Warsaw News

Listed are Meteorological events that happened on October 15th: 1876 Snow fell on the backside of a coastal storm from Virginia to New England.

[Photo of Members of Colonial Beach Boy Scout Troop 258, L2R: 1st Class Scout Logan Sandy (white sweatshirt), Scout Guillermo Canaway (Red Sweatshirt), Scout Ben Anderson and 1st Class Scout Joseph Baker, attending victim of bus accident.]

The general public is probably unaware that Saturday, the 26th of September morning Boy Scouts from the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck rescued victims of an accident between an activity bus and a large log loader near the Upper Lancaster Volunteer Fire Department.

About 20 youth suffered minor to life-threatening injuries when a bus ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and struck a log loader traveling in the opposite direction. The accident also involved a downed power line, which complicated rescue efforts. A MedEvac helicopter was needed for some of the injured.

Fortunately, all of this was planned as part of the 2009 Rivers District Fall Recruitment camporee for the Boy Scouts of America.

Cub Scouts were prepped with “wound kits” that included compound fractures of arms, legs and jaws, as well as abrasions, lacerations and exposed abdominal organs. About 75 Boy Scouts were organized by patrols to use their first aid skills to “rescue” the “victims” and learn triage skills.

The hands-on exercise gave the Scouts an opportunity to test their team work, first aid and CPR skills. They got an up-close look at all of the working parts of the helicopter. They saw a man in protective gear get washed down as if he had been working in a hazardous materials zone. Every boy put out a fuel fire using a dry chemical extinguisher. And every boy spent time on the nozzle of a pressurized fire hose.

For those who missed this event, ask the boys who were there how they liked it.

2nd Annual BSA Rivers District Motorcycle Poker Run

DATE: Saturday, October 3, 2009

DIRECTIONS: Begin at Northumberland County Community Center, Route 609, Browns Store Road in Wicomico Church, VA. Register and get an entry card, Coffee & donuts available.

DESCRIPTION:
The Rivers District of the Heart of Virginia Council is conducting a Poker Run fundraiser on Saturday, October 3, 2009. This is an event for motorcyclists (bikers). Bikers will ride between five stops where they will draw a card. Bikers who have the best Poker hand at the end of the ride will receive prizes. There will also be door prizes after the run. The entrance fees for the event will benefit the Boy Scouts. Pass the word around to your biker friends.

Even in the current tough economic times, useful skills are always in demand. A dual-enrollment program in the marine trades, offered to area high school students by Rappahannock Community College at both campuses , has just completed its third year on a high note.

Little is moving in the half-mile of shoreline at Cobham Park Farm near Warsaw on this September morning.

A Northern Neck woman has been fined $25 for taking in a deerhound brought to her animal shelter in 2005.

Edwin Veolo Hutt Sr., 91, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in Newland after a brief illness.

With gas prices low this summer, many people decided to take that trip they had put off for a while.

Ten nurse aides graduated recently from Rappahannock Community College's Warsaw campus program.

Ten nurse aides graduated recently from Rappahannock Community College's Warsaw campus program.

On Thursday, ESPN reported that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will likely reinstate Michael Vick in the coming days.

RCCa s Middle College program recently graduated 20 students. From left are Tara Holmes, Lisa Kelly, Dominique Diggs, Samantha Elliott, Erik Schiller, Holly Mullins, Jennifer Williams and Joseph Marrow.

The Northumberland County Sheriff's Office has arrested Michael Anderson Crockett AKA Jay, 24, of Lancaster as a result in the July 5 shootings at a residence on Georgetown road.

State officials are planning a statewide town hall-type discussion this week at Germanna and other community colleges across Virginia to seek public input on ways to reduce poverty.

Bert Carlson and Jennifer Kirkland will give a concert at RCC's Warsaw Campus on July 1. On Wednesday, July 1, the Friends of the Rappahannock Community College Library Center will sponsor a free concert of jazz and classic American songs by vocalist and keyboard player Jennifer Kirkland and guitarist Bert Carlson.

The marriage of Miss Melissa Vaughn Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gary Ball of Bruington, Va., to Mr.

Jean Harper didn't lay down her writing pen or pack up her computer keyboard without a fight.

And a quick note to clarify one thing: I'm not retiring. Several people got in touch this week after my Thursday column looking back at 30 years' worth of columns.

Rebecca Hagelin is a public speaker on the family and culture and the author of the new best seller, 30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family.

It's time someone stands up for the young men of this country.

Despite the negative images of males that the pop culture shoves down our throats, the hearts and souls of America's boys are begging for positive direction. They naturally delight in "guy" stuff like rugged camping and "cowboys" when they are young because they truly want to be protectors - to be the good guys. Anyone who has ever been around a five-year-old boy knows that he desires to be a super-hero who saves damsels, children and the elderly from evil. But as guys age they are constantly pounded by images of lazy or sexually predatory images instead of courageous, genteel protectors - and some grow confused. Radical feminism doesn't help - many teen boys even wonder if they are supposed to be polite anymore. Too many have opened the door for what they thought was a young lady, for instance, only to be screamed at by a suddenly vicious and angry female. Why would they want to take that risk again?

Turn on the television for 30 minutes and show me how boys and men are portrayed - you can watch just about any station at any hour and the image will be the same. When sit-coms and commercials contain family groups or interactions between the genders, the man is usually stupid, lazy, and doltish.

If our media culture showed positive male images and if we actually put effort back into teaching boys that real men are also gentlemen, we would get more of the behavior our society needs to survive. What the nation really needs are more Boy Scouts. And I mean that literally.

As a mother of two Eagle Scouts (now ages 20 and 21), I can personally testify about the tremendous positive impact that Scouting continues to have on their lives.

Full Story at:

http://townhall.com/columnists/RebeccaHagelin/2009/04/21/boy_scouts

1st Annual Rivers District Scout-O-Rama Crossover Camp-O-Ree, May 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2009 To be held on the Rappahannock Community College Campus, Warsaw, Virginia.

OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC 10 AM – 4 PM, SATURDAY MAY 2ND 2009.

The 1st Annual Rivers District Scout-O-Rama Crossover Camporee will be held on the grounds of Rappahannock Community College – Warsaw, VA, on May 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

The Rivers District is comprised of Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties.

This year a group of scouts have planned the event and are looking forward to showing the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula “What Scouts Do” in a scout show. The District is looking forward to this event to be successful and make it a yearly District event for every Pack, Troop and Crew in the Rivers District.

We hope you will help us make this event one to remember.

Scouts, their families, friends of scouting, and the general public can enjoy a fun-filled day of exhibits, competitions, skits, and displays. The 2009 Crossover Camporee will feature a day long demonstration of scouting skills and activities along with additional outside agencies also setting up display booths. Packs, Troops, Teams, and Crews from the Rivers District and from other districts will set up displays and activity booths for the general public and other scouts to view and take part in during the day on Saturday May 2nd:

At 10 AM the encampment will hold an Opening Ceremony, followed immediately by Activities and Demonstrations open to Scouters and the General Public.

At 4 PM the Activity and Demonstration areas close to the General Public.

The Scouter’s evening will conclude with Dinner, the Crossover Ceremony and a Campfire with Order of the Arrow Tap-Out Ceremony.

Saturday evening will feature the annual Crossover Feast, a WEBELOS Crossover Ceremony and a campfire with Order of the Arrow Call-Out Ceremony.