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Serves and Celebrates the Chesapeake Bay Region and its People, Past, Present and Future
CHESAPEAKEVolume XXI Issue 4 April 2018
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2 April 2018
“You’ve lost weight!” “You’re losing weight!” “What are you doing to lose weight?” These are comments from my friends this past year. I was aware of my weight loss every time I stepped on a scale. When I’d eat out, I’d take home half of my food to eat later. Once in my car, I’d undo my bra to relieve pressure on my diaphragm.
During the past year I was on medications that caused a bad taste in my mouth, and I was unable to eat. I complained to the doctors, pharmacists,
anyone and everyone, that I was unable to eat, all of us believing the cause was the medications.
Recently, I went to the doctor’s office, saw the PA, who took my temp, BP, which were normal, I noticed a few more pounds of weight loss. She suggested I take Pepto Bismol and made an appointment to see a GI doctor. I was eating Tums like they were going out of style.
Her idea didn’t work. Then I began vomiting, so asked my friend Marie Stone to take me to ER at Riverside Tappahannock - Northern Neck Hospital. On Saturday, March 3, I was admitted to the ICU unit, where I stayed for five days. I had too much calcium—no more
Tums for me, ever—not enough potassium and magnesium and when I was given every test known to man or woman, and they discovered I had a hiatal hernia, in which 75% of my stomach appeared to be in my esophagus. At that point Dr. Mason recommended I gain strength prior to surgery and go to rehab, at the Orchard. When you’re not able to get up and walk around you lose mobility. But the gut upset and vomiting continued, so I went home after eight days. Thanks to Physical Therapist, Said, who taught me how to use a walker. Before leaving I asked to buy the good looking pink walker, but they refused. By this time my daughter, Kathy arrived, found one online, and ordered it for me. I named her The Pink Lady.
The following Monday Kathy called Dr Mason’s office, and I saw him the next day. He stopped all medications (with two exceptions) put me on a liquid diet—which included mashed potatoes—and scheduled surgery for March 28. The vomiting stopped and I became stronger.
Meanwhile, it was imperative that this issue of Chesapeake Style go to print, albeit a week late. So thanks to the village of writers, sales reps, advertisers and friends, I was able to get this issue to the printer the night before surgery—with the understanding this column would be late.
The surgery, clearly, was successful. However, 100% of my stomach was in my esophagus, so I will be on soft foods for a couple of weeks, while my esophagus recovers. Kathy has cooked a plethora of goodies for me to eat, and my freezer is full. I can eat what she made if I want to chop it up in the
blender. I am more than grateful for the staff of Riverside Tappahannock - Northern Neck Hospital. My care was excellent, and when I went back for surgery, several of the doctors and nurses remembered me, so it was a happy time.
I will have in home care for several weeks, when a physical therapist will work with me so I won’t have to use the The Pink Lady...I figure if you have to have a walker, get a classy one...and she’s turning out to be rather sassy, too!
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By Carl Spike Knuth
From the coast, through the piedmont, to the mountains, it’s almost impossible to go into any wood lands with brushy edges or openings in spring and not hear a towhee. You’ll
either hear its “che-wink,” or “towhee,” (“jo-ree,”)
calls or its song often translated as “drink your teeeee.” Sometimes it sounds as if the bird is far away, yet it may be only a few yards away.
Eastern towhees are birds of the thickets. They live in the vine tangles of grape or greenbrier, stands of blackberry, hickory or any other thick vegetation. Only on occasion will the male come out to sing from an elevated perch atop a small tree or shrub. Look for them especially along forest edges and clear cuts that are growing back up.
Towhees are secretive, solitary birds. The male is usually the bird you’ll see, mainly because he reveals his location through calling or singing. He’s usually alone because the female is sitting tight on her well concealed nest. Her first nest is normally built on the ground in a slight hollow under a clump of grasses or under a small shrub. It’s built of grasses, leaves, strips of bark, and lined with fine grasses, rootlets and animal hair.
About four to six pale pinkish-white eggs, dotted with reddish-brown are laid. Second brood nests may be built up higher, but still low in a shrub or bush. Cowbirds seem to target the towhee nests for laying their eggs, perhaps because the host bird’s eggs are similar
in color and the parent birds the same size.While the female incubates, the male will be
close by, singing and protecting his territory. His colors are unlike any other bird in the woods. His head, throat, chest, back, wings and tail are black. He has a white belly with chestnut-brown sides and flanks. His short rounded wings have white wing bars and his tail has white outer feathers, which flash noticeably when he flies. The towhee’s wings make an audible fluttering noise.
The female has brown where the male has black and her belly is buffier. Juveniles are similar to the female but with a streaked appearance. Actually, the towhee’s size and shape is much like the cardinal minus the crest.
Towhees feed on the ground by scratching in the humus of the forest floor. It scratches away leaves and decaying vegetation by jumping up quickly, pulling its feet backward to uncover beetles and other insects, often a very noisy activity. While insects are its main food, they will feed on seeds and wild fruits of all kinds.Original artwork by Carl Spike Knuth
Spike’s Wildlife Almanac~The Eastern Towhee
6 April 2018
Style Spotlight~Peake Tide Fishing
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By Ann Eichenmuller
The wind and sun on your face, the boat moving with the swells, casting your hook into a school of fish—these
are everyday occurrences for Josh Saunders. The young boat captain will be the first to tell you that his job is one of the best in the world.
“Any day on the water is a good day,” he says with a laugh.
As the owner of Peake Tide Fishing, Saunders should know. He operates his boats from March through January, and depending on the season, you might see him anywhere from the Bay at Smith Point to the James River in Richmond.
“We’ll go wherever the fish are,” Saunders explains.
Josh’s appreciation for the water started early. He spent his childhood fishing in freshwater rivers and
lakes, and in high school he worked parttime at tackle and bait shops near his home in Mechanicsville. But what really hooked him was his first time catching rockfish at Smith Point—in a kayak.
“He fell in love with saltwater fishing after that,” says wife Tracy, who crews with Saunders when she isn’t working at Chesapeake Boat Basin in Kilmarnock.
Josh admits he couldn’t envision a life spent “working in a building,” so in the years that followed his first encounter with the stripers, Josh worked to develop the skills and earn the certifications necessary to captain his own charter.
“It took an investment of time and money to gain the knowledge I needed,” he says, including untold hours spent memorizing charts and tracking the best fishing spots.
Saunders also knew he wanted Peake Tide to be different from
the head boats he mated on while learning his craft. He found that anglers on those trips were often packed in tightly, with the goal of catching the legal limit as quickly as possible and then heading back to the dock. To Saunders, that missed the whole point of going fishing.
“Especially for people who don’t live on or near the water like we do, they love looking at all the things we take for granted. You can see
some cool stuff on the water,” he says, adding, “I guess you could say Peake Tide is more about the experience than the limit.”
Saunders purchased an 18 foot Cape Craft Bay and Flats, which normally takes two anglers, and a 23 foot Parker, which can handle up to four and sports a custom tower for superior visibility. These smaller, more maneuverable boats allow him to seek out fish in shallower water and to offer a more personalized trip tailored to the needs of his clients.
Peake Tide’s season starts in
March, catching shad and rockfish on the quiet waters of the upper James. As the summer progresses he targets red drum, rockfish, cobia and more of our summer time resident species on the Lower Bay and Eastern Shore. He moves north in the fall to concentrate on light tackle jigging from Smith Point to the Rappahannock for the fall striper season.
These smaller craft also allow Saunders a flexibility he says he would not have with a larger boat. Peake Tide is able to provide affordable custom charters for everything from bird watching to sunset cruises. And as long as the weather permits, children are enthusiastically welcomed aboard, says Saunders, who “loves having kids on the boat.”
Wife Tracy agrees. “They’re just happy being on the water. If they catch a fish, that makes their day.”
Saunders also says that he believes Peake Tide’s size and philosophy has led to a more relaxed, family like atmosphere. “A small boat is just more hands on than a big boat. People feel more involved in the experience.”
But don’t think a smaller boat means a smaller catch. Saunders points out that his anglers often catch their limit, and in recent years he has had some epic days on the water.
“I think our best day last year was when we caught our limit of cobia in the morning, and then
we hit these huge schools of red drum in the afternoon, and it just didn’t stop. We fished until we got tired of fishing,” he says, smiling.
It is those memories that inspire Josh and Tracy as they prepare for another season—and that keep Peake Tide’s clientele coming back for more.
For more information, check out Peake Tide’s website at www.peaketide.com. To schedule a trip, call Captain Josh at 804-338-0109 or email info@peaketide. You can also check them out on Facebook and Instagram.Photos courtesy Josh Saunders.
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Mrs. Chippy Onboard Endurance
By Ellen Dugan
If Ernest Shackleton had advertised for a ship’s cat to join his Endurance Expedition when it left London’s East India
Docks on August 1, 1914, it’s doubtful that any felines would have applied—especially if they had known what lay ahead.
However, one cat did sign on, a tough tom from Glasgow, Scotland. Conceivably, he could have applied for the job just to stay with his new owner, Henry McNish, also from Scotland. McNish was the ship’s carpenter and master shipwright. When preparing for the expedition he noticed that a cat had settled in and curled up in one of his toolboxes,
as if signaling that he too was ready to go on the voyage. Touched and perhaps needing company, McNish carried him onboard.
Soon the cat was following McNish everywhere. “Like an over possessive wife” said his shipmates, who promptly named McNish’s cat Mrs. Chippy. (Chippy is a colloquial, somewhat affectionate name for a carpenter in Britain.) The name stuck even though
Mrs. Chippy was a tom, and to our knowledge, had not undergone transgender surgery.
By all accounts Shackleton and his crew were quite pleased to have Mrs. Chippy onboard. He proved to be a “first rate mouser and rat catcher” and was considered to be handsome, intelligent, good natured and affectionate—all qualities much valued as morale boosters.
When Mrs. Chippy wasn’t protecting the ship’s provisions, he
liked to challenge the expedition’s 70 odd Canadian sled dogs to the feline version of Uproar. The dogs were caged in restrictive kennels on either side of the deck while the cat roamed free. The cat would prowl on top of the kennels, sharpen his claws on the roofs, and then calmly wash himself and sit back as all hell broke loose among the canines below.
As history reports, all went well with Shackleton’s expedition for about five months. Then Endurance became trapped in frozen pack ice which would eventually crush her. The dogs were moved into specially
built, ice block houses dubbed “dogloos” perhaps in a moment of much needed verbal levity as the expedition settled in to face the Antarctic winter.
Despite adjusting his hygiene routine to include frequent snow removal from between his toes, and the risk of freezing his tongue as a result, Mrs. Chippy remained upbeat. He even seemed to
enjoy the addition of pemmican to his diet. (Pemmican, you may remember from American Indian history, is an appalling mixture of fat
and protein sometimes enhanced with dried fruit. The buffalo, elk, deer, seal, or moose meat is cut and dried, then pounded into powder so that it can be mixed with fat. The bad news is that it keeps for 10 years.)
However much he liked pemmican though, Mrs. Chippy drew the line at eating penguin. At nine pounds ten ounces—the only expedition member to gain weight—he probably just wasn’t hungry.
As conditions grew worse and the ship began to break up under pressure of the ice, according to one crew member, “Mrs. Chippy’s almost total disregard for the diabolical forces at work on the ship was more than remarkable—it was inspirational. Such perfect courage is, alas, not to be found in our modern age.”
Sadly, courage wasn’t enough for Mrs. Chippy. Stay tuned for what happened next…
8 April 2018
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Are you looking for a quiet and calm place to get away and relax? Love the water with a beautiful view? The River Edge Inn, in Colonial Beach, has a
view of the Potomac River, all the way across to Maryland. It enriches peaceful day dreams. If you are familiar with Colonial Beach through the years, River Edge Inn is located where the old Colonial Beach Hotel was years ago, right on the beachfront. Now, beautifully remodeled, guests have comforts that ensure a pleasant stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Pak own the River Edge Inn. They also stay there, so they are very attuned to the needs of the guests and what would enhance a guest’s stay. Mrs. Pak takes special pride in offering a free Continental Breakfast filled with usual, and sometimes unusual breakfast items. It is highly complimented by the guests. As well, snacks are available during the day. Both are in the dining area in the lobby.
Betty Felton has been at River Edge for six years. She started working at the front desk and is now the manager. She loves being there and
enjoys the guests. She likes to help the guests discover Colonial Beach’s sites, restaurants and the local history. Betty grew up in the Colonial Beach area and is familiar with what makes a visit special. Besides spacious rooms with queen or king sized beds, each room has a small refrigerator and microwave. Also, in every room is a flat screen TV with cable and free Wi-Fi. Outside there is a patio with that gorgeous view.
There is a swimming pool and a picnic area with a grill for the guests to use. Many other offerings make an extended stay easy, such as their guest laundry. Two rooms are available for guests
with pets. There is ample free on site parking in front of the rooms. Imagine going to a quaint river side town and being able to stay in a lovely inn with a view that you will remember forever.
Do not forget all the soothing sounds that come with being on the water. Colonial Beach has also been designated as one of the safest waterfront towns in Virginia. The staff at River Edge Inn are friendly and care about your comfort. Anytime you want to, you can sit outside on the patio enjoying the view. Or, you can walk along the beach, wade or swim in the river. Many days you might like to use the swimming pool. Your family could enjoy the view while using the grill and eating outside.
The opportunities for a relaxing “time out” are endless. One can visit Colonial Beach’s local museum, vineyards, berry farm, the drag strip and state park or many of the local historical sites such as Stratford Hall, home of the Lee family. For dining, enjoy the numerous area restaurants, seafood, burgers, pizza, American, Chinese, Italian and even Thai/French cuisines.
Off-track betting is offered at another location along the river. Do not forget that boating is also available. There is something for everyone including charter fishing cruises. All the while being in the welcoming, stress free River Edge Inn where the people want their guests to have comfort and beauty.
Everyone deserves a break that will be renewing and memorable. Plan a quiet retreat, a family reunion or a surprise party, or a rekindling of yourself. All the while staying at a lovely inn with a view where the people care about you and your visit. You will be glad you did. The River Edge Inn is waiting for you at 30 Colonial Avenue, Colonial Beach. The phone is: 804-410-2024 or 804-410-2087. On line: www.riveredgeinncolonialbeach.
com and on Facebook.Joy Brenda Burch photos.
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By Gerhard Straub
Most of us have been there a time or two. You are having
a nice day on the water and maybe anchored somewhere to fish or have lunch and maybe you used the stereo or blender just a bit too much. It’s time to go home so you get ready to get underway, turn the key, and…nothing! Or worse yet, maybe the Bay has been a little choppy and all that sediment and sludge that has accumulated in the fuel tank over the winter gets nice and stirred up to the point that the fuel filter clogs and the engine sputters to silence. Maybe you didn’t realize that they changed a navigation mark and you ran aground—you are reading Local Notices to Mariners, that we mentioned in last October’s edition, right?. So, who ya gonna call?
In almost 40 years of boating, I have been towed in twice. OK, OK, three times if you count that nasty incident in my college sailboat racing days. Excluding that one event, both times have been here in the Northern Neck and both times it has been Smith Point Sea Rescue that has come to help. Smith Point Sea Rescue is an all volunteer service that was organized in 1974 and is the only such volunteer service on the Bay.
Their service area covers the
middle Chesapeake Bay between the Potomac River and the Rappahannock River and the Potomac River from Ragged Point to the Bay. Two of their three rescue vessels are located on Cockrell’s Creek and the third is located on Lodge Creek at the end of the South Yeocomico River just off the Potomac, so they are poised to respond quickly to any part of their service area. A call on VHF Channel 16 or a phone call to the Northumberland County Sheriff’s Office—804-580-5221 or 911)—will put them in motion.
While this is an all volunteer organization that relies on community support and receives no financial support from any government agency and does not charge for the service, the Smith Point Sea Rescue crews are well trained. On the most recent rescue that I unfortunately have personal knowledge of, and caused by a failed starter motor, they
were quickly on scene, assessed the situation and immediately set up a well controlled “hip tow.”
Steering both vessels in tandem, they took us up the creek and put us ever so gently against
our pier, much to the delight of the twenty passengers on board! While that event occurred on a warm, sunny day, I see the rescue boat from Lodge Creek go out in all sorts of conditions when I am thankful that I am sitting comfortably on my couch!
Smith Point Sea Rescue, as well as the local volunteer fire and rescue squads, are neighbors helping neighbors. We can help them help
us by supporting them. Isn’t that what living here is all about?
See you on the water.Gerhard Straub is master of
the skipjack Claud W. Somers which is owned by the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.Smith Point Sea Rescue vessel Rescue I performs a hip tow on the skipjack Claud W. Somers. Photo by Gerhard Straub.
10 April 2018
Style Spotlight~Eagle River Owner Soaring After Coming Out Of Retirement
By Bob Flynn
Chet Williamson has been in the construction business, both retail and residential, for
more than 55 years. He has built convenience stores, drug stores, churches and even had a hand in stadium construction in the nation’s capital. He has built homes that range from 1,500 square feet to 6,000 square feet. And he has built them for admirals, generals, attorneys, doctors, plumbers and retired railroad men. His work can be found in D.C., Fredericksburg, King George, Mathews, Tappahannock and all throughout the Northern Neck.
But if you ask him his favorite project, he will tell you it’s a humble one that is close to home.
“I think the project that probably made me feel the best was the gazebo in Kinsale. And I gave that to them. It’s beautiful. It’s all wood, with a metal roof. It’s great looking,” he said without a hint of bragging.
The gazebo, which sits at the center of the village park, is as modest and unassuming as he is, and was built with the same care and attention to detail as all of his other projects.
Taft Carter, his business partner, has fond memories of it as well.
“I enjoyed doing it because it was a neat little design,” he said.
Chet, 82, and Taft, 75, have known each other since the early 1990s. They formed Eagle River Construction, whose main office is at 2151 Northumberland Highway in Lottsburg, in the late 1990s. It’s the second business for Chet, who came out of retirement to join forces with Taft. That retirement didn’t last long.
“I got bored and started this company,” Chet said of Eagle River.
For Eagle River, Chet primarily does residential work in the Northern Neck, while Taft concentrates on
commercial aspects in Richmond. Taft, who retired recently but remains as a consultant, said that arrangement was the key to their success.
“We stayed apart,” he said with a chuckle. “I stayed in Richmond.”
They did work together on a number of projects, most notably Chandler Chevrolet, which now is Tappahannock Chevrolet.
“It was a big job, full-size car dealership,” Taft said. “We really did do that one sort of hand-in-hand.”
Chet took a long and winding road to the Northern Neck. He grew up in Colorado and joined the Army after high school, spending four years at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he became a jump school instructor. Then, after returning to his home state to work in the mines for a few years, he moved to Richmond to become a union carpenter. He worked for the union in D.C. for a little more than a decade before starting a commercial construction company in 1974.
“We did nothing but retail,” Chet said.
His first run in the construction business lasted 35 years, counting his time as an employee and owner. He has a simple explanation for his longevity in the business.
“I can seriously say I have always enjoyed what I do,” he said. “When I was in D.C., I loved working with all the commercial guys. … The best part about (Eagle River Construction) is the people that we have down here.”
He knows those people helped make him a success.
“If you haven’t got the lieutenants behind you to keep it going, it just doesn’t work,” he said.
Attitude also plays a key role. “Every house, and I keep telling
all the guys I have, it’s their castle,”
he said, referring to the homeowners who hire Eagle River. “It might be only 1500 square feet or it might be 6,000 square feet, but it’s their castle. It’s their house…The way I go into a job, that’s the way I want to come out. I want them to invite me over for Fourth of July for a glass of wine or a beer.
“I want them to call me, and they do.”
That relationship doesn’t surprise Taft, who said Chet is “a good people person” and “totally dependable.”
“He’s never let me down, and I hope I’ve never let him down,” Taft added.
Chet’s been married to his second wife, Jan, for 26 years. He has three sons and one daughter
from a previous marriage, and eight grandkids and four great-grandkids. But he has no plans to slow down.
“I want an office. I want a reason to get up every morning, and this is the reason I get up every morning,” he said as he looked around a small, cluttered conference room. Bob Flynn photos.
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A question we often hear from our estate planning clients,” If I end up in a nursing home how do I pay
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Let's take up the third option first. To qualify for Medicaid, generally you must demonstrate that you have no resources to pay for long term care and if married, that your spouse has no available resources to be applied to your long term care. Otherwise you must use your assets and your spouse’s assets to pay the nursing home or the assisted living facility.
Now, for married couples, there are some exceptions. The healthy spouse may keep their home, if it's in name of the healthy spouse who is living in it. The healthy spouse can also keep an automobile, prepaid funeral expenses for both and half of their savings and investments up to a maximum of approximately $120,000.
Personal effects also are generally exempt. Beyond that, everything must be spent on the care of the incapacitated spouse. An experienced elder law attorney often can develop strategies to preserve assets. One way, would be to transfer assets to another family member or to an irrevocable trust. Medicaid requires, however, that any gifts made within five years of a Medicaid application, will count as available resources. so unless you're healthy, and do not expect to be applying for Medicaid in the foreseeable future, gifting
assets away may not be effective. There are various other techniques
employed to preserve certain assets; thus, if you anticipate applying for Medicaid in the foreseeable future, you need to sit down with a qualified elder law attorney and discuss your options.
The second option to protect yourself for long term care would be to buy long term care insurance. Policies are available, but very few companies now offer them. Premiums are based upon the length of time you want benefits to be paid. Benefits for nursing home care are usually based on a daily rate. For example, under a $200 a day policy this amount is the maximum daily benefit that would be paid for the number of days you contract for.
Most policies provide for inflation to keep the benefit up with the rising cost of the nursing home.
Provided you are insurable and you can afford the premium, Virginia Medicaid provides an attractive incentive to encourage people to purchase LTC insurance.
Finally, if you must bear the cost of long term care out of pocket, you need to talk with your financial advisor and determine whether you have sufficient resources to incur these costs for yourself and your spouse.Joseph T. Buxton III is the founder of TrustBuilders Law Group, Buxton and Buxton, a Professional Corporation with offices in Virginia Beach, Yorktown, Williamsburg and Urbanna. He can be reached at 804-758-1314 or [email protected]. *Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, Tucson, Az.
12 April 2018
By Martha M. Hall
There are many remarkable things about the Rappahannock Concert Association, but perhaps the most remarkable is the sense of community it is committed
to building. The RCA is a long-standing organization in the Northern Neck: it was created in 1983 by a group of music lovers who were determined to bring first rate musicians to a rural area, but it built on an even longer standing tradition of community connection.
Born during the Depression, when family money for entertainment was scarce, the concept of “community concerts” was a way to provide a community with quality musical programs for a small amount of money. Rather than try to make up the difference after the fact, the founders of the community concert concept sold subscriptions to a music series, and once they had enough money in hand, they would recruit performers to play for what the community could afford to pay. It was as part of this historical movement that the Rappahannock Concert Association came to life in the Northern Neck, and it is the reason that this organization flourishes today.
When I met with Martha Tallent, President, and Sue Nunn, Vice President, I was struck immediately by the contagious enthusiasm and sheer passion that these women demonstrated for their organization and its mission, and I was amazed at the professionalism and variety of the Association’s musical offerings. “How in the world do you get first rate musicians to come to the Northern Neck?” I asked. “We’re not exactly on the way to anywhere.” Sue laughed and replied, “Because they can’t play Carnegie Hall every Saturday night.” It was at that point I realized that the success of this organization is tied to fostering not only a sense of community, but also one of reciprocity—
people want to hear good music, and musicians want to practice their craft. The Rappahannock Concert Association accomplishes both.
RCA sponsors a yearly program of varied and quality musical offerings, and musicians have the opportunity to play to an
appreciative and responsive audience in the Northumberland High School Theater, a state of the art venue. “The theater is spacious—it seats 480, with overflow space for more—and it has wonderful acoustics,” Sue told me.
“Our visiting musicians really love playing in such an acoustically supportive space, and they are willing to come because we offer enthusiastic audiences, a professional venue, and a tremendous sound system.” RCA also offers a perfectly tuned Steinway piano, purchased through grant funding and local donations—a real drawing card for artists who appreciate its rich tones and the ability do what they love on a fine instrument.
Artists also love to talk about what they do, and
Martha told me that many of their guest musicians offer a Master class for students as part of their commitment to perform in a public concert. This supports the second part of RCA’s mission: to bring musical experiences and education to the region’s youth.
The Association has been able to provide a number of unique experiences for the region’s young people, ranging from an age appropriate, fun workshop for elementary students with harpist Colleen Potter Thorburn, to a class
for aspiring student vocalists taught by UVa and William and Mary jazz vocal professor, Stephanie Nakasian. Because of the region’s close proximity to the Tidewater area, the RCA also benefits from free concerts and student workshops by the US
Navy Community Outreach Program, which provides opportunities for students to learn about music from military performers and to ask questions about life in the Armed Forces. “All of these experiences,” Martha told me, “are opportunities for children to learn and grow and to have important parts of their brains stimulated in ways that they might otherwise miss out on, and that is a critical piece of the Association’s mission.”
Not content to just provide concerts and master classes for students, the Association also routinely supports music education in the schools by offering grant funding for supplies and equipment to music teachers. These grants fund everything from band camp scholarships to rhythm band equipment for elementary school music programs and more. The Association also encourages
music education by providing free admission to all school children to its concerts. The only requirement is that any student or group of youth be accompanied by a parent or teacher. “Bring your children, grandchildren, and your neighbors’ children” says their concert brochure, which really sums up RCA’s commitment to community.
For more information about the Rappahannock Concert Association, go to www.rappahannockconcerts.org, call the box office voicemail at 866-217-8149, or follow them on Facebook.Photos Courtesy RCA.
Style Spotlight~Carnegie Hall in the Northern Neck
April 2018 13
Each spring visitors are welcomed to America's Largest Open House as the Garden Club of Virginia
hosts Historic Garden Week. During the week, over 250
of Virginia's most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks are open to visitors. Proceeds from Historic Garden Week help fund the restoration and preservation of more than 40 of Virginia’s historic public gardens and landscapes, and in addition, support a research fellowship program and foster a partnership with Virginia State Parks. Belle Isle State Park recently received a GCV Centennial Grant to enhance the landscape at the Belle Isle mansion and the learning panels in the Visitor’s Center. Westmoreland State Park received a Centennial Grant to re-purpose the former visitor's center into the Discovery Educational Center. This year, the Garden Club of the Northern Neck, in conjunction with GCV, is presenting five properties located in or near Warsaw.
▶ Menokin (c.1769), home to
Francis Lightfoot Lee, is the only house of the seven Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence that is not fully protected and saved. Instead, new structural glass preservation and display techniques highlight the historic fabric of the building. A National Historic Landmark, Menokin is currently in Phase
1 of the Glasshouse Project. Menokin Foundation, owner.
▶ Built by Robert Mitchell and his wife, Priscilla Carter, Grove Mount (c. 1787) is an example of a fine Georgian
plantation home. It is constructed of frame and brick nogging and remains basically unchanged since it was built. Sweeping views to the Rappahannock River, terraces, gardens, and a lily pond create a beautiful setting for the home. A Virginia Historic Landmark, Grove Mount is also on the National Register of Historic Places. Mr. and Mrs. M. Kirwan King II, owners.
▶ The Jones House, a striking three-story Victorian home built by Congressman William Atkinson Jones
in 1887, is located on four acres in the town of Warsaw. Portraits dating to colonial days tell the story of the Jones family and its prominence in our nation’s history. Original woodwork and family antiques contribute to the overall elegance of the home. The Jones Family Trust, owners.
▶ Built in 1738 by Landon Carter, Sabine Hall was originally a classic Georgian brick structure that now reflects alterations by both the builder and later generations. The landscape includes six terraces sloping toward the Rappahannock River and a garden with its original 18th century design. The house has always been owned and occupied by direct descendants of Landon Carter and is both a Virginia and a National Historic Landmark. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Carter Wellford IV and Mrs. Peter Drayton O’Hara, owners.
▶ Mount Airy was built in 1761 by John Tayloe II, on land the Tayloe family acquired in
1682. The family’s tenth generation is now in residence and working to
preserve the historic character of the house. In 2014, the family began extensive renovations that were documented on HGTV in a series called American Rehab: Virginia. Many of the new spaces
are featured for the first time during Historic Garden Week. Mount Airy is both a Virginia and a National Historic Landmark. Mr. and Mrs. John Tayloe Emery, owners.
Celebrate Garden Week in Richmond County, Wednesday, April 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Advance tickets are $25 per person via www.vagardenweek.org, day of tour tickets $35pp and available at all homes. For box lunches contact Sandra Clements 804-761-8774.Photos courtesy NN Garden Club. Members of NN Garden Club contributed to this article.From Top, l, Menokin, Grove Mount, Mt. Airy, Sabine Hall.
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14 April 2018
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Style Spotlight~RMC Owner Has Business Flying HighBy Bob Flynn
A simple case of supply-and-demand played a major role in Robert Wilburn’s career path.
“I wanted to be a pilot, but I graduated from high school right at the end of Vietnam, so the military had all the pilots they wanted,” said Robert, the owner of RMC Mechanical Contractors, which has been at 15600 Richmond Road in Callao since 1985. “I went down to Embry-Riddle to see about going to aeronautical university down there (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and I just didn’t have enough money for that. My dad always told me heating and air conditioning is something everybody always has to have.”
Forty years later, his business still is going strong, but he never outgrew his affinity for the friendly skies, which he’s had for as long as he can remember.
“I always loved flying from the time I was a little kid,” said Robert, who added his dad was a pilot in the Army Air Corps after World War II.
Not becoming a military pilot didn’t mean he stayed on the ground. He learned to fly when he was young, and took his first solo flight shortly after high school. While he didn’t have enough money, a familiar refrain, from going any farther with an aviation career, he’s still done his fair share of flying.
“I have friends that have planes and a customer that had a helicopter. He took me for a ride in it and let me fly,” he said. “We’ve done flights in the Grand Canyon. I’ve had friends that have ultralights that I’ve flown with.”
His business has been very good to him in that regard.
“I got to fly in a Learjet to a company factory,” said Robert, who also flew a six-passenger jet for another
company. However, it was another love
that led him into the heating and plumbing business.
“I did trade school half a day during high school and I excelled at it,” he said. “It was one of the things I really enjoyed and…it’s always come naturally for me. I love working with my hands. I have an analytical mind, I guess, for repairs.”
His future father-in-law also played a role. Robert, who grew up in Richmond, was attending J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, and his wife to be, Ann, was attending VCU. Her father ran a drug store in Callo and mentioned that area had few contractors and could use someone with Robert’s background.
“I had finished up an apprentice program with a large mechanical contractor in Richmond and they weren’t doing what they said they
were going to do,” Robert said. “One thing led to another and I ended up moving down to the Northern Neck. I started the business in April of ’78.”
A lot has changed since he opened that business behind
a drug store in Callao, and it’s not easy to stay on top of everything.
“We have to go to school multiple times a year to try to keep up with some of the changes,” said Robert, who added his company does a lot of in house training, which he prefers.
“Most of everybody that I’ve had that was a good employee came from not knowing anything and we were able to train them,” he explained. “Most of the time if you hire somebody that knows the trade already, they’ve left somebody else for a reason. Most of the time, they have bad habits.”
The biggest change, in addition to the fact the business started with just him and now has 26 employees, has been the increased popularity and demand of solar and radiant heating. That, along with the traditional heating, air conditioning and plumbing, keeps Robert, who will be 65 in September, busy. But that also led to one of his favorite projects.
“We had a customer who built a $5 million house down here and we did the geothermal and radiant heating and the plumbing on that job,” he said. “It was very rewarding to be able to do one of the bigger houses in the county.”
But even with what he describes as a seven day a week job, Robert, who has one son and one grandson, finds time to travel all over the world with his wife of 40 years.
“I love the Caribbean. I’m a diver, so I love blue water,” said Robert, who admits flying isn’t the only thing he does when he finds some extra time. “Anything daring I love…I’m an adventure junkie.”
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by Gail Wilson KennaReviewed by Gwen Keane
To be an animal lover doesn’t necessarily mean liking cats, as Gail Kenna reveals in The Contumacious Cat, a book for children and
adults. Cats can be difficult creatures to understand and, unlike dogs, are often described as ‘indifferent’ to humans.
In this book, the main character is a Persian cat named Grrr, who like most felines, doesn’t take kindly to change. And when a cat lives with a military family, and both parents are in the Army, frequent change is inevitable.
Gail Kenna’s book gives insight to a reader, as to how Grrr sees the world, and how she communicates her displeasure to the male Army major in the household. She poops on his favorite Persian rug, one he brought home from Iraq. He’s a dog lover.
His wife, also a major, is a cat lover (ailurophile!). A humorous incident with the ‘man of the house’, his rug, the cat, the family’s dog, and a roofing contractor looking through a large window—will bring the conflict to a head. But with the eventual help of an animal communicator named Diana, and the family’s eight year old daughter Wren, the cat’s issues get addressed and Grrr receives a new name.
This delightful children’s book is humorous and realistic, with original artwork and graphics, and a glossary of thirty vocabulary words, playfully presented through explanations and questions for young and adult readers. The author explains in her own words how she came to write the book, after her daughter and son in law were sent to the Second Gulf War, and she became the caretaker of a two year old, and two Persian cats.
The wife of a retired
Air Force colonel, Gail Kenna is no stranger to moving. After living and teaching in five countries around the world, she and her husband moved from Lima, Peru, to the Northern Neck in 2004. The author of four published books, Gail currently serves as the judge/sponsor for Creative Non Fiction in the Soul Keats annual literary competition in San Francisco, now in its 26th year. All local proceeds from The Contumacious Cat are being donated to the NNPP’s campaign to build an animal shelter in Lancaster County. The book can be purchased at Ultimate Interiors, 24 North Main Street in Kilmarnock for a $10.00 donation, or bought online through Amazon books or High Tide Publications.
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16 April 2018
Spring And Renewal Is Upon Us…By Bill Graves
“The Beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.”
Harriett Ann JacobsSpringtime is such a wonderful
event in our lives. You have to feel really, really blessed to see such a glorious occasion. We know nothing in life is a given, as with each breath we take, each word we speak, each step we take, all can vanish in the blink of an eye. It is what makes springtime so special.
We have survived the snow, the cold and the blow. The days are getting longer and warmer, and our spirits are ascending upward and outward. It’s time to start moving and shaking. As the proverbial saying goes it’s time for “spring cleaning”.
Many of us have a list of things
to do a mile long. We need to get the outside water turned back on and the lawn mower ready to roll. The house and deck need to be power washed. The windows need cleaning. Vehicles need attention, especially if they’ve been outside and unwashed for months. The boat probably needs a day’s work to get water ready. The garden, trees, shrubs probably need some serious work. All in all it’s chores we have to work through, so once summer comes we don’t have anything to do but play.
Yeps! You say. This is way more than I want to deal with; I’m closing on 70 years old. Not to bother, some quick calculations say it will only cost you between $8,000 and $10,000 a year depending on the variables of your property. I’m living on a fixed income, who’s got money for that? Well, either it’s
time to move to a maintenance free and less expensive life style or go to back work, or get some extra monthly income somewhere.
They’re not very good options. Moving out of a home that may be paid for or—close to—is called downsizing. Downsizing can be fraught with all sorts of headaches. You’ve got to list and sell the house, and that can take forever. You have to find a new place to live, and come up with the funds to secure it. You have to get rid of half the stuff you have collected over a lifetime. Going back to work is not usually in the cards.
Maybe a home equity loan will work? It’s short term cash that has to be repaid with monthly installments. On a fixed income that already was falling short of covering your expenses that sounds risky, and can be a big mistake. The lender can cut
off your credit line at anytime and demand repayment if your late on one payment. That will force you to downsize whether you like it or not.
How about a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage commonly referred to as a Reverse Mortgage? It can give you a monthly check for the rest of your life, or a credit line nest egg. It has a low nominal upfront cost of about $800. Your home remains in your name like a regular mortgage, but you will have absolutely no monthly payments. This type of loan gets paid back when you die or sell the home. So if spring feels more like sprung go back to bed, there’s always tomorrow or is there? Bill Graves Your Reverse Mortgage Expert 804-453-4141 (Toll Free) 866-936-4141 [email protected]
April 2018 17
Are We Really Caring for God’s Creation?
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By Bill Kling
Living as we do by the Chesapeake Bay and near the Atlantic Ocean, we might consider these poetic words of
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824): There is a pleasure in
the pathless woods, There is a rapture on
the lonely shore, There is a society where
none intrudes By the deep sea, and
music in its roar: I love not man the less,
but nature more. That’s from The Sea portion of
Canto IV of Lord Byron’s “Childe Harold,” so revered in classical literature and, though it reflects the renowned poet’s thoughts of long ago about his native England, it is relevant to us, also, to the beauty
and bounty we enjoy today in eastern Virginia’s Northern Neck.
There are, of course, several ways to explain Lord Byron’s words.
One is that he was downgrading his love for his fellow humans, replacing them second to the world around him.
Another—and perhaps a more plausible one—is that Byron, while not diminishing his love of humankind, had come to increase his perception and love of nature.
The first interpretation seems to consider humankind as separated or apart from God’s creation.
The second understanding places humankind as an integral element of God’s creation and—while the Lord gave us dominion over the earth and all that it contains—we must elevate our regard for the nature of God’s creation and conduct our obligation to follow his instruction in ways
that do not destroy, desecrate or otherwise harm the world around us.
Have we done that? Can we honestly claim that we’ve
not polluted the air, the waters and other surroundings of God’s creation?
Under solemn oath, can we honestly assert that we have taken steps necessary to repair the environmental damage that has been done to our natural surroundings, or to rescue animals, birds, fish and other creatures from avoidable extinction?
Or have we, instead, forgotten, discounted or deliberately ignored our duty to obey the Lord’s instruction in granting us dominion over his creation—even living as we do in Virginia, which is called, perhaps ironically, “the Old Dominion.”
It’s really a lot more than mowing lawns, trimming bushes and trees, and planting flowers and vegetables.
What’s your answer? What do you imagine God’s is?
by Bill Kling for the Creation Care Alliance
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By Kenny ParkInjustice anywhere is a
threat to justice everywhere.Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We've known her and her family for at least ten years. We've watched their
kids be born and grow. In fact, we are her nephew's Godparents.
They had borrowed some tables and chairs for a birthday party and were returning the last table and decided to stop by the house to visit for a few minutes. Being an unexpected visit, it was just a little awkward, but not too much.
As we were talking, we got on the subject of childhood. She was saying how glad she was to be able
to give her girls and her baby son many of the things that she never had as a little girl. It opened up a place in her, and she began to share about her childhood. About how her parents separated when she and her brothers and sister were young, and that they lived with their father. He drank a lot and was abusive. He died some time after he and their mother split, and the children then moved in with their mother.
She related how her mother was not a very demonstrative woman. She doesn't remember hearing either one of her parents tell her or her siblings that they loved them. She (her mother) did what she had to in order to provide for her family. That meant holding down two or three jobs, leaving the house before dawn
and returning late at night.They lived in a dirt-floored shack. They didn't always have shoes. They had two or three changes of clothes at the most.
Frequently, they would only eat every other day, or would only have one or two tortillas to share between the four of them. As soon as she was able, she left. She has been on her own since she was 14. She knew she didn't want to remain in the cycle of poverty into which she was born.
She made her way here, as did her siblings. They have all found their way in the world and have remained connected to each other. They all have children and are doting parents. The children love school, but struggle at times. She and her sister and brothers all recognize the importance of education;
primarily because they were unable to receive any schooling beyond grade school, so they are limited in Their ability to help with homework or schoolwork. They can only encourage the kids to do their best.
And they are subject to deportation. Or worse, since the children are citizens, to being separated from their parents. ICE has been given the directive to detain Anyone who is subject to deportation proceedings. Whether they pose a threat or not. Whether they have a history of violence or not. Whether they have a livable alternative in their home country or not.
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En Realidad SI Es Nuestro ProblemaPor Kenny Park
La injusticia en cualquier lugar es una amenaza contra la justicia en todas partes - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
La hemos conocido a ella y a su familia desde hace al menos diez años. Hemos visto a sus hijos nacer y crecer. De
hecho, somos padrinos de su sobrino.Habían pedido prestado algunas
mesas y sillas para una fiesta de cumpleaños y estaban devolviendo la última mesa y decidieron pasar a la casa para visitar un rato. Siendo una visita inesperada, fue un poco incómodo, pero muy poco.
Mientras hablábamos, abordamos el tema de la infancia. Ella estaba diciendo lo contenta que estaba de poder darles a sus hijas y a su hijo muchas de las cosas que nunca tuvo ella de pequeña. Le abrió un lugar
y comenzó a compartir sobre su infancia. Sobre cómo se separaron sus padres cuando ella y sus hermanos y hermana eran jóvenes, y que vivían con su padre. Bebía mucho y era abusivo. Murió algo después de que él y su madre se separaron, y los niños se fueron a vivir con su madre.
Relató cómo su madre no era una mujer muy demostrativa. No recuerda haber escuchado a ninguno de sus padres decirles a ella o a sus hermanos que los amaban. Ella (su madre) hizo lo que tenía que hacer para mantener a su familia. Es decir, mantenía 2 o 3 trabajos, saliendo de la casa antes del amanecer y volviendo tarde en la noche. Vivían en una choza con piso de tierra. No siempre tenían zapatos. Tenían dos o tres cambios de ropa como máximo.
Con frecuencia, solo comían día por medio, o solo tenían una o dos tortillas para compartir entre los
cuatro. Tan pronto como pudo, se salió. Ella ha sido independiente desde que tenía 14 años. Sabía que no quería permanecer en el ciclo de pobreza en el cual nació.
Se abrió camino hasta llegar aquí, al igual que sus hermanos. Todos han encontrado sus vidas en el mundo y han permanecido conectados el uno con el otro. Todos tienen hijos y son padres cariñosos. A los niños les encanta la escuela, pero a veces les cuesta. Ella, su hermana y sus hermanos reconocen la importancia de la educación; principalmente porque no pudieron recibir ninguna educación más allá de la escuela primaria, por lo que están limitados en su capacidad para ayudar con las tareas o el trabajo escolar. Solo pueden alentar a los niños a hacer lo mejor que puedan.
Y están sujetos a ser deportados. O lo que es peor, dado que los niños
son ciudadanos, estar separados de sus padres. ICE recibió la orden de detener a CUALQUIERA que esté sujeto a proceso de deportación. Sean amenaza o no. Tengan historial de violencia o no. Tengan o no una alternativa viable en su país de origen o no.
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Style Spotlight~Chevy Owner Has Eyes On Returning To Driver’s Seat
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The first thing a visitor notices after stepping into Northern Neck Chevrolet is someone has an affinity for
classic cars, particularly a 1967 Chevy II Nova Gasser. The first thing that comes to mind after talking to that person, owner Tom Collins, is his passion for cars.
“I’m a car nut,” he proudly proclaims.
That enthusiasm in regard to his ’67 Chevy has gotten him noticed up and down the East Coast. In September 2017, his pride and joy was featured in Hot Rod Network after winning a car show in Ocean City, Maryland. It will be the subject of a feature story in Chevy High Performance magazine in the spring. Up until now, all he has done is put it on display, but that is expected to change in the fall.
“It’s set up for drag racing, but we haven’t run it,” Tom said. “But probably late this fall I’ll run it over in Maryland or Dinwiddie…It’s very capable of running, but what happens is either you break something or you tear stuff up where you have to start painting it again. That’s why I haven’t done that.”
The paint job is one of the things
Tom likes most about the car.“I was going to letter it up like
the old race cars where they used to put the dealership back on the rear quarter,” he said. “Well, it looks so good bare white that I just don’t have the heart to even do that.”
After learning how much work he put into it, and after seeing the paint job, it’s understandable why it’s been just a show car. He’s had the car for about 15 years, and it took him awhile to get it ready to show, much less ready to race.
“Realistically, it was longer than it needed to be,” he said. “It was just stretched out, stopping and starting, probably a period of five or six years.”
The 1967 Nova was known for being turned into a hot rod known as a gasser, which was among the fastest cars from the late 1950s until Pro Stocks came along in the early 1970s.
“We built it just like a gasser would have been back in the sixties,” he said.
Collins, 57, grew up in Darlington, Maryland, and has been a car fanatic all his life, which led to a career in the car business.
“I probably had four or five cars before I even got my driver’s license,” Tom said. “Never drove them, just fixed them up, and when I say fixed them up, I’d work on them in a barn.”
Then he would see something else he wanted, buy it and fix it up before selling it.
“That’s how it started,” Tom said.He was 21 when he got a job as a
salesman at a dealership in Towson, Maryland. He was there for 16 years, working his way up to management, before buying what was once Chandler Chevrolet in Montross. That was in 1997, and Tom has been at the same site since, 18175 Kings Highway.
“I like the interaction with all the customers and people,” said Tom, whose wife, Missey, is the vice president of the company. “And living here in Montross, our customers are our friends.”
What he’s really excited about now is putting that Chevy on a drag strip. As a kid, he dreamed of racing cars or motorcycles, “but my parents deterred that.”
“I actually did some drag racing and racing motorcycles when I
was younger,” he admitted. “It was never to any (great) extent.”
It’s been about 10 or 11 years since he’s been in a drag race, but he won’t put his car in anyone else’s hands.
“I would do it,” he said about who would be in the driver’s seat.
He said a friend who races has a note on his dash that reads “Don’t forget to have fun.” He’s going to take that advice.
“Sometimes we get caught up in everyday messes and forget to have fun.”
While he’s enjoyed restoring the 1967 Chevy, he isn’t eyeing anything else just now.
“I’m not looking for projects, but it’s one of those things being a car guy, when you see something, you always want to fix it up,” he said. “It gets in your blood that ‘Man, that would be cool’ to do this or do that.”Tom Flynn photo of Tom Collins.
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Summer Flame
By Ellie Bavuso
The bubblegum girlcould not tear her eyes off
this flame of a boy
his hair so much like a roaring fireand his eyes like smoldering coals,
he almost seemed to glow with intensity,
and she felt she, too, may be consumed.
RuinsBy Ellie Bavuso
Who are thoselike crumbling walls
succumbingto the calm tides
of the sea
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Chilly DaysBy Don Loop
Old Ma’ Winter on a teardumped out her apron full of snow
released her Katzenjamer kidswith large mouths full of frigid air
All aimed at latitudes belowand we who do not southward go
but bear up ‘til the crocus blowcheer ourselves with Shelley’s rhyme:
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”
22 April 2018
Brain Injury~Five Stages of RecoveryBy Martha M. Hall
A brain injury is a shock to anyone’s system. Designed to control everything we do, think, or
feel, the brain responds to injury in ways that are complicated, and the effects of an injury, whether externally or internally caused, can create challenges for the survivor. The type of response and the length of the healing process are unique to each individual, but the ways that we cope with the effects are similar.*
Stage I. ConfusionConfusion is the brain’s immediate
response to an injury. Well tuned synaptic relays that ordinarily function smoothly become discordant. The brain responds to injury by trying to reestablish its functions, creating confusion that can be extremely disconcerting for
the survivor. A friend experienced memory loss from a serious injury. While he was hospitalized, his parents had to tell him of his dog’s death. The next day, my friend asked about the dog, and his parents had to tell him again that the dog had died, so he experienced the grieving process again. His brain was not able to hold the information from one day to the next.
Stage II. DenialAs some normality begins to return,
the survivor, anxious to be well, tries to deny his limitations. “There is nothing wrong with me,” the survivor may say, until he faces physical or mental proof that he’s not alright, like the inability to remember names or how to operate familiar equipment. The survivor may tell himself “I just have too much on my mind.”
Stage III. Anger and DepressionRefusing to accept an injury’s
impact on daily functioning can cause frustration for the survivor, often leading the person to blame himself for the injury: “This happened because I was…” Feeling responsible for his limitations can lead to anger or depression. Medical intervention, coupled with counseling or support from others, can help the survivor navigate through this phase.
Stage IV. TestingAs recovery begins and some
of the survivor’s abilities begin to return, it is natural to test his recovery “to see if I’m really well.” Often the survivor will push himself beyond his physical limits or insist on returning to work or school too soon to prove that he is finally well. This can actually delay the healing process by stressing a brain that is still in the process of making itself whole.
Stage V. Uneasy AcceptanceThis is the place every survivor
hopes to get to: realizing what his limitations are and developing compensatory strategies for deficits that may or may not be permanent. If you cannot remember how to use the microwave, putting instructions on its door is a positive step toward living with memory issues. Refusing to let a brain injury define what you can do with your life is an achievable goal.
For more information on brain injury, contact the Brain Injury Association of Virginia at 800-
444-6443 or at www.biav.net. The Northern Neck Brain Injury Support Group meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Bay Transit building in Warsaw from 10:30-12:00. All are welcome!*Adapted from The Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide by Dr. Glen Johnson.
By Joy Brenda Burch
Wrist Strap.
1 – Measure wrist and add some so that the wrist strap is
not too snug and allows for putting items in the little case (Little Purse). Add enough to the length so that it can overlap about ½ inch.
2 – Cut two strips that length and about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide. Fabric that has some body to it works best, such as denim. But if you want a fabric like cotton, you could add stabilizer (same size).
3 – Place fabric right sides together. If using stabilizer, lay it on one of the sides. Sew around with a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Stop about 1 inch before the beginning of the seam. That opening is for turning the strips right side out.
4 – If using stabilizer, trim it close to the seam line and
diagonally at the corners.5 – Turn wrist strap right side
out, making sure the corners are formed. Push gently with something dull, like a chopstick, into the corners to push out.
6- At one end, sew a piece of hook and loop tape, e.g. the hook side, at the other end, other side of strip, sew the other piece of the tape, e.g. the loop side. Now the strap can wrap around your wrist and fasten.
Little Purse1 – Cut two pieces of the same or
coordinating fabric, a little bit longer than your driver’s license, credit card, folded money, car ignition and house key. The size should also allow for a strip of hook and loop tape to go inside the length of the Little Purse. The width should be about 3/4 to 1 inch or more than the Wrist Strap. (or your choice for size)
2 – Optional: cut coordinating fabric for purse lining. No slots need
to be cut in the lining for the straps. 3 – On one outer piece, cut two
slots, an inch apart, in the direction of the top to bottom (width) so that the strap can weave through the slots.
4 – The fabric around the slots can be folded and sewn or satin stitched to keep it from raveling. If your machine does buttonholes, that can be run around the slot opening. After the slots are cut & finished in the outer fabric, sew outer fabric to lining, right sides together. Leave an opening through which to turn fabrics right sides out. Then close the opening by machine or hand stitching.
5 – Where the purse opening will be, before you sew hook and loop tape, turn down a 1/4 inch hem. It will be under the tape. If the purse has been lined, no fabric needs to be turned down.
6 - Sew one strip of the hook tape to the inside of one piece of purse fabric and sew the other
piece to inside of the other piece purse fabric, inside the opening.
7 – Placing right sides together, hook and loop tape back to back.
8 – Sew 1/4 inch seam allowance around three sides, leaving the hook and loop tape side
unsewn.9 – Turn the Little Purse right
sides out, gently push corners.Finishing1 – Slip the Wrist Strap through
the slots on the back of the Little Purse. The Little Purse should be lengthwise parallel to your arm.
2 – You’re ready! For a run, drive or to walk your dog.
Note: Do not use stick-on hook and loop tape. It will come off too easily.
On-the-Go Little Purse on a Wrist Strap
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by Paige Ashley BrothertonReview by Carol J. Bova
Avery Appreciates True Friendship is the fourth book in the Lady Tigers' Series, and it hits a home
run! It's a fast paced and enjoyable read for readers 8 to 12 years old.
The Lady Tigers are part of an under 14 fastpitch softball league. The girls on the team practice and hang out together at home and travel together to weekend league events. The Lady Tigers' coaches drill the girls, not only in developing the skills of fastpitch softball and teamwork, but in having fun doing it. The result is a close knit group of friends who delight in their sport and are top notch players as well.
But when Shelby moves into the neighborhood, Charlotte follows her lead and takes more of an interest in clothes and girly things. Teammates
Avery and Bianca feel left out. Avery feels self conscious about her appearance and misses the closeness of having their team as the focus of their connection with Charlotte. Avery's uncertainty and fear of losing an important friendship interferes with her concentration during practice and with the smooth interaction of the team.
A new coach notices the growing tension and provides a way to let the girls work out the problem themselves. At the same time, the girls learn they can take more interest in hair and skin care and still be the same winning softball team.
There are life lessons in the story, but like the coach, the story gives
gentle guidance on how to accept and resolve differences between friends who are growing up.
Following the pattern set with the earlier books in the series, student reviewers at LitPick, a site with book reviews by students, gave the book 5-stars and a Top Choice Award. https://litpick.com/books/avery-appreciates-true-friendship-
lady-tigers-book-4. This is Paige Ashley Brotheron's
first book, and she continues the Lady Tigers series started by her mother, Dawn Brotherton. The transition between the two authors is seamless, and those readers who
loved the first three books will love this one too. Before writing this book, Paige wrote character sketches describing the Lady Tigers' players at www.LadyTigersFastpitch.com.
Paige is a high school sophomore in an arts magnet school, and she has competed nationally in rowing and is a state ranked track runner. Her interests include drawing and reading, but as she says on her book cover, “she always comes back to writing.” Paige is a new student member of the Chesapeake Bay Writers chapter of the Virginia Writers Club, and she was one of the CBW members who spoke to eighth graders about writing at the Berkley Middle School in Williamsburg in February.
Avery Appreciates True Friendship is available on Amazon, B&N, Smashwords and at Blue Dragon Publishing: http://blue-dragon-publishing.com/books/avery-appreciates-true-friendship/
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By Ann Eichenmuller
You can never have too many boats.
At least, that is what I tell myself every year when the Northern
Neck Kiwanis Club Boat Auction and Nautical Flea Market rolls around. My husband does not necessarily agree. To be fair, we have quite a few vessels in our little fleet—a 33 foot sailboat, a 19 foot ski boat, three kayaks, a sailing dinghy, a paddleboard, and four windsurfers. We don’t need another thing—although a center console fishing boat would be nice. And I’ve always wanted a Hobie Cat…
I guess it’s time to see what is going up on the auction block.
There are a lot of good reasons to
attend the annual Kiwanis Boat Auction. First and foremost, auctions are exciting. All of us, deep down,
dream of being auction kings, and the adrenaline rush of bidding is contagious. (This could be why my husband insists on locking my purse in the car.) Plus there are always some fabulous deals to be had—two years ago I watched a young college student win a full keel cruising sailboat for under $200!
There is also plenty of flotsam and jetsam for sale at the tables, and you can even bid on lots. A friend of ours spent five dollars for a whole trunk full of boating paraphernalia he didn’t need and one or two things he did. Who can argue with a deal like that?
Aside from its entertainment value, the Kiwanis Boat Auction is worth supporting because the proceeds
benefit our community. The money raised goes to fund local children’s charities, including the Boys and Girls Club, an organization that plays a vital role in mentoring our youth.
Even if you absolutely, positively don’t need another boat, you can still help. Maybe you have a vessel you don’t use—donate it to the Kiwanis Club. In most cases, they’ll even pick it up. Is your garage or boathouse packed with sails and anchors and fishing gear you don’t need? For ten dollars you can rent a table and make a little extra cash from your spring cleaning. If nothing else, come down to watch the auction
and buy a hot dog. Who knows? You might be surprised to find exactly what you’re looking for, even if you didn’t know you were looking at all.
Say, for example, a Hobie Cat.The Kiwanis Club Boat Auction
will be held May 12, 2018 at Yankee Point Marina. The Flea Market begins at 8 a.m. and bidding starts at 10 a.m. A list of boats is available at www.yankeepointmarina.com/boat-auction.html. For more information, or to rent a table, call Karen Knull at 804-462-7635. Eric Eichenmuller photos.
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April is National Volunteer Month, a time when organizations celebrate the work
that volunteers do the year round. And during National Volunteer Week—April 10 through 16—organizations across the country will recognize their volunteers for helping them achieve their mission.
We at Bay Aging always say, “What would we do without our dedicated volunteers?!” Considering that last year 863 people donated 31,304 hours of service, makes it easily understandable that our volunteers play an important role in Bay Aging. At $24.14 per hour, the current value of volunteer service, Bay Aging volunteers saved the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck region $755,679 in services for the aging and people with disabilities.
People of all ages, backgrounds and experiences choose to lend their time in significant ways:
• Deliver meals to homebound, frail seniors helps ensure seniors receive nutritional food, receive a friendly visit—which might be their only visitor for the day, live in a more stable environment and that they are able to live independently for as long as they possibly can.
• Drive seniors to their doctor and therapy appointments. Transportation is an important social determinant of health in rural communities. In many areas of the region health resources are more difficult to obtain because they are located sparsely throughout the region. That means people have to travel longer distances—sometimes outside the Bay Transit service area—to access the services they need.
Bay Aging has a few volunteers who use their personal vehicles to
drive seniors to their appointments and bring them back home. Think of the senior undergoing cancer treatments or other intensive treatment or therapy. Think of the disabled, elderly veteran who has to travel to Richmond or Hampton to receive service from the Veterans Administration. The volunteer drivers have a direct, positive impact on the health of their riders simply by giving them access to needed health services.
• Some people share their musical talents with seniors who attend senior centers and the people who attend adult day care. These folks absolutely love to have visitors—especially visitors who love to entertain! Animals that are certified for pet therapy are absolutely always welcomed.
If this article has sparked your interest to invest some of your time and talent with Bay Aging, please call Ken Rogers at 804.758.1260 x1302
or email [email protected] Aging needs more people
to deliver meals. One hour a week or month or even sharing a lunch break to deliver meals will be most appreciated. Desperately needed are people to drive seniors to their doctor appointments. Yes, they can use Bay Transit. But sometimes these folks just plain don’t feel good and just want to get back home. Everyone is familiar with that feeling! It could be an instance where their doctor is located in Richmond, Hampton, Norfolk or Williamsburg—all outside Bay Transit’s service area. The senior center and adult day care people love to have visitors. Even if you don’t have a special talent, helping staff with activities is a huge help and a lot of fun for everyone.
One organization with multiple opportunities to make a significant impact on the health and well-being of a fellow community member!
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Easter, along with Christmas, is one of two major celebrations on the Christian calendar. Yes, in case
you didn’t know it, there is a special calendar of seasons for the church. While it has variations that don’t exactly match our Gregorian secular calendar, both calendars offer a rhythm that mirrors that of nature.
The Christian church calendar is shaped around the events of Christ’s life and the life of the Church. Christmas and Easter may be viewed as the bookends of any life—birth and then what appears to be the end of life. However, Easter, theologically, may be considered the surprise that life doesn’t necessarily end in death, but offers the reality in the Christian mind and heart set that new life is simply the next in the cycle of life after what appears to be death.
This mirrors what we see in nature in the cycle of life from fall to winter to spring, coming to full reblooming in summer. The church season of Lent covers forty days during the bleak, wintertime of the year. It concludes with Christ’s death and entombment during Holy Week.
Only to turn into the startling Easter morning moment when we are confronted with the resurrected life of the One considered dead. Fifty days following Easter Sunday offer a time to absorb what has happened being reminded of a natural cycle culminating not in death but in renewal as life reemerges. It is what is called springtime in nature in the created world.
This Eastertide time flowing out of Easter Sunday is evident in nature all around us. Bare tree branches bud with new life. The earth greens again as new life pushes up through dark soil to support what desires
to flower and fruit, processes that need and seek the light of a warming sun to accomplish renewal.
The life of the Church and of those who try to follow the Way of Christ is in harmony with nature’s rhythm of life as being one of continual renewal and transformation. That is probably why mission is at the heart of the life of churches dotting the landscape of our rural and town communities!
Why does mission seem to be so important to the churches around us? Why do they offer food pantries, send visitors into hospitals, help people with rent and utilities, do jail and prison ministry, knit shawls for those in nursing homes, put together backpack supplies for school kids, open clothing closets, set up water stations, have potluck suppers for the community, donate cans of food, pass forward gently used coats and children’s clothing, support fire and rescue efforts, open their doors to or develop places to shelter the homeless and haven the abused, support/volunteer medical and construction mission work elsewhere in the U. S. or on another continent? The list is only
limited by the creative stirrings of the human mind and heart.
It is not just because Christ urges us to do so in the feeding, refreshing, clothing, visiting, welcoming, caring for vision given voice in Matthew 25, but because deep in our human consciousness is the understanding of an essential life giving truth.
That when life becomes diminished we desperately desire and must become part of transformation that leads to new life, not only for ourselves but for all of life around us. We are organically wired to be agents of renewal. Because we are so interconnected with all of life, transformation is as essential to our natures as it is to creation. The promise of continuing life for all life is realized when each of us gives into and lives within this truth. Eastertide and springtime remind us of this reality. If churches could talk, they would say, “Thanks be to God for the opportunity to be who and do what we were created for!”The Rev. Torrence Harman is the Priest-in-charge of Farnham Episcopal Church and St. John’s Episcopal Church in Warsaw.
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Poetry in Style~Green StampsBy Ellen Dugan
They say that Rayford Earl Lewis methis second wife for the first time betweenthe heavenly mist hairspray andcinnamon-candy-apple-red-adventure lipsticklate one Saturday afternoonin the summer of 1962 before they closed thedowntown Chicopee drug and notion store
It was a good yearfor canning okra and green tomatoesbut not much elseaccording to his neighborswho later said they’d heard the coupleslamming doors and shoutingclues of their new life together
Not that people listened much
They always knew, they saidfrom the beginningthat there would be an ending soonfor Rayford Earl wasn’t fondof staying home andMyrtice May, well, she’d nevertraveled much beyond the Coweta County line
But that was 40 years ago or more
Today, Myrtice May drives Rayford’s Honda Civicand Rayford, well, he tendshis garden every morningwhile she’s gone
Planting seeds, pulling weeds listening to the back porch radiofor any changes in the weather between the Waylon Jennings country music songsand once-in-a-lifetime-better-not-miss-itgreatest-sale-on-earth ads for Good Year tiresguaranteed to last as long as Myrtice drives his car.
Shade TreeBy Ellen Dugan
Nathan Tanner’seighty-sevenyear-old wordswheezedcrackedcoughedstumbled acrossthe worn-out checker boardas if it werewrinkled sandpaperput there to smooth outthe rough edgesof his conversation
Slowly SlylyHe looked upfrom the game
“Which is worse”he asked
“Lawyerspoliticiansor used car salesmen?”
“Hell, Nathanthat ain’t nodamn fool questionfor a man’sgot good senseto be asking
Ain’t nobody evertold you thatthey’s all the same?”
“Well no, I reckon not”Nathan replied evenlyMoving his wordsslowly, carefully, deliberatelyacross the boardPunctuating each one with a triumphant thumpas he triple-jumpedNewly Dawson’s three reds
“I reckon not”he repeated
Home RepairBy Ellen Dugan
“Disaster Restoration Experts”Proclaimed the professionally painted signits bold black lettersembracing the van’s sides and rear doors which didn’t quite closesnugly and were beginning to rust
A team of psychiatrists for houses?I wondered . . .
Mentally competent electricianscounseling low self-esteem voltage? . . .
White-coated plumbers listening sympathetically to pipes crying then flinging themselves on forlornly flooded floors? . . .
Or possibly even comfort-giving carpenters nailing down detailed case histories from mismatched joints, suicidal ceilings, and unbalanced walls and windows? . . .
Or could the experts includecarpet layers high on cigarettes and glue?caring for depressed legions of fibersdemoralized by a lifetime of wall-to-wall trampling, spilled coffee and baby poop?
FinallyCould any of these Specialists restore my disastrous life as well?Save me from my issues?I wondered,as I sat idly by, looking out my windowwatching them unload toolsand fast food lunches in whitestyrofoam containers that looked perfectly normal!
28 April 2018
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Do we really have to put up with all these insufferably unwanted telemarketing calls
intruding almost daily into our lives?For many of us, these obnoxious
communications amount to hundreds or more a year on our landline and mobile telephones—and that even after we’ve signed up with the Federal Trade Commission’s free National Do Nor Call Registry set up ostensibly to ward off the increasing menace of telemarketing to our mental tranquility.
Hey, Federal Trade Commission, it’s not working!
And worse, the system the Commission has put in place to solve the problem is as downright intolerable as the telemarketing calls, themselves!
The plain and simple fact is that the telemarketers’ electronics wizards appear to be a whole lot smarter than the Commission’s in-house geniuses.
Here, from the Commission’s website (https:donotcall.gov) are some details for the Do Not Call Registry:
• “After your number is on the registry for 31 days, you can report unwanted sales calls.
• “Report calls that use a recorded message instead of a live person (whether or not your
number is on the Registry).• “Check the category that
best describes what the call was about, for example debt reduction, home security or vacations.
• “Even if your number is registered, some organizations may still call you, such as charities, political organizations, and telephone surveyors.”
Telemarketers are supposed to check the registry so they can delete the phone numbers listed there from there call lists. If you continue to receive these calls, you can report them on the Commission’s website.
Sounds good, huh? Not so fast.To report a telemarketing
miscreant, you must provide the Commission with your registered telephone number; your e-mail address; the date and exact time (to the very minute) of each telemarketing call; whether the call was a recorded or a text message; and the subject of the call.
With this information, we might rightly expect the Commission to take
punitive action against telemarketers abusing the system. Not happening!
First of all, if you’re receiving a host of telemarketing calls, as many of us are, it takes a big chunk out of your day to report each and every one individually to the Commission.
And them, many telemarketers, to avoid your wrath and that of the Commission, “spoof” phony telephone numbers for their calls, each one different from the last. Thus, some national telemarketers’ calls, according to the phone numbers listed on your Caller ID, appear to be originating from local Virginia telephone exchanges— Heathsville, Tappahannock, Reedville, Chesterfield, Gloucester and the like—but if you should dial back on these numbers, you invariably find that they don’t exist or are “no longer in service.”
Ah, living in the convenient electronic age has its pesky complications, doesn’t it?
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Research, a dormant tool hiding at the bottom of many a writer’s toolbox, can provide enriching
detail and establish an author’s credibility. Research is not just the prerogative of the historian and the nonfiction writer. It benefits the fiction writer, the memoirist, all who need precise detail to make a story come alive. Eventually, careful writers will find they must interrupt their creative process to check facts, verify dates, or explore details of a time period. Be encouraged, it’s not as hard as one may think.
Consider some of the following common resources and approaches to finding details and local color to your piece.
The Internet: Google is a reliable tool to confirm facts, dates, general information. Don’t overlook major news sources, i.e., NY Times, book review sites and, Wikipedia, a site I use with confidence for details of historic periods.
Local Institutions: The library is the place to look for material not
readily located on the web. Public libraries have a magic bullet in the form of research librarians. They don’t object to pausing what they’re doing to help find elusive information, book titles and suggestions for further searches. Beyond the public libraries, many university and college libraries allow residents to use their facilities. The College of William and Mary, for example, allows residents to research and check out books.
Personal Interviews: Expert opinions and eye witness accounts provide unusual detail and give immediacy to a time period. When using the interview, gain the subject’s permission to record or to take notes and to use them in your piece. Don’t assume, that because someone has agreed to share information they will also agree to your identifying them and quoting their words. Have a release form with you that grants permission to use the information they provide and to quote them. Of course, it’s essential to provide full attribution to your expert.
General Source Books: Atlases, news programs, published interviews and original diagrams that provide
data as well as authenticity through maps, financial charts, letters or personal papers. The more technical the article, the more care must be taken to interpret the information accurately and then cite the source correctly.
Common Knowledge: Not everything we research must be cited. In fiction and most magazine articles, credit for an idea is usually given within the body of the work using the tag, ‘according to…’ Information that is easily accessible falls in the category of common knowledge. For an article on road trips, you may provide the mileage between Richmond and Sacramento without citing the page number of the Atlas. Neither must you provide a citation for the fact that WW I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Again, this is information commonly known and undisputed. Even the date The Golden Gate Bridge
was opened to the public (1937) can be easily found in an atlas or on Google, no citation necessary.
Recall, the writer’s credibility rests on precise data.Members of Chesapeake Bay Writers author this column. For more information go to www.chesapeakebaywriters.org
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By Charlene Talcott
When several storms produced snow in the midAtlantic and New England
areas, many people asked, “What about global warming?” Does the
increasing intensity of winter storms mean that scientists were wrong?
There are many explanations for global warming and worsening winter storms. First is the difference between “weather” and “climate.” Whatever is happening outside your window right now is weather. It changes day to
day, season to season, and year to year. Climate, according to meteorological scientists, is the average of weather over a 30 year period. Climate records can include record highs and record lows, but the average of each year determines the overall climate.
Secondly, warmer Arctic waters have meant less polar ice. This releases moisture into the air. More moisture means more precipitation. And it doesn’t take much temperature change to increase moisture. According to NOAA, water that is just 2˚F warmer than normal can produce 10% more moisture, and 20%
more snow. The Snowmaggedon storm of 2010, which produced record snowfall, was a result of the Atlantic Ocean being just 3˚F warmer.
Thirdly, is the a change in the jet stream. During the last decade, the eastern United States experienced
snowier than average winters, but the western United States saw warmer and dryer than average winters. This is due to the “North American winter temperature dipole.” The jet stream that blows through the Northern Hemisphere has developed a strong wave pattern. It rises over Canada into the Arctic, gathering cold air and moisture along the way. Then it dips into the eastern United States.
The North Atlantic is warmer than normal. As the cold air from the jet stream meets the warmer air over the ocean, winds intensify and storms occur. The added moisture from the Atlantic leads to heavier snows. This accounts for the numerous nor’easters seen this year. Meteorologists prefer the term “bomb cyclones.”
This new climate reality of hotter summers, colder winters in some areas, and stronger storms have led scientists to favor the term climate
change instead of global warming. If trends continue, we can expect worsening storms in our part of the country in the coming years.NASA photo.
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Let’s dust off the cabin fever and enjoy the outdoors. There are many opportunities to consider, whether you
are an angler, a hunter or just enjoy being outside. There are plenty of outdoor activities ranging from a short walk to an all day excursion.
For anglers there are plenty of opportunities available. Some prefer fishing for catfish. The upper tidal James, Rappahannock or Potomac Rivers have some locales just inside the confluence of small creeks and backwaters that can produce some big catfish this time of year.
The drop-off edges of tidal flats can hold channel catfish, but the shallower flats themselves may have some big blue cats this time of year. This premier early spring fishery has become a popular pastime, with lots of action promised if you hook up with one of these whiskered bruisers approaching 50 pounds.
In March, large blue catfish move into the shallows to feed and prepare for their upcoming spawning season. Fresh mud shad or herring are among the best baits. Large circle hooks are baited with big chunks of cut bait and fished on three way swivels with at least 3 feet of hook leader.
Since these are big fish, the leader should be at least 40 pound test, with 50 pound sometimes a safer option. Enough weight is needed to keep the rig right on the bottom and sturdy, secure rod holders are the best way to fish for big blue catfish. Once a big cat picks up the bait, keep patient and free spool the line until the hook gets to where it can grab into their thick, tough mouth. Then, set the hook and battle with the whiskered brute.
Other anglers prefer salt water fishing for striped bass, rockfish. The first pulses of mature stripers will begin their annual treks towards the spawning grounds by mid-March. This is their reproduction time. The spring trophy striper season means big post spawn fish are heading back out of the
tributaries and down the bay, feeding as they go. Striper spawning will likely continue into mid-May.
While we wait for the rockfish to come off their spawning grounds and opening day, be sure to get your fishing tackle ready. Check the website for the announcement of opening day, creel and slot limits at Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service website located at; www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries.
Make sure you are looking at the latest 2018 regulations on this site. The Maryland DNR Fisheries phone number for information is 800-688-3467. For Potomac River Fisheries Commission PRFC Spring recreational striped bass season, creel and size limits, check out the website at www.prfc.state.va.us and their phone number is 800-266-3904. The VMRC website is found at www.mrc.state.va.us and they can be reached by phone at 757-247-2200.
There are some specific rules and regulations which take place during the spring striped bass seasons in Maryland, PRFC and Virginia waters, so check out their websites or give them a call. Included are certain Chesapeake Bay and tributary waters
which are closed to possession of striped bass during the first two Maryland seasons. Brochures and information on fishing seasons are provided by Maryland DNR, the PRFC or VMRC and may be available at local fishing tackle and bait dealers.
Spring also provides great opportunities to spring gobbler hunt. Be sure to check out the following website for regulations, locations and bag limits: www.dgif.virginia.gov/hunting/regulations/turkey/#spring Enjoy the hunting scenery and experiences; learn from them and share with others. Make sure your permission from landowners is current and up to date while hunting.
Always let someone know where you will be hunting and the time they should expect you back. Carry a well charged cell phone and if your schedule or hunting locations change, call and let someone know.
Scouting for that opening day spot should be done at a stealthy distance and your best option is to choose your future locations and stay away from them. Wild turkeys are especially alert birds and the slightest movement or noise can spook them in to moving a great distance from your set-up. Scala photo.
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By Corinne Anthony Becker
A full schedule of fun events have been planned as part of this season's Heathsville Farmers
Market. Running from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month, April through October, the Heathsville Farmers Market is held on the grounds adjacent Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern, (RHHT).
This year's season opening market on Saturday, April 21st will be especially exciting. In addition to the regular Farmers Market, there will be an Earth Day Celebration and 5K Road Race, as well as a Tavern Quilt Guild's Annual Quilt Sale, and the Northern Neck Wine Fest.
The Earth Day Celebration, which is sponsored by Northumberland Association for Progressive Stewardship, will include a special section of environmental exhibits and vendors. Activities are planned for kids and adults—all with an environmental theme. The 5K Road Race, sponsored by Run NNK, will
kick off the celebration at 8 a.m.
The Tavern Quilt Guild's annual Quilt Sale will be open to the public inside the Tavern's Transportation Museum Building during Farmers Market hours. Rounding out the day's events will be the 11th Annual Northern Neck Wine Fest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Wine Fest offers ticket holders the chance to savor a number of local wines, all in one afternoon. Tickets will be sold at the gate and include a complimentary
etched wine glass for tastings.
The balance of the year's Heathsville's Farmers Market is as follows:
The May 19th Heathsville Farmers Market is Going to the Dogs, as the Northern Neck Kennel Club puts on a doggie exposition. The June 16th
market will include a special Guild Demonstration Day, plus a historical flag display.
The July 21st Heathsville Farmers Market is Kids Day, when a number of special activities geared to children will be offered. At the August 18th market there will be an Antique and Classic Car Roundup. In addition, the Tavern Quilt Guild will hold Bingo for Quilts in the afternoon.
The September 15th market will feature a Living History encampment, and an Antique Road Show type event with a variety of experts offering antique appraisals. At the final market on October 20th, there will be a pumpkin decorating contest, and a Blessing of the Animals.
Farmers Market shoppers will find local produce, meat, eggs, bread and baked goods, soup, flowers and plants, plus numerous vendors selling locally made artisan crafts. Nearly 50 vendors are expected at each market.
New vendors interested in participating at the Heathsville Farmers Market should call the
Market Manager at 804-580-3377, or e-mail [email protected].
For more information about any activities listed, visit www.RHHTFoundationinc.org or call 804-580-3377.The Heathsville Farmers Market takes place at Rice's Hotel / Hughlett's Tavern, also home of the Tavern Cafe' and Tavern Gift Shoppe, which is open Thursday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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By Carol J. Bova
I wrote a column Don't Worry, Pray? in the Spring, 2014 Chesapeake Style. The words came from the signboard at Antioch Baptist Church in Susan. I asked “if that's the only hope left for our ditches.” Three
and a half years later, I can say, ‘Hallelujah!” It seems the old adage, “The Lord helps those who help themselves” has led to a successful restoration of the outfall ditch from the Antioch Baptist Church to the outfall at St. Paul United Methodist Church.
The Mathews County revenue sharing project with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) that Mathews County supervisor G. C. Morrow advocated is now underway. Joyce McGowan, Saluda Residency Administrator, did a tremendous job helping the County obtain VDOT funds to begin outfall restoration projects.
Unlike the previous mostly failed 1993-1997 revenue sharing where inmate labor used shovels and chain saws, this one is using appropriate heavy ditching equipment and a company skilled in its use.
The outfall between Antioch and St. Paul's
was surveyed before work began. To the surprise of many, the elevation at Antioch Road is 10.46 feet and that at St. Paul's is 5.86 feet, helping to prove what we've said all along: Mathews County is not too flat to drain if you follow the contours of the land.
We're happy for the successful outcome of the Antioch outfall project, but the Commonwealth still has no working policy or guidance in place for streams, especially streams used as outfalls and impaired by VDOT's pipe and roadside ditch maintenance failures.
One recommendation from the recent report from the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resilience (ordered by House Bill 1774, 2017) said, “A third party could negotiate with VDOT to take on responsibility for restoring and maintaining...VDOT ditches to generate sufficient water quality credits to comply with water quality requirements.”
Like previous ideas from the Middle Peninsula Planning District, this report was based on experience with agricultural drainage canals in Maryland with a history of heavy nutrient
runoff. Such models aren't appropriate for rural Tidewater ditches without nutrient runoff issues.
The report ignored the fact that none of the counties involved have water quality impairments for phosphorus or chlorophyll-A—an indicator of excessive nutrients. Water quality credits are based on computer models that assume the presence of excess nitrogen and phosphorus, not on testing. Without excessive nutrients, a 100% reduction of nothing is still not going to improve water quality.
Water in state roadside ditches is meant to flow to rivers and the Bay, and without functioning outfalls, that can't happen. The Chesapeake Bay and our rivers connected to rural Tidewater localities do suffer from water quality impairments from a lack of dissolved oxygen.
Without dissolved oxygen, entire ecosystems, including fish and underwater vegetation, cannot thrive—or even survive when dead zones of no oxygen develop. Yes, control nutrients where they do occur in Maryland and Virginia, but let our Tidewater ditches carry clean rainfall with its life-sustaining oxygen to our rivers and the Bay. Carol J. Bova photo. Contact Carol at [email protected].
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By RuthE Forrest BCTMB
Thousands of years ago when humans lived close to the land, healers used intuition and touch
to help the ill recover. A system of care evolved out of this nurturing practice based upon five elements of nature comprising all things.
Healers cataloged observations of nature’s wisdom: Air makes Water (rain), Water makes Wood (trees), Wood makes Fire (charcoal), Fire makes Earth (ashes), Earth makes Metal (minerals), and Metal is conditioned by Air (bellows). These 5 elements: air, water, wood, earth, and metal complete the circular healing system now called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
TCM understands the energetic nature of life, and has mapped the biological electrical system in the human body. This map, called meridians, has been
studied extensively. Science proves there are areas on the body where the bioelectric nerve signal is closer to the surface of the skin and has less resistance, called points on the meridian.
Oriental Medical Doctors created a system utilizing finger pressure on these points in a specific pattern to balance or assist the energy flowing through the body called acupressure. This ancient finger system eventually expanded into the modern system we now call acupuncture that uses surgical steel needles on the points. Acupressure remains an available therapy.
There is value in any healing system that produces results by facilitating body homeostasis. The TCM system of meridian balancing is time tested and approved by countless millions. Although acupressure and acupuncture both utilize this system, there are obvious differences. Fingers are soft, pliable,
movable, and intuitive. Needles are not. A body can tolerate many points being touched by fingers, finding this pleasurable and relaxing.
Needles do not share this trait, most bodies will tolerate only a handfull before becoming anxious. Finger pressure depth is adjustable, can be changed in an instant or held many minutes. Needles cannot, they go into the body a determined depth and remain there for a prescribed period. Needles are much deeper physically and energetically. Both have proven healing power. For a headache you don’t need a sledgehammer, for surgery you want strong analgesics.
Like many bodywork modalities, there are various techniques available in TCM. I practice one trademarked by a western woman who fused ancient eastern knowledge with modern Jungian psychotherapy after studying with Asian Masters. Iona Teagarten still teaches her Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressure™ method in California. I became interested after receiving acupressure facials.
The face reflects a calm mind, beauty comes from within. My B.A. is in psychology, and I studied acupressure at the Cayce-Riley
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We may talk about them, exploring emotional connections to areas holding pain. Through inner inspiration insights are gleaned, assisting the release of deeply held patterns sparking the pain. Pain becomes the pathway to bringing about the balance required for ultimate healing. Talking isn’t required though, some blissfully snooze, and their body’s wisdom balances the nerve signal regardless of insight. Chronic pain patterns can be bioelectrically reprogrammed. Acupressure facilitates healing from within. Find out more at Spa 2 U 804-453-5367.
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By Don LoopI think I’ll hibernate next year
when winter chills the valeand snooze and dream just like a bear
escaping winter’s frigid gale.
When spring has come and winter goneand I emerge with droopy eyes
to view the scene and what went onwhile the arctic ruled the skies,
There I would see the daffodilswhich had wintered in the ground,
blue skies blue birds and Jack and Jillswith birds singing all around
Then I would wonder if I toohaving spent the winter underground
had blossomed like the flowers doin the springtime I had found.
Springtime LongingBy Don Loop
The earth is wobbling south againas Sol ascends the latitudes
and ospreys think of moving north.While we enjoy the lighter morns
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Serving with Southern Style by Deborah
By Melissa HaydonThese Buffalo Sliders are perfect
for serving at a party or just for supper on any night of the week. Using a leftover rotisserie chicken makes this recipe even easier. Buffalo Sliders12 slider buns5 cups chicken, cooked and shredded1 cup buffalo sauce1/2 cup butter, melted1/2 tsp garlic powderpinch of salt12 slices Swiss cheese
Ranch dressing (for topping)Start by lightly toasting the slider
buns, this keeps the buns from getting soggy from the buffalo sauce. Add your cheese after toasting, this helps the cheese melt nicely. Then, in a medium sized bowl, mix melted butter, buffalo sauce, garlic powder, and salt. In a large bowl toss chicken in the buffalo sauce mixture. Add about 1/2 cup of the chicken mixture to each slider bun and top with your desired amount of ranch dressing.
This Hummingbird Bread recipe rounds out any meal and what is even better, it makes two loaves. Surprise a friend with
a loaf or freeze one for later. Hummingbird BreadMakes 2 regular size loaves1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened3/4 C sugar1/4 C brown sugar, packed2 large eggs 2 1/2 C flour 1 tsp baking soda1 tsp salt 1 1/2 C mashed bananas1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon 1 8oz can crushed pineapple 1 C sweetened shredded coconut 1/3 C chopped pecans
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease your loaf pans with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and whisk until combined. Using a standing mixer, cream the butter and sugars until creamy and fluffy. Mix in the eggs and vanilla. Gradually mix in
the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Batter will start to look really dry and crumbly. Add in the pineapple, coconut and pecans and mix until combined. Add in the mashed bananas. Pour batter into loaf pans and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick or a knife comes out clean. Let sit on a wire rack to cool completely. Cream cheese frosting1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened 1- 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1 C powder sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon 3/4 C chopped pecans
Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients except the pecans and mix until smooth and fluffy. Using a rubber spatula, scoop some of the cream cheese frosting onto a cooled loaf and frost. Sprinkle with some chopped pecans. Stop on by www.servedupwithlove.com and see what’s gracing our table. Disclosure: I use many recipe sources to share recipes with you. The recipes shared here are not 100% my own.
By Deborah FiggPan-Seared Scallops with Bacon and Spinach3 center-cut bacon slices 1 1/2 pounds jumbo sea scallops (about 12) 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided 1 cup chopped onion 6 garlic cloves, sliced 12 ounces fresh baby spinach 4 lemon wedges (optional)
Cook bacon in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings in
pan; coarsely chop and set bacon aside. Increase heat to high.
Pat scallops dry with paper towels. Sprinkle scallops evenly with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Add scallops to drippings in pan; cook 2 1/2 minutes on each side or until done. Transfer to a plate; keep warm.
Reduce heat to medium high. Add onion and garlic to pan; sauté 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add half of spinach; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add remaining half of spinach; cook 2 minutes or just until wilted, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in remaining 1/8 teaspoon
salt and remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Divide spinach mixture among four plates; top each serving evenly with crumbled bacon and three scallops. Serve immediately with lemon wedges, if desired.
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Old fashioned 14 layer chocolate cake1 cup shortening4 eggs3 cup plain flour2 tbsp baking powder2 1/2 cup sweet milk aka whole milk1 tbsp vanilla flavoring1 tbsp butter flavoring2 cup sugarIcing3 cup sugar6 tbsp cocoa1 cup butter1 can evaporated milkMethod
3 hoursSift flour and baking
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milk. Beat until well blended.Stir in vanilla and butter flavoring.
You may use any 9 inch pan.Use shortening to grease pans and
sprinkle with flour. I use Baker's Joy.Be sure to wash pans after each layers
to prevent a build up in pans.Spread 1/2 cup of batter in pans and bake
at 375 preheated oven until lightly brown.You can put layers on wire rack
or clean towels until cool. I just start building my cake as I get them out.
FROSTING l do my frosting first so it can cool down.
Melt butter in a 4 quart sausepan.Mix cocoa and sugar and evaporated milk.Bring to a rolling boil. Reduce heat and cook
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