Cape Charles High School Alumni Hold First Reunion
Cape Charles High School reunion organizers Troy Lewis, Yetta Stratton Wilkins, Pamela Brown Upshur, Leah Bowen Forest (Wave photos)
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
July 8, 2013
About 100 Cape Charles High School alumni gathered at Sunset Beach Grill last Saturday.
Organizers Leah Bowen Forest, Pamela Brown Upshur, Yetta Stratton Wilkins, and Troy Lewis said the reunion was the first-ever for students who attended the school in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Students from the oldest class represented , 1970, had waited 43 years.
The youngest class, 1986, graduated 27 years ago.
Leah Bowen Forest said that there have been reunions of classes from the ’50s and ’60s but nothing after that. [Read more…]
WWII Speaker Awes American Legion Post 56
By JOE VACCARO
Special to the Cape Charles Wave
July 8, 2013
Edgar T. Steward began his 38-year naval career in 1942, one year after WW II started, and it was an adventure that took him to the sands of Iwo Jima, to the Battle of Inchon and Pusan in Korea, and finally to the jungles of Viet Nam where he earned the Bronze Star.
During those years, Steward rose from the rank of Seaman Recruit to full Captain and yet still found the time to raise a family and travel the world with his beloved wife Mary Jean and their three sons.
For a man who has the great distinction of having fought in three wars he still maintains a razor sharp sense of humor that brings a smile to anyone near him. Those personal traits were front and center last month when Captain Steward was the guest of honor at his son Dave’s installation as Post Commander of American Legion Post 56 in Cheriton.
Without the use of any prepared material, this 91-year-old patriarch spoke before an awestruck crowd about his travels and the fact how proud he was of his American Legion Commander son. He fondly remembered the time when his son was entering the Navy to start his own career. Steward said his parting words to Dave were, “Just do what they tell you to do and you won’t get into any trouble” — or in other words perform your duties to the best of your ability. [Read more…]
One Last Memory of the 4th of July
Click on image to enlarge. (Wave photo by Sher Horosko)
This is how a spectacular day ended — with a spectacular July 4th fireworks display at the Cape Charles Harbor.
While nothing compares to the live display, a photograph can capture the kaleidoscope effect for longer-term viewing and appreciation.
Of course, you have to snap the shutter at just the right time.
And that’s what photographer Sher Horosko did, capturing a display that, like a unique snowflake, will never be duplicated.
Saturday Night Seafood Extravaganza
Images of the 4th of July — A PERFECT Day!
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
July 5, 2013
Here’s a good news story with photographic proof —
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Cape Charles’s July 4th celebration was PERFECT!
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And yes, the weather helped!
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Wave photographer Sher Horosko documented the perfection in these images.
If reading on Page 1, Click “Read more” to view six more images. [Read more…]
4th of July Events in Cape Charles
SHORE THING: April Fools on July 4th
By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
July 4, 2013
A little background music, please: Click here to enjoy the Tams while you read this (You can then select the SHORE THING window while the music plays.)
In case you’re sitting in the library, or your computer won’t play music, the song is “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am).”
You will want to play it while reading the Town’s July 4th edition of the official Cape Charles Gazette (click to read).
The three-page special edition of the Gazette is all about “allegations” related to water and wastewater and “preferential treatment of Bayshore Concrete Products and Bay Creek Resort & Club.”
After giving it a careful read, my conclusion is that April Fools Day came late this year.
My test for any claim is, if I find part of it that is patently false and ridiculous, then the rest is also suspect.
The Gazette, obviously written by Assistant Town Manager and wastewater consultant Bob Panek, is three pages of “facts and figures” attempting to justify the Town’s water and sewer policies which are resulting in minimum monthly utility bills of $108.
The Wave had pointed out that the Town’s biggest water user, Bayshore Concrete Products, isn’t hooked up to Town utilities.
Mr. Panek writes at length about why hooking up Bayshore Concrete would be a very bad idea, but he trips up when he claims “it would take almost 58 years” for the Town to recoup its cost to run a sewer line to Bayshore.
Is the music over? Play it again, Sam! [Read more…]
WEDNESDAY 7/3: Musicians Perform Original Works at Great Machipongo Clam Shack
July 3rd “First Wednesday” at The Great Machipongo Clam Shack! Chris Chandler headlining at the 8 o’clock hour and then the debut of “Thundercat Louise” at 8:30. [Read more…]
