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Vol. 114, No. 4
Urbanna, Virginia 23175 • April 24, 2008
Two Sections • 50¢
Healy’s Mill Plantation
rezoning tabled again
by Larry S. Chowning
Some of the same old issues
and some new ones seem to be
stalling action on Gene Ruark’s
proposed “Healy’s Mill Plantation” housing development.
For the third time, on April
15, supervisors tabled Ruark’s
request to rezone 630 acres
from Low Density Rural to
Residential.
The last time supervisors
tabled action on Ruark’s proposal to build a 379 housing
development near Harmony
Village, they wanted to know
more about the proposed water
and sewer systems and a commercial restaurant on the property.
The board also wanted a
second entrance going into the
development, but have made it
clear they do not want it to be
off Route 629. This has thrown
a monkey wrench into the project because Ruark owns only
enough land on Route 33 for
one entrance. There is, however, another easement used by
Virginia Power for power lines
running through the property,
and this could become another
access point from Route 33.
“Rosegill has set
the bar and we are
not going to take
anything less. It
has to be something that we will
be proud of.”
—Kenneth Williams
Ruark brought a team of
engineers to the public hearing. They explained to supervisors and the public the type
of sewage treatment system
that will be installed.
Ruark also eliminated the
commercial restaurant from
his proposal.
Also of concern to the board
are complaints that Ruark has
sold six lots from an earlier
approved subdivision in the
project and has not built roads
to the lots.
Supervisor Fred Crittenden
(See Healy’s, page A3)
Condo construction on
April 30 HARB agenda
by Tom Chillemi
Urbanna Landing, the proposed 14-unit condominium
project on Urbanna Creek, is on
the agenda for several upcoming town public meetings. All
meetings begin at 7 p.m. and
will be held on the second floor
of the town hall.
The Urbanna Historic and
Architectural Review Board
(HARB) will hold a second
public hearing on April 30 on
a certificate of appropriateness application submitted by
Potomac Timber Investments,
which wants to build the condos
at Urbanna Yachting Center at
the foot of Watling Street.
At that hearing HARB will
consider a request “to demolish
the existing 2-story structure and
associated underground storage
tanks to be replaced by three
buildings housing a total of 14
residential condominium units.”
In addition, the applicants are
seeking HARB’s approval to
demolish existing boathouses
containing a total of 30 slips,
and demolish all other docks
(60 boat slips) and the fueling
facilities.
The Urbanna Planning Commission will meet on Thursday,
May 1, to hold a public hearing
on the condos and consider the
condo application.
On Thursday, May 8, at 7
p.m. the Urbanna Town Council will consider the planning
commission’s recommendation
on the condo project.
Copies of the applications
are available for review at the
town office, and a schedule of
meetings is posted on the front
window. Call 758-2613 for
information.
Tonight, April 24, at 7 p.m.,
the Urbanna Planning Commission will hold a public hearing
only on a restaurant application for the former Shucker’s
restaurant. The agenda lists the
condos as “old business.”
In another matter, a town
budget work session has been
set for Friday, May 2, at 3 p.m.
in the town hall.
Separate Request
On Wednesday, April 23,
HARB met to consider a
request to demolish existing
facilities at Urbanna Yachting
Center.
Potomac Timber Investments is seeking permission
to clear much of the 1.5-acre
lot by demolishing the existing
marina office and lounge building and construct a new threestory bathhouse, marina office,
lounge and manager’s unit.
The meeting occurred after
the April 24 Sentinel went to
press.
Raptor’s return
The splendor of nature’s beauty is defined in the curve of an osprey’s wings as it soars above Urbanna Creek. These
“fish hawks” return to their original nesting site each year, a sure sign of spring.
(Photo by Tom Chillemi)
Resource officer sought for middle school
by Larry S. Chowning
who may be a victim of suspected criminal activity. The
officer will promote a relationship of trust while enhancing
the lines of communication
among the Middlesex Sheriff’s
Office, Middlesex schools, students and parents, said school
officials.
This was brought to the
county school board as an informational item at its meeting on
Monday, April 14.
In other matters, the school
board:
• The school board reviewed
a parent satisfaction survey
form that will be given to par-
Middlesex School Superintendent Rusty Fairheart and
Sheriff Guy Abbott have signed
an agreement to have a school
resource officer at St. Clare
Walker Middle School next
year, providing funding is available.
Sheriff Abbott has some
funds in his budget and has
applied for a grant to cover
the cost. It will be June before
Abbott knows whether he has
received the grant. The school
board and sheriff’s office feel
a resource officer at the middle
school is needed.
If funded, the resource officer will assist the school staff
in providing for the safe learning and working environment
for students, teachers and
administrators while promoting positive communication
between the school and sherby Tom Chillemi
iff ’s office.
The resource officer will act
Thurston Properties is planas an advocate for any child ning to locate a bank, office
building and retail building on
5.6 acres at the former location
of Urbanna Lumber, just west of
Urbanna.
On April 10, the Middlesex
Planning Commission approved
the site plan that also includes
10 self-storage units at the back
of the property.
The project will have a total
of 52,875 square feet. The bank
will be 3,875 square feet; the
retail space will contain 5,000
square feet; and the office will
have 3,100 square feet. All will
be one-story buildings.
Each self-storage building
will be 30 by 120 feet.
The existing building, which
was home to Urbanna Lumber,
is 7,900 square feet and has
been remodeled on the exterior.
The interior will be finished
to suit a tenant, said developer
John Mullins of Urbanna and
Fredericksburg.
After the April 10 meeting,
Working for the Bay
Mullins said he was ready to
award a bid for grading the site.
Earth Day was celebrated on April 22 at Christchurch School with a variety of activities.
The proposed buildings will
Above, students form a line to move the 300-plus bags that students had filled with oyster be similar in architecture to the
shells. From left are Phillip Jordan, Michael Payne and Mark Rhodes. Not visible is Tommy remodeled building.
Leggett, oyster restoration scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, who stacked the
The site is zoned Village
bags.
(Photo by Tom Chillemi) Community and does not require
ents of students who have, for
whatever reason, left the school
system for another school division.
This has been prompted by
the county board of supervisors wanting to know why
students attend other schools.
It’s an effort to identify parent
concerns within the current
school system and to find ways
to improve.
• Voted to continue the nonresident tuition rate for 2008-09
at $2,700. There was some discussion on raising tuition but
Fairheart said that “as long as
the out-of-county students are
“good students,” they are beneficial to the county school
system. He said that because
of those students the school
system gets additional state aid
because it raises the “average
daily attendance.”
• Learned from a capital
improvement report that it will
cost an estimated $57,000 to
fund the Middlesex Elementary
School Athletic Field Development Program. Also, the capital improvement plan calls for
$387,000 for improvements
and renovations to the old east
(See School, page A12)
Bank, retail/office space proposed
for former Urbanna Lumber site
being rezoned by the county.
The site will be served by
Urbanna’s water system. Wastewater will be processed by the
Hampton Roads Sanitation District.
Although VDOT does not
require a turning lane, Mullins
will be building a turning lane.
There also will be an entrance
on Waverly Road, which is
between the Urbanna firehouse
and the site.
The lights will cast downward
and not spill off the property.
In another matter, the plan-
ning commission tabled a site
plan for Riverside Brick and
Supply Company, which plans
to build a 3,600-square-foot
showroom and a 5,000-squarefoot warehouse on Business
Route 17 near Saluda next to
Urbanna Builders’ Supply. The
commission wants to clear up
a question about the amount of
storm water runoff from the site
before voting for approval.
The commission also recommended that a “laundromat” be
a permitted use in Village Community Zoning Districts.
Olivia’s wants to open
in former Shucker’s site
The owners of the well-known Olivia’s restaurants in
Gloucester plan to open a restaurant in Urbanna in the vacant
building formerly occupied by Shucker’s Restaurant on Virginia Street.
Gary and Karen Ward hope to have the Urbanna Olivia’s
open by middle or late May. They will continue to operate
Olivia’s in the Village on Main Street in Gloucester Courthouse, and Olivia’s at the Point at Gloucester Point.
The Urbanna Planning Commission will hold a public
hearing on the restaurant’s Special Use Permit tonight, April
24, at 7 p.m. in the town hall.
Council will consider granting the SUP on Monday, April
28, at 7 p.m. after its public hearing.
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Fashion Fun
Urbanna, Va.— I make no bones about it. I commentary. “No, Mary, not quite the look,
don’t ever intend to become old. Oh, I might dear” or “Yes, Mary! That’s it!” After trying on
make this sobriquet in actual years, if I am really the various outfits I was able to find three good
choices that were then “accessorized” properly
fortunate, that is, but never in mind or spirit.
I am a firm follower of the ancient adage that and put away for me to wear for the day of the
states that you are only as old as you feel. I feel fashion show.
I chose an outfit of a black and red sequined
young and sassy, thank you, and getting younger
plunging cocktail blouse by Libra that I wore
and sassier with every passing year.
Furthermore, it is my experience that one is over a short, to the knee, black crepe balloon
skirt that swirled saucily when I turned. For
sassier and more spirited the older one gets.
shoes I chose a pair of evening black strap and
Hurrah!
So when I showed up last week to try on rhinestone high heels and a matching black
clothes to be a model for an in-house fashion sequin evening bag to hang over one shoulder
show at Cyndy’s Bynn in downtown Urbanna on in an alluring sort of way.
Or what I imagined were saucy and alluring
April 18 and was asked what “type” of clothes
ways.
I wanted to wear in the coming
I did not admit it, but it had
fashion show, I was most quick
been years since I had worn
to respond.
a pair of shoes that high and
“Make my outfits the youngspiky, and I hoped I could
est and sexiest looking clothes
wear them in the fashion show
in the store!”
without wobbling like a little
Right! No grandmotherly
girl dressed up in her mother’s
duds for me. Please! I am much
clothes, which would be sure to
too young to appear in anything
elicit a round of giggles from
that in anyway suggests that in
the audience.
even a tiny way that dreadful
Then, a pencil thin and comeword that most every woman
hither look, what is known as
dreads—”matronly.”
the “basic black” cocktail dress,
Amen and alleluia!
a soft crepe number with a gathIt turned out asking Cyndy’s
ered waist, again, short to the
Bynn if they had any young and
knees (thank goodness the long
sexy outfits was like asking an
maxi-length dress lengths are
Eskimo if it were going to snow.
by Mary
a thing of the past) with a faux
Wow, did it snow! Absolute
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diamond brooch on the front.
blizzards! And did I see lots and
My final choice was a black
lots of gorgeous outfits.
Sparkly, bright low cut tops and dresses with and multicolored sweater by Alberto Makali
plunging backs, slits up the legs, and skirts covered with a riot of zany confetti colors,
short enough to prove this one grandmother still sequins and beads and paired up with a pair of
had a pair of legs. (I was not in the least bit sure soft black slacks topped off with slip-on opencoming off a winter in which I wore a pair of heel silver sequin slippers.
The accessories for the pants outfit were a
slacks or a pants suit every single day.)
Legs, indeed, and not only do I intend to show large green faux alligator handbag, a silver penthem, but also it could be I am rather of the sort dant for around my neck, and a pair of matching
who just very well may kick up my heels at the earrings.
But the most fetching accessory in the
same time, too.
But, alas, no Twiggy am I. Which reminds entire store turned out to be a stuffed golden
me of the one caveat I have about shopping for retriever puppy that looked just like my
clothes at Cyndy’s Bynn; the mirrors reflect a “Lord” when he was a baby. I was thrilled to
little more of the pleasingly plump side to me carry him tucked under my arm for the most
than one might actually wish. I swear there were smashing look possible in the world of fashat least 10 pounds of such on an otherwise slim ion design.
A woman never appears more attractive than
and svelte figure.
I do wish dress shops and department stores when she has a puppy in her arms. So rush to
would install more truthful mirrors for their Cyndy’s Bynn and get your very own stuffed
dressing rooms; the kind that would always puppy while they last. But hurry as they won’t
show feminine figures to being exactly what last long.
Last Friday was the day of the fashion show.
they looked like when we were but slips of a
When I arrived, the other girls were already in
girl.
Or, perhaps, I suppose it was possible, that the back room dressed in their outfits. It was a
I could stand losing a few more pounds in my bit like a recital as we lined up to model our
latest life time shape-up diet and exercise pro- clothes.
Fellow models who joined the style show were
gram. The key thing to remember here, ladies, is
Linda Parker, Lavinia Ruark, Eloise Shaver,
we never quit dieting, no matter what.
The staff on hand, Kerry Robusto, Jackie Myra Hurd, Virginia Smith, Rhonda Wells and
Thrift and Betsy Bristow, helped me wiggle and Susan Hudson Thomas.
Cyndy’s Bynn is planning a skin care open
zip into all the stunning outfits. They were all
exceedingly good at giving their honest opin- house May 2-3 featuring Arbonne skin care
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Pluck, Perseverance and Progress
Crab harvest
cut by 34%
by John M.R. Bull
VMRC
Virginia fishery regulators
have voted to cut the crab harvest by 34 percent this year,
partly by abolishing the winter
dredging of hibernating crabs
and by closing the season for
female crabs a month early.
A series of harvest restrictions passed Tuesday by the
Virginia Marine Resources
Commission were in an effort
to shore up a Chesapeake Bay
blue crab population that has
been teetering on the edge of
collapse for several years.
“The scientific data is overwhelming and without doubt
identifies a problem that must
be addressed decisively,’’ said
VMRC Commissioner Steven
G. Bowman. “To delay or to
take half measures would be
irresponsible.’’
The latest Bay-wide crab
population survey, released
last week, shows the number of
crabs dropped by 16.1 percent
below the already dangerously
low levels documented over the
past decade.
The survey prompted Maryland to agree to a 34 percent
cut in that state’s crab harvest,
through measures to be enacted
in the next few weeks. The governors of both states support the
cutbacks.
The nine-member VMRC
board led the way in voting
Tuesday to:
Eliminate Virginia’s winter
dredge season for the 53
watermen licensed to participate in that fishery.
Close the season for the
taking of female crabs as of
October 27. The state’s crab
pot season normally closes on
November 30.
Abolish the recreational crab
pot license, which allowed up
to five pots per license holder.
Current law allows Virginia
residents to set up to two crab
pots without a license.
Reduce the number of crab
pots and peeler pots permitted
(See Crab, page A9)
Let’s stop the
sewage plant
on Urbanna Creek
To the Editor:
I had this wonderful old dog
named Bo. He taught me a
lot about life. He understood
and practiced the old axiom,
“You don’t defecate where you
eat.” The reason I share this is
because, perhaps, the members of the Middlesex Board
of Supervisors failed to learn
the valuable life lessons a dog
can teach you. Well, I think it
is pretty clear that one could
extract from these lessons, that
you should not build homes, go
boating, fish, harvest shellfish,
go swimming, or let your kids
swim, where you defecate.
In the Southside Sentinel
article on April 3, 2008, Jim
Pyne of Hampton Roads Sanitation Department (HRSD)
states that, “A pipeline to
Gloucester or West Point is a
long-term solution.” So tell
me what sense it makes for
our supervisors to introduce a
short-term detrimental solution
that only delays the inevitable.
Wouldn’t duplicative costs only
waste precious time and precious hard-earned tax dollars?
In the Richmond TimesDispatch article, “Algae’s
out of sight, but on group’s
mind,” dated August 23, 2007,
it states that the lawmakers
of the Commonwealth have
already approved $250 million
to improve existing treatment
plants. With the major facility in Hampton Roads already
receiving significant funding
for improvements, why would
we not want to tie into their
state-of-the-art plant?
The county is projecting a
$4 million cost to build a plant
that will pump 135,000 gallons a day of treated sewage
into Urbanna Creek. Now
they are hinting at tying the
Urbanna treatment plant into
that, and also suggesting that
the Rosegill proffers could be
amended and also tied in. So
now we have, very possibly, a
projected one-half million gallons a day of treated sewage
going into Urbanna Creek (and
forget the $4 million initial
cost. That will seem like peanuts). There will be operating
costs, maintenance costs, costs
to clean up after an overflow
when raw sewage will leak out
(and that will happen, it’s not if,
but when), negative impact on
potential home buyers, negative impact on property values,
and in the not-too-distant future
when the bureaucrats and environmentalists determine that
the bay is getting worse and not
better, multi-millions of dollars in upgrades. We can’t even
imagine the total cost, but it
will be, in the long run, much,
much more than the $16 million to run the pipeline now.
Of far more importance is the
negative environmental impact.
We feed into one of the most (if
not the most) famous, fascinating and environmentally-significant estuaries in the world,
the Chesapeake Bay. Shouldn’t
we be doing everything in our
power to help clean it up, and
not lead to its demise.
Pennywise and pound foolish seems to be the philosophy
of our board of supervisors.
The small town of Mathews
has made the sensible longterm solution to tie into the
pipeline. If they can do it, why
can’t Middlesex?
Alana Courtney
Urbanna
halcyon times. Visitors from
around the world were attracted
by the riches of our Bay Country. They understood the
values of this wondrous place
of which Captain John Smith
wrote, “Heaven and earth never
agreed better to frame a place
for man’s habitation” in 1607.
It is this region which nurtured the seed of our struggling
nation just a few miles south on
the shore of the James River.
Now, three decades after
I began my journey, the few
working vessels I see are made
mostly of fiberglass and not the
native timber of our land; our
water has been fouled by lack
of planning and abuse; and our
oysters and crabs are facing
extinction due to disease and
over-fishing. We can now
clearly see that our actions bear
fruit, and what we carelessly
lose today cannot be replaced
tomorrow! We know that these
losses are not simply gastronomic—they are economic!
Our charming harbors are
now lined with McMansions and
the narrow streets of our most
historic towns are filling with
traffic “heading for Wal-Mart.”
When will we awake to find
that we’ve destroyed the very
precious treasure which drew
us all here in the beginning? We know that progress is necessary and change is inevitable,
but we must elevate our reasoning above mere economics and
consider the ultimate impact of
our actions on this wonderful
and irreplaceable gift.
I oppose “Urbanna Landing” as proposed and ask that
Potomac Timber Investments
and the citizens of Urbanna
cooperate on a plan that is
respectful of the history, culture
and beauty of this unique community. I believe that a wellplanned development can take
place simultaneously with the
preservation of the values and
attributes of the town which we
all hold dear.
To the principals of Potomac
Timber, please endeavor to use
your land in a fashion which
will enhance one of my favorite towns on the bay and which
will also bring you pride in
preserving the charm, character and historical significance
of our dear Urbanna.
John M. Barber
Richmond
Fellow, American
Society of Marine Artists
Protect town’s
vistas, traditions
To the Editor:
As a longtime resident of
Urbanna, and having grown up
here, I am writing to express
my deep concern regarding
the proposed construction of a
three-story bathhouse, marina
office, lounge and manager’s
unit on the site of Urbanna
Yachting Center. This structure
will significantly change our
town’s historic vistas and block
the views of some of our venerable residents who reside in
the historic homes located on
Watling Street.
Urbanna has a long and rich
history as an original port town. Many of our longtime residents
live in homes that overlook our
beautiful creek, and visitors
coming across the bridge into
town are greeted by the beautiful vista of our town’s quaint
waterfront and creek. The size
of the proposed building alone
will be visually disruptive and
“out of sync” with its surroundings.
I therefore urge the Urbanna
Historic and Architectural
Preserve the
Review Board not to approve
the plans for this building,
charm, character
unless its height is reduced so as
not to block our town’s historic
of dear Urbanna
vistas and its design is in keepTo the Editor:
ing with what is appropriate for
I have spent the last 30 years our history and tradition.
of my life on and around our
John W. Craine Jr.
magnificent Chesapeake Bay
Urbanna
and the beautiful rivers which
flow into her. When I began my
love affair with this irreplace- Research to back
able national treasure, these
waters were rich with blue crab, our position on
our native oysters and fish of all
descriptions. Hearty watermen double taxation
aboard wooden vessels built
by local craftsmen plied these
We are responding to Mayor
waters for seafood, which was Moore’s skeptical approach
world renowned. I recall the to our indepth research that
late 1970s on Urbanna Creek strongly indicates a lack of
when deadrise tong boats were authority to impose unequal and
rafted off Payne’s Crab House inequitable taxation on the citisix to eight abreast!
zens of Urbanna by Middlesex
Our bay and her rivers were County. The naysayers and
alive and vital; providing sus- skeptics are always with us with
tenance for many, refuge for a paucity of facts to support
visitors, and “home” for its their positions. We offer the folresidents. The 10,000 miles of lowing, in layman’s language,
tidal shoreline were a tapestry to present the research that supof colorful, quaint communi- ports our position:
ties which were in harmony
In 1903 a charter was granted
with these waters and earlier, the Town of Urbanna giving it a
No Letters to
the Editor on the
Urbanna Town
Election will be
published in the
May 1 Sentinel.
Election ads will
be published.
corporate entity. From that time
until 1970, Middlesex County
collected no real estate and personal property taxes from the
citizens of Urbanna. In 1970 a
dispute arose over collection of
real estate and personal property taxes by Frederick County
on the residents of Middletown.
This generated an opinion from
the Virginia Attorney General’s
office. That opinion cited a Virginia Supreme Court decision
dated 1905. The 1905 decision
treated a dispute between the
incorporated Town of Madison Heights and its neighbor,
Amherst County, as to whether
Amherst could levy taxes
within the boundaries of the
incorporated town of Madison
Heights. The Supreme Court
ruled that the charter of the
Town of Madison Heights was
improperly drawn, therefore
making the charter unconstitutional and void from the beginning; and thus, since the town
had no charter, it was a part of
the county and therefore subject
to taxes. The Virginia Attorney
General’s opinion misinterpreted the 1905 case and it was
never challenged in the courts.
Looking at the position Mayor
Moore is taking, it is erroneous
to say the town would bear the
burden of paying the costs of
certain services. There are five
constitutional officers elected
to serve Middlesex County
and Urbanna. These officers
are: Sheriff, Commonwealth’s
Attorney, Treasurer, Commissioner of the Revenue, and
Clerk of the Circuit Court. Their
annual budgets are submitted to
the State Compensation Board
in Richmond for approval.
Middlesex County has no part
in approval of these budgets.
The funding for the offices
is paid out of state funds, not
Middlesex County funds.
Council member Bob Henkel’s formula for determining
the costs to the town is flawed
in that he relied on a copy of the
county budget which included
the costs of the five constitutional offices and an exaggerated school tuition cost based
on a flawed census of students
actually living within town
limits.
There are a number of
other discrepancies based on
assumptions not founded in
fact. Moore’s statement about
“much larger towns” in a similar tax situation is true, but there
have been several challenges to
the double taxation. None have
gone beyond the Attorney General’s opinion and seen the light
of day in the circuit courts of
the state.
Henkel’s research is comprised of getting the county’s
budget, then using the gross
figures for services, comparing
the population of the county
and town, and arriving at 5%
as the town’s tax burden. That
is an overly simplistic method.
For example, he uses the total
school budget multiplying it by
.05% as the cost to Urbanna, In
fact, the state funds 40% of the
school budget from state taxes.
Ed Starbird and I have shared
the results of our research with
the town council on numerous
occasions but have received
only a copy of the county budget
and Mr. Henkel’s evaluation,
not court decisions, review of
supervisors’ minutes, and no
statutory law. And, by the way,
former Mayor Jimmy Williams
raised this very issue.
Benton H. Pollok
and Ed Starbird
Urbanna
Festival Queen
applications
being accepted
Applications are being
accepted for the 2008 Oyster
Festival Queen Scholarship
Competition. Any female
resident of Middlesex who
will be a high school senior
in the fall of 2008 is eligible
to participate in this competition. For applications
or more information, call
Wendy Payne at 758-5776 or
the Oyster Festival Foundation office at 758-0368. The
deadline to apply is May 14.
April 24, 2008 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• A3
middlesex sheriff’s report
Middlesex Sheriff Guy L. Abbott reported
the following incidents and arrests made by the
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office for the week ending
April 21, 2008.
A 20-year-old woman was arrested April 14 at
her home in White Stone on a Middlesex warrant
issued by the court April 8. The warrant revoked
a suspended sentence handed down in 2007 for a
misdemeanor assault-and-batter conviction.
A Remlik area resident reported the theft of
a chainsaw from his property on April 14. The
stolen property was entered into the NCIC database and the incident is under investigation.
On April 14 a 51-year-old Wake man and a
70-year-old Church View man were each served
with summonses issued April 4 for violation of
county zoning ordinances.
A 43-year-old Deltaville man was arrested on
a trespassing charge and released on April 14.
An 18-year-old Topping man was arrested by
Chesterfield police April 15 on a court-issued
warrant dated April 8. The warrant revoked a suspended sentence handed down by a Middlesex
juvenile court judge as the result of being found
guilty of felony charges in Middlesex as a juvenile. The man is being held in the Chesterfield
Jail.
A motorist contacted the Middlesex Sheriff’s
Office on April 16 just after 4 p.m., reporting that he had driven up on a man lying in the
middle of the highway in the 100 block of North
End Road in Deltaville. Deputies arrested a
63-year-old Deltaville man at that location for
public intoxication.
The Water View Fire Department was dispatched to a kitchen fire at a home in the 1400
block of Nesting Road on April 16. Damage
from the fire was minimal and Water View fire
units turned around mutual aid units from the
Urbanna Fire Department before they reached
the residence. The fire was reported at 10:14
p.m.
A private storage unit was reported to have
been broken into on April 16 at Delaware Corp.
property just off Route 33 in Locust Hill. The
incident is under investigation.
A small brush fire was reported April 18 at
approximately 3:30 p.m. The Robinson Lane
fire in Topping was extinguished by Hartfield
firefighters just before 4 p.m.
Robert L. Rose, 53 of Jamaica in upper
Middlesex, was arrested April 19. He has been
charged with aggravated sexual battery from an
incident involving an under-aged female alleged
to have occurred on or around the time Hurricane Isabel hit the county in 2003.
A brush fire was reported on April 19 just
before 2:30 p.m. Firemen from Hartfield
and Deltaville were dispatched to the 200
block of Mallard Drive near Chick Cove in
Deltaville. The fire was under control and
extinguished in a short time. Fire units began
clearing from the fire scene at approximately
3:20 p.m.
A 19-year-old Topping-area woman was
served with a summons on April 19 for violation
of a county ordinance, which alleges she failed
to properly control her nuisance dog.
Healy’s Mill Plantation . . .
said he has a relative who
bought a lot from Ruark several years ago and there is still
no road to the lot. Ruark indicated he needs approval of the
current phase being considered before he can build the
road, and that he has provided
an easement to the lots.
Supervisor Robert Crump
said it was the buyers’ responsibility to make sure road
issues are resolved before purchasing the property. As long
as an easement has been provided, the developer has done
his part, he said.
Crittenden responded, “That
may be true, but if I had bought
a lot and four years later still
didn’t have a road to it, I’d be
upset too.”
Crittenden also brought up
the issue of the Healy’s Mill
Pond Dam on Route 629. The
county and Ruark are at odds
over ownership of the dam.
In 2006, the Virginia Department of Transportation closed
the portion of Route 629 that
crosses the dam because a
state inspection determined
the dam was unsafe.
At first, the county sided
with Ruark that the state took
over the dam and road in 1932
under the Byrd Act when
all roads came into the state
system. Both the supervisors
and Ruark contended VDOT
should fix the dam.
However, as the matter has
not been resolved and the
road now has been closed for
over two years, the county
has started to look to Ruark
to assume more responsibility
for fixing the dam.
At a meeting earlier this
month between the board and
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VDOT officials, county attorney Mike Soberick agreed
with the state that Ruark owns
the dam and VDOT should sue
Ruark to prove ownership. The
county attempted to sue Ruark
and VDOT, but was told by a
judge, it had no jurisdiction to
bring the suit.
Although it is not apparent
exactly what the dam has to do
with the rezoning of the 630
acres, it appears it has become
an issue that could impact
any further development by
Ruark.
“What happens if that dam
goes out?” asked Crittenden.
“And it will eventually. It’s
gone out twice in the last several years.”
After Hurricane Floyd in
1999, VDOT spent $200,000
to patch the dam.
VDOT plans to build a
bridge over the Healy’s Mill
Pond and bypass the dam completely in 2015.
Ruark developed the property on Healy’s Mill Pond and
if the dam were to go out it
would leave homeowners there
high and dry—not to mention
the possible impact it would
have downstream.
Board chairman Kenneth
W. Williams said no one is
going to answer the question
of ownership. He reminded
the board that Hilliard’s Mill
Pond Dam broke in 2002 and
the county attempted to help
fix the problem, but it has not
been resolved.
“We as a board have sat
here before with a dam blown
out,” said Williams. “I’ll never
forget all those people looking for us to find a solution.
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it wasn’t a pretty smell. We
really don’t want to have to go
through that again.
“Gene, I know you think
we are trying to give you a
hard time, but there are a lot
of problems here that have to
be addressed for a subdivision of this size,” said Williams. “Rosegill has set the
bar and we are not going to
take anything any less. It has
to be something that we will
be proud of.”
Crump reminded the board
that the county planning commission has approved the
development three times.
Crittenden said, “Yes they
have, but that doesn’t mean we
have to approve it. He (Ruark)
has come back to us with some
of the same problems he had
before.”
The board voted to table the
matter and they have a year to
act on the rezoning request.
Supervisors asked where
some of the sewage treatment
systems being proposed by
Ruark are located, and indicated they want to visit the
site.
Woman’s Club
plans bus trip
to herb farm
The Middlesex County
Woman’s Club is planning a
bus trip to Lavender Fields
Farm in historic Glen Allen on
Monday, May 19.
There will be a tour of the
farm and a seminar on “Planning and Planting Herbs.”
Lunch will be served on one
of their outside venues. There
will be time to shop in the
farm’s varied shops.
The cost of $50 is all inclusive. Call Jean at 758-8417 to
reserve a seat.
Smith, Hercik honored as Virginia Tech
undergraduate man and woman of the year
Virginia Tech has named
two University Honors program students 2008 Undergraduate Woman of the Year
and Undergraduate Man of the
Year. These honors are among
the most prestigious student
awards given to Virginia Tech
undergraduate students.
Kaitlyn N. Hercik of Oakton,
a University Honors program
student and senior majoring in
psychology in the College of
Science, and Ryan C. Smith of
Hardyville, a University Honors
program student and senior
triple majoring in psychology in the College of Science,
sociology and political science
have been selected respectively
as Virginia Tech’s 2008 Undergraduate Woman of the Year
and Undergraduate Man of the
Year.
“Both students exemplify the
university motto, Ut Prosim
(That I May Serve), through
their balanced achievement in
scholarship, service and commitment to the university community, said a Virginia Tech
spokesperson.
During his time at Virginia
Tech, Smith has served as the
undergraduate representative
to the Virginia Tech Board of
Visitors. Smith has also served
by Larry S. Chowning
Officials from the Virginia
Department of Conservation
and Recreation (DCR) are
requiring Middlesex County
to construct a pond and swale
system at Hummel Field to
keep water from running off
airport property onto private
land.
The problem recently surfaced when workers for
Cirrus Construction, the contractor for the county, started
work on airport hangars at
county-owned Hummel Field
and built a settling basin and
cut ditches to direct rainwater away from the property.
This was done without proper
state permitting. However,
there was some question as to
whether or not a state permit
was required, but it was later
determined that it was.
After heavy rains in March,
rainwater from the project and
Hummel Field went across
the road and muddied a pond
owned by James K. McMullan. McMullan brought the
matter to the attention of
the board of supervisors and
voiced concern that water
coming off county property
was damaging his pond.
The price of fixing the problem is $26,989, which supervisors voted last Tuesday to
fund by adding $10 to the
monthly rental fee for each of
the 10 county-owned airplane
hangars being built.
The pond and swale are
designed to hold enough water
generated by a 10-year storm
and to allow a 100-year storm
to pass without damaging the
structure. The work includes
excavating to an elevation of
20.7 feet for the pond and
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Academically, Smith has a
3.88 grade point average (on
a 4.0 scale) and has received
honors and awards for his
achievements. He has also
worked as a researcher for the
Center for Applied Behavior
Systems at Virginia Tech where
he has co-authored 11 convention presentations and is the
senior author for eight research
documents.
Steve Clark, director of the
Campus Alcohol Abuse Prevention Center, a unit within
the Division of Student Affairs
said, “while a passion and need
for rightness like Ryan’s is difficult to find in many students,
even rarer is his ability to turn
his passion into results.”
Smith is the son of Willard and Suzanne Smith of
Hardyville and a graduate of
Middlesex High School.
During her time at Virginia
Tech, Hercik co-founded the
Best Buddies chapter at Virginia Tech and volunteered in
other community events. She
has a grade point average of
4.0.
Hercik and Smith will be
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woman and man of the year
at the annual Student Alumni
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using the spoil to construct
the berms and swales.
The report states that at the
completion of the grading,
the disturbed areas will be
seeded and strawed and will
have straw blankets placed
on the berms and slopes of
the pond. A 3-inch PVC pipe
approximately 138 feet long
will be installed to discharge
the water from the pond to the
existing roadside ditch.
The lease agreement approved by supervisors for the
hangars was an agreement
used by the Middle Peninsula
Regional Airport at West Point
and was reviewed by county
attorney Mike Soberick and
the county airport committee.
The county is building the
10 airplane hangars to rent to
pilots at Hummel Field. Over
time, it is expected that funds
collected from the rent will
pay for the construction.
The board also cut timber
off airport property and sold
about 10 acres of excess property to a neighbor to help fund
the hangar project.
In other action at their April
15 meeting, supervisors:
• Approved a request by
Rosegill developers to lower
the speed limit on Urbanna
Road from the Urbanna
bridge to Ivy Shores Blvd.
to 35 miles per hour. This
would extend the existing 35
mph speed limit on the bridge
through the development
area.
Supervisors also approved
reduced pavement and rightof-way widths on public
streets within the development. The size was reduced
from 36 feet to 30 feet, with
parking only on the side of
the road opposite the fire
hydrants. Cul-de-sac roads
will remain at a width of
26 feet with parking on one
side. Rosegill developers
worked with the Middlesex
County Emergency Services
Committee and these were
the recommendations of the
committee.
• Approved an ordinance
exempting youth athletic concession stands from the same
rules and regulations required
of restaurants by the health
department. The Middlesex
County Little League Inc.
and all youth athletic activities provided, promoted or
sponsored by the Middlesex
County Public Schools or
the Middlesex Department of
Parks and Recreation will be
exempt.
However, this exemption
will not include inspections
by health department officials
for the purpose of ensuring
cleanliness in the preparation
and handling of food, states
the ordinance.
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April 26
• Community Yard Sale sponsored by the Lower
Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the pavilion behind the Deltaville firehouse. The community is invited to bring their yard sale
items. The auxiliary members will be selling plants, large
garden flags, hot dogs, drinks and brownies. Call Pat at
776-7160 to reserve a table and for more information.
• Deltaville Farmers’ Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the
• MHS Class of 1988 20-year Reunion Class officers are looking for classmates to attend this big event.
Contact Angel Dickerson Brown at 758-5372 (work),
758-3825 or 694-7654, or email angel.brown01@yahoo.
com or masonre@verizon.net for more information.
April 24
• Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
• Tree Give-away by the Tidewater Soil and Water
Conservation District will be held for Middlesex County
residents from 10 a.m. to noon at Food Lion in Saluda.
April 25
• Times and Tides Garden Tour The tour represents
the evolution and development of Middlesex County
and illustrates the cultural and architectural progress
made in 400 years. The tour is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Call Carolyn Wake at 776-9541 or email ccwwake@verizon.net for more information.
• Deltaville Maritime Museum Celebrate Garden
Week and Arbor Day with a “Toast to the Trees” reception in the gardens from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The service and
support of two very special founding board members
will be honored at the tree dedication at 5:30 p.m. Call
the museum at 776-7200 for more information.
April 25 & 26
• Middlesex Students Art Show April 25, from 5:30
to 8 p.m., and April 26, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Yates
House Community Arts Center on Rt. 33 in Deltaville.
The opening reception is April 25. All are invited to
attend and show support for the students.
• Weekend with a Writer sponsored by The Friends
of the Essex Library in Tappahannock. This year’s featured
author will be David L. Robbins. The weekend begins on
April 25, at 6 p.m. with dinner at Lowery’s Restaurant in
Tappahannock where Robbins will talk about his newest
historical thriller, “The Betrayal Game.” On April 26, at
the library, Robbins will lead a writer’s workshop and talk
about what it takes to write a best-selling book. Tickets
for both the Friday and Saturday events will be available
at the Essex Public Library. Call the library at 443-4945
for more information.
Continuing Events
Thursdays
• Middlesex Social Services Board meets the third
Thursday of the month at 8:30 a.m. in the Social Services
Boardroom at the Cooks Corner Office Complex.
• Rappatomac Writers Critique Group meets the
first Thursday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon
at Wicomico Parish in Wicomico Church. Visit www.
chesapeakebaywriters.org for more information.
• Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the fourth
Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at Bay Aging in
Urbanna. Call Barbara Swain at 758-2386 for more
information.
• Cancer Support Group, for cancer patients is
offered at RGH Cancer Center, meets the second
and fourth Thursday of the month from 3–4:15 p.m.
Call 435-8593 for more information.
• Airport Club at W75 of Hummel Field meets the
first Thursday of the month at The Pilot House in
Topping. Social hour at 6 p.m., pilot update at 7
p.m. Call 758-9500 for more information.
• BSA, Troop 341 meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday
at Christ Church Parish Hall in Saluda. Call Alice
Nelson, Scoutmaster, at 776-7445 after 6 p.m. for
more informaiton.
• U.S. Coast Guard Flotilla 62 of Deltaville meets
the fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the
Training Center in Deltaville. Call Ron Simon at
758-4053 for more information.
• Deltaville Community Association meets
the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the
Deltaville Community Center.
• Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department
Auxiliary meets the second Thursday of the month
at 7 p.m. at the firehouse in Deltaville.
• Middlesex Planning Commission meets the
second Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the
Middlesex Courtroom in Saluda. Call 758-3382 for
more information.
• American Legion Post #82 meets the second
Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at its post home
on Watson Landing Road in Saluda.
• Grief and Loss Support Groups, offered by Riverside
Walter Reed Hospice, meets the first and third Thursday
of the month in the hospital dining conference room.
Call Pam at 693-8819 for more information.
Fridays
• The Webelos den of Cub Scout Pack 370 meet every
Friday after school at the home of Den Leader Keith
Billings. Call Keith at 758-2606 for more information.
Saturdays
• Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society meets the second Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. at the Essex County
Public Library in Tappahannock. Call Gloria-Waller
Scott at 758-3613 for more information.
• Alcoholics Anonymous open 12-and-12 meeting,
5:30 p.m. at Zoar Baptist Church. Call 776-7629 for
more information.
• YMCA Teen Night for youth 13–18 years old, is
held the first Saturday of the month at the YMCA.
Call the YMCA at 776-8846 for more information.
Sundays
• Open Mike Afternoons for writers 2 to 4 p.m.
the first Sunday of every month at the Bay School in
Mathews. Call 725-1278 for more information.
Mondays
• Story Hour for 4–6 year olds at 10:30 a.m. every
week at at the Middlesex County Public Library in
Urbanna. Call 758-5717 for more information.
• YMCA Running/Walking Club meets every week
fourth Saturday of every month through November.
Market customers will be offered an eclectic array pleasing to the eye the palate and the spirit. The Middlesex
Master Gardeners will be at each market. Call the Yates
House Community Arts Center (YHCAC) at 776-8505 or
email via the website at www.yhcac.org for more information.
April 30
• SafeTALK, a three-hour training suicide alertness
program that teaches community members to recognize
persons with thoughts of suicide and to connect them to
suicide intervention resources, is being offered by the
Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services
Board’s Prevention Services Division. SafeTALK will be
held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Glenns Campus of
Rappahannock Community College. This training is free
and open to the public. Call (888) PREV-550 or email
prevention@mpnn.state.va.us to register and for more
information.
• Formal Dress Drive conducted by the Beach Bums
Tanning Salon in Saluda through April 30, and will be
make a lump donation to Caitlin’s Closet. Visit www.
caitlinscloset.org for more information. Those wishing
to donate may drop off formal dresses at Beach Bums in
Saluda. Call 758-8826 for more information.
• Virginia’s 4 p.m. Burning Law ends on April
30. This law prohibits burning before 4 p.m. each day
through April 30 if the fire is in, or within 300’ of, woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other
flammable materials. Contact your local office of the Virginia Department of Forestry or visit www.dof.virginia.
gov and click “Can I burn?” for more information.
May 1
• CPR Instructor Class The River Counties Chapter
of the American Red Cross will hold a 4-day CPR Instructor Class starting May 1. Call River Counties at 435-7669
for registration and more information.
May 2
• Christchurch School 2008 Golf Classic at The
Tides Inn Golden Eagle Golf Course in Irvington. The
format for the classic is captain’s choice. All golfers and
corporate teams are welcome. The registration fee
includes 18 holes of golf with cart, free driving range
and putting green, deluxe cart lunch, beverages and
prizes. Call 758-2306, ext. 134, or e-mail hgalleher@
christchurchschool.org for more information.
at 5:30 p.m. at the YMCA. Call Buzz at 776-8846 for
more information.
• Kiwanis Club of Middlesex meets at 6 p.m. every
week at the United Methodist Church in Urbanna.
Call Fred Gaskins at 758-2020 for more information.
• Bingo every week at 7 p.m. at the Deltaville
Rescue Squad.
• Urbanna Town Council meets the third Monday
of the month at 7 p.m. in the town hall.
Tuesdays
• Photoshop SIG meets the first Tuesday of the month
at 9 a.m. in the meeting room of the Lancaster Library.
Call Jim Sapione at 462-5831 for more information.
• Rotary Club meets every week at 7:30 a.m. for
breakfast at the Pilot House Restaurant in Topping.
Call Chuck Ylonen at 776-6627 for more information.
• Rappatomac Writers Critique Group meets the
first Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. at Wicomico
Parish, in Wicomico Church. Email jriverside@
hughes.net for more information.
• Book Chats are held the first Tuesday of the
month at 10:30 a.m. at the Middlesex County Public
Library in Deltaville.
• Middlesex Poets meet the fourth Tuesday of the
month at 10:30 a.m. at the Middlesex County Public
Library in Urbanna.
• Northern Neck Support Group meets the first
Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. at the Orchard
Senior Living Community in Warsaw. Call 986-8073
for more information.
• Urbanna Business Association meets the second
Tuesday of the month in the town hall board room
at 5:15 p.m. Any changes will be posted.
• Rappahannock Sail and Power Squadron meets
the third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the
Cole Training Center in Deltaville. Call Al Langer at
776-7427 for more information.
• Middle Peninsula Brain Injury Support Group
meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester.
Contact Theresa Ashberry for more information.
• Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the Air Force,
meets every week at 7 p.m. at Hummel Field in Topping. Call Frank Bern­hardt at 435-6078 for more
information.
• Rappahannock Pistol and Rifle Club meets the
second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Bank
of Lancaster in Kilmarnock. Email R.J. Mallon at
mallonrj@rivnet.net for more information.
• Cub Scout Pack 370 hold its monthly Pack Meeting the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at
the YMCA in Hartfield.
• Middlesex Democratic Committee meets
the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. Call
758-1585 for location and more information.
Wednesdays
• Gardenerds meet every week at 9 a.m. at Holly
Point Nature Park. Call the Museum at 776-7200 for
more information.
• Story Hour for 4–6 year olds is held the first and
third Wednesday of the month at Lower United
Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. and the YMCA at
10:30 a.m. Call 758-5717 for more information.
• Knitters Group meets every week at 10 a.m. at
Urbanna United Methodist Church.
• YMCA Running/Walking Club meets every week
at 5:30 p.m. at the YMCA. Call Buzz Lambert at
776-8846 for more information.
• Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District
board of directors meet the fourth Wednesday of
the month at 7:30 p.m., except December, at the
Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation office at
6969 Fox Hunt Lane, Gloucester. Call 693-3562, ext.
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at the library
by Sherry B. Inabinet
Executive Director
During the last few months our book distributor, Baker & Taylor, has sent the library many
standing order fiction books up to a week before
the public release date. We cannot release these
to you until that time; however, we
can catalog them. On our website,
www.mcplva.org, you can find
these books by title or author,
noted with an item status of
“In Processing.”
To get to this information,
type in the book title. If we
have it and it is cataloged, the
title will come up. Click on the
title (highlighted in blue). Scroll down
the page that comes up to ascertain the book’s
status or availability and to place a hold.
New fiction by five popular authors has just
arrived—”Friday Nights” by Joanna Trollope,
“Quicksand” by Iris Johanson, “Santa Fe Dead”
by Stuart Woods, “Whole Truth” by David Baldacci, and “3rd Circle” by Amanda Quick. The
library has an excellent collection of Fodors,
Frommers, and DK travel guides. We have just
received the newest Fodors Eastern and Central
Europe and Frommers Virginia.
Because of the current financial crisis facing
our Commonwealth and county, the library
must make some difficult financial decisions.
Effective immediately we will be making
changes to our thermostat settings.
Therefore, we may be cooler
on cool days and warmer or
warm days. We hope these
adjustments will mean a cut
in our monthly expenses at
both library branches and at
Nearly New thrift shop.
The Dean Shostak concert
is coming up on Saturday, May 3.
This concert will be delightful and educational. Take the opportunity to enjoy with
your family a variety of music performed on
extremely rare instruments. Two local handbell
choirs will accompany Dean on several musical
selections. For more information, please refer to
the article on Page A6 in this issue of the Sentinel.
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Farmer’s Market
to feature MGs
each month
On behalf of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Tommy
Norman (center) and George Morris (left) accept a Rotary
You know it’s spring when donation from club president Bill Karry.
the Farmer’s Market starts. by Fernando Atienza
This year the Middlesex
sentation. Schools represented
Master Gardeners will be
are Middlesex Elementary, St.
at the market in Deltaville
The mountainous Central Clare Walker Middle School,
at Yates House at 9 a.m. on Asian country of Kyrgyzstan Middlesex High School and
the fourth Saturday of each was the focus of attention at Christchurch School. Rotarmonth, beginning April 26. the regular breakfast meet- ians Pam Waldron, Blanche
Stop by and ask questions, ing of the club on April 23 at Scharf and Dan Hayes are
bring samples/pictures, and The Pilot House in Topping. coordinating the event.
pick up soil test kits and Retired Air Force Brigadier
Chip and Mary Buxton are
VCE publications. Look for General Wayne Lloyd shared now Paul Harris Fellows. The
the green canopy and the his insight and some of his Fellowship was established
Middlesex Master Gardeners. experiences with the Kyrgyz- in 1957 in honor of Rotary’s
stan government and the mul- founder to express appretinational force in support of ciation to Rotarians who have
Operation Enduring Freedom contributed significantly to the
in 2002.
humanitarian and educational
“Kyrgyzstan, in the foothills programs of the Rotary Founof the Himalayas is awesomely dation. Foundation programs
beautiful, but is a poor country include an array of projects that
with a failed government infra- save and invigorate the lives of
structure,” said Lloyd.
people around the world and
General Lloyd was intro- enhance international underduced by his wife and standing and friendship. The
Middlesex Rotarian Nancy. programs include scholarships,
The Lower Middlesex Vol- Lloyd was commanding gen- provision of food and potable
unteer Fire Department Aux- eral of the West Virginia Air water, health care, immunizailiary will have a community National Guard and retired in tions and shelter for millions
yard sale on Saturday, April 1999. When the 9/11 attack of people.
26, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at occurred, he promptly asked
Club president Bill Karry
the pavilion site behind the to be recalled to active duty. presented the club’s donation
Deltaville firehouse. The com- He was given command of the to the Fellowship of Chrismunity is invited to bring their 376th Air Expeditionary Wing. tian Athletes (FCA). David
yard sale items. A $10 fee will With a multinational staff, his Norman, lead FCA captain
be charged. Tables will be command provided airlift, and senior at Middlesex High
available.
air refueling, and aeromedi- School, and George Morris,
All unsold items must be cal evacuation support. He area representative for Middle
removed from the premises at was later assigned to Qatar as Peninsula Fellowship of Chris1 p.m. The auxiliary members Director Mobility Forces.
tian Athletes, accepted the
will also be selling plants, large
In other news, Middlesex $500 donation on behalf of the
garden flags, hot dogs, drinks Rotary will sponsor the first athletic group.
and brownies.
annual Middlesex County
Incoming club president Joe
To reserve a table or for more School Art Show on Friday, Brinkley and fellow Rotarians
information, please call Pat at April 25, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Fred Jones, Betty Bray, Warren
776-7160.
at the Yates House Commu- Morrell and Rev. Joe Klotz will
In case of rain, the sale will nity Arts Center. There will be be attending a leadership conbe held inside the firehouse.
refreshments and awards pre- ference in Stafford this month.
protection from slugs, aphids,
some nematodes and whiteflies, as well as many other
pests. Marigolds are considered to be powerhouses for the
protection they offer tomatoes
and several others. Use them to
keep away tomato hornworms
and, believe it or not, possibly
rabbits, which are said to dislike them.
Got Japanese beetles? Try
nasturtiums and chives to keep
them at bay. Herbs like chives
may help many vegetables and
flowers, such as roses, by preventing aphids, mites and nematodes. Surprisingly, tomatoes
are said to protect roses from
blackspot.
Plant dill far away from the
tomatoes, as rumor says it
attracts tomato hornworms.
If a lot of biodiversity is created in gardens there will be benefits, as this will attract or repel a
wide variety of living creatures.
Where can you find these
heroes of the garden? At the
13th Annual Middlesex Master
Gardener Plant Sale on May 3
in the Senior Center parking lot
and grounds at Cooks Corner,
behind the Health Department.
Look for signs to guide you.
Take home little green helpers to
fill your gardens, then stand back
and see what they can do. Please
take note of the new location.
This year will have one of the
largest selections and numbers
of tomatoes ever offered at the
MMG Plant Sale, which includes
over 15 varieties. Nine varieties
are the trusted heirlooms, such as
Brandywine, Cherokee Purple,
German Green and Golden
Queen. Newer tomatoes also
will be available, including Big
Beef, Kellogg’s Breakfast and
two types of cherry tomatoes.
All of the wonderful plants mentioned above will be waiting for
you to take them home so they
can go to work in your gardens.
Many other types of plants
will be on hand, such as yarrow,
peppers,
melons,
coleus,
squash, coneflowers, iris and
others. Water garden plants
will be offered too, including Mitchell Andrew McGahee
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noon for the biggest MMG of their son, Mitchell Andrew
plant sale ever. Come early for McGahee, on March 29, 2008. best selection. No sales will be
made before 8 a.m.
Extension programs are open
to all. If you require more infor- Chamber Meet &
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accommodations in order to Greet set for May 1
attend, call the Extension office
at 758-4120.
The Middlesex County
Chamber of Commerce Meet
& Greet will be hosted by Dee
Carter at the Forget-Me-Not
Consignment Shop in Urbanna
on May 1 at 6 p.m.
Community
yard sale is
Saturday
in Deltaville
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April 30, at 3:30 p.m. at the
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arts & leisure
Dean Shostak in concert
May 3 at St. Clare Walker
Yates House
Center to host
first Farmer’s
Market April 26
The Middlesex County
Public Library and its underwriter, Citizens and Farmers Bank, will present Dean
Shostak in concert featuring
his glass instruments on Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at St.
Clare Walker Middle School
on Route 33 at Locust Hill.
Handbell choirs from Lower
United Methodist Church
in Hartfield and Bellamy
United Methodist Church in
Gloucester will accompany
Shostak with traditional brass
handbells on several numbers
and with Shostak’s glass handbells on “Simple Gifts.”
Shostak has been featured in
glass concerts around the world
and presents Crystal Concerts
regularly at the Kimball Theater on Duke of Gloucester
Street in Williamsburg.
Other glass instruments featured in his Crystal Concerts
include the Cristal Baschet
and glass handbells. He also
plays the hurdy-gurdy, a
French instrument similar to
the violin.
At age 14, Shostak began
his musical career in Colonial
Williamsburg performing with
his violin in the Music Teacher’s Shop. While working on
his BA at the University of
Virginia he continued to perform in Colonial Williamsburg
during summers and holiday
breaks.
After graduation he began
exploring some of the more
unusual instruments that were
popular in the 18th century,
including the pocket violin,
which was a miniature fiddle
gentlemen would keep on their
person.
In 1991, Shostak became
involved in the revival of
the rare and beautiful glass
armonica. Today he is one of
The Yates House Community Arts Center (YHCAC)
has opened its doors with a
fresh coat of paint and a new
name.
The Yates House Gallery
is still here, but it is now the
YHCAC—a
not-for-profit
group able to access public
monies to keep the arts
alive.
The center can offer programs, have exhibits, host
cultural events, and teach
classes for both adults and
children, but in order to keep
the not-for-profit status, the
IRS says the center cannot
sell art.
“We hope to bring a variety
of artistic and cultural opportunities to our community,”
said a center spokesperson.
The first Farmers Market
is Saturday, April 26, from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. and continues
the fourth Saturday of every
month through November 22. Please contact YHCAC by
phone at 776-8505 or e-mail
us via our website at www.
yhcac.org. Rental fees may
be paid by the month or at a
reduced rate if paid in full for
the season, but one must register to save a space. Farmers Market customers will
be offered an eclectic array
pleasing to the eye the palate
and the spirit. The “Groovin’ at the
Gallery,” now known as
“Groovin’ on the Green”
concert series will open June
7 with Robbin Thompson.
Those who would like to help
fund concerts should contact Liz Cook through the
website www.yhcac.org or
call 776-8421.
Dean Shostak
eight glass armonica players
in the world and the only one
who plays it like Benjamin
Franklin, the 1761 inventor of
the instrument.
This instrument consists
of glass bowls tuned by size,
mounted one inside the other
with cork on a metal spindle.
The glasses are made to spin
with a flywheel attached to a
foot treadle. Moistened fingers rub the exposed rims of
the glasses to produce one
of the most beautiful sounds
ever created by man. Jefferson, Mozart, Beethoven
and Mesmer are a few of the
famous men associated with
the armonica.
The lead content in the glass
and the lead paint used on the
rims of the glasses to identify
the notes was believed to have
caused health problems in the
18th century. People became
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extinct. It was revived in 1984
by master glass blower Gerhard Finkenbeiner of Boston.
Instead of using regular glass,
he blows pure quartz into the
bowls.
Shostak is also a proud
owner and performer on one
of the two glass violins in the
world. Made especially for
him by the Hario Company
in Tokyo, from conception to
completion the violin took six
months to make with 14 staff
members working on it. Shostak is now working with glass
artists in the United States.
They are experimenting with
different types of glass, construction techniques and body
style.
Tickets for the concert are
$10 for adults and $5 for children. They may be purchased at
either branch of the Middlesex
County Public Library, Cyndy’s
Bynn (Urbanna), Nauti Nell’s
(Deltaville), The Medicine
Shoppe and Coffman’s on the
Coast (Hartfield), and Twice
Told Tales (Gloucester and
Kilmarnock).
This program is appropriate for adults and school-aged
children. For more information, call Sherry Inabinet at
758-5717.
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The new Middlesex Art
Guild Center in Urbanna will
host an exhibit on the Robert
O. Norris Memorial Bridge
May 1 through June 1.
Ray Rodgers also will exhibit
five of his working model boats
similar to the real boats that
were used to ferry passengers
before the bridge was built.
The center is open 11 a.m. to
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p.m. at Yates House Community
Arts Center in Deltaville. All
art will be judged by renowned
local artist Judith Woodbury.
The Middlesex Rotary
Club will present ribbons to
each grade level for 1st, 2nd
and 3rd place and honorable
mention for each school represented—Middlesex Elementary, St. Clare Walker Middle
School, Middlesex High, and
Christchurch School.
There will an opening reception on Friday with refreshments. “Come on out to show
your support to the students,”
said an event spokesperson.
Arbor Day celebration
is Friday at Holly Point
The public is invited to
enjoy Historic Garden Week in
Middlesex County and come to
Holly Point Nature Park and the
Deltaville Maritime Museum
for “Toast to the Trees,” an
Arbor Day celebration on
Friday, April 25, from 5:30 to
7 p.m.
The service and support
of two very special founding
board members will be honored
at the tree dedication at 5:30
p.m.—the first president, Tim
Blackwood, and current presi-
dent, Gene Ruark. Holly trees
will be planted at the entrance
to the park in their honor.
A reception will be held following the tree dedication in
the Woodland Gardens.
Museum and park officials
will also toast Pette Clark for
giving Holly Point to Middlesex
County. She was known for her
love of trees, and a celebration
of Arbor Day is a fitting tribute
to her as well.
For information call the
museum at 776-7200.
Arbor Day to be celebrated
at Belle Isle State Park
Did you know that rayon,
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soap, shampoo and many other
products come from trees?
Learn more about this natural resource when Belle Isle
State Park in Lancaster County
celebrates Arbor Day on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the picnic area.
Join forester Mike Aherron
on a tree identification walk,
watch a skit based on Shel Sil-
verstein’s book “The Giving
Tree,” make tree-related crafts
and learn about the animals
that depend on trees.
Participate in geocaching
events and learn about this
new program of Virginia State
Parks. The event is free except
for a $3 per car parking fee.
Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy
under the trees. Call the park
at 462-5030 for more information.
VIMS Art Show and
Auction due April 25-26
The Virginia Institute of
Marine Science will host its
2008 Art Show and Auction
at 6:30 p.m. on April 25-26 in
Gloucester Point.
Proceeds from the 2008
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VIMS graduate students.
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Hedspeth to return to
Donk’s for 14th year
Troy Hedspeth, who hails
from Virginia Beach and
started his musical career at
Donk’s Theater, will celebrate
a milestone of sorts when he
performs his 14th annual country concert at Virginia’s Li’l
Ole Opry, Donk’s Theater, in
Mathews on Saturday, April
26.
Hedspeth first graced the
Opry stage at the tender age of
10. Now, in his 20s and a graduate of Belmont University in
Nashville, he is excited about
returning to the place where it
all started.
“The longer I’ve stayed in
Nashville the more I’ve come
to appreciate my home in Virginia,” said Hedspeth. “A lot
of my memories of home come
from singing at Donk’s Theater. I’m so excited that I can
do a show there this year. Every
chance that I get to go back
there and perform is a wonderful opportunity. As a performer,
I grew up on that stage and I’ll
never forget that.”
For his 2008 show at Donk’s,
Hedspeth will work with his
own band.
Since graduating from Belmont University, Hedspeth
has chosen to give some time
to his church and is now the
by T.D. Harris
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assistant to the music minister
at Spring Branch Community
Church, where he leads worship on most Sundays, and at
New Community Service on
Wednesday nights. He is joined
in this endeavor by his wife,
Jessica.
While at Belmont, Hedspeth
spent his last year there working on song-writing with noted
songwriters Todd Cerney,
Charlie Black, Rory Burke and
Austin Roberts.
The show will also feature
the Opry regulars, Shades of
Country and Uncle Jimmy
Wickham. For tickets and
information, call 725-7760.
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Atherston Hall in Urbanna
‘Times and Tides’
garden tour is Friday
In celebration and in honor
of the 400th anniversary of the
founding of Jamestown and the
75th year of the Garden Club
of Virginia’s Historic Garden
Week in Virginia, the Garden
Club of the Middle Peninsula
will present an architectural
time line of homes in Middlesex
County dating from the 17th
century “Crown Jewel,” Wilton,
to a 21st century home. The
tour, “Times and Tides,” represents the evolution and development of Middlesex County
and illustrates the cultural and
architectural progress made in
400 years.
The tour will be on Friday,
April 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
full ticket of $30 includes five
houses and gardens and Festival of Flowers at Christ Church
(Episcopal). Single-site admission is $10.
Tour tickets are now available at Hurd’s and Latitudes
in Deltaville; Coffman’s on the
Coast in Hartfield; Cyndy’s
Bynn, Wild Bunch, Bristow’s
Store and The Garden Club in
Urbanna; and The Garden Club
in Saluda.
Tickets also are available by
contacting Carolyn Wake at
776-9541, email ccwwake@
verizon.net. The early ticket
cost is $25 until today, April
17 by mail. Please include a
self-addressed, stamped envelope with check payable to The
Garden Club of the Middle
Peninsula. Early tickets may
also be purchased for an additional charge by accessing
www.VaGardenweek.org until
the day before the tour. Tickets
also may be purchased at any
of the locations open for tour
on the day of the tour. Tickets
with maps will be available at
all locations.
Complimentary
refreshments will be served at Wilton
in Hartfield from 2-4 p.m.
Sites on the tour include Leafwood, Laurel View, The Garden
at The Tavern, Atherston Hall,
Christ Church, Lower United
Methodist Church, Wilton, and
1938 Wilton Creek Road.
The tour chairman is Helen
Hopper (Mrs. Roger G.), P.O.
Box 158, Urbanna, VA 23175;
(804) 758-4876.
Each week the Sentinel has
been highlighting two sites on
the tour.
• Atherston Hall is a 19thcentury home adjacent to The
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period gardens, the front having
a town feel, enclosed by a picket
fence with a copper fountain as
a focal point. The rear garden
is enclosed by fencing typical
of the period to keep out livestock. Two stone obelisks link
the garden with headstones in a
small cemetery. Three overlapping circles of lawn complete
the layout. Cut flowers from the
rose garden mixed with flowering perennials adorn Atherston
Hall, a popular bed and breakfast. It is open for the first time
for Historic Garden Week. Mr.
and Mrs. William Dickinson,
owners.
• Lower United Methodist Church on Route 33 at
Hartfield was founded in the
1650s as the Lower Chapel
of the Episcopal Church in
Middlesex County, the present building dates from 1717.
Laid entirely in English bond
brick work, it is one of four
surviving colonial churches
in Virginia with this type of
masonry. The Dutch-style roof
with its clipped gables reflects
the vestry order for a roof that
should be “clipped above the
wind beams.” The church is on
the National Register of Historical Places and the Virginia
Historical Landmark Register. April showers bring the
flowers and if the recent
showers are any indication of
what the flowers are going to
be, this will be a spectacular
spring.
A friend called that recently
took our Corgi, Fala, to live
with her and was telling me
that he was afraid of thunder
and lightning. Duh, aren’t we
all? I told her that during the
storm all of the Corgyn were
seeking safe places and so
was I. Over the years lightning has struck our house,
trees in the yard and a piling
on the pier, so my fears are
justified.
A Canada goose nesting
in the osprey nest and her
mate tormenting the Corgyn
on the pier, eagles mating on
the flagpole ball, and ospreys
building a nest on the boats
hanging out of the water over
at the condos make for interesting times. Both of the
puppies have fallen into the
water and had to be fished
out. There are not many idle
moments to just sit and stare
off into space.
Our esteemed delegate,
Harvey Morgan, came down
to check his boat and take on
fresh water at the marina. It
was nice catching up on all
of the legislature he worked
on while in Richmond. Of
course, the new laws concerning dogs was most interesting to me. Isn’t it sad that
Michael Vick’s name will be
forever connected in a negative way with fighting dogs?
Well, maybe he has done the
dog world a favor because
dogfighting has been going
on for years and no one did
anything about it until he
got caught. Harvey also says
there are laws going after the
puppy mills.
Felicitations to Michelle
and John Rother, who are
celebrating their anniversary
today. Make sure you wish
Betty Johnson a happy birthday. She will be celebrating
on Saturday.
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A8 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • April 24, 2008
Meet the Urbanna Town Council candidates
Nine seek six seats on council; Taylor running unopposed for mayor
Bob Calves
Lee Chewning
Richard Donoff
n R.H. “Bob” Calves, 67,
is seeking a council seat for
the first time. He was born
and raised near Philadelphia,
graduated from Phillips Exeter
Academy and attended college
at MIT. He worked in the aerospace/defense industry before
serving in the U.S. Coast Guard,
including service in the Western
Pacific during the Viet Nam War.
In the late 1960s he was a founding executive of Pallace Inc., a
Maryland firm providing trade
advertising, technical writing,
and marketing support to businesses manufacturing data/radio
communication equipment. In the 1970s he founded TechLit Services Inc. to provide similar services on a consulting
basis. Calves has extensive boating experience and has kept
a boat in Urbanna for many years. His community service
has included the chairmanship of the Chain Bridge Forest
Architectural Control Committee in Fairfax for 15 years and
his role as a director and treasurer of McLean Youth Inc. for
6 years. He currently serves as a director of the Middlesex
County Library. Calves has a son who is a computer software
consultant.
n Lee D. Chewning, 57, is seeking a council seat for the first
time. He is a Realtor with IsaBell
Horsley Real Estate. He attended
Hampden-Sydney College and
VCU. He and his wife Suzanne
have three grown children.
n Richard C. Donoff, 68, is seeking a council seat for the first time.
He retired in 1993 after a 30-year
career in engineering focused
mainly on overseeing machine
design and development projects.
After retiring, he went to Switzerland and worked for three years as
an international machinery consultant. Donoff holds an associate
engineering degree (Penn State)
and a BS in economics (VCU).
He married Anne Parker (native
of Urbanna) in 1964. They have
two children and three grandchildren. Donoff’s community
service includes five years on the
Middlesex Library Board, where he chaired the Grounds and
Maintenance Committee. He is a member of Christ Church
Parish and served on the building committee for new parish
hall and was treasurer for the capital campaign fund for the
new parish hall.
1. What are the two most important issues in this election
and what is your position on these issues?
They are managing growth and managing finances.
Urbanna faces growth pressures both from within (such as
the waterfront condo controversy and the recent building of
a duplex on an empty residential lot zoned for single-family housing), and nearby (such as Rosegill and areas west
of town). I believe we cannot and should not stop growth,
but we should manage and control it so as to best benefit
Urbanna citizens.
Our future is our pristine small-town atmosphere. The
waterfront should be developed with low/small buildings,
ample parking for the use of the property, and according to our
zoning regulations. These regulations require public waterfront access both to benefit our residents and to draw visitors
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Steve Hollberg
n Steven S. Hollberg is seeking a
second term on council where he
has served on the finance committee. He is council’s representative
to the Middle Peninsula Planning
District Commission and on its
Chesapeake Bay Public Access
Authority. He is a Certified Public
Accountant, who holds a BA in
political science from the College
of William and Mary. Hollberg
earned his post BA certificate in
accounting from VCU. He graduated Middlesex High School. He
and his wife Wanda Greenwood
Hollberg have a son, Ellery Bennett Hollberg, at West Point High
School. He has held several financial positions with H and H
Development Inc., Montague Farms Inc., Figgie International,
and Life of Virginia.
1. What are the two most important issues in this election and
what is your position on these issues?
Long-term financial stability for the town is critical. I think
if more people were aware how much the town relies financially on annual draws from the Taber Fund to assist operations,
there would be greater motivation to take steps to resolve what
is essentially a cash negative picture. Historically, our investments have done well enough to more than offset draws and,
at some level, that has reduced the need to raise taxes. But we
need to find a better balance of expenses and revenues to reduce
the need to draw from the Taber Fund and keep taxes under
control.
Reign in legal expenses and focus on the positive goals that
we have set through the Capital Improvements Plan. If we can
reach a compromise and step out of the legal arena, taxpayers could breathe a sigh of relief. There are some opportunities
ahead for improving the quality of life for residents and visitors
that have been shelved for almost two years. I encourage resi(continued on next page)
Janet Smith
n During the past 40 years,
Janet Suzon Smith has been a
wife, mother of 12 children and
grandmother of four, as well as
a business manager, real estate
agent, fundraiser and a consultant. As part of her community
service, she teaches roots of faith.
In Washington State she was
chosen to serve as a Land Use
Planning and Shoreline Planning
Commission Member. In addition, she was an elected Water/
Sewer District Commissioner.
Smith is seeking her second term
on council.
1. What are the two most important issues in this election and what
is your position on these issues?
One of the most important recent
issues in Urbanna has to be the
proposed development of Urbanna
Yachting Center. No matter how
that situation is resolved, we have
hopefully learned an important
lesson. The only way we as residents of this wonderful town can
ensure its continued positive direction is if we have an active
collaboration between town officials and residents in all matters
that impact our future. Town council cannot stand alone. We all
have to participate every day.
I feel very strongly that the fiscal future of our town has
major challenges facing it. I believe that we must, through
a group effort, determine how the commercial areas of
Urbanna are going to develop. My wife and I own one of
the historic homes and I don’t want the look of the town to
change. I do feel we can preserve the best of the past but
we must promote a future that is attractive not only to our
residents, but also folks who would look to visit, shop, and
possibly invest here.
2. For what reasons are you seeking election to council?
I was a summertime resident of Middlesex County in my
childhood. Suzanne and I have lived and worked in Urbanna for
the last four years. We feel privileged to live in this wonderful
place and want to make a contribution to its future. ✔
Bob Henkel
n A. Robert “Bob” Henkel, 75,
is running for a sixth term on town
council. Henkel was first elected
in 1998 and has been re-elected
in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
He is a retired banker, a graduate
of Middlesex High School and he
attended Randolph-Macon College. He also completed banking and business courses during
his long banking career. He currently is employed at Fleet Brothers in Hartfield. He is treasurer of
Lower United Methodist Church
in Hartfield and has been a board
member of the Urbanna Oyster
Festival for 16 years. He was
chairman of the festival in 2006 and co-chair in 2007. Henkel is
a former member of the Middlesex County Public Library and
was chairman of the building fund campaign. He served on the
Middlesex County Tax Study Committee in 1996 & 2004. He
was appointed by the county board of supervisors as chairman
of the 2004 committee. He is a board member of the Middlesex
YMCA and chairman of the capital fund campaign. Henkel
served for 13 years on the Salvation Army Advisory Board in
Portsmouth. While serving on the board he chaired the Capital
Fund Campaign for the new building and received The General
Booth Award for leadership involving the campaign.
1. What are the two most important issues in this election and
what is your position on these issues?
Over the next 5 years Urbanna needs to complete the street
improvement project, replace our swimming pool, continue to
promote our town marina to its best usage, and encourage our
business community to work with the town to promote activities
that draw visitors to our town. In order to accomplish the above
we need to find ways to increase our revenue without increasing
taxes to our citizens. This means that we need to work to find
occupants for our empty restaurants and encourage them to be
full-time restaurants. We also need to encourage development
or improvements to those properties that are available.
The Urbanna Landing Development Project is a major issue
at this time and we need to work to resolve this problem in
order to avoid a potential costly and time consuming lawsuit
that could be very damaging to the future of our town. We need
to continue to work with the county and Hampton Roads Sani-
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Bill Thrift
n William Jesse “Bill” Thrift
Jr., 64, has served on council for
nine years. He has been chief of
the Middlesex County Volunteer
Fire Department for 38 years and
a member for 46 years.
Thrift has lived in Urbanna 38
years and is plant manager for
Pitts Lumber Company in Saluda.
Thrift is a member of the
Urbanna Masonic Lodge #83
AF&AM, serves on the Middlesex
County Communication Committee, and is a member of New Hope
United Methodist Church.
1. What are the two most
important issues in this election and what is your position on
these issues?
Two years ago as a new candidate for Urbanna Town Council I asked the community several questions. In door-to-door
visits you answered those questions. The majority of you were
concerned about Urbanna Creek pollution, how Urbanna might
change, and economic development. In addition, you wanted
to be heard when you had concerns. I believe these are the same
important issues today. During my term on council I became the
representative to the Task Force/Citizens Committee formed to
respond as a community to new development. As a result, the
Citizens Committee helped council pursue better development
standards for Urbanna. Another issue that surfaced was equality
in applying the rules in Urbanna. Large numbers of residents
have continued to attend workshops, hearings, and meetings to
hold our local government accountable to those rules.
2. For what reasons are you seeking election to council?
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1. What are the two most important issues in this election and what is your position on these
issues?
Loss of business places in town. We need to work toward
bringing more businesses back to town. We need to try to
replace the Dollar General store, Urbanna Lumber and Taylor
Hardware, to name a few.
We need to replace the town pool that is 40 years old. We
keep patching it every year, but one of these years it’s going to
be the end of patching it. The cost is going to be high to replace
it. We may need to find a grant to help finance it.
We have water lines on some side streets that need replacing.
We need to replace main water lines on Kent Street to Cross
Street with larger lines and hydrants.
2. For what reasons are you seeking election to council?
I have been here all my life and love this little town. I know
we need change, but we need to make good decisions on what
we do or let come in. The history of Urbanna, in my opinion,
is the best in this state. Just look at what is here. I think I can
make the right decisions to keep this quality. ✔
1. What are the two most important issues in this election
and what is your position on these issues?
The most important issue is sewage. Of the 800,000 Hampton
Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) customers, the citizens
of Urbanna pay the highest rate, and the rate is expected to
increase. Urbanna is planning plant renovations while Saluda is
planning on building a new facility; and then there is Rosegill.
It is time for all parties to sit down and connect the dots. This
is not a local problem; this is a regional project and it needs
regional cooperation.
The second most important issue is maintaining the character of Urbanna. A lot of time and money has been spent on
improving the streets and more will be spent. The town council
should be an active participant with the business community in
encouraging projects that will bring visitors to Urbanna year
around and not only on our “special” days.
The council must also manage development in a way that
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Don Richwine
n Donald B. Richwine, a former
council member, is seeking a
return to council. He was born
in Urbanna. He graduated from
Christchurch School, and holds
a BCE from the University of
Virginia Engineering School.
Richwine worked for the Commonwealth of Virginia for 38
years in a variety of capacities
including the Department of
Highways, Division of Water
Resources, Water Control Board,
and the Department of Environmental Quality. He and his wife
Judy have three grown children
and four grandchildren. His community service includes volunteering with Jacob’s Ladder,
being a Red Cross blood donor, serving as a Richardson Scholarship Foundation Administrator. He is active in the Urbanna
United Methodist Church serving on the administrative board
council, and as a trustee, and finance chairman. He is a member
of Urbanna United Methodist Men, and is UUM Endowment
Fund Administrator and a choir member. He served on the
Urbanna Oyster Festival Committee for two years.
1. What are the two most important issues in this election
and what is your position on these issues?
The most important issue, at present, is the proposed condominium project at the foot of Watling Street. As a member of
the Urbanna Planning Commission, it is fair for me to say that
the developer, Potomac Timber LLC, has not, so far, presented
evidence that would cause me to be in favor of the project.
However, I shall remain open to further evidence at our April
30 public hearing.
The ongoing issues we face are related to the infrastructure
of our town. We must continue to work on water line repair and
equalization of some lines to achieve safe water pressures. A
second infrastructure issue is the renovation of our Taber Park
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Joanie Ward
n Joan “Joanie” Simonton
Ward, 54, is seeking a council
seat for the first time. She is a
native of Urbanna and attended
Urbanna Elementary School,
the old Middlesex Elementary
School and Middlesex High
School. She has taken a number
of college courses in various subjects for her own personal growth
and development. Before retiring, Ward worked for 16 years
as the assistant librarian at both
Middlesex High School and St.
Clare Walker Middle School.
Ward is a past member of the
Central Middlesex Volunteer
Rescue Squad, the Middlesex County Woman’s Club and the
John Mitchell Garden Club. Ward is currently is a member of
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department. Her hobbies include gardening, reading, and cooking.
Ward and her family enjoy spending time on the water. She
and her husband Pete have two children, Ron Ward and Shannon Kerr, and they have two granddaughters, Carson and Mallory Kerr.
1. What are the two most important issues in this election
and what is your position on these issues?
Town residents would agree that the proposed condominium
project, Urbanna Landing, has generated the most debate in
recent months. I, too, am concerned with the outcome of this
issue. However, I believe that by working together, the town
and the developers can reach a compromise where all parties
are satisfied with the final results. We need to see ourselves as
partners rather than adversaries in this venture.
Another important issue is how to attract and sustain businesses. The growing number of shops and stores either closing
or moving to other locations is affecting the economy of our
town. I am not sure I have a solution for this problem. I am sure
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Election is Tuesday, May 6; poll open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
April 24, 2008 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• A9
Beatrice Taylor
n Beatrice L. Taylor, 67, is running unopposed for mayor of
the town of Urbanna. She was
appointed to town council in 1997
and elected to council in 1998.
She has served on council for nine
years, and as vice mayor for eight.
Taylor is married to Dale Taylor
and has one daughter Paula Dove
and two granddaughters, Loren and
Elaina Dove. She owns and operates Payne’s Crab House in town
with her sister Catherine. She is a
1960 graduate of Middlesex High
School. For six years she served
on the Virginia Marine Products
Board, a governor’s appointment,
and served for two years as chairman. The purpose of the
board is to introduce bay seafood to national markets. She also
served on the Marine Resources Licensing Round Table and
was appointed to the board by W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. Taylor
is an active member of the Urbanna United Methodist Church
and a member of the Ladies Fire Auxiliary who, among many
other things, organizes the Urbanna Christmas Parade and Fun
Day. She is also on the committee for the Historic Urbanna
Christmas House Tour and a member of the Urbanna Downtown Beautification Committee.
1. What are the two most important issues in this election and
what is your position on these issues?
The proposal of building condominiums by Potomac Timber
Investments on the waterfront of Watling Street is an important
issue facing the town. Since I am a member of the town council,
which is in litigation about this project, I cannot issue any statement concerning this matter.
Another issue is the concern about the businesses in the Town
of Urbanna. A couple of active businesses moved out of town.
That, with the cost of gas, has made the businesses currently in
town see a decline in people, and consequently the loss of sales
in their businesses. There are several empty buildings. Plans
are under way to reopen businesses, but have not, as yet, been
firmed up. Urbanna needs to attract a business or businesses
that provides a service or sales that will bring any economical
group of people to our town. The town council and the businesses must work together through this slow period. Urbanna is
a unique town and we need to work to make it a thriving town.
2. For what reasons are you seeking election to the office of
mayor?
After having served on the council for nine years and as vice
mayor as 8 years, my well-rounded involvement in the various
aspects of the town gives me a unique view of the total picture.
I have served on just about all of the council committees; helping plan and contributing to the opening of the Visitor’s Center
on Virginia Street, building the new marina, and starting the
Beautification Project.
My reasons for accepting the privilege of working in the government are the same as always: I love Urbanna, I care for the
people and I want to work to make the future of Urbanna a
bright and thriving one. This allows me to give back to Urbanna
a small contribution for the wonderful life I have enjoyed here.
I will continue to help and support the people of Urbanna.
The council of Urbanna needs to be examples to the young men
and women who will be tomorrow’s future Urbanna council
members. ✔
Calves. . .
who would patronize town businesses. A better waterfront also
requires cleaner harbor waters,
and thus I oppose the proposed
discharge into Urbanna Creek
from a sewage treatment plant
at Saluda. In residential areas
I support strict enforcement of
single-family zoning laws.
Town finances are not in
good shape and as a result we
may face increased taxes in the
future. There are two reasons for
this: first, expenses in general
go up with inflation; and second,
reserves have not been set aside
to cover major expenses that
have been looming on the horizon for years. We need to replace
aging/leaking water lines, and
repair or replace the swimming
pool. We need tight and careful financial management of
expenses, and we should begin
to set aside money for the major
capital expenditures ahead.
2. For what reasons are you
seeking election to council?
I am seeking election because
I believe I can contribute to the
process of guiding Urbanna
to a better future—increased
business, a more open waterfront, consistent enforcement
of our zoning codes, and better
financial management, all
while maintaining our small
town quality of life. If elected,
Richwine . . .
facilities. I favor beginning development now of a plan for a new
swimming pool with adequate
bathhouse facilities and other
amenities, as needed. We could
begin a fund drive now with donations, a recreational fee, or special tax, or possible bond funds,
or combinations of these, but we
can’t afford to wait.
Our street beautification project must be brought back on
schedule. We don’t want this to
drag on for years. What has been
done is good and we can’t “drop
the ball.”
I recognize that our needs are
greater than our town treasury,
but I do believe that we can raise
these funds somehow and I am
very much in favor of beginning
the process.
2. For what reasons are you
seeking election to council?
I was born here, grew up here,
came back here and plan to die
here, so my interest in keeping
Urbanna “charming and unique”
in every way is paramount to my
wanting to be involved. Many
changes have taken place in the
last hundred years or so and plenty
before that, but recent changes and
Ward . . .
that relying on tourism and tourist dollars alone to support town
businesses throughout the year
is not the solution. Tourism is,
by definition, seasonal at best—
when you factor in the downturn
of the economy with the rising
cost of fuel, it becomes a recipe
for disaster to areas whose very
existence depends on tourism. We
must devise a plan that will help
to support both new and established businesses alike without
relying solely on tourism.
There is one final issue that is
extremely important to me, Taber
Park, specifically the condition
of the swimming pool and tennis
courts. Both are in sad shape
and need to be either repaired or
replaced. I realize this will be a
costly undertaking; however, I
believe we owe it to the citizens,
especially our young people, to
provide these much needed amenities.
2. For what reasons are you
seeking election to council?
Over the years, I have been
approached on numerous occasions by people asking me to run
for council. I always came up
with what I thought to be valid
reasons against that idea. My
belief that the time constraints
of working, raising a family, and
involvement in other organizations was all I could handle no
longer ring true. I now realize
that they were not so much reasons as excuses.
I was born in Urbanna, grew
up here, attended school here
and have lived here for almost
my entire life. I cannot imagine
living anywhere else. I have a
Donoff . . .
preserves our unique vistas and
small-town features.
2. For what reasons are you
seeking election to council?
Urbanna is my home and
there are issues that need attention: sewage issues; maintaining
the town’s character; managing
development so that it doesn’t
adversely impact our citizens;
and resolving the double taxation so citizens of Urbanna don’t
pay 44% more real estate tax and
18.5% more personal property
tax than a Middlesex County
citizen who lives outside of
Urbanna.
In my career I was focused on
managing projects and providing
solutions. I would like to have an
opportunity to work with council
I will also urge the council: members on providing solutions
to begin a long-range plan- to the issues that are facing our
ning program that defines our town. ✔
vision for the town, rather than
simply reacting to developers’
proposals; to act as an advocate for our citizens by dealing
As a candidate for council this
with the Rosegill developer
and appropriate governmental year I want to continue to repagencies to address problems resent this community. Develaffecting our residents and opment and redevelopment
visitors that arise during con- pressures will continue. Preservstruction at Rosegill; to send a ing the character and rich history
representative to every impor- of this community as well as
tant Middlesex County govern- reviving the business commument meeting to speak out for nity will be our challenges. I will
Urbanna’s interests in county need your help. ✔
decisions; to consider whether,
with appropriate legal advice,
we should seek relief for our
citizens who pay both town
dents to help us get back on track.
taxes and full county taxes.
I am the only non-incumbent But, as the upcoming budget
candidate who for two years has sessions will show, our capacity
attended most meetings of the to absorb legal expenses is limcouncil, the planning commis- ited. Shifting those to taxpayers,
sion and HARB. Before attend- which may happen at some level,
ing these meetings I have taken is not going to be welcome. Let’s
time to review available docu- get back on track.
2. For what reasons are you
ments and discuss the issues
with other town citizens. I have seeking election to council? I
also spoken out at meetings want to help the town. I am obliwhen I thought I could contrib- gated to offer my assistance as a
ute. If elected, I will bring to citizen. ✔
council a level of preparation,
insight and foresight that I hope
will benefit the council and the
town. ✔
tation District in working out a
solution to the sanitation needs
for the Saluda and Urbanna area.
We need to find a way to eliminate the treated water dischargproposed developments threaten ing into the creek. However, it
our small town ambiance, if not is also necessary to find ways to
reduce and control other runoff
managed appropriately.
My experience in govern- that affects the creek, including
ment has prepared me well for discharge from the many boats
what lies ahead. I have served that are docked in and visit the
on council for two terms and creek.
2. For what reasons are you
worked with the town planning
commission for over four years seeking election to council?
I am completing my 5th term
in revising our comprehensive
plan and town zoning code. The on the town council and I want
proper use of these instruments to contribute toward completing
by the town administrator, plan- the projects as mentioned in my
ning commission and town coun- comments. During my terms on
cil are our hope in managing all council I initiated the effort to
future changes in our town. I institute the meals tax, which has
been very beneficial to our town.
wish to be a part of this.
My college degree was in Additional revenue has helped
civil engineering and most of us to keep the real estate tax low
my work experience was in because a high percentage of
water supply, wastewater treat- that revenue comes from visitors
ment and flood plain engineer- who visit our restaurants. I also
ing. Our water system is good initiated the efforts to negoti(and we’re lucky to have it), but ate for the old theatre property
it needs repairs, and recent well to become a public parking lot
problems point out how fragile it next to the ABC store. During
can become. Recent surround- these 10 years I have supported
ing development, and that pro- the town marina project and the
posed, will test our wastewater street improvement project. I feel
treatment capability and there that my business background in
may be expensive choices to be bank management helps me to
made. I stand ready and able to assist in managing the business
affairs of our town. ✔
help “my” town. ✔
Smith . . .
Hollberg . . .
Henkel . . .
Crab regs . . . (Continued from page A2)
deep and abiding love not only
for the town, but for the many
friends and family members that
also call Urbanna home.
I believe that every person in
Urbanna has something to contribute to our community. My
contribution as a member of
council will be to always put the
welfare of the town and its citizens first in every decision I am
asked to make. I will work diligently, learning as much as possible about each and every proposal
brought before council. I will
listen to the concerns of all citizens and I will seek out the advice
of others. I will, however, vote my
conscience and be prepared to
explain why I did so. ✔
Election is
Tuesday, May 6;
poll open from 6
a.m. to 7 p.m.
per license by 30 percent as
of next year, and by 15 and 30
percent respectively this May.
The number of pots currently
allowed per license ranges
from 100 to 500.
Require two additional,
wider crab pot escape rings
-—known as cull rings—as
of July 1, except the seaside
of the Eastern Shore. At that
time, two cull rings in a crab
pot must be 2 3/8ths of an
inch in diameter, in addition
to the currently required rings
of 2 3/16ths and 2 5/16ths of
an inch. This will allow larger
crabs to escape.
The Commission also voted
to summon any watermen convicted of two crab conservation
violations in a one-year period
before the board for a license
revocation hearing.
Perhaps the most contentious of the regulations was the
decision to the end the dredg-
ing of crabs in the winter.
Between half to threequarters of the crabs dug
out of the sand and mud in
the winter are either cut up,
smashed, or killed —just a few
months before they emerge to
spawn. Of the 300 comments
received by VMRC in the past
few months, a clear majority
favored abolishing the winter
dredge season.
The Commission formally
asked for state assistance, if
available, for crab dredgers
who will be out of work this
winter as a result of regulation
changes.
The new harvest restrictions
came on top of other VMRC
regulation changes over the past
two months aimed at protecting
the blue crab, including prohibiting anyone else from entering
the winter crab dredge season
and capping the current number
of licensed dredgers at 53.
A10 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • April 24, 2008
church
BBQ dinner, bluegrass/gospel music Concert is
and silent auction fundraiser planned Saturday
There will be a BBQ dinner fundraiser to benefit the “Kevin Project” on Saturday, May 10, at
the Water View firehouse.
Kevin Owens is a 20-year-old special needs
young person. He was born a normal child but at
nine months old, after having surgery to repair a
hole in his heart, things changed for the Owens
family. A side effect from the surgery, brain
atrophy, left Kevin confined to a wheelchair and
unable to do anything for himself. He requires
constant supervision.
Kevin desperately needs his own bedroom and
specially-equipped bathroom to be built on the
main floor of his family’s home. Much help is
needed to raise the funds necessary to accomplish this task.
Kevin’s friends at Hermitage Baptist Church
are sponsoring this fund-raising event. The
dinner and silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m.
and ends at 7 p.m. An evening of bluegrass/
gospel music will follow.
Tickets are $10 each for the meal (children 3 and
under admitted free). The silent auction and music
are free of charge. The menu is pork barbecue on a
bun, cole slaw, baked beans, dessert and tea.
For more information or to purchase a ticket,
call Pat at 758-4831, Jimmy at 758-3232, Debbie
at 785-5807 or Linda at 758-0841.
On Saturday, April 26, at
2 p.m. the Usher Board at
First Baptist Harmony Village
Church will sponsor its annual
ministry with a concert.
Back by popular demand
in full concert will be “The
Anointed Voices of the Seed of
Faith” with a special appearance by the highly-requested
praise dancers “The Sacred
Vessels,” all from the Church
of Abraham in Gloucester.
Dress is casual and dinner will
be served after the concert.
Beach Bums collects SRBA Division of Men
to meet Monday
103 formal dresses
Beach Bums Tanning Salon
has collected 103 formal
dresses and will donate them to
Caitlin’s Closet. Caitlin’s Closet is a nonprofit organization that collects
and donates prom/homecoming/party dresses and allows
those that are less fortunate the
chance to feel beautiful for their
special event without having to
pay for a new gown. Caitlin’s Closet does not
have a store location but its
representatives go to different schools and allow students
the opportunity to “shop” for a
dress. Visit caitlinscloset.org
for more information.
Those wishing to donate may
drop off formal dresses at Beach
Bums (758-8826) in Saluda. The
deadline is April 30.
“The community support
has been fantastic, and I would
like to thank everyone who has
donated,” said Tiffany Morris
of Beach Bums.
‘Glorious’ to
perform at Zion
The Zion Branch Baptist
Church Deacon’s Anniversary
will be Sunday, April 27, at 3
p.m. at the church at 224 Zion
Branch Rd. in Saluda. The featured musical group will be
“Glorious” of Richmond. For
more information, contact Van
Willis at 758-4255.
church calendar
n Antioch Baptist Church,
Saluda. Services, first and third
Sunday of the month, 11 a.m.
and Sun­day school 10 a.m.
Bible study every Tuesday
at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Rev. Fred
Holmes, pastor.
n Calvary Baptist Church,
Christchurch. Worship service
11 a.m. Church school 9:45 a.m.
Rev. Paul Pleasants, pastor.
n First Baptist Church of
Amburg, Deltaville. Worship
service 11 a.m. ev­ery second
and fourth Sunday. Church
776-9787.
n First Baptist Harmony
Vil­lage. First through fourth
Sundays: Sunday school 10
a.m. Worship service 11 a.m.
Fifth Sundays Literary Union.
Bible study Wednesdays 7
p.m. Rev. Jerry Neaves, pastor.
758-3643.
n Friendship Baptist Church,
Rt. 33 Hartfield. 9:30-10 a.m.
fellowship with refreshments
served; 10-10:55 a.m. Sunday
school; 11 a.m. celebration
worship service. Nursery provided. House of Prayer open
to all 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Rev. Walt McKibbon, pastor.
776-7099.
n Glebe Landing Baptist
Church, Rt. 17 near Laneview.
Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Morning worship 11 a.m. Prayer service, Wednes­day, 7 p.m. Marvin
Kerby Jr., pastor. 758-2233.
n Grafton Baptist Church,
Hartfield.
Sunday
school
lesson: “Intercession in Crisis”
(Daniel 9:1-7, 17-19). Family
and Friends Day guest speaker:
Rev. Charles Erby, pastor of Mt.
Calvary, Lanham, Md. Music by
the Men’s Chorus, Union Shiloh
Baptist Church. Bible study at
6:30 p.m. every Wednesday.
Rev. Chauncey Mann Jr., pas­
tor.
n Harmony Grove Baptist
Church, intersection of Rt. 3
and Rt. 33, Topping. Sunday
school, all ages, 9:45 a.m.; wor­
ship service 11 a.m. Nursery
provided. Adult prayer meeting
7 p.m. Wednesdays. Dr. Roger
M. Collier, pastor. 758-5154.
n Hermitage Baptist Church,
Rt. 17, Church View. Sunday
school classes, all ages, 10
a.m.; worship service and children’s worship service 11 a.m.
Nursery provided. Wednesday
night: adult prayer meeting,
Bible study 7:30 p.m.; children
and youth mission groups 6:30
p.m. Rev. Tim Kirby, pastor.
758-2636.
n Immanuel Baptist Church,
Rt. 616, Saluda. Sunday school
9:30 a.m. Wor­ship service
Sunday, ex­cept fifth Sunday, 11
a.m. Bible study, Wednesday, 7
p.m. Rev. C. Rideau, pas­tor.
n Lebanon Worship Center
near Saluda. Sunday school
9:30 a.m. Bible study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Worship service
11 a.m. Rev. Teresa Sutherlin,
pastor.
n Lower King and Queen
Baptist Church (Wares). Worship 10 a.m. on the first and
third Sunday; 11 a.m. on the
second and fourth Sunday.
Sunday school 10 a.m. on the
second, fourth and fifth Sunday
and 11 a.m. on the first and
third Sunday. 785-7743.
n
Metropolitan
Baptist
Church, Samos. Worship service 11:30 a.m. first and third
Sundays. Prayer service and
Bible study Thursday, after the
first and third Sunday of each
month, 7:30 p.m. Rev. Garry
Garnett, pastor.
n Mt. Zion Baptist Church at
Church View. Sunday school 10
a.m. Worship service 11 a.m.,
second and fourth Sunday.
Mission and Bible studies
Tuesday night 7:30 p.m. after
the second Sunday meeting,
and Wednesday night after
the fourth Sunday. Rev. Fred
Holmes Jr., pastor.
n New Hope Memorial Baptist Church New Hope Rd.
(Route 609), Shacklefords.
Sunday school 10 a.m.; Worship
service 11 a.m. Wednesday:
prayer meeting, Bible study
7 p.m. Rev. John Brewster,
pastor.
n Poroporone Baptist Church,
Rt. 14 at Shacklefords. Sunday
school 10 a.m.; Worship 11
a.m. Discipleship training 7
p.m., Wednesday. Praise Night,
second and fourth Sunday, 7
p.m. Mission organiza­tions, all
ages, monthly. Don Campbell,
pastor. (804) 785-3948.
n Saluda Baptist Church,
Rt. 33 near Middlesex Courthouse. Sunday school, all ages,
9:45 a.m. Worship ser­vice 11
a.m. Wednesday prayer meeting 6:30 p.m. Rev. Bill Sigler,
pastor. 758-3102.
n Spring Hill Baptist Church,
Cobbs Creek. Sermon: “To
Pray or Not to Pray!” (Daniel 6).
Bible study at 6 p.m. Dr. Chuck
McDaniel, pastor.
n St. Paul Baptist Church,
Jamaica. Sunday school 10
a.m. Wor­ship service 11 a.m.,
second and fourth Sunday.
Bible study, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
before the second and fourth
Sundays. Rev. Kenneth Dunn,
pastor. 758-3633.
n Union Shiloh Baptist Church,
Laneview. Sunday school 10 to
11:30 a.m. Regular worship
service 11:30 a.m. every first,
second and third Sunday. Bible
study every Wednesday at 7
p.m. Rev. Frederick Young Sr.,
pastor. 443-0850 home.
n Urbanna Baptist Church.
Early worship service, at 8:45
a.m.; Sun­day school, all ages,
9:45 a.m.; worship service 11
a.m. Sep­a­rate worship service, chil­dren ages 4 to 2nd
grade. Adult Bible study 6:30
p.m. Youth group 6 p.m.
third Sunday of each month.
Rev. Jimmy Maroney, pastor.
758-2720.
n Zion Branch Baptist Church,
Rt. 615, Saluda. Sunday school
10:30 a.m. second and fourth
Sunday. Rev. William Seldon,
pastor.
n Zoar Baptist Church, Route
33, Deltaville. Early worship
begins at 8:45 a.m. Sunday
school 9:45 a.m. with traditional service 11 a.m. Nursery
provided for both services.
Wednesday family supper 5:50
p.m.; discipleship training session 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jerry Haywood, interim, 776-9502.
n Clarksbury United Methodist Church Rt. 33 near Deltaville.
Sunday school classes 9:45
a.m.; worship service 11 a.m.
UMW Dorothy Price Circle,
second Thursday 10 a.m. and
Edna Yankovich Circle, sec­ond
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Bible Study/
Prayer Group, Tuesday, 10 a.m.
Nursery available. Rev. James
Salmon, pastor. 776-6060.
n Forest Chapel United
Methodist Church, Rt. 614,
Warner. Worship service 9:45
a.m.; Sunday school 9 and 11
a.m. Rev. James Draper, pastor.
804-642-6606.
n Lower United Methodist
Church, Hartfield, holds early
worship service 8:30 a.m.;
Sunday school 9:30 a.m., and
regular worship at 11 a.m.
each Sunday. Youth meetings
every first and third Sunday at
4 p.m. Rev. Joe Klotz, pastor.
The Southside Rappahannock
Baptist Association (SRBA)
Division of Men will hold its
monthly meeting on Monday,
April 28, at Union Prospect
Baptist Church in Shacklefords.
All men of Southside’s churches
are invited to come at 7 p.m. to
share in fellowship and, if interested, participate in the Men’s
Chorus directed by Rev. Robert
D. Brown.
This meeting will focus
on plans for the June 7, 2008
Men’s Retreat, which will be
held at Union Shiloh Baptist (Middlesex County) in
Laneview. The retreat leader
will be Rev. Dennis Dabney
associate minister at First
Mount Olive Baptist in New-
town. The retreat will be open
to men from the Southside
churches and the local area.
For more information, contact Brother Olin Green at
785-7714.
776-6250.
n New Hope United Methodist Church, Rt. 33, Glenns area.
Sunday school, all ages, 9:45
a.m.; worship service 11 a.m.
Nursery provided. Bible study
group, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rev.
Amy Pannell, pas­tor.
n Old Church Methodist
Church, Shanghai. Sunday
school 10 a.m.; worship 11:15
a.m. Rev. James Draper, pastor.
804-642-6606.
n Shackelfords Chapel United
Methodist Church, Buena
Vista Rd., Plain View, approximately halfway between Rt.
17 and Rt. 33. Sunday school
10 a.m. Worship service 11
a.m. Rev. William Clark, pastor.
785-2005.
n Urbanna United Methodist
Church, corner Cross St. and
Marston Ave. Sunday school
9:45 a.m. Worship 11 a.m.
Nurs­ery pro­vided during worship service. Terrific Thursday
Kids Choir 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Youth group second and fourth
Sunday 6 p.m. Rev. Joseph
Cailles, pastor. 758-5308 or
758-2736.
n All Saints Anglican Church
meets at 5 p.m. on Sundays
at Saluda Baptist Church at
960 General Puller Highway in Saluda. Father Daniel
C. Warren, priest-in-charge.
758-9191.
n Apostolic Faith Church, Rt.
227, Urbanna Road, Urbanna.
Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.;
praise and worship, 12 noon.
Prayer, praise and Bible study,
Wednesday, 7:30-9 p.m. Elder
Charles Cox, pastor. Elder Stanley Hundley Sr., acting pastor.
n Trinity Lutheran Church,
Urbanna. Worship service 9
a.m., the Woman’s Club building, Vir­ginia Street. 758-4257.
n Living Water Lutheran
Church, Kilmarnock, 429 E.
Church St. Worship service
10 a.m. Fellowship luncheon
following worship on the
first Sunday of each month.
804-529-6269.
n Catholic Church of the
Vis­ita­tion, Topping, Rt. 33,
1/2 mile east of Harmony Village. Celebration of the Holy
Mass 9 a.m.; weekday Masses
on Wednesday and Thursday
mornings 9 a.m. Rev. John
Boddie, pastor.
n Christ Church Parish. 8
a.m. Holy Eucharist; 9:15 a.m.
Christian Education; 10:30 a.m.
Holy Eucharist and a Service
of Healing. Christ Church is on
Rt. 33, east of Saluda, next to
Christchurch School. Rev. Paul
Andersen, Rector. 758-2006.
n Immanuel Episcopal Church
(est. 1884), King & Queen
Courthouse. Sunday worship
10 a.m. Off Rt. 14, west of Rt.
33, east of Rt. 360 from Miller’s
Tavern.
n Christian Science So­ci­ety.
Sunday services 10:30 a.m., the
Woman’s Club build­ing, Rt. 3, Lan­
caster. Sunday school at the same
hour. Testimony the first and third
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
n City of Refuge Church, Hart­
field. Sunday school 10:30 a.m.
Morning worship 11:30 a.m.
Prayer and Bible study Tuesday
7-8:30 p.m. Rev. Earlene Scott,
pastor.
n Crossroads Ministry Intl.,
Topping. Adult Sunday school
9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.;
Tuesday youth service 6 p.m.
Contacts: Willie 824-1510, Troy
456-6538.
n Full Gospel Cornerstone
Fellowship Church, Rt. 3 and
198, Cobbs Creek. Saturday
service 7 p.m.; Sunday 10
a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m. Nurs-
ery, children/youth ministry
provided. Rev. Chris Morgan,
pastor. 725-9145.
n First Assembly of God,
Rt. 33, Shacklefords. Sunday
school 10 a.m.; worship service
and children’s church 11 a.m.;
Bible study 6 p.m. on Sunday
and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Men’s and women’s ministry
third Wednesday of each month
at 7:30 p.m. Nursery provided
for all evening services. John
Randall, pastor. 785-5683.
n Living Waters of Re­hoboth
will meet on Sundays at Riverside Convalescent Center
in Saluda. Meetings begin at
10:30 a.m. 758-4197.
n Living Waters Family Outreach Center, intersection of
Rt. 3, Windsor Rd., and Rt. 198,
Mathews. Sunday school 10
a.m., intercessory prayer 10:30
a.m. and morning worship 11
a.m. Wed. 7 p.m. youth and
children’s study. Chris Underwood, pastor, 725-1119.
n Make-A-Way and Deliverance Full Gospel Church, Rt.
637, Remlik. Sunday school
9:15 a.m., morning service
10 a.m. Adult Bible study,
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Thomas
Ransom, pastor; Edna Ransom,
co-pastor.
n Philippi Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), 17276
Gen. Puller Hwy., Deltaville.
Continental breakfast Sunday
8:30 a.m. followed by “nontraditional” family worship service, fellowship hall, 9 to 9:45
a.m. Sunday school 10 a.m.
with traditional worship service
11 a.m. Nursery available for
11 a.m. service. Coffee follows.
Mike Cook, pastor. 776-6230.
n Quaker Friends. Meetings include silent worship 10
a.m.; Friends discussion 11
a.m.; Friends lunch 12 noon.
758-2401.
n Remlik Wesleyan Church.
Sun­day school 9:45 a.m.; worship 10:45 a.m.; evening worship 6 p.m. Wesleyan Youth,
Sunday, 6 p.m. Wednesday,
midweek service, 7 p.m. Rev.
Matthew Alford, pastor.
n River of Life Church,
Freeshade Community Center,
Syringa. Sunday services 11
a.m. Intercessory prayer 10:30
a.m. Sundays before service.
Bible study (“The Purpose
Driven Life”) Wednesdays at
7:30 p.m. at pastor’s house.
Teens Bible study at pastor’s
house. Bob and Genie Brooks,
pastors. 693-5746.
n Center Cross Church of
God. 141 Byrd’s Bridge Rd.,
Center Cross. 11 a.m. worship
service. 10 a.m. Sunday school.
6 p.m. Sunday evening service.
family training 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Pastor Stephen Livingston. 443-2070.
n St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 435 E. Church
St., Kilmarnock. 9:45 a.m.
Sunday school (all ages). 11
a.m. worship. Child care provided during worship. Rev. Dr.
Thomas R. Coye, pastor.
n St. James Anglican/Episcopal, Rt. 17 S at Abington Glebe
Lane, Gloucester. Early service
9 a.m. Worship service 11 a.m.
Rector The Very Rev. Glenn
Spencer.
B.R.
Humphreys
435-9776.
n Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meets Sundays at
10:30 a.m. at the Woman’s Club
building in White Stone, 560
Chesapeake Dr., 758-4790.
n Unity of the Chesapeake,
Deltaville Community Center.
11 a.m. church service; 12 noon
lunch; 12:45 p.m. meditation
and study group. 776-9172.
“A reason to hope”
is the topic of this week’s
Christian Science Sentinel Program
Now airing on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Tune in Sunday, April 27 on WKWI Bay 101.7 FM
We, the Brokenborough/Burse family, would like to
thank everyone for all acts of kindness during the
loss of our mother, Grace Brokenborough.
The family of the late Marcia Briggs wishes to thank you for
your kind expressions of sympathy. The visits, food, phone
calls, flowers, cards and every thought and prayer that was
given on her behalf was greatly appreciated. God bless you all.
~ Thank You, Lewis, L.C. and Lana
Immanuel choir
to celebrate
Immanuel Baptist Church
Choir will celebrate its annual
on Saturday, April 26, at 4 p.m.
The special guest will be the “M
G & M Singers” of Gloucester.
Other groups from surrounding
counties also will participate.
Sister Bessie Cauthorne will
serve as worship leader.
In your spirit and memory…
John Robert Johnson
you are loved
and honored.
April 20, 1982
12-9-78
In Memory of
4-24-05
Shawn Maurice Scott
To my dearest family,
some things I’d like to say…
But first of all, to let you know,
that I’ve arrived okay.
I’m writing this from heaven,
here I dwell with God above…
Here, there’s no more tears of sadness;
Here is just eternal love.
We miss you... Mom, Dad, Stepdad, Shanna & Tewan
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obituaries
Katherine G. Green
Birdie Day Williams
Katherine Goins Green,
fondly known as “Cat,” “Toots”
and “Ms. Frisk,” was born
March 21, 1932 in King and
Queen County, to the late Elizabeth Jones Mann and Thomas
Robinson Sr. She departed this
life on April 18, 2008 at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in
Gloucester.
She was joined in holy matrimony to the late William
Edward Goins Sr. for 34 years
and to this union seven children
were born. Later in life she married James Green of Washington, D.C.
She was a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church at Samos
where she sang in the choir.
She retired from Colonial
Foundation in Williamsburg,
where she worked as a housekeeper, and for many years she
worked in the various oyster
industries in Middlesex County.
Katherine also was an active
member of the Senior Center
in Saluda. Her passions were
laughing, singing and cooking
her famous rice pudding for
her family and friends. She also
loved all flowers.
Survivors incliude her husband, James Green of Washington, D.C.; seven children,
Lorraine Goins of Urbanna,
Irene Goins of Water View,
William (Agnes) Goins Jr. of
Newport News, Elsie Goins
of Washington, D.C., Dr. Ester
(Albert) Green of Chesapeake,
Ray Charles (Rose) Goins of
Norfolk, and Jeannie Gaines
of Washington, D.C.; three
brothers, Wilbert Jones of
Westmoreland, Otho Mann of
Gloucester, and James Mann
of Richmond; one sister, Nettie
Mann of King and Queen; one
aunt, Catherine Jones; four
brothers-in-law, Rev. James
Lindsay of Barboursville,
Horace Goins Jr. of Urbanna,
Chris Green and Walter
(Thelma) Green of Washington, D.C.; two sisters-in-law,
Gertrude Goins of Locust Hill
and Ora Goins of Philadelphia,
Pa.; thirteen grandchildren; ten
great-grandchildren; and a host
of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
April 23 at Lebanon Worship
Center, Saluda. Interment was
in Metropolitan Baptist Church
Cemetery, Samos.
Birdie Day Williams, 104,
of Covenant Woods, Mechanicsville, died Sunday, April 20,
2008.
She was born February 16,
1904 in Washington, N.C., the
daughter of William J. Day and
Terry Valance.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Eugene Lafayette
Williams, and was a member of
Grace Covenant Presbyterian
Church. She was recognized
and will be remembered by
many for her numerous hours
of volunteer work in the Richmond area.
Surviving are her son, Eugene
Lafayette Williams Jr. and his
wife Winnie of Saluda; one
grandson, Eric Faudree and his
wife Elizabeth of Urbanna; one
granddaughter, Renee Stokes
and husband Jerry of Ark; and
four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held April 23 at Westhampton
Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Covenant Woods,
7090 Covenant Woods Dr.,
Mechanicsville, VA 23111.
SRBA Women’s
Conference set
The Southside Rappahannock
Baptist Association Division of
Women will host its 5th Annual
Woman’s Conference on Saturday, May 10, at Immanuel
Baptist Church in Saluda. Registration starts at 8:45 a.m.
The theme is “Choosing to
be Real.” The presenters will
be Minister Margaret Louden,
Minister Catherine Jones and
Minister Linda Brown.
Songs of worship and praise
will be sung.
Registration is $10 and box
lunches are included. Everyone
is invited to attend.
St. Paul
to celebrate
Choir Annual
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St. Paul Baptist Church at
Jamaica will celebrate its Choir
Annual this Sunday at 4 p.m.
All area churches are invited to
participate.
Treasure sale
Clarksbury
due May 3 at
plans spaghetti Christ Church
dinner May 3
W.F. Booth
&
the evening at the Piankatank
River Steamboat Restaurant. To register, call Jack Jensen
at 776-7680 or Al Langer at
776-7427. Additional forms
also are available at the golf
course clubhouse. Custom Interiors
Our services include:
Home Decorating Consultation
Furniture for any Decor
Floor Coverings
Window Treatments
Main St.
Bedding
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Pool and Patio
Inc.
Golf tourney to benefit church
The Church of the Visitation
in Topping will sponsor a golf
tournament on Friday, May 2, at
noon at Piankatank River Golf
Club in Hartfield. The registration fee of $75 includes a round
of golf with cart, and dinner in
So
n,
Clarksbury United Methodist Church will hold a spaghetti
dinner on Saturday, May 3,
from 4 to 7 p.m. The menu will
be spaghetti with meat sauce,
salad, homemade French bread,
coffee or tea, and homemade
desserts. Takeouts will be available.
Ticket prices are $7 for adults
and $5 for children. Tickets are
available from church members, by calling the church
office at 776-6060 and will be
available at the door.
The
Episcopal
Church
Women of Christ Church Parish
will hold their annual Trash and
Treasure Sale on Saturday, May
3, from 8 a.m. to noon. There
also will be a bake sale.
One person’s trash is another’s treasure, and this is one of
the group’s major fundraisers
in which some of the earnings
will be used to benefit charities
locally, statewide and globally.
The public is invited to come
out and support this worthwhile
fundraiser. The parish house is
located next to the church at
Routes 33 and 638.
800-543-8894
Mon.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm
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A12 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • April 24, 2008
Christchurch breaks ground on Lewis B. Puller Jr. Science Center
In the late afternoon sunshine, just off General Puller Highway which is named for his
father, Lt. General Chesty Puller, Christchurch
School graduate and Middlesex son Lewis B.
Puller Jr. was honored and remembered on
April 18 as students, faculty, alumni and special
guests gathered on the crest of Headmaster’s
Hill, overlooking the Rappahannock River, to
break ground on the Lewis B. Puller Jr. ’63 Science Center on the Christchurch campus.
Puller, who graduated from Christchurch in
1963, was awarded the Silver Star, two Purple
Hearts, the Navy Commendation Medal, and
the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry for his service
in the Marine Corps. In 1992, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Fortunate Son: the Healing of a Vietnam Vet.” Puller died in 1994.
The Christchurch School Board of Governors
Chair and SUNY Maritime College President
Vice Admiral John Craine (’64) reminisced
about his schoolmate saying, “This is a very
exciting time for Christchurch School—how
wonderful that we are able to honor one of the
school’s most distinguished graduates.”
Special guests plying golden shovels at the
groundbreaking included Linda “Toddy” Puller,
widow of Lew Puller, as well as his twin sister,
Martha Puller Downs.
The 11,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art
Lewis B. Puller Jr. ’63 Science Center will be
a cornerstone in Christchurch School’s master
plan, as well as in the school’s commitment to
teaching about local and global environments
by bringing the river to the classroom, and the
classroom to the river.
Following the groundbreaking, more than
100 honored guests gathered across campus in
Marston Hall for a gala to celebrate the kickoff
of the school’s $8 million Capital Campaign,
the largest in the school’s 86-year history. “The
Campaign for Christchurch School, Join Us!,”
under the guidance of campaign chair John
Thomas West IV of Richmond, has already
raised more than 50 percent of its goal.
“We’ve made great progress in a short time.
All of us at Christchurch School are excited
about the future, and grateful to all those who
have made it possible to make our vision a reality. There is still much to do, and hard work
ahead. At the same time, we have the right faculty and staff delivering each and every day
on the promise of Christchurch School,” said
school headmaster John E. Byers.
Founded in 1921, Christchurch School is one
of six schools in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. For more information about Christchurch
School or “The Campaign for Christchurch
School, Join Us!” visit www.christchurchschool.org or call director of development
Randal Brown at 758-2306.
Participating in turning the first dirt at the Lewis B. Puller Jr. ‘63 Science Center ground
breaking on Friday were, from left, Christchurch School Foundation President Ed Trotter
‘49; Campaign Co-Chair Mary Watt New; Campaign Co-Chair Buddy Wilton ‘70; Headmaster John E. Byers; BCWH Architect Charles Piper; Campaign Chair John Thomas West
IV; CCS Board Chairman Vice Admiral John Craine ‘64; Martha Puller Downs; Science
Department Chair Dr. Chris Carrillo; Linda “Toddy” Puller; and Middlesex County Board
of Supervisors Vice Chair Robert Crump.
Master Gardener
Help Desk
to start May 7
Christchurch School Master Plan
The master plan includes the following: 1. Remodel Cameron Dining Hall (complete); 2.
New Dining Hall Terrace (complete); 3. New dock, new fleet of sailboats, new crew equipment (complete); 4. New Science Center; 5. New and remodeled faculty housing; 6. New
dormitories (32-bed suite arrangement with faculty family residences); 7. New Academic
Building; 8. Expanded girls and boys locker rooms, fitness center; 9. Waterfront Pavilion for
marine and environmental sciences, sailing competitions and CCS community events; 10.
New Dining Hall and Student Center.
The Middlesex Master Gardener Help Desk will resume
on Wednesday, May 7. The
public is invited to ask gardening questions or request
information. Call 758-4120 or
stop by the extension office in
Saluda from 10 a.m. to noon
every Wednesday until the fall. The public is invited to bring wing of the high school.
in samples or pictures. Soil test
Other estimated capital
kits will be available. improvement
expenditures
include: $410,000 for a maintenance, transportation, technology and warehouse building;
School improvements . . .
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$1.09 million for the Syd
Thrift Athletic Complex at the
high school; and $210,000 for
improvements to the high school
gym and classroom complex.
The plan also calls for
$125,000 for site work for
the development of a Bridging Communities Regional
Career and Technical Center
at Rappahannock Community
College-Glenns.
Spring Rockfish season is just around the corner!
Tides Inn Executive Chef T.V. Flynn
“Herb Crusted Rockfish”
Combine ½ c fresh breadcrumbs with 2 tbsp
fresh chives, ½ c fresh parsley, 1 tbsp fresh
thyme, 2 tbsp fresh basil, season to taste. Coat
fillets with 1 tbsp olive oil. Sprinkle breadcrumb
mixture on the fish and place in roasting pan,
bake at 350 degrees until it flakes, 10-15
minutes. Dress with fresh lemon and enjoy.
Happy Cooking!
Captain John Smith nosed his ships into the Chesapeake Bay in 1607
and saw the endless horizons of the Virginia shores with plentiful fish and
wildlife. He filled his ship’s stores with the endless bounty of rockfish and
we still treasure this white flaky fish today.
Our Pan Roasted Rockfish is fresh and delicious. Try this and other
delectable seafood dishes for a truly memorable lunch or dinner in the
Chesapeake Club.
Breakfast is served from 7-11am, lunch from 11-3pm and dinner from 5-10pm daily.
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