Cape Charles Christian School is having our annual Poinsettia Fundraiser! All sales benefit our school and students. These beautiful, robust plants are available in traditional deep RED, creamy winter WHITE and lovely mauve PINK. Prices are $14 each, 3 for $39, and $12 each for 10 or more. Deadline to place your order is Nov.13th and pickup is on Dec. 1st. We will also deliver plants to our local nursing home, in your name, if you wish to support CCCS but cannot have the plants in your home or office! Please call Debbie at 757-331-1717 or email debbie@cccsesva.org for more information or to order.
Archives for November 2017
Regional Economic Development Working Groups to meet Nov. 7th and 8th
Tuesday, November 7th 9 AM to 11 AM – Agribusiness & Food Processing Working Group, Eastern Shore of VA Chamber of Commerce (19056 Parkway Rd. in Melfa). Members of the public are encouraged to attend A-N Economic Development Committee meetings and industry sector-focused working meetings to implement, maintain and develop region economic development plans for the Shore.
Wednesday, November 8th 10 AM to 12:00 PM – Aerospace & Defense Working Group, Sentinel Robotic Solutions (33531 Chincoteague Rd. at Wallops Island). Members of the public are encouraged to attend A-N Economic Development Committee meetings and industry sector-focused working meetings to implement, maintain and develop region economic development plans for the Shore. The purpose of the Economic Development Committee is to develop, maintain, pursue implementation of, and complete annual reporting requirements related to comprehensive regional economic development planning.
332 Randolph, the Scariest Halloween House in Cape Charles
Halloween is always a scary time in Cape Charles, but it is also one of our favorite times. This Halloween, we went out in search of the scariest house in Cape Charles…there were many frightening ones, but 332 Randolph was the ghoulieist:
Chatham Vineyards to host Oyster Extravaganza Nov. 11th
Chatham Vineyards on Church Creek celebrate the Eastern Shore’s distinct viticulture and aquaculture offerings and tout the hyper-local benefits of growing grapes within steps of some of the best aqua farming in the country.
Merroir and Terroir
Raw Bar Tasting, six oysters on the half shell
Mug of Eastern Shore Clam Chowder
Traditional Shore Oyster Roast, unlimited oysters
Dessert from Chef Jason Van Marter, an assortment of merengues
Glass of wine
There will be live acoustic music and limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. Lawn furniture, portable tables and chairs are permitted.
Merroir and Terroir
$50/per person | Advanced Ticket Sales Only
Charles Landis: The Dystopia of the Progressive Left
Special to the Mirror by Charles A. Landis
The term utopia was first coined by Sir Thomas Moore (1418-1535), a catholic Renaissance humanist who wrote a satire, Utopia, about an imaginary political system of an ideal island nation. The first use of the term dystopia was by John Stuart Mill in an address to Parliament in 1868 to mean the opposite of utopia wherein freedoms are abridged in the name of ideals that lead to authoritarian or totalitarian governance. Literary examples of dystopias are George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
The utopia of the progressives today has been marinating in the ideology of political correctness. The Petri dish has been (is) the college campus. Where progressives seek a utopia, conservatives see a dystopia.
In the Petri dish, college administrators, professors, and students nurture the culture of political correctness and an Orwellian Newspeak. Political and cultural correctness police monitor speech, words, images, and practices which may offend political, racial, or sexual sensibilities fragile students and should be censured or eliminated.
The progressive utopia may be likened to Oceania, the fictional totalitarian state in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. The language is Newspeak which is designed to limit freedom of thought that threatens their ideology and to meet the ideological requirements of socialist authoritarian utopian Oceania.
In Oceania, the purpose of Newspeak was to establish a language to correctly express the new worldview. In time, Oldspeak would disappear and independent thought will be replaced by the new orthodoxy which requires no thinking. The politically correct Newspeak on the new progressive college campus today is not only correct words to use, it includes any thinking or actions (past or present) that would be incorrect.
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Oyster Roast at Cape Charles Museum Nov 25th
On Saturday, November 25 the Cape Charles Historical Society will hold its 20th annual Oyster Roast from 4 until 8 at the Museum – note the earlier time this year. The menu includes local oysters – roasted and raw, fried chicken, potato salad, chowder, 4 bean salad, homemade rolls, desserts, coffee, and soda, with beer and wine available. Food is served 4 -6 PM, with live classic and acoustic rock music by Mike Proffitt and Dana Silvercloud throughout. Also, a silent auction featuring an array of eclectic items, and the traditional Eastern Shore 50/50 raffle. Seating is available both inside the Museum and outside under the tent (with some heat).
Tickets to the Roast are $40 for adults and $15 for children 7-12. As always, we welcome sponsors ($120 gives 2 tickets; $240 – 4 tickets, etc) and also items for the Silent Auction. Tickets and sponsorships are available in Cape Charles at Periwinkles on 215 Mason Ave by cash or check, and at the Museum by cash, check or credit card. To pay over the internet with a credit card, send an email to ccmuseum@hughes.net stating number of tickets desired, and you will be invoiced through Paypal. ($1 extra per ticket to cover Paypal or credit card costs).
Best to purchase tickets at least 10 days before the event, as we usually sell out and they may not be available at the door. Proceeds of the event benefit the Cape Charles Museum. Call 757-331-1008 for more information. Parking lot parking available just east of the Museum. Remember to bring your oyster knives if you like to use them. They can also be purchased at the event.
SPCA to host Pet Pictures with Santa
Santa will be at the SPCA Eastern Shore shelter in Onley on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 9 a.m. until noon to pose for photos with Fido, Fluffy, or other furry or feathered friends.
For a $12 donation attendees will be able to choose their favorite shot from their pet’s photo session and receive a framed print of it. Those who supply an e-mail address will be sent all the pictures taken of their pet or pets. All proceeds from pictures with Santa will benefit the animals at the shelter.
Pets attending the event should be on a leash or in an appropriate carrier.
For further information, contact the shelter by phone at 757-787-7385 or by e-mail at shorespca@gmail.com.
Abandoned Railroad Ties were never moved, just buried
In 2015, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality requested that Bay Coast Railroad, owners and operators of the Cape Charles rail yard, come up with a plan to remove or recycle a massive pile of railroad ties that were piled up behind the Cape Charles Museum. The ties, which were treated with creosote, were recovered and moved by the Army Corps of Engineers while preparing the containment area for the current dredging spoils site. At the time, Creosote-treated products such as railroad ties were required to be disposed of in an approved landfill or be recycled appropriately. DEQ policy noted that the railroad ties must be treated as hazardous waste.
Over the next few years, the property went through a few changes, but the railroad ties were never moved. The corporation Canonie Atlantic, acting on behalf of Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission, now owns and leases the property to Cassatt Management, LLC (DBA), doing business as Bay Coast Railroad. Northampton County District 2 Supervisor Larry LeMond is chairman of Canonie Atlantic.
On January 19, 2017, after learning that Canonie owned the Property, and that the ties had not been dealt with, DEQ issued to Canonie a notice for the violation; not complying with the original order.
On April 28, 2017, DEQ met with representatives of Cassatt to discuss corrective action to resolve the violation . During the meeting, Cassatt provided DEQ with an updated status on the conditions of the railroad ties on the Canonie Property. The information that Cassatt provided indicated that “the railroad ties were significantly decayed and appeared to present little or no harm to human health and the environment. It was agreed that the remaining railroad ties may remain in place with a cover of earthen materials and application of grass seed to control erosion.”
Based on the May 27, 2015 and June 11, 2015 inspections, follow-up information and the April 28, 2017 meeting with Canonie and Cassatt representatives, the Virginia Waste Management Board concluded that Canonie had violated 9 VAC 20-81-40 and Va. Code 10. l1408. Canonie was required to pay a civil charge of $7,800.00 in settlement of the violations.
The enforcement action also contained a corrective action plan which required covering all exposed material with earthen material to sustain grass seed and prevent erosion; i.e. the pile of railroad ties remains in place, creosote and all.
After receiving information on the order, the Mirror contacted DEQ again, “In the order, it states that ‘The information that Cassatt provided indicated that the railroad ties were significantly decayed and appeared to present little or no harm to human health and the environment.‘ What data, testing or analysis did Cassatt provide to confirm that the ties posed little or no harm? The soil here on the Shore is very loamy, which presents concerns when items like creosote timbers are allowed to just decay into it.”
The DEQ responded “the information was in the manner of a discussion, which DEQ agreed with based upon the original inspection, that (as stated in the order) “the railroad ties were significantly degraded and were considered to present little or no harm to human health and the environment”.
No tests or analysis were performed on the site to determine whether there was evidence of ground or ground water contamination.
The day Ralph Northam decided to forsake the Cape Charles Homeboys
Several years ago, the grass roots community organization Old School Cape Charles (OSCC) was formed to work towards renovating the old high school that sits on the edge of Central Park, turning it back into a community center and sports complex. Former Mayor Dora Sullivan was instrumental in starting a bank account to begin the efforts. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum.
The fledgling Cape Charles Christian School, which had been operating out of available rooms in the Cape Charles Methodist and Baptist churches, needed a building. The town came to OSCC asking to relinquish the school, allowing the Christian School to take over the structure for a $1 lease arrangement. OSCC agreed, and it appeared the Christian School would be the ones to bring the old school back to life.
A little over a year later, the town announced that the Christian School no longer wanted the old high school (they were moving into the abandoned Presbyterian Church), and that Cape Charles had decided to sell the building to a Richmond developer for $10. OSCC was never notified of this arrangement until it was released to the public. At this point, OSCC went to the mattresses and began a fight to keep the school in the public domain. [Read more…]
Ecotour of Cedar Island with Captain Meriwether Payne Jim Baugh Outdoors TV 2017
Jim Baugh Outdoors TV takes a brief ecotour of Cedar Island with Captain Meriwether Payne. Cedar Island is one of the barrier islands along Virginias Eastern Shore. The show was based out of Wachapreague Virginia. See the film below:
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