Style
July - Chesapeake Style Online
July - Chesapeake Style Online
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Chesapeake<br />
Volume XIV • Issue 7 • July 2012<br />
www.chesapeakestyle.com<br />
©<br />
<strong>Style</strong><br />
Priceless
2 July 2012<br />
Fast Times on the Rivers<br />
Recently someone chided me about my love for animals, on<br />
Facebook. Specifically the person noted, “I appreciate your devotion<br />
to the homeless animals, but your flooding facebook is getting old.”<br />
After giving it some thought I realized that about 90% of my Facebook<br />
friends have dogs, love dogs or cats or animals, and also worry about<br />
those who are treated badly or have lost their homes. Ultimately I<br />
responded, “Sorry you feel that way...someone has to speak for them...”<br />
I always seem to write this column at the last minute, and realized<br />
that my love of animals is a good topic as my feelings go way back.<br />
The photos above were taken with me and my first dog, a Boston<br />
Terrier, named DB aka Daniel Boone Dawson. During The War, my<br />
mother drove from Ashland, Ky to Galveston, Texas, with me and<br />
DB. There was a bad storm, probably a hurricane, and someone<br />
in the household let DB out. And we never saw him again.<br />
After The War, we lived in G.I. Housing, on Old Brook Road, in Richmond.<br />
For Christmas one year—I was in about the third or fourth grade—<br />
my parents gave me a dachshund puppy, and the original book, Mary<br />
Poppins. Little Bit lived to be 16 and I have many fond memories of her<br />
and her bravery and antics over the years, including killing a muskrat.<br />
Another scene etched into my memory is when I was in sixth or<br />
seventh grade. I was walking to school one morning and by the side of<br />
the road was a German Shepherd that had been hit by a car. As I recall,<br />
the dog had been moved by the time I walked home from school.<br />
As an adult, when my children were young, we bought, bred and<br />
showed dachshunds. One day, at a dog show in Milwaukee, I met my first<br />
German Wirehaired Pointer. Here was a dog who wanted to do what I<br />
asked! While in Illinois, and after moving back to Virginia, I began to breed,<br />
show and work my GWPs in the field and in NAVHDA, (North American<br />
Versatile Hunting Dog Association). On Facebook I began to have more<br />
contacts with other GWP breeders. We prided ourselves on having an<br />
unusual, unique, not too popular, versatile breed. If anyone didn’t want<br />
one of my pups/dogs, I took them back, any time, for any reason.<br />
Then the breed became more popular, breeders didn’t always take back their<br />
dogs, and our beloved breed began to show up in shelters. Several breed rescue<br />
groups were born. I became affiliated with German Wirehaired Pointer Rescue,<br />
Inc, in Olathe, Kansas. I am mostly a cheerleader and share information about<br />
GWPs in need, and also the good news, those who are adopted into forever<br />
homes. I also champion and share information from other rescue groups.<br />
The person defriended me on Facebook. I make no apologies.<br />
It’s in my DNA. Mahatma Gandhi said “You can judge a<br />
society by how they treat their weakest members.”<br />
The mission of Chesapeake <strong>Style</strong><br />
is to serve and celebrate the<br />
Chesapeake Bay Region and its<br />
people, past, present and future.<br />
Editor, Publisher<br />
Janet Abbott Fast<br />
Writers & Photographers<br />
Mari Bonomi, Betty Bridgeman,<br />
Kathey Brodtman, Anne Cook,<br />
Ellen Dugan, Jean Duggan, RuthE<br />
Forrest, Bill Graves, Melissa<br />
Haydon, Elizabeth D. Huegel,<br />
Gwen Keane, Spike Knuth, Merrill<br />
Leffler, Rob Ransone, Chelly Scala,<br />
Paula Shipman, Kelsey Sipes,<br />
Elizabeth Allen Stokes, Janice C.<br />
Vogel, Fran Warren, Diana Wise<br />
Teen <strong>Style</strong> Writers, Photographers<br />
D’Myra Brown, Sarah Ipson,<br />
Bridgette Self, Lawrence Smith<br />
Ad Sales, Distribution<br />
Betty Bridgeman, Susan Christopher,<br />
Deborah Figg, Bill Graves,<br />
Liz Huegel, Kathleen Kehoe,<br />
Victoria Kress, Rob Ransone,<br />
Nancy Shelley, Marie Stone<br />
Proofreader<br />
Marie Stone<br />
Ad Composition, Graphics, Layout<br />
Janet Abbott Fast, Deborah Figg<br />
Chesapeake <strong>Style</strong><br />
About the cover~<br />
Mathews County resident Janice C.<br />
Vogel took the cover photo in March<br />
while accompanying local watermen<br />
A.J. Hurst and Johnny Pugh as they<br />
fished crab pots off New Point.<br />
A self-taught, amateur<br />
photographer, Janice recently<br />
published her first book, Mathews<br />
County, part of Arcadia Publishing’s<br />
Then and Now series. The book,<br />
available on Amazon.com, contains<br />
over 200 vintage and current-day<br />
photographs of the county.<br />
Janice graduated from Mathews<br />
High School in 1982 and the<br />
Letters to the editor are welcome.<br />
The editor reserves the right to<br />
edit all submissions for clarity,<br />
lousy spelling or any other<br />
reason that strikes her fancy.<br />
Chesapeake <strong>Style</strong> is a free circulation<br />
magazine published eight times a<br />
year by Chesapeake Bay Marketing.<br />
To have it delivered for one year,<br />
please send your name, mailing<br />
address and a check or money<br />
order, for $24 for postage and<br />
handling, to the address below.<br />
Chesapeake <strong>Style</strong><br />
P. O. Box 802<br />
Warsaw, VA 22572<br />
804-333-0628<br />
editor@chesapeakestyle.com<br />
www.chesapeakestyle.com<br />
The opinions expressed in<br />
Chesapeake <strong>Style</strong> are those<br />
of contributing writers and<br />
do not necessarily reflect the<br />
opinion of Chesapeake <strong>Style</strong> or<br />
its advertisers. Reproduction in<br />
whole or in part of any material<br />
in this publication without<br />
permission is strictly prohibited.<br />
© 2007-2012 All rights reserved<br />
Chesapeake Bay Marketing.<br />
University of Virginia in 1986<br />
and has more than 20 years of<br />
experience in Human Resources.<br />
In her spare time, Janice enjoys<br />
sharing her photography and musings<br />
on her blog www.lifeinmathews.<br />
blogspot.com, where she is known<br />
as Chesapeake Bay Woman. She is<br />
always looking for local scenes to<br />
photograph or stories to tell for the<br />
blog. She and her two children, Sam<br />
and Maria Spadaccini, reside in<br />
Hudgins on Queens Creek. Contact<br />
Janice at JaniceCVogel@aol.com or<br />
ChesapeakeBayWoman@gmail.com
July 2012 3<br />
Adios~Multiple World Champion Stallion<br />
By Paula Shipman<br />
January 3, 1940, a bay<br />
colt was born to a mare<br />
named Adioo Volo ($0).<br />
This colt would one day<br />
be considered one of the<br />
greatest Standardbred stallions<br />
of all time, with his bloodline<br />
still dominating some 60 years<br />
later—his name was Adios.<br />
Adioo Volo was bred exclusively<br />
to the Hall of Fame Standardbred<br />
stallion Hal Dale ($595.00). Hal<br />
Dale was a pony size stallion but<br />
he was a big horse when he raced.<br />
His meager wages were the result<br />
of a tendon injury that ended his<br />
career all too soon. Their unions<br />
resulted in five offspring over a span<br />
of ten years. The most successful<br />
of those would be Adios.<br />
Adios ($33,329) sold for a small<br />
sum of $2,000 as a yearling. Adios<br />
was owned by Harry Warner of<br />
Warner Bros film studios and<br />
trained and driven by Frank Ervin.<br />
Adios won 43 of 87 starts. As<br />
a freshman pacer he was the<br />
leading money-winning pacer in<br />
North America among all pacers.<br />
He was often rivaled by Kings<br />
Counsel ($44,930). The match races<br />
between the two stallions excited<br />
harness racing fans who were in<br />
the middle of World War II.<br />
In 1949 he was bought by Delvin<br />
Miller and retired to stud duty.<br />
His stud fee was only $300. By<br />
1951 however he was on his<br />
way up in popularity. His star<br />
progenys of 1951 would be<br />
Adios Harry ($345,433) and<br />
Adios Boy ($129,859). Hanover<br />
Shoe Farms bought Adios in<br />
1955 for $500,000 but sold a<br />
third of him back to Delvin<br />
Miller. Delvin Miller had great<br />
affection for his stallion.<br />
In the mid-1960's The<br />
Breyer model horse company<br />
produced an Adios model.<br />
There is also a book about<br />
Adios written by Marie<br />
Hill titled Adios, The Big<br />
Daddy of Harness Racing.<br />
Before his passing in<br />
1965 at the age of 25, Adios<br />
commanded a whopping<br />
$15,000 stud fee. It was<br />
the highest fee for any<br />
Standardbred stud at the time.<br />
Throughout his stallion career<br />
Adios sired 597 foals, 10 of which<br />
died as foals. His offspring had<br />
earned well over $14,000,000 in<br />
combined purses—that was more<br />
than any stallion at that time,<br />
Standardbred or Thoroughbred.<br />
There is a race held each year<br />
on the second Saturday in August<br />
at The Meadows Racetrack in<br />
Washington Pennsylvania to<br />
honor the great stallion, The Adios<br />
Stakes. His Dam Adioo Volo also<br />
has a race contested in her honor<br />
every year for three year old pacing<br />
fillies, The Adioo Volo Stakes.<br />
Adios is buried under an<br />
apple tree near his paddock at<br />
the Meadow Lands Farm near<br />
Washington, Pennsylvania where<br />
he spent the last 17 years of his life.<br />
Adios sired eight Little<br />
Brown Jug winners and two<br />
winners of the Triple Crown<br />
for Standardbred Pacers.<br />
In 1967, the Harrisburg Sale<br />
auctioned the last of the Adios crop.<br />
It was somewhat of a sad event and<br />
all who attended would forever<br />
remember the experience. Louis<br />
Effrat who's writings appeared in The<br />
New York Times and avidly recorded<br />
Adios' racing career would remember<br />
it best as he recorded the sale of<br />
the last Adios yearling that would<br />
ever be. Effrat wrote at exactly 3:24<br />
p.m. On November 2, 1967 Iroquois<br />
Hanover was sold by auctioneer<br />
George Swinebroad for $30,000.<br />
Adios produced a constant stream<br />
of champion colts and fillies in<br />
his stallion career. Some of them<br />
are Bullet Hanover ($132,578),<br />
Henry T. Adios ($922,616), Adios<br />
Butler ($509,875), Dotties pick<br />
($263,978), the brilliant double<br />
gaited mare Countess Adios<br />
($317,158) and another who would<br />
become more famous than his<br />
sire—his story next month.<br />
Photos courtesy USTA, United<br />
States Trotting Association.<br />
Adios’ driver is Frank Ervin.<br />
pshipman@chesapeakestyle.com
4 July 2012<br />
<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Linger at the Lancaster Tavern<br />
By Mari Bonomi<br />
Fine dining surrounded<br />
by historic ambience,<br />
with a keen focus on<br />
customer service,<br />
is no further away<br />
than the Lancaster Tavern,<br />
in the heart of Lancaster.<br />
Brenda Jackson, who owns the<br />
Tavern and is one of the chefs,<br />
describes her complex as “a family<br />
gathering place,” with two beautiful<br />
bed-and-breakfast suites on site<br />
and a B&B cottage next door—not<br />
to mention a petting zoo with ducks<br />
and exotic chickens and rabbits<br />
Brenda raised herself from babies.<br />
What started out as a property<br />
purchase for a business investment<br />
has blossomed instead into a<br />
highlight of Northern Neck eating.<br />
Along with her sister, Sue Murray,<br />
who manages the business side of<br />
the Tavern, Brenda is committed to<br />
providing American cuisine. “We<br />
specialize in fresh seafood bought<br />
locally or shipped fresh on ice<br />
weekly—including the best oysters<br />
in town, high grade beef—we use<br />
Prime only—and desserts that<br />
get a lot of recognition. Our bread<br />
pudding is famous! A food writer<br />
who traveled the South tasting bread<br />
puddings voted ours number one.”<br />
Brenda raises her own organic<br />
produce in gardens at her home<br />
and the Tavern. She has romaine,<br />
tomatoes and seasonal vegetables.<br />
Other vegetables come from a<br />
local organic farm, including<br />
collard, onions and lettuce.<br />
“We change our menus with the<br />
season,” Brenda said. “Our new<br />
one started on May first. We have<br />
crab in the spring, oysters in the<br />
fall. And we're featuring a different<br />
fruit cobbler every day.” During<br />
the summer the outdoor deck is<br />
popular, especially on evenings<br />
when live entertainment is offered.<br />
And Friday night is prime rib night.<br />
One service many folks don't<br />
realize the Tavern offers is offsite<br />
catering and private parties. Brenda<br />
spent a number of years as a<br />
wedding consultant and brings both<br />
experience and skill to such planning.<br />
Box lunches are available as well,<br />
and folks from Kilmarnock to Lively<br />
can arrange to have meals delivered<br />
to them for a nominal fee. Another<br />
special activity the Tavern offers is<br />
a dinner and limo transportation<br />
afterward to the Lancaster Players<br />
productions in White Stone.<br />
The current building is significantly<br />
updated from what it was in 2007<br />
when Brenda took it over. She got<br />
her contractor's license so that she<br />
could control the remodeling herself,<br />
and found “a group of talented local<br />
carpenters and artists to help design<br />
and develop the old building while<br />
keeping the period style,” providing<br />
jobs for the community. The kitchen<br />
is almost completely new, from the<br />
big walk-in refrigerator to the cooking<br />
and dish washing equipment.<br />
Upstairs, two beautiful suites<br />
contain lush baths, comfy beds,<br />
sitting areas and beautiful antiques<br />
from the Northern Neck and<br />
neighboring areas, including<br />
some from Brenda's own<br />
family. The settee on<br />
which her grandfather proposed to<br />
her grandmother graces one of the<br />
rooms. Family antiques also serve in<br />
the dining spaces, along with other<br />
vintage items Brenda has found.<br />
Many of these items are available<br />
for purchase. Brenda, who was born<br />
and raised in King and Queen, takes<br />
justifiable pride in maintaining<br />
the Tavern as an accurate piece of<br />
Virginia history. Even the original<br />
floors, the hand-hewn beams in the<br />
basement and the original Ordinary<br />
are preserved. The building's<br />
foundations date to 1755, and the<br />
greater part of the current Tavern,<br />
including the dining area, is the 1790<br />
building, still serving the community.<br />
Brenda speaks with great pride<br />
and fondness of her staff, virtually<br />
all of whom can cook as well as do<br />
all the other tasks of serving “good<br />
food and laughter. People are always<br />
going to eat somewhere, and there's<br />
nowhere in this part of the county<br />
for people to go for fine dining.”<br />
Brenda insists that the staff<br />
always remember “the customer<br />
must come first.” She has settled<br />
on a group of women including<br />
head chef Richelle Moses who<br />
understand her requirements for<br />
service and calls them “a phenomenal<br />
team, the ultimate crew.”<br />
Brenda explains her philosophy:<br />
“This is my house; this is my life.<br />
I pour my heart and soul into this<br />
every day. I ask of my employees to<br />
always respect my views. I started<br />
very young in the restaurant business<br />
at the Montross Inn in 1981, and<br />
worked at a jewelers for years. I<br />
believe it’s all about customer service<br />
and food quality, not quantity.<br />
“Every person who walks through<br />
my door is a guest in my house,”<br />
Brenda continues, “whether they’ve<br />
come for a cup of coffee, to spend the<br />
night, or to have dinner with friends.<br />
My guests come first—always. I want<br />
them laughing and talking about what<br />
a great time they had and how they’ll<br />
definitely be coming back soon."<br />
The Lancaster Tavern is located<br />
at 8373 Mary Ball Highway in<br />
Lancaster. Monday through Friday<br />
hours are 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and<br />
again from 5-9 p.m. Saturday and<br />
Sunday the Tavern is open from 8<br />
a.m. to 9 p.m. For reservations call<br />
804-462-0080. Visit the website<br />
at www.lancastertavern.com.<br />
B&B Suite, Sue, Brenda cooks<br />
and laughs, Ronnie makes<br />
Slaw. Mari Bonomi photos.
July 2012 5<br />
Spotlight on People in <strong>Style</strong><br />
By Ellen Dugan<br />
When Ötzi, the mummified 5,300<br />
year-old “ice man,” was discovered<br />
in 1991, there were a few surprises.<br />
For one thing he sported 57 tattoos.<br />
No one knows what kind of ink<br />
was used, but you have to admit<br />
that it was permanent. Tattooing<br />
is still very popular today, so we<br />
asked a few folks: If you had to<br />
get a tattoo, what would it be<br />
and where would you place it?<br />
Keith Bryant who lives in Warsaw<br />
appears<br />
to be a<br />
sensible,<br />
all-<br />
American<br />
young<br />
man who<br />
shows no<br />
interest in<br />
decorating<br />
his body.<br />
He’s<br />
currently<br />
“in a<br />
relationship” and this may or may<br />
not have anything to do with his<br />
tattoo-less appearance. As a stocker<br />
at Food Lion, Keith is one of the<br />
folks who ensure that you can<br />
find whatever you’re looking for<br />
because it’s where it’s supposed to<br />
be. He has no control over prices,<br />
however. If pressed, he would select<br />
his own name to be tattooed on the<br />
top of his arm. “It’s the only thing I<br />
could think of right now,” he says.<br />
Eighty-five year-old Montross<br />
resident Orva W. Heissenbuttel could<br />
easily pass for a sixty something.<br />
She’s been restoring a Gothic house<br />
for about five<br />
years now,<br />
which is pretty<br />
fast by Northern<br />
Neck standards.<br />
Orva founded<br />
the American<br />
Antique Arts<br />
Association which<br />
has 12 chapters,<br />
including one<br />
that meets in<br />
Heathsville. She<br />
will probably<br />
never get a tattoo she says, but if she<br />
did, it would be “a nice little bracelet<br />
around my ankle, silver colored,<br />
with a heart locket.” The heart in all<br />
probability would be from husband<br />
Bill, who is 96 and a retired Air Force<br />
Major. “I’m still married to the same<br />
man and I still have all my teeth,”<br />
Orva laughs.<br />
Gregory<br />
Nundahl<br />
who lives in<br />
Kilmarnock<br />
has a<br />
salesman’s<br />
personality.<br />
This is<br />
fortunate<br />
because he<br />
is a salesman<br />
(trusts).<br />
Number eight of ten children,<br />
Gregory is no doubt also very good at<br />
sharing and diplomacy. But perhaps<br />
the most striking thing about him is<br />
his love for his dad, retired Navy<br />
Commander Gerhard Delores,<br />
who underwent a liver<br />
transplant 19 years ago<br />
and has held his own<br />
until recently. “My<br />
dad worked his way<br />
up from an enlisted<br />
man,” says Gregory,<br />
“and he’s already<br />
lived a lot longer than<br />
they predicted.” But<br />
when it comes to<br />
tattoos, well, there is<br />
no room for compromise.<br />
Gregory admits to having one<br />
but won’t speculate further. He<br />
advises young people to “re-think<br />
it because it will be there for life.”<br />
Lucky seven year-old Ichabod<br />
Yavorsky gets to meet with his<br />
10 to 5 Monday thru Saturday<br />
Noon to 4 Sunday<br />
Aunt Laura Smith every Saturday<br />
morning for breakfast. Laura lives<br />
in Williamsburg and has been Dr.<br />
John Pitman, Jr.’s medical assistant<br />
for the last 14 years. She does not<br />
have a tattoo. But if she did, she<br />
would choose<br />
a dragon fly,<br />
on the middle<br />
of her back<br />
where the<br />
slacks line is.<br />
“I think they’re<br />
beautiful, kind<br />
of mystic and<br />
different,”<br />
she says.<br />
Surprisingly,<br />
Ichabod<br />
says that he has a tattoo, a “mutant<br />
spider on a web” on his chest.<br />
“Temporary,” laughs Laura. “But<br />
I don’t scrub it,” says Ichabod.<br />
edugan@chesapeakestyle.com<br />
Ladies Apparel<br />
Casual, Cruise<br />
& Special Occasion<br />
12 South Main Street, Kilmarnock<br />
804-435-2200<br />
Cotton, Linen &<br />
Gauze Arrivals<br />
Every Day!
6 July 2012<br />
<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Fishermen’s Museum Boats for Sale<br />
By Rob Ransone<br />
To quote a well-known<br />
celebrity, River Rat,<br />
to Mole, in Kenneth<br />
Grahame’s The Wind<br />
in the Willows: “there<br />
is NOTHING—absolute nothing—<br />
half so much worth doing as simply<br />
messing about in boats.” If you love to<br />
“mess about in boats,” look no further<br />
than the Reedville Fishermen’s<br />
Museum’s used boat offerings.<br />
Have their boats been loved almost<br />
to death and need a lot of TLC? Well,<br />
yeah. That’s why they were donated<br />
to the RFM. And that’s also why they<br />
are incredible bargains for the DIYer<br />
who loves “messing about” in boats.<br />
Frankly, a couple of their boats<br />
are about ready to end their lives as<br />
planter boxes, but there are also some<br />
gems: For example, a Chesapeake<br />
20 sailboat, designed by Cap’n Dick<br />
Hartge in the early 1930s, this one<br />
was hand-built of wood in 1934 and<br />
Gift and Specialty Shop<br />
Wed. & Thurs. 10 - 3<br />
Fri. 12 - 6 Sat. 10-3<br />
139 Main St.<br />
Warsaw, Va<br />
804-333-3444<br />
804-761-9086<br />
now updated<br />
with fiberglass<br />
coating. At only<br />
$4,000 with its<br />
big sails, trailer,<br />
and mint bright<br />
work, this is<br />
worth the price.<br />
Another gem<br />
is a Catalina<br />
22 cruising<br />
sailboat with a<br />
beautiful Honda<br />
4-Stroke outboard motor. Produced<br />
by Catalina Yachts beginning in 1968,<br />
the Catalina 22 is one of the longest—<br />
and most popular—continuously<br />
produced sailboats in the world—<br />
more than 15,000 produced, and<br />
still in production. The boat is one of<br />
five charter members to the Sailboat<br />
Hall of Fame. With its swing keel<br />
board up it draws only two feet,<br />
ideal for shallow Chesapeake gunk<br />
holing. With the board down, she<br />
draws five feet, so you can go to<br />
weather. And at only 2250 pounds<br />
(unloaded) it is easy to trailer to<br />
distant sailing locations. It’s specs<br />
state that it “can sleep four good<br />
friends.” From experience on a 25-<br />
foot sailboat, however, I know that<br />
it’s not how many it can sleep that<br />
matters—it’s how many it can stand!<br />
And on a hot summer evening at<br />
anchor during a thunderstorm, with<br />
all the hatches battened down, only<br />
about two people can stand each<br />
other on even a 37-foot sailboat!<br />
With a<br />
National<br />
Catalina<br />
22 Sailing<br />
Association,<br />
you’ll have<br />
lots of<br />
support.<br />
Google<br />
Catalina 22<br />
sailboat to<br />
discover a<br />
wealth of<br />
information. With a little interior<br />
cosmetic work, your $4,500 (less than<br />
half the price of a mint condition<br />
Catalina 22) will prove a sound<br />
investment in summer fun.<br />
Don’t be intimidated by the<br />
prices quoted above. Clif Ames, who<br />
has been in charge of RFM’s used<br />
boats for the past eight years, will<br />
consider any reasonable offer—and<br />
the definition of “reasonable” is<br />
solely up to his discretion. “Sixty<br />
percent of something is a lot<br />
better than 100% of nothing.”<br />
Right now, Clif has several small<br />
sailboats, a couple of powerboats,<br />
and even a Jetski on a trailer. Make<br />
him an offer! See photos of some of<br />
these boats in his ad in this magazine.<br />
If you are not in the market to<br />
buy a boat, you may be interested in<br />
getting rid of one that you haven’t<br />
been able to sell and take a tax<br />
deduction. Clif is looking for John<br />
boats, skiffs (rowing or sailing,<br />
and especially Carolina Skiffs),<br />
Sunfish and other small sailboats,<br />
What does the IRS allow for a tax<br />
donation to the RFM, a 501-3c IRS<br />
tax deductible organization? The<br />
IRS would like you to wait until your<br />
donated boat sells before claiming<br />
your tax deduction, but they will<br />
accept an estimate of the Fair Market<br />
Value (FMV) based on “Blue Book”<br />
or a professional appraisal value.<br />
IRS Publication 561, Determining<br />
The Value of Donated Property,<br />
states that, except for inexpensive,<br />
small boats, the valuation should<br />
be based on an appraisal by a<br />
marine surveyor because the<br />
physical condition is so critical to<br />
its value. For small boats, there are<br />
commercial and trade publications<br />
that provide estimates for FMV.<br />
Although Clif and the RFM will<br />
work with you to ensure that you get<br />
a fair deal on your boat purchase or<br />
donation, neither can afford to pay for<br />
a survey, nor can they offer tax advice.<br />
The RFM can only let you know<br />
what your donated boat actually<br />
sold for, when (and if) they sell it.<br />
And River Rat was right:<br />
There really is nothing half so<br />
much worth doing as simply<br />
messing about in boats.<br />
Clif will be happy to talk with you<br />
about buying or donating a boat.<br />
Contact him at 804-453-3506 or email<br />
him at macames@nnwifi.com.<br />
Clif Ames and Catalina 22.<br />
Rob Ransone photo.<br />
Upcoming Walk On<br />
Head Boat Fishing Days<br />
Sunday July 1st,<br />
Friday July 6th,<br />
Sat. July 7th,<br />
Sunday July 15th,<br />
Friday July 20th and<br />
Sunday July 29th.<br />
Charter Fishing from Broad Creek<br />
Deltaville, Va<br />
www.tortugafun.com<br />
for reservations call 804-776-8800<br />
or email - tortugafun@yahoo.com
July 2012 7<br />
<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Mulberry, Whimsical, Wonderful, Affordable<br />
By Kelsey Sipes<br />
The owner of Mulberry,<br />
Betty Horton, is a<br />
kind, open woman<br />
who enjoys both her<br />
day job as a school<br />
teacher, as well as her weekend<br />
hobby, Mulberry. Meeting her is like<br />
seeing your mother, grandmother or<br />
a long lost friend. The store evolved<br />
from a love of crafting, a suggestion<br />
from a friend, and words from<br />
Betty’s father that helped to form her<br />
world view about recycling. While<br />
it may be a bit difficult to describe<br />
Mulberry, this is simply because it<br />
contains a little bit of everything. It’s<br />
both an environmentally friendly<br />
store that sells crafts made from<br />
recycled products, and a neat<br />
little shop where you can find a<br />
book from your childhood or that<br />
perfect piece for the house.<br />
When she was young, Betty’s<br />
father had a profound impact on her<br />
mentality about what people throw<br />
away. Happily, she told me, “My dad<br />
always found a use for things<br />
other people wanted to<br />
throw away.” Though she’s<br />
not a native of Warsaw, she<br />
really enjoys the community<br />
that she has found here.<br />
Living about fifteen minutes<br />
away from the county,<br />
Betty teaches first grade in<br />
Charles County, Maryland.<br />
Her husband, Darrell,<br />
works as a salesperson for a<br />
company in Fredericksburg,<br />
so the two are no<br />
strangers to commutes.<br />
Betty has always been<br />
interested in crafts and<br />
the imaginative, even<br />
joking with her children<br />
that she would one day paint<br />
her house uncommon colors.<br />
Mulberry came to be whenBetty<br />
and her husband decided to go<br />
forward with creating their own<br />
business. Since the store that<br />
Mulberry is housed in was originally<br />
a shoemaker’s shop, there were<br />
plenty of old shelves that they<br />
could use, as well as the original<br />
counter. While Betty wanted to bring<br />
something new to Warsaw, she also<br />
wanted to “Keep it intimate, keep it<br />
handmade,” and she buys primarily<br />
from local retailers for her business.<br />
Because she’s a school teacher,<br />
Betty could only open Mulberry on<br />
the weekends but that didn’t stop her<br />
from moving her workroom from her<br />
house into the store. In fact, you can<br />
see where all of the handmade magic<br />
happens<br />
right behind<br />
the counter.<br />
Betty says<br />
when it<br />
comes to her<br />
business, “I<br />
hope that<br />
it all works<br />
out, I hope<br />
that I can be<br />
a positive<br />
influence<br />
in the<br />
community.”<br />
About her<br />
location<br />
on main<br />
street in<br />
Warsaw, she has said, “I just love<br />
being here, being on the city street.”<br />
Betty loves vintage and she goes<br />
treasure hunting, or looking for<br />
vintage items, with her best friend<br />
who shares her love of finding unique<br />
items. As for crafting, she has made<br />
about a third of the items she stocks<br />
in her shop. Some of her current<br />
handmade items include primitive<br />
dolls, sock monkeys, painting,<br />
dish drainer quilts, and scarves.<br />
As far as her vintage and<br />
collectable items go, Betty is<br />
determined to “treat them with<br />
respect,” and that, “they all have<br />
a story to tell.” According to Betty,<br />
Mulberry is a place to go if you’re<br />
looking for collectables, vintage,<br />
crafting, painting and treasures. A key<br />
plan when creating Mulberry was, “I<br />
wanted it to be some place that was<br />
cool, that they could find something<br />
kind of neat, and that could be<br />
affordable.” In my visit, there was not<br />
a single item listed for $100, and when<br />
I pointed this out, she was baffled<br />
because she had never considered<br />
charging her customers that much.<br />
During the rare opportunities<br />
that Betty and Darrell are at<br />
home, they enjoy spending time<br />
with their family—who Betty<br />
describes as a small sized family<br />
who spend a lot of time together.<br />
They have five grandchildren who<br />
really enjoy playing outside.<br />
This means that Betty and Darrell<br />
are outside, at the beach, kayaking or<br />
fishing with them. In addition to this,<br />
they have a nine month old Labrador<br />
puppy and two cats that help to<br />
leave little free time for them. For<br />
Betty, who made her hobby into her<br />
business, 2012 has been a great year.<br />
Due to her summer break, Betty<br />
changed her hours for the summer<br />
and Mulberry is now open on<br />
Wednesday and Thursday from<br />
10 to 3 and on Friday from 12 to 6,<br />
Saturday, 10 to 3. Find Mulberry on<br />
Main Street in Warsaw, on Facebook<br />
and by phone at 804-333-3444.<br />
Kelsey Sipes photos.<br />
The Courthouse Restaurant<br />
Welcome Home!<br />
6714 Main St., Gloucester<br />
804-210-1506 804-210-1507 Fax<br />
First Friday & Saturday<br />
Second & Fourth Thursday<br />
Open Until 8 p.m.<br />
Open Daily 6 a.m. - 3 p.m.
8 July 2012<br />
Teen<br />
For Guidelines and Permission Forms go to www.chesapeakestyle.com, click on Teen <strong>Style</strong>.<br />
Essex High School<br />
Encouraging Young Artists, Photographers, Writers<br />
By Sarah Ipson, Junior<br />
Blue Shoe<br />
By Lawrence Smith, Sophomore<br />
Rosebud Bed and Breakfast is nestled in<br />
Virginia's Historic Northern Neck, in Montross.<br />
Easy access for day-trips to 12 local wineries,<br />
Stratford Hall, George Washington's Birthplace,<br />
Virginia's Historic triangle—Yorktown, Jamestown<br />
and Williamsburg—as well as other local historic<br />
sites. Located in town, it's a short distance<br />
to local restaurants, shopping and more.<br />
Call<br />
804-761-4844<br />
for reservations.<br />
15353 Kings Hwy<br />
P.O. Box 905<br />
Montross, Va 22520<br />
Chair<br />
By D'Myra<br />
Brown Senior
July 2012 9<br />
<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Exciting Times<br />
By Susan Grandpre<br />
With genuine<br />
enthusiasm,<br />
Ann Catherine<br />
Cross beamed<br />
as she said,<br />
“These are such exciting times at our<br />
school of dance”. After many years<br />
of owning and operating the Ann<br />
Catherine Cross School of Dance, Ann<br />
Catherine is full of excitement, pride<br />
and a true love for the art of dance.<br />
Ann Catherine has loved dance<br />
her whole life. She grew up dancing<br />
and singing and knew she would<br />
be truly happy if she kept dance as<br />
a central part of her life. She took<br />
classes and began teaching dance<br />
at the Ms. Wells School of Dance.<br />
In 1975, after graduating from<br />
college, she had the opportunity<br />
to teach dance at Woodland<br />
Academy in the Northern Neck.<br />
Branching out on her own, Ann<br />
Catherine rented a space on Main<br />
Street in Warsaw where she opened<br />
her first dance studio many years<br />
ago. She continued to teach at St.<br />
Margaret’s in Tappahannock while<br />
she enjoyed the success of her own<br />
studio. After she married and had<br />
children, she moved and opened a<br />
dance studio in Mechanicsville.<br />
Life has come full circle as<br />
Ann Catherine has returned to<br />
Tappahannock and opened a new<br />
studio. With two primary locations<br />
now, she enjoys the challenges<br />
and satisfaction of providing dance<br />
to children in two communities,<br />
Mechanicsville and Tappahannock.<br />
In addition, the Ann Catherine<br />
Cross School of Dance offers<br />
classes to the day care center at<br />
the Warsaw YMCA and summer<br />
classes at the Westmoreland<br />
YMCA in Montross as well.<br />
Some of the excitement felt by Ann<br />
Catherine and the staff pertains to<br />
the opening of the new dance studio<br />
in Tappahannock which opened last<br />
August with 75 students. Everyone<br />
involved with the dance school is<br />
thrilled to be back in Tappahannock<br />
and they are pleased with the<br />
amount of interest and success of<br />
this new location on Water Lane.<br />
In addition to the excitement<br />
surrounding the studio in<br />
Tappahannock, Ann Catherine has<br />
another reason to be excited. One<br />
of her students who studies dance<br />
at the Mechanicsville location<br />
just landed a role in the Broadway<br />
production of Annie opening this<br />
fall in New York City. Ten-year-old,<br />
Taylor Richardson, has been cast as<br />
Duffy, one of the orphans in Annie.<br />
Taylor is also the understudy for the<br />
part of Annie. Ann Catherine and<br />
so many people involved with the<br />
school are thrilled and happy for her.<br />
Taylor has<br />
worked hard<br />
putting in lots of<br />
hours at the Ann<br />
Catherine Cross<br />
School of Dance<br />
and has taken many<br />
classes offered at<br />
the studio where<br />
a wide variety of<br />
classes are offered.<br />
The classes are<br />
open to boys and<br />
girls two years of<br />
age and older and<br />
to adults as well.<br />
Some of the class<br />
choices include ballet, tap,<br />
contemporary, pointe, jazz,<br />
hip-hop, creative movement,<br />
competition and combination<br />
classes. Additionally, acting, yoga,<br />
singing and improvisation classes<br />
are also available. Classes run from<br />
September to May and conclude<br />
with an end of the year recital.<br />
Ann Catherine firmly believes that<br />
people should follow their passion.<br />
She wants her students to develop a<br />
love of the art of dance and she always<br />
encourages them to follow their<br />
dreams. Hard work and dedication<br />
are stressed and Ann Catherine has<br />
a no nonsense approach to teaching.<br />
She encourages her students<br />
to, “keep trying, you’ll get it”.<br />
It is obvious that Ann Catherine<br />
is devoted to her students and is<br />
determined to find ways to help<br />
each student reach success not just<br />
as a dancer, but as a person. She<br />
feels that the skills learned from<br />
studying dance translate into other<br />
aspects of life including academics.<br />
Ann Catherine knows that pushing<br />
children to learn to be disciplined<br />
and to obtain a strong work ethic<br />
will make them better people.<br />
Year after year, she sees her<br />
students apply skills they learn<br />
through dance to their academics.<br />
She can list many students who<br />
have graduated from prestigious<br />
universities where they have studied<br />
dance or other demanding academic<br />
curriculum. Ann Catherine has<br />
produced many accomplished<br />
dancers, like Taylor Richardson.<br />
For information regarding the Ann<br />
Catherine Cross School of Dance, visit<br />
the website at www.accsdance.com<br />
or email accsdance@yahoo.com.<br />
Susan Grandpre photo of Ann<br />
Catherine Cross. Photos courtesy<br />
A C Cross School of Dance<br />
sgrandpre@chesapeakestyle.com<br />
Bust A Stitch Embroidery<br />
mpaginc@yahoo.com<br />
“We will make your products<br />
unique and personal”<br />
804-443-4530 Phone<br />
804-443-4531 Fax<br />
845 S. Church Street<br />
Tappahannock
10 July 2012<br />
Gardening in <strong>Style</strong>~ Vegetable Gardens, Insects and Color<br />
By Kathey Brodtman<br />
Spring gardens bring us<br />
lettuce, peas, spinach,<br />
kale, radishes and<br />
herbs. You can find<br />
these products at the<br />
local farmer’s markets early in the<br />
season. There is nothing like fresh<br />
vegetables for taste and nutrition.<br />
One of my favorite spring<br />
vegetables is snow peas. They are<br />
easy to grow and so crispy eaten raw<br />
on salads or used as dippers on a<br />
vegetable tray as an appetizer. They<br />
can be steamed for a few minutes<br />
till they turn bright green. You can<br />
sauté them alone in a little butter<br />
or olive oil, or with other vegetables<br />
such as red peppers and garlic for<br />
a colorful combination. Plus, they<br />
can be added to Asian stir-fry meals.<br />
Before eating, prepare snow peas by<br />
washing them well. Be sure to pull<br />
off the tough strings on the side.<br />
By now, some gardeners have<br />
tomatoes and peppers growing<br />
Now Available on Kindle!<br />
tall as they watch<br />
eagerly with mouthwatering<br />
memories<br />
of fresh vegetables in<br />
past summers. Even<br />
the smallest yard<br />
can accommodate<br />
tomato and pepper<br />
plants in a raised<br />
bed or in pots.<br />
If you grow<br />
tomatoes in the<br />
ground, be sure to<br />
protect the leaves<br />
and stems from dirt<br />
splash. The soil has<br />
many diseases that<br />
can harm tomatoes.<br />
The best prevention<br />
is to use several sheets of plain black<br />
and white newspaper—no colored<br />
sheets—placed around the plant<br />
and covered with mulch like straw.<br />
If you are growing squash, melons<br />
or cucumbers, you may remember the<br />
problem with squash/stink bugs last<br />
Astra Publishers<br />
Announces<br />
the release of it’s<br />
first historical romance ...<br />
Love’s Enduring Bond<br />
by Jean C. Keating<br />
When he rode away to war<br />
as a colonel of Confederate<br />
cavalry, she took their<br />
young son and moved back<br />
to Washington DC to nurse<br />
Union wounded. She tried<br />
to put the war and her love a<br />
rebel officer out of her mind<br />
until his battered body was<br />
carried into her surgical ward<br />
ISBN 978-0-9674016<br />
Available at www.bn.com<br />
For Pre-Order Special Autographed<br />
Copies available at www.jeankeating.com<br />
year. They are back<br />
again. They make<br />
our lives miserable<br />
and require some<br />
type of creative<br />
ingenuity to thwart<br />
their attacks. I<br />
am using floating<br />
row covers again<br />
because we try to<br />
garden without<br />
using chemicals.<br />
I cover the plants<br />
most of the time<br />
and open up the<br />
covers during part<br />
of the day for bees<br />
to pollinate the<br />
plants Squash,<br />
melons and cucumbers need to<br />
be pollinated by insects in order<br />
to produce their fruit. Here is a<br />
website that shows you how to use<br />
floating row covers. www.youtube.<br />
com/watch?v=wDqSGAAXvvo<br />
Add some color to your vegetable<br />
Come to Calico Jack's and Find<br />
Cottage Furnishings, Antiques,<br />
Nautical Items, Fishing Equipment,<br />
Tools, Books, Knives, Glassware and<br />
an Assortment of Unusual Oddities.<br />
Accepting limited consignment<br />
804-296-4350<br />
Friday - Sunday 11 -4<br />
5179 Mary Ball Rd., Lively<br />
garden by planting marigolds and<br />
nasturtiums on the edges. They<br />
actually help to chase away some<br />
harmful insects and attract beneficial<br />
ones. And here is another way to<br />
add color to your deck, garden<br />
or porch. Instead of flowers, try<br />
brilliant leaves by planting sun<br />
coleus Solenostemon hybrids. There<br />
was a time when coleus could not<br />
tolerate sun. This new hybrid comes<br />
in many shades including lime, red,<br />
burgundy, orange and yellow and<br />
it loves the sun as long as it gets<br />
some water during dry periods.<br />
Here is a quote to keep in mind<br />
when you are shopping. Enjoy!<br />
If it came from a plant, eat<br />
it; if it was made in a plant,<br />
don’t. Michael Pollan, author<br />
of nine books about food.<br />
Kathey Brodtman photos.<br />
kbrodtman@chesapeakestyle.com
July 2012 11<br />
Spike’s Wildlife Almanac~Wood Thrush<br />
By Spike Knuth<br />
Summer woodlands<br />
can be a fascinating<br />
almost magical place.<br />
Large, fully leafed trees<br />
provide dark thickets<br />
or sun dappled understory of ferns,<br />
wild flowers, saplings with enlarged<br />
leaves that capture as much sunlight<br />
as possible. While it is generally quiet,<br />
many species of birds are nesting<br />
and raising their young. Their calls<br />
greet the sunrise each morning.<br />
One such call is the flute-like song<br />
of the wood thrush, arguably one of<br />
the best singers in the bird world.<br />
The wood thrush is a bird of the<br />
eastern half of the U.S. It is one of six<br />
spotted thrushes that can be seen<br />
at one season or another in<br />
our area. The spotted thrushes<br />
resemble each other, so closely<br />
that it is difficult to make<br />
positive identification at times.<br />
The fact that they are so shy and<br />
quiet makes them difficult to<br />
see in the dark shadows. The<br />
wood thrush could be most<br />
confused with the smaller<br />
ovenbird, a ground-dwelling<br />
warbler with spotted breast.<br />
The scientific name of the<br />
wood thrush is Hylocochlia<br />
which is from the Greek “uhle”<br />
meaning a forest or woodland,<br />
and “kikhle” meaning a thrush.<br />
The name thrush is derived from<br />
the old English, “thrusch.” Some<br />
local names include wood robin,<br />
swamp robin, and song thrush.<br />
Some more common members of<br />
the thrush family are the eastern<br />
bluebird and the American robin.<br />
The wood thrush at 7-8 inches is<br />
the largest and most common of the<br />
spotted thrushes. It arrives in the<br />
Chesapeake area about the last week<br />
of April. They favor dense, moist,<br />
deciduous forests with dense under<br />
story, swamps, or along streams and<br />
lakes, but occasionally in smaller,<br />
thick stands of hardwoods in or<br />
near residential areas or parks.<br />
The best identifying marks are<br />
the reddish-brown head which<br />
fades to more of an olive-brown<br />
on its back and tail. It has large<br />
dark spots on its breast and belly,<br />
a white eye ring and white cheeks<br />
with fine, dark wavy lines. The other<br />
spotted thrushes have much fainter<br />
spotting. The wood thrush also has<br />
noticeably large eyes, has somewhat<br />
long, flesh-colored legs, a short<br />
tail, and is kind of pot-bellied<br />
Like the other thrushes it is<br />
secretive; moving quietly through the<br />
dark shadows of the woods. Often all<br />
you might see would be a brownish<br />
bird flying from cover to cover. If it<br />
would sit still for a good look, you<br />
might see it raise their hackles giving<br />
them a crested look and it often cocks<br />
its tail. Many times the only way you<br />
may know it’s around is due to the<br />
clear, pleasant song described as<br />
“eee-oh-lay.” When upset it utters a<br />
“wt-wit-wit” call. The males are first<br />
to arrive on the breeding grounds<br />
and sing until a female is attracted.<br />
After much chasing and displaying<br />
the female chooses a nest site.<br />
The nest is built by the female in a<br />
crotch or lower horizontal limb three<br />
to 40 feet up and is constructed of<br />
leaves, plant stems, small twigs, all<br />
plastered together with mud, then<br />
lined with fine grasses, rootlets, and<br />
animal hair, very much like a robin’s<br />
nest. Three to four greenish-blue<br />
eggs are laid which hatch in about<br />
13-14 days. In another 14 days, the<br />
young are fledged and are fed by<br />
both parents on a diet of insects<br />
and wild fruits. Sometimes a second<br />
brood is raised. The wood thrush<br />
is a common victim of the cowbird<br />
which lays its eggs in the thrush’s<br />
nest resulting in the young cowbirds<br />
displacing the thrush’s young.<br />
The wood thrush feeds on the<br />
ground by scratching in the leaf<br />
litter on the forest floor for worms,<br />
millipedes, beetles, spiders and<br />
other insects, plus a variety of wild<br />
berries. The fall migration begins<br />
as early as August but most leave<br />
us in early October, migrating at<br />
night and following a southward<br />
route through eastern Mexico to<br />
Central America where they winter.<br />
Original art by Spike Knuth<br />
Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern<br />
July Happenings at the Tavern in Heathsville<br />
Saturday, July 21,<br />
Heathsville Farmers Market: Free 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.<br />
Scrapbooking, Blacksmithing, Woodworking,<br />
Weaving & Spinning, Quilting<br />
Call for scheduled days and times 804-580-3377<br />
Memberships, donations and fund raising efforts help this<br />
historic Tavern remain in YOUR backyard.<br />
County Seat Restaurant at the Tavern, For Reservations,<br />
Information 580-7900. Tavern Gift Shop 580-3536<br />
Now you can make history instead of just reading about it...<br />
with authentic historical costumes. I can put you in a replica of<br />
George Washington’s military coat...maybe you would prefer<br />
Scarlet O’Hara’s Barbecue Party Dress or Green Drapery<br />
Dress from the epic Gone With The Wind.<br />
Pegee® of Williamsburg, LLCPatterns From Historie<br />
P.O. Box 127, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-0127<br />
pegee@chesapeakestyle.com www.pegee.com
12 July 2012<br />
Tidewater & Timber~The Joys of Summer Time Fun<br />
By Chelly Scala<br />
One morning, we were<br />
fishing out on the<br />
bay, marking lots of<br />
fish signs and I said,<br />
“It doesn’t get any<br />
better than this.” What a beautiful<br />
morning, the sun was rising and the<br />
water was calm. That doesn’t happen<br />
very often anymore. It was a beautiful,<br />
stress free time with the family.<br />
Then the trolling line went<br />
off. The blues are back!<br />
Summertime is the time<br />
for bluefish. My daughter<br />
loves a special bluefish<br />
recipe that we use on the<br />
grill. Therefore, her brother<br />
always wants to catch<br />
bluefish for his sister. In<br />
addition to the good eating<br />
size, two to three pounders<br />
are slamming both trolling<br />
and chumming lines.<br />
Along with these great<br />
hook and line fighters, are<br />
other species to enjoy fishing for<br />
including stripers, puppy drum, spot,<br />
croaker and flounder. The bigger<br />
blues in the four to five pound range<br />
are proving to be among the more<br />
exciting angling experiences around.<br />
Chumming is a great option for<br />
bluefish when anchored up along<br />
the Middlegrounds or rock pile areas<br />
east of Point Lookout. The Northern<br />
Neck Reef southeast of the Great<br />
Wicomico River in Virginia is another<br />
good option for bluefish chumming.<br />
Look for signs of bait fish or blues on<br />
the meter before starting to chum.<br />
Create a menhaden slick out behind<br />
your anchored boat by spreading<br />
ground menhaden behind it. Light<br />
spinning tackle is a favorite choice. Be<br />
careful as bigger blues can easily bite<br />
through lighter monofilament leader.<br />
If this happens, consider tying on<br />
a few feet of shock leader of 20 to 30<br />
pound test. No other terminal tackle<br />
should be used unless a pinch weight<br />
positioned a few feet above the hook.<br />
Next, cut large menhaden baits to<br />
cover the entire hook. Then drift baits<br />
into your slick behind the boat. Try<br />
not to anchor too close to other boats.<br />
Feeding bluefish will follow moving<br />
schools of shiners or menhaden.<br />
The best tactic when this occurs is to<br />
troll areas that show signs of balled<br />
up bait fish. Small Tony Accettas<br />
or Crippled Alewives spoons in<br />
either chrome, gold or white colors<br />
are good choices. Medium sized<br />
Tony Surgical tube lures in green,<br />
orange, red or chartreuse colors are<br />
traditional choices when trolling<br />
for bluefish, especially when it<br />
includes fish in the four to five<br />
pound range. Leader length should<br />
be about 25 feet with Monofilament<br />
leader in 30 to 40 pound test.<br />
Check the leaders often and if any<br />
sections are frayed, they should be<br />
replaced before fishing them again.<br />
Bluefish require trolling speeds<br />
faster than those for stripers but not<br />
as fast as when targeting Spanish<br />
mackerel. Use either in-line 6 to 10<br />
ounces trolling weights, with heavy<br />
duty snap swivels so they can be<br />
easily changed up or planers to get<br />
the lures down where the fish are<br />
travelling. Number two planers<br />
work well fishing lines close to the<br />
boat and number one planers work<br />
well outboard of the other lines.<br />
For information about fishing<br />
Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay and<br />
its tributaries, call 800-688-3467 or<br />
visit Maryland’s Fisheries website<br />
at www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries.<br />
The Potomac River Fisheries<br />
Commission (PRFC) fishing season<br />
information can be obtained by<br />
calling 800-266-3904 or via the<br />
PRFC website at www.prfc.state.<br />
va.us. Virginia fishing regulations<br />
may be found at www.mrc.virginia.<br />
gov/ or by calling 757-247-2200.<br />
Don’t forget to review the<br />
information on who has to<br />
register with the Federal National<br />
Saltwater Angler Registry, at www.<br />
CountMyFish.noaa.gov . If you have to<br />
register, it is free and an easy process<br />
for saltwater recreational anglers<br />
in the United States—including<br />
Maryland and Virginia. If you prefer,<br />
registration can be done through a<br />
toll-free number, 888-674-7411. Enjoy<br />
the relaxation of fishing this summer!<br />
Blue Heron also enjoys summer<br />
time fishing. Chelly Scala photo.<br />
mscala@chesapeakestyle.com<br />
Airbrush Tanning
July 2012 13<br />
<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Where History Comes Alive!<br />
By Melissa Haydon<br />
Horse drawn<br />
carriages carrying<br />
folks wearing their<br />
best could be seen<br />
in the town square<br />
in Heathsville, Virginia in the early<br />
1800’s. Rice’s Tavern/Hughlett’s Hotel<br />
(RHHT) was the central location for<br />
the county. The men folk would come<br />
to sell the fruits of their labor while<br />
the women would come to purchase<br />
much needed goods to run the home.<br />
A visit to the tavern restaurant<br />
after attending court or purchasing<br />
or selling goods was common. Unlike<br />
today, a quick run to the store was<br />
not possible. Families had to live off<br />
the land. That often meant long hard<br />
days working the family farm. That<br />
meant working from sunrise until<br />
sunset on a daily basis. Children who<br />
attended school went to a one room<br />
school house and attending school<br />
only until about fifth grade. Mothers<br />
often made their children’s clothing<br />
and items needed for the<br />
home. This was an essential<br />
way of life in those times.<br />
Listening to Ellen<br />
Hollows, Director of<br />
Operations for Rice’s Hotel/<br />
Hughlett’s Tavern, it clearly<br />
shows in her voice<br />
how much she<br />
cares about what<br />
she does. “This is a<br />
1795 Courthouse<br />
Tavern and not<br />
many of them are<br />
left standing in Virginia—<br />
we are looking at a piece of<br />
history” As we walk through<br />
on a tour of the three bedroom<br />
tavern it is almost like we<br />
stepped back in time. From<br />
the uneven floors to the<br />
rooms that are set up just like they<br />
would have been back in the 1800’s.<br />
RHHT is on a mission to try and<br />
preserve the arts of that era. The<br />
Blacksmith, Woodworker, Quilt,<br />
Spinners and Weavers, and the<br />
Scrapbook Guild have all been<br />
formed. Members of these guilds<br />
meet on a regular basis. I had the<br />
pleasure to tour the Blacksmiths shop<br />
the day I visited. The Heathsville<br />
Blacksmith Forge is set up with<br />
a working coal forge powered<br />
by a manual bellows. The Guild<br />
fashions all types of metal work.<br />
Two gentlemen were happily<br />
pounding away on metal creating<br />
wonderful works of art the day I<br />
CAPT. FAUNCE SEAFOOD, INC.<br />
Wholesale & Retail<br />
Offering the Best in Fresh & Frozen Seafood<br />
✔ Crabs ✔ Oysters ✔ Shrimp<br />
✔ Crabmeat ✔ Fish ✔ Scallops<br />
✔ Crabcakes and more!<br />
Two Locations to Serve You Better<br />
2811 Cople Hwy 123 Maple St. Unit 3<br />
Montross, Va<br />
Warsaw, Va<br />
804-493-8690 804-333-3935<br />
visited. They have many items on<br />
display for purchase and will happily<br />
make something for you by request.<br />
You could clearly see the pride in<br />
their work as they showed me some<br />
of the things they had created.<br />
Recently, a college level<br />
weaving class was offered to the<br />
community at a much lower cost<br />
than what would have been charged<br />
elsewhere. Going forward they will<br />
be offering many classes to the<br />
community to further nurture the<br />
creative spirit of the community.<br />
Many events and programs are<br />
offered throughout the year.<br />
A fire in April of 2009 damaged<br />
part of the building. The guilds came<br />
together in unity and preserved<br />
some of the history of the building.<br />
Throughout the hotel you will see<br />
handmade quilts and curtains by<br />
the Quilters Guild. Also, the iron<br />
curtain rods were fashioned by the<br />
blacksmith from the Blacksmith<br />
ADOPT A SHELTER PET<br />
At Northumberland Animal Shelter<br />
BLAKE...a gentle young male Black<br />
Lab, vaccinated and wormed, and<br />
ready to be a lovely companion.<br />
Come see our animals!<br />
Or visit us on PetFinder.com<br />
Northumberland Animal Shelter<br />
11703 Northumberland Highway (Rt 360), Heathsville<br />
804 580 6156<br />
Guild. An original quilt designed<br />
by Anna Holland was destroyed in<br />
the fire. This was replaced by the<br />
guild in 2011 to match the one that<br />
was destroyed. Without the guilds,<br />
these would have been lost.<br />
Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern is<br />
trying to preserve that town square<br />
environment by offering farmers<br />
markets from spring through fall for<br />
the past eight years. Local farmers and<br />
art and craft vendors loyally return<br />
each month for the market. This gives<br />
local residents the opportunity to<br />
purchase items all at one location as<br />
you would have back in the 1800’s.<br />
RHHT is run for the most part by<br />
volunteers. Ellen explains that there<br />
may be times when there is no one<br />
there if you visit. Tour boards are<br />
at every building with a wealth of<br />
knowledge for its visitors. This could<br />
be upcoming events or just the history<br />
of the grounds or the buildings.<br />
If you would like more information<br />
about upcoming classes or events<br />
check out the website for more<br />
details. There is always something<br />
being offered that may be of interest<br />
to you. Visit www.rhhtfoundation.<br />
org. The website offers a wealth of<br />
knowledge into the history of RHHT<br />
and the Guilds. I encourage you to<br />
visit and soak in a little history.<br />
Ellen Hollows with recreated quilt<br />
after original was destroyed in the<br />
fire. David works in blacksmith’s<br />
shop Melissa Haydon photos.<br />
mhaydon@chesapeakestyle.com
14 July 2012<br />
<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Are You Associating Freely With Quilts?<br />
By Ellen Dugan<br />
As you begin reading<br />
this I would like you<br />
to relax. It’s okay<br />
to have the TV on,<br />
but please, turn the<br />
volume down a bit so that you can<br />
think. We’re going to do some free<br />
associating with words. No, this is<br />
not a psychiatric test or a personality<br />
screening. (We’re not medical<br />
people here at Chesapeake <strong>Style</strong>.)<br />
You won’t need paper and pencil,<br />
just a relatively clear head. Ready?<br />
What is the first word that<br />
Stacie’s Second Chance<br />
4183 George Washington Mem Hwy, Hayes<br />
New Inventory Arriving Daily<br />
Top Name Brands for Half the Price!<br />
Visit our website for a Preview<br />
804-824-9070<br />
www.StaciesSecondChance.com<br />
pops into your mind when you<br />
hear, for example, the word<br />
“bacon?” If you said “eggs,”<br />
“breakfast,” or “crispy” most<br />
people would nod in agreement.<br />
Now, skip to the word<br />
“quilt.” What comes to mind?<br />
“Grandmother,” “fabric,” “sewing?”<br />
Great! You’re right in sync with<br />
Karen Dost, who owns and<br />
operates Material Girl Quilt Shop in<br />
Burgess. Karen’s shop is a friendly<br />
“shopping and sharing” place that<br />
is well known to local quilters,<br />
traveling quilters, and well, almost<br />
everyone else who drives along<br />
Northumberland Highway.<br />
But what if Karen had<br />
responded to “quilt” with<br />
“bartender,” “Crusaders,” and<br />
“Henry VIII?” We need to stop<br />
here a minute and explain.<br />
Karen, whose personality is<br />
off the charts when it comes to<br />
customer service, was once a<br />
bartender. This is probably why she<br />
is so good at helping people ignite<br />
their inner spark of creativity—<br />
she’s had a lot of practice listening,<br />
and she’s good at hearing what’s<br />
being said between the words.<br />
It’s a skill her customers and<br />
friends value because they can truly<br />
relax around her. Karen’s shop is<br />
Quality Consignment<br />
cheerful, bright and comfortable.<br />
The kind of place where it’s okay to<br />
linger and chat, catch up on a quilting<br />
project or seek help with something<br />
that hasn’t turned out exactly right.<br />
You could even say that an unhappy<br />
or emotionally distressed quilt would<br />
find Karen’s knowledge of fabrics, her<br />
expertise, and her advice invaluable—<br />
just like her customers do.<br />
Although Karen’s customers are<br />
peaceful folks and therefore<br />
unlikely to voluntarily associate<br />
quilts with “Crusaders,” it’s<br />
okay if they do. Crusaders had<br />
a lot to do with how quilting<br />
came to be. They are said to<br />
have introduced quilting to<br />
Europe via a garment worn<br />
under battle armor called<br />
a gambeson. Gambesons<br />
were designed for comfort,<br />
warmth and protection.<br />
At Material Girl Karen doesn’t<br />
carry gambeson patterns, but<br />
she does point out that comfort and<br />
warmth have historically ranked<br />
high in a quilt’s job description.<br />
It’s a bit of a stretch but you could<br />
also say that quilts do a great job in<br />
protecting their owner’s décor from<br />
being the same as everyone else’s.<br />
And speaking of quilt owners, this<br />
is where “Henry VIII’s” association<br />
comes in. (Remember he’s the guy<br />
who married three Catherines, two<br />
Annes and a Jane during his time<br />
as king.) On his first wedding night<br />
Henry slept under a green silk,<br />
linen-backed quilt. Highlighted<br />
with metal threads and worked in<br />
a rose and pomegranate pattern,<br />
apparently the quilt’s beauty<br />
and comfort did little to help the<br />
marriage. But that was long ago.<br />
Today, many of the 21.3 million<br />
Americans who quilt do it to express<br />
themselves artistically. Few endeavors<br />
lend themselves to such an incredible<br />
array of fabrics, colors, textures,<br />
designs, placements, and artistic<br />
arrangement. Karen delights in the<br />
whole process. And her enjoyment<br />
is contagious. “I love beginners,”<br />
says Karen. “It’s great to be able<br />
to show them how to get started<br />
and to answer their questions.”<br />
Quilting is both a solitary and a<br />
social activity according to Karen.<br />
Often a quilter is alone while sewing<br />
blocks, but just as often quilters can<br />
—and do—bring their work into the<br />
shop to join their friends and fellow<br />
quilters. “They come in as strangers,”<br />
says Karen “and leave as friends.”<br />
In addition to listening to her<br />
customer’s needs and responding<br />
to them, Karen’s heart is perhaps<br />
stitched together with threads<br />
of kindness and little squares of<br />
empathy and feeling. When an<br />
elderly woman came in one day,<br />
unable to quilt anymore—fingers<br />
obviously bent and crooked with<br />
arthritis—the woman’s male<br />
companion took Karen aside.<br />
“She just wants to come in and feel<br />
your fabric,” he said. “Is it okay?”<br />
Karen smiled her consent and now<br />
chokes up a little at the memory.<br />
On a quilter-to-quilter level Karen<br />
knew exactly how important this<br />
simple act was to the woman.<br />
“It was one of those moments<br />
you don’t forget,” she says.<br />
For more information about<br />
how you can begin quilting or to<br />
attend Material Girl classes, give<br />
Karen a call at 804-453-6003 or go<br />
to www.materialgirlnn.com and<br />
discover her products and services.<br />
Some of them may surprise you.<br />
Ellen Dugan photos.<br />
edugan@chesapeakestyle.com
July 2012 15<br />
My Visit To Hanover Shoe Farms<br />
By Paula Shipman<br />
On May 29, I visited<br />
“The Greatest Name<br />
in Harness Racing”,<br />
Hanover Shoe<br />
Farms. I received<br />
an invitation to Hanover from its<br />
vice president, Dr. Paul Spears, and<br />
he took me on a tour of the 3,000<br />
acre farm located in scenic<br />
Hanover Pennsylvania. I<br />
was able to touch some of<br />
Harness Racing Royalty.<br />
For me visiting the super<br />
stars of Harness Racing<br />
was better than meeting<br />
any celebrity actor you<br />
could name. I got to meet<br />
and kiss on Hambletonian<br />
winner Muscle Massive<br />
($1,239,138), he was an<br />
absolute sweetheart! I also<br />
met World Champion and<br />
Horse of the Year in 2008,<br />
Somebeachsomewhere<br />
($3,221,138) and World Champion<br />
Donato Hanover ($2,998,777)<br />
who's stand out filly Check Me Out<br />
($973,552) also a World Record<br />
holder, was the fastest and richest<br />
two year old trotter of 2011. Check<br />
Me Out has won 16 of 19 career<br />
starts and I watched her, June 8,<br />
win her Elegantimage elimination<br />
at Mohawk racetrack in Canada.<br />
She will be racing in the final<br />
on June 16th for $530,000.<br />
I met D Train who is the Dam of<br />
Donato Hanover and her new<br />
foal born on April 25, 2012 sired<br />
by Muscle Massive. D Train's<br />
last foal, Detour Hanover, a full<br />
brother to Donato, sold for a<br />
whopping $825,000 as a yearling<br />
in 2011. I am looking forward<br />
to following his racing career.<br />
I also met Dr. Spears' beloved<br />
mare Swan Lake. “Swan Lake<br />
has been good to me”, said<br />
Dr. Spears. She has produced<br />
such standouts as Swan Image<br />
($576,852) and Swan For All<br />
($309,986) among others. She<br />
is in foal to the 3-Year-Old<br />
Trotting Colt of the Year in 2002,<br />
Kadabra ($1,806,779). Kadabra has<br />
sired millionaires Poof She's Gone<br />
($1,312,093)—she is one of my<br />
many favorite Standardbreds—and<br />
Daylon Magician ($1,304,461). One<br />
of Swan Lake's pasture mates is Dr.<br />
Spears' Thoroughbred mare One<br />
More Lillian ($94,872) half sister to<br />
Prayer For Relief ($1,057,225). It was<br />
great to meet her as well and she<br />
is due to foal in January of 2013.<br />
The first horse I wanted to meet<br />
and did was Moonlight G ($151,062).<br />
Dr. Spears has spoken about him so<br />
much I feel as if I know ''Moonie'' as<br />
he is affectionately called. Readers<br />
may remember, Moonie is the first<br />
offspring out of the 2004 Trotting<br />
Broodmare of the Year, Yankee<br />
Windsong ($33,028) who passed<br />
away all too soon. Moonie is as<br />
sweet as horses come and boy did he<br />
make a dent in that five pound<br />
bag of carrots! He is a doll.<br />
I visited the final resting<br />
places of some of Harness<br />
Racing's elite performers as race<br />
horses, sires and brood mares.<br />
I stood by the grave of Tar Heel<br />
($119,148) 1948-1982, one of<br />
history’s best broodmare sires.<br />
Also Brenna Hanover ($21,946)<br />
1956-1974 who gave birth to the<br />
Little Brown Jug and the Pacing<br />
Triple Crown winner, Bret<br />
Hanover ($922,616) 1962-1992;<br />
Hoot Mon ($74,950) 1944-1965<br />
the 1947 Hambletonian winner and<br />
first Hambo winner to sire a Hambo<br />
winner—her name was Helicopter<br />
($99,559) 1950-1972 and she beat a<br />
Hambo field of tough colts. Lastly I<br />
stood by the grave of World Record<br />
holder Holborn Hanover ($2,070,648)<br />
2001-2008 who went the fastest<br />
race mile ever in 1:46.4 at the U.S.<br />
Pacing Championship. He died due<br />
to complications following surgery<br />
to repair a fractured cannon bone.<br />
Dr. Spears took me inside the<br />
offices to see the many trophies<br />
and awards Hanover Shoe Farms<br />
has received, too many to count.<br />
His personal office walls are<br />
adorned with beautiful images<br />
of Trotting Triple Crown winner<br />
Windsong's Legacy ($1,744,644)<br />
some of which I would give my right<br />
arm to have in my living room!<br />
He then gave me a Hanover polo<br />
shirt and mailed me a Hanover<br />
windbreaker. He was the most<br />
gracious host, I truly had a wonderful<br />
time and I can't wait to go back!<br />
Hanover Farms website is<br />
www.hanoverpa.com.<br />
Muscle Massive coming for his carrots<br />
and kisses. All the stallions wear<br />
the fly masks to keep the flies off<br />
their faces. Paula Shipman photo.<br />
Moonie and Paula photo by<br />
Dr. Spears. Dr. Spears and his<br />
Thoroughbred mare One More<br />
Lillian. Paula Shipman photo.<br />
pshipman@chesapeakestyle.com
16 July 2012<br />
Try Quinoa for a New Taste<br />
By Barbara Sherman<br />
It's pronounced (Keen –<br />
wah). You may have heard<br />
friends talking about it or<br />
seen it in specialty stores.<br />
Although relatively new<br />
in the United States, quinoa has<br />
been a dietary staple in the Andes<br />
Mountains of South America<br />
for thousands of years. Quinoa<br />
is used as a grain substitute but<br />
is actually an edible seed that is<br />
harvested from the Chenopodium<br />
or Goosefoot plant, which got its<br />
name from the shape of its leaves.<br />
We hear the term “Super<br />
food” bandied about a lot these<br />
days, but just look at some of<br />
quinoa’s nutritional benefits:<br />
✔ One serving of quinoa<br />
contains 48% of the daily<br />
amount of magnesium.<br />
Calling All Quilters!<br />
➤ Start your Machines,<br />
➤ Pick up your Needles!<br />
➤ Get Ready to Sew!<br />
➤ If you need it, we have it!<br />
Fabric, Classes, Patterns,<br />
Kits and More!<br />
AUTHORIZED DEALER<br />
577 Rappahannock Drive, White Stone 804-435-3838<br />
Tues - Thurs 10 - 5 Fri - Sat 10 - 4 www.bluecrabquiltco.com<br />
✔ It is rich in iron, tryptophan,<br />
copper and phosphorus.<br />
✔ It is high in protein, calcium<br />
and iron which makes it a<br />
meat substitute for vegans.<br />
✔ It contains all nine essential<br />
amino acids including lysine, which<br />
is necessary for cellular renewal.<br />
✔ It is an excellent source<br />
of fiber and starch<br />
✔ Despite all those minerals<br />
and nutrients, it is low in calories<br />
making it ideal for dieters.<br />
✔ Quinoa is gluten free.<br />
It is no surprise that it is being<br />
recommended for people who<br />
want to lose weight, for people<br />
who suffer from migraine, heart<br />
disease and atherosclerosis, for<br />
people with gluten sensitivity, for<br />
vegans, and basically for everyone<br />
who wants to eat healthy.<br />
Available in three colors, or<br />
varieties, Golden, Red, and Black,<br />
each having a slightly distinctive<br />
“nutty” taste. Quinoa is more<br />
similar to rice than a grain and<br />
is delicious served alone or as a<br />
substitute anywhere you would<br />
use rice. Cook quinoa in water as<br />
you would rice, but only for 10 to<br />
12 minutes. Quinoa flour is used to<br />
make most familiar pasta shapes.<br />
Quinoa has proven a Godsend<br />
for people diagnosed with Celiac<br />
disease who are unable tolerate<br />
the gluten protein in foods<br />
containing wheat, barley or rye.<br />
Cooking with quinoa offers<br />
many delicious possibilities<br />
for staying healthy.<br />
It can be cooked in a broth to make<br />
couscous, stews and soups. Use it to<br />
add texture and flavor to salads and<br />
breakfast cereals and even desserts!<br />
So, the next time you are in the mood<br />
for something new, try Quinoa.<br />
Barbara Sherman owns<br />
The Health Nut in Callao.<br />
Coggin<br />
Furniture<br />
Inc<br />
You need it,<br />
we have it<br />
150 Court Circle, Warsaw<br />
333-3700
July 2012 17<br />
4562 Richmond Road<br />
Warsaw, Va 22572<br />
804-333-8222<br />
Within easy driving distance of Northumberland, Lancaster,<br />
Westmoreland, Essex, and Richmond County.<br />
Services We Currently Offer:<br />
Manual Therapy<br />
Pediatric Therapy<br />
Orthotic Assessment/Fitting<br />
Aquatic Therapy<br />
Orthopedic/Sports Therapy<br />
To Help With:<br />
50 % Off Matting<br />
Thru July With This Ad<br />
(not retroactive)<br />
Restorations - Frames<br />
Fine Art & Photographs<br />
www.cornercottageframeshop.com<br />
Make your lawn greener and cleaner...<br />
Organic Green Lawn Care, Inc. <br />
Organic Lawn Fertilizations,<br />
Weed Controls, Lawn Renovations,<br />
Aera-vations & Seeding<br />
Chris Denton, Owner<br />
Office: 804-758-4585<br />
P.O. Box 46,<br />
Toll Free: 800-435-2558<br />
Hallieford, Va 23068<br />
oglcinc@yahoo.com<br />
www.organicgreenlawn.com<br />
Joint Replacements<br />
Rotator Cuff Repair/Injury<br />
Bursitis, Tendonitis, Plantar Fasciitis<br />
Arthritis, Fibromyalgia<br />
Neck/Back Pain, Knee/Foot/Ankle<br />
Sprains<br />
Liz Huegel 804-815-5077<br />
• Supplies for<br />
Quilting<br />
• Punch Needle<br />
&<br />
• Rug Hooking<br />
Classes<br />
804-453-6003<br />
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10 to 4<br />
materialgirl@nnwifi.com<br />
www.materialgirlnn.com<br />
16658 N’umbld Hwy Reedville<br />
Bathing Suit Season is Here...<br />
Introducing the Ultimate Body Applicator:<br />
✔ Provides long-lasting results<br />
✔ Reduces the appearance of cellulite<br />
✔ Tightens, tones and firms where applied<br />
✔ Measurable results in as little as 45 minutes!<br />
Also available Skin Care products, Nutritional Supplements.<br />
lidabet.myitworks.com<br />
Denson's Grocery<br />
Daily Specials, Dinners for One,<br />
Sandwiches Made To Order<br />
WALLS BAKERY of<br />
Waldorf, Pastries, Delivered Fresh!<br />
“Preparation of food is duty and love,<br />
while the partaking is pleasure and<br />
community.” ~Elizabeth Ehrlich~<br />
Call to Join our<br />
Fresh Seafood Mailing List!<br />
Wellness Center NOW OPEN! Personalized one on one or group<br />
workouts, monthly memberships, daily blood pressure and heart rate, body<br />
fat assessment, access to a Physical Therapist if needed, and Massage<br />
Therapy appointments available.<br />
804-224-4121<br />
Open 7 Days a Week<br />
117 Washington Avenue, Colonial Beach<br />
www.densonsgrocery.com
18 July 2012<br />
The Guinea Connection~Part IV<br />
By Elizabeth A. Stokes<br />
This is a continuation of the<br />
June article about the childhood<br />
of Pauline Allen Alexander,<br />
Elizabeth Stokes’ mother.<br />
Her Uncle Mon<br />
who lived next<br />
door and had<br />
no children of<br />
his own always<br />
welcomed her and it was from<br />
him that she inherited her love<br />
of horses. Despite her mother’s<br />
distaste, her Uncle Mon always<br />
let her watch the birthing of<br />
his foals. Hog killin time was a<br />
great event in the community<br />
and as with all the local girls,<br />
my mom make homemade<br />
sausage and fried chitlins.<br />
It was known throughout<br />
the community that my mom did<br />
not like church—neither did my<br />
grandfather—but every Sunday she<br />
helped her “Big Bubba” Lawrence<br />
hitch up their mother’s beautiful<br />
chestnut<br />
mare,<br />
Virginia, to<br />
the buggy.<br />
My mother<br />
was a good<br />
student,<br />
loved to<br />
read but<br />
didn’t like<br />
math. In<br />
the evening<br />
she read<br />
to her<br />
parents by<br />
kerosene<br />
lamp from<br />
periodicals<br />
that her<br />
brothers<br />
would<br />
bring from their travels—especially<br />
her brother Ernest who would<br />
come home from his job in NY<br />
building the Harlem tunnel.<br />
Her brother Clyde had just bought<br />
www.thepaperhanger.net<br />
a brand<br />
new<br />
Model T<br />
and she<br />
wrecked it<br />
when she<br />
ran it into<br />
the ditch<br />
in front<br />
of their<br />
home.<br />
She was<br />
known<br />
as one<br />
of the “great beauties” of Gloucester<br />
in her heyday, black or white. She<br />
wrote poetry and plays, sang in<br />
the children’s choir at the chapel<br />
at prayer meetings, hunted in the<br />
woods with her brothers and skinned<br />
rabbits; drank corn liquor in secret<br />
with her friend Mildred Gregory after<br />
their clambakes; swam in Sarah’s<br />
Creek, outcussed and outfought the<br />
boys with her other buddy Winnie<br />
Stokes; got baptized in the York River.<br />
My mom loved to tell about the<br />
three whippings her mother gave<br />
her—she was told to tie up the family<br />
cow and she tied the cow by its<br />
tail to a fence and the cow ran off,<br />
breaking its tail, she refused to get<br />
up from the table when the preacher<br />
came to eat dinner. She told him<br />
that, “This is my father’s table!”<br />
And she pitched a tantrum when<br />
her newly deceased infant sister<br />
Mary McGold was buried in the same<br />
bonnet and lacy dress that she herself<br />
had been christened in. Thanksgiving<br />
and Christmas were special in all<br />
Guinea households. My grandmother<br />
raised geese, not turkeys, and the<br />
table was laden with hams from their<br />
smokehouses, oysters in all forms,<br />
baked sweet potatoes and in season<br />
vegetables from their garden; oyster<br />
and bread stuffing, freshly baked<br />
rolls on the back of the cook stove<br />
and all kinds of berry and dried<br />
fruit desserts on the sideboards.<br />
In addition to their large family<br />
for holiday gatherings, there was<br />
always a visiting preacher, orphaned<br />
children cull boys from the family<br />
boats. In winter the family toboggan<br />
was hauled out of the stable, the rust<br />
sanded off the runners, hitched up<br />
to a team of spirited ready horses<br />
and my mother with her brothers, all<br />
muffled and heavily blanketed with<br />
lap robes, would be off down Guinea<br />
road in the heavy drifts of snow. She<br />
went with her brothers Rodgers and<br />
Clyde in the woods to chop down<br />
their tree and drag it home. Later they<br />
would bring it in to dry, then decorate<br />
the tree with brightly colored pieces of<br />
cloth. She had a wonderful childhood!<br />
Pauline Allen Alexander, teen years,<br />
on her way to Hampton Institute.<br />
Sister Mary McGold Allen in her<br />
funeral dress—her sister Pauline’s<br />
Christening dress-1905. Photos<br />
courtesy of Elizabeth A. Stokes.<br />
estokes@chesapeakestyle.com
July 2012 19<br />
It’s All Energy<br />
By RuthE Forrest BA,NCBTMB,CMT<br />
“What is energy work?” I believe<br />
quantum physics’ premise that<br />
everything is comprised of energy<br />
waves and particles that are basically<br />
congealed energy waves. We were<br />
spawned in the energy of Earth’s<br />
gravitational field, we embody her<br />
nuclear and electromagnetic fields.<br />
We thrive in the sun’s light energy,<br />
and our body’s energy centers called<br />
chakras emit light and sound energy<br />
documented by modern science. We<br />
are essentially a living liquid crystal<br />
sending and receiving transmissions.<br />
Think of a tree to get a glimpse of<br />
an energy system. This living being<br />
draws vital nutrient energy from<br />
sunlight, the soil, and finer energies<br />
from the surrounding atmosphere.<br />
We can look at a tree and see if it<br />
is healthy. Yellow leaves, bumpy<br />
bark, insect invasion, or shriveled<br />
fruit signify loss of vitality in a ‘sick’<br />
tree. In similar fashion energy<br />
healers have learned to “see” the<br />
loss of vital energy in a body.<br />
A tree expert might begin with the<br />
roots and work up the tree’s structure<br />
to the trunk, limbs, branches and<br />
leaves to figure out what is ailing it,<br />
and create balance by influencing the<br />
tree’s surrounding environment. An<br />
energetic healer explores the subtle<br />
energies of the client to discover<br />
inharmonious frequencies in a<br />
comparable way, “feeling” her way<br />
through the energies surrounding<br />
and penetrating the body that are<br />
creating physical symptoms. Just<br />
like the tree guy, the energetic<br />
healer also is educated to read and<br />
understand the signs and symptoms<br />
of dis-ease, and has the knowledge<br />
to begin to affect positive changes.<br />
There are many systems active<br />
today that map subtle energies.<br />
Quantum science has been helpful<br />
in explaining what healers—and<br />
possibly moms—have known to be<br />
real for eons. Traditional Chinese<br />
Medicine has a five-thousand year<br />
Randy's Walk-in Tubs Plus<br />
Call Now<br />
for a<br />
FREE Estimate<br />
Unbeatable Prices!<br />
Senior Citizen Discounts.<br />
Need your Bathroom<br />
Made in America<br />
Remodeled? Call now.<br />
Our best-selling Therapeutic Tub! The Encore has six<br />
independently adjustable deep-tissue massaging water jets, an<br />
inline heater and 22 injected air jets for the gentle, swirling<br />
motion of air massage. The 22 air jets are located around the seat<br />
and in the foot well: the water jets are positioned for optimum<br />
therapeutic massage featuring two adjustable jets behind the<br />
calves, two behind the lower back and two in the foot well.<br />
You will end everyday asking for an Encore performance.<br />
Locally Owned and Operated. Class A Licensed Contractor<br />
(804) 472-3062 (804) 456-6501<br />
farmerkinsale@hotmail.com<br />
documented history of working with<br />
the body’s energy pathways called<br />
“meridians”—similar to the many<br />
branches emanating from a central<br />
trunk of a tree. India’s Ayervedic<br />
tradition maps energies by grouping<br />
tendencies together, describing<br />
techniques for bringing about<br />
balance. Hawayo Takata brought the<br />
ancient healing practice of Reiki to<br />
America from Japan in the 1930’s.<br />
It utilizes specific hand positions to<br />
balance energy polarities surrounding<br />
the body, facilitating health through<br />
the inner wisdom of the relaxation<br />
response. Hospice Nurses hold the<br />
hand of a dying patient, transmitting<br />
subtle energy that helps them make<br />
the transition out of this world—<br />
the ultimate healing. I believe that<br />
any healing is energy work, no<br />
matter the system or the conduit.<br />
Experts are uncovering ever<br />
more subtle energies that dwell<br />
within and around us, more than we<br />
even have the capacity to measure.<br />
HTH SUPER SHOCK-IT<br />
POOL SHOCK<br />
1 lb. (16 oz) Pouch<br />
✔ Controls Algae<br />
✔ Kills Bacteria<br />
✔ Destroys Organic<br />
Contaminants<br />
✔ For Vinyl or<br />
✔ Concrete Pools<br />
✔ Think of Allison's<br />
Ace for All Your Pool<br />
And Spa Needs<br />
Serving the Northern Neck Since 1971<br />
Route 360, Lottsburg 804-529-7578<br />
www.allisonsacehardware.com<br />
Although our culture does little<br />
to help us, on a deep level we all<br />
have the capacity to become aware<br />
of these energies. Have you ever<br />
had the feeling that “something<br />
just wasn’t right”? Terminally ill<br />
patients say they had this awareness<br />
before a diagnosis was confirmed.<br />
Einstein called it a “unified field”,<br />
in China it is “qi or chi”, “ki” in Japan,<br />
to Indian Yogis “prana”, “yesod” in<br />
Jewish cabalistic traditions, “haraka”<br />
in Sufi, “wakan” in Lakota, “orenda” in<br />
Iriquois, “megbe” in Ituri Pygmi, and<br />
“holy spirit” in Christian traditions.<br />
By whatever name you call it, one<br />
thing is clear—there are intelligent<br />
subtle energies that interact and<br />
operate in tandem with the denser<br />
congealed energies of our bodies. We<br />
are a ballet of energy and protoplasm,<br />
and some of us know how to<br />
choreograph a beautiful dance!<br />
Contact RuthE at 804-453-5367
20 July 2012<br />
Lilly Sings Her Way into Volunteers’ Hearts<br />
By Fran Warren<br />
The Animal Control<br />
Officer brought the<br />
dog and her puppies to<br />
the shelter on a brisk<br />
October night after<br />
taking them from a neglectful owner.<br />
Volunteer Supervisor Fran Warren<br />
saw them first thing the next morning.<br />
The mother, a black lab, was<br />
emaciated, dehydrated, near starved.<br />
The bones jutted out at her ribs and<br />
hips. The puppies, just four days old,<br />
were bringing her down even more.<br />
She and puppies’ lives were in danger.<br />
The mother’s looked up at me, her<br />
eyes soft and gentle. As bad as she<br />
was in her condition, she grinned<br />
to me, and sang, Woooo, Woooo.<br />
My heart melted. We’ve got to save<br />
this dog, I thought. She’s got spunk.<br />
Our Shelter Volunteers set to work.<br />
One puppy was too weak. It died.<br />
Three volunteers took turns taking<br />
home the remaining puppies to feed<br />
them every two hours, first with an<br />
eye-dropper and then, as<br />
they grew, with a bottle.<br />
The puppies improved.<br />
We gave the mother—<br />
we named her Lilly—<br />
shots, medication, and<br />
special food and treated<br />
her successfully for<br />
heartworm infection. We<br />
did the same for two of<br />
her older pups from an<br />
earlier litter, brought in<br />
to the shelter at the same time with<br />
the mother and four newborns.<br />
Lilly improved. And she continued<br />
to sing when the volunteers paused<br />
at her kennel to pet and sing with<br />
her. What a scene that was—a<br />
volunteer and black lab crooning<br />
away to each other! The volunteers<br />
also walked her to build muscle<br />
and spent time socializing her.<br />
The story has a happy ending.<br />
The shelter volunteers managed<br />
to find homes and adopt out all three<br />
remaining new-born puppies and<br />
the two older siblings, as well.<br />
Lilly, too, found a home.<br />
Believe it or not, she was<br />
adopted by a man who loves<br />
to sing. He and his wife are<br />
retired and he sings in church<br />
when he’s not singing at home<br />
with Lilly. At night, Lilly sleeps<br />
on the bed with the couple.<br />
Lilly and her six offspring were<br />
brought to the shelter October 18<br />
and were all adopted over a period<br />
of ten weeks. Few public shelters are<br />
permitted to keep animals that long.<br />
We were able because the volunteers<br />
Pawsatively Wonderful, Inc<br />
Professional Pet Sitting<br />
Scheduled Daily Pet Sitting<br />
Large & Small Animal Care<br />
Overnight Pet Sits in Your Home<br />
804-824-9160<br />
www.propetsitting.com<br />
dmiller@propetsitting.com<br />
receive donations from citizens to<br />
augment the county appropriated<br />
funds. In addition, the shelter raises<br />
money by operating an indooroutdoor<br />
sale at Lottsburg, consisting<br />
of items donated by citizens.<br />
The shelter needs more<br />
volunteers. Come join us. You<br />
may have to feed a puppy all night<br />
long with an eyedropper and you<br />
may have to clean a few kennels,<br />
but volunteers will find rewarding<br />
what we do for animals like Lilly.<br />
Fran Warren is Supervisor,<br />
Northumberland County<br />
Animal Shelter Volunteers<br />
Lilly, Before and After.<br />
Photos courtesy NAS.
July 2012 21<br />
Teen<br />
For Guidelines and Permission Forms go to www.chesapeakestyle.com, click on Teen <strong>Style</strong>.<br />
Middlesex High School<br />
Encouraging Young Artists, Photographers, Writers<br />
By Bridgette Self<br />
It was the day of February 23rd, 2012.<br />
I went throughout my school day as I<br />
usually did, but that day I felt a little more<br />
pep in my step. That evening at six would<br />
begin a very important basketball game<br />
for the Lady Chargers. We played Rappahannock<br />
High in a second round regional game. All we<br />
needed to do was win this game to ensure a spot<br />
in the State Tournament. The Lady Chargers had<br />
not been to Regionals in quite a few years, so<br />
needless to say, our team was pretty stoked.<br />
After school let out, our team separated until<br />
four fifteen when we gathered for a quick sandwich<br />
before our game. Once dinner was consumed,<br />
some of our teammates decided to work on<br />
homework. As for me, I headed straight for the<br />
court to shoot around a little bit. I was feeling<br />
fairly confident as we changed into our uniforms.<br />
We ran out and began our pre-game warm up<br />
which consists of layups, jump shots and free<br />
throws. Halfway through our warm up, captains<br />
were called to meet in the center of the court.<br />
I headed to the center with my other two cocaptains<br />
and shook the other captain’s hands. The<br />
referees gave us the regular talk about using good<br />
sportsmanship which we all smiled and agreed<br />
upon, but we honestly knew only time would tell<br />
the outcome of that. The warning buzzer went<br />
Regional Game<br />
off signifying the game was about to begin. The<br />
opposing team was introduced first. After they were<br />
introduced, the announcer announced, “At starting<br />
guard, number four, BRIDGETTTTEEE SELLLLF”<br />
sending the crowd into numerous cheers! Heather<br />
Blankenship (guard), Grace Rutkowski (small<br />
forward), Megan Payne (strong forward), and Joey<br />
Stinchcomb (center) were announced after I was.<br />
They all received just as much encouragement as I<br />
did. Following the National Anthem, we gathered<br />
in our final huddle before the game began. The<br />
referees blew their whistles, so the four starters<br />
along with me headed out to the center of the court.<br />
The tip off between Joey and the Rappahannock<br />
center generated the battle between the<br />
Rappahannock Raiders and Middlesex Chargers.<br />
One of their players kept shooting crazy shots; she<br />
shot so many times only making a few of them.<br />
In the first quarter, I hit a three; I felt exhilarated!<br />
I guess this girl was trying to outshine me, so she<br />
threw up a shot a couple feet behind the three point<br />
line. It ricocheted off the backboard landing in one<br />
of my teammate’s hands. Throughout the first half,<br />
we ran our plays and scored, but Rappahannock<br />
did the same. At halftime, I had six points, two<br />
three pointers, and we were not down by much.<br />
Once our coaches gave us our pep talk at<br />
halftime, we went out and fought some more.<br />
Halfway through the third quarter, we were<br />
down by ten points. Coach Wake put me back<br />
in the game after a quick breather. I was ready<br />
to go, for my game was not over yet. I caught<br />
the ball behind the three point arch and shot.<br />
I made it, so we set up in our press defense.<br />
They turned the ball over, so we got it back. Grace<br />
passed me the ball, so I took the shot a step back<br />
from the three point line. “SWISH!” The crowd went<br />
wild, for we were only down by four at this point.<br />
This caused Rappahannock to call a time out. They<br />
scored once after the time out, but we followed.<br />
During the second half, we had plenty of free throw<br />
opportunities; we just could not secure them. The<br />
last thirty seconds Rappahannock had the ball.<br />
They took the shot with fifteen seconds left, but they<br />
missed. Megan rebounded the ball and attempted<br />
to pass it to Jessica, but she had run down the<br />
court too soon. The ball sailed out of bounds<br />
which meant Rappahannock received the ball.<br />
Rappahannock held the ball for the remainder<br />
of the game. As soon as the final buzzer went off,<br />
tears streamed down my face. Not only was I upset<br />
by this tragic loss, I realized that was my last high<br />
school basketball game. I shook the opposing<br />
team’s and the coach’s hands. When the fans<br />
told me I did well, it made me cry even harder.<br />
I felt like I let everybody down; I was mortified.<br />
I looked at the scoreboard one last time to see<br />
52-50. Then, I trudged into the locker room.<br />
For the Occasions Cafe<br />
Fine Dining in a Casual Atmosphere<br />
Lunch & DinnerCarry-Out Available Open 7 Days<br />
Specializing in<br />
Fresh Seafood, Steaks and Chicken<br />
Every MONDAY Seniors Day! 10% Off 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.<br />
NIGHTLY FEATURES~In addition to our regular menu<br />
TUESDAY A Full Breakfast Menu<br />
WEDNESDAY Jumbo Steamed Spiced Shrimp or Rib Eye<br />
THURSDAY Canadian Crablegs & All You Can Eat Fish & Chips<br />
FRIDAY - SUN Chef's Choice<br />
Screened in Deck Now Open Rain or Shine<br />
803 Northumberland Highway 804-529-6993<br />
Callao, Virginia occasions1@verizon.net<br />
Accepting Mastercard, Visa, Discover Cards<br />
Member<br />
Father & Son Get It Done!<br />
➤ Rinni Water Heaters & Systems<br />
➤ Regency Gas & Wood Fireplaces<br />
➤ Gas Space Heaters<br />
➤ Electrical Plumbing Jobs<br />
Sales<br />
Service<br />
Installations<br />
We Service What We Sell!<br />
VA LICENSED<br />
& INSURED<br />
www.TheFireandWaterCompany<br />
➤ HVAC (Repair & Additions)<br />
➤ Gas~Natural or Propane<br />
➤ Whole House Generators<br />
➤ Water Filter & Purification<br />
FREE ESTIMATE
22 July 2012<br />
<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~So much more than Adirondack chairs!<br />
By Mari Bonomi<br />
Don’t believe the<br />
rumors that<br />
Rivah Interiors<br />
is going away!<br />
Ron and Marjorie<br />
Jewell, Rivah Interior owners,<br />
say that’s just not true.<br />
“We are downsizing rather than<br />
retiring,” Ron said. “We thought<br />
we’d simply close both stores, but<br />
our customers wouldn’t let us. We<br />
will still be providing the personal<br />
customer service and offering special<br />
orders the way we always have.”<br />
At some point, Ron and Marjorie<br />
will close the Callao branch of the<br />
store and move their entire operation<br />
to their Kilmarnock location, known<br />
as The Sleep Center. This store has<br />
always also been Rivah Interiors, but<br />
now will offer a much fuller array<br />
of furniture and decorative items.<br />
Ron describes his store as offering<br />
a “casual coastal cottage” look to<br />
suit the lifestyle of the Bay and the<br />
Rivahs. “Our customers come from<br />
Richmond, from Mechanicsville,<br />
from Maryland and Delaware. Yet<br />
sometimes local folks are surprised<br />
to find all the furniture and<br />
decorative items we offer right here.”<br />
The store’s signature brightlycolored<br />
Adirondack chairs adorning<br />
the front of the building are made<br />
in America, mostly in US but<br />
some in Canada, and crafted from<br />
recycled plastic milk jugs. The chairs<br />
“fly out of the store,” Ron said.<br />
The bedroom furniture, both bed<br />
frames and chests, is available in a<br />
variety of styles and can be special<br />
ordered in a range of colors, from<br />
traditional wood shades to more<br />
“shabby chic” looks. A variety of<br />
mattress styles also is available<br />
on site or for special order. And<br />
decorative pillows for the whole<br />
house are always in stock.<br />
A printed sign sits prominently on<br />
one of the display sofas in the center<br />
of the shop. It reads, “American made.<br />
Does it matter to you? It does to us!”<br />
The sign is “my motto,” said Ron.<br />
“Our goal is to provide good value<br />
to our customers,” Ron<br />
explained. That doesn’t<br />
mean the cheapest price;<br />
it means the best quality<br />
goods made for the most<br />
part right here in the United<br />
States. Ron said that in<br />
2010 71% of bedroom<br />
furniture was imported<br />
from China. His decades of<br />
experience in the furniture<br />
business have taught him<br />
to value quality construction.<br />
Ron provides value through<br />
stocking solid wood furniture. In fact,<br />
Rivah Interiors is bringing in a new<br />
line: Lincolnton. This company is a<br />
spin-off from Cochrane Furniture,<br />
an old North Carolina firm. When<br />
that company was sold, Bruce<br />
Cochrane opened a new company<br />
to make solid wood dining and<br />
bedroom furniture in North Carolina.<br />
Another company, Harden, is the<br />
oldest continuously-owned family<br />
furniture business in the US.<br />
The North is represented by, among<br />
other companies, Telescope Casual,<br />
a firm started in New York State in<br />
1903, where the director’s chair was<br />
invented. Almost all their furniture is<br />
made in America, and they’re a green<br />
company that heats its factory with<br />
the wood scraps from manufacturing.<br />
“We also do custom orders. We<br />
can get traditional Lawson-style<br />
sofas in a range of custom styles:<br />
different numbers of cushions, with<br />
or without skirts—and in 500 different<br />
Discover Kinsale's Rich History<br />
Kinsale Museum<br />
Open year round<br />
Fridays and Saturdays, 10-5<br />
449 Kinsale Rd., Kinsale<br />
www.kinsalefoundation.org<br />
804-472-3001 804-450-7651<br />
fabrics. We can also get it covered in<br />
white muslin with slip-covers. We<br />
can have them made in sectionals<br />
or as a sofa bed,” Ron explained.<br />
“Our best outdoor furniture is<br />
powder-coated aluminum or resin<br />
wicker on aluminum frames. Chairs<br />
are covered in Sunbrella fabric, and<br />
here is the cool part: we can also<br />
have your indoor furniture covered<br />
in Sunbrella, so it’s stain-resistant.<br />
Great for when the grandkids visit!”<br />
And Ron has more new ideas.<br />
“We’re going to add a new approach<br />
to bedding. We’re going to offer a<br />
hotel-style bed with fully upholstered<br />
head and footboards that will have<br />
full five-star hotel bedding and<br />
linens, from mattress to comforter.”<br />
Ron is proud that much of the<br />
store’s business is repeat customers,<br />
“though we are always delighted<br />
to welcome new customers. We<br />
greet everyone with warmth and<br />
friendliness and always work to help<br />
them find what they need, he said.<br />
“What we do is different,” Ron<br />
said. “We offer styles not usually<br />
found in other area stores, and we<br />
try to do so in a helpful way.”<br />
The Callao location, at 838<br />
Northumberland Highway (Rte<br />
360), is open Monday, Wednesday,<br />
Thursday, Friday and Saturday<br />
from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. Phone 804-<br />
529-7770. The Kilmarnock store,<br />
at 24 South Main Street, is open<br />
Wednesday through Friday from 10<br />
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday<br />
from 10-3. Phone 804-436-9115. The<br />
website is www.rivahinteriors.com.
July 2012 23<br />
One of Life’s Moments~Friendship<br />
By Gwen Keane<br />
Friendship, a priceless<br />
commodity, often goes<br />
unappreciated until we<br />
are old. I am fortunate to<br />
have many great friends,<br />
which include my two childhood<br />
friends. One childhood friend,<br />
Bobbi Gaskins Weeks, and I have<br />
known each other for almost sixty<br />
four years. Yes—I am truly blessed.<br />
In April I accompanied Bobbi<br />
and her daughter Kim to New York<br />
City (NYC). I don’t believe Kim had<br />
a clue before our trip, what it would<br />
be like to travel with two seniors.<br />
This generous daughter had offered<br />
to share a hotel room with us. So<br />
there we were—right on Broadway,<br />
two blocks from Times Square!<br />
The weather was beautiful except<br />
we were not prepared for the low<br />
temperatures. We arrived early that<br />
Friday and took a five and a half hour<br />
bus tour which included a boat ride<br />
in New York harbor. After our<br />
guide, Mike, a native New<br />
Yorker, introduced himself,<br />
we knew our afternoon<br />
would be memorable.<br />
Mike shared a lot of “off the<br />
beaten track” information<br />
with our tour group.<br />
Prior to going to NYC,<br />
Kim had sent us a proposed<br />
itinerary. Each day and<br />
night was filled with places<br />
to go and things to see.<br />
In three days we went to<br />
two Broadway plays, The<br />
Museum of Modern Art,<br />
The Top of the Rock, several nice<br />
restaurants, Chinatown, and Little<br />
Italy. We shopped in Times Square.<br />
One of our favorite places was the<br />
impressive Toys R Us store. Anyone<br />
planning a trip to NYC should see<br />
this store. The experience made<br />
us feel like children again!<br />
The taxis in NYC lived up to their<br />
reputation of high speeds, excessive<br />
lane changing, and failure to brake<br />
slowly. Each time we travelled<br />
by taxi, it was as if we were on<br />
an amusement park ride. Yet, we<br />
always arrived at our destination<br />
without an accident. On Saturday<br />
morning we went to Chinatown.<br />
The taxi cab driver warned us not<br />
to eat there, but suggested we have<br />
lunch in Little Italy. In Chinatown I<br />
became overwhelmed by the armies<br />
of people on the sidewalks and<br />
the many handbag shops. When<br />
Kim had asked if we wanted to visit<br />
Country Cottage & Bonner Florist<br />
Enjoy Delicious Homemade<br />
Chocolates, Ice Cream,<br />
Flowers, Plants!<br />
Handmade Gourmet Chocolates,<br />
Gourmet Coffee and Sauces,<br />
New truffle flavors available: Orange, Irish<br />
Cream, Butter Pecan have been added<br />
to the lineup to compliment the Caramel,<br />
Chocolate, Hazelnut and Raspberry.<br />
Route 3, White Stone 804-435-3812 or 435-3014<br />
www.countrycottagews.com<br />
TAKE A BREAK!<br />
STOP IN!<br />
Chinatown I said, “Yes, but I am<br />
not going to any warehouses.” In<br />
the first shop a sales person said “I<br />
can take you in the back and you’ll<br />
find exactly what you want.” I then<br />
imagined us being arrested for having<br />
purchased a few “Knock Off” (fake<br />
brands) purses. We declined and<br />
continued to shop. I made one $6<br />
purchase—a scarf. The morning was<br />
cold, but the sun provided enough<br />
warmth to enjoy lunch at an outdoor<br />
café. New York pizza is the best!<br />
Go, go, go, is what our visit was all<br />
about. I mentioned my desire to go<br />
to the Today Show. I have watched<br />
that show almost every morning<br />
since I retired in 2003. It is how I start<br />
my day. Bobbi wasn’t too interested,<br />
but pretended it was a “must do.”<br />
I said if we were going, we had to<br />
have signs. We went to the drug store<br />
and bought poster paper and magic<br />
markers. That night, as tired as we<br />
were, we made our posters. On one<br />
side of the poster board I wrote, “Help<br />
Me Celebrate My 90th birthday.” I<br />
thought that might be an attention<br />
getter. Kim suggested I change the<br />
posting to “my 100th birthday” just in<br />
case Willard Scott was on the plaza.<br />
On the other side of the poster I<br />
wrote, “Friends for Sixty-four Years.”<br />
At 5 a.m. we left the hotel and<br />
walked to Rockefeller Plaza to stand<br />
Stop by our Little Red Trailer and indulge<br />
in a little taste of heavenly pleasure!<br />
Available for fund raising and special events!<br />
Check Facebook for<br />
our Daily Locations<br />
804-761-7622<br />
www.crowndonuts.com<br />
in line. We were there early enough<br />
to get on the front row and for more<br />
than two hours we stood in fortytwo<br />
degree weather, dressed in thin<br />
spring jackets minus gloves. Bobbi<br />
asked, “When will the celebrities<br />
come out?” I said. “It won’t be long.”<br />
I called my husband and my other<br />
childhood friend to say “watch for<br />
us on television.” Bobbi called her<br />
husband, her next door neighbor,<br />
her sister, and Kim. At 8:15 Al Rooker<br />
appeared, with Ann Curry and Matt<br />
Lauer. We had hit the jackpot! They<br />
greeted the crowd and shook our<br />
hands. Bobbi’s sister called back<br />
to say she had taped us and taken<br />
pictures. We then felt like celebrities<br />
I guess, whatever that means.<br />
Afterwards I took Bobbi to the<br />
famous “Magnolias”, a cupcake store<br />
and purchased three cupcakes. I told<br />
her “If my Grandmother were alive<br />
today and knew I had paid $9 for<br />
three cupcakes, she would disown<br />
me.” Yes things are more expensive<br />
in NYC compared to here in the<br />
Northern Neck. And while there<br />
is much more to see and do, if the<br />
truth be known, there is no place<br />
like home. It was a great trip with a<br />
best friend and her sweet daughter.<br />
Kim should receive an award for<br />
having put up with two old biddies!<br />
gkeane@chesapeakestyle.com<br />
CROWN DONUTS<br />
are made FRESH throughout the<br />
day. Hot, Fresh Mini Cake Donuts<br />
Sprinkled with Cinnamon Sugar.<br />
Four Dipping Sauces!<br />
Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate, Caramel Sauce,<br />
Red Raspberry, Strawberry Jelly<br />
We offer Regular or Decaf Coffee, Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa<br />
with Whipped Cream and Bottled Water.<br />
10% Off<br />
One Item<br />
w/this ad!
24 July 2012<br />
Corn Cooking Magic<br />
Now, here comes the magic part: grab the ear<br />
by it top, where the silks stick out of the husks,<br />
hold it up, and give it a vigorous shake. You may<br />
have to shake pretty hard, or squeeze the top of<br />
the ear to start the corn sliding out of the husks.<br />
The corn on the cob will drop out of<br />
the husk in all of its delicious, pristine<br />
beauty, leaving the silks in the husks.<br />
Enjoy!<br />
You’re welcome!<br />
By Rob Ransone<br />
Ah! Summertime! I look forward<br />
to two of its greatest pleasures:<br />
fresh vine-ripened tomatoes and<br />
fresh-picked corn on the cob!<br />
If you’ve tasted corn on the cob<br />
from a State Fair, you know that the later in the<br />
day, the better it tastes. This is because—my<br />
theory—is that early in the day the water<br />
boils out flavor, but later in the day the water has<br />
so much corn flavor, that it boils some back in!<br />
First tip: Don’t boil fresh corn on the<br />
cob! Roast it in its husks either on the<br />
grill or nuke it. Here’s the best way:<br />
Stick the ears in your microwave, husks, stem,<br />
and all—just like you<br />
pulled it off the stalk or<br />
bought it at the fresh<br />
produce stand. Nuke it<br />
for about six minutes<br />
for two ears, depending<br />
upon the power of<br />
your microwave.<br />
When done, place<br />
each ear on a cutting<br />
board and cut off the<br />
bottom, at its biggest<br />
part, above where the<br />
husks attach to the ear.<br />
FREE Tasting at Rose's Steak House, in Kilmarnock<br />
Tuesday, July 17 at 5:30 p.m.
July 2012 25<br />
HSSNN Volunteers meet interesting folks<br />
By Anne Cook<br />
One of the things that<br />
make volunteering<br />
for Hospice<br />
Support Services<br />
of the Northern<br />
Neck (HSSNN) interesting is the<br />
diversity of the patients that use<br />
our services. At present we have a<br />
patient who is in this country under<br />
political asylum. This is a young<br />
person who, while waiting for the<br />
spouse and children to be able to<br />
come to this country, developed<br />
a life threatening condition. It has<br />
been especially distressful for this<br />
patient because of the language<br />
barrier, not having family support,<br />
and in addition to worrying about<br />
their physical condition, worrying<br />
about the safety of the family.<br />
The volunteer who is seeing to<br />
this person’s needs—mainly making<br />
sure the medical appointments<br />
are kept—is fulfilling a much<br />
needed role. It is difficult to picture<br />
oneself in a similar situation.<br />
We have had other patients, who,<br />
for one reason or another, do not<br />
qualify for Medicare, Social Security<br />
and have no insurance. Several find<br />
themselves in this situation because<br />
they are not citizens of the United<br />
States. We are able to bring them<br />
much needed supplies, in many<br />
cases, that they would not be able to<br />
buy themselves. More importantly,<br />
the patients that I have known in<br />
this situation are here without their<br />
family so really look forward to the<br />
volunteers visit and knowing there<br />
is someone who will help them<br />
navigate a problem if one arises.<br />
Many of our patients are simply<br />
in need of a visit from a person who<br />
is interested in them— who wants<br />
to hear about “the good old days”, or<br />
report on what the weather is doing<br />
outside. If you mention the vegetable<br />
garden you just put in, more often<br />
than not you will be given some<br />
advice on the way to get larger onions,<br />
for instance. If you pull the dirt away<br />
from the bulb, as they grow, the end<br />
product will be a much larger onion.<br />
Also, if you remove half of the fruit on<br />
your fruit trees, the remaining fruit<br />
will be healthier and larger. These<br />
are just a few of the “tips” that have<br />
made my gardening more successful.<br />
Another patient, who comes<br />
to mind, is one who, after being<br />
diagnosed with a brain tumor, started<br />
out needing a cane we were able<br />
to supply. They then progressed<br />
to the need for a motorized wheel<br />
chair and hospital bed along with<br />
the other items that help to make<br />
one be able to stay in one’s home<br />
where the surroundings are familiar<br />
and they can be surrounded<br />
by family and friends so that<br />
“things” can feel more “normal”.<br />
If you know of someone who can<br />
benefit from our services please call<br />
our office. We usually get our referrals<br />
from social workers but have gotten<br />
them from a concerned neighbor,<br />
a family member, their minister.<br />
Anyone can recommend a person.<br />
If you would like to add interesting<br />
folks to your life, speak to someone<br />
about becoming a volunteer, please<br />
call our main office at 804-333-0084.<br />
We Specialize in Top Quality<br />
Marine and Boating Products to<br />
make your boat look great.<br />
804-529-7652<br />
804-761-0202 Cell<br />
www.banesupholstery.com<br />
129 Northumberland Hwy, Callao<br />
* Dining on Cockrells Creek<br />
* Cocktails, Casual Dining<br />
* Seafood Specials<br />
* ABC On & Off<br />
Open Every Day for Lunch 11 a.m.<br />
Monday - Saturday Dinner til 9 p.m.<br />
Leadbelly's Restaurant is located at Fairport Marina<br />
804-453-5002<br />
252 Polly Cove Road, Reedville, Va<br />
Catering By The Bay<br />
With Big Jim<br />
Specializing in<br />
Chicken and Pork<br />
Many Side Choices<br />
Everything<br />
Cooked on Site<br />
Free Estimates, No Job Too Small<br />
Church, Business,<br />
Retirements, Birthdays<br />
804-450-6060
26 July 2012<br />
Cover-ups and Conspiracies<br />
By Merrill Leffler<br />
Review of Kathleen Toomey<br />
Jabs, Black Wings,<br />
We open Black<br />
Wings as though<br />
we’ve come<br />
late to a movie<br />
and missed the<br />
opening scene: “He pinched her<br />
left ring finger between his thumb<br />
and forefinger, pressing it first onto<br />
a pad of blank ink then rolling it<br />
onto the official card.” Dateline (all<br />
chapters have datelines): Arlington,<br />
Virginia, October 5, 1993, 2 p.m.<br />
Navy Lt. Bridget Donovan is being<br />
fingerprinted and then led to a room<br />
where she is grilled on her role in a<br />
security breach: the unauthorized<br />
release of a secret Navy report on<br />
the death of Lt. Audrey Richards,<br />
whose Hornet aircraft crashed<br />
after lifting off an aircraft carrier.<br />
“If you’ve done something wrong,”<br />
Special Agent Wilkinson says with<br />
The<br />
Good Friends ~ Great Food ~ Good Times<br />
Spring Hours:<br />
Lunch Tues. ~ Sat. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Dinner Wed. ~ Sun. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.<br />
Sunday Brunch 11 a.m.<br />
Cocktails ~ Wine ~ Spirits<br />
Call: 804.529.5200<br />
Reservations Suggested<br />
Daily Features & Events<br />
262 Quinton Oaks Lane ~ Between Village<br />
and Callao On Grounds of Quinton Oaks<br />
Golf Course, Off Rt. 600, Ridge Rd.<br />
email: theoaktreerestaurant@gmail.com<br />
a barely-restrained hostility, “you<br />
won’t get away with it.” “Bridget<br />
looked him in the eye and said, ‘The<br />
one who got away with something<br />
is still out there.’” “He shook his<br />
head. ‘You’re a terrible liar.’”<br />
Backtrack to The Pentagon,<br />
September 25, 1993, 6:30 a.m. when<br />
Lt. Donovan first learns that it was<br />
Audrey Richards who went down<br />
in a fiery death. They were close<br />
roommates at the Naval Academy<br />
from their Plebe year in 1986 through<br />
commissioning four years later,<br />
Donovan to public affairs, Richards to<br />
flight school. Though they have seen<br />
each other since then, they had slowly<br />
drifted apart—the reasons are hinted<br />
at, but not explored: this is a mystery<br />
novel, not a psychological one.<br />
Backtrack again: Annapolis,<br />
Maryland, July, 1986. The thirdperson<br />
narrator brings us into life<br />
in Bancroft Hall. Those first months<br />
are stressful enough for all Plebes,<br />
but for young women who<br />
have entered an insular male<br />
world—women had only<br />
been admitted to the Naval<br />
Academy a decade before—it<br />
is worse. Misogyny, malice,<br />
and sexual jealousy are not<br />
uncommon – at least then.<br />
Fundamentalism has a<br />
foothold (the “God Squad”<br />
silently intimidates, says<br />
Bridget), deceit is everpresent<br />
among cadets and<br />
officers, and learning how<br />
to get around The System<br />
is part of the unofficial<br />
training. “This whole place<br />
is rationalized,” Bridget<br />
says to Jude, a cadet Audrey has<br />
had a relationship with and who<br />
is instrumental in the story that<br />
unfolds. “The whole system. It’s<br />
not designed for honor…Why do<br />
you think we have graduates like<br />
Poindexter and Ollie North?”<br />
THE NAME SAYS IT ALL<br />
IT’S TIME TO TREAT YOUR HOME FOR ANTS<br />
Call today for your free inspection<br />
804-693-5587 or 804-435-3606<br />
Locally owned and operated since 1967<br />
www.dependablepestcontrol.com<br />
Historical Lancaster Tavern Restaurant<br />
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,<br />
Thursday, Friday<br />
11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.<br />
Saturday<br />
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.<br />
Bed & Breakfast<br />
Sunday Open All Day<br />
Call for Reservations<br />
8:00 a.m. - 9 p.m.<br />
Down the street from Lancaster Court House,<br />
Across from Mary Ball Washington Museum.<br />
8373 Mary Ball Road (Rte 3) Lancaster, Va 22503<br />
(804) 462-0080 www.lancastertavern.com<br />
While<br />
Kathleen<br />
Toomy Jabs<br />
gives us inside<br />
glimpses of<br />
Naval life—<br />
she is a 1988<br />
Academy<br />
graduate,<br />
served six years<br />
on active duty,<br />
and is today<br />
a Captain<br />
in the Navy<br />
Reserve—Black<br />
Wings is not<br />
an indictment<br />
of the Naval<br />
Academy or the Pentagon. She<br />
has written an intense intrigue in<br />
a setting she knows well. Audrey’s<br />
possible murder leads Bridget back<br />
to the Academy when Audrey was<br />
warned—she is a woman after all in<br />
a man’s world—against becoming a<br />
pilot. When she signs up<br />
for flight school, a pair of<br />
black wings—gold aviator<br />
wings smeared in black –<br />
makes its first mysterious<br />
appearance (there will be<br />
others): Audrey discovers<br />
it when she rolls out of bed<br />
and steps on the open pin<br />
that sticks her in the heel.<br />
Kathleen Toomey Jabs<br />
is a skillful storyteller.<br />
Seemingly without effort,<br />
her narration takes us<br />
back and forth in time<br />
as we shadow Bridget<br />
Donovan in her relentless<br />
pursuit of truth—despite<br />
the attempts of higherups<br />
to stop her—that<br />
leads us to the meaning<br />
of those mysterious<br />
black wings and their<br />
implications in the death<br />
of Lt. Audrey Richards.
July 2012 27<br />
Eat Healthfully This Summer~Buy, Eat Locally Grown Food<br />
By Jean Duggan<br />
When we think of<br />
summertime<br />
gatherings,<br />
we also think<br />
of all the<br />
wonderful foods that help to make<br />
picnics, camping trips, vacations<br />
and family reunions so special<br />
and memorable. Some of those<br />
great dishes incorporate plentiful<br />
summer season fruit and vegetables.<br />
Do you purchase some of your<br />
food from local pick-your-ownfarms<br />
and farmer’s markets?<br />
There is ample evidence that eating<br />
lots of fruits and vegetables protects<br />
us against chronic diseases like heart<br />
disease, some cancers, diabetes and<br />
others. Local fruits and vegetables, as<br />
well as livestock and fish, are bursting<br />
with flavor because they arrive freshly<br />
harvested, usually from no more<br />
than 100 miles away—not 1,000<br />
miles, come in delicious varieties<br />
and have been allowed to mature<br />
and ripen naturally, to full flavor as<br />
well as absorb maximum nutrients!<br />
Why not use the power of your<br />
food dollars to support your local<br />
economy? The Virginia Food System<br />
Council says if each household in<br />
Virginia spent just $10 a week on<br />
locally grown agricultural products,<br />
it could bring $1.65 billion back<br />
into the local economy each<br />
year. Buying locally preserves the<br />
economic viability of farming and<br />
preserves agricultural land. It also<br />
helps current farmers succeed<br />
and inspires new farmers.<br />
The Middle Peninsula and<br />
Northern Neck region abounds with<br />
farmer’s markets. The following<br />
includes several farmer’s markets, but<br />
is not inclusive of all the growers who<br />
have roadside stands—Deltaville,<br />
Heathsville, Irvington, King & Queen<br />
Farmer’s Market in Walkerton,<br />
Kilmarnock, Market Nights in<br />
Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex,<br />
Tappahannock, Urbanna and West<br />
Point. Check Facebook and your<br />
local newspaper for information<br />
about producers in your area.<br />
For a healthy summer, take<br />
the $10 a week challenge and<br />
purchase healthy foods from<br />
your community’s growers! The<br />
more you buy from local Virginia<br />
farmers, the more you support<br />
sustainable, healthy, affordable and<br />
fresh local food to all Virginians.<br />
Jean M. Duggan is Senior Vice<br />
President, Development<br />
July 1 thru 8 ~ Red, White<br />
& Blue Sundaes!<br />
Buy One Get One FREE!<br />
Any Military Showing I.D.<br />
Will Get 15% Off<br />
at Westmoreland Berry Farm<br />
Enjoy Fresh Peaches,<br />
Raspberries,<br />
Blueberries,<br />
Blackberries<br />
(804) 224-9171<br />
Mon - Sat 9 - 5 Sunday 10 - 5<br />
1235 Berry Farm Lane, Oak Grove<br />
www.westmorelandberryfarm.com<br />
Boxcroft, Inc.<br />
Nursery & Landscaping<br />
25% Off<br />
All In-Stock Plants<br />
Open Monday through Saturday<br />
867 Fleeton Road, Reedville<br />
(804) 453-4462<br />
Plant Sales and Landscaping
28 July 2012<br />
Who Wants Homemade Ice Cream?<br />
By<br />
I<br />
Elizabeth D. Huegel<br />
do, I do! Chocolate, Vanilla<br />
or Strawberry? How about<br />
Salty Caramel or Bacon<br />
Maple? Those are just five of<br />
the 22 flavors of homemade<br />
ice cream available last week at<br />
Short Lane Ice Cream in Gloucester.<br />
Unlike corporate owned ice cream<br />
stores, Short Lane makes their own<br />
ice cream, sorbet and gelato on site<br />
every week. In fact, they typically<br />
make about 200 gallons of ice<br />
cream each week, according to Kim<br />
BASICALLY BEADS<br />
* * * * JULY SPECIAL * * * *<br />
Select Merchandise 25% off<br />
Call for Information on Booking A<br />
Beading Party For Children<br />
We Will Be Closed On<br />
July 21st for Vacation<br />
Sterling Silver<br />
Swarovski<br />
Gold Filled<br />
Pearls<br />
Semi-Precious<br />
Glass<br />
Seed Beads<br />
Wood 804-642-5200<br />
Tues, Wed, Friday 11-5 Thurs 11-6 Sat 9:30-3:30<br />
Conveniently Located on Route 17 in the 17 Plaza<br />
4157 George Washington Memorial Highway<br />
Just 7 1/2 Miles South of Gloucester Court House<br />
Williams, proud<br />
owner and manager<br />
of this unique<br />
establishment.<br />
Of course, she<br />
tries to keep the<br />
most popular flavors<br />
in stock and they<br />
will always offer<br />
sugar-free and<br />
lactose-free choices<br />
for people with<br />
dietary restrictions.<br />
Also noteworthy, Kim does not put<br />
nuts in the mixer because she is<br />
very concerned about nut allergies.<br />
The nuts are mixed in by hand after<br />
the ice cream is made just to be<br />
safe, and they’ll gladly use a new<br />
dipper if a customer is concerned.<br />
This year they have launched a new<br />
program…a customer suggestion box.<br />
The “box” is actually a Paper Mache’<br />
replica of an ice cream cone, created<br />
by one of her enterprising young<br />
employees. Each month Kim and<br />
several employees sort<br />
through the suggestions<br />
and pick one they want<br />
to try. This past month<br />
the selected flavor was<br />
Salty Caramel—using<br />
a combination of sea<br />
salt and caramel.<br />
“Sort of a sweet/<br />
savory concoction”<br />
she explained. For<br />
submitting a suggestion,<br />
the winner is given<br />
a half gallon of their<br />
suggested ice cream flavor,<br />
and the flavor is featured<br />
under “specialty” ice creams<br />
on the board. In addition to<br />
the customer’s suggestions,<br />
the employees are always<br />
encouraged to come up<br />
with new ideas. One such<br />
example is the Bacon and<br />
Maple, which they tried,<br />
but Kim thinks the recipe<br />
still needs some “fine tuning”.<br />
Kim has about 20 part-time<br />
employees; Sandy Darnell, a good<br />
friend who has helped since the<br />
beginning, and the remainder who<br />
are teenagers and young adults.<br />
She affectionately refers to them<br />
as “the kids”, and relies heavily on<br />
them for every aspect of the store’s<br />
operation. When any of them<br />
demonstrate an interest in working<br />
in the kitchen she encourages them<br />
to help her make the ice cream,<br />
brownies and pound cake.<br />
Others have expressed interest<br />
and talent in organizing and<br />
merchandising, so she gives<br />
them permission to organize the<br />
store. Whatever their talents and<br />
inclinations, Kim encourages<br />
them to take a participatory role<br />
in running the store. They learn<br />
the art of joyful customer service<br />
and running a successful business.<br />
Some of her “kids” have been<br />
with her since the store opened in<br />
2004 and have returned year after<br />
year while going through high<br />
school, college and beyond.<br />
Now she is beginning<br />
to get second generation<br />
family members—<br />
younger brothers and<br />
sisters of the original<br />
crews. Needless to say, she<br />
has a waiting list for new<br />
hires. In fact, she recently<br />
hired a substitute to cover<br />
when a regular employee<br />
could not come in, but<br />
that sub has been only<br />
been called in twice since<br />
being hired.<br />
In addition<br />
to nurturing<br />
her young<br />
employees,<br />
which<br />
obviously<br />
comes naturally<br />
to her, Kim also<br />
insists on using<br />
only quality<br />
ingredients to ensure the highest<br />
quality product possible. Married to<br />
Jim Williams, owner and manager<br />
of Ware Neck Produce, offers just<br />
the right inside track she needs to<br />
get the best ingredients available.<br />
As a family they have always been<br />
cognizant of the importance of quality<br />
foods, and a lot of what they sell is<br />
organically grown on their farm in<br />
Ware Neck. Jim makes sure he keeps<br />
plenty of fresh fruits, eggs and milk<br />
available for Kim’s culinary needs.<br />
One would think Kim enjoys a nice<br />
long vacation through the winter<br />
months since she closes the store in<br />
November, and doesn’t open again<br />
until March—but if one made that<br />
assumption, one would be wrong!<br />
Although the ice cream store closes<br />
the first of November, she continues<br />
to make ice cream to be sold by the<br />
pint and half gallon at Ware Neck<br />
Produce all through November and<br />
December. During that time, they<br />
typically focus on Thanksgiving<br />
and Christmas type flavors, such as<br />
Pumpkin Custard and Peppermint.<br />
In January she’s back at the store<br />
thoroughly cleaning out the freezers,<br />
and in February she starts making<br />
more ice cream to be ready for their<br />
opening on the first of March. Nope…<br />
no long winter vacations for Kim!<br />
If you haven’t been there yet,<br />
make it a point to go to Short Lane<br />
Ice Cream on Route 17 this summer.<br />
You won’t be disappointed! Find<br />
Short Lane on Facebook and on the<br />
web www.shortlaneicecream.com.<br />
Liz Huegel and Short Lane photos.<br />
ehuegel@chesapeakestyle.com
July 2012 29<br />
Retirement Plan on Track?<br />
By Bill Graves<br />
Recent studies indicate<br />
that you will need on<br />
average about 80% of<br />
your current income<br />
to retire comfortably.<br />
They also make the point that better<br />
than 60% of baby boomers will not<br />
have that kind of money. A quick<br />
rule of thumb to determine what<br />
you need in savings and investments<br />
is to take what you need to live on<br />
for a year and divide it by .04. If that<br />
isn’t a scary wake up call I don’t<br />
know what is. You can get more<br />
exacting results with retirement<br />
calculators available on line<br />
through AARP and most brokerage<br />
websites. So what can we do?<br />
If you are approaching retirement<br />
but your portfolio took a hit during<br />
the 2008 melt down and hasn’t<br />
come back to where it needs to be,<br />
consider working a few more years<br />
and building it back up. Actually 75%<br />
of baby boomers surveyed intend to<br />
do just that. Delay drawing<br />
your social security until<br />
you can get the maximum.<br />
This decision in some<br />
cases will almost double<br />
your pay out or add $1,000<br />
a month to your benefit.<br />
Work closely with your<br />
financial advisor to get no<br />
load and low fee plans.<br />
Avoid mutual funds with<br />
management fees. Make<br />
sure your investments<br />
are diversified,<br />
including domestic and<br />
international stocks<br />
along with bonds and<br />
commodities. My financial<br />
advisor suggests saving<br />
25% - 35% of my gross<br />
income. Maintaining a<br />
budget and cutting out<br />
luxuries is half the battle.<br />
Make sure you have that<br />
six-month emergency<br />
fund. This is very<br />
important so you don’t<br />
have to tap into your investments.<br />
If your investment savings are<br />
small don’t despair. Just $100,000 can<br />
provide you with $300 a month for life<br />
and that could be enough to keep the<br />
water and lights going. A maximum<br />
social security benefit could be more<br />
than $2,000, and last but not least<br />
the reverse mortgage. This financial<br />
tool is often overlooked but in recent<br />
years becoming a critical part of the<br />
retirement strategy. If you are over 62<br />
and your house is paid for you can<br />
receive a monthly check for life. A<br />
70-year-old in a $200,000 home would<br />
receive $750 a month, in a $300,000<br />
home it would be $1,200 a month.<br />
The combination of these sources of<br />
income could be the key elements<br />
in allowing you to age in place.<br />
For a free copy of NCOA’s<br />
Savvy Saving Seniors or Using<br />
Your Home to Stay at Home or<br />
To learn more about reverse<br />
mortgages call me, Bill Graves<br />
Toll Free at 866-936-4141.<br />
• Fabric<br />
• Notions<br />
• Patterns<br />
• Slip Covers<br />
• Local Artisans<br />
• Custom Window<br />
Treatments<br />
Go to our Website<br />
and check out all<br />
the summer classes!<br />
Mon, Tues, Wed & Sat<br />
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Thurs & Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
www.SewHappy.Biz<br />
Stop in an<br />
meet Linda Ball and<br />
Peggy Rennolds<br />
for all your sewing needs<br />
158 Prince Street Tappahannock, Va<br />
Ficklin Bryant Upholstery<br />
For Those Who Know The Difference<br />
FABRICS-FOAM-SUPPLIES<br />
VINYLS, SUNBRELLA<br />
Open Monday ~ Friday<br />
11975 Richmond<br />
Rd. Warsaw, Va.<br />
804-333-3343<br />
804-313-7303<br />
Call us for all your<br />
Insurance Needs<br />
✔ Life<br />
✔ Auto<br />
✔ Bonds<br />
✔ Health<br />
✔ Marine<br />
✔ Business<br />
✔ Homeowners<br />
✔ Workers Comp<br />
✔ Long Term Care<br />
Chair and a Half<br />
Belonging to Janice Payne of Hague<br />
Images As Unique As Your Special Day<br />
Wedding Packages starting at $800.00<br />
Also offering Family, Event, Candid<br />
Senior photos,Bridal, and Boudoir<br />
804.908.4516<br />
conniegrantphotos.blogspot.com<br />
B. H. Baird Insurance Agency Locations<br />
Warsaw 804-333-4013<br />
Burgess 804-453-4060<br />
Tidewater Auto Insurance Clinic<br />
Tappahannock 804-443-3800
30 July 2012<br />
Served up with Love in <strong>Style</strong>!<br />
By Melissa Haydon<br />
When was the last time<br />
you actually watched the<br />
night’s sky? Not just a short<br />
gaze but eyes wide open,<br />
fully taking it all in. What<br />
a great way to free your<br />
mind of all the things that<br />
have flooded in throughout<br />
the day. The hustle and<br />
bustle of all that life brings<br />
into our busy lives could<br />
be simply forgotten in a<br />
small moment of time. The<br />
month of July brings the long dog<br />
days of summer. The hot days lend to<br />
cooler nights with the sound of the<br />
frogs and the locusts serenading in<br />
the darkness. The twinkling stars are<br />
captivating and the stresses of your<br />
day seem small in comparison to the<br />
vast sky. It is simply breathtaking.<br />
July also brings the month of<br />
celebration for our nation as we<br />
celebrate July 4th. Whether your<br />
celebrations include picnics, beaches,<br />
Even though the<br />
weather still gives us<br />
a chill, it's finally time<br />
to uncover the grill.<br />
Grilled Pork<br />
1 cup oily Italian dressing<br />
2 tablespoon<br />
Worchestershire sauce<br />
1 teaspoon liquid smoke<br />
Port<br />
chops or pork loin steaks<br />
Mix liquid ingredients in quart-size ziplock bag;<br />
baseball games, fireworks<br />
or spending time on<br />
the river, it usually<br />
involves spending time<br />
with family. I couldn’t<br />
think of a better way<br />
to spend the day than<br />
with the ones you love.<br />
This dessert will<br />
wow your guests with<br />
very little effort.<br />
Patriotic Trifle<br />
1 Pound cake (a frozen<br />
pound cake works well)<br />
1 Pint of Strawberries<br />
1 Pint of Blueberries<br />
1 Large package of instant<br />
vanilla pudding prepared<br />
1 Container of whipped topping<br />
Prepare your favorite pound<br />
cake and allow to cool. Make the<br />
pudding according to directions<br />
on the package. Wash and slice<br />
your strawberries and wash the<br />
blueberries. Slice your pound cake<br />
and take a star cookie cutter and<br />
Cooking with <strong>Style</strong> by Betty B.<br />
The Wellness Place<br />
Mary H. Sudduth, LCSW<br />
Clinical Counseling& More!<br />
Visit our booth Now Offering:<br />
at Warsaw & ➤ Anger Management<br />
Tappahannock ➤ Grief & Loss Group<br />
Farmer's ➤ Mood Disorder Group<br />
Markets. See our selection ➤ Substance Abuse Groups<br />
of Produce & Plants Grown *Insurance & Court Ordered<br />
using Organic Methods!<br />
Referrals Accepted*<br />
For more information call 804-472-3706<br />
1549 Oldhams Road, Warsaw www.wellnessplace1.com<br />
cut out star shapes out of your cake<br />
and set aside. Assemble the trifle<br />
by placing some cubed pound cake<br />
at the bottom, top with a layer of<br />
vanilla pudding, top that layer with<br />
strawberries and blueberries and then<br />
whipped topping. The next layer place<br />
the star shaped pound cake on the<br />
outer edge of the trifle dish, fill in the<br />
middle of those with cubes of pound<br />
cake, layer with pudding, berries and<br />
whipped topping. Place the berries<br />
on top of the whipped topping.<br />
This side dish is a family favorite.<br />
Cucumber Salad<br />
6 Cups thinly sliced cucumbers<br />
shake to mix. Add port chops or<br />
loin steads and shake to cover with<br />
liquid. Squeeze air from bag as it is<br />
sealed. Let marinate unrefrigerated<br />
for 30 minutes. Grill over medium<br />
coals until done, turning once.<br />
Rum Balls<br />
2 cups of Vanilla Wafers, crushed<br />
1 cup of nuts, finely chopped<br />
1 cup 10X sugar<br />
2 tablespoons of white corn syrup<br />
one-fourth cup of rum<br />
22645 King's Hwy, Warsaw<br />
804-761-2412<br />
Open 7 days/week<br />
www.garnersproduce.com<br />
1 Cup chopped onion<br />
1 Large chopped green pepper<br />
2 Tablespoons salt<br />
1 Cup of apple cider vinegar<br />
2 Cups sugar<br />
1 Tablespoon celery seed<br />
Mix cucumbers, onion, green<br />
pepper, and salt. Cover with cold<br />
water and refrigerate overnight.<br />
Drain next morning; add the vinegar,<br />
sugar and celery seed. Cover and<br />
refrigerate until ready to serve. This<br />
mixture will make its own liquid.<br />
Served Up With Love was created<br />
in March of 2011. I share my love of<br />
cooking, writing, photography, and<br />
family on my blog. I share many<br />
easy recipes any cook can prepare.<br />
I don’t do a lot of fancy ingredients<br />
or get too complicated. Feeding<br />
your family should be easy. Please<br />
do stop by and visit for many more<br />
recipes to add to your collection, I<br />
would love to have you. Much love.<br />
www.servedupwithlove.com<br />
mhaydon@chesapeakestyle.com<br />
In medium mixing bowl,<br />
combine all wafers, nuts,<br />
rum and corn syrup. Mix<br />
together well, then form<br />
into small balls. Roll in 10 X<br />
sugar. Let stand in airtight<br />
container until flavors<br />
blend at least one week.<br />
Kitchen tested and<br />
photographed by Diana Wise.<br />
804 695-2999<br />
All Our Regular<br />
Flavors and More<br />
Open Tuesday<br />
Thru Sunday<br />
July’s Weekly Featured Flavors<br />
•July 3rd ~ Patriotic Peach<br />
•July 10th ~ Nutty Buddy<br />
•July 17th ~ Blueberry<br />
•July 24th Chocolate Malt<br />
•July 31st Blackberry Cobbler<br />
Hand Made in Gloucester, VA<br />
Corner of Short Lane and Rt. 17
July 2012 31<br />
Come to The Mooring and Enjoy!<br />
Monday - Your choice of One Large Pizza<br />
or Pasta Dish. Includes Bottle or Pitcher.<br />
Wednesday - Cookout Night! $2 BBQ slider with a side<br />
and other favorites on the grill!<br />
Thursday - Miss Nellie Night. A<br />
night of Great Comfort Food!<br />
Friday - Happy Friday 4 to 6<br />
Friday~Saturday - Regular Menu,<br />
Extra Delicious Specials!<br />
Sunday -Our famous Sunday Buffet<br />
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Special Raw<br />
Bar on Sundays at Market Price!<br />
Sunday night regular menu to 7 p.m.<br />
Live Entertainment every Friday and Saturday night!<br />
Check our Facebook Page for Details<br />
Hours: Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.<br />
Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Closed<br />
804-472-2044<br />
347 Allen Point Lane, Kinsale www.portkinsale.com<br />
Reedville Fishermen's Museum<br />
Boats for Sale~List is subject to change<br />
1971 20 foot Highlander Sailboat and<br />
1998 Venture Trailer. Asking $2700<br />
1982 22 foot Catalina sailboat with 8<br />
HP Honda 4 stroke O/B Asking $4,500<br />
1934 Hartge built Chesapeake 20’ Sail boat<br />
and trailer, glass over wood. Asking $4000.<br />
1990 21 foot Sunbird fiberglass<br />
O/B 200 HP Johnson, good<br />
condition. Asking $2700.<br />
1985 Bayliner 18 foot Capri 2.1 liter<br />
Volvo I/O with trailer. Asking $2000<br />
1971 Windjammer 17 foot<br />
fiberglass sailboat w/1997<br />
Venture trailer. Asking $1600<br />
Visit the Reedville Fishermen's Museum<br />
where history of Northern Neck<br />
Watermen comes alive<br />
Walk our dock, inspect our boats, visit our museum galleries<br />
Take home memories of your trip from our gift shop<br />
Visit the 1875 Walker House and learn how<br />
Reedville's early residents lived<br />
For a complete listing of our activities and events<br />
go to www.rfmuseum.org<br />
504 Main Street, Reedville, Virginia<br />
804-453-6529<br />
Coleman RAMX 15 fiberglass<br />
canoe with two wooden<br />
paddles. Asking $350.<br />
1985 Mistral Equipe Windsurfer.<br />
Asking $300 Not Shown<br />
WE ARE SEEKING DONATIONS<br />
Contact Committee Chairman Clif Ames<br />
RFM 804-453-6529<br />
If you have a boat with clear title that you wish to donate to<br />
the museum please contact Clif Ames at 804-453-3506<br />
www.rfmuseum.org
Oops! Forgot to Cancel Orders! Shipments Coming In! Sale Prevails!<br />
Made in America<br />
838 Northumberland Hwy., Callao, Va 22435<br />
804-529-7770<br />
Hours: Monday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Saturday • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
www.RivahInteriors.com