Thursday, November 4, 2004 • Kilmarnock, Virginia • Eighty-eighth Year • Number 5 • Three Sections • 50¢ The Rappahannock Record will observe early deadlines this week. Because post offices will be closed on Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11, the Record will appear on Wednesday, November 10. Most articles, photos and adver- tisements are due by 4 p.m. Friday, November 5. The final deadlines will be 5 p.m. Sunday, November 7, for articles without photos and 10 a.m. Monday, November 8, for display ads that are repeated from a previous issue or those submitted in the portable document format (pdf). Via email, news items may be submitted to [email protected]and advertisements may be sent to [email protected]. HEATHSVILLE—The Nor- thumberland board of supervi- sors on Wednesday, November 10, will consider a special excep- tion for an agriculture museum proposed by Luther Welch. (See accompanying article.) A related public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. in the courts building at 39 Judicial Place in Heathsville. Other hearings will address requests from: • Rebecca Lemmon to operate a bed and breakfast at 328 Main Street in Reedville. • John and Elsie Cornwell to rezone the parcel containing the post office in Lottsburg from agricultural to business for insur- ance reasons. • Daniel S. Badenoch to rezone property on Old Glebe Point Road and Pine Circle near Bur- gess from residential general to business to establish an automo- bile repair shop. The board convenes at 3:30 p.m. at the courthouse at 72 Monument Place to hear monthly reports from superintendent of schools Clint Stables, Virginia Department of Transportation resident engineer Joseph Staton and county administrator Ken- neth D. Eades. The board also will hear reports on hiring a consultant to reduce employee health insur- ance costs, a property tax reas- sessment update and forestry resources in the county. by Larry S. Chowning URBANNA—Three times is a charm. Just ask David Bushey and crew of Commonwealth Pro- dive of Urbanna. Bushey and his crew tried three times and finally got the stub- born skipjack Claud W. Somers empty of water and back afloat last week. The 1911 sailing skipjack over- turned while racing in the annual Turkey Shoot Regatta on Octo- ber 10 and had been floating on by Reid Pierce Armstrong BALLS NECK—Every home harbors within its walls a collec- tion. Whether it’s oyster plates, lighthouses, favorite movies, pho- tographs, seashells, old tools, travel mementos or extremely expensive shoes, most everyone is a collector. With enough space, perhaps a spare bedroom or an old shed, families could create museums of their lives using things that they once tried to throw away, but couldn’t. Luther Welch has spent the last 12 years tracking down the old farming equipment he once discarded or traded in for the latest model. In the process, he has inadvertently collected half- a-century’s worth of grain har- vesters, corn planters, tractors and land-clearing devices. Welch didn’t start off with the idea of creating a museum, just as the first-time oyster plate pur- chaser does not envision some- day owning a lighted case filled with oyster plates. Collections take on a life and purpose of their own. Luther Welch plants agriculture museum seed in Northumberland The Claud W. Somers returns to Reedville Divers last week used air bladders to raise the Claud W. Somers. Museum officials aboard the Seaboard tow the Claud W. Somers to Reedville. its side at the mouth of the Cor- rotoman River since. Bushey was hired by the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, owners of the skipjack, to raise the historic boat. Bushey told museum officials from the start that most boats either come up “very easy or very hard.” The Somers fell into the “very hard” category. The 42-by-15 foot Somers is one of about 15 sail-driven skip- jacks left in the Chesapeake Bay region. The vessel weighs about 6 tons and had 2,000 pounds of ballast in her hold. The wooden skipjacks were designed in the 1800s to provide a stable working platform for Maryland’s oyster dredge fish- ery. Maryland passed laws in the late 1800s forbidding the use of a dredge with a motor-powered vessel. With the area oyster industry in a steady decline, many of the old boats have fortunately ended up in the hands of museums. Three years ago, the Claud W. Somers was donated to the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. The museum rebuilt the Somers, replacing 80 percent of the hull and spending about $70,000 with about 4,000 hours of volunteer help from members and the Reed- ville community. “That’s what saved her,” said Bushey. “If she were old and hogged, she probably would never have survived the pounding of the seas and the beating she got from the bottom of the river.” Bushey knows firsthand about that. His firm salvaged the remains of the Seven Brothers, a 1928 wooden buyboat that ran ashore on Stingray Point in 2001. After two days in the water, choppy seas beat her apart and most of her remains drifted onshore. “The Claud W. Somers is a good, strong boat or she would have ended up like the Seven Brothers,” said Bushey. On October 18, Bushey and his crew—Christos Dedes, a Delta- ville architect who was lending a hand in the salvage, and diver Eric Martinia of Richmond— started the nearly two-week-long process. On the first day, they were able to get the centerboard up, but the pounding seas kept them from going any further. The next day Bushey and crew attached airbags on each side of the Somers and a line to one side of the vessel, and attempted for the first time to pull her upright with their salvage boat. With each pull, she seemed ready to right herself, but each time the mast, which was still flying the stars and stripes, fell back into the water. A series of mishaps, including an anchor rope in the wheel of the salvage boat, stalled work for the rest of the day and weather kept the crew from working the rest of the week. On October 25, Bushey went out to the vessel early and raised the small push boat that had been hanging to the davits. The push boat, named Spat by museum officials, is used to push the skip- jack when there is little wind. In diving gear, Bushey and Martinia then strapped a series of inflatable bladders to the hull of the Somers in a second attempt to pull the vessel over. This time the boat came right out of the water but did not stop and turned over 180 degrees on its other side. After some thought and advice, Bushey asked museum officials if he could take the mast and boom off the boat. Museum offi- cials agreed and on October 28 it took all day to safely remove the mast and boom. On October 29, Bushey and his crew arrived to find that over- night, without the mast and boom, the vessel had righted itself and was in position to float. It was high enough to get high-pressure pumps aboard to pump the water from the hold. All morning the crew worked to get floats in the proper posi- Meals tax action due WHITE STONE—The town planning commission will hold a public hearing today (November 4) on a 4-percent meals tax on food prepared for sale by busi- nesses in White Stone. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. in the town office at 572 Chesapeake Drive, where a town council meeting follows at 7 p.m. The agenda for the council meeting includes consider- ation of the commission’s rec- ommendation on the meals tax, the first reading of the draft budget for the 2005 fiscal year, an update on the town’s request for proposals for a boundary line adjust- ment survey and plans for town Christmas activities. Record appears early next week 6 56525 10491 6 Supervisors seek public comment on proposed agriculture museum It began as a hobby in a 15-by- 18-foot room with a lot of small things, like a model of a train that was supposed to come to the Northern Neck in 1917, but was waylaid by the outbreak of World War I. Welch also collected toy tractors and old labels, signs and small tools of the trade. Then he turned to bigger items like tractors, wheat binders and thrashers and more archaic equip- ment like the scythe and the wheat cradle. Before long, he needed a place to house his grow- ing collection. So he hand-built a 20,000-square-foot barn behind his house. In that, Welch created a three-dimensional timeline of late 18th- and early 19th-century farming equipment. The collection now includes a 1929 hay loader, a 1954 Farmall that still runs and a 1939 Case with special panels that allow one to replace the bearings with- out taking the engine apart. He has a pull-combine, blocks and falls, screw jacks for lifting and the first mechanical corn picker which cost $7,000 in the 1950s when it first arrived in the North- ern Neck. He has an early 20th-century dump truck, which was a horse and wagon with a bed made of 2- by-4-inch planks turned on their edges. He has almost every crucial piece of grain-harvesting equipment since the mid-19th century except the reaper. With the clarity of both fore- thought and a great deal of hind- sight, Welch decided about three years ago that he wanted to estab- Luther Welch (right) gives a tour of his antique farming equipment collection. Welch is donating the collection along with 10 acres of land along Route 360 near Burgess for a new agricultural (continued on page A14) (continued on page A14) By Reid Pierce Armstrong It was another long election night for presidential candidates and the country. As of Wednesday morning, an official winner was unde- clared nationally, but in Virginia and locally, Bush was the clear choice of voters. More people cast ballots than ever before, some 120 million nationally and 75 percent locally, compared to an average of 66 per- cent in the last three elections. President George Bush seemed to have succeeded in winning a majority of the popular vote nationally. With at least a 140,000-vote lead over challenger Sen. John Kerry in Ohio Wednesday morning, Lancaster County Election Returns Precinct Bush/Cheney Kerry/Edwards Other 1-Lively Rescue 716 446 12 2-Trinity Church 377 456 5 301-White Stone 621 269 3 302-Grace Church 308 133 3 4-Kilmarnock Rescue 397 569 3 5-Irvington 925 367 3 Absentee 380 236 2 Totals 3,724 2,476 31 Northumberland County Election Returns Precinct Bush/Cheney Kerry/Edwards Other 1-Callao 701 446 8 2-St. Stephen’s 700 470 2 3A-North. Library 237 430 4 3B-Mt. Olive 81 215 1 4-Wicomico Church 1,138 559 6 5-Reedville 973 426 8 Totals 3,830 2,546 29 (Absentee ballots in Northumberland are included in precinct totals.) Voters turn out in record numbers locally and nationally George W. Bush wins majority of popular vote Business ........ B5-6 Calendar ........ A2-3 Churches ........ B2-4 Classified ....... C1-8 Directory ... C14-15 Obituaries ......... B3 Opinion .............. A4 Police report ...... B1 Inside Schools ............... B7 Sports ............ A9-13 Upcoming ... A2-3,5+ Wildlife notes .... A13 JV volleyball champs: A9 ■ The p erfect t ides: Moon, breezes, other factors converge to create high tides ... B1 ■ Scout leaders honored: Evans gets Award of Merit, other volunteers recognized .............. B7 (continued on page A14)
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Thursday, November 4, 2004 • Kilmarnock, Virginia • Eighty-eighth Year • Number 5 • Three Sections • 50¢
The Rappahannock Record will observe early deadlines this week. Because post offi ces will be closed on Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11, the Record will appear on Wednesday, November 10.
Most articles, photos and adver-tisements are due by 4 p.m. Friday, November 5. The fi nal deadlines will be 5 p.m. Sunday, November 7, for articles without photos and 10 a.m. Monday, November 8, for display ads that are repeated from a previous issue or those submitted in the portable document format (pdf).
HEATHSVILLE—The Nor-thumberland board of supervi-sors on Wednesday, November 10, will consider a special excep-tion for an agriculture museum proposed by Luther Welch. (See accompanying article.)
A related public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. in the courts building at 39 Judicial Place in Heathsville.
Other hearings will address requests from:
• Rebecca Lemmon to operate
a bed and breakfast at 328 Main Street in Reedville.
• John and Elsie Cornwell to rezone the parcel containing the post offi ce in Lottsburg from agricultural to business for insur-ance reasons.
• Daniel S. Badenoch to rezone property on Old Glebe Point Road and Pine Circle near Bur-gess from residential general to business to establish an automo-bile repair shop.
The board convenes at 3:30
p.m. at the courthouse at 72 Monument Place to hear monthly reports from superintendent of schools Clint Stables, Virginia Department of Transportation resident engineer Joseph Staton and county administrator Ken-neth D. Eades.
The board also will hear reports on hiring a consultant to reduce employee health insur-ance costs, a property tax reas-sessment update and forestry resources in the county.
by Larry S. ChowningURBANNA—Three times is a
charm. Just ask David Bushey and crew of Commonwealth Pro-dive of Urbanna.
Bushey and his crew tried three times and fi nally got the stub-born skipjack Claud W. Somers empty of water and back afl oat last week.
The 1911 sailing skipjack over-turned while racing in the annual Turkey Shoot Regatta on Octo-ber 10 and had been fl oating on
by Reid Pierce ArmstrongBALLS NECK—Every home
harbors within its walls a collec-tion. Whether it’s oyster plates, lighthouses, favorite movies, pho-tographs, seashells, old tools, travel mementos or extremely expensive shoes, most everyone is a collector.
With enough space, perhaps a spare bedroom or an old shed, families could create museums of their lives using things that they once tried to throw away, but couldn’t.
Luther Welch has spent the last 12 years tracking down the old farming equipment he once discarded or traded in for the latest model. In the process, he has inadvertently collected half-a-century’s worth of grain har-vesters, corn planters, tractors and land-clearing devices.
Welch didn’t start off with the idea of creating a museum, just as the fi rst-time oyster plate pur-chaser does not envision some-day owning a lighted case fi lled with oyster plates. Collections take on a life and purpose of their own.
Luther Welch plants agriculturemuseum seed in Northumberland
The Claud W. Somers returns to Reedville
Divers last week used air bladders to raise the Claud W. Somers.
Museum offi cials aboard the Seaboard tow the Claud W. Somers to Reedville.
its side at the mouth of the Cor-rotoman River since.
Bushey was hired by the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, owners of the skipjack, to raise the historic boat. Bushey told museum offi cials from the start that most boats either come up “very easy or very hard.”
The Somers fell into the “very hard” category.
The 42-by-15 foot Somers is one of about 15 sail-driven skip-jacks left in the Chesapeake Bay
region. The vessel weighs about 6 tons and had 2,000 pounds of ballast in her hold.
The wooden skipjacks were designed in the 1800s to provide a stable working platform for Maryland’s oyster dredge fi sh-ery. Maryland passed laws in the late 1800s forbidding the use of a dredge with a motor-powered vessel.
With the area oyster industry in a steady decline, many of the old boats have fortunately ended
up in the hands of museums. Three years ago, the Claud W. Somers was donated to the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. The museum rebuilt the Somers, replacing 80 percent of the hull and spending about $70,000 with about 4,000 hours of volunteer help from members and the Reed-ville community.
“That’s what saved her,” said Bushey. “If she were old and hogged, she probably would never have survived the pounding of the seas and the beating she got from the bottom of the river.”
Bushey knows fi rsthand about that. His fi rm salvaged the remains of the Seven Brothers, a 1928 wooden buyboat that ran ashore on Stingray Point in 2001. After two days in the water, choppy seas beat her apart and most of her remains drifted onshore. “The Claud W. Somers is a good, strong boat or she would have ended up like the Seven Brothers,” said Bushey.
On October 18, Bushey and his crew—Christos Dedes, a Delta-ville architect who was lending a hand in the salvage, and diver Eric Martinia of Richmond—started the nearly two-week-long process. On the fi rst day, they were able to get the centerboard up, but the pounding seas kept them from going any further.
The next day Bushey and crew attached airbags on each side of the Somers and a line to one side of the vessel, and attempted for the fi rst time to pull her upright with their salvage boat. With each
pull, she seemed ready to right herself, but each time the mast, which was still fl ying the stars and stripes, fell back into the water.
A series of mishaps, including an anchor rope in the wheel of the salvage boat, stalled work for the rest of the day and weather kept the crew from working the rest of the week.
On October 25, Bushey went out to the vessel early and raised the small push boat that had been hanging to the davits. The push boat, named Spat by museum offi cials, is used to push the skip-jack when there is little wind.
In diving gear, Bushey and Martinia then strapped a series of infl atable bladders to the hull of the Somers in a second attempt to
pull the vessel over. This time the boat came right out of the water but did not stop and turned over 180 degrees on its other side.
After some thought and advice, Bushey asked museum offi cials if he could take the mast and boom off the boat. Museum offi -cials agreed and on October 28 it took all day to safely remove the mast and boom.
On October 29, Bushey and his crew arrived to fi nd that over-night, without the mast and boom, the vessel had righted itself and was in position to fl oat. It was high enough to get high-pressure pumps aboard to pump the water from the hold.
All morning the crew worked to get fl oats in the proper posi-
Meals taxaction due
WHITE STONE—The town planning commission will hold a public hearing today (November 4) on a 4-percent meals tax on food prepared for sale by busi-nesses in White Stone.
The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. in the town offi ce at 572 Chesapeake Drive, where a town council meeting follows at 7 p.m.
The agenda for the council meeting includes consider-ation of the commission’s rec-ommendation on the meals tax, the fi rst reading of the draft budget for the 2005 fi scal year, an update on the town’s request for proposals for a boundary line adjust-ment survey and plans for town Christmas activities.
Record appearsearly next week
6 56525 10491 6
Supervisors seek public commenton proposed agriculture museum
It began as a hobby in a 15-by-18-foot room with a lot of small things, like a model of a train that was supposed to come to the Northern Neck in 1917, but was
waylaid by the outbreak of World War I. Welch also collected toy tractors and old labels, signs and small tools of the trade.
Then he turned to bigger items
like tractors, wheat binders and thrashers and more archaic equip-ment like the scythe and the wheat cradle. Before long, he needed a place to house his grow-
ing collection.So he hand-built a
20,000-square-foot barn behind his house. In that, Welch created a three-dimensional timeline of late 18th- and early 19th-century farming equipment.
The collection now includes a 1929 hay loader, a 1954 Farmall that still runs and a 1939 Case with special panels that allow one to replace the bearings with-out taking the engine apart. He has a pull-combine, blocks and falls, screw jacks for lifting and the fi rst mechanical corn picker which cost $7,000 in the 1950s when it fi rst arrived in the North-ern Neck.
He has an early 20th-century dump truck, which was a horse and wagon with a bed made of 2- by-4-inch planks turned on their edges. He has almost every crucial piece of grain-harvesting equipment since the mid-19th century except the reaper.
With the clarity of both fore-thought and a great deal of hind-sight, Welch decided about three years ago that he wanted to estab-
Luther Welch (right) gives a tour of his antique farming equipment collection. Welch is donating the collection along with 10 acres of land along Route 360 near Burgess for a new agricultural
(continued on page A14)
(continued on page A14)
By Reid Pierce ArmstrongIt was another long election night for presidential candidates and
the country. As of Wednesday morning, an offi cial winner was unde-clared nationally, but in Virginia and locally, Bush was the clear choice of voters.
More people cast ballots than ever before, some 120 million nationally and 75 percent locally, compared to an average of 66 per-cent in the last three elections.
President George Bush seemed to have succeeded in winning a majority of the popular vote nationally. With at least a 140,000-vote lead over challenger Sen. John Kerry in Ohio Wednesday morning,
Lancaster County Election ReturnsPrecinct Bush/Cheney Kerry/Edwards Other1-Lively Rescue 716 446 122-Trinity Church 377 456 5301-White Stone 621 269 3302-Grace Church 308 133 34-Kilmarnock Rescue 397 569 35-Irvington 925 367 3Absentee 380 236 2Totals 3,724 2,476 31
■ The perfect tides:Moon, breezes, other factorsconverge to create high tides ... B1■ Scout leaders honored:Evans gets Award of Merit, othervolunteers recognized .............. B7
Carol Charbeneau 435-0641Arrange Pickup at time of Order
YARD SALESat., Nov. 6
9:30am (no early birds)Multiple Families: Houseware, Furniture, kids toys,
clothes & too many items to mention.
Next to the Kilmarnock Firemen’s Carnival at the cornerof Belview and Clark Lane.
November4 ThursdayThe Rotary Breakfast Club meets at 7:30 a.m. at Rappa han-nock Westminster-Canter bury.Bingo is played at the Ameri can Legion Post 86 on Waverly Av enue in Kil marnock at 7 p.m.Laurie Keith and Jack Bagby play Louisiana jazz, blues and folk music at Piper’s Pub in Kil-marnock from 7 to 9 p.m. Din ner reservations recom mended. Call 435-7178.Pete Atkinson plays acoustic favorites at Cafe Mojo in Ur banna from 8 to 11 p.m. For reservations, call 758-4141.The White Stone Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing at 6 p.m. on a four-percent meals tax. The com-mission meets at the town offi ce at 572 Chesapeake Drive. The White Stone Town Coun cil meets at 7 p.m. at the town offi ce.The Wetlands Board for Nor-thumberland County meets at 7:30 p.m. at the court house in Heathsville.The Marine Corps League De tachment meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Callao Volunteer Fire De partment building. 443-3806.Stepping Stones Square Dance Club classes will be held at the Freeshade Community Center in Syringa. A round work-shop be gins at 6:30 p.m., and basic squares at 7:30 p.m. “Mornings at Seven” will be presented by the Lancaster Play-ers at The Playhouse in White Stone. Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. The show starts at 8 p.m. $27. Reser-vations required; call 435-3776. Jo Whiteley will review Wash-ington’s Crossing at Books and Coffee. The session begins at 10:30 a.m. at Lancaster Com-munity Library in Kilmarnock.Pianist Vladimir Svoysky will present a concert at 5 p.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury near Irvington.Bob Layton will speak on China at 10:30 a.m. at Rappa-hannock Westminster-Canter bury near Irvington.The RFM Modelers meet from 10 a.m. to noon. 453-6529.Harold Anderson will address the Reedville Fishermen’s Mu seum upcoming exhibit on Shiloh Baptist Church. The lec-ture begins at 7 p.m. at Festival Halle. $5. 453-6529.The Northern Neck District Theatre Festival will be held at Lancaster Middle School be ginning at 4:30 p.m. Northum-berland High School will host the annual one-act play competition.
5 FridayNarcotics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. at Charter house in Kilmar-nock. 580-4400.
5 FridayBingo is played at the Up per Lan caster Ruritan Cen ter in Lively at 7:30 p.m.Dave Long is featured on the piano from 6 to 9 p.m. at Bam bery’s Restaurant in Heaths-ville. For dinner reserva tions, call 580-8181.Bingo is played from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mid-County Rescue Squad building in Heathsville.“Mornings at Seven” will be presented by the Lancaster Play-ers at The Playhouse in White Stone. Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. The show starts at 8 p.m. $27. Reser-vations required; call 435-3776. “Cityscapes,” an art exhibit by Nathan Scott Gates opens at the Northumberland Public Li brary in Heathsville. A reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit continues through November.The 47th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival opens at 10 a.m. in Urbanna. The annual fi re-men’s parade begins at 7 p.m.The RFM Needlers meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Reedville Fish-ermen’s Museum. 453-6529.The RFM Quilters meet at 1 p.m. at the Reedville Fisher men’s Museum. 453-6529.
6 Satur dayTray Eppes is featured at Piper’s Pub in Kilmarnock. The show starts at 8 p.m. Dinner res-ervations rec ommended. Call 435-7178.Mercy Creek will perform from noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. at Cafe Mojo in Urbanna.
6 Satur dayA Halloween Dance sponsored by the Stepping Stones Square Dance Club will be held at Free-shade Community Center Danc-ing begins with lines at 7 p.m. Squares, lines and rounds follow at 8 p.m. $2.50. 725-5093.Cub Scout Pack 222 will serve a spaghetti dinner from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Upper Lancaster Ruri-tan Center at 3989 White Chapel near Lively. $7 adults/$5 children. 462-5921.The Afton United Methodist Church Men will serve a turkey dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church on Route 644 in Ophelia. $9 adults/$5 children. “Mornings at Seven” will be pre-sented by the Lancaster Play ers at The Playhouse in White Stone. Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. The show starts at 8 p.m. $27. Reservations required; call 435-3776. Bassoonist Ibby Roberts and Pianist Lise Keiter-Brotzman will present a concert at 4 p.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Can-terbury near Irvington.Bruswick Stew will be avail able at Heathsville United Methodist Church from 11:30 a.m. until it sells out. $6 a quart.The Westmoreland Players pro-duction of “A Murder is Announced” opens at West Side Hall in Callao. The play begins at 8 p.m. $12 adults/$7 students. For reservations, call 529-9345.
6 Satur dayThe Shane Cooley Band plays at the Boathouse Cafe in Ur banna from 1 to 3 p.m. The 47th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival opens at 8 a.m. in Urbanna. The annual Oyster Festival parade begins at 2 p.m.The Casey Neal Rogers Memo-rial Rockfi sh Tourna ment will be held at Smith Point Marina. For more information and regis-tration forms, call 453-3611 or visit Jett’s Marine in Reedville.
7 SundayThe Widowed Persons Ser vice for Lancaster and Northumber-land counties holds its lunch brunch at Cap’n B’s at the golden Eagle Golf Course near Irvington im mediately fol low ing church ser vices.An English Tea With Local Au thor Sharon Balducci begins at 3 p.m. at the Northumberland Public Library in Heathsville. $8. Tickets available in advance at the library; and at the door.A Veterans Day Program will be held by the Ladies Auxiliary to Northern Neck Veterans of For-eign Wars Post 7167. The pro-gram begins at 3 p.m. at the post home in Warsaw.
‘Mornings at Seven’ continuesThe Lancaster Players production ‘Mornings at Seven’by Paul Osborn continues with dinner the-ater shows at The Playhouse in White Stone November 4 through November 6. From left are Bruce Lawyer as Thor, Laurie White as Ida, Tess Dumais as Arry and Donna Smith as Esther. Doors open at 6 p.m.; din ner is served at 6:30 p.m. and the comedy begins at 8 p.m. Seats are $27. For reserva tions, call 435-3776. Some shows may be sold out.
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Murder MysterySaturday, November 20, 2004
The year is 1953, and the unthinkable has happened! That most popular private eye, the gastronomic gumshoe himself, the famous Neron Volt was been murdered in his Manhattan brownstone. Gasp! Who could have committed such a deplorable crime? Come join the Tides cast of characters and see if you can figure out the "who" in this whodunit.
Thanksgiving WeekNovember, 24-28, 2004
The Tides Inn has a week filled with traditional holiday activities including horse-drawn carriage rides, shopping trips, Turkey shoot-out putting contest, crafts, holiday movies and much more. Save room for dessert following the bounty of regional holiday cuisine at our spectacular prix fixe' Thanksgiving Buffet.
7 SundayThe Westmoreland Players production of “A Murder is Announced” continues at West Side Hall in Callao. The play begins at 3 p.m. $12 adults/$7 students. For reserva tions, call 529-9345.A Boat Decorating Workshop will be held at Commodores at the Tides Inn in Irvington. The workshop is offered in associa-tion with the annual “Lights on Carters Creek” boat parade De cember 7.“Baptism by the Sea: Shiloh Baptist Church at Taylor’s Beach,” opens at the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. The ex hibit continues through March.
8 MondayThe Historyland Commu nity Workshop meets at the Lan-caster Woman’s Club club-house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Brown bag lunch. Visitors wel-come.The Lancaster County School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Lancaster Middle School in Kil marnock.The Northumberland School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the school board office in Lotts burg.An MS Neuromuscular Sup-port Group meets at 10 a.m. at Riverside Wellness Center in Tappahannock. 580-7315.
9 TuesdayNarcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. at Charter house in Kilmarnock.“Surfi n’ the Net,” a com puter workshop with Richard Emory for middle and high school stu-dents, is from 3 to 5 p.m. at Northumber land Public Li brary in Heathsville. 580-5051.The Kilmarnock & District Pipe Band rehearses at 7:15 p.m. at Campbell Memorial Presby terian Church in Weems. 462-7125.The Kilmarnock Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. at the town offi ce.Bridge will be played at 1 p.m. at Rappahan nock Westminster-Can terbury.The Kilmarnock Museum Board of Directors will meet at 2 p.m. at the museum on North Main Street.The Rappahannock Pistol and Rifl e Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the northside branch of the Bank of Lancaster in Kil marnock. 435-2143.“Boat Talk,” an exchange of ideas on classic and wooden boats, will be held at 5 p.m. at the Reedville Fishermen’s Mu seum. 462-9829.An Estate Planning Seminar will be held at 10 a.m. at the Bank of Lancaster northside branch in Kilmarnock.An Estate Planning Seminar will be held at 2 p.m. at the Town Offi ce in Urbanna.A Blood Drive will be held at St. Stephen’s Church in Heaths-ville from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.“High Tea and Flowers” will be presented by the Kilmarnock Garden Club at noon at Dream Fields near Kilmarnock. $20. Reservations required. 438-5560.
10 Wednes dayThe Kiwanis Club meets at 7:30 a.m. at St. Andrews Pres byte rian Church in Kil marnock.The Rotary Club for Kil marnock, Irvington and White Stone meets at 12:30 p.m. at Rappa han nock Westminster-Canter bury.The Northern Neck Bay Tones meets at 3 p.m. at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Kil-marnock. 438-5127.Piper’s Pub in Kilmarnock hosts an acoustic jam ses sion open to all musicians, beginning at 7 p.m. For dinner reserva tions, call 435-7178.A Grief Support Group meets at 4 p.m. at the White Stone United Methodist Church. 435-7585.The Virginia Watermen’s As sociation will meet at 7 p.m. at the Pilot House in Topping.Dupli cate Bridge will be played at 1 p.m. at the Wom-an’s Club of White Stone. Men, women and newcomers are welcome. No reser vations are needed. 435-2755.The Lancaster Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. at Willaby’s Res-taurant in White Stone.The Board of Supervisors for Northumberland County meets at 3:30 p.m. at the courthouse in Heathsville. Public hearings begin at 7 p.m. at the courts building.
10 Wednes dayThe Rappahannock Commu nity College Board meets at 1 p.m. on the Warsaw Campus. The Lancaster County Little League meets at 7 p.m. at Dream Fields. The election of offi cers for the 2005 season will be held. 435-6278.The Board of Trustees of the Nor-thumberland Public Library meets at 5 p.m. at the library at 7204 Nor-thumberland Highway in Heaths-ville.An Estate Planning Seminar will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Northumberland Public Library in Heathsville.An Estate Planning Seminar will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Bank of Lancaster in Warsaw.Don McCann will speak at the Grace Church Men’s Breakfast. He will speak on preserving the rural character of the North ern Neck. The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m.The Woman’s Club of Lan caster meets at 10:45 a.m. The program will be “Maintaining a Healthy Heart and Lungs” by Dr. James Bryant. Members are asked to bring a sandwich to be shared. Dessert and beverages will be provided. All guests are welcome, call 462-0133.The Kilmarnock Town Council will meet at 6 p.m. at the town offi ce at 514 North Main Street.
11 ThursdayThe Rotary Breakfast Club meets at 7:30 a.m. at Rappa han nock Westmin ster-Canter bury.Bingo is played at the Ameri can Legion Post 86 on Waverly Av enue in Kil marnock at 7 p.m.Laurie Keith and Jack Bagby play Louisiana jazz, blues and folk music at Piper’s Pub in Kil-marnock from 7 to 9 p.m. Din ner reservations recom mended. Call 435-7178.Pete Atkinson plays ac oustic favorites at Cafe Mojo in Ur banna from 8 to 11 p.m. For reservations, call 758-4141.Stepping Stones Square Dance Club classes will be held at the Freeshade Com munity Center in Syringa. A plus work shop be gins at 6:30 p.m., basic squares at 7:30 p.m. and plus at 9 p.m.The RFM Modelers meet at 10 a.m. at Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. 453-6529.The Wetlands Board for Lan-caster County meets at 9:30 a.m. at the courthouse in Lan caster.The Irvington Town Council meets at 7:30 p.m. at the town offi ce.The Interfaith Service Council meets at 7:30 p.m. at Wicomico Episcopal Church .The Upper Lancaster Ruri tan Club meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Ruritan Center in Lively.American Legion Post 117 meets at 7:30 p.m. at the post home in Reedville.Lt. John B. Sears will speak at a Veterans Day service at Rap pahannock Westminster-Can-terbury near Irvington. The ser vice begins at 2 p.m.Gregory Haugan will discuss the Lewis and Clark expedition at Books and Conversation at Rappa-hannock Westminster-Canterbury at 11 a.m. A social time begins at 10:30 a.m.
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Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull
Last Friday was a day off from school and although the weather was not great, we decided to head up to Washington to see the
new setting for the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. They repose at the National Archives on Pennsylvania Avenue, about midway between the Capitol and the White House.
We encountered what my good wife terms “Irish parking luck” and found a meter-free spot almost immediately, and it was directly in front of the National Gallery of Art. To boot, it had a three-hour limit. We rushed over to the Archives next door and entered through the new lower level, as the great entrance under the Corinthian columns no longer is open. We passed through security and climbed the stairs to the Rotunda of Freedom. The wait was about a half hour and then we went through the gates into the neo-classical demilune setting.
The new arrangement, which opened to the public earlier this year, was a disappointment to me. I had gone there as a child shortly after the documents were moved from the Library of Con-gress at the behest of President Truman, and had made other visits thereafter. I also had spent many hours, indeed days, in the subterranean recesses of the building going over documents and read-ing microfi lm while researching a dissertation. In those days, calling to pay respects to the Charters of Freedom, one entered to face a great arch in which the Declaration was the focal point beneath a cornice and between two massive columns. There were several steps up before one looked down on the fi rst and last pages of the Consti-tution and the Bill of Rights under special glass in super-security cases. Guides informed visitors
that at night the documents automatically went down into an even more secure vault 40 feet below. The setting inspired awe and respect; then came the renovation, or should I say “revolu-tion,” in how the documents were displayed. The Rotunda was closed for two years, only to reopen with the extra steps removed and the three princi-pal documents, the Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights, exposed at slightly above waist level in the middle of the huge semicircle in which other documents of important, but defi -nitely lesser, historical signifi cance are visible in similar cases. Only the bronze trim on the three central cases differentiates them from the others.
Guides explain that the new system makes view-ing easier for handicapped people, but they too must be able to rise suffi ciently high to look over into the cases. I thought that those in wheelchairs could see the Declaration more clearly in the old system and the Constitution and Bill of Rights could have been angled for better handicap view-ing as well.
These are small points when one considers the majesty of what the documents contain and what they wrought. The miracle in Philadelphia in l776 and l787 lives on because the framers were able to encapsulate in three relatively short treatises the essence of durable democratic government, and because for over two centuries men and women have been willing to give their lives for its estab-lishment and perpetuation.
Given our proximity to the nation’s capital, every child who passes through our school system should be presented in front of these original doc-uments to behold, as the two B.E.s did, the words which made and continue to make us free.
(A reprint from the November 4, 1904, issue of the Virginia Cit-izen.) Anti-saloon rally
The annual meeting of Lan-caster County’s Anti-Saloon League was held Thursday of last week at the courthouse. If any-thing, there was a larger crowd in attendance than in former years. While there were numbers of good citizens absent, it was inspiring to see the fl ower of the county represented. The pro-portion of ladies present was very large. To look at the gather-ing, a stranger would have been impressed with the virtue and patriotism of a county enmassed for some good and great purpose. And this was true. The spirit that brought them was one of self-sacrifi ce, self-abnegation and a determination to better the morals of the county and elevate man-kind.
Rev. J. W. West, Field Sec-retary of the State League, was the principal speaker. Before he ascended the rostrum Rev. Joel T. Tucker, a visiting Baptist Divine from Richmond, was invited to speak. He delivered an exception-ally fi ne address and was much applauded.
Dinner was announced, and under the speading sycamore trees in the court yard, willing hands had brought choice viands to feed a much greater host than was there. After dinner the court-house was again packed until many had to remain outside for the lack of even standing room.
Mr. West addressed the throng in a two hours’ speech that held minute attention. A generous con-tribution was made by the audi-ence to the State work.
(Transcribed by volunteers of the Genealogy and Research Center at Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library.)
(Hopefully, we will have had a conclusive presidential election by the time you read this, but as a believer in basics, I thought this would be a helpful reminder for folks to review the preface and Article II of the U.S. Constitution. Article II delegates power to the executive branch. The spelling is that of the original document.)
The United States Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more per-fect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Article. II.Section. 1.
Clause 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Offi ce during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Clause 2: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors… [Clause 2, 3 and 4 further explain the manner in which electors operate. Space does not permit to print that mate-rial. Clause 3 also states, “After the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President.” This was super-ceded by Amendment XII.]
Clause 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Offi ce of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Offi ce who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty fi ve Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
Clause 6: In Case of the Removal of the President from Offi ce, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inabil-ity to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Offi ce, [affected by amendment XXV] the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice Pres-ident, declaring what Offi cer shall then act as President, and such Offi cer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Clause 7: The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Ser-vices, a Compensation, which shall
neither be encreased nor dimin-ished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Clause 8: Before he enter on the Execution of his Offi ce, he shall take the following Oath or Affi rmation:--”I do solemnly swear (or affi rm) that I will faithfully execute the Offi ce of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, pro-tect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Section. 2. Clause 1: The President shall be
Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Ser-vice of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Offi cer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offi ces, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Clause 2: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Con-sent of the Senate, to make Trea-ties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Con-suls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Offi cers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such infe-rior Offi cers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts
of Law, or in the Heads of Depart-ments.
Clause 3: The President shall have Power to fi ll up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Com-missions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Section. 3. He shall from time to time give
to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recom-mend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge nec-essary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassa-dors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Offi cers of the United States.
Section. 4. The President, Vice President
and all civil Offi cers of the United States, shall be removed from Offi ce on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misde-meanors.
Delegate’s Reportby Del. Albert C. Pollard Jr.
Yesteryearin Lancaster
Letters to the Editor
To The Editor:Thank you to Kilmarnock
merchants and churches who participated in the Halloween cel-ebration. Our family had a great time.
We would especially like to thank the following merchants for the items they donated, because we won them: Farm and Home Supply for dog food, John Deere for the John Deere tractor dog-chew toy that is already well used and Paws and Claws for a free grooming. We are looking for-ward to using that one.
We also thank The Thai Pot for a family gift certifi cate.
We are grateful for all the gen-erous prizes.
Thanks also to those who orga-nized the celebration.
Sherry Wagers and familyMollusk
Thanks for funand generosity
To The Editor:We thank all the membes of
Fairfi elds United Methodist Church in Burgess who organized the October 9 Fall Festival.
We also thank the local busi-ness owners who donated to make
Members thanked
the festival a success.We really enjoyed the activi-
ties. It was a treat to have some-thing nice for the children to do in our neighborhood. It was won-derful to have so many children’s activities at no charge. It was a nice service to the community and greatly appreciated.
Nichole SheridanBurgess
Casey NewsomeBurgess
To The Editor:Autumn is here and nature is
showing off for us with brilliant reds, yellows and oranges. Our country roads give us beautiful vistas everywhere we look.
Apparently, there are many who do not appreciate our beau-tiful country roads because they use the roadsides for trash dis-posal. Along every roadside, one can fi nd bottles, cans, cups, fast food bags, styrofoam food con-tainers, eating utensils, napkins and used diapers.
We rise up and fi ght when other states want to dump their trash in our area, but we are car-peting our byways with our own trash. All taxpayers are spending their hard-earned dollars for trash pickup on major highways. Just think what we would save if there was no trash thrown from vehi-cles.
All of us can enjoy the natural beauty that surrounds us if every-one disposes trash properly in trash receptacles. Please do your part.
Elizabeth ChristellerGarden Club of
the Middle Peninsula
Dispose of trashin receptacles
To The Editor:In Wisconsin, Gary Klink tied
his dog, Buster, to his truck and dragged the dog until he was bleeding and vomiting. For this, Klink paid a small fi ne and Buster was returned to him. In Mis-souri, Michael Welch beat his dog, Dusty, to death, stopping midway to take a beer break. For this, Welch was made to perform community service and get coun-seling. When he fi nishes his pro-bation, the “no pets” order he received will be lifted.
Are these cases of violent cru-elty to animals and their legal out-comes unusual? Tragically, no; this is happening in most states. The problem is that our legal system is undercutting the laws that protect animals from abuse by doling out slap-on-the-wrist sentences.
This is an outrage and as a civ-ilized society we must demand that the punishment fi t the crime. A $100 fi ne for killing or muti-lating an animal is shockingly low. Judges should never return an abused animal to his or her abuser and should not send an animal abuser to do community service at an animal shelter.
Judges have the opportunity to send a clear message that violence—in whatever form—is something that our community will not tolerate. Let’s encourage them to rise to that challenge.
Ms. Carol TowleBurgess
Punishment should fi t crime
To The Editor:On behalf of the Northumber-
land Elementary School ParentFaculty Organization, I thank allof the wonderful people thathelped make our annual SafetyDay a huge success.
The students learned importantsafety tips about everything fromdog and animal safety to Hallow-een safety. Each student was ableto see fi re trucks, rescue squads,police cars and more.
All of the students had a won-derful time, while learning aboutvery important safety rules.
Without the generous help ofthe following individuals, thiswould not have been possible:
State Troopers Chuck Davisand Chris Bingham; Northum-berland County deputies ChuckieWilkins and Anthony Darby;Brandon Haynie, Tommy Thomp-son and Jason Jones fromFairfi elds Volunteer Fire Depart-ment; Cookie Haynie and BruceAndrews from NorthumberlandCounty Volunteer Rescue Squad;Dave Vogel, Johnny Beauchamp,Julian Everly and Todd Vanland-ingham from Callao VolunteerFire Department; Christy Conell,Ed Gotthardt, David Rundalland Dan Townshend from Mid-County Volunteer Rescue Squadand Animal Control Offi cer RogerBriney and his adorable assistantSir Charles of Brown, Alaska,a.k.a. “Charlie.”
Thank you for all you do forour community and our schools.
Kim JonesSafety Day Chair
Safety Day is a success
To The Editor:Several weeks ago a van
crashed in front of my house onMain Street in Reedville. Thedriver was not injured when hisvan fl ipped and came to restnext to a telephone pole. He waswearing a safety belt. I can onlywonder at what speed the vanwas traveling to move a parkedtrailer into my neighbor’s frontyard.
The board of supervisors hasbeen approached to have “NoParking” signs placed on MainStreet. The main reason we parkour vehicles on the street is toslow traffi c to the posted speed.This, however, is not the solutionto the real problem.
We have lived on Main Streetfor 21 years and have found thatvery few people abide by the25 mph posted limit. The roadmarkings make it legal to passanother vehicle; at 25 mph, Idon’t think that is necessary. TheVirginia Department of Trans-portation should change the roadmarkings to double solid-yellowlines so there is no confusion.
We have observed vehiclestraveling 20 to 30 mph overthe limit. We have new familieswith children moving onto MainStreet. It is up to each citizenwho travels this road to abide bythe speed limit.
I have previously written to askthat something be done to curtailspeeding vehicles on Main Street.The response I received from theState Police was that they don’thave the manpower to patrol justone area of the county. Subse-quently, there was an increasedpresence of law enforcement onMain Street.
If law enforcement cannotreduce the speeding vehicles, thenlet’s place speed bumps on MainStreet. This would eliminate theneed for law enforcement. As atraffi c safety educator, I do notwant to see children being injuredanywhere and especially not onMain Street in Reedville.
Richard DeViviReedville
Seeking traffi c control devices
To The Editor:A wonderful show is coming to
Kilmarnock on November 19 that no one in the county should miss. “Hard Days Night-The Band” will perform at the Lancaster Middle School in Kilmarnock at 8 p.m. The Beatles may be his-tory, but “Hard Days Night-The Band” has brought their music back.
Imagine that it is 1964 and the Beatles decided to make the LMS theater a stop on their world tour. Attendees will be encouraged to clap, sing along, and do whatever moves them. This “Beatlemania” show is for the entire family.
Tickets are now on sale at $10 in advance and $12 at the door. They are available at Lancaster High School Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., or by calling 462-0697 during the day or 435-6580 in the evenings.
Ticket requests are coming in from all over Virginia. I encour-age community members to get tickets while they are still avail-able.
This is a benefi t concert for the LHS Band trip to London in December.
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■ Post 86 to hold danceAdams Post 86 in Kil marnock will hold a
Veterans Day Dance on November 12 at the post home on Waverly Avenue. Music will be pro vided by Southern Edge.
The dance begins at 7:30 p.m. Participants must be 21 years old or older to attend. Tick-ets are available at Mom and Pop’s con-venience store on Irvington Road, Lester’s Barber Shop in Kilmarnock and between the hours of 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. at the Thursday night bingo game at the post. Tickets are $15 each or two for $25. Tickets will be sold in advance only.
■ Baked to orderThe Ladies of the Kilmarnock Seventh-
Day Adventist Church will have a sale of home-baked pastries, dried fruits, nuts and white elephant items on November 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church at 401 South Main Street in Kilmar-nock. To order baked pies, cakes and bread, call 435-1371.
■ Now serving dinnerBethany United Methodist Church in Reed-
ville will serve dinner every Wednesday night from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Meals will be prepared by the Northumber-land High School Food Service Class and will be served by church volunteers. The charge will be $6 for adults and $4 for children.
■ Serving spaghettiCub Scout Pack 222 of Lively will hold its
annual spaghetti dinner from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on November 6 at the Upper Lancaster Ruri-tan Center.
The cost is $7 for adults and $5 for chil-dren ages 3 to 12. For tickets, call Shelia Newsome at 529-6759 or Judy Hammell at 462-5921.
AreaEvents
Advance purchase tickets are still available for the15th annual oyster roast to benefi t the Reed-ville Fishermen’s Museum. The roast will be held November 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the museum.
Tickets are available in Reed-ville at the museum, Jett’s Hard-ware and Northern Neck State Bank, at the White Stone Wine & Cheese in White Stone, and from any member of the muse-um’s board of directors.
Proceeds benefi t the muse-um’s educational programming. Tickets are $25 per person in
advance and $30 at the gate. Ticket sales will be limited and participants are encouraged to pick up or order their tickets as soon as possible.
The menu features roasted oysters, raw oysters, bean soup, hot dogs, coffee and soft drinks. Beer will be available for purchase. Musical entertain-ment will be provided and the museum will be open for those coming to this event.
For mail and/or phone orders using a credit card or personal check, call 453-6529, or email [email protected].
The 47th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6.
The festival opens at 10 a.m. on Friday with street sales, chl-dren’s activities, arts and crafts, fi ne art, boat building displays, musical entertainment and a variety of food. Festival conces-sions, entertainment and exhib-its continue to 7 p.m.
At 4 p.m., the Oyster Festival Queen and Little Miss Spat will be crowned.
At 7 p.m., a fi remen’s parade begins on the west side of town. The parade features over 80 units from across Virginia.
From 8 p.m. to midnight, a
dance will be held behind the fi rehouse.
On Saturday, the festival opens at 8 a.m. Streetside activ-ities continue throughout the day.
At 11 a.m., an oyster shuck-ing contest will be held. The winner will represent Virginia in the National Oyster Shuck-ing Championship.
At 2 p.m., a parade begins on the west side of town. The parade features the Norfolk Khedive Shrine temple, the U.S. Continental Army Band, many high school bands, antique cars and fl oats, including the Oyster Festival Queen and Little Miss Spat and their courts.
On November 20 at the Nor-thumberland County Community Center, the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library will host a social to thank those who repre-sented the museum in the 2004 Smithsonian Institution Summer Folklife Festival.
Honorees are Capt. Virgin Gus and Teresa Dunaway, Capt. Charles and Helen Forrest, Capt. Matthew Sonny and Beatrice Gaskins; Chantey Singers Selby Basker, Edward Chewning, Chris-topher Harvey, Calvin Hill, Wil-liam Muse, Dr. Elton Smith, Floyd Edward Taylor, Clarence Tiggle and SAIF Water Singers, Kelvin Conaway, Thomas Fauntle-roy, Rev. Gayle Fowler, Peggy Gaddy, David Harcum, Herbert Middleton, Garfi eld Parker, Vashti Parker, Maurice Peterson and Martha Sydnor.
Attendance is by invitation only.
Having recently returned from an 8-month tour in Iraq, Lt. John B. Sears will speak at a Veter-ans Day program on November 11 at 2 p.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury.
He will talk about his expe-riences as a U.S. Navy Reserve chaplain assigned to the Marine Corps’ 4th Landing Support Bat-talion, Charlie Company.
He is the son of Audrey and Gary Sears of Kilmarnock. He was a student at Princeton Theological Seminary when a recruiter explained that Navy chaplains could serve aboard ship with the Navy, on shore with the Marine Corps, and stateside with the Coast Guard. Excited about those options, Sears signed up.
He reported for monthly and summer drills while also serving as a chaplain at Valdosta State University and assistant pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Valdosta, Ga. In the summer of 2002, he went to chaplain school in Newport, R.I.
Mobilized in January 2003, he served seven months with a “remain behind” Marine unit at Camp LeJeune to help the fam-ilies of an active duty battalion sent to Iraq. On December 29, 2003, he was mobilized again, this time at the request of Char-lie Company, which went to Iraq and was merged into a logistics battalion of 1100 at Al Asad, an abandoned Iraqi air base.
Sears was one of two chap-lains for the battalion, and one of seven for the 6,000 troops
on base. All were Christian, so Sears volunteered to take care of two Jewish marines and sent for equipment to facilitate their worship.
“In chaplaincy, we have a mandate to provide for our own, facilitate for others and serve all,” said Sears. “If someone is in a situation to need a chaplain, that’s what we’re called to do. We wear our cross on our left side and our rank on the right, and we tilt left. We are more concerned about our role than our rank.”
His battalion handled move-ment of equipment and sup-plies, working 12 hours on and 12 hours off the whole time. Young reservists who melded into an active duty battalion, all 75 members of Charlie Com-pany have returned to the U.S. in good shape.
“It was a powerful experience. I don’t think everyone needs to serve to feel like they’re a good American, and I don’t think that’s the ticket for everyone to be part of this Republic, but I know I had to do that. I had to serve and give back,” said Sears.
“You see these young kids marching off to do what’s asked of them, and someone has to be there for them at the end of the day. Or maybe they’ve gotten bad news from home, and some-one has to be there to comfort them. I’m the extra guy they bring along to make things a little better,” said Sears. “These kids are the young heroes.”
Chesapeake Academy will host its third annual oyster roast to benefit the Catherine E. Schroeder Scholarship Fund on November 20. The event offers alumni, parents, and friends an opportunity to celebrate the academy’s 40th anniversary.
Registration and refresh-ments begin at 4:30 p.m. Dinner is at 5 p.m.
Paul Somers and David Newman will prepare roasted oysters, seafood gumbo, hot dogs, beer, wine, soda and “all the fixin’s.”
From 6 to 9 p.m., guests may socialize and dance with Hotcakes from Virginia Beach.
Tickets are $25 per person. For tickets, call Helen Smith at Chesapeake Academy at 438-5575 by November 12.
Gregory Haugan will discuss the Lewis and Clark expedition at Books and Conversation at Rap-pahannock Westminster-Canter-bury near Irvington on November 11 at 11 a.m.
A social time begins at 10:30 a.m.
Haugan read about the explor-ers in Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose and in a Time magazine series for the 200th anniversary of the expedition.
Haugan and his son then hiked
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Oyster Festival to open Friday
Museum plans to honor folk festival reps
Academy schedules oyster roast
The Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts “On Stage” series continues on Tuesday, November 16, with the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio.
The concert, showcasing a trio of virtuo-sos, begins at 8 p.m. at the Lancaster Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock.
Since making their debut as the Kalich-stein Laredo Robinson Trio at the White House for President Carter’s Inauguration in January 1977, pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson have set the standard for perfor-mance of the piano trio literature for 27 con-secutive seasons.
As one of the only chamber ensembles with all its original members, the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio balances the careers of three internationally-acclaimed soloists while making annual appearances at many of the world’s major concert halls, commis-sioning spectacular new works, and main-taining an active recording agenda.
In December 2001, Musical America
named the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio the Ensemble of the Year for 2002.
More recently, they were awarded the fi rst annual Samuel Sanders Collaborative Art-ists Award by the Foundation for Recorded Music. And the 2003-04 season was their fi rst as Chamber Ensemble in Residence at the Kennedy Center. The steady stream of honors marks the high esteem the classical music fi eld holds for the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio.
“On Stage” in Kilmarnock, the trio will perform works by Mozart, Brahms and Men-delssohn.
The concert is included in the 2004-05 On Stage season subscription.
However, individual performance tickets may be available on a limited basis.
Tickets are $22.50 for adults and $10 for students. Call the box offi ce at 435-0292 for reservations.
Season subscribers who won’t be using their tickets are urged to call the box offi ce as well.
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Haugan to discuss Lewis and Clark hikethe Lolo Trail in Idaho last Sep-tember with the same outfi tter Ambrose had used. They fol-lowed six days of the Lewis and Clark journey, camping each night where they had camped and covering the same distances each day. Speakers came to camp nightly to talk about the original expedition.
Commenting on an early heavy snowfall on September 16, Clark wrote that he had never been as cold and miserable in his life
as on that date going through the Bitterroot Mountains, said Haugan. The Haugans experi-enced a heavy snowstorm on the same date.
Haugan serves on the board of the Northumberland Public Library and oversees its com-puter operations.
He has a bachelor’s in engi-neering from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, a mas-ter’s in business administration from St. Louis University and a doctorate in business from Amer-ican University.
He is writing his fourth book related to project management. Two are being translated into Chi-nese.
A consultant, he works with the General Services Administra-tion planning and management of a new building for the Depart-ment of Transportation; and with an Israeli company in a project for explosives detection at air-ports for the Transportation Secu-rity Administration.
He and his wife live at Betz Landing in Northumberland County.
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The Family Maternity Center of the Northern Neck will offer homemade yeast rolls for Thanksgiving feasts. The rolls are $8 per dozen and may be picked up November 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the White Stone United Meth-odist Church. Orders must be placed by November 18. Call Connie Booth at 435-3994 or Cindy Clarke at 435-1330. Planning the fund-raiser (from left) are Kristie Duryea, Clarke and Leslie Yost-Schomer.
Gerry and Teri Haskiell of Del-taville announce the birth of their son, Ethan Calvin Haskiell, born October 12, 2004, at Sentara Williamsburg Community Hos-pital. He weighed 7 pounds, .03 ounces, and was 20 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Calvin Luckham of Irvington and Anna Luckham of Weems. Pater-nal grandparents are Floyd and Cherry Sprouse of Hartfi eld.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Spafford were in Woodstock, Va., last weekend with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ramey. The occasion was to cel-ebrate Mrs. Spafford’s birthday. Family members joining them were Betty Brown and Danny and Debby Mastervich, all of Falls Church, and Robert Powell of Woodstock.
Ms. Charlotte Lent of New-foundland, Pa., was the Wednes-day overnight guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Lent, in Weems.
Mrs. Dixie Wood and daugh-ters, Linda Peay of Mechan-icsville and Polly Headley of Washington, recently visited another daughter and her family, Janet and Tom Bridwell and daughter, Laura, who have recently moved to Charlotte, N.C. En route home, they visited Mrs. Wood’s sister, Mrs. Fran-ces Hawkins, in her new home in Winston Salem, N.C.
Mrs. Charles Allen has returned after spending a week with her son-in-law and daugh-ter, the Rev. and Mrs. Robert Davenport, in Norfolk.
Mrs. Jennie Minor of Char-lottesville is expected to arrive today for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Conley in Ditchley.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wood spent the weekend at their home in Waynesboro and were dinner guests of long-time friends.
Mrs. J. Langdon Moss and
daughter, Barbara Jane Moss, of Richmond were recent guests of Mrs. Jack Enoch.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Marsh and his sister, Miss Inease Marsh were in Fairfax last Thursday and Friday for the Gaither Concert as guests of his sister and her hus-band, Dr. and Mrs. David Winter, and their son-in-law and daugh-ter, Mr. and Mrs. Scot McClain.
David Mitchell Reiblich of Indianapolis, In., spent several days recently with his mother, Mrs. W.R. Keyser, and Mr. Keyser at their home on Kent Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miranda of Mesa, Az., were guests for dinner on Saturday in the same home and helped to celebrate Mrs. Keyser’s birth-day. They were all friends when they lived in Tucson, Az., many years ago.
Mrs. Robert D. Baskerville of RW-C and her son, Steve Basker-ville of Norfolk, were in High point, N.C., last weekend for the surprise 80th birthday celebra-tion of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Rose Flanagan. The party, hosted by her children, was held at the Strings and Splinter City Club.
Guests for the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Burian were their daughter and grandson, Mrs. Sandy Green and Eddie of Gaithersburg, Md.
Tim Thomas and Matt of Vir-ginia Beach are visiting his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Thomas.
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Ethan Calvin Haskiell
Emmett Newsome and Dana Townsend
Mr. and Mrs. Al Townsend of Vandergrift, Pa., announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana, to Emmett Newsome, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Newsome of Burgess.
Miss Townsend is a 2000 grad-uate of Kiski Area High School in Vandergrift and a 2002 grad-uate of Oakbridge Academy of Arts in Lower Burrell, Pa. She is a cook at Newsome’s Restau-rant.
Newsome is a 1997 graduate of Northumberland High School and also attended Oakbridge Acad-emy of Arts. He is employed by Doug Walker and Sons.
A September 2005 wedding is planned in Freeport, Pa.
Townsend-Newsome
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Michael Shirilla
The marriage of Miss Tara Jea-nette Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Randolph Bowen Jr. of Warsaw and Mr. and Mrs. Ste-phen Robert Brown of Callao to Jacob Michael Shirilla, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Roy Shirilla of Mollusk, took place Septem-ber 25, 2004, at Kilmarnock Bap-tist Church with Revs. Bill and Mary Dell Sigler offi ciating.
The bride is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis Rowe of White Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Leasure of Blairs-ville, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tayloe of White Stone.
The groom is the grandson of Mrs. Katharine Simmons and the late V. Cundiff Simmons of Heathsville, Mrs. Shirley Carpen-ter of Portsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shirilla of Fredericksburg and Charles Carpenter of Grot-toes.
The bride was given in mar-riage by her family and escorted by her father. Miss Nikki Lewis of Charlottesville served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Crystal Stokes of Raleigh, N.C., and Miss Maggie Lewis of Char-lottesville. The fl ower girls were Ashley Divine of Earlysville and Alexandra Hawk of Charlottes-ville.
Christian Shirilla of Heathsville was best man for his brother. The groomsmen were Jason Brown of Harrisonburg, brother of the bride, and James Garnett of Kilmarnock. The ushers were Jordan Tyers and Michael Tyers of Callao, both stepbrothers of the bride. The ring bearer was Tristen Brown of Callao, brother of the bride.
Mrs. Tess Owens of Gloucester was mistress of ceremonies. Mrs. Delma Rose of Weems served as
greeter.Musicians performing for the
wedding included fl utist Laura Selby of Lancaster, pianist Brenda Burtner of Kilmarnock, trumpet-ers Robbie Spiers of White Stone and Glen Burtner of Kilmarnock, and soloist and guitarist Aaron Proffi tt of Harrisonburg.
The bride wore a strapless white matte satin gown with modifi ed a-line skirt and chapel-length train. Bugle bead crystals and light embroidery accented the bodice and banded the waist-line and hem.
An engagement party was given by the groom’s grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shirilla of Fredericksburg, in their home. Tess Owens hosted a linen shower in Kilmarnock. Nikki Lewis hosted a lingerie shower in Charlottesville. Tisha Hawk and Shannon Clark hosted a kitchen shower in Charlottesville and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Murphy hosted a couple’s kitchen/bar shower in Reedville. A luncheon was given for the bride at Rose’s Restau-rant in Kilmarnock by her great aunts.
The rehearsal dinner was given by the groom’s parents at Alex-ander’s in Kilmarnock.
The bride is a graduate of University of Virginia and will continue her employment with Virginia Institute of Chiropractic in North Garden. The groom will continue his employment with Moore’s Electrical and Mechan-ical Construction in Charlottes-ville.
A reception was held after the ceremony at Bambery’s Restau-rant in Heathsville.
Following a honeymoon trip to Steamboat Springs, Colo., the couple will reside in Crozet.
Shirilla-Brown wedding held
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Offi ce will provide a free child safety seat check on November 13 at the Kilmarnock Firehouse from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sheriff’s master deputies Bella Edwards and Lori Eanes, dou-bling as child safety technicians certifi ed by the National High-way and Traffi c Administration, will instruct parents and check for proper use and installation of child safety seats.
“Let us help you keep your kids safe,” said Sheriff Ronnie Crock-ett. “With the holidays coming up, I encourage all parents to take advantage of the service we pro-
vide as it may save your child’s life.”
State Farm Insurance Com-pany of Kilmarnock, the Tri-Star Supermarket of Kilmarnock, Wal-Mart of Gloucester, and Sevar Pools of Kilmarnock have donated funds and equipment for the event.
Citizens are reminded that the securing of children under the age 16 in an appropriate restrain-ing device is now a primary law. Buckle up and save a life.
For more information on the free safety seat check or child restraint laws, contact the sher-iff’s offi ce at 462-5111.
The Richard Henry Lee Chap-ter of the Sons of the American Revolution will meet November 15 at Rappahannock Westmin-ster-Canterbury near Irvington.
The luncheon speaker is Myron “Mike” E. Layman, a veteran of 25 years in the Army infantry and holder of numer-ous decorations including the Bronze Star.
A graduate of the University of Vermont Agriculture College, Layman retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1979. He is vice president general of the Virginia Society of the War of 1812 and was formerly presi-
dent of the Culpepper Minute Men Chapter of the SAR. He also holds membership in sev-eral other lineage societies and is Revolutionary War Graves Chairman for the Virginia Soci-ety, SAR.
His talk, “Southern Northern Neck’s Involvement During the War of 1812,” includes the war’s unit manning, conditions, involvements and activities within Northumberland and Lan-caster counties in 1813 and 1814.
The meeting begins with a social period at 11:30 a.m. Lunch is at noon.
The Afton United Methodist Men will host a turkey dinner on Saturday, November 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church in Oph-elia.
The menu will include turkey, dressing, potatoes, gravy, green peas, candied yams, dessert, tea and coffee.
Chefs Bill Duncan and Len Gaskins will again be in charge of the kitchen.
The cost of the meal is $9 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Carry-out meals will be available.
The church is on Route 644 in Ophelia, about fi ve miles north of its intersection with Route 360 in Burgess.
Afton menare cookingturkey dinner
Sheriff’s Offi ce to conduct free child seat saftey check
The Rappahannock Garden Club will present metal artist Bridgette Swepston at “High Tea and Flowers” with fl oral designer David Pippin at Dream Fields on November 9 at noon. The cost is $20. Reservations are required
Swepston has created metal sculp-tures for fl oral design, gardens, and for home inte-riors and exte-riors for over 20 years.
For reser-vations, call Genny Chase at 438-5560, Page Carlson at 435-0956, or Gayle Hudnall at 435-1111.
The club also will sell hand-made holiday wreaths and hand-painted glassware. Raffl e tickets will be sold for prizes from Adams Jewelers, The Northern Nick and The Christmas House in Kilmarnock, Peppers and Ash-
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A new work by Irvington play-wright Brad Stephens will make its debut at the Arts Building this month.
Directed by Candy Manuel, ‘That Winslow Woman’ is remi-niscent in style of an early Neil Simon comedy. Taking place in a New York apartment in the 1970s, it depicts what happens when the lives of a successful theatrical agent, his wife and their friends are interrupted by the arrival of a new neighbor.
The neighbor, it transpires, is famous and has a past history with one of them. The plot thick-ens; there are elements of farce and physical comedy along with mistaken identity and clever dia-logue.
The cast includes many Center for the Arts favorites and some newer faces too. Dick Saxer stars as David Todd, with Vicki Kinsel, last seen as The Baroness in ‘The Sound of Music,’ as his wife. Harry Stemple and Sally Clark, who have appeared in many local pro-ductions will play their friends.
Mickey Dwyer continues her record of appearing in every com-munity theater production ever
mounted by the Center. She will take on the cameo role of a nosy neighbor.
Rounding out the cast as two New York City policemen are Gus Shelton, who played Franz the butler in ‘The Sound of Music,’ and Paul Kimball, a leading player in ‘Of Thee I Sing.’
Manuel is excited to be directing ‘That Winslow Woman’ because she has read the early drafts of many of Brad’s works and this one in particular caught her atten-tion.
“It really speaks with his voice and is so close to his own quirky sense of humor that I laughed out loud just reading it,” Manuel said. The playwright and director go back 20 years. Stephens was one of the fi rst people Manuel met when she moved locally and their theatrical collaboration began when he starred in and she directed ‘Deathtrap’ for The Lan-caster Players in 1984.
‘That Winslow Woman’ will play November 18 through 20 at 8 p.m.
For reservations, call the box offi ce at the Arts Building, 435-2400. All seats are $12.
The Bay School Cultural Arts Center invites the public to an open-ing reception of the Pat Ramey exhibit, “A One Woman Show,” on November 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Bay School located on Main Street in Mathews.
The reception will feature light appetizers and will offer the public an opportunity to meet and speak with Ramey. The exhibit features 24 pieces of her work, most of which will be for sale.
Ramey retired to the Northern Neck after 34 years in the Washing-ton, D.C., area and pursued an inter-est in watercolor painting. Her art has been used on a book cover. She has won many awards and rib-bons and in 2002 she won the “Save the Turtle” poster competition spon-sored by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Bay School. She lives in Ditchley.
This exhibit continues through November 19.
The Lancaster Middle School drama club will present “Little Women” on December 10 at 9 a.m., December 11 at 2 and 7 p.m. and December 12 at 3 p.m.
The classic play derived from the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, captures the essence of the beloved story about Jo, Beth, Amy and Meg March. The March family is bravely coping with the absence of the father who is away at service during the Civil War.
The lack of family income takes its toll, but brave Jo, the “man of the house,” is an independent teen-ager who seeks to keep the family intact. Meg is the eldest and most refi ned. Beth is quiet and caring. Amy is the adorable and head-strong little sister. Marmee is a nat-ural warm and caring mother. Aunt
March is domineering and con-ceals the fact that she really has some gold in her heart as well as what she has in her purse. There is also Laurie, the young neighbor who makes Jo’s heart beat a bit faster.
This is a story of growing matu-rity and wisdom, and the search for contentedness of family life in a war-stricken society. The book was written in 1867, and it is a fi ction-alized account of Alcott and her sisters.
Many of the circumstances real-ized by the March sisters are all too relevant today.
Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling Robin Blake at Lancaster Middle School at 435-1681. Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children.
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Mercy Creek of Weems will perform at Cafe Mojo in Urbanna on Saturday, November 6, from noon to 2 p.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m. The show coincides with the Urbanna Oyster Festival.
Mercy Creek has spent the past fi ve years living the hard work involved in being an independant band, releasing three CDs, writing new music and constantly playing shows.
Following the time-honored tra-
dition of touring and performing for a living, band members Cheryl Nystrom and Jim Ball stay on the road to spread their music.
The music centers around Nys-trom’s vocals. She also plays guitar. Ball adds drums and per-cussions. They write music while traveling to shows from their home in Weems.
Their four-hour sets are fi lled with agressive folk rock, original songs and storied lyrics.
Mercy Creek, featuring Jim Ball (left) and Cheryl Nystrom will perform locally on Saturday, November 6. Routinely playing shows miles away, the Weems couple will play at Cafe Mojo during the Urbanna Oyster Festival.
The Shane Cooley Band is con-ducting a CD drive to help Tap-pahannock radio station WRAR 105.5 with its Christmas Wishes Program.
The program helps fulfi ll local needy children’s Christmas wish lists. Hundreds of children are granted their wishes by listeners contributing gifts. Each year Shane Cooley of Lancaster donates a CD player and CDs, one of the most popular requests among the children.
This year, Cooley would like to do more.
He was inspired by a friend who, instead of getting gifts for her birthday, asked that her family and friends give a gift of mittens to a needy children’s program.
During November, Cooley is collecting new and used CDs to give to needy children with new CD players he is donating. Col-lection boxes will be placed in area schools and businesses by Cooley and the Rappahannock High School Beta Club. Boxes also will be placed where the band is playing.
The Shane Cooley Band will play at the Urbanna Oyster Festi-val in Urbanna November 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. at The Boathouse. The band returns to Anna’s Ital-ian Restaurant and Lounge in Warsaw November 20 from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
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Shane Cooleylead singer, Cooley plays acous-tic and electric guitars, harmonica and drums. Other band members include Jim Gallon, bass, Jack Cooley, drums, guitar and backup vocals, and Spider Cole, djembe and backup vocals. For more on the CD drive, the band and its schedule, visit www.shanecooleymusic.com.
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Proceeds support college schol-arships, VFGC Nature Camp, landscaping Habitat for Humanity Homes, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond, decorating the outside of the Rappahannock General Hospital for Christmas and other charities and events.
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The annual “Lights on the Creek” boat parade returns to Irvington and Carters Creek on December 11 at 6 p.m.
Meanwhile, a holiday boat lighting workshop is scheduled Sunday, November 7, at 2 p.m. at Commodores at the Tides Inn. The public is invited to come and learn more about
how to decorate a boat for the parade.
The members of the organiz-ing committee are volunteers from the Rappahannock River Yacht Club and the Tides Inn. For more information on the parade or the workshop, contact Sharon Dalby at 438-4421, or e-mail [email protected].
Wreath shoppingNorthern Neck CASA will be selling 22-inch Frasier Fir Christmas wreaths for $20. Pro ceeds benefi t children in the local juvenile and domes-tic relations courts who are abused or neglected. Orders must be in by Novem ber 15. The wreaths may be picked up on December 1, 2, 4 at Chesapeake Commons Shop-ping Center in Kilmarnock. To order, call Denise DeVries at 462-0881 or visit www. nncasa.com.
The Northern Neck YMCA Festival of the Trees committee anticipates a successful event. Some 45 entries have been con-fi rmed.
The festival will be held November 19, 20 and 21 at the YMCA in Kilmarnock.
Procurment committee co-chair Donna McGrath said, “Festival entries range from holiday cen-terpieces to decorated trees in an array of themes to beautiful hand-made items and holiday gift dis-plays.”
“The timely response of this year’s entries further demon-strates our community’s dedi-cation and commitment to the YMCA,” added procurement committee co-chair Susan John-son.
“The Festival of the Trees is the Y’s largest fund-raising event for the Guardian Program,” said McGrath. “Because of the tre-mendous support of businesses and individuals in our commu-nity, YMCA programs are open to everyone regardless of their inability to pay.”
Festival entries will be offered at silent auction and sold to the
highest bidder at the conclusion of the three-day event.
Entries will be accepted until all exhibit space is fi lled; to be included in the program, entries must be received by November 5. To reserve a space, call
The Richmond County Museum Holiday Tree of Love Illumination Ceremony will be held December 5 at 4 p.m. at the Richmond County Courthouse.
Activities include choral and community caroling, prayers of remembrance and the reading of names placed on the Tree of Love.
Lights may be placed on the tree to honor or to remember loved ones and special friends. Contribution forms indicating red lights to honor, white lights of remembrance, and green lights as life lights are available at the museum at 5874 Rich-mond Road, Warsaw, and at banks and businesses in Warsaw, or by calling the museum at 333-3607.
The United States Capitol Hol-iday Tree will travel around the Commonwealth of Virginia vis-iting 33 communities on its way to Washington, D.C.
Each of the communities is planning a holiday celebration for the tree’s visit. The journey will start with a send-off cer-emony November 13 in High-land County where the tree was found.
On November 15, the tree visits Westmoreland County from 12:45 to 2 p.m. Christmas carols and a performance by the Washington and Lee High School Band are planned in front of the old courthouse in Mon-tross.
The 70-foot red spruce was found in the George Washington National Forest. This is the fi rst time Virginia has provided the holiday tree that will adorn the front lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The theme for this year’s Holiday Tree is “From Vir-ginia—Birthplace of Presidents.” Virginia produced more presi-dents than any other state.
Indian war re-enactor Tom Tompkins and his horse Main Man are among the early entries in the 26th annual Kilmarnock Christmas Parade on December 10 at 7 p.m.
Better known as Buckskin Tommy, Tompkins, a retired teacher and Vietnam Marine vet-eran, has appeared in the movies “Gettysburg” and “Geronomo,” and several “B” fi lms.
Tompkins also is a cavalry trooper member in the Custer’s Last Stand re-enactment in Hardin, Mont., each June.
Other early entries are the pre-cision group, the Marching Elites
of Hampton, miniature horses from the Little Wonder Horse Farm, the Kilmarnock and Dis-trict Pipe Band, the Islandrettes majorettes of Poquoson, the Lan-caster Middle School Band, the Lancaster High School March-ing Band and the Northumber-land High School Junior ROTC.
The parade is sponsored by the Kilmarnock Chamber of Com-merce and the Kiwanis Club of the Northern Neck. To enter, call Jean Light at 435-3476 for fl oats, Melanie Davis at 761-0149 after 9 p.m. for equestrian units and Carroll Ashburn at 435-2473 for other entries.
Benefi ting from Gifts and GreensCharles Costello (left) of the Lan caster/Northumberland Hab-itat for Humanity receives a contribution from Karen Reed, sales manager of the 2004 Historyland Community Workshop Gifts and Greens Benefi t Sale. Habitat for Humanity builds houses for qualifi ed appli cants who are willing to share in the construc tion of what is often the fi rst house they have owned. The next Gifts and Greens Benefi t Sale is November 20 at Lan-caster Middle School in Kil marnock.
Festival entries continueMcGrath at 438-5803 or Johnson at 438-5187.
The festival will open with a preview party November 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person and must be purchased in advance.
On November 20, the festival will be open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no admission charge. At 3 p.m., “Trinkets, Treasures and Small Pleasures,” a fashion show held around the YMCA pool produced by Karen Burke, will feature fashions and accessories from area businesses. Admission to the fashion show is $25 per person.
A Christmas “Cheers” party, a casual affair, will be held Novem-ber 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person.
The festival will conclude November 21 with holiday por-traits from 11 a..m. to 3 p.m. and the opportunity for the public at no charge to again visit the exhibits and to make fi nal bids. A silent auction will close at 3 p.m. and winning bids will be announced.
To purchase tickets, call 435-0223.
Sandy Griffi th models a hand-made rag quilt holiday jacket she designed and made to be auctioned at the festival.
Boat decorating workshopis November 7 in Irvington
Hank and Seale George rig their boat with deco rations for the “Lights on Creek” boat parade. They will lead a boat decorat-ing workshop on Sunday.
Re-enactor among early entries in Christmas parade
Land conservation and the work of the Northern Neck Land Conservancy will be the subject of Del. Albert C. Pollard’s pre-sentation to the Upper Lancaster Ruritan Club on November 11 at the Ruritan Center at Lively. The meeting is closed to the public.
The mission of the Northern Neck Land Conservancy is: “To preserve the rural heritage of the Northern Neck by conserving its lands, waters, economics and culture for future generations.”
“Residential and commercial development is rapidly eating up our farmland and forest land in Lancaster County,” said club member Henry Bashore. “Many of our citizens are concerned that urban sprawl may replace too much of our open space in the county. It is essential that we develop a comprehensive plan that will preserve some of the rural character of our county.”
Conservation easements are a tool that can be used to pre-serve farmland and forest land, he said.
The artists of the month for November at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury are Bonnie Cook, Margaret Feil, Ginny Knull and Nancy Reath.
All four women are accom-plished artists, active Rappahan-nock Art League members and residents of RW-C. Cook, Feil and Reath have exhibit space at the Studio Gallery in Kilmar-nock.
Cook will exhibit traditional acrylics.
“You just start painting and see where you go,” Cook said. “I often choose a palette and start painting with different colors and see what happens. As you get started, you get an idea. You start painting shapes, and it’s amazing
what evolves.”Feil will exhibit collages,
including two that are 30 inches by 40 inches.
“I called the last one I did ‘Memory of a Butterfl y,’” Feil said. “It’s impressionistic or abstract. I don’t see the butterfl y itself; it’s just the memory of what I’ve seen a butterfl y do, or my interpretation of it.”
Knull will exhibit watercolors. Her favorite subjects to paint are grandchildren and landscapes.
“I’m a Sunday painter and not real serious, but I have fun doing it,” said Knull. “I’ve always painted on the kitchen table, but now I have ordered a drafting table, and I’m looking forward to getting back into my painting.”
Reath will exhibit 15 pieces including a collagraph print and a monotype.
“There is no end to what you can learn from others,” said Reath, who paints or studies art daily in her second fl oor studio. “At the gallery we have a group that meets every other Wednes-day. We paint, then critique each other’s work. You just put your heart into it and then put it out there and wait and see how it’s received. It’s interesting to see the different reactions to one paint-ing. You have to have a tough hide.”
The exhibit will run through the end of November. Browsers are welcome from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • Nov. 4, 2004 • A9SportsUnbeaten Lady Indians claim districtvolleyball crown, Lady Devils second
by Lisa Hinton-ValdrighiNorthumberland High beat
Lancaster, 25-22, 25-10, 21-25, 25-20, Thursday to remain unde-feated as the Northern Neck Dis-trict’s regular season volleyball champions.
The Lady Indians went 10-0 in the district and 20-0 overall among varsity teams to enter this week’s tournament as the top seed.
Lancaster fi nished in a second-place tie with Essex at 7-3 in the district. The Lady Devils went 13-7 overall and will play the Trojans in the fi rst round of the playoffs.
Lancaster clinched the second-place spot last Tuesday with a 25-17, 25-16, 25-13 sweep of James Monroe. The Yellow Jack-ets, at 2-8 in the league, fi nished in fi fth-place and did not advance to the tournament. Last place Rappahannock, which went 1-9 in the district, was also elimi-nated from post-season play.
Washington & Lee was fourth during the regular season with a 3-7 league record and faced fi rst-place Northumberland in the semifi nal round.
The district championship game was scheduled for yester-day at Northumberland.
Jennifer Combs, with seven service points, and Kelle Urban, with four kills, led Lancaster against the Indians.
Urban, Kori George and Lauren Moubrey had six service points each, while Becky Smith got above the net for three kills and Combs and Madison Smith sent over two each.
Brittany Dodson led the setters with 20 and Tabitha Rinehart had 15.
Combs went on a 10-point run in the second game last Tues-day and fi nished with 14 service points to help lead Lancaster over James Monroe.
Combs scored points 4 through
By Lisa Hinton-ValdrighiJust before the fi nal serve, Lucy
McCann eyed coach Gary Gilbert on the bench, rubbed her stomach and declared, “I’m so scared, I’m going to throw up.”
McCann’s fear was replaced with elation minutes later when the Lady Indians returned teammate Carly Webb’s serve out-of-bounds, giving Lancaster the Northern Neck Dis-trict’s regular season title in JV vol-leyball.
Eleven screaming players hud-dled together, tears fl owing as the ball bounced towards the bleachers, ending arguably the best JV volley-ball match seen by Northumberland and Lancaster fans in more than a decade.
The Devils battled their way from a six-point defi cit to claim the regu-lar season championship with a 9-1 Northern Neck District record and 16-4 overall mark.
The Indians and Devils came into Thursday night’s regular season fi nale tied with one league loss each.
Lancaster won the season-ending match, 21-25, 25-21, 15-13.
“I was hoping to be in that posi-tion,” said Gilbert. “This was just a special team, a special group of girls with a lot of spirit and a lot of heart. They proved that by being down six points and coming back to win it.”
Northumberland won the open-ing game of the match, 25-21, behind the serving of Mary Kelly and Monet Stevenson. Kelly put up a seven-point run and scored eight total in the fi rst game. Stevenson also scored seven points and Anjel-ica Newsome sent over the game winner.
The Indians blew open a one-point, 15-14, lead in the match opener with six unanswered points and led 20-14 before the Devils closed the margin to 23-21 with the help of three straight service points from Sara Caudle.
The homestanding Devils enjoyed a fi ve-point lead in the second game before allowing Northumberland to cut it to two, 20-18. Abby Robbins opened the lead with a four-point rally and Webb recorded a kill to bring up game-point, 24-20.
Tiffany Lee put over the game-winning kill to lift Lancaster, 25-21, and force the best of three match into a tie-breaking 15-point game.
Lancaster got off to a slow start in the third game, trailing 11-5 before Gilbert called a crucial time-out.
Robbins put over fi ve straight serves and got a kill each from
Webb and Caudle in the run to pull the Devils within one, 11-10.
The Indians took a time-out, then came back to score two and go up 13-10.
But that was it for Northumber-land.
Lancaster scored off an Indian serve, then Webb put over the fi nal four, getting a kill from Lee to tie the outing at 13-13. She aced over the next serve for LHS advantage and her fi nal serve was returned out-of-bounds.
“I was so excited for them,” said Gilbert. “They’ve really played as a team; they won together and went down together.
“All the girls contributed at some point at some time to make this a great season and I want them to know that,” he added.
Webb led Lancaster behind the service line in the fi nal match, put-ting over 10 points with three aces. Caudle served for nine points with an ace, Robbins eight and McCann four with an ace.
Dominating at the net, Emily Elbourn had 10 spikes. Lee put over fi ve kills, Webb two and Caudle and McCann one each.
Caudle led the setters with 38 and Robbins had 17.
Earlier last week, the Lady Devils swept James Monroe, 25-8, 25-8.
Victoria Mieras led behind the line with 19 service points including two aces. She went on a 12-point
run in the fi rst game, serving for points 14-25.
Mieras served for fi ve straight points in the second game and Lee ended the match, serving for points 20-25 with four aces on the fi ve serves.
JV Lady Devils are regularseason volleyball champions
Beautiful weather graced the Northern Neck this week. The calm seas continued to offer excellent opportunities for the small boat operator to venture out into the productive waters of the bay.
Warmer air temperatures have added a notch of red to the ther-mometer. The bay water is now holding at 62 degrees in the Reed-ville area. The lower bay is reg-istering similar levels as well. The upper bay from Annapolis down to Thomas Point is expe-riencing cooler 60-degree water. Striper fi shing in the upper bay has slowed as many have already moved to the south.
Striped bass fi shing is red hot locally and has no signs of cooling off in the near future. Chumming continues to provide easy limits of 22-to 26-inch fi sh. The populations are healthy and swelling by the day.
The Northern Neck Reef remains a popular location for chumming. The Asphalt Pile (AP) Reef has also been very produc-tive during the past few weeks. The AP reef has a longer profi le and can accommodate more
anglers than the NN reef. Give it a try and diversify your fi shing holes. Although fi shing is great on the reefs, the fi sh populations there can only withstand so much pressure. After twenty or thirty boats begin to chum in the area, the fi sh tend to lay back and feast rather than aggressively pursue a particular chum slick.
Weekdays there have been an average of 15 boats fi shing on each reef per day. On weekends the average has been 40 or more.
Trolling action for the large striped bass is slowly improving. The best results have come in the lower bay waters. The channel edges from the tunnel up through Cape Charles are holding schools of menhaden and have yielded some jumbos up to 38 inches. It is still early for this action, yet the fi rst have begun to move into the bay. We have noticed a few more fi sh this week that were car-rying sea lice. This is a sign of movement from the ocean side.
Bluefi sh have dropped off this week making up only a fraction of landings. The best bet for land-ing blues is to seek out the break-ing fi sh. There have been surface
feeding schools near Buoy 62 most mornings. The lower Rappa-hannock River below the bridge has also been home to breaking fi sh. Another location that has offered surface action is between Windmill Point and Dividing Creek. There are a mix of striped bass and blues in that area.
Trout have been very elusive this week. There are not many schools of fi sh at this time. Most of the trout are found in scat-tered groups. Sting Silvers and Braid Slammers are the best jigs When jigging below the Asphalt Pile and above the Cut Channel, some nice rockfi sh are being landed in lieu of the trout. The rockfi sh are great fun to catch when jigging. Some of the rock-fi sh are measuring over 30 inches in length.
With elections now over, it is time to put our political spin behind us and break out our spin-ning reels for more fall action. Enjoy your week.
Until next time…Fair winds. (Capt. Billy Pipkin owns and
operates Ingram Bay Marina and Capt. Billy’s Charters in Wicom-ico Church. 580-7292)
The Fishing Lineby Capt. Billy Pipkin
Lancaster’s JV volleyball team (from left) Jewell Beatley, Emily Elbourn, Lucy McCann, Sara Caudle, Tiffany Lee, Jessica Hinson, Abby Robbins, Victoria Mieras, Carly Webb, Katie O’Brien, K.C. Tignor and coach Gary Gilbert celebrate winning the regular season championship.
The Northern Neck Anglers Club will meet November 13 at the Northumberland Public Library in Heathsville. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
In other club news, Dave Compton took first place in the recent Fall Striper Chal-lenge tournament. The winning catch was a 24-and-three-quar-
ter-inch rockfish weighing 5 pounds,12 ounces.
Dave Goodman landed second place with a 23-and-a-half-inch rockfish weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces.
Walt Patrick placed third with a 24-inch rockfish weighing 4 pounds, 15 ounces.
Anglers club to convene
The fi rst Casey Neale Rogers Memorial Rockfi sh Tournament will be held this Saturday, November 6.
Registration will begin at Smith Point Marina at 5 p.m. on Friday, November 5, with a captain’s meeting following at 7 p.m. Reg-istration forms are available at Smith Point Marina or Jett’s
Marine in Reedville. The tournament weigh-in dead-
line is 4 p.m. on Saturday. Fish can be weighed at Buzzard’s Point Marina or Smith Point Marina. An awards dinner is planned at 6 p.m. at the Fairfi elds Vol-unteer Fire Department fi rehouse on Main Street in Reedville. The public is invited to enjoy music
and other festivities following the dinner at the fi rehouse.
The tournament is a fund-raiser for the Casey Neal Rogers Memo-rial Scholarship Fund, established in honor of Rogers after the Nor-thumberland High School gradu-ate died last August from injuries sustained in an automobile acci-dent.
Casey Neale Rogers MemorialRockfi sh Tournament is Nov. 6
Carly Webb of Lancaster gets above the net for an attempted block on a Northumberland spike during the season fi nale last week.
From left, Sara Caudle of Lancaster is ready to back up Lucy McCann who bumps up a serve during the JV match Thursday.
Varsity footballNorthern Neck DistrictEssex 42, Lancaster 14James Monroe 61, Northum-berland 6Washington & Lee 21, Rappah-annock 12Varsity volleyballLancaster def. James Monroe 25-17, 25-16, 25-13Northumberland def. Lancaster 25-22, 25-10, 21-25, 25-20JV volleyballLancaster def. Northumberland 21-25, 25-21, 15-13Lancaster def. James Monroe25-8, 25-8Varsity fi eld hockeyNorthumberland 9, Lancaster 0JV fi eld hockeyLancaster 2, Northumberland 0
Cross CountryNorthern Neck District meetBoys meet1. James Monroe 24; 2. Lan-caster 59; 3. Washington & Lee 63; 4. Essex 95; 5. Northumber-land 120.Girls meet1. James Monroe 27; 2. Nor-thumberland 54; 3. Lancaster 66; 4. Essex 76.
Upcoming GamesVarsity football(7:30 p.m.)November 4:Tidewater DistrictMiddlesex at King & QueenNovember 5:Northern Neck DistrictJames Monroe at Lancaster
Northumberland at Rappahan-nock Tidewater DistrictWest Point at King WilliamTri-Rivers DistrictCharles City at SurryFranklin at Sussex November 6:Northern Neck DistrictEssex at W&L (2 p.m.) JV football(6:30 p.m.)November 10:Northumberland at LancasterEssex at RappahannockJames Monroe at W&L Cross Country(4:30 p.m.)November 13:Group A meet in Great Mead-ows
Lancaster’s Jennifer Combs (left) and Tabitha Rinehart rush to dig out a serve.
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Moubray scored fi ve service points including three aces and Rinehart three points in the fi nal game.
B. Smith served for seven points and George six in the match.
At the net, Urban led with nine kills and two blocks while Combs had eight kills and two blocks.
Rinehart led in the middle with 15 kills, Dodson had 12 and Brandy Gilbert 11.
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4. Towson at Richmond 5. Villanova at William & Mary
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Persons picking the most correct winners will win $20 plus a $5 giftcertificate from one of the sponsors on this page and the runner-up willwin $15. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker game will decide the winner.If there is still a tie, the second tiebreaker game will decide the winner.
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by Lisa Hinton-ValdrighiThe defense came up with two
crucial stops in the second half last Wednesday to preserve a shutout as Lancaster beat Essex, 18-0, in Northern Neck District JV foot-ball.
The Devils stopped the Tro-jans on downs at the six-yard line early in the fourth, then came up with a turnover late in the period.
The Trojans charged to the LHS six-yard line with a drive that took almost seven minutes before being held on fourth and goal by a stingy Devil defense.
Essex plowed from midfi eld to the LHS three-yard line with just two minutes to play when Jonathan Somers came up with a fumble recovery.
Larry Brown sprinted 64 yards on the second play from scrimmage to put Lancaster in Trojan territory and the Devils let the clock tick down.
Brown fi nished with over 100 yards rushing to lead Lancaster’s ground game.
Somers fi nished with 83 yards rushing and accounted for two LHS scores.
He got a safety seconds into the game, tackling the Essex quarter-
back on the fi rst play of the opening drive.
On Lancaster’s fi rst possession, Somers gained 35 of the Devils’ 50 yards, then ended the series with a two-yard scoring run. Larry Brown rushed for the two-point conversion to lift Lancaster, 10-0.
Travis Baker capped the scoring
on a fi ve-yard TD run and Brown connected with Gibson on a two-point pass to give the Devils an 18-0 lead at the half.
The JV Devils, now 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the district, will host Nor-thumberland in the fi nal game of the season on Wednesday, Novem-ber 10.
The Christchurch School JV volleyball team has an 8-5 record. Team members from left are (front row) Kathleen Sinagra, Alex-andra Longest, Taylor Harris, Linzy Heavenridge and Lauren Henry; (next row) coach Patty Rimbey, Larkin Epstein, Kaitlin Edwards, Samantha Bigg and Dryden Epstein.
Kilmarnock American Legion Post 86 co-sponsors the Skipjacks Northern Neck Youth Shooting Club, and since July 2003 has provided grants to help fi nance construction of an air rifl e range and purchase of air rifl es and equipment during the club’s start up phase.
Skipjacks program director Larry Hammick recently accepted a check from Post 86 vice com-mander Alton Perciful for more equipment and improvements to the club’s indoor 10-meter air rifl e range.
“Post 86 veterans served the
Northern Neck in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War,” said Hammick. “Their ser-vice continues today. Our club is proud to have them as sponsors and we look forward to repre-senting them and our community as our club and youth grow.”
Post 86 also sponsors the Boy Scouts, Girls State, Boys State, oratory contests and provides academic scholarships.
The Skipjacks club meets on Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Post 86 meeting hall on Waverly Avenue in Kilmarnock
Post 86 co-sponsorsSkipjacks shooting club
Alton Perciful (left) presents a check to Larry Hammick for the Skipjacks shooting club.
Catherine Chilton of Lancaster passes to Sarah Reilly of Bruing-ton as the Scotties advance on the Seahorse goal. St. Margaret’s School beat Christchurch School, 1-0.
Two St. Margaret’s School teams added wins to their records in recent matchups against Christ-church School.
In field hockey on October 21, the Scotties beat the Sea-horses, 6-2. Scoring for the Scotties were Sarah Reilly of Bruington, Alexis Mamoudis of Virginia Beach, Catherine
Chilton of Lancaster, Becky Clark of Lively and Rebecca Dickinson of Loretto with two goals.
On October 28, the Scotties beat the Seahorses, 1-0.
In varsity volleyball on October 26, the Scotties won a tie-breaker game, 15-13, for the fi ve-game match win.
Scotty Sports The Christchurch School 2004-05 JV soccer team fi nished the regular season with a 4-1-1 record in the VCC and a 4-3 record in the Prep League. Team members from left are (front row) David Yang, Mike Hung, Hyung Joon Nam, Matt Wolfe, Robert Wool, James Wall and Julian Cornwell; (next row) Casey Putney, Jimmy Ancel, Luke Saunders, Franz Haertel, Andy Lee, Je-Youn Song, Kyeonghee Kim, Mason Powell and Scott Heyman; (next row) assistant coach Chris Carrillo, head coach Patrick Martin, William Pace, Shawn Erwin, Mark Powell, Hunter Edwards, Anh Bui, Sam Pounds, Adam Przybyl, Andrew Hurley, Drew Ransone, Madeleine Przybyl, Young Hoon An, Sang Ho Kim, Ryan Holbrook and manager Bradley Walker.
Senior players on the 2004-05 Christchurch School fi eld hockey team are (from left) Ann Thomasson of Kilmarnock, Jeanne Courtney of Urbanna, Courtney Faudree of Urbanna, Mered ith Martin of Kilmarnock and Lindsey Faulkner of Irvington.
Hunter Edwards of White Stone eyes the ball in a recent soccer match.
Athletic wins were a highlight of Christchurch School’s Family/Homecoming Weekend.
JV and varsity soccer teams and the fi eld hockey team posted wins. The previously undfeated varsity football team fell to Vir-ginia Episcopal School, 34-6.
In varsity soccer, the Seahorses beat Trinity Episcopal, 2-1. The win assures Christchurch a berth in the fi rst round of the state championship playoffs to be held at the school on Friday, Novem-ber 5, at 3 p.m. at Nunn Field.
In JV soccer last week, the Sea-horses beat Richmond Christian, 3-2, and Steward School, 3-2.
The 2004-05 Christchurch School JV football team members from left are (front row) Jake Michael, Sean Sinagra, Julio Ravelo, Will Riley, Lewis Cole, Landon Clark, Alan Akers; (next row) Coach Jonathan Hemingway, Austin West, Colin McGuirk, Collin McCune, Corey Lewis, Carlo Sinagra, Reyn Davenport, David Ourlicht, Coach Jon Waite; (next row) Justin Miller, John Wil-liford, Pedro Corniel, Chris Robinson, Khouri Howard, Travis Meyers, Max Farnum and Martin Huff.
Ladies LeagueTCH Oil Company won three games
against Cap’n Red’s Seafood when Marie Piccard bowled a 339 set with games of 107 and 133. Sandra Evans rolled a 335 set with games of 115 and 125. Greta Walker had a 104 game and Vicki White had games of 104 and 108. For Cap’n Red’s, Ruth Moore rolled a 115 game.
Callis Seafood won three games against Northern Neck Surgical Services when Lillian Potter bowled a 352 set with games of 109, 112 and 131. Donna Thomas rolled a 341 set with games of 113, 114 and 114. Gayle Conrad had a 313 set with games of 100, 103 and 110. Mary Savalina bowled a 303 set with games of 100 and 118. Debi Berry rolled a 104 game. For N.N. Surgical, Elsie Rose bowled a 316 set with games of 102 and 117. Bev Benson rolled a 312 set with games of 106 and 117. Terry Stillman had a 302 set with games of 101 and 108.
Lively Oaks Girls won three games against Young Country when Nancy Carter bowled a 361 set with games of 117, 119 and 125. Lynn Gordon rolled a 334 set with games of 102 and 134. Becky Thrift had a 306 set with games of 102 and 116. Jean Reynolds bowled a 105 game. For Young Country, Theresa Davis rolled a 322 set with games of 103 and 120. JoAnne Paulette had a 304 set with games of 104 and 118. Linda Lake bowled a 302 set with games of 103 and 107. Cathy Savalina rolled a 109 game.
R.P. Waller won two games against Yeatman’s Forklift when Bea Hodges bowled a 352 set with games of 124 and 133. Claudette Hames rolled a 116 game, Ilva Jett a 118 game, Dee Atkins a 105 game and Ola Nash a 106 game. For Yeatman’s, Sis Ransone rolled a 337 set with games of 104 and 141. Myrtle Royall had a 315 set with games of 106 and 112. Corinne Beauchamp bowled a 100 game and Pat Harris rolled a game of 101.
High average: Sandra Evans, 116; Gladys Sisson, 114; Theresa Davis and Nancy Carter, 111.
High team set: Young Country, 1,621; Callis Seafood, 1,591; Cap’n Red’s Sea-food, 1,587.
won three games against Team No. 6 when Johnny Evans bowled the high set of the week of 400 with games of 161 and 147. Louis Coates rolled games of 121, 119 and 125 in a 365 set. Bunks Mitchell had a 132 game and Richard Salavina a 126 game. For Team No. 6, Dwayne Davis bowled the high set of 378 with games of 137 and 135. Don Holt rolled a 119 game and Bob Huff had a 112 game.
Sal’s Pizza won two games and lost one against Lenny’s Auto Repair. For Sal’s, Wayne Candrey bowled the high set of 369 with games of 130 and 139. Bill Hendershot rolled a 179 game. Jim Coates had a 332 set with games of 118 and 116. For Lenny’s, Steve Edwards bowled the high set of 365 with games of 135 and 118. Curly Lewis rolled games of 119 and 115 in a 344 set. Frank Perkins had a games of 125.
D&L Marine Construction won two games and lost one against Cap’n John’s.
For D&L, Lacy Rose bowled the high set of 324 with two games of 109. Steve Hinson rolled games of 124 and 126, Doug Hundley a 135 game and Mark Obsharsky a 123 game. Dana Stillman bowled a game of 117.
For Cap’n John’s, Herbert Hammock bowled the high set of 373 with games of 139, 120 and 114. Ernie George rolled a 120 game in a 338 set. Joe Hinson had a 120 game.
High game: Kasey Kacperski, 182; Bill Hendershot, 179; Wayne Candrey and Johnny Evans, 175; John Hollow-ell, 158.
High set: Wayne Candrey, 426; Louis Coates, 409; Johnny Evans, 404; Curly Lewis, 397; Herbert Hammock and Kasey Kacperski, 395.
High team game: Sal’s, 563; D&L, 541; Evans, 533; Team No. 6, 523; Len-ny’s, 521; Cap’n John’s, 502.
High team set: Sal’s, 1,519; Evans, 1,508; D&L, 1,480; Team No. 6, 1,475; Cap’n John’s, 1,472; Lenny’s, 1,407.
High average: Louis Coates, 124; Bill Hendershot and Wayne Candrey, 122; Johnny Evans and Curly Lewis, 120; Herbert Hammock, 119.
Angels in winning two games against the Red Sox when she bowled a 168 game in a 370 set. Betty Steffey rolled a set of 356. Theresa Davis had a 347 set and Woodie Evans a 340 set. For the Red Sox, Marie Pic-card bowled a 131 game in a set of 372. Harry Donavan rolled a 308 set, Elsie Rose had a 307 set and Robert Piccard a 109 game.
All in Fun won two games against the Untouchables, when Vergil Hen-derson bowled a 134 game in a 336 set. Lennie Dawson rolled a 332 set. Elsie Henderson had a game of 97. For the Untouchables, Dee Atkins bowled a 305 set and Ray-mond Sisson a 300 set. Kenny Kent had a 112 game, Gladys Sisson a 100 game and Mary Kent a 99 game.
High game: Beverly Benson, 168; Woodie Evans, 154; Marie Piccard, 153; Theresa Davis, 146; Gladys Sisson, 139.
High set: Gladys Sisson, 402; Marie Piccard and Woodie Evans, 393; Beverly Benson and Theresa Davis, 370.
High average: Betty Steffey, The-resa Davis, Woodie Evans, Gladys Sisson and Kenny Kent all averaged 111.
Standings W LUntouchables 12 9Woodie’s Angels 10 11Red Sox` 10 11All in Fun 10 11
Chart Smart, a navigation course for the recreational boater, will be presented by the Northern Neck Sail and Power Squadron (NNSPS) November 13 and 20 from 8:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Kilmarnock.
The eight-hour course intro-duces basic piloting techniques and emphasizes the use of GPS for everyday navigation tasks.
The fee is $35 and includes two texts. To register, contact Anne Wolski at 453-5903.
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Here’s a report on last week-end’s football games involving Northern Neck District teams:James Monroe 61Northumberland 6
With five first-half scores, James Monroe rolled to a 61-6 rout of Northern Neck District foe Northumberland.
The Yellow Jackets lost to Essex the week before but bounced back Friday to domi-nate the struggling Indians and improve to 7-1 overall.
James Monroe is now 2-1 in the district and will visit Lancaster tomorrow, Novem-ber 5. Northumberland (1-7, 0-3) travels to Rappahannock.
JM slapped the Indians with three scores in the first quar-ter, starting with a trick play in which Delano Green threw to T.C. Cook who then hit Corey Pratt for a 42-yard touchdown.
Steven Washington, who rushed 13 times for 71 yards, scored on runs of 20 and two yards to lead the Jackets’ ground game.
Eight JM players scored in the outing.
Green, who completed 11 of 13 passes for 209 yards, hit Dante Atkins on an 11-yard scoring pass and found Cook on an 11-yard strike.
With 272 yards on the ground, the Jackets amassed 481 total yards of offense.
“Defensively, we held them on two, three or four plays, then BAM, they’d hit us with a long play,” said NHS coach Tony Booth.
Northumberland tallied 306 yards on offense, with Justin Mitchell completing 20 of 39 passes for 266 yards. He con-nected with Johnny Veney in the fourth quarter on a 67-yard scoring hook-up.
“We moved the ball relatively well from the 20 to the 20,” said Booth. “Then we’d fall apart, commit a penalty or somehow just shoot ourselves in the foot.”
Mitchell connected with Veney on five passes for 116 yards. He hit Brandon Webb twice for 57 yards and found
Colin Smith nine times for 41 yards.
Mitchell threw two intercep-tions. PJ Hayden and Jamal Brooks had the picks for JM and Corey Carter and Vitaly Willis recovered fumbles to lead the Jackets’ defense.
“This is a quality district with a lot of tough teams,” said Booth. “We go into every game as the underdog and that’s what we’ll be tomorrow night. The Raiders tackle well and play to their strength.”
Rappahannock is 3-5 overall and 1-2 in the league. James Monroe 22 12 13 14 -- 61Northumberland 0 0 0 6 -- 6JM -- Pratt 42 pass from Cook (Prudhomme kick)JM -- Washington 20 run (Washing-ton run)JM -- Atkins 11 pass from Green (kick failed)JM -- Cook 11 pass from Green (kick failed)JM -- Green 48 run (Carey kick)JM -- Washington 2 run (kick failed)JM -- Meadows 4 run (kick failed)JM -- Bates 1 run (Mars kick)JM -- Brooks 30 run (Mars kick)N -- Veney 67 pass from Mitchell (kick failed)
IndiansJunior Johnny Veney had “the best all around performance,” for Northumberland Friday against James Monroe, according to coach Tony Booth. Veney had fi ve catches for 116 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown recep-tion, and had 61 return yards. On defense, Veney made six solo tackles and had four assists.
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Red DevilsMontel Mitchell had 108 yards passing and 106 yards rushing to lead Lancaster against Essex Friday. The junior quarterback carried the ball 16 times and broke loose for a 51-yard TD run. He also completed 8 of 17 passes, including a 43-yard scoring pass to Jamie Veney.
The fi fth annual Irvington Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving Day. The event includes a two-mile run/walk, a fi ve-mile run, and a 100-yard tot trot. For a change of “pace” this year, the food drive held in con-junction with the run will bene-fi t local animal shelters.
Participants are asked to bring contributions of dog or cat food to the event. Bags of dry food are preferred, but all contribu-tions are appreciated.
The course begins and ends at the Irvington Commons and winds through the town. The two-mile race begins at 9 a.m., the fi ve-mile run at 9:45 a.m. and the tot trot at 10:45 a.m. For safety reasons, bicycles, skate-boards, roller blades and scoot-ers will not be permitted on the course. All dogs should be kept on leashes.
All registered runners receive a t-shirt. Shirts will be issued on a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve basis and sizes are not guaranteed. Those who participate in both races will receive only one shirt.
Entry fees are $12 for the two-mile and fi ve-mile races if post-marked by November 15; fees increase to $18 after that date and on race day. For those
running in both events, the fee is $5 for the second race. Age group divisions for both events are 1-7, 8-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and over.
Refreshments will be available to all participants on the com-mons after the race. The awards ceremony also will be held on the commons at 11:30 a.m. The top three fi nishers in men’s and women’s divisions in both races receive plaques. Medals will be awarded to the fi rst three fi nish-ers in each age division in both races. All tot trot participants receive a ribbon.
Pre-registered participants can beat the Thursday morning rush and pick up their race number and t-shirt at the town offi ce in Irvington on Steamboat Road on Wednesday, November 24, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Race day reg-istration will be at the commons off King Carter Drive beginning at 8 a.m. Registration closes at 8:45 a.m.
Volunteers are needed to help with registration, course directions, splits, water tables, timing and refreshments. To volunteer, contact Michelle Lybarger at 438-6391, or [email protected].
Annual Turkey Trotset for November 25
by Lisa Hinton-ValdrighiCombine Essex High’s Lamar
Stewart and Josh Beamer with a trio of turnovers and you have a recipe for defeat.
Lancaster was served the dish before a large homecoming crowd in Tappahannock Friday, when the Trojans routed the Devils, 42-14, to remain unbeaten in Northern Neck District football.
The state runner-ups are on pace to return to the big show, boasting an 8-0 overall mark and 3-0 league record with just two games remaining in regular season play.
Lancaster, which got off to a 5-0 start, has lost its last three games to fall to 5-3 overall and 0-3 in the district.
“We’re giving up too many opportunities,” said LHS coach Billy Jarvis. “That’s been the one consistent thing in the past three weeks, we’re not protecting the ball.”
Essex capitalized on three LHS turnovers last week, turning two fumbles and an interception into 21 points.
Lancaster was in Essex terri-tory on all three turnovers.
“Turnovers got us,” said Jarvis. “We just gave them the ball too
many times. If we don’t fumble it and we don’t throw interceptions then things are different, but that didn’t happen.”
What happened was a Stewart-Beamer one-two punch. Stewart, a powerful running back, dashed for 201 yards and a career-high fi ve touchdowns while quarter-back Beamer rushed for 147 yards on 24 carries.
It was Stewart’s third consecu-tive 200-yard performance.
The Trojans had 380 yards on 50 carries.
Lancaster gained 169 yards on the ground on 34 rushes with quarterback Montel Mitch-ell keeping it 16 times for 106 yards.
Mitchell also completed 8 of 17 passes for 108 yards.
He broke loose for a 51 yard scoring run in the fi rst quarter and connected with Jamie Veney on a 43-yard TD hook-up in the third.
Veney was Lancaster’s leading receiver with fi ve catches for 81 yards and also rushed for 55 yards on 15 carries.
Stewart and Beamer combined for all of Essex’s scoring with Stewart rushing for touchdowns of 28, four, fi ve, six and two
yards.Beamer carried for a one-yard
TD. Stewart had all three of Essex’s
fi rst-half touchdowns to give the Trojans a 21-7 lead at the break.
Stewart sealed the deal in the fourth with a pair of touchdown runs.
Lancaster is still searching for its fi rst district win and will face James Monroe at home tomor-row night (Friday). The Yellow Jackets, with just one loss this season to Essex, come off a 61-6 rout of Northumberland.
“The fi rst thing we’ve got to do [this week] is stop the turn-overs,” said Jarvis. “We’ve got to stop fumbling the ball and com-pete for it better in the air. If we don’t protect the ball against a good team like James Monroe we don’t have a shot at a win.”Lancaster 7 0 7 0 -- 14James Monroe 13 8 7 14 -- 42E -- Stewart 28 run (Davis kick)E -- Stewart 4 run (kick failed)L -- Mitchell 51 run (Davis kick)E -- Stewart 5 run (Clarke pass from Beamer)E -- Beamer 1 run (Davis kick)L -- Veney 43 pas from Mitchell (Davis kick)E -- Stewart 6 run (Davis kick)E -- Stewart 2 run (Davis kick)
Red Devils’ varsity football teammunches on 42-14 defeat at Essex
The Lancaster High School boys’ cross country team had four harriers fi nish among the top 15 last week to claim the Northern Neck District run-ner-up spot.
Demetrius Means led the Devils, taking third in 17:25.34 on the 3.1-mile course in Fredericks-burg.
Means fi nished behind a pair of James Monroe runners, who led the Yellow Jackets to the boys’ championship.
In its last year competing in the Northern Neck District, James Monroe captured a dual victory, winning both the girls’ and boys’ meets.
Senior Will Jacobs was the indi-vidual medalist in the boys’ event with a time of 16:16. Teammate Tim Young ran the race in 16:39 as the runner-up.
Junior Sarah Willard-Eroh was a surprise champion, running a 20:59 race as the girls’ medalist to lead James Monroe to a team title.
JM’s three-time Northern Neck District champion, senior Shylan Bumbrey, did not run cross coun-try this year, which opened the title to Alicia Guridy of Essex, who had been running on Bum-brey’s heels.
Willard-Eroh was a virtual unknown who pulled off an upset. Guridy was the district runner-up.
Erica Patton was the top fi n-isher for Lancaster, placing fi fth in the fi eld of 26 female harriers in 23:21.
In the boys’ meet, James Monroe captured six of the top 15 spots to score a team low 24 points. Jacobs’ time was a course
record and personal best despite his tripping and falling halfway through the race.
Lancaster was the runner-up with 59 points. Giles Scott came in tenth for the Devils in 18:31, Tim Blake was 12th (18:39) and Patrick Oliver 14th (18:53).
“I can’t say enough about how this team performed,” said LHS coach Joanne Webb-Fary, who was named the district coach of the year. “I had given each of them goals that I though were within reach...for the boys to take down W&L and for the girls to take down Essex. Both of those teams have been beating us all season.”
Both teams did their jobs. Lan-caster’s boys edged third-place Washington & Lee by four points. The girls beat fourth-place Essex by ten points.
“Each runner did what they needed to do,” said Webb-Fary. “It was awesome. Tim Blake ran almost a minute better than he had on the same course in October to ensure he’d be one of the top 15. Justin Stewart also deserves a lot of credit as a freshman, stepping up and defeating two W&L guys to seal the win over them.”
Stewart fi nished 20th in the fi eld of 33 runners with a time of 19:38.
In the girls’ meet, Lancaster’s Morgan Bishop fi nished ninth in 25:13.01 and Tonesha Scruggs was 16th in 27:45 to help secure a win over the Trojans.
James Monroe took six of the top 15 spots for 27 points and the championship. Northumber-land was second with 54 points and Lancaster third with 66.
The Region A meet is sched-
uled for today (November 4) with the top four teams in the girls’ and boys’ meets advancing to the state race on Saturday, November 13, at Great Meadows in Warrenton.
“It will be a tight race between W&L, Lancaster, West Point and possibly King William,” said Webb-Fary. Boys’ meet
Team scores -- 1. James Monroe 24; 2. Lancaster 59; 3. Washing-ton & Lee 63; 4. Essex 95; 5. Nor-thumberland 120.
All-District runners (top 15) -- 1. Will Jacobs (JM) 16:16; 2. Tim Young (JM) 16:39; 3. Demetrius Means (L) 17:25.34; 4. Jeremy Fisher (JM) 17:25.99; 5. Levi Hea-cock (E) 17:42; 6. John Saunders (JM) 17:46; 7. Cole Vanover (WL) 17:55.22; 8. Dabney Beahm (WL) 17:55.52; 9. Bernie Luna (WL) 18:13; 10. Giles Scott (L) 18:31; 11. Jason Davis (JM) 18:36; 12. Tim Blake (L) 18:39; 13. Andrew Smith (JM) 18:41; 14. Patrick Oliver (L) 18;53; 15. Justin Tripp (N) 18:58.
LHS boys place second in district cross country meet; LHS girls fi nish ninth
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Ashley Brien scored a goal in each half last Tuesday to lead Lancaster’s JV fi eld hockey team over Northumberland, 2-0, in the season fi nale for both teams.
In goal, Lancaster’s Kimberly Hudson had nine saves.
The Devils tested Northum-berland’s defense with fi ve shots on goal.
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Wildlife biologist Sandy Spen-cer of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will lead a Northern Neck Audubon Society bird walk on Monday, November 8.
Spencer will lead the walk through the Hutchinson Tract of the Rappahannock River Valley Wildlife Refuge on Route 17 some 1.5 miles north of Tappahannock.
Participants wishing to carpool to the Hutchinson Tract from Kilmarnock should meet in the Grace Episcopal Church parking lot by 8 a.m. Those driving directly to the site should plan to arrive there by 8:30 a.m.
Binoculars and water-resistant shoes are recommended. For directions, call bird walk coordi-nator Rick Skelton at 580-9066.
Spencer to lead bird walk Nov. 8
BridgeResultsEight-and-a-half tables of
duplicate bridge were in play October 26 at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury.
Winners north/south were fi rst, Babs Murphy and Bev Oren; second, Cynthia Birdsall and Dianne Monroe; and third, Arden Durham and Jane Hughes.
Winners east/west were fi rst, Tot Winstead and Liz Hargett; second, Mary Mullaney and Dick Mullaney; and third, Anne Haynie and Barbara Lawrence.
The next bridge for this group is November 9 at 1 p.m.
Six tables of duplicate bridge were in play October 28 at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club.
Winners north/south were fi rst, Arden Durham and Judy Peifer; and second, Babs Murphy and Ginger Klapp.
Winners east/west were fi rst, Helen Kinne and Joy Straughan; and second, Grace Nagel and Iris Panzetta.
The next bridge for this group is November 4.
Supporting YMCAMJ Anderson, associate exec-utive of the Penin sula Metro-politan YMCA (left) receives a donation from Dr. Matt Shif-fl ett of Pure n’ Simple Family Chi ro practic of Kil marnock. The donation is associ ated with the Kids Day America pro gram in support of the Northern Neck YMCA guard-ian pro gram.
■ Elections dueThe Lancaster County Little
League will hold elections for officers to serve for the 2005 season on Wednesday, Novem-ber 10, at 7 p.m. at Dream Fields near Kilmarnock.
For more information, con-tact Craig Smith, 2004 pres-ident, at 435-6278 or Kathy Pittman, 2004 secretary, at 435-0621, af ter 7 p.m.
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LadybugThis has been my favorite
autumn ever. In my backyard I’ve expanded the bird sanctuary with pots of yellow and bronze chrysan-themums around the feeders.
The pink and purple salvias a friend gave me still have a spiked fl ower on the largest plant.
The lavender-blue butterfl y bush another friend brought me has at least 35 lilac-looking fl owers too.
Coming out of the back door one day, I was surprised when a lady-bug sailed in and landed beside me. Not wanting it to get lost inside the house, I shooed the insect away. Instantly, I wished I had studied it longer. Was it orange-colored or red? It defi nitely had two rows of four black spots on its back.
With a little research, I learned that these small insects, also called “Lady Birds” or “Lady Beetles,” go back at least to the middle
ages when they were regarded as revered by the Virgin Mary. Even then people had learned how valu-able they are in eating aphids and scales on citrus plants and other garden vegetables.
Before it gets cold, ladybugs lay their eggs in plants that will feed their babies in the spring, then the old beetles fl ock together and hiber-nate under fallen tree branches or rocks. Good luck, little ladies.
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ON WILDLIFEby Joyce Fitchett Russell
Hole-in-oneDave Ruble shot a hole-in-one
on October 30 at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club.
Ruble aced hole 4 in front of Hank and Seale George and Mike Swinny.
ICYCC 9-holersOn October 28, the Indian
Creek Yacht and Country Club 9-holers played a Hal loween scramble.
Winners were fi rst, Pat Brewer, Sharon Rowe, Anne Alston and Dee Ross with a score of 40; and second, (tie) Louise Petralia, Millie Wiley, Connie Purrington and Fran Davis and Alexa McGrath, Ginny Peck and Lucy Murphy with a score of 42; and third, Helen Hopton, Mary Lu Dorsey, Elaine Bentley and Pat Willett with a score of 45.
Piankatank ladiesThe Piankatank Ladies Golf
Association Trophy Day low gross winner for October 14 was Pat Olson with a 95. The low net winner was Sandy Reiman with a
72.First fl ight winners were fi rst,
Linday Hatch, 82; and second, Chong Hudgins, 83.
Second fl ight winners were fi rst, Margaret Marshall, 77; second, Ann Stanley, 80; and third, Ruth Wallace, 86.
Third fl ight winners were fi rst, Alice Wohlleben, 73; second, Cricket Call, 73; and third, Carole Elliott, 79.
October 21 low net fi rst fl ight winners were fi rst, Carole Lloyd, 73; second, Hatch, 73; and third, Kim Walthall, 77.
Second fl ight winners were, fi rst, Sheila Lia, 81; second, Olson, 82; and third, Reiman, 83
Third fl ight winners were fi rst, Betsy Garrett, 83; Wallace, 84; and third, Patty Rosenberg, 88.
On October 29, fi rst fl ight win-ners were fi rst, Jeanne Rogers, 79; second, Lloyd, 81; and third, Hatch, 85.
Second Flight winners were fi rst, Olson, 97; and second (tie) Reiman and Ann Padgett.
Quinton Oaks ladies The Quinton Oaks Ladies Golf
Association on October 27 played “plant the tomb stone.”
Winners were Darlene Bean, fi rst; Pam Collins, sec ond; Linda Dennis, third; Terri Sartori, fourth; Harriet Baggett, fi fth; Maggie Den nett, sixth; PJ Kien-ast, sev enth; and Joan Frie, eighth.
Dennett had low putts for the day. Kienast had three birdies; and Dennis, Sartori, Bean, Col-lins, Judy Wise and Sara Good-wyn each had one.ICYCC 18-holers
On October 26, the Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club 18-holers played an ABCD scramble.
Winners were fi rst, Seale George, Betty Reid, Rebecca Smiley and Ginny Alm; and second (tie) Barbara Hope, Naomi Lowe, Linda Price and Mary Loftus and Janet Blunt, Marily Reed and Carol Haaland.
Lowe, Hope, Blunt and Jean Kenny had chip-ins.
Club Golf
12U tournamentThe 12U Tri-River Stingrays
fi nished fourth out of 11 teams in their fi rst home tournament recently.
In their fi rst game, the Sting-rays lost, 8-6, to Virginia Thun-der, which fi nished second in the tournament.
Stingray Devante Baker led the team with two hits and two runs scored. Joey Gordon also scored twice for the Stingrays, while Reggie Johnson had a key hit, scored a run, and had two RBIs. Alexander Critten-den added the other run for the Stingrays.
Alexander Crittenden pitched a one-hit shutout as the Sting-rays won their second game by slaughter rule, 9-0, over the Pow-hatan Warriors.
The game was called in the fourth inning.
Baker had two hits including a home run to clinch the win. Gordon, Crittenden, Johnson, Drew Pitts, Morgan Thomas and Ryan Thomas each added hits for the Stingrays.
John and Kevin Walsh also each scored key runs for the Tri-River team.
In the third game, the Sting-rays lost, 7-5, to the Richmond Rebels, the eventual tournament champion.
Baker pitched three strong innings and added two hits at the plate. Crittenden, Gordon, John-son, Thomas, John T. Davis and Alex Hall all provided hits for the Stingrays.
The Stingrays lost their fourth game, 7-2, to the third place Rich-mond Red Sox.
Chris Buzzell went three innings on the mound for the Stingrays. Crittenden, Gordon, Baker, Johnson, Pitts, John Walsh, and Travis Myers all reached base for the Stingrays.
Despite fi nishing fourth in the tournament, the Stingrays are still ranked fourth in the state in USSSA points.
The Tri-River Stingrays will host 12 teams in their second
tournament on November 7, 2004 at the Middlesex Sports Com-plex.13U games
The 13U Tri-River Stingrays recently won four of their last fi ve games.
The Stingrays beat the Hamp-ton Roads Hurricanes, 10-3, to open the home schedule.
Jeremy Sayles pitched three scoreless innings and added a key hit to spark a three-run rally.
Nick Pryzbyl had two hits and reached base successfully in each at-bat. Kyle Hall, Lyn Garner, and Bubby Miles each added key hits. Mark Rhodes drew three walks for the Stingrays.
In the second game, the Sting-rays beat the Richmond Hitdogs, 10-7, with Travis Myers, Will Barrack, Johnny Lewis, and Nick Pryzbyl recording two hits each for the Stingrays. Sayles, Miles, Rhodes, and Tyler Rowland added a hit apiece for the Tri-River team.
Nick Pryzbyl pitched four innings for the Stingrays.
The Virginia Diamonds over-
came a two-run defi cit in the fi nal inning to edge the Stingrays, 8-5, in the third game.
The Tri-River team led 5-3 going into the last inning.
Sayles, Barrack, Kyle Hall and Johnny Lewis each had two hits for the Stingrays. Garner, Myers, and Tyler Rowland each had a key hit.
Hall pitched four shutout innings to start as the Stingrays beat the Yorktown Mariners, 10-8.
Pryzbyl, Hall, Lewis, Garner, and Barrack each had a multiple-hit game for the Stingrays.
Sayles and Myers added a hit apiece for the Tri-River team. Mark Rhodes and Adam each added key sacrifi ce bunts for the Stingrays.
In the fi fth and fi nal game, the Stingrays beat the Yorktown Mariners, 13-6. Sayles, Pryzbyl, Myers, and Barrack each had a multiple-hit game for the Sting-rays.
Hall, Garner and Rhodes recorded a hit each for the Tri-River team.
Tri-River Stingraysplay impressive ballat home in Middlesex
Members of the 13U Tri-Rivers Stingrays from left are (front) Travis Myers, Adam Baldwin, Nick Pryzbyl, Lyn Garner and Jeremy Sayles; (back) coach Randy Hall, Kyle Hall, coach Johnny Lewis, Mark Rhodes, Johnny Lewis Jr., coach Mike Myers and Will Barrack.
From left are Charlie Austin, Larry Taylor and David Antonio.
Larry Taylor of Ditchley cap-tured fi rst place with a score of 386-16Xs in the Los Alamitos Pistol match fi red on the Rappah-annock Pistol and Rifl e Club range in White Stone on October 30.
David Antonio of White Stone was close behind with a 381-22Xs and Charlie Austin of Urbanna came in third with a 362-12Xs. The
Los Alamitos match is a 42 shot, timed pistol event fi red at seven, 10 and 25 yards. The match was the last in the 16-match schedule to determine the club champion.
The next event will be a Bowl-ing Pin match to be fi red at 9 a.m. on November 13. For more information, call Ron Lang at 435-2231.
Larry Taylor wins again
■ Football contest resultsJimmie Davis of Locust Hill
took first in last week’s Rappa-hannock Record Football Con-test and Joe Shehigh of Bristol was second.
Davis, Shehigh and C.O. Newton of Morattico each missed just two games in the contest and the first tie-breaker predictions decided the win-ners. Each picked Essex to beat Lancaster in the tie-breaker and Davis guessed 52 points would be scored. Shehigh guessed 48 and Newton guessed 46. Essex won, 42-14.
This week’s entries are due by 5 p.m. Friday. Clip the form from the paper or enter online at rrecord.com.
Contestants are reminded that all who have entered the contest but not placed, are eli-gible for a season-ending draw-ing for $50.
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tion. The fl oats lifted the boat to allow the pumps to begin empty-ing the Somers. At fi rst the old skipjack was not coming up very fast and they realized water was coming in through the submerged centerboard trunk.
Museum offi cials aboard Wen-dell Haynie’s boat Seaboard threw towels to the divers so they could plug the trunk and the water fl ow slowed. However, there was still more water coming in than the pumps could pump out.
Bushey then used a line from his salvage boat, attached it to the bowsprit of the Somers, and raised the vessel up. He was able to get the entire vessel high enough so water no longer came through the trunk.
Once this was accomplished at
lish a “Northern Neck Museum.”“I want the younger genera-
tion to see how their forefathers struggled. Without their determi-nation, we probably wouldn’t be here today,” Welch said.
Since the idea took shape in his mind, Welch has been purpose-driven. He has compiled enough information on turn-of-the-20th-century farming equipment to write a book, and he has a 5-inch thick binder that will help create plaques and tags for the muse-um’s displays.
He has drawn out plans and investigated the costs of building materials. He wants a classic farm building design complete with cupolas and Dutch doors and a brass fl agpole out front. In the back he wants a windmill, an old fi re tower, a small horse barn with the old 1929 hay fork, a cow barn, a buggy shed and a brick sawmill.
By the pine woods on the back acres of the property, Welch wants to set up a display showing how forests were once cleared. He also plans to plant an organic garden and fruit trees on the prop-erty.
He envisions recreating his family’s original homestead in Avalon through replicas to show how a working farm was orga-nized.
In the last three months, he has recruited the help of Patty Long of the Northern Neck Tour-ism Council and Pat Tyrrell of the Tidewater Resource Conser-vation and Development Coun-cil. Tyrrell is helping the Welch family with the land issues, such as obtaining zoning permits and placing a conservation easement on the donated land while Long is helping Welch create the museum.
Long and Welch have selected a 12-member board to breathe life into the museum, including local farmers, agricultural agents, museum experts and county plan-ners. In less than three months, the board has written a mission state-ment, constitution and bylaws.
After several attempts to fi nd a suitable location, Welch settled on a 10-acre agricultural parcel
have an agricultural museum in the Northern Neck.”
Welch recognizes that the people of the Northern Neck will someday take pride and owner-ship in the proposed museum. He has asked that the museum con-tain a logbook listing everyone 20 years old or younger that con-tributes to the museum, no matter how small the amount, so that when they grow up they can show their children that they con-tributed to the museum. He has asked for a similar book for adult donors and a plaque in the recep-tion area for companies that help or give donations.
Now 73, Welch has spent his life in farming. In the years since his father, grandfather and great-grandfather plowed North-ern Neck fi elds, farming has evolved rapidly along with most everything in the modern world.
“Everything keeps getting bigger and bigger and faster and faster. If you don’t keep up, you might as well quit,” Welch said.
Not one to be left behind, Welch embraced cutting edge machinery and new techniques. He has been celebrated as a stew-ard of the environment, serving almost half his adult life on the Northern Neck Soil and Water Conservation Board and earning the 2003 Citizen of the Year award from the Northumberland Asso-ciation for Progressive Steward-ship. He was a pioneer of no-till farming in the Northern Neck and has been practicing other conser-vation methods such as organic farming long before they became popular.
While some may not under-stand his persistence with saving antique farming equipment, his great-niece Virginia Pitman Barnes, who serves on the board, says her uncle could be a vision-ary.
Some may consider him just an eccentric collector now, but if his museum sprouts, he will likely be remembered for conserving a chapter of the Northern Neck’s past for the sake of future genera-tions.
that he owns between Burgess and Horsehead, just up Route 360 from Jean’s Bargain Center. His family will donate the land to the museum.
He will seek a special excep-tion from the board of super-visors during its November 10 meeting to establish an agricul-tural museum, which is one of the only uses not allowed by right on agricultural property.
The road ahead is a long one for the museum. Numerous appli-cations must be submitted and money raised. Each application can take many months to a year to process.
The museum is currently apply-ing for tax-exempt status and Long has identifi ed at least nine grants that could help the museum raise some of the hundreds of thousands of dollars it will need to break ground. Once it acquires a non-profi t status, the museum will begin collecting donations. Already, local farmers are call-ing to offer their time, equipment and money.
The board envisions the museum presenting the whole history of farming in the North-ern Neck, from the Native Amer-icans through current days, Long said. Small plots could be given to tomatoes, cotton and tobacco so that school children could see what crops used to grow in the area. The education could include hands-on training, gar-dening workshops and examples of different types of gardening from organic to cooperative, Long said.
The museum could also have large photographs of the area’s farming families and heritage, Long said. Using Welch’s collec-tion, the museum could recreate an entire 1930s farming village. He has equipment to create a doc-tor’s offi ce, a one-room school-house and a country store with a “Grand-Daddy” pot-bellied stove, showcase and post offi ce boxes out of an old country store. He also has access to canning fac-tory machinery.
“This is a commendable thing the Welches are doing,” said Long. “I have always wanted to
Christian Horsley took no prisoners Saturday night at the Kilmarnock Town Centre.
Coty Rasmussen’s high-tech scull kept the blood gushing in Kilmarnock.
Earl Rlioze may have had the widest mouth of all trick-or-treaters at the Kilmarnock Town Centre celebration.
Costume contest winners kicked off the town’s Halloween festivities on Sunday at the Irvington Commons. The two winners from seven different age categories got extra treats at the event, sponsored by the town and the Irvington Village Improvement Asso-
This “Head on the Platter” costume made Patrick McAdoo the main entree twice. McAdoo won fi rst place overall for the “Treats on Main Street” children’s cos-tume contest held at the Kilmarnock Town Centre last Saturday. Last Sunday, McAdoo served his head again for the annual Irvington Halloween costume contest and was among the group winners.
Davis Biddlecomb, 3, dressed as Spiderman for the Reedville costume parade.
Reedville’s Safe Halloween attracted more than 40 youngsters and their parents last Saturday. The children paraded in their costumes from the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum to Bethany United Methodist Church before breaking for tricks and treats in the church’s new social hall.
Halloween conjures up creative and creepy costumes
Photos by Chris McClintock,Robb Hoff and Reid Pierce Armstrong
(continued from page A1) Welch plans to establish a museum . . . .
about 12:30 p.m., the Claud W. Somers rose from the bottom.
“It turned out to be one of the hard ones,” said Bushey. “You just never know which way they will go.”
Haynie praised the work of Bushey and his crew.
“They did a great job and we are very happy she is back up and safe. There appears to be very little damage. There is certainly nothing there we can’t fi x,” he said.
The Claud W. Somers was then tied to the sides of Seaboard and towed home to Reedville.
As Bushey headed back to Urbanna in his outboard driven working scow, he raised his arms to form a V for victory. There was also a sigh of relief that the third try was a charm.
(continued from page A1) Somers . . . .Correction
In the October 28 issue of the Record, it was incorrectly stated in the article, “Citizens seek voice on PUDs”, that Charles Costello referred to a recently sold water-front property as the “Farley prop-erty at the point of the eastern and western branches of the Cor-rotoman River” at West Point.
Costello informed the Record that the property he mentioned is a different property north of West Point on the north side of the Western Branch of the Corroto-man River closer to Merry Point than West Point.
President Bush seemed likely to win the 20 electoral votes he needed to claim a second vic-tory.
The Kerry campaign refused to concede, however, until “every vote is counted,” said running mate John Edwards.
In question are the uncounted provisional ballots cast by Ohio voters whose eligibility was doubted on election day. These voters are given a conditional ballot which is set aside until their credentials can be verifi ed.
Keeping with tradition, the majority of Virginians voted Republican. Bush earned 1.6 mil-lion votes, or roughly 54 percent of the vote, according to unoffi -cial counts. Kerry won 1.3 mil-lion votes or 45 percent of the Commonwealth.
In the Northern Neck, Nor-thumberland and Lancaster citi-zens preferred Bush by about 60 to 40 percent. Less than 1 percent voted for third-party candidates in both counties.
Elsewhere in the area, the vote went to Bush by only slightly steeper margins except in West-moreland County where the unof-fi cial count was almost 50/50.
Polling was relatively peace-ful and problem-free throughout the Northern Neck, despite some long lines.
Westmoreland County reported a few problems with their new electronic polling machines, which were quickly fi xed.
Essex County had some dif-fi culty with its reporting on the State Board of Elections website. The unoffi cial results showed 130 percent voter turnout Wednesday morning, claiming that more than 8,200 people voted when the county reported only 6,300 regis-tered voters.
The board of elections stated that Kerry earned almost 72 per-cent of the vote. In reality, some 4,300 people voted in Essex county and the vote went to Bush in that county by about 53 per-cent, according to individual pre-
cinct results.In the First Congressional Dis-
trict, voters re-elected Rep. Jo Ann Davis by more than 78 percent, according to unoffi cial results. Davis won roughly 88 percent of the vote in Lancaster and Northumberland counties.
Virginians and local citizens also approved two state consti-tutional amendments by an over-whelming majority (at least 85 percent). One allows elected offi -cials to fi nish out their term serv-ing the constituents who elected them following a decennial redis-tricting. The second adds to the list of succession to the offi ce of governor in case of an emer-gency.
