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Working Waterman’s Weekend to open maritime park season DELTAVILLE— The Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park will officially open what promises to be a stellar 2013 season with Working Waterman’s Weekend (WWW) on Friday and Saturday, April 26-27. Visitors will experience not only two days of food and fun attractions but also a preview of the massive rebuilding effort ongoing at the museum since the devastating fire of last July. The kickoff is on Friday evening from 5-9 p.m. with the annual Shrimp and Barbecue Dinner and Dance. Featured on Saturday will be the Deltaville Farmers’ Market, Memory Lane Car Show, Nautical Flea Market, classic restored workboats, free creek cruises, model trains, first look at the minimuseum exhibits, the first “double-header” Groovin’ in the Park concerts and Billz Bistro all kick off a full season of events for the maritime park. Local favorites “Charles Arthur and the Bellevue Rhythm-Aires” will be on the bandstand and steamed shrimp, Carolina barbecue, baby-back ribs and Bill and Randy’s Rockin’ Chowder will be on the buffet at Friday evening’s dinner. Tickets are limited, so get yours early at the museum office Deltaville Dealer Days are May 4-5 DELTAVILLE—Deltaville Dealer Days will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, and will feature several lines of boats. Participating in the event will be Annapolis Yacht Sails South, Chesapeake Yacht Sails, Norton Yachts, and S&J Yachts, all in Deltaville, “The Boating Capital of the Chesapeake.” Admission is free and those attending are invited to register for drawings of cash prizes. Boat brands to be represented include Beneteau Power, Beneteau Sail, Carolina Classic, Catalina Yachts, Jeanneau Yachts, Marlow Hunter, Marlow Mainship and Southerly. For more information, call 776-9211, 776-7575, 776-9898. or 436-7131. 10 or Nauti-Nell’s in Deltaville. Saturday morning starts early with Billz Bistro opening at 8 a.m. with hot coffee, breakfast bowls and egg sandwiches. The Bistro will serve breakfast with fresh eggs from the local Lover’s Retreat Dairy as long as they last, and segway into its luncheon menu of hot dogs, burgers, barbecue and special offerings. Billz Bistro serves until 1 p.m. The first Deltaville Farmers’ Market kicks off at 9 a.m. Local produce and crafts of all kinds will line the entry drive of the park’s new museum area. Other attractions will surround the new events pavilion, waterfront, and pierwalk for easy strolling. There are plenty of picnic tables and benches for relaxing while you shop. Just across from the Boat Shop, the Rappahannock Railroaders will display their working model train sets for young and old alike. Looking for fishing or sailing craft? Inflatables? Take a walk through the new West Section Nature Trails for a look at the donated watercraft in our “Field of Dreams.” You could find the Friday and Saturday, April 26–27, at The Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park perfect boat for your favorite water sport. In the main parking lot there will be a car show with the folks from the Memory Lane Car Club and other car buffs showing off their “babies.” All who enjoy classic cars at their finest can stroll among these restored and carefully kept autos, enjoy their lines, and talk cars with their owners. On the waterfront, the Explorer Society starts their busy season with a bang aboard Explorer, the museum’s replica of Capt. John Smith’s shallop. Members, in authentic Colonial seaman’s dress, “After we bought the new home, even after we unpacked all the boxes . . . we weren’t home until we found our new Church . . .” We invite you to join us! Irvington Baptist Church “The Sunday Place for Everyday Christians” Handicapped access to every level available by ramps and elevator Over forty young persons in our Youth Group Sunday School Assembly-9:45 a.m. • Bible Classes-10:00 a.m. Worship Service-11:00 a.m. • Nursery Provided Wednesday Prayer Service-7:00 p.m. Wednesday night Bible study for Preteens and Teens Pastor: John Howard Farmer 438-6787 jhf.ibc@verizon.net -- www.rrecord.com/irvchurch.htm 53 King Carter Drive (at Route 200) using terms and commands from the 1600s, will take visitors back 400 years for rowing trips around Mill Creek. Chesapeake Marine Railway will offer free creek cruises aboard the restored Only Son as will our own Cap’n Pete Cordozo aboard the musuem’s open deadrise Cooper Hill donated by Keith Ruse of Deltaville Boat Yard. The creek cruises and Explorer rides will be from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. It will be captain’s choice to extend the cruises past 1 p.m. In the mini-musuem, the “Civil War in Middlesex” exhibit is rebuilding with a special section on Middlesex’s own John Taylor Woods, the nautical hero of the “Ambush at Wilton Creek.” An original historical drama reenacting the “Ambush at Wilton Creek” will be performed on the museum’s waterfront stage in mid-August. The play was written over the winter by museum curator Raynell Smith, playwright of the well-received “Stingray Point Story.” On Saturday evening, Groovin’ in the Park 2013 makes history as Groovin’ presents its first ever double-header concert starting May 10 & 11, 2013 Tickets On Sale Now! 2 nd Annual By the Bay Parade of Homes $20 pp - Online at lancasterva.com/events or Phone 804-435-6092 $25 after 5/8/13 Lancaster By the Bay Chamber of Commerce-129 S. Main St., Kilmarnock, VA Farm & Home Supply, LLC Hardware & Marine Hardware, Pet Food & Supplies, Large Greenhouse, Echo Power Equipment, Garden Tillers, Valspar Paints & Sundries, Bird Food, Feeders and much more! SOUTHERN STATES 469 N. Main St., PO Box 249 Kilmarnock, Virginia 22482 Hours: 7:30 - 5:30 M-F, 7:30 - 5:00 Sat. at 5 p.m. with country rockers Eileen Edmonds and Jay Gillespie, and continuing at 6 p.m. with Lancaster native Ray Pittman and The Revival bringing their horndriven rockin’ soul music to the stage. Tickets are $10 at the door. Time is running out on the Groovin’ “6-for-5” anytime ticket package. Get 6 tickets for $50. You save $10. The last opportunity to buy these packages will be at the door of the April 27 concert. Tickets are available now at Nauti- Nell’s or the museum office. Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park is a non-profit organization at 287 Jackson Creek Road and on Mill Creek. Turn right off Route 33 across from the Shell Station to get there. Holly Point Nature Park, the Pierwalk and all other outside exhibits, gardens and facilities are open dawn to dusk throughout the year, except during pre-announced private events. To find out more, visit www. deltavillemuseum.com, email museumpark@verizon.net or call 776-7200. The museum mailing address is P.O. Box 466, Deltaville, VA 23043. SOUTHERN STATES
Registration begins for July 6 Deltaville 5K & Kids Fun Run DELTAVILLE—The “Very Groovy Deltaville 5K & Kids Fun Run” will be held Saturday, July 6. The course will take runners and walkers through Deltaville with a view of the Chesapeake Bay. It is open to runners and walkers of all ages. The Kids Fun Run REEDVILLE—The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum and the Save the Stack Committee recently announced the Dedication of the Stack Ceremony will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. May 12. Rep. Rob Wittman will participate. More than $300,000 was raised by the community over the past three years to preserve the local landmark, noted stack committee chairman Blaine Altaffer. “Being able to raise this level of money during the toughest economic times since the Great Capt. Tom’s Oyster Floats Oyster Gardening Floats, Spat and Supplies Delivery and Set-up Services Visit our website for our Deltaville & Irvington Farmers’ Market show dates! Can’t wait for a show? Supplies available at our Hartfield, Onancock and Chesapeake locations. Call or visit our website! Tom Noffsinger Deltaville, Va. (a ½-mile course) is for those 12 and under. All proceeds from this year’s race will go toward the beautification of the Deltaville community. Registration is currently open at www.DVLRace.com. The 5K entrance fee is $25 and the Kids Ceremony to mark a new beginning for The Stack Depression is a testament to the stack and what it means to the Northern Neck as a reflection point of the areas deep-rooted fishing and maritime heritage,” said Altaffer. The money came from a variety of sources including individual donors from around the country, from fishing families, companies and from major fund raising events, he said. People also gave with their hands and hearts, making this feat so especially impressive. The community is invited to Phone: (804) 815-1423 www.oystergardening.com tom@oystergardening.com Fun Run is $10 until June 30. Walk-up registration on the day of the race increases by $5. All participants this year will receive a complimentary t-shirt, race bib and giveaways from event sponsors. “We encourage everyone to join in the celebration of this huge accomplishment. Attendees will be able to walk around the base of the stack and see up close the six foot by 10 foot bronze plaque that will be mounted on the base of the stack. A brief history of the stack will be presented, including a diorama designed by Kathy Humphreys modeled after the original Morris Fisher factory stack built in 1902. “It is so exciting to know that The Stack has been saved and is ready for the next 100 years of greeting come out and be a part of this event whether it is being a participant, a sponsor or a volunteer,” said event official Carolyn Miller. “Help us continue to make this an annual Deltaville tradition. For all the details, visit www. DVLRace.com. boaters and watermen going in and out of Cockrell Creek!” said Reedville native and committee member Charles Williams. Refreshments will follow the ceremony. Attendees are urged to bring a chair. Direct questions to the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum at 453-6529. To reach the The Stack, follow Route 360 East to Reedville and the signs to Omega Protein. The stack is located on the property of Omega protein. Have an event to be listed in next month’s Rivah? For Middle Peninsula events, email editor@ssentinel.com. For Nothern Neck events email editor@rrecord.com. Book signing of novel due in May SALUDA—British author Robbie James Slaughter comes back to where it all began. His book, “For God, For Country . . . For Love,” has already been launched in the United Kingdom and is receiving excellent reviews, but it will have its U.S. launch in West Point and Saluda. Written as a biographical novel, the book grips the reader from the very start and follows the life of Dalton Roy Slaughter, who was born at Church View, Middlesex County in 1919. A farm boy and member of Wares Church, Slaughter grew up believing that one day he would marry a local girl, settle down, and work his own farm. But fate had its own ideas, and WWII threw his plans into chaos. Drafted into the 116th Regiment, (29th Infantry Division), Slaughter found himself storming Omaha Beach on D-Day. The book’s portrayal of the battle for Normandy is seen through Slaughter’s eyes. Equally moving, is the portrayal of the social influences of the day and Slaughter’s romance with a young English girl. Slaughter’s son Robbie is the author of the book and spent nine years researching and writing the story. It is a labor of love as described by some, one which has seen him retrace his father’s footsteps and interview many, many people along the way. Book signings will take place in West Point at the West Point Business Center on the corner of Main Street and 7th Street on Saturday, May 4, from 2-6 p.m. and at the Middlesex County Museum, 777 General Puller Highway, Saluda, on Wednesday, May 8, from 1-3 p.m. Refreshments will be served. All U.S. proceeds from book sales go to the Wounded Warrior Project. 11
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