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June 2012
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Fast Times on the Rivers
In this issue we’re celebrating our local Teens. We have four Teen
Style pages this month, Essex and Middlesex High School students have
their work in Chesapeake Style for the first time. Washington & Lee
and Northumberland are back. We are not having another Teen Style
contest this year. That said, we have art, photography, essays and poetry
on file from students who entered the Teen Style Contest in 2011, and
we will continue to post their creations. Work on the Northumberland
High School page is from their literary magazine, The Water’s Edge.
In late February I decided it was a good idea to know what all the
settings—other than Auto—on my camera were supposed to do. I took
a class from Dawn Howeth, from Picture this Photography by Dawn.
(Samples of my efforts below.) That day she told us she was working with
Essex High School students in a photography club. She showed us some
of their work. For several years, we have tried to encourage students from
Essex and other Middle Peninsula schools to participate in our Teen
Style pages. With Dawn’s help, we’re delighted to have that happen!
Thanks to Deborah Figg, one of our sales reps in the Middle
Peninsula,contacted Kristi Snow, Creative Writing teacher at Middlesex
High School. She submitted work from her students. Part of it is in
this issue—watch for more in upcoming issues! Way to go!
Kudos to the adults, teachers and various interested folks
in the community who encourage our local teens to share
and celebrate their creative efforts on the pages!
In our opinion, Anne-Sophie Marchal is among the best of many
wonderful photographers in our Chesapeake Bay Region. We discussed
her cover idea for this issue, poppies from Sue Ramsey’s garden. She
sent three photos from which to choose. We’re so enamoured with all
three that the other two are in this issue for your viewing pleasure!
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Janet Abbott Fast
Writers & Photographers
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Ellen Dugan, Jean Duggan, RuthE
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Bill Graves, Melissa Haydon,
Elizabeth D. Huegel, Gwen Keane,
Spike Knuth, Narielle Living, AnneSophie Marchal, Chelly Scala,
Paula Shipman, Elizabeth Allen
Stokes, Fran Warren, Diana Wise
Teen Style Writers, Photographers
Karsten Coates, Edijah Fulcher, Casey
Gaskins, Connor Haislip, Chris
Holsinger, Sarah Ipson, Aja Jackson,
Avery Ann Jones,Tess Mundey,
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About
the
cover~Sue’s
Garden
Cover by Anne-Sophie Marchal
there is at least one surprise, usually
For an artist, is it a palette, a color
wheel, an inspiration or a garden?
For Sue Ramsey, it is all that, plus a
way to relax and enjoy nature. Her
goal is to have something in bloom all
year—from the Hellebores in January,
daffodils and tulips in March, roses
and poppies in May, lilies in June
and on through the late fall when
the calendulas last into winter. It
takes a lot of work, but the results are
beyond expectations, and every day
more. A walk through the garden
not only relaxes, it also inspires and
makes one believe. When she gives
talks about flower arranging, she
always reminds the participants to
plant a variety of blooms, colors,
and textures. A walk through her
garden brings to life memories of
the person who provided seeds or
the friend who donated a plant or
the excursion to the garden center
when she discovered a new plant.
June 2012
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Cooking with Style by Betty B.
Layered Fiesta Casserole
The peppers and tomato
provide Vitamin C and the
cheese provides calcium in this
one-dish low calorie meal.
1 lb. extra lean beef
1 green pepper, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 jar (16 oz.) of thick and chunky salsa
1 can (14 one-half oz.) diced
tomatoes, undrained
1 package (10 oz.) frozen corn, thawed
12 flour tortillas, (6 inch)
1 and one-half cups of Kraft 2%
milk shredded reduced fat Sharp
Cheddar Cheese, divided in half.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brown
meat with the peppers in a large
skillet, stirring frequently; drain.
Stir in salsa, tomatoes and corn;
bring to a boil. Spoon 1 cup of meat
mixture onto bottom of a 13 x 9 inch
baking dish. Top with 6 tortillas,
overlapping as necessary. Spoon
half of the remaining meat mixture
over the top of the tortillas; top with
three-fourth cup of the cheese.
Top with remaining tortillas and
then meat mixture. Cover with foil.
Served up with Love in Style!
T
By Melissa Haydon
he warm glow of the
sun, fresh cut grass,
the smell of the grill,
yep you guessed it,
summertime! Whether
spending the day on the river or in
your own backyard, it is always a
great day to be had in the summer.
My childhood meant summers spent
outside all day
long playing with
my neighborhood
friends. We could
always find
something to do
and had the best
time doing it.
Every so often we
would decide to
have a lemonade
stand and we
had the best
lemonade in the
world, Kool-Aid.
Most of the
time we sat there and drank all the
lemonade ourselves but we did get
the occasional person who would
stop and buy some. Most days ended
with seeing who could catch the most
lightning bugs. Regardless of how
the day unfolded it was always full
of fun and lots of laughter. When I
made this lemonade it immediately
brought me back to those warm
summer days spent with my friends.
This is so much better than Kool-Aid!
Lemonade
1 cup sugar
1 cup water (for the
simple syrup)
1 cup lemon juice
3 to 4 cups cold
water (to dilute)
Make simple syrup by heating
the sugar and water in a small
saucepan until the sugar is
dissolved completely. While
the sugar is dissolving, use
a juicer to extract the juice
from 4 to 6 lemons, enough
for one cup of juice. Add the
juice and the sugar water
to a pitcher. Add 3 to 4 cups
of cold water, more or less to the
desired strength. Refrigerate 30
to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until
heated through. Remove from oven;
uncover. Sprinkle with remaining
three-fourth cup of cheese. Let stand
5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Fast, Fruity Dessert
1. Stir 2 cups of boiling water into
(4 serving size) of Jell-o Brand
Gelatin. Stir at least 2 minutes
until thoroughly dissolved.
2. Add 2 cups of frozen strawberries;
stir until gelatin begins to thicken.
In a separate bowl, mix one-half cup
of the gelatin mixture into 1 cup of
whipped topping (cool-whip) with
wire whisk until well blended.
3. Spoon whipped topping mixture
evenly into 4 dessert cups. Spoon
remaining gelatin and fruit mixture
over whipped topping mixture in each
cup. Top with a spoonful of whipped
topping, if desired. Refrigerate 20
minutes or until gelatin is set.
Kitchen tested and photographed
by Diana Wise.
a little sweet for your taste, add a
little more straight lemon juice to
it. Serve with ice, sliced lemons.
Whenever I think of cooking
and chopped
8 oz bag of shredded cheddar cheese
Boil noodles according to package
directions, chop veggies and add into
bowl with tablespoon of vinegar
and seasonings. Once noodles
are done add to veggie mixture
and pour dressing over and mix
well. Add cheese and chopped
bacon. Chill in refrigerator.
Once chilled you may need to
add a little more dressing.
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I don’t do a lot of fancy ingredients
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do stop by and visit for many more
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on the grill I think of sides, our
favorite is pasta salad. Who doesn’t
like pasta salad? This one is super
simple which makes it even better.
Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
1 box of rotini noodles
1 bottle of ranch dressing
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tomato chopped
1 cucumber chopped
salt and pepper to taste
2-3 slices of bacon cooked
June 2012
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Style Spotlight~Foxy’s, Fun Clothes for Fun Folks!
A
By Liz Huegel
sk any baby boomer
what “foxy” means
and they will
readily tell you it is
synonymous with
attractive lady! And that is exactly
what Kathy Lukasewicz (pronounced
luke-a-chev-itch) had in mind
when she decided to open Foxy in
Kilmarnock, her unique clothing
store located on Main Street
in the heart of Kilmarnock.
She is quick to tell you they try to fit
the “everyday woman” with separates
that are fashionable and fun. The
inventory includes both casual and
dressy attire. Unlike many other
boutiques, her
clothing line
runs from size
4 to 18 and she
tries to keep the
prices low and
affordable. In
the summer she
carries a lot of
linen, cotton and
gauze because
those fabrics
are so cool,
comfortable,
and versatile.
“I call my line
fun clothes for
people who like
to have fun!”
Kathy said with
a big smile.
Although
she was living and working in
Washington, DC at the time, Kathy
decided to open Foxy in Kilmarnock
eleven years ago. By this time, she and
her husband Kenneth had become
regular visitors to the Northern
Neck and were planning to move
to the area when they retired.
Kathy noticed a significant lack
of clothing stores to choose from—
especially in her size bracket. Most
of the clothing boutiques in the area
catered to the small sized tourists,
and were pricey to boot. Kathy
acknowledged she does cater to the
tourists who visit in the summer
months, but noted it is the loyal
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local customers who keep her in
business year in and year out.
Another influence was the advice
of her maternal grandmother,
Lucia Ciarrochi, who in her prime
had wanted to open a catering
business, but her husband Pietro
wouldn’t allow it. He thought she
had enough to do taking care of
their home and thirteen children!
Grandma Lucia encouraged Kathy
to pursue her dream if she ever had
a chance to open her own business.
Kathy initially managed Foxy in
Kilmarnock from her home in DC,
with the dedicated assistance of two
phenomenal ladies. Betty Kevorkian
and June Pfister have both been
on staff from the very beginning.
Betty is the oldest of the part-time
employees and is proud to still be
working at the tender age 78! June,
also a senior citizen, is a Northern
Neck native and as such knows
everyone in the county as well as all
of their family history! Although Betty
originally came from Chicago, she
now claims to be an “almost-bornhere”. And then there is Bobbie Bates,
the newest member of the team.
Bobbi has been with the store
since the move to Main Street in
2011. She is a feisty white-haired
lady, tall and slender, sporting a
sexy spiked haircut, and an equally
sexy outfit. All three of the ladies
are fun-loving and a blast to be
around. Most importantly, they
strive to make their customers
feel good about themselves, and
they don’t allow a customer to
focus on their shortcomings.
“Everyone has positive
features… we focus on that.” Kathy
continued, “These three ladies
are perfect employees…always
on time, ‘salt of the earth’ type
people, completely trustworthy.
That’s what you get when you hire
seniors—they have old fashioned
values and amazing people skills.”
Kathy was born in the state
of Washington and ended up in
Washington DC. In the meantime,
she lived all over the world as a
military dependent. As an adult,
Kathy settled in DC and worked as a
medical office manager. In 2005, she
and her husband Kenneth moved
permanently to the Northern Neck
and they now live in Heathsville
on Hull Creek. We call it “the place
where people wave at you with all
five fingers.” Needless to say, they
don’t miss the hustle and bustle
of the big city; instead they love
the slow paced, small community
atmosphere found on the Neck.
Ironically Kathy and Kenneth
contemplated closing the store a year
ago because the down-turn in the
economy had really hurt the business.
While discussing their options,
Kathy said she just wanted a sign
from God before making the final
decision. At that moment Kenneth
showed her the paper, which was
hot off the press, and showed her
an ad for a storefront on Main Street
available for rent. Kathy called
the owner that night and the rest
is history. Since moving to Main
Street the business has prospered.
“Guess you could call that an
answered prayer,” Kathy concluded.
Store hours 10-5 MondaySaturday; 12-4 on Sundays.
Bobby and Kathy with the
mannequin. Liz Huegel photos.
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Inside a HSSNN Meeting…
W
By Ellen Dugan
elcome. Fix
yourself a cup
of coffee and
sit down. You
don’t have to go
anywhere to attend this meeting. It’s
offline, via this printed page, courtesy
of Jan Fast, the editor/publisher of
Chesapeake Style. She’s usually an
agreeable person, and she has a soft
spot in her heart for Hospice Support
Services of the Northern Neck.
To bring you up to speed before
we begin, Hospice Support Services
of the Northern Neck (HSSNN) is a
unique organization of volunteers.
They donate their time and talents
because they are committed
to making a difference – a very
meaningful difference – in the dayto-day lives of the people they serve.
Sometimes the lives they touch
are ending. Sometimes they are
changing. Always, they are cherished.
In a nutshell, HSSNN volunteers
enrich their client’s quality of life.
They provide medical alarm services,
food supplements, incontinent
supplies, hospital beds, wheel
chairs, and transportation for
doctor visits, all free of charge.
They also provide something that
can’t be purchased or stored in a
warehouse: regular contact with
clients and much-needed relief to
caregivers in the form of friendship
and connection during the incredibly
stressful time of coping with a loved
one’s life-threatening illness.
You could call HSSNN volunteers
a Caring Network of Goodness or a
Person-to-Person Connection Force.
Today, most of the volunteers
won’t be at our meeting. They
much prefer to be out with people
rather than cooped up in a meeting
room, reading boring financial
documents or figuring out answers
to “Where do we go from here
when it comes to fund raising?”
So, if you’d like to duck out now
and think about becoming a HSSNN
volunteer yourself,
great! However, we
would like you to remain
focused and stay tuned
because we need your
help in other areas
too. Board President
Wallace McGinness,
easy to spot in a crowd
because of his thick,
wavy white hair, has
posed the general
topic of fund raising.
He’s asked to hear
from Treasurer Evelyn
Neal. Evelyn has traveled worldwide
with the IRS and because she is now
retired, you can relax around her.
She is no longer frightening. Evelyn
reports that HSSNN spent $80,296
on dietary supplements, incontinent
supplies and medical alarm services
in 2011. Some of these items were
paid for from funds raised during
the annual Turkey Shoot Regatta.
Evelyn has learned that the Turkey
Shoot will not be contributing to
HSSNN this year. She also knows that
HSSNN receives no funding from
the government or from Medicare.
Board Member John McConnico
is listening intently. Known as
“Capt’n John” to the seafaring,
he is recognized throughout the
Northern Neck for his ability to
remain calm in emergencies, on
and off a boat. He’s calm right now,
gathering additional information.
“Hmm,” he thinks out loud. “We
have 69 volunteers. They
drive 44,256 miles and log
3,206 hours in serving our
175 plus client neighbors.”
“That’s correct,” says
Director Jane Scates.
Jane has never
performed in a circus,
but she is adept at
juggling schedules,
client needs, orders,
inventories, equipment,
and a million other
things each day. She’s
not a worrier by nature,
but she gets right to the point when
she talks about fund raising.
“What’s our new strategy to
replace these funds?” she asks.
“Well,” says Wallace. “We need to
begin a general fund raising drive
now. We need to include churches,
businesses, civic groups, professional
organizations, individuals, friends
and neighbors. Everyone who is
interested in stepping up to the
plate and becoming a current
or future ‘Friend of Hospice.’”
“That’s exactly what we need
to do,” says John. “We need to let
folks know that a $35 donation
can provide twenty-four days of
dietary supplements and that $240
can supply medical alarm service
for one person for one year.”
His enthusiasm is echoed
by other Board Members. They
all agree to begin immediately.
This is part of that beginning.
If you would like to make a
donation in memory of a loved one or
in your own name, please make your
check payable to HSSNN and mail
to: P.O. Box 262, Warsaw, VA 22572.
“All contributions are tax
deductible and most gratefully
accepted,” says Wallace. Now we
can adjourn. Thanks for coming.
Wallace McGinness photo
by Ellen Dugan
June 2012
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Style Spotlight~More Than a Museum
L
ocated in Westmoreland County,
the small village of Kinsale is
the oldest customs port on
the south side of the Potomac
and abundant in rich history.
The town was attacked from the river both
during the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Steamboats first began using the wharf at
Kinsale in the 1850’s and continued service
daily until 1932, resulting in a burst of activity
that is responsible for the current street
layout and Victorian homes seen today. There
were 57 businesses in the town’s heyday.
The Kinsale Foundation was formed in 1977, as
area architect Harry Lee Arnest III and historians
Frank Bailey Jr. and Walter B. Norris Jr. joined
with other historically minded individuals to
preserve the area’s legacy for future generations.
The quaint, two-story
Kinsale Museum sits smartly
on lush greens and welcomes
visitors year-round, Fridays
and Saturdays from 10
o’clock a.m. until 5 o’clock
p.m. Museum Director Lynn
Norris describes the building
as “a welcoming place where
stories are brought to life.”
The museum building was
given to the Foundation by
Arnest's widow in 1989, and
after extensive restoration,
Kinsale Museum opened to the
public in 1993. The Foundation
has since bought the old Ice
Cream Parlor and will be
creating gallery space there.
The Foundation and Cople
District Volunteer Fire Department
work together to create a
sense of ongoing community in Kinsale,
which became a historic district in 2005.
In 2011 the Museum had its vintage
roof replaced and had re-caulking work
done to fix leaks around the windows.
“An extensive collection of
photographs, scrapbooks and other
mementoes bring the past alive. The water
is ever present in vivid artworks by Phil
Arnest and John Barber, Melvin Foxwell’s
Northumberland and the Estelle Leonard.
There are boat models on loan from
Turner Waughtel, photos of steamboats
and an exhibit about the Floating
Theatre which Edna Ferber detailed
in her novel Showboat,” said Norris.
The Museum hasn’t seen any vast
drop in visitors, even
in today’s economy,
says Norris. The 400
families and businesses
who comprise the
membership are faithful
in their support, she says.
The Museum is full of
area historical nuances,
and Norris is the curator
extraordinaire.
“We have not one but
two chewing tobacco
cutters, a quilt in the
North Carolina Lily pattern, and a washbowl
and a pitcher with other crockery that were
wedding presents in 1886. The famous ‘dipping
bird’ from Raymond Sydnor’s barber shop is
here. The brass scales and hand-hewn pitcher
from the Museum’s days as a meat market and
tavern seem to fascinate folks as much as the
World War II maps brought home from Borneo,
printed on both sides of silk fabric so if a seaplane
pilot had to ditch he could still find his way.”
Kinsale Museum is a proud flagship of times
past, preserved for future generations.
Paula Shipman photos.
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June 2012
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Gardening
in Style~
Plants for Cooking andFreezing
Medicinal
Purposes
supports the circulatory system.
If you like
By Kathey Brodtman
S
pring is a time to grow
gardens and think
healthy. Herbs and
greens can make a
difference in the way
you feel and how you eat. People
have been using herbs and greens for
cooking and healing for thousands
of years. Here are a few you can
grow and prepare yourself. Try
spinach, kale, beet greens, Swiss
chard, parsley, cilantro, catnip—
your kitty will love you and dill.
In the past I have mentioned
how easy it is to grow greens, herbs
and vegetables in containers if you
cannot plant a large garden. Just
recently, I saw the most attractive
hanging planters, each a virtual salad
overflowing its pot. One had parsley,
another, spinach and the third,
lettuce. How beautiful and decorative.
Edible landscapes can come in many
forms including container gardening.
to cook with
garlic, try
garlic chives.
Just clip
some of the
young green
tops and use
like regular
chives in
cooking.
When you
drink water
consider
adding
crushed basil, lemon balm, tarragon,
mint or hyssop leaves. These herbs
will improve the flavor of water.
Herbs can be dried or frozen. Dry
lemon balm, mint, dill, rosemary,
oregano, sage and lavender in a
warm, dark place, stems tied together
and hung upside down or covered in
a brown paper bag with small holes
punched around for circulation.
Edwards Produce
works well
for basil,
dill, mint
and chives.
Be sure to
wash well
and pat dry
before you
process the
herbs. A
quick trick
for freezing
basil and
mint is
to chop the leaves, put them in an
ice cube trays, add water to cover,
and freeze. Store cubes in plastic
bags in the freezer. Add a few cubes
to your favorite dish or drink.
The following culinary herbs
are also useful for healing: garlic
fights infection; ginger aids in
digestion, turmeric is an antiinflammatory and horseradish
These four herbs also add flavor
to food so that you can eliminate
using salt and fat in your cooking.
For more information
about culinary herbs see:
culinaryherbguide.com/index.
And check out the healing benefits
of herbs at: www.anniesremedy.
com. Finally if you want to help
the bees plant rosemary, hyssop,
lavender and also herbs in the mint
family, which includes sage, thyme,
marjoram and basil. Now I must
get to my overgrown garden and
do some cleaning up. Things got
a bit wild while we were away.
Just for fun, here’s a quote we found
on our recent trip to Brookgreen
Gardens in South Carolina:
I used to love my garden.
But now my love is dead:
I found a Bachelor’s Button
In Blackeyed Susie’s bed. Unknown
Kathey Brodtman photo
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Teen
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Essex High School
Encouraging Young Artists, Photographers, Writers
By D'Myra Brown
Senior
By Avery Ann Jones
Sophomore
R.I.P. Anthony Feather
By Edijah Fulcher
Although unheard, I thank you
for always being there.
Even when you were rapacious,
you always seemed to care.
You meant so much to me,
you were special and that’s no lie.
You brightened up the darkest day,
and even the grayest sky.
I will always remember you
and what you used to say.
You made each one of us smile,
and live to the fullest each and every day.
Our friendship is forever,
but death pulled us apart.
You may be gone physically,
but you’re always in my heart.
I was not ready to say goodbye,
so on May 9 we will always remember you.
R.I.P. Anthony Leon Feather
By Sarah Ipson
Junior
June 2012
9
The Battle of Bunker Hill
By Bud Disney
“And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever come perfect days ?
Then heaven tries the
earth if it be in tune,”
Vision of Sir Launfal, a poem
James Russell Lowell in 1848
I
t was June of 1775, Boston
Massachusetts, the
battles of Lexington and
Concord had come and
gone, The British occupied
Boston and the fledgling army
of militia controlled Dorchester
Heights overlooking the town.
This was an insult to the King’s
troops. A standoff, an unacceptable
situation, this rebellion had gone
far enough. This could not to be
tolerated by the Commanding
officer of his Majesties troops,
General Thomas Gage.
The arrival of additional troops
and three experienced generals
charged the atmosphere with
contempt for rebel upstarts—Major
Generals William Howe, John
Burgoyne, and Henry Clinton.
Major General John Burgoyne
describes the American military as
“Rabble in arms, flushed with success
and insolence”. In less than two years
General Burgoyne will be forced to
surrender his Army to the Continental
Army at Saratoga, New York.
General Howe would win many
battles, but in the end would
be recalled without victory.
General Clinton would be
active in the early days of the war,
would end the war in New York,
but also never would see victory.
The plans to defend Bunker Hill
were changed and Breed’s Hill, the
hill in front of Bunker Hill and closer
to the Charles River, was chosen
to fortify. The last minute decision
was made by General William
Prescott, who decided the hillsides
of Bunker Hill were steeper and
easier to defend. The name stuck as
the first plan was to fortify Bunker
Hill and the local people always
called it the Battle of Bunker Hill.
The Americans moved to
breed’s Hill on the night of June
16, 1775. They spent all night
preparing the fortifications.
On the morning of the 17th, a
British vessel spotted the fortifications
and started bombarding.
It woke up the Boston area
with surprise, upon waking and
discovering what the Americans
had accomplished—it was
decided to remove the socalled patriots from the hill.
General William Howe was
chosen to do so. It was planned to
be a simple affair, standard frontal
attack, by the experienced, and
perhaps the best troops in the
world at the time. A few rounds
and bayonet attack would certainly
run this rabble army off the hills.
The attack would begin with
bombardment, followed by landing
of troops. A much used and effective
frontal attack with muskets, a
bayonet charge to finish the job.
The Americans with capable
leadership and a plan dug in
behind earthen fortifications.
With the order “hold your fire
till you see the whites of their eyes”
enabled the British to think they
were going to be unopposed. Not
so this day, the first charge was
quickly broken up by the deadly
close up firing into the charging
Redcoats. On the
second charge,
charging again
the stubborn
Americans
also repelled
the Redcoats.
The Redcoats
fell back,
reorganized,
with their
experience and
determination
once more
attacked
with typical
tenacity and grim determination
on a third attempt.
The Americans, running low on
ammunition held their position until
it was overrun and then retreated.
The British had won the day, but
not without heavy casualties and
learned an important lesson. For
the duration, the British would
never mount a frontal attack against
an American fortified position—
Bunker Hill had left its mark.
Though the victory belonged
to the British because the held
the field at the end of the Battle,
it gave the Americans hopes and
strength, they had indeed fought
well and all was not lost.
General George Washington was
appointed commander in Chief
by the Continental Congress. “The
times that try men’s souls” would
come and go. It would be eight long
years and the American Colonies
would be free and the experiment
of democracy would begin.
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If you lived in the Persian Empire
before ice cream was invented and
you wanted some for your birthday,
you would need to put snow in a bowl
and pour grape juice over it. If you
weren’t born in the winter this could
be a problem. Luckily, today we can
enjoy a bowl whenever we want to.
Because of its universal availability
and popularity,
we asked:
“What is the
very best ice
cream you’ve
ever eaten?”
John
Stinchomb of
Cobbs Creek
(Mathews
County) is a
painter who
works with Cliff Ellington out of
Urbanna. He’s also the proud father
of a girl named “Joey,” a seventeen
year-old honor roll student at
Middlesex High School, who will be
attending Virginia Commonwealth
University this fall. John admits that
he’s more of a “pie guy,” especially
his grandmother’s Dutch Apple
Crumb. “It can’t
be replicated,”
he says, perhaps
wishing he had a
piece. But when
his taste does turn
to ice cream, John
was hooked by
Ben and Jerry’s
marketing efforts
and decided
to try their
Chocolate Chip
Cookie Dough. “Wow,” he says.
“It’s great, except for the price!”
Eighty-seven year old Ernest
Roane of Tappahannock was
patiently sitting on a bench outside
the Peebles Store, waiting for his wife
Edna to come out before she spent too
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days Ernest drove a limousine in New
York City so his nerves are good and
he knows how to be patient. Some
of his clients included Frank Sinatra,
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Benny
Goodman. “They treated me
wonderful. Couldn’t have been
any better,” he says fondly. As to
ice cream, you can serve Ernest
a big bowl of Breyers Vanilla
and Strawberry. He likes these
two so much that he enjoys
them “once or twice a week.”
Mollusk resident Doris
Pearce moved here from
upstate New York with husband
Frank in 1988 because they are
sailors and like
to be near the
water. Before
her retirement,
Doris was an
elementary
school librarian
in Maryland
where she was
probably not
allowed to
eat ice cream
on the job.
However, just last year she decided
to try a new brand, and well, the rest
is history. Blue Bunny Butter Pecan
is now her favorite. Much as she likes
it, Doris is able to keep her weight
down by “just eating a little less.”
If you’re looking for nineteen yearold Rebecca
Tallent
who lives in
Haynesville,
she’s either in
class at James
Madison
University or
she’s hanging
out with
friends at her favorite ice cream shop,
Chitter Chats in Reedville. At JMU
Rebecca is studying health sciences,
specifically pre-occupational
therapy and special education.
After teaching special ed courses
while still in high school, she
decided this was the field for her.
And after tasting “Birthday Cake”
ice cream at Chitter Chats, she
decided that this was definitely
the flavor for her! “It tastes like
cake and if you don’t finish it
all, you can take it home and
re-freeze it,” says Rebecca.
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Ashleigh Bennett~Lover Of Standardbreds
A
By Paula Shipman
shleigh Bennett
and I met through
Facebook via our
dear friend AnnMari Daley. Ash and
I are both photographers and we
both love horses but are partial
to Standardbreds so we have a lot
in common. Ash and her fiance’
Keith made the trip to Virginia
from New York so we could meet
in person and so I could take
their engagement photos.
Ash became interested in horses
at six years old. She was given a
choice between gymnastics lessons
or horseback riding lessons. She
had picked gymnastics but the gym
was closing down so horseback
riding prevailed. She enjoyed riding
lessons for a few years.
When she got older she
decided she wanted
to go to school for
equestrian studies and
attended Morrisville
State College.
Her second year there
she was required to take
an equine breeding class
and the college had a
complete Standardbred
breeding operation
there. She was hooked
on Standardbreds
after that. Ash knew
the ins and outs of
the equine industry
as she was required
to do everything from cleaning
out stalls to record keeping.
Morrisville state College stands
such stallions as Conway Hall
($818,884) who's greatest progeny
was the immortal Windsong's Legacy,
Cash Hall ($554,297), RC Royalty
($665,681), Kenneth J ($1,562,007)
and Movie Mogul ($239,256).
While working at the Harrisburg
Yearling Sale Ashleigh had the
opportunity to groom for the
Western Terror ($1,164,174)
progeny, Western Silk ($1,578,573).
She said she was a sweet filly.
Ashleigh names Minor Skirmish
as her favorite Standardbred.
Minor Skirmish was a premature
foal and was injured as a weanling.
first crop standout, Royal Shyster
($273,256). Royal Shyster was owned
by Ann-Mari Daley and trained
by her husband Dan Daley.
Ash works as a receptionist
at Broadway Animal Hospital in
Elmira, NY. She does miss working
with Standardbreds and hopes to
work with them again one day.
Ash does have a horse of her own,
a beautiful black and white Overo
named Rosco. She found Rosco on
the website www.dreamhorse.com
Ash also got to witness See
You At Peelers ($1,573,260)
win her 15th consecutive race
at Tioga Downs in 2011.
I hope to see Ash again soon. It
would be awesome to be able to
watch See You At Peelers with Ash
and our dearest friend Ann-Mari
Daley yes, that would be sweet!
Top l, Paula Shipman’s mare, Nancy’s
Diamond aka Mama, and Ash.
Mama’s first foal, CJ Crystal has
won $122,337 at this writing and is
still racing. Paula Shipman photo.
Ash and Grand Presidium a
Thoroughbred Stallion who
had career earnings of $84,596.
Photo taken by Ashley Palmer at
Boxwood Farms before shipping
overseas for stallion duty.
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Ash nursed her back to health
and consequently was the only
person who could handle the filly.
Minor Skirmish would never see
the racetrack as her injuries would
forever handicap her. She instead
has led the life of a broodmare at
LMN Bred Stables in Ohio. She
has a yearling on the ground and
is ready to foal again any day now.
Ash would love to visit Minor
Skirmish and eventually own her.
Ash's first time in the winners
circle was with a horse named
Where's Waldo ($276,875). The
most memorable winners circle
moment would be with RC Royalty
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Tidewater & Timber~June Fishing Excitement
M
By Chelly Scala
y family always
looks forward to
winding down
after the school
year with great
fishing relaxation. It will be interesting
to see the competition between my
daughter and son. It’s natural to want
to get the rod and reel when a fish is
on. We have wonderful memories of
my daughter, Brittany asking if she
can help Mom when she was reeling
in a fish. Travis would rather
have Mom pull in her own
fish and help her land it. Now
there is serious competition
between Brittany and Travis.
Mom and Dad treasure this
family time and want it to last
forever. It’s one of our favorite
ways to relax and unwind.
With the gas prices down
a bit, there are increased
opportunities to be out on the
water, fishing, boating and
just enjoying quality time.
June provides lots of choices
including trolling, bottom
fishing and chumming.
Travis’ favorites are bluefish,
spot and stripers.
Great opportunities exist
for striped bass, bluefish,
flounder, white perch and
croaker. Maryland and Virginia
anglers continue to enjoy the next
wave of striped bass. Maryland
striped bass season continues
through December 15, 2012.
The daily creel and possession limit
is two striped bass at 18” to 28” or
one at 18” to 28” and another larger
than 28”. Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries are open to striper
fishing during this second season.
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person per day at 18”-28” is the creel
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two stripers allowed in possession
at 18” to 28”. One of these may be
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waters are restricted to possessing
striped bass during this season.
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with the Federal “National Saltwater
Angler Registry”. This free and
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in the United States—including
Maryland and Virginia—to register,
via an online web based program.
If you have not registered yet, it
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at www.CountMyFish.noaa.gov.
If your choice is bluefish, choices
include trolling with small spoons,
bucktails or surgical hose eels.
While bottom fishing, enjoy catches
of croaker and later this summer
spot when using double rigged
spinner hooks baited and enough
weight to keep the baits on the
bottom with bloodworms or strips
of squid. Most popular baits are
bloodworms for spot and croaker.
Squid, cut into strips or used as
chunk baits are also very successful.
Other popular baits include peeler
or soft crab, shrimp, artificial Fishbites and believe it or not small
chunks of hot dogs. My family’s
favorite fishing is drifting the edges of
channels and drop-offs for flounder.
For chumming, ground menhaden is
the best choice to create a wonderful
chum slick. Use 15 to 20 pound test
leader tied directly to a hook covered
with a small piece of cut menhaden
for bait. Late evenings and night
time fishing can produce bigger
croaker. Popular fishing areas to try
include drop-offs, obstructions and
oyster shell bottoms. In the heat of
the day, try deeper channel edges.
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Spike’s Wildlife Almanac~Cedar Waxwing
I
By Spike Knuth
n 1807, a West Indies
merchant by the name
Viellot gave it the name
Bombycilla cedorum,
meaning “silky tail of the
cedars.” The first common name of
this unique bird was “silk tail” until
being changed to waxwing. Due to
its close association with the eastern
red cedar tree, it ultimately became
known as the cedar waxwing. There
are only three species of waxwings
recognized in the world; the cedar,
Bohemian, of mainly the western
states and north through Canada, and
the Japanese waxwing of eastern Asia.
They travel about in tight groups
that turn, dip, or rise in unison as they
fly. When alighting, they normally
choose the tip top of a large tree. This
is when they are most likely to be seen
and recognized, especially when they
reveal their presence by their unusual
high pitched, lisping, “zee-zee”
Cedar waxwings measure about
6-1/2 to 8 inches. They are trim,
handsome birds, and their feathers
have a smooth, fur-like appearance.
They are pinkish- or yellowish-brown
on their head, neck, and chest;
grayish-brown on its back with slategray rump, tails, and wings. Their
bellies and flanks are yellowish fading
to white. They have black masks and
chins with some white edging, a pert
little brown crest, and a yellow band
at the edge of its tail. They get their
name from red, wax-like appendages
on the tips of their secondary feathers.
Waxwings pair up during late
winter or early spring while migrating
or wandering as flocks. They are
late nesters and since they have two
broods, they have active nests into
October.The nest is a bulky affair
up in a fork or on a horizontal limb
from four to 50 feet up, built of twigs,
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and string, lined with
fine vegetable fibers
and grasses. Two to six
eggs are laid; greenishslate or yellowish-gray
in color, spotted and
marked with black,
brown, and dark purple.
The eggs hatch in about
14 days, and in another
21-25 days the young
are flying. At first the
nestlings are fed insects
but they turn quickly
to their main food of
wild fruits and berries.
Waxwings feed on the
berries of holly, cedar,
greenbrier, viburnum,
privet, and others, as
well as apples, cherries,
crabapples, and persimmon. A flock
might suddenly come down to feed
on fruit in the most unusual places.
I saw one flock come down into the
courtyard just outside of a gym, of
a community college in Maryland
to feed on a crabapple tree with
hundreds of people milling about at
a youth basketball tournament. They
may suddenly come to the ground
to feed on black liriope berries or
forage in a magnolia on the berrylike seeds, or actively feeding on
tiny privet berries. Occasionally
they will sip sap from a sapsucker’s
well and they will fly up at and catch
insects like a flycatcher. One of
their unusual habits, while sitting
side by side on a branch, to pass
a berry down the line often “sidehopping” to get closer together.
Some waxwings do migrate in
winter to Central America as late as
January-February and may not return
until May-June. However, many will
stay with us all winter long, tending
to be wanderers, often showing up
suddenly. They’ll be found in open
woodlands, parks, suburbs, and
swamps where an abundance of wild
fruits and berries can be found. Even
on the bleakest of winter days, you
may hear or see a flock sitting calmly
in a barren tree top, sunlight reflecting
off of puffed up yellow bellies,
uttering their soft “zeeeing” calls.
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June 2012
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One of Life’s Moments~Captn’ Pruett
I
By Gwen Keane
t is soft shell crab season
and I am reminded of a man
named Captn’ Pruett. He
was a lifetime resident of
Tangier Island, who each
summer worked for my grandfather,
Carter Keane, at our family owned
business, Ditchley Packing Company.
Captn’ Pruett’s job was to care for the
“buster crabs” and once they shed,
the soft shell crabs were packed alive
in wet seaweed, for transport by truck
to Washington, D.C. Hours later,
well-dressed diners, would savor
each bite of the freshly prepared soft
shell crabs, served at the prominent
Flagship Restaurant, owned by Daisy
Mattingly, my grandfather’s cousin,
Captn’ Pruett was a “closet
drinker” until he got drunk. Once
as Grandma and I sat in the flower
garden, eating ice cream, we heard
a strange noise from the direction
of the plant. It sounded like a loud
scrape made by automotive gears.
My grandfather was not at home,
so we abandoned our ice cream,
and hurried off to investigate.
Upon arrival at the plant, we
watched as our old truck moved
along, close to the high bank edge.
The truck’s erratic movement on the
rough terrain caused the wooden
bed to sway back and forth. When we
got closer, we saw that Captn’ Pruett
was behind the wheel. Grandma,
with her index and middle fingers
in her mouth, gave the famous
“you are in trouble now” whistle.
Captn’ Pruett, all liquored up, held
both of his hands on to the steering
wheel as he drove past us. We knew
he was not accustomed to driving
because in the early 1950’s there
were no cars on Tangier Island.
As he passed by he yelled, “Mrs.
Keane, I’m a going home! I’m
driving right durn back to Tangier.”
Grandma ran towards the truck,
and as he attempted to turn it
around, the engine cut off. When she
reached Captn’ Pruett, she gave him
a well deserved lecture on safety,
the use of someone else’s personal
property without permission, and
the evils of excessive drinking.
Captn’ Pruett cried out. “I
didn’t mean no harm. I’m just
so darn homesick.” Grandma,
sympathetic of course, convinced
him to go back to the crab shack
and take a nap. She also invited
him to supper the next night.
At 5:30 p.m., that evening, Captn’
Pruett knocked at our back door.
He joined us at the table, and as he
sat with a plate full of food in front
of him, he started a conversation.
“Mrs. Keane, you sure do have
a lot of cherries on those trees in
your front yard. I wondered if you
ever make any cherry wine.”
That was how Captn’ Pruett sought
permission to pick cherries, and was
given Grandma’s cherry wine recipe.
The next morning, he was in our
front yard, with a bucket in hand.
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Later that night, while we sat
on the porch, an explosive noise
erupted. It sounded as if a shotgun
had been fired. Grandma jumped
from her rocker, and I followed. We
headed towards the plant. At the
edge of the bank, we looked down
on the tar papered crab shack,
built on pilings out in the water,
surrounded by a dock. With all
of the outside lights turned on, it
was easy to see the barrel of a gun,
propped up in the open window.
Grandma hollowed, “Captn’
Pruett, are you all right?”
A few seconds passed before he
yelled, “I am ok but I sure got a mess
on my hands.” “We’re coming down,”
Grandma told the distraught man.
We sat down on the edge of the
clay bank and slid down to the sand
beach. It was a short walk to the crab
shack. We entered the building before
Captn’ Pruitt could warn us of the
wet sticky substance on the floor.
Starburst patterns of the purplish
liquid also covered the walls. Even
Captn’ Pruett’s wet feather mattress,
was pierced with pieces of charred
glass. His cherry wine had exploded.
Grandma, frustrated, threw
up her arms, and asked, “Captn’
Pruett, what did you do?”
“I made the wine just like you told
me. Then I screwed the jar tops on
and went to bed when “My gawd
Mrs. Keane, I heard what I thought
was a shot. I jumped from my bed to
take cover and grabbed my shotgun.
I just knew someone had shot at me.
It wasn’t until I heard you call that
I realized my wine had blown up.”
“Captn’ Pruett, your wine
blew up because you tightened
the lids on hot jars.”
The wine exposition became
a favorite story told by my
grandmother each year when the
weather got warm, and it was time
for “a run” of soft shell crabs.
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The Frog Who Could!
By Victoria Moore
There once was a sad little green frog
Who wanted to learn to float on a log
He practiced at the pond
He wished he had a magical wand
Now he can float on a log what a frog!
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By Mary Madeline Thompson
I love you for the way that you are,
Like the sun breezes in my face,
How we touch hands is like fireworks in the sky.
The dark clouds that surround you by hate,
We hold hands as if there is no tomorrow.
I love you, but I am to scared to tell you,
You are too scared to face yours demons.
How our lips come together it's like one in millions.
It always is our dirty little secrets.
The Sign of Fall
By Karsten Coates
Dew kissed and brown
I cut through the foliage
I tell the world it's coming,
They always listen to my call,
For I never fail
I'm the harbinger of fall
I am, the crisp brown leaf
When I Kiss The Sky
By Tess Mundey
Hello to the stranger above, floating 'round my head,
So long to the thoughtful lies, while I lie in bed,
Your sincere white wisps of cloudy huffs send me further into
morrow,
The despicable ways you cloud my soul send me into sorrow.
Further along down the road, abundant in dismay,
I'll slink into a quiet dream, fully in display.
When the clouds will beckon me, and I'll subside a lie,
You may stop and wonder when I kiss the sky.
Trouble
By Chris Holsinger
Trouble, Trouble, and more Trouble It's all I see
Trouble is the only thing that Seems to come to me.
Smile(:
By Aja Jackson
Show your teeth like a clown
Who would never ever frown
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The Guinea Connection~Part III
W
By Elizabeth Allen Stokes
hile I and others
proudly set up
artifacts of our
heritage, my
mother held a
grand reunion with family members,
Christine Stokes Boyd and Helen
Lewis Simmons, and other childhood
friends, including Mary Stokes
Foster, and some she had not seen
in some thirty, forty, fifty years!
The Clans of Gregory, all branches
of the Stokes, Washington, Tabb,
Cook were in attendance, as well as
families from Mumford Creek—up on
the hill—the Redcrosses, the Fosters,
Corbins, the Catletts, in the Hayes
Store area.
There
were such
glorious
greetings
and tears
and
laughter
and
memories
of church
meetings
and
dinner
on the
ground!
Of
inspiring,
beloved
preachers
and
crooked
“jackleg” ones—my mother never,
ever trusted any man of the cloth
so my religious training was left
to my grandmother. The biggest
attractions on my display was
the photo of the old Allen Chapel
and a model of my grandfather’s
oyster boat, the Francis A. Hall.
The talk of the evening was time
spent in the old Allen Chapel in the
one room schoolhouse that housed
all the grades from primer to seventh
grade, of the stern schoolmistresses,
who tolerated no misbehavior and
used the strap for discipline as much
as the text for teaching. They talked
especially about Mary Katherine
Carter,
from Piney
Swamp, the
youngest of
the teachers
who was
to later
become my
mother’s
sister-inlaw, who
taught in the
Bena-Hayes
schoolroom.
They
laughed
about the
stinky
schoolroom
with its
smoking
potbelly
stove—the
wood supply
always seemed to be green—and
the smell from the boys’ woolen
sock- clad feet competed with each
other in winter—their boots and
shoes were left outside. Good times
were remembered in the chapel.
The white children attended
school in Achilles and later
Botetourt, also a school down in
Tidemill near Harbour Hill. There
was also a school up near the Joe
Lewis property near Hayes Store.
Bena-Hayes School was erected on
the Borum/Washington property,
then consolidated with the BenaHayes near Morningstar for blacks.
Brookville and T.C. Walker Schools
came later. Those African-American
families who could afford to further
their children’s education were
sent to Hampton, Petersburg.
My mom grew up in a typical
rural Tidewater community with the
children of the white Guineamen
families—the Jenkins, Belvins, West,
Tilledge, Kings, Hogges,others—
she became an excellent cook and
seamstress for a large family which
included five older brothers who
pampered her and a father who
adored her. Even
though she was the
only girl child who
survived infancy
she was taught and
expected to do all
chores on the farm.
Binding up her
reddish-brown
waist length hair she
planted vegetables in
the garden, harvested
the fruit from the
orchards as well
as help her father
and brothers man
the plows for the
field and harvested
crops—it was not
unusual to see my
mother behind a
harrow or swinging
a scythe. She toted
water from the
well, chopped wood, slopped the
hogs,cleaned the outhouses, boiled
water over the fires outside to wash
her father and brothers’ long johns
when they came home from the
river. She mucked out horse stalls,
baled hay, curried the horses, took
care of the harnesses and such.
Group photo with Pauline Allen
Alexander at the Guinea Heritage
Exhibit at Morningstar Baptist church,
Bena. The Allen Chapel-Guinea Road.
The James Monroe Allen Cemetery–
Guinea Road. Elizabeth Stokes photos.
June 2012
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Put On A Show~Top Race Mare
She has however returned to
the track this year as a five year old
and she is a force to be reckoned
with. Having seven starts this
season she has had four wins, one
second and one third winning four
consecutive starts in Canada at
Woodbine Racetrack. POAS has
earned $114,657 this year, as of this
writing, and all together has banked
$2,008,132 in her racing career, so far.
POAS sold for $75,000 as a yearling
P
By Paula Shispman
ut On A Show is a five
year old mare out of the
exceptional Artsplace
mare Stienams Place
($1,402,301) and a
first crop mare by sire Rocknroll
Hanover ($2,754,038). POAS has
been somewhat of an overachiever.
In her two and three year old
season she became the richest filly
pacer in harness racing history
when she earned $1.94 million.
Born in 2007, POAS's Dam,
Stienams Place, was a top race mare
in her day and raced until she was
six years old and had 34 wins. Her
sire, Rocknroll Hanover won 15 of 26
starts and was Three Year Old Pacer
of the Year in 2005 and is also a World
Champion. POAS has turned out to
be a top performer as her parents
were. I have watched almost all of
her races as a two and three year old,
I was and still am a big fan. POAS
won seven of her nine starts as a
two year old in 2009 and 12 of her
16 starts as a three year old in 2010.
Those accomplishments earned
her the Dan Patch award for top
Three Year Old Filly Pacer in 2010.
As with all things good, something
bad always happens. POAS had a
quarter inch bone chip in her right
front knee. She was taken to New
Bolton for surgery in 2010. Due
to the surgery POAS missed her
entire four year old racing season.
in 2008. She is owned by Craig
Henderson, Richard and Joanne
Young and is trained by Chris Ryder
who says POAS is, “Absolutely great.”
POAS has won such prestigious
races as The Eternal Camnation which
honors the Standardbred super horse,
Eternal Camnation who amassed a
wicked fortune in her racing career
of $3,748,574. She has also won The
She's A Great Lady Stakes, The Fan
Hanover Stakes and The Tarport Hap,
all races named after top race mares.
Her most famous half brother is
one of my favorite standardbreds of
all time, World Champion Rock N Roll
Heaven ($2,748,818). POAS also has
other half sisters and brothers such as
Showherthemoney ($871,161),
Ticket To Rock ($1,001,953), A
Rocknroll Dance ($863,325) and
Donkeys Can Talk ($153,164)
among many others.
POAS won The Breeders
Crown in 2010 as a three year
old at Pocono Downs. POAS
did just that, she put on a show
for the Breeders Crown Final
audience and wowed them with
a win befitting a champion.
The announcer stated after her
Breeders Crown win, “Put On
A Show does not disappoint.”
POAS is such a big mare
that she had to have a custom
made sulky to race in. She is
bigger in size than most of her
competition. POAS is racing
against seasoned horses who
have not missed a year of racing
and they are tough ladies. She
races against horses like Chancey
Lady ($1,946,437), Symphony In
Motion ($1,052,829), Ginger And
Fred ($1,626,425) and Tea Party
Princess ($530,391) all top mares.
I look forward to watching her
finish out her five year old season
and I hope she continues to race big!
Put on a Show with driver Tim Tetrick.
Bret Hanover, with his trainer Frank
Erwin, can be found on both sides of
POAS’s pedigree. Bret Hanover retired
the fastest and richest Standardbred
at the time with $922,616 in the bank.
US Trotting Association photos.
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Teen
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Encouraging Young Artists, Photographers, Writers
Middlesex High School
Cheerleading is a Sport
C
By Kausha Parrish
heerleading is a
universal sport.
People all over the
world cheerlead
and over the years
a lot of people have been arguing
about whether or not cheerleading
should be considered a sport.
People think that cheerleading
is not a sport because they think
that all we do is cheer. Sideline
cheerleading is different from
competition cheerleading. One
thing that is different about sideline
and competition cheerleading is
that sideline cheerleading is not a
sport it is more of a club. A lot of
people often get the two confused.
When normal people think of
cheerleaders they often think of girls
who have been open for business.
Well that is not what cheerleading is
about. When a cheerleader thinks of
cheerleading they think of all the hard
work and dedication that it takes to
be a cheerleader. Being a cheerleader
is the same as being a football player.
No matter what you still have to go
through try-outs and you still have
to go to the practices. There is a lot
of stuff that you have to do when you
cheerlead. If you are not a cheerleader
then you do not understand. If you
are a cheerleader then you are fully
aware of what I’m talking about.
Being a cheerleader you have to
practice for hours a day. Sometimes
you have to practice at 6 in the
morning go to school and then
practice after school. When you show
up to every practice with your game
face on then you are dedicated. If you
don’t then you are probably one of the
people who think cheerleading is not
a sport. You still have to condition for
cheerleading just like you do during
football or any other sport. When
we are finally ready to put a routine
together we have to make sure that
everyone is able to hit or complete all
of their parts in a routine. If not they
we have go back and change the play.
When we cheerlead we get
a medal and a ring too just like
football, basketball, soccer, or
baseball. Cheerleaders believe that
cheerleading is a lifestyle because it
is. When we cheerlead we are putting
our hearts on the line. No matter what
anyone else thinks cheerleading will
always be considered a sport to me
and the cheerleading population.
It’s Only a Movie
By Chris Sheppard
It’s only a movie.
Cats don’t dance.
There isn’t another world
It’s only a movie.
in your closet.
Rabbits don’t own pocket watches.
It’s only a movie.
It’s only a movie.
People can’t fly or jump
And last but not least, the
into a chalk drawing.
matrix doesn’t exist,
It’s only a movie.
It’s only a movie.
The Na’vi and Pandora aren’t real.
Oh, I almost forgot, houses
It’s only a movie.
aren’t monsters,
Kangaroos don’t wear jackets.
It’s only a movie.
It’s only a movie.
The ‘Me’ Poem
By Joey Stinchcomb
A wild array of random quirks and frenzied phrases that make up me.
A strange assortment of mild manners, hilarious
phrases, and unusual noise is what I be.
Loud, opinionated, and as strong as the earth beneath my too-large feet.
I am unusually tall, intelligent, and powerful; I can
accomplish any awe-inspiring feat.
I have an imagination Dr. Seuss would envy; I am a soldier
that marches to the beat of my own drum.
I dance and sing to myself incessantly; my voice is
associated with noise, like a whistle or a hum.
Well-done movies and books excite my senses and
pump energy into my pulsating heart.
My best friend is Meagan, or Frenchy, as I like to
call her; I hope we never have to part.
Sports keep me healthy and consistently exhausted;
though, I do delight in the adrenaline rush.
I revel in playing card games like Rummy, but I know
nothing of poker, of straights, or of a royal flush.
I fancy having contrary and independent views and distinct
speech patterns that confuse and enlighten.
I adore super power movies, where the level of
excitement and thrills are always heightened.
I relish chicken in the form of wings with a load of ranch on the side.
I fell off a mountain as a child; I got into an accident that
totaled my car in high school. I could have died.
I used to live in a wondrous state called Maryland, but
now good-old-Virginia is where I reside.
I have adored writing poetry since I was but a child;
I do not follow guidelines. I decide.
I decide how I write, how I speak and act, how my
life is run, and even my level of pride.
I despise profanity and lies; I choose who I confide in and who I push aside.
I turned out alright, even though my parents can sometimes suck.
Once I named a tiny yellow duck, regrettably got my
arm stuck, met a little man called Chuck,
Lost a flip flop in a shore of muck, been unforgettably
struck, and had my emotions run amuck.
If you thought this was going to end in profanity,
you are all out of luck, you schmuck.
Chesapeake Style Magazine
June 2012
22
Books in Style~27 Minutes
27 Minutes by Jeanne Johansen
Reviewed by Narielle Living
here is a group of
people that exist
in our society who
become nameless,
faceless and unseen.
They are the homeless veterans,
the ones who have been to war
and returned broken, the men and
women who carry the shards of who
they used to be inside their hearts.
So many times the homeless veteran
struggles with addiction and mental
health problems, overlooked by
society because they are nothing
more than a bum on the street.
For them, the war has not ended,
it has simply changed places.
In Jeanne Johansen’s debut
novel, 27 Minutes, the reader is
introduced to a cast of characters,
including Lisbeth, a nurse who
works with homeless veterans; her
fiancé, Robert; Dr. Bruckman, who
T
runs the clinic
for homeless
veterans; Buzz,
a veteran; Tran,
a Vietnamese
immigrant;
Marcie Daniels,
a reporter;
Erik, father of
Lisbeth; and
Mike, a friend of
Erik. Homeless
veterans
have been
disappearing off
the streets, but
when Lisbeth
goes missing
the rest of the
characters
come together
in a fast-paced
search, leading to discoveries of
illegal activities and sinister plans.
Lisbeth’s job with homeless
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The story takes a number of
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abandoned mental hospital, where
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Some of the scenes that are
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Johansen also does a terrific job
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Prime Enzyme Time!
D
By RuthE Forrest BA, CMT, NCBTMB
id you know there
are more than 1,300
unique enzymes
in your body this
instant? Some
of them you made, some of them
you received—or Not—from food.
These essential proteins help with
every biochemical reaction in each
of your gazillion cells. Acting as
catalysts they regulate everything
from brain function to digestion.
The World Gastroenterology
Organization estimates that 70
million of us suffer severe deficiency
of metabolically active enzymes.
Symptoms range from bloating,
indigestion and gastro-esophogeal
reflux disease, to packing on
stubborn pounds of toxic fat that
doesn’t respond to even the most
horrific workout schedule.
Our bodies make most enzymes in
the pancreas and liver. But starting
around age 35 our ability to produce
enzymes slows down to 50% or less
as we age. Chronic stress not only
depletes the enzymes we make,
but also makes the remaining ones
less effective. Add-in technological
advances in food processing like
pasteurized juice and homogenized
milk which destroy almost 100% of
enzymes, and you have disaster.
Food provides the building blocks
for the enzymes we make. The more
fresh organic living foods—with their
living active enzymes intact—we eat
the better off we feel. University of
Chicago research suggests that eating
a diet of 70% raw foods increases
cellular enzyme levels by as much
as tenfold in only four days!
If you eat a highly processed, fast
food, high salt, fake sugar, pesticideriddled diet like most Americans your
diet is devoid of enzymes. The result
is that your poor liver and pancreas
are desperately working overtime
to correct the shortfall. They have to
switch from producing metabolic
enzymes critical for metabolic
rate, energy, and brain functioning
to making digestive enzymes
to ensure that food is optimally
digested to make the building blocks
for more essential enzymes.
Requiring an enormous amount
of energy to produce sufficient
digestive enzymes, these organs must
decrease energy to their primary
functions of detoxification and fat
metabolism. The result is bloating,
food cravings and the build-up of
fat-packed toxins. Live-food diet
experts suggest that due to our hectic
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getting enough enzymes in their diet.
The fix is surprisingly easy—eat
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Pineapple and papaya are great
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which quickly breakdown dietary
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Style Notebook~Make Mine Cherry, Please!
E
By Ellen Dugan
leven year-olds
are seldom known
for picking up
after themselves
without a lot of
nagging and parental followup. Sometimes, it’s just not
worth the hassle. The cleaning
up can wait until morning.
Such was the case in Frank
Epperson’s house in 1905. It
was late in the evening and little
Frank was out on the front porch,
quietly mixing scoops of powdered
soda with water in a glass—some
reports say cup—and stirring it with a
small wooden stick. Probably, he was
tasting as he stirred and it’s possible
that he spilled some along the way.
Certainly his hands were sticky.
But thankfully, he had no adult
supervision. His parents were in all
likelihood amusing themselves in
the family parlor with conversation,
books—whatever people did in San
Francisco before TV and computers.
When Frank was called “to come
inside now,” he did. And luckily for
us, he left his flavored soda water
and stirring stick on the porch.
What happened next would have
catapulted Frank into the Popsicle®
Hall of Fame had there been one.
That night San Francisco
temperatures plunged to
record lows. Frank’s soda
water froze. When he
woke the next morning, he
discovered that the stir stick
had frozen inside the liquid.
This made it a great handle.
By running water over the
container, he could loosen
his ice treat. Immediately, he
christened his new accidental
creation the “Epsicle,” a
combination of his name and icicle.
From these humble beginnings,
the fantastically successful
Popsicle® industry was to
grow. But not right away.
That next summer Frank made
his frozen treats in his family’s
icebox and sold them around
his neighborhood for five cents.
There is no record of whether or
not his mother enjoyed having
him underfoot in the kitchen, but
it’s probable that she indulged
him. Perhaps she understood
that he just wasn’t the kind
of kid who sat passively on a
wooden box and sold lemonade.
He was into manufacturing!
However, it wasn’t until Frank
was 30, after successfully selling his
ice pops to the public at Neptune
Beach, that he actually patented
his “frozen ice on a stick.” Shortly
thereafter he changed the name
to “Popsicle®” either to show that
it contained soda pop, or because
his children urged him to name the
treat after what they called it: “Pop’s
‘sicle.” Probably both reasons apply.
Although Frank’s original
flavors have been forever lost to
history, unofficial records indicate
that they were root beer, cherry,
lemon, orange, banana, grape and
watermelon. Cherry and orange
remain as top sellers among
Popsicle® purchasers today.
The dual or twin ice pop made its
debut during the Depression as a way
to easily split the treat and thereby
allow a family to satisfy two children
for the cost of one treat. It’s been with
us ever since, although more than
likely, kids today eat both halves.
Frank died in 1983 at the age
of 89, but his Popsicle® legacy, a
reminder of the sweet summer
days of childhood, lives on.
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Books In Style~The Confidential
The Confidential, by John A. Bray
Review by Feather Schwartz Foster
here are cop stories,
and then there are New
York cop stories. The
Confidential is a 1973era cop story based in
New York, written by an ex-New York
cop, turned New York lawyer, and
every line evokes images of Robert
DeNiro or Al Pacino in top form. Jack
Bray knows what he is talking about.
One of the most thankless
assignments of any undercover agent
is being a part of a sting operation
against their own comrades.
Dante Falconiere is one of the best
undercover guys in the business,
but the sting has gone wrong.
His career is in limbo. His trophy
girlfriend adds to his cynicism. In a
rare moment of guy-camaraderie—
especially for a loner like Dante—he
lets his disillusionment find words,
and he himself will become the
target of a sting operation to test his
integrity. Or is it an entrapment?
There are stories within stories,
and author Bray, the former cop and
attorney, has the eye and ear to make
it all fit together. It moves fast, and
you can visualize it like a movie full
of the usual goodfellas and badfellas
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and a few so-sofellas. There is the
cop-sting that backfires, the DA office
full of corruption, the overseas drug
cartel that gets so fouled up that it
will crumble the entire task force, the
stings-on-loan against the judges,
lawyers and who knows who else—
and don’t forget the gal on the side.
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friends other than his Italian father—
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in Italy, no less—an ex-cop himself
who will come to New York to be
“Papa”. No wonder Dante is jaded
and in desperate need for some time
off—hopefully with trophy-gal.
Cop-story lovers will gravitate to
The Confidential like a duck to water.
It has everything you would expect:
plenty of rough-‘em-up, more than
a handful of rogue cops and other
law-enforcement types on the take,
two—or is it three?—murders, a
mysterious-but-distinctive hit-man
who doesn’t understand the concept
of “blend in”, a suitcase of unmarked
bills, a complicated foreign drug
cartel, drive-by shootings, a cleanup crew of feds, an addict witness
who escapes from the Marshals,
and the beautiful “cherchez la
femme.” There are enough twists
and turns to make a reader wonder
if a) there is anyone you like, and
b) more importantly, anyone you
can trust. Except maybe Papa.
The old adage is true: it takes
one to know one, and the author
certainly has his era, his eye and ear
right. He is probably a little kinder
to the language than most modern
cop-writers, but then again, forty
years ago, perhaps all of us were a
little gentler in our speech. But the
descriptions are spot-on, and the
type of cases and particularly the
overlapping cases, seem to ring true.
The Confidential is a book that
you don’t just read. You can see it
and hear it as if it were the movie.
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available at all online booksellers,
both in paper and as an ebook.
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Attorney Uses Loan For Silver Divorce Settlement
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By Bill Graves
ivorce rates are
at a 26 year low,
unless you’re
over 60. Divorce
among couples
in their sixties is on the rise and
commonly referred to as a Silver
Divorce. The number of couples over
60 choosing to end their marriages
prematurely has increased by more
than one third in the space of a
decade. Newly retired couples who
may have two or three decades left
with the same partner are realizing
it’s not what they bargained for.
Many experts cite the “empty
nest syndrome” as the major
cause of break-ups. The fact that
women enjoy a much improved
financial status than their mothers
did is a contributing factor as well.
Unfortunately, divorce is also
occurring because of long-term care
and debilitating illness. Nursing
home costs more than most people’s
monthly income causing financial
devastation. Divorce is often the
only legal planning tool that can
relieve the financial burden.
AARP found that 60 and 70
year olds were less likely to get
marriage counseling and more
likely to “throw in the towel”. It also
cited they were the happiest of
divorcees with a fresh lease on life
and from forging a new identity.
With seniors divorce is much
different than with young couples.
Visitation rights and child support
are not issues. The home and the
assets that have been acquired over
the years are the bigger issue.
Recently I helped an attorney
with a property settlement issue.
The couple getting the divorce
was in their mid sixties and had
a paid off home worth $500,000.
Under normal conditions it would
have to be sold and the proceeds
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likely and the taxes and tax cost
would also be a major challenge.
The wife was heart broken about
leaving the home. We proposed
a reverse mortgage and ran the
numbers. The wife was eligible for
$350,000, of which she could buy out
her husband and still have $100,000
left over in a credit line with a four
percent growth rate. Money to help
her continue to pay the homeowners
insurance and property taxes and live
in the home the rest of her life without
a monthly mortgage payment.
The husband used $75,000 of
the money he received to use a
reverse mortgage for the purchase
of a $150,000 modular home.
He too would have no mortgage
payment and a place to live for
the rest of his life. In a difficult
situation everyone was satisfied.
As footnote to this story it’s worth
noting that reverse mortgages
are often used to purchase long
term care products and to pay
for a spouse in a nursing home,
provided the other spouse resides
in the primary residence.
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Not Antiques Roadshow~But You Can Find Bargains
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By Fran Warren
he bargains you find at
the Northumberland
Animal Shelter’s
(NAS) thrift center
in Lottsburg may not
match what you see on the Antiques
Roadshow—but you can find
some surprising treasures there.
For example, Jo Ann Smith, who
heads the all-volunteer team at
the thrift site, arrived one morning
recently to find someone overnight
had left a piece of art at the door.
It didn’t look like much—it was a
closeup of the face and beard of
a grizzled Alaskan old-timer.
The first reaction was to charge
$5 for the piece. All the goods at
the thrift site are priced dirt-cheap.
Anywhere else, the frame alone
probably was worth more than that.
But Smith noticed the print had
a number. That meant it was one of
a limited number of prints run from
the original.
She decided to
check further
into the origin
of the print.
She started
by checking
the website of
the artist, Jon
Van Zyle, and
found he is an
internationally
known Alaskan
artist. She
emailed him
and got this
response: You
have the official
Iditarod poster
for 1980…very
valuable…(based) on recent re-sales
for $500 to $800 dollars...unframed.
The Iditarod dog-sled race is a
famous annual event in Alaska and
Van Zyle is its official poster painter.
On another occasion,
someone donated a
painting that turned
out to be an original.
It was a harbor scene
by Robert F. Zoeller,
a well-known marine
artist who painted early
last century. Smith is
trying to determine the
value of the piece by
contacting art experts.
Art is but one of the
areas where you can find treasures
there. The NAS Indoor/Outdoor Yard
Sale, the thrift center’s official name,
has—well, everything. There is a
furniture showroom full of attractive
furniture, modern and antique.
There is a “man cave,” set aside by
the volunteers for male shoppers,
containing tools, fishing gear,
electrical and mechanical supplies,
and nautical items—including,
currently, a pair of water skiis. Plants
are available, including cuttings of
favorites raised by the volunteers.
There is modern and vintage
jewelry, including Sarah Coventry
jewelry; glassware and household
items—and a Christmas House that
stays open year-round. There you
can buy—if you hurry—a life-size,
animated Santa to
wave out your front
window in December.
The Yard Sale
occupies part of the
Northumberland School
Superintendent’s
building at Lottsburg,
although it is not a part
of the school system.
The Yard Sale exists to
raise money to provide
veterinary care for the
shelter animals. The
county permits the shelter
volunteers free use of the
building, and the shop sells only
donated items—so every dollar
of income goes to the animals.
Although Northumberland’s
animal shelter is under the
Sheriff’s Office, the shelter
and thrift shop are run by
volunteers, with the help of
a few part-time workers.
In addition to the team that
runs the Yard Sale, there is
another team at the Animal
Shelter building in Horsehead
that feeds and cares for the
animals and cleans kennels 365
days a year. And the team at
the Yard Sale includes not only
clerks, but specialists in such
areas as jewelry and furniture—and
men on hand to do the heavy lifting.
The Yard Sale has expanded and
grown to its present size under the
direction of JoAnn Smith. Today it
occupies 3,000 square feet of display
space and stocks around 10,000 items
for sale—and generates thousands
of dollars for the animal care.
It’s a place where you would like
to spend hours browsing through
the sections. And it’s the closest
thing in Northumberland County
to the Antiques Roadshow!
NAS’ Thrift Center was started
by Fran Warren, also a volunteer
who supervises the Animal Shelter
Volunteers, with only two borrowed
tables to display merchandise.
This poster left on the thrift center’s
doorstep, turned out to be a numbered
print of the official 1980 Alaska
Iditarod Race poster. It’s value has
been estimated at $500 to $800.
Included in the inventory of more
than 10,000 items the Animal Shelter’s
Indoor/Outdoor Yard Sale are modern
and antique furniture, vintage jewelry,
water skis, plants and much more.
June 2012
Just Breathe
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By Robin Lilly
student recently
quipped, “I’ve
been breathing all
my life. Why do
I need to take a
class to teach me how to do it?”
Of course you’ve been breathing
all your life. But you probably
haven’t been very conscious of
how you breathe on a daily basis
or what happens to your breathing
when you are ill or under stress.
We take it for granted that we will
continue to breathe all day, every
day until we take our last breath.
But our breath can tell us a lot about
what is going on with our bodies.
The ancient yogis said that
life consists of three stages:
sunrise—from birth to about 30—,
midday—from about 30-70— and
sunset—from 70ish on. Asana—
the yoga postures—pranayama—
breathing—and meditation all play
different roles during each stage.
In the sunrise stage, asana
takes priority over pranayama and
meditation and serves to “get your
ya-ya’s out”, allowing the excess
energy of youth to help enhance
overall well being. During the midday
stage, all three yoga practices have
equal importance in helping to
maintain the balance during the—
arguably—most stressful time of life.
Pranayama and meditation rise to
importance during the sunset time
of life as movement—asana—takes a
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back seat to more esoteric practices
in preparation for the slower pace
of life and, ultimately, death.
So unless you are younger than
30, pranayama—breathing—really
is a critical part of your general
health and worth some study.
Krishnamacharya was an Indian
yoga teacher and scholar, often
referred to as the “father of modern
yoga”. It is widely agreed that he
is responsible for the modern day
phenomenon of exporting yoga to
the west by training the leaders of the
most popular forms of yoga today—
Desikachar, Iyengar and Pattabi
Jois—and in making the ancient Vedic
texts accessible to modern students.
In his teachings, linking the
breath to movement is critical.
Otherwise, he said that you are just
doing calisthenics. If the ultimate
goal of yoga is to maintain your
body in a happy and healthy state
so that you can truly get to know
yourself and your potential, isn’t
breath worth a little study?
To experiment, try this exercise.
It may be particularly helpful if you
have trouble sleeping. Sitting or
lying down in a quiet spot, put one
hand on your chest and one hand
on your belly. Close your eyes and
concentrate on your breath. Inhaling
through your nose, feel your chest
expand and your hand rise. On your
exhale—through the nose—draw
your tummy toward your spine and
feel your hand fall. Try to gradually
increase both inhale and exhale.
Practice this up to twelve times but
don’t push yourself if you feel any
discomfort. When you finish, relax the
breath and notice how you feel. Enjoy!
Robin Lilly is a certified yoga
teacher specializing in therapeutic
yoga. She can be reached at
[email protected].
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By Jean M. Duggan
nyone who has
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some people with limited income
and resources are also eligible
for extra help from the Social
Security Administration (SSA).
The Extra Help program assists
with monthly premium, annual
deductibles and prescription copayments related to a Medicare
prescription drug plan. Extra
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much as $3,900 per year, yet
many people are not aware they
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Individuals who make less
than $1,354 per month and have
less than $12,640 in resources or
couples who make less than $1,822
combined monthly income and
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not count your primary residence,
household items, life insurance
policies or vehicles as resources.
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