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Nov 21, 2013 ... those who have made a difference in your life. In this spirit, the Southside Sen- tinel will once again print, at no charge, short “thank-you letters”.
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Serving Middlesex County and adjacent areas of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck since 1896 Urbanna, Virginia 23175 • November 21, 2013

Vol. 119, No. 34

Two Sections • 75¢

Storm-water program will increase permit fees by Larry Chowning As of July 1, 2014, Middlesex County will be responsible for regulating its own storm-water management and, because of this, permit fees for building a basic house on a lot are going to increase. The storm-water management program is a mandate ordered through the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The intent of the program is to reduce stormwater runoff into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Carolyn A. Howard of Draper Aden Associates, the county’s consultant on the matter, told the Middlesex Board of Supervisors at its November 6 meeting that construction of a home on a lot with more than 2,500 square feet of “land disturbance” will require a fee of $2,700, along with professional engineering fees for site development.

“I never thought we would have to manage the rain.” — Jack Miller “If each lot is developed under a separate permit, the fee for a 10-lot subdivision could cost as much as $27,000,” said Howard. Of this amount, 72% will go to the county to pay for administrating the program, and 28% will go to DEQ. Howard noted the county’s 72% in fee revenues will not cover total county expenses in administering the program. It will cost Middlesex $50,000 to $100,000 annually over what the county will receive from the fees to

(See Permit fees, page A8)

Water issues dominate town council meeting by Tom Chillemi The tap could run dry for Urbanna water customers who ignore water bills. On Monday town administrator Holly Gailey told the Urbanna Town Council she has mailed water shut-off notices to 31 customers, 20 of whom are renters. At council’s work session on Friday, November 15, mayor Don Richwine said the town will not tolerate water bills that remain unpaid after repeated requests.

Council attorney Andy Bury said the town has the option of placing a lien on properties if water bills are not paid. In a water-related matter, Eric Johnson said requiring restaurants to make a large deposit to cover water bills was a hardship on the businesses, and he asked council to re-consider the policy. “I just don’t think it’s right in these economic times to have money sitting in escrow,” Johnson told council. Gailey responded that the water

(See Urbanna, page A8)

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A day that changed America by Tom Chillemi In an instant, innocence was lost. It’s been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the anniversary this Friday, November 22, brings back memories of those dark days. Billy Mayo of Urbanna was in his senior history class at Middlesex High School when principal Walter Allen Harrow announced over the public address system that Kennedy had been shot. “I didn’t want to believe him,”

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— Jerry Suyes, Deltaville said Mayo. The class sat in stunned silence; then said a silent prayer for a country turned upside down. “What in the world will happen?” Mayo thought. Questions of what might have been linger five decades later.

investigation (Warren Report) that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination did not help Suyes find closure. “It took a while before we regained our trust in government.” The wary public questioned the Warren Report, said Suyes. “Is this a conspiracy, a foreign initiative, or is it “Death in the family” just a crazy guy? We didn’t really have Fear of the unknown runs deep, said an answer. You were a little reluctant to Jerry Suyes, who had just opened his believe the Warren Commission.” dental practice in Buena Vista near Lexington at the time of the assassina“Utter silence” tion. “The whole town was upset,” he Curt Saunders of Hartfield was a sturecalled. “Some were angry, all were dent at the MCV School of Pharmacy. shocked. It was like a sudden death in On Friday, November 22, 1963, he had the family.” just finished lunch and there were five Suyes, 76, of Deltaville, compared or six classmates sitting around getting Kennedy’s murder to the terrorist ready for afternoon classes. “We heard attacks of 9/11. the radio reports from Dallas saying the But, from this tragedy came unity, President had been shot,” he said. The Suyes added. In one another, the students grabbed a transistor radio and townspeople found hope. People by the time they got to class, President phoned each other and got together Kennedy had been pronounced dead. to talk about their loss. “There was a “There was complete and utter silence lot of discussion of ‘Where will we go for a few minutes,” Saunders recalled. from here?’ ” (See Kennedy, page A8) The finding of the government

Sentinel will publish ‘letters of thanks’ in Thanksgiving issue

David and Hazel Laughton of the Urbanna area drive a 1903 Oldsmobile in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run in England earlier this TVU[O;OLY\UPZ[OLSVUNLZ[Y\UUPUNTV[VYPUNL]LU[PU[OL^VYSK glass and drips out of the bottom of the engine. The early drip system allowed oil from automobile engines to drip down on dirt roads to create a harder surface, he said. There were all kinds of mechanical vehicles in the run, including a pennyfarthing bicycle (known in America as a high-wheel bicycle) and several

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David Laughton of the Urbanna area turns 75 years old in a few months, but a friend, Mark Snowden from Yorkshire, England, gave him an early birthday present—a chance to drive in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, the longest-running motoring event in the world. The event was held Sunday, November 3, and started at sunrise from Hyde Park, London, and traveled the road to Brighton, a distance of 54 miles. All vehicles have to be pre-1904 and Laughton and his wife Hazel drove a “curved dash” 1903 Oldsmobile that belonged to Snowden. Snowden is an antique car dealer and he met Laughton years ago at the Hershey Car Show in Pennsylvania. Laughton was restoring antique cars at the time, so the two men had a mutual interest and a long friendship was established. The first London to Brighton run took place in 1896 and was named the “Emancipation Run” to celebrate the recently passed Locomotives on Highways Act, which replaced restrictive laws that had required an escort— either on horse or on foot—to walk in front of the motorized vehicle while it was under way. The act removed those restrictions and established highway speeds of 10 to 15 miles per hour. “It is definitely not a race,” said Laughton. “It’s a run with the hope that you get there without breaking down.” The 110-year-old Oldsmobile ran 25 miles per hour at top speed. The motor is single-cylinder with a big flywheel. “When we first started up, it felt like we were riding a horse,” he said. “Every time it fired, the vehicle would jerk forward, like being on a horse. Once we got going that stopped.” The distance of the run required Laughton to stop the car every so often to add oil to the engine. Early automobile engines have a glass oil-drip system where the oil is stored in a glass canister positioned over the pistons. Oil drips down on the pistons from the

“Some were angry, all were shocked. It was like a sudden death in the family.”

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motorized tricycles. The Laughtons got behind the oldest automobile in the run, an 1896 coal-fired steam engine powered vehicle that is steered with a tiller. It took three people to operate the 1896 vehicle. One person to steer it,

(See Laughtons, page A8)

Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings and give thanks to those who have made a difference in your life. In this spirit, the Southside Sentinel will once again print, at no charge, short “thank-you letters” from Middlesex County residents and visitors in its Thanksgiving issue of Wednesday, November 27. The letters must be brief and to the point, and the letter writer’s name, community of residence and phone number must accompany each letter. The phone number will not be published. Any person, business or organization can be thanked—a helpful store clerk; a neighbor, friend or co-worker who goes out of his or her way to help; a store, doctor or repairman who provides excellent and friendly service; a dependable church or civic volunteer who goes beyond the call of duty; a youth sports coach or school teacher who has made a difference in your life; a good Samaritan who helped in a time of need; or a public official who has served the commu-

nity well. The list goes on. The thank-you letters must be brief (150 words or less). Longer letters will be subject to editing. Only positive letters will be published. If the Sentinel receives more letters than it can publish, a sampling of the letters will be published, and the remainder will be published at www.SSentinel.com. Email letters of thanks to [email protected], fax to 7585896, or bring to the Sentinel on Virginia Street in Urbanna. The final deadline for submitting letters is 5 p.m. on Friday, November 22. Because Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday, the Sentinel will appear a day early that week on Wednesday, November 27. The deadline for display ads is 10 a.m. Monday, November 25; and the deadline for classified ads and news is noon Monday, November 25. The Sentinel office will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28-29, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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opinion one woman’s opinion Speaking for Dogs in their lives to take in and care for stray aniUrbanna, Va.— Have you ever been to a dog mals. shelter and seen the many homeless dogs? It’s Greece, the cradle of our Western Civilizaa heartbreaking sight. As one walks through tion, set a gold standard for taking care of dogs. the lineup of pens filled to the brim with every I visited Greece several years ago and was breed or mix of dogs known to mankind, the thrilled to find homeless dogs freely walking most pitiful expressions stare back from behind and happily living their lives on the streets in the mesh fencing. downtown Athens. The Greeks simply sterilize Those who love dogs and come from a long their homeless dogs and allow them to live out tradition of being loved by dogs really suffer at their lives freely and outside of pens. the sight. When I first visited our homeless dogs Every business, restaurant and hotel had their at the Middlesex Animal Facility, I unabashedly share of homeless dogs to feed and water each burst into tears. I saw the many dogs I have loved day. I loved it. I could sit on the front steps of in my lifetime, for all dogs are the same, and the Five Star Britannia Hotel at any time of the thought that any would day or night and pet “their have ever been homeless was dogs,” and I never ate an Italupsetting. Since Man’s Best ian dinner in a bistro or café Friend cannot speak (or weep) without a dog nosing my foot for himself, I will try to speak under the table. for him. Middlesex is fortunate to The plight of homeless dogs have a beautiful animal facilis known everywhere. Some ity at Cooks Corner that can societies revere dogs, mostly care for as many as 26 homefrom nations that we know less dogs at one time. The today that make up “Western county also contributes money Civilization.” Yet, some socieach year to the Gloucestereties have no interest in dogs. Mathews-Middlesex Animal A dog can be kicked, spurned Shelter that helps us handle and even, alas, eaten. our stray animals. The problem is there are Of course, homeless dogs more dogs in the world than that have been taken to a shelgood homes to care for them. ter are really fortunate. They Some areas are making great are spared dying of thirst and by Mary strides in controlling dog (and hunger or being hit by a car. cat) populations by spaying At the Middlesex shelter, they Wakefield Buxton and neutering them before are cared for partly by contrithey are adopted or fostered butions to Dog Friends. They to new homes. are fed, treated for heartworms and other ailMany pets are simply abandoned when their ments, neutered, and have a good chance to find owners move and must suddenly fend for them- a new home. selves. They are fortunate if a kind neighbor Our county loves dogs. The Middlesex takes them in. Others spend their last days Animal Facility had over 100 people show up at slowly starving to death or finally being hit its recent open house and as a result has placed by an automobile while walking the highways six dogs into good homes. One dog, Rufus, a looking for a scrap of food. handsome, gentle, full-blooded hound who Dogs are often “dumped” off somewhere by found a new home, was one of the adorable four heartless owners. On walks in Urbanna (Sun- dogs featured in the Dog Friends ad in the Sendays especially were a day for unwanted dogs to tinel last month. be dropped off), I would notice abandoned pregI well remember Rufus. He loved to be petted. nant dogs and puppies outside Urbanna United He was so happy to be out of his pen when a Methodist Church. I suppose such scoundrels Dog Friend volunteer came by to take him for a hoped church-goers would pick up a puppy and walk, he actually trembled from stem to stern. take it home when they came out of church? I The good news is someone fell in love with would bet over the years the Methodists have Rufus at the open house and adopted him. saved many a stray dog. Rufus can’t speak (but he can tremble) so I will The same thing happens with cats. The late speak for him. (I’d be glad to tremble for him, Agnes Taylor, once a neighbor of mine, loved too.) Thank you, you kind soul, you, who gave cats and could never turn one away from her Rufus a new home. ©2013 door. Diane Ward, who also cares for cats, has Join Dog Friends for just $5. Make check saved many over the years. God bless these payable to “Friends for Life” and mail to Mary wonderful, big-hearted people who save a place Buxton, P.O. Box 488, Urbanna, VA 23175.

Christmas Friends Inc. needs volunteers to wrap or deliver This year 300 people will be served by Christmas Friends Inc., the annual gift-giving program that is in its 28th year helping the less fortunate of Middlesex County. Shoppers will be busy fulfilling the wish lists over the next two weeks. Gift wrapping sessions will be held on December 7 and 8 at the Southside Sentinel office on Virginia Street in Urbanna. Santa’s helpers will have to work quickly in 2013 to meet an early delivery date of Saturday, December 14. That gives volunteers just three more weeks to buy, wrap, sort and deliver thousands of gifts. If you can help with wrapping and delivery and have not already been contacted, please call the Sentinel at 758-2328 and leave your name and email address. Also, if you would like to be a shopper next year, sign up now through the Sentinel. Since its creation in 1986, a key to the success of Christmas Friends has been its partnership with the Middlesex County Department of Social Services, which carefully screens all applicants for eligibility. Applicants must meet strict income guidelines. Once applicants are approved, the gift-giving program begins a process that’s almost like a pre-Christmas visit with Santa. Eligible families submit a “wish list” of clothing (including sizes and colors desired), toys and other needs; a volunteer shopper is assigned and issued donated funds; and the purchased gifts are gathered at the Sentinel office in Urbanna for wrapping and delivery. Gift boxes are always needed and delivery vans and drivers will soon be assigned. If you have a van and are willing to remove its back seats and be the driver for one of 12 delivery teams on Saturday, December 14, please call 758-2328. Gift boxes can be left at the Sentinel back door. Rolls of wrapping paper (ribbons not

Tax-deductible donations may be made payable to Christmas Friends Inc., c/o Southside Sentinel, P.O. Box 549, Urbanna, VA 23175. P.O. Box 549, Urbanna, VA 23175. Contributors will be recognized as Christmas Friends and their donations will be listed in the Sentinel. Contributors who wish to remain anonymous should request that their donations be listed as such. Memorial contributions will also be acknowledged.

needed) are also welcomed. For more information, call Geanie Longest at the Southside Sentinel at 758-2328 or email her at [email protected]. Donations needed The fund-raising goal for Christmas Friends this year is $25,000. Last year, the community responded generously and donated $24,813. In 2012, Christmas Friends helped 301 residents (211 children and 90 elderly or disabled adults) of Middlesex County, said Christmas Friends secretary and shopping director Bettie Lee Gaskins. Over $29,000 was spent on the gifts. All funds donated to Christmas Friends go directly to help needy children and disabled or low-income elderly of Middlesex. All workers are volunteers and there are no administrative fees. Supplies such as boxes, wrapping paper and delivery bags are all donated. Volunteers supply storage space, vans and fuel to assist with the big delivery job. Christmas Friends is a 501(c) (3) organization. Tax-deductible donations may be made payable to Christmas Friends Inc., c/o Southside Sentinel,

Recent donations as of November 18 are as follows: In memory of Charles Healy given by Anita, $150. In honor of our Middlesex Friends by Richard Stearns and Andrea Crawford, $100. In memory of John D. Lemons Jr. given by Billy, Blair, Palmer, Sophie and Peyton Curdts, $100. In memory of William H. and Louise M. Milby and Arthur Shaver, $100. Jan and Dean Winston, $100. Donald and Alice Leyden, $100. In honor of our parents from Don and Judy Richwine, $100. In lieu of exchanging gifts: Genie and Curt, Jess and Ashley, Vance and Meredith, and Maria Saunders, $200. In loving memory of Douglas T. Gray Jr., Vel and Family, $100. Gerald and Judith Parker, $2,500. Anonymous, $100. Nancy and Jack Muldowney, $100. Total this week: $3,750. Total to date: $4,300.

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letters to the editor Actions of festival police, firemen praised To the Editor: I would like to take a moment to let Urbanna and surrounding areas know how great the police officers and the fire and rescue squads from Urbanna and surrounding areas were during the 2013 Urbanna Oyster Festival. My husband and I took our daughter to the Fireman’s Parade on Friday night. I am currently pregnant and started having issues. I was unable to walk in order to leave. During the parade, my husband flagged down a police officer, who was from New Kent. He and his fellow officers were unable to contact the dispatcher right away in order to get an ambulance, so they flagged down a fire truck that was from Spotsylvania County. The police officers and firemen took time to help me while waiting on dispatch. Once the Urbanna rescue squad (Central Middlesex Volunteer Rescue Squad) was on the scene, they (police and firemen) still stayed and helped keep me stable and took time to talk to our daughter and keep her calm while my husband was making sure I was good to go to the hospital. I just wanted to let everyone know how great and nice they were, and how much they helped me out during such a big event for this town. Thank you so very much to them all. Andrew and Bridget Heisler Urbanna

Bridge lane closures to continue Now through mid-December motorists can expect brief weekday delays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. for bridge deck patching on the Norris Bridge on Route 3 over the Rappahannock River. The bridge connects Middlesex and Lancaster counties. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane over a small section of the bridge, where Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and contractor crews will patch the bridge deck for routine maintenance. This work has been scheduled for late fall to establish a smooth driving surface in advance of winter weather. Motorists can call 511, visit www.511Virginia.org, or use VDOT’s 511Virginia free mobile app to find real-time traffic and work zone information in any area of the state.

Sentinel has early deadline next week Because Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday, the Sentinel will appear a day early that week on Wednesday, November 27. The deadline for display ads is 10 a.m. Monday, November 25; and the deadline for classified ads and news is noon Monday, November 25. The Sentinel office will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28-29, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Chorale concerts scheduled The Chesapeake Chorale will hold its Christmas concerts on Friday, December 6, at Northumberland High School at 8 p.m.; on Saturday, December 7, at Lancaster Middle School at 8 p.m.; and on Sunday, December 8, at 3 p.m. at St. Clare Walker Middle School. Tickets will be on sale at the door.

Letters to the Editor may not exceed 400 words. There is a limit of two letters per person, per month. Email letters to [email protected].

How free are we? To the Editor: If everyone can take their political blinders off, we see we have a President that was elected by lying to the people. The media did not vet Obama. When Obama said he wanted to fundamentally change our country no one said, “Hey, isn’t that what Hitler wanted to do?” Our election was stolen by a wave of white guilt and lies. He was going to do so much for our country, such as fix health care. Now that Obama has fixed health care more people have lost insurance than have gained insurance. Our premiums are higher and doctors are dropping out of the system in order to take “member patients.” No longer will these doctors accept “government sponsored patients.” Unfortunately, that means less doctors for the rest of us. The elite in D.C. will be protected. Do you see that Obamacare is built on nothing but lies! Lies like the government really cares for you. The government only cares for its own health and vigor. That is why they gave themselves raises while the rest of us suffer reduced working hours and wages. It is why they exempt themselves by subsidies from the Affordable Care Act. Under Obama our debt has grown more in 5 years than the whole of our nation’s history. Think of that. It includes all the wars we have ever fought, all the territories we acquired, all the ships, tanks and planes built. It also includes all the work programs during the Depression, and all the highways and dams and bridges built for our citizens before 2008. It includes the rebuilding of Europe and England after WWII. It includes building all our government buildings, including the White House. All the government programs for the poor and elderly are included too. It even counts the space program that put the first man on the moon. Yet Obama has almost spent that in five years and we no longer have a space program. Where has all that money gone? All we have is a broken website and a President that continues to lie to the people. How dare he! How stupid do you have to be to not believe your own eyes. We have the video proof yet he still lies. He thinks an apology will do. Think again. Under Obama, the IRS has targeted conservatives. Is that justice or politics? Every American should be upset by that, regardless of their party. What has been done about it? The IRS is in charge of our health care. Will it be fair? Americans stand for law, or we used to stand for law. The more government we have the less freedom we have. The less freedom a nation or people have the more they become enslaved. Eventually a dictator arises. When will you stand for freedom? When will you stand

for equality under the law? Mr. Obama has not stood for the Constitution as he promised; he has stood for lies and political power. He gives us excuses and more lies to cover lies. He has earned more Pinocchio’s than Disney! There is even a website dedicated to counting his lies by year called obamalies.net. They are numerous and verified. The National Security Agency can read this letter on my private computer. What kind of privacy is that? When are we going to stand up to the bullies and the liars? I say 2014 is the time. God Bless America—some have been fired for writing this! Now we cannot speak it in our public meetings. How free are we? Mary Bullock Deltaville

Join us in our effort To the Editor: This past weekend, many people of Middlesex took time to clean up our lovely, beautiful county. I personally want to thank each one of them and hope their work is not overlooked by the few who throw their trash on the side of our roads. We do have “God’s Little Green Acre” to live in, so let’s keep it that way. Join our effort to Keep Middlesex beautiful. Bill Shuman Urbanna

Annihilation of the rich To the Editor: I was pleasantly surprised as I began reading the Letter to the Editor “We need some booster shots for the middle class” in last week’s Sentinel because it seemed that the writer had finally acquired an understanding of the tax code. But, old habits are difficult to overcome, and sadly, the writer wrapped up his story in typical fashion, calling for the need for higher taxes on the wealthy. Nonetheless, sparring with this gentleman has been loads of fun, even though it has been difficult to have a meaningful exchange with someone who consistently chooses to ignore all the evidence against his point of view. I had so hoped he might have a revelation from within to provide the understanding he presently lacks, yet the fact remains that it is a waste of time and effort and editorial space to try to help someone whose singleminded interest seems to be the annihilation of the rich. John Groves Hartfield

Correction It was erroneously reported in last week’s Southside Sentinel that Shirley Hart works in the Middlesex County Planning Department. She is retiring from the Middlesex County Building Department on December 1. The Sentinel regrets any inconvenience this error may have caused.

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RGH and ACS encourage smokers to set a ‘quit date’ Great American Smokeout is today November 21, 2013 marks the American Cancer Society’s 38th Great American Smokeout. On this day, Rappahannock General Hospital (RGH) joins the American Cancer Society (ACS) in encouraging smokers to set a quit date and make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. According to the ACS, tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S., yet more than 45 million Americans still smoke cigarettes. More than half of these smokers have made an attempt to quit at least once in

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Just hours before her 18th birthday on the dark, misty night of August 18, Kirstin Cole, a bubbly Middlesex High School graduate once voted “Most Caring and Helpful Student,” was involved in a life-changing motor vehicle accident. Three months later, Kirstin remains in rehabilitative care, fighting daily to recover from the severe brain injury she sustained. Meanwhile, her family fights another battle— maintaining financial stability amidst mounting medical bills, time off work, and transportation costs. “As with any injury that requires an extensive hospital stay, there is a significant strain on the immediate family,” said Ride to a Wish event director Don Coberly. “Kirstin’s family has had some assistance with bills through insurance; however, the amount doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what is needed. That’s why we organized the Frostbite 5K Run/Walk.” Coberly and his group at the Ride to a Wish Foundation have organized the 2013 Frostbite 5K Run/Walk to raise money for the Middlesex teen. The run will take place on Saturday, November 23, at Oak Grove

Lake Park at noon in Chesapeake. Along with raising money for Kirstin through registration for the run/walk, Coberly and his team also have organized a $10 buffet luncheon at the Eagles Nest at 1723 Parkview Drive in Chesapeake on the same day. All of the proceeds from the event and half of all purchases made at the luncheon will benefit Kirstin and her family. “Since Kirstin’s accident, it has been unbelievable to

Last year’s oyster harvest was better than previously thought Governor Bob McDonnell announced this week that Virginia’s most recent oyster harvest has greatly exceeded recent years, reaching the highest level since 1987. The 201213 harvest of 406,000 bushels was also 60% greater than just one year prior. The oyster recovery has taken place as the McDonnell Administration has led efforts

Ruse elected president of the Virginia Marine Trades Association Keith Ruse, proprietor and president of Deltaville Boatyard and Marina, has been elected as the new president of the Virginia Marine Trades Association (VMTA), which is a non-profit trade association organized to promote and support Virginia’s recreational marine industry. The association is focused on returning value to its members through proactive legislative advocacy, education, and efficient communication. Ruse said his election as president of the VMTA proves that the community of Deltaville continues to have a strong presence and voice in local and statewide issues and will continue to make a positive impact in the marine industry. Deltaville’s Ernest Asaff is currently the treasurer of the association and prior to Ruse’s election, Deltaville’s Carolyn Norton Schmalenberger held the position of VMTA president. Ruse brings more than 25 years of relevant industry expe-

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watch her family, friends, the community, her nursing staff, and even complete strangers come together to provide hope, help, and prayers for Kirstin’s recovery,” said Coberly. “Many people have asked, ‘What can I do to help?’ Well, this is something simple people can do to get involved.” To register for the 2013 Frostbite 5K Run/Walk, runners and walkers can visit www.active. com and enter keywords “2013 Frostbite 5K.” Registration for the event is $25. To donate directly to Kirstin’s recovery, visit www.prayersforkirstin. jimdo.com online. For more information on the Ride to a Wish Foundation, visit www.walkers5k.com or call (919) 912-WISH. The Ride to a Wish Foundation was founded in 2009 by a group of volunteers who wanted to give children battling life-threatening illnesses a reason to smile—for just one day, for one hour, or for one moment. Granting wishes for these children and the loving families who support them is the only mission of the foundation. All proceeds raised by the foundation go directly to grant wishes for children. The Ride to a Wish Foundation is based in Columbia, N.C.

to invest in the job-creating industry, which had an economic value of $42.6 million last year. The $2 million for oyster restoration included in the current budget is the greatest appropriation for the sector in Virginia history. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) harvest data showed 406,000 bushels of oysters were harvested in the 2012-13 season, up from 257,000 bushels harvested in the previous year. This is an almost 60% increase from year to year. The harvest boom came from both wild-caught oysters and from dramatically increased yields in oyster aquaculture operations on privately-leased water bottoms. The agency had projected Virginia’s oyster harvest last year potentially could reach 320,000 bushels but the yearend numbers revealed the

harvest was, in fact, a whopping 406,000 bushels. Of that, 149,000 bushels were harvested from public oyster grounds and another 257,000 bushels were harvested from privately-leased oyster grounds. “We had high expectations for the oyster harvest, but this is substantially better than we dared to hope,” said VMRC Commissioner Jack Travelstead. “This year’s oyster season opened last month and the initial reports we’re hearing indicate we’re off to a very good start. The oysters being caught are big, tasty, and plentiful.” The previous year’s (201112) harvest totaled 124,000 bushels from public oyster grounds and another 133,000 bushels from oyster aquaculture operations.

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25th Anniversary! Sunday, December 1 • 4–6 p.m. at the LMVFD Firehouse Come enjoy light snacks, great entertainment and a visit with Santa! Give a “White Light” as a Christmas gift in memory or honor of a loved one for $5 or a “Blue Star Light” for $100 Be sure to watch your mailbox for our flyer!

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Santa to be at Saturday’s Operation HVFD Christmas Village Thanksgiving The annual HVFD Auxiliary Christmas Village will be held Saturday, November 23. Vendors, artisans and crafters may rent a table for $10. Outside spaces are also encouraged. Vendors who bring their own setup pay a flat fee of $10. Santa will arrive by fire truck at 10 a.m. Lunch will be available. “Get an early start on Christmas gifts this year while helping to support our local vendors and your fire department,” said

an auxiliary spokesperson. To reserve a space, call Bonnie Rosser at 776-9779. The HVFD also has a Thrift Store in Hartfield. Winter hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday. There are lots of winter clothes in stock along with everyday houseware items, some furniture, toys, “man cave” items, and many other gift items. Watch the Southside Sentinel for specials coming up in December.

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LEAVES Time, that thief, has robbed again. The children all have fledged and gone, No more to watch them raking leaves, Operation Thanksgiving, Or laughing, romping on the a giving program sponsored lawn. by Bethlehem Lodge 249 in Saluda, will distribute food to Fall of the year is coming, families in Middlesex County And the fall of my life is here. on November 22, and meals can Leaves of the trees are turning. be picked up on November 21 at My grand finale draws near. the lodge building on Route 33. For more information, call Bill The leaves of my life are many, Bagby at 824-8921 or Henry They are colored variously, Easton at 758-5111. Some of them a deep crimson, Others no color you see.

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sored by Bethlehem Lodge 249 in Saluda, will distribute food to families in Middlesex County on November 22, and meals can be picked up on November 21 at the lodge building on Route 33. 824-8921

Saturday, November 23

• Deltaville Holiday Farmers’ Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holly Point Nature Park at the Deltaville Maritime Museum. Christmas gifts, arts and crafts, specialty foods, breakfast and lunch available. 776-7200.

Q 145th annual Second Hand Santa Sale sponsored by the Rappahannock General Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary will hold its in the former Radio Shack building in the Food Lion shopping center in Kilmarnock. The sale will take place over 7 days: Thursday, November 21, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, November 22, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, November 23, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; and Sunday, November 24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 435-8546. Q Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade Entries are now being accepted. Call Lois Jean Brooks

at 758-4717 to enter. The parade is Friday, December 6, at 7 p.m. The parade lineup will be at 6 p.m.

Q Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Tuesday – Sunday. 7767200.

Q Middlesex County Museum 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Wednesday – Saturday, in Saluda. 758-3663 Q Hands Across Middlesex at The Cryer Center is open 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesday – Friday. The Clothing Closet is open Tuesdays 10 a.m.–3 p.m. The yard sale is the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. Q GED Classes sponsored by Middle Peninsula RACE are being held at Middlesex High School. 769-1151

Thursday, November 21

• Rappatomac Writers Critique Group meets from 1–3 p.m. at Roma Ristorante Italiano-Tappahannock on Routes 17/360. The public is invited to come early for lunch at noon and to share creativity.

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• Level One pistol Course will be held from 9:45 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Middlesex Sportsman’s Hunt Club ˆ˜ >ÀÌwi`° /…i VœÕÀÃi “iiÌà >˜` iÝVii`à > œv ̅i course instruction requirements as spelled out by Vir}ˆ˜ˆ> -Ì>Ìi œ`i vœÀ µÕ>ˆwV>̈œ˜ ̜ ÀiViˆÛi > 6ˆÀ}ˆ˜ˆ> Concealed Handgun Permit. 776-9861

Audubon bird walk is at Hughlett Point Saturday

On Saturday, November 23, Frank Schaff of the Northern Neck Audubon Society (NNAS) will conduct a bird walk at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve and Dameron Marsh in Northumberland County. Both of these preserves lie on peninsulas jutting into the Chesapeake Bay and offer a wonderful opportunity for viewing birds and wildlife as they include coastal forest, shrub, salt marsh, and sandy beach habitats. Fall is a prime time for bird watching because of the But the ones which are many migrating birds coming brightest, through the Atlantic flyway. To remember now I am old, Possible sightings include bald Are memories gleaned of my eagles, osprey, merlins, pine children. and yellow-rumped warblers, Ah! These are the leaves of royal and Forster terns, dunlins, gold! brown pelicans, great egrets, —Don Loop, Urbanna © American black ducks, mer-

RGH quilt raffle under way The Seconds Unlimited Thrift Shop volunteers are holding raffle drawings for three new, handmade quilts. The quilts were generously donated by Shirley Lindberg.

Raffle tickets will be sold at the Seconds Unlimited Thrift Shop and at the RGH Foundation office. Tickets will be sold for $3 apiece or five for $10.

gansers, buffleheads, loons, spotted and semipalmated sandpipers, semipalmated plovers, brown creepers, eastern phoebes, catbirds, swamp and white throated sparrows, belted kingfishers, flickers and ruby crowned kinglets. Participants will meet in the parking lot at Hughlett Point Preserve at 1 p.m. Directions: From Kilmarnock, take Rt. 200 north. Go approximately 5 miles and turn right (east) on Shiloh School Road (Rt. 606). At the end of Rt. 606, turn right onto Balls Neck Road (Rt. 605). Go approximately a mile and a half. The entrance to Hughlett Point and the parking lot of Hughlett Point will be on the left. Binoculars and water resistant shoes are recommended. There will be several pairs of loaner binoculars available. Call Frank Schaff at 804-4620084 to let him know that you are coming in case the walk is cancelled. For NNAS information and events, visit www.northernneckaudubon.org.

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• HVFD Auxiliary Christmas Village Santa will >ÀÀˆÛi LÞ wÀi ÌÀÕVŽ >Ì £ä >°“° ՘V… ܈ Li >Û>ˆ>Li° Vendors, artisans and crafters may rent a table for $10. Outside spaces are also encouraged. Vendors who bring ̅iˆÀœÜ˜ÃiÌÕ««>Þ>y>Ìviiœvf£ä°/œÀiÃiÀÛi>ë>Vi] call Bonnie Rosser at 776-9779.

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• Taste by the Bay: Wine, Food, Arts and Ale 11 a.m.–5 p.m. at the Tides Inn in Irvington. In addition to the usual samplings from local wineries, the event will include breweries, tastings from local restaurants, live music and artisans. 435-6092 • Pocahontas Playground presented by Belle Isle State Park in Lancaster County at 1 p.m. at the Visitor Center. This children’s program will focus on the many duties of Eastern Woodland Indian children such as hunting, making pottery, reading the landscape and other duties. A fee of $2 applies. 462-5030 • Bird Walk Frank Schaff of the Northern Neck Audubon Society will conduct a bird walk at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve and Dameron Marsh in Northumberland County. Participants will meet at 1 p.m. in the parking lot at Hughlett Point Preserve. 462-0084

Monday, November 25

• America Quilts This PBS video examines the colorful craft of quilts from three perspectives – as histori• Diabetic Support Group will meet the third cal records, as symbols of family and community and as Thursday this month from 3–4 p.m. at the YMCA in works of art. 1 p.m. at the Rappahannock Art League, 19 >ÀÌwi`] ˆ˜ÃÌi>` œv ̅i vœÕÀ̅ `Õi ̜ /…>˜ŽÃ}ˆÛˆ˜}° North Main Street, Kilmarnock. 436-9309 There is no meeting in December but will be back on our normal schedule in January.

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Email your event to [email protected] by Friday for consideration. For an expanded version of our community calendar, please visit www.SSentinel.com.

Weekly Events Thursdays

• Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group 1:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month at Port Town Village Apartments, 111 Port Town Lane, Urbanna. 758-2386 • Cancer Center Support Group 3–4 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of the month at Rappahannock General Hospital. 435-8593 • Diabetic Support Group meets the fourth Thursday œv̅i“œ˜Ì…vÀœ“Îq{«°“°>Ì̅i9 Ƃˆ˜>ÀÌwi`° • Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group 6 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at Ƃâ…iˆ“iÀ½Ã ƂÃÜVˆ>̈œ˜ œvwVi] ÇÎÎx i܈à ƂÛi˜Õi] Gloucester. 695-9382 • Good Deeds for Special Needs Group 6 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at the Pilot House Restaurant. If needed, bring your child. 694-6016 • Deltaville Community Association 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at the Deltaville Community Association building.

Fridays

• Knitting Group 10 a.m. every Friday at Cross Street Coffee, Urbanna.

Saturdays

• Alcoholics Anonymous Open 12-and-12 meeting, 5:30 p.m. every Saturday at Zoar Baptist Church. 7767629

Sundays

• Cub Scout Pack 314 2 p.m. every Sunday at Hermitage Baptist Church in Church View. 347-7323

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Tuesdays

• Rotary Club 7:30 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast at the Pilot House Restaurant, Topping. 694-6416 • Quilting Class 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday at the Lewis Puller Center at Cooks Corner. 241-4860 • Aphasia Group 11 a.m. – noon every Tuesday at RGH Outpatient Rehab, Kilmarnock. 435-8501 • Friends of the Middlesex Animal Shelter meet at noon the second Tuesday of the month over lunch at the Virginia Street Café in Urbanna. 758-3287 • Alzheimer’s Support Îq{«°“°̅iwÀÃÌ/ÕiÃ`>Þœv the month at Bridges Outpatient Services, 113 DMV Drive, Kilmarnock. 435-9237 • Chess 4 p.m. every Tuesday at the Middlesex County Public Library, Deltaville. 776-7362 • RGH Diabetes Support Group x «°“° ̅i wÀÃÌ Tuesday of the month at the RGH Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, Kilmarnock. 435-8305 • Cub Scout Pack 307 6 p.m. every Tuesday at Harmony Grove Baptist Church, Harmony Village. 347-7323 • Lions Club 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Beacon, Topping. 776-7508 • Overeaters Anonymous 7 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 435 Church Street, Kilmarnock. • Middlesex County NAACP 7 p.m. the fourth Tues`>Þœv̅i“œ˜Ì…>Ì̅i œœŽÃ œÀ˜iÀ"vwVi œ“‡ plex, 2911 General Puller Highway. r #N#PQP 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Harmony Grove Baptist Church, Topping.

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Wednesdays

• Story Hour 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday beginning September 18 at the Middlesex YMCA. 776-8846 • Knitters Group 10 a.m. every Wednesday at • Veterans Café 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. every Monday all Urbanna United Methodist Church. veterans are welcome at 84 Main Street, Warsaw. 769- • Story Hour 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the 2751 Middlesex County Public Library, Urbanna Branch. • Dementia Support Group £ä\Îä >°“° ̅i wÀÃÌ 756-5717 Monday of the month at the Alzheimer’s Association • Story Hour 3 p.m. every Wednesday at Urbanna œvwVi]ÇÎÎxi܈ÃƂÛi°]œÕViÃÌiÀ°șx‡™ÎnÓ Methodist Church. 756-5717 • Boy Scout Troop 370 6 p.m. every Monday at the • Bingo 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Booster American Legion Hall, Saluda. 347-7323

ÕL]>ÀÌwi`°Çxn‡Ó™£ä • Kiwanis Club of Middlesex 6 p.m. every Monday at the United Methodist Church, Urbanna. 758-2020. Email your event to [email protected] by • Bingo 7 p.m. every Monday at Middlesex County Friday for consideration. Please keep your event information current. Volunteer Rescue Squad, Deltaville.

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at the library by Ralph Oppenheim Executive Director I just finished reading “Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World” by Tristan Donovan. It’s an entertaining book that tells the remarkable history of soft drinks. The characters involved in this history are interesting and the sometimes important role that soft drinks have played in that history is fascinating. The book is entertaining; some of the stories involving soda will amaze you. When you think of soda you often think of the ubiquitous vending machines that are lit up even when everything else around is dark. Soon, in some parts of the country when people think of vending machines, they’ll think “library.” Let me explain. Oklahoma’s Pioneer Library System (PLS) last week became the first library in the U.S. to debut a 24-Hour Library, which is essentially a giant library materials vending machine. PLS bought two. The $200,000 units are treated as a new branch, offering 400 books, audiobooks, DVDs, and other media for checkout, and storing up to 1,000 returned items in a 14-bin sorter. Simplifying checkouts and returns, the system can read library card barcodes and detect RFID tags. It also offers nearby users a Wi-Fi access point, and enables patrons to pay fees or fines with a credit card. The 24-Hour Library and its contents are protected by a remotely-accessible four camera security system with a 30-day DVR recorder and a door/system alarm. To reserve

materials, patrons can search the library’s catalog on a 17-inch industrial display with a kiosk keyboard and mouse, or learn more about library programs via a 32-inch industrial touch screen. Three other library systems are following close behind PLS. Fresno County Public Library, the Milwaukee Public Library, and San Diego County Library soon will have 24-hour libraries. Back in 2008, Contra Costa County Library installed a little machine called a Library-a-Go-Go, which dispensed print books at a busy Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station. While the vending machine was popular and was used to lend lots of books during its first two years, usage began declining by 2011 because of the proliferation of tablets and e-readers among commuters. It’s still there, but like the name, Library-a-Go-Go, it would seem its time in history has come and gone. Library movers and shakers are always talking about “emerging technologies.” But no machines will ever be able to replace the helpfulness and friendliness of our staff. Can you imagine replacing Betty Pinchefsky with a touchpad? Never! Or Celane! Of course not! How about me? Well . . . The art of Bob Kates is on the walls of the meeting room at the Deltaville Branch. This Friday the Ratlines Book Discussion Group will meet at the teahouse at the Deltaville Maritime Museum to discuss Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.”

Fochtmann receives Arrowman Award Star Scout Will Fochtmann of Boy Scout Troop 341 recently took part in his Brotherhood ceremony in Nawakwa Lodge #3 of the Order of the Arrow. Fochtmann also received his First Year Arrowman Award, which required completion of certain activities in his first year as an Ordeal member. The Order of the Arrow (OA) is recognized as the Boy Scouts of America’s national brotherhood of honor campers. Members are recognized as best exemplifying the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives. This recognition provides encouragement for others to live these ideals as well. Arrowmen, as members are called, are known for maintaining camping traditions and spirit, promoting year-round

and long term resident camping, and providing cheerful service to others. OA service, activities, adventures, and training for youth and adults are models of quality leadership development and programming. The goal is to develop leaders with the willingness, character, spirit and ability to advance the activities of their units, the OA Brotherhood, Scouting, and ultimately our nation. After 10 months of service as an Ordeal member and after fulfilling certain requirements, a member may take part in the Brotherhood ceremony, which places further emphasis on the ideals of Scouting and the Order. Completion of this ceremony signifies full membership in the Order of the Arrow.

Virginia. He plans to refer to several bird stories he’s written. Springston covers environmental issues for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The beat involves writing about everything from water and air pollution to uranium mining, bald eagles, giant catfish and climate change. Springston holds a degree in

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On October 19, 120 runners and walkers participated in the St. Margaret’s School 15th annual Rappahannock River Run/Walk. The St. Margaret’s Alumnae Association chose The Haven, a local non-profit organization committed to preventing and eliminating all types of

Federal Employees (NARFE) Northern Neck Chapter 1823 Holiday Luncheon to be held at noon on Tuesday, December 3, at the Horn Harbor House Restaurant, 836 Horn Harbor Road, Burgess. Call 580-8666 to make a reservation.

domestic violence and sexual assault, as their 2013 nonprofit partner. In addition to helping to promote Domestic Violence Awareness Month, St. Margaret’s also donated a portion of the proceeds from the race. On November 13, St. Margaret’s head of school Lindy

Williams and race coordinator Lindsay Harmon presented The Haven’s Community Relations Coordinator Sandy Longest with a check that represented a portion of the event’s proceeds for this deserving organization. To learn more about The Haven and how you can get involved, visit www.havenshelter.org.

‘Native Azaleas’ to be program topic The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society invites the public to George McLellan’s “Native Azaleas” presentation on Thursday, November 21. “Not many people are aware of the astonishing diversity and beauty of our Eastern North American native azaleas,” said Northern Neck Chapter education co-chair Carol Hammer. “McLellan has an uncommon breadth of horticultural knowledge and many will have seen his luxuriant display gardens at Brent and Becky’s Bulbs in Gloucester.” An active member of many plant societies and an expert photographer, McLellan founded the Species Study Group of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American

The caregiver support groups normally held in Kilmarnock and Urbanna on the 4th Thursday of each month will be cancelled on Thursday, November 28, for the Thanksgiving holiday and on Thursday, December 26, for the Christmas holiday. The following programshave been added to the schedule: “The Path to Tomorrow’s Treatments: Clinical Trials,” Thursday, December 5, 1:30-3 p.m., Port Town Apartment Community Room, 111 Port Town Lane, Urbanna. Clinical trials are one of the most immediate ways you can make a difference, not only in your life but also in the lives of millions of others. Donald and Christy Talbott will share their firsthand experience of clinical trials for Alzheimer’s and tell you how you can get involved. This program is free and open to the public. For more information call 695-9382 or email [email protected].

NARFE plans Middlesex holiday lunch NAACP to Reservations are due for the meet Tuesday National Active and Retired Middlesex County NAACP Unit 7091 will hold a general meeting on Tuesday, November 26, at 7 p.m. in the Cooks Corner Office Complex at 2911 General Puller Highway, two miles east of Saluda. All members are urged to attend.



      

       

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St. Margaret’s head of school Lindy Williams and race coordinator Lindsay Harmon present The Haven’s community relations coordinator Sandy Longest with a check that represented a portion of the event’s proceeds raised during St. Margaret’s 15th annual Rappahannock River Run/Walk.

          

 

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Rhododendron Society. “This is a group of dedicated enthusiasts who’ve pioneered the rescue and reestablishment of native azalea populations in the Great Smoky and Snowbird Mountains of North Carolina,” said Rick Bauer president of the society’s Northern Virginia Chapter. In 2007 McLellan was awarded the Society’s Silver Medal for his sustained efforts to locate, document, describe and preserve the 15 species of East Coast native azaleas. The meeting will start at noon on November 21 at the Wicomico Parish Church (Episcopal) Hall in Wicomico Church. Bring a brown bag lunch; tea/coffee and light refreshments will be available. Visitors are welcome.

Lancaster Library book sale set for Nov. 21-23 The Friends of the Lancaster Community Library will hold its annual “Like-New Book Sale” November 21-23 in the Library community room at 235 School Street in Kilmarnock. Hours are Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m.noon. Friends co-president Elaine Harrigan said, “The sale is open to the public and offers thousands of hardcover and paperback fiction, non-fiction,

and children’s books in likenew or gently-used condition. Most items are priced from $1 to $3. This year we also have a large selection of classical music CDs and opera and symphonies on DVD.” Cash and checks are accepted for purchases. All proceeds are used by the Friends group to support library programs, new book and media purchases, and the Storymobile. For more information, call the library at 435-1729.

RGH ‘Tree of Lights’ illumination due Dec. 4 Rappahannock General Hospital’s annual lighting of the “Tree of Lights” will be held Wednesday, December 4, at 5 p.m. in front of the hospital’s main entrance. The community is invited to attend and share in the festivities. Refreshments will be served immediately following the ceremony. According to Lyle Avent, RGH Volunteer Auxiliary President, the ceremony will include RGH Volunteer Chaplain Dr. Barbara Cain of Abiding Faith Baptist Church, who will give the invocation, and music will be provided by the “RGH Singers.” The Tree of Lights allows family members, friends and businesses to honor, remember and share the Christmas

spirit with loved ones, said Avent. The Tree of Lights has also become a symbol of the community’s support and involvement in the hospital. The monetary gifts received provide support and assistance within the hospital in the form of equipment and technology that is above and beyond the budgeted amounts. Names of donors and of the family members or friends receiving the lights will be recorded in a Memory Book in the hospital’s front lobby. If requested, a note of acknowledgement will be sent to the family or friend being honored or remembered. For more information, contact the RGH Auxiliary Office at 435-8546.

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arts & leisure RCC library features Pomaska murals ‘Just Desserts’ ‘Scary Halloween’ is a “I’m so happy that I took mystery play big hit at maritime park the challenge,” said Urbanna artist Anna Pomaska about her venture into mural painting in the Children’s Room of the Rappahannock Community College/Richmond County Public Library. Her appealing farmyard and woodland scenes add greatly to the fresh new look resulting from the library’s recent renovations, and she was particularly pleased that her art would become a permanent part of a community college. “I love community colleges,” she said. “They offer such great things when you’re ready to enrich and expand your abilities.” During her work on the paintings, which took a total of perhaps 60 to 70 hours divided into three-hour or four-hour sessions, Pomaska was gratified to find that children using the room were fascinated by the process. “They wanted to help me paint,” she smiled. “One boy was so interested that I gave him a little lesson—I showed him how I got the different colors by mixing my paints.” Born in Scotland of Polish parents displaced during World War II, Pomaska emigrated with them at an early age to Buffalo, New York, where she graduated from Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy in 1964. She went on to study painting, drawing, printmaking, and the graphic arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, receiving her bachelor of fine arts degree in 1968. After graduation, she stayed on as the school’s assistant photographer in publications—the beginning of a lifelong involvement with photography. In 1976 she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York. Her work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the Memo-

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This mural, which graces the Children’s Room of the RCC/ Richmond County Public Library, was created by Urbanna artist Anna Pomaska. rial Art Gallery in Rochester, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Margaret Crow Gallery in Pasadena, the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, California, and the Marsh Art Gallery at the University of Richmond. She was based in California for some years, but relocated to Urbanna at the suggestion of a friend who lived there. The move allowed her to offer a home to her aging mother, who had begun to need daily care and a milder climate than that of her previous residence in Buffalo. Soon after receiving her master’s degree, Pomaska published the first of well over 100 children’s activity books that she has written and illustrated for Dover Publications. “I was their first living children’s author,” she notes—previous children’s books from Dover had all been reprints of earlier works. The activity books were an excellent resource for the library murals, as the request for a “farm mural” fit perfectly with the “Baby Animals Sticker Stories” that she had already published. She also was able to re-use

Gloucester prepares for open house, Main Street Santa Dash The Gloucester Main Street Association’s annual open house will be on Sunday, December 8, beginning at 1 p.m. and finishing the day at the Historic Court Circle with the Community Christmas Tree Lighting at 5:30 p.m. An annual tradition on Main Street for over 20 years, the businesses will welcome the public to Main Street with free refreshments, holiday specials, fantastic selection, and good old-fashioned customer service. The public will enjoy live music by “Something Different” beginning at 1 p.m. and caroling along Main Street. Pictures with Santa will be from 1-4:30 p.m. at Daffodil Vintage on Main. Children can expect to visit with Santa amongst a tea room setting complete with Snow Queen. Pictures will be $5. To kick off the open house this year, a Main Street Santa Dash has been added to begin the day. This .8-mile costumed fun run will start at Edge Hill Town Center and travel up and around the historic Court Circle and end back at Kelsick Specialty Market.

The “dash” is complete with great cash prizes and gift certificates in each costumed category. The categories are as follows: Best Original Santa, Best Santa Pet, Best Family of Santa’s, Best Themed Santa, and Best Christmas Family. Each registration that is received by November 25 will receive a free Santa Dash t-shirt courtesy of Peace Frogs. The cost to enter for adults that are 18 and over is $15, and under 18 or a pet is $5. To register or for more information, visit www. gloucestervillage.com or call Ashley at 695-0700. On-site registration will be available as well starting at 11:30 a.m. at Edge Hill Town Center and the dash will begin at noon. Proceeds from the Santa Dash will go to the “Shop with a Cop” program through the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Department to provide children with toys at Christmas. The Santa Dash and Open House are being sponsored by the Gloucester Main Street Association, Main Street Preservation Trust, Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, Gloucester County EDA, and Peace Frogs.

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the “hidden pictures” technique from many of her books, where familiar creatures and objects share their outlines with those of other elements of the picture, and can only be spotted with a close and careful look. Her woodland mural in the Children’s Room (borrowed from a “Little Red Riding Hood” illustration) shows a tree that, as well as a quirky face formed from wrinkles in the bark, has eight birds tucked in among its branches, trunk, and roots. She had to scale up her drawings considerably to fit the larger space they were intended for, but the library’s overhead projector “made it so easy,” she said. In addition to her career in art, Pomaska and her husband, Wyatt Portz, are the creators of “Moving Breath Yoga,” which focuses on hatha yoga as a practice that excludes no age or body type, and addresses mind and spirit equally. They have taught for the last five years at the Gloucester Wellness Center and also at the Middlesex YMCA in Hartfield. In December of this year, they plan to open their own studio in Urbanna. “My yoga helped a lot with all the climbing and stretching I had to do with the murals,” said Pomaska.

On Thursday and Friday, November 21-22 starting at 7 p.m., the “Duke Troupe,” a group of young and aspiring actors from Gloucester High School, will present “Just Desserts,” a play by Craig Sodaro, at Gloucester Arts on Main, 6580-B Main Street, Gloucester. The plot concerns a bakeoff where the three finalists are having their sweets judged by Judge Reginald P. Cogsworth, who absolutely hates sweets. As fate would have it, in the middle of the final tasting, the judge drops dead. This hour-long audienceparticipation mystery is perfect for a “dessert” theater presentation. The show will be presented in two parts with a 10-minute intermission. Tickets are $5 and include a drink, dessert and the show. Call 824-9464 for more information.

RAL photo art forum is Monday At 1 p.m. on Monday, November 25, the Rappahannock Art League will host an art forum titled “An Album of a Century: Photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue.” Jeffrey W. Allison will explore Lartigue’s photographs from his first sincere, often playful presentation of friends, family and French society made as early as age 6 to his later-day fashion layouts and portraits. The presentation will be at the Studio Art Gallery, 19 N. Main Street, Kilmarnock.

Donk’s Theater to feature Donna Ulisse On Saturday, November 23, Donna Ulisse and “The Poor Mountain Boys” will appear at Donk’s Theater, Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry in Mathews. Ulisse, who sang at Donk’s as a teenager, returns to her roots and brings with her one of the best bands performing in bluegrass music today. Ulisse’s voice has been described as “rapturous and angelic,” strong and supple, warm, rich, companionable and crystalline, demanding your attention, adapting readily to whatever song she is singing, and wrapping itself around the lyrics. Ulisse also is a prolific song writer and will perform selections from her latest album, “All the Way to Bethlehem,” this Saturday as a prelude to the Smith Family Christmas Show, which will be presented on December 6. After Ulisse moved to Nashville in the 1980s, she quickly became an in-demand demo singer and background vocalist, lending her voice to records by legends such as Jerry Reed. She signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and in 1991 released her first album,

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Over 496 (actual count) costumed youngsters and at least 1,500 family members and volunteers from all over the area gathered at Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park on Halloween night, October 31, for “Scary Halloween in the Park.” “We counted all the kids coming through the gate but there seemed to be at least three other family members with each Trick-or-Treater and a lot of the folks, especially teenagers, bypassed the counting and headed right for the ‘Field of Screams’ and the ‘Wailin’ Woods.’ All we know is we had two hay wagons going full blast, a constant stream through the ‘Woods,’ costumed characters everywhere, and a full parking lot all evening. What a night!”said Chuck McGhinnis, co-coordinator of the event. Over 50 volunteers, groups and organizations stepped up to make this a one-of-a kind night. A volunteer who loaded wagons said, “Put good people in the right places and let ‘em go! Many thanks to the multiple crews of the Field of Screams; Krystal and Jason Ware were amazing zombie watermen in the Fishing Village, Blackbeard’s Crew were spot on in the shipwrecked pirate encampment, Christchurch students were relentless in the Grim Reaper Graveyard, Will George was strangely comfortable in the serial killer chop shop, Kyle Shelton, Rachel Shelton and Corey Buchanan lit up the stormy scene within the Oar House, Terry Harrow and Nichole Jackson were cookin’ in the witches gazebo and, of course, the ‘Creepy Clowns,’ Denise Carter and company (Roxanne Ward, Hunter and Linton) were, well, creepy, in the strobe tunnel. “And of course, there’s Stephen, who turned a construction site into a movie theater, a forest into a 20-foot talking head, and pieces of vine covered scaffold into a strobe light tunnel. You

were all great and, without you, the night would not have been the same,” said the volunteer. The event could not happen without tremendous amounts of ingenuity, dedication, perseverance and problem-solving from the many diverse volunteers. The businesses who helped make it happen were: Middle Peninsula Insurance, Fishing Bay Family Practice, Stephen R. Blue and Associates, Deltaville Auto, IsaBell Horsley Real Estate, Coastal Comfort and Bedding, Rappahannock Woodworks Inc., EVB Bank, Deltaville Auto, and A-Photos Photography. Groups who participated were: Zoar Baptist Church, Christchurch School, Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, Hartfield Volunteer Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Whew! All the volunteers, if I miss anyone, I apologize. This is the list I have: Joe Harrow, Ward and Mary Barnes, Randy and Stephen Blue, Corey Buchanan, Art Bunnell, Lynn and Don Burnett, Jeff Cherry, Brenda Collamore, Jock Collamore, Robert and Laura Cook, Amber Cordle, Larry Dean, Susan Dunaway, Jon Farinholt (thanks for the extra hay wagon), Becky Ferrell, Ruth and Gordon Gibb, Bill Gieg, Debbie Holloman, Bob Walker, Eddie and Terry Harrow, Ben Hazelwood, IsaBell Horsley, Kyle and Christie Jenkins, Brenda Kauffman, John Koedel Jr., Becky and Dennis Mann, Ashley Martin, Chuck and Linda McGhinnis, John McQueen, Rebekah and Page Melton, T.C. Moore, David Moore, Cathy Newcomb, Brad Norris, Kurt Osterhoff, Lynne Poland, Neena Rodgers, Michelle Rother, Austin and Kelsey Martin, Steve and Hayden Hicks and Brandi, Kayla and Michael Davis, Stephen Smith, John Snow, Marvin Tiller, Cheryl Thompson, Roxanne Ward, Jason and Krystal Ware, Turner Thompson, Taylor Goodwin, Christin Archer, Jason Wang, Anna Lee, Katie Byrd, Rachel Hagos, Hunter Ward and Linton Robins.

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Donna Ulisse “Trouble At The Door.” Two singles from that album hit the Billboard charts. She now has seven albums to her credit. The editor of “Country Standard Time” magazine said her album, “All The Way to Bethlehem,” may be the best Christmas-story related country album of the year. For this show only, admission is $15 for adults and children. Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open to the public at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and information, call 725-7760 or visit the website at www.donkstheater.com.

‘Babette’s Feast’ to be shown The Mathews Film Society will show the movie “Babette’s Feast” this Friday, November 22, at 1 p.m. on the third floor of The Halcyon Building at 40 Court Street in Mathews Court House. Admission is free and open to the public.

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The holidays are once again upon us and plans are under way for the annual Jackson Creek Christmas Cruise. There will be four cruises, one each hour, starting at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 13. The rain date is Saturday, December 14. Only 40 tickets will be available for each cruise. Tickets for adults (anyone over 12) are $5. Children age 12 and under are admitted free but they must have a ticket and be accompanied by an adult. Chaperones of children age 3 and under must have an infant life jacket. Please call ahead of time if you need a jacket for a small child and the Deltaville Community Association will provide one. Regular children’s life jackets (for children of at least 50 pounds) will be provided on the tour boat, “M.V. Tortuga.” Tickets are available in

Deltaville at J&W Seafood and Nauti Nell’s on a first-come, first-served basis. Any tickets not sold before the event will be available at the door, but usually the cruises sell out early. Mail order tickets are available by sending a check made out to the DCA to Raynell Smith, P.O. Box 515, Deltaville, VA 23043. Make sure to specify a time for your cruise and how many adult and children’s tickets you need. Include a contact name and phone number. These tickets can be picked up at the door. Once again, homemade cookies and apple cider will be provided free of charge. More details about the event will be published later. Volunteers are needed. If you can help or have any questions about tickets, call Smith at 815-3102. Those with questions about the cruise, call Bob Walker at 694-9139.

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Holiday Gift Market is Saturday at maritime park by Bill Powell Events Director Maritime Museum

Railroaders raffle The Rappahannock River Railroaders held their annual drawing for a Polar Express Train Set on November 12 at the club headquarters in Deltaville. Guest William Peacock drew the winning ticket and handed it to club president Carl Rew. Observing was David Stutzman, chair of the club’s “trailer events,” at which most of the tickets were sold. The winner was Erick Denkinger of Millbrook, N.Y. Above, Peacock hands the winning ticket to Rew.

Feng Shui design expert to lecture in Gloucester On Saturday, November 23, from 1-4 p.m., Virginia Beach resident Peggy Cross, a Feng Shui specialist and nationally certified interior designer, will present a lecture, “Your Blessed Space.” The focus will be on how to de-clutter and harmonize a home using Feng Shui. This event will take place in the American Legion Hall, 6139 George Washington Memorial Hwy., Gloucester. The Edgar Cayce Search for God Study Group of Gloucester will be the event sponsor and there will be light refreshments. Donations will be welcomed. Cross is a professional Feng Shui teacher, lecturer, writer and consultant, as well as a certified interior designer. Her mission is to assist and guide her clients and students toward creating greater beauty, joy, peace, and positive change in their homes and in their lives. She has published articles in “Venture Inward” magazine. She presents monthly lectures and mentors e-groups on the alignment of Feng Shui and

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Peggy Cross the teachings of Edgar Cayce. Cross is currently an adjunct instructor of interior design as well as Feng Shui at Tidewater Community College in Chesapeake. She received her BFA in interior design from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla., and her BA in political science from Indiana/ Purdue Universities at Indianapolis. She is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers and a Virginia Certified Interior Designer. Her current work-in-progress is her new book, “Peace In Our Homes and Hearts—A Feng Shui Journey to The Divine in Our Relationships.” Those interested in attending this presentation should contact Cathy Hunsberger at [email protected] or 832-3262 or 693-6563.

Bluegrass bands to play at Freeshade At 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, the “Virginia Mountain Boys” and the “Honeywind Bluegrass Boys” will perform at Freeshade Community Center in Syringa. The show is free and open to the public, and will be the last show of 2013.

Well, it’s hard to believe, but here it is—the last scheduled public event of the year at Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park. The 2013 events-filled schedule that started at the maritime park last spring with the annual Easter Egg Hunt finishes up in style this Saturday, November 23, with the 7th annual Holiday Gift Market. A full slate of activities starts at 9 a.m. with the opening of this holiday gift-oriented market. The market will be open until 1 p.m. with all your favorite produce, local cheeses, honeys, soaps, quilts, wooden bowls, half-hull models, leatherwork, jewelry, original artwork, Alpaca wool clothing, oyster floats, books and antiques, all by local crafts persons. All the vendors “under the canopies” will bring their best. Lots of handmade items perfect for that special Christmas gift. If you’re hungry, come early at 8 a.m. and get your motor running with hot coffee, hot cocoa and egg sandwiches or breakfast bowls at Billz Bistro. The country ham biscuit is a big hit! “Biscuitmaster” Lynn has promised to make and bake cheese biscuits for this last Bistro of the year. There won’t be a bunch, so get there early. Billz Bistro will be serving an enhanced lunch menu starting around 10 a.m. All its tasty regular menu items will be served as well as its signature festival crab cakes. The crab cakes will be available as a sandwich for $6 or a “dinner special” of two crab cakes, two buns and side of cole slaw “to go” for $10. Folks wanting to phone in advance crab cake orders for pickup can call the museum office until 4:30 p.m. Friday. Give them your name and pickup time, then just stop by the Bistro Saturday and pick up your order. Orders also can be made in person at the Bistro beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Billz Bistro is located in the

north wing of the Events Pavilion. Bistro volunteers will keep the hot coffee and hot cocoa going, and serve lunch until 1 p.m. On the pier, workboat creek rides along Mill and Jackson creeks will begin at 10 a.m. aboard Chesapeake Boatworks “Only Son,” captained by Jon Farinholt. This is a wonderful opportunity to see the colorful leaves and views along two of the prettiest creeks in Middlesex. The mini-museum will be open starting at 10 a.m. with free admission, ship models, and the “Civil War in Middlesex” exhibit. This is also your chance to get a look at the new museum building as it comes together. The Stingray Point Hotel/Old Red Barn style structure is up and weatherproofed, the windows are all installed, and the standing seam roofing is in progress. Make sure to do plenty of kibitzing while you are at the market. All the gardens and nature walks are manicured and open for a leisurely stroll or bench warming. The fall colors are in. Grab a seat in the new fountaincentered pavilion courtyard, in the Gary Waterfront Pavilion, or a bench on the nature trails and watch the market unfold around you. All craftsmen, artists and vendors who have gift and Christmas oriented items who wish to be a vendor at the Holiday Market should call the museum office. There is plenty of room in Holly Point Nature Park. This is the last scheduled public event at the Maritime Park for 2013 so don’t miss it. Check our website for the 2014 schedule as it firms up. 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. deltavillemuseum.com, email [email protected] or call 776-7200. The museum mailing address is P.O. Box 466, Deltaville, VA 23043.

lions club news Middlesex Lions along with a grateful nation celebrated Veterans Day. U.S. veterans have made so many great contributions and sacrificed so much to serve our country. To honor our veterans, Lions Club International has approved a special program, “Involve a U.S. Veteran,” and are offering it only in the United States. The Middlesex Lions are proud to be a part of this program which will waive the entrance fee to join our club to any service member honorably discharged from the military between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2015. We would like to reach out to veterans in our community and offer them the opportunity to

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make a difference and change lives as Lions. The Lions thank the community for their continued support at the Urbanna Oyster Festival. This was another successful festival for us, and without the help of all the volunteers this would not be possible. A thank-you to Walmart for donating all the bread, J&W Seafood for again supplying all the oysters and crab cakes, and to their employees, who worked tirelessly along with our members Friday and Saturday. Also, thanks to U.S. Food, Food Lion, Revere Gas, Urbanna Market and Church View Septic for their help. The funds raised at the festival enable the Lions to continue to serve our community. Middlesex Lions are always seeking new members to help us provide services, and our District Governor, Lion Donnie Johnson, reminded us to “think outside the box” as we seek to serve others. Middlesex Lions meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at The Beacon in Topping. Come and join us.

W&M alumni holiday party set for Dec. 5 The William & Mary Lower Northern Neck Alumni Chapter invites alumni and friends to jump start the holidays at its annual holiday party on Thursday, December 5, from 5:30-8 p.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, 132 Lancaster Drive, Irvington. Enjoy a lavish selection of hors d’oeuvres and desserts, plus a cash bar. The cost is $27 for dues-payers, $32 for others. Those attending are encouraged to bring a new toy or book or cash donation for the Bank of Lancaster’s Golden Santa program benefiting local families. To register, contact Carol Hughes ‘68 at 438-5739.

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Linda Boyatzies wins RAL photography show Linda Boyatzies of Hartfield won first place in the Rappahannock Art League (RAL) annual photography show. Her winning entry was titled “Total Relaxation.” It was a photo of a koala bear taken in Australia. Second place went to Carol Hammer for her photo “Menokin I,” and third place went to Maggie Gilman for “Fence on the Dune.” Honorable mentions went to Mary Ellis, BJ McMillan, Marianne Miller and Carol Sennott. Judge Mike Geissinger stated that “the range of the photographers from straight-

forward to abstract… showcases the talent and versatility of show participants.” Geissinger was a staff photographer in the Johnson White House, a photography professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Washington, D.C., photojournalist whose images have been published in newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Life. He is a member of the White House News Photographers Association and the American Society of Picture Professionals. His portfolio can be viewed at www.mikegphotos.com.

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Tree of Lights Gala due Dec. 7 Each year Riverside Walter Reed’s Tree of Lights Gala brings community members, volunteers, donors and health system employees together for an evening of great food, good music and festive auction items in the spirit of the holidays and of giving. This year’s gala, open to the public, will be held Saturday, December 7, at 6 p.m. at the Abingdon Ruritan Center in Bena. Each year funds raised benefit the Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Make a Difference Fund. This event would not be possible without the generous support of individuals and businesses within area communities. This year’s exclusive Presenting Sponsor is Spain Commercial Inc.; Platinum Sponsor, Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Volunteers; Gold Sponsors, Chesapeake Bank, Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust, Gloucester Pharmacy, Middle Peninsula Insurance and Financial Services, Rappahannock Concrete, Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Medical Executive Committee, Phillips Energy and The WhitingTurner Contracting Company; Bronze Sponsors, Bangkok Noi Restaurant, BB&T Mortgage, Dr.

Joseph A. Lombard DDS, State Farm Insurance-Josh Junker, and Dr. Timothy Leigh DDS. Generous donors like Gloucester Florist, Lowe’s and Vashti’s Jewelers have given great auction items and other local contributors include Hodges and Bryant, Hogg Funeral Home, and Village Cleaners. All proceeds from the event benefit the Riverside Walter Reed Make a Difference Fund and are used to advance patient care services. This year’s Tree of Lights Gala and current fundraising efforts are in support of creating comfort for hospital patients, their families and visitors who find themselves utilizing the services of the Middle Peninsula Cancer Center. Reserved seating tables for eight at the gala are $400. Open seating reservations are $50 each and $75 per couple. Reservations will be taken online at www.riversideonline.com/rwrh and by phone at 693-8877. For more information on 2013 gala sponsorships or participating in the Cancer and Comfort Campaign, contact Scott Brown of the Riverside Foundation at [email protected] or 804201-5358.

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land deed transfers The following land deed transfers were registered in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Middlesex County in the month of October 2013. The information includes the grantor, grantee, amount of land transferred, magisterial district and amount of consideration involved. Those listed below involved a sale price of $50,000 or more. Oyster Harbor Urbanna LLC to River Retreat LLC, land, Town of Urbanna, $408,600. Betty Jean Ryman to Corey A. Depping II, land, Saluda, $103,000. Robert J. Cacciotti to Wesley G. Sanderson, land, Pinetop, $370,000 Raymond W. Robertson to Kenneth R. Miller, land, Pinetop, $175,000. Diana M. Croxton to Bailey M. Harrow, land, Pinetop, $155,000.

Daniel T. Brooks to Brent B. Brooks, land, Jamaica, $145,000 Linda Marie Taltavull to Roy Mo, land, Pinetop, $250,000. Edith S. Siegel Tr. to Berend S. Tyson Tr., land, Pinetop, $91,000. Russell Crawford Jr. to William K. Wills Jr., land, Saluda, $144,000. ALG Trustee LLC to Citimortgage Inc., land, Saluda, $120,874.30. James Edward Ashley Jr. to Barbara Ashley Firesheets, land, Saluda $176,889.45. Paul A. Wiedemann to Chesapeake Custom Builders Inc., land, Saluda, $50,000. Donald T. Knight to Vernon C. Willis, land, Jamaica, $50,000. Robert A. Murdock to Robert E. Wilbanks, land, Jamaica, $179,000. Kepley Broscious & Briggs PLC to First Community Bank, land, Pinetop, $402,500.

Urbanna water issues . . . deposit is $1,000. She added that the last two restaurants to close in Urbanna left the town “in the hole.” One restaurant closed with a $1,200 water bill, and the deposit was just $1,000. “This is one area we continue to get burned,” said Gailey. “It’s hard to recover the money when they close.” Gailey added that a few delinquent customers have created the need for a deposit. While Gailey noted that when the town grants a Special Use Permit (SUP) to open a restaurant, one of the conditions allows the town to shut off the restaurant’s water immediately if the bill is not paid. “Imagine closing a restaurant,” said Gailey, indicating the impracticality of shutting off the water. The town has six restaurants and each has an average bill of $800 to $1,100 for two months, she added. Gailey noted that if the

adminster the program. “The permit fees are not going to pay for the project!” she said. Howard said that over the next 10 years Middlesex County will most likely have to hire a fulltime person to administer the program or increase the workload of county staff members. The program impacts all building projects that disturb 2,500 square feet of land per acre or more. The builder will have to provide a plan to direct water away from the watershed; the plan will have to be approved by the county; and the project will have to be regularly inspected by the county. This will require engineering services that are not now required, said Howard. “This could mean building drainage ponds or some other way to mitigate storm-water [runoff],” she said. The program also gives the county eminent domain rights, which means county officials can go on private property to make sure storm-water management systems are working. “Isn’t agriculture the main

Laughtons . . .

• Authorized spending up to $2,000 for Christmas decorations. The town Christmas tree will be set up on the vacant lot at Virginia and Cross streets. • Noted that Holly Gailey has been appointed town administrator. She had been serving as “interim” town administrator. • Was informed that Middlesex Sheriff David Bushey will address council at its December 16 meeting. Bushey had voiced concerns to the Middlesex Board of Supervisors about the length of the Oyster Festival Parade. • Was informed a deposit has been placed on the purchase of fireworks for the Independence Day celebration on Saturday, July 5. The total cost is $7,000. • Was informed that the town marina has increased revenue by $10,000. • Voted to split the $1,700 cost of an electric panel at Taber Park with the Urbanna Oyster Festival Foundation.

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culprit in polluting the bay?” asked Saluda District supervisor Pete Mansfield. Howard said Mansfield was correct, but the storm-water management program has nothing to do with agriculture runoff, which is being handled through another program. County administrator Matt Walker said he and other county administrators are reviewing ways to administer the program regionally, perhaps through the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission. “There may be other ways of dealing with this,” he said. “But for certain, we are going to have to deal with it.” Mansfield also asked what DEQ was going to do to earn its 28% of the fees. Supervisor Jack Miller, who is also president of the Virginia Association of Counties (VACO), said VACO is recommending that DEQ’s portion of the fees be reduced. Howard said the way the program is now set up, the overall fee can be reduced, but only from the county’s portion. “You

cannot reduce the amount the state is going to get,” she said. The county’s preliminary plan has to be approved by January 15, 2014; final approval of a local ordinance has to be approved by May 15, 2014; and the ordinance must be enforced beginning July 1, 2014. “It doesn’t sound like we have too many choices,” said Mansfield. “I never thought we would have to manage the rain,” said Miller.

“You didn’t know what to feel.” Classes were dismissed. MCV is located on Broad Street, a busy road in the heart of downtown Richmond. “By the time we walked three blocks to the dorms, the whole city had gotten quiet,” Saunders recalled. “It was like someone had thrown a big ball of cotton over the city. There were no harsh sounds.” Central Fidelity Bank flew a tremendous flag from its multistory building that could be seen from all over Richmond. “They lowered the flag to half mast,” said Saunders. “I can still see it.” What did the nation lose that day? “We’ll never know the full extent of what could have been,” he said. “On that day, whether you voted for him or not, he was definitely your President.” “It all made me think” Curt’s wife Genie was a junior at Mathews High School when she got the news of the assassination as radio reports were played over the school intercom. “The entire class went silent.” Like many, she spent the weekend glued to the TV. And, in those sobering days, she became more aware of politics. On Friday morning she had been a “happy-go-lucky” teenager. By the time the funeral caisson carried the slain leader to Arlington Cemetery, she had matured. “It all made me think about us, the President, and our place in the rest of the world.” Like many, she still asks, “I wonder what the future of our country would have been?”

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Sometimes you wonder Don McNamee, who retired to Hartfield, was 24 years old and working in a central office at C&P Telephone in Richmond when the news of Kennedy’s assassination broke. “Every switch that was available went into use at the same time when people heard it,” he said. “The whole switchboard system locked up; there was no way anyone else could get through until someone hung up.” McNamee and astonished workers relied on the radio for updates. “This is unbelievable,” he remembers thinking. “It felt like something bad had happened in the family. It’s something you never forget.” Regarding Oswald as the lone assassin, McNamee commented, “Some say leave it alone. Can we trust the government? Sometimes you wonder.” However, McNamee is sure “we (the country) would have been a whole lot better off if

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Oswald had not shot Kennedy. We had a lot of hope with Kennedy. I don’t think it came back until we got Reagan, who was a leader and people person. The President needs to be a strong leader.” “A Profile in Courage” On Monday, November 25, 1963, a memorial service was held at Christ Church. It was 46 minutes long—one minute for each year that Kennedy had lived. Rev. Charles Chilton’s entire message, “A Profile in Courage,” was reprinted on the front page of the November 28, 1963 issue of the Southside Sentinel. A large memoriam to Kennedy also was on the front page. In summation, Rev. Chilton wrote, “So we say for the last time our fond ‘Hail to the Chief.’ The bullet that tore his body has torn our hearts in a way we shall never forget.” Fifty years later, wounds may have healed, but scars remain.

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“Over the past 12 years, the oyster harvest in Virginia has exploded from 23,000 bushels in 2001 to 406,000 bushels in 2013,” said Doug Domenech, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources. “In that time, the dockside value of the oyster harvest increased from $575,000 to more than $16.2 million.” The ripple effects through the economy from last year’s unexpectedly large oyster har-

vest resulted in an estimated $42.6 million in economic value, using a multiplier of 2.63 on a dockside value of $16.2 million, a formula established by the late Dr. James Kirkley, a well-respected Virginia Institute of Marine Science seafood industry economist. The state’s oyster harvest is poised to increase even further if weather and other environmental factors remain unchanged.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY 2013 TAX NOTICE THE 2013 PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SECOND INSTALLMENT REAL ESTATE TAX BILLS FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY HAVE BEEN MAILED The due date for payment of these bills is December 5, 2013. By law, payments made in the Treasurer’s Office or postmarked with the date of Thursday, December 5, 2013 or before will be accepted as timely. Accounts remaining unpaid after December 5, 2013 will be subject to additional charges as provided by the Code of Virginia. Please check your bills for completeness upon receipt. If you have not received your tax bill(s), please contact the Treasurer’s Office at (804) 758-5302 immediately. By law, failure to receive a bill does not relieve the taxpayer of any additional charges that will accrue for failure to pay by the due date. The Treasurer’s Office is located in the Woodward Building in the courthouse complex in Saluda. A drop box for 24-hour payment service is also available at this location. QUESTIONS: If you have questions, please contact the Treasurer’s Office at (804) 758-5302, or by email at bbray@ co.middlesex.va.us.

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coffee and donuts. There is a hill called Red Hill where Land Rovers were stationed to help pull vehicles up the hill. “I put her in first gear and she made it all the way to the top,” said Laughton. “People cheered every time one of us made it on our own to the top.” Laughton said there were a lot of women drivers and they repaired their own cars when they broke down. “I saw a woman on her back under her car splicing together a belt that had broken. The people who own these cars know them and many have been owned by the same families for generations,” he said. Hazel Laughton said the experience was absolutely the best holiday the couple have had. “It was a once-in-a lifetime experience,” she said. “What a birthday present!” They finished the 54-mile run in five and a half hours. Everyone who made it to the finish line received a medal. On the back of Laughton’s medal it reads: “Awarded by The Royal Automobile Club for Punctual Arrival in Brighton.” On the front it reads: “The Royal Automobile Club Veteran Car Run 2013.”

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one to operate the boiler controls, and one to keep the fire boiler stoked with coal to keep the engine running. “We followed it for a while until the smoke got so bad blowing in our faces,” said Laughton. “That vehicle has run in every London to Brighton Run since it started in 1896. There is a lot of tradition involved.” Laughton wore a replica of a 1910 duster (full-length white coat). He actually owns a 1910 authentic duster, but had a new one made for the occasion. “These are open vehicles and a full length coat was part of the attire of those days,” he said. “A duster was designed to keep the Sunday suit away from the elements and was called a duster because it kept the dust off.” There were 500 entries in the run and hundreds of people stood along the road cheering on the motorists. “People came out and passed us hot cocoa, champagne and bacon butties (sandwiches),” Laughton said. “There were antique car clubs all along the way barbecuing and having picnics. It was wonderful.” Also, Harrods Department Store in London sponsored a stop with free

Kimberly M. Lehner to Carolyn Faye Rogers Carroll, land, Saluda, $145,000. Sherrie S. Hill to Michael Hughes, land, Pinetop, $140,000. Thomas Mitchell to Lewis Gray Gardner, land, Saluda, $225,000. Mary D. Ellis of Boyrdow, Bowen to Ralph Woody Price, land, Town of Urbanna, $450,000. Professional Foreclosure Corp. to The Bank of New York Mellon, land, Pinetop, $106,250. Robley D. Martin to Ryan M. Rhodes, land, Jamaica, $160,000. Timothy L. Mills to Kimberly S. Guidt, land, Pinetop, $55,000. Bradley F. Burgess to Jeffrey L. Hansen, land, Saluda, $245,000. Total county deeds of partition and conveyance: 57.

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property owner who rents to a restaurant has the water bill in his name, then no deposit is required. Mayor Richwine said council will revisit the water deposit policy. In another water-related matter, Gailey noted that a recent water study found no leaks in the town water system. The study did find meters that were not recording water flows accurately. However, the study did not determine where the system needs repair. The town may have to change water meters on a regular basis, she said. The town also will need to install a digital data meter to log the amount of water going from the main well and the well that serves the pool. New state water regulations that go into effect in January 2014 will require the town to account for all water. In other matters, council:

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