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THURSDAY JANUARY 23, 2020 GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS GAZETTE-JOURNAL 1B Community news

A natural hedge: boundary and habitat

BY SUSAN R. CAMP

Winter has treated us gently so far with few frigid days and nights, but it is still winter, which means that after the fall clean-up, there isn’t a lot we can do outside until spring. This period of outdoor in-activity leaves us with plenty of time to look at seed catalogs, read gardening articles, watch YouTube videos on pruning, and plan proj-ects for warmer weather.

On our trip to Ireland last May, we enjoyed driving through the green and lovely springtime landscape, especially in the eastern counties, where the small fields were bor-dered by hedgerows of small trees and shrubs, predominantly com-mon hawthorn (Crataegus monog-yna), which were covered with del-icate white blossoms, shading to pale pink as they aged. The hedge-rows reminded me of the fields in England, where we lived years ago. There, we rarely saw huge ex-panses of open fields or pastures. Each farmer’s field was clearly de-marcated by a living fence, many of which had been planted hundreds of years earlier.

I have read that many small farm-ers in the United States once set their boundaries with hedgerows, but as farm sizes increased to hun-dreds or even thousands of acres in the late 19th and early 20th cen-turies, hedgerows were burned or cut down to accommodate tractors and other large farm equipment. Removal of hedgerows also de-stroyed nesting places and habitat for the insects, birds, and small ani-mals that fed on crops.

In recent years, many people have become concerned with the loss of food, habitat, and nesting places for numerous species of fauna. Climate change and the de-struction of forests and open land to make way for increased housing and commercial development have taken a toll on many natural areas. Some landowners are combating this problem by resurrecting the idea of planting hedgerows instead of erecting wooden or plastic fenc-es to mark their property bound-aries. While the use of hedgerows likely would not be welcome in subdivisions or planned develop-ments, it provides a viable option in rural areas.

Think of a hedgerow as a some-what messy hedge, one that doesn’t need to be mulched, fertilized, raked, or pruned regularly! Instead of one type of shrub marching in straight even rows, a hedgerow consists of several types of plants, including small trees, shrubs, and vines, especially ones that bloom and produce berries or other fruits and nuts. Native plants will insure habitat and food sources for nu-merous birds, animals, and pollina-tors.

If you already have a fence around a field, you can start a hedgerow just inside the fence. It will take several years to develop. Begin by planting several small native trees like a native hawthorn species, serviceberry or Juneberry (Amel-anchier canadensis or A. arborea), dogwood (Cornus florida), or East-ern Redbud (Cercis canadensis). Give the trees two to three years to develop some height. Other small tree options include native hollies, wax myrtle, pines, and other small evergreens.

Add shrubs like blackberry, rasp-berry, elderberry, blueberry, and hackberry to provide food for many species. The flowers will provide nectar for many pollinators and the sharp spines will offer protec-tion for birds and small mammals from predators like roaming cats. Virginia creeper, wild grape, or oth-er native vines can be planted after several years.

Care of the hedgerow should be minimal. Maintain a manageable height of no more than 10 to 15 feet. You can prune sections to control height or depth on an annual rota-tion basis so some shelter and food are always available. Avoid pruning when trees and shrubs are bloom-ing or still covered with berries. Fallen leaves should remain under the plants to provide another layer of habitat for insects. Remove inva-sive vines like English ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, or kudzu. Non-native vines can quickly overcome and destroy the plant and animal diver-sity of your hedgerow.

Planting and maintaining a hedge-row is a long-term project, but one that will continue to provide food and habitat for many species for years to come.

GARDENING CORNER|FROM GLOUCESTER MASTER GARDENERS

River Country Quilters Guild seeks new membersThe River Country Quilters Guild

meets on the fourth Tuesday each month at Grace Covenant Presby-terian Church, 6470 Main Street, Gloucester

Due to special activities at Grace Covenant, in February and March the group will meet at Newington Baptist Church, 6169 Main Street,

Gloucester. Check in and socializing begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7.

At next Tuesday’s meeting, guild member Maryethel Miller will speak about “Searching for Roots in Fab-ric: The Mystery of John and his Baltimore Album.”

Miller has a passion for applique;

studying the history of Baltimore Al-bum quilts and reproducing antique patterns to make her own, a release said.

The club is looking for new mem-bers. Anyone who loves quilts and quilting, as well as other types of fi-ber arts, is invited to attend.

“Even if you have never sewn a

stitch before, all you need is the interest and desire to give it a try,” club president Cassi Fritzius said. “We have members on all spectrums of the quilting journey so you need not be an accomplished quilter to enjoy what the guild offers.”

Still baking, still selling, still full of steam

Betsy’s Baked Goods are a regional favoriteBY BETTY WRENN DAY

Exactly 13 years ago you may have read in this space about Betsy Guckeyson and her special baking skills. She shared her exception talent with family and friends and was also associated with the Williamsburg Farmers’ Market.

Betsy is still baking and sharing, and her business, Betsy’s Baked Goods, is more popular than ever.

There has been one big change in Betsy’s life over these 13 years. Her partner and husband Jim, who helped bake, package and label, has passed away. This vigorous and energetic lady continued with the business and has amassed an uncountable number of patrons.

“I can’t believe l have been doing this these many years,” Betsy exclaimed. “And it all began with a batch of cookies that I took to a Native Plant Society meeting. Jim and I were so anxious to learn about plants around our property at Burke’s Pond, how to protect and take care of them. Well, the director of the Williamsburg Farmers’ Market at the time, Libby Oliver (Tracy Frey is present director) was attending and when the meeting, to which I had taken a batch of cookies as a treat, was over she came up to me stating that they needed a baker for the market. And that’s how it all began.”

What began with one bite of a cookie has developed into a business where customers place their orders ahead of time. “I have wonderful customers,” Betsy said. “One lady bought my Blueberry/Lemon Sweet Bread and liked it so much she reorders, especially at Christmas time, and uses the sweet bread as gifts. One gentleman learned I would be having springerles at the market. He came early and paid me $75 to ship him the cookies including the postage.” Interestingly, this gentleman didn’t know that his springerles were rolled out with Betsy’s grandmother’s roller that’s “about 100 years old.”

Betsy bakes according to the season. Thus her cookie list changes, except for her standard sugar/molasses cookies. “They are my best sellers.”

Betsy began her career appearing at the market weekly. She is now only baking goodies for the market once a month. However, her generosity of sharing is shared in many other ways. Her cookies will be a part of the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce’s Mardi Gras event in February. The Gloucester Literacy Volunteers will supply three baskets of children’s books with her cookies, and each will include a baking coupon. The following month Betsy is donating gift certificates as door prizes at The King’s Daughters and Sons book author luncheon.

If there are any secrets to Betsy’s baking, these could help: She picks her berries fresh, uses fresh spices, buys them in bulk, and freshly grates all the lemon rind used. When making 300 to 400 cookies, and it takes several batches of dough to do so, she makes smaller portions of dough at a time. When one half of the dough is in the oven the other half doesn’t have to wait too long. “This saves the dough from drying out.”

Betsy, who comes from a family of good cooks and bakers, says she “loves to bake” and “stills enjoy being at the market. My customers have been with me for a long time. I haven’t run out of steam yet.”

CHECKERBOARD COOKIES2 sticks butter, softened1/8 tsp. salt½ c. sugar

2¼ c. flour1 Tbs. vanilla¼ c. cocoa, preferably Dutch processCream butter, sugar, vanilla and salt

until fluffy. Gradually stir in flour un-til well blended. Divide dough in half. With sturdy wooden spoon, work co-coa into half of dough until well mixed. Shape each half of the dough into a rectangular block about 6 inches long and 2 inches square. Wrap in wax paper;

tighten the paper around the dough and square it up by pressing with the side of a cookie sheet or cake pan. Chill until firm, about an hour. Ends of blocks need to be a square shape. Using a sharp knife, cut each block lengthwise into four roughly equal slices. Alter-nating colors, stack slices to form two four-layer blocks. Press together (us-ing cookie sheet or pan) to seal layers. Wrap blocks in wax paper, and chill 30-

60 minutes or until firm.Place blocks on cutting surface with

a solid color facing up. Cut each block lengthwise into four slices (each will have 4 layers in alternating colors). Stack four slices of dough, alternat-ing color placement for checkerboard effect. Repeat with other block. Press layers together with pan; keep ends as square as possible. Wrap snugly air-tight; chill 1-2 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut each stack in ¼-inch slices, turning block regularly to prevent flattening it from pressure of knife. Place ½ inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake for about 12 min-utes or until white dough turns golden, edges browned a little bit. Remove to rack to cool. Makes 3½-4 dozen.

These can be done with vanilla/chocolate dough as above; mint/choc-olate (substitute ½ tsp. peppermint ex-tract for the vanilla); red/green with all vanilla dough. Whatever strikes your fancy!

TRADITIONAL ITALIAN BISCOTTI1 stick butter, room temperature½ tsp. lemon rind, grated3 eggs, room temperature½ tsp. baking powder½ tsp. anise extract¼ tsp. salt1½ c. sugar2½ c. flour2 c. toasted almonds, coarsely

choppedCombine flour, almonds, baking

powder, sugar, salt, and lemon rind un-til blended. Cream eggs, butter, and an-ise extract on low speed until smooth. Slowly add flour mixture to egg mixture and blend well. Divide dough into two equal parts, roll into 2 logs the length of the cookie sheet and 3 inches wide. Place logs on parchment paper. Bake at 350°F. regular for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and firm. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Lower the oven to 325°F. Cut logs on the diagonal with serrated knife into ½-inch-wide slices. Transfer slices, cut side up, to baking sheet and re-bake for another 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven; allow to completely cool.

Handy hints about biscotti: Logs should be firm to the touch after the first baking (do not under-bake). Al-low logs to cool completely before at-tempting to slice them. Expect some (delicious) crumbling until you get the hang of slicing. Use a good serrated knife, hold log firmly between thumb and first finger and saw back and forth. For longer biscotti, slice at more of a di-agonal (but there will be more “waste” that way).

NUTTY BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIES1¼ c. flour1 tsp. baking soda½ tsp. baking powder½ tsp. salt½ tsp. cinnamon2 sticks butter¾ c. sugar¾ c. brown sugar, packed1 tsp. vanilla2 eggs½ c. quick-cooking oatmeal2½ c. regular oatmeal1 11-oz. bag butterscotch chips1 c. coarsely chopped walnutsCombine flour, baking soda, baking

powder, salt, and cinnamon in bowl. Cream butter and sugars; add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Add flour mixture. Add oats, then chips and nuts. Line baking sheets with parchment pa-per. Drop dough onto baking sheets; approximately 2 Tbs. dough per cookie (I use a #40 scoop). Bake in preheated 375°F. oven for 10-12 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

If walnuts are finely chopped, re-duce flour by a small amount to avoid cookies being too dry.

Checkerboard cookies.

BETTY WRENN DAY / GAZETTE-JOURNAL

After 18 years of baking cookies, yeast and sweet breads, Betsy Guckeyson is still in her kitchen and looking forward to her 19th year.

Brunswick stew sale on February 1 to benefit local charitiesThe Knights of Columbus Council

9428 of Gloucester will be selling Brunswick stew on Saturday, Feb. 1, with proceeds supporting local

charities. The stew will be available for pick-up starting at 11 a.m. at St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Gloucester.

A quart container costs $8 and can be purchased until the stew is gone or 4 p.m., which is closing time.

For more information, call Dave Gerwitz at 757-870-0800.

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Coasties adopt family for the holidaysOn the Friday before Christ-

mas, the men and women of U.S. Coast Guard Station Milford Haven hosted a local family for Christmas.

Brian Green Jr., 5 years old, and Blair Green, 3 years old, the children of Brian and Brandy Green of Mathews, received Christmas presents from station personnel and Santa Claus, who took time off from his busy schedule to participate in Mathews County’s Adopt-a-Family pro-gram.

“The local community re-ally supported the men and women of the Coast Guard during the government shut-down last fall,” said Chief Joshua Menges, Officer in Charge at Milford Haven. “Since we consider ourselves as part of the local commu-nity, our Coast Guard team wanted to make sure that a local deserving family, and especially the children, had a merry Christmas.”

The family was given a tour of the station and saw

the rescue boats. Culinary Specialist Second Class Fink even prepared special treats for the family.

“We didn’t just want to have the family come and get a couple of presents,” said BM2 Shane Brinson. “While the family was on the docks, we loaded their car with more presents to be opened on Christmas morning.”

This was the sixth year that men and women of Sta-tion Milford Haven adopted a family at Christmas.

The Green family, children Brian Jr. and Blair and parents Brandy and Brian, had a wonderful Christmas, thanks to the efforts of U.S. Coast Guard Station Milford Haven.

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New church couplesCouples who joined Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Gloucester, on Sunday included, from left, Kristen and Patrick Heaney; Julie and Jim Rodarmel; Becky and Mark Beaver; Kate Schnellmann and Peder Wennberg; Karen and Andrij Horod- ysky, and Holly and Grant Smith.

Services announced by local churches Special services and other

activities in churches this week, include the following:

ABINGDON EPISCOPALAbingdon Episcopal Church,

White Marsh, will hold the “Brown Bag Lunch Series” starting at noon today. Bring a lunch and learn useful infor-mation from Deputy Bill Ad-ams, Crime Prevention Special-ist with the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office. Bible study will also be held at 7 p.m. It will in-clude a weekly discussion of the texts that will be read in worship on Sunday.

The church will provide shelter for the homeless from Jan. 27-Feb. 3. Volunteers are needed for check-in, overnight watch, check-out, and din-ner prep/serving. Contact the office.

APOSTLES LUTHERANApostles Lutheran Church,

Gloucester, will hold its an-nual congregational meeting to elect new Congregation Council members and receive reports from the officers and ministry teams after the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service. The Con-gregation Council will provide a meal.

BELLAMY UNITED METHODISTBellamy United Methodist

Church, Gloucester, will con-sider Matthew 4:12-23 dur-ing its 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sun-day services. These verses will serve as the church’s theme verse for the year and beyond. The Real Life Families Ministry will conduct its annual Chili Cook-Off in the Fellowship Hall following the 11 o’clock ser-vice. Awards for several cate-gories will be presented.

BETHANY UNITED METHODISTThe sermon title of Pastor

Mike Derflinger of Bethany United Methodist Church, Gloucester Point, at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday services will be “Happiness: What’s Your Equation?” The 8:30 service will

feature traditional worship; the 11 o’clock acoustic worship service will include participa-tion by the children and youth.

The United Methodist Men will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Nick’s Spaghetti and Steak-house, Gloucester Point. Guest speaker will be Carol Rizzio, Se-nior Comprehensive Planner for Gloucester County.

CHURCH OF ABRAHAMThe sermon title of Pastor

Sheron Green of Church of Abraham, Ordinary, at 8 a.m. Sunday will be “Don’t Miss Your Blessing.” The church will celebrate its 17th anniversary at 3:30 p.m. Pastor Bradley Holmes and the St. Paul Bap-tist Church family will be the special guests. Dinner will be served at 2 o’clock.

CHURCH OF THE LIVING WORDThe sermon title of Lead Pas-

tor Melvin Epps of Church of the Living Word, Hayes, at the 10 a.m. Sunday service will be “Storm Chasers.”

“Prayer” will be the topic for the 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible study.

CORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIPPastor Chris Morgan of Cor-

nerstone Fellowship Church, Cobbs Creek, will speak on “Seven Kinds of Knowledge” at 10 a.m. Sunday.

On Wednesday, Pastor Deb-bie Morgan will teach “The Ac-ronym of FAITH” at 10 a.m., and Mr. Morgan will teach “Fear of the Lord: Understanding Four Important Whys” at 7 p.m.

EBENZER BAPTISTThe Men’s Chorus of Ebenzer

Baptist Church, Cobbs Creek, will celebrate its 23rd anniver-sary at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The program will feature the the Men’s Chorus of Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Bo-hannon, the Macedonia Bap-tist Church of Center Cross; the Men’s Choir of First Baptist at Ordinary; Union Shiloh Baptist Church; Gloucester-Mathews

Men’s Chorus, James Red-mond, and Buddy Waymack. Terry Dixon will be worship leader.

EMMAUS BAPTISTThe Pastor’s Aide Ministry of

Emmaus Baptist Church, North, will host a gospel concert at 3 p.m. Sunday. The concert will feature seven local female so-loists, the Harmonizing 7, and seven local male soloists, the Gospel Songbirds. Refresh-ments will be served after the service.

FIRST BAPTISTThe sermon title of Pastor

Ward Warren of First Baptist Church, Ordinary, at 11 a.m. Sunday will be “Be Strong—You are Armed and Danger-ous.” The Senior Choir, directed by Minister Shelia Madanat, will sing. Deacon Albert Ali will facilitate the 9:30 a.m. Church school, “Solomon Anticipates Praise.”

FIRST MORNING STAR BAPTISTDeacon Clyde Gregory will

be the instructor for the 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, “Solomon Anticipates Praise,” at First Morning Star Baptist Church, Bena. The sermon title of Pas-tor Larry J. Arrington at the 11 o’clock service will be “Partners in Ministry.” The Fellowship Choir will sing, directed by Le-ander Myers.

The Devotions Ministry will visit Riverside Convales-cent Center-Saluda, at 10 a.m. Friday.

GLOUCESTER POINT BAPTISTGloucester Point Baptist

Church will hold a Men’s Day service at 11 a. m. Sunday. Gus Saunders will speak on “Even a Good Man.”

GRACE COVENANT PRESBYTERIANThe sermon title of Dr. Doug

Nagel of Grace Covenant Pres-byterian Church, Gloucester, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday will be

TODAY’S MEDITATION|©THE UPPER ROOM

THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 2020Read Matthew 11:28-30

(The Lord) lets me rest in grassy meadows; he leads

me to restful waters. -Psalm 23:2 (CEB)

During the Sunday morn-ing worship time at my last youth retreat, I asked three people from the audience to stand in the front. I then asked them to arrange them-selves from the busiest to the least busy person. The busi-est person had to hold two giant boxes. The next held a stack of books, and the last held nothing. I then told them

they had to catch a ball that I would toss them. I tossed the ball to each person, and only two out of the three caught it. I explained that the ball represented opportuni-ties from God and that if we are too busy, then we won’t be able to catch what God is tossing to us.

That afternoon, when I got home after the retreat, I real-ized how busy I was. Between school, Boy Scouts, band, choir, friends, and church, my arms were pretty full. We have control over much of the busyness of our lives.

When we free up some space, we allow God to give us rest and are able to gladly receive the opportunities for loving service that God sends our way.

PRAYER: God of rest, teach us to lay down our burdens and find rest in you so that we won’t miss the opportuni-ties you send us. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAYWhat can I give up in order

to act on the opportunities that God is giving me?

-Timothy Sandridge (Virginia)

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JJoin oin UUs s FFor or WWorshiporship ADVENTISTSGLOUCESTER SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTSSATURDAYS at 7314 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061 Sabbath School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. 757-814-5285

ANGLICAN ST. JAMES ANGLICAN CHURCHAncient Worship - Timeless FaithFr David Masterson, VicarServices: SUNDAY10:00 AM - Holy CommunionHoly Unction is offered the first Sunday of each month. Coffee hour in the historic Glebe House follows the service each Sunday.6124 Abingdon Glebe Lane Gloucester, VA 23061 / 804-824-9552 (off Hwy. 17, behind Ken Houtz Chevrolet)stjameschapa@gmail.comstjamesgloucester.com___________________ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN MISSIONAncient Faith - Common PrayerThe Rev Fr Jason Hess, RectorServices: SUNDAY, 10:00 AM - Holy CommunionTUESDAY, 6:30 PM - Evening Prayer / Study15661 John Clayton Memorial HwyMathews, VA 23109, 804-413-1718www.MathewsAnglican.org

ASSEMBLY OF GODLIGHTHOUSEReverend Kenneth F. Cramer4299 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.Hayes, VA 23072804-642-2752 • 804-642-4018 Faxwww.LightHouseVA.LifeServices: SUNDAY, Prayer at 9 a.m.; Worship Service 10 a.m.; WEDNESDAY, 7 p.m. Family Ministries

BAPTISTBEECH GROVE BAPTIST CHURCHRichard Croxton, Preaching InterimSUNDAY SCHOOL, 10 a.m. SUNDAY WORSHIP, 11 a.m. 4073 Cedar Bush Rd. Hayes, VA___________________BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCHRev. Tom CohickServices: SUNDAY, Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.___________________CHURCH OF THE LIVING WORD8144 Tidemill Road, Hayes, 642-9612Building A Victorious Church That Lives The Word Through The Power Of Jesus ChristBishop Gregory and Pastor Eunice WoodardServices: SUNDAY, 10:00 a.m. Worship; 11 a.m. Children’s Church; WEDNESDAY, 7 p.m. Prayer/Bible Study (Adults and Youth) FRIDAY, 6 p.m. Intercessory Prayer. THE CHURCH OF LOVEwww.churchofthelivingword.net___________________FAITH BAPTIST CHURCHRev. Werlie Hendrix, Pastor17448 John Clayton Memorial Hwy. 824-4347Services: SUNDAY, Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 a.m., Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Sunday Family Night, Bible Study for all ages 6 p.m. “Faith Feels Like Family” Affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginiawww.faithbaptistfamily.com___________________GLOUCESTER POINT BAPTISTPastor Ray P. “Bud” Goude, Jr.7741 Terrapin Cove Rd., Glou. Pt.804-642-2555 • www.gloptbaptist.orgServices: SUNDAY, Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 11 a.m.; C.A.R.E. ministry at 2 p.m. WEDNESDAYS: Youth Dinner and Worship 5:30 p.m., Children and adult Bible Studies 6:30 p.m.; 7:30 choir practice; FRIDAY: 9:30 a.m. Seniors’

GWYNN’S ISLAND BAPTIST CHURCHDr. Ed Jordan, Pastor • 725-2384Services: SUNDAY 9:45 Sunday School; 11 a.m. Worship (Nursery provided); 6:30 p.m. Bible Study; WEDNESDAY; Choir practice at 7:30 p.m. “Serving the Lord by Serving Others”___________________HIGHWAY TO HEAVENBIKER CHURCHDAV Bldg. Chapter 586265 Professional Dr. Gloucester, Va. 23061Sunday Mornings: Fellowship 9:00a.m.,Service 9:30-10:30a.m.www.HtHBChurch.com___________________MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCHFoster, Va. 23056 • 804-725-5416 Rev. Everett Hughes • 804-725-3032 revevhughes@yahoo.comServices: SUNDAY, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. Preaching.___________________MATHEWS BAPTIST CHURCHHudgins, Va., 725-3707Pastor Rev. Brian E. KramerServices: SUNDAY, 9 a.m. Contemporary; 10 a.m. Sunday School classes for all ages; 11 a.m. Traditional. Family meals are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m., followed by children/youth activities and adult Bible studies at 6:30 p.m. For more information call the church office at 725-3707.www.mathewsbaptistchurch.com___________________SPRING HILL BAPTIST CHURCHDr. C. E. McDaniel, PastorCobbs Creek, Va.725-3500 - 725-3834Services: SUNDAY, 10 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. Morning Worship. THURSDAY, 6:30 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Choir Practice.___________________UNION BAPTIST CHURCH9254 Guinea Rd., Hayes, VA 23072Located next to Achilles Elementary SchoolChurch Office: 642-2332 Rev. Jared Berry, PastorE-mail: laura.t@unionbaptistchurch.netwww.unionbaptistchurch.netServices: SUNDAY 9:45 a.m. Bible Study; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Worship; WEDNESDAY: 6:30pm, Adult Bible Study and Prayer; OUTWARD Youth for youth; UBC Kids Crew & choir for children___________________WHITE MARSH BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Kevin Thompson, Pastor5123 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.White Marsh, VA 23183 • 804-693-2863Website: www.whitemarshbaptistchurch.comServices: SUNDAY, Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship & Praise 10:30 a.m. (Children’s Church & Nursery provided); AWANA (Sept-May) 6:00 pm; WEDNESDAYAdult Bible Study 6:00p.m. WEDNESDAY___________________ZION POPLARS BAPTIST CHURCHRev. Dr. Elton Pryor 693-4821 • 7000 T.C. Walker Road, GloucesterSunday School 10 am; Worship 11 am; Bible Study Wednesday 7 pm.

CHURCH OF CHRISTGLOUCESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST2432 Hayes Road, Hayes • 642-6050SERVICES: Sunday, Bible Class, 10 a.m., Wor-ship 11 a.m., and 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY, Mid-week Bible Study, 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF GODLIVING WATERS CHURCH“A Church of New Beginnings”Pastor David Hinsen2061 Windsor Rd., Dutton, VA 23050Worship Services: 10:30 am Sunday & 7 pm Wed.Increasing Faith • Imparting Hope Modeling Love___________________NEW LIFE MINISTRY CENTER3450 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy., Hayes VA 23072804-642-5440Sunday Worship, 10:45 a.m.; Wednesday Family Night, 6:45 p.m.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHESSEVERN CHURCHRev. Bill West, Pastor, 693-3937Since 1884, Off Hwy. 17 at White Marsh to Naxera, Robins NeckSUNDAY, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, Bible Study 7 p.m., Choir Practive, 7:45 p.m.

EPISCOPALABINGDON EPISCOPAL CHURCHThe Reverend Sven L. vanBaars, Rector4645 George Washington Memorial HighwayP.O. Box 82, White Marsh, VA804-693-3035www.abingdonchurch.org9:15 A.M. Nursery for Infants & Toddlers8 A.M. Rite 1 service; 9:30 A.M. Sunday School and Adult Forum;10:30 A.M. Rite II. All are welcome!___________________KINGSTON EPISCOPAL PARISHMathews, Virginia, 804-725-2175The Very Rev. Gary J. Barker, RectorE-mail: kingstonparish@verizon.netKingston Parish Preschool 804-725-3211Worship Services: 8 am: HE Rite I at Christ Church, 320 Williams Wharf Road; 9:15 am: Sunday School; 10:30 am: HE Rite II at Kingston Chapel, 370 Main Street; Nursery AvailableAll are welcome!___________________WARE EPISCOPAL CHURCHThe Rev. Dr. Kathleen Price, Interim Rector7825 John Clayton Memorial HighwayP.O. Box 616, Gloucester, VA 804-693-3821 • www.warechurch.orgOffice Hours: Mon-Thur 9 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Sunday Service Schedule8:30 a.m. Worship The Holy Eucharist (Chapel)10:30 a.m. Worship: The Holy Eucharist (Church)Midweek ServiceWednesday 12 p.m. (Chapel)Choir PracticeWednesday 7 p.m.

FULL GOSPELCORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH2243 Buckley Hall Rd. Cobbs Creek, VA 23035Chris Morgan, Pastor. 725-9145Services: SUNDAY 10am Morning WorshipRESONATE JV Sunday 10amWEDNESDAY Healing Center 10-11am.7pm. Midweek Service; RESONATE Youth Service 7pm; Nursery & Children’s Ministry provided for all services. Website: gocfc.com___________________CROSS�ROADS MINISTRIES & MINISTERIAL ASSOC.President/Pastor David A. Bergeron Sr.WATERSIDE STONE CHRISTIAN CHURCHSunday Morning Worship - 10amWednesday Evening Bible Study - 7pmINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FULL GOSPEL CHAPLAINS Meetings - Times & Dates TBAFAITH-LIFE BIBLE INSTITUTETuesday & Thursday - 7pm6549 Main Street, Gloucester VA 23061804-815-4889

LUTHERANAPOSTLES LUTHERAN CHURCHThe Rev. Jeniffer N. Tillman, PastorMain Street at Fox Mill Run Estates, Gloucester 804-693-9098 • www.apostles-elca.orgSunday Service: 9:30 AM - Prayground available in sanctuary for young children during worship.Faith formation for children and youth every other Sunday after worshipWe at Apostles LOVE BOLDLY! Join us!

NON-DENOMINATIONALGRACE BIBLE CHURCHPastor R. Ashley Gibson804-693-35339577 George Washington Memorial Hwy, Box 105, Ark, VA 230039:45 AM Sunday School classes for all ages11:00 AM Sunday Worship Service6:00 PM Sunday evening Bible Study6:30 PM Wednesday evening prayer service___________________KINGDOM COVENANT MINISTRIES827 Ridge Road Cobbs Creek Va 23035Apostle Steve A. Forrest Sr.Thursdays 7pm bible studyworship service Sundays 10:30___________________TABERNACLE OF FAITH7028 Woodsville Road, Hayes804-684-9373SUNDAY SERVICE: 11 am; Kingdom Prepa-ration Teaching classes are held at 10 a.m.; Intercessory prayer is 6-7 p.m. every Wednes-day. Bible study is 7 to 8 pm every Thursday at the church._________________ __TRANSFORMING LIFE CHURCH Pastor Mike Freeman7558 John Clayton Memorial Hwy Gloucester VA Sundays at 10:00 amwww.visitTLC.church

PRESBYTERIAN GRACE COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH6470 Main St., Gloucester, VADr. Douglas Nagel, Pastor693-2071, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily.E-mail: becky@gracecovenant.usTo see activities go to website: gracecovenant.usSchedule: Sunday School, 9:15 am; Worship, 10:30am

___________________GROVES MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH9117 Glass Road, P. O. Box 1263, Hayes VAPh: 804-642-9698Rev. Barry Phillips, Co-PastorRev. Michael Condrey, Co-PastorSunday School 9 a.m. / Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.www.grovesmemchu

ROMAN CATHOLICCHURCH OF FRANCIS DE SALESRt. 647, Lover’s Lane, Mathews Court HouseFather Gerry KaggwaSpring Schedule: Sunday Mass 11 a.m.Weekday Mass: 9 a.m. Tues. & Fri.Holy Day Mass: 5:30 p.m.___________________CHURCH OF ST. THERESE6262 Main Street • Gloucester, VA 23061804-693-5939 • Father Jim CowlesWeekend Masses: 5 PM Saturday, 8 & 10:30 AM Sunday; Holy Day Mass: 12:00 and 7:00 pm; Faith Formation: K-8 at 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.9-12 at 6:00 to 8:00

UNITEDMETHODISTBETHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH1860 Hayes Rd., Old Rt. 17, Glou. Pt., VA, Rev. Mike Derflinger, Pastor, 642-2110www.bethanyumc-gp.orgServices: SUNDAY, Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship, 8:30 & 11 a.m.; Nursery provided___________________BEULAH UNITED METHODIST CHURCHNew Point, VARev. Dede Parrish, Pastor • 725-2775Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m.___________________CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH121 Church Street, Mathews, VARev. John Choi, 725-3332Services: SUNDAY, 10 a.m., Sunday School; 8:30 a.m. Early Worship and Fellowship Time; 11 a.m. Worship Service with nursery provided.___________________LOCUST GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHPastor Booker Brown804-725-3504 / cell: 804-513-9258Rt. 3, DuttonSunday School: 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Nursery provided, Children’s Church, elevator___________________MATHEWS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHRt. 198; P.O. Box 125, Cobbs Creek, VAwww.mathewschapelumc.orgBrett Isernhagen 804-725-9275Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.; Worship - 11 am Children’s Church; Nursery Provided___________________OLIVE BRANCH12403 Harcum Road, Gloucester, VA 23061 Phone : 804.693.3754 Sunday Worship 9:30 am;___________________SALEM UMC11408 Salem Church Rd, Glouc., VA 23061Between Turks Ferry Rd and Hunny Pot Ln(804) 693-3754 • umc.org Sunday Worship 11:00 am ___________________SINGLETON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH5869 Ware Neck Rd., Schley, VARev. Calvin Griffin • 804-693-3811Worship service 11 a.m.; Congregational Sunday School at 9:45 in the church annex. “We are workers together with God!”www.singletonumc.0rghttp://singletonumcblog.wordpress.com ___________________SUSANNA WESLEY UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH3900 George Washington Memorial HighwayOrdinary, Va 23131 • 642-7551Pastor Jan CommanderWorship Service 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; SundaySchool for all ages 9:30 a.m. Nursery care is provided for both worship services

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Please call or e-mail Regina South to be part of this directory: 804-693-3101 or rsouth@gazettejournal.net

“God’s Messengers, Come Back!”

GWYNN’S ISLAND BAPTISTThe sermon title of Dr. Ed Jor-

dan of Gwynn’s Island Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Sunday will be “The ‘Follow Me’ Choice.” The church choir will sing and a lun-cheon will follow in the Moore Memorial Hall.

The annual church planning meeting will be held on Satur-day, beginning with a potluck breakfast at 8 a.m.

KINGSTON EPISCOPAL PARISHThe women of Kingston Epis-

copal Parish, Mathews, will gather for a luncheon at 11 a.m. Saturday to discuss plans for Lenten Soup with Love lunches and where the donations will be given.

In addition to regular services on Sunday, a Celtic Eucharist will be observed at 5:30 p.m. at Kingston Chapel.

Monday/Tuesday classes re-sume. “Enlighten the Eyes of our Hearts, O Lord: Faith and Imagination” will be the topic the session. Monday classes are at 1 p.m. and Tuesday classes are at 7 p.m. at the parish house.

LIGHTHOUSEThe sermon title of Pastor Ken

Cramer of LightHouse, Ordi-nary, at both the 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday services will be “See Je-sus, Speak Jesus.”

LOCUST GROVE UNITED METHODISTThe sermon title of Pas-

tor Booker Brown Jr. of Lo-cust Grove United Methodist Church, Dutton, at the 11 a.m. Sunday service will be “Learn-ing to Follow.”

MATHEWS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST

The sermon title of Pastor Brett Isernhagen of Mathews Chapel United Methodist Church, Cobbs Creek, at the 11 a.m. Sunday service will be “Ministry as Co-Parents.”

The Wednesday Bible study on “Genesis” will meet at 10 a.m. at the church.

NEW HOPE CHRISTIANThe sermon title of Pastor

Cheryl Forrest of New Hope Christian Church at 11 a.m. Sunday will be “Kingdom Au-thority.” The church meets at Thomas Hunter Middle School, Mathews.

NEW MOUNT ZION BAPTISTThe sermon title of Pastor

Vincent A. Pryor of New Mount Zion Baptist Church, Gloucester, at 11 a.m. Sunday will be “Fast and Pray.” The Community Choir will sing.

NEW POINT FRIENDSThe sermon title of Pastor

Thomas Bunting of New Point Friends Church at 11 a.m. Sun-day will be “The Plumb Line.”

NEWINGTON BAPTISTPastor Jim Evans will be the

guest speaker at the 10:15 a.m. Sunday service in Newington Baptist Church, Gloucester.

OLIVE BRANCH UNITED METHODISTThe sermon title of the Rev.

Ann Tang of Olive Branch United Methodist Church, Gloucester, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday will be “Jesus is the Center of our Lives.” The United Method-ist Men will hold hold its annual breakfast at 8 a.m.

PENIEL FRIENDSPeniel Friends Church,

Onemo, will hold a joint ser-vice with New Point Friends at 6 p.m. Sunday at Peniel. Pastor Tom Bunting of New Point will preach.

SALEM UNITED METHODIST, DIGGSThe sermon title of Pastor

Bertina Westley of Salem United Methodist Church, Diggs, at 10:50 a.m. Sunday will be “Same Mind and Same Purpose.” The anthem will be provided by the adult choir.

Signups are now being taken for a Bible study called “The Daniel Dilemma.” Contact Glenn Mantell for more information.

SALEM UNITED METHODIST, GLOUCESTER

The sermon title of the Rev. Ann Tang of Salem United Methodist Church, Gloucester, at 11 a.m. Sunday will be “Jesus is the Center of our Lives.”

SHEPHERDSVILLE BAPTISTThe Sunday school topic, “Sol-

omon Anticipates Praise,” will be taught by First Lady Ivy Ri-

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Abingdon Episcopal meetingThe annual meeting for Abingdon Episcopal Church was held on Sunday morning in the parish hall at White Marsh. Parishioners enjoyed breakfast together, and four new vestry members were voted in as four outgoing vestry members completed their three-year terms. Accomplishments and goals for 2019 were examined regarding Christian education, outreach, budget, facilities, and the life of the church and its people, in general. The Rev. Sven vanBaars, above, addresses the crowd.

ley at 10 a.m. at Shepherdsville Baptist Church, Gloucester. The sermon title of Pastor Douglas Riley at the 11 o’clock service will be “Purpose Driven Prayer.”

Tuesday Bible study on “II Samuel 12” will be led by Kathleen Driver.

SINGLETON UNITED METHODISTThe sermon title of Pas-

tor Calvin Griffin of Singleton United Methodist Church, Ware Neck, at 11 a.m. Sunday will be “Focused.”

Monday Bible study, “Await-ing the Already,” meets at 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday Bible study, “Revelation,” meets at 7 p.m., both at the church.

SPRING HILL BAPTISTSpring Hill Baptist Church,

Cobbs Creek, will celebrate “Baptist Men’s Day” on Sun-day, beginning with breakfast at 8 a.m. The men will serve breakfast and the Rev. Bob Huff of Westville Baptist Church, Mathews, will be the guest speaker. The men will teach all Sunday school classes at 10 o’clock and conduct the wor-ship service at 11. There will be special music by Gary Painter, the men’s choir, and men’s group and testimonies, and fel-lowship in the Word.

THE FIRST UNITED BAPTIST The sermon title of Pastor E.

Randolph Graham of The First United Baptist Church, White Marsh, at the 11 a.m. Sunday service will be “Called to Fish.” The Inspiration choir will sing. Join us between 9 and 10:45 a.m. for “Sweet Fellowship.

UNION BAPTISTThe sermon title of Pastor

Jared Berry of Union Baptist Church, Achilles, at the 11 a.m. Sunday service will be “Restora-tion IV—Restored Fellowship.”

The Food Trailer will be open from 9-10:30 a.m. today and Monday.

The deacons will meet at 7 p.m. Monday. The Kid’s Crew birthday party/paint night and Outward Youth Gym Night will begin at 6:30 Wednesday.

WESTVILLE BAPTISTThe sermon title of Pastor

Bob Huff of Westville Baptist

Church, Mathews, at the 11 a.m. Sunday service will be “Love Each Other.”

The “Community Celebra-tion Party” will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

WESTVILLE CHRISTIANThe sermon title of Pastor

Tim Dice of Westville Christian Church, Mathews, at 11 a.m. Sunday will be “Plant Yourself

Properly.” The 9:45 Bible Café topic will be “Solomon Antici-pates Praise.”

ZION POPLARS BAPTISTZion Poplars Baptist Church,

Gloucester, will observe its “Old Time Gospel Congregation Service” at 11 a.m. Sunday. The sermon title of the Rev. Ron-ald Gayle, associate minister of Union Zion Baptist Church,

Ware Neck, will be “If You Think You Are Lonely Now, Wait Until Tonight.”

A Deacon and Deaconess meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday. Deacon George Larri-more of Zion Poplars will speak on “Love and Worship God.” Ev-eryone is invited, a release said.

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King Day speakerU.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, left, was guest speaker Monday at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. service held at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Petersburg. He is greeted by the Rev. Dr. Robert Allen Diggs Sr., pastor, who is a native of Mathews County.

God, the ultimate transit authority At a recent gathering I was

speaking with another pastor about how the word “hos-pice” is so often perceived, which is that hospice is the last phase of care anticipating that the patient will soon de-part this world. But my friend noted that God is the Transit Authority who alone knows when your train will depart.

As he said that, my mind went to my memories of boarding trains in a Euro-pean train station. There is a general, ding-dong alert to inform travelers that a train is minutes away from departure, then a voice announces what train is departing to what city from which track. At this point you see people running to get to the loading area for that train.

I always enjoyed riding the European trains, but you had to know the system. You had to learn how to read the schedules, to read the arrival/departure boards. You had to make sure you ended up at the right station in the right city, waiting at the right track, boarding the right train in time for departure. But once you did all that, you could ride confidently, knowing that the engineer knows the way to your final destination.

Our journey to Heaven has some similar features. We need to want to go to God’s home (Heaven), we need to get on, and stay on, the train to glory. Jesus, when He was about to depart, told His disciples that very soon He would be going away, depart-ing, and that He had provided a way for those who love Him to also one day depart and ar-rive safely in Heaven. The dis-ciples didn’t understand what He was talking about.

Here is a little of that con-versation, recorded in John 14:4-6 (CSB): “You know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said, “Lord, “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?” Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

God created us to love God, and to desire to live our lives with Him. When we first sinned, our relationship with God was severed. We became hostile towards God. God sent Jesus to die on the cross, to pay the penalty for our sins, so that those who believe, i.e.,

commit their lives to Jesus, can be forgiven and restore a healthy and life-giving rela-tionship with God. We call this transformation, becoming a Christian, because our desire is to be restored to a loving relationship with our God and Creator.

Once this is done, we live our lives daily in this decay-ing body, serving God and telling others the good news that God has made a way for us to receive forgiveness and eternal life through Jesus. We then daily interact with God while we live in this body, but are aware that for each of us there is a day and time for our departure from this physical existence. For those who believe and entrust their life and future to Jesus, the destination is Heaven, and a new kind of life in God’s splen-dored presence, with no more decay. For those who reject Jesus and God’s great offer of eternal life with God, there is a departure as well, but it is to a place where there is no fel-lowship with God. We choose our destination.

We each have a ticket, but believers have a ticket for the train to glory, and each de-parture time is unique. Some-times we get a warning, and sometimes the train leaves unexpectedly. We need to be ready for our departure, so that whenever it occurs we can be at peace, and close our eyes here and quickly reopen them with God in Heaven.

Are you ready for your de-parture, whenever it may be? Do you know Jesus, the way to life eternal? Have you embraced Jesus, the truth? Is Jesus even now filling you with His life, a life that even death can’t snuff out? Here is what the Apostle Paul said in facing his impending death (2 Timothy 4:8-8 CBS): “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appear-ing.” All aboard!

Dr. Ed Jordan, pastor of Gwynn’s Island Baptist Church, can be reached at szent.ed-ward@gmail.com

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Thursday, Jan. 27, 1910from the Mathews Journal

Mr. William Forrest, of Diggs, is quite sick at this writing. Mr. Benton Owens is spend-ing some time with his family. Mr. Rowland Callis is visiting his people this week. We are glad to report Mr. Corneilous Forrest very much improved. Misses Rosebud and Ottie Cal-lis returned to Baltimore last Friday, after spending several weeks with friends and rela-tives.

Notice: Wives of Veterans and Daughters of the Confed-eracy, all those having table-ware through mistake, by taking same to Mrs. F. Theo. Miller, Mathews C.H., can ex-change for their own. 100 YEARS AGO

Thursday, Jan. 22, 1920from the Gloucester Gazette

Messrs. Thomas and At-wood Teagle and John Moore, of Belroi, who spent the holi-days with their parents in this neighborhood, have returned to their work in Newport News and Norfolk.

Quite a delightful evening was spent in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Robins on last Wednesday, Jan. 14, by their neighbors.

Mrs. Mary S. Moore has gone to Virginia Beach to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. George Walker.

Mr. Blaine Kimball has re-turned to his work after re-covering from a shooting acci-dent. Mrs. Kimball went with him as far as New York.

from the Mathews JournalNotice: All honorably dis-

charged soldiers of First Dis-trict of Virginia who restored to the Government articles of clothing or equipment or to whom the same were never is-

sued should communicate at once with me concerning the same. Redistribution is being made, and where overseas of-ficers or men returning their gas masks or helmets, appli-cation should be made there-for and the same will be reis-sued if available. Please give immediate attention, and no-tify your soldier friends. S.O. Bland, Representative, 1st. Va. Dist.

90 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 23, 1930

from the Gloucester GazetteBotetourt boys will be “On

the Air on Thursday, January 30. The Botetourt Chapter, Future Farmers of Virginia, will broadcast a very interest-ing program from 11 until 12 o’clock over Station WTAR, Norfolk. The boys will broad-cast a regular business meet-ing as carried on in their orga-nization. A number of reports will also be given at this time.

The following boys will take part in the program: James Clements, Stanley Hall, Clark Crosby, Harold Decker, Wil-lard Booker, Sinclair Rhodes, Frank Jarvis, William Proc-tor, Carroll Clements, Wallace Fletcher, Doswell Moore and Rudolph Nuttall.

from the Mathews JournalMr. and Mrs. Samuel Diggs,

of Pribble, had as their dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gayle and daughter, Elizabeth.

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Hughes and two children, Thelma and Bobbie, of Dixie, were visitors in this neighbor-hood last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Cassell Wil-liams had as their dinner guests last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Griffis and two chil-dren, Laura and Chas.; Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hughes, son and

daughter, Curtis and Cathleen, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cuthbert and brother, Bob Cuthbert, of Pittsburg.

Mr. Cassell Williams is spending this week with his family. Mrs. John Ransone and children are spending some time with Mr. Ransone’s parents.

80 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 25, 1940

from the Gazette-JournalGloucester and Mathews

counties are still digging themselves from under one of the heaviest snowfalls in many years, which came Tuesday night, accompanied by a howling gale.

As this is written, Thurs-day afternoon, the roads to Richmond are still blocked due to great drifts of snow. Passenger buses and freight trucks suspended service. Bristow Brothers managed to get through today with a load of freight for local merchants. Mail service was suspended Wednesday, but was resumed today via Lee Hall. Snow fell to a depth of ten inches on the level and was piled in high drifts by the gale.

The snow began falling dur-ing the late afternoon Tues-day and by eight o’clock was falling thick and fast, and the wind was increasing to gale force. Electric service was in-terrupted for a short time late Tuesday night but trouble shooters, braving the biting cold, soon located the trouble and service was resumed.

70 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 26, 1950

from the Gazette-JournalE.L. Billups, of Hudgins,

needs immediately 2,000 or more Christmas cards that will soon be discarded by those who received them.

Mr. Billups said, “These cards I am distributing to

various organizations such as Crippled Children’s Homes, Orphanages and such, where they can be used for the amusement and entertain-ment of the inmates. I am doing this on my own. Mrs. Billups and myself are taking care of all expenses and the cards will be delivered to the places where they are needed, free of all cost to them.”

60 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 21, 1960

from the Gazette-JournalMrs. M.A. Waldrop, home

nursing chairman for the Gloucester Red Cross Chap-ter, announces that 16 per-sons have enrolled in the instructor home nursing classes, which began on Monday, Jan. 18. The classes will run three hours Monday through Friday, for two weeks.

Those registered are Mrs. Samuel Deal, Mrs. Francis Hogg, Mrs. Joseph Bond, Mrs. Joseph Perzan, Mrs. Norman Price, Mrs. Sam Stanford, Mrs. Jefferson Sinclair, Mrs. John Stevens and Mrs. Rob-ert Wysor. Also enrolled with Miss Eloise Walker, as instruc-tor, are Mrs. Mary Bowden, Mrs. Martha Cooper, Mrs. Dorothy Bowling, Mrs. Louise Frazier, Mrs. Clara Garnett, Mrs. Mabel Morris and Mrs. Louise Dabney.

50 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 22, 1970

from the Gazette-JournalConstruction of the planned

addition at Mathews High School could be started by the end of the current term, the Mathews County School Board was told Thursday.

The million-dollar project is to be financed by loans from the Virginia State Retirement Fund, and a possible grant from the federal government.

40 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 24, 1980

from the Gazette-JournalSix Gloucester High School

students competed success-fully in the First Statewide Mathematics contest spon-sored jointly by Virginia Coun-cil of Teachers of Mathematics and Virginia Commonwealth University.

The winners were George Simpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Simpson; George Salley and W. Bryan Salley, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Salley; Stephen Mitchem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mitchem; Charlotte Kemp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-liam B. Kemp, and Tim Par-sons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken-neth Parsons.

30 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 25, 1990

from the Gazette-JournalGloucester County public

school officials unveiled a $29.4 million fiscal year 1990-91 budget plan Tuesday night, representing over $6 million more than the current operat-ing budget.

“Last year we requested 25 and got 23 (million). The 29 (million) we’re requesting this year is not bad considering we’re opening a new school and starting a new program,” superintendent Robert L. Mitchell told the school board in presenting the budget.

The new school, Peasley Middle School at Sassafras, is scheduled to open fall next fall when Gloucester In-termediate will also become a middle school. Almost $2 million of the FY91 increase is earmarked for developing the middle school program at both facilities.

20 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 27, 2000

from the Gazette-JournalThe Middle Peninsula coun-

ties and all of Eastern Virginia

were hit by one of the stron-gest snowstorms in years Tuesday. Businesses began closing early and residents made for home, settling in for a siege as eight to 14 inches of snow fell over a 24-hour period. Government offices in both Gloucester and Mathews were closed, along with many businesses.

Driving was almost impos-sible, with gale-force winds blowing blinding amounts of snow across roads and reduc-ing visibility almost to the windshield. On Wednesday morning, even main roads were still covered with ice and packed with snow, although Virginia Department of Trans-portation crews had man-aged to de-ice most bridges on major thoroughfares and were able to keep all major roads passable throughout the storm.

10 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 21, 2010

from the Gazette-JournalThe Mathews High School

Robotics Team geared up for the 2010 US FIRST Robotics Competition with the regional kickoff meeting at Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton.

More than 60 high schools from Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland gathered to learn the rules and requirements for this year’s competition. Each team received a box of parts and information on how its robot can gain points in each match.

The MHS Robotics Team has participated in the US FIRST program since 2003. During this time, the members have been highly successful in de-signing and building winning robots, and have frequently qualified for the nation com-petition in Atlanta.

Mary Elizabeth Willis-Gayle (in wheelchair), a native of Mathews, Virginia, celebrated her86th birthday at Riverside Convalescent Center. The party was given by her son, The Rev-erend Ronald Wilton Gayle Sr and his First Lady, Deaconess Angela Gayle. Ms. Mary, asshe is known, was surprised by her grands, and great-grandchildren, two brothers of Math-ews, Virginia, a host of nephews and nieces, and cousins, and members from 3 localchurches. Her family came from as far as Georgia and Philadelphia.

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Blown Away Salon owner Michelle Green will be travel-ing to New Orleans to receive recognition from Salon Today magazine as one of the na-tion’s top 200 salons in the growth category.

The Hayes salon experi-enced a tremendous year of growth between 2017 and 2018, which caused the maga-zine to take notice. Salon To-day views salons from all over the country, including million-dollar companies, to add to their list. A small business in Gloucester County made the magazine take notice.

Green opened Blown Away Salon in 2011. These last nine years have had plenty of ups and downs, but for Green it has all been worth it.

“I’ve always been a hard worker and dedicated,” said

Green, who has turned her business in to a full service salon and spa. Her business has been experiencing more growth for some time, and between 2017 and 2018, Blow Away Salon saw a 32 percent increase, she said.

“I’ve had a lot of years of blood, sweat, and tears,” said Green. “I’m still in shock.” The recognition is huge for Green, who said she feels this acknowledgment is a huge milestone for Blown Away. Green sees herself as a goal-setter, and for her salon to be noticed, means she’s reaching those goals. “It shows that if you keep persevering you can achieve anything,” she said.

When Green started Blown Away Salon, she knew what to strive for. “I wanted to cre-ate an environment where people feel like family.” said Green. “One of my huge goals

was to create diversity and become a melting pot of a salon.” She also brings on apprentices to work in her shop so that they can get valuable experience and learn from her. “I started when I was 16 and had men-tors that helped me along the way,” said Green.

This is not the first time Blown Away Salon has been recognized for its success. It has also won three awards from Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce Business and Community Awards. Blown Away Salon won Best New Business in 2017, Best Small Busi-ness of 2018, and the Love Gloucester Award in 2019. This new acknowledgment comes thanks to her salon coach, who entered Blown Away into the running.

Improving business opportunities topic of Gloucester forum

BY TYLER BASS

Gloucester supervisors, business owners and other community leaders met at the new American Legion build-ing last Wednesday to take part in business forum to consider ways to ensure that Gloucester County continues to grow and prosper.

Members of Gloucester County’s Community En-gagement and Public Infor-mation Office, as well as the Gloucester Chamber of Com-merce, also participated in the forum, in which people split off into small work groups to brainstorm on the matter.

Abingdon district repre-sentative Robert “JJ” Orth opened the morning’s pro-ceedings, welcoming every-one and organizing the infor-mal forum.

Each table was tasked with coming up with some ideas that can benefit business, and encourage more busi-ness owners to set up shop in Gloucester. Each table was asked to think of at least two suggestions within the allot-ted time. Suggestions seemed to fall into two categories; those that were county-fo-cused and those that were business owner-focused.

On the business side of things, one of the more hotly discussed issues was the availability of broadband internet in the county. Busi-nesses obviously need reli-able internet to function in today’s world, and the lack of reliable internet is a real issue for many business owners. There were other suggestions on helping new businesses, and how they could be aided whilst becoming established.

New businesses could ben-efit from more guidance and exposures to the many av-enues that are available to them in the county. One indi-vidual suggested implement-ing a mentor system where longstanding business own-ers would help new ones get established. Whether this system would be affiliated with an established organiza-tion, such as the Chamber of Commerce, was unclear. How-ever, having a guiding voice from someone who’s opened a business before would be incredibly valuable to those who haven’t, they said.

Many of those in attendance voiced their concern over the appearance of certain parts of the county, such as Gloucester Point. For many tourists and other first-time visitors, Gloucester Point pro-vides the first impression. The

charm that is present when driving through Main Street doesn’t extend through the county, let alone to the Point, they said. Business owners expressed concern that the visual condition of the Gloucester Point area doesn’t positively represent the county as a whole. Also, throughout the county, there are a lot of boarded-up buildings as well, which don’t reflect the amount of growth Gloucester has seen in recent years.

It was suggested that the county focus on improving the appearance of the coun-ty to make it more invit-ing. It was brought up that there should be penalties for owners of building that are boarded up, or in dis-array; the argument being that these disheveled build-ings damage the county’s reputation, and can deter growth. Along with build-ings, the continual upkeep and improvement of parks and roadways was also dis-cussed.

If there is a way to make Gloucester more visually appealing, those at the fo-rum wanted to explore it—not only to generate tour-ism, but also to bring in new families to help continue to grow Gloucester communi-ties. The more communities grow, the more people there are to spend their money in the county, they said.

Something that leaned more towards the tourism side of things was Glouces-ter’s rich history, and find-ing a way to use it to make more attractions for visi-tors. This area of Virginia is rich American and Na-tive American history, and some at the forum, includ-ing Gloucester Board of Su-pervisors’ chair Phillip Ba-zzani, said they believe that Gloucester County needs to showcase it. The group sentiment was to help make Gloucester more than just a “day trip” for visitors.

All the ideas were given in hopes of growing and pro-moting Gloucester and all it has to offer. Many were quick to state how appeal-ing the community and its schools are to new resi-dents. The large turnout to the forum showed how in-terested this community is to nurture Gloucester for years to come. Diverse ideas came from those in attendance, all in hopes of keeping Gloucester a good place for local businesses and families.

Gary Simmons joins wife at Helping Hearts

Marketing awardLarry and Linda Makowski of Express Auctioneers, Brokers & Appraisers, at the Virginia Auctioneers Association Annual Convention on Jan. 10-11 in Leesburg hold their winning real estate brochure entry from the Advertising and Marketing Competition. Express Auctioneers has its office on Burleigh Road in Gloucester.

Helping Hearts In-Home Care has announced that Gary Simmons will be joining his wife Berita full-time to as-sist with the business’s day-to-day operations.

Gary Simmons will serve as head of marketing for the Gloucester-based firm, which has just completed its first seven months in business.

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Langley FCU donates over $1M in 2019

Langley Federal Credit Union said that a combined giving effort by the credit union and Langley for Fami-lies Foundation amounted to $1,084,413 in donations in 2019.

These funds were distrib-uted to 106 Hampton Roads organizations that provide services ranging from health care, housing and human ser-vices, safety and security, and financial education, a release said.

Among local and regional recipients of donations were the Giving Garden Founda-tion, Gloucester Housing Part-nership, Inc., The Glouces-ter-Mathews Care Clinic, Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team, Avalon Center, VersAbility Resources and the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank.

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The Hayes salon experi-enced a tremendous year of growth between 2017 and 2018, which caused the maga-zine to take notice. Salon To-day views salons from all over the country, including million-dollar companies, to add to their list. A small business in Gloucester County made the magazine take notice.

Green opened Blown Away Salon in 2011. These last nine years have had plenty of ups and downs, but for Green it has all been worth it.

“I’ve always been a hard worker and dedicated,” said

Green, who has turned her business in to a full service salon and spa. Her business has been experiencing more growth for some time, and between 2017 and 2018, Blow Away Salon saw a 32 percent increase, she said.

“I’ve had a lot of years of blood, sweat, and tears,” said Green. “I’m still in shock.” The recognition is huge for Green, who said she feels this acknowledgment is a huge milestone for Blown Away. Green sees herself as a goal-setter, and for her salon to be noticed, means she’s reaching those goals. “It shows that if you keep persevering you can achieve anything,” she said.

When Green started Blown Away Salon, she knew what to strive for. “I wanted to cre-ate an environment where people feel like family.” said Green. “One of my huge goals

was to create diversity and become a melting pot of a salon.” She also brings on apprentices to work in her shop so that they can get valuable experience and learn from her. “I started when I was 16 and had men-tors that helped me along the way,” said Green.

This is not the first time Blown Away Salon has been recognized for its success. It has also won three awards from Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce Business and Community Awards. Blown Away Salon won Best New Business in 2017, Best Small Busi-ness of 2018, and the Love Gloucester Award in 2019. This new acknowledgment comes thanks to her salon coach, who entered Blown Away into the running.

Improving business opportunities topic of Gloucester forum

BY TYLER BASS

Gloucester supervisors, business owners and other community leaders met at the new American Legion build-ing last Wednesday to take part in business forum to consider ways to ensure that Gloucester County continues to grow and prosper.

Members of Gloucester County’s Community En-gagement and Public Infor-mation Office, as well as the Gloucester Chamber of Com-merce, also participated in the forum, in which people split off into small work groups to brainstorm on the matter.

Abingdon district repre-sentative Robert “JJ” Orth opened the morning’s pro-ceedings, welcoming every-one and organizing the infor-mal forum.

Each table was tasked with coming up with some ideas that can benefit business, and encourage more busi-ness owners to set up shop in Gloucester. Each table was asked to think of at least two suggestions within the allot-ted time. Suggestions seemed to fall into two categories; those that were county-fo-cused and those that were business owner-focused.

On the business side of things, one of the more hotly discussed issues was the availability of broadband internet in the county. Busi-nesses obviously need reli-able internet to function in today’s world, and the lack of reliable internet is a real issue for many business owners. There were other suggestions on helping new businesses, and how they could be aided whilst becoming established.

New businesses could ben-efit from more guidance and exposures to the many av-enues that are available to them in the county. One indi-vidual suggested implement-ing a mentor system where longstanding business own-ers would help new ones get established. Whether this system would be affiliated with an established organiza-tion, such as the Chamber of Commerce, was unclear. How-ever, having a guiding voice from someone who’s opened a business before would be incredibly valuable to those who haven’t, they said.

Many of those in attendance voiced their concern over the appearance of certain parts of the county, such as Gloucester Point. For many tourists and other first-time visitors, Gloucester Point pro-vides the first impression. The

charm that is present when driving through Main Street doesn’t extend through the county, let alone to the Point, they said. Business owners expressed concern that the visual condition of the Gloucester Point area doesn’t positively represent the county as a whole. Also, throughout the county, there are a lot of boarded-up buildings as well, which don’t reflect the amount of growth Gloucester has seen in recent years.

It was suggested that the county focus on improving the appearance of the coun-ty to make it more invit-ing. It was brought up that there should be penalties for owners of building that are boarded up, or in dis-array; the argument being that these disheveled build-ings damage the county’s reputation, and can deter growth. Along with build-ings, the continual upkeep and improvement of parks and roadways was also dis-cussed.

If there is a way to make Gloucester more visually appealing, those at the fo-rum wanted to explore it—not only to generate tour-ism, but also to bring in new families to help continue to grow Gloucester communi-ties. The more communities grow, the more people there are to spend their money in the county, they said.

Something that leaned more towards the tourism side of things was Glouces-ter’s rich history, and find-ing a way to use it to make more attractions for visi-tors. This area of Virginia is rich American and Na-tive American history, and some at the forum, includ-ing Gloucester Board of Su-pervisors’ chair Phillip Baz- zani, said they believe that Gloucester County needs to showcase it. The group sentiment was to help make Gloucester more than just a “day trip” for visitors.

All the ideas were given in hopes of growing and pro-moting Gloucester and all it has to offer. Many were quick to state how appeal-ing the community and its schools are to new resi-dents. The large turnout to the forum showed how in-terested this community is to nurture Gloucester for years to come. Diverse ideas came from those in attendance, all in hopes of keeping Gloucester a good place for local businesses and families.

Gary Simmons joins wife at Helping Hearts

Marketing awardLarry and Linda Makowski of Express Auctioneers, Brokers & Appraisers, at the Virginia Auctioneers Association Annual Convention on Jan. 10-11 in Leesburg hold their winning real estate brochure entry from the Advertising and Marketing Competition. Express Auctioneers has its office on Burleigh Road in Gloucester.

Helping Hearts In-Home Care has announced that Gary Simmons will be joining his wife Berita full-time to as-sist with the business’s day-to-day operations.

Gary Simmons will serve as head of marketing for the Gloucester-based firm, which has just completed its first seven months in business.

Helping Hearts In-Home Care is a non-medical in-home care company serv-ing clients in Gloucester, Mathews, Saluda, York-town, Grafton, Williams-burg and Newport News.

For more on the business, visit www.helpingheartsin-homecare.com.

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Ware District supervisor Mike Hedrick and local business owners Eddie Montero and Mason Murawski, from left, discussed ways to improve the business climate in Gloucester County in a forum held on Jan. 15 at the American Legion building.

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Michelle Green, owner of Blown Away Salon, Hayes, is honored to have been recognized by Salon Today Magazine.

Langley FCU donates over $1M in 2019

Langley Federal Credit Union said that a combined giving effort by the credit union and Langley for Fami-lies Foundation amounted to $1,084,413 in donations in 2019.

These funds were distrib-uted to 106 Hampton Roads organizations that provide services ranging from health care, housing and human ser-vices, safety and security, and financial education, a release said.

Among local and regional recipients of donations were the Giving Garden Founda-tion, Gloucester Housing Partnership, Inc., Glouces-ter-Mathews Care Clinic, Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team, Avalon Center, VersAbility Resources and the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank.

Langley Federal Credit Union was founded in 1936 and has an office in Gloucester.

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Virginia State Police 1st Sgt. C.J. Gassner, Capt. C.M. Sterling (Division 5 Commander), Trooper J-M.N. Sebatumitsi and Sgt. J.A. Teagle, from left, pose in front of one of the first responder photos in a new permanent exhibit unveiled earlier this month at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, Gloucester.

Gloucester’s Riverside Walter Reed Hospital un-veiled a series of commis-sioned photographs featur-ing first responders from across the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck in a pro-gram on Jan. 6.

The photographs, created by Michael Taylor of Sig-mon Taylor Photography, Williamsburg, have been placed on permanent exhib-it at the hospital.

Esther Desimini, presi-dent of Riverside Walter Reed, said, “Our first re-sponders are more than just our partners in health care. They keep us safe.”

She said that over the years, first responders have brought in some 30 percent of the patients treated at the hospital, Desimini said. “We have been providing emer-gency medicine in this com-munity consistently since 1977,” she said, “and it could never happen without the selfless and tireless work of our first responders.”

Since 2014, Taylor has been photographing first responders in Riverside Health System’s region of service, previously mak-ing the images for River-side Doctors’ Hospital in

LAND TRANSFERSGLOUCESTER

The following deeds were recorded in the Clerk’s Office of Gloucester Circuit Court during the period Jan. 9-15:

Stephen A. Daum, et al, to Stephen A. Daum, et al, trustees, 2.1448 acres, Lot 1, Millwood, Abingdon, no consid-eration.

Reginald T. Kruszewski, et al, trust-ees, to Alan W. Hunter, et al, 7.23 acres, Parcel 2, Ware, $70,000.

George E. Schaeffer, II, et al, to Os-car Sorino, et al, 7.46 acres, $10,000.

John R. Musser III, et al, to John R. Musser III, trustee, 1.827 acres, Lot 2, Abingdon, gift.

Joseph H. McGee, et al, to John H. McGee, et al, trustees, 1.69 acres, Parcel 1, 4.3687 acres, Parcel 2, Abingdon, no consideration.

Maxwell Brown Strigle to Maxwell Brown Strigle, et al, 23.75 acres, Parcel 1, 48.33 acres, Parcel 2, Petsworth, no consideration.

Kelly Sewell to Kelly Sewell, et al, 16.125 acres, Petsworth, gift.

Samuel I. White, P.C., substitute trustee, to Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Lot 66, Saddle Ridge Farms, Section 1, Petsworth, $180,707.50.

Nan L. Patterson to Angela Sarver Ayers, 6.7773 acres, Lot 22, Woods Mill Estates, $58,100.

James W. Elliott, special commis-sioner, to Cameron Owens, et al, 2.5 acres, York, $76,000.

Slay Maker, LLC, to Joanne H. Camp-bell, 1.509 acres, Lot 32, Pine Mill Subdi-vision, Section 2, Petsworth, $234,900.

Johnny Henshaw, et al, to G. Da-vid Richardson, 2.9458 acres, Ware, $225,000.

Joel R. Fortune to Andrew Ardes-tani, 0.5194 acre, Lot 29, Section 3, Vil-lage Knoll, Abingdon, $182,000.

Joel R. Fortune to Dominic Ranck, 5 acres, Petsworth, $201,900.

Mary Dotson to Heather M. Dotson, et al, Parcel 1, Parcel 2, Petsworth, no consideration.

Mary P. Dotson to Veronica Dotson, Parcel 1, Parcel 2, Petsworth, no consid-eration.

Stuart E. Manuel to Holly L. Aze-vedo, 3-3/5 acres, Petsworth, $75,000.

Lacey J. Miller to Corey T. Car-roll, et al, Lot 1, Bedford Falls, Phase 1, $289,000.

Tri-County, LC, to Damon D. Horsley, 4.5 acres, Ware, $309,000.

James W. Elliott, et al, to Jeh Enter-prises, Inc., Abingdon, $2,000.

David W. Pierpont, et al, to Amber P. McLean, trustee, 1.40 acres, Parcel 1, Ware, gift.

Angela Modica, et al, co-trustees, to Nicholas James Yarkey, et al, Burke’s Mill, Section 1, Ware, $57,500.

MATHEWSThe following deeds were

recorded recently in Mathews Circuit Court:

Mary R. Almond to trustees of Mary R. Almond Living Trust, 1.89 acres, Par-cel A, Piankatank, revocable transfer on death deed, no consideration.

Charles Keith Ambrose Jr., et al, to Grayson Snowden Wilt, Lot 1, Mor-gan’s Branch Subdivision, Piankatank, $239,000.

Laurie Ann Ashberry to Down Home Ranch & Kennels LLC, 10 acres, Westville, $66,000.

Thomas W. Jolly Jr., et al, to Thomas W. Jolly Jr., et al, Parcel No. 1: Lot No. 49 of Section 2 and Parcel No. 2: Portion of Lot 50 of Section 2 in the Gwynn’s Is-land Estates Development, Piankatank, no consideration.

DISTRICT COURTMATHEWS

The following case was heard on Jan. 13 in Mathews General District Court:

David James Cullison of Cobbs Creek, petit larceny, $241 costs and 12 months’ jail; 11 months of jail sentence suspended. Also, contempt of court without jury, $145 costs and eight days’ jail. Also, felony charges of break and enter and grand larceny were nolle prossed and removed from the court docket.

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The following cases were heard recently in Gloucester Circuit Court:

Kristen Stothard Hurd, 55, 6867 Horsley Street, Gloucester, was found not guilty of a felony charge of abuse child, serious injury.

Brandon Keith Davis, 29, 8046 Kitch-ener Drive, Gloucester, felony charge of grand larceny was amended to a misdemeanor. The defendant pleaded guilty and was found guilty of that mis-demeanor charge as well as an ancillary misdemeanor charge of drive after li-cense revoked/suspended. Sentencing is set for April 14 at 9:30 a.m. Pursuant to a plea agreement, a felony charge of larceny of a firearm and a misdemeanor charge of drive while license revoked were nolle prossed and removed from the court docket.

Miranda Renae Belvin, 33, 4123 Ce-dar Bush Road, Hayes, pleaded guilty and found guilty of a felony charge of possess a Schedule I/II controlled sub-stance and ancillary misdemeanor counts of shoplifting and falsely iden-tify self to law enforcement. The defendant was sentenced to total incar-ceration of three years, 24 months, with two years, 33 months suspended. The defendant was also ordered to undergo a substance abuse screening and com-plete any assessment, treatment, edu-cation program or services as directed. The defendant’s driver’s license was suspended for six months and she is barred from Walmart in Gloucester.

Marc Reshawn Griffin, 21, 4758 Clopton Drive, Hayes, pleaded guilty and was found guilty of felony charge of grand larceny/auto and misde-meanor charge of trespassing. Sentenc-ing is set for March 9 at 9:30 a.m.

Issac Damerius Paige, 19, 6548 Lake View Drive, Gloucester, pleaded guilty and was found guilty of felony charges of carnal knowledge of a child 13-15 years of age, cause a child less than 15 years of age with intent to induce or force such child to perform in child por-nography and reproduction of child pornography. Sentencing is set for April 24 at 9:30 a.m. Pursuant to a plea agree-ment, felony charges of possess child

pornography and production of child pornography, two counts each, were nolle prossed and removed from the court docket.

Jason Edward Chapman II, 35, Hampton, pleaded not guilty to a fel-ony charge of malicious wounding and was found guilty of an amended felony charge of unlawful wounding. Sentenc-ing is set for April 14 at 1:30 p.m. A mis-demeanor charge of assault and batter a family or household member was nolle prossed and removed from the court docket.

SHERIFF’S REPORTGLOUCESTER

The following felony crimes were recently reported by the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office:

Various tools were taken from a secured work vehicle while it was parked at a residence in the 5000 block of Marlborough Drive between Jan. 15 and 17. Forced entry appeared to have been made to the rear tool boxes.

Someone entered a residence in the 5000 block of Sandy Clay Lane between 7:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. last Thursday and took a 65-inch QLED television. There was no sign of forced entry.

A Gloucester High School student reported the theft of jewelry left unsecured on a chair outside a GHS classroom during a basketball game on Jan. 14. The jewelry was not turned into staff.

The following incidents were also reported by the GSO:

Larceny: Management at the Food Lion in York River Crossing reported observing a female allegedly exit past all points of sale Sunday with a cart full of unpaid for grocery items; Walmart loss prevention personnel reported observing a female allegedly concealing unpaid for merchandise in bags, exiting past all points of sale and departing in a vehicle on Saturday; Walmart loss prevention personnel reported observing a female allegedly concealing $21.68 worth of items and exiting pass all points of sale on Friday; Walmart loss prevention personnel reported observing a man and woman allegedly concealing $189.61 worth of unpaid for merchandise and exiting pass all points of sale on Jan. 13. The pair fled when confronted.

Fraud: A Gloucester resident reported his or her name was used to open a Comcast account in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in May 2019 and charges through August 2019 totaled $1,046.77. The victim discovered the fraud after recently checking a credit report.

Counterfeit bills: The 7-Eleven in the 5000 block of Route 17 reported taking in $900 worth of $50 bills last Thursday to purchase prepaid money cards. The cards were purchased by a female who appears to be the same female from previous reports of counterfeit $50 bills; The 7-Eleven in the 8000 block of Route 17 reported taking in $350 worth of counterfeit $50 bills last Thursday for the purchase of a prepaid money card by a female; A counterfeit $20 bill was passed at the 7-Eleven in the 3000 block of Route 17 for the purchase of gas on Jan. 13.

Alcohol: Deputies responded to the Food Lion on Hargett Boulevard Saturday for an intoxicated man cursing store employees. The 27-year-old resident of Line Fence Road was taken into custody for public intoxication.

MATHEWSBlair Evans Hodges, 33, of the

100 block of South Bay Haven Drive, Gwynn, was arrested Sunday on fel-ony charges of aggravated malicious wounding and attempted second de-gree murder following an incident on Tuesday, Jan. 14, according to the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were called to the resi-dence in reference to an assault with a baseball bat. While en route to the scene, deputies located the alleged victim walking in the vicinity. He was transported by the deputy to River-side Walter Reed Hospital with severe head injuries and eventually flown by helicopter to MCV in Richmond, the re-port stated. The alleged victim was also charged with possession of a firearm while intoxicated.

Abduction/Strangulation: On Sun-day, Jan. 19, a female reported being assaulted and held against her will in the 2800 block of East River Road. The woman advised she had dropped off food to the suspect on Jan. 17, and he allegedly became aggressive toward her and refused to let her leave. On Jan. 18, the victim again tried to leave, and the suspect allegedly assaulted her and used her shirt to cut off her airway. The victim was able to escape on Jan. 19, the report stated. Investigators have identified a suspect and a protective or-der has also been issued.

Drug/Narcotic Violation: On Tues-day, Jan. 14, a traffic stop was made for a minor equipment violation in the 9200 block of Buckley Hall Road. The driver could not produce a driver’s li-cense and was found to be on sus-pended status. The driver was issued several summonses. While the deputy

was speaking to the driver and his pas-senger, he noticed an odor of mari-juana. The vehicle was searched, and a glass jar of suspected marijuana was recovered. The passenger was issued a summons for possession of marijuana, second offense.

Anyone with information regarding these or any other crimes in Mathews is asked to call Crime Solvers at 804-725-7001. All calls are anonymous. Callers do not have to give a name or tele-

FIRE REPORTABINGDON

Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Res-cue responded to 50 calls during the

GLOUCESTERGloucester Volunteer Fire and Res-

cue responded to 68 calls during the period Jan. 12-18, as follows: 49 medi-cal calls, seven motor vehicle accidents,

MATHEWSJan. 17, 5:39 a.m., structure fire,

1800 block of Fitchetts Wharf Road, Moon, two engines, one truck and one tanker.

Jan. 19, 4:12 p.m., Bradfords Road, Cobbs Creek, vehicle fire, two engines.

phone number and do not have to ap-pear in court. If information leads to an arrest, the recovery of stolen property, or the seizure of illegal drugs, the caller may receive a cash reward.

period Jan. 13-19, as follows: 42 medi-cal calls, four public assists, two motor vehicle accidents, one fire/alarm and one hazardous materials call.

five fire alarms, five fire/other, and two mutual aid calls.

Some of the photos on display at Gloucester’s Riverside Walter Reed Hospital featuring firefighters and other first responders.

First responders honored with permanent photo exhibit at Riverside Walter Reed

Williamsburg, the Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, and Riverside Tappahannock Hospital.

“I’ve never had a project I’ve had more freedom in or with subjects that I’ve cared and admired so much,” Taylor

said in a news release about the series. “I’ve enjoyed, loved, and put my heart into this project.”

Over the course of the en-tire project, Riverside has commissioned 146 photos of first responder units.

The ages of participants have ranged from 16 to 76 years and represent SWAT teams, bomb units, dive teams, marine units, and he-licopter teams, as well as law enforcement, fire and rescue units.

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