at 2 p.m.
Saturday, November 6
UÊ Àۈ˜}̜˜Ê >À“iÀÃ½Ê >ÀŽiÌ on the Town Com-
UÊ i>Ì…ÞÊ >««i˜ˆ˜}à Dr. Stibal will present “I
mons behind the Chesapeake Bank from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
the first Saturday of each month May through November. Market features food, music, activities for children,
and a variety of quality merchandise. 438-9088
Feel Fine, Why Do I Need a Colonoscopy or Mammogram?” and answer questions about general surgery.
Healthy Happenings will be held from 2:30-4 p.m. at
œÀÊ >˜Ê iÝ«>˜`i`Ê ÛiÀȜ˜Ê œvÊ œÕÀÊ Vœ““Õ˜ˆÌÞÊ
V>i˜`>À]Ê«i>ÃiÊۈÈÌÊÜÜÜ°--i˜Ìˆ˜i°Vœ“°
Friday, October 29
Weekly Events
Thursdays
UÊ -̜ÀÞÊ œÕÀ for 2–5 year olds Thursdays at 10:30
a.m. at Middlesex County Public Library, Urbanna
Branch. 758-5717
UÊ-]Ê/Àœœ«ÊÎ{£ meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at
Christ Church Parish Hall in Saluda. 776-7445
Fridays
UÊ
ÕLÊ-VœÕÌÊ*>VŽÊ›Î£{ meets the first and third Friday
at 7 p.m. at Hermitage Baptist Church in Church View.
347-7323
Saturdays
UÊ Vœ…œˆVÃÊ ˜œ˜Þ“œÕÃÊ open 12-and-12 meeting,
5:30 p.m. at Zoar Baptist Church. 776-7629
Mondays
UʈÜ>˜ˆÃÊ
ÕLʜvʈ``iÃiÝ meets at 6 p.m. every
Monday at the United Methodist Church in Urbanna.
758-2020.
Uʈ˜}œ every Monday at 6 p.m. at Middlesex County
Volunteer Rescue Squad (MCVRS), Deltaville.
UÊ œÞÊ -VœÕÌÊ /Àœœ«Ê ›ÎÇäÊ meets every Monday at 6
p.m. at American Legion Post #82 in Saluda. 347-7323
Mondays – Fridays
UÊ ˆ``iÃiÝÊ >ÃÌiÀÊ >À`i˜iÀÊ i«Ê iÎ is available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Call the Extension office at 758-4120.
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as well as MES staff, are welcome and encouraged to
attend. [email protected]
UÊ
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>Ãà 1 p.m. Class is taught by American Heart
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Tuesdays
UÊ /…iÊ œÌ…ˆ˜}Ê >À˜Ê >ÌÊ Ì…iÊ ÀÞiÀÊ i˜ÌiÀÊ is open
Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rt. 33 in Locust Hill and
operated by Hands Across Middlesex Volunteers.
UÊ«…>È>ÊÀœÕ« meets every Tuesday from 11 a.m.–
noon at RGH Outpatient Rehab at 43 Harris Road,
Kilmarnock. 435-8501
UÊ …iÃÃÊ every Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Middlesex
County Public Library, Deltaville Branch. This is a time
for beginners and veteran players to either learn or
teach the game to others. 776-7362
UÊ,œÌ>ÀÞÊ
ÕLÊmeets every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. for
breakfast at the Pilot House Restaurant in Topping.
694-6416
Uʈœ˜ÃÊ
ÕL meets the second and fourth Tuesday of
the month at 7 p.m. at the Beacon in Topping. 7767508
Wednesdays
Krystal Ball will speak at the
Middlesex Democratic Meeting
Cooks Corner Office Complex
Cooks Corner - 3 mi. East of Saluda on Rt. 33
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ALL ARE INVITED
UÊ œÞÊ *œˆ˜ÌÊ >À`i˜iÀ`à meet every Wednesday
from 9 a.m.–noon (weather permitting). 776-7200
UÊ-̜ÀÞʜÕÀÊfor 3–5 year olds, Wednesdays at 9:30
a.m. at Lower United Methodist Church. 758-5717
UÊ ˜ˆÌÌiÀÃÊ ÀœÕ«Ê meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at
Urbanna United Methodist Church.
UÊÀˆivÊ>˜`ʜÃÃÊ-Õ««œÀÌÊÀœÕ«Ã] offered by Riverside Walter Reed Hospice, meets Wednesdays from 3
to 4:30 in building D, office 7566. 693-8819
Uʈ˜}œ sponsored by the Rappahannock Civic Club
“Community Boosters” Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. at
8215 General Puller Highway. Smoke free.
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Oct. 28, 2010 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• A5
at the library
by Sherry B. Inabinet
Executive Director
Congratulations to local author Brad Parks
who won the Shamus Award for his book
“Faces of the Gone.” This award for Outstanding Detective Fiction is given annually by the
Private Eye Writers of America. In other years
Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton and Michael Connelly have won this award. Now we will especially look forward to Brad’s second
book, which will be released early
next year.
In the past two weeks we
have switched the books on
CD and DVD collections
between the library branches,
so you will see lots of “new”
materials. Thanks to Lillian, our
Deltaville Branch manager, who
coordinated this time-consuming job.
We are now able to keep records of books you
have checked out, starting with the date that
you request that we turn on this function. If you
are interested in this feature, please call either
branch.
Mary Ann McKay will present our Story
Hours at Urbanna and the YMCA. She began
her program in Urbanna on October 25, and
will start at the YMCA on November 1. Both
programs are open to all children ages 3-5. The
YMCA program will start at 9:20 a.m. and the
Urbanna program at 10:45 a.m., which is 15
minutes later than in the past. We also hope to
work out a story hour at Urbanna United Methodist Church.
Mary Ann is very skilled in working with children. She was a daycare teacher in New Jersey
for 20 years and a library board president for 9
years. Mary Ann has her own large collection
of children’s books and puppets. I know your
children will be thrilled with her outstanding
presentation skills. We encourage you to take
them to either location, both of which are open
to the public.
New nonfiction includes “Lost Dogs”
(Michael Vick story) by Jim Gorant, “Obama’s
Wars” by Bob Woodward, “Pinheads and Patriots” by Bill O’Reilly, “A Journey: My Political Life” by Tony Blair, “The Grand Design”
by Stephen Hawkins, “White House
Diary” by Jimmy Carter, and
“Traveling with Pomegranates”
by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann
Kidd Taylor.
There is also great new fiction, including “Brave” by
Nicholas Evans, “Busy Body”
by M.C. Beaton, “Djibouti” by
Elmore Leonard, “Ghost in Trouble” by Carolyn Hart, “Our Kind of
Traitor” by John Le Carre, “Playing the Game”
by Barbara Taylor Bradford, “Prostitute’s Ball”
by Stephen J. Cannell, “Gingerbread Cookie
Murder” by JoAnne Fluke and others, “Mini
Shopaholic” by Sophie Kinsella, “Her Daughter’s Dream” by Francine Rivers, “Chasing the
Night” by Iris Johansen, “In the Company of
Others” by Jan Karon, and “Worth Dying For”
by Lee Child.
We also have a dozen new children’s books by
noted authors such as David Macaulay, Shirley
Hughes, Rachel Isadora, Dr. Seuss (a glow-inthe-dark book from “The Sneetches and Other
Stories”), Ruth Krauss, Allen Say, Robert D.
San Souci, Kathryn Lasky and John Burningham.
Our cookbook collection is phenomenal—
lots of suggestions to help you with all of your
fall holiday meals and treats. Visit us soon!
Happy reading!
Family Fall Festival is
Sunday at Lower UMC
Book Chats to
discuss ‘The Faith
Club’ Tuesday
On Sunday, October 31, from
noon to 2 p.m., the Middlesex
Family YMCA and Lower
United Methodist Church will
host a Family Fall Festival for
youth of all ages.
The event is free and will
highlight favorite fall activities
Book Chats will meet
Tuesday, November 2, at the
Deltaville Library at 10:30
a.m.
The book to be discussed
is “The Faith Club” by Ranya
Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and
Priscilla Warner. The three
women, an American Muslim,
a Christian, and a Jew meet to
discuss, analyze, and critique
their own and each other’s
religious beliefs. In educating
each other, realization dawns
that each faith has much in
common with the other. Tolerance and friendships bloom.
Written in memoir form, this
non-fiction book is both timely
and important.
The public is invited to
attend.
Clothing Barn needs
clothes for children
There is a great need for children’s clothing in the Hands
Across Middlesex Clothing
Barn at The Cryer Center on
Route 33 near Locust Hill.
The next Hands meeting will
be at Urbanna United Methodist Church on November 21 3:30
p.m.
and pastimes. Hot dogs, hamburgers, s’mores and more will
be available at no cost, and youth
will enjoy a variety of activities,
including a moon walk, bounce
house, the very popular Fleet’s
Farm Hay Ride, pony rides,
candy hunt, basketball, corn
hole, face painting and more.
“This is a community-wide
event that is not to be missed!”
said an event spokesperson.
“Invite a friend and spend the
afternoon celebrating the best
that fall has to offer.”
The Family Fall Festival will
be held at Lower United Methodist Church at 120 Lower
Church Road, Hartfield. For
more information, e-mail [email protected] or
call 776-8846.
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Class of 1960
reunion set
for Saturday
The Middlesex High School
Class of 1960 will have its
class reunion on Saturday,
October 30. Class members
will meet at Middlesex High
School at 4 p.m. for a walkthrough and then go to the
Steamboat Grill at Piankatank
River Golf Club in Hartfield
at 6 p.m.
Card luncheon
due Monday
The Middlesex County
Woman’s Club card luncheon will be held at noon on
Monday, November 1, at the
clubhouse on Virginia Street
in Urbanna.
The hostesses will be Pam
McClelland, Ginger Smither,
Peg Davis and Sylvia Jones.
Barbara VanAudenhove was
the winner of the free lunch at
last month’s card party.
For reservations and information, or if interested in
being placed on the substitute list, please phone Audrey
McClure at 758-2955. The
cost of the luncheon is $6.
Oyster Festival Quilt
“Spectacular Stars” is the name of this year’s beautiful quilt
that was machine pieced and then hand-quilted by the quilt
group of the Middlesex Woman’s Club. A drawing for the
quilt will be held at the Urbanna Oyster Festival and $1 tickets will be on sale until the drawing on Saturday, November
6, at 3 p.m. Proceeds help preserve the club’s building—the
historic Middlesex County Courthouse—on Virginia Street
in Urbanna.
Audubon to celebrate
40th anniversary Monday
On Monday, November 1,
the Northern Neck Audubon
Society (NNAS) will celebrate
its 40th anniversary with a
reception, dinner and program
at Rappahannock Westminster Canterbury, 132 Lancaster
Drive, Irvington.
The reception will be at 5:30
p.m., dinner at 6:15 p.m. and
program at 7 p.m. Those wishing to attend should send a $27
check for each person to NNAS,
P.O. Box 991, Kilmarnock, VA
22482. Please call Paul Servis
at 435-1788 for availability of
reservations.
Brian Taber, president of
Coastal Virginia Wildlife
Observatory in Virginia Beach,
will present the program. His
program will describe a typical
year of programs and activities at the observatory. Taber’s
talk will include descriptions
of the following projects: prothonotary warblers, brownheaded nuthatches, the banding
of spring and fall song birds,
hawk watches, saw-whet owl
banding and migrations along
the coast of Virginia.
Directions to RWC: From
White Stone, go approximately
1 mile north on Route 3 and
turn left on Old Salem Road.
Turn left onto Lancaster Drive
just opposite the Golden Eagle
Golf Course and proceed to the
main entrance of RWC.
Irish dancer
Middlesex YMCA to offer
exercise classes to Urbanna
The
Middlesex
Family
YMCA will be bringing group
exercise classes to Urbanna in
November.
Starting at 9:30 a.m. on Monday,
November 1, the YMCA will
offer exercise classes to the
Town of Urbanna and surrounding localities. “Start fresh
today and be a brand new and
healthier you. We’ve made sure
it is convenient for the people of
upper Middlesex to engage in
an active and healthy lifestyle,”
said YMCA membership and
wellness director Cheryl Holleran.
Classes will be held in the
building on Virginia Street that
once housed Rappahannock
Jewelry, across from the ABC
Store. Classes will consist of
low impact aerobics, yoga, and
zumba.
“Consistent exercise sharpens your mind, creates a more
peaceful spirit, and a greater
self-assurance. There is no
better way to take care of yourself while being a part of a supportive and encouraging group
of people,” said Holleran.
Non-YMCA members can
pay $7 per class or become a
member and enjoy unlimited
participation in Urbanna or at
the Hartfield facility as part
of the monthly membership
fee. Current members are welcome to participate at no extra
charge.
The class schedule will be as
follows: Mondays, 9:30 a.m.,
zumba; and Wednesday and
Friday, 9:30 a.m., low impact
aerobics.
Coming in two weeks on Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m.,
yoga. For more information,
call 776-8846 or email Cheryl.
[email protected].
Molly Weston (above), a
second-grader at West Point
Elementary, participated in
her first competitive Irish
dance feis this past weekend
in Williamsburg. Molly has
been a student at Rhythm of
Ireland School of Irish Dance
for the past year. She danced
the reel, light jig and slip jig.
She placed third in the light
jig, and first in the slip jig
out of 18 competitors in her
category. Molly is the daughter of David and Meredith
Weston of West Point and
the granddaughter of Paul
and Mary Ellen Sherwood of
Wake and Herman and Nell
Weston of Deltaville.
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“Scary Halloween in the Park,” will be held this Saturday, October 30, from 6-8:30 p.m.
‘Scary Halloween’ set for Saturday
at Holly Point Park in Deltaville
One of Middlesex County’s
favorite and scariest Halloween events, “Scary Halloween
in the Park,” will be held this
Saturday, October 30, from
6-8:30 p.m. on the 36-acre
grounds of the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point
Nature Park in Deltaville.
There will be plenty of parking for everyone. Children
must be accompanied by an
adult.
Treat bags will be handed
out to each costumed child at
the entrance to the park, courtesy Kathy Wright. Candy, pencils and books will be available
for all at the museum’s sponsor tables in the well-lit “kid
friendly” events area behind
the museum building. This
year, sponsors and volunteers
are bringing games for all to
play. Costumes are the order of
the day!
The more venturesome—
those who “think” they are not
afraid—are invited to take a
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walk through the dark, dank,
dreary, scream, shriek and
moan-filled trails of the Wailing Woods. “What awaits you
in the dark? Did that shadow
really move? What was that
sound? No, it can’t be . . . ,”
said an event spokesperson.
Continuous
hay
rides
through the park’s “Meadow of
Menace” will begin at 6 p.m.
and continue throughout the
evening.
Staff members will be stationed throughout the woods
all evening for the safety and
well being of all.
“We still have plenty of room
for more volunteers, sponsor tables and donations,” said
Halloween event co-manager,
Lynn Burnett. “Your dona-
‘Women in slasher
films’ is lecture
topic Saturday
Dr. Linda Baughman, chair of
the Communications Department
at Christopher Newport University, will discuss how women are
represented in modern horror/
slasher films at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 30.
The program, which is free
and open to the public, is sponsored by the Mathews Film
Society and will be held on the
third floor of the Halcyon Building (40 Court Street entrance) in
Mathews. A chair-lift is available
if needed.
Dr. Baughman is particularly
interested in the role of the “final
girl,” the hero who must fight the
villain in the end. Dr. Baughman
will share clips from some of the
most famous slasher films, but
she will not screen a full-length
film. Her presentation will be
appropriate for ages 13 and up.
UMVFD plans
annual oyster
and ham supper
The Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Auxiliary will host its
annual Oyster and Ham Buffet
Supper on Saturday, November
13, from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Water
View Firehouse on Route 640.
As in the past, tickets may be
purchased at the door for $20 for
adults and $5 for children age 10
and under. Take-out dinners are
available and one may call ahead
on the day of the event to place
an order or may select the food
items and prepare the take-out at
the firehouse. Please call 7585200 to place a prepared to-go
dinner.
Look for additional information in future issues of the Sentinel or call one of the following
numbers: Patricia Ellis at 7585545, Pat Brooks at 758-4831
or Cathy Russell at 832-1714.
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for dollar, to more candy. Any
of you who would like to come
out and help us make this the
best Halloween ever or donate
for more candy, please call us.
There’s still time. We still have
a whole week.”
New sponsors and volunteers
added this week include the
Middlesex Rotary Club, David
and Pam Waldron, Fred Jones,
Bert Alexander, Bonnie Davenport, Jennie Ducks, Joe Brinkley, Elizabeth Meyer, Kelly
Revere, Tyler Hartnett, Café by
the Bay, Scott’s Auto Repair,
Revere Gas, Nancy Barnhardt,
Carolyn Tillage, Chris Barnhardt and Steven Blue.
To volunteer, donate or help
out in any way, please call Lynn
and Don Burnett at 776-0727.
The Northern Neck Orchestra, in association with the
Rappahannock Foundation for the
Arts, will present its 20th anniversary concert titled “Grand Tour”
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November
6, at the Lancaster Middle School
on School Street in Kilmarnock.
Tickets, $20 for adults
and $10 for students, may
be purchased in advance in
Kilmarnock at The Kilmarnock
Antique Gallery, Ross’s Rings
and Things and The Book Nook.
Tickets also may be purchased
at Material Girl Quilt Shop in
Burgess, River Birch Gifts in
White Stone, and at the door
on the evening of the concert.
For more information, call Bruce
Burgess at 438-5225.
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Burt Alexander and Pam Ailsworth who conducted the regular Rotary meeting Tuesday at The Pilot House Restaurant
in Topping. Alexander thanked the many contributors and
participants who made the recent club golf tournament a
huge success. Also, on behalf of the club, “We wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween,” said Alexander.
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Brad Parks has won the Shamus
Award, one of the top prizes in
crime fiction writing.
Parks received the award last
Friday in San Francisco during
a ceremony at Bouchercon, the
world mystery convention. He
bested four other nominees,
topping what judges called a
deep field in the “Best First
Novel” category.
The Shamus, named after
a slang term for a private eye,
honors the very best in detective fiction and is given annually by the Private Eye Writers
of America. Past winners of
the award, now in its 29th year,
include Sue Grafton, Michael
Connelly and Harlan Coben.
“Merely being nominated
was an incredible honor,” Parks
said. “Actually winning was an
absolute thrill. This is something I’ll always cherish.”
Parks was selected for his
book, “Faces of the Gone,”
which features the exploits of
Carter Ross, a New Jerseybased newspaper reporter. Published by St. Martin’s Press,
“Faces of the Gone” was named
one of the best debuts of 2009
by The Chicago Sun-Times and
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Library Journal called it “the
most hilariously funny and
deadly serious mystery debut
since Janet Evanovich.”
Parks has also been nominated for the Nero Award,
named after the legendary
Nero Wolfe. The winner will
be announced in December at a
ceremony in New York City.
A career journalist turned
fiction author, Parks worked
at The Washington Post and
The Star-Ledger as a sportswriter and news feature writer.
He lives with his wife and two
small children in Middlesex
County, where he is currently
working on subsequent Carter
Ross adventures. More about
US Coast Guard Auxiliary
Flotilla 62 of Deltaville will
offer an information night at
7 p.m. on Monday, November
8, on what to do if you have
just been stung, bitten or poisoned by a venomous or toxic
marine species.
While fishing with a friend,
one of the auxiliary members
landed a stingray, and in the
process of trying to release
the catch he received a nasty
lash from the tail. The pain
was unbearable, the sweats
and weakness overtook his
body. Would you know how
to handle this situation? At
the auxiliary’s information
night attendees will be told
firsthand about the intense
pain and how this coxswain
was able to recover. Other
local marine life also will be
addressed.
Two local doctors, who are
USCG auxiliary members,
and an experienced coxswain
will present an information
session on marine toxicity that will cover first aid,
practical suggestions for boat
kits, food poisons from fish,
and prevention—just to name
a few topics.
All are invited to come to
the November 8 information
session at the USCG Auxiliary Training Center, 83 Ball
Park Road, Deltaville. This is
a free presentation. “Please
join us, this information may
just save a life! “ said an auxiliary spokesperson.
For further information or
to reserve a seat, call 7584053. Walk-ins also are welcome.
Halloween Dance
at Freeshade Community Center
Syringa, Va.
October 30, 2010, from 7:30–10:30 p.m.
Dancing to DJ music of the 50’s 60’s and Country
$5 per person
Alcoholic beverages prohibited
For more information,
call (804) 824-1004 or 776-7280
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around deltaville
The ‘Great American Songbook’
coming to West Point on Nov. 6
include a buffet dinner including three entrees, side dishes,
and desserts. Wine will be sold
by the glass.
Tickets for the show and the
dinner are available at the C&F
Bank branches in West Point,
on Main St. and 14th Street, or
by contacting Beth Dandridge,
coordinator, at artsaliveinc@
yahoo.com or 804-843-3475.
Please reserve dinner tickets as
soon as possible.
The opening of the “Invitational Exhibit” will be held in
the exhibit area of the auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on November
6. The Visual Arts Committee of Arts Alive will present
the works of four local artists
through December 7. The artists are Mary Causey, Baylor
Nichols, Michael Coleman and
Ellen Davidson.
Arts
Alive
gratefully
acknowledges the business
sponsors that have helped
make this performance possible: C&F Bank and Eltham
Auto Clinic.
Arts Alive Inc. also thanks
the governments of West
Point, King William County,
and New Kent County as well
as the Elis Olsson Memorial
Foundation and the Robinson
family for their financial support. In addition, Arts Alive
Inc. is partially supported
by funding from the Virginia
Commission for the Arts and
the National Endowment for
the Arts as well as contributions from individuals.
Arts Alive’s 2010-11 programming continues with a
bus trip to Richmond Ballet’s
“The Nutcracker” on Saturday,
December 11. The $60 ticket
will include one orchestra ticket
to The Nutcracker performance
at the Carpenter Center at 7
p.m. ($80 value), a chartered
bus ride from either West Point
High School or the shopping
area in New Kent on Route 155
just south of exit 214 off I-64,
refreshments on the bus, and
one backstage tour.
Contact Beth Dandridge at
804-843-3475 or artsaliveinc@
yahoo.com to reserve a ticket.
Tickets are limited.
Museum’s ‘F.D. Crockett’ and
‘Lillian B.’ are on the move
by Bill Powell
Events Director
Maritime Museum
All fans of the Deltaville
Maritime Museum and its classic workboat fleet are invited to
come to the museum’s Pierwalk
on both Friday and Saturday,
October 29-30, for two bon
voyage gatherings.
The classic, restored Chesapeake Bay buyboat “F.D. Crockett” will get under way at 1 p.m.
on Friday and the classic Maryland dory “Lillian B.” will leave
the dock at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both boats will be beating
the tide to take the museum’s
living history message to separate events over the next two
weeks.
These “waterborne ambassadors” will head up the
Rappahannock River where the
Lillian B. will turn north at Carter’s Creek to be the flagship and
committee boat for the annual
“Lights on the Creek” group’s
“Haunted Boat Parade” at 6:30
p.m. on October 30.
The Crockett, with John
England and the “Crocketeers”
aboard, will steam on up the
Rappahannock to her dockage at
Urbanna’s Town Marina at Upton
Point to be part of the waterfront
activities at the Urbanna Oyster
Festival November 5-6.
The “Lights on the Creek”
event, normally a Carter’s Creek
December Christmas lights
cruise, has morphed for this year
into a Halloween event due to
upcoming construction work on
the creek. According to event
planners, “The weather will be
warmer, the participants more
numerous, and the event itself
spook-tacular.”
The parade route begins
at Tides Inn, runs past the
Rappahannock River Yacht Club,
makes to port to proceed up
Carter’s Creek’s eastern branch,
and then goes around the committee boat just past Jack’s Cove
for a return to the Tides Inn. The
official viewing station is the
Chesapeake Club Terrace of the
Tides Inn, but there also are good
viewing areas along the creek.
The Lillian B., a classic
Potomac River dory workboat
built originally as a crabbing
vessel, will flagship the boat
parade and be on display at the
Tides Inn dock during the day
Saturday, after the parade and
Sunday morning. Captain Pete
Cardozo, the museum’s “Discovery Cruise” captain, will be at
the helm.
The 1924-built F.D. Crockett, one of three remaining loghulled buyboats in the Bay, will
be multi-tasking at the Urbanna
Oyster Festival. She will not
only be open daily for tours, but
also act as an educational tool on
Thursday, November 4, the festival’s Education Day.
Herspacious,lovingly-restored
decks will also be a showplace
for one of the museum’s “Family
Boatbuilding Week” Wright
skiffs as well as other exhibits
for the museum and park.
Deltaville Maritime Museum
and Holly Point Nature Park is
a non-profit organization at 287
Jackson Creek Road and on Mill
Creek. Turn right off Route 33
across from the Shell Station to
get there.
To find out more, visit www.
deltavilleva.com and click
“museumpark,” or Google
“Deltaville Maritime Museum.”
The museum can be contacted at
[email protected] or 7767200.
RFA Show is well-attended
Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts board members
welcomed Chesapeake Financial Group program sponsor
representative Kim Miller to the opening On Stage 2010-11
concert on October 2 where a sell-out audience enjoyed
the bluegrass band Seldom Scene. From left are foundation
board members Chris Ehring, Loretta Warren, Miller and
foundation president Claudia Calhoun. The next On Stage
concert will feature the Boston Brass at 3 p.m. Sunday,
November 21, at the Lancaster Middle School Theater. For
tickets, call the RFA office at 435-0292, or visit rappahannockfoundation.org.
Vendors sought for
UMVFD fall bazaar
The Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department (UMVFD)
at Water View will host a fall
bazaar on November 20 from
9 a.m.-2 p.m. The UMVFD is
offering any yard sale vendors,
craft vendors and independent
consultants to set up a table and
participate. Anyone interested
should contact Janie Anderson at 804-832-1765 for more
details. “We look forward to
hearing from you,” said Anderson.
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On Saturday, November 6,
Arts Alive Inc. will present the
“Great American Songbook” at
7 p.m. in the Robinson/Olsson
Civic Auditorium and Fine Arts
Center in West Point.
In the tradition of On Broadway and American Jukebox,
this Matt Davenport Production
is a stunning journey through
a century of American music.
Each chapter of the songbook
is brought to life through
show-stopping performances
by a dazzling cast of eight performers and a sizzling jazz trio,
along with creative sets, colorful costumes and clever choreography.
This innovative potpourri of
popular music showcases many
scenes: a 1940s-style “live
radio show,” the entire Wizard
of Oz created in seven minutes,
a look back to the 1950s most
popular hits, and a salute to
Motown’s Temptations and The
Supremes. Classics from great
American masters like Rodgers and Hammerstein, Harold
Arlen and the Gershwins are
revamped into dazzling production numbers and spine-tingling tap dance routines. Plus,
the newest chapter features
songs from today’s hit-makers,
including Michael Bublé, Ray
Charles and Billy Joel.
“With lush musical arrangements of award-winning songs,
from ‘Route 66’ to ‘Bridge
Over Troubled Waters,’ culminating with a patriotic finale,
those attending will be proud
to be an American,” said a program spokesperson. “There’s
a memorable musical moment
for every family member in
Great American Songbook!”
Tickets for this show are $25
for adults, $20 for seniors (65
and over), and $10 for students,
and are limited.
Tickets are reduced by $5
each with purchase of a ticket to
a fund-raising dinner to be held
prior to this performance at 5
p.m. at the van den Boogaard
Hall in West Point. This catered
dinner will help raise money
to support Arts Alive programming for the upcoming year.
The $30 dinner ticket will
ter, which goes nicely with her
heavy-duty chainsaw and ax.
My take on the whole operation is that Theresa doesn’t go
to the Y, so this counts as her
exercise. It is certainly a stress
release that I do not recommend to anyone. Fortunately
she has found a soul mate in
Maryanna Fisher, who also
enjoys a wood stove and cutting down trees and cutting
the wood into burnable pieces.
The part I enjoy is sitting next
to the wood stove and reading
a good book.
Most of the annoying ants
that have plagued us all summer
have disappeared. We have
sprayed them with Windex and
wiped with Clorox and even
resorted to high-tech poison,
and there are still a few on the
counters. They have recently
been joined by fruit flies.
The DCA meets tonight.
Discussion will probably
center on the plans that need
to be made for the Christmas
Boat Tour. Everyone is welcome to come to the meeting
and volunteer.
The calendars are out and
they look really nice. The
committee did a wonderful
job. If you did not order one
but would like to have one,
call 776-6992 or go by Nauti
Nell’s.
“Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently
begin again.”
Fair winds.
JEWELRY • CLIP-ON EARRINGS
“The Great American Songbook” will take the audience on
a journey through a century of American music.
by T.D. Harris
Intended for last week
The tinge of color on the
leaves gives evidence of
the arrival of autumn. Colie
Hudgins has raked up huge
piles of pine needles—free to
anyone who will come and get
them.
The leaves from the dogwood trees have abruptly fallen
to the ground. Maple leaves
are taking their time. They are
swirling around before blowing gently down landing everywhere. The oak leaves hang
onto the branches until spring.
Instead of raking this year, we
are going to mulch. Most of
the bulbs have been planted
with visions of spring. Bulbs
are like the wood for the wood
stove, you get to enjoy them
twice, once while planting and
again when they bloom.
Another task for this time
of the year is to get on Revere
Gas’ list to get your furnace
checked before it is time to
turn it on. Skip Swineford
is working with Revere Gas.
Skip is a very attractive young
man. He looked me straight
in the eye when I asked him
if he had straightened up the
attic and shook his head up
and down, which is the international “yes.” He had to make
a path to get to the furnace and
that might be what he meant.
It would be easy to be embarrassed but what the heck, it is
an attic.
Speaking of heat reminds
me to share what is going on at
our home with the wood stove
and wood. The Commandant
of Fort Eustis was asked if
he wanted Dominion Virginia
Power to trim the trees so they
would not interfere with the
new lines going up. He told
them to cut them down. Theresa works on the base so she
was able to bring many of the
trunks home in her little truck,
a few at a time. Hopefully
some of the soldiers helped
her get them on the truck. She
has moved them several times
in the yard and gotten quite a
bit of ribbing about being able
to cut them up for the wood
stove. Theresa is now the
proud owner of a wood split-
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Town of Urbanna Public Notice
2010 Oyster Festival Street and Parking Restrictions
The Virginia Department of Transportation has approved the following 2010 Urbanna Oyster Festival street and parking restrictions pursuant
to a Resolution of the Urbanna Town Council:
Parking Restrictions
Parking restrictions will be in effect within the corporate limits of the Town of Urbanna between 6:00AM, Friday, November 5, 2010 and
11:00PM, Saturday, November 6, 2010 in order to ensure pedestrian safety, safe movement of police, fire and rescue vehicles as well as safe
parade operations. Certain streets will be opened for parking earlier than 11:00PM Saturday depending on the progress of cleanup crews.
Parking restrictions for Prince George Street will be in effect from between 12:00PM Thursday. November 4, 2010 and 11:00 PM Saturday,
November 6, 2010 to accommodate concessions setting up in the road right-of-way.
No Parking areas will be designated as Tow Away Zones and towing will be at the owner’s expense. The no parking-tow away zones for
both sides of the streets in Urbanna include:
Urbanna Road from the bridge to Watling Street. All of Watling Street from the traffic triangle to its end. Cross Street from Watling Street
to Marston Avenue. Prince George Street from Cross Street to Virginia Street. Virginia Street and Oyster Road to Lord Mott Road. Marston
Avenue from Cross Street to Rappahannock Avenue. Rappahannock Avenue from Virginia Street to Marston Avenue. Bonner Street from
Rappahannock Avenue to Linden Avenue. Grace Avenue from Virginia Street to Bonner Street. Rappahannock Avenue to Kent Street. Kent
Street to West Avenue. West Avenue to Cross Street. Cross Street to Virginia Street. Park Street from Rappahannock Avenue to Linden Avenue. Upton Lane by the Post Office in its entirety.
Parade Routes and Times
The Friday, November 5th, Fireman’s Parade will begin at 7:00PM on Virginia Street west of town and proceed east on Virginia Street,
north on Grace Avenue, east on Bonner Street, north on Rappahannock Avenue, east on Marston Avenue, south on Cross Street, and west on
Virginia Street to disband out of town.
The Saturday, November 6th, Oyster Festival Parade will begin at 2:00PM on Virginia Street in front of the old Urbanna Builders and proceed east on Virginia Street, north on Grace Avenue, east on Bonner Street, north on Rappahannock Avenue, east on Marston Avenue, south
on Cross Street, and west on Virginia Street to disband out of town.
Urbanna Street Restrictions
Prince George Street: At 12:00PM on Thursday, November 4th, Prince George Street will be closed to routine traffic from Cross Street to the
curve at Urbanna Auto & Marine. This restriction will remain in effect until 6:00 PM, Saturday, November 6th. These restrictions are required
to accommodate the concessions to be located on Prince George Street.
Other Restrictions: On Friday, November 5th and Saturday, November 6th, law enforcement authorities may temporarily close selected streets
to routine traffic as crowd and public safety actions dictate.
Town Entrance Restrictions
Friday, November 5th, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. On Friday evening November 5th, 2010 at 6:00 PM, or earlier if deemed necessary by law
enforcement authorities, State Route 227 (Urbanna Road) will be closed in the vicinity of the Urbanna Harbor subdivision entrance, and
State Route 602 (Virginia Street) will be closed in the vicinity of the Lord Mott Road intersection to all traffic attempting to enter the Town
of Urbanna except to facilitate the movement of police and emergency vehicles. The Town of Urbanna will remain closed until 8:00 PM or
later depending on pedestrian traffic.
Saturday, November 6th, 8:00 AM. On Saturday morning, November 6, 2010, or earlier if deemed necessary by law enforcement authorities, State
Route 227 (Urbanna Road) will be closed in the vicinity of the Urbanna Harbor subdivision entrance, and State Route 602 (Virginia Street) will be
closed in the vicinity of the Lord Mott Road intersection to all traffic attempting to enter the Town of Urbanna except to facilitate the movement of
police and emergency vehicles. The Town of Urbanna will remain closed until 8:00 PM or later depending on pedestrian traffic.
Vehicles, coolers, backpacks, large containers etc., may be subject to inspection by law enforcement personnel.
Friday, November 5th, law enforcement authorities may temporarily close the Town to routine traffic as crowd and public safety actions dictate.
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church
food bank ‘Hang Out at the Hangar
news
Day’ set for Saturday
by Pat Rubin
Food Bank Coordinator
Rappahannock Civic Club
The month of October is
almost over and we have fed
almost 700 people.
The weather remains warm
and seasonal for this time of
year. The autumn leaves are
beautiful but are falling fast.
The pumpkins, gourds and
scarecrows adorn almost every
front porch or yard, reminding
us that Halloween will soon be
here.
The Community Boosters
Club sponsored a Fall Festival
for the youngsters of the area
to raise food and cash for the
food bank. A good time was
had by all. We had games,
refreshments, a cake walk for
the adults, pumpkin and face
painting along with hair coloring. The hay ride was the
highlight of the evening and
was enjoyed by young and old
alike.
Our thanks to the members of
the Rappahannock Civic Club
(Community Boosters) who
helped make this event a big
success.
The EVB Hartfield Branch
is collecting food for the food
bank to give out for Thanksgiving. The food bank and the
community appreciates their
generosity. Please go by and
make a contribution to their
efforts.
Thanks to the following—our
partner Saluda Food Lion, our
loyal bingo players, the Love
Class at Zoar, Ray Vadney, and
the Millers for the sweet potatoes and the eggplant.
Remember, any and all donations, whether food or cash, are
always put to good use by the
food bank and are returned to
the community.
Call 815-8899 or 758-2910
for more information.
The Middlesex Laymen’s
Association will sponsor a
“Hang Out at the Hangar Day”
at the Hummel Aviation Hangar
in Topping on Saturday, October 30, from 2-5 p.m.
This
non-denominational
event will feature several motivational speakers delivering
their personal testimonies about
how their lives were transformed by the saving grace of
Jesus Christ.
Those attending will get a
free hot dog and a soft drink,
and anyone bringing four or
more in a car will get a free car
wash. There is no admission
fee and no offering will be collected.
Clarksbury food pantry
distribution due Saturday
Clarksbury United Methodist Church on Route 33 in
Hardyville will have its Fall
Food Pantry distribution this
Saturday, October 30, from
9-11 a.m.
Food recipients are asked to
enter the church through the
front doors where they will
be greeted. Some information
will be asked of them to better
serve their needs. Income
information is not required.
We only ask that those in need
come.
Information on Clarksbury
will be available with opportunities for prayer. Assistance
with loading the grocery bags
also will be provided.
“Once again, Clarksbury
would like to thank the
Hardyville/Deltaville community for their tremendous support for this mission,” said a
church spokesperson.
Lower UM Church plans
breakfast, creative worship
A “Believer’s Breakfast”
and worship will be celebrated at Lower United
Methodist Church on Sunday,
October 31, with breakfast at
9 a.m. and a creative worship
at 10 a.m. Both will be held
in the fellowship hall. “If you
currently are not participating
in worship and are seeking
a church family, please join
us!” said a church spokesperson.
Lower Church is at 120
Lower Church Rd. off General Puller Hwy. in Hartfield.
Salt fish breakfast is Saturday
New Hope United Methodist Church in King and Queen
County invites the public to its
semi-annual salt fish breakfast
on Saturday, October 30, from
7-9 a.m.
Tickets are $10 and available
from church members, or by
emailing saltfi[email protected], or by calling the
church office at (804)7854671.
Christ Church
to celebrate
All Souls Day
At noon on Tuesday, November 2, Christ Church Parish
(Episcopal) will celebrate a liturgy in observance of All Souls
Day.
Throughout the centuries,
All Souls Day has been a special opportunity to remember
and pray for all our faithful
departed.
Christ Church Parish is
located adjacent to Christchurch
School at the intersection of
Routes 33 and 638.
Sunday. Rev. Fred Holmes Jr.,
pastor.
■ New Freedom Worship
Center, Rt. 33, Hartfield. 9
a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m.
celebration worship service.
House of Prayer open to all 6-7
p.m. Wednesdays. Rev. Walt
McKibbon, pastor. 776-7099.
■ New Hope Memorial Baptist Church, New Hope Rd.,
Shacklefords. Sunday school
10 a.m. Worship service 11
a.m. Wednesday: prayer meeting, Bible study 7 p.m. Rev.
Dan Grantham, interim pastor.
804-347-8253.
■
Poroporone
Baptist
Church, Rt. 14, Shacklefords.
Sunday school 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Discipleship training 7 p.m., Wednesday. (804)
785-3948.
■ Saluda Baptist Church, near
Middlesex Courthouse. Sunday
school 9:45 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m. Wednesday prayer
meeting 6:30 p.m. Rev. Bill
Sigler, pastor. 758-3102.
■ Spring Hill Baptist Church,
Cobbs Creek. 11 a.m. sermon:
“Jonah and the Big Fish”
(Jonah 2). Dr. Chuck McDaniel,
pastor.
■ St. Paul Baptist Church,
Jamaica. Sunday school 10
a.m. Worship service 11 a.m.,
second and fourth Sunday.
Bible study Wednesday 7
p.m. before second and fourth
Sundays. Rev. Kenneth Dunn,
pastor. 758-3633.
■ Union Shiloh Baptist
Church, Laneview. Sunday
school 10 to 11:30 a.m. Regular worship service 11:30 a.m.
every first, second and third
Sunday. Bible study every
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Frederick Young Sr., pastor. 4430850 home.
■ Urbanna Baptist Church.
Early worship service, at 8:45
a.m.; Sunday school 9:45 a.m.;
worship service 11 a.m. Separate worship service, children
ages 4 to 2nd grade. Adult
Bible study 6:30 p.m. Youth
group 6 p.m. third Sunday of
each month. “Kids For Christ”
4-5:30 p.m. every Sunday. Rev.
Jimmy Maroney, pastor. 7582720.
■ Zion Branch Baptist Church,
Rt. 615, Saluda. Sunday school
10:30 a.m. second and fourth
Sunday. Rev. William Seldon,
pastor.
■ Zoar Baptist Church, Rt. 33,
Deltaville. Early worship 8:30
a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m.,
traditional worship service
10:30 a.m. Nursery provided
for both services. Wednesday: family supper 5:45 p.m.;
adult discipleship training session 6:30 p.m. Dr. John Snow,
pastor. 776-9502.
■ Clarksbury United Methodist Church Rt. 33, Hardyville.
Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; worship service 11 a.m. UMW
Dorothy Price Circle second
Thursday 10 a.m. and Edna
Yankovich Circle second Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Bible Study/
Prayer Group, Tuesday, 10
a.m. Rev. Eric J. Vaudt, pastor.
776-6060.
■ Forest Chapel United
Methodist Church, Rt. 614,
Warner. Worship service 9:45
a.m.; Sunday school 11 a.m.
Rev. Leslie G. Goode, pastor.
804-758-2231.
■ Lower United Methodist Church, Hartfield. Sunday
school 9:30 a.m.; worship services 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Youth meetings every first and
third Sunday at 4 p.m. Fifth
Sundays only brunch 9 a.m.;
worship 10 a.m. Rev. Janine
Howard, pastor. 776-6250.
■ New Hope United Methodist Church, Rt. 33, Glenns
area. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.;
worship service 11 a.m. Bible
study group, Wednesday, 7
p.m. Rev. Brian Siagle, pastor.
■ Old Church Methodist
Church, Shanghai. Sunday
school 10 a.m.; worship 11:15
a.m. Rev. Leslie G. Goode,
pastor. 804-758-2231.
■ Shackelfords Chapel United
Methodist Church, Buena
Vista Rd., Plain View. Sunday
school 10 a.m. Worship service
11 a.m. Rev. Charles (Chuck)
McHose, pastor. 785-2005.
■ Urbanna United Methodist
Church, Cross St. and Marston
Ave. Sunday school 9:45 a.m.;
worship 11 a.m. Nursery care
and children’s church available
during worship. Rev. Joseph
Cailles, pastor. 758-5308 or
758-2736.
■ All Saints Anglican Church,
48 New St., Saluda. Holy communion weekly 11 a.m. The
Rev. Father Robert McMillion,
deacon-in-charge. 758-9191.
■ Apostolic Faith Church, Rt.
227, Urbanna. Sunday school
10:30 a.m.; praise and worship 12 noon. Prayer, praise
and Bible study Wednesday
7:30-9 p.m. Elder Charles Cox,
pastor. Elder Stanley Hundley
Sr., acting pastor.
■ Center Cross Church of
God. 141 Byrd’s Bridge Rd. 11
a.m. worship service. 10 a.m.
Sunday school. 6 p.m. Sunday
evening service. Family training 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Pastor
Stephen Livingston. 443-2070.
■ Christ Church Parish, Rt.
33, east of Saluda, next to
Christchurch School. 8 a.m.
Holy Eucharist; 9:15 a.m. Christian Education; 10:30 a.m.
Holy Eucharist and a Service of
Healing. Rev. Paul Andersen,
Rector. 758-2006.
■ Christian Science Society.
Sunday services 10:30 a.m.,
Woman’s Club building, Rt. 3,
Lancaster. Sunday school the
same hour. Testimony first and
third Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.
■ Church of the Visitation,
Rt. 33, Topping. Celebration of
the Holy Mass 9 a.m.; weekday
Masses on Wednesday and
Thursday mornings 9 a.m.
■ City of Refuge Church,
Hartfield. Sunday school 10:30
a.m. Morning worship 11:30
a.m. Prayer and Bible study
Tuesday 7–8:30 p.m. Rev.
Earlene Scott, pastor.
■ First Assembly of God, Rt.
33, Shacklefords. Sunday school
10 a.m.; worship service and
children’s church 11 a.m.; Bible
Blanche C. Britton
Blanche C. Britton, 86, of
West Point went home to be
with her Lord on October 21,
2010.
She is survived by her granddaughters, Lori DeTwiler and
Shelia Locke; her daughter-inlaw, Joan Britton; one sister,
one brother and nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Victor Britton;
and her son, Thomas Britton.
A graveside service was held
in St. Theresa Cemetery on
Sunday, October 24.
Arrangements by B.W. White
Funeral Home, King William.
Dorothy B. Thomas
Unitarians
to discuss
Halloween
On Sunday, October 31, at
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock
(UUFR-VA), Jim Sanderson’s
topic will be “The Many Masks
of Halloween.”
Halloween is an ancient
holiday that has gone through
many evolutions. It is a holy
celebration to some, a children’s festival to others, and a
commercial opportunity to still
others, as well as having several additional aspects. What
are its messages? Celebrate by
wearing a costume.
The UUFR-VA meets every
Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at 366
James Wharf Road in White
Stone. Coffee and conversation
will follow the program.
at your
church directory
■ Antioch Baptist Church,
Saluda. Services, first and third
Sunday of the month, 11 a.m.
and Sunday school 10 a.m.
Bible study every Tuesday
at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Rev. Fred
Holmes, pastor.
■ Calvary Baptist Church,
Christchurch. Worship service 11 a.m. Church school
9:45 a.m. Rev. Paul Pleasants,
pastor.
■ First Baptist Church of
Amburg, Deltaville. Worship
service 11 a.m. every second
and fourth Sunday. 776-9787.
■ First Baptist Harmony Village. First through fourth Sundays: Sunday school 10 a.m.
Worship service 11 a.m. Fifth
Sundays Literary Union. Bible
study Wednesdays 7 p.m. 7583643.
■ Glebe Landing Baptist
Church, Rt. 17, Laneview.
Sunday school
9:45 a.m.
Morning worship 11 a.m.
Prayer service Wednesday 7
p.m. Dr. John S. Carpenter,
interim pastor. 758-2233.
■ Grafton Baptist Church,
Hartfield. No service Sunday.
Bible study 6:30 p.m. every
Wednesday. Rev. Chauncey
Mann Jr., pastor.
■ Harmony Grove Baptist
Church, Rt. 3 and Rt. 33, Topping. Sunday school 9:45
a.m.; worship service 11 a.m.
Adult prayer meeting 7 p.m.
Wednesdays. Dr. Roger M.
Collier, pastor. 758-5154.
■ Hermitage Baptist Church,
Rt. 17, Church View. Sunday
school 10 a.m.; worship service and children’s worship
service 11 a.m. Wednesday
night: adult prayer meeting,
Bible study 7:30 p.m.; children
and youth mission groups 6:30
p.m. Rev. Edward Harrow Sr.,
interim pastor.
■ Immanuel Baptist Church,
Rt. 616, Saluda. Sunday school
9:30 a.m. Worship service,
except fifth Sunday, 11 a.m.
Bible study, Wednesday, 7
p.m. Rev. C. Rideau, pastor.
■ Lebanon Worship Center
Rt. 17, Saluda. Sunday worship
11 a.m. Early service 9 a.m.
(1st and 3rd Sunday); midweek
service 7 p.m. (2nd and 4th
Thurs.); Bible study 7 p.m. (1st
and 3rd Thurs.). Rev. Teresa
Sutherlin, pastor.
■ Lower King and Queen
Baptist Church (Wares). Worship 10 a.m. first and third
Sunday; 11 a.m. second and
fourth Sunday. Sunday school
10 a.m. second, fourth and
fifth Sunday and 11 a.m. first
and third Sunday. 785-7743.
■
Metropolitan
Baptist
Church, Samos. Worship service 11:30 a.m. first and third
Sundays. Prayer service and
Bible study Thursday, after the
first and third Sunday, 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Garry Garnett, pastor.
■ Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
Church View. Sunday school 10
a.m. Worship service 11 a.m.,
second and fourth Sunday.
Mission and Bible studies
Tuesday night 7:30 p.m. after
second Sunday meeting, and
Wednesday night after fourth
obituaries
study 6 p.m. on Sunday and
7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. John
Randall, pastor. 785-5683.
■ Full Gospel Cornerstone
Fellowship Church, Rt. 3/198,
Cobbs Creek. Saturday service 7 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.;
Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery,
children/youth ministry provided. Rev. Chris Morgan,
pastor. 725-9145.
■ Immanuel Episcopal Church
King & Queen Courthouse.
Sunday worship 10 a.m.
■ Living Water Lutheran
Church, ELCA, 83 Bluff Point
Rd., Kilmarnock. Worship and
communion 10 a.m. 435-6650.
■ Living Waters of Rehoboth
will meet on Sundays at Riverside Convalescent Center
in Saluda. Meetings begin at
10:30 a.m. 758-4197.
■ Living Waters Family Outreach Center, intersection of
Rt. 3 and Rt. 198, Mathews.
Sunday school 10 a.m., intercessory prayer 10:30 a.m. and
morning worship 11 a.m. Wed.
7 p.m. youth and children’s
study. 725-1119.
■ Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Church, Rt.
637, Remlik. Sunday school
9:15 a.m., morning service
10 a.m. Adult Bible study
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Thomas
Ransom, pastor; Edna Ransom,
co-pastor.
■ Philippi Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), 17276
Gen. Puller Hwy., Deltaville.
Continental breakfast 8:30 a.m.
followed by “non-traditional”
family worship service, fellowship hall, 9 a.m. Sunday school
10 a.m., traditional worship
service 11 a.m. Mike Cook,
pastor. 776-6230.
■ Quaker Friends. Meetings
include silent worship 10 a.m.;
Friends discussion 11 a.m..
758-2401.
■ Remlik Wesleyan Church.
Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m.; evening worship 6 p.m. Wesleyan Youth
Sunday 6 p.m. Wednesday
midweek service 7 p.m. Rev.
William Smith, pastor.
■ River of Life Church, Topping. Adult Sunday school
9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.;
Tuesday youth service 6 p.m.
Pastor Bob Brooks 824-9122.
■ St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church, 435 E. Church St.,
Kilmarnock. 9:45 a.m. Sunday
school. 11 a.m. worship. Rev.
Thomas R. Coye, pastor.
■ St. James Anglican/Episcopal, Rt. 17S at Abington Glebe
Lane, Gloucester. Early service
9 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m.
The Very Rev. Glenn Spencer.
B.R. Humphreys 435-9776.
■ Trinity Lutheran Church,
Urbanna. Worship service 9
a.m., the Woman’s Club building, Virginia Street. 758-4257.
■ Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meets Sundays at
10:30 a.m. at 366 James Wharf
Rd., White Stone. 758-4790.
■ Unity of the Chesapeake,
Deltaville Community Center.
11 a.m. church service; 12 noon
lunch; 12:45 p.m. meditation
and study group. 776-9172.
Nancy Daniel-Walters
Nancy C. Walters (nee
Daniel) passed away on October 20, 2010. She was born
in Deltaville and raised in
Warner.
She was the beloved wife
of William “Bud” Walters;
devoted mother of Dee Horwitz, Sabrina, William Walters
III and wife Lisa, Geoffrey
Walters and wife Renee, and
the late Gregory Walters;
loving grandmother of Jason,
Lauren, Billy, Mark, Sara,
Nicole, Valerie, Jessica, and
great-grandchild Caylee; dear
sister of Joyce and Angie; and
is also survived by her daughter-in-law Cindy Walters, and
many beloved nieces, nephews,
aunts and friends.
Family and friends honored
Nancy’s life at the familyowned Evans Funeral Chapel
and Cremation Services on
Monday, October 25, and Tuesday, October 26.
A funeral liturgy was held
Wednesday, October 27, at St.
Joseph Catholic Church-Fullerton. Interment was in Gardens of Faith Cemetery.
Memorial contributions in
Nancy’s name may be made to
National Shrine Grotto of Our
Lady of Lourdes, 16300 Old
Emmitsburg Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Memory tributes may be sent to the family
at www.evansfuneralchapel.
com.
Dorothy B. Thomas, 69, of
Saluda died Saturday, October
23, 2010.
She was the owner of the
former Saluda Upholstery
and Drapery Shop. She was a
member of Centenary United
Methodist Church where she
was organist for 20 years until
it closed and her membership
was moved to Forest Chapel
United Methodist Church.
She was predeceased by a
sister, Audrey Sears.
She is survived by her
husband, Oscar S. Thomas;
sons, David O. Thomas and
wife Susan H. of Saluda, and
Dwayne S. Thomas and wife
Bonnie J. of Hardyville; a
brother, William M. Bristow
of Stormont; a granddaughter,
Jacquelyn; and a great-granddaughter, MaKenzie.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at Bristow-Faulkner
Funeral Home & Cremation
Service, Saluda. Interment was
in Middlesex Memorial Cemetery, Urbanna.
Memorial gifts may be made
to Forest Chapel United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 425,
Saluda, VA 23149.
Literary Union
meets Sunday
The Middlesex County Literary Union will meet at Metropolitan Baptist Church in
Church View on Sunday, October 31, at 10 a.m. The adult
Sunday school lesson is titled
“Surviving The Dark Times”
(Psalm 63:1-11).
This is the end-of-the-year
service and ministers should
wear white robes and deacons
should wear dark suits. The
installation of the new officers
will also take place. Rev. Frederick Young of Union Shiloh
would like to meet with all
officers after the session on
Sunday.
Escrobrook
to celebrate
Glebe Landing
Escobrook Baptist Church
plans yard sale
Glebe Landing Baptist
Church at Laneview will have
a yard sale Saturday, November
6, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. rain or
shine. Proceeds will go to the
repair/replacement of sanctuary windows and building preservation.
at Mascot will celebrate its
annual Men’s Day on Sunday,
November 7, at 11 a.m. The
guest speaker will be Nathan
M. Richardson, poet, author
and literary consultant from
Piney Grove Baptist Church
in Suffolk. Music will be rendered by the Union Prospect
Men’s Chorus of Cologne.
“Grief Healed”
is the topic of this week’s
Christian Science Sentinel Program
Now airing on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
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they are at the Middlesex
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them you can call the
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office
at (804)758-2779.
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Old Church United Methodist Church in Shanghai invites
everyone in the community to
attend its fall harvest on Saturday, October 30, from 4-8 p.m.
“There will be games, prizes,
a costume judging contest, and
loads of fun. Come out and
join us,” said a church spokesperson.
Refreshments
will
be
served.
Discussion
of Islam set
The public is invited to learn
more about Islam at a meeting
of the Mattaponi Friends Quakers on Sunday, October 31, at
2 p.m. at Dayspring Farm on
Route 14 at Cologne in King
and Queen County.
John Williams, retired professor of religion at the College of William and Mary, will
lead an informal discussion
on Islam with a question-andanswer period. The meeting is
part of the Mattaponi Friends
community outreach to promote understanding and the
practice of tolerance.
This meeting is open to the
general public and all are welcome.
For more details or directions, call 785-9401.
Saluda Baptist
plans mission
study Nov. 4
The Louise Gray Circle of
Saluda Baptist Church will
have a mission study on Thailand on Thursday, November 4,
at 10:30 a.m.
The study will be presented
by Lillian Cox of Newington
Baptist Church. Cox is very
involved in mission programs
with her church, Mid-Tidewater Baptist Association, and the
Baptist General Association of
Virginia.
Following the study, lunch
will be served in the fellowship
hall.
Benefit program
due Nov. 13 for
Marshall Johnson
This fall there are two new
managers at Rappahannock
Westminster-Canterbury, but
neither is a stranger to the
area. New director of human
resources Karen Walker and
new operations manager Phillip Williams have roots in the
Northern Neck, and both said
they are delighted to be joining what they consider one of
the premier institutions in the
region.
Walker was born and raised
in the area, graduating from
Lancaster High School. She has
worked for most of her career
at a number of local institutions, including Rappahannock
General Hospital. Before joining RW-C she served as human
resources manager for the
Warsaw Healthcare Center.
In her role at RW-C, a continuing-care retirement community
outside Irvington, Walker is
responsible for recruiting staff
and working with managers to
assure top-level performance
from all employees.
Even though her most recent
job was just a half-hour away,
Walker describes the move to
RW-C as making her feel “like
I’m coming home.” She said
she is impressed with the loyalty and professionalism of the
workforce at RW-C, noting there
is comparatively little turnover
and a general feeling of satisfaction among employees.
Still, she said, even though
RW-C is the “employer of
choice” for many people, her
greatest challenge will be maintaining the high-quality work-
New managers at Rappahannock Westminster Canterbury are director of
operations Phillip Williams,
and human resources director Karen Walker.
force. Walker said it is “vitally
important” she secures staff
members that will make RW-C
residents feel comfortable, safe
and well cared for.
Williams, too, feels quite
at home in his new position.
Although he was raised in
Chevy Chase, Md., he has deep
roots in the area. His grandmother grew up in Irvington,
and his mother was one of
the founders of radio stations
WNNT and WKWI. Williams
now lives in the Irvington house
that was once the family’s vacation home.
Prior to joining the RW-C
management team, Williams
worked in the railways industry in Kansas City, Washington,
D.C., and Baltimore. He also
taught mathematics at Chesapeake Academy for several
years.
As director of operations,
Williams oversees departments
responsible for maintenance,
landscaping,
housekeeping
and security. His job takes him
all over the facility, and he is
already getting to know fellow
staff and residents whom he
meets in their homes and in
RW-C’s many common areas.
Currently, Williams is supervising the annual fall landscaping program on the grounds
at RW-C and handling some
pressing matters involving
drainage. He is also coordinating replacement of equipment
in the continuing care facility’s boiler room, a project he
says must be completed before
winter sets in.
Williams feels his greatest
challenge is to meet the high
expectations of residents who
expect a safe, clean environment that is also aesthetically
pleasing. Nevertheless, he
notes, “The chance to remain
in the area and work with such
a great group of people made it
easy for me to say ‘yes’ when I
was offered the position.”
RW-C president Stuart Bunting said he is delighted to have
Walker and Williams join the
management team. “Hiring and
maintaining a competent, professional staff and maintaining
our buildings and grounds are
critical to our success in providing residents the quality of life
they have come to expect. We
are certain Karen and Phil will
help us continue our tradition
of excellence that has become
the hallmark of RW-C during
the past 25 years.”
A lecture sponsored by the
Rappahannock
Community
College Educational Foundation’s Rappahannock Institute
of Lifelong Learning (RILL)
will feature associate professor Dr. Diane B. Wilson
of Virginia Commonwealth
University’s Massey Cancer
Center. Dr. Wilson will speak
on “Diet, Physical Activity, and
Cancer Risk Reduction: What
the Science Says” from 1 to 3
p.m. on Monday, November
1, at the Deltaville Branch of
the Middlesex County Public
Library. All interested persons
are invited to enroll and participate.
Ten million Americans living
today are considered cancer survivors. This population, as well
as older Americans in general,
tends to focus strongly on learning more about the benefits of
healthy eating and physical
activity. The available nutrition
information, however, can often
be contradictory and confusing
to the public.
Dr. Wilson’s talk includes information on the latest research, and
translates scientific statements
into practical recommendations
for consumers. Whether or not
you have been touched personally by cancer, this presentation
will broaden your perspective on
the importance of fitness to overall health.
Dr. Wilson has been performing academic research for the
last 15 years on the subject of
reducing cancer risks; her particular focus is the benefits of a
healthy lifestyle, including good
nutrition and physical activity.
She holds a master’s degree in
human nutrition from Louisiana
State University, and a doctorate
in public health from the Arnold
School of Public Health at the
Dr. Diane B. Wilson
University of South Carolina.
Before joining Medical College of Virginia’s faculty in
2001, Wilson taught at the
Medical University of South
Carolina, and served as site
interventionist for the Women’s
Intervention Nutrition Study,
a multi-site clinical trial conducted at MUSC’s Hollings
Cancer Center. Wilson has
developed and tested several
“healthy lifestyle interventions”
for cancer survivors and their
family members. This year, the
Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation recognized her work in
cancer prevention with the 2010
Sharon Kohlenberg Award.
To attend RILL presentations, advance registration and
a tuition payment of $35 are
required. For more information,
or to register, call Sharon Drotleff at the Educational Foundation office at 804-333-6707 or
toll-free at 877-722-3679, or
e-mail her at [email protected].
Dr. David Nichols receives
Surgeon to present
award from Hobart College free health workshop
In light of his outstanding
dedication to others, Dr. David
Nichols was honored this week
with the Hobart and William
Smith (HWS) Community Service Award. This prestigious
award is given to a Hobart
College alum who has shown
extraordinary commitment as
a volunteer, serving their local
communities and society as a
whole.
Dr. Nichols was in his residency at the Medical College
of Virginia when he fell in love
with the people of Tangier, a
remote island in the Chesapeake Bay. A small fishing
community of 600 people, the
villagers had no hospital and
only rudimentary health care.
So Dr. Nichols made a pledge
to help them. That pledge
turned into a career-long commitment to the people of the
island that, over the course of
30 years, has meant that Dr.
Nichols made weekly helicopter trips to Tangier to provide
treatment to the youngest and
oldest members of the community.
Despite having recently
been diagnosed with terminal
cancer, Dr. Nichols continues
to serve the people for whom
he cares so deeply.
“David embodies the ideals
we envisioned when we set
up the Community Service
Award,” says HWS trustee Gail
Herman McGinn, who attended
the presentation of the award,
which was hosted by Archibald
J. Kingsley. “He is an example
to all of us of the power of one
individual to make a lasting
and material difference in the
lives of others.”
After years spent in a slowly
deteriorating clinic on Tangier,
Dr. Nichols, with the help of a
friend and Lancaster County
developer, was able to raise
funds for the construction of
a new health-care facility for
the residents of the island. The
Dr. David B. Nichols clinic
opened in September 2010, and
is named in honor of the man
who has so transformed the
island and its people.
Dr. Nichols received his
Bachelor of Science degree in
biology from Hobart College in
1970, and went on to graduate
from McGill University School
of Medicine in Montreal,
Canada, in 1976. In 1979, he
began the White Stone Family
Practice in White Stone, where
he resides with his family to
this day.
In 2006, Dr. Nichols was
named Country Doctor of
the Year, an honor bestowed
on those who exemplify the
spirit, skill and dedication of
America’s rural practitioners.
Dr. Nichols has also been featured on NPR and in dozens
of newspapers nationally. He
was named ABC Person of the
Week in January 2007, and
has been recognized by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell for his efforts on Tangier.
Dr. Nichols was also featured
in a recent segment on NBC’s
Nightly News with Brian Williams called “Making a Difference.”
“He’s an extraordinary man
who has changed the lives of
so many people,” said director
of alumni relations of Hobart
College, Jared Weeden. “It is
an honor to call him a Hobart
alum.”
“Healthy Happenings” with
Dr. Darlene Stibal is a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to spend
the afternoon with a best-inclass surgeon, said a spokesperson at Rappahannock General
Hospital in Kilmarnock.
Dr. Stibal will present “I
Feel Fine, Why Do I Need
a Colonoscopy or Mammogram?” and answer questions
about general surgery, including timeframes and importance
of regular health screenings,
breast health, skin cancers, and
what to expect during procedures.
Healthy Happenings will be
held on Friday, October 29,
from 2:30-4 p.m. at the RGH
Training Center directly behind
the hospital on 101 Harris
Road in Kilmarnock. The event
is free and will include light
refreshments. Pre-registration
is required by calling 4358662.
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RWC food
drive planned
From November 2-16, the
residents of Rappahannock
We s t m i n s t e r - C a n t e r b u r y
(RWC) in Irvington are sponsoring a food drive to collect
items for distribution to needy
families in the area to help
them observe the Thanksgiving
holiday with a bountiful table.
Canned goods and other nonperishables may be delivered
to RWC between November 2
and November 16. A drop-off
point will be established in
the atrium in the main building on RWC’s campus at 132
Lancaster Drive outside the
town of Irvington. Cash donations are also welcomet. Call
438-4000 for details.
general surgeon and fellow of
the American College of Surgeons. She graduated from
Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine and completed her residency at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School
of Medicine in Norfolk. Dr.
Stibal moved to White Stone
this August from Albermarle,
N.C., where she practiced
general surgery for the last 22
years.
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The United Eagles and the
Saluda Cruisers will hold a
benefit program for Brother
Marshall Johnson of Saluda
on Saturday, November 13,
starting at 10 a.m. All antique
cars, trucks and motorcycles
are invited to support “our
brother in Christ,” said an event
spokesman.
Participants will meet at the
Saluda Food Lion at 10 a.m.
Food is part of the donation.
For information, call Saunders
Hodges at 694-0483 or Robert
Brown at 693-6871.
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All systems go for 53rd Urbanna Oyster Festival Nov. 5-6
by Tom Chillemi
The 53rd annual Urbanna
Oyster Festival is set for Friday
and Saturday, November 5-6,
and once again good times and
a variety of delicious food and
lively music are planned for the
tens of thousands of expected
visitors.
There will be two parades. The
Urbanna Fireman’s Parade is at
7 p.m. Friday, November 5. The
Oyster Festival Parade, sponsored by Virginia Lottery, will
have about 80 units and begins
at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 6.
At the suggestion of the Virginia State Police, the direction
of both parades will be reversed
to ease congestion. Both parades
will travel on the same streets as
in the past, but in the opposite
direction and will finish by traveling west on Virginia Street.
The parade routes are as follows:
stage on the west end of town
and travel east on Virginia Street
and turn left on Grace Avenue,
right on Bonner Street, left on
Rappahannock Avenue, right on
Marston Avenue, right on Cross
Street, right on Virginia Street
and continue back to the staging
area. The judges stand will be at
the Urbanna Firehouse.
The Oyster Festival Queen and
Little Miss Spat will be crowned
at 4 p.m. Friday on the Festival
Village stage on Rappahannock
Avenue.
More than 100 vendors will
be open for business when the
festival begins on Friday at 10
a.m. On Saturday, the festival is
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bring your appetite; an array
of foods will be available from
more than 40 vendors. The
honored oyster is always featured and in a variety of presentations—raw, roasted, fried,
steamed, frittered and stewed.
In addition, visitors can enjoy
crab soup, seafood chowder,
clams, crab cakes, shrimp, fish,
corn dogs, sausages, hamburgers, hot dogs, turkey legs, roast
beef, funnel cakes, barbecue
kettle corn, roasted nuts, ice
cream, cotton candy, snow
cones, candy apples and many
other goodies.
In addition to great food and
desserts, visitors will delight in
the variety of crafts available
throughout the town. Among
the many offerings are handmade furniture, stained glass,
woodcarvings, sculpture, pottery, dolls, silver, leather goods
and jewelry.
Not to be missed is Prince
George Street’s Community
Row with local crafts, demonstrations and exhibits.
Waterfront
The Oyster Festival waterfront
at the Urbanna Town Marina
will showcase the area’s varied
history and emphasize the conservation and restoration of the
Chesapeake Bay. Large boats
will be open for tours, including
“Godspeed,” a replica of one of
the ships that brought settlers to
Jamestown in 1607, and there
will be numerous hands-on
exhibits.
An exhibit “Pocahontas’
People, Past and Present” will
feature a Powhatan Indian Village where visitors can take a
step back in time, returning to
the 17th century to see how the
Powhatan Indian people lived
and survived. Through historical interpretation and hands-on
activities, visitors will learn
about the history and culture of
the Eastern Woodland Indians at
the time of the European Settlement.
HCA Richmond Health Systems is a major contributing
sponsor to the Urbanna Oyster
Festival’s
Marine
Science
Legacy Program, an educational
outreach designed to bring an
understanding of the ecology,
history, heritage, and future of the
Chesapeake Bay to Middlesex
County and area public and private school elementary, middle,
and high school students, as
well as to the general public
who attend the festival. Many
students will attend learning
activities on Education Day on
Thursday, November 4, at the
Town Marina at Upton’s Point.
(See related story on page B3.)
The restored Old Tobacco
Warehouse/Urbanna Visitor’s
Center on Virginia Street, just
up the hill from Urbanna Creek,
will be open both days of the
festival. Model boats and an
original John Mitchell map of
early colonial America will be
on display within this historic
building. The Mitchell Map was
used as a primary map source
during the Treaty of Paris (1783)
for defining the boundaries of
the newly-independent United
States. There also is a scale
model of Urbanna as it would
have appeared in colonial times.
Oyster Shucking
The Virginia Oyster Shucking
Contest, sponsored by Revere
Gas, will be held at 11 a.m. on
Saturday behind the firehouse.
Since Urbanna is the home of
Virginia’s “official” Oyster Festival, it is only appropriate that
some of the best oyster shuckers
in the world practice their trade
near the town.
The top professional shucker
wins $300. The first place prize
in each of the men’s and women’s divisions is $100; second,
$50; and third, $25.
The winner advances to compete in the National Oyster
Shucking Contest in St. Mary’s,
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY
IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF A
REFERENDUM TO BE CONDUCTED ON
NOVEMBER 2, 2010, CONCERNING THE
IMPOSITION OF A FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX
CASE NO. CL10-64
ORDER
THIS CAUSE came this day to be heard on the Petition of the
Board of Supervisors of Middlesex County, Virginia, with Resolution attached, duly filed herein, and was argued by Counsel.
AND IT APPEARING to the Court that Section 58.1-3833(A) of
the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, authorizes the said Board
to seek a referendum of the said County’s electorate on the question
of whether or not a Food and Beverage Tax, as described in said Section, should be levied within Middlesex County, Virginia, assuming
that said Board adopts a Resolution to that effect; and that Section
24.2-684 of the said Code of Virginia authorizes this Court to order
the holding of such a referendum, according to the terms therein described; and that the said Board of Supervisors has adopted the aforesaid Resolution and desires that such a referendum be conducted in
conjunction with the General Election of November 2, 2010.
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby ADJUDGED, ORDERED, and DECREED that a referendum shall be conducted in Middlesex County,
Virginia, of the electorate of that County on November 2, 2010, by
adding the following question to the ballot for said election.
“Should the Board of Supervisors levy a Food and Beverage Tax
within Middlesex County, Virginia”
{ } Yes
{ } No
AND IT IS, further, ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall
immediately send a true copy of this Order to the State Board of
Elections, to the Secretary of the Middlesex County Electoral
Board, of record; and, upon receipt of a copy of the results of said
referendum, shall strike this cause from the Docket.
ENTERED this 19th day of May, 2010
_________________________
R. BRUCE LONG, Judge
I ASK FOR THIS
_______________________
Michael T. Soberick
County Attorney
DUSEWICZ & SOBERICK, P.C.
2614 George Washington Mem. Hwy. / Post Office Box 388
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
“Godspeed” will arrive at
the Urbanna waterfront on
Thursday, Nov. 4, and be
open for tours on Friday and
Saturday of the festival.
Maryland, in October of 2011.
Expected to compete are
reigning national women’s
oyster shucking champion Clementine Macon and her sister,
former national champion Deborah Pratt, who finished third
in the women’s division at the
National Oyster Shucking Contest on October 16, 2010 in St.
Mary’s, Md.
Pratt is a six-time overall
national oyster shucking champion, including a title in 2009.
There will be an amateur division with a plaque for the winner,
and Oyster Festival t-shirts for
second and third places.
Premier Events
New this year is Mack Mack
Gives Back, a 45-foot-long bus
filled with video games, Wii,
XBox 360 and more. There also
will be karaoke, a green screen
for making personal videos with
Mack Mack, a bulldog, and
more. Proceeds from donations
benefit the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society.
Rappahannock River Oysters
(RRO) of Topping will host a
boutique oyster tasting at the
wine tasting area next to the
post office from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. on both days. The taste of
these aquaculture-raised specialty oysters vary from heavy
salt, to sweet and to mildly
salty, depending on where they
were raised. Their names give a
clue to their flavor—Olde Salts,
Rappahannock River Oysters,
and Stingray Oysters. A new
variety, Barcat Oysters, represents a partnership between the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
and RRO.
Well-known chefs will prepare RRO oysters, pairing them
with local wines.
Entertainment
A variety of entertainment
has been booked for two stages
on Friday and Saturday, November 5-6.
Live entertainment will be
on stage at Festival Village on
Rappahannock Avenue, which
is sponsored by Gloucester
Toyota. The waterfront stage
is sponsored Kathleen M. Hall
CPA.
There also will be live music
on the front porch of the Old
Tobacco Warehouse and behind
the Urbanna Firehouse.
Bon Secours Richmond
Health Systems is sponsoring the children’s activity area
across from the firehouse. Friday’s entertainment features
Jonathan Austin magician and
juggler. Performing on Saturday are the No Stings Attached
puppets of the Urbanna Baptist
Church.
Among the bands performing
on Friday are “Second Chance,”
playing classic rock/rhythm
and blues at the Festival Village
Stage from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Friday, Casey McCue and Steve
Duncan will play acoustic clas-
NAACP . . .
(Continued from page A1)
bank.” (See related story.)
There has been an ongoing
issue between VDOT and some
black citizens living on narrow
Route 619, a short distance from
Healy’s Mill Pond, concerning
what those citizens feel is a lack
of effort by VDOT and county
officials to encourage improvements to the road. VDOT has
worked on Route 619 and made
some improvements.
Throughout the Route 619
debate over the past 16 months,
several black citizens have
noted that other roads in the
county, such as the cut-through
road going to Deltaville (Route
630), have had major improvements but Route 619 has only
been patched. Some citizens
living on the road say it is in
worse shape now than before
the minor improvements were
made last year.
sic rock and originals at the
waterfront; and Robert Keyes,
a multifaceted, solo finger-style
guitarist, will play at the Old
Tobacco Warehouse. Keyes
returns to the same stage on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Live music on Saturday also
includes “Jumbo Lump Daddy”
on the Festival Village Stage
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. On the
waterfront, “Skipjack Band,” an
all acoustic band, plays hits from
the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
“The Janitors” play at the firehouse from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
See full schedule of musical entertainment in the Music
Events Calendar in the special
section on the festival in next
week’s Sentinel.
Fireman’s Parade
More than 60 fire and rescue
units, beauty queens and dignitaries are expected for Friday’s
Urbanna Fireman’s Parade at 7
p.m. The parade will follow the
same route as in previous years,
but will run in the opposite
direction.
Immediately following the
parade, “The Janitors” will
perform classic rock music on
the stage behind the Urbanna
Firehouse from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Saturday Events
On Saturday starting at 9
a.m., the festival will pick up
where it left off on Friday. Highlights include the Oyster Shucking Contest at 11 a.m. and the
Oyster Festival Parade at 2 p.m.
The parade will include “Muscle
Car Money” and Washington
Redskins Cheerleaders. The
parade will run in reverse direction than in past years and finish
by traveling west on Virginia
Street.
The wine-tasting event, featuring several local Virginia
wineries, returns this year and
will be held in the area on Virginia Street between the post
office and ABC Store, courtesy of IsaBell K. Horsley Real
Estate Ltd.
Street closings, parking
On Friday, the Oyster Festival
begins at 10 a.m. and closes at
midnight. On Saturday, the festival runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Under the Oyster Festival
plan, the town will be closed to
motor vehicle traffic as a safety
precaution on Friday from 6 to
8 p.m. for the Fireman’s Parade;
and on Saturday from about 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be no
exceptions. Town residents and
guests are urged to make their
plans accordingly.
The town streets may also be
closed to motor vehicles during
the day on Friday as pedestrian
conditions dictate.
Official Oyster Festival parking prices on both sides of town
will be $10 on Friday and $20
on Saturday. A portion of parking fees offset the Oyster Festival expenses and contribute to
programs of the Urbanna Oyster
Festival Foundation and its promotion of the festival. Since
1991, the foundation has sponsored the festival.
Handicapped parking is at
the corner of Virginia Street
and Red Hill Drive. This parking lot is operated by the Central
Middlesex Volunteer Rescue
Squad which benefits from
the handicapped parking fees.
Follow the signs.
The Urbanna Oyster Festival
RV & Boat Show sponsored
by Bethpage Camp-Resort and
Grey’s Point Camp will be in the
Bon Secours parking lot west of
the firehouse.
Sponsors
The Oyster Festival is helped
greatly by its sponsors, which
include in alphabetical order:
Bethpage Camp-Resort and
Grey’s Point Camp, RV & Boat
Show; Bon Secours Virginia
Health System, festival brochure and rescue squad services; Bristow-Faulkner Funeral
Home, academic achievement
and community service awards;
C&F Bank, Oyster Festival
reception; Cheek & Shockley
RV; EVB Bank, Prince George
Street Community Row; GEICO,
Festival Village; Gloucester
House, waterfront field trips;
Gloucester Toyota, Festival Village Entertainment Stage; HCA
VA Health System, Marine Science Legacy Program; Kathleen
M. Hall CPA, Waterfront Entertainment Stage; Radio Communications of Virginia; Revere
Gas & Appliance, oyster shucking contest; and Virginia Lottery, Saturday’s parade.
Queen scholarship sponsors
include, in alphabetical order:
BB&T Bank, Bethpage CampResort, Bon Secours Health
System,
Bristow-Faulkner
Funeral Home, C&F Bank,
Colonial Virginia Bank, Dr.
C. Ben Lennon, DDS, EVB
Bank, Grey’s Point Camp,
Rappahannock Concrete Corp.,
Rosegill Development LLC,
and Thurston Properties.
Little Miss Spat sponsors are
Ryman’s A/C & Heating and
The Pet Castle.
TOWN OF URBANNA
TRASH PICKUP SCHEDULE
WEEK OF OYSTER FESTIVAL
Trash will be collected in the Town of
Urbanna on Wednesday, November 3rd,
due to the Oyster Festival. Normal collection hours will resume Monday, November 8th. Residents may use the dumpsters
at the playground while the streets are
open to vehicular traffic.
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