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CHESAPEAKE PEAKE EAKE<br />

Volume XV • Issue 4 • Spring 2013<br />

www.chesapeakestyle.com<br />

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www.chesapeakestyle.com<strong>Style</strong><br />

PRICELESS


2<br />

Fast Times on the Rivers<br />

Carol Chapman photo<br />

I Will Thank Jean<br />

By Tara Ann Neville<br />

She always knew who she was without glancing inside<br />

As a brilliant engineer, writer, traveler, dog lover kept her alive<br />

She made no apologies and rarely looked back<br />

Each career so special and right on track<br />

Her strength in her steps forward made it abundantly clear<br />

ough grateful for her blessings, she earned her cheer<br />

While fun and deliberate, her eyes always told<br />

Of the lives from before, before she grew old<br />

In the darkest of moments; yet with friendships abound<br />

Jean followed her heart’s sound and waited to be found<br />

e Rainbow Bridge with its bright purple layers<br />

At last was ready to answer her pets’ prayers<br />

While our time was too short and my questions still many<br />

I thank God for His kindness in loaning Jean for a penny<br />

Her strength and her wisdom opened my eyes<br />

To a wonder of possibility which begs and cries<br />

e gifts I courageously uncover remain to be seen<br />

No matter, today I know I will thank Jean<br />

Recently <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Style</strong> lost two long time friends: Ron Jones<br />

wrote for us for many years. His recent ill health prevented him<br />

from writing, but he loved to join us for lunch and his loquacious<br />

manner was always entertaining. He will be missed.<br />

Jean C. Keating was a close friend, an animal lover, a writer, rocket<br />

scientist, advertiser and primary cheerleader for us. Initially I knew her<br />

through the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> Bay Writers and served on the board when she<br />

was its president. Read more about her in the Winter 2012 issue, A Bucket<br />

List Revised. We felt it tting to dedicate several pages celebrating her<br />

memory. May she and her critters run free at the Rainbow Bridge.<br />

The mission of <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Style</strong><br />

is to serve and celebrate the<br />

<strong>Chesapeake</strong> Bay Region and its<br />

people, past, present and future.<br />

Editor, Publisher<br />

Janet Abbott Fast<br />

Writers & Photographers<br />

Corrine Anthony, Karyn Austin,<br />

Barbara Ball, Mari Bonomi, Carol<br />

J. Bova, Betty Bridgeman, Kathey<br />

Brodtman, Joseph T. “Chip”<br />

Buxton III, Emily Pritchard Cary,<br />

Carol Chapman, Anne C. Cook,<br />

Ellen Dugan, Jean Duggan, Carter<br />

Blackford Filer, Rebecca Flanagan,<br />

RuthE Forrest, Bill Graves, Melissa<br />

Haydon, John Hornung, Elizabeth<br />

D. Huegel, Gwen Keane, Spike<br />

Knuth, Kitty Moore, Tara Ann<br />

Neville, Chelly Scala, Barbara<br />

Sherman, Paula Shipman, Bill<br />

Silberman, Paul B. Stimson,<br />

Elizabeth Allen Stokes, Mary Jean<br />

Terrell, Danielle Todd, Janice<br />

Vogel, Diane Winer, Diana Wise<br />

Ad Sales, Distribution<br />

Betty Bridgeman, Susan Christopher,<br />

Deborah Figg, Bill Graves, Liz<br />

Huegel, Kathleen Kehoe, Nancy<br />

Shelley, Marie Stone, Mary<br />

Jean Terrell, Marian Walker<br />

Proofreader<br />

Marie Stone<br />

Ad Composition, Graphics, Layout<br />

Janet Abbott Fast, Deborah Figg<br />

CHESAPEAKE <strong>Style</strong><br />

About the cover~<br />

Shannon Matthews photo. It was<br />

late March and everyone—including<br />

the owers—thought we were o<br />

into Spring. at is until Easter<br />

brought us a beautiful snow storm<br />

in Kilmarnock. It was great to watch<br />

the snow fall from inside the house.<br />

After it stopped, I stepped outside<br />

my side door to nd all my beautiful<br />

Spring 2013<br />

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clarity, lousy spelling or any other<br />

reason that strikes her fancy.<br />

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daodils and weeping cherry trees<br />

covered in snow. It was so beautiful<br />

I could not resist venturing out<br />

with my camera. Since moving to<br />

Virginia from San Diego 12 years<br />

ago, I always look forward to spring<br />

when the daodils start to bloom.<br />

Shannon works at Creative<br />

DeSIGNS of Virginia.


Spring 2013 3<br />

Spike’s Wildlife Almanac~American Goldeneye<br />

By Spike Knuth<br />

One of the hardiest<br />

of our wintering<br />

waterfowl is the<br />

American, or<br />

common goldeneye.<br />

It usually doesn’t come south until<br />

the waters turn hard up north. e<br />

goldeneye is a medium-sized, stockylooking<br />

duck. e male has a puy,<br />

velvety blackish-green head, with<br />

large white spots between its eyes<br />

and bill. In ight it ashes a lot of<br />

black and white, with its black wings<br />

and white wing speculums and its<br />

immaculate white under body. e<br />

hen is a more brownish-gray and<br />

gray above with white undersides,<br />

grayish anks, a gray chest band,<br />

forming a white neck collar. Its<br />

head is puy as well but is a rich<br />

brown in color. e feet of both are<br />

bright yellow-orange and they have<br />

dusky bills tipped with yellow.<br />

Goldeneyes are fast, powerful<br />

iers with quick-beating wings<br />

producing a whistling sound<br />

which gives rise to one of its<br />

common names “whistle wings”<br />

Gardening in <strong>Style</strong>~Poinsettias<br />

By Kathey Brodtman<br />

Over the winter,<br />

most of us do<br />

very little in the<br />

garden. Spreading<br />

some mulch and<br />

trimming dead plants or branches<br />

is about the extent of our projects.<br />

Snow and cold weather usually cause<br />

us to retreat inside keeping warm,<br />

reading, eating and catching up on<br />

jobs we let slide in warmer months.<br />

It you have house plants they might<br />

suer more over the winter while<br />

we are inside staying warm with our<br />

families, pets and projects. Hot dry<br />

air can be hard on most house plants.<br />

One of the beautiful tropical plants<br />

that we enjoy over the Christmas<br />

season is the poinsettia. A question<br />

that comes up after the holiday is<br />

what can I do with the poinsettia?<br />

If you want to keep the plant,<br />

you can treat it like any house plant<br />

by providing bright light, moisture<br />

and warmth. Keep the soil evenly<br />

moist, but never soggy. Fertilize the<br />

poinsettia every week, using an allpurpose<br />

liquid fertilizer for indoor<br />

plants, diluted to half strength. Once<br />

the colorful leaves called bracts wilt<br />

and fall o, cut the stems back to<br />

about six inches tall. Put plant in a<br />

dark place for part of the day and<br />

keep barely moist. When the weather<br />

becomes warm, usually in April,<br />

put it outside in a bright place. It<br />

will grow nicely over the summer if<br />

you water and fertilize it regularly.<br />

You may need to trim it and<br />

remove dead parts. When the weather<br />

begins to get cooler in October, bring<br />

it inside and place it in complete<br />

darkness in a closet for at least 12<br />

hours every night. e plant should<br />

be moved to a very bright location in<br />

the day. is treatment will promote<br />

color to appear in the top leaves—<br />

bracts. e bracts naturally vary<br />

in color in the wild and have been<br />

cultivated for our enjoyment. e<br />

small yellow parts in the center of the<br />

bright leaves are actually the owers.<br />

When I lived in California, I had<br />

them in my yard blooming almost<br />

constantly. ey resembled shrubs,<br />

rather leggy and tall. In some areas<br />

they make lovely tropical plants, but<br />

In a small ock together, the<br />

sound has almost a “jingling”<br />

quality, which may be why<br />

<strong>Chesapeake</strong> Bay hunters locally<br />

call them “jinglers.” Goldeneyes<br />

are seldom seen in large ocks.<br />

Usually singles, pairs or trios, up<br />

to six or eight birds at the most.<br />

ey feed on seed clams,<br />

small mussels, freshwater<br />

shellsh, and some aquatic<br />

vegetation. Not considered a<br />

gourmet delight, their esh is very<br />

strong and shy-avored. You can<br />

skin them and remove the fat which<br />

gets rid of much of the shy avor<br />

to make them tolerable. ey favor<br />

fresh water but in winter will spend<br />

time in salt water. Look for them on<br />

mostly fresh and brackish waters<br />

our large colorful compact plants<br />

are produced in a greenhouse<br />

by special grafting techniques.<br />

Poinsettias were brought to America<br />

from Mexico and Central America.<br />

Remember that the poinsettia is<br />

slightly toxic to humans, cats and<br />

dogs. ere is<br />

a website that<br />

addresses<br />

many of the<br />

toxic plants<br />

for dogs, cats<br />

and even<br />

horses at<br />

www.aspca.<br />

org/Pet-care/<br />

poisoncontrol/<br />

Plants?plant_<br />

toxicity=toxictodogs&page=1<br />

Enjoy the<br />

next few<br />

weeks inside<br />

and begin<br />

planning<br />

for spring<br />

such as the Potomac, Rappahannock,<br />

York, and James rivers.<br />

eir spring migration north<br />

begins as early as late February and<br />

March. ey follow open water north<br />

as warming spring temperatures<br />

“unzip” ice-locked freshwater lakes<br />

and rivers. Actually many never<br />

come any farther south than they<br />

have to with waters of the Great<br />

Lakes Region hosting numerous<br />

wintering goldeneyes. ey nest in<br />

most of Canada from Newfoundland<br />

west into Alaska. Tree cavities,<br />

hollow stumps, old woodpecker<br />

holes, and even man-made nest<br />

boxes, preferably over the water of<br />

freshwater ponds and lakes, are used.<br />

Original art by Spike Knuth.<br />

in the garden.<br />

Kathey Brodtman photos.<br />

kbrodtman@chesapeakestyle.com


4<br />

Timeless Treasures of Mathews<br />

By Janice Vogel<br />

On Saturday, April<br />

27, the Garden<br />

Club of Gloucester<br />

will showcase four<br />

Mathews County<br />

homes as part of the eightieth<br />

anniversary of Virginia’s Historic<br />

Garden Week. e “Timeless<br />

Treasures of Mathews” tour will<br />

include Magnolia on the East<br />

River, which dates to the 1600s;<br />

Springdale on Put-In Creek,<br />

from 1735; Buckley Hall in<br />

Mathews Court House, from<br />

1879; and the contemporary<br />

gardens at Samarkand,<br />

on Woodas Creek.<br />

Mathews County was<br />

formed in 1791 from the<br />

portion of Gloucester<br />

County known as Kingston<br />

Parish and was a center for<br />

shipbuilding as far back as<br />

the Revolutionary War. Two<br />

of this year’s featured homes<br />

date to the period when<br />

Mathews was part of Gloucester<br />

County: Magnolia and Springdale.<br />

With the earliest architectural<br />

details on the tour, seventeenth<br />

century Magnolia has original “six<br />

over nine” windows and some of its<br />

original ooring. Recent additions<br />

include a sunroom which takes<br />

advantage of the eleven hundred<br />

feet of East River waterfront views,<br />

and a connection between a former<br />

schoolroom and the main house.<br />

Soon to be on the National Register<br />

of Historic Places, Springdale,<br />

on Put-In Creek, was built in<br />

the 1700s. Original architectural<br />

features include window glass,<br />

woodwork, heart of pine oors,<br />

hinges and locks, one of which bears<br />

the British Royal coat of arms.<br />

John Buckleigh Donovan,<br />

Commonwealth’s Attorney, “a<br />

patriotic Virginian, eminent lawyer…<br />

and First Master and charter<br />

member of Oriental Lodge No. 20,”<br />

built Buckley Hall in 1879 as part<br />

of the larger plantation known as<br />

Buckleigh Farm. Current owners Mr.<br />

and Mrs. Gerald Lewis renovated the<br />

center-hall frame Georgian, added a<br />

spacious sitting and living area, and<br />

began operating a bed and breakfast.<br />

e four beautifully appointed<br />

bedrooms, two of which feature<br />

original replaces, retain their<br />

original ooring and are named<br />

for familiar Mathews places. An<br />

ornate chandelier that originally<br />

hung in the dining room is now<br />

part of the New Point Comfort<br />

bedroom. e mahogany dining<br />

room table acquired by the Lewises<br />

came from England in the 1850s.<br />

e charming kitchen has been<br />

updated, however the 1896 wood<br />

stove once used for cooking remains.<br />

A harpsichord and an extensive<br />

collection of John Barber prints are<br />

Spring 2013<br />

also on display. Outdoor visitors<br />

will enjoy the rose garden and other<br />

plantings on the home’s four acres.<br />

e extensive ower<br />

beds and beautiful outdoor<br />

rooms at Samarkand<br />

Gardens are the result of<br />

fteen years of attentive<br />

gardening by owners Mr.<br />

and Mrs. Tony Hammond.<br />

Situated on Woodas Creek,<br />

the spacious brick home<br />

on the property was built in<br />

1928 as a summer cottage<br />

for “Clam King” Edwin<br />

Treakle, a modest local<br />

farmer who later became<br />

the largest shellsh<br />

dealer in the world.<br />

Visitors on the Timeless Treasures<br />

of Mathews tour are also invited<br />

to Williams Wharf Landing where<br />

lunch will be available, and the<br />

Godspeed, a replica of one of the<br />

1607 ships that transported colonists<br />

to Virginia, will be docked.<br />

Several historic sites in Gloucester<br />

will be open to visitors, including<br />

18thcentury Edge Hill House—<br />

formerly Long Bridge Ordinary; the<br />

19th century Gothic Revival style<br />

Zion Poplars Baptist Church, which<br />

has one of the oldest independent<br />

African American congregations<br />

in Gloucester; Walter Reed’s<br />

birthplace; and Rosewell, the<br />

ruins of one of the nest colonial<br />

plantations and the birthplace of<br />

Virginia Governor John Page.<br />

Advance tickets for $25 are<br />

available at the Gloucester and<br />

Mathews Visitor Centers, Smith’s<br />

Florist, and Brent and Becky’s Bulbs.<br />

Tickets may also be purchased in<br />

any of the featured homes or gardens<br />

the day of the tour for $30 (full tour)<br />

or $15 (one house). Children ve<br />

and under free. For an advance<br />

lunch reservation at Williams Wharf<br />

Landing, call 804-725-9685.<br />

www.vagardenweek.org/<br />

Janice Vogel photos.


Spring 2013 5<br />

Homes With Great Wicomico River Vistas<br />

By Carter Blackford Filer<br />

Mick and Christine<br />

Wiggins’ last<br />

home was a<br />

sailboat in<br />

Sydney Harbor.<br />

Now they live at historic Edgehill,<br />

once the pre Civil War centerpiece<br />

of Edge Hill Farm Plantation and<br />

the seat of the Harding family in<br />

Northumberland<br />

County. Edgehill's<br />

provenance<br />

extends into the<br />

family of Jesse Ball<br />

DuPont, whose<br />

sister, Elsie Ball<br />

(Wright) Bowley<br />

once owned the<br />

home before<br />

passing it down<br />

through Wright<br />

family heirs. is<br />

serendipitous<br />

synthesis of rich,<br />

local lore with the<br />

adventurous, round<br />

the world exploits of the young family<br />

who live there now yields a home that<br />

is a happy mix of superb architectural<br />

details and storied interiors to<br />

give it its singular charm today.<br />

On Wednesday, April 24, from 10<br />

a.m. until 5 p.m., the Garden Club of<br />

Virginia and the Garden Club of the<br />

THE NEW LOOK OF TRADITION<br />

Customize a ring with names, significant dates, special messages<br />

and colorful gemstones to create a treasured keepsake.<br />

Order by April 28th for Mother’s Day Delivery!<br />

Edgehill Shopping Center Gloucester, Va<br />

804-693-3434<br />

Northern Neck invite you to explore<br />

Edgehill, along with four other<br />

Northumberland County homes open<br />

for Historic Garden Week. Entitled<br />

“Great Wicomico River Vistas,” the<br />

Tour focuses on homes and gardens<br />

overlooking the sparkling blue<br />

waters of the Great Wicomico River,<br />

a picturesque tidal tributary cutting<br />

a 15-mile swath inland from the<br />

western shore of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> Bay.<br />

Other homes on Tour include<br />

Eagle Point Farm, an updated<br />

1920’s Foursquare with innity pool<br />

and sweeping views of the Great<br />

Wicomico, owned by Mr. and Mrs.<br />

John Mullenholz; Athena House,<br />

a Chateau style home adjoining<br />

Athena Vineyards and Winery—<br />

which will also be open—owned by<br />

Drs. Ada Jacox and Carol Spengler;<br />

Cockrell House, with its extraordinary<br />

craftsmanship and vintage Tiany<br />

yacht standing ready at the dock,<br />

both owned by Mr. and Mrs. T.<br />

Randolph Cockrell; and Sunset On<br />

You need it,<br />

we have it<br />

the Wicomico, an artfully executed<br />

family compound designed by<br />

award-winning West Coast architect<br />

Alec Seidel for Mr. and Mrs. J. Carter<br />

Fox. All homes are open for Historic<br />

Garden Week for the rst time.<br />

Tickets may be purchased on<br />

Tour day at any of the ve open<br />

homes or at the Information Center<br />

located at Wicomico Parish Church.<br />

Advance tickets are also available<br />

locally until April 22 at Material<br />

Girl near Burgess and online at<br />

www.VAGardenweek.org.<br />

Box lunches are available for $12<br />

each if pre ordered by April 12. ey<br />

can be picked up at the Information<br />

Center at Wicomico Parish Church<br />

from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Limited<br />

eat in seating will be available at<br />

the church on Tour day. For more<br />

information, call 804-580-8042<br />

or email spinaker75@aol.com.<br />

Photo Courtesy Mr. and<br />

Mrs. M. J. Wiggins.<br />

150 Court Circle, Warsaw<br />

333-3700


6<br />

What’s New in Estate Planning?<br />

By Joseph T. Buxton III, CELA<br />

Much has<br />

happened over<br />

the last few years<br />

in the eld of<br />

estate planning.<br />

Most important was the recent<br />

decision by Congress on the last day<br />

of 2012 to extend the current estate<br />

tax exemption of $5 million, which<br />

permits individuals to die owning<br />

assets of $5 million or less without<br />

paying any Federal death tax. It also<br />

allows people to make a gift up to $5<br />

million without paying any current<br />

gift tax. Any gifts made—over the<br />

annual exclusion of $14,000 per<br />

year per gift—are deducted from<br />

your lifetime estate tax exemption.<br />

In addition, the concept of<br />

portability was extended, which<br />

Smile, Please!<br />

By Ellen Dugan<br />

Few procedures in<br />

the dental world are<br />

remembered with<br />

fondness, especially<br />

not root canals or<br />

extractions. ere is nothing quite like<br />

them to set the rest of your teeth on<br />

edge. Perhaps we should oss twice<br />

a day instead of only once? Switch<br />

to a new brand of toothpaste? Ban<br />

caramels and popcorn forever?<br />

A better, more rational approach<br />

to dental phobia might be to simply<br />

think of something that is ten times<br />

worse. en we could sit back<br />

and smugly thank our lucky stars<br />

we’re not going through that. But<br />

what could be ten times worse?<br />

How about a nervous crocodile<br />

waiting his turn in the dental chair,<br />

head back, mouth open wide? is<br />

poor guy has to contend with 40 sets<br />

of teeth during his lifetime. Or, better<br />

yet, a shark with ve, sometimes<br />

fteen, rows of rootless teeth. Sharks<br />

shed their front row about every eight<br />

days which means a lot of trips to<br />

means that if your spouse dies with<br />

an estate smaller than $5 million<br />

and an estate tax return is led for<br />

that spouse, the surviving spouse,<br />

under most circumstances, is able<br />

to claim the unused tax exemption.<br />

is means that for an individual who<br />

passes with a $3 million estate and the<br />

spouse has a $6 million estate, the $6<br />

million estate could claim the unused<br />

credit from the deceased spouse<br />

and pay no death taxes. Of course,<br />

in the present political environment,<br />

there is no guarantee that this level of<br />

exemption will continue indenitely.<br />

Virginia has also made some<br />

major changes in its estate planning<br />

laws beginning in 2003. Virginia<br />

relaxed the rules against perpetual<br />

trust, now permitting you to write<br />

a trust that can last for many<br />

the orthodontist—and skyrocketing<br />

dental bills. It also means that<br />

during its lifetime, a shark is not only<br />

responsible for meal planning, but<br />

for practicing good dental hygiene<br />

on as many as 20,000 teeth.<br />

Elephants are another case of the<br />

I’m-glad-I’m-not-one-of-them school<br />

of less than happy dental patients—<br />

possibly because they nd the dental<br />

chair very uncomfortable—or their<br />

jaws may simply be overworked<br />

and thus too tired to cope any<br />

more. Understandable since an<br />

elephant’s tooth can weigh up to<br />

six pounds, and they’ve got twentysix.<br />

at’s more than 150 pounds<br />

of teeth if their mouth is healthy.<br />

On the lighter end of the tooth<br />

scale, mosquitos have 47 knifelike<br />

tools referred to as serrated<br />

teeth. Fortunately, no one is<br />

encouraging them to brush.<br />

But when it does come to<br />

brushing, all sorts of makeshift<br />

inventions—including wooden<br />

“chewsticks”—have been tried down<br />

through the ages in misguided<br />

generations. For example, you could<br />

set up a trust for your children<br />

and unborn grandchildren.<br />

More recently in 2010, Virginia<br />

enacted Uniform Power of Attorney<br />

Act, which standardizes basic<br />

provisions for use in Powers of<br />

Attorneys and eliminates for banks<br />

and other for rejecting a power<br />

of attorney. In fact, if a nancial<br />

institution fails to honor your<br />

power of attorney drafted under<br />

the new statute, there may be<br />

consequences for that rejection<br />

Finally Virginia has also modied<br />

the law respecting medical directives.<br />

Your living will and medical power of<br />

attorney now can provide authority<br />

for your spouse or other agent(s) to<br />

make medical decisions for you, if you<br />

have been determined to be suering<br />

attempts to save at risk teeth. Many<br />

were accompanied by equally<br />

questionable potions, powders<br />

and mouthwashes, including brick<br />

dust and pulverized earthenware.<br />

Urine from Portugal was said to<br />

be an especially prized mouthwash<br />

by Romans because of its increased<br />

concentration of ammonia. We don’t<br />

know what eect this may have had<br />

on their romantic relationships or<br />

if it reduced trips to the dentist,<br />

but we do know that in later years,<br />

having teeth trumped charm and<br />

beauty every time for a woman.<br />

However, there is one woman,<br />

perhaps the most famous lady in<br />

America, who’s never had to worry<br />

about a root canal, even though her<br />

mouth is three feet wide. Her name<br />

is Libertas, or Lady Liberty, our very<br />

own Statue of Liberty who holds<br />

a torch and welcomes people.<br />

Probably she’s welcomed more<br />

than a few dentists in her time,<br />

including Dr. Edgar Randolph<br />

Parker in 1912. Dr. Parker was a<br />

dentist who legally changed his rst<br />

Spring 2013<br />

with Alzheimer’s or other forms of<br />

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circumstances. e only restriction<br />

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the hospital up to 10 days over your<br />

protest. If at the end of 10 days, you<br />

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If any of your documents have<br />

not been updated to reect these<br />

changes, it is time to sit down with<br />

your estate planner to make sure<br />

that you have incorporated all the<br />

benets of these new statues.<br />

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unsubstantiated claims. Painless<br />

advertised the “largest bed-equipped<br />

dental oce in the world.” It’s not<br />

known how successful he was or<br />

even if his bed was comfortable.<br />

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Spring 2013 7<br />

<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Shelter is home to happy endings<br />

By Mari Bonomi<br />

“ Where is she?” asked the<br />

woman coming through the<br />

door of the Northumberland Animal<br />

Shelter. “I'm here to take Lady home!”<br />

Lady, a sweet-faced Labrador, has<br />

found her forever home with Lynn<br />

Battaglia, who had stopped by for a<br />

visit. Meeting Lady, she knew she had<br />

to take this lovely dog home, to be<br />

sister to Shadow the Labrador. Now<br />

she'd come back to pick up Lady.<br />

Happy stories like Lady's “are<br />

the reason we're here and why<br />

I'm still here,” Fran Warren, the<br />

Shelter volunteer supervisor, said.<br />

"We work with the animals to get<br />

them all happy forever homes.<br />

e Shelter has many other<br />

happy endings stories.<br />

RipRap became a local media<br />

star in 2005 when the remodeled<br />

Gift and Specialty Shop<br />

Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />

139 Main St.<br />

Warsaw, Va<br />

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804-761-9086<br />

Shelter held its Open House grand<br />

opening celebration. Gail and Jerry<br />

Grith came to see the facility. Gail<br />

said, “I was recovering from surgery<br />

and Jerry wanted to take me out. I<br />

suggested the Open House, partly to<br />

see the quilts that were being sold.<br />

Jerry said, “‘I'll take you as long as<br />

you don't let me bring a cat home.’<br />

Gail continued, “We were walking<br />

through the cat area and I said, Oh!<br />

ere's RipRap! He'd disappeared<br />

when we moved a couple of years<br />

earlier, and we thought he was<br />

gone for good. But there he was in<br />

a shelter cage. I recognized his pink<br />

fur instantly. I said, Rip! and he<br />

came over to<br />

me and put his<br />

head down for<br />

petting just like<br />

he always did.”<br />

RipRap<br />

went back to<br />

his forever<br />

home, where he kept Jerry<br />

company in the workshop.<br />

e cat shelter area and the<br />

many upgrades and improvements<br />

to the Shelter have all come from<br />

donations. e Shelter is now adding<br />

covered exercise areas to improve<br />

the experience for its canine guests;<br />

the cats now have condos with<br />

multiple levels and hammocks.<br />

Another happy ending came after<br />

a teenager found a stray dog in a<br />

yard, a pure-bred black Shepard. It<br />

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not want to be in the Shelter. A<br />

visitor saw this dog acting up<br />

and said, “Be quiet! Sit!” e<br />

dog obeyed. Fran realized the<br />

dog knew basic commands and<br />

was not a feral animal. One of<br />

the Shelter volunteers found a<br />

missing Shepard from Fairfax<br />

County online. e Shelter<br />

called the owner, who at rst<br />

said, “It can't be mine!” but<br />

eventually decided to drive<br />

down and see. A tearful reunion<br />

ensued. Fran suspects that the dog<br />

had been stolen and then either<br />

dumped or escaped its captivity.<br />

One of the Shelter's favorite stories<br />

is about Pearl, the<br />

solid-white pit bull.<br />

“She is a kind lady,”<br />

Fran said, “a darling<br />

dog. She's like a lady<br />

going to church, you'd<br />

better believe she'd be<br />

wearing a nice hat.” e<br />

Shelter discovered Pearl was deaf,<br />

but the volunteers were determined<br />

to nd Pearl the right home: one<br />

with a fenced yard. One took her to a<br />

PetSmart adoption day where Pearl<br />

found her forever home with two<br />

pit bull playmates and two acres of<br />

fenced back yard. Her new humans<br />

went to class to learn how to teach<br />

Pearl sign language, and her two new<br />

siblings gured out how to let Pearl<br />

know when their human called them.<br />

Right now, at the Shelter, more<br />

pets like kitty sisters Hallie and Sylvia,<br />

black with<br />

uy tails<br />

and Isolde, a<br />

sweet black<br />

beauty, are<br />

awaiting<br />

adoption.<br />

Black cats,<br />

sadly, are<br />

least likely<br />

to nd their<br />

forever<br />

homes.<br />

And then there is Nya. Kate<br />

O'Keefe, the Shelter's volunteer<br />

Master Dog Walker, brought Nya out<br />

to show her o. Nya is approximately<br />

nine years old, a “Northern Neck<br />

Purebred,” according to volunteer<br />

Gayle ompson. She's good with<br />

other dogs and terric with people.<br />

She's been spayed and though<br />

heartworm-positive but will be<br />

treated and is healthy. “She really<br />

wants her forever home,” part-time<br />

Shelter employee Misti Powell said.<br />

Fran said, “We have had over<br />

500 animals here this past year.<br />

Our save rate was 84% adopted or<br />

returned to owners. We want to<br />

nd ways to give the rest of these<br />

animals their own happy ending.”<br />

e Shelter is on Route 360<br />

east of Heathsville next to the<br />

county recycling center. Hours are<br />

Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m.<br />

to 2 p.m. Call Fran at 804-435-2597.<br />

From Left, Nya, RipRap, Pearl.<br />

Mari Bonomi photos.<br />

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Spring 2013<br />

<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~A Family Tradition with a Fresh Flair<br />

By Mary Jean Terrell<br />

The Denson family<br />

began their grocery<br />

business in Colonial<br />

Beach in 1912, serving<br />

the residents and<br />

vacationers of this small town on<br />

the Potomac River for many years.<br />

ree generations later, Rocky and<br />

his wife Blaire, realizing their dream<br />

and following in the family foot steps,<br />

opened Denson’s Grocery Staples<br />

& Specialties in May 2011. Rocky’s<br />

mother, Anne Denson, cut the ribbon<br />

at the store’s grand opening, ocially<br />

establishing a new beginning for<br />

the Denson family tradition!<br />

She often came to the store and<br />

would sit near the<br />

front door and<br />

enjoyed being the<br />

Denson’s “Greeter”.<br />

On other occasions<br />

she would call and<br />

request that Rocky<br />

bring oysters home<br />

for her dinner. Sadly,<br />

Anne Denson passed<br />

away February 2nd<br />

of this year. She is<br />

remembered for her<br />

love of family, friends<br />

and… fresh oysters!<br />

Rocky and Blaire<br />

are a team, but they<br />

are quick to add that they could<br />

not do it all by themselves, and<br />

their employees are like “family”.<br />

Keeping this grocery-deli-restaurantcatering<br />

operation going takes<br />

some help! Keli Pearson is general<br />

manager. Shirley Setli has been<br />

with them since day one! Bobby<br />

Harrison handles deliveries. Also,<br />

helping out when needed is David<br />

Taylor and college students Lauren<br />

Wilson and Zachary Peltola.<br />

Rocky’s vision and concept was,<br />

in his words, “Do something the<br />

big grocery chains don’t.” Denson’s<br />

sells and serves only fresh foods and<br />

oers high quality specialty items<br />

that can’t be found<br />

in typical grocery<br />

stores. Rocky and<br />

Blaire like to attend<br />

food shows to learn<br />

about specialty<br />

foods and when<br />

traveling always<br />

look for boutique<br />

and gourmet food<br />

shops to get ideas.<br />

at is, when<br />

they can get away<br />

Rocky researches<br />

to nd the freshest<br />

products for his<br />

customers. He<br />

related a story about one such<br />

product. He said, “Knowing that<br />

boaters like Bloody Marys, I dug<br />

deep and found a brand of Bloody<br />

Mary mix called Freshies. How<br />

appropriate! He found it was made<br />

in Colorado, and unfortunately,<br />

not distributed in Virginia. So he<br />

called the phone number and left<br />

a message. Now Denson’s is one<br />

of only a few shops in Virginia to<br />

carry Freshies Bloody Mary mix.<br />

When asked what is the one thing<br />

you want people to know about your<br />

business, Rocky proclaimed; “We<br />

specialize in Fresh!” Rocky says,<br />

“Denson’s does not sell farm raised<br />

seafood. If it’s not fresh, we won’t<br />

sell it.” As an example, he told me,<br />

“When crabs are not in season you<br />

won’t see crab cakes on the menu”.<br />

e dairy products they sell come<br />

from Trickling Springs Creamery<br />

located in Chambersburg, Pa. eir<br />

fresh quality ice cream and milk is<br />

delivered once a week. “We serve the<br />

ice cream in homemade wae cones”,<br />

Blaire told me. en Blaire added,<br />

“And on the days when the cones are<br />

made they make the store smell so<br />

good.” I had to pause at that comment<br />

to wish I had been there on a day<br />

they were making wae cones. Can’t<br />

you just smell the aroma? Mmm….<br />

Rocky and Blaire are constantly on<br />

the lookout for innovative and fun<br />

ways to showcase<br />

their fresh foods.<br />

ey oer daily lunch<br />

specials featuring top<br />

quality Boar’s Head<br />

meats and cheeses<br />

and Dinners For<br />

One that are home<br />

made entrees and<br />

sides. Blaire knows<br />

her wines, too. She<br />

has researched and<br />

hand picked each<br />

brand and variety<br />

of wine carried in<br />

the store. On Friday<br />

nights she has wine<br />

tasting in the store to introduce<br />

dierent wines to customers.<br />

Rocky is fond of themed meals<br />

and enjoys educating people. For<br />

instance, as I learned, on the 4th<br />

Wednesday in January, the General<br />

Assembly has Brunswick Stew Day, so<br />

Denson’s special that day was Rocky’s<br />

own recipe of Brunswick stew.<br />

More recently, the special of the<br />

day was gumbo and crawsh on Fat<br />

Tuesday. Rocky’s dream has always<br />

been to have an outdoor oyster<br />

bar and serve oysters year-round.<br />

e R & B Oyster Bar debuted at<br />

Denson’s the middle of November<br />

2012, every Saturday from noon<br />

“until the oysters run out”, as Rocky<br />

stated. And they usually do.<br />

What is in Denson’s future? A<br />

patio is planned for outdoor dining<br />

and coming soon, they will be able<br />

to oer their selection of wines and<br />

craft beers for consumption at the<br />

store. Rocky & Blaire want their<br />

patrons to be able to pair dierent<br />

wines and beers with their food. As<br />

Rocky says, “It’s all about the food!”<br />

Rocky then added, “We haven’t<br />

reached our potential yet.” So stay<br />

tuned folks. Denson’s Grocery is at<br />

117 Washington Avenue, Colonial<br />

Beach. Call them at 804-224-4121,<br />

or nd them on Facebook or at<br />

www.densonsgrocery.com.


Spring 2013 9<br />

The Hampton Institute Connection<br />

My Father’s Story: Journey<br />

To Hampton—Part One<br />

By Elizabeth Allen Stokes<br />

In the tiny hamlet of<br />

Cynthiana, Kentucky,<br />

some sixty miles south<br />

of Cincinnati, Ohio, my<br />

father, George Albert<br />

Alexander, drew his rst breath in<br />

the same bedroom as his mother<br />

had been born, in a cramped,<br />

rundown four room clapboard<br />

house on April 4, 1903. He was to be<br />

the only child for James and Mattie<br />

Ann Hillard Alexander, who had<br />

married late. Mattie was forty-one<br />

and George was doted on by his<br />

aunts and uncles. James worked as<br />

a slaughterhouse laborer and Mattie<br />

toiled as a domestic and seamstress<br />

for wealthy Jews who owned a<br />

fashionable tailoring business.<br />

e marriage was doomed from<br />

the beginning because Mattie’s sisters<br />

felt she had married beneath her and<br />

constantly criticized James, although<br />

together they made a sucient living,<br />

and soon had their own home across<br />

the eld from Mattie’s parents, who<br />

had been former slaves. My father’s<br />

formative years were spent on the<br />

farm helping to tend the family<br />

gardens, tilling the soil, birthing foals.<br />

He attended one room schoolhouses<br />

where his mother’s sisters, JT and<br />

Fannie came back from college to<br />

teach, their pupils being their younger<br />

brothers and their nephew, my father.<br />

He and his uncle, John Dixie Hillard,<br />

a year older became inseparable,<br />

and often engaged in antics like<br />

visiting the local hollows and helping<br />

their buddies make corn whiskey.<br />

My grandmother, Mattie Ann,<br />

began taking George with her to<br />

help in the tailoring shop where<br />

he swept the oors and took out<br />

the trash. At the same time Mattie<br />

noticed that he had a special<br />

anity for cutting out patterns<br />

and designing children clothes.<br />

In his spare time because he was<br />

an avid reader he would pour over<br />

the society newspapers and study<br />

the clothes of Cincinnati society.<br />

He told his mother at twelve that<br />

A Time for New Beginnings<br />

By Bill Graves<br />

Springtime is coming and<br />

oh how wonderful that<br />

is! Spring is nature’s way<br />

of saying, “Let’s Party”,<br />

so says Robin Williams,<br />

and I couldn’t agree more. We grow<br />

weary of the winter, the short days<br />

and cold nights. Even the warmth<br />

and coziness of the evening re wans<br />

after dragging four cords of wood<br />

into the house. It’s time to welcome<br />

the New Year with all its possibilities.<br />

Resolutions have been on hold till<br />

after the Super Bowl and Valentine’s<br />

Day because trying to lose weight and<br />

exercise when it’s freezing outside<br />

just doesn’t work in my world.<br />

It’s time to sow in order to reap<br />

and that means getting your hands<br />

in the soil. Whether it is a full blown<br />

garden or just a couple pots with<br />

some tomatoes plants, it’s a must<br />

do. We are one with mother earth<br />

and besides it is good for the soul.<br />

Spring cleaning always comes<br />

to mind. It is those unwelcome<br />

chores of cleaning the gutters and<br />

windows, maybe power washing the<br />

siding and deck. Maybe it is time to<br />

change out the curtains and move<br />

the outdoor plants back outdoors.<br />

It may be time to do some bush<br />

hogging and ignite the burn pile.<br />

A time for great expectations too!<br />

Getting the tractor, boat, golf cart,<br />

camping gear, RV, motorcycle and yes,<br />

for many, even the riding mower…<br />

ready to go…means adventure.<br />

“e secret to a rich life is<br />

to have more beginnings than<br />

endings.” – Dave Weinbaum<br />

With that thought maybe it’s<br />

time for some new recipes, craft<br />

he could design and make those<br />

clothes he showed her in the paper.<br />

He began drawing patterns as well<br />

as operating the old Singer sewing<br />

machines—at that time they used<br />

foot pedals and were not electric.<br />

On weekends back at home<br />

George started to help his mother<br />

make clothing for the family from<br />

leftover bolts of cloth her employer<br />

had given her. He became fascinated<br />

with colors and textures and how to<br />

properly t the material to the client.<br />

Mattie’s employer even gave her an<br />

old mannequin for him to practice.<br />

He was operating the steam press by<br />

twelve and Mattie’s employer allowed<br />

him to do small jobs like changing<br />

the bobbins, oiling the sewing<br />

machines and keeping them clean.<br />

For this he was given a small salary.<br />

James, my grandfather, tired of the<br />

bickering with in-laws over his menial<br />

job, began to stay for longer periods<br />

in Cincinnati and not accompanying<br />

his wife home. George, never really<br />

close to his father, became even<br />

closer to his mother, and therefore<br />

or hobby. I just got a record turntable<br />

that will make all my music<br />

digital and a device that will change<br />

my old slides and negatives into<br />

new and improved pictures. Now if<br />

that isn’t something that will keep<br />

me busy for the rest of my life.<br />

It’s also tax season. at’s always<br />

“a cause for pause” and reection.<br />

How did things go last year? Did I<br />

save enough? Did I get rid of some<br />

pesky monthly bills or did I create<br />

new ones? What am I going to do<br />

dierently this year? Will I have to cut<br />

back on some things or can I aord<br />

to splurge on something special? All<br />

these things run through our minds.<br />

Often it leads to other important<br />

items that revolve around nances.<br />

Do I need to update my will or<br />

trust? Do I need to re-evaluate my<br />

insurances and secure my important<br />

never really missed his father<br />

when they nally separated.<br />

Mattie had always hated the<br />

stench left on the clothes her father<br />

and his brothers always seemed to<br />

carry on their clothes and the ever<br />

present scent in their home and<br />

equated it as a failure in her husband.<br />

During this time James contracted<br />

pneumonia in Cincinnati and died.<br />

Mattie refused to bring the body<br />

home. He was buried in a pauper’s<br />

grave. Mattie and James had long<br />

before talked about Hampton<br />

Institute and, on his dying bed<br />

Mattie, promised him she would see<br />

that he furthered his education. She<br />

secured a loan from her employer,<br />

who readily gave her assistance.<br />

George was excited. Mattie wrote<br />

to the admissions oce. His uncle<br />

John Dixie was to go also. ey both<br />

were accepted and sponsors found.<br />

Next month: Arriving at<br />

Hampton: Part Two<br />

documents? Do my spouse, family<br />

and business associates know my<br />

wishes and know where to nd<br />

things? Please do yourself a favor<br />

and make this the year you put<br />

these issues behind you once and<br />

for all. It will be a big weight o your<br />

shoulders and that’s a good thing!<br />

“Although no one can go back and<br />

make a brand new start, anyone<br />

can start from now and make a<br />

brand new ending” – Carl Bard<br />

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10<br />

One Of Life’s Moments~The Gift<br />

By Gwen Keane<br />

How much do<br />

you know about<br />

elephants? ey are<br />

not native to the<br />

Northern Neck that’s<br />

for sure, or the state of Tennessee.<br />

ey are extremely intelligent<br />

animals, who always remember<br />

people and past relationships.<br />

And why do I want to talk about<br />

elephants? My husband and I<br />

received a generous gift, from my<br />

cousin. She enrolled us in the Adopt-<br />

An-Elephant program, and we<br />

have a Certicate of Adoption, for<br />

an African elephant named Tange.<br />

In Hohenwald, Tennessee, there<br />

exists e Elephant Sanctuary—a<br />

home away from home, to fourteen<br />

India and African elephants.<br />

Our elephant Tange is forty years<br />

old. She was born in the wild, and her<br />

family was killed by poachers. Before<br />

coming to the Elephant Sanctuary,<br />

she was<br />

sold and<br />

lived in<br />

a wild<br />

animal<br />

park in<br />

Albany,<br />

Georgia,<br />

until 2004.<br />

While<br />

living in<br />

Albany,<br />

she often<br />

was on<br />

display at<br />

various businesses during fundraiser<br />

events. e local residents in this<br />

small town ate a lot of Big Mac<br />

sandwiches from McDonalds, in an<br />

eort to raise money for Tange’s care.<br />

Tange is described as having large<br />

eyes, and good natured interactions<br />

with the other elephants. Her story<br />

is sad and so are the other thirteen<br />

elephant stories’ about life before the<br />

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world. ey oer an outreach<br />

program for the classroom, which<br />

has taught thousands of children<br />

across the country to respect and<br />

learn about elephants. And now<br />

visitors can sit at home and watch the<br />

elephants in real time on elecams!<br />

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It takes a lot of money to care for<br />

a single elephant living in captivity.<br />

On a daily basis Tange eats 130<br />

lbs. of hay/vegetation, 5 lbs. of<br />

hand-mixed grains, 1 lb. of soaked<br />

wheat bran, 10-20 lbs. of fruit and<br />

vegetables. Tange’s favorite food<br />

is watermelon. Individuals can<br />

make donations to help feed the<br />

elephants. e goal of the sanctuary<br />

is to raise $185,000 in donations,<br />

set aside as endowments for each<br />

rescued elephant. Currently, Tange’s<br />

endowment is less than $25,000.<br />

So, should you want to read the<br />

individual stories of these elephants,<br />

adopt an elephant for yourself, give<br />

a gift to honor someone, or make<br />

a memorial donation visit www.<br />

elephants.com. ese animals are<br />

victims, captured for nancial gain<br />

and forced to leave their native<br />

homes to entertain people. ey<br />

are also heroes who have survived<br />

without Freedom! Now they are<br />

old and sick, but have found an<br />

oasis at e Elephant Sanctuary<br />

in Hoenwald, Tennessee, where<br />

people care about them.<br />

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12<br />

<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Moving Up and Growing Too!<br />

By Liz Huegel<br />

Mary Sudduth,<br />

Licensed Clinical<br />

Social Worker<br />

(LCSW) and<br />

sole proprietor<br />

of the Wellness Place in Warsaw, is<br />

excited to announce the business<br />

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has moved and the sta<br />

is growing! On March 1st,<br />

2013 they moved from the<br />

old farmhouse on Oldhams<br />

Road to their new location<br />

at 622 Main Street, Warsaw.<br />

Locals will remember the<br />

structure as the old People’s<br />

Oil oce building located<br />

in the heart of downtown<br />

Warsaw. Equally exciting is the<br />

addition of three new service<br />

providers: Dr. Mathieu Sisk;<br />

Chiropractor, Holly Bryant;<br />

Certied Massage erapist,<br />

and Perry Campanella, LPC<br />

and Accudetox specialist.<br />

ese specialists will join the existing<br />

independent contractors—Suzanne<br />

Souders, LCSW, and Douglas Nelson,<br />

an Anger/Violence Prevention<br />

Specialist, both of whom see clients<br />

at the Wellness Place part-time.<br />

Dianne orn is the Administrative<br />

Assistant, and let’s not forget Georgia<br />

—the rescued retrievermix<br />

who gently greets<br />

the clients at the door!<br />

Finally, partnering with<br />

the practice will be Bill<br />

Williams, the owner of<br />

Pathway Counseling<br />

Services—a case<br />

management business<br />

that provides stop-gap<br />

measures to keep at<br />

risk clients functioning<br />

in the community.<br />

Mary has been a<br />

master’s level social<br />

worker for 20 years. She<br />

earned her Bachelor’s<br />

degree from Christopher<br />

Newport University<br />

in Newport News in<br />

1992, and her Master’s<br />

degree from Virginia<br />

Commonwealth<br />

University, Richmond<br />

in 1993. Medical social<br />

work has been her<br />

focus for most of her<br />

career, specializing in<br />

gerontology. She enjoys working<br />

with the elderly and has worked in<br />

hospice, oncology units, nursing<br />

homes, mental health facilities,<br />

and non-prot organizations.<br />

She has published scholarly<br />

articles, including her master’s<br />

thesis on grief reaction. She<br />

earned her LCSW in 2008, and<br />

opened the Wellness Place in<br />

2009 where she now provides<br />

psychotherapeutic counseling.<br />

In 2001, Mary moved to the<br />

Northern Neck to marry her<br />

childhood sweetheart, Barry Sudduth.<br />

ey had dated for about two years<br />

while growing up in Hampton,<br />

Virginia and then went their separate<br />

ways after high school. ey had<br />

both been married and subsequently<br />

divorced when Barry decided to nd<br />

her again. She had three children<br />

by her rst marriage: Andrew, 27,<br />

Philip, 24, and Kyla,<br />

19. Barry has two<br />

step-children from his<br />

previous marriage,<br />

and together they have<br />

one child, Zada Abigail<br />

(Abby) Elizabeth<br />

Sudduth, age 9.<br />

When she’s not at<br />

the clinic, Mary enjoys<br />

living and working on<br />

Springview Farm, the<br />

70 acre farm she and<br />

Barry own and operate<br />

outside of Warsaw. Ten<br />

acres are dedicated<br />

to growing organic<br />

vegetables, which they sell at produce<br />

markets locally and in Northern<br />

Virginia. ey also grow and sell<br />

assorted native owers, which they<br />

cut and deliver to the same markets.<br />

irty acres are used to grow hay and<br />

the remaining 30 acres are wooded.<br />

ey raise goats and chickens which<br />

happily provide the perfect natural<br />

fertilizer for the organic crops.<br />

She works on the farm on<br />

Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays,<br />

attends church on Sundays and runs<br />

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the clinic on Mondays, Wednesdays<br />

and ursdays. Needless to say,<br />

Mary is a very busy lady! Sometimes<br />

she even nds time to play with the<br />

Northern Neck Orchestra, along<br />

with her husband and daughter,<br />

as well as the piano at church.<br />

When they can she and Barry like<br />

to trade some of their produce for<br />

local, grass-fed meats, and they enjoy<br />

the benets of partial ownership of<br />

a dairy cow. e bovine lives on a<br />

dairy farm in Montross, and is cared<br />

for by the primary owner. By being<br />

a partial owner, Mary is entitled<br />

to take a gallon of raw milk each<br />

week. Because it is illegal to sell raw<br />

milk, partial ownership of a cow has<br />

become a growing trend for folks<br />

wanting whole raw milk instead of the<br />

pasteurized and homogenized variety<br />

oered in the grocery store. She is a<br />

self-taught gourmet cook and enjoys<br />

using home grown<br />

herbs in her recipes.<br />

Mary’s goal is<br />

to provide health<br />

and wellness to the<br />

community. She<br />

believes God called<br />

her to bring healing<br />

to people and that the<br />

Wellness Place is her<br />

place for ministry.<br />

Consequently, she<br />

tries to help people<br />

heal their lives<br />

through mental,<br />

spiritual and physical<br />

methods. Whether it<br />

is organic coees and teas, natural<br />

soaps, or an assortment of ancient<br />

perfumes for aroma therapy, Mary<br />

oers products as well as services<br />

for a well-balanced life. As it says on<br />

the back of her business card, (it’s)<br />

“more than just a state of mind.”<br />

Call Mary at 804-472-3706, or send<br />

an email inquiry to mary.sudduth@<br />

wellnessplace1.cominformation.<br />

Liz Huegel photos.<br />

ehuegel@chesapeakestyle.com


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14<br />

<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~Moor Than A Restaurant<br />

By Tara Ann Neville<br />

All restaurants are<br />

not created equal<br />

in Kinsale. Rather,<br />

e Mooring<br />

Restaurant is more<br />

like the key component of a fullscale,<br />

pleasurable experience! With<br />

e Mooring Restaurant open all<br />

year long, a full-service boat yard,<br />

bathhouses and overnight facilities,<br />

plus a Ship’s Store, sand volleyball<br />

court, picnic areas and bicycles, it’s<br />

no wonder the fresh, local seafood<br />

and homemade Italian meats and<br />

pastas are the cherry on top of a<br />

delightful day of fun, sea and sun!<br />

Pulling in one of eleven dining<br />

slips, boaters can dock and dine<br />

while enjoying complete marina<br />

services, just as land travelers often<br />

settle into e Skip Jack Inn or the<br />

Oyster Reef Cottages and relax with<br />

a swim in the pool. e Mooring<br />

Restaurant with its glass-enclosed<br />

main room built around the “Sand<br />

Bar” is the ideal casual setting<br />

for family and friends—oering<br />

panoramic views of the Yeocomico<br />

River; whereas, the Virginia W.<br />

Room showcases an upscale<br />

and romantic atmosphere, aptly<br />

named after a classic 105 year-old<br />

skipjack moored at Port Kinsale.<br />

But, the particularly unique<br />

and always popular Lucky<br />

Lady Deck has become the<br />

Mooring Restaurant’s alfresco<br />

dining where a 54 year old<br />

Henry Luhrs boat named Lucky<br />

Lady is permanently moored and<br />

hosts the deck’s unusual bar.<br />

Open since 1965, e Mooring<br />

Restaurant’s current owners Rod<br />

Porter and Georgia Derrico took<br />

over the restaurant operations in<br />

September 2005 determined to<br />

make it “the best Italian/Seafood<br />

Restaurant in the Northern Neck<br />

and Middle Peninsula”. To that end,<br />

only the freshest local seafood,<br />

homemade Italian sausages, breads<br />

and pastas are used to create “the<br />

freshest and most avorful food<br />

around,” says Devon Porter, co-owner<br />

of Port Kinsale Marina LLC. “We<br />

believe in local food and bringing<br />

it into our kitchen fresh, daily.”<br />

e delicious dining and daytime<br />

activities and evening entertainment<br />

keep diners coming back throughout<br />

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so long that they remember when<br />

Miss Nellie was in the kitchen. “Miss<br />

Nellie was a cook from the 1960s to<br />

the 1990s and was famous for calling<br />

watermen on the CB Radio with<br />

the daily specials,” Devon shares.<br />

“Everyone loved Miss Nellie’s crab<br />

cake recipe and her mud pie!” She<br />

became known and respected by so<br />

many in the community that Rod<br />

and Georgia couldn’t wait to invite<br />

Miss Nellie back. “She was happy to<br />

come back and she knew so many<br />

people on sta—often through their<br />

parents!” Devon explains. “She<br />

brought a hand-written notebook<br />

with her special recipes. We sat with<br />

Miss Nellie and merged our recipes.<br />

We had a big event in her honor later<br />

in the day. Hearing about her history<br />

and the life she knew through three<br />

dierent owners and a challenging<br />

time in history, created a big place<br />

in our hearts for Miss Nellie.”<br />

e Mooring Restaurant strives<br />

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to preserve Miss Nellie’s inuence<br />

through her dishes and occasional<br />

visits throughout the year. In her<br />

90s now, Miss Nellie enjoys the<br />

springtime specials today as much<br />

as ever before. is season come<br />

in to taste the freshest fried green<br />

tomatoes, daily caught seafood,<br />

and regular sh fry. For weddings,<br />

parties and special events, ask for<br />

the shrimp scampi, fried ounder<br />

or rocksh to accompany mouthwatering<br />

pulled pork bbq and<br />

freshly-ground hamburger.<br />

As the weather warms up, e<br />

Mooring Restaurant is open 5-6 days<br />

a week for dinner and delights in<br />

providing a full family-oriented day<br />

away on weekends. “We have a bunch<br />

of bikes guests can use. Families can<br />

ride, swim, and crab at the water’s<br />

edge,” Devon says. “And then relax<br />

in any of our dining rooms, just<br />

taking in the beauty of the evening.”<br />

e Mooring Restaurant is open<br />

daily 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. and 10 a.m. – 7<br />

p.m. on Sundays. During prime hours,<br />

reservations are suggested by calling<br />

804-472-2044. However, e Mooring<br />

Restaurant sta insists all who come<br />

will be welcomed and seated as<br />

quickly as possible! Call or email<br />

dnairn@portkinsale.com with your<br />

wedding, party or special event needs.<br />

e summer dining schedule<br />

includes: Monday- Pizza Night,<br />

Tuesday- Closed, Wednesday- Pasta<br />

Night, ursday-Miss Nellie Night,<br />

Friday- Live Entertainment, Saturday-<br />

Live Entertainment, (check for<br />

availability), Sunday- Brunch Buet<br />

and Raw Bar/ Sandwich Night.<br />

Visit e Mooring Restaurant<br />

by land at 347 Allen Point Lane in<br />

Kinsale or by sea at N 38.01.889<br />

and 076.33.455 W. Check out e<br />

Mooring Restaurant on Facebook<br />

or at www.portkinsale.com/dining<br />

to get more information on the<br />

Chef’s Specials and daily activities.<br />

Photos Courtesy The Mooring.


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16<br />

Accopatough~My Delicate Flower~Chieftain Of His Kingdom<br />

By Paula Shipman<br />

Accopatough is my<br />

special friend. Bubba<br />

is what we call him<br />

and he is a huge but<br />

gentle standardbred,<br />

for the most part. Bubba can be<br />

a bit temperamental—he is not<br />

a horse for the inexperienced or<br />

a wanna be horse person. When<br />

we were breaking him, he would<br />

only let me pick his back feet up to<br />

be cleaned out. Gaining a horse's<br />

trust is very important to me and<br />

I never, ever want to do anything<br />

to lose that trust once I have it.<br />

e named Accopatough<br />

belonged to Chief Accopatough,<br />

the right-born and true king of the<br />

Rappahannock Indian Tribe. Chief<br />

Accopatough died in April of 1651.<br />

One of Bubba's nicknames—<br />

Delicate Flower—is for a reason.<br />

Bubba is somewhat of a nervous<br />

nelly. At Rosecroft Raceway,<br />

in Maryland, I was getting<br />

Stirseventimes, “Nutty”, ready to race<br />

in the barn area and Bubba was in the<br />

race paddock waiting for his race. Jan<br />

came to the barn where Nutty and I<br />

were. She had a ustered look on her<br />

face and said, “Would you Please go<br />

see your horse and calm him down?”<br />

I laughed and headed to the<br />

paddock to temper the wild beast and<br />

as I walked in I could see he was being<br />

a bad boy. He was throwing his head<br />

up and down and wiggling all over the<br />

place and the man who was hired to<br />

stay with Bubba was about to have a<br />

nervous breakdown. Bubba saw me,<br />

nickered and calmed right down, just<br />

like a little kitten.<br />

I was so proud of<br />

that moment!<br />

Accopatough<br />

($25,528), was<br />

born in Warsaw<br />

on May 28, 2003<br />

and has a record<br />

of pacing a mile at<br />

Colonial Downs<br />

as a four-year-old<br />

in 1:52 at. He is<br />

out of Fanci Nansi<br />

($3,104) and sired<br />

by Palmetto Dear<br />

($271,541). Bubba's<br />

Grand Sire, on his<br />

Dam's side, Nansemond ($448,436)<br />

defeated the remarkable Albatross<br />

($1,201,470) in the 1971 Little Brown<br />

Jug. It was the most surprising<br />

upset in the Jug's 26 year history.<br />

Albatross was Harness Horse of the<br />

Year in 1971 and 1972 and at the time<br />

of his retirement he was the richest<br />

standardbred on the planet. On his<br />

Sire's side<br />

there is<br />

Tyler's Mark<br />

($289,100).<br />

e blind<br />

stallion,<br />

Tyler's<br />

Mark, sired<br />

Four World<br />

Champions<br />

and a Little<br />

Brown Jug<br />

winner<br />

in Nick's<br />

Fantasy<br />

($614,167).<br />

e<br />

foundation<br />

mare<br />

for this<br />

family was<br />

named Fly<br />

and all that can be found on her<br />

is a tattoo number 351836. Fly<br />

dates back to the late 1800's.<br />

Bubba's Great Grand Dam, Leta<br />

Long ($9,321) born in 1940, who<br />

produced the “King of Queens”,<br />

Tar Heel ($119,148), was known to<br />

be an ornery mare. Well, the apple<br />

didn't fall far from the equine tree as<br />

Bubba's Dam, Fanci Nansi, is quite<br />

Spring 2013<br />

possibly the most cantankerous<br />

mare that I have ever worked with<br />

in my entire life. I love Nansi, I just<br />

don't necessarily like her every day.<br />

Bubba and Nutty ($27,933), were<br />

best buds as well as stablemates.<br />

ey bunked across the shed row<br />

from each other and were turned<br />

out, on their days o, either in<br />

adjoining paddocks or together.<br />

Bubba was the most successful<br />

of Nansi's ospring out of seven<br />

living foals. His half sister, Two<br />

Opals ($6,005), retired as a<br />

harness horse and has found a<br />

new vocation as a speed racking<br />

horse. We called her Two Two,<br />

and she was quite a character.<br />

Bubba is just an over-grown lap<br />

horse really. He does have a bit of an<br />

attitude with some people, especially<br />

blacksmiths, no matter who it is.<br />

Bubba plays the role of a chief when<br />

he is turned out with other horses.<br />

Bubba raced his last race on<br />

12/10/2011 at Rosecroft Raceway.<br />

His last year of racing wasn't his<br />

best, he was ready for a little rest<br />

and recuperation. I hope to one day<br />

be able to give him a permanent<br />

home. I plan on breaking him<br />

to ride this spring. I have sat on<br />

him but that's pretty much as far<br />

as it went because with Bubba<br />

you have to take baby steps.<br />

I can't say for sure if<br />

his racing career is truly<br />

over, only time will tell.<br />

Full Circle is a USTA<br />

program that connects<br />

two or more people<br />

with a shared concern for a horse<br />

for the purpose of assisting that<br />

horse if/when it is needed. Both<br />

the American Quarter Horse<br />

Association and Jockey Club have<br />

similar programs. Email fullcircle@<br />

ustrotting.com or call 877-800-8782.<br />

From top left, Bubba, Bubba<br />

and Paula, Two Opals. Paula<br />

and Ryan Shipman photos.<br />

pshipman@chesapeakestyle.com


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18<br />

Jimmy Caraluzzi~A Hero To The Retired Standardbred<br />

By<br />

I<br />

Paula Shipman<br />

was reading the United<br />

States Trotting Association's<br />

website one day last winter<br />

and came across a story of a<br />

young man who was trying<br />

to raise money for the Standardbred<br />

Retirement Foundation. You see,<br />

the SRF found themselves having<br />

to relocate and that put a nancial<br />

strain on them, they were desperate.<br />

Jimmy read about their dilemma<br />

and decided to do something to<br />

help. I was impressed when I read<br />

that he is only 22 years old. We all<br />

can take a lesson from Jimmy.<br />

Jimmy and his family are no<br />

stranger to harness racing, his<br />

father has trained some of the<br />

best standardbreds in the<br />

business. One of those<br />

standardbreds was Jazz<br />

Cosmos ($701,568) who was<br />

Trotter of the Year in 1982,<br />

Selena Lobell ($424,473) and<br />

Why Not ($823,108). ere<br />

was also Broadway Express<br />

($1,141,726) who was a three<br />

time Illinois Pacing Stallion<br />

of the Year. Broadway raced<br />

against the most elite twoyear-old<br />

standardbreds<br />

in the world. Horses like<br />

World Champions, Dragon's<br />

Lair ($1,085,317), Pershing<br />

Square ($812,277) and<br />

Forrest Skipper who was<br />

also Horse of the Year<br />

in 1986 ($1,044,650).<br />

Broadway died at the age of 30<br />

in the latter part of 2012.<br />

Jimmy raises money for SRF by<br />

running marathons. To date he<br />

has raised $2,516 with plans to run<br />

another marathon in the fall of this<br />

year. When I spoke with Jimmy<br />

for this story I was struck by his<br />

humility and his polite manner.<br />

He receives a lot of attention from<br />

the harness racing press but it has<br />

not gone to his head. He is a nice<br />

young man who is trying to help<br />

horses in need and I for one, applaud<br />

him. He developed tendonitis in his<br />

knee but despite that injury he keeps<br />

running. at takes dedication and<br />

a lot of heart, just like a race horse.<br />

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University in May of 2012 and<br />

is currently an Operations<br />

Associate at State Street<br />

Corporation in Princeton, NJ.<br />

e Standardbred Retirement<br />

Foundation and the retired<br />

standardbreds they care for are<br />

blessed to have Jimmy as a supporter.<br />

SRF was founded in 1989 by Mrs.<br />

Judith Bokman. She enlisted the<br />

help of Paula Campbell, wife of Hall<br />

of Fame Standardbred Driver John<br />

Campbell—together they developed<br />

SRF. e SRF has received many<br />

awards for their eorts to place<br />

retired standardbreds in loving<br />

homes. e USTA endorses the SRF.<br />

You can also help by visiting their<br />

website http://adoptahorse.org/<br />

home and becoming a member<br />

or maybe you would want to<br />

Spring 2013<br />

sponsor a standardbred. You can<br />

also visit their Facebook page<br />

Standardbred Retirement Foundation<br />

- Adoptahorse.org. Every little bit<br />

helps to better the life of a retired<br />

racehorse and they deserve so much.<br />

I will let you in on a little secret,<br />

standardbreds are one of the most<br />

versatile of the horse breeds and I<br />

will prove it. Halla was a crossbreed<br />

with full standardbred blood on her<br />

sire's side and full oroughbred<br />

blood on her dam's side. She was a<br />

show jumper and is in the Guiness<br />

Book of World Records as the only<br />

horse ever to win three Olympic<br />

gold medals. ere is also the Bionic<br />

Woman, a pacing standardbred who<br />

competed as a show jumper and<br />

made it to the Nations Cup and was<br />

an international show jumping star.<br />

A son of the champion pacer<br />

Artsplace ($3,085,083), Southwind<br />

Marcasit ($95.00) who was re-named<br />

Mamadpan and then nicknamed<br />

Spud and nicknamed later to Bud,<br />

was a $160,000 yearling purchase who<br />

never made much of a racehorse. He<br />

is now, however, a full-edged and<br />

valued<br />

member<br />

of the<br />

Vancouver<br />

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Department. Perhaps the most<br />

famous of the ''redesigned''<br />

standardbreds is Sergeant York. His<br />

original name was Allaboard Jules<br />

($14,881). is pacer was donated<br />

to the U.S.Army in 1997 and is now<br />

the principal riderless horse and<br />

he is considered priceless. He has<br />

served in thousands of military<br />

Earned Income Tax Credit~Is It For You?<br />

By Jean Duggan<br />

If you haven’t yet led<br />

your income tax, you still<br />

have time to nd out if the<br />

Earned Income Tax Credit<br />

(EITC) is for you. EITC is a<br />

tax credit to help you keep more of<br />

what you earned. It is a refundable<br />

federal income tax credit for low to<br />

moderate income working individuals<br />

and families. Congress originally<br />

approved the tax credit legislation in<br />

1975 in part to oset the burden of<br />

Social Security taxes and to provide<br />

an incentive to work. When EITC<br />

exceeds the amount of taxes owed, it<br />

results in a tax refund to those who<br />

By Frank McCarthy<br />

When you think<br />

of your aging<br />

loved ones, what<br />

do you worry<br />

about most?<br />

Is it a heart attack or stroke cutting<br />

short their life, or perhaps cancer?<br />

While these illnesses are very real<br />

worries for everyone as they age, it<br />

may surprise you to discover that<br />

falls are the second leading cause<br />

of accidental death in the United<br />

States, and 75 percent of these falls<br />

occur in the older adult population.<br />

Falls are the single largest cause of<br />

injury among seniors. According to<br />

the Centers for Disease Control and<br />

Prevention’s (CDC) National Center<br />

for Injury Prevention and Control,<br />

older adults are hospitalized for fallrelated<br />

injuries ve times more often<br />

than they are for injuries from other<br />

causes. One-third of older adults<br />

ceremonies and most notably as<br />

the riderless horse in the funeral<br />

of President Ronald Reagan.<br />

Retired racehorses, whether they<br />

be standardbred or thoroughbred,<br />

can adapt very nicely to a new<br />

vocation. There is a nasty rumor<br />

going around that retired racehorses<br />

are jumpy, hard to handle or just<br />

claim and qualify for the credit.<br />

e EITC is the largest poverty<br />

reduction program in the United<br />

States and has had a signicant<br />

impact on the lives and communities<br />

of the nation's lowest paid working<br />

people. e Census Bureau, using<br />

an alternative calculation of poverty,<br />

found that the EITC lifted 5.4 million<br />

above the poverty line in 2010.<br />

Of course there are specic<br />

requirements to qualify. You must<br />

le a tax return, even if you do not<br />

owe any tax or are not required to<br />

le. With the exception of some who<br />

receive certain disability income,<br />

you must have earned income from<br />

who fall, sustain a hip fracture and<br />

are hospitalized, die within a year.<br />

Even if a fall does not result in<br />

hospitalization, fear of falling can<br />

become a major factor in seniors’<br />

quality of life. Fear leads to inactivity<br />

and loss of condence which in<br />

turn produces a cycle of fear, loss<br />

of self-condence and inactivity.<br />

Dr. Roberta A. Newton, Ph.D.,<br />

Temple University College of Health<br />

Professions in Philadelphia has<br />

spearheaded eorts to study and<br />

research why falls occur and how<br />

they can be prevented. Recognizing<br />

the importance of preventing falls,<br />

Visiting Angels, a national network<br />

of non-medical senior homecare<br />

agencies, has partnered with Dr.<br />

Newton to increase the public<br />

awareness and importance of this<br />

sometimes overlooked issue.<br />

As our loved ones age, it is<br />

important to recognize that things<br />

not good for anything, not true.<br />

There may be one bad apple in a<br />

bunch but the majority are loving<br />

horses that are eager to please.<br />

Give a retired racehorse a chance<br />

and adopt or sponsor one today!<br />

Dot Morgan, Executive Director,<br />

Standardbred. 937-947-4020 dot@<br />

horseadoption.com. Our mission is to<br />

employment, self-employment or<br />

another source and meet certain<br />

rules. Also, you must either meet the<br />

additional rules for workers without<br />

a qualifying child or have a child that<br />

meets all the qualifying child rules<br />

for you. Workers who made less than<br />

$50,270 should see if they qualify.<br />

Filing taxes can be a daunting<br />

activity for most of us and it<br />

becomes even more challenging<br />

when tax credits are introduced<br />

to the mix. Tax assistance for lowincome<br />

wage earners and seniors<br />

is available at no cost through<br />

Bay Aging. Saundra Wilson has a<br />

dedicated cadre of volunteers who<br />

like throw rugs, certain medications,<br />

clutter, can be a major source<br />

of hazards. Mobility and agility<br />

limitations require a fresh look at<br />

the everyday contents of the home.<br />

To help seniors and their families<br />

nd out more about falls and how<br />

to prevent them, Visiting Angels<br />

NNMP conducts free fall prevention<br />

assessments and publishes helpful<br />

informational brochures for seniors<br />

and their families. Here are some<br />

easy tips to help minimize the risk of<br />

life-altering falls for your loved ones:<br />

√ row rugs can be a tripping<br />

hazard. Either remove them or make<br />

sure they are securely tacked down.<br />

√ Add hand rails to all stairs.<br />

√ Clear clutter from walking<br />

paths, and make sure hallways<br />

and stairways are well-lit.<br />

√ Eliminate long extension<br />

cords that snake across a room.<br />

Plug lamps into outlets near the<br />

stand in the gap for noncompetitive,<br />

often injured racehorses providing<br />

a peaceful environment and skilled<br />

hands to assist in their development<br />

as pleasure mounts. To place these<br />

horses in experienced loving homes<br />

that will continue their education so<br />

each has a skill and therefore, a future.<br />

are available to help you get the<br />

most of your hard earned dollars.<br />

Filed your taxes already? It never<br />

hurts to become informed now to<br />

be ready for next year’s tax season.<br />

Even though you don’t qualify,<br />

you may know of a hard working<br />

family who could benet from a<br />

having more cash in their pocket<br />

through EITC. Please let them know<br />

about this opportunity. Ms. Wilson<br />

and her professionally trained<br />

volunteers are eager to help.<br />

Call Saundra Wilson at 804-758-4495<br />

or email swilson@bayaging.org today.<br />

Preventing Falls Is Important To Seniors’ Health<br />

wall so cords are tucked away.<br />

√ Add grab bars next to the<br />

toilet, tub and shower.<br />

√ Getting in and out of the tub<br />

can be hazardous. In addition to<br />

grab bars, make sure the tub has<br />

non-skid mats. A tub seat may<br />

make showering easier, too.<br />

√ Trade in oppy slippers for<br />

well-tting slippers with non-skid<br />

soles. Also, avoid night clothing<br />

that drags on the ground.<br />

Visiting Angels is offering free<br />

consultation to help you assess your<br />

situation and address the issues that<br />

are important to you and your family.<br />

To arrange for a free Fall Prevention’<br />

consultation, contact Visiting Angels<br />

Kilmarnock, 435-2229, Warsaw 804-<br />

313-8808, Gloucester 804-695-2889.<br />

Frank McCarthy is Director of<br />

Visiting Angels of the Northern<br />

Neck and Middle Peninsula.<br />

Contact him at 804-435-2229.


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In Memory<br />

In the early hours the morning of<br />

February 12, 2013 Jean C. Keating<br />

was greeted by her proud, playful,<br />

pack of Papillons at the Rainbow<br />

Bridge. They crossed the Bridge and<br />

are running and playing pain free.<br />

By<br />

I<br />

Ellen Dugan<br />

did not know Jean Keating<br />

nearly as well or as long as I<br />

would have liked. She was a<br />

bright light that should still<br />

be shining, a one-of-a-kind<br />

shooting star that amed out much<br />

too soon. Left behind is her memory,<br />

alive and vivid in its uniqueness.<br />

During Jean’s later years through<br />

our association as writers, I was<br />

lucky enough to have fallen within<br />

her orbit—or should I say whirlwind,<br />

for her energy was legend and<br />

she lived her life to the max.<br />

As writers we shared the joys<br />

and agonies of the blank page and<br />

the endless search for words to<br />

For many several years<br />

I was Jean's neighbor.<br />

My memories of her<br />

go back to when my<br />

youngest daughter was<br />

a toddler who liked to explore the<br />

neighborhood. Markley, knocked<br />

on Jean's door one afternoon and<br />

asked if she could come in and visit.<br />

When Jean asked the toddler how<br />

old she replied that she was three.<br />

Jean said she should come back<br />

when she was four years old, she was<br />

too young to be out visiting alone.<br />

Markley remembered Jean's promise<br />

We were friends<br />

for years going<br />

to lunch and<br />

shopping like<br />

friends do before<br />

I<br />

have known Jean for<br />

several years through the<br />

Metropolitan Area Papillon<br />

Club of Washington, DC<br />

Inc. (MAP) as we have both<br />

been members and love Papillons.<br />

We were both at a show a few<br />

years ago and I had my little Papillon,<br />

satisfy the lling of it. Our job was<br />

to lure the best ones from their<br />

hiding places and capture them<br />

as quickly as possible. We tried to<br />

make sense of them as best we could<br />

and strived to place our words in<br />

some kind of reasonable order.<br />

Once this was accomplished, we<br />

could begin the process of polishing<br />

and re-arranging those that had<br />

survived the cut according to the<br />

dictates of our imagination and<br />

the perceived requirements of our<br />

readers. Often this was done under<br />

threat of a looming deadline and a<br />

growing tendency to be distracted<br />

by anything, including frequent<br />

coee breaks, trips to the refrigerator<br />

or pauses to pet an animal. All<br />

valid reasons for delay. Jean would<br />

swear to it if she were still alive and<br />

sitting at her computer today.<br />

In Jean’s case much of her writing<br />

was inspired by her deep love of<br />

and went back<br />

a year later<br />

to ask if she<br />

could come in<br />

and visit. Jean<br />

was a gracious<br />

hostess and<br />

Markley, who<br />

now lives with<br />

her family in<br />

Connecticut,<br />

often recalls<br />

with a smile the<br />

day she went<br />

to visit Jean.<br />

I knew how smart she was. She truly<br />

treated me like an equal even though<br />

I only went as far as the 8th grade.<br />

She was the one that pushed me into<br />

submitting my story to one of the<br />

Bridgit, with me when I stopped<br />

to say Hi to Jean. Bridgit was lying<br />

on her back on my arm, her usual<br />

position as she is very spoiled and<br />

really doesn't care to walk unless<br />

she has to, and Jean was petting her.<br />

I told Jean, “Bridgit is very spoiled.”<br />

Jean continued to pet her and inhale<br />

animals, her ability to empathize<br />

with her readers, and a writing style<br />

that was much like her personality,<br />

direct and informed, yet playful,<br />

a dicult achievement for sure.<br />

In Monumental Courage, the<br />

opening story about twelve gallant<br />

police dogs in her nal book, “Animal<br />

Heroes and Friends,” there is a<br />

wonderful quote that illustrates how<br />

much Jean loved and respected the<br />

creatures she wrote about. Selected<br />

from a keynote address that had been<br />

delivered by the Attorney General<br />

of the Commonwealth of Virginia<br />

at a service that honored the slain<br />

canine heroes, Jean tells us: “When<br />

the public is in trouble, they call the<br />

police. When the police need help,<br />

they call S.W.A.T. And when S.W.A.T.<br />

needs help, they call the K-9’s.”<br />

Sadly, there were no canines—no<br />

Baron, Bandit, Lobo, Zak, Sgt. Boris,<br />

Bodi, Iron, Colt, Faro, Ingo, Gunner<br />

She came home with a seashell—a<br />

present from Jean. My special gift<br />

from Jean came with the publication<br />

of her last book, Animal Heroes<br />

and Friends. She asked me if she<br />

could borrow a picture of Harry a<br />

black and white mongrel I adopted<br />

from the Heritage Humane Society<br />

Shelter in Williamsburg. Jean<br />

captured Harry's spirit in her story<br />

Autumn He had been abandoned<br />

and spent a long time at the Shelter.<br />

My friend Pam Johnson who works<br />

to nd homes for shelter pets with<br />

advertisements in the local paper<br />

contest parties we have. I won rst<br />

prize that was shared with our own<br />

CIA writer and for the rst time in<br />

my life I was speechless. She gave me<br />

priceless hints on writing and told me<br />

deeply<br />

then<br />

said, “she<br />

smells<br />

just<br />

ne—<br />

she's<br />

not spoiled she's just indulged.” We<br />

Spring 2013<br />

or Carsens—who could rescue Jean<br />

when she needed help escaping<br />

the deadly pronouncements of<br />

cancer. Had they been able to, I am<br />

certain all twelve of them would<br />

have scaled fences and jumped<br />

through hoops to get to her.<br />

Like our unnished friendship,<br />

my memory of Jean, now voiced and<br />

visible in the medium we shared,<br />

is an inner work in progress. I will<br />

surely think of something more to<br />

add, something I had forgotten and<br />

should have mentioned earlier, like<br />

our discussions of fact-checking<br />

Civil War lore or my astonishment<br />

at learning of her rocket-scientist<br />

past. en I will smile inwardly and<br />

perhaps take her small lavender<br />

book from the shelf and visit with<br />

her once more in a place where she<br />

is still very much alive and well.<br />

suggested I come out and look at<br />

Harry then known as Hairy. I nally<br />

gave in to her pleas and went to the<br />

shelter telling her I was not sure we<br />

would be a good t. Harry and I spent<br />

ten wonderful years together. He<br />

became a therapy dog and enjoyed<br />

his visits to patients at Eastern State<br />

Hospital and students in area<br />

elementary schools. What a<br />

wonderful friend to share her<br />

talent in such a beautiful way.<br />

Barbara Ball shared a photo of<br />

Jean at a neighborhood yard sale.<br />

just to write like I talk. I could write<br />

countless words praising our friend,<br />

but mostly I just simply loved her.<br />

Love Lives On, Many<br />

hugs, Kitty Moore<br />

both laughed and I made a note<br />

to refer to Bridget as indulged not<br />

spoiled in the future. Looking back<br />

on this lovely and happy encounter,<br />

it reminds me of Jean’s beautiful<br />

spirit, love of words and sense of<br />

humor. All of us in MAP will miss<br />

her terribly. Rebecca Flanagan


Spring 2013 21<br />

She was such a caring<br />

person. Even not<br />

knowing who I was<br />

she took the time<br />

to help me nd my<br />

Carmine who is nine years old<br />

Jean Keating Loved An Adventure<br />

By Carol Chapman<br />

“They say that a part of you dies<br />

when a special Loved One passes<br />

away...I disagree...I say a part of<br />

you lives with your Loved One on<br />

the other side.” Daniel Yanez<br />

Jean Keating knew how to<br />

live. Even when dependent<br />

on a handicapped<br />

walker and enduring<br />

the intermittent pain of<br />

kidney stones, she knew how to<br />

enjoy life. She loved an adventure.<br />

Before I knew her, she travelled<br />

the world with her ex-husband.<br />

After I knew her, she sometimes<br />

travelled with me. Often this travel,<br />

for example, when we went to<br />

BookExpo or to book fairs, included<br />

sharing the hotel room with her<br />

Reflections on Jean Keating<br />

By Elizabeth D. Huegel<br />

When I rst met<br />

Jean Keating<br />

in 2012, my<br />

objective was<br />

to interview<br />

her for an article. I didn’t know very<br />

much about her at the time, except<br />

that she was an accomplished<br />

author... What I did know was that<br />

her time remaining in this world<br />

Dear Jean,<br />

ank you for<br />

allowing my seven<br />

year old granddaughter<br />

the<br />

now and the joy of my life.<br />

What an accomplished<br />

and caring Lady Jean was.<br />

In spite of all her many<br />

activities and involvement<br />

in many organizations she<br />

always had time for someone<br />

that needed her help.<br />

I am one of those people she<br />

helped. Years ago I wanted a<br />

Papillon as a pet. At that time<br />

there were not many for sale and the<br />

breeders that did have them would<br />

not ship and were very hesitant<br />

to sell to an unknown person. I<br />

had spent hours and hours on the<br />

phone calling one breeder after<br />

beloved hearing-assist Papillon, Pu.<br />

Pu was more than a hearing assist<br />

dog. He was also her book-signing<br />

magnet. People thronged to her table<br />

to pet the adorable little “Sherlock<br />

Bones” who was dressed in a private<br />

eye hat and carried a magnifying<br />

glass attached to his jacket.<br />

Jean sold books! I’d sit at the table<br />

next to her, thankful if a couple of<br />

people browsed one of my titles,<br />

and watch the lineup of fans at her<br />

table. Jean jokingly suggested I get<br />

myself a talking parrot. But it wasn’t<br />

only that Pu drew the crowds.<br />

Jean greeted people with warmth<br />

and made them feel special.<br />

ere were a couple of times when<br />

we traveled without Pu. Once we<br />

went on a “writer’s retreat” to the<br />

Outer Banks and shared a luxurious<br />

would be short compliments of a<br />

terminal cancer and that we needed<br />

to get the article written soon.<br />

I’m so glad I had the opportunity to<br />

interview her and write what became<br />

the last chapter in her life. Jean was<br />

an amazing person—I only wish I<br />

had known her longer! She treasured<br />

her beautiful, long salt/pepper hair<br />

and hated the idea that she would<br />

lose it to the chemotherapy. I had<br />

to agree… her hair was beautiful.<br />

opportunity to read to your Papillon.<br />

She and her sister were all excited<br />

when they returned from visiting<br />

with you at the Williamsburg library.<br />

ank you also for your review of my<br />

another only to be turned down<br />

to own one of their puppies.<br />

Someone gave me Jean's name to<br />

call to see if she knew of anyone that<br />

might have one I could purchase.<br />

I didn't know Jean but I called her<br />

on the phone. Even though she did<br />

not know me she listened to what<br />

I had gone through and said she<br />

would try to help. She spent a lot of<br />

time talking to me. She asked some<br />

questions and took time out of her<br />

busy schedule to have a long talk<br />

with me to see if I would be a good<br />

Mom to one of her precious breed.<br />

After we talked she suggested<br />

that I call a breeder she was familiar<br />

condo overlooking the ocean. It<br />

was during this retreat that we both<br />

started our newsletters to our fans.<br />

Jean cared for her fans, especially<br />

the young people. In fact, her<br />

last wish was to fulll promises<br />

made to readers of her books who<br />

had requested they be included<br />

in her next book, which became<br />

Animal Heroes and Friends.<br />

Probably our greatest adventure<br />

was our trip to Alaska when we<br />

attended the Mystery Writer’s<br />

conference. Jean’s story, “Brodie,<br />

an Alaskan Search and Rescue Star,”<br />

came out of that conference.<br />

In typical Jean Keating fashion,<br />

she also booked a couple of seats<br />

on a catamaran to view orcas and a<br />

calving glacier. She really knew how to<br />

make life an adventure. Determined<br />

Little did I know that Jean’s life<br />

would end sooner than she, or<br />

anyone else, expected. Today, March<br />

3rd, on the anniversary of her 75th<br />

birthday, I attended the memorial<br />

service celebrating her life. ere<br />

were so many people in attendance…<br />

those who had known her for a<br />

lifetime, and others, like me, who had<br />

just met her. Everyone agreed that<br />

Jean was the kind of person you only<br />

meet once in your life. No matter how<br />

book. It gave me encouragement to<br />

continue writing. As I was writing<br />

you this note I received the e-mail<br />

notifying me of your passing.<br />

Although this is late, I wanted<br />

with that had a puppy that I might<br />

be able to get. She gave me the<br />

people's name. When I called<br />

them I used Jean as a reference.<br />

I believe that they called her and<br />

only because of HER vouching for<br />

me was I able to get my precious<br />

Papillon that I still have today.<br />

If it were not for Jean's caring<br />

for people I never would have<br />

known the joy of being owned by a<br />

Papillon. I will always be indebted<br />

to her for her taking an interest in<br />

my problem and solving it for me.<br />

Her love of the Papillon breed<br />

will always be remembered.<br />

Diane Winer and Carmine<br />

to see the sights on the catamaran,<br />

Jean hauled her walker onto the<br />

observation deck of the boat. I was<br />

impressed. She would have loved to<br />

have been on the outside deck, but,<br />

with her typical sporting spirit, she<br />

made the best of what she could do.<br />

At home in Virginia, we often had<br />

lunch together and used each other as<br />

sounding boards for our manuscripts.<br />

During one of these lunches less than<br />

six months ago, Jean told me she had<br />

just discovered that she was on her<br />

last great adventure. I started to cry,<br />

but Jean held my hand and said, “Why<br />

fuss? Death is a natural part of life.”<br />

And I, like so many others<br />

who loved her dearly, am left to<br />

travel the darkening tunnel of the<br />

rest of my years without her.<br />

long you knew her, it seemed like you<br />

had known her forever. Her love of life<br />

was contagious and she tackled every<br />

aspect of her life with control and<br />

enthusiasm. Jean taught us all how<br />

to live life to the fullest, and to accept<br />

death as an inevitable part of living.<br />

She was a Christian; she had faith<br />

in eternal life and did not fear the<br />

transfer from this realm to the next.<br />

Rest in peace, Jean! You were loved<br />

and respected by all who knew you!<br />

you to know you are appreciated<br />

for your kindness to others. John<br />

Hornung, Williamsburg, Virginia


22<br />

The Ditches of Mathews County~It’s All About Roads<br />

By Carol J. Bova<br />

“Adequate drainage<br />

conveyances and<br />

facilities are integral<br />

components of a safe<br />

and structurally sound<br />

roadway infrastructure. Inadequate<br />

or improperly maintained drainage<br />

facilities are responsible for most<br />

pavement failures and soil erosion.<br />

A road may have its serviceability<br />

seriously curtailed, or may be made<br />

impassable as a result of improper<br />

drainage maintenance, or inadequate<br />

facilities. One of the most important<br />

duties of maintenance personnel is<br />

Goblet of the Dawn<br />

A Cautionary Note<br />

By Paul B. Stimson<br />

At dawn on a summer<br />

morn I was on an<br />

east-facing beach of<br />

<strong>Chesapeake</strong> Bay. I<br />

knew the precise time<br />

and azimuth of sunrise and hoped<br />

to catch a video clip of the elusive<br />

green ash*. Alas, the haze absorbed<br />

the ash, but the sun emerged in<br />

the repair and maintenance<br />

of the highway drainage<br />

system and the importance<br />

of this activity cannot<br />

be over-emphasized.<br />

(Virginia Department of<br />

Transportation Board of<br />

Supervisors Manual, 2012)<br />

When rain falls on a<br />

road, it drains into a VDOT<br />

roadside ditch. If pipes that<br />

go under driveways and<br />

those that run from one side<br />

of the road to the other are<br />

not cleaned regularly, they<br />

will hold stormwater in the<br />

ditch. A half-blocked pipe<br />

means only water higher<br />

than the blockage can drain.<br />

Since roadside pipes can<br />

run anywhere from 12 to<br />

24 inches in diameter and<br />

those to outfall ditches can<br />

be up to 42 inches, that means more<br />

than six inches of water, sometimes<br />

a lot more, gets to sit in the ditches<br />

for days, weeks or months. VDOT<br />

acknowledges that this is a problem<br />

on their website under Ditching<br />

and Mosquitoes: “What if the water<br />

[over six inches deep] does stand<br />

for more than a week, and I can’t do<br />

anything to improve drainage? Call<br />

VDOT’s Highway Helpline at (800)<br />

367-ROAD [(800-367-7623] or ll<br />

out a report online.” And yet we have<br />

pipes with 70% blockages that VDOT<br />

employees feel are good enough.<br />

spectacular bands of yellow and<br />

orange and a reection formed on<br />

the glassy sea. I would love to have<br />

my picture at the instant of tangency<br />

but missed it by a second or two.<br />

e haze was quite dense<br />

and I perceived no threat to my<br />

vision, so kept watching to see if<br />

another picture was in the ong.<br />

When nally I looked away I was<br />

stunned by the intensity of the<br />

When ditches are blocked from<br />

draining over an extended time, they<br />

can saturate the roadbed. If you look<br />

at a road with lots of cracks where<br />

there is water in roadside ditches<br />

on a sunny<br />

day and<br />

see cracks<br />

sweating,<br />

it's because<br />

water moves<br />

upwards<br />

towards the<br />

sun warmed<br />

asphalt.<br />

is can<br />

only happen<br />

if water's<br />

beneath<br />

the surface<br />

destroying<br />

the integrity<br />

of the road.<br />

Sean<br />

Trapani,<br />

VDOT<br />

Saluda<br />

Residency<br />

Administrator, was quoted in the<br />

Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal,<br />

Feb. 21, 2013 saying that “...it’s VDOT’s<br />

job to keep water o roads to prevent<br />

trac accidents and pavement<br />

failure...” Unless there's some other<br />

way to get water out the roadside<br />

ditches, VDOT is just as responsible to<br />

get that water away from the roadbed<br />

through the roadside ditches to outfall<br />

sunlight. e eye's retina fatigues<br />

severely and rapidly in bright light,<br />

and I didn't see that the blinding<br />

brilliance had crept up on me..<br />

I sustained a bit of retina damage,<br />

but it could have been worse. A<br />

starry sky has lost some of its charm<br />

because fourth-magnitude stars now<br />

disappear from view when I look<br />

directly at them. Please be careful.<br />

* e green ash is caused by<br />

Spring 2013<br />

ditches to adequate bodies of water.<br />

Mr. Trapani also said in the same<br />

article, “...the maintenance issue<br />

is not budgetary, but a matter of<br />

responsibility and ownership. He<br />

said the Saluda<br />

residency has<br />

the money,<br />

personnel and<br />

equipment for<br />

maintenance of<br />

ditches for which<br />

it is responsible.”<br />

ere's no<br />

question that<br />

VDOT owns<br />

the roadside<br />

ditches, so why<br />

are they allowing<br />

our roads to<br />

deteriorate by<br />

not maintaining<br />

them—including<br />

the pipes?<br />

e Ditches<br />

of Mathews<br />

County has a<br />

Facebook Page.<br />

<strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Style</strong> Magazine<br />

atmospheric refraction in the split<br />

second before sunrise and after<br />

sunset. It occurs theoretically in<br />

every sunrise and sunset, but is rarely<br />

seen because of atmospheric haze.<br />

e air column must be clear from<br />

top to bottom for a hundred miles<br />

or so to let it be seen. In my years in<br />

oceanography I saw three of them,<br />

one in sunset and two in sunrise,<br />

and the sight is worth the eort.


Spring 2013 23<br />

<strong>Style</strong> Spotlight~A Treasure Trove for Everyone!<br />

By Liz Huegel<br />

Traveling on Mary Ball<br />

Highway through<br />

Lively, is usually an<br />

uneventful excursion<br />

unless your destination<br />

is shopping the multitude of goodies<br />

at Calico Jack’s on the north side of<br />

the tiny village. Your heart skips a<br />

beat when you pull into the driveway<br />

and feast your eyes on the distinctive<br />

old home with a wrap-around porch<br />

protected by the uniquely curved<br />

awning above. To say the house<br />

is inviting is an understatement…<br />

you just can’t wait to get inside!<br />

Dave and Cindy Peresluha<br />

(pronounced paris-loo-ah) purchased<br />

the historic old Robert O. Norris<br />

home in 2001 with the ultimate goal<br />

of opening their pride and joy—the<br />

Calico Jack’s Trading Company.<br />

ey had their eyes on the house for<br />

years and decided they would try<br />

to buy it if it ever became available<br />

again. Avid treasure hunters, they’ve<br />

been collecting assorted gems of<br />

every genre for over 30 years.<br />

ey enjoy the thrill of the<br />

hunt and have travelled<br />

all over the United States<br />

and Nova Scotia in pursuit<br />

of the next acquisition to<br />

add to their collection.<br />

For many years they sold<br />

their wares on weekends<br />

at ea markets and trade<br />

shows. Finally, they have a<br />

permanent place to display<br />

the fruits of their labor.<br />

Whether you are looking for antiques,<br />

frivolous collectables, wrought iron<br />

sculptures, furniture, nautical items<br />

or anything in between, you will likely<br />

nd your next treasure somewhere<br />

on the grounds at Calico Jack’s.<br />

In fact, if you don’t nd something<br />

for yourself, you will surely nd<br />

something special for friend or<br />

relative. In addition to the three<br />

stories of “stu” contained in the<br />

main house—including an incredible<br />

collection of books on the third oor,<br />

there are four out-buildings that<br />

contain even more treasures. A lot of<br />

the nautical interests are located in<br />

the outer buildings—especially the<br />

larger items such as canoes, kayaks,<br />

paddles, skis, boat motors, sails,<br />

riggings and anything else maritime.<br />

Dave is a life-long lover of all<br />

things nautical and has worked in<br />

the boating industry for more than 40<br />

years. Shortly after building a home<br />

in Virginia in the mid 1980's, Dave<br />

met John McConnico of Lancaster<br />

and helped to establish Boat Service<br />

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Associates—a full service repair<br />

facility at Yankee Point Marina.<br />

During this time Dave and Cindy<br />

acquired the store’s<br />

namesake, the Calico<br />

Jack, a smaller version<br />

of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong><br />

Bay Skipjack that is so<br />

well known to locals<br />

on the shores of the<br />

<strong>Chesapeake</strong> Bay. A<br />

replica of their skipjack,<br />

crafted by Bruce Gibbs,<br />

a friend of the family,<br />

sits proudly on one of<br />

the display cabinets<br />

in the main part of the house.<br />

Interestingly, the Calico Jack was<br />

one of the rst participants in the<br />

annual Turkey Shoot Regatta that<br />

is held to support Hospice Care in<br />

the Northern Neck. Dave continues<br />

to race in the regatta, but now<br />

ventures out in his new love, the<br />

Charlotte Amelia that he co-owns<br />

with Barr Brooks. Amused, Dave<br />

sports a slight grin as he refers to<br />

Brooks as the "Commodore for Life"<br />

at Merry Point Yacht Club. Never<br />

heard of it? Don’t worry, you’re<br />

not alone. But you can ask Dave<br />

when you visit the store if you’re<br />

curious…he’ll be happy to explain.<br />

It wasn't until Dave retired that<br />

Calico Jack's Trading Company was<br />

established. Even though they’ve<br />

been in business for twelve years,<br />

Dave continues to<br />

retain a faithful client<br />

base for his services as<br />

an American Boat and<br />

Yacht Council (ABYC)<br />

Master Technician.<br />

e original Calico<br />

Jack has moved on,<br />

but memories of the<br />

boat are kept alive<br />

with the nautical<br />

merchandise that<br />

remains a focal<br />

point of their shop. After the thrill<br />

of the buy, the best part of their<br />

business is the people they meet in<br />

the store. A customer might come<br />

in as a stranger, but they are often<br />

friends by the time they leave. And<br />

it’s easy to see why…Dave and Cindy<br />

are a delightful couple who make<br />

people feel welcome and at home.<br />

Don’t be surprised if they oer<br />

you a cup of coee or tea, or a<br />

bottle of cold water. at’s their<br />

style—they want to make their<br />

guests feel welcome. Calico Jack’s<br />

Trading Company is open 11 a.m. to<br />

4 p.m. Friday, thru Sunday, April to<br />

mid-December. Call 804-296-4350<br />

and check their Facebook page.<br />

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24<br />

A Very Special Valentine<br />

By Anne Cook<br />

Several years ago, as a<br />

hospice volunteer of<br />

the Northern Neck,<br />

I was fortunate to<br />

become friends with<br />

a special person, Mrs. Anita Jones,<br />

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the same area, just o Merry Point<br />

Road, where she resides to this day.<br />

On February 16th, 200 people, most<br />

of her large family—from as far away<br />

as Syracuse, NY—32 grandchildren,<br />

50 great-grandchildren, over a dozen<br />

great-great-grandchildren, seven<br />

of her surviving children and their<br />

families held a party at the Church of<br />

the Nazarene to celebrate Mrs. Jones’<br />

100th birthday. Her daughter, Deserie,<br />

pointed out that statistics show that<br />

less than 1% of approximately 6.7<br />

billion people reach such a milestone.<br />

at puts a capitol S on Special!<br />

Mrs. Jones received a letter from<br />

President Obama and Governor<br />

McDonnell congratulating her!<br />

Her pastor, Rosemary Curry of<br />

Willie Chapel Baptist Church and her<br />

son-in-law, Pastor William Curry, led<br />

the program. ere was singing by<br />

the Salem Choir from Salem Baptist<br />

Church located in Mt. Holly and a<br />

special praise dance<br />

was performed<br />

by her greatgranddaughter,<br />

Miss<br />

Neveah Peaks.<br />

She was the oldest<br />

girl—she had an<br />

older brother—in a<br />

family of three girls<br />

and three boys. Her<br />

father worked in<br />

the oyster business<br />

and was a farmer.<br />

As she said, “Just<br />

about everyone was<br />

a farmer because<br />

you had to raise<br />

your own food.<br />

ere were only<br />

two cars on the<br />

Northern Neck; one<br />

belonged to the<br />

doctor and the other<br />

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was out playing with her siblings and<br />

friends and they heard the whistle<br />

blow on the steamboat, they would<br />

run as fast as they could to Merry<br />

Point dock to see who got o the boat<br />

and what was being delivered. e<br />

steamboat came from Baltimore.<br />

It was a very exciting event.<br />

Her mother was young when<br />

she died so Mrs. Jones, the oldest<br />

girl, helped her father take care<br />

of the other children and with the<br />

household chores. When she had<br />

children, clothes were washed with a<br />

wash board and wash tub. ere was<br />

no electricity—kerosene lamps were<br />

used—no running water and wood<br />

was used to cook and heat the house.<br />

When she was 16 she married<br />

the fella she had known all her life,<br />

Welford Jones. Her husband worked<br />

in the oyster houses and farmed. ey<br />

raised their own chickens, hogs and<br />

had a cow for milk and butter. ey<br />

had 13 children and when I asked if<br />

By Barbara Sherman<br />

Nanotechnology<br />

used to be the<br />

stu of science<br />

ction movies.<br />

Today it’s the<br />

latest high tech assault on our<br />

food supply! Nanotechnology is a<br />

powerful new technology for taking<br />

apart and reconstructing nature<br />

at the atomic and molecular level.<br />

e nano particles developed in<br />

special labs are small. So small<br />

that you can’t see them with a<br />

conventional microscope. ey<br />

are signicantly smaller than a red<br />

blood cell and 80,000 times smaller<br />

than the width of a human hair!<br />

Just because they’re small doesn’t<br />

mean they aren’t big business and<br />

just because they’re small doesn’t<br />

mean they are harmless to our bodies.<br />

Because they are so tiny, they behave<br />

dierently and are governed by the<br />

properties of quantum mechanics.<br />

is means they enter and interact<br />

one cow could supply enough milk<br />

for her family she said ,“Oh yes”. ey<br />

took corn and wheat to the mill just<br />

west of Kilmarnock to have it ground<br />

into meal for cooking. ey had fruit<br />

trees in their yard and she canned,<br />

made pickles, jams and jellies. She<br />

helped her husband in the garden<br />

and especially loves owers.<br />

She also worked in a canning<br />

factory peeling tomatoes during<br />

tomato season. She loved to cook<br />

and bake—chocolate and coconut<br />

cakes—and sewed using a manual<br />

sewing machine. Often when her<br />

family gets together someone<br />

invariably comments that whatever<br />

they are eating doesn’t compare<br />

to Momma Nita’s ________!<br />

ey walked to Willie Chapel<br />

Baptist Church she said that it didn’t<br />

seem long. “When you have a whole<br />

passel of children with you we<br />

would play and talk and before you<br />

knew it we would be there.” In 2010<br />

Nanotechnology~A New Threat To Our Food<br />

with our bodies on a cellular level.<br />

Nanoparticles may be able to<br />

penetrate the skin or move between<br />

organs, with unknown health eects.<br />

Not surprisingly advances in<br />

nanotechnology are championed<br />

by food manufacturers as a giant<br />

leap forward with “untold positive<br />

eects for the future of the industry.”<br />

Yummy sounding 50-nanometer<br />

polystyrene carboxylated particles<br />

can be used to deliver nutrients,<br />

ensure longer freshness of food, act<br />

as thickening agents or enhance<br />

taste or avor. Sounds great, right?<br />

But are there any negative side<br />

eects? Nobody knows because<br />

testing has been nearly nonexistent!<br />

Unbelievably, there is very little<br />

oversight and regulation of the use<br />

of nanoparticles in food and food<br />

packaging. e FDA doesn't even<br />

have a list of foods or cosmetics that<br />

contain nanotechnology. Neither<br />

do they require nanoparticles<br />

to be proved safe but they<br />

her birthday fell on a Sunday her<br />

daughter and son-in-law came down<br />

from Maryland, brought a new dress<br />

and took Mrs. Jones to church. I think<br />

that was the highlight of her 97th<br />

birthday! She does miss her church<br />

friends and going each Sunday.<br />

In 1913, bread was 6¢, milk was<br />

32¢, eggs 30¢, the average cost of a<br />

car was $490, gas was 12¢, and the<br />

average cost of buying a house was<br />

$4000. e post oce began parcel<br />

post deliveries, the rst sedan-type<br />

car—Hudson—went on display at<br />

the 13th Auto Show in New York,<br />

Grand Central Station opened, Alpha<br />

Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard<br />

University incorporated, the 16th<br />

Amendment, federal income tax<br />

was ratied, and the rst prize was<br />

inserted into a Cracker Jack box.<br />

Welford died after they had been<br />

married for 52 years and although,<br />

she is presently conned to a chair,<br />

I have never heard her complain.<br />

do require manufacturers to<br />

provide tests showing that the<br />

food goods employing them are<br />

not harmful. (sound like the fox<br />

guarding the hen house?)<br />

“Nanofood” is simply the next<br />

step toward the questionable goal of<br />

tomorrow’s food being “designed”<br />

or remade from the atom up to<br />

get a better result. Over the past<br />

several years the food industry has<br />

felt the eects of signicant public<br />

backlash over the introduction of<br />

Genetically Modied Organisms<br />

(GMO’s) in agriculture and our<br />

foods. Considering how little media<br />

coverage these issues have received,<br />

it looks like the lesson the food<br />

industry has learned from GMO’s<br />

is not one about the importance of<br />

transparency, but quite the opposite.<br />

How can you tell if the food<br />

you are buying contains GMO’s or<br />

Nanoparticles? You can’t because the<br />

FDA does not require manufacturers<br />

to divulge this information. www.<br />

Her eyesight is almost gone and<br />

although she says her hearing isn’t<br />

what it used to be, she seems to hear<br />

just ne and she doesn’t have any<br />

trouble talking! She keeps track of<br />

her family and what they are up to.<br />

Mrs. Jones comments on how<br />

fortunate she is that her daughter,<br />

Rachel, lives with her so that she<br />

can stay in her own home. She also<br />

has family members spread over the<br />

Eastern Seaboard who come to see<br />

her often as do those locally. And<br />

why wouldn’t you? You can’t help<br />

but be happy to be in her company.<br />

Many times she makes reference<br />

to the Lord: “e Lord has spared<br />

me to see my children grown<br />

and on their own,” and, “I didn’t<br />

think I would live this long but<br />

I was in the Lord’s hands”.<br />

When I said that the party<br />

must have been tiring she quickly<br />

said, “No, not at all. It was just<br />

good to see everyone.”<br />

sciam.com/article.cfm?id=donanoparticles-and-sunscreen-mix"<br />

Here are some ways you can help<br />

create a healthier food future. Shop<br />

at a farmers market or buy from an<br />

organic store or from the organic<br />

section in a supermarket. Consider<br />

joining a community garden, or<br />

starting a garden of your own. Read<br />

product labels, get involved and<br />

interested. Talk to your friends and<br />

family about the food issues that<br />

matter most to you. Let companies<br />

know through their 800 feedback lines<br />

that you are concerned about the<br />

use of nanotechnology and GMO’s<br />

in their products. Tell your Senator<br />

and Congressman that you want to<br />

see products containing engineered<br />

ingredients labeled to allow you to<br />

make an informed purchasing choice.<br />

Until next time...Healthy Eating!<br />

Barbara and Frank Sherman<br />

own The Health Nut in Callao.


26<br />

A bluesy Streetcar Named Desire<br />

By Emily Pritchard Cary<br />

Virginia Opera’s<br />

production of Andre<br />

Previn’s A Streetcar<br />

Named Desire opened<br />

in Norfolk February<br />

16. It next plays at George Mason<br />

University’s Center for the Arts<br />

before the nal performances in<br />

Richmond. is third installment in<br />

the company’s American opera cycle<br />

is based on Tennessee Williams’<br />

Pulitzer Prize-winning play of 1998<br />

set in New Orleans during the 1940s.<br />

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is Blanche’s sister, Stella, and<br />

tenor Scott Ramsey plays<br />

Blanche’s suitor Harold.<br />

“My job is to step inside<br />

Stanley to learn what he<br />

wants and needs and what<br />

matters to him,” Moore said.<br />

“Everything he does makes<br />

perfect sense. He is very much a<br />

product of his background and<br />

even though the facts aren’t there, I<br />

deduce that he comes from a recent<br />

generation of Polish immigrants<br />

and grew up in a Polish community<br />

on the lower socioeconomic rung<br />

that made him see things in black<br />

and white, a simple right or wrong.<br />

“Considering where he came from,<br />

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during the war because that takes<br />

about ten years. He is now a climber<br />

who made it through<br />

World War II and found<br />

a beautiful girl. en<br />

the tension begins<br />

when her sister, Miss<br />

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later this spring, allowing him to<br />

remain the same character for four<br />

months. He follows that as Jud Fry<br />

in the company’s production of<br />

Oklahoma. For the rst ten years of<br />

his career, he sang 30 roles without<br />

repeating, itting from style to style<br />

and language to language. Now that<br />

he has a resume of more than 60<br />

roles, he enjoys repeating favorites<br />

like Don Giovanni, Prior Walter in<br />

Angels in America and Vincent Van<br />

Gogh, a role he created in Bernard<br />

Rands’s Vincent as a guest artist with<br />

Indiana University’s Opera eatre.<br />

To direct A Streetcar Named Desire,<br />

VO chose the creative Sam Helfrich<br />

who is returning after directing<br />

Philip Glass’ Orphee last season. e<br />

conductor is the renowned Ari Pelto,<br />

a veteran of major opera companies.<br />

“I’m most excited about this<br />

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movie and featuring<br />

the apartment in the<br />

set. Instead, I am<br />

focusing on three<br />

objects critical to each<br />

character. e rst<br />

we see is Blanche,<br />

followed by Stanley, then Stella.<br />

“e characters will surprise the<br />

audience. I see Blanche as being<br />

much more sympathetic than she<br />

has been portrayed in the past.<br />

Previn’s music throughout tells<br />

you a lot and creates a mood about<br />

how the characters feel inside. I’ve<br />

asked the actors to perform their<br />

roles understatedly and to avoid<br />

making unnecessary movements to<br />

emphasize something the audience<br />

already knows. e nal page of<br />

music when Blanche is being escorted<br />

to the madhouse is incredible.”<br />

Wherever Helfrich works, he puts<br />

his unique stamp on every new<br />

piece. Among his highly praised<br />

premieres are Kepler by Glass and<br />

e Secret Agent by J. D. McClatchy.<br />

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He promises, “A lot<br />

of people don’t like<br />

contemporary opera as<br />

a living art form, but I<br />

think the VO audience<br />

will discover that this<br />

production of A Streetcar<br />

Named Desire opera helps<br />

them to understand it in<br />

a new way by seeing it<br />

done in an environment<br />

that turns Blanche into a<br />

sympathetic character.”


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Books in <strong>Style</strong>~<strong>Chesapeake</strong> Bay Christmas, Vol. I<br />

By Narielle Living, Jackie<br />

Guidry and Jeanne Johansen<br />

Reviewed by Carol J. Bova<br />

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Christmas by Narielle Living, Zoe<br />

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Zoe's Extraordinary Beads, doesn't<br />

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when she goes Christmas shopping,<br />

or that Abby will involve Zoe, a<br />

handsome stranger named David<br />

and a grey-faced social worker in<br />

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growing love for her will take Zoe into<br />

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A Soul for<br />

Christmas—A Tale from<br />

the Crossroads by Jackie<br />

Guidry steps back to<br />

Christmas Eve, 1821<br />

with Mahlah, the curious<br />

18-year-old parson's<br />

daughter who can't help<br />

eavesdropping on her<br />

parents' conversations.<br />

e parson and his family<br />

move into a new cabin<br />

next to the crossroads<br />

to try to convince parishioners that<br />

it is not an evil place, in spite of the<br />

local legend of deals there with the<br />

Devil that cost men's souls. Two<br />

strangers cross the Pritchard family's<br />

path that night—one wild-eyed man<br />

with a too-ready shotgun, fearful of<br />

a panther he believes is stalking him<br />

and the other with a gunshot who<br />

won't give his name and believes he's<br />

lost his soul. Mahlah<br />

gures out part of the<br />

mystery from what she's<br />

overheard, but there<br />

are still questions left<br />

in this story lled with<br />

faith and family love.<br />

e book closes<br />

with Tea with a Hussy<br />

by Jeanne Johansen<br />

where we meet nineyear-old<br />

Mary Elizabeth<br />

Duncan of Richmond<br />

in 1957. When Mary Liz<br />

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Christmas after a family tragedy, the<br />

contrast between her grandmother's<br />

Richmond social setting and her<br />

two aunts' independent lifestyle<br />

tonging for oysters from a deadrise<br />

paints a vivid picture of the time and<br />

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rule-breaking to get to the truth of a<br />

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Books in <strong>Style</strong>~Audacious American Women<br />

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Emily Cary has selected<br />

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assortment of women<br />

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female stereotypes.<br />

Some of the women,<br />

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e women who<br />

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Abigail Marguerite<br />

Stebbins, born January 4, 1683/84<br />

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Eunice Williams, born on<br />

or about 1697, same location.<br />

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Lydia Knapp Horton, 1843-1926,<br />

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Lily Bell Kellogg Hancock,<br />

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What's Happening at Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern<br />

By Corrine Anthony<br />

Looking to try all the<br />

wines of Virginia's<br />

Northern Neck in<br />

one afternoon? Rice's<br />

Hotel/Hughlett's<br />

Tavern's annual Wine Fest in<br />

Heathsville lets wine acionados do<br />

just that on Saturday, April 20th.<br />

Featuring the wines of the<br />

<strong>Chesapeake</strong> Wine Trail, this popular<br />

annual event gathers 10 local<br />

wineries in one location. Patrons<br />

have from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. to savor<br />

the avors of local Virginia wines<br />

and until 5 p.m. to keep buying.<br />

e entrance fee is $12 per person,<br />

which includes a commemorative<br />

wine glass. Food will also be available<br />

for purchase. Tickets will be sold at<br />

the gate on the day of the Wine Fest.<br />

Timed to coincide with the Wine<br />

Fest is Heathsville's rst Farmers<br />

Market of the season. Located in<br />

the adjacent pavilion and grounds,<br />

this monthly Farmers Market starts<br />

at 9 a.m. and runs until 1 p.m. It<br />

includes a large oering of fresh<br />

local produce, baked goods, nursery<br />

plants and locally-made handcrafts.<br />

Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern is<br />

the last surviving 1700's structure<br />

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e Tavern's active artisan groups<br />

will be on-site the day of the Wine<br />

Fest and Farmers Market, working<br />

and selling their handmade wares.<br />

is includes the Tavern Blacksmith<br />

Guild in the Tavern's forge, the<br />

Spinners and Weavers Guild,<br />

the Woodworkers Guild, and the<br />

Quilters Guild. e Tavern Gift<br />

Shop will also be open that day.<br />

e newest initiative for Rice's<br />

Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern is its series of<br />

Try A Little Tenderness<br />

By<br />

I<br />

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Tender shoots must ght the cold<br />

hard winter ground to break through<br />

into the vital growth of sunshine.<br />

All of nature buzzes on the fragile<br />

edge of life, and Mother Nature<br />

tenderly suckles each new beginning<br />

until suciency is achieved. She<br />

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is lifted up all of creation is lifted<br />

up right along with it. No one can<br />

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rst blush of springtime owers.<br />

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have tenderness in common. It is<br />

indeed a gift of Love from Spirit.<br />

Tenderness is a choice that exudes<br />

strength. You feel it within, a growing<br />

compassion and empathy for all<br />

creation that gently caresses and<br />

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rough any act of tenderness<br />

we create inter-connectedness with<br />

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life energy, and harming any part<br />

harms the whole just as healing<br />

any part heals all instantly. One<br />

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Guilds and others in the community,<br />

these classes provide an opportunity<br />

for participants to learn weaving,<br />

spinning, quilting, woodworking<br />

and other traditional arts and crafts<br />

that enhance contemporary life.<br />

Current classes include: Handmade<br />

Book-making on Wed., March 13,<br />

Decorative Wheat Weaving on Sat.,<br />

March 16, Sewn Spring Tote Bag on<br />

Tues., March 26, Crazy Quilt Stitching<br />

on Wed., May 22, and Beginning<br />

Weaving, an intensive three-day<br />

course on June 6, 7 and 8. Upcoming<br />

beautiful wave at a time happening<br />

simultaneously in all directions at<br />

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least your viewpoint in it. Isn’t that<br />

the core message of every holy One<br />

so far to grace us with their Light?<br />

We tend to wage war to aect<br />

change in modern society. We have<br />

a war on drugs, on terror, on cancer,<br />

on domestic violence—isn’t that<br />

ironic? Life is moving so fast that<br />

we often forget social pleasantries,<br />

especially when stressed. But<br />

choosing tenderness is an expression<br />

of peace and quiet strength. Our<br />

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towards whom it is extended.<br />

Tenderness is a potent stressreducer.<br />

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Spring 2013<br />

Heritage Arts classes include Braided<br />

Rug Making, Basic Blacksmithing,<br />

Quilted Yo-yo Table Runner, and<br />

Needlepoint. Past classes, which<br />

may be repeated, include Inkle<br />

Loom Weaving, Beginning Spinning,<br />

Build a Wooden Kaleidoscope, and<br />

Quilted Medallion Table Runner.<br />

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May 4th, Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's<br />

Tavern will host its annual Kentucky<br />

Derby party. is gala combines<br />

the excitement of the world's<br />

most famous horse race on a big<br />

screen TV, along with live music,<br />

mint juleps, fabulous food, and an<br />

exceptional live and silent auction.<br />

Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern is<br />

located on the Historic Heathsville's<br />

Town Square. To get to the Tavern,<br />

take Route 360 into Heathsville. Rice's<br />

Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern is located at<br />

73 Monument Place, behind the old<br />

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Tidewater & Timber~Getting ready for wonders of spring<br />

By Chelly Scala<br />

As spring approaches,<br />

we realize how lucky<br />

we were to not have<br />

a more harsh winter.<br />

Some people in the<br />

North suered with blizzards and<br />

some in the South endured tornados.<br />

I am thankful of our blessings<br />

everyday and reminded more of<br />

how fortunate we are when I am<br />

outside, enjoying the outdoors.<br />

While out in the woods this<br />

February we enjoyed some rabbit<br />

hunting with my son and his dog,<br />

Colby. is experience reminded me<br />

how lucky we are. We appreciate the<br />

outdoors and learn so much from<br />

each other about the woods and<br />

wildlife. On several occasions, when<br />

I would ask my son if he had fun<br />

and enjoyed the day; and his quick<br />

upbeat answer in the armative<br />

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one particular day, while rabbit<br />

hunting, Colby was zooming around<br />

and Travis was so proud of his<br />

little Rabbit Beagle. I stopped and<br />

smiled, thinking to myself; these<br />

are the best moments to enjoy.<br />

During our time in the woods we<br />

observed and listened, and looked for<br />

wild turkey signs.<br />

is is planning for<br />

one of our future<br />

outings, the annual<br />

youth spring<br />

gobbler hunting<br />

day and later, the<br />

spring gobbler<br />

season. Some of the<br />

sure signs of turkey<br />

locations and travel<br />

are scratchings<br />

and droppings.<br />

e scratching<br />

will usually point<br />

to the direction<br />

of travel. If you go out in the woods<br />

in the early morning, sometimes<br />

you can catch some sweet music of<br />

turkeys talking on roost and gobbling.<br />

at sound is sometimes enough<br />

to give even the most seasoned<br />

turkey hunter goose-bumps from<br />

the excitement. I often think of the<br />

rst time I ever experienced that<br />

wonderful sound of a turkey gobbling;<br />

especially if he is talking back to me.<br />

ese sounds and experiences<br />

are among those I love to teach<br />

and share with my son, Travis. I<br />

remembered almost 30 years ago<br />

when my husband, Steve introduced<br />

me to turkey hunting. One morning,<br />

Spring 2013<br />

we went out for one of our rst hunts<br />

together. We sat side by side and he<br />

let me call to get the experience. is<br />

gobbler started talking to me very<br />

excitedly and would cut me right<br />

o before I could nish my call.<br />

Initially, he was quite a distance<br />

away, but quickly closed the distance.<br />

I could see his fan coming. e<br />

gobbler was so proud and fanned<br />

completely out. He strutted and<br />

moved to the left and to the right.<br />

I had brush in front of my vision<br />

and could not get a clear shot. e<br />

thoughts going thru my mind were:<br />

I hope Steve has a shot, because I<br />

don’t. Steve’s thoughts were: why<br />

doesn’t she shoot? Well, the gobbler<br />

entered an irresistible zone for<br />

Steve and he nally shot. Kaboom!<br />

“Yes!” I yelled and Steve yelled,<br />

“Why didn’t you shoot?” I quickly<br />

explained that I had branches in my<br />

line of re. Well the turkey mount<br />

plate now reads: “Called by Chelly,<br />

Shot by Steve”. We were so proud.<br />

It was a wonderful experience and<br />

wonderful moment to share.<br />

is year, we hope to share<br />

moments and experiences<br />

like this with Travis.<br />

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Spring 2013 35<br />

The Lady’s Top Ten of Winterization<br />

By Danielle Todd<br />

• The male of the species will pass<br />

up many warm and sunny days to<br />

wait for a cold and cloudy day to<br />

spend winterizing on the water. e<br />

howling of the wind is the perfect<br />

accompaniment for the task at hand.<br />

• Yes, the overall objective is to<br />

drain every ounce of liquid o the<br />

boat, and to rell it with a new liquid<br />

in all of its orices. Remember ladies,<br />

ours is not to question why . . .<br />

• Never, never laugh. You will see<br />

your man in some positions that<br />

closely resemble downward facing<br />

dog from your yoga studio; you will<br />

see him gaze in bewilderment; and<br />

you will hear curse words that you<br />

don’t know how to spell. Do not<br />

snicker. Do not grin. Remain quiet.<br />

• Take snacks. It’s the dead<br />

Juan Patrón~A Fallen Star<br />

in the Days of Billy the Kid<br />

By Paul L. Tsompanas<br />

Reviewed By Ellen Dugan<br />

If you designed a pop quiz<br />

on the history of the “Wild<br />

West,” undoubtedly you’d<br />

nd the following stars<br />

shining brightly amid the<br />

constellations of our misconceptions:<br />

Cowboys, the good guys who always<br />

wear white hats. Outlaws, the bad<br />

guys who prefer black hats and often<br />

steal them. And Indians, who wear no<br />

hats at all, preferring feathers instead.<br />

Few folks, unless you’re a<br />

peaceful, French-beret-wearing<br />

Greek named Paul Tsompanas (T<br />

is silent), would stop to consider<br />

that there was a fourth star present<br />

in Wild West history—Hispanic<br />

People, alive, well, and often heroic.<br />

In his new non-ction book, Juan<br />

Patrón, A Fallen Star in the Days of<br />

Billy the Kid, Paul chronicles the life<br />

of Juan Patrón who lived in Lincoln<br />

County, New Mexico, the largest<br />

county in the country at that time.<br />

When Patrón’s Hispanic forbearers<br />

of winter and all of the eating<br />

establishments on the water have<br />

closed. In fact, even your marina<br />

has shut o the water. You will<br />

need sustenance to survive.<br />

• Dress in layers. This is not<br />

an inside or outside project. You<br />

will be moving so quickly you<br />

could possibly work up a sweat.<br />

Be prepared to remove layers and<br />

quickly don them again as needed<br />

between time spent inside and out.<br />

And don’t forget the chapstick.<br />

• Play your cards wisely.<br />

Chose well the jobs you can do<br />

independently. Pick jobs that are<br />

out of direct line of sight that you<br />

can quietly, silently, whittle your<br />

time away with. Does a cover need<br />

to be unscrewed? Jump at it! is is<br />

your opportunity to be incognito.<br />

Books in <strong>Style</strong>~Juan Patrón...<br />

rst settled in Lincoln County, they<br />

named it “Las Placitas del Rio Bonito”<br />

or “the village by the pretty river.”<br />

ey didn’t know that in the 1870s,<br />

their pretty village would become<br />

the scene of a violent and deadly<br />

Wild West conict known as the<br />

Lincoln County War. It was a conict<br />

where no one wore a white hat or<br />

feathers; a conict in which history<br />

dictated that the paths of Juan Patrón<br />

• Like a nurse to a doctor, you are<br />

the tool apprentice. It matters not<br />

that you do not know the strange<br />

forms that bear no resemblance to<br />

the names they are given, the tool<br />

apprentice bravely digs into the dark<br />

abyss of the canvas bag lled with<br />

sharp and pointy steel, surfacing<br />

with a 7/16 wrench. Success!<br />

• You do not need to exercise<br />

this week. You will run the gauntlet<br />

as you reach, grab, and quickly<br />

provide requested items. But<br />

wait—there is no oor! e engine<br />

compartments are open, so you will<br />

be moving on the four inch outskirts<br />

of the oor that remain. Like tippytoeing<br />

on a tight rope, your cat<br />

like movements keep your calves<br />

tight and your breath sucked in.<br />

• You have stepped on that step<br />

and Billy the Kid would intersect.<br />

To understand the causes and<br />

relationships of the Lincoln County<br />

War you need to read Paul’s book.<br />

What I will tell you is that a peacekeeping<br />

force, Patrón’s Lincoln<br />

County Ries, was predominately<br />

Hispanic and sought to bring<br />

desperados to justice. Also, that<br />

Patrón, a highly-respected, welleducated<br />

leader who served Lincoln<br />

County well on the political front,<br />

held Billy the Kid in protective<br />

custody at one point in the saga.<br />

Paul himself has been held<br />

captive by Patrón’s story for the<br />

last ve years. By training and<br />

nature Paul is a writer, journalist<br />

and newspaperman. His career<br />

has also included a long stint as a<br />

senior congressional sta member.<br />

Fortunately for us, history has<br />

dictated that he use this experience<br />

and expertise to write this book.<br />

He understands the importance<br />

of truth and authenticity in a<br />

biography and freely shares the<br />

fruits of his research in a factual<br />

style that makes this small slice of<br />

like piece of plank that says, “not<br />

a step.” Freeze. You’ve dropped a<br />

screw down into the dark engine<br />

hole. Freeze. You’ve wrenched in<br />

the direction opposite of which you<br />

should have. Freeze. Chances are, if<br />

you remain motionless, he will never<br />

glance up, and in fact, never know<br />

that mistakes have been made.<br />

• Smile. While the day may be<br />

long and confusing, you will enjoy<br />

the completion of a job well done,<br />

the securing of a prized possession,<br />

and the laughter that rings out loud<br />

across your winterized marina. It is<br />

just you two, alone, working side by<br />

side on this winter day. I can’t wait<br />

until we get to do it again next year!<br />

history come alive. You nd yourself<br />

marveling at some of the details<br />

that draw you into Patrón’s story.<br />

For example, we learn that Lew<br />

Wallace, appointed by President<br />

Rutherford B. Hayes to govern the<br />

New Mexico territory during the<br />

Lincoln County War, wrote Ben<br />

Hur, which later enjoyed movie<br />

fame. We also discover that it was<br />

dicult to keep Billy the Kid in<br />

handcus because his hands were<br />

small and his wrists were large.<br />

But Paul’s book is not dicult to<br />

keep in your hands. You just don’t<br />

want to put it down. Several weeks<br />

after its release, it was selected<br />

by the New Mexico Centennial<br />

Foundation as an “ocial centennial<br />

project” because of Patrón’s<br />

contribution in putting the New<br />

Mexico territory on the path to<br />

statehood. As such, it was featured,<br />

among others, on the foundation’s<br />

website as recommended reading<br />

during the state’s centennial year.<br />

Now available at Amazon.com, this<br />

Virginia reader also recommends it.<br />

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36<br />

By Catherine C. Brooks<br />

Reviewed by Karyn Austin<br />

“A picture is worth a<br />

thousand words” proves<br />

true when you read<br />

this book released in<br />

August 2011. Pictures<br />

and previously untold tales from<br />

Mathews citizens give nostalgic<br />

insight into: Business places that used<br />

to be, families gathered for various<br />

purposes, doctors at work, farming<br />

with horses, hog killing, loads of<br />

hay, a peach farm, logging with oxen<br />

and a steam powered sawmill. Each<br />

photo is accompanied by a few tidbits<br />

that reveal life in another day. ere<br />

are celebrations, social gatherings,<br />

school groups and bygone industries.<br />

Means of transportation starts with<br />

the oxcart continuing to motorized<br />

venues. Fashion takes a historical<br />

runway from before 1900 onward. A<br />

bit of information is given whenever<br />

it could be found. Windmill and tide<br />

mill photos really take us back to<br />

another era when top wages were<br />

$280 per month for the manager of<br />

the mills. Seventy-ve per cent of the<br />

pictures are from private unpublished<br />

collections, making this another<br />

treasure for your historical library.<br />

e 191 pictures date as far back<br />

as 1875. Subjects, Businesses, Family<br />

Doctors, Pets, Farms, Logging and<br />

Sawmills are covered. ere are<br />

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Books in <strong>Style</strong>~Animal Heroes and Friends<br />

By Jean C. Keating<br />

Reviewed<br />

A<br />

by William C. Silberman<br />

collection of<br />

vignettes, articles,<br />

short history and<br />

travelogue including:<br />

Monumental Courage,<br />

North to Alaska and First Manassas,<br />

An End To Innocence, author<br />

Jean C. Keating, an amazing and<br />

accomplished lady. She was a bona<br />

de “rocket scientist,” education<br />

specialist, writer, historian, dog<br />

fancier and breeder, publisher, story<br />

teller. It would take at two lifetimes to<br />

investigate her widespread interests<br />

and display and facilitate her talents.<br />

Monumental Courage leads the<br />

rst chapter of Animal Heroes and<br />

Friends. e account describes<br />

a somber 2009 event at Virginia-<br />

Maryland Veterinary School at<br />

Virginia Tech recognizing twelve<br />

canine police ocers who died in<br />

the line of duty between 1962 and<br />

2008. A statue of a handsome, alert<br />

German Shepherd complete with<br />

a shield on his collar was unveiled.<br />

Currently, there are 250 canine police<br />

ocers serving multiple police<br />

organizations throughout the state.<br />

e breed that enthralled Jean<br />

is the Papillon, a small, intelligent,<br />

physically attractive, endearing<br />

canine. She describes herself as a<br />

lover, breeder and slave of and to<br />

the breed. One Papillon, Pu, was<br />

trained to be her hearing assistance<br />

service dog. Pu hears smoke alarms,<br />

telephone signals and other warnings<br />

Jean could not hear<br />

and scratches and<br />

communicates the<br />

need to pay attention or<br />

wake up. Jean has many<br />

stories to tell about<br />

Papillons with unique<br />

personal experiences,<br />

their remarkable<br />

performances at dog<br />

shows, the humorous<br />

and heart- warming<br />

interactions of<br />

Papillons and her<br />

domestic cats that have adopted<br />

Jean and her household.<br />

A part of Animal Heroes and<br />

Friends includes a series of<br />

vignettes involving canine, feline,<br />

equine and rodentia subjects. e<br />

stories are reminiscent of James<br />

Heriot’s All ings Bright and<br />

Beautiful series only her subjects<br />

are more anthropomorphic,<br />

reasoning and communicating like<br />

humans. Certainly her subjects are<br />

remarkably bright and perceptive,<br />

some approaching ingenious.<br />

North To Alaska is a travelogue of<br />

a visit to Alaska. Besides terrestrial<br />

excursions, it describes a cruise of<br />

the bays, glaciers and features of the<br />

southern coast. It tells of encounters<br />

and sightings of sea lions, seals,<br />

moose, orcas, wood bison, otters<br />

and birds. She describes magnicent<br />

views from the water and on land.<br />

First Manassas, An End<br />

to Innocence, documents a<br />

reenactment, honoring the First Battle<br />

of Manassas, July 21, 1861—<br />

the rst major military<br />

engagement of the Civil War.<br />

It reviews the economic,<br />

political and moral issues<br />

which preceded the war and<br />

which led to the polarization<br />

and uncompromising<br />

attitudes of the North and<br />

South. It sets the scene with<br />

a concentration of 22,000<br />

Confederate troops 28 miles<br />

southwest of Washington<br />

which Lincoln and others<br />

considered to be a threat to the<br />

capital that must be eliminated.<br />

e Union, with 35,000 troops,<br />

set out to dislodge the Confederates.<br />

e article notes a number of rsts<br />

in modern warfare: use of railroads,<br />

use of signal ags, and of medical<br />

support units close to battle lines.<br />

Innocence was exemplied by both<br />

sides anticipating a quick, decisive,<br />

relatively bloodless engagement.<br />

It was the rst of many bloody<br />

engagements spanning four years<br />

claiming the lives of 620,000<br />

men and 1.2 million horses.<br />

It goes on to describe the use<br />

of artillery, the confusion due to<br />

similarities of uniforms and battle<br />

ags, the rst civilian casualty—<br />

caused by misdirected artillery re;<br />

VMI Professor Jackson’s stand with<br />

his Virginia troops described as<br />

standing like a “Stone Wall”, the battle<br />

turning in the Confederates’ favor;<br />

the panic of Washington spectators,<br />

politicians and socialites stampeding<br />

and clogging the roadways back<br />

to the city; the rst use of the rebel<br />

yell; the improvisations required<br />

to provide medical support by<br />

the Confederates, especially.<br />

is rst battle demonstrated<br />

the need for distinctive uniforms,<br />

an easily recognized ag, better<br />

training, longer enlistments,<br />

realization that the war was not<br />

going to be over quickly. Despite the<br />

confusion, dysfunction, and lack of<br />

discipline, both sides demonstrated<br />

remarkable bravery, courage and<br />

stubbornness. e battle earned<br />

a distinct place in American<br />

history, as well as well deserved<br />

reverence for the participants.<br />

Also described is the reenactment<br />

staged by 8,200 participants<br />

witnessed by 12,000 spectators<br />

on a hot July day in 2011 when<br />

temperatures reached 107 degrees. It<br />

explains how faithful the participants<br />

are to historical events, how their<br />

dress and equipment replicate<br />

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Cooking with <strong>Style</strong> by Betty B.<br />

Pork Chops With Apples<br />

4 trimmed center-cut pork<br />

chops<br />

2 tablespoons of cracker<br />

crumbs<br />

1 cup of unsweetened<br />

apple juice<br />

1 and one-fourth cup of<br />

water<br />

1 tablespoon of grated onion<br />

Garlic, salt and pepper to taste<br />

2 unpeeled rm cooking apples,<br />

quartered<br />

Moisten the chops with water and<br />

press them into the cracker crumbs.<br />

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1/4 cup packed brown sugar<br />

2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder<br />

Pinch salt<br />

2 Tbsp canola or other mild vegetable<br />

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2 Tbsp milk, coee or water<br />

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In a nonstick skillet<br />

well sprayed with<br />

cooking spray, brown<br />

the chops in a single<br />

layer over moderate<br />

heat. In saucepan,<br />

put pork chops and<br />

remaining ingredients<br />

except the apple slices. Cover tightly<br />

and lower the heat. Simmer the<br />

mixture, turning chops occasionally,<br />

for about 1 hour until the chops are<br />

very tender. (Add water if necessary.)<br />

Uncover the saucepan and simmer<br />

the mixture until nearly all the liquid<br />

milk until you have a thick paste.<br />

Microwave on high for a<br />

minute, checking it after 30<br />

seconds (microwaves vary)—it<br />

will be done when it’s springy on<br />

top but still a bit gooey—like the<br />

very best brownie. Eat warm.<br />

I am a huge fan of the slow cooker<br />

and use mine several times a week. I<br />

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as I am running out the door to work<br />

that usually is not good for me. is<br />

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evaporates into a thick sauce. Add the<br />

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Vegetable<br />

Beef Soup<br />

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cubed lean<br />

beef<br />

2 cans (10 1/2 oz. each) condensed<br />

beef broth<br />

2 soup cans of water (2 1/2cups)<br />

e steel cut oatmeal is less processed<br />

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need to sweeten a little, add a little<br />

honey or if you would like this a little<br />

creamier, add some milk. Also, my<br />

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little warmer, one suggestion would<br />

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e rst time cooking this I cooked<br />

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In a saucepan, combine all<br />

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Kitchen tested and photographed<br />

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Slow Cooker Apple Pie Oatmeal<br />

2 sliced apples<br />

1/3 cup brown sugar<br />

1 tsp cinnamon<br />

2 cups of steel cut oatmeal<br />

4 cups of water (or apple juice)<br />

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