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January 6, 2005
KILMARNOCK, VIRGINIA
F.W. “Butch” Jenkins Jr. (left) will serve as chairman of the Lancaster County Board of Supervisors for 2005. Supervisor Peter
N. Geilich was selected as vice-chairman.
Erinn Paige Lewis
is crowned queen
of the Holly Realm
KILMARNOCK—Miss Erinn Paige
Lewis of Reedville was crowned
Queen of the Holly Realm December
28 at the Indian Creek Yacht and
Country Club.
Over 600 guests were in attendance
as 19 area debutantes were presented
at the 109th annual Holly Ball.
Orator Judge Tristram T. Hyde IV
crowned Miss Lewis with the traditional crown worn by past queens. She
succeeds Miss Sarah Elizabeth Shelton, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Ira Shelton of White Stone.
Miss Lewis is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Lee Lewis of Reedville. She was presented by her father
and escorted by Sean Allen Forbes of
Reedville. Miss Lewis chose as her
attendants Miss Devon Nicole Swann
and Miss Jessica Calie Dull.
Miss Swann is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Gene Swann of
Heathsville. She was presented by her
father and escorted by Mathew David
Rowe of Lottsburg.
Miss Dull is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Leonard McDowell Jr. of
Heathsville and Mr. and Mrs. James
Lester Dull Jr. of Richmond. She was
presented by her father and escorted
by Robert Lee Mitchell Jr. of Mechanicsville.
Ammon Gresham Dunton Jr. was
master of ceremonies. Ushers were
Kevin Wilkins of Kilmarnock, Ethan
Brown of White Stone, Emerson Vincent Haynie of Reedville and Jay
Clegg of Reedville.
Other debutantes presented were
Miss Kathryn Carter Brann, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Reginald
Brann of Warsaw, presented by her
father and escorted by Jarrod Tyler
Scott of Warsaw; Miss Mary Kathryn
Carpenter, the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Richard Herbert Carpenter of
Irvington, presented by her father
and escorted by James Creighton
Hayes of Rock Hill, S.C.; Miss Sarah
Louise Copeland, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Woodward Copeland
of Tappahannock, presented by her
father and escorted by James Kendrick
Woolford Jr. of Aylett; Miss Stacey
Lynne Davis, the daughter of Mr.
Edward Jefferson Davis Jr. of Kilmarnock and Mrs. Donna Marsh Davis
of Kilmarnock, presented by her
father and escorted by Taylor Belfield
Haynie of Farnham; and Miss Kaitlin
Marie Evans, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Henry Evans III of
Irvington, presented by her father and
escorted by Kai Peter Evans of Irvington.
Also presented were Miss Emily
Layne Ficklin, the daughter of Mr.
Jenkins returned to board
chairmanship in Lancaster
Miss Erinn Paige Lewis
and Mrs. Mathew Layne Ficklin of
White Stone, presented by her father
and escorted by Christopher Saunders
Ashworth of Cary, N.C.; Miss Catherine Kendall James, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Stanley James
III of Lancaster, presented by her
father and escorted by Stanley Whitfield Dawson III of Weems; Miss Erin
Rosser Kelley, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Christopher Patterson Kelley of
Weems, presented by her father and
escorted by Brent Patterson Kelley Jr.
of Richmond; Miss Katie Proffitt Marchetti, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Millner Marchetti Jr. of Richmond, presented by her father and
escorted by Midshipman 2nd Class
Jon Mathew Washko of Richmond;
and Miss Margaret Lide Moncure,
the daughter of Mrs. Franklin Stearns
Rixey of Tappahannock and Mr. Richard Cassius Lee Moncure of Colonial
(continued on page B10)
by Robb Hoff
LANCASTER—County
supervisors held a brief reorganizational session last Thursday
at the conclusion of their final
meeting for 2004.
F.W. “Butch” Jenkins Jr. was
elected board chairman for 2005.
The selection marks the fifth time
that Jenkins has served as chairman in his 12 years as District 1
supervisor.
Jenkins also was appointed to
the Social Services board and the
finance steering committee.
Peter N. Geilich was picked as
vice chairman for 2005. Geilich
is beginning his second year as
supervisor from District 3.
He also was appointed to serve
on the finance steering committee and was picked as the
board’s representative to the historic resources commission and
Police Reports
Lancaster County Sheriff
Ronnie Crockett reported five
arrests last week.
A Southport Lane man, 25, was
charged January 1 with drunk
driving.
A Light Street man, 21, was
charged January 1 with drunk
driving.
An East Church Street man,
43, was charged January 2 with
drunk driving.
A Fleets Lane man, 20, was
charged January 2 with public
drunkenness.
A Lively area man, 55, was
charged December 28 with
making profane or threatening
telephone calls on December 27.
Other responses
From left are (front row) 2003 queen Miss Sarah Elizabeth Shelton, 2004 queen Miss Erinn Paige Lewis, Miss Jessica
Calie Dull and Miss Devon Nicole Swann; (next row) John Matthew Hudson, Sean Allen Forbes, Robert Lee Mitchell Jr.,
Mathew David Rowe and orator The Hon. Tristram T. Hyde IV.
A Closer Look
W
ith a 52-week paper, a columnist uses the last issue
of the year to reflect and
the first of the year to project. With a
51-week paper, and not particularly
decisive anyway, she’s torn.
While looking back at the remembrances and forward to the resolutions, back to what’s been and forward to what may be, back and forward, back and forward, she aggravates the arthritis in her neck.
Neck pain is just one of the Top 10
signs that she’s growing older. Click.
She feels a column rising. Here are
nine other getting older signs that
showed their little faces during the
holidays:
9. She knows she’s growing older
when her husband, who is even older
than she, reads the paper while she
preps the vegetables to accompany
the steak for dinner. Not trying to rush
him, she finally asks if the fire is
ready for the steak. And he, who even
in subzero weather has never ever
cooked a steak anywhere but on the
Weber grill, says it’s too cold outside
the Rappahannock River Basin
Commission.
District 2 supervisor Ernest W.
Palin Jr. was appointed as the
board representative to the planning commission. Palin was also
tapped to serve as the board
representative to the Northern
Neck Planning District Commission (NNPDC) and the Northern
Neck-Chesapeake Bay Region
Partnership. He also will serve as
liaison to the Virginia Association of Counties.
B. Wally Beauchamp of District 5 was reappointed as the
executive committee member to
the NNPDC and as the county’s emergency services director.
Outgoing board chairman Patrick G. Frere of District 4 was reappointed as a board alternate to
the NNPDC.
On December 28, the sheriff’s
staff responded to a two-car accident on DuPont Memorial Highway, a verbal altercation in the
White Stone area and a domestic
disturbance in the 2300 block
of Morattico Road. A staff
member was involved in a traffic
accident on River Road at Monaskon Road in which no injuries
were reported. Middlesex County
authorities were notified about a
reported domestic disturbance in
the Churchview area.
On December 29, the staff
responded to a domestic dispute
on My Way Lane, a possible burglary in progress on Mosquito
Point Road, a burglary complaint
in the 2200 block of Black Stump
Road and a motorist’s report of
a deer strike in the 1000 block
of White Chapel Road. The staff
investigated a suspicious vehicle
complaint in the 3900 block of
Black Stump Road and a report of
a suspicious person on Windmill
Point Road. A burglary and the
theft of a bell from a Little Bay
Road residence was reported.
responded to a complaint about
a stolen bicycle on Ocran Road
and a juvenile delinquency incident on Good Luck Road. The
staff received a motorist’s report
of a deer strike on Weems Road.
intercepted a reported reckless
driver in the Lively area.
On January 1, the staff
responded with Kilmarnock
police to a disorderly conduct
complaint on North Main Street
and a crowd control problem at
another location on North Main
Street. The staff also responded
to a disturbance on Good Luck
Road, a traffic accident on Old
Ferry Road, a single-vehicle accident near Mary Ball and Old
Orchard Roads and a trespass
complaint on Devils Bottom
Road. The staff received two
complaints of vandalism to boats
on Weems Road.
On January 2, the sheriff’s
staff responded to a disturbance
at Dreamfields near Kilmarnock
that involved a report of shots
fired. The staff was assisted by
law enforcement personnel from
other jurisdictions on the call,
which also included trespassing
complaints at Rice’s Inn. The staff
also responded with Kilmarnock
police to a noise violation complaint on Roseneath Avenue and
received reports of mailbox vandalism on Windmill Point Road
and the theft of a custom-made
residential sign, “Cottage Cove,”
from the 1600 block of Little Bay
Road.
On January 3, the staff
responded to several vandalism
incidents on Little Bay, Windmill
Point and Clark Point Roads. The
staff also received a credit card
fraud report from a Ring Farm
Road resident.
Additionally during the week,
the staff made eight traffic stops
with three summonses issued,
made six inmate transports, handled four calls for animal control
service, handled three mental
health orders, responded to two
building alarms, provided motor(continued on page B10)
by Jane Tims
and maybe she could broil it tonight. catches it uncharacteristically and into his arms and telling her how rav8. She knows she’s growing older then pops it into her ear without even ishing she is with her hair all tangled
and the pillow marks on her cheek,
when, because no family is coming wiping it off.
To expand the story, although it’s he says is today the Macy’s Day Pafor Christmas, she waits until the
22nd to buy a tree. It’s so late that not part of the dream, she wears the rade?
the tree lot sign says 50 percent off. hearing aid home, tells her husband
when on Christmas
She picks out a
instead of
pretty little thing al“She knows she’s growing older when her hus- morning,
eggnog and coffee
most as tall as she is
and the lady says band for the last several months has been count- cake around the tree,
with the children tak$30. And she says
oh good, that means ing the days until next Wednesday when his first ing turns playing
it’s $15, and the Social Security check is supposed to arrive in his mailman and delivering the packages one
lady says no, the
tree was $59.59 to bank account. ...Though hopeful that the system by one, she and her
start. And though
will see him through, in case of Social Security husband sit alone in
the family room
she’s only heard
failure he has a backup plan: Call the kids.”
watching the Morabout the Depresmon
Tabernacle
sion, she harrumphs
like Scrooge and hunts for a better about seeing the friend, which de- Choir while she knits.
lights him because there is nothing
deal.
7. She knows she’s growing older nicer than a free hearing aid. He when her husband for the last several
when she dreams that she’s at the smiles and says what kind is it, and months has been counting the days
hearing aid place for her first fitting, she looks at her watch and says 1:45. until next Wednesday when his first
6. She knows she’s growing older Social Security check is supposed to
and she sees her friend in the exam
room across the hall. The friend is when she wakes Christmas morning, arrive in his bank account. He is like
getting an upgrade and throws her old and her husband looks over at her a kid in a puddle, more excited than
hearing aid to the columnist, who sleepily, but instead of sweeping her a child making a list for Santa. Fi-
nally seeing the fruits of all his labor, he is grateful to you still working on his behalf. Though hopeful
that the system will see him through,
in case of Social Security failure he
has a backup plan: Call the kids.
when the children give them a gift
certificate to the electronics store for
Christmas to replace what’s lost or
broken. The daughter says if they’ve
already bought a new CD player
(which of course they haven’t), then
maybe they can purchase a camera
to replace the one left in the Chicago
cab. The daughter-in-law says maybe
they can find a CD player without a
clock, thereby eliminating annoying
blinking.
2. She knows she’s getting older
when the only small appliance in the
house that works is the home blood
pressure monitoring kit.
1. And she woke up again this
morning, which is the Number One
reason that she knows she’s growing
older. Not that there’s anything wrong
with that.
B2
Churches
by
John Howard Farmer
pastor, Irvington Baptist Church
Focused Vision
In a time gone by, my Hazel and I were offshore on family business. We took refuge for
the night in Richmond. Early the next morning we launched out to accomplish a needs list.
It was a bank holiday, so we had the whole
day to browse. That we did. We even found a
couple of high-calorie haunts at which to
munch. All in all it was a grand day. It was a
blessed one.
Towards day’s end, I headed the nose of our
steed toward the Northern Neck. Like always,
once I get a homebound heading in sight, less
and less time can be allowed for things offshore.
It reminds me of a time when my eldest, now
in his fifth term as Coan Baptist Church’s pastor, was a baby. I was working in Lynchburg
for old Piedmont Airlines. We lived on a horse
farm near Bedford. My part-time job was to
tend the horses, mend the fences and provide
company for the family of the worldwide traveling owner of the farm. Our pay was to live
in a cottage dangled off the side of a hill to
save pasture land.
The whole place existed for the pleasure of
a few Arabian horses. My mount was a tall,
black gal of magnificent proportions. You
could go almost anywhere astride that mare;
she was a sure-footed lass. But if you made
the mistake of letting her see “home,” she went
to the barn. Neither stirrups, nor bit, nor begging could deter her from her destination. My
car is like that. Mess around all you want offshore, but let that bow catch wind of “home”
and the trip is over.
Well, late in the sunshine-draped afternoon
we turned out of the Wal-Mart lot onto US 360
at Mechanicsville (former home of friends
Mae Shelton and Virginia Brott).
I love coming home with the sun at my back.
It lights the way ahead. Many of the paths of
my youth are illuminated as I remember dad
stopping here and there (or not) as we wiggled
our toes from south Richmond to the North-
12 noon, Women’s AA
7 p.m., Fellowship and Sharing
Baptist
Kilmarnock Baptist
Beulah Baptist
65 East Church Street
Kilmarnock; 435-1703
Bill and Mary Dell Sigler, Pastors
Sunday, January 9:
9:45 a.m., Sunday School
11 a.m., Morning Worship
12 noon , Coffee Hour
4448 Mary Ball Road, Lively;
462-5000
Rev. Ronald Dunaway, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
10 a.m., Sunday School
11 a.m., Worship
Bethany Baptist Church
Lebanon Baptist Field
Rt. 360, Callao
804-529-6890
Rev. Kori Kiss
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Wednesday, January 12:
7 p.m., Prayer
Calvary Baptist
490 East Church Street
Sunday, January 9:
8:45 a.m., Church School
10 a.m., Devotions
10:15 a.m., Worship with Communion
7 p.m., Radio Broadcast, 101.7 FM
7 p.m., Prayer Meeting
Claybrook Baptist
2242 Weems Road,
Weems; 438-5570
Rev. Daniel Mochamps, Interim
Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
7 p.m., Evening Worship
Tuesday, January 11:
7 p.m., Pastor Search Committee
Mtg.
7 p.m., Business Mtg.
7:45 Choir Rehearsal
Coan Baptist
Heathsville; 580-2751
Rev. Robert Lee Farmer, Minister
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
7:30 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
Rehearsal
7 p.m., Prayer/Bible Study
Corrottoman Baptist
48 Ottoman Ferry Road, Ottoman
462-5674; Land deeded 1834
Rev. Frank G. Schwall Jr., Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9:45 a.m., Sunday School for All
Ages
Fairfields Baptist
www.fairfieldsbaptist.org
<http://www.fairfieldbaptist.org>
15213 Northumberland Highway,
Burgess; 453-3530
Rev. Brian A. Hamrick, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9:45 a.m., Sunday School and Children’s Choir
11 a.m., Worship/Children’s Church
7 p.m., Mid-week Service
Friendship Baptist
Hartfield
Pastor McKibbon
693-5503
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Nursery is provided
7 p.m., Choir Practice
Carlton Milstead, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
Lebanon
11 a.m., Worship Service
Providence
Norwood
9:45 a.m., Worship Service
Lighthouse Baptist
Independent
7022 Jessie DuPont Memorial Highway
Wicomico Church,
435-2435
Dr. M. R. Shuman, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship/Children’s Church
6 p.m., Worship
7 p.m., Prayer and Bible Study
Choir Rehearsal afterward
Nursery Provided for all Services
Maple Grove Baptist
Windmill Point Road, Foxwells
Richard C. Newlon, Minister
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Morattico Baptist
924 Morattico Church Road,
Rev. Craig Smith, Pastor
Organized January 7, 1778
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Mount Vernon Baptist
269 James Wharf Road
White Stone; 435-1272
Rev. Robert H. Sutherland Jr., Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9:30 a.m., Church School
11 a.m., Worship
Hartswell Baptist
10559 River Road,
Lancaster; 462-0845
Rev. Bunnie C. Dunaway, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Prayer & Praise
11:30 a.m., Worship
Irvington Baptist
53 King Carter Drive, Irvington
438-6971; John Howard Farmer,
Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9:45 a.m., Sunday School Assembly
10 a.m., Bible Classes
11 a.m., Worship
White Stone Baptist
517 Chesapeake Drive
Dr. W. Dennis Martin, Pastor
White Stone: 435-1413
wsbc@kaballero.com
Sunday, January 9:
Nursery Provided at 9:45 & 11 a.m.
9:30-10 a.m., Church Library open
9:45 a.m., Sunday School for all ages
11 a.m., Worship
Monday, January 10:
7 p.m., Boy Scout Troop 235
7:30 p.m., Choir Practice
6 p.m., Covered Dish Dinner
7 p.m., Business Meeting
Willie Chapel Baptist
510 Merry Point Road, Lancaster
462-5500; Rev. Michael Reed, Pastor
Rose Curry, Associate Minister
Sunday, January 9:
11:15 a.m., Prayer and Praise
11:30 a.m., Worship with Communion
7:30 p.m., Bible Study
Church of god
Tibitha Church of God
991 Fleeton Road, Reedville
453-4972;
Ben F. Stultz, Interim Pastor
Home Phone 453-6647
Sunday, January 9:
10 a.m., Worship
7 p.m., Study Group
“Purpose Driven Life”
7 p.m., Prayer Meeting and children’s
activities
Warsaw Church of God
15 Church Lane, Warsaw
333-4951; Rev. Danny Deuell Sr.
Sunday, January 9:
7 p.m., Worship
episcopal
303 South Main Street,
Rev. Dr. Howard Hanchey, Interim
Rector
Rev. Richard E. Fichter, Jr., Interim
Asst. Rector
Sunday, January 9:
8 a.m., Holy Eucharist
9:15 a.m., Christian Education for all
10:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist
10:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist with
Prayers for Healing
Northern Neck Baptist
280 Hampton Hall Hwy.
Callao, VA 529-6310
Rev. Ken Overby, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
10:45 a.m., Morning Worship
6 p.m., Evening Service
Queen Esther Baptist
7228 River Road, Lancaster;
462-7780
Dr. Vaughan M. Cunningham, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Sharon Baptist
1413 Lumberlost Road,
Weems; 438-6659
Rev. Rodney D. Waller, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9:30 a.m., Church School-Fellowship
w/Mt. Vernon
11 a.m., Morning Worship-Fellowship
w/Mt. Vernon
11:00 a.m., Senior Outreach Day
1:00 p.m., Mid-Day Bible Study
5:30 p.m., Youth Bible Study
7 p.m., Evening Bible Study
Smithland Baptist
1047 Walnut Point Road
Sunday, January 9:
ern Neck. My job was to stand sentinel on the drive
shaft hump and ask, “Are we there yet?”
Our first stop was always at the State Capitol to
fetch the senior Mrs. Farmer. She’d worked all
week (around her paid job) to prepare us for the
river. Dad would load as much gear as possible on
Thursday evenings. Friday afternoon he’d stop off
at home to pick me up. I never come down that
path but that I am overwhelmed at the richness of
the journey.
We
celebrated
Rosie’s double eight
Norwood
birthday on New Year’s
Eve at the Great ForBaptist
tune Restaurant in
Kilmarnock.
Morattico
So there we were,
motoring our way
home. One last detour was to the KFC in the
Hanover Shopping Center. Just a brief salt and
grease fix, then I could come home and try and
eat healthy all week. Soon Tappahannock loomed
and the Tom Downing Bridge came into view.
(Senator Downing’s home and grave are just down
the lane behind our courthouse.) My mind replayed
several scenes of my youth running up and down
that long fuel dock downriver from the bridge. We
picnicked, fished, crabbed and swam off that dock.
All that’s left now is the fuel connection at the pier’s
former terminus.
Wow, what a scene lay ahead. The sun bore down
on our backs. Just ahead of our windshield the sky
grew gray, then black. Both upriver toward
Fredericksburg and downriver toward the bay was
8 a.m., Communion, breakfast follows
10 a.m., Sunday School with nursery
10 a.m., Communion
11 a.m., Coffee Hour
10 a.m., Healing Service, Communion
Thrift Shop:
10 a.m.-1 p.m., Wed., Fri., Sat.
St. James
Anglican/Episcopal
Rt. 14 at 626, Mathews County
Rev. William T. Kump, 757-244-7955
Roger Murch 436-9355
1928 Prayer Book, 1940 Hymnal
Sunday, January 9:
Third Sunday after Christmas
11 a.m., Morning Prayer & Sermon
10 & 11 a.m., Child Care Provided
lutheran
Apostles Lutheran
Main Street, Gloucester; 693-9098
Sunday, January 9:
10:30 a.m., Worship
Good Shepherd Lutheran
2 miles North of Callao on Hwy. 202
Callao; 529-5948
Rev. Michael Ramming, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
8:30 a.m., Worship accompanied by
Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Coffee fellowship
10 a.m., Adult Bible Study
12 noon, Bag Lunch & Bible Study
Living Water Lutheran
Kilmarnock United Methodist
89 E. Church St.
Sam Simonovich
529-6269
Saturday, January 8:
2nd Saturday of Each Month
5-6 p.m., Worship Service
Trinity Lutheran
Woman’s Club Building, Virginia
Street
Urbanna; 758-4257
Luther Baugham, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9 a.m., Worship
Methodist
Afton United Methodist
Grace Episcopal
Burgess (Elevator access)
Rev. Steve Taylor, Pastor, 453-4235
Sunday, January 9:
9:15 a.m., Coffee, juice and doughnuts
7 p.m., Bible Study
7 p.m., Bible Study
8 p.m., Adult Choir Practice
Kilmarnock
Rev. Dwight Johnson, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Church Service
7 p.m., Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Routes 3 and 33, Topping; 758-5154
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Nursery provided, 9:45 a.m. & 11
a.m.
7 p.m., Worship
7 p.m., Prayer Meeting/Bible Study
11 a.m., Worship
7:30 p.m., Prayer and Bible Study
New Friendship Baptist
New St. John’s Baptist
Harmony Grove Baptist
Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • Jan. 6, 2005
St. Mary’s Episcopal
3020 Fleeton Road, Fleeton,
453-6712
The Rev. Warren A. Schaller, Jr.,
Rector
Sunday, January 9:
Thrift Shop:
Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
St. Mary’s
Whitechapel Episcopal
5940 White Chapel Road, Lancaster
462-5908; Rev. Scott A. West, Rector
Office Hours: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Guided tours by appointment
Sunday, January 9:
St. Stephens Episcopal
Rev. Jeffrey O. Cerar, Rector
Sunday, January 9:
9 a.m., Holy Eucharist, coffee follows
9:50 a.m., Sunday School with nursery
Thrift Shop:
Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Trinity Episcopal
8484 Mary Ball Road, Lancaster
The Rev. Scott A. West, Rector
Sunday, January 9:
Sunday School for children following
service
Wicomico Parish
5191 Jessie duPont Memorial Highway
Wicomico Church; 580-6445
Rev. W. Scott Dillard, Rector
Sunday, January 9:
5130 Hacks Neck Road
Ophelia; 453-3770
Rev. M. P. White, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
Asbury United Methodist
Foxwells; Rev. Thomas W. Oder
Sunday, January 9:
9 a.m., Worship
Bethany United Methodist
454 Main Street, Reedville,
453-3282;
bethumc@crosslink.net
Rev. Dr. Donna McEwan, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9:30 a.m., Worship Service and
Sunday School
10:30 a.m., Fellowship Time
5-6:30 p.m., Community Supper
Bethel-Emmanuel
United Methodist
Rev. Robert O. Jones, Jr., Pastor
462-5790 (Elevator Available)
462-7042 Dial-a-Prayer (each day for
devotions)
Sunday, January 9:
Bethel
6 p.m., Chancel Choir practice at
Bethel
Emmanuel:
Monday, January 10:
10 a.m., Missions Committee meets
at Bethel
7 p.m. Finance Committee meets at
Bethel
7:30 p.m., Emmanuel’s Council
Meets
7 p.m., Trustee’s meet at Bethel
6:30 p.m., BEUMM meet
Fairfields United Methodist
Burgess; 453-2631
Rev. Marion Paul White, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9:45 a.m., Worship
Galilee United Methodist
all socked in. It was as if a curtain had been
drawn over the Northern Neck.
We forged ahead anyway. By the time we
mounted the hill toward Warsaw we had to turn
the wipers on; a thick fog surrounded us. In both
lanes vehicles slowed to a crawl. Life outside
our van grew quiet. Inside too. My fingers found
a new grip on the wheel. My eyes widened. My
ears perked up. I turned on the headlights.
However, because we knew the way home and
were willing to be inconvenienced by the
weather, we were eventually rewarded by the nip
of the curb at Goodwin Hall. We arrived safe.
We trusted in what we knew to be true; we really knew the way. We slowed enough to make
it safe and held to all the way points that had
never failed us in the past.
Home at last. The journey focused me on a
faith exercise. Oft times our vision is clouded.
We have difficulty in seeing our destination,
though known to us. What we have to do is press
on. Clouds avail themselves episodically. Bad
weather hinders our march. A Christian true to
his or her calling knows that God, through Christ,
will not fail us. Our God, who blesses us with
sunshine (Sonshine), is big enough to see us
through dark days as well. We only have to trust
him when our way is dim; exercise blind faith.
He will bring us out into the light again.
When clouds loom, remember this: “Behold,
He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see
Him…” (Rev. 1:7). Either He will meet us in
the clouds, or see us safely through them. We
just have to believe.
747 Hull Neck Road,
Edwardsville; 580-7306
Rev. Vernell M. Carter, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Heathsville United Methodist
39 Courthouse Road, Heathsville
580-3630; James B. Godwin, Pastor:
Sunday, January 9:
10 a.m., Worship
Henderson United Methodist
72 Henderson Drive, Callao
529-6769; Rev. Sue Ann Salmon,
Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
10 a.m., Sunday School, all ages
11 a.m., Worship, traditional
Irvington United Methodist
26 King Carter Drive, Irvington
438-6800; Rev. John Durkovich,
Pastor
8 p.m., AA
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Thursday, January 13:
7:30 p.m., Choir
Kilmarnock United Methodist
89 East Church Street, Kilmarnock
435-1797; (Elevator access)
Rev. Deborah T. Marion, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
9 a.m., Service of Word and Table
11 a.m., Worship
8 p.m., Al-Anon Meeting
Rehoboth United
Methodist Parish
435-1792; Rev. Edward Roland,
Pastor
Larry Burian, Associate Minister
Sunday, January 9:
Bluff Point
11 a.m., Worship
Noon, Coffee Fellowship
Mila
9:45 a.m., Worship
Rehoboth
9:45 a.m., Worship
10:45 a.m., Coffee Fellowship
Wicomico
11 a.m., Worship
3:30 p.m., Choir-Bluff Point
White Stone
United Methodist
118 Methodist Church Road,
White Stone; 435-3555
Rev. Richard Scott Gordon, Pastor
Friday, January 7:
9 a.m. Fit for Life Exercise Class
Sunday, January 9:
9:45 a.m., Adult Bible Study
12:05 p.m., Pastor-Parish Relations
Comm. mtg.
7:30 p.m., AA
Monday, December 10:
9 a.m., Fit for Life Exercise Class
Tuesday, December 11:
2 p.m., United Methodist Women’s
meeting
8:15 a.m., Fellowship Breakfast at
the Alley Cafe.
9 a.m., Fit for Life Exercise Class
7 p.m., Choir Rehearsal
Thrift Shop:
10 a.m.-3 p.m., Tues., Fri., Sat.
9 a.m.-3 p.m., Thurs.
Presbyterian
Campbell
Memorial Presbyterian
Rt. 222 (Weems Road),
In the Village of Weems, 438-6875;
Rev. Dr. William S. Morris, Pastor
Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-4
p.m.
Sunday, January 9:
9:30 a.m., Church School for all ages
11 a.m. Worship Service
Baptism of the Lord Sunday
5¢-A-Meal- Offering Received
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
4:30 p.m., Youth Meeting
Crib and toddler nurseries available.
Monday, January 10:
7 p.m., Agape Committee
7 p.m., Christian Ed Ministry Group
1 p.m., Fellowship & Family Life Ministry Group
1:30 p.m., Worship Ministry Group
3:30 p.m., Congregational Care Ministry Group
5:30 p.m., Chancel Choir Rehearsal
10 a.m., Presbyterian Women’s
Circle
Milder Presbyterian
Sharps
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship with nursery
St. Andrews Presbyterian
435 East Church Street,
Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Coye, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
Wesley Presbyterian
1272 Taylor Creek Rd.
Weems, 438-5853
Sunday, January 9:
9 a.m., Worship
Children and Adult
other
Denominations
Calvary Pentecostal
John’s Neck Road, Weems
438-5393; Thelma Jones, Pastor
7:45 a.m., Radio Broadcast, 101.7
FM
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
7 p.m., Praise and Worship
7:30 p.m., Worship
Center for Spiritual Awareness
Freeshade Community Center,
Syringa
725-1234
8:30 a.m., Orientation
9 a.m., Meditation Service
Non-denominational for all ages and
faiths
Chesapeake Christian Center
Irvington Road, Irvington
7 p.m., Bible Study
Sunday, January 9:
10 a.m., Worship
Christian Science Society
Lancaster Women’s Building,
Route 3, Lancaster
Sunday, January 9:
10:30 a.m., Lesson/Sermon: Sacrament
Church of Deliverance
3734 Mary Ball Road, Lively;
462-0553
Rev. Donald O. Conaway, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
7 p.m., Worship
7 p.m., Prayer and Bible Study
Holy Tabernacle of God
Merry Point Road, Lancaster
Elder Nancy Pinn, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11:30 a.m., Morning Worship
Mon.-Fri: 1—3 p.m., Emergency
Food Bank
Hope Alive Christian Center
149 Queen Street,
Tappahannock; 443-5165
Pete and Pam Sullivan, Pastors
6 p.m., Prayer
Sunday, January 9:
10:30 a.m., Worship
Noon, Prayer
7 p.m., Worship
Rappahannock Church of
Christ
9514 Richmond Road, Warsaw
333-9659; Walker Gaulding, Minister
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship
6:30 p.m., Worship
7 p.m., Prayer and Bible Teaching
River of Life Assembly of God
Waverly Avenue, Kilmarnock;
438-5307
Rev. Leroy Froyen, Pastor
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Worship and Children’s
Church, ages 4-9
7 p.m., Bible Study
Seventh-Day Adventist
401 South Main Street, Kilmarnock
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Obituaries
Clarence A.
Anderson
KILMARNOCK—Clarence
Arthur Anderson, 84, of Kilmarnock, formerly of Covington,
died December 27, 2004.
Mr. Anderson is survived by
his wife of 65 years, Virginia
Rapp Anderson; a son and daughter-in-law, Fred A. and Susan
W. Anderson of Kilmarnock; and
two grandsons, Gregory W. and
Michael B. Anderson, both of
Chesterfield.
Funeral services were held
December 29 at the Currie
Funeral Home in Kilmarnock
with Rev. Bill and Mary Dell
Sigler officiating. Interment was
December 30 in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Covington.
Memorials may be made to the
charity of one’s choice.
Brent E. Ashburn
MIDLOTHIAN—Brent
E.
Ashburn, 39, of Midlothian died
suddenly on January 2, 2005.
Mr. Ashburn is survived by his
wife, Felicia Ashburn; two children, Candice G. Crandall and
Jimmy Calvert; his father and
father’s wife, Lloyd Melvin Ashburn and Katherine Ashburn
of Callao; a father-in-law, Philip
Gentile; two sisters-in-law and
their spouses, Judy and Dennis
Crostic, and Frances and Bill
Stell; and two brothers-in-law
and a spouse, Stephen Gentile,
and Rich and Elena Gentile.
Funeral services will be held
10 a.m. Thursday, January 6, at
Bliley Funeral Homes’ Chippenham Chapel in Richmond. Interment will follow in Providence
United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Clara B.H. Brittain
HEATHSVILLE—Clara Bell
Hicks Brittain, 87, of Heathsville
Mrs. Brittain was a member of
Fairfields Baptist Church in Burgess.
She was predeceased by a son,
James Roger Bailey Brittain.
She is survived by her husband
of 70 years, Zed Ernest Brittain;
a daughter and son-in-law, Mille
Janett and Gregg Markham of
Marietta, Ga.; a brother, James
Russell Hicks of Freedom, N.Y.;
three grandchildren, Scott A.
Markham, Toni Lee Abernathy,
and Nikki R. Trevino; and eight
great-grandchildren.
A funeral service was held
December 26 at Faulkner Family
Funeral Home in Burgess. Burial
was in Fairfields Baptist Cemetery.
American Cancer Society, 4240
Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA
23060.
Archie A. Clark
H E AT H S V I L L E — A r c h i e
Alvin “Pete” Clark, 81, of Heathsville died December 25, 2004.
Mr. Clark was a member of
Heathsville United Methodist
Church and the Order of the
Moose in Callao.
He was predeceased by a son,
Jerry L. Clark.
He is survived by his wife,
Margaret S. Clark; four daughters, Elaine C. Martin of Maryland, Frances M. Withers of
Haynesville, Barbara S. Hall of
Heathsville and Nancy S. Jones
of Providence Forge; four sons,
Larry Steve Clark and Edward
Wayne Clark, both of Pennsylvania, John W. Sanford of Burgess
and Ray Sanford of Wicomico
Church; two sisters, Alice E.
Clark of Lively, and Nel Wilkins
of Callao; a brother, Vernon Clark
of Burgess; 18 grandchildren; and
eight great-grandchildren.
December 28 at Jones-Ash
Funeral Home in Rainswood.
Interment was private.
Memorials may be made to
the Mid-County Rescue Squad in
Heathsville.
Kate C. Cornwell
SALT LAKE CITY— Kate C.
“Kay” Cornwell, 90, died January 3, 2005, at her home in Salt
Lake City.
Mrs. Cornwell was born
in Idaho Falls,
Idaho,
to
Alexander
Stewart Campbell and Alice
Young Clawson Campbell,
both of Salt
Lake City, on Mrs. Cornwell
November 23,
1914.
She grew up in Salt Lake City.
She began work in Washington,
D.C., with the Federal Emergency Administration of Public
Works in 1935. She then worked
in the office of U.S. Senator
Young and next for the Federal
Works Agency - United States
Housing Authority in San Francisco. After raising a family,
her last professional assignment
many years later was with the U.S.
Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C. She
retired in 1971.
In California she met and married Warren Harker Cornwell in
1942.
She accompanied her husband
on his international career, primarily with the United Nations,
which included overseas’ postings
in Ecuador, Jamaica, Colombia,
Turkey, Panama and the Philippines. She set up households in
each country, guided her children through different schools in
diverse cultures and languages
and entertained in diplomatic circles. She was active in women’s
groups and volunteered for programs for disadvantaged children
in various countries.
Upon retirement, she and her
husband built a home in Kilmarnock where they lived for 22
years. Upon the death of her husband, she returned to Salt Lake
City.
She was predeceased by her
husband; two sisters, Virginia C.
Wells and Alice C. Spencer; and
two brothers, Stewart C. Campbell and John C. “Soup” Campbell.
She is survived by three children, Charles Campbell Cornwell
of La Jolla, Calif., Sally Christine
Cornwell of Geneva, Switzerland,
and Stephen Howard Cornwell of
Virginia Beach; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a
sister, Mary C. Spencer; a sisterin-law, Norma Campbell; and 11
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
January 8 at 1 p.m. at Larkin
Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple,
Salt Lake City.
Friends are asked to visit the
family one hour prior to services
at the mortuary. Interment will be
Marjorie K. Dorr
LANCASTER—Marjorie
Keys Dorr, 79, of Lancaster died
December 23, 2004. Mrs. Dorr
was a member of St. Francis De
Sales Catholic Church in Kilmarnock.
of 57 years, Edward C. Dorr; two
daughters and sons-in-law, Cathryn D. and Harry J. Buit of Gaithersburg, Md., and Deborah L. and
Arthur D. Lang III of Kilmarnock;
a son and daughter-in-law, Darrell E. and Susan Constance Dorr
of Upper Marlboro, Md.; five
grandchildren, Diana L. Thomas
and husband, David C. Thomas
of Lancaster, Arthur G. Lang IV,
Jacob B. Buit, Andrew J. Dorr
and Emily M. Dorr; three greatgrandchildren, Daniel, Kyle and
Katherine Thomas; a sister, Mary
A. McCoy of Chantilly; three
brothers, Benton A. Keys of Culpeper, James C. Keys of Chantilly
and William H. Keys of Charlottesville; and nieces and nephews.
December 28 at the Adams Green
Funeral Home in Herndon with
Rev. Will White officiating. Interment was in Chestnut Grove
Cemetery in Herndon.
Memorials may be made to a
charity of one’s choice.
Currie Funeral Home in
Kilmarnock handled the arrangements.
Melvin Lee
KILMARNOCK—Melvin
“Tony” Lee, 50, of Kilmarnock
Mr. Lee was born in Kilmarnock December 27, 1953, to
Harold W. and Essie Mae Campbell Lee. He attended Lancaster
County public schools and graduated from Northwestern High
School in Hyattsville, Md.
While residing in Maryland, he
was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Contee Sand
and Gravel Company, a Giant
Food Store and Smith Asphalt
Company.
He returned to Kilmarnock in
the early 1990s and worked at
Winn Dixie and Burger King, for
Mrs. Mizzelle in White Stone and
with his father at Lee’s Custom
Woodworks.
He is survived by a daughter,
Adrina L. Pride; three grandchildren of Forestville, Md.; his
father and mother; two sisters,
Nancy Burruss of Clinton, Md.,
and Samantha Cannon of Suitland, Md.; two brothers, McCoy
Lee of Greenbelt, Md., and
Ronnie Lee of Laurel, Md.; a
half-brother, Jimmy Cox of White
Stone; two brothers-in-law, Rev.
Lincoln Burruss Jr. and Leo
Cannon III; a sister-in-law, Gwen
Cain Cox; 11 aunts; 10 uncles; 17
nieces and nephews; two greatnieces and two great-nephews;
and many cousins and friends.
December 27 at Calvary Baptist
Church in Kilmarnock with Rev.
Myron Sutherlin officiating.
Interment was in Calvary Memorial Cemetery in Kilmarnock.
Campbell Funeral Home in
Robert T. Lewis
PORT ROYAL, S.C.—Robert
Taylor Lewis, 68, of Port Royal,
S.C., formerly of Lottsburg, died
December 17, 2004 at his residence.
Mr. Lewis was born April 28,
1936 at McNeils Corner in Lancaster County, a son of Margaret
Webb Lewis and John Franklin
Lewis Sr.
He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
and had retired as a commercial
fisherman.
He was predeceased by a sister,
Mary Louise Brann.
Ruth Hatcher Lewis; a daughter,
Lisa J. Smith of Beaufort, S.C.;
two sons, R. Wade Lewis of Port
Royal, S.C., and Rodney T. Lewis
of Beaufort; three sisters, Jean
L. Wilkins of Richmond, Faye
L. Dickinson of Ellerbe, N.C.,
and Darlene L. Alger of Stanley;
seven brothers, John F. Lewis
Jr. of Amelia, Thomas E. Lewis
of Jennings, La., Coleman W.
Lewis of Fredericksburg, Arlden
M. Lewis of Montross, Ernest M.
Lewis of Gordonsville and Larry
P. Lewis of Lottsburg.
December 19 at the Kingdom
Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in
Beaufort.
A memorial service was held
January 1 at Kingdom Hall of
Jehovah’s Witnesses at the junction of Fletcher’s Chapel and
Country Drive in Sealston with
minister Wildon Torrell officiating.
Copeland Funeral Home, Beaufort, S.C., was in charge of
arrangements.
William C. Lowery
KILMARNOCK—William
Creighton Lowery, 84, of Kilmarnock died December 25, 2004.
Mr. Lowery was born December 10, 1920, in Indian Bayou,
La., the ninth of 10 children of
a Methodist minister. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in chemical
engineering. He joined the U.S.
Army where he attained the rank
of captain in the 13th Armored
Division and saw action throughout Western Europe during World
War II.
He joined Shell Chemical in
1947 and became head of U.S.
marketing for the plastics division before transferring to Shell
Oil as a senior lobbyist. He
was involved with many industry
associations and was a past president of National Paint Varnish
and Lacquer Association.
Upon retirement he moved to
Kilmarnock where he donated his
time as a substitute high school
chemistry teacher and as a manager for charitable work projects
of the Interfaith Service Council.
He was a fly fisher, a competitive
golfer and member of Congressional Country Club.
Elaine Dorothy Hinzpeter, two
sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce
Creighton and Ashley Lowery
of Reston and Peter Lamar and
Penny Lowery of Alexandria;
two grandchildren, Tristen Corbet
Lowery and Eliza Katherine
Lowery; a brother, Jim Lowery
of Louisiana; and a sister, Evelyn
Freeland of Mississippi.
on December 28 at St. Andrews
Presbyterian Church in Kilmarnock.
Lancaster-Northumberland Interfaith Service Council, P.O. Box
868, Kilmarnock, VA 22482; St.
Andrews Presbyterian Church,
P.O. Box 1366, Kilmarnock, VA
22482, or to Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, 132 Lancaster Drive, Irvington, VA
22480.
Sarah L. McGill
W I C O M I C O
CHURCH—Sarah Lee McGill,
91, died December 20, 2004, after
a lengthy illness.
Mrs. McGill was born January
24, 1913, in Wicomico Church to
James and Carrie Lee. She was
the eldest of four children.
She attended Mount Olive
Grade School in Wicomico
Church and joined Mount Olive
Baptist Church.
She moved to Baltimore and
was a domestic worker for many
years.
She married Louis McGill in
1947.
She became a member of Enon
Baptist Church in Baltimore
where she joined Helping
Hands.
When her mother became ill,
she returned to Virginia to care for
her and did so until her death. She
reinstated her membership with
Mount Olive Baptist Church until
illness necessitated her return to
Baltimore.
husband; and two brothers, Alexander and Logan Lee.
She is survived by a son,
Nelson James Thompson Sr.; a
brother, Nelson Henry Lee; a
sister-in-law, Mildred Lee; a
stepson-in-law, Johnny Brown;
a stepdaughter-in-law, Frances
McGill; three grandsons, Levon
Pickens, Gregory Thompson and
Gunnery Sgt. Nelson Thompson
Jr.; four granddaughters, Gloria
Baker, Theresa Thompson, Mary
Corbin and Robin Brown; 12
great-grandchildren; four greatgreat-grandchildren; a devoted
friend, Maggie Manokey; and
many other relatives and friends.
December 28 at Mt. Olive Baptist
Church with Rev. Dwight Seawood officiating. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Anne C. McNeal
WARSAW—Anne
Collins
“Nancy” McNeal, 70, of Warsaw,
died December 26.
Mrs. McNeal was a nurse at
Rappahannock General Hospital, past president of the Callao
and Mid-County Rescue Squads
and past treasurer of the Callao
Rescue Squad.
She is survived by her husband, John William McNeal; a
son, John Daniel McNeal of
Nags Head, N.C., four daughters,
Patricia McNeal Schonasky of
Warsaw, Mary McNeal Funderburk of Charlotte, N.C., Jennifer
W. McNeal of Warsaw and Clare
McNeal Kuykendall of Columbus, Ga.; seven grandchildren,
Anne Robertson, Lauren Hundley, Sarah Hundley, Julia Hundley, Evan Schonasky, Collin
McNeal and Brittany Aho; a
brother, John P. Collins Jr. of
South Carolina; and two sisters,
Patricia Hughes of Charlestown,
W.Va., and Mary Jones of Gordonsville.
December 28 at the Welch
Funeral Home Mark Chapel in
Warsaw.
the American Cancer Society, c/o
Mrs. Hilda Bronner, P.O. Box 65,
Haynesville, VA 22472.
Roy E. Michie
FLEETON—Roy
Eldridge
Michie, 83, of Fleeton died
December 19, 2004.
Mr. Michie was born August
2, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pa. He
was a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania and a U.S. Army
veteran of World War II serving as
a member of Patton’s 5th Infantry Division. He retired as the
controller of Strathmore Press in
Cherry Hill, N.J. He and his wife
moved to Fleeton in 1988. He
was a volunteer with the Northern Neck Railroad Project at the
Reedville Fisherman’s Museum.
He is survived by his wife of
51 years, Jane Everist Michie;
a daughter, Claire A. Michie
of Fleeton; two sons, David J.
Michie of Philadelphia and T.
Hugh Michie of Cincinnati; two
grandsons, Andrew David and
Kyle Joseph Michie of Philadelphia; a brother, William Michie
of Souderton, Pa.
Memorial services will be held
January 8 at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church in Callao with
pastor Michael Ramming officiating. Interment will be private.
the Northern Neck Railroad Project, c/o Reedville Fisherman’s
Museum, P.O. Box 306, Reedville, VA 22539.
Leon C. Monett
MONTROSS—Leon Clyde
Monett, 82, of Montross, died
December 19, 2004.
Mr. Monett was retired from
ISFA Corporation as an investment consultant. He was a World
War II veteran, having served as
a radio operator, mechanic and
gunner in bombing missions over
Germany.
He was predeceased by his
wife of 54 years, Edith Powers
Monett.
He is survived by five children,
twins David Monett of Essex
Junction, Vt., and Rene Dean of
Canyon Lake, Texas, twins Candace Nash of Montross and Eloise
Wileman of Jefferson, Mo.; and
Marguerite Monett of Montross;
a sister, Marguerite Schaad of
Rehoboth, Mass; and four grandchildren, Adam Nash, Scott Nash,
Jessica Horner and Jocelyn
Horner.
Memorial services were held
Funeral Home in Montross.
USO-Operation USO Care Package, P.O. Box 8069, Topeka, KS
66608, the Nature Conservancy,
4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100,
Arlington, VA 22203-1606, or the
American Humane Society of the
U.S., 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037.
Tolliver, all of Baltimore; three
uncles, Colbourne Bean of Baltimore; James Bean of Newark,
N.J., and Edison Bean of Reedville; three great-nieces, three
great-nephews; a special friend,
Sherman Harried; and many other
relatives and friends.
December 31 at Calvary Baptist
Church in Kilmarnock with Rev.
Donald O. Conaway officiating.
Pallbearers were Sherman Harried, Brian Wright, Michael
Morris, Oscar Kenner, William
Carter and Leo Lomax. Interment
Gene C.
was in the church cemetery.
Mothershead
Kilmarnock handled the arrangeK I L M A R N O C K — G e n e ments.
Carter Mothershead, 67, formerly
of Tappahannock, died January
1, 2005, in Kilmarnock where Robert E. O’Neil
he made his home with friends,
Andrew and Julie Wylie.
ALEXANDRIA—Robert E.
Mr. Mothershead was the son O’Neil, 76, of Alexandria died
of the late Douglas Brown Moth- December 22, 2004.
ershead, of Tappahannock.
Mr. O’Neil had retired from
He was predeceased by his the R.F.P. Railroad.
wife, Dorothy; and a son, Billy.
He was predeceased by his
He is survived by a stepdaugh- father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
ter, Peggy Lewis of Tappahan- Owen O’Neil of Alexandria, and
nock; an uncle, Jack H. Brown of a sister, Virginia L. Dougherty of
Fredericksburg; and cousins.
Manassas.
Graveside services were held
He is survived by a brother and
January 3 in Warsaw United a sister-in-law, Dennis and Mary
Methodist Church Cemetery with Ruth O’Neil of Kilmarnock; two
Rev. Robert C. McKinley offici- sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty
ating.
J. and George Kevorkian of White
Arrangements were made by Stone and Shirley A. and Bennie
Marks-Bristow Funeral Home in Via of Gladys; a close friend,
Tappahannock.
Louise Lancaster of Alexandria;
and several nieces and nephews.
Edwin M. Nickens January 5 at Mount Comfort
Cemetery in Alexandria.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
KILMARNOCK—Edwin
Maurice “Reese” Nickens, 49, may be sent to Kilmarnock Bapdied December 27, 2004, at the tist Church.
Hospice Center of Washington,
D.C.
More obituaries
Mr. Nickens was born in
Kilmarnock to Frances and Asa
on the next page.
Nickens on January 1, 1955. He
attended Lancaster County public
schools.
Clara Barton’s
He moved to Washington, D.C.,
and was employed in the auto- life work to be
motive field for 20 years, a period
which overlapped 18 years of reviewed by UUFR
employment by Bell Atlantic.
On Sunday, January 9, Rev.
He married Theresa Harris of
Jim
Sanderson will speak to the
Clinton, Md. They had two sons
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
and later divorced.
He became known as a disc of the Rappahannock (UUFR) at
jockey in Lancaster County and 10:30 a.m. at the Woman’s Club
in White Stone.
the Washington, D.C., area.
His subject will be Clara
He is survived by his father,
Barton,
a 19th-century Unitarian
Asa Nickens; two sons, Rodney
Nickens of Waldorf, Md., and and founder of the American Red
Ramon Nickens of Clinton; a Cross. He will speak about her
sister, Connie Morris of Fort life and how it reflects her UniWashington, Md.; two brothers, tarian values.
A native of New York City and
Wayne Nickens of Kilmarnock
former
minister of the Jenkins
and Dean Nickens of Clinton;
a brother-in-law, Vernell; two UU Fellowship, Rev. Sanderson
sisters-in-law, Willie Mae and is a member of the Unitarian UniMarva; three grandchildren, versalist Fellowship of the PenRodney Jr., Mikayle and insula.
Makayle;
three
nieces,
Sha’Vonne, Tawanda and Latosha; five nephews, Michael,
Devon, Corey, Holland and Keith;
a great-aunt, June Jones of
Baltimore; four aunts, Nannie
Wormley of Lancaster, Shirley
Kathy Ryan Juron
Womack, Cora Bean and Doris
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The family of Francis Norris Sr. would
like to thank everyone for their
acts of kindness during our time
of bereavement. May God bless
you all.
The Norris Family
Thomas Earl Tomlin, Sr.
and family would like to thank
everyone for their thoughts, concerns,
prayers, flowers, phone calls, monetary
gifts, etc. when his wife and their
mother, Pauline was in the hospital.
We have been truly blessed to have so many
wonderful people in our lives.
We thank Almighty God for you all.
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Obituaries
Elizabeth Q. Phifer
WARSAW—Elizabeth
Q.
Phifer, 93, of Warsaw, died
December 24, 2004.
Mrs. Phifer was a member of
Tappahannock Memorial United
Methodist Church where she was
a choir member for 30 years.
She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Tappahannock.
She was predeceased by five
siblings, William F. Quinn, Robert
D. Quinn, Minnis Morrow,
Gladys Cox and Sarah Beogel.
of 73 years, Arvel A. Phifer; a
daughter, Elizabeth Ann Dern; a
son and daughter-in-law, John
C. Phifer Sr. and Bessie Phifer;
two brothers, Jackson M. Quinn
and John L. Quinn; two sisters,
Ruby Craig and Betty Sue Donaldson; five grandchildren, Gayla
P. Stout, John C. Phifer Jr., Lois
Ann Conn, Linda Lou Johnson,
and Jane Ellen Dern; six greatgrandchildren, and nieces and
nephews.
December 27 at Tappahannock
Memorial United Methodist
Church. Interment was in Forest
Lawn Cemetery in Richmond.
Tappahannock Memorial United
Methodist Church, P.O. Box 326,
Tappahannock, VA 22560.
Marks-Bristow Funeral Home
in Tappahannock handled the
arrangements.
cemetery. Pallbearers were
John Jones, Raymond Jones Jr.,
Joshua Jones, Kirk Kelley, Gary
Smith and Tyrone Harper.
Berry O. Waddy Funeral
Home in Lancaster handled the
arrangements.
Ruth S. Richardson
CALLAO—Ruth
Stevens
Richardson, 107, of Callao died
December 29, 2004.
Mrs. Richardson was born
October 7, 1897, to George L.
and Ida Lewis Fisher. She graduated from Callao High School.
She was a member of Bethany
Baptist Church in Callao, and a
member of the American Legion
in Washington, D.C.
She was a yeomannette in
the Navy and the oldest living
woman veteran of World War I.
She retired after 40 years of service from the Navy Department.
husbands, William M. Stevens
and Martin Richardson.
She is survived by a son and
daughter-in-law, William M. Stevens Jr. and Ardyce Stevens of
Mount Airy, Md.; three grandchildren, William “Bill” M. Stevens III, Jon W. Stevens and
Adryce D. Bierly; two greatgranddaughters, Lauren Bierly
and Allison Bierly.
January 2 in Bethany Baptist
Church. Burial was in Melrose
United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lottsburg.
Lawrence E.
Bethany Baptist Church, P.O.
Pritchett
Box 641, Callao, VA. 22435.
Jones-Ash Funeral Home in
MILLENBECK—Lawrence Rainswood handled the arrangeEdward Pritchett, 94, of Mil- ments.
lenbeck died December 31,
2004, after a short illness.
Mr. Pritchett was a member David W. Skelton
of Corrottoman Baptist Church
in Ottoman and was retired
WARSAW—David Wayne
from the Dahlgren Naval Weap- “Bubba” Skelton, 50, of
ons Laboratory in 1968 after Warsaw died December 21,
31 years of service.
2004.
He was predeceased by three
Mr. Skelton was the area
sisters, Myrteen P. Stevens, manager for Lee Hy Paving
Mary P. Stevens and Ethel P. and a member of the Richmond
Ransone; and a niece, Nona County Little League Board.
Sperance.
He is survived by seven Andrea L. Skelton; two daughnieces, Cornelia S. Burrell of ters, Mary Elizabeth Skelton
King George, Avalon S. Pitt- and Kathryn Rae Skelton of
man and Marian S. Ransone, the home; his mother, Mary
both of Lancaster, Marguerite Skelton; a brother, Ralph SkelS. Eckard and Barbara A. Ste- ton; three sisters, Patty Green,
vens, both of King George, Lois Donna Sue Carneal and Tammy
S. Dawson of Annapolis and Schools, all of Tappahannock;
Estelle S. Oliver of Warsaw; and nieces and nephews.
and many great-nieces and
nephews.
December 24 in Cobham Park
Funeral services were held Baptist Church in Warsaw.
January 3 at Corrottoman Bap- Interment was in the church
tist Church with Rev. Frank cemetery.
Schwall officiating. Interment
was held in St. Mary’s Cobham Park Baptist Church
Whitechapel Cemetery in Parking Lot Fund or Richmond
Lively. Pallbearers were Rod County Little League.
Burrell, Nick Burrell, Roy
Marks-Bristow
Funeral
Mason, Ed Pittman, Denny Bot- Home in Tappahannock hankins and Chuck Dustin.
dled the arrangements.
Corrottoman Baptist Church,
48 Ottoman Ferry Road, Lan- Morris L. Withers
caster, Va 22503.
FARNHAM—Morris Larry
Withers, 59, of Farnham died
December 28, 2004.
Helen L. J. Rich
Mr. Withers was a retired
EDWARDSVILLE—Helen ordinance tester at Naval WeapLouise Jones Rich, 74, died ons Station Dahlgren.
December 21, 2004.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Rich was born in Nor- Louise A. Withers of Warsaw;
thumberland County October two daughters, Lisa L. Snead of
19, 1930, to Revirdist Noel Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Robin
Jones and Charles Leonard B. Styles of Glen Burnie, Md.;
Jones Sr. She was the fourth of a son, Kevin L. Withers of
11 children.
She attended Northumberland County public schools and
joined Galilee United Methodist Church in Edwardsville. She
was a church leader, serving
as a youth advisor, a Sunday
school teacher and a member of
the Galilee Combined Choir.
Upon becoming an adult, she
moved to Washington, D.C.,
and worked in domestic service. She returned home and
planted seeds of faith among
her younger brothers, nephews
and nieces. She oversaw household functions and became the
matriarch of the house.
She was employed by the
Little River Seafood factory
until her health failed.
She married Oliver Rich in
1953.
She is survived by a daughter, Kaylene Rich of Horse
Head; her mother, Revirdist
Jones, and a sister, Elsie Carter,
both of Heathsville; four brothers and three sisters-in-law,
Charles Leonard Jones Jr. and
Rose Jones of Heathsville; Raymond Leon Jones Sr. and Erma
Jones of Lottsburg, Colonel
Glasko and Hazel Jones of
Cheltenham, Md., and Robert
Jones of Heathsville; two special friends, Mable Tomlin and
Gary Smith; and many nieces
and nephews.
December 26 at Galilee United
Methodist Church with Rev.
Vernell Carter officiating.
Interment was in the church
Savannah, Ga.; two grandchildren, Jessica L. Styles and Shelly
M. Styles; a sister, Patricia W.
Hand of Warsaw; and two brothers, Robert L. Withers of Callao
and James R. Withers of Lottsburg.
Funeral Home Marks Chapel
with Rev. Ray Goude officiating.
Totuskey Church Cemetery Fund,
152 Smithville Lane, Warsaw, VA
22572, or the Richmond County
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 55,
Warsaw, VA 22572.
Churches . . .
The Bay Center for Spiritual
Development recently announced
two upcoming programs.
An “Ignatian Prayer” retreat
will be held January 22 from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
The retreat will be led by the
Rev. Sarah Anne Wood, assistant
rector at Christ Church and chaplain at Christchurch School. The
fee is $50.
An “Intimate Relationships,
How To Get The Love You Want;
How To Give The Love She/He
Needs” workshop will begin January 25 and continue February
Counseling Services
77 S. Main St.
Kilmarnock, Virginia
White Stone
758-4790; L. Lowrey
Sunday, January 9:
10:30 a.m., Worship
Individual, family
and group counseling
Specializing in serving the
needs of youth at risk,
and their families.
Victory Temple Church
Shachah World Ministries of
the Northern Neck
Pastor Dean Carter
Sunday, January 9:
8 a.m., Worship @ Holy Tabernacle
7:30 p.m., Bible Study @ Holy Tabernacle
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
151 East Church Street, Kilmarnock
Rev. James C. Bruse, Pastor
Monday - Friday
9 a.m., Mass
4-4:40 p.m., Sacrament of Reconciliation
5 p.m., Vigil
Sunday, January 9:
11 a.m., Mass
Religious Education Classes resume
2/1/2005
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints
11650 Mary Ball Road
Sunday, January 9:
9:30 a.m., Meeting
6 p.m.-8 p.m., Genealogical Library
Open to Public
The Lord’s House
1027 Jessie duPont Memorial Highway
Burgess; 453-7773
Rev. Enid DeArmon
7 p.m., Ministry Training
Sunday, January 9:
7 p.m., Worship
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of the Rappahannock
1, 8, 15, and 22, from 7 to 8:30
p.m.
Workshop facilitators are Cliff
Schelling, a certified professional
personal coach and president
of Performance Improvement
Inc.; Pirkko Graves, PhD, a
licensed psychoanalyst; and Fran
Schelling, a licensed mediator.
The fee is $75.
Both programs require a registration fee of $15 due by January
15. Send the registration fee to
Bay Center for Spiritual Development, P.O. Box 938, Kilmarnock, VA 22482.
Wes Pullman MSW, PhD
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Clinton M. Adams, Pastor
804-925-1175/804-443-1821
7 p.m., Bible Class
10:30 a.m., Sabbath School
Woman’s Club of White Stone
Four area churches held a joint
New Year’s Eve service at Sharon
Baptist Church in Weems and
together raised $1,000 to aid relief
for victims of the Southeast Asia
tsunami disaster.
In addition to Sharon Baptist,
Calvary Baptist and New St. John’s
Baptist churches of Kilmarnock and
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church of White
Stone participated.
A collection of $558.25 was
received at the service. Sharon Baptist subsequently donated $441.75
from its mission account to make
an even $1,000. The funds were
donated to the American Red Cross
on January 4.
Spiritual center schedules
two upcoming workshops
1252 Morattico Road
Rev. Annie Gaskins, 462-5512
Sunday, January 9:
12 noon, Praise and Worship
7 p.m., Worship Service
Friday, January 14:
7 p.m., Bible Study
(804) 435-9800
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White Stone
Church of the Nazarene
Ministry Center & Office: 419 Rappahannock Drive, White Stone;
Office hours: Mon.-Thur., 9 a.m.-1
p.m.
435-9886
Rev. Jim Jackson, Pastor
Rev. Brad Grinnen, Pastor
Worship Center: Chesapeake Academy Gymnasium, Steamboat Road,
Irvington
Sunday, January 9:
9:30 a.m., Sunday School,
10:30 a.m., Praise & Worship Service
& Children’s Church
Nursery provided
At the Ministry Center, Rt. 3, White
Stone:
Friday, January 7
7 p.m., First Friday Praise and Worship
9-11 a.m., Food Bank
Sunday, January 9:
6 p.m., A.F.T.E.R. Hour for teens
Monday, January 10:
6:30 p.m., First Place Weight Loss
Program
Tuesday January 11:
7 p.m., Overcomer’s Outreach
6:30 p.m., Women’s Bible Study-The
Bondage Breaker
7 a.m., Women’s Prayer
7:30 a.m., Men’s Breakfast at Lee’s
Restaurant
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Hospice of Central Virginia
Richmond, Farmville, Charlottesville and
Tappahannock/Northern Neck Areas
We are expanding our services and wish to employ the very
best Professionals for this unique opportunity in the Northern
Neck/Tappahannock areas.
RN-Home Care & CNA’s
Support for scouting
Rev. Richard Gordon of White Stone United Methodist Church
recently presented a check to Suzanne Keyser in support of
local Girl Scout programs. From left are Bethany Milstead of
Junior Troop 3202, Service Unit 46 director Suzanne Keyser,
Kristy Hoff of Brownie Troop 95, Rev. Gordon and church Girl
Scout liaison Frances Stoughton. There are some 35 girls in the
community waiting for leaders to form more troops. Some girls
have been waiting for more than two years to join a troop.
To form a troop or provide additional support, call Keyser at
438-5026. The church will sponsor new troops and provide a
meeting site for meetings and other events.
We are seeking compassionate, dedicated professionals for Full-Time positions in the Northern Neck/
Tappahannock areas. You would be part of an interdisciplinary team providing comfort, care and support to
patients and their families. Hospice, home health,
hospital, nursing home or oncology experience a plus.
Must be flexible and reliable. We offer Sign on Bonus
and Free Benefits for the first 6 months. Our benefit
package is outstanding and includes: Health insurance,
Vision, Paid Vacations, 8 paid holidays, Life Insurance,
Tuition Reimbursement and Dental.
All applicants must have reliable transportation (Mileage
Reimbursed). For consideration, please send or fax
resume to: Vikki Cullop, Director of Clinical Services,
Hospice of Central Virginia, 7231 Forest Ave., Suite 100,
Richmond, VA 23226, Fax: (804)281-0954, email:
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Coalition launches effort
to protect Virginians
from secondhand smoke
Volunteers help fill grocery bags with food for the needy.
Food drive beneﬁts needy
The Lancaster-Northumberland Interfaith Council again
organized a Christmas food
drive. The generous donations
of canned and nonperishable
groceries were donated to
needy people throughout the
area.
The food collections, sponsored by the Lancaster-Northumberland Interfaith Service
Council and the Golden Advantage Club of the Bank of Lancaster in Kilmarnock, provided
enough Christmas cheer to fill
147 bags which were delivered
to the senior centers in Kilmarnock and Burgess for distribution. The food supplies were
collected at the Bank of Lancaster and at church services
and throughout Lancaster and
Northumberland counties.
Empty grocery bags were
collected by the Ladies of Saint
Francis. The American Legion
facility on Waverly Avenue in
Kilmarnock was made available
by Alton Perciful for sorting
and packaging. Volunteers representing several churches and
organizations worked together
on the project, including St.
Francis De Sales Catholic
Church, St. Andrews Presbyterian, Irvington Baptist, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,
Corrotoman Baptist, Northumberland Lions Club and the
American Legion.
Austin, Brendan and Ethan
Brown, students at Chesapeake
Academy, were a great help, said
drive chairman Adele Harwood.
Church Notes
■ Williams to preach
Ronald Alexander Williams Jr.
will preach his initial sermon on
Sunday, January 9, at 3:30 p.m.
at First United Baptist Church in
Gloucester.
Williams is the son of the late
Ronald A. Williams Sr., former
pastor of Queen Esther Baptist
Church in Mollusk.
■ Palin to speak
Queen Esther Baptist Church
will hold its annual Martin L.
King Jr. Memorial Breakfast January 23 at 9 a.m. The guest
speaker will be Ernest Palin.
■ Memorial breakfast set
An annual Dr. Martin L. King
Memorial Breakfast will be held
January 15 at First Baptist Church
in Heathsville at 8:30 a.m.
The guest speaker will be the
Rev. Dr. John Fountaine, pastor
of First Baptist. The annual event,
sponsored by the Women’s Commission, is a memorial tribute to
Dr. Martin L. King’s Dream.
■ Consecration set
Calvary Baptist Church in
Kilmarnock and the Deaconess
Ministry will hold consecreation services for newly elected
Deaconesses on January 9 at 4
p.m.
The guest minister will be
Rev. Lightfoot of Angel Visit
Baptist Church in Dunnsville.
Virginians For A Healthy Future
in cooperation with the American
Cancer Society, American Heart
Association and American Lung
Association of Virginia announced
last week their intent to work with
Sen. William Mims of Leesburg
to advance comprehensive clean
indoor air legislation in the 2005
General Assembly session. Secondhand smoke kills more than
53,000 people each year and causes
or exacerbates a wide range of
adverse health effects including
cancer, respiratory infections, heart
attacks and asthma.
“Every Virginian has the right to
breathe clean air, whether indoors
or outside. It is time for Virginia to
strengthen our laws to protect our
citizens from harmful secondhand
smoke,” said Sen. Mims. “Secondhand smoke has a significant negative impact on health.” The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
warns those with heart disease to
avoid all indoor environments that
permit smoking as exposure to secondhand smoke increases the risk
of acute myocardial infraction and
coronary heart disease.
“The direct physical link between
secondhand smoke exposure and
heart disease is even further evidence of the serious health harms
of secondhand smoke, and makes it
even more critical that we act immediately to pass smoke-free policies
in Virginia to protect Virginia workers and patrons,” added Cathleen
Grzesiek, director of public policy
for the American Heart Association.
Virginia does not restrict smoking
in workplaces and has not provided
any significant health protections for
its citizens from secondhand smoke
since the Clean Indoor Air Act was
enacted in the early 1990s, more
than 10 years ago.
“It has been 15 years since the
General Assembly amended the
Clean Indoor Air Act. The Commonwealth needs a more comprehensive and effective law for the
health of our citizens,” said Sen.
Mims.
“Some of us can recall the late
1980s when indoor clean air bills
were first being considered,” said
David Bailey, a lobbyist for A
Healthy Future. In 1990, people
were smoking in the House and
Senate chambers and throughout
the Capitol. Today the smoke has
lifted, the air is clean in the chambers of our government, and it’s
time to protect the health of all Virginians.”
There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that exposure to
secondhand smoke causes disease,
disability and death. Secondhand
Answers on
Aging
Donna Davis, seated at the piano, recently performed her first
recital. Her instructor, Carol Kirby, is far right.
Davis performs piano recital
Donna Davis of Brightwaters performed her first piano
recital December 11 at home
for her children, grandchildren
and friends.
Davis played a primary
medley using her granddaughter’s book and duets with
instructor Carol Kirby. She finished with the entire group
joining in “Jingle Bells.”
Davis has wanted to perform
a piano recital for 60 years.
Next she plans to take photography lessons through the Art
League in Kilmarnock and take
a trip to Alaska in the summer,
the only state she hasn’t visited.
Language lessons are scheduled for the following year.
My parents are interested in
moving into an assisted living
facility. What would happen if we
rent their current home to obtain
income for their care? Could
they later sell the home without
tax penalties? Their home would
currently sell for approximately
$75,000.
Yes, the house can be rented and
the exclusion of capital gain tax can
be preserved so long as the house
is occupied by your parents in two
of the five years prior to the sale of
the home. There is a requirement
to “recapture” depreciation that
is claimed as a business expense
while the property is used as rental
property. For more anwers to questions on aging, visit www.senior
navigator.com.
This Side of 60
by Marie Snider
Celebrate a highlight
of 2004
The top news stories of 2004
seem mostly disheartening. The
influenza vaccine shortage. Martha
Stewart’s imprisonment. The continuing battle in Iraq. The death
of Tony Randall. And worst of all,
the devastating tsunami in December which left 150,000 dead and
millions without homes.
With all this bad news, we need
something to cheer our spirits.
Fortunately, there is one upbeat
highlight of the recently completed year. The ice-cream cone
celebrated its 100th birthday in
2004. Ice cream is a very old treat.
Most likely originating in China,
ice cream was introduced to the
western world by King Charles
I of England in the early 1600s.
The story goes that King Charles
offered his cook a job for life if he
would make the king ice cream.
This recipe was secret for a century and was only served to kings
and royalty.
In subsequent years, ice cream
became a favorite of American
presidents. George Washington
paid $200 for a recipe, Thomas
Jefferson was partial to vanilla ice
cream and Dolly Madison served
ice cream at her husband’s inaugural ball.
In the early days, the making of
ice cream was an arduous process.
It was mixed by hand in a large
bowl surrounded by packed ice.
The ice had to be cut from lakes
and ponds during the winter, then
stored in large holes in the ground
and packed with straw or sawdust.
When a New England housewife invented the hand crank ice
cream freezer in 1846, the production of ice cream became much
easier. And the first commercial
ice cream plant was started just a
few years later.
In 1866, William Breyer hand
cranked his first gallon of ice
cream in the kitchen of his Philadelphia home. Soon he was selling Breyers ice cream (a brand
still sold today) to his neighbors
from a wagon pulled by a white
horse.
A few decades later, Italo Marchiony sold ice cream from a
push cart in New York City. But
the street vendor grew tired of
seeing customers walk off with
his dishes. So Marchiony invented
the ice cream cone.
Soon after Marchiony patented
his invention, the ice cream cone
was independently introduced at
the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.
A pastry maker had a concession
stand next to an ice cream stand on
the fairgrounds. When his neighbor ran out of dishes, the pastry
maker rolled some of his wafers
into cornucopias and sold them to
the ice cream concessionaire.
Thus, in 1904, the ice cream
cone began its journey toward
becoming an American icon.
Today, ice cream comes in hundreds of flavors, from the mundane to the exotic. In Tokyo, you
can buy octopus, shrimp or seaweed ice cream. New varieties
enter the market each year, with
current Ben & Jerry’s research
including fast food ice cream flavors such as cheese and chili.
Luckily, for the less adventurous palate, there are always
chocolate, vanilla and strawberry.
So, choose your favorite flavor,
grab a scoop and a cone and celebrate the New Year remembering one of the good news stories
from 2004.
Copyright 2005 Marie Snider
smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals and 69 known carcinogens,
including formaldehyde, cyanide,
arsenic, carbon monoxide, methane,
benzene, and radioactive polonium
210. In addition to heart disease,
secondhand smoke is proven to
cause lung cancer and serious respiratory illnesses. Studies also show
that kids are especially vulnerable
to other people’s smoke, suffering
more asthma, bronchitis, ear infections and other ailments.
The evidence is also clear that
smoke-free workplace laws protect
health without harming business.
Numerous studies and economic
data from the growing number of
smoke-free states and communities
across the country all show that
smoke-free laws at worst have a
neutral impact on the restaurant and
bar business and may even have a
positive impact.
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that individuals having a significant loss should wait at least
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education funds
Race to GED is ongoing
In support of Gov. Mark R.
Warner’s “Education for a Lifetime” initiative, the Northern
Neck Adult Education Program
is participating in the Race to
GED program.
The goal is to double the
number of Virginia workers
earning a General Educational
Development (GED) certificate
by December 31. The GED
is the high school equivalency
certificate recognized by many
employers and colleges.
The program offers GED
instruction to adults, as well as
classes in Adult Basic Education and workplace skill build-
ing. Services are free. Adult
education classes are located
in Colonial Beach, Westmoreland, Lancaster and Northumberland counties.
The Race to GED offers
an intensive, individualized
skills review approach, including test-taking strategies to
quickly prepare candidates for
success on the GED.
To enter the Race to GED,
candidates can take a free
placement test at their local
adult learning center or in the
regional office by appointment.
Call 580-3152.
Student volunteers
to be recognized
The Northern Neck Auxiliary
to Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 7167 is sponsoring the
“Outstanding Young Volunteer
of the Year Award.”
The annual program gives
youngsters 12 to 15 the opportunity to be recognized for
2004 volunteer work in nursing homes, hospitals, or other
activities which benefit the
community. The deadline for
entering is February 2.
Judges will consider the
number of volunteer activities
in which the youngster has
been involved.
Applications must include a
hand-written statement of not
more than 150 words about
“Why I am a Volunteer.” In
addition, entries must include
three letters of recommendation on company letterhead
from the organization they have
done volunteer work with. The
letters should include how well
the youth performed the work;
how the volunteer work has
positively affected others; how
many hours were spent on particular projects; and the number
of groups for which the youth
volunteered. The letters should
be addressed to the Department of Virginia Youth Activities Chairman.
Entries should be mailed to
Gay H. Packett, 3111 Islington
Road, Warsaw, VA 22572.
The first-place entry from
Northern Neck Auxiliary will
be sent to the department chair-
Chamber donates to foundation
Cheryl Alderman of the Richmond County Chamber of Commerce presents Rappahannock Community College president
Dr. Elizabeth Crowther a check for $500. The Chamber made
the donation to the RCC Educational Foundation in appreciation for the use of its grounds for WarsawFest.
Bay Tech Science Fair
deadline is extended
man for judging. A cash award
will be presented to winners
on the local, state and national
levels.
In the past, the local auxiliary has had five state winners
and a national winner.
The deadline to register for the
Call 333-4294 or 333-3918 Bay Tech Regional Science Fair
for an application.
has been extended to Monday,
January 31.
Projects do not have to be finished by this time, but students
must register, and submit a concept on the proper form, in order
to be eligible for the fair.
The fair, sponsored by the Rappahannock Community College
Educational Foundation in cooperation with area educators, businesses, politicians, and private
individuals, will be held March
12 at Lancaster Middle School.
The regional fair will be open
to all students—public, private,
or home-schooled—in grades 8
through 12 or equivalent. The
single eligibility requirement is
that applicants be residents of
the counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King
George, King William, Lancaster,
Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent,
Amber Woods
Northumberland, Richmond and
Woods makes
Dean’s List
Amber Woods, a senior mass
communications major, has
been named to the Deans List
at Virginia State University.
Woods is a 2001 graduate of
Largo High School in Largo,
Md.
She is a member of the Mass
Communication Club, Sister
to Sister Organization and the
Student Ambassadors of VSU.
Woods is the daughter of
Debra Harris of Largo and John
Woods of Cincinnati. She is the
granddaughter of Edna Jones
of Kilmarnock and Jean Betts
of Lancaster.
Upon graduating in May,
Woods plans to pursue a career
in radio and television production.
School Notebook
■ Adult classes set
A free adult education
morning class will begin
Tuesday, January 11, and continue through the school year.
Classes are from 9 a.m. to noon
at the Adult Learning Center in
Heathsville.
Adults seeking continuing
education to increase their
workplace skills or study for
the GED exam are urged to
enroll. Call 580-3152.
From left are (front row) Tyanthia Doggett, Sharon Jones, Sabrina Rich and Lori Rice; (next
row) Renarda Newton, Danielle Lee, Joan Alford, Maureen Carter, Betsy Chinn, Lori Williams,
Bonnie Saunders and Regina Long; (next row) Glenns program coordinator Dianne Lucy, Kami- ■ Ebersole earns degree
Christopher Newport Unilah Shabazz, Monica Ward, Stephanie Francis, Amanda Thornton, Shereeta Taylor and Warsaw
versity awarded diplomas to
Program coordinator Marlene Howard.
232 graduates at winter
com mencement exercises on
De cember 18.
John Ebersole of Kil marnock
On December 18, Rappahan- land County.
included Janice Pierson, gen- earned a bachelor’s in English.
nock Community College’s new
Associate professor Dianne eral supervisor for the Essex
Warsaw Campus practical nurs- Lucy, R.N., B.S.N., M.S., school system; LPN class reping program graduated its first expressed gratitude to retiring resentative Joan Alford and ■ Neale graduates
Carolyn June Neale, the
class of students.
Warsaw program coordinator Glenns campus dean Nuala
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. CarThe graduates included Sher- Marlene Howard, R.N., B.S.N., Glennon.
eeta Taylor of Essex; Maureen L. M.S.N. She also noted the conRecalling
the
practical roll T. Neale of Lancaster, was
Carter, Regina I. Long and Lori tribution of program sponsors nurse’s pledge to “devote my awarded a degree with a major
A. Williams of Lancaster; Joan Riverside Healthcare System, Vir- life to service, and to the high in fine art from Flagler ColAlford and Stephanie A. Francis ginia Health Services, Cumber- ideals of the nursing profes- lege.
The college graduated 149
of Middlesex; Betsy C. Chinn, land Hospital and Rappahannock sion,” Glennon said, “There is
Tyanthia Y. Doggett, Sharon L. General Hospital where the prac- no more noble endeavor than seniors at the fall commencement ceremony held December
Jones, Renarda T. Newton, Lori tical nursing students had the to care for the sick.”
Rice, Kamilah A. Shabazz and opportunity to gain clinical expeShe added words of praise 11 in St. Augustine, Fla.
Amanda S. Thornton of Northum- rience.
for the families of the graduatberland County; Monica Ward
“Without their help, we could ing class, without whose supof Richmond County; and Dan- not have implemented the pro- port the students would not
For Display, Classified & Directory
ielle Lee, Sabrina A. Rich and gram,” said Lucy.
have been able to achieve this
Advertising, Call 435-1701
Bonnie J. Saunders of WestmoreSpeakers at the ceremony outstanding success.
Westmoreland, or the towns of
Colonial Beach and West Point.
Students will compete for cash
prizes, scholarships, a field trip
offered by the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation, and the chance to
go on to state and national fairs.
Ideas to be submitted to the
Bay Tech Science Fair acceptance committee should consist
of a clearly-realized premise and
details of the proposed project.
Both should fit in with the fair’s
theme of “Technology and the
Chesapeake Bay.”
Students can obtain the proper
forms for their submissions
from science teachers, school
counselors, or the individuals
at each school who are coordinating preparations for the fair;
from school or public libraries;
or from www.baytechfair.org.
The site also offers numerous
links to other sites where a
variety of project ideas are
described.
435-1701 .... this number will get you places!
Essential Training for Parents & Teachers of Young Children
From left, second- and third-graders included (front row)
Denise Thompson, Joel Spiers, Jasmine Owens, Emilee
Whay, Todd O’Bier and Jonathan Seal; (next row) Ivory
Ball, Le’Aria Kelley, Lane Stephens, Lysa Nguyen, Dazah
Davenport and Thomas Hyde; (next row) Tomasia Kelly,
Allesia Muschette, Brittany Jones, Stables, Kerstin Allen,
Scottie Scott and NaJee Laws.
course for job advancement or
to learn a new skill, such as
welding or operating a beauty
salon.
The deadline to apply for
college funding is February 15.
Requests for other education
funds may be submitted at anytime.
The Covington-Hurst Education Fund takes its name from
two longtime Fairfield UMC
members. Both graduated from
Northumberland County high
schools and Mary Washington
College and taught in Northumberland County public schools
for many years. They have also
been active in community and
club associations.
For an application, call
Therese Horwath at 580-6928.
Brain Sharp Learning
Kindness yields breakfast
Lancaster Primary School students who were kind during
December earned breakfast with principal Merle Stables.
The monthly event is sponsored by the PTA to celebrate students who exemplify a particular character trait, which was
“kindness” last month. From left, kindergartners and firstgraders included (front row) Marcus Lee, Rachel Hurst,
Amber Davis, Bailey Elbourn, William Clarke, Ashleigh
Smith and Jhamari Gordon; (next row) Wyatt Kemp, Trevor
Smith, Daryl Gordon, Shelby Asbury, Ky’Von Clayton and
Ariana Marsh; (next row) Barry Jackson, James Michael
Bryant, Brittany Smith, Stables, Darrian Doggett, Nicole
Roland, Jolena Towles and Cole Schomer.
The Covington-Hurst Education Fund (CHEF), sponsored
by Fairfields United Methodist
Church, recently announced it
is accepting applications for
educational assistance funds.
The purpose of CHEF is
to provide funds to qualified
applicants for any valid educational, vocational, or job training course. No preference is
given in consideration of race,
sex or age. Eligibility for funds
requires an annual application.
Awards are limited to residents
of Northumberland and Lancaster counties and are paid
directly to the educational institution.
It is the church’s intent to
fund college-bound students
and those who want to take a
Ten Steps
to Positive
Discipline
Learn how to:
• Manage children’s anger;
• Handle disrespect;
• Support “difficult” children;
• Build character & self-esteem;
• Deal with bullying.
Where: Kilmarnock United Methodist Church
89 E. Church Street, Kilmarnock, VA
When: January 29, 2005, 9 AM to 3 PM,
Registration at 8:30
Child Care Provided for Children 6 Mos. to 12 Years
$15 per person/$25 per couple
For more info. call Judy Teagle at 804-435-1797
All-Girls College Prep Boarding School
RCC Warsaw Campus graduates LPN class
Invites Prospective Students and
Parents to Admission Open Houses
January 9-10* (Sunday-Monday)
January 16-17 (Sunday-Monday of M.L. King weekend)
February 20-21 (Sunday-Monday of Presidents Day weekend)
*Special program including Civil Rights Leader Victoria Gray Adams
Each open house includes campus tours, class visits,
and an overnight stay on dorm for prospective students
About Chatham Hall:
■ Recent Grads to Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, U.Va.
■ Scholarships Available
■ Athletics, Riding, Dance, Music, and Arts Programs
■ Summer Riding or Science Camp: chathamhall.org/summer
■ Open House Registration: Call 434-432-5613
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Nurse aides graduate
On December 8, another class graduated Rappahannock Community College’s nurse aide program. From left are (front row) Cheryl Alderman of the Northern Neck One-Stop Center, nurse
aide instructor and program coordinator Lelia Poteet, R.N., Shaunte Smith, Casey Swift and Cassandra Wise; (next row) Sharnell Jackson, Connie Balderson, Megan Davis, Bernice Thompson
and Glenn Cooper. New classes will begin January 10 (day sessions) and January 31 (evening
sessions) at the Warsaw Campus. To register, call 758-6743 (Glenns), or 333-6752 (Warsaw).
Financial aid might be available. Call the Northern Neck One-Stop Center (333-3675), the
Gloucester-Mathews One-Stop Center (693-3633), the Westmoreland County Social Services
Office (493-9305), or the Job Assistance Center in Saluda (758-4683).
TOM JENNINGS
White Stone, Va.
435-0091
New 66-foot tower looms
on middle school horizon
by Robb Hoff
LANCASTER—The county
board of supervisors last week
gave its support to a wind-data
gathering project that would
include a 66-foot tower on the
grounds of Lancaster Middle
School.
The tower would be temporarily placed on middle school
property to collect wind action
data from an anemometer atop
the tower. The data would be
used to determine if a wind-pow-
ered generator could be permanently constructed at the middle
school to supply electrical needs
when the middle school is used
as an emergency shelter.
The tower, anemometer and
installation would be provided
through a state program.
In correspondence provided
to the board, Lancaster school
board member Donald McCann
states that James Madison University administers an anemometer loan program through
grant funding from the Virginia
Department of Mines, Minerals
and Energy with assistance from
the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory.
McCann noted that the pro-
gram could also assess wind
potential for electrical supply
during the school year. The
anemometer loan program was
established by the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Wind Powering America” initiative, said
McCann.
On December 20, school
superintendent Dr. Randolph
Latimore also informed the
Kilmarnock town council about
the project, which he said would
require that the tower be placed
on middle school property for
one year to collect the data.
The tower placement will
require a permit from the town
upon approval of the project by
JMU.
Home- based
businesses
grow
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when they
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Jacquelyn K.P. Murray
Murray earns
Dean’s List
Jacquelyn K. P. Murray was
named to the fall Dean’s List
at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, N.C.
Murray is a freshman at the
college and a 2004 graduate of
Lancaster High School. She is
majoring in music education.
She received the Roy and Grace
Jordon Scholarship and merit
and music scholarships from
Chowan.
She is the daughter of Mrs. R.
C. Murray of White Stone.
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Cynthia N. Jones, a 2000
graduate of Lancaster High
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tourism and hospitality management.
Jones is a member of Sigma
Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., and
was elected queen of her organization.
She plans to pursue a master’s in NBA marketing and
business management at New
York University in New York.
Jones is the daughter of Carolyn Thomas of White Stone
and Eric N. Jones Sr. of Richmond. She is the granddaughter of James and Virginia H.
Thomas of White Stone and
Nathaniel and Marvis B. Jones
of Weems and the great-granddaughter of Etta Beale of
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2005 Agriculture Summit
will be held February 21-22
Watermen’s grant
workshops planned
The
Virginia
Graduate
Marine Science Consortium is
accepting
applications
to
compete for approximately
$270,000 in the Fishery
Resource Grant Program.
Workshops will be held to
explain the grant program,
including eligibility and funding priorities, how to complete
the application and where to go
for more help when developing
a grant proposal package.
Workshops will be held
Wednesday, January 12, at the
Virginia Institute of Marine
Science in Gloucester Point and
Thursday, January 13, at Rappahannock Community College
The 2005 Virginia Agriculture
Summit will bring producers and
industry leaders together in Roanoke in February to discuss
changes ahead for Virginia agriculture.
Sponsored by Virginia Farm
Bureau Federation, Virginia
Cooperative Extension, the Virginia Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services, Virginia
State University, Virginia Tech
and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Risk Management
Agency, the summit will take
place February 21 and 22 at the
hotel Roanoke and Conference
Center. The event is open to all
interested members of the agriculture community.
The forum will focus on the
in Warsaw. The meetings will
be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The General Assembly created the program to protect
and
enhance
the
Commonwealth’s coastal fishery
resource through the awarding
of grants in four areas: new
fisheries equipment and gear
proposals, environmental pilot
study proposals to improve
habitat, aquaculture and mariculture proposals, and seafood
technology and utilization proposals.
To receive an application
form, call 684-7173. Information is also available at
www.vims.edu/ /frg/.
Tech. Sgt. Dull retires
A ceremony for Tech. Sgt.
James L. Dull Jr., retiring from
the U.S. Air Force, took place
December 17, at the Virginia Aviation Museum at Richmond International Airport in Richmond.
Formerly of Kilmarnock, Dull
is a 1979 graduate of Lancaster
High School. He now lives in
Richmond.
Tech Sgt. Dull enlisted in the
Air Force on March 19, 1981.
Upon completion of Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB
in San Antonio, Texas, he was
assigned to Grand Forks AFB
North Dakota as a security policeman.
After a year, he volunteered
for an overseas assignment at a
remote location and was assigned
to Incirlik Air Base in Adana,
Turkey. He was later reassigned
to Seymour Johnson AFB in
Goldsboro, N.C., where he crosstrained into the civil engineering
career field and was assigned
as the noncommission officer in
charge of the electrical shop.
In 1989, Tech. Sgt. Dull
accepted a special duty assignment as an enlisted accessions
recruiter in Richmond where
he was awarded three Senior
Recruiting Badges, Top A-Flight,
Top A and P, and Top ROTC
recruiter his first fours in production.
His assignment later changed
to State College, Pa., where
his duty consisted of officer
accessions recruiting, specifically officer training school
(OTS) candidates. While there,
he won his fourth silver badge
as a top OTS recruiter two years
in a row.
In 1998, he was assigned
Patricia Prillaman (left) and Carolyn Scarbrough discuss the
fine points of presentation.
Area caterer sells business
Tech. Sgt. James L. Dull Jr.
to Charlottesville as an officer
accessions recruiter. There he
won a fifth Silver Recruiting
Badge and Top Officer Accessions Office.
Tech. Sgt. Dull relocated to
Richmond for his last assignment in October 2000 where
he was presented with his sixth
and final Silver Badge as a top
OTS recruiter.
Tech. Sgt. Dull’s awards and
decorations include the Air Force
Commendation Medal with one
oak leaf cluster, the Air Force
Achievement Medal with four oak
leaf clusters, the Air Force Good
Conduct Medal with five oak leaf
clusters, and the National Defense
Medal with one Bronze star.
Tech. Sgt. Dull is married to
the former Donna G. Thompson
of Richmond. They have three
children: Jessica Dull of Newport
News, Jack Thompson of Norfolk and Tyler Thompson of Richmond. His parents are James L.
and Donna C. Dull of Kilmarnock.
Carolyn Scarbrough recently
announced her retirement from
Country Gourmet, the catering
company she started 20 years
ago.
Patricia Prillaman, a longtime co-worker, bought the
business at the end of December. The business will continue
to operate as Country Gourmet
LLC.
Specializing in home entertainment with personal attention to planning has been a
hallmark of the business and
will continue to be, they said.
Each event is customized to
meet the individual needs of
the client from menu design
Art gallery
holds sale
The
Rappahannock Art
League Studio Gallery in
Kilmarnock will have a winter
sale in January and February
with ten percent off everything
on display.
“This is a way of thanking
our regular customers for their
support as well as attracting
new buyers,” said managing
director Margaret Powell. “Our
sale was so popular last year
that we are repeating it.”
The gallery has fine art and
crafts by more than 70 artists.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Chamber
announces
calendar
The Kilmarnock Chamber of
Commerce
last
week
announced its calendar of special events for 2005.
Kilmarnock Days will be
held February 4 and 5. Red Hot
Day is April 16. Rivahfest will
be celebrated May 28 and Dog
Shelva Gaskins was commended for her contributions by Austin Days on August 5 and 6.
Scottish Day will be OctoRoberts.
ber 15. Halloween treats will
be available on Main Street on
October 31 and the Christmas
Parade will be December 9.
Shelva Gaskins retires
with 38 years of service
On the occasion of her retirement, Shelva Gaskins was honored at the Bay Banks of Virginia
staff Christmas Party in December. Bay Banks is the holding
company for Bank of Lancaster
and Bay Trust Company.
Gaskins joined the bank in
August of 1966, retiring in
December 2004 with 38 years of
service.
Gaskins began her career in
the bookkeeping department, and
later moved to the teller line,
where she became the note teller.
She then moved to the loan operations area, a position she continued to hold until her retirement.
In 2000, her fellow employees
voted Gaskins as the Bay Banks
of Virginia Employee-of-theYear.
“Shelva saw the bank’s first
computer come through the doors,
she remembers when there were
no account numbers and our
bookkeepers filed checks by customers’ names, and she has seen a
‘mouse’ turn into something that
is welcome in the office,” said
bank presdient and chief executive officer Austin Roberts III.
“ Shelva is one of those special
individuals who helped to lay the
foundation for the success our
company enjoys today and no
matter the changes that evolved
in the banking industry during
the past 38 years, two things were
constant: her smile and her wonderful attitude.”
He noted everyone is grateful
for the commitment Shelva made
to the company, to her fellow
employees and to customers.
“Shelva will be greatly missed
and we will never forget her or
the contributions she has made to
our company,” said Roberts. “She
is and always will be an important part of this family.”
On behalf of the company,
Roberts presented Gaskins with
a crystal vase and a diamond,
engraved watch. Gaskins was also
roasted by fellow employees and
presented with other retirement
gifts.
Business
seminars
scheduled
The Rappahannock Region
Small Business Development
Center in January will conduct
two seminars at the Northern
Neck Planning District Commission headquarters at 483
Main Street in Warsaw.
“First Steps to Starting a
Business” will be offered January 12 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
The fee is $20. Advance registration is required.
“Business Plan Workshop”
will be offered January 18 and
19 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The fee
is $40. Advance registration is
required.
To register for either seminar, call 333-0286.
to on-site planning and rental
coordination.
Scarbrough has worked from
her home where she constructed a licensed restaurant
kitchen. Her goal was to provide complete service to insure
a consistent level of quality.
Prillaman will also work
from a licensed home kitchen,
with attention to detail and customized service. Her 10- year
association with Scarbrough
has given her the experience
to maintain the same level of
quality.
Country Gourmet LLC will
operate from Callao, and can
be reached at 529-5415.
Holiday raffle
winners picked
Lou Anne Nabhan of Richmond and Susan Crockett of
Gloucester recently won gift
certificates for massage therapy.
On December 31, Nancy Stodart drew their names from
registrations collected through
December at Hartfield Massage
Therapy.
Dianne Fix and Christina
Cramer offer the gift certificates in appreciation of their
clients and in recognition of
the health benefits of a good
massage.
“We at Hartfield Massage
Therapy extend our congratulations to Lou Anne and Susan,”
Fix said. “We wish everyone in
our community a new year of
well-being and happiness.”
STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST
Quotes as of: Close on 1/3/05
AT&T .............................. 18.81
Altria (Philip Morris) ............... 60.63
BB & T Corp. .................. 41.73
Bay Banks VA ................. 14.85
CSX Corporation ............. 39.82
Chesapeake Financial .... *37.00
Chesapeake Corp ............. 26.84
Davenport Equity Fund ... 13.11
Dominion Resources ....... 67.48
Eastern VA Bank Shares . 25.00
Exxon Mobil .................... 50.09
IBM .................................. 97.75
Kraft Foods ...................... 34.88
Omega Protein ................... 8.54
Sun Trust (Formerly Crestar) . 72.79
Union Bankshares ............ 38.03
Verizon ............................ 40.49
Wachovia Bank ............... 52.19
Zapata Corp ..................... 60.80
changing face of agriculture for
both large and small farming
operations. Participants will discuss innovative ways to boost
farm income, such as new and
creative production and marketing techniques.
The opening day will feature
nationally recognized speakers.
Presentations on the second day
will direct attention to more specific concerns on the state and
regional level.
The deadline to register for
special room rates at the hotel is
February 10. The $50 registration
fee covers all sessions, meals and
breaks. After February 10, registration will be $75. For more
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Bank appoints three new
advisory board members
Bank of Lancaster has named
L. Harlan Davis, James Lawrence
“Larry” Thorn Sr. and Susan L.
Tipton to the Golden Advantage
Community Reinvestment Advisory Board.
“We are excited to have Harlan,
Larry and Susan on this important community outreach board,”
stated president and chief executive officer Austin L. Roberts
III. “Each brings a unique perspective of community and experience and we look forward to
their input as we continue to be
a leader of vision in serving our
communities and in making our
Golden Advantage program of
value to our customers.”
Davis, Thorn and Tipton join
members Carl F. Gerster, John
H. Harding Jr., DDS, Elaine
Harrington, Marilyn D. O’Bier,
Evalyn B. Sanford and Nancy J.
Wilmot.
Semi-retired, Davis consults
in Latin America on education
and economic development projects. He is retired as a counselor
from the U.S. Foreign Service.
Davis served posts in Guatemala,
Colombia, Brazil, Panama and
Costa Rica working on economic
analysis issues of these countries
and on foreign assistance projects and is fluent in Spanish and
Portuguese.
His second career was in
university teaching and administration. He retired from the University of Georgia in Athens as
professor emeritus.
Davis received a bachelor’s
from Virginia Tech, a master’s
from the University of Maryland
and a doctorate in agricultural
economics from the University of
Wisconsin in Madison.
Davis is a director of The
From left are Golden Advantage director Theresa Ransone,
Harlan Davis, Larry Thorn, Susan Tipton and Austin Roberts.
Haven, the University Del Valle in
Guatemala and the Tropics Foundation. He serves on the Northern
Neck Planning District Commission National Historical Heritage
committee and the YMCA capital committee. He is a member
and deacon of Totuskey Baptist
Church. Davis is also an Angel
Flight Pilot, volunteering his
pilot time and airplane to ferry
disadvantaged children for medical treatments and emergencies.
Davis lives in Richmond
County with his wife, Jean. They
have three grown children.
Thorn has been a resident of
Richmond County since 1975.
With over 30 years in the flooring
business, he is now semi-retired
from a family-owned business,
Nunnally’s Floors & Decorating
in Warsaw.
Thorn works with Habitat for
Humanity.
“The look on their faces when
we finish installing their new
floor covering and they see it for
the first time is priceless,” Thorn
said.
He serves on the Warsaw Town
Council. He is a director of Riverside Tappahannock Hospital. He
is a member and Junior Warden of
St. John’s Episcopal Church and
a member and past president of
Warsaw Rotary Club. He served
a three-year term on the bank’s
Richmond County Community
Reinvestment Advisory Board.
Thorn lives in Warsaw with
Dianne, his wife of 43 years.
They have two children, Kemberly Martin and Jamie Thorn.
Tipton retired in 2000 as executive director of the Northern
Neck Tourism Council. Upon her
retirement, she had served five
years as executive director and
two years as president. As executive director, Tipton completed
the program in 1996 for certification of the Northern Neck
region as an “Accredited Tourism
Community”; received designation from the Virginia Tourism
Division for a sixth geographic
tourism region, “Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay,” for the Northern
Neck and Middle Peninsula in
1997; was awarded Virginia
Tourism grant for eco-tourism
promotion in 2000; was awarded
National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Gateways grant
for Potomac Gateway Welcome
Center interpretive display and
video in 2000; and was awarded
a TEA-21 grant for Northern
Neck Heritage Trail in 2001.
Tipton received a bachelor’s
in computer science from the
University of California and
participated in the marketing
executive program at Columbia
University Graduate School of
Business.
Tipton was appointed by the
Northumberland board of
supervisors to represent the
county in a partnership operating a regional visitor center.
She serves as director and
chairman of the development
committee and interim director
of the Reedville Fishermen’s
Museum. She is leading efforts
to create the Northern Neck
Conservation Network. Tipton
is a member and past conservation chair of the Garden Club
of the Northern Neck. She is
a member, assistant treasurer
and bookkeeper, lay reader and
choir member of St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church in Fleeton.
Tipton lives in Reedville with
her husband, Bob.
“We are very appreciative of
both the time and input that all
of our advisory board members
give to us,” Roberts said. “We
are a better financial institution
because of their dedication to
service and community.”
SCC posts comparison prices
for state electricity services
The State Corporation Commission (SCC) last week
announced a key piece of
information that shoppers for
electricity supply service will
need should competitive suppliers begin making offers in Virginia during 2005.
It is the average “price to compare” for each customer class
of the four utility companies
in Virginia that have opened
their service territories to choice:
Dominion Virginia Power, Appalachian Power, Allegheny Power
and Conectiv Power Delivery.
The “price to compare” is the
regulated price of the generation
and transmission of electricity,
less any applicable competitive
transition charge. The SCC has
determined that such a charge is
not necessary during 2005. The
SCC will review again the need
for the charge prior to 2006.
A consumer can use the “price
to compare” as a benchmark for
comparing offers for electricity
supply service they may receive
from competitive service providers. Offers below the “price
to compare” give the customer
a chance to save money. Other
offers may have special attributes
that are priced above the “price
to compare.”
Expressed in cents per kilowatt-hour (¢kWh) of electricity,
the “price to compare” differs
among different types of customers: residential, commercial,
industrial and churches. Armed
with that number and the amount
of electricity used over the past
year, a customer can compare the
estimated annual cost of a competitive offer to what they would
pay the incumbent utility.
The following are annual averages for each customer class. The
actual “price to compare” for
a particular customer will vary
depending on usage and the rate
schedule of the existing electric
company. A customer can always
ask their current electric company for their actual “price to
compare.”
Dominion Virginia Power
prices are 6.078 ¢/kWh for residential customers, 5.699 ¢/kWh
for small commercial; 5.435
¢/kWh for large commercial;
4.629 ¢/kWh for small industrial;
4.217 ¢/kWh for large industrial;
and 6.651 ¢/kWh for churches.
Appalachian Power prices are
3.336 ¢/kWh for residential customers; 3.187 ¢/kWh for small
commercial; 3.705 ¢/kWh for
large commercial; 3.082 ¢/kWh
for small industrial; 2.901 ¢/kWh
for large industrial; and 3.104
¢/kWh for churches.
Alleghany Power prices are
3.87 ¢/kWh for residential customers; 3.96 ¢/kWh for small
commercial; 3.90 ¢/kWh for large
commercial; 3.55 ¢/kWh for
small industrial; and 3.34 ¢/kWh
for large industrial.
Connectiv prices are 6.47
¢/kWh for residential customers;
7.00 ¢/kWh for small commercial; 6.73 ¢/kWh for small industrial; and 6.00 ¢/kWh for large
industrial.
All four companies show “price
to compare” information and
more detailed electric usage information on the monthly bill. The
monthly bill also shows as separate items the charge for electricity supply service (including
transmission costs), the charge
for distribution service, a competitive transition charge (when
applicable), and associated state
and local taxes.
Electricity supply service is the
service for which Virginians will
be able to shop. Distribution service will continue to be provided
by the current electric company
at rates approved by the SCC.
Virginians are still looking
for the opportunity to choose
their supplier of electricity. How-
Low-income, working families could
be eligible for earned income tax credit
April 15....Just a mention of
the date may cause stress. It’s
almost an American tradition
to dread the day tax forms are
due.
For many low-income working families, however, the time
to file taxes is really a remarkable opportunity – and one that
is often overlooked.
Many of these families are
eligible for the federal Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC). In
Virginia, the average credit is
$1,645.
Taxpayers who have earned
income during the calendar
year, either working full or
part-time, may be eligible.
The amount of the credit is
determined by income level
and family size. With two or
more qualifying children, eligible filers must earn less
than $34,458 but may receive
a credit of up to $4,300. A
taxpayer with one qualifying
child and maximum earnings
of $30,338 may receive up to
$2,604. If there are no children, a taxpayer must make
less than $11,490 to qualify
for the EITC, with a maximum
credit of $390. If married couples file jointly, the income
limit is $1,000 higher.
Let’s consider an example.
Maria, a single mother with
two children, makes $6.15 an
hour as a child care teacher
(annual salary $12,000). If she
meets the requirements, she
could receive a refund of up to
$4,140.
The EITC is called the country’s greatest anti-poverty measure. It reduces the tax burden
on these workers and supplements wages.
In 2002, the EITC lifted 4.9
million individuals, including
2.8 million children, above the
poverty level. Over $36 billion was refunded to 20 million taxpayers. Last year, 21
million families received the
benefit, yet it’s estimated that
in Virginia, 22 percent of those
eligible do not claim the credit
either because they were
unaware of the benefit or they
were not able to get the help
they needed to file a tax
return.
The Virginia Department of
Social Services (VDSS) is
partnering with the Internal
Revenue Service and community organizations across
the Commonwealth to promote
awareness of the EITC.
VDSS is providing space
for tax preparation and training staff in tax preparation. In
communities where volunteer
organizations already are preparing taxes for low-income
families, VDSS is supporting
those efforts. Local departments of social services also
are getting involved.
Volunteers are needed to
prepare taxes. To learn about
volunteer opportunities, contact project manager Carolyn
Spohrer
at
cspohrer@vacap.com
or
644-0417.
To determine eligibility for
the EITC, visit www.irs.gov/
eitc, or call 1-800-829-1040.
ever, no competitive service provider is offering electricity supply
priced so that customers may save
money. A total of 1,778 customers served by a competitive supplier that offers a higher-priced,
environmentally-friendly source
of electricity.
Eleven competitive service providers are licensed by the SCC.
Of the 11, five are fully prepared
to make competitive offers when
they deem market conditions to
be favorable. Once licensed and
registered with a local distribution company, each competitive
service provider decides to which
consumers it will market and
when to begin such marketing.
For additional information
about the state’s progress toward
developing a competitive energy
supply market, consumers are
encouraged
to
visit
www.vaenergychoice.org.
Bank assists
Red Cross
relief efforts
Due to the response of local residents regarding the tsunami in South
Asia, Chesapeake Bank has agreed
to accept financial contributions on
behalf of the local Red Cross.
“The American Red Cross honors
donor intent,” said River Counties
Chapter executive director Kate
Hanley. “Money donated for the
emergency response to the earthquake and resulting tsunamis in the
eastern hemisphere will be used in
accordance with donors’ intent.”
Donations in cash or by check
may be made at any Chesapeake
Bank location. Checks should be
made payable to the American Red
Cross.
Checks may be sent to the American Red Cross National Headquarters, 2025 E Street, NW Washington,
DC 20006; or call 800-435-7669.
Checks also may be sent to the
River Counties Chapter Red Cross
office, P.O. Box 915, White Stone,
VA 22578.
Debbie B. Hamilton
earns bank promotion
Bank of Lancaster president
and chief executive officer Austin
L.
Roberts
III,
recently
announced that Debbie B. Hamilton had been promoted to the
position of Customer Care Center
officer.
Hamilton is a graduate of Middlesex High School. She began
her banking career in April 1980
as a teller. She later moved to
the position of new accounts representative and then became an
assistant branch manager.
Hamilton joined the Bank of
Lancaster in November 2000 as
a customer service representative and was named manager of
the bank’s new Customer Care
Center in June 2003.
Hamilton has attended banking
courses at Rappahannock Community College.
She serves on several of the
bank’s service improvement
teams, including supervisory
training, e-learning, and the IS
steering committee.
Hamilton is president/contact
person for the Northern Neck
Medical Association Alliance.
She also participates in community projects throughout the year
as a representative for the bank.
She is a member of Irvington
Baptist Church.
Hamilton and her husband, Dr.
Debbie B. Hamilton
James Hamilton, live in Weems.
“Hamilton is committed to our
company’s philosophy of service
excellence and her vision and
leadership abilities have been an
asset to our Customer Care Center
as we strive each day to provide
our customers with a first-call
resolution and the highest quality
of service,” said Roberts. “Hamilton is not only an asset to our
Customer Care Center, but to
our company as a whole and we
are pleased to have her on our
team.”
New brochure offers details
for registering farm vehicles
A new Virginia Department of
Motor Vehicles publication provides specifics about state laws
related to registered and unregistered farm vehicles and their
respective legal uses.
“Frequently Asked Questions
About Farm Venicles” was published in September following
a review of state vehicle laws.
It explains the requirements for
operating registered, or F-tag, and
unregistered farm vehicles, those
that typically bear “Farm Use”
plates or signage. It also specifies when a commercial driver’s
license is required to operate a
registered farm vehicle and provides details related to legal use
of dyed (untaxed) diesel fuel in
farm vehicles.
Virginia Farm Bureau representatives worked with DMV to
ensure the brochure addressed
questions frequently posed by
farmers. Andrew Smith, a
member of Farm Bureau’s governmental relations staff, noted
that in some instances incorrect
information was being shared
among producers.
Copies of the brochure are
available from local DMV
offices.
Richardson joins bank staff
Chesapeake Bank recently
announced the addition of Tom
Richardson as assistant vice
president in the commercial
lending division. From the
Kilmarnock office, he will
serve the commercial banking
needs of customers in Lancaster, Northumberland and
Middlesex counties.
Prior to joining the bank,
Richardson had been employed
by an international engineering
and technology firm in Williamsburg, and most recently
as a residential and commercial loan officer in the Northern Neck.
Richardson received an
undergraduate degree in aeronautical science from EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University
and subsequently served in the
U.S. Navy as an aviator. He
later attended The College of
William and Mary Business
School where he earned a master’s in business administration
with a focus in financial analyses.
“We are pleased to welcome
Tom to our team of experienced business bankers in the
Northern Neck,” said president
and chief executive officer Jeffrey M. Szyperski. “His previous banking experience and
knowledge of the market will
be a real asset to our customers
and to Chesapeake Bank as we
continue to grow.”
Tom Richardson
Richardson and his wife,
Susan, moved to the Northern
Neck four years ago. Their children, Hannah and John, attend
Lancaster Primary School
where the Richardsons are
members of the PTA.
Richardson is on the board of
the Northern Neck YMCA, on
the finance committee of the
Reedville
Fishermen’s
Museum, chairman of the
Irvington Fourth of July committee and is a member of the
Kilmarnock and District Pipe
Band.
In their free time, the Robinsons enjoy sailing their Flying
Scot at Rappahannock River
Yacht Club.
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From the front
Legislature returns to action
Police . . . .
ist assistance once and provided
traffic control once.
In recent calls for fire
department service, the White
Stone Volunteer Fire Department
responded to a report of smoke at
a Mosquito Point Road residence.
The Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire
Department responded to a brush
fire on Figg Lane, a traffic accident on DuPont Memorial Highway and a fire alarm on Castle
Lane.
Northumberland
County
Sheriff Wayne Middleton
reported 12 arrests last week.
Willard H. Langford, 37, of
Dunnsville was charged with
writing a bad check for $201.38
to a Callao area business.
David Donte Churchill, 23, was
charged December 28 on a grand
jury indictment with distribution
of cocaine.
Victoria Thompson, 31, of
Callao was charged January 1,
with four counts of forgery and
one count of uttering.
John Keeve, 45, of Reedville
was charged January 1, with three
counts of uttering.
A Heathsville man, 31, was
charged with violation of an
emergency protective order.
A Burgess man, 18, was
charged December 27 with reckless driving.
A Heathsville area woman, 36,
was charged December 28 with
obstruction of justice.
A 15-year-old Heathsville juvenile was charged December 28
with two counts of assault and
battery.
A Lottsburg man, 53, was
charged with failure to appear in
the General District Court.
A woman, 44, was charged
with obstruction of justice and
trespassing.
A Lottsburg woman, 53, was
charged January 1 with appearing in public in an intoxicated
condition.
A Mechanicsville woman, 49,
was charged January 1 with driving under the influence of alcohol.
A Heathsville man, 43, was
charged December 31 with
appearing in public in an intoxicated condition.
The sheriff’s staff also
responded to reports of:
• a break-in at a Reedville area
residence. Taken were a gift card,
a Medicaid card, social security
card, and approximately $50 in
cash.
• a larceny from a vehicle in
the Heathsville area. Taken was a
GM factory-installed stereo and
CD player valued at $450. During
entrance to the vehicle a driver’s
side window, valued at $400, was
broken.
• vandalism in the Wicomico
area. Damages to a fence and
road sign are valued at $50.
• break-ins at three residences
and one business in the Reedville area. A brown money bank
containing approximately $50 in
cash was taken from one home.
Nothing has been reported missing from the other locations.
• a larceny from a Burgess area
business. Taken was a framing
nail air gun valued at $250.
• numerous break-ins to a
number of trailers at a Reedville
area campground. Other than
damages valued at $1,225, items
taken include a Samsung VCR/
DVD player valued at $125, a
half-gallon of liquor valued at
$40, and an entertainment center
valued at $125.
LANCASTER
COUNTY
CRIME SOLVERS
UP TO $1000 REWARD
The Lancaster County Crime
Solvers is seeking information on
the theft of signs in the Little Bay
area and the destruction of mail
boxes on Windmill Point Road.
Between January 1 and January 3 vandals destroyed mail
boxes on Windmill Point Road
and Vista Lane. They also stole
wooden signs with names and
911 addresses from Little Bay,
Tabbs Creek and Clarks Point
roads.
Report information on these
incidents or any crime to Crime
Solvers at 462-7463. Callers do
not have to give their name and
will not have to appear in court.
If the information is useful, the
caller could receive a reward up
to $1,000.
Crime Solvers has cash rewards
for callers 730, 757, 759, 776,
780, 784, 789, 790, 794, 802,
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From left, Lions Al Dessenberger, Tom Melton and Tom
Miller load Santa’s pickup.
Lions Club distributes
Christmas gifts, baskets
Over 20 Northumberland Lions Club members and guests
served as Santa’s elves on December 15.
They gathered at Bud Disney’s cottage to wrap presents and
assemble food baskets for their annual Christmas project.
They arranged food baskets for 17 families. Another 13
Lions delivered the gifts for 37 children and food baskets to
the families.
“This truly exemplifies our commitment to serve by helping
our neighbors enjoy the holidays,” said chair Ann DePaolo.
Gift items of dolls, electronics and trucks will brighten
Christmas morning for the children, but warm clothing, gloves
and hats will help keep them safe on cold winter days.
Lion Al Dessenberger organized over 3,000 pounds of food.
A special thank you to Callao Market for ordering the food
and Lewis Seafood of Reedville for donating the boxes needed
for food distribution.
The Lions also delivered baskets of personal items for
women receiving help from The Haven.
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
supports Northern Neck
internet resource center
JACKSONVILLE—Trustees
of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund
recently awarded $219,975 to the
University of Richmond to support creation of an internet-based
resource center to serve community organizations in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
The trustees also awarded
$180,000 to Calvary United
Methodist Church in Farnham,
to support a partnership with
Three Rivers Healthy Beginnings, which provides in-home
training and support for at-risk
parents of young children in the
Northern Neck.
The grants were among 16
awards worth $1.76 million made
by the trustees during their
November meeting.
The Northern Neck internet
resource center will be modeled
after
Connect
Richmond
(www.oncampus.richmond.edu/
connect/), which the university
developed to serve the greater
Richmond area. The web site
provides information about available services, data on community
needs, and enables connections
among community organizations
and other users through emailed
newsletters, list-serves and chat
rooms.
Connect
Richmond
has
become the centerpiece for communication among nonprofit,
business, government and community leaders. Such a network
can be valuable in the Northern
Neck, where distance, geogra-
Holly Ball . . . .
phy and isolation create additional barriers for those wishing
to serve the community.
Three Rivers Healthy Beginnings seeks to address the needs
of children ages 6 and younger
whose health and social development may be hampered by
poverty or family circumstances.
Twenty-two percent of children
under age 6 in the Northern Neck
live in poverty and the infant
mortality rate is twice that of the
state.
Parents learn about Healthy
Beginnings through physicians,
community organizations or
churches such as Calvary United
Methodist. Participation is voluntary.
Healthy Beginnings provides
home visitation to participating
families, offering child development activities and parent
training. Healthy Beginnings distributes books and coaches parents in the importance of reading
to children. Program workers also
assist parents in scheduling regular medical appointments for the
children and provide transportation and assistance with reimbursement forms, if necessary.
Workers conduct annual developmental screenings on each child.
The Jessie Ball duPont Fund
makes grants to more than 330
eligible organizations identified
by Mrs. duPont in her will. The
fund has assets of $283 million
and has awarded $217 million in
grants since 1977.
Beach, presented by her father
and escorted by Christopher
Harrison Gadston Gilchrist of
Tappahannock.
Also presented were Miss
Margaret Marston Ransone,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm Chilton Ransone of
White Stone, presented by
her father and escorted by
William Claughton Blackwell
IV of Richmond; Miss Robin
Mae Schick, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Jonathon Schick of Colonial
Beach, presented by her father
and escorted by Alex Nathan
Chapin of Wicomico; Miss
Allison Leigh Smith, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hervey Lee Smith Jr. of
Warsaw, presented by her
father and escorted by
Michael Bradford Drewry of
Warsaw; Miss Katelyn Lee
Stillman, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dana Lee Stillman
of Kilmarnock, presented by
her father and escorted by
Joseph Eugene Sgroi of Tappahannock; Miss Katherine
Corbin Stuart Valentine, the
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stuart Valentine of Alexandria, presented by her uncle,
Mr. Richard Henry Stuart,
and escorted by Harold A.
Scott III of Hague; and Miss
Elizabeth Marie Wilkins, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Gary Wilkins of
Kilmarnock, presented by her
father and escorted by Colin
Christopher Smith of Reedville.
Proceeds from the Holly
Ball are dispersed by The
Tidewater Foundation to charitable organizations supporting education and youth in
the Northern Neck and Middle
Peninsula.
by Reid Pierce-Armstrong
RICHMOND—The 2005 General Assembly convenes Wednesday, January 12, for a short
session that will last until February 26.
Sen. John H. Chichester said
the work he does in Richmond
“not only enhances the quality
of life in the Northern Neck but
elsewhere in Virginia, especially
when it comes to funding education.”
As chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, Sen. Chichester is largely focused on the
budget this year.
Issues he is working on that
could directly impact the Northern Neck include: working with
Medicaid to provide funding for
free health care clinics such as
the one in Kilmarnock; “paving
the way toward long-term solutions” for the obstetrics crisis in
the Northern Neck and other rural
counties; Medicare waivers; and
transportation issues.
Del. Albert S. Pollard Jr. said he
has three priorities this legislative
season: seeking relief from the
No Child Left Behind Act, helping rural obstetrics and securing
sound menhaden management.
Del. Pollard said he will either
patron or co-patron a bill that
would allow the Commonwealth
to seek a waiver from the No
Child Left Behind Act. The act
allows for such waivers in states
with equally rigorous standards
and accountability.
Complying with the act, Del.
Pollard argues, costs the state
extra money and duplicates
efforts already being made. Local
school boards are backing this
push.
Del. Pollard plans to take a
hard look at the governor’s rural
obstetrics pilot project and the
money attached to the project.
He wants to ensure that the language is workable for the Northern Neck and that there is money
to back it up. He intends to introduce a budget amendment to this
effect, he said.
Del. Pollard also intends to
fight any legislation to move
the regulation of the menhaden
industry to the Virginia Marine
Resources Commission. Those
who believe that the menhaden
industry should be regulated by
the VMRC argue that when the
federal oversight agency, the
Hedberg to serve as Senate page
Ruth Weller Hedberg of Burgess will serve as a page in the
Virginia Senate for the 2005 session of the General Assembly.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hedberg and attends
Northumberland Middle School. She was appointed by Sen.
John H. Chichester, president pro tempore.
Pages and messengers will report to Richmond for orientation
on January 9 and serve until the session adjourns on February
26. The duties of the pages and messengers include running
errands for senators and clerk’s office staff, collating and filing
bills and assisting committee clerks with meetings and recycling.
While in Richmond, pages and messengers are responsible
for maintaining their schoolwork. A mandatory, two-hour study
session is observed Monday through Thursday evenings.
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, changes any menhaden regulations, it can take
months for the General Assembly to adopt the new regulation if
it is not in session at the time the
new federal regulation passes.
Del. Pollard will patron or copatron a bill allowing the governor to act on such regulations
while the General Assembly is
not in session.
Northumberland and Lancaster county governments are
backing the fight against any bill
to move menhaden regulation to
the VMRC.
Lancaster has approved a resolution to oppose the “flush” tax.
The General Assembly is considering charging a $52 annual fee
for every household, whether it
is connected to a sewer or septic
system. The state would hold the
revenues in a fund before dispersing money to sewage treatment
facilities in need of upgrades,
such as the one in Reedville.
The EPA has mandated that all
sewage treatment facilities meet
new standards by 2010 to facilitate improved nitrogen removal.
Northumberland’s board has
not decided whether it will support or oppose the bill. If the
bill does not pass, the county
will be responsible for raising the
$500,000 to $2 million it needs
to improve the Reedville plant.
Northumberland is opposing
a telecommunications tax that
would charge a flat 5 percent on
all phone bills. The county is
already collecting a tax on local
phone lines and state administration of the tax would decrease
local revenue.
Local school districts will be
closely watching the state budget
to ensure that it fairly funds all
mandated educational programs
and services, said Northumberland superintendent Clint Stables.
Local school systems are also
seeking funding to bring teachers’ salaries in Virginia to the
national average.
“Teacher recruitment is more
difficult every year and we need
to remain competitive nationally,”
Stables said.
Local school boards also are
asking the state to provide some
assistance for the rapidly increasing cost of health care for school
division employees, either by
working with small school divisions to allow them to participate
in the state insurance plan or providing some state assistance to
localities for the escalating cost
of employee health insurance.
A review of the state’s school
funding formula needs to be
conducted, Stables said. The current formula penalizes waterfront
communities such as Northumberland County.
“Most residents would be
shocked to learn that we are considered by the state to have the
same ability to pay for local
schools as Loudoun and Faquier
counties in northern Virginia and
Albemarle County surrounding
Charlottesville,” Stables said. “In
fact, of 137 localities in the state,
we are ranked as the 17th wealthiest. This means that our local
taxes must pay an increased share
of the funding for education and
we do not receive as much state
support.”
Virginia to join national
WIC modernization project
RICHMOND—The Virginia
Department of Health Women,
Infants and Children (WIC) Program will participate in a fiveyear project to modernize the
computer operating systems of
the national programs.
The effort is expected to
increase the efficiency, capability and consistency to track
client eligibility information,
food purchases and infant formula rebates.
“Ultimately, this will improve
the efficiency of the WIC Program
by streamlining clinic operations
and enhancing fraud detection
systems,” said Commissioner
Robert B. Stroube, M.D., M.P.H.
“This will mean better service for
WIC clients and more efficient
use of staff time.”
Virginia will partner with West
Virginia, Alabama and North
Carolina to define and develop
system requirements and features, design applications that
can run on a variety of computer platforms and operating
systems, and to standardize terminology and data elements that
can be used universally. Virginia
has received $100,000 from the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
(USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to support its role in the
partnership.
This partnership of southeastern states is one of three State
Agency Model (SAM) Projects,
initiated by the USDA. Each of
the three projects will develop a
model WIC information system.
The system will help states eliminate duplication and streamline
W IC client services and funds
management processes.
The federal government is
expected to seek appropriations
totaling $30 million a year for
five years to fund the project.
“The developments that come
out of the SAM Projects will be
web-based,” said Virginia WIC
program director Donna Seward.
“This means that in Virginia, we
will eliminate the current twoweek process needed to install
system upgrades on each of the
hundreds of computers used by
W IC employees. Changes can
be made once to the central
WIC database and will become
instantaneously accessible to all
WIC employees in the same way
internet merchandisers make new
products immediately available
on their web sites without having
to do anything to their customers’ personal computers.”
The Virginia WIC program
receives approximately $57 million from USDA each year for
food and $21 million for program administration. It receives
another $18 million in infant formula rebates. The program serves
approximately 140,000 women,
infants and children by helping
them stay healthy and eat right.
WIC provides nutrition education, private and group nutrition
counseling sessions, support and
help with breast feeding, referrals to medical and health care
services, as well as access to
healthy foods.
New national tree is found in Virginia
The stately oak tree soon will
be the official national tree, thanks
to a campaign by the National
Arbor Day Foundation and a little
help from U.S. Rep. Robert W.
Goodlatte, chairman of the House
Agriculture Committee.
“I appreciate how trees and
forests enhance the environment,
add recreational opportunities and
provide for the livelihoods of millions of individuals in the forest
industry,” Goodlatte said.
During a four-month open
voting process sponsored by the
Arbor Day Foundation, the oak
earned the title of America’s
Chosen National Tree. Goodlatte’s legislation makes it official once President George W.
VMRC approves museum
request for floating pier
NEWPORT NEWS—The Virginia Marine Resources Commission on December 21 authorized
modifications to a previously
issued permit for waterfront
improvements at the Reedville
Fishermen’s Museum.
The modifications will allow
the museum to construct a
20-foot-long by eight-footwide floating pier on the north
side of the museum pier on
Cockrell Creek.
The commission voted 6-0 to
allow the modification and stipulated that signage on the floating
pier should advise against motor
boating activity.
Among fisheries action, the
commission set separate public
hearings January 25 on the 2005
commercial bluefish quota and
2005 commercial and recreational striped bass regulations.
Bush signs the 2005 appropriations bill.
Oak is the most commercially
valuable hardwood species grown
in Virginia, according to Robert
Shaffer, Charles Nettleton professor of forestry at Virginia Tech.
“High-quality red oak veneer
logs can bring up to $1,000 per
log, or $1 per board foot. That’s a
really high price. So oak can be a
really valuable species,” Shaffer
said. “Lots of our oak logs go to
Europe, to Germany, to be sliced
into veneer for furniture. Others
go to the Far East for improving
the surface appearance of highquality furniture.”
However, Shaffer said, not
every oak tree is worth a fortune.
There are many different grades
of oak, with uses ranging from
high-end furniture to shipping
pallets.
While oak trees are found
all over the Commonwealth, the
greatest concentration of the species is in the mountain ranges of
western Virginia.

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