USS Missouri Gun Barrel Leaving Town

Gun barrel on its way to Cape Charles last year. (USFWS photo)

By SUSAN RICE
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

March 28, 2013

The USS Missouri gun barrel is leaving town, moving April 1 to the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge in Kiptopeke.

The barrel has sat in the Bay Coast Rail Yard in Cape Charles for the past year. It will depart the rail yard about 9:30 a.m. Monday and will take about two hours to travel the 12-mile route on Highway 13.

Once at the refuge, the barrel will be restored and put on permanent display.

The 16”/50 Caliber Mark VII gun barrel (#393) was on the USS Missouri at the time of the signing of the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945.

The barrel weighs 120 tons and is similar to the barrel which was in the bunker at the former Fort John Custis, now part of the Wildlife Refuge. [Read more…]

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SATURDAY 3/30: Easter Egg Hunts and Party

Families are invited to attend several holiday-related events Saturday, March 30. [Read more…]

FRIDAY 3/29: ‘Single Malt Scotch Whisky’ at ESCC

The Science and Philosophy Seminar of the Eastern Shore of Virginia will present “Single Malt Scotch Whisky.” 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 29, in the Eastern Shore Community College lecture hall, 29300 Lankford Hwy, Melfa. [Read more…]

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SHORE THING: One Lucky Dog

“Lucky” — also affectionately known as “Mayor of Cape Charles.”

By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave

March 25, 2013

My wife and I are walkers (and joggers of a sort), and a big attraction of the Historic District is its walkability. So, most mornings for the past couple of years we have been “making our rounds.”

First we head to the beach, then out to the end of the pier, thence up Front Street (Mason Avenue, but I’m trying to sound like a local), left on Peach, then through Central Park, continuing on Monroe past Fig, all the way to Bahama Road (reachable from Monroe by foot but not by car).

From there we cross Lake Foster, approaching the gated community of Jellybean Village. And since what happens from that point possibly involves illegal activity, I’ll just conclude by saying that eventually we wind up back in the Historic District.

That’s a generic description of our “rounds,” which might run in the opposite direction the next day, and which also might entail detours, side paths, and shortcuts.

It’s a good way to meet people – and dogs (and cats).

In the people category, we’ve made a good friend who makes his rounds much more faithfully than we. But unlike us, he never varies his route. Visit the Natural Area Preserve behind the WACO building any morning (and I do mean any morning, rain or shine) and you’ll likely see him coming or going.

In the dog category, we’ve met any number. I consider myself very much a “dog person,” so I feel some jealousy that, invariably, any dog we encounter ignores me in favor of getting attention from my wife. She greets them, compliments them, and rubs them. Of course they like her! [Read more…]

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E.W. ‘Zoot’ Richardson, Bridge-Tunnel Police Officer 40 Years

March 25, 2013

Edward Wilton “Zoot” Richardson, 81, husband of Audrey C. Richardson and a resident of Cape Charles, passed away Monday, March 25, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital.

A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, March 29, at the Capeville Masonic Cemetery with the Rev. Jeff Conrow officiating.

A native of Capeville, Mr. Richardson was the son of the late Wilton Richardson and Marymerle Custis Richardson. He retired after 40 years of service as a police officer with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel and was a member of Lower Northampton Baptist Church. [Read more…]

LETTER: County Should Not Cut School Board Positions

March 23, 2013

DEAR EDITOR,

We would like to register our disagreement as well as displeasure concerning the consideration by the Northampton County Board of Supervisors with the elimination of the two at-large members of the school board, thereby reducing the number of members from seven to five.

Removing the two at-large positions for this first election will possibly eliminate candidates who happen to live in the same district. Currently, if as many as three citizens worthy of being elected live in the same district, they nevertheless are able to run for election (two at-large and one in the district) with the possibility of being elected.

With the elimination of the two at-large positions only one of those three candidates can be elected. The chance for diversity of all kinds so necessary in our community will be lessened. We need more voices rather than less at this very important time. [Read more…]

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Charles Broderick, 76; Saturday Mass at St. Charles Church

March 21, 2013

Charles Grant Broderick, 76, husband of Claire Jennings Broderick and a resident of Cape Charles, passed away Tuesday, March 19, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital.

A Requiem Mass of the Resurrection will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at St. Charles Catholic Church with Father J. Michael Breslin officiating.

A native of Twin Falls, ID, Mr. Broderick was the son of the late James Broderick and the late Lucille Johns Broderick. He was the retired owner of Geary Safety Center in San Francisco, CA. [Read more…]