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Jones and Connie Felvey have always envisioned a place in Kilmarnock where children could play and the community could enjoy the outdoors.

“It was sometime early in 2010 when Mr. Felvey came into my office wanting to give the town some land to do a nature trail and park,” said Kil-marnock planning and zoning director Marshall Sebra.

The Felveys wanted to name the park after Dr. Richard N. Baylor for his dedication to the Northern Neck Free Health Clinic. Baylor was a founder of the clinic and during its initial years served as clinic president. He also served as the clinic’s medical director on a volunteer basis for 13 years.

“Our doctors, nurses and pharmacists have given thousands of hours of their time to the NNFHC,” said Jones Felvey. “Let’s not forget who has kept and keeps the clinic running; they are the local volun-teers, some who have been there 20 years. Yes, I am grateful to have spent the time with NNFHC.”

Plans for the park began in June 2010 when the Felveys donated 5.1 acres paralleling Norris Pond to the town of Kilmarnock.

“Work on the nature trail began as soon as the property was ours,” said Sebra, who led the plan-

ning efforts. The Felveys’ vision ultimately became a reality June 2 when Baylor Park

was officially dedicated. The couple also donated a monument for the site in honor of Dr. Baylor.

“I’m delighted to be a part of this thing and just delighted that I’m alive and here,” said Baylor.

Located on the northern edge of Kilmarnock, the park features a nearly half-mile-long nature trail that follows an old road around the boundaries of Norris Pond. Recently added to Virginia’s birding and wildlife trails, the park offers visitors an opportunity to view waterfowl and native plants.

“As funding becomes available to us, we will build a wildlife observation deck and several small footbridges to get across wetland areas. We also will install wildlife educational signs along the trail to identify different species of plants and animals. There will be a small picnic area to the left as soon as you enter the trail,” said Sebra.

Development of the park has been a community effort, with Boy Scout troops helping to cut the trail. The troops plan on doing future projects there such as building a footbridge or picnic tables, said Sebra.

The park’s location itself has a unique history. “There has been speculation that the trail that borders Norris Pond was

one of our Native Americans’ footpaths for getting around this area,” said town manager Tom Saunders. “Wouldn’t it be cool to learn that this trail is actually the oldest man-made feature in town?”

As evidenced by the remains of an ice pit found near the trail, the site was also a critical source for ice prior to the 20th century and the availability of electricity. Ice would be cut from the pond in the winter and stored in the ice pit for use during warmer weather.

In more recent history, residents might recall ice skating on the pond. “The Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department brought an old barrel out

here for fires to keep the skaters warm,” said Saunders. “When the ice was thick enough to skate on, cars were lined up along both sides of Route 3.”

Baylor Park is at 770 North Main St., between Old Fair Grounds Way and Good Luck Road. The trail is open from dawn to dusk daily. Signs are posted near its access from Main Steeet.

“The educational possibilities for the park are endless,” said Felvey. “I hope the schools will take advantage of this place.”

Baylor Park is now open for the community to enjoyby Shannon Rice

Lancaster High School senior Tensley Clowser has received a scholarship to play on the women’s golf team at Towson University.

Clowser will graduate from LHS June 16 and will play for the Tigers’ golf team in 2012-13.

Clowser joins four new recruits including one from Germany and another from New Delhi.

“The upcoming season will be exciting as we have many new additions to the roster,” said coach Kate Stepanek. “We have talented golfers coming in who are ready to contribute immediately.”

The Lady Tigers play a five-tournament schedule, which includes a season opener with an 18-team field at Towson Golf and Country Club. Tow-son’s fall schedule will include Radford University, South Carolina State, University of Richmond and Campbell.

The daughter of Sherri and George Clowser of Lively, Clowser was a dominating force in co-ed golf in the Northern Neck District and Region A for the past four years.

She was the Northern Neck District tournament’s indi-vidual champion and led Lan-caster to the tournament title.

She also finished as the individual runner-up in the Region A golf tournament and earned a spot in the Group A co-ed state tournament. How-ever, she chose to play in the two-day Virginia High School League Girls Open State Golf

Tournament, where she finished 11th overall.

Clowser is the granddaughter

Photo by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

Clowser receives Towson scholarship

of MaryAnn and Fred Olsen of Lancaster and Bob and Ruby Smith of Easley, S.C.

After 17 successful years, Mal-colm Lewis has stepped down as head football coach at Washington & Lee High School in Montross. Lewis announced his resignation June 11.

The longest tenured and win-ningest coach in Washington & Lee history, Lewis has a career record with the Eagles of 123-58.

He has coached football in some capacity for 25 years, including eight years as an assistant at Mid-dlesex High School and one as an assistant at W&L before taking over the reins in 1994. Since then, Lewis has won Region A titles in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. The Eagles won the Group A state championship in 2001.

Lewis will remain at W&L as the school’s athletic director but says he is “looking forward to having some time off.”

This was a decision that did not come easy, he said, but one he has

Lewis makes last callas W&L football coach

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

been contemplating for the past few years.

“It’s time,” he said. “I really made this decision at the end of last season. This is something I needed to do.”

SPORTS SHORTS■

Chesapeake Medical Group will offer $5 sports physicals for the 2012-13 school year for varsity and junior varsity athletes attending Lancaster, Northumberland, Middlesex, Richmond, Essex, Mathews and Washington & Lee schools. Students can obtain a coupon and con-sent forms from the athletic department at their schools.

Call a CMG physician’s office in advance for an appointment by August 31. Students must present their coupon and consent forms com-pleted and signed by their parents in order for the physical to be com-pleted.

■The Callao Volunteer Fire Department will hold a truck pull from 3 to

9 p.m. June 23 at the Callao Ruritan lot at 185 Ruritan Lane in Callao. Gates open at 1 p.m.

Admission will be $8 for adults, $4 for ages 12 to 16 and free for ages 11 and younger.

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men’s Museum will hold its 10th annual 5K run Sat-urday, July 7. The race will begin and end at Festival Halle at 177 Main Street, starting at 8 a.m. This will be a chip-timed race.

Registration forms are available at First Union Market Bank and the museum on Main Street in Reedville, reedvillerun.org, or 453-6529. The fee is $25 for adults and $10 for ages 11 and younger. Registra-tion also will be held at Fes-tival Halle from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, July 6, and from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on race day.

■Dr. David Hughes M.D.

will speak about the advan-tages of a plant-based diet at 11 a.m. June 22 at Rappah-annock Westminter-Canter-bury, 132 Lancaster Drive near Irvington. This is the first installment in the facil-ity’s Mind and Muscle well-ness series.

A complimentary buffet luncheon will follow each presentation. Reservations are required. Separate res-ervations must be made for each event. To attend the presentation by Dr. Hughes, call 438-4000, on or after June 11.

Seven-time Group A state soccer champion George Mason did it again, this time by beating Northumberland in the quarterfinal and shut-ting out Graham in the final.

The Lady Mustangs defeated the Lady Indians, 6-0, last Tuesday and went on to blank Graham, 4-0, to win their fifth consecutive girls state soccer champion-ship.

Northumberland held George Mason scoreless for the first 25 minutes before Leah Roth scored the first of her five goals of the game. Roth came into the state quarterfinal with 30 goals on the season.

“We started strong defen-sively and ended strong defensively,” said NHS coach Mark Fridenstine. “The GM team is very strong offen-sively and solid from front to back.”

Bridgette McLaughlin took the only shot on goal of the game for Northum-berland.

Samitha Theriault had 15 takeaways for the Lady Indi-ans while Kaitlyn Rochelle and Alexandra Pitman had 12 each. Brenda Santamaria had 11 takeaways, Summer Newsome had 10, Carrie Jo Jett 7 and Johnnie McAfee 6. Emily Sprague and Hannah Rogers had five each.

NHS goalkeeper Genevie Boarman had 48 saves.

“Gena had her usual great game against a great team,” said Fridenstine. “The GM team didn’t allow a goal in the state tournament...It’s obvious it’s impossible to hold this team out of the net for 80 minutes as other teams weren’t able to do it either.

“We felt very good about how we played and worked hard against a seven-time state champion,” added Fridenstine. “We never gave up trying nor even enter-tained the idea of slowing down. We fought to the end.”

The Lady Indians finished the season at 11-6 over-all and 8-0 in the Northern Neck District as the district champion and Region A runner-up.

Region A champion Northampton also lost in its state quarterfinal game, fall-ing at home to Clark County, 12-0.

Northumberland posted its first season with 10 wins and Santamaria finished as the girls career scoring

Photo by Abby Loving

George Mason defeats Northumberland in quarterfinals, 6-0

Photo by Abby Loving

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

leader with 13 goals. NHS scored 43 goals this

season, shattering the former record of 20 goals set in 2008. Northumberland also only gave up three goals to district opponents, while scoring 34 in the Northern Neck games.

“The Lady Indians have a lot to be proud of this year,” said Fridenstine. “And although we’re losing seniors

Andrea Rogers, Smitha The-riault, Brenda Santamaria, Kaitlyn Rochelle and our foreign exchange student Inga Spaan, next year we’ll have a lot of established varsity players who have the opportunity to step up even more and win the dis-trict. We will need to keep improving since the other teams in the district will be improving.”

Limelight still shiningon LHS basketball team

Photo by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

Photo by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

On June 7, Tony Sica aced the 130-yard, par 3 hole at King Carter Golf Club. Steve Craig and Klaus Sch-achek witnessed the shot. Sica used a six iron to record his first ever hole-in-one.

Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club 18-holers A flight winners for June 5 were low gross front and back, Rachel Jackson; low net front, Meredith Townes; and low net back, Margaret Teal. B flight winners were low gross front, Beth Kend-rick; low gross back, Harriet Baggett; low net front, Dana Smith; and low net back, Lynn Jones. C flight win-ners were low gross, Betsy Heller; low gross back, Suzanne Haaland; low net front, Sharon Rowe; and low net back, Karen Mullins.

Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club sent 24 men to an interclub match June 6. Kiskiack Golf Club edged ICYCC, 17 ½ to 18 ½.

The Piankatank River Ladies Golf Association first flight winners for June 7 were first, Lindy Hatch; second, Karen Goren; and third, Gloria Matthews. Second flight winners were first, Betsy Ripley; second, Faith McDermott; and third, Kim Harris. Third flight win-ners were first, Ruth Wal-lace; second, Roz Nygren; and third, Donna Lange. Fourth flight winners were first, Sally Austin; second, Bea Foley; and third, Judy Amos.

The Quinton Oaks Ladies Golf Association flight A gross winners from June 6 were first, Terri Sartori; second, Su Schmalz; and third, Maggie Dennett. Net winners were first, Faith McDermott; and second, (tie) Betty Garner and Carol Reese.

Flight B gross winners were first, Darlene Bean; and second, Millie Dickens. Net winners were first, Jane Herron; and second, Judy Wise.

The Quinton Oaks Senior Men’s League first flight winners for June 5 were first, David Mitchell; second, Terry Brueser; and third, Mike Dennett. Second flight winners were first, Warren Higbie; second, (tie) Wayne Oliff and Chuck Dunning-ton.

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The Northern Neck Audubon Society will conduct a bird walk June 23 at Belle Isle State Park. This walk will be led by Frank Schaff. Participants should meet at the horse trailer parking lot at 8 a.m.

Belle Isle State Park in Lancaster County features seven miles of Rappahannock riv-erfront as well as diverse tidal and non-tidal wetlands, lowland marshes, tidal coves and upland forests, said publicity chairman

Maggie Gerdts. Among possible sightings are double crested cormorants, pied-billed grebes, bald eagles, osprey, great blue herons, belted king fishers, Eastern blue birds, red-winged blackbirds, herring and ring-billed gulls, Forster’s terns, song spar-rows, swamp sparrows and warblers.

There will be several pairs of loaner bin-oculars available. For additional informa-tion, call Schaff at 462-0084.

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■A free cheerleading class

will be held from 6:40 to 7:25 p.m. Thursdays at the Northern Neck Athletic Center at 2897 Ridge Road in Callao. The class is for ages 10 and older. All skill levels welcome. To register, call 804-450-8273.

■The Northern Neck Cor-

vette Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, June 18, at the Bank of Lancaster northside Branch. Final preparation details for a spring picnic June 24 at the Morattico Waterfront Museum and a trip to G-Force Karts in Richmond July 22 will be discussed.

Refreshments and social time will follow. All are invited to attend the meet-ing. To join, call Bonnie Shelton at 580-9800.

■The River Lanes and Grill

summer bowling league begins competition June 18. To register, call 438-9004.

Scoring runs was not a problem for the Deltaville Deltas last weekend, as they posted a pair of high scor-ing victories against the Virginia Baseball Academy 61’s, 15-0 and 10-5.

Deltaville improved to 6-2 on the season, and sits ½ game behind the league leading Peninsula Pirates in Southern Virginia Baseball League standings.

On June 15, the Deltas will host Gloucester Ameri-can Legion Post 75 in an exhibition game at Del-taville Ballpark. On June 16, the Deltas will host the Peninsula Cardinals. Both games begin at 7:30 p.m.

On June 17, the Deltas play the Cardinals at 4 p.m. at Charles Brown Park in Yorktown.

Deltaville veteran Jay Moore made his 2012 debut on the mound last Saturday.

Moore allowed three hits and walked none, while striking out three to pick up his fi rst win.

Deltaville’s offense scored early and often, building a 7-0 lead by the third inning.

The Deltas exploded for seven more runs in the fi fth inning in a rally capped by a towering three-run home run by Chris King.

King’s bat led the offense, as he added a pair of singles and another RBI to his 3-for-4 night. He was joined by Jimmy Denny with a 3-for-4 performance.

Jordan Boze tallied three strikeouts in two innings

Deltas slam 61’s, 15-0, 10-5

of relief work to close the game.

Deltaville started out slowly, but managed to build a nine-run lead before holding off a late 61’s rally on Sunday.

After being held score-less in the fi rst two innings, Alexander Crittenden drove in two runs in the third inning, and later scored to give the Deltas a 3-0 advan-tage. Deltaville plated four more runs in the following frame, capped by Colby Wiggins’ two-run single and another Crittenden RBI.

After allowing a run in the fourth, Deltaville took advantage of defensive mis-cues to extend the margin to 10-1.

The 61’s offense came alive in the 7th inning, with the middle of the lineup blasting three consecutive extra-base hits to cut the Deltas margin to 5.

Deltaville pitcher Michael Taylor came on to close out the fi nal two innings. The hard-throwing right hander struck out fi ve of seven bat-ters to seal the victory.

Ryan Wiggins led all hitters with a 3-for-4 day. Ryan Reynolds and Scott Crump each had two-hit performances.

Zach Jones started on the mound for Deltaville, allowing a lone hit and run over four innings. He struck out four. Smiley Smith picked up the win in three innings of relief, weather-ing the 61’s seventh-inning rally and striking out three.

The Northern Neck Family YMCA Youth Soccer Camp will be held August 20-24 for ages 6-14. The 6-8s will be held from 5 to 6:15 p.m., the 9-14s will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.

The cost is $20 for mem-bers and $35 for others. The camp will be held at the soccer fi eld behind the Lancaster Primary School in Brookvale. Register at 39 William B. Graham Court in Kilmarnock, peninsu-laymca.org, or 435-0223.

The ARC Babysitting

Certifi cation Course for ages 11-15 provides the knowl-edge, skills, and techniques needed for safe care-giving. participants learn to prevent emergencies through proper safety planning and how to give loving care while play-ing with and enjoying chil-dren.

This class will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 11, The fee is $30 for mem-bers and $40 for others. Pre-registration is required. Register at 435-0223, or 39 William B. Graham Court, Kilmarnock.

Registration is underway for youth swimming lessons at the Northern Neck YMCA. Lessons will be taught at the YMCA indoor pool Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., or 6 p.m. Lessons are 30 minutes and will run for 2 weeks, June 18 through June 28. Chil-dren are grouped by age: 3-5 year olds and 6-12 year olds. The cost is $30 for members and $50 for others. Spaces are limited. Register now at 39 William B. Graham Court, Kilmarnock. 435-0223

Visit the YMCA Lively

Aquatic Center at 3989 White Chapel Road in Lan-caster. The outdoor pool is included with all Northern Neck YMCA memberships. Guests pay $5.

Hours of operation are Mondays 2:30-6 p.m., Tues-days 2-6 p.m., Wednesdays 2:30-6 p.m., Thursdays

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closed, Fridays 2-6 p.m., Saturdays noon-6 p.m. and Sundays 1-5 p.m.

Continuing a summer tra-dition, on Sundays through August 12, any family in Lancaster County present-

ing a local church bulletin or newsletter to the YMCA staff at the Lively Aquatic Center, will be able to swim at no charge for the day, said branch operations director Liz Allen.

SPORT SHORTS

The Virginia Aeronautical Historical Soci-ety Northern Neck Chapter will meet at 11:30 a.m. June 21 at the Pilot House Restaurant in Topping/Hummel Airfi eld. The speaker will be retired U.S. Air Force Col. Michael J. Kenna.

He will present a briefi ng on the Igloo White Program, an electronic system placed along the Mia Ghia pass, the main logistics line of com-munication between North Vietnam, through Laos and into South Vietnam, according to retired U.S. Air Force Col. Cary L. Broadway.

The system, which included U.S. Navy Sonno Bouys to detect trucks and movement of personnel, was dropped into the Pass by modifi ed F-4 aircraft, using a special Loran Navigation system. During his tour of duty in Southeast Asia (1969-1970), he was inti-mately involved in this highly classifi ed mis-

sion of interrupting the fl ow of logistics into the South.

Col. Kenna retired with 30 years and his career included instructor in the C-141, C-5A, and the QU-22B. His 4,500 hours of fl ying time included 360 hours of combat time. In addition to his fl ying career, he was a squad-ron commander in an OV-10 maintenance unit in Europe and a C-5 unit at Travis AFB, Calif. The last 10 years of his Air Force career was assignments with the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Following his Air Force career, Col. Kenna worked with the State Department in Colom-bia and Peru as a contractor for almost seven years. Col. Kenna and his wife, Gail, settled in the Northern Neck in 2004. The public is invited to our monthly luncheons—bring a guest.

Aeronautical chapter luncheon set June 21

Belle Isle State Park’s inaugural 5K Trail Run/Walk will be held June 30. Check-in starts at 7:30 a.m. and the race begins at 8:30 a.m. The fi eld is limited to the fi rst 100 reg-istrants.

Sponsored by the Friends of Belle Isle, all fees will sup-port park programs and activities, said Friends member Joe Hecht.

The course terrain is fl at and is set along the scenic forest lines with breathtaking views of the Rappahannock River, he said. Children of all ages are welcome. However, due to the trail portion of the race, baby strollers, joggers and wagons are not.

The registration fee before June 20 is $15 for ages 12 and older and $10 for those younger than age 12. After June 20, the fees are $18 and $13. Also, the $3 parking fee will be waived with pre-registration. Those who pre-register also may select a T-shirt size.

For registration forms, please contact the park at Bel-leIsle@DCR.virginia.gov, or 462-5030.

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Waterfowl hunters who hunt from riparian station-ary blinds are reminded by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) the time period for purchasing a station-ary riparian blind license is coming to an end. Riparian owners, their lessees or per-mittees have until June 15, 2012, to purchase a license. In addition, plates with a 2013 decal must be affi xed to a stake or blind by June 30, 2012.

There has been no change in the date a riparian station-ary blind must be erected. For all stationary blinds, if a stake has been erected on the site such stake must be replaced by a blind by November 1. Such station-ary blinds shall conform to the standards prescribed by law.

All blind licenses are available through the VDGIF’s point of sale system just as other licenses are sold. Hunters can go to any license agent in the state or purchase the blind license at dgif.virginia.gov/licenses/.

Hunters who purchase their blind license online will be able to print out a PDF copy of their appli-cation information. The license for their blind will be emailed immediately after the sale is complete. As with purchasing directly from a license agent, hunt-ers can request new plates online and the plate and decal will be mailed within three to fi ve business days.

More information about the dates for purchasing blinds is posted at Hunt-FishVA.com,

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Memorial Day weekend, the Northern Neck Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America held its 19th annual car show May 26 at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern in Heathsville.

Fourteen separate classes of vehicles were represented.Winners were Paul Jones of Kilmarnock, Best of Show –

Antique; Dan Smith of Fredericksburg, Best of Show – Custom/Modified; Mike Arenson of Lancaster, Top Rat Rod; Brenda Dunn of Goochland, Tavern Choice; Dick and Ann Thompson of Heathsville, Sponsor’s Choice; and Christopher Headley of Callao, Junior Award.

Club president Ward Sevila thanked some 65 business spon-sors.

The Rappahannock River Yacht Club in Irvington held its annual spring junior race series during April and May.

The final race day was May 27 on the Rappahannock River off of Orchard Point amid 15 knot winds with gusts to 20 knots, reported junior sailing director Bo Bragg. Competi-tors ages 8-16 from several dif-ferent yacht clubs raced over four weeks in three separate classes including Optimists, Sunfish and Lasers.

A total of 12 races were held during the series, said Bragg. Several different course types were managed by the RRYC race committee which con-sisted of a primary committee boat and three safety boats.

Optimists class win-ners were first, Boyd Bragg; second, John Vail; and third, Dean Tennant.

Sunfish class winners were first, Daniel Resio; second, Ronnie Cutler; and third, Corey Jameson.

Laser class winners were first, Hannah Richardson; second, Eric Demario; and third, Joseph Gardner.

“The wind was perfect for much of the four-week series,” said Bragg. “The spring series is a great opportunity for our young racers to compete in various conditions before the big summer regatta season commences here on the Ches-apeake Bay.”

RRYC is very supportive of junior sailing and is always looking for means to facilitate getting youths on the water, said Bragg. Participants do not need to be a club member to register for the summer sailing courses or local regattas held by RRYC. Various junior sail-ing courses are held through-

Rappahannock River Yacht Club announceswinners of spring juniors

out the summer from beginner sailing to intensive race train-ing.

RRYC will hold its annual Junior Regatta July 21.

Those interested in youth sailing opportunities are urged to contact Bragg at 436-7337, Bo@BraggCo.com, or rryc.org/juniorsailing.asp.

Local competition is increasing as record num-bers of sailors compete in the Typhoon Spring Racing Series on Wednesday nights on the Rappahannock River.

Crews are being shuffled and there’s lots of good-natured ribbing at the Rappa-hannock River Yacht Club-house each week as people discuss the races and enjoy dinners together after racing, said Diane Cook-Tench.

For the second straight year, the Typhoon Nationals will be held in the Northern Neck of Virginia, home of the world’s largest Typhoon fleet with over 60 Typhoons plying nearby waters. The boats, built between 1967 and 1986, are affectionately called the “World’s Littlest Yacht.”

Some 31 boats have regis-tered and more are expected. Entries will be taken right up to the 8 a.m. skipper’s meeting June 23. A reception dinner, hosted by Ullman Sails Vir-ginia—Latell Sailmakers, will be held June 22.

The notice of race entry forms are available at TyphoonNationals.blogspot.com and facebook.com/TyphoonNationals, or from event chairman Ron Mihills at 438-6111, or rmihills@creek-sideassociates.com.

This one-design non-spin-naker race is for Weekender, Daysailer and Open Typhoons. Three races are slated for June 23 and two races for June 24. The dinner/reception begins at 5 p.m. June 22 at RRYC’s Clubhouse at 100 Rappahan-nock Drive in Irvington.

Early registrations are now being accepted for the fourth annual Lancaster County Little League Spanish Mack-erel Fishing Tournament on August 18.

Sponsored by Chesapeake Boat Basin, the tournament offers over $5,000 in prizes including a $2,500 first prize, $1,000 second prize, $750 third prize, $500 fourth prize and $250 fifth prize.

“We have added a cash prize for our junior angler,” said tournament director Kathy Pittman. “This is something people have been asking for so we are giving it to them.”

The tournament also includes a $25,000 prize spon-sored by Tri-Star Supermarket for a Spanish mackerel break-ing the state record.

Along with junior and lady angler awards, a Calcutta will be offered at the captain’s meeting.

The entry fee is $150 if postmarked before July 1, and $175 after July 1.

Entries should be sub-mitted to YCLC, c/o Kathy Pittman, 660 Regina Road, Lancaster VA 22503, or call 724-9279.

Proceeds benefit the Lan-caster County Little League and the Youth Club of Lan-caster County.

Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 16, will host a mud bog competition at The Pit.

Mud Mayhem 2 will be presented by Rappahannock Tractor and the Virginia Army National Guard. Additional sponsorship is provided by Davis Off Road, Monster Energy Drinks, ORI of Rich-mond, Collision One and Truckin Thunder, reported media contact Dave Seay.

There will be nine classes of “Mud Maniacs” in action ranging from stock to unlim-ited with cash payouts in all classes, he said. Fans will get to see hordes of trucks splash-ing through the 200-foot mud bog pit and they also get the opportunity to see some of the region’s best Mud Dragsters covering the 200-foot Mud Sling pit in under three sec-onds.

The event also will include Walking Tall in a car crushing monster truck freestyle show, said Seay.

Gates and registration will open at 9 a.m. Single elimina-tions for stock A, B; modified A, B, C, unlimited bog, pro modified and X, XX classes

On June 30, Bill Saw-yer’s Virginia Motor Speed-way will host the inaugural Truckin Thunder Dirtwood Nationals Pinewood Derby presented by the Virginia Army National Guard.

“We are extremely excited to host this event and to help raise money and awareness for ChildHelp. We have to thank Tom and Judy Brooks of Truckin Thunder for bring-ing us this idea. They have been a tremendous sponsor and are a tremendous cus-todian of the community,” said general manager Clarke Sawyer.

The event is part of Scout Night at the Races and the Speedway’s Fourth of July cel-ebration. Gates will open at 3 p.m. for registration with the Dirtwood National Pinewood Derby starting at 4 p.m.

After the Dirtwood Nation-als, all Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts in uni-form will get free admission to enjoy a night of full-sized dirt car racing and a huge July 4 fireworks display. During the evening’s festivities the

Speedway also will help raise money and awareness for the charity ChildHelp®.

There will be three divi-sions for the Dirtwood Nationals, Scouts, fans and Virginia Motor Speedway competitors. A champion will be crowned in each divi-sion and then there will be a run-off to see who will be the overall Dirtwood Nationals Pinewood Derby Champion. Standard Scouting pinewood derby rules will govern the races.

For anyone wanting to participate but not having a pinewood derby car, a lim-ited quantity will be available for rent for a $10 donation to ChildHelp.

Childhelp® exists to meet the physical, emotional, edu-cational and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. Efforts focus on advocacy, prevention, treat-ment and community out-reach.

For more information on the Dirtwood Nationals and Scout Night, call the track at 758-1867.

Speedway to host PinewoodDerby races and Scout Night

Spanish mackerel tournament slated

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

Speedway to hostmud bog competition

begin at noon. Registration and inspection for stock, mod-ified, pro modified and unlim-ited bog classes ends at 11:30 p.m. with X and XX Unlim-ited ending at 1 p.m. Rules for each class are available at The Pit website at thepitatvms.com.

Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for ages 7 to 17 and free for younger children.

Competitors should visit thepitatvms.com to print off draw sheets and driver infor-mation sheets that must be filled out before going through for inspection.

To learn more about Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway, fans may call 758-1867, or visitvamotorspeed-way.com.

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(VMS is on Route 17 in Jamaica, eight miles north of Saluda. Gates open at 9 a.m. Competition begins at noon.)

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Commencement exercises for Rappahannock High School will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at the high school amphitheater.

The ceremony will include music by the school band and members of the choir under the direction of William D. Fields and Marcellus C. Dungee. Kyran Brooke Belfield, senior class president, will provide the welcoming address,

said school counselor Lexi Brown.The five graduates with the highest

academic average for their four years at Rappahannock will speak during the graduation ceremony.

They are Andrea Taylor Walker, the daughter of Harold and Dorothy Walker of Warsaw; Bethany Love Pritchard, the daughter of Danny and Mary Pritchard of Warsaw; Joshua

Michael Bell, the son of Michael Bell of Warsaw and Janice Bell of Warsaw; David Jesse Furrow, the son of Randy and Meredith Furrow of Warsaw; and Abigail Carter Walter, the daughter of William and Sue Walter of Warsaw. All have earned the Advanced Studies Diploma with the Governor’s Seal, and are Early College Scholars and honor graduates.

Rappahannock High graduation is Saturday

Six students from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula are among the 23 members of the St. Marga-ret’s School Class of 2012 who graduated Saturday, June 2.

Local graduates include Hannah Jewell Davis (Ferrum College), the daughter of Mrs. Brook Davis of Montross; Mary Alexis English (Lynch-burg College), the daughter of Ms. Joan Charnick of Ophelia; Susan Thornton Farmar (Lynn University), the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Farmar III of Warsaw; Cristinia Ann Molinares (East Carolina University), the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Javier Molin-ares of Montross; Elizabeth Lee Rogers (Longwood University), the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter N. Rogers of Reedville; and Virginia Marie Sawyer

St. Margaret’s School graduates 23

(University of South Caro-lina), the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy H. Sawyer of Dunnsville.

In lieu of a traditional graduation address, Head

of School Margaret Broad crafted a special presenta-tion using each graduate’s own words along with the words of her academic advisor about her time at

St. Margaret’s. St. Mar-garet’s Board of Gover-nor’s chairman Caroline L. Baldwin (’81) assisted Broad in the conferring of the diplomas.

Lancaster Middle School recently released its end-of-year 94+ average Honor Roll for the 2011-12 academic session.

Fourth-graders on the Honor Roll are Joziah Arrington, Hailey Banes, Addison Burrell, Demetria Carter, Hannah Chance, Reed Collins, Courtney Croasdale, Christopher Cun-ningham, Virginia DeMario, Elijah Dixon and Camden Elbourn.

Also, Tara Gill, Matthew Haydon, Adarian Hender-son, Shelby Lewis, Char-lie Li, Kyle McCartney, Riley Molineaux, Carlos Norris, Talia Pena, Olivia Rich, Kennon Roop, Corey Smith, Henry Smith, Hannah Wilmer and Rachel Woolard.

Fifth-graders on the Honor Roll are Audrey Biringer, Jason Byrd, Roman Cutler, Madison Davis, Kylie DeGaetani, Savannah Eppi-himer, Richard Failmezger, Nicklaus Ford, Thomar-

row Hardy, Latney Hodges, Zachary Kane, Abrianna Lowery, Kendall Marsh, William McCarty, Kaeli McGrath, Karonde Neal, Alexis Pacheco, Kendahl Surber and Britney Thomas.

Sixth-graders on the Honor Roll are Kelsi Ashburn, Kyle Bean, Alyssa Booth, Topanga Bottlemy, John Brandom, Andrew Burrell, Moriah Clarke, Kevin Croasdale, Jessie Cumberledge, Lana-isha Dameron, Giovanni Davenport, Haydon Daven-port, Katelynn Dawson, Erik DeMario, E’Myia Doggett, Kayme Elbourn, Sheridan Ford, Tabitha Foulkes and James Franklin.

Also, Jayson Gill, Nicho-las Grenier, Thomas Hayden, Calvin Henderson, Skyler Henderson, Alexsia Hen-dricks, Steven Hinson, Jamie Howard, Jacob Hudnall, Reghan Jones, Kiera Lee, Alyssa Meadows, Taye’Kwon Middleton, Keisha Mitchell, Leanne Nguyen, Brandon

Rosalia, Ashleigh Sanford, Nathan Spiers, Skylar Van-landingham, Lucy Washing-ton and Emilie Webster.

Seventh-graders on the Honor Roll are Destiny Carter, La’Derah Daye, Mary Frere, Johnston Kemp, Wyatt McCranie, Michael McGrath, Ryan McManus, Devin Smith, Diamond Taylor and Vilesha Waller.

Eighth-graders on the Honor Roll are Caroline Beck, Kalin Benza, Alexan-dra Clayton, James Coates, Skylar Dixon, Emily Haydon, Mary Haydon, Elizabeth Hyde, Keondra Jenkins, Eboni Johnson, Emma Kane and Patrick Kelley.

Also, Grant Long, Nancy-Jane McClain, Nadia Moss, Abby Nelson, Alexander Nelson, Samiya Reed, John Richardson, Dylan Rose, Victoria Saunders, Kristen Shipman, William Smith, Tanner Steensma, Laura Stickler, Kayleigh Webster and Robert West.

Northumberland Elementary School recently announced its AB Honor Roll for the fourth nine weeks of the 2011-12 academic session.

Third-graders on the AB Honor Roll are Anaya Ball, Shelby Basye, Jmiaya Ball, Ashley Burgess, Emily Burgess, Neveah Carter, Jack Castro, Amaya Crabbe, Parker Deihl, Lucas Dooley, Michael Duke, Austin Dungan, April Gilliam, Ian Gnacinski, Alyssa Goodwin, Bailey Gough, Laura Hall, Domaniq Harcum, Savannah Harris, Andrew Jenkins, Kendra Jett, Lawrence Jett and Teshauna Johnson.

Also, William Kitchen, Kande Laws, Megan Livesay, Isabel Lopez, Noah Maan, Tyler Mann, Samarie McCrae, Zachary Moore, Nicholas Mothershead, Kiara Plummer, De’Airis Reed, DaMarea Rice, Taylor Rice, Briana Siddall, Shelby Smithart, Bryan Stevens, Danielle Thompson, Jerimiah Toul-son, Hailey Wallace, Austin West, Brianna Williams, Elle Wil-liams and Spencer Wojtach.

Fourth-graders on the AB Honor Roll are Anna Andrade, Rachel Arroyo-Silva, Nigeria Ball, Bernadette Blackwell, Nariah Bowers, Andrew Butler, Clay Cash, Carlos Castel-lanos, William Cooke, Nautasia Croxton, Ashton Dameron, Austin Evans, Malerie Hinson, Austin Hundley, Andrew Hunter, Ashleigh Jackson, Patrick Lewis and Rebecca News-ome.

Also, Kendra O’Malley, Chloe Porter, Brandon Risk, Seth Sadler, Emma Saunders, Sarah Saunders, Briauna Smith, McKensey Smithart, Dean Tennant, Devin White, Johnathan Williams, Eduardo Zarraga and Mackenzie Zartman.

Fifth-graders on the AB Honor Roll are Destiny Amos, Shelby Bates, Phillip Bingham, Daniel Bradley, Brazjae Brown, Erin Burgess, Amber Butler, Anajah Carter, Gua-dalupe Castro, Simon Chedester, Brandon Chism, Jasmine Conley, Holly Covel, Jamari Curry, Shane Farmer, Matthew Goddard and Savannah Goodman.

Also, Rachel Jackson, Zaire Jackson, Jessica Jenkins, Jean Jett, Shanya Lampkin, Hannah Loving, Rachel Lowery, Hannah Hamlett, Joseph McCall, Emily McYoung, Edwin Menjivar, Dorothy Morgan, Annie Newsome, Milexus Newton, Tristan O’Bier, Kevin O’Malley, Lotoya Patrick, Dylan Perkins and Annsley Pugh.

Also, Daniel Rosado, Aisha Richards, Bowe Rogers, Collin Saunders, Savannah Seebeck, Karas Smith, Brantley Swift, Addison Swisher, DeJour Taylor, Kimberly Taylor, Michaela Thompson, Jacob Trice, CinSere Turner, Jerry Turner, Selena Tyson, Timothy Vanlandingham, Natalie Webb, Brittany White and Kobe Wiggins.

NES announces‘AB’ Honor Roll

LMS releases end-of-year Honor Roll

USAFA Class of ‘61 lunches at club

Chesapeake Academy recently posted its Head of School List for the fourth term of the 2011-12 aca-demic session.

Fourth-graders on the head of school List are Colette Haynie and Lily Reihs.

Fifth-graders on the Head of School List are Walker Antonio, Schuyler Price, Eliza Carr Schmidt and Millie Tompkins.

Sixth-graders on the Head of School List are Aline Johnson, Erin McClain, Avery Shivers, Hannah Stout and Francesca Wilson.

Eighth-graders on the head of School List are T Carrington, Grace Gaenzle, Emmaline Keesee and Tre’s Rioland.

ChesapeakeAcademyposts honors

Spaces are still available for 4-H Junior Camp for resi-dents of Lancaster and Northumberland counties.

Camp will be held August 6 through 10 at the Jamestown 4-H Center near Williamsburg, said 4-H youth develop-ment Extension agent Tara Brent. Children ages 9 to 13 are eligible to attend.

Camp classes include archery, canoeing, sailing, model rocketry, robotics, riflery, art expression, photography and swimming, said Brent. The fee is $225 and scholarships are available.

Registration forms and scholarship information may be obtained by contacting the Virginia Cooperative Extension office at 462-5780 in Lancaster County, or 580-5694 in Northumberland County.

4-H Junior Camp still has openings

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The Three Rivers Environmental Educa-tors Network (TREE) will meet at 11 a.m. Monday, June 18, at the Visitor Center at Belle Isle State Park.

Project Learning Tree Virginia coordi-nator Lisa Deaton will speak. The award-winning environmental education program is designed for teachers and other educa-tors, parents and community leaders work-ing with youth from preschool through grade 12.

Through free workshops, teachers learn how to integrate nature and environmental topics into existing curriculum, said TREE president Charlene Talcott. Project Learn-ing Tree teaches students not what to think, but how to think about many pressing mat-ters facing them and our world.

Teachers, informal educators and the public are invited to the meeting, which includes lunch at noon. The event is free,

but participants should bring their own lunch. There is a $2 per car parking fee at the park.

Deaton will speak after lunch, and her presentation will be followed by a discus-sion of free and low-cost resources avail-able to teachers, schools, and educational groups throughout the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, said Talcott.

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College

Fourteen eighth-graders received diplomas Tues-day, June 5, at Chesapeake Academy.

The graduates are Michael Jonathan Barrack, the son of Jackie and Robin Barrack of Lancaster, who will attend Christchurch School in the fall.

Brendan Edward Brown, the son of Jeff and Sheila Brown of White Stone, will attend Christchurch School.

Tazwell Morton Car-rington V, the son of Taz and Johanna Carrington of White Stone, was pre-sented the J.E. Bouis Ath-letic Award. He will attend Christchurch School.

Austen-Taylor Dozier, the daughter of Vail and Gwen Dozier of Wake, was presented the Music Award. She will attend Middlesex High School.

AnnGardner Eubank, the daughter of Nancy Travers of Irvington, was presented the Pamela I. Herrell Ath-letic Award. She will attend Christchurch School.

Abigail Raye Foster, the daughter of Raye and Becky Foster of Deltaville was presented a Sandbox Award for attending Chesa-peake Academy continually from two-day preschool through the eighth-grade. She will attend Middlesex High School.

Grace Ferrow Gaenzle, the daughter of Chris and Carey Gaenzle of White Stone was presented the

Salutatorian Award for achieving the second high-est academic average and the Art Award. She will attend Carrboro High School.

Emma Caroline Keesee, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Neal Keesee of Christchurch, tied with classmate Hollis Perona for the Headmaster’s Award, recognizing the student who achieved the high-est grade point average in the eighth-grade. She will attend Christchurch School.

Charles Parker Kirkmyer, the son of Jack and Spen-cer Kirkmyer of Irvington, will attend Christchurch School.

Olivia Caroline Major, the daughter of Brian and Lisa Major of Locust Hill, will attend Middlesex High School.

Edward Hollis Lucian Perona, the son of Dr. Bar-bara Perona of Kilmarnock and John Perona of Irving-ton, was presented a Music Award and tied with class-mate Emmaline Keesee for the Headmaster’s Award. His high school destination is undecided.

Austin Craig Revere, the son of Craig and Tammy Revere of Hartfi eld, will attend Middlesex High School.

Kenneth Eugene Rioland III, the son of the Reverends Ken and Cynthia Rioland of Reedville, was awarded the Schroeder Cup, given to

the student who has given his or her all to school life, academically, athletically and socially. He will attend Northumberland High School.

Cole Donald George Schomer, the son of Dan and Leslie Schomer of Lancaster, will attend Lan-caster High School.

Other awardsAmong other awards

presented at commence-ment, the Tidewater Foun-dation Scholarship, given to a returning student in Middle School deemed valuable to the school, was awarded to seventh-grader Erin McClain, the daughter of the Rev. Brian and Stephanie McClain of White Stone.

The H. Hiter Harris Scholarship, established in 1998 by the Hiter Harris Family of Richmond to be awarded to a student who exhibits excellence in aca-demics and citizenship, was presented to seventh-grader Francesca Wilson, the daughter of Catherine Wilson of Kilmarnock.

The Catherine E. Schroeder Scholarship, awarded to a deserving student who represents a fantastic work ethic, strong academics, high levels of participation, and a big heart, was presented to sixth-grader Millie Tomp-kins, the daughter of Taylor and Heather Tompkins of Kilmarnock.

From left are (front row) Grace Ferrow Gaenzle, Austen-Taylor Dozier, Olivia Caroline Major, Abigail Raye Foster, AnnGardner Eubank and Emma Caroline Keesee; (next row) Edward Hollis Lucian Perona, Brendan Edward Brown, Tazewell Morton Carrington V, Charles Parker Kirkmyer, Austin Craig Revere, Kenneth Eugene Rioland III, Cole Donald George Schomer and Michael Jonathan Barrack.

Chesapeake Academy conducts commencementThe Norma Jean Edwards

Volunteer Award, estab-lished in 2004 to honor a volunteer or volunteers who have worked tirelessly for the benefi t of the academy, was presented to parents Jack and Spencer Kirk-myer of Irvington and Jeff and Sheila Brown of White Stone.

Certifi cates for kindergar-ten students were presented by division head Elizabeth Clark. The ceremony was highlighted by a Com-mencement Address in the form of personal accolades to graduates from head of school Deborah M. Cook, an invocation by pastor Cynthia Rioland, a benedic-tion by pastor Ken Rioland, and the academy’s Alma Mater sung by everyone present.

Matriculating to kindergartenThe Learning Center Preschool and Child Care recently graduated its fourth class. From left are Charlotte Johnson, Avery Parks, Lucy McDaniels, Elena Milsted, Rachel Headley and Samantha Kellum. “Thank you to Ms. Susan May for moving them forward to kindergarten with the wealth of knowledge that every fi ve-year-old deserves,” said Mary Posey.

Area students named to the Dean’s List at Longwood University for the spring 2012 semester include David Sean Lawson of Topping, Michael Allyson Eades of Urbanna and Emily Allan Thompson of White Stone.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—An innovative partnership among the University of Mary Washington and six Northern Neck public high schools—the Rappahannock Scholars Program—is increasing students’ grade point averages and college enroll-ment.

Trustees of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund awarded $120,000 to UMW to support the program and expand student services, according to president Sherry Magill. The grant was among 20 awards, valued at $1.8 million, made by the trustees during their May meeting.

The Rappahannock Scholars Program uses high school guid-ance counselors to nominate students who have or will com-plete two Advanced Placement of Dual Enrollment courses in high school and who graduate with a cumulative 3.5 GPA, said Magill. If the student meets the program’s requirements, Mary Washington guarantees admission and meets the student’s full fi nancial demonstrated need.

Since the program began, Mary Washington has seen appli-cations from these six high schools increase 297%. In addition, Rappahannock Scholars attended other Virginia institutions such as The University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and William and Mary. Moreover, students’ average GPA and test scores have increased at the high schools participating in the program.

In addition to providing general program support, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund grant will support a summer enrichment pro-gram to address the scholars math and science weaknesses, and support a coaching program to help parents complete the free application for Federal Student Aid.

Elsewhere in the Commonwealth, the trustees awarded $127,846 to Randolph-Macon College in Ashland to expand the number of students that transfer from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College to Randolph-Macon College.

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund works to expand access and create opportunity through grants to more than 330 eligible organizations identifi ed by Mrs. duPont in her will. The fund has assets of more than $264 million and has awarded more than $318 million in grants since 1977.

duPont grant expandscollege opportunities forNorthern Neck students

■ Boys StateLancaster High School senior Kevin McCartney, an Ameri-

can Legion Scholastic Medal Recipient, was selected to repre-sent Lancaster County at the Boys State Summer Program June 17 through 23 at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

McCartney’s ties to the American Legion run deep. His great-grandfather, William Reid, was a World War II member of the American Legion.

SCHOOL REPORT

Environmental educators to meet

■ W&M gradsFour area students recently graduated from the College

of William & Mary in Williamsburg.McClain Powell of Deltaville earned a BA. Robert Slat-

ford of Irvington earned a BS. Barbara Blake of Kilmar-nock earned an EDD. Isaac Clark of Weems earned a BS.

ACADEMIC HONORS

Lancaster County Virginia Education Foundation would like to thank the

following people for Celebration of Excellence:

Dr. Elizabeth CrowtherChesapeake BankBank of LancasterEVB

Union First Market BankRW-CMargaret NostJoe CurryB.H.B. Hubbard

Also for the 3rd Grade D.C trip:Chesapeake BankBank of LancasterEaster Virginia BanksharesUnion First Market BankSports CentreLPS PTAAdventure TravelMagills Famous RestaurantGrace Episcopal ChurchRappahannock General HosptialWhite Stone Baptist ChurchMrs. Carol GiffordLewis General RepairMr. David Humphreys, CPAPitt Co., IncLancaster Co. Lions ClubNew Life MinistriesMs. Jamilah SawyerRev. and Mrs. Bryan McClainDr. and Mrs. James PrinceMr. and Mrs. William KopcsakMr. and Mrs. William Hughes

Ms. Eve JordanMr. and Mrs J. Alan BallMr. Herbert FowlerMr. Robert McKenneyMs. Linda SmallK. KaufmannMrs. Anne ReathDr. and Mrs. Floyd Griffith, Jr.Mrs. Cornelia HugerMr. and Mrs. Chris BralyMr. and Mrs. William Towles, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas BakerMR. and Mrs. John BrauerMrs. Deborah SachenMrs. Martha WilsonMs. Edna RobertsMr. and Mrs. Charles LeeMr. and Mrs. Donald GilmoreMr. and Mrs. Keith MillerMs. Anne StanleyMr. and Mrs. P.B. SouthmaydMr. James Livesay, Jr.

Phillip D. Humphreys of White Stone, a sophomore at Christopher Newport University, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2012 semester. He is a music education major and participates in several ensembles at the university, including the marching band.

He is the son of David and Susan Humphreys and the grandson of Louise A. Humphreys of Kilmarnock and Frances G. Marsh of Lively.

Members of the Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Neck recently built two large raised garden beds, and planted seasonal vegetables including lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, string beans, yellow squash and radishes, accord-ing to unit director Wardell Carter.

Some are already peaking through the soil, and herbs should not be far behind, said Carter. When the vegetables are harvested, club members will sample the fruits of their

labors.The members received guidance from

youth leaders Ciarra Turner and Sheena Hebbons and volunteer gardener and board member Jeff Wainscott.

To further the gardening efforts, the the Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society plans to plant an addi-tional garden to attract butterflies, said Carter.

Boys & Girls Club members plant garden

Four young men partici-pated in the recent Realistic Expectations annual recital. The performers included Brady Mullins on piano, Teagan Mullins on piano, Seth Hughes on piano and Stephen Ronquest on guitar.

“They all played excep-tionally well on all of their pieces, and all of them having a couple or more to perform,” said Celeste Gates.

Brady Mullins performed “Yankee Doodle” once as the normal tune and once as fast as his fingers would carry him. “Brady won,” said Gates, implying that he went faster than her accompani-ment. Mullins also played “London Bridge.”

Teagan Mullins performed “Classic Dance,” “Camptown Races” and “Ferris Wheel Ride.” Hughes performed “Little Spring Song” and “Imperial March.” Ronquest performed “Ode to Joy” and “James Brown Riff.”

Other participants included Kathy Eskridge on clarinet and bass clarinet and Christine Hughes on clarinet. They (with Gates) formed a clarinet trio and performed “Mona Lisa” and “Only a Paper Moon.”

Eskridge performed “Cheek to Cheek” by Irving Berlin, accompanied by Gates on guitar. Eskridge

and Gates also performed a clarinet duo of George Philip Teleman’s “Canonic Sonata #1,” originally for two violins.

Gates also announced realistic-expectations site where students can get information or mini lessons on their instruments, pro-spective students can see what the studio is all about

and parents can see what to expect from music lessons.

Another purpose of the site is to expose studens to good performances of the musical literature idiom-atic to each instrument—whether that’s classical, pop or rock, she said.

The recital was held at Bethany United Methodist Church in Reedville.

Lancaster Middle School sixth-graders recently enjoyed Think Outside the Sink―a day of meaningful outdoor water conservation activities.

The event, organized by Northern Neck Soil & Water Conservation Dis-trict with Belle Isle State Park, gave the class of 89 students a chance to partici-pate in inland and waterside educational activities and enjoy a beautiful day at the park, said district education specialist Fraye Andrashko. A hayride from the longest station rotation also was a hit for the students.

Groups of sixth-graders rotated through six stations: seining and tide marking; pollution and water qual-ity―testing with probes; incredible journey―the water cycle and groundwa-ter; oysters: filterers, food and run; wetlands―the salt marsh cast; and watersheds, soil health and erosion, said Andrashko.

The stations incorporated presentations and associ-ated activities intended to reinforce knowledge gained from classroom activities

Lancaster sixth-graders think outside the school

and standards of learning, she said.

Twenty-six volunteers from local partnering organizations assisted with planning, station pro-grams, escorting, time-keeping, safety, general setup assistance and the hayride, said Andrashko. Representatives of Belle Isle State Park, Friends of the Rappahannock, Northern Neck Master Gardeners, Northern Neck Chapter, Virginia Master Naturalists, Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Associa-

tion, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Northern Neck Chapter, Virginia Native Plant Society, as well as Northern Neck Soil and Water participated.

The event was well reviewed by the teach-ers and other volunteers, she said. Plans are afoot for a fall program for the new crop of sixth-graders coming in.

For information on environmental education programs, contact at faye.andrashko@nnswcd.org, or 333-3525, ext. 113.

It is a spring-time rite of passage—new high school and college graduates don the cap and gown and march for graduation ceremonies.

Unfortunately, even with a hard-earned diploma, many leave school for the work world without knowledge of one of life’s critical products—insurance. Here are some basic insurance products that all graduates should consider and certainly should understand:

whether owned or leased, holds great appeal to the new graduate. Auto insurance is a necessity for coping with expenses due to damages to that vehicle.

Accidents can create large financial bur-dens for a driver. Liability insurance pays for injury to others or damage to their vehi-cle and comprehensive and collision pays for damage to one’s own vehicle.

Purchase higher liability limits and keep the policy continuously in force. State laws require insurance for vehicles to be licensed. If insurance lapses, the Division of Motor Vehicles will be notified.

Make sure to obey all speed limits, and be on guard while driving. Good driving records and continuous insurance result in lower premiums for your budget.

starting our probably will not own their home but will rent a house or apartment. When young adults move out of their par-ent’s home they are no longer covered under their insurance policy. Renters insur-ance will protect personal belongings for loss such as fire, wind, theft, vandalism, and other causes while liability coverage protects one from financial loss due to an injury to someone else on the premises or from an accident on the premises—even from a dog bite.

It is an important item to have since the price is generally very inexpensive depend-ing on how much coverage one buys and where one lives. Don’t go without this cov-erage.

by an employer’s health insurance plan or may be able to continue on a parent’s

plan until age 26. Make sure the status is known. If not insured, check into the vari-ous options for coverage. Lack of health insurance is a leading cause for bankrupt-cies and financial ruin.

Understand your options and obtain cov-erage.

is the greatest time to purchase life insur-ance. Term life provides insurance for a set number of years and is the least expensive. Term insurance can usually be converted to permanent insurance as well to accumulate cash values.

Whether buying life insurance or group coverage under an employer’s plan, buy this coverage while young and healthy and the premiums are low. As people age, life insur-ance premiums and eligibility changes.

plan now, either through an employer or independently. Small contributions on a monthly basis for many years will likely not even be missed from one’s monthly budget. Start now and be consistent. The amount one saves monthly is not as impor-tant as developing the habit of consistently saving.

referred to as “nursing home” coverage, but it is much more than that. Like life insurance, buy this at a young age while healthy and accumulate benefits for the future at a much lower premium. There are many options for these types of policies, so it’s worth taking a look and at least getting some information to understand.

There are plenty of insurance products in the market but these are some of the basics for the new graduate to understand and con-sider. Certainly auto and renters insurance, as well as retirement plans and life insur-ance are foundations to a sound financial future. Read, ask questions, and understand the products. Do not always be tempted to buy the least expensive—know what you are getting for the dollar, and know about the insurance company’s financial strength as well. Do the homework and make an educated decision after obtaining the facts.

Mark M. Clark, C.I.C., represents Hub-bard Insurance Agency at 30 North Main Street in Kilmarnock.

New graduates face new insurance needsby Mark M. Clark, C.I.C.

“Livvy” Gill of Lan-caster is the winner of the $5,000 scholarship to study agriculture spon-sored by the Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association.

Gill is the daughter of Carlie Harding and Don Gill and was a 2009 grad-uate of Lancaster High School. She is a rising junior at Virginia Tech majoring in agricultural economics. She plans to pursue a career in support of the agricultural industry such as lending, insurance or Cooperative Extension.

Other winners include Trent Jones of Montross and Allison Crittenden of Hardyville. A total of $8,000 was awarded to deserving youth pursuing agricultural studies.

The Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Asso-ciation sponsors this and other educational pro-grams to foster the educa-tion of current vegetable growers and members of the association, as well as the next generation of farmers and those in sup-port positions.

Contact advisor Kelly Liddington at 333-3420.

Gill wins scholarship

ACADEMIC HONORS

Music studio holds recital

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Three area students were named to the spring 2012 Dean’s List at the College of William and Mary. They are Patick Keyser of Bur-gess, Michael Sanderson of Hudgins and Grace Perkins of White Stone.

Senior Shanita A. Mitchell of Lancaster is on the spring 2012 Dean’s List at the Uni-versity of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.

On May 12, 2012, Codie J. D. Carter, the son of Doris Dunaway-Aytes of Kilmar-nock and the late Raymond Aytes, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory O. Carter of Heathsville, graduated from Shenandoah University with a bachelor’s in business administration, a minor in women’s studies and a minor in business entrepreneur.

He also is the grandson of Shirley Dunaway and George C. Dunaway Sr. of Kilmarnock, Gazelle Aytes of Lancaster, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Keeve of Reedville.

A 2008 graduate of Lan-caster High School, Carter will continue his education at the Massage Therapy Insti-tute in Falls Church, begin-ning June 20.

Class of 2012

On May 15, 2012, Maya Angela Smith, grand-daughter of Dr. Elton Smith Jr., of Kilmarnock and Shacklefords, received the Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley.

Dr. Maya Smith studied romance languages and linguistics—with a focus on French, Spanish and Italian—and speaks these fluently.

She conducted research in language acquisition, and taught French at Berkeley during her grad-uate tenure. She will con-tinue research and teach at Berkeley in the fall.

The Lancaster-Northumber-land Retired Teachers Associa-tion recently held its biannual meeting at the Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington.

Jayne Jackson, a retired Lancaster County teacher, has held the volunteer position of president for the past eight years and has seen the mem-bership grow to more than 20 active participants, said Sandy Armstrong. Jackson recently stepped down and turned the presidency over to Charlotte Swaffin and Fran Mickel.

The association meets the third Wednesday in May and October. All retired teachers in Lancaster and Northumber-land are welcome to join.

Dr. Smith to continueresearch and teaching

ACADEMIC HONORS

Carter earns business degree

Fifty students from five states and Scotland will be under the direction of Rebecca Tebbs Nunn at a Youth Theater Workshop beginning July 9 at The Playhouse in White Stone. The workshop is sponsored by the Lancaster Play-ers.

This is the fourth year for the workshop and the largest class to date with fifteen students on the waiting list, reported Nunn.

She has a bachelor’s in dra-matic arts from Mary Washington College of the University of Vir-ginia. She taught drama at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington, N.Y., and at Rappahan-nock Community College in Glenns.

Nunn acted with the Helen Hayes Repertory Theater on Broadway and has acted in over 30 major productions including dinner and com-munity theater in addition to making numerous radio and television commercials. Nunn has directed over 50 major productions from New York to Florida and has performed in Ireland, Atlantic City, and aboard a cruise ship.

She will teach method acting, projection, breathing, set design, and technique with a visiting professional for one session and stu-dents will receive instruction in lighting from Bob Walker and a sound seminar from Bruce Hamilton.

The two-week workshop will culminate in a show written by Nunn entitled “Fantasma-

goria” and will feature musical numbers including “Greased Lightning” from “Grease,” “I Could Have Danced All Night” from “My Fair Lady,” “Let Me Entertain You” from “Gypsy,” “Hey Big Spender” from “Sweet Charity,” and “O Happy Day” from “Sister Act” plus Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson impersonations with a tribute to Robin Gibb when the students perform “Stayin’ Alive.”

Additionally, the students ages 7 to 19 will perform scenes from

Greek through contemporary theater includ-ing a morality play, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Walter Wykes, Wade Bradford and a mixed-up fairy tale, she said.

Assisting at the workshop are musical direc-tor Ilona Duncan, choreographer Sue Broad-way, stage manager Robin Blake and admin-istrative assistant Pat Kopcsak. Mei-Li Beane will coach voice. Bob Walker will provide the lighting effects and Bruce Hamilton will be the sound technician.

“I’m really looking forward to this year’s workshop and working with these talented young people,” said Nunn. “This is a very ambitious show and I know the students will be up to the challenge.”

Performances are 7 p.m. July 20 and 21 at The Playhouse. The public is invited to attend.

Youth Theater Workshop is full

Jackson turns over association leadershipAaron Michael Young

graduated May 12, 2012, from Virginia Common-wealth University.

Young was awarded a bachelor’s in criminal jus-tice with a major in forensic crime scene investigation.

A graduate of Lancaster High School, Young lives in Richmond where he is pursuing employment in his field as well as a master’s in forensic science.

He is the son of Jane and Bill Mitchell of Kilmarnock and Chet Young of Lan-caster.

Young earns bachelor’s

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