Thursday, October 14, 2004 • Kilmarnock, Virginia • Eighty-eighth Year • Number 2 • Three Sections • 50¢

by Robb HoffKILMARNOCK—The antic-

ipated construction of a CVS Corporation retail store at the corner of North Main Street and James B. Jones Memorial High-way sparked debate among town council members over architec-tural standards last Thursday.

Mayor Mike Robertson urged consideration of an ordinance to establish architectural standards that might be more compatible with an overall community design concept rather than the packaged look of corporate entities who open businesses in town.

“We should have some strength in our community to advise and say this is what we want,” said Robertson.

Councilman Fletcher Brown also voiced support for town standards to preserve more of a “hometown” look than the

by Reid Pierce ArmstrongHEATHSVILLE—Northumberland

County celebrated the remarkable life of Ruth Richardson Thursday, October 7, — the day of her 107th birthday — in a large outdoor celebration on the courts building lawn.

Family members, elected offi cials and fellow veterans cheered Richardson for sur-viving to be the oldest living female veteran in the U.S.

Speakers showered her with awards, plaques, fl owers, poems, photographs, stuffed animals, songs and letters of com-mendation for her service in the Navy during World War I.

Richardson’s life has straddled three cen-turies. In that time, she has seen confound-ing revolutions in technology and culture that seem impossible for only one lifetime.

She was born to George and Ida Fisher in 1897, some 30 years before the Downing Bridge was built, connecting the Northern Neck to the world. She lived on Lodge Neck Creek near Callao, a waterway, claims Dis-trict 1 supervisor Joseph Self, known for creating longevity in its residents. Several of Richardson’s neighbors were also centenar-ians.

After graduating from Ivy Thicket School and Callao High School, Richardson and one of her best friends boarded a steamboat in Blundon and headed to Washington, D.C., to seek employment.

KILMARNOCK—Pipers , Celtic bands, Scottish dancers, cloggers, border collies and plenty of food will be the order of the day as Kilmarnock’s 15th annual Scottish Day Festival takes place at Lancaster Middle School on School Street.

by Robb HoffWHITE STONE—By consen-

sus, the White Stone Town Council last Thursday agreed to re-advertise for bids seeking a feasibility study on extending the town limits through boundary line adjustments in four direc-tions from town limits.

Among bidders responding to the fi rst advertisement, town manager Sherri Jewel said only F.W. Poore & Associates Inc. of Richmond had a track record for boundary line adjustment stud-ies rather than general survey-ing.

Mayor Lloyd B. Hubbard encouraged council to pursue more bids from companies with more specialized services than general surveyors.

“Not that those people are incapable, but it’s hard to com-pare apples with apples until you have a pair,” said Hubbard.

Council authorized Jewell to advertise in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Daily Press and The Washington Post.

Callao native Ruth Richardson turned 107 last week. In a celebration at the courts building, she was honored by national, state and county offi cials, friends and family members.

The Kilmarnock Museum will host experts from the Nanse-mond Chapter of the Archaeo-logical Society of Virginia. They will identify fossils, ceramics and other objects free of charge.

A new car and boat show in conjunction with Scottish Fest will be held at the new town center lot on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sponsored by the Kilmarnock Chamber of Commerce, admis-sion to the Scottish Fest is free and parking is free. The family oriented event is alcohol free.

Scottish Day Festival is Saturday in KilmarnockThe entertainment will get

under way at 10 a.m. with a performance by the Lancaster Middle School Band. That will be followed by the Doonway Singers Celtic Band, a border collie demonstration, the Rich-mond Highlanders Scottish danc-ers, Kilmarnock and District Pipe Band, Kountry Kickers Clog-gers, Steve Keith, the Lancaster High School Red Devil Band, the St. Andrews Legion Pipers and Drums, a border collie demon-stration and the Kountry Kick-ers.

At approximately 4 p.m. com-bined bands will perform, featur-ing both pipe bands.

More than 50 vendors of arts and crafts, civic displays, child-rens games, horseback and pony rides and other exhibits will be open.

The menu includes Scottish shortbread, buffalo burgers, shrimp-in-a-basket, corn dogs, veggie hot dogs, chicken salad wraps, Italian sausage, hot dogs, hamburgers, funnel cakes, fudge, gourmet coffees, cappuccinos and lattés.

Ruth Richardson, nation’soldest living female veteran,celebrates her 107th birthday

Council work session sparksarchitectural review debate

patterned design of “corporate U.S.A.” businesses like CVS, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Home Depot, Lowe’s or Wal-Mart.

Brown suggested the town con-sider a six-month moratorium on large commercial retail develop-ment until architectural standards can be set.

However, town manager Lee Hood Capps advised council that a context for establishing archi-tectural standards would fi rst have to be created through the town’s comprehensive plan. He said council could set recommen-dations for building designs and color selections but not require them like a mandatory building site review.

Town attorney P. Christian Stamm Jr. said the businesses could proffer architectural com-ponents for council review.

Capps said the town planning

commission can address archi-tectural standards as part of its review for updating the town code. He said the update should be ready for council consider-ation in March or April and may include suggested ordinances for planned unit developments, a cen-tral business zoning district and a downtown zoning district.

“Let’s get it done for the bene-fi t of our community,” Robertson said of the code update process.Road priorities

The council members were gathered Thursday for a work session on other matters, includ-ing town road projects for inclu-sion in the Virginia Department of Transportation six-year pri-mary road system program.

The projects include a $700,000 right-turn lane project from North Main Street to School

White Stone reissues bid requestfor boundary line adjustment study

Bay Act complianceJewell said the town has been

notifi ed that the town’s non-com-pliance with revised Chesapeake Bay Act regulations has been for-warded to the state attorney gen-eral’s offi ce.

“They want us to be in full compliance by December 31,” said Jewell.

The non-compliance centers around construction with the 100-foot Chesapeake Bay resource protection area, the public hearing process for con-struction proposed within the RPA, and mandatory pump outs of septic tanks every fi ve years unless effl uent fi lters are used.

By consensus, council opted to follow the lead of the Lancaster board of supervisors, which voted last month to await review of the same non-compliance issues by the attorney general’s offi ce.Main Street project

Jewell said the town has received formal notifi cation of its $125,000 award by the Vir-ginia Commonwealth Transpor-

tation Board for Phase 2 of the town’s $1.1-million Main Street project. She said she would work with the town’s engineering con-sultant fi rm, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., to prepare a new grant application for more fund-ing by the November 1 deadline.

Additionally, Jewell reported that Main Street funds can be applied toward the town signs to be considered by council once the White Stone Business Asso-ciation fi nalizes designs.

In another matter, council approved paying $240 per month for weekly removal of trash from town’s receptacles.Town offi ce relocation

Jewell also reported to council on renovation plans for the future town offi ce site at 453 Rappah-annock Drive. She said two com-panies have expressed interest in the renovation work, with a pref-erence to start with the interior.

The town has until March to relocate due to the planned demo-lition of the current town offi ce

by Reid Pierce ArmstrongYANKEE POINT—Wind

played its heavy hand on the Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta last weekend.

Saturday, pea soup fog and “no air” left anxious racers drift-ing backward across the fi nish line, unable to even start the race. For the fi rst time in the regatta’s 14-year history the race was cancelled before it even began.

Sunday, clear skies brought in northerly winds blowing 10-12 knots with gusts up to 15 knots, creating conditions for a fast and wild pursuit race that was marked by several harrowing, near-miss crashes and two cap-sizings.

Sailors were anxious to race Sunday, and more than 100 boats were out on the water by 10:30 a.m. warming up, prac-ticing their moves and checking out the competition. The Turkey Shoot Regatta features an exqui-site range of boats. Being the largest regatta on the Chesa-peake, the Turkey Shoot draws both serious and amateur con-

Sunrise wins Turkey Shoot Claud W. Somers capsizes at fi nish

testants, sailing everything from the top-of-the-line J-24 racer to a handmade Vietnamese-style boat.

Seasoned spectators gossiped about this boat and that for the hour before the race started, commenting on one new captain who had just bought a new boat and didn’t realize how fast it could be and another who had tightened his sails too much for the strong winds.

The race took place on a triangular course just west of the Rappahannock River bridge. Boats started from the mouth of the Corrotoman River and headed downwind to the far shore at the mouth of Carters Creek. From there they paral-leled the bridge to the second mark in the center of the Rap-pahannock River. They rounded the second mark for the last leg home, on a windward tack.

As the boats rounded the second mark, things began to get dicey. Although the boats were all released on a staggered start, with the fastest boat starting a full half-hour after the slowest

boat, by the second mark there was little space separating the scores of boats on the water.

The smallest mistake sent boats spinning 180 degrees back into the onslaught of racers. Turning too sharply or not quickly enough brought several boats within a hair’s reach of a nasty accident. As a spectator, it was gripping to watch one boat completely stall in the wind rightat the mark, forcing other sailors to change direction on a dime to avoid a collision.

It was just after the second mark that the Puffi n, a 16-foot catboat, capsized. Jim Charbe-neau helped rescue the captain while a Coast Guard Auxiliary boat patrolled the area. As this was occuring, two boats were racing for the fi nish: the Virginia W, a skipjack out of Kinsale, andthe Sunrise, captained by James Covington Jr.

Tacking to port and then star-board, the two boats of opposing stature plodded nose to nose toward the fi nish line – roughly a 100-yard stretch between the

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Captain and crew cling to the Claud W. Somers as help responds. The skipjack capsized duringthe Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta last Sunday on the Rappahannock River.

The Sunrise and the Virginia W. race for the fi nish line. More than 100 boats competed in the14th annual Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta.

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Oc to ber14 Thurs dayThe Rotary Breakfast Club meets at 7:30 a.m. at Rappa han-nock Westmin ster-Canter bury.Bingo is played at the Ameri can Legion Post 86 on Waverly Av enue in Kil marnock at 7 p.m.Laurie Keith and Jack Bagby play Louisiana jazz, blues and folk music at Piper’s Pub in Kil-marnock from 7 to 9 p.m. Din ner reservations recom mended. Call 435-7178.Pete Atkinson plays acoustic favorites at Cafe Mojo in Ur banna from 8 to 11 p.m. For reservations, call 758-4141.Stepping Stones Square Dance Club classes will be held at the Freeshade Co munity Center in Syringa. A beginning rounds class be gins at 6:30 p.m., basic squares at 7:30 p.m. and advanced rounds at 9 p.m.The Board of Supervisors for Northumberland County will meet at 2 p.m. at the courthouse in Heathsville. Public hearings begin at 7 p.m.The Irvington Town Coun cil will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the town offi ce.The Interfaith Service Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Wicomico Episcopal Church in Wicomico Church.The Upper Lancaster Ruri tan Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Ruritan Center in Lively.“The Tempest” by Shake speare will be performed at noon by the Encore! The ater Company at the am phitheater at Rappahan nock Community College in Glenns. 758-6700.Former Rappahanock Record Editor John Wil son speaks at Books and Conversation at Rappa-hannock Westminster-Can terbury near Irvington. So cial time begins at 10:30 a.m. and the discussion begins at 11 a.m.American Legion Post 117 will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the post home in Reedville.

‘Mornings at Seven’ to be staged Oct. 27-Nov. 3 A cast of nine is rehearsing for the Lancaster Players’ fall production of “Mornings at Seven,” by Paul Osborn. The old-fashioned comedy of midwestern manners is directed by John Baumhardt. The cast includes (from left) Tess Dumais as Arry, Bruce Lawyer as Thor, Rose Marie Smallwood as Cora, Susan Robertson as Myrtle, Matt Conlon as Homer, Don McClean as Carl, Laurie White as Ida, Donna Smith as Esther and Victor Clough as David. Dinner theater dates at The Playhouse in White Stone are October 28, 29, 30, and November 4, 5 and 6 at $27 a ticket. FEST Produc-tions will cater the dinner. Non-dinner performances include an October 31 matinee ($15), November 3 ($15) and a preview show October 27 ($5). For reservations, call 435-3776.

14 Thurs dayArchaeologist David Haz zard will demonstrate an archeaolog-ical dig on the grounds of the Richmond County courthouse in War saw. The dig site will be open throughout the day.The Richmond County Li brary in Warsaw will cele brate the 270th birthday of Francis Lightfoot Lee.The Rappahannock Gar den Club meets at 12:30 p.m. at White Stone United Methodist Church. Master Gardener Su san Tipton of Reedville will speak on shoreline conserva tion.The RFM Modelers meet at 10 a.m. at Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. 453-6529.

15 FridayNarcotics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. at Charter house in Kilmar-nock. 580-4400.Bingo is played at the Up per Lan-caster Ruritan Cen ter in Lively at 7:30 p.m.Dave Long is featured on the piano from 6 to 9 p.m. at Bam bery’s Restaurant in Heaths-ville. For dinner reserva tions, call 580-8181.

16 Satur dayBill and Pam Gurley are featured at Piper’s Pub in Kilmarnock. The show starts at 8 p.m. Dinner reservations rec ommended. Call 435-7178.A Bluegrass Show to ben efi t the Gwynn’s Island Mu seum be gins at 7:30 p.m. at the Gwynn’s Island Civic League building on Route 223 in Gwynn’s Island. Do nations are accepted. The Dragon Run Bluegrass Band and The Old Time Jammers are featured. 725-3495.Line Danc ing will be held by the Stepping Stones Square Dance Club from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Freeshade Community Center in Sy ringa. Squares, lines and rounds follow at 8 p.m. $2.50. 725-5093.The Northern Neck Family YMCA Coffeehouse, a musical diversion featuring local talent, will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at Willa-by’s in White Stone. Coffee, spirits and desserts will be served. Tick-ets are $30 per person. 435-0578.

16 Satur dayA Fall Festival will be held at Allison’s Ace Hardware and the Northumberland County Woman’s Club in Lottsburg.The Annual Scottish Day Festi-val, sponsored by the Kil marnock Chamber of Commerce, will be held at Lancaster Middle School in Kilmarnock. Activities begin at 10 a.m. 435-1779.The Annual Middlesex Art Guild Gala Fund-raiser will be held at Lansdowne in Urbanna. “The Oyster Ball” is the theme of the evening. There will be entertain-ment, dancing, food and plenty of merriment.

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16 Satur dayThe Heathsville Farmers’ Mar ket will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at Rice’s Ho tel/Hughlett’s Tavern in Heathsville.The Northern Neck Anglers Club will hold its “Fall Striper Challenge.” In gram Bay Marina hosts the tour-nament. Call 580-4204 to register.A Yard Sale hosted by Boy Scout Troop 235 begins at 8 a.m. at the Kilmarnock Antique Gallery. Pro-ceeds will support a troop trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.

17 SundayThe Widowed Persons Ser vice for Lancaster and Northumberland counties holds its lunch brunch at the Crazy Crab in Reedville im mediately fol low ing church ser-vices.The Lancaster High School Band will host the ACCA Temple Shrine Band of Richmond at the Lancaster Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 2 p.m. The LHS Symphonic Band will share the stage with the Shrine Band. Admission is by donation. Proceeds benefi t the LHS Band trip to London.

18 MondayThe Historyland Commu nity Workshop meets at the Lan caster Woman’s Club clubhouse from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Brown bag lunch. Visitors welcome.The Rappahannock Toast masters will meet at 7 p.m. at Rappahannock West minster-Canterbury. 435-7585.Flotilla 3-10 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Callao fi re house. 472-4387 or 472-4521.The Kilmarnock Town Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the town offi ce at 514 North Main Street.The Historical Society for Lan-caster County will meet at 7 p.m. at the G.C. Dawson administrative offi ce in Kilmarnock. 435-6232.The Northumberland Homemak-ers will meet at 11 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Heathsville. 580-8613.The Reedvile Fishermen’s Mu seum Fall Lecture Series con-tinues at 7 p.m. Katherine Mans-fi eld of VIMS is the speaker. $5. 453-65629.Dr. Maurice Duke is the speaker for a joint session of the Richard Henry Lee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Cobbs Hall Chapter of the Daugh-ters of the American Revolution and the Lettice Lee Chapter of Colonial Dames, XVII Century. A social period begins at 11:30 a.m. and lunch follows at noon.

19 TuesdayNarcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. at Charter house in Kilmar-nock.“Surfi n’ the Net,” a com puter workshop with Richard Emory for middle and high school stu dents, is from 3 to 5 p.m. at Northumber-land Public Li brary in Heathsville. 580-5051.The Kilmarnock & District Pipe Band rehearses at 7:15 p.m. at Campbell Memorial Presby terian Church in Weems. 462-7125.A Bridge Discussion Group meets at 9:30 a.m. at the Woman’s Club of Lancaster. $3. 462-0742.Duplicate Bridge will be played at 1 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of Lan caster. ACBL-sanc tioned game. Membership not neces sary. 462-0742.

Adams Post 86 of the American Legion and the legion auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. at the post home on Waverly Avenue in Kilmarnock. 435-1588.The Economic Development Commission for Northumberland County meets at 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse in Heathsville.A Fashion Show and Luncheon will be held by the Woman’s Club of White Stone at 11:30 a.m. at Rose’s Crab House in Kilmarnock. $17.50 per person. Bridge and mahjong will follow. For reserva-tions, call 435-7589.

20 Wednes dayThe Kiwanis Club meets at 7:30 a.m. at St. Andrews Pres byte rian Church in Kil marnock.The Rotary Club for Kil marnock, Irvington and White Stone meets at 12:30 p.m. at Rappa han nock Westminster-Canter bury.The Northern Neck Bay Tones meets at 3 p.m. at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Kil-marnock. 438-5127.Piper’s Pub in Kilmarnock hosts an acoustic jam ses sion open to all musicians, beginning at 7 p.m. For dinner reserva tions, call 435-7178.A Grief Support Group meets at 4 p.m. at the White Stone United Methodist Church. 435-7585.A Sandwich Bridge will be played at noon at the Woman’s Club of Lancaster. $5. For reser vations, call 462-0742.The Northern Neck Chapter of the American An tiques Art As sociation meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Northumberland Public Library in Heathsville.A Parkinson’s Support Group meets at 2 p.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury near Irving-ton.‘The Houses of Robert Carter’ will be presented by Robert James Teagle to the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society. The lun-cheon meeting begins at 11 a.m. at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club near Kilmarnock. 224-0163.The Uptown Quilt Guild meets at 10 a.m. at Warsaw Baptist Church on Main Street in Warsaw. 529-7755.

21 ThursdayThe Rotary Breakfast Club meets at 7:30 a.m. at Rappa han nock Westmin ster-Canter bury.Bingo is played at the Ameri can Legion Post 86 on Waverly Av enue in Kil marnock at 7 p.m.Laurie Keith and Jack Bagby play Louisiana jazz, blues and folk music at Piper’s Pub in Kil-marnock from 7 to 9 p.m. Din ner reservations recom mended. Call 435-7178.Pete Atkinson plays ac oustic favorites at Cafe Mojo in Ur banna from 8 to 11 p.m. For reservations, call 758-4141.The RFM Modelers meet at 10 a.m. at Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. 453-6529.The RFM Photo Group meets at 4 p.m. at Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. 453-6529.The Planning Commission for Lancaster County will meet at 7 p.m. at the courthouse in Lan-caster.The Rappatomac Writers will meet at 1 p.m. at the Driftwood Restaurant in Coles Point. The Breast Cancer Support Group will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Warsaw Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. 333-0005, 580-7039 or 462-7517.Dupli cate Bridge will be played at 1 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of White Stone. Men, women and newcomers are in vited. No reser-vations are needed. 435-2755.Barbara Shine will review The Woman who Walked into Doors for Books Alive at the Northumberlnad Public Library.The Northern Neck/Middle Pen-insula Chapter of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society meets at noon at the Pilot House Restauant in Topping.

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Factfrom Bob’s Almanac

Letters to the Editor

Four months ago one evening as I was driving along the highway, I suddenly observed a pickup truck in the lane next to me veering

over towards my right front fender. I laid on the horn, but to no avail. The truck impacted me with such force that it drove me off the road, into the median, and up the embankment. There was no chance that I should hit on-coming traffi c, as the other lanes were about eight feet higher, and pro-tected by heavy guard rails.

At fi rst I thought I was going to overturn, but then to my surprise, I had a second accident as the driver plowed into me again. It took me about 200 feet to bring the car to a halt, all in the median, thus I had two collisions in about three seconds. Once stopped, realizing that the struggle was ended, I felt a great sense of relief, then I recognized that I had the worst headache of my life, a pain in my back and in my shoulder. A few moments later I was in an ambulance headed for the emergency room, where I was examined, x-rayed, and fi ve hours later, released.

My headache soon passed, and in about a week so did the back pain, which probably was a form of whiplash. This column is not about my acci-dent, but without telling of the incident I could not address the topic of taking physical therapy which I have been taking for my shoulder. When the pain persisted, I went to an orthopedic surgeon, who gave me a routine for exercises, saying that if they did not help, I should require physical therapy.

The pain did not go away, and one day when I thought I should have to leave my hand on the shelf in the supermarket as I had reached for a dozen eggs, I knew the time had come. Now I am taking the regime which the doctor prescribed with a professional physical therapist whose name is Ian. Over the 20-plus years of “Excerpts” I have written countless subtleties about matters of health,

most often about my somewhat innovative meth-ods of dieting; however, today I write full of sincer-ity to describe how much I have learned from Ian and, despite the strains and stresses of our visits, how much he has helped me.

Our sessions begin with his questions about what I have done since the last one, followed by his test-ing to see the relative strength compared to that of the previous week. We are working to defi ne whether the rotor cuff is torn or if the muscles, liga-ments and tendons merely are bruised. After our fi rst meeting, Ian gave me a print-out of a set of exercises for home practice. In that regard I have tried to follow them, but there have been days when they hurt too much. Ian said it was good that I stopped as we are trying to fi nd the limits.

After our work-outs, one of Ian’s technicians sets me up with ice on the shoulder, followed by a fi f-teen-minute electric charge. As I write this item, I am bounded with optimism for as I was leaving another technician commented that Ian said I was improving, thereby confi rming what I hoped were not unfounded sensations on my own part. I must admit that after an hour session, I feel like going home to bed to recover, but I persist in forging ahead. Happily, it seems to be working.

These days I am resolved to continue to try to be a good patient. I even look forward to the exercise interludes during the day, my favorite of which is reaching as high as I can against a wall. Sometimes when outside, I try it against a tree or exterior wall, which I am sure causes some observers to wonder, but I rejoice in my regained mobility to such an extent that I do not see the need to explain, and chuckle to myself knowing that I know what I am doing, even if they do not.

Who can predict? I might even start shooting hoops with the Elder B.E., but that might be expect-ing miracles of Ian.

A Problem for Local Ag-Part 2This fall, Perdue was paying

corn at approximately $1.90 a bushel, which is much more than the rate in 1950 of $1.60 a bushel.

Most farmers know it costs about $2 a bushel to even grow the crop. But, Perdue bases its price on the Chicago Board of Trade, so it does not seem to skirt the law in antitrust measures.

However, if a farmer doesn’t take the price that Perdue is offer-ing, they simply won’t sell their product.

And talk about industrializa-tion. Each year Perdue purchases approximately 200 million bush-els of corn, soybeans, wheat, milo and barley. That’s enough to fi ll a train of railroad cars 560 miles long, a distance from Richmond to Boston on I-95. This grain feeds the 50 million pounds of chicken and turkey products that Perdue processes every week.

So, just short of $2 a bushel and spending the night in line at the granary is the reward for a job well done. The average grain farmer has well over a half mil-lion dollars in combines, tractors, grain trucks and silos.

Some worry that the fi nal stage of the industrialization of agri-culture will mean that publicly traded corporations will buy out the family farm. Not true. Corpo-rations are better off putting their money elsewhere and letting the “little guy” work hard and get such a relatively paltry return on his labor and equity.

It seems all this investment is for naught, for as one local farmer said to me just last week, “We’re

Delegate’s Reportby Del Albert C. Pollard Jr.

growing something that nobody wants.”

The same farmer had just installed an extra 15,000 bushel storage tank on his farm to handle this year’s bumper crop. As he put it, “I didn’t want to spend the money, I had to. In June, I knew the same thing Perdue did – that there would be a bumper crop and it would have to be put somewhere.”

Perdue was more optimistic when on September 7, 2002, it announced it would take over Southern States’ mid-Atlantic grain operations. Under this long-term lease agreement, Perdue took over operation of 13 South-

ern States grain facilities and hired 62 of their employees. At the time, Perdue said the move would mean, “We can pro-vide mid-Atlantic farmers with even more marketing options – both domestic and international – while maintaining the local grain origination that is so very impor-tant to the region’s poultry indus-try.”

Of course, to be fair, Perdue is just trying to compete with qual-ity and price in the global market-place. Because, if they don’t hold down the price of feed, Tyson’s will.

And you and I will buy what is cheapest on the shelf.

(A reprint from the October 14, 1904, issue of the Virginia Citi-zen.) Weems Line Sold

Monday in Baltimore was con-summated a deal involving about $1,500,000, which creates a com-bination of important rail and water transportation lines. This is the purchase of the Weems Steam-boat Company and the Chester River Steamboat Company, and the consolidation of these proper-ties with the Queen Anne’s Rail-road Company.

The properties acquired repre-sent a number of transportation lines operating between Balti-more and various points on rivers entering the bay from both the eastern and western shores of Maryland and Virginia, as well as a railroad spanning the Mary-land-Delaware peninsula.

The purchase of the Weems property was for $1,000,000 in cash. The stock of the Company is owned by Mrs. Henry Williams and Mrs. Matilda S. Forbes, each of whom was a Miss Weems. The negotiations for this prop-erty were conducted through Mr. Henry Williams, president of the Company.

(Transcribed by volunteers of the Genealogy and Research Center of the Mary Ball Wash-ington Museum and Library.)

Yesteryearin Lancaster

Letters to the Editor

To The Editor:I appreciated David Davies’

article that exposed the realities of Bush’s disastrous economic policies. It is extremely impor-tant that voters understand the risks posed by the Bush Admin-istration’s policies and I thank Dr. Davies for his thoughts and expertise in theses vital issues that impact not just us, but future generations.

Donna ThompsonWhite Stone

Thank youDr. Davies

To The Editor: Strong leaders take responsi-

bility for their actions. President Bush, in contrast, blames every-body except himself.

Whatever happened to a true Republican and fi scal responsi-bility?

Do we want another four years of chaos and ideology?

If you care at all about our coun-try, please visit www.americanpro gress and check the facts before you go to vote.

Gillian Bigg Kilmarnock

Do your homework

To The Editor: This election is too critical to

vote for “Anybody but Bush.” There are only two choices...Kerry or Bush.

Twenty months ago, George Bush stated,”Free people will set the course of history.” And “The direction for this nation doesn’t depend on the decisions of others.”

He remains constant and com-mitted to those views. Kerry seems to sway with the wind, seeking to please those who oppose Bush’s foreign policy decisions.

As president, Bush watched as the World Trade Center towers came crumbling down...horren-

Vote for manof characterand conviction

dous acts of terror, with greater loss of life than Pearl Harbor. If any of us had been president, wouldn’t we have fought with unswerving tenacity to fi nd ter-rorists and destroy them, wher-ever they might be?

Some say Iraq shouldn’t have been invaded. Come on...Bush spent 14 months gaining the UN’s support (15-0 vote) to have Iraq face the consequences of non-compliance with UN sanctions for 12 years.

Is there any doubt that Saddam would have supported anyone who would attack the U.S., by whatever means?

Kerry would have waited until the Germans, French and Rus-sians agreed before taking action. We’d never get off the dime at that rate, since it has been shown that all three of those countries were involved in supporting Iraq in various ways after the Gulf War, and contrary to the UN sanctions. And the UN itself was an active player in the corruption taking place in Iraq.

America should take great pride in the fact that because of actions taken by the U.S. and its allies, the course of history is changing, and two countries are now free and headed toward democratic forms of govern-ment. The Taliban is almost fi n-ished; Saddam is in jail; 25 million people have been freed from tyranny; and terrorism is on the run worldwide.

How could anyone possibly think Kerry would have accom-plished as much in so short a time had he been president.

Our votes will go to a man of character and conviction... George W. Bush.

Ward and Judy LeHardyKilmarnock

To The Editor:Enough! There have been

numerous letters in the Record extolling the virtues of John Kerry, but few have their facts straight.

Michael Morchower, a brilliant attorney and friend, would have us believe that John Kerry’s protest against the Vietnam War helped bring it to an end while exactly the opposite is true. John Kerry and Jane Fonda’s visits to Viet-nam and their opposition to the war caused much additional pain, suffering and torture to POWs in the Hanoi Hilton, some of whom were personal friends of my hus-band. Kerry started his protests in 1971 and the last American left Vietnam in 1976. If Kerry helped the war end, he took longer than the four-year term for which he’s campaigning. Kerry’s picture hangs in a Hanoi Museum in grat-itude for his aid to the Viet Cong.

Luci York brought up My Lai, an isolated tragedy, and defends

Stick to the facts Kerry against the charge of trea-son because he was no longer in the Navy in 1971. Kerry most cer-tainly was in the Navy (Reserves) and was in violation of the Uni-form Code of Military Justice by consorting with, giving aid and comfort to, and supporting the enemy in a time of war, though never charged, tried and con-victed.

Some think the reason Kerry won’t release his military records is because of the “questionable” purple hearts. That is not the reason. John Kerry did not receive an Honorable Discharge from the Navy until 2001 when it was awarded to him by then President Clinton when he was passing out pardons like party favors. Kerry won’t release his military record because then anyone and every-one would know that his general discharge was changed to an hon-orable discharge only recently. They could also read about all the appeals he made to obtain the honorable discharge.

York further used the liberal mantra that “43 million people lost their health insurance last year.” Wrong! I wonder if Ms. York has any idea how the insurance fi g-ures are calculated. The facts are that 20 million of those 43 mil-lion chose not to be insured. They are the extremely wealthy and a large segment of the population between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four who are healthy. The latter group prefers to spend their discretionary income on vacation-ing and entertainment rather than health insurance because they feel they don’t need it. Eight million of the 43 million people changed jobs last year. If a person’s insur-ance lapses for any reason, even though it’s been reinstated, he/she is counted among the uninsured even though the loss may be a blip in time. That leaves about two million people in the United States who are not insured.

As taxpayers, we could pur-chase each of them a policy and it would cost less than the insur-ance plan Kerry is proposing. I have never heard one person say “I have a plan” more than Kerry without revealing what “the plan” is.

The entire time Clinton was in offi ce, the poverty rate exceeded 12.5 percent, for which York blames President Bush. The rate went down when Bush took offi ce,

but went up again after 9-11. It still has not exceeded the pov-

erty level under Clinton.Osama and Saddam— the bug-

aboos of terrorism—could have been eliminated under Clinton, but he was too “busy” in the Oval Offi ce or too cowardly to do any-thing about them. President Bush is not afraid to go after those who threaten our freedom and our way of life.

John Kerry is a multimillion-aire (“by marriage”) and Edwards is too. They care about only one thing—winning the election. They don’t give a hoot about the common man.

And just in case you think jobs will improve under Kerry, Heinz is one of the largest American outsourcers of factory work per-formed abroad.

Don’t be broadsided by Ker-ry’s ability to debate. It’s not an attribute that makes a good presi-dent much less a commander-in-chief. Aw, shucks, folks, let’s just stick to the facts And that’s “hard work.”

Rebecca Tebbs NunnRaleigh, N.C.

To The Editor:It is not easy to discuss our

current dilemma without resort-ing to literary allusion.

Has “1984” arrived 20 years late?

Political spin has replaced objective analysis. Science is not to be trusted. Reason is trumped by faith. Any semblance of middle ground has been lost. Patriotism is reduced to ideol-ogy. Pre-emptive war supplants diplomacy, “Collateral damage” has become a synonym for civil-ian casualties.

The president’s lawyer con-cluded that the Geneva Conven-tion does not apply to current prisoners of war. Should we be surprised that barbaric prisoner abuse has occurred? Is it just a coincidence that enlisted sol-diers came to the same conclu-sion as the president’s lawyer.

Nothing about being “born again” authorizes the convert to take liberties with the truth and avoid accountability. Confession and contribution are prerequi-sites of absolution in any faith. If one seeks public acclaim for his faith, his confession and con-trition should be made publicly as well.

Bob LoweWeems

‘1984’ arrives 20 years late

To The Editor:President Bush wants us to

believe he is a strong leader; how-ever, his actions belie his oft-repeated words.

• President Bush is in denial. When questioned by a private citi-zen at the town meeting debate on October 8, he would not admit to any mistakes he has made while in offi ce.

• After the attacks on Septem-ber 11, the world was anxious to be involved in our search to get the terrorists. However, the Presi-dent approached prospective allies with “my way or the highway” and now is surprised that most chose the highway.

• National Guard personnel and reservists are serving in Iraq for two or three tours of duty with no end in sight.

• Sound bites do not explain the president’s position on major issues, but rather emphasize his full understanding of the issues.

John Kerry represents a change, which will benefi t all of America.

Howard R. BlankWhite Stone

America willbenefi t from change

by Robert Mason Jr.I heard legendary jazz trum-

peter Miles Davis once.When the house lights went

down, I heard him shuffl e across the stage towards the spotlight. Just shy of the beam, he stopped, put his trumpet to his lips and started playing.

I don’t recall seeing his face. The entire auditorium was dark, except the solitary spot focused on his horn. The star burst refl ecting from the brass partially illuminated his fi gure. The burst fl ashed rhyth-mically along the perimeter of the spot, like fi reworks.

I saw Miles Davis through his music. The notes glowed with no orchestra, no back up band, just the man and his music. The music was the man.

That impression returned as I read about the penny whistle lessons forming at Piper’s Pub in Kilmarnock. I could be the next Miles Davis...not.

Nothing short of a miracle is going to put me on a stage with a musical instrument in hand.

About the only thing I’ve got in common with Miles Davis came by revelation.

My teacher, the musically-gifted Alice Hershiser, said that with folk music, like jazz, the melody should never be played the same way twice. I’ve taken that to heart. If inconsistency is an art form, I’m a master.

While the rest of the class is learning some basic Celtic tunes, I’m plugging along a note at a time.

Alice said the three most common ways to learn the penny whistle are by reading the music, by ear and by watching the fi nger work of others.

My song is most common.I do fi ne as long as I can

see her fi ngers and she plays in slow motion. Otherwise, its like shutting the lights off and being left in the dark.

The noise coming from my whistle was so disturbing that I asked Alice to check it out. The whistle played well for her. So it must be me.

The only saving grace is that Alice says I can repeat the four-week beginner series as often as I like.

Miles Davis can rest in peace.

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The war’s other costs are down the road and will affect us in ways that may dwarf the price we’vepaid already in terms of blood and treasure. One of these is the diminished position of the United States ofAmerica among other nations. Our prestige, our influence on international events, and our standing amongpeers in Europe and Asia is less now than a few years ago, and it will diminish even further if this president isreelected.U.S. Out of Step before 9/11

Even before September 11, 2001, the Bush Administration was outside the international main streamwhen it repudiated the Kyoto protocol on climate change and declined to sign on to the International CriminalCourt. The President did the former to satisfy his industrialist support base and the latter because of a mis-guided belief that the court would submit our troops abroad to the whims of foreign prosecutors. Theadministration’s renunciation of the 1972 ABM Treaty just increased our alienation.9/11 Changed All That

After the terrible morning of 9/11, the world forgot those peccadilloes. It shoved aside old slights andpast enmity, and gave the U.S. its complete sympathy. One poignant expression of empathy was the Frenchnewspaper headline that proclaimed words to the effect that “today everyone is an American”. All nationsfocused on the U.S., and we became by their acclimation, not our declaration, the leader of the free world. Thiswas the legacy of Al Qaeda’s attack on the U.S.Initial Success in Afghanistan and the Diversion of Effort

The world supported us when we invaded Afghanistan and cheered when we achieved limited objec-tives there. Meanwhile, the Neo-Cons in the government sold the Oval Office on the desirability of an Iraq war.After that, no one in authority cared to hear that it was unnecessary to invade a country whose military wasdefanged by UN sanctions, immobilized by no-fly zones, and constituted no threat to its neighbors. Further-more, no one cared, that planning for invasion of Iraq required a diversion of our military’s attention and re-sources from completing the job in Afghanistan and destroying the real perpetrators of 9/11, Osama Bin Ladenand his Al Qaeda. The President had a war fever, and against all advice took us to war in Iraq.The Consequences

Here we are, a year-and-a-half later. We bear 90% of the cost of the war. Our war dead are in the fourfigures and climbing. Military hospitals can barely handle the maimed troops that come home by the planeload.A Veterans Administration, already overburdened by the first Gulf War, faces presidential budget cuts that willfurther curtail its service to a new generation of maimed veterans. The civilized world is arrayed against us ingrowing moral indignation at our conduct of the war and the still-emerging horrors in the Abu Ghraib Prison. Byacting unilaterally against all advice to the contrary, we abdicated our leadership and squandered our legacy ofgood will just as surely as if we were a prodigal consuming his patrimony in a colossal binge. As a nation, wehave gone from hero to pariah in a few short years.

Power is in the eye of the beholder. Before we invaded Iraq, we were beheld as a powerful nation,respected by most because we prized democracy and the rule of law and feared by some because of ourmilitary might. Since then we have shown once again that, rich as we are, there are limits to our military power,that without help from other nations and injudiciously acting alone we are helpless to prevent even a bankruptlike Iraq from enmeshing us in an insurgency that kills our youth, saps our military and economic strength, andwon’t turn loose. All the while, we are hated and held up to derision in the Muslim World, the very people,supposedly, we did all this for.

There will be other indirect and subtle costs. We may find in future that we are consulted less on theinternational scene. We may even be excluded from councils that decide things in which we have interests.These exclusions may result in decisions abroad that impose material hardships on the American people, themajority of whom don’t realize just how “globalized” the world has become and how much we rely on actions bythe French, German, and other governments for our own well-being.There is hope

A recent national poll asked what bothered Americans most about the war in Iraq. Of the twelvetopics mentioned in the poll, the number third most popular choice was the alienation of our allies. Numberthree-imagine that-behind, presumably, the loss of life and the cost in dollars. Perhaps our nation is waking upto the reality of the error we made by plunging into war against all advice. Perhaps they are coming to realizethat working through the UN wouldn’t have been a matter of getting a “permission slip”, as this administrationis fond of saying, but that it would have been the act of a great nation, a leader among great nations, not sometin pot dictatorship.

When asked how he will secure the cooperation of other nations in quieting the insurgency andrebuilding Iraq, John Kerry talks about his rapport with the leaders of other nations and the effort he will devoteto the task. What he doesn’t say, but what the American voter is becoming aware of, is that his greatest attributein securing international cooperation is that he is not George Bush.The Way Out of this Mess

The people of other nations don’t dislike the U.S., but they loathe our present administration. Theytell us that their ability to separate feelings for our administration from their feelings for the people of the U.S.will suffer if the people of the U.S. reelect George Bush. We should listen, suppress a visceral aversion to being“preached at”, and realize that the world is truly smaller; globalization is real; we are all in this together, and weneed one another, in war and in peace. Ignoring this opportunity will incur the costs I’ve enumerated and othersyet unknown. This administration is a Jonah we cannot afford. Toss it overboard.

The personal views of Thomas A. YorkAuthorized by Thomas A. York, PO Box 195, Kilmarnock, Va 22482

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To The Editor:The Hospice Turkey Shoot

Regatta was a great success, even though it was the occasion for two capsizings, which will no doubt be described in accounts elsewhere. The intent of this note is to add to those descriptions and to thank the many persons who assisted in the rescue efforts.

The fi rst boat to capsize was the Puffi n, a 16-foot catboat. She went over while tacking. The sole occupant of the boat was taken out of the water unharmed. A Coast Guard Auxiliary boat was on the scene and assisted in secur-ing and patrolling the immediate area. Also on the scene was Jim Charbeneau who had been acting as a photography boat and chase boat, and a small spectator boat.

The race committee chase boat Dreamer, skippered by Jack Blaine, was dispatched to the scene by the committee as was Country Woman skippered by John McConnico.

The actions of these boats and Charbeneau’s boat were in the fi nest tradition of seamanship and ship handling and culminated in the safe righting, pumping and towing to return Puffi n to the Yankee Point Marina. Some of the unique techniques utilized will be the subject of a separate article.

The second boat to capsize was the large skipjack Claud Somers, launched in 1911. This occurred during a tack through the wind immediately before the fi nish. She had seven people aboard and thankfully there were no injuries. On the scene was the photogra-phy boat Carol Jean skippered by Arabella and Phil Denvir, and Jerry Hamm in his runabout. A small USCG Auxiliary boat came when summoned and helped to secure the immediate area and to warn the approaching fl eet of sail-boats heading for the fi nish line. The participating boats heeded the warnings of the committee and guard vessels and avoided the capsized vessel, which con-tinued to drift in the area of the fi nish.

Ken and Karen Knull, owners of Yankee Point Marina and hosts of the regatta, were next to arrive on a rescue vessel having heard the broadcasts of warning concerning the event. A second USCG Auxiliary vessel also came on scene. The Yankee Point MOLLY B towed the skipjack to shallow water at the request of the skipper and was on the scene for several hours along with a trawler and an infl atable boat securing the skipjack.

On Monday, the Yankee Point vessel along with a Smith Point Sea Rescue vessel, Rescue 1, and Smuttynose skippered by Jay Rohmann worked to raise the skipjack until it was concluded that heavier equipment probably would be required.

All the people involved in this effort, only some of whom are mentioned above, are to be con-gratulated for responding so fully and unselfi shly, often at some risk to themselves and their vessels.

My thanks to all and to our protector.

Allan YoungRegatta Committee Chairman

Regatta rescue team commended

Letters to the Editor

To The Editor:Regarding the October 7 edi-

tion of the Record and the extra page needed for letters to the editor:

The letter-writing campaign of the Left in support of the George Soros type anti-Bush ad needs answering by both those who support our commander-in-chief and those who oppose the “Amer-ica is always wrong” crowd. We read all about what these letter writers don’t like. What is usu-ally missing is what they are for.

Their chosen standard bearer has a record of appeasement of our enemy and they apparently are pleased. When Lt. Kerry met with the Communist leaders of North Vietnam, he violated the trust placed in him as an Ameri-can military offi cer and certainly the trust of his comrades, some of whom were still in enemy pris-ons in Vietnam. The Constitu-tion prohibits anyone acting this way from becoming president. (Fourteenth Amendment, section 3) His anti-war activities at home during his membership in the armed forces raise other issues of loyalty to his comrades-in-arms. There has to be a reason he doesn’t allow the release of his military records which would answer many questions on his performance as a military offi -cer.

The letter writers apparently like Kerry’s “strategy” toward this world war on terrorism where he has indicated that it requires a law enforcement solution and his

Don’t trustJohn Kerry

thoughts that the terrorism prob-lem can be relegated to a “nui-sance” situation.

They just love his 20-year voting record in the Senate where he established his opposition to weapons systems now being used to defend us. Also, his selection of the personal injury lawyer as a running mate must bring smiles to their faces. Outrageous per-sonal injury settlements and huge lawyer fees have had their effect here at home where expectant mothers must now travel long distances to have their babies.

The liberal approach to poli-tics is most always to fi t their outward positions to the opposite of the incumbent administration while their hidden agenda sup-ports globalist goals. In the midst of a worldwide war and an econ-omy getting a needed boost from tax cuts, they suddenly become great conservators of the national debt and spending. Does dialecti-cal materialism come to mind?

I speak as having witnessed the many years of the cold war when they always assumed Amer-ica wrong and our enemy right. Liberals will seize upon Ameri-ca’s efforts to defend herself and freedom abroad as an opportunity to demean her in the world’s eyes. Raising the specter of the Viet-nam confl ict where they helped to insure failure, they hope to show that America will fail again.

The liberal agenda is exposed when they criticize President Reagan for his labeling the Soviet Union as an Evil Empire and later, President George W. Bush for a similar labeling of the three problem states of Iran, Iraq and North Korea. They once again like to soft-pedal our responses to totalitarianism and “not make them mad.” Kerry wishes for a multilateral approach to dealing with the war on terror, but when it comes to dealing with North Korea, all bets are off and he wants unilateral talks.

We have a clear idea of what the present administration stands for as it has pulled all stops to protect us here at home. We cannot go by what Kerry says and must check his history where we come away with no reassur-ance.

Morris W. DillinghamKilmarnock

To The Editor:The House Ethics Committee

report released yesterday that concerned Tom Delay may force Republicans to acknowledge that he is a rotten apple and remove him from the barrel.

Some, however, may attempt to explain away his actions as abuse of power by one individ-ual and believe a mild rebuke is suffi cient. Others may fi nd the report of little concern because we all know politics is dirty busi-ness.

Then again, perhaps Delay’s tactics reveal the fragility of Republican leadership when coer-cion and manipulation are nec-essary to maintain party control. No wonder so many Americans are becoming independents.

MaryLouise BaileyIrvington

The race forindependents

To The Editor:This is my fi rst letter to any

newspaper. This is how strong I feel about what I am about to say.

On September 5, I went to a youth revival where there were nearly 7,000 youth. The youth pastor informed us about a party they had that Friday night for 500 high school juniors and seniors. They had to cancel the event within the fi rst hour because rival gangs had decided to infi ltrate the building. They did not get inside but carried on fi ghting and shoot-ing outside the building. Thank God, no one got hurt or killed that time.

I was thinking to myself how happy I am to be living in Lancaster County, the “boon docks” as my city relatives call it, where this sort of thing does not happen.

When I arrived back home that Sunday night, I got a call from the founder of the Christ in Aciton of the Northern Neck youth group. He informed me that one of the young ladies (17 years old) in the youth group had been badly beaten by 16 people ranging in age from 16 to the mid-40s—men and women, boys and girls. They meant to kill this young lady, but God did not let it happen.

I believe this was a direct attack by Satan on this youth group that is growing week by week. God says no weapon formed against me shall prosper. Believe it. I am looking at this situation from both sides. The young lady that spear-headed this attack also needs our help. We as a community need to

Area youth need Christ

get together and do all we can to help reach and teach our young people that without Christ in our lives we cannot make it our own.

I would like to invite everyone in the Northern Neck to come to the next Christ in Action (CIA) meeting and listen to Pastor Scott Norman of Gloucester explain what the CIA is all about. The meeting will be Monday, Octo-ber 18, at the Lancaster Library from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The library is on School Street in Kilmar-nock beside the Lancaster Middle School.

The CIA is a non-denomina-tional group consisting of youth from many different churches and ethnic backgrounds as well as the unchurched. Please call me if you need any more information at 804-462-7555.

Mozell CarterLancaster

To The Editor:An optimistic view of the econ-

omy in the U.S. and our ability to expand and create new prod-ucts and services and jobs is the history of this wonderful country in which we live. We do not have an economic pot that is limited so that when one gains another must lose.

President George W. Bush is very optimistic about where the country is going and the new products and services to be cre-ated by the private sector. The government does not create jobs. The private sector through its taxes pays for all the goods, ser-vices, schools, medical assistance and security provided by the gov-ernment.

In a recent article in the Rich-mond Times-Dispatch, Walter Williams, professor of econom-ics at James Madison University, wrote that Gordon E. Moore, the founder of Intel, in 1968 devel-oped and began to market the integrated circuit, or microchip, that’s responsible for thousands of today’s innovations such as MRIs, satellite technology and desktop computers.

“Moore and many others like him...are (successful) wealthy not because they took something from their fellow man but just the opposite...While Moore has ben-efi ted immensely from his devel-opment and marketing of the microchip, his (personal) benefi t pales in comparison to how our nation and the world has bene-fi ted in terms of lives improved and saved.”

Because Mr. Moore gained, so did others.

It is a misnomer to ask what has the president done to create new jobs. The president can only create and encourage an eco-nomic atmosphere in which job and product expansion is possi-ble.

Federal, state and local govern-ments live on and spend the seem-ingly unending taxable income and resources created in the pri-vate sector.

President Bush believes that the private sector should be encour-aged to develop products, goods and services that expand the econ-omy by letting individuals and investors keep the fruits of their work in order that investments can be made to develop more microchip-like goods which do create more jobs and taxable income.

I support President Bush because of his positive record for and belief in the private sector and the ability of our citizens to vote for products and services by investing the fruits of their hard work where they choose.

Douglas D. Monroe Jr.Irvington

Bush believes in private sector

To The Editor:President Bush does not

deserve to be re-elected.The most telling aspect of the

president’s arrogance and con-descending attitude toward the average American is that he has not met one plane returning the bodies of the fallen in Iraq—not one.

The president used his father’s power to avoid going to Vietnam so that he would not put his life on the line.

Yet, when he asks young Amer-icans to do something he would not do, he doesn’t have the decency to take a few days off his extended Crawford, Texas, vaca-tions to meet planes returning the fallen. What hypocrisy.

President Clinton, with all his character fl aws, was there when the bodies came back from Bosnia.

David CariensKilmarnock

Bush is hypocrite

To The Editor:We are country of 300 million

people, a country where presi-dent Bush says if you don’t agree with him completely, you are a traitor. What kind of logic is this? Evidently his education is lack-ing, as was his time served in the National Guard.

If by some miracle Bush wins re-election, it will be despite deceiving the American people as he launched an illegal, unpro-voked attack on Iraq. When it comes to shedding American blood, nothing in the world is worth that kind of lie, not oil, not revenge, not re-election.

Bush has been a disappoint-ment for the folks who voted for him. This country’s reputa-tion for honesty, justice and com-passion has been replaced with arrogance, intolerance and self-righteousness, deceit, deception and foreign policy disasters. Do the American people want the Bush team to continue its calami-tous policies, crippling relations for decades?

Our military has been told to shut up, in no uncertain terms, when they voice criticism about being overstretched and under equipped, with more missions than resources. It is a fact that in the past two years alone there were more than 2,100 sexual assaults throughout the U.S. mil-itary, and that it is not safe for a woman to go to the latrine in Iraq. There was a day when offi cers looked out for men and women under their command, but the present military is an orga-nization designed and run by politicians and bureaucrats. Our precious young, serving in Iraq, have been told to say everything is peachy, hunky dorey.

Is there no end to the lies of this administration? Kerry and Edwards will see that our troops have what they need!

Dolores FarmerTopping

Bush is a disappointment

To The Editor:In regard to Dr. Davies’ article

last Thursday about the dire out-look for the U.S. economy, it behooves the voters to take a careful look at his assessment of our economy and where it is cur-rently headed.

As outlined by Dr. Davies, this administration has taken us in the wrong direction with a faulty eco-nomic policy. In the three-and-a-half-years it has been in power, it has squandered a budget surplus and reduced it to today’s defi cit of some $440 billion.

It is time for the citizens to take a stand and “...return (the country) to a set of core domes-tic and foreign policy values that have been at the heart of what has made this country great,” to quote John Eisenhower, son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, from his article entitled “Why I will vote for John Kerry for President” in the New Hampshire

Country needs new leadership

Union Leader Sunday News of September 28, 2004.

In his article, Mr. Eisenhower said, “Today’s Republican lead-ership, while not solely account-able for the loss of American jobs, encourages it with its tax code and heads us in the direc-tion of a society of very rich and very poor.”

He goes on to say, “Senator Kerry, in whom I am willing to place my trust, has demonstrated that he is courageous, sober, com-petent and concerned with fi ght-ing the dangers associated with the widening socio-economic gap in this country. I will vote for him enthusiastically.”

I agree with Dr. Davies and John Eisenhower that this coun-try needs new leadership and will support John Kerry.

Carolyn WinnerIrvington

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Letters to the Editor

To The Editor:Many prominent Republicans

are alarmed at President Bush’s catastrophic mismanagement of the war in Iraq. Those voicing forceful objections include former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, political commentator Tucker Carlson, journalist Robert Novak, foreign affairs scholar at the conservative Cato Institute Jonathon Clarke and a scattering of members of Congress. There are two core issues behind con-servatives’ disillusionment.

First is the realization that the administration has been consis-tently dishonest. Deceptive tac-tics were used to sell the war. Serious questions about the accu-racy of our intelligence were ignored, and even Congress was misled into believing that the Iraq threat was grave and supported by solid evidence. Bush’s war cabinet alone knew that the intel-ligence was speculative at best.

This deception continues in the form of daily disinformation about our objectives there and connections between Iraq and 9/11. When we invaded, Iraq was a secular state that had bru-tally suppressed the ultra-reli-gious Islamic extremists within its borders. And, signifi cantly, according to the 9/11 Commis-sion, Iraq had no “compelling” ties to either bin Laden, al Qaeda, or 9/11 (9/11 Commission Report, p. 334). Thus, the Iraq war was not a continuation of our war on Islamic terrorism that began in Afghanistan as the administration has insisted. Bush’s war has its own hidden agenda. Here is that agenda and how it came about:

The second source of conserva-tives’ chagrin with Bush’s policy in Iraq was summed up nicely by Robert Novak when he said that the Bush Presidency has been “hijacked” by the neoconserva-tives. It’s a strong term, but I think accurate.

The neocon ideology was incu-bated and developed as a liberal political philosophy in the early 1970s at the U. of Chicago, spreading among universities as an intellectual movement. Look-ing for the right platform to test their theories, in the 80s they shifted right and became Reagan Democrats; later some supported Clinton; but now they are back in the Republican party.

During the 90s many of their brightest scholars left academia to fi ll top level infl uential posi-tions in government where they are today, essentially controlling our foreign policy. Others became stars in conservative think tanks, and several took up careers as political analysts. Included in their ranks are Wolfowitz, Abrams, Libby, Bolton, Pearl, Crystal and Krauthammer. Arriv-ing by different routes, Cheney and Rumsfeld have signed onto most of their positions. Today their ideas have been fi nely decanted into a set of theoretical tenants. When 9/11 hit, Bush, a weak president with no well formed policies of his own, became vulnerable to this philos-ophy.

Most importantly, the neocons, including Bush’s neocon advi-sors, have been advocating “reju-venating” Iraq at least since 1993 when they published the Regional Defense Strategy, which became the template for Bush’s 2002 National Security Strategy. Throughout the 1990s, position papers, books, journal articles, etc. document this fi xation. They even wrote an open letter to Clinton urging the removal of Saddam. 9/11 then, was the infl ec-tion point and pretext for an inva-sion of Iraq that was long in planning.

Other neocon tenets include a new world order with the U.S. in charge as policeman and moral guide, the aggressive primacy of preemptive force over diplomacy, imposing democracy throughout the region (including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria and Iran), bellicose “with us or against us” and “go it alone” tactics, and a commitment to assault evil states across the globe. The Iraq war is only the beginning, folks, and it is surely madness.

Thus, I can see why many con-servatives believe that the neo-cons have betrayed traditional conservative foreign policy prin-ciples. Whatever happened to containment, deterrence, diplo-macy, humility, and seeking sta-bility and a balance of power among nations? Continued play-out of this “train wreck in prog-ress” will keep us in the Middle East for a long, long time. Bush’s neocon advisors do not plan to bring the troops home soon; not until the entire “evil” Middle East is democratized and, they hope, even converted to Christianity.

Ironically, an increasing number of conservatives now believe that only a vote for Kerry

Conservatives support Kerry

can return us to a true conserva-tive course. That is my belief and I am voting for Kerry. Bless our troops and the innocent civilians caught in the crossfi re.

John KershnerMerry Point

To The Editor:It is very telling that John Kerry

sometimes refers to dealing with terrorism as “a law enforcement problem” as opposed to “fi ghting a war.”

Meanwhile, two distinguished Democratic leaders, Sen. Zell Miller and former New York Mayor Ed Koch, have joined voices with the Bush administra-tion in declaring that it is instead a war that must be won.

Since it is often so diffi cult to determine exactly where Kerry would draw the line and call for military action, let’s take a look at his past record, a record which the Kerry campaign has done its best to avoid. I understand that Gen. Tommy Franks has begun a tour this week to familiarize the electorate with Kerry’s previ-ous position. We all should take note.

Kerry has said “I would have done most everything differently,” and here I take him at his word. This becomes evident when we see that Kerry voted against the Iraq war of ‘91. If I recall cor-rectly we had in that confl ict the support of the UN and a broad coalition. I thought Kerry has indicated these conditions are the prerequisite for taking mili-tary action, you know that “world test” or agreement idea.

Let’s now suppose Kerry had gotten his way back in ‘91. Where would we have been when 9/11 occurred? We would have been up against an Iraq that had gained expanded access to the Persian Gulf, and had acquired 96.5 bil-lion more barrels of oil wealth, almost double Iraq’s original supply. The whole power struc-ture of Iraq would have been greatly enhanced. I hate to think of how many more countries they could have successfully bribed into inaction as they did France, Germany and Russia. An emboldened, greatly strengthened Saddam is not a picture I like to contemplate. That one denial of real danger in the Middle East could have been catastrophic for the U.S.

I don’t need to go on because Kerry’s later voting record is fi nally coming out; and we can see that it is one of cutting intel-ligence, cutting the military, and remaining in a 9/10 mentality. Under Bush and with the strong hand of Rumsfeld, our military is being brought into the 21st cen-tury; and that is no easy task since the Pentagon is just as much a political animal as any other D.C. institution. If Rumsfeld is char-acterized as tough, I say, fi ne.

Our military is pioneering in a whole new method of combat, one which spares far more lives due to precision weapons, a great breakthrough. However, this new phenomena presents a new chal-lenge to be dealt with; and that is how best to deal with an army that retreats homeward and inter-mingles. However much Bush’s foes would like to magnify the diffi culties we are encountering in Iraq today, due to this and other inherent diffi culties after bitter confl ict, I haven’t heard a really constructive idea yet, just great 20-20 hindsight and criti-cism.

As Ed Koch so aptly put it, “This election is about life and death, in an age when nuclear weapons can be made and sold to terrorists.”

I do not truly know just what Kerry would do if he ever thought that terrorism was more than a “nuisance like gambling and prostitution” to be dealt with; but thank heaven I do know someone who recognizes a great threat to our nation when he sees it, and is willing to buck the whole world, if necessary, in order to protect its citizens.

As I saw the footage of the Afghans going to vote for the fi rst time, some men with tears in their eyes, women risking their lives, how could you doubt for a minute you were seeing some-thing wonderful and good.

Kit MonroeIrvington

Fighting a war

To The Editor:When I went to bed after watch-

ing the fi rst presidential debate, I had a very diffi cult time getting to sleep.

The term “fl ip-fl opper” just kept creeping into my head. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t rid my mind of that phase. So I got up early Friday morning and researched if it is acceptable to change your mind if you receive additional informa-tion on an issue or is it appropriate to stubbornly cling to your origi-

Flip-fl op fl ap

nal position because that shows conviction of purpose, no matter how unrealistic that conviction may be.

Surprise, surprise. I found sev-eral recent instances where Pres-ident George Bush changed his mind after receiving more insight into the matter. The documented record will reveal that the pres-ident opposed the 9/11 com-mission, Home Land Security Department and getting help from the United Nation.

He initially said that the CIA was simply guessing on intelli-gent reports and later recanted and said that the word “guess” was unfortunate and that he should have used estimating. He said Saddam attacked us and that we would be greeted as liberators and not occupiers. I would guess that the mother of all fl ip-fl ops just might be the weapons of mass destruction debacle.

The example of Sen. Kerry’s fl ip-fl opping that I keep hearing repeatedly is that he voted for the war and now he is against it.

Lets use this analogy. Your school system is asking all par-ents to give them permission to use corporal punishment. As a parent you think this is a good tool for the principal to have to keep discipline. So now you don’t support corporal punishment in your school because the principal misused it and didn’t administer it properly. I believe most parents would now oppose it.

It seems to me that Sen. Kerry has been saying exactly the same thing about the war in Iraq. Let’s not forget that the president is the one who hurried our troops to Iraq without enough body armor or armored vehicles

Lloyd N. HillWeems

To The Editor:I was impressed by Dr. Davies’

credentials listed at the end of his column in last week’s paper. At one time, I had considered a career in economics and was looking forward to enjoying his article on the subject. However, I soon discovered I was just read-ing more of the same politics pre-sented on the opinion page.

Perhaps if I had pursued a Ph.D., I could understand his points. Dr. Davies believes that budget defi cits exist because taxes are too low, not because govern-ment spending is too high. He believes tax policy should be used to redistribute income equally, rather than fairly. He believes wages should be controlled by labor unions, not by the free market. He believes free trade between people of different nations is harmful, not benefi -cial.

I agree with Dr. Davies that companies will go where their costs are low. I would encourage companies to locate and operate in the U.S. by lowering their taxes and regulatory burdens here, regardless of what other nations do. Dr. Davies suggests a differ-ent approach. He would like for the governments of the world to “cooperate” (conspire?) to level the playing fi eld, presumably by raising taxes, artifi cially infl at-ing wages and expanding govern-ment control over the economy, both here and abroad. Dr. Davies calls this excellence in public policy. As a liberty-loving Ameri-can, I call it frightening. What we need is less public policy forced upon us and more freedom to make our own economic deci-sions as individuals.

In my limited study of eco-nomics, I have encountered very few economists who would agree with Dr. Davies positions. Per-haps Karl Marx would. Adam Smith most certainly would not. If a career in economics produces this sort of “enlightened” rheto-ric, I am relieved I chose a differ-ent path. Since I never obtained a Ph.D., I suppose I’ll just have to get by on common sense.

David HumphreysWhite Stone

Frightening economics

To The Editor:At a recent Main Street Vir-

ginia Conference, representatives from Kilmarnock were sought out by a commercial real estate agent from Northern Virginia whose message was “Your area is in the crosshairs of the commercial developers in Northern Virginia. If you want to keep Kilmarnock from being developed like Tappa-hannock, you have to act now.”

Many people have moved to our community to escape just the kind of sprawling develop-ment he was referencing. Much of America has fallen prey to the mind-numbing “sameness” of typical commercial develop-ment where pristine landscapes are asphalted over and named “River’s Edge” or some other

Get a handle on development

token reminder of what “had been” adding insult to injury. The asphalt jungle is then dotted with jarring, commercial archi-tecture whose very color form is meant to be a physical “advertise-ment.” The model CVS, McDon-ald’s and Home Depot stores are easily recognized by all.

If the visual assault of mis-matched and competing design was not enough, the quality of life is further diminished by corpo-rate retailers who draw custom-ers from a wide area, inundating the infrastructure with traffi c and pollution. Further, studies show that the economic impact of this kind of development can be dev-astating. For every dollar spent in the community, hometown mer-chants return 60 cents, chain stores only 20 cents, and big box stores 6 cents. For every 1,000 square feet of retail space, hometown merchants generate an annual net surplus of $326, while big box stores create an annual tax defi cit of $468.

It seems clear that the entire Northern Neck is at a cross-roads. We can continue to ignore the coming growth and subscribe to the position of our planning commission that “that will never happen in Kilmarnock,” or, we can do the hard work and plan for and direct the coming growth, preserving our lifestyle and the qualities of our area.

Kilmarnock has a lot at stake. The town has made a huge com-mitment to it’s main street. All of the potential benefi ts of that project stand to be upended by the wrong types of commercial development.

There has been a lot of skep-ticism and negativity around this issue in the past few years. Many believe that there is nothing that can be done to control rampant growth.

Yet, towns across this country have shown that it is possible to legally prevent their communities from becoming “anyplace USA.” Other communities have limited sizes of businesses, have banner “formula” retailers and restau-rants, have insisted that the com-mercial district be humanly scaled and serve the growth; and have created acceptable design stan-dards. All these initiatives have held up in the courts as valid uses of local authority.

I would urge Kilmarnock, as the economic center of the area, to take the lead. Enact a six-month halt to commercial growth, while developing a comprehen-sive plan that supports small business, insists on commercial district that is human scaled, directs future growth into the town core, while preserving pristine landscapes on the edge of town through “urban edge” demarcation, places caps on commercial development, creates green spaces and set design stan-dards for all types of uses.

Jacqueline BrownKilmarnock

To The Editor:Have you ever seen so much

hate in a political campaign?Last week, the Record con-

tained some 18 letters from seemingly educated people, who couldn’t heap enough criticism on the president.

It was obvious this was an orchestrated effort by some over-zealous party members who sense that they have lost and now must assuage their anger with such venomous hate.

I am appalled and saddened, but at moments like this I take com-fort in this quotation from James Russell Lowell’s “The Present Crisis:”

“Truth forever on the scaffold,Wrong forever on the throne,Yet that scaffold sways the

future, and, behindthe dim unknown,Standeth God within the

shadow, keeping watchabove his own.”Goodness will win and the

president is one of the good people.

Bud BussellsWhite Stone

Goodness will win

To The Editor:I was gratifi ed to witness

George W. Bush attempting to defend his foreign policy deci-sions in front of an audience other than a group of hand-picked trained seals.

The media had a lot to say afterward. Neither candidate, we were told, expected to be caught off camera. Thank goodness the networks did not comply. As a result, the American people got an opportunity to appraise the can-didates on their silent reactions to their opponent’s arguments and rebuttals. Such reactions can be enlightening and consequential.

As demonstrated in previous presidential debates, forbidding

Kerry wins fi rst debate

off-camera shots would take more than just fun and nuance out of watching. Most people are good at reading body language and facial expression. This is how we com-municate with friends, family, competitors and business asso-ciates. We have been informed by media that Al Gore in the 2000 presidential debates with George W. Bush lost not because he understood and articulated the issues less well then George Bush, but because his body lan-guage, sighs and facial expres-sions were “unpresidential” or inappropriate. George Bush came across as less informed but more “likeable” we were told. Now we know what’s important—I guess.

Anyway, this time around, Bush’s “Get me on the next stagecoach to Crawford!” facial expressions of surprise, uncer-tainty and annoyance did not help him. Neither did his uncomfort-able moments of silence, slouch-ing, um-ing and ah-ing. It was not a particularly “likable” perfor-mance. Contrast that with John Kerry’s erect, calm and confi dent demeanor and smooth speaking style and there was clearly no contest there.

Nevertheless, to me it is much more important that a candidate can respond to questions without a script and clearly articulate his or her position in more than a few repetitive sound bites with or without the um’s and ah’s.

In this debate, John Kerry came across as knowledgeable and forceful. George Bush came across as awkward and once again, poorly informed.

In my opinion, it should take both style and substance to win debates. John Kerry won on both counts.

Barbara KershnerMerry Point

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Presidential election should be brief, to the point and directed to the editor and not to a previous letter writer. Letters obviously part of a letter-writing campaign and which cover the same issues in the same manner, or those with unattributed information copied from internet sources, will not be published, nor will weekly letters from the same author. Letters supporting or opposing a candidate will not be published after October 21.

To The Editor:John Kerry was raised in a

small town in North Carolina, where he worked and was the fi rst person in his family to attend col-lege. After serving this country in the armed service, he ran for the senate and won and championed issues that matter to American families including quality health care. He co-authored the bi-parti-san patients’ bill of rights, helped pass it and fought for the middle class tax-cut to help families save and get ahead. He worked to improve public schools, worked to fund No Child Left Behind, to improve teachers’ pay and expand after-school programs, and worked tirelessly for a strong national defense. He served as a member of the joint house and senate panel investigating the ter-rorist attacks.

Kerry and Edwards understand the need to not overextend our fi ghting men and women, to ensure they have all the resources they need—from body armor, to armored vehicles. They believe in making America strong. They have a plan—a return to strong alliances with other countries, economic power, modernizing our military, a return to the values we, as Americans, aspire to as individuals of a nation. They understand the importance of keeping good paying jobs in America, of improving our edu-cational system.

Kerry and Edwards, these two intelligent and energetic and artic-ulate men, share a vision, a desire and a commitment to keep Amer-ica strong and provide help to working families and to those in the military service.

Bush has seen fi t to cut more than $300 million in the last three years from veterans’ benefi ts, and if re-elected, Bush and Cheney plan to cut veterans benefi ts by an additional $910 million. Heaven forbid!

Jerry KilleenTopping

Kerry would support veterans

To The Editor:The coming election gives us

choices that will impact our nation for generations to come. Our grandchilden will reap the consequences of our choice, and to this end the following quotes by Bill Sizemore in his article in “NewsWithViews.com” is thought provoking:

“Think about it for a moment. Presidential candidate John Kerry is about as far left on issues as any candidate the Democrats have nominated in modern history..whether the issue is higher taxes, increased federal spending, abortion on demand, gay rights, or national defense, Kerry occupies the far left of the political spectrum. Granted, George W. Bush in not the most conservative Republican around...But we had better pray to God in heaven that George W. Bush wins on November 2, because the alternative is unthinkable. Bush has been out-spokenly pro-life...He has low-ered taxes...He has pledged not to appoint activist judges to the federal courts, and has kept his word...and has refused to subject our military personnel to the international courts.

“For all this and much more, the left hates him with unusual venom. The liberals in the Amer-ican media despise him. The socialists who run the labor movement in this country hate him and are working tirelessly against him. The environmental-ist whackos hate him. The teach-ers union hates him. The leftists European nations hate him. Given all that unprecedented hatred he has inspired in the political left, George W. Bush can’t be all bad.”

As part of the “greatest gener-ation” of World War II, we can testify that America today is a shell of that nation that fought World War II. We have chosen to commit national suicide by destroying the unborn and dis-mantling the foundation of our Biblical roots in our education system, in our social behavior and in our political choices. The margin for error in this election is very slim. George W. Bush is a man who needs our prayers, but our nation needs a revival to sur-vive.

Jim and Catherine ThorsenWeems

Our nation needs a revival

To The Editor:Imagine being a prisoner of

war. Imagine suffering the pain and degradation that Americans captured by the Vietnamese endured, and being forced to listen to an American voice while at the notorious “Hanoi Hilton” Prison, telling you that you are a war criminal.

John Kerry, the Democratic candidate, who actively served four months in Vietnam in the U.S. Navy, was the source of out-rageous statements the American prisoners were forced to listen to.

The men were told “unless they confess, and ask for forgiveness, and badmouth the war” they’d never go home.

This “American” who now wants to be president of our great country, after allowing his voice to be used to convey anti-Ameri-can propaganda, and then corrob-orated with other anti-Americans in this country, has not the cali-ber of patriotism the men in the “Hanoi Hilton” showed.

I heard Paul Galante speak. He is a former Navy pilot, shot down in Vietnam, captured, and held in the “Hanoi Hilton” prison for almost seven years.

He was a gentleman, one who told of the atrocious situations those prisoners survived, but never spoke of his Purple Hearts or any awards he was entitled to.

Kerry’s refusal to allow his Navy record and discharge be opened to the public, good or bad, has to be questioned. Thank God for the Americans who suf-fered years for this country, and those in the Army, Air Corps, Navy and Marines who gallantly fought for their country, but were disrespected by those who con-demned this country’s position.

They are the real presidential material to run this country, not those traitorous people whose voices were heard while our mili-tary endured war situations, and the pain, fi lth, hunger and mental torture of prison.

Galante and all the other patri-otic Americans who endured the physical torture of the enemy are true American heroes.

As a so-called Navy man, Kerry, who used his voice for the enemy’s use and benefi t, has to be called traitorous.

Why has the Democratic Party chosen this man for their presi-dential candidate?

Marguerite C. AjootianWhite Stone

No Kerry

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To The Editor:The uproar in Northumberland

County over the June decision of the board of supervisors to impose a tax on utilities continues. Yes, citizens, look at electric and tele-phone bills that you either just received or will receive in a few days.

There is a new $3 tax on each bill. The board approved this tax by a 3 to 2 vote. For your electric bill, this means you are now paying about $7 each month in several taxes. For your telephone bill, you are paying more than $8 a month in taxes.

While this tax is on everyone in the county that receives an elec-tric or telephone bill, it does not impact everyone equally. Some say that this is the fairest way to impose an additional tax because everyone is taxed equally, not just a select group. I say there is some-thing very wrong here. Those in the county at the lower income levels, our citizens who can least afford additional taxes, are hit the hardest.

As another concerned citizen mentioned in a previous letter that appeared in this newspaper, you are paying about 60 percent of your income in various taxes at all levels of government. Addi-tionally, Gov. Warner recently increased your Commonwealth of Virginia taxes. Furthermore, Northumberland County’s board authorized contracting for a fi rm to perform real estate assessments so they may also stick it to us with an increase in real property taxes.

The board never has provided adequate justifi cation for their claim that more of your money is required so it can better run the county. It claims the funds are nec-essary for infrastructure improve-ments.

This type of expense is sup-posed to have been covered from current funding methods, starting many years ago. If additional funds were needed why was a voter referendum not called for to address the specifi c need?

Those of us who attended the June meeting were told that con-ditions in the infrastructure were so bad that these new taxes were needed immediately. Why were the needs of the infrastructure allowed to deteriorate to the point that this situation arose?

With the county’s current budget, the board can and should allocate resources to get the best performance for the buck—it does not need more of your money every month. But like many poli-ticians, three of ours on the board do not want to face hard deci-sions; instead, they simply want to increase your taxes.

If you want a raise, you must ask your supervisor who may or may not say yes. The board never asked their supervisors—the voters of the county. When the tax was passed, over 200 con-cerned citizens attended and all were opposed to the tax. Yet the board passed it anyway over vig-orous objection by the citizens! Is this not taxation without true representation?

Should the citizens of Northum-berland County and not the board vote regarding this additional tax? Is it possible that the board might have suspected that this additional tax would not pass in a vote by the citizens they are supposed to be serving?

You know how to spend your money better than the board. The promise that the board will pro-vide better service is yet to be proven. Therefore, as with any other organization, we should not have to buy the service until they improve performance.

In our great country, power fl ows to the elected politicians from you, the voter, not the other way around. All of you should protest the utility tax by letting your elected representative on the board know you will vote in three years against him or her for re-election, or their party’s affi liate if he or she does not seek re-elec-tion, unless the tax is repealed now. Call 580-7666.

Charles KrambKilmarnock

To The Editor:I have been overwhelmingly

surprised by the amount of liberal hype generated towards electing John Kerry to be the next presi-dent of the United States.

What are you people thinking?It is obvious to me and many

Americans that it is not about what is in the best interest for this country but simply...anybody but Bush. Anybody won’t do it for me and the American people who would like to see this coun-try move forward and take a hard line towards terrorism and the fanatics who want nothing less than to destroy our country.

We are at war, and not just in Iraq, but all over the world and we will be for years to come, like it or not.

I hear Kerry talk about the fact that now over 1,000 American soldiers have died in the war and how terrible it is. Well the loss of our troops is a terrible thing, but we are lucky that we didn’t suffer that number of casualties in the fi rst weeks or months of the war. How many innocent Americans died in one day on September 11?

How many more will die in the future if we don’t stand strong as a nation against these cow-ards who kill the innocent no matter who they are and slaugh-ter human beings while their feet and hands are tied together?

The scum that are performing these acts are subhuman and need to be dealt with by a leader who will stand his ground, as our pres-ident has, and not by just any-body.

John Kerry’s record, along with John Edwards’ speaks for itself and I see nothing positive in it. The Democratic Party is so hard-up to get back the presi-dency that it has literally picked anybody, said anything and would do anything to achieve this goal at our expense.

The Democratic candidates blow with the political wind to the point where we cannot fi gure out which way the wind is blow-ing. Their views change almost daily to whatever they think it is we want to hear.

In the debates, if Kerry is asked a question that he really has no answer for he always tries to go back to the previous ques-tion fi rst, which he should have already answered, to divert away from the answer that he just does not have. Edwards cannot answer a simple question with simple instruction without invoking the name “John Kerry.” Can you say “brainwashed,” “puppet,” “fol-lower” not leader?

I’m sorry folks, but Edwards is not the man that I want to be a heartbeat away from leading this country. In fact he reminds me a lot more of Dan Quayle than a young JFK.

Just on a fi rst lady choice alone Mrs. Bush is light years ahead of Mrs. Heinz-Kerry in class, style, personality and intelligence. Has it struck anybody as odd that you hardly ever see Mrs. Heinz-Kerry?

Could it be that the Democratic Party itself knows that she is such a loose cannon that they keep her out of the spotlight as much as possible because she is a danger

To The Editor:Cheney said in the debate that

“I have not suggested there’s a connection between Iraq and 9 /11.”

The truth is that Cheney has repeatedly insinuated and strongly suggested that Saddam was behind the attacks on 9/11.

The 9/11 commission defi ni-tively concluded that there had not been a collaborative relation-ship between the two.

So who is lying?William Z. Wente

Weems

Letters to the EditorUtility tax fi res burn

To The Editor:I read with dismay the report

that the state has fi led a com-plaint against Lancaster County for noncompliance with the Ches-apeake Bay Act.

Lancaster County should be a leader in protecting the bay and administering the laws designed to save this invaluable resource. The county should be vigorously supporting the law for a mul-titude of economic, recreational and aesthetic reasons.

Your article quoted a supervi-sor as saying that the bottom line is that anyone wanting to live closer than 100 feet will need to come before the board.

No. The bottom line is that the Chesapeake Bay must be saved.

The citizens of this county should be making headlines for our leadership rather than reluc-tance in making it happen.

Susan WaylandWhite Stone

Lancaster should be leading efforts to preserve bay

To The Editor:As a longtime Republican, I

have shared the old philosophy of the party and its founders.

However, the president has strayed so far from the ideals of Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lin-coln, both domestically and inter-nationally, that I can no longer support him or those who have dragged us into the Iraq morass.

Norm Mosher, Luci York, Mary Kay Davies and others have hit the ball out of the park in their comments in recent issues of the Record.

Let us hope and pray that others will subscribe to these views and join me in voting for Kerry/Edwards on November 2.

Jean R. WardIrvington

Pitching Kerry

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Who’s lying?

Rep. Jo Ann Davis recently received the “Tax Fighter” award for her dedication to providing tax relief for working Americans. The award was presented by the National Tax Limitation Commit-tee.

“Providing tax relief for working Americans should be a priority in Congress, and it is an honor to be recognized for my efforts to fi ght for common sense tax relief,” said Rep. Davis. “The federal govern-ment should tax according to what it needs—not what it wants. The government should be working for the people, but Washington often thinks it is the other way around. That is why I feel it is so important to support common sense tax relief measures.”

Rep. Davis was awarded the honor for her voting record on bills and issues affecting taxpay-ers in Virginia and across the coun-try. Her votes on tax and spending issues in the 108th Congress earned an “A” grade. Some of the votes included making the Bush tax cuts permanent, eliminating the death tax, providing incentives for pri-vate savings, incentives and job creation and to control the growth of federal spending.

Virginia’s Rep. Davis is declared a ‘Tax Fighter’

to her husband’s campaign? Is she really someone you want representing your country in the White House?

I hear Kerry constantly saying he has a plan or he has a better way to lead us, but I have yet to hear him specify how. He talks but says nothing. He talks in cir-cles. The one thing you can count on is it will be what he thinks it is you want to hear to get him elected. Middle class Americans, if you believe for a minute that this Democrat won’t raise your taxes, then you better pinch your-self and return to reality because they always do.

Kerry says he is going to reform the healthcare system, deal with prescription drugs, run our mili-tary and reduce the national debt, among other things, without rais-ing our taxes...right. Don’t buy into this garbage; this election is far too important for the nation and the world.

If elected, Kerry will turn the sovereignty of this nation over to the United Nations. Other people in the world may not like our president, but he stands for us fi rst. He is not out to win a popu-larity contest with the rest of the world at our expense and that’s the kind of leader I can follow.

For those of you who walk around and praise the work of Michael Moore and are so easily misguided by the pure propa-ganda of “Fahrenheit 911,” I recommend you check out “Fahr-enhype 911.” This fi lm counters basically everything Moore is trying to convince you of with the very people whose words he twisted and distorted for his own political purpose and greed. He is nothing short of a traitor.

The last four years have been the toughest years for a man to hold the position of president of the United States since the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War. The mistakes that our govern-ment has made in security and intelligence has not just occurred in the last four years, but over the course of many years and pre-vious administrations. I am sure

that an effort is being made to correct as much of this as possi-ble.

I do not envy the president’s place in history, but I respect it because, after all, we must remember that he is only human. I believe that in his heart he has tried to do the best job humanly possible in very troubling times with what he has been given to work with and the partisanship he has had to deal with.

I believe he is a man of convic-tion and faith and a strong leader of a country that has forgotten what truly hard times are all about, a country that is going soft and he wants us to be strong.

I wonder from time to time why we are not reminded of what hap-pened on September 11 through the fi lms of the horror of that day and why we are where we are today. For a period of time, we were one America, one nation and one people but no more.

Now we have allowed our-selves to be divided, not by our president, but through our own political views, desire for power at all cost and weakness in our faith.

I am an honorably discharged, Vietnam-era Navy veteran. We must support the men and women of our armed forces at all cost. They lay their lives on the line everyday away from home and loved ones and they deserve noth-ing less than our full support. Disagree if you will, but always support them and our commander in chief. If we continue to fi ght each other as Americans, then the morale of our forces will dwin-dle and we could easily defeat ourselves. Our military deserves better from us as a people and we must somehow provide that sup-port.

There is no great victory with-out great sacrifi ce and no honor in living as individuals as it is in living as a nation. We must stand together or fall. Stand with a strong leader; don’t blow with the political wind.

Paul Christian Willaford Sr.Urbanna

Rep. Jo Ann Davis last week voted against a Democrat spon-sored bill by Rep. Charles Rangel of New York to reinstate the draft.

The legislation would require that all young persons in the U.S., including women, perform a period of military or civilian service in furtherance of national defense and homeland security. The bill was overwhelmingly defeated.

“I agree with the president that a draft is absolutely unnecessary, and I do not support it,” said Rep. Davis, a member of the House Armed Services and Select Intelli-gence Committees. “This legisla-tion was introduced by Democrat Rep. Charles Rangel in an effort to suggest that the draft was being considered in our efforts over-seas. The truth of the matter is that we have the greatest mili-tary in the world—an all volun-teer military—and that the draft is completely unnecessary. It is unfortunate that this issue has become a political football, and hopefully the defeat of Mr. Ran-gel’s legislation will put an end to these wayward rumors and irre-sponsible reports of a draft.”

Davis noted that no one in the administration, at the Department of Defense, or at the Selective Service System is advocating the reinstatement of the draft in any form. Currently, we have an expe-rienced, trained, resilient, and dis-

Rep. Davis votes against bill to reinstate the draft

ciplined all-volunteer force who want to serve in the U.S. military.

“Talk of a possible draft is an election year ploy, and this is dis-appointing,” said Rep. Davis. “Our military is strong and our retention efforts are going well across the board. Recruitment and retention efforts are proving to be success-ful for the military, and retention for active components is over 100 percent of the set target.”

Davis noted that the House Armed Services Committee recently held a hearing on the Iraq/Afghanistan troop rotation plan, and retention efforts for all four branches of the military continue to meet their goals.

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Paige was born at Bon Sec-ours Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville on Sep-tember 17, 2004. She weighed 4 pounds, 10 ounces and was 18.5 inches long.

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Elizabeth Anne Johnson and Huw St. John Bower were united in marriage July 10, 2004, at St. Mary’s Whitechapel Church in Lancaster. Rev. Scott West per-formed the ceremony

The bride is the daughter of Susan and Frederick Johnson of Lancaster. The groom is the son of Nia Alford of Surrey, United Kingdom, and John Bower of Riberac, France.

The bride was escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents. Allison Coyne of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was matron of honor and Dawn Ohanian of Boston, Mass., was maid of honor.

Christian Moxon of London served as best man. Groomsmen were Ralph Bower, the groom’s brother, of Bristol, U.K., Benja-min du Boulay of London and the bride’s brothers Brad Johnson of Wynnewood, Pa., and Bryan Johnson of Chesterton, Ind.

Readings were done by Jenni-fer Cohen of Brookline, Mass., and Oliver Haslam of London. Kimberly Zimmer of Waltham, Mass., attended the guest book and nephews of the bride, Nick and Charlie Johnson, of Wyn-newood, Pa., distributed rose petals.

A reception with dinner and dancing followed at Belle Isle Mansion and State Park in Lan-caster. Parents of the bride hosted a farewell brunch for the newly-weds at their home the morning after the wedding.

The bride is a 1991 graduate of Fairport High School in Fair-port, N.Y. She earned a bache-lor’s in English and education in 1995 from Connecticut College and a master’s in education from Harvard University in 1998.

The groom is a 1992 graduate of Bearwood College in Berk-shire, England. He earned a mas-ter’s in anthropology from the University of Edinburgh, Scot-land, in 1997. He attended The Royal Military Academy at Sand-hurst, England, and was commis-sioned into the Royal Artillery in 1998. He served fi ve years in the British Army and completed his military career as a captain in Iraq.

Following a honeymoon in Utah and Jackson, Wyoming, exploring the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, the couple now resides in Brookline where the bride is a fi fth-grade teacher in Weston, Mass., and the groom is attending Harvard Business School.

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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tice of Cleona, Pa., are visiting Mrs. Julia Olson at RW-C in Irvington and other family members in the community.

Mrs. Susan Linn of Altoona, Pa., was the guest of the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Roland and family last week.

Miss Carolyn Edey has returned to Christopher Newport University after spending mid-semester break with her family here.

Ms. Lori Courtney and daugh-ter, Addie, of Richmond visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Conley last weekend.

Mrs. Nat Kirkland has returned after a week in Louisville, Ky., where she attended with family the wedding of Courtney Lynn McCall and Richard Paul Eno.

George Wright is home and doing well following laser eye surgery at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk.

Mrs. Charlotte Ramey of Rich-mond was the guest of Mrs. Jack Enoch on Friday. Mrs. Ramey will be remembered as the former Charlotte Darnes of Richmond and Indian Creek.

Dr. Joe Shehigh of Virginia Intermont College in Bristol vis-ited his mother, Mrs. Maurice Fulcher, and Mr. Fulcher, while on break last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Keyser have returned from a delightful two weeks in Lancaster, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. John Taliaferro were in Richmond last weekend with their son and family, Paul and Teri Taliaferro and young son, Will.

Mrs. Mary Lyons of Chase, Md., was with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Blades, last weekend. Mrs. Lyons and Mrs. Blades enjoyed a day in Wil-liamsburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bennett of Leesburg, Fla., were guests of Mrs. June Turnage last week and other friends in the vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. John Brauer spent last weekend with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Mar-shall Cocke in Lynchburg. On Sunday, they attended homecom-ing services at Motley United Methodist Church in Motley, the ladies’ home church.

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Crockett, her daughter, Genevieve Hum-phreys, and Michael Ulbel, both of Alexandria, fl ew to Athens, Greece, on September 20. From there they fl ew to the Island of San Torini in Greece where Gennie and Michael were mar-ried on September 23.

Jamie Dameron and friend, Karen Cole, of Williamsburg were with his mother, Mrs. Ever-ett Dameron, last weekend.

Barrister George W. Reiblich of Tucson, Az., has been visiting his mother, Mrs. W. R. Keyser, and Mr. Keyser at their home on Kent Cove. While here he vis-ited his aunt, Mrs. Elmer Jones, in Riverside Hospital in Tappah-annock and other relatives in the area. He will return to Tucson by way of Jacksonville, Fla., where his brother, Carroll, lives.

Tommy and Ella Mae Turling-ton and their daughter and family, Cheri and Brent Adams and chil-dren, of Columbia, S.C., have returned from a 10-day trip to Nova Scotia.

Kristen Joy Beatty and Cristian Martin Shirilla

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Beatty of Clifton announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Joy, to Cristian Martin Shirilla, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shirilla of Lancaster.

Miss Beatty is a 2003 graduate of Longwood University and is a program director with the Rich-mond County Y.M.C.A.

Mr. Shirilla graduated from Longwood University in May 2003, and is a director of the Y.M.C.A. in Northumberland and a partner in Northern Neck Speed-liner.

An April 2005 wedding is planned in Fairfax.

Barbara Elaine Taylor and Clarence Roy Horst

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Martin Taylor of Kilmarnock announce the engagement of their daugh-ter, Barbara Elaine, to Clarence Roy Horst, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Horst.

A holiday wedding is planned.

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The Corrotoman Senior Citi-zens will meet on Tuesday, Octo-ber 19, at 10 a.m. at the Ruritan Center in Lively.

Attendees may bring a friend, a sandwich, and a prize. Bingo will be played. Desserts and bev-erages will be furnished.

Hostesses for the day will be Betty Broughton, Nancy George, Ellen Hill, Joanne Reynolds and Ginny Schmidt.

Upcoming trips include Christ-mas at the Biltmore, November 8 to 11, and the Festival of Lights in Wheeling, W. Va., November 30 to December 2.

For trip information, call Hazel Ford at 462-7895, or Fannie Clin-gan at 435-1713.

The Northern Neck of Vir-ginia Historical Society will meet Wednesday, October 20, at Indian Creek Yacht and Coun-try Club near Kilmarnock. The business meeting will start at 11 a.m. After the luncheon, Robert James Teagle, education direc-tor of the Foundation for His-toric Christ Church will give a presentation on “The Houses of Robert Carter.”

Robert ‘King’ Carter was per-haps the wealthiest and most infl uential planter in pre-Revolu-tionary Virginia. Born in Coro-toman in Lancaster County, he owned extensive estates through-out tidewater Virginia. He and his descendants built some of the fi nest colonial houses in the Com-monwealth. Teagle will speak about the research he has done on some 22 houses associated with Robert Carter, personally or through his descendants.

Of those built in the Northern Neck, Corotoman by Robert Carter, Cleve, Nomini Hall and Sabine Hall by his sons Charles, Robert, and Landon, only Sabine Hall still stands today. The impos-ing mansion in Richmond County was constructed between 1738 and 1742. Original paintings, fur-nishings, and other items from Landon Carter and his family remain at Sabine Hall, which is owned by Carter descendants.

The society encourages anyone interested in regional history to attend the meeting. For reser-vations, call Wanda Mason at 224-0163.

Historical society to discuss houses of Robert Carter

Corrotoman seniors will meet Oct. 19

Miss Linda’s School of Dance “Dancing Divas” will have a Har-vest Dance on October 23 at the Dream Fields building on Route 200 near Kilmarnock.

The dance will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. for ages 10 to 13 and from 9 to 11 p.m. for ages 13 and up. Costumes are welcome. Admission is $5. Wayne Jessie will be the D.J.

This is a fund-raiser for the Divas, a dance group affi liated with the Northern Neck YMCA. The group is raising funds to travel to the Sugar Bowl to per-form at half time.

The dance is sponsored by Beatley’s Custom Cabinets of Kilmarnock.

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The Woman’s Club of White Stone will hold a bake sale and serve lunch on Election Day at the clubhouse on Chesapeake Drive in White Stone. Doors will open at 8 a.m. and home-baked items

will be for sale. Lunch, consisting of hearty veg-

etable soup, bread, beverage, and dessert will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Takeout will be available. Lunch is $5 per person.

Club plans Election Day activities

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Quilters throughout the Northern Neck are preparing items for the silent and live quilt auctions to be held at Festival Halle in Reedville October 23 and 24.

The auctions are being coordinated by the members of the Tavern Quilt Guild and a portion of the proceeds will go to benefi t their activities which are based at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern in Heathsville.

The auctions will feature traditional and modern quilting techniques on display. Table toppers and placemat sets, pieced and appliqué pillows, wall hangings, bed-size quilts, youth quilts and lap quilts are among the items to be auctioned.

Of special interest to quilt collectors are an antique crazy quilt and a quilt using vintage fabrics from the 1970s.

Quilting tools are also among auction items, including a late-19th-century trea-dle sewing machine and a 1941 Singer Featherweight.

For those who want to create their own quilting masterpiece, “Quilts-in-a-Jar” will be available.

The live auction will take place October 23 beginning at 4 p.m.

There will be fi ve tables of silent auction items that will close at staggered times over the course of the two-day event.

The auctions are part of the “Quilt Gala of the Northern Neck” event October 23 and 24 also in Reedville. The gala fea-tures a variety of quilting and quilt-related activities presented by the guild and the RFM Quilters of the Reedville Fisher-

men’s Museum.In addtion to the auctions, quilt vendors

will set up shop at the Masonic Hall, and the museum will host a 2004 Hoffman Challenge Quilt exhibit, representing the creative talents of quilters from around the country.

A weekend pass is $15 in advance and $20 at the door. A weekend pass gains admission to all of the above and a recep-tion Saturday at Festival Halle to start the live quilt auction. Advance tickets can be obtained at the museum and payment can be made by cash, check or credit card.

For additional information on the gala, as well as a concurrent Lois Smith quilt work-shop, contact themuseum at 453-6529, or visit www.rfmuseum.org.

Reedville to be covered in quilts October 23-24

The “cathedral window quilt” (left) and “crazy quilt” are among the auction items.

The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum fall lecture series con-tinues on Monday, October 18, at 7 p.m. at Festival Halle.

The speaker is Katherine Man-sfi eld of the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences. She will dis-cuss the sea turtle and its impact on our local fi shermen.

Mansfi eld is a marine biolo-gist working on her doctorate. Her dissertation work focuses on identifying sources of sea turtle mortality within the Chesapeake Bay and examining sea turtle movements, migration patterns, and behavior that may increase the potential for fi shery-turtle interactions.

Mansfi eld manages the Vir-ginia Sea Turtle Stranding Net-work and VIMS Sea Turtle Research Program. This includes collecting real-time data on sea turtle mortalities, rehabilitation of sick or injured turtles, fi sh-eries surveys using side scan sonar, aerial population surveys, and satellite tracking the at-sea movements of loggerhead sea turtles using Virginia’s waters as both a nesting and foraging ground.

Prior to her association with VIMS, Mansfi eld worked for the National Park Service and var-ious non-profi t groups, private industry and state agencies. She completed her master’s at the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmo-

Miriam Hirsch, neurosurgical nurse coordinator at the Medical College of Virginia, will speak at the Parkinson’s Support Group meet-ing at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury on October 20 at 2 p.m.

A registered nurse, Hirsch has specialized for 10 years with neu-rologically impaired patients, spe-cifi cally those with Parkinson’s and movement disorders. She works with Dr. Mark S. Baron at MCV and at the VA Hospital in Rich-mond.

Eleven members of the Parkin-son’s Support Group have had their physical assessments and begun the Neurofi t exercise program designed for people with Parkinson’s and other neurological defi cits. Sup-ported by a generous contribution, the program is free to the partici-pants.

Always on the third Wednesday of the month, Parkinson’s Support Group meetings are open to anyone with Parkinson’s and to their fam-ilies or caregivers. Contact Tish Nystrom at 438-4026 to reserve a place.

MCV nurse to visitParkinson’s group

RFM lecture to discuss sea turtle impact on fi shing

Playing to benefi t the LHS bandThe ACCA Temple Shriners “Million Dollar Band” (above) will share the stage with The Lancaster High School Symphonic Band on Sunday, October 17, at 2 p.m. in the Lancaster Middle School Theater. The benefi t concert is the fi rst opportunity that these two groups have had to share the stage, and should prove to be a very enjoyable afternoon of music, said LHS band di rector Robbie Spiers. This also will be the fi rst opportunity this school year the community has to hear the award-winning LHS Symphonic Band. Admission is by donation at the door, and all proceeds benefi t the LHS Band trip to London on New Year’s Day.

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Something old and something new will be featured at the Gwynn’s Island Museum blue-grass show on Saturday, October 16.

The Dragon Run Bluegrass Band returns to the Gwynn’s Island Civic League building stage, and The Old Time Jammers make their fi rst appearance.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Gwynn’s Island Civic League building on Route 223 in Gwynn’s Island. Admission is by donation. Proceeds benefi t the museum.

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The “On Stage” performing arts series is currently experienc-ing too much of a good thing.

The 2004-05 season is sold out and there is a waiting list of folks hoping to get individual perfor-mance tickets for the opening show, October 25, featuring the Capitol Steps.

Season subscribers who don’t plan to attend the performance are urged to call the box offi ce at 435-0292 as soon as possible so that others might be accomo-dated.

Presenters chairman Maria Laqueur indicated attempts will be made to accomodate everyone, but the popularity of the Capitol Steps, especially at the height of a presidential campaign, presents a challenge for the box offi ce.

The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Ronald Reagan was president when the Steps “took offi ce,” so co-founders Elaina Newport, Bill Strauss and Jim Aidala fi gured that if entertainers could become politicans, then politicians could become entertainers.

The Capitol Steps have recorded 24 discs including their latest, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Baghdad.” They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS and can be heard four times a year on National Public Radio with their “Politics Takes a Holi-day” radio specials.

The music and humor is updated constatnly whether to include President George Bush’s latest malapropism in “Don’t Go Fakin’ You’re Smart,” set to Elton

Upcoming Capitol Steps show presents box offi ce challenge

John’s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” or Sen. John Kerry’s posi-tions on the issues in “I’ve Taken Stands on Both Sides Now.” No matter who’s in the headlines, the Capitol Steps are equal opportu-nity offenders.

The local performance begins at 8 p.m. at the Lancaster Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock.

The seventh annual Festival of Trees committee is seeking entries for the November 19, 20 and 21 event at the YMCA in Kilmarnock.

The festival features trees and other decorative displays created and donated by local businesses, organizations and individuals to support the YMCA Guardian Program. The entries, all with themes and trimmings, will be sold by silent auction to the highest bidder when the festival con-cludes.

Proceeds from the festival benefit the Guardian Program that ensures no one is ever turned away from a YMCA program because of the inabil-ity to pay the program fees.

Entries to date include Wind-mill Point Resort and Yacht Harbor, Rappahanock Internal Medicine, the Kiwanis Club of the Northern Neck, Northern Neck State Bank, Picture Me, Bank of Lancaster, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock and Chesapeake Academy.

To submit an entry, contact Donna McGrath at 438-5803 or Susan Johnson at 438-5187. New entries are encouraged and welcomed.

A community-wide Suicide Prevention Workshop will be held Saturday, October 16, at Fair-fi elds United Methodist Church in Burgess.

Registration and coffee will be at 9:30 a.m.; the program begins at 10 a.m. There is no admission charge.

Dr. Jane Wiggins, interven-tion psychologist for Rockingham County Schools and consulting trainer for the Center of Injury and Violence Prevention of the Virginia Department of Health, will speak.

Dr. Wiggins has structured the program to utilize the Ques-tion, Persuade and Refer (QPR) approach to suicide prevention. The formula can help the average person identify a problem and perhaps save a life.

The program is sponsored by the United Methodist women of Afton, Galilee and Fairfi elds churches.

Dr. Wiggins to lead QPR workshop

Individual performance tickets, as available, are $22.50 for adults and $10 for students. Call the box offi ce to get on the waiting list.

“On Stage” is sponsored by the Rappahannock Foundation For the Arts. Entertainment Systems Inc. of Kilmarnock is serving as a corporate sponsor for the Capi-tol Steps show.

The Northern Neck Chapter of The Virginia Native Plant Society will hold its annual meeting on October 21 at noon at Wicomico Parish Episcopal Church in Wic-omico Church.

All attendees are urged to bring their own brown-bag lunch. Bever-ages and dessert will be provided by chapter members. Lunch will begin at noon, followed by a short business meeting and election of new offi cers prior to a presenta-tion.

This month’s presentation will feature Dr. Leonard Adkins, a hiker and author of over a dozen books on the outdoors. Dr. Adkins has trekked over the world: the Caribbean, the Appalachian Trail (Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia portions), the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico, the Allegh-eny Trail, the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain, the Canadian Rockies and the Pacifi c Northwest Trail from the moun-tains to the Pacifi c Ocean.

His presentation will emphasize wildfl owers of the Appalachian Trail. Dr. Adkins has hiked the trail four times and is nearing comple-tion of his fi fth hike. His book of the same title is a winner of the National Outdoor Books Award.

Dr. Adkins will show photo-graphs by Joe and Monica Cook, the same as those included in the book.

Wildfl owers presentationcoming soon

Photo artist Barbara Touchette will present “Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 to your best advantage” for four Wednes-days starting October 27 at the Lancaster Community Library in Kilmarnock.

The workshop will continue November 3 and 17, and con-clude on December 1. Class hours will be from 1 to 3 p.m. each

day.Touchette, an award-winning

photographer, was asked to speak to the Photoshop Special Interest Group section of the Northern Neck Computer Users Group last July.

The success of the presenta-tion prompted the NNCUG to extend and sponsor an invitation for her to present a workshop

for the public based on her cre-ative approach for using the pop-ular software. Her artistic use of the software has created interest among many local followers of her work.

The workshop will include an overview of the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 program and its tools, and will include many demonstrations throughout the instruction. Touchette’s work “Variations on a Fern” will be featured in the creative uses of fi lters section of the workshop.

The easy and informal approach to Touchette’s teaching and demonstrations makes the workshop suitable for beginning to intermediate levels. The fee is $60 for the entire program.

For reservations, call 462-5410.

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Bryan D. Edmonds

Chesapeake Bank recently pro-moted Bryan D. Edmonds to vice president and director of business services.

“Over the years, Bryan has made signifi cant contributions to Chesapeake’s business develop-ment in our Williamsburg market and has been instrumental in the success of our Merchant Card pro-gram,” said chairman, president and chief executive offi cer Jeffrey M. Szyperski.

Edmonds supervises Chesa-peake’s merchant services staff, and he plans and directs the devel-opment and management of all business banking products and ser-vices. Additionally, he manages the development and implemen-tation of new services by quan-tifying customer needs, market potential, operational feasibility, and profi tability in order to create services that achieve Chesapeake’s goals of client acquisition, reten-tion, and satisfaction.

Edmonds received a bachelor’s in economics and social studies from Northern Michigan Univer-sity in 1997. He joined Chesa-

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peake Bank in 1998 as a teller. He advanced to business devel-opment functions and was pro-moted to assistant vice president in 2001.

In June, Edmonds was named the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Man of the Year.” He raised over $15,000 for the cause.

Edmonds and his wife, Emily, are residents of Williamsburg.

The Bank of Lancaster and Bay Trust Company professionals are available to share their knowledge and experience with civic, chari-table, church or school organiza-tions.

Employees are available to speak on an array of topics includ-ing identity theft, fi nances and investing for women, basic budget-ing, funding education, planning for retirement, investing, careers in banking; professional dressing, and cash and traveling abroad.

For a complete listing of avail-able topics, visit www.bankof lancaster.com.

To schedule a speaker, contact Hazel Farmer at 435-4101 or hfarmer@banklanc.com.

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The Rappahannock Region Small Business Development Center and the Rappahannock Community College Workforce and Community Development Center will co-sponsor a two-hour workshop about government procurement on October 22.

The workshop will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Work-force and Community Develop-ment Center at Rappahannock Community College in Warsaw. Any business owner in the North-ern Neck or Middle Peninsula region is invited to attend the workshop.

Gregory McMullin, director of Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology Procurement Techni-cal Assistance Center (PTAC) in Charlottesville, will conduct the

workshop. Afterward, confi den-tial counseling sessions will be available on a fi rst-come basis and can be reserved at or before the time of registration.

Workshop topics will include how to complete the federal government’s Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and how to market and sell to the federal government.

Additional topics will include services provided by PTAC, the 8(a) designation for small disad-vantaged businesses, HUB Zone locations and benefi ts for histori-cally underutilized business com-munities, and opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses.

The registration fee is $25. To register, call 333-0286 or 800-524-8915.

Workshop set to explaingovernment procurement

The Virginia Housing Devel-opment Authority recently announced the addition to its fi rst-time homebuyer product group the 1st Choice program.

“One of the great things about 1st Choice is that fi rst-time home-buyers have the option to make interest-only mortgage payments for the fi rst seven years of the loan,” said Janice Burgess, VHDA loan programs manager. “There-fore, buyers can reduce their monthly mortgage payments by 25 percent or more during that time period, saving them money and allowing them to qualify for a larger house.”

In addition to interest-only pay-ments, 1st Choice offers:

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30-year loan.“1st Choice puts homebuyers

in control of their payments; they can make principal payments at any time without a penalty,” said Burgess. “This loan program is perfect for homebuyers who are anticipating an income increase and are trying to purchase a home in one of Virginia’s rapidly appre-ciating real estate markets.”

Eligible 1st Choice applicants must meet VHDA First-time Homebuyer Program require-ments, including income and sales price limits (except in Fed-eral Targeted Areas). Applicants also must have a good credit his-tory and stable employment his-tory.

For more information about VHDA’s 1st Choice or other loan programs, call 800-227-8432, or visit www.vhda.com.

VHDA has new programfor fi rst-time home buyers

Gov. Mark R. Warner last week announced appointments to several Virginia boards and commissions.

Jane Bruce Crowther of Heaths-ville and Julie H. Kellum of Lively have been appointed to the Virginia Marine Products Board.

Crowther is a senior director of refi ned oils with the Omega Protein Corporation in Reedville.

Kellum is offi ce administrator for W. Ellery Kellum Seafood Inc. in Weems.

The Virginia Marine Products Board helps market and promote Virginia seafood.

Two local seafood leaders appointed to products board

The third annual Virginia Agri-culture Summit will take place February 21 and 22 at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center in Roanoke.

Experts will examine the changes ahead for Virginia Agriculture as the balance shifts, the number of large and small farms increase and mid-sized operations decline. Par-ticipants will learn how to turn food traceability into a competitive advantage.

The registration fee covers all ses-sions, meals and breaks. Through February 10, the fee will be $50. After February 10, the registration will be $75. For details, visit

www.agsummit.com, call 290-1111, or email Tom.Sleight@vdacs.virginia.gov.

The Hotel Roanoke and Con-ference Center is offering special rates for room reservations made by February 10. Call the hotel at 540-985-5900 or 866-594-4722. Be sure to reference the Virginia Ag Summit.

The Virginia Department of Agri-culture and Consumer Services, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, Virginia State University, Virginia Tech, USDA’s Risk Management Agency, and Virginia Cooperative Extension are sponsoring the event.

Ag summit to be held in Roanoke

Virginia, a Commonwealth Comes of Age: An Illustrated His-tory, by Virginia historian Lisa Antonelli Bacon, will be released in October.

The book is an illustrated account of Virginia’s rich and col-orful heritage. Readers will:

• learn how those fi rst settlers originally sought to trade and plun-der, not settle, but were captivated by the land’s unspoiled beauty.

• fi nd how its citizenry went from being traders and gentlemen farmers to become titans of canals, railroads and ironworks.

• discover how slavery, and the ensuing Civil War, forever changed the politics, the econ-omy and the very way of being for this state that some have said

was a microcosm of the national miasma.

• see how after four centuries, Virginia has evolved from a fragile agricultural-based colony, neigh-boring a hostile new world, into a region that is enthusiastically on the cutting edge of telecommu-nications, software programming and aerospace.

The book contains 368 pages, includes rare historical images and color photos.

Bacon will be signing copies and touring the state through the fall and winter months delighting audiences with her vast knowl-edge of Virginia.

Published by American Histori-cal Press, the book sells for $34.95 plus tax.

Virginia history comesof age with new book

Safety Manager Mike Finerfrock (right) dis cusses safety awareness when responding to emergency situations near or involving power lines.

The Northern Neck Electric Cooperative last week hosted an emergency response appre-ciation meeting. Local rescue squads, fi re departments, law enforcement departments and the Virginia State Police were invited to the meeting.

The Northern Neck Electric Cooperative presented dona-tions to the local fi re depart-ments and rescue squads.

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erfrock conducted a safety presentation on the potential dangers involving power lines during an emergency response.

Line Crew Foreman Edward Courtney demonstrated the potential hazards of power lines with a portable unit designed for promoting public safety.

Refreshments were served after the safety demonstration.

Salonathon raises $2,500Heads Up Hairworks Inc. in Kilmarnock recently hosted a City of Hope Salonathon. The event raised more than $2,500 to help fi ght breast cnacer, diabetes and HIV. Chris Young and Georgie Fary thanked the Heads Up family and all of those who con-tibuted or supported the event. From left are Young and Ann DePaolo.

Bukoski earns GRIThe Virginia Associa tion of Realtors has an nounced Wanda Bukoski re cently earned the Graduate Realtor Insti tute (GRI) desig nation. Bukoski received the na tionally recog-nized GRI des ignation in July by completing 90 class room hours of real es tate instruc-tion with emphasis on topics such as legal liabili ties, pro-fessional standards, construc-tion and new homes sales, and spe cialized areas such as appraisal, fi nancing, real estate investments and taxation.

Penny Latham of White Stone and Leesburg recently opened a boutique in the Kilmarnock Antique Gallery at 144 School Street in Kilmarnock.

Latham also owns a year-old gift and antique shop in Lees-burg, called Penny Lane Antiques & Gifts.

“My family has been spending more and more time in the North-ern Neck. I started coming to the area in 1979 with my husband whose parents owned a home in Kilmarnock. I fell in love with the river, “ Latham said.

Penny Lane opens boutiqueat Kilmarnock Antique Gallery

She plans to bring selecteditems from the Leesburg store tothe boutique.

“I keep an eye on my competi-tion and on the big stores to makesure that all of my inventory isoriginal and new,” said Latham

Before opening her fi rst store,Latham produced fashion showsand events across the country.Her husband, Joe, helps withboth stores as do her children,Charles, a senior at the Universityof Sussex in Brighton, England,and, Robert, 17, a high schooljunior.

Delmarva Septic Solutions Inc. of Kilmarnock has announced the installation of the fi rst Ecofl o Bio-fi lter in Maryland.

The Ecofl o is an alternative septic system distributed by DSSI.

“Maryland is the 15th state to approve the installation of Ecofl o Biofi lters with over 20,000 cur-rently installed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Asia,” said DSSI president Kenneth Beatley. “The Maryland Department of the Environment recently approved the installation of the system as a replacement for an existing system located in Carroll County, Md.”

Designed and manufactured by Premier Tech Environment of Canada since 1994, the system is a proven permanent alternative for on-site wastewater treatment man-agement. The Ecofl o is a compact, high-performance peat-based bio-fi lter designed to treat wastewater from the septic tank of a single-family home, small communities, or low-fl ow commercial applica-tions. The system uses a high fi ltering medium that retains its purifying capacities over time.

“The Ecofl o is an affordable alternative for homeowners who need to replace their existing sys-tems, for landowners where high groundwater or drainfi eld restric-

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tions are a problem and for those who are environmentally con-scious,” said Beatley.

DSSI fi rst received approval from the Virginia Department of Health, Division for Onsite Sewage and Water Systems in 2002 and has installed more than 200 systems throughout the state. All systems are installed by qual-ifi ed installers and are inspected annually by DSSI to make cer-tain that every system is working properly and to ensure continued effi ciency.

DSSI is the authorized dis-tributor of the Ecofl o Biofi lter for Virginia and Maryland and currently has locations in the East-ern Shore, Richmond, Kilmarnock and Charles County, Md.

■ Developing a planThe Rappahannock Region Small

Business Development Center will offer A Business Plan Workshop on October 18 and 20 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Northern Neck Planning District Commission head quarters in Warsaw.

The workshop will cover the development of the narrative and fi nancial forecasting por tions of a business plan. A registration fee of $40 is re quired before October 15. To register, call 333-0286 or 800-524-8915, or visit www.home pages.sylvaninfo.net/sbdc.

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A12 • Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • Oct. 14, 2004

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Diane Trittipoe (above), for-merly of Lancaster County and now with Long & Foster Real-tors in Sandston, has been awarded the Accredited Buyer Representation designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council Inc., of the Na tional Association Of Realtors. Trit-tipoe joins more than 30,000 real estate professionals in North America who have earned the desig nation.

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Army Spec. Jordan L. McGowan has deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to engage in military operations involving U.S. and coalition forces.

Operation objectives include lib-erating the Iraqi people, preserving Iraq as a unifi ed state, keeping its ter-ritorial integrity intact, and helping the Iraqi people begin the process of economic and political recon-struction. Active duty, reserve, and national guard members from all branches of the U.S. armed forces are participating in the operation.

McGowan is regularly assigned to one of the various camps and units of the 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army based in South Korea. Soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division deploy to Iraq to augment soldiers serving in the country or to replace soldiers who had completed their tour of duty.

Army Reserve Cpl. Ramona L. Beekman has been recalled to active duty to complete Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) at Fort Snelling in St. Paul, Minn.

SRP is an annual requirement for reservists to prepare them for pos-sible future deployments to support the mission of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and/or Iraqi Freedom.

Beekman, a cook, is normally assigned to the 687th Quartermas-ter Battalion in Decatur, Ill.

She is the daughter of Ruby L. Dublin of Kilmarnock.

Beekman is a 1987 graduate of Northumberland High School.

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net can now stay home and apply for an Electronic Loan Defi ciency Payment, or eLDP. The producers will receive approval and payment by direct deposit within 48 hours.

Participants must meet all eligi-bility requirements for marketing assistance loans and LDPs for the commodity. The voluntary eLDP service has stringent security mea-sures to protect private information.

Participants also must have an email address, direct deposit, and set up a customer profi le through the county Farm Service Agency offi ce.

To register, visit www.sc.egov.usda.gov and com-plete form CCC-634-E, “Request for Electronic Loan Defi ciency Pay-ment Services,” or obtain a form at the county offi ce.

Participants must have an active USDA eAuthentication Level 2 account, which requires fi lling out an on-line registration form at www.eauth .egov.usda .gov/ followed by a visit to the county offi ce for identity verifi cation.

Farm Service Agency NewsCustomer statement

The FSA has launched a new web tool to help producers track participation in farm programs. The new customer statement allows pro-ducers to view participation and application status for conservation programs, program payments, farm loan information and more. Access to the customer statement is avail-able to all USDA customers.

In order to insure personal iden-tity, a producer must fi rst register on line for a USDA ID. The on-line process creates a user ID and pass-word confi rming an email address. The ID will be an important identi-fi er as USDA begins to link more customer data from agencies across the department. To view a customer statement, visit www.usda.gov and click on the customer statement button.Minority producers

Minority producers can join a new voluntary register to ensure that they receive the latest farm program information. By joining the regis-ter, minority producers may receive outreach materials, newsletters and program announcements from FSA

and other USDA agencies.They may also receive informa-

tion from USDA-approved outreach partners, such as community-based organizations, faith-based organi-zations and minority-serving edu-cational institutions. USDA will control access to the register.

To register application is avail-able at the county offi ce or from approved USDA outreach partners.Civil rights

Any persons, class or group of persons may fi le a discrimina-tion complaint with USDA if they believe an administered program or function directly or indirectly results in treatment or services being pro-vided differently because of a per-son’s race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap or age.

Any person alleging discrimina-tion has the right to fi le a complaint within 180 days of the alleged dis-criminatory action. Complains may be fi led in writing and sent to USDA Director, Offi ce of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 326-W Whitten Build-ing, Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410.

Cooperative Extension at Vir-ginia State University will con-duct a two-day educational conference to teach small, part-time and limited resource farm-ers ways to increase their profi ts.

Co-sponsored by Future Har-vest and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and Risk Man-agement Agency, the Small Farm Family Conference will be held at VSU on November 9 and 10.

“The conference is designed for farmers with limited land, equipment and funds who use family labor to operate,” said Andy Hankins, VSU alternative agriculture extension specialist. “Participants will learn about establishing new profi table enter-prises, marketing their products more effectively, keeping records and managing fi nances.”

Conference topics include

Small Farm Family Conference planned

strawberry production, integrated goat management, production/direct marketing of value-added products, tax management, com-puter programs for farm man-agement, organic vegetable production, fresh cut flower production/marketing, profits from farm ponds, USDA farm assistance programs and legal issues associated with their property.

The registration fee is $25 per person. Admission is free for children under 10. The registration deadline is Novem-ber 1. After this date, registra-tion will increase to $35 per person.

To register, call Hankins at 524-5962, or email ahankins@vsu.edu; or call Berran Rogers at 524-6964, or email brogers@vsu.edu.

Riverside Tappahannock Hos-pital recently welcomed a hus-band and wife medical team to provide family and pediatric care in Warsaw

Dr. Alison Ensor Dunn, pedia-trician, has joined LaKeita Smith, M.D. at Riverside Warsaw Pedi-atrics. Dr. Dunn completed her degree at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and com-pleted residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She is board-certifi ed by the Amer-ican Academy of Pediatrics.

Effective January 1, Dr. Rich-ard Dunn, board-certifi ed family practitioner, will join Riverside Medical Arts in Warsaw. Dr. Dunn completed his degree at the Med-

Drs. Dunn to practicemedicine in Warsaw

ical College of Virginia in Rich-mond and completed residency training at Moses Cone Family Practice in Greensboro. He is board-certifi ed by the American Academy of Family Practice.

The Dunns are relocating to Warsaw from Colonial Beach. They have two children, Made-line, 2, and Andrew, 1.

“With the addition of both Dr. Dunns, we will be able to expand the quality family care services both in the area of family practice and pediatrics,” said Liz Martin, RTH administrator.

Dr. Alison Dunn is currently accepting new patients and Dr. Richard Dunn will begin seeing new patients on January 11.

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Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • Oct. 14, 2004 • A13Schools

The Lancaster school system offers a variety of free special education programs serving chil-dren from age 2 through 21.

To locate those who are sus-pected of having a disability, the school system conducts an annual Child Find Campaign.

Children with a disability who turn two on or before September 30, and who have not reached their 22nd birthday, can be con-sidered for the programs.

Disabilities which may adversely affect a child’s educa-tional progress include:

• Developmental delay among children ages 2 through 8.

• Autism.• Deafness and blindness.• Hearing impairment, whether

permanent or fl uctuating.• Mental retardation or signifi -

cant subaverage general intellec-tual functioning with defi cits in adaptive behavior.

• Multiple disabilities, includ-ing two or more impairments at the same time.

• Orthopedic impairment, including those caused by con-genital anomaly, disease and other causes such as cerebral palsy.

• Other health impairment, such as limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic or acute

health problems.• Emotional disturbance, an

inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; an inability to build and maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; inappropriate behavior or feelings; a pervasive mood of unhappiness or depres-sion or a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears asso-ciated with personal or school problems.

• Specifi c learning disability or a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological pro-cesses involved in understanding or using language.

• Speech and language impair-ment.

• Severe disability.• Traumatic brain injury.• Visual impairment.Early warning signs of these

disabilities include delays in reaching developmental mile-stones in early childhood such as trouble sitting, standing, walking, talking, seeing, hearing, learning or paying attention.

Special services for identify-ing and treating children sus-pected of having disabilities are free and available through Lan-caster schools.

Schools conduct ‘Child Find Campaign’

College-bound high school stu-dents can take the ACT Assess-ment on December 11, the next national test date.

The deadline for postmark reg-istration is November 5. The late registration deadline is Novem-ber 18.

Students can get registration materials from their guidance counselor, or they can register at www.actstudent.org.

ACT scores are accepted by virtually all colleges in the nation, including all Ivy League schools. The exam is administered in all 50 states. Students can fi nd the closest testing location by search-ing on the website.

Some students perform better on the ACT because it is based on achievement, not aptitude. The ACT exam includes four parts: English, reading, mathematics and science. It takes three hours to complete. The test fee is $28. An additional $15 is required for late registration.

Free sample tests are available from high school counselors; sample questions can be found on the website.

Beginning in February, an optional writing test will be added to the ACT Assessment. Since many colleges will not require a writing score, students will only have to take the writing test if their college requires it. Students who plan to start college in the fall of 2006 should check with prospective colleges to fi nd out if a writing score is required.

ACT test registration is due by November 5

The Northern Neck Adult Edu-cation Program in partnership with the Virginia Employment Commission Workforce One Stop Center is offering free practice GED testing for adults to fi nd out what the test is all about.

The fi rst testing session is Octo-ber 18 at 8:30 a.m. at the Virginia Employment Commission offi ce in Warsaw.

Many adults face the prospect of taking the eight-hour GED exam with little preparation and confi dence. When the results are in, there is disappointment. Knowing more about the test and some advance preparation can make a big difference in the results.

Forty-two adults residing in the Northern Neck successfully passed the GED last school year. Their success indicates how important advance preparation and sticking to their educational goal of passing the GED worked for them.

A Virginia worker with a GED or high school diploma earns an average of $7,000 more each year and is much less likely to be unemployed than a worker with-out a GED or diploma.

To sign up for the practice tests, call 580-3152 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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Lancaster High School grad-uates are invited to participate in homecoming activities Octo-ber 22 and 23.

An alumni fl oat will be entered in the homecoming parade Friday, October 22. Any alumni, especially former home-coming queens, are invited to

Alumni may participate in Lancaster High School homecoming events

join the Reunion Ride and then attend a faculty-alumni recep-tion.

The homecoming game against Rappahannock begins at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, October 23, alumni are invited to partici-pate in a volleyball tournament

The Lancaster Middle School Parent Teacher Association will meet on Monday, October 18, at 7 p.m. The meeting will include a presentation by the LMS Physical Education Department on Healthy Lifestyles. The Northern Neck YMCA will provide information on programs available to LMS students, and representatives of the Lancaster Band Boosters will introduce their organization.

The PTA at LMS is an active organization that provides fund-

ing, generated through student fund-raisers, to support many activities and programs through-out the school year. Programs include the Star Achiever Rec-ognition Program, Science Fair awards, and Refl ection Awards which highlight student visual and written arts. The PTA also pro-vides student agendas and funds for athletic and technical equip-ment, the band, literary club, library, and teacher/staff apprecia-tion gifts.

LMS PTA to meet October 18

The 2004-05 executive board of the Lancaster Middle School PTA includes (from left) Leslie Yost-Schomer, fund-raising/membership; Lisa Shivers, fund-raising co-chair; Susan Humphreys, hospitality; Sherry Hudnall, president; Donna McGrath, treasurer; Zaida Wohleking, secretary; Suzanne Keyser, vice president; and LuAnne Davis, publicity.

Along with support from the Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts and the Virginia Com-mission for the Arts, the LMS PTA works to bring arts to the school by sponsoring the The-atre IV performances each year.

The PTA previously hosted a successful Back to School Night in September and completed its fi rst fund-raiser, a magazine sales campaign which concluded Sep-tember 27.

NES recognizes ‘Students of the Month’Northumberland Elementary School recognized its “Students of the Month” with an ice cream party on Monday, October 4. The students were selected by their teachers for displaying the characteristic of respect which was the character education word of the month for September. Following the rules, treating teachers and classmates politely, and having a positive attitude were attributes for which these students were chosen. From left are (front row) Anthony Lee, Andre Green, Tyler Mitchell, Erica Maith, Shala Carey; (next row) Nick Slaughter, Willie Taylor, Madison Manalac, Lauren Brent, Logan Renton, Brandon Walker; (next row) Ben Burt, John Lewis, Jazmin Shipp, Miracle Basey, Johnnie McAfee, Robert Mitchell, Imari Mitchell, Nathan Kiss, Nathan Beane; (next row) Rena Payne, Brennon Saunders, Rei Miller, Hope Curry, Alexis Newsome, Dylan Wahl, Ahmad Bea, Henry Fife, Macy Swift.

Hope & Glory Inn co-owner Peggy Patteson greets grandson Hunter Hollingsworth and his classmates in preschool and pre-kindergarten as they enjoy their fi rst school bus ride.

Riding on the school bus was a new, exciting experience for most three- and four-year-olds in preschool and pre-kindergar-ten at Chesapeake Academy.

Having expressed curiosity about the new bright blue and white bus since their fi rst day of school, the students were thrilled to fi nally get aboard and enjoy a morning excursion around the neighborhood and town of Irving-ton.

The fi rst big highlight for the children riding two-by-two in the large cushioned seats was the side-to-side swaying caused by the school bus exiting the school driveway and rounding the fi rst corner.

Squeals of laughter ensued as the bus continued along Steam-boat Road. After turning around at Gaskins Landing and allow-ing the kids a good look at the eastern branch of Carters Creek, driver Susan Calhoun-Sousie skillfully manipulated the bus into the driveway of Irving-ton Mayor Alexander Fleet for the fi rst stop of the day. A quick toot of the horn brought Mr. and Mrs. Fleet to their front door, fol-

lowed by Webster their dog, a frequent visitor to the academy campus. Mayor Fleet and his wife came onboard to offi cially greet the children, adding a spe-cial hello to preschooler Spencer Crittenden, their grandson.

The next stop on the school bus tour of Irvington was the Hope & Glory Inn on King Carter Drive, where the students enjoyed window views of the beautiful gardens and were cheer-fully greeted by co-owner Peggy Patteson, grandmother of pre-schooler Hunter Hollingsworth.

The bus then followed King Carter Drive past the Tides Inn and around the bend to a pre-arranged turn-around spot at Rap-pahannock Yachts, where the children delighted in a variety of boats.

The journey continued with both classes singing “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round” all the way back to school. Pre-kindergarten teacher Molly Van-derpool concluded, “It was a fun ride with lots of laughs, and a great way for the children to become familiar with their com-munity.

Children take school bustour of Irvington village

In order to identify and place a child with a disability, the county follows an evaluation pro-cess. A child is referred by a teacher, parent, physician, or out-side agency to a special educa-tion administrator and/or child study committee which then gath-ers information about the child from teachers and the person who made the referral.

The committee reviews the information and determines if there is a need to have a formal evaluation and if so, written con-sent is sought from the parent/guardian. Parents are informed of their rights and procedural safe-guards including due process.

A formal evaluation, which is free to the parents, may include educational and psychological assessments, medical and social histories, vision and hearing screenings, and speech and lan-guage screening. A committee, including parents and school per-sonnel meet to consider the results of the evaluations. If a child meets eligibility criteria, then a free appropriate public education of special services is provided.

Those who think they may know a child with a disability should phone Ernest Palin at 435-3183.

and fl ag football game. A home-coming dance, with childcare provided, will be held Saturday evening.

For more information or to reg-ister for one or all of the events, contact Laura Young Bridge, Class of 1987, at 462-6039, or at lbridge@lcs.k12.va.us.

Paulina Thompson

On October 6, the Rappahan-nock Community College-Rich-mond County library held a dessert reception to welcome cir-culation assistant Paulina Thomp-son to her additional duties as library acquisitions manager.

She will coordinate the pur-chasing and receiving of library materials for both Warsaw and Glenns campuses.

“It’s a great opportunity,” said Thompson. “It will help me to continue my education here at RCC.”

Thompson has an associate’s in information technology. She will register this spring as a returning Old Dominion University student through ODU’s TELETECHNET program at RCC.

Thompson plans to pursue a bachelor’s in library science.

RCC assignsmore dutiesto Thompson

Twenty students from nearly a dozen counties statewide will be the honored guests at a Vir-ginia Historical Society lecture October 21, by Rick Atkinson who will speak on his 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943.

The students were selected to participate in the sixth annual Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars Forum, which honors

high school juniors and seniorswho have demonstrated excel-lence in history and govern-ment studies.

On October 22, the studentswill participate in a forum withAtkinson that will focus on thecampaign and its significancein the history of World War II.

Sydney Trail and PalmerWare of St. Margaret’s Schoolin Tappahannock were selectedto participate.

Two St. Margaret’s School students are Blanton Scholars

A14 • Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, Va. • Oct. 14, 2004

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Monday, October 18:French toast w/syrup orCereal & ToastGrape JuiceChicken Sticks & Roll orTuna SandwichLettuce & tomato, French fries, pear halves, fresh fruit.Tuesday , October 19: Chicken biscuits orCereal & ToastApple JuiceFish sticks & roll orCheeseburger on BunPeas & Carrots, golden corn, fruit cup, fresh fruit.Wednesday, October 20:Pancakes w/syrup orCereal & ToastOrange juiceCorn Dog Nuggets orSteakum w/cheese subVegetalble cup, French fries, peach cup, fresh fruitThursday, October 21:Egg Muffi n orCereal & toastGrape JuiceSalisbury steak w/ gravy and hot roll or Chicken nuggetsMashed potatoes, carrot sticks, spiced applesauce, fresh fruit.Friday, October 22:Sausage Biscuit orCereal & toastApple JuiceChicken patty on bun orMeatball sub.Potato wedges, green beans, sliced peaches, fresh fruit.

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Autumn Gaskins, a junior at Lan-caster High School, recently par-ticipated in the People to People Ambassador Program, an educa-tional exploration that was founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.

Gaskins, two other students from LHS and a group of students from the Fredericksburg area traveled and studied in France, Italy and Malta for 21 days last summer.

They visited the island of Camino and the crystal waters of the Blue Lagoon, said Gaskins. In Paris, they went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, then boarded a bateaux for a cruise along the Seine River. They passed the Notre Dame Cathedral and Musee’ duLouvre which is the home to Leonardo’s masterpiece, Mona Lisa. The group was able to see the Mona Lisa, but to see every-thing inside the Louvre would have taken three weeks, she said.

While in Sliema, Matta, the group visited St. John’s Cathedral which housed beautiful artwork and hun-dreds of tombs of knights and nobles, said Gaskins. The fl oors were of marble. In Mintecatini, Italy, they visited St. Peter’s basilica and saw hundreds of works by Michel-

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Chapel as “breathtaking.” The walls were covered in beautiful frescoes, she said.

The program allowed 41 students the opportunity to represent the U.S. overseas, experience new cultures and make lifelong friends.

Enabling Gaskins to share in this wonderful educational experience was made possible through the gen-erous support of family, friends and the community. It was truly an expe-rience she is happy she was able to take part.

Gaskins is the daughter of Kathy B. Jenkins and Mathew Gaskins Jr.

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PTA brings “Jemmy” Madison to lifeThe Lancaster Middle School PTA recently pre sented Theatre IV’s “James Madison and the Bill of Rights.” A magazine fund-raiser and grants from the Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts and the Vir-ginia Commission for the Arts enable the PTA to bring quality pro-grams with high ed ucational content to local students. The actors John Walski as James Madison, Eileen Fulford as Dolley Madison, Landon Nagel as Thomas Jeffer son and Ryan Tiller as Patrick Henry made “Jemmy” Madison come alive from his days as a young stu-dent to his contributions as president.

David S. Powers of the U.S. Geological Survey will present “The Chesapeake Bay Crater: Modern Consequences of an Ancient Cataclysm” on Octo-ber 28 at 7 p.m. at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at Gloucester Point.

Thirty-five million years ago a meteoroid struck what is now eastern Virginia. The impact ejected a huge cloud of debris, spawned a train of gigantic tsunamis, and left the largest impact crater in the U.S., now buried under hundreds of feet of sand and clay.

Powers, one of the crater’s discoverers, will explain how the event continues to affect the geology and groundwater of tidewater Virginia. See and touch cores of the impact debris and learn about on-going and planned research.

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Northumberland High School kicks off its Homecoming Week-end Friday, October 15, with a cross-country meet at 4:30 p.m.

Varsity and JV volleyball games follow at 6 p.m.

On Saturday morning, the school will host a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the cafeteria for $5.

Northumberland’s varsity fi eld hockey team will play at 10 a.m.

A parade begins at noon from the courthouse in Heathsville and marches to the high school. Entries are $5 and the school board will judge contestants and hand out cash prizes for each category.

The big football game starts at 2:30 p.m. when Northumberland plays Essex. The homecoming king and queen will be crowned at halftime. A dance from 8 to 11 p.m. in the auditorium will con-clude the events.

NHS to host homecomingactivities October 15-16

The Computer and Homework Center at the Northumberland Public Library is open. Students in grades three to 12 visit Monday through Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and volunteer mentors will assist themwith their homework.

The center is a gift from the family of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gray Jr., of Alexandria and Lotts-burg, in honor of their 50th wed-ding anniversary. It will eventually include two new computers, spe-cial homework help software and

Computer, homework centerat library seeks volunteers

The Lancaster Primary School TEA for Two program recently hosted its eighth annual training session for novice reading tutors.

Principal Merle Stables, assis-tant principal Lorena Watrous and reading specialist coordina-tors Alexis Forrester and Alice Blackstone were pleased with the number of new volunteers willing to share their time and talents with the students.

There is always room for more tutors.

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updated books on school subjects. Originally planned to debut in late November, the center opened early due to interest from the commu-nity.

The library is seeking volunteers from high school students to senior citizens to assist children in the center. Training will be provided, and a three month commitment of one afternoon per week is required. Qualifi cations are an enthusiastic, positive attitude and a desire to work with children.

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Street, which will require culvert construction and utility reloca-tion along a 25-foot easement controlled by the town. The proj-ect is proposed to alleviate vehi-cle buildup at the traffi c light.

Also included is a feasibility study for a traffi c loop from Route 3 south of Kilmarnock to East Church Street. The project would detour logging trucks and wide bed trucks from the Main Street pedestrian district.Sewage treatment

The town continues to accept proposals from consulting engineer fi rms concerning an evaluation of the town’s wastewater treatment facil-ity. The proposals will be accepted until November 5.

The study will seek recom-mendations for bringing the facility into compliance with the town’s wastewater discharge permit and a special consent order between the town and the Virginia Department of Environ-mental Quality.

The town is required to lower copper and zinc levels in its dis-charge. Additionally, the study seeks solutions to meet the future potential for nitrogen and phos-phorous discharge loads, as well as to identify sites for future water wells and elevated water towers.

committee boat and a yellow marker. The Virginia W. crossed the fi nish line fi rst, winning the skipjack race – an annual, local competition among early 20th-century working boats, part of a vanishing breed. The Sunrise won the Classic Boat Race.

Approaching on a starboard tack, not far behind the The Sun-rise, was the Claud W. Somers, a restored skipjack belonging to Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.

As it tacked over to port, wind fi lled the sails of the Claud W. Somers. The boat heeled to port and kept on going. The eight-member Somers –trained crew, most of whom were standing on the starboard side of the skipjack as it tacked, held on to the railing in a panic as the heavy wooden boom hit the water and pulled the sails down, out of the wind.

Committee chairman and sea-soned sailor Roger Fortin wit-nessed the event from only a short distance away at the fi nish line. Once the sails hit the water, he speculates, the captain could no longer use the wind to right the boat. Fortin also speculates that something may have been wrong with the skipjack’s moveable bal-uster board. Whatever happened, once the Claud W. Somers began to heel, it just kept on going.

In less than ten seconds, the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum’s pride and joy was almost entirely under water.

“It was horrible to watch people falling off the boat,” Fortin said. “People who had been hanging on, clinging to the railing dropped or fell vertically down into the water. They could have been hurt if they had hit the railing below.”

Spectator boats came quickly to the rescue, tossing life jackets

by the White Stone Volunteer Fire Department, which owns the build-ing.Police report

Police chief Ryan C. Kent said the town police department worked 240 hours in September, handled 15 calls for service, and made 61 traffi c stops with 40 summonses issued.

Kent also reported that the depart-ment assisted the Lancaster County sheriff’s offi ce with a fi ght involv-ing a large crowd outside of town limits and provided assistance to the Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control for a search war-rant served against a business out-side of town.

Additionally, Kent reported that the Rough Riders Performance Club has donated $200 for police depart-ment equipment purchases.NeckTech

Council heard a presentation about the Northern Neck-Chesa-peake Bay Regional Partnership’s “NeckTech” initiative to form a tele-communications authority for estab-lishing a wireless broadband tower network.

“The authority is the way it’s going to happen because the local internet service providers can’t afford to put up towers,” said Lan-caster county administrator William H. Pennell Jr.

Kaballero.com owner Graylend Horn questioned whether the tower network would address reception problems created by trees under the currently permitted frequency for use.

Pennell said one of the factors involved is Federal Communication Commission approval to use a fre-quency better able to reduce the reception problems.

Pennell urged town offi cials to attend the NeckTech meeting Octo-ber 25 at 5:30 p.m. at Stratford Hall.

The Bad Buoys to singThe Bad Buoys Barbershop Quartet of the North ern Neck Bay Tones will perform October 20 at the regular fall meeting of the retired teachers living in Lancaster and Northumberland coun-ties. The meeting will be held at the Bank of Lan caster north-side branch in Kilmarnock, begin ning at 9:45 a.m. with a social time and coffee and sweets followed by The Bad Buoys. From left are Harry Stemple, tenor; Gene Doody, lead; Paul Kimball, bass; and Bill Croner, baritone. Anyone may attend the gather-ing.

The Kilmarnock Garden Club presented its Small Standard Flower Show, “Holidays in Flow-ers,” on October 5 at Kilmarnock Baptist Church.

Members had been planning the show for two years. It was postponed from last year because of Hurricane Isabel; however, the weather this year was beautiful.

The show was judged by six Nationally Accredited Flower Show Judges coming from across the state of Virginia. The judges selected fi rst place, second place, third place and honorable men-tion in each horticulture and design category. The judges then selected “best in show” in horti-culture and design from among the fi rst-place winners.

The fi rst-place winner in the “Fall Festival” design category was Midge Speight, second was Gayle Hudnall, third was Page Carlson and honorable mention was Olga Speck.

The fi rst-place winner in the “Halloween Witchery” design category was Ruby Wilson, second was Jane Denton, third was Becky Goode and honorable mention was Lillian Moore.

The fi rst-place winner in the “Carols of Christmas” design cat-egory was Sue Woodard, second was Peggy Wilson, third was Joann Davis and honorable men-tion was Pat Clawson.

The fi rst-place winner in the “Countdown to 2005” design cat-egory and “best in show-design” was Jane Hughes, second was Genny Chase, third was Mary Kay Frank and honorable men-tion was Janet Cioppa.

The fi rst-place winner and “best in show-horticulture” was Chase for her Aucuba japonica, “Mr. Goldstrike.” She also won four blue, two red, two yellow and an honorable mention.

Among other horticulture win-ners, Page Carlson won a blue, a red and a yellow; Cioppa, two blue, three red, two yellow and an honorable mention; Clawson , four blue, a red, three yellow and two honorable mentions; Denton, three blue, two red, and two honorable mention; Goode, two yellow; Hughes, three blue, three red and two yellow; Betty Rous, four blue and two red; Speck, a blue, a red, two yellow and

Flower show judges committee members from left are Genny Chase, Michaela Tomlinson, Gayle Hudnall and Bert Lamberth in the dining room of Clifton, the home of Bud and Gayle Hud-nall, where the judges luncheon was held.

Kilmarnock Garden Clubholds holiday fl ower show

Jane Hughes won a blue ribbon and “best in show-design” with this entry in the “Count Down to 2005” category.

Genny Chase won a blue ribbon and “best in show-hor-ticulture” with this Aucuba japonica, “Mr. Gold strike.”

honorable mention; Speight, two yellow and an honorable men-tion; Wilson, two blue, two red and an honorable mention; and Woodard, two red.

The club’s next event will be “High Tea and Flowers” with David Pippin. This event is a fund-raising endeavor for the club and will be presented on Novem-ber 9, starting at noon at “Dream Fields” on Irvington Road near Kilmarnock. The cost will be $20.

Reservations are required. Space is limited. To make a res-ervation, call Chase at 438-5560, Hudnall at 435-1118, or Carlson at 438-0946.

and safety rings to the crew, none of whom were wearing fl oatation devices at the time of the acci-dent.

Swimmers surfaced and quickly began clinging to the boat. A crew member from the Virginia W. rowed over to the Somers and helped rescue several important pieces of equipment, and all but three crew members boarded other boats. Harry Towne, Jay Rohman and another crew member climbed aboard the Somers’ hull, fl oating her like a raft.

Fortin said he immediately informed other racers of a cap-sized boat at the fi nish line and called the Coast Guard Auxiliary. There were two Coast Guard boats assigned to the race, a small boat monitoring upriver on the Rapphannock and a larger boat monitoring the mouth of the Rappahannock.

Once it seemed apparent that the Somers’ crew was safe and nobody was hurt, Fortin said the committee decided to continue the race, feeling there was enough room at the fi nish line to avoid the wreck and the three or four small power boats assisting.

But the situation worsened – a classic example of how a series of small mistakes can multiply into a disaster, said sailing instructor Arabella Denvir.

A nearby photography boat, the Carol Jean, carrying Denvir and captained by her husband, Phil-lip, took the mast line from the Somers at the request of its skip-per. But the line was soon caught in the Carol Jean’s propeller and the two vessels began drifting together. Phil Denvir dropped an anchor to stop the drifting.

Another power boat began towing the Somers into the photo

boat’s anchor line, dragging its sails and mast under the Carol Jean.

Meanwhile, racing J-class boats began bearing down on the fi nish line. Despite the committee boat’s early announcement, a number of sailors seemed unaware of the obstacles in their path. The Alle-gro nearly missed running into the wreck, the captain screaming as he fl ew past, “We are trying to race here!”

Two other boats nearly collided as one tried to avoid an unseen towline and swerved into the path of a larger, oncoming boat.

The Coast Guard had not yet arrived on the scene and the com-mittee boat had not been heard from again.

Denvir borrowed a mask and a kitchen knife from another boat and went overboard to free the propeller from the Somers’ mast line while a small power boat pulled the Carol Jean gently off of the skipjack’s mast and sails so that she could be towed away from the fi nish line.

The committee boat warned racers that the wreck was on the move, although by that time the majority of boats had already crossed the fi nish line.

With its propeller free, the Carol Jean left the scene. A small Coast Guard vessel had arrived and helped tow the Somers fi rst toward Carters Creek, but fi ghting wind and tide, returned back to a shal-low area at the mouth of the Cor-rotoman.

The Somers spent the night there on her side, lit and guarded by museum members. “Volunteers from the museum, Smith Point Sea Rescue and Yankee Point Marina spent all day Monday reviewing the situation,” said museum direc-

tor Cara Sutherland. “Variousalternatives were explored and wewere able to remove the crew’spersonal belongings during explor-atory dives.”

The museum volunteers securedthe vessel in accordance with theU.S. Coast Guard mandates in asafe area where she will not inter-fere with boat traffi c. On Tuesday,the museum met with professionalsalvage operators and continuedtheir discussions with the localvolunteers so it could make deci-sions on the most effi cient andsafest way to bring the circa 1911Somers back to her home port.

“Thankfully, there were no inju-ries to the crew and everyone wasquickly and safely removed fromthe water,” said Sutherland.

Somers captain and museumboard president Harry Townepraised the quick response of hiscrew and thanked all who came totheir aid Sunday.

“We are gratifi ed by all thecalls offering assistance to themuseum,” said Towne. “The com-munity of Reedville is so generousand we appreciate their concernfor the Somers. Emphasis is nowon righting the vessel and bring-ing her into dock for a full exami-nation. At this time, it appears thatshe has not suffered any majorstructural damage.”

Fortin called the race a success,noting that while a few boats gottoo close, there were no protestsbefore the race committee, mean-ing that any questionable incidentswere “happily settled.”

A “nice, good, snappy breeze”made the race fun, Fortin said.“Nobody was injured and the sail-ors had a good race.”

(Race results and moe photosappear on page B8 and atwww.rrecord.com.)

Litter and parking fi nesMayor Robertson said ciga-

rette butt litter in the downtown Kilmarnock district is counter to the town’s Main Street enhance-ment project.

“We’re getting ready to spend $3 million here trying to make our town look better,” Robertson said.

He voiced support for increases in fi nes and enforcement of litter ordinances in addition to increased fi nes for violations of parking in handicap zones and fi re lanes.

Capps said a committee could be formed to address standards for business beautifi cation, side-walk littering, recommendations for enforcement of existing ordinances, and signage listing the fi nes for lit-tering and parking violations.Council meeting

The council will hold its regu-lar monthly meeting on Monday, October 18, at 7 p.m. in the town offi ce at 514 North Main Street for further consideration of the work session items.

The King and Queen Histor-ical Society has planned two special events for its quarterly meeting on October 24 at the Circuit Courthouse at King and Queen Court House.

At 3 p.m. Russell Hicks of Alta Vista will display and dis-cuss the history of the Civil War sword of Col. John Coun-cill, founder and operator of Aberdeen Academy in King and Queen County. During the Civil War, Col. Councill led King and Queen’s 26th Regiment and was captured close to the end of the war near Petersburg.

He surrendered his sword to a Union offi cer and it descended in that offi cer’s family until it was recently purchased by Hicks

Historical society to reopen schoolto “bring it back to Virginia.”

At 4 p.m. the historical soci-ety will hold a grand opening ceremony of the Eastern View Schoolhouse, the last remain-ing log schoolhouse in King and Queen County. The school-house was built about 1870 on Eastern View Farm near Owen-ton and used as both a private and then a public school until about 1903.

Marian Minor, owner of Eastern View, donated the schoolhouse to the historical society and it has been moved and reconstructed behind the museum at King and Queen Court House.

A reception will follow in the museum.

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Hundreds fl ock to fall festivalA collage of ripe red apples from Apple Jack, a Winchester orchard, created a cheery autumn display at the ninth annual Fairfi elds Fall Festival last Saturday. Musicians and square dancers entertained while people browsed the 57 vendors, inspected antique cars and tractors and sat around on hay bales catching up with friends. Children rode the hay ride to the pumpkin patch where they could pick out a free pumpkin to paint. They could also have their faces painted and hair dyed, jump in the moon bounce, get fi ngerprinted or dig for dinosaur fossils. The crowds were much larger than anticipated and by noon the food stands had run out of hot dogs, hamburgers, barbeque and Brunswick stew.

Broocke McGhee, 4, struggles under the weight of a giant pumpkin she chose from the free pumpkin patch.

Izaak Hagy, 3, catches “air” in the moon bounce. (Photos by Reid Pierce Arm-strong)

Somewhere on the streets of the capital city, they saw an advertisement that read, “Join the Navy and see the world.” Finding that appealing, the girls went to the recruiting offi ce.

The year was 1918, before women had the right to vote, and World War I was raging over-seas. The military had decided that it could bring an end to the war faster if it could assign women to assist its offi cers in the Pentagon, delivering messages and such, and release the sol-diers currently fi lling those posi-tions to fi ght overseas.

As a part of that effort, the Navy recruited 12,000 women. At that time, according to local historian T.A. Williams who spoke at Richardson’s tribute, the Navy did not pay women sala-ries. They provided an allowance for room and board. Richardson saw this as a good opportunity and enlisted as a Yeoman 3rd Class Navy Department Clerk.

“We had women willing to raise their right hand and swear to protect the nation against all enemies foreign and domestic when women didn’t even have the right to vote,” said retired Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, USAF, who spoke at the tribute. Although Richardson probably did not think of it at the time, Brig. Gen. Vaught said, “This became one of the reasons why women ultimately won the right to vote, and Ruth was part of that.”

Prior to World War I, the only place in the military that women

served was in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps. Those women did not receive ranks. They were simply called “nurse.” The navy created the rank of Yeoman for its female clerks, although it did not enlist women as offi cers.

“But, women didn’t need offi -cers,” Brig. Gen. Vaught said. “They were very responsible.”

When the war was over, the Navy discharged all of its women “and that was that until World War II,” Brig. Gen. Vaught said. Richardson served the obliga-tory year before she was dis-charged. The following year she re-enlisted and served honor-ably at the Naval Department for another 35 years.

Eight people spoke of Rich-ardson’s life during the tribute including Self, Williams, Reggie Shaw of American Legion Post 117 in Reedville, Brig. Gen. Vaught, who was the fi rst woman ever elevated to the position of general and the chairman of the Women Veteran’s Memo-rial, Del. Albert C. Pollard Jr., Northumberland county admin-istrator Kenneth D. Eades, Northumberland board of super-visors chairman Ronald Jett and Rev. Kornel Kiss, pastor of Beth-any Baptist Church.

Speakers read letters of com-mendation from Gov. Mark R. Warner, Sen. John Warner and President and First Lady George and Laura Bush.

“Laura and I hope this special ocasion is fi lled with love and joy,” wrote President Bush. “Our nation is grateful for your out-

standing legacy of compassion,patriotism, hope and responsi-bilty. Your many accomplish-ments and experiences are aninspiration to others.”

Jessica Guy Haynie sang theNational Anthem. The Nor-thumberland High School Bandplayed Anne McFinty’s “CastleHill Overture” and EleanorDawson sang “God Bless Amer-ica.”

The Northumberland HighSchool Junior ROTC presentedthe colors and Ruth Brown ofthe Northern Neck Veterans ofForeign Wars Auxiliary 7176 ledthe Pledge of Allegiance.

Prior to the tribute, Richardsonhad lunch with 56 family mem-bers, friends and neighbors. Atthe closing, her pastor Rev. Kisswent up to Richardson, took herhand and said, “It’s good to behere.”

“Yes it is,” she responded, “butit is diffi cult.”

A humble woman, Richardsondoes not like to be in the centerof things. But, she did so lastThursday with grace and humil-ity so that her friends and com-munity could commemorate herlife.

A woman of sound mind, goodhearing, good eyesight and gen-erally good health, Richardsonlooks remarkable given her age.Throughout the ceremony shecracked jokes and smiles.

“Thank you Lord, for the factthat she can still make us laugh,”Rev. Kiss said in a closing prayer.“Let her life be an inspiration tous all.”

LANCASTER—In the late morning of Tuesday, October 12, the Lancaster County Sher-iff’s Offi ce responded to a bomb threat at Lancaster High School.

In cooperation with school offi cials, the pre-planned actions for such an incident were carried out without delay. The building was evacuated and the students moved to a safe location.

The Upper Lancaster Volun-teer Fire Department and the Vir-

ginia State Police also responded for possible fi re suppression and to assist in the search of the building and grounds.

The building was searched with-out a bomb or any unusual item being found. The school returned to normal operations by 1:30 p.m.

“We tend to get bomb threats at the high school within the fi rst few weeks of the new school year and again in the spring,” said Capt. Martin Shirilla. “Until we

know that it’s only a threat, wegive full credence to the reportof a bomb in or at the school.In cases such as this, we recom-mend that parents do not go tothe school to pick up their chil-dren, but rather that they listento the radio for any announce-ment from the school system ofan early dismissal.”

Details about the threat arebeing withheld during an inves-tigation.

Students return to classes following bomb threat

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