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Cape Charles Police Statistics July 2017

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The following information is the monthly statistics regarding law enforcement activities for the Cape Charles Police Department.

– Calls for service in Cape Charles: 93
– Calls for service outside of Cape Charles: 17
– Felony arrests: 0
– Misdemeanor Arrests: 2
– Traffic Summons: 56 (see page 2.)
– Traffic Warnings: 68 (written& verbal): – Parking tickets: 11
– Building Checks: 27
– Assisted Northampton County Sheriff’s Office: 17
– Assisted Virginia State Police: 0
– Assisted Federal Agencies: 0
– Assisted Fire& Rescue: 6
– Foot Patrol Hours: 61
– Bay creek patrol hours: 40

The following took place in July:
– Sgt Potts took class on culture diversity

Traffic Summons:
1.Speeding 45/25 zone 2. No front tag 3. No o/l in possession 4. Altered tags 5. No front tag 6. Speeding 56/25 zone 7. Reckless driving general 8. Speeding 43/25 zone 9. Speeding 44 25 zone 10. Stopping on highway 11. Speeding 43/25 zone 12. Speeding 44/25 zone 13. No inspection 14. Speeding 40/25 zone 15. Speeding 40/25 zone 16. Speeding 45/25 zone 17. Speeding 45/25 zone 18. Expired registration 19. Expired inspection 20. No front tag 21. Speeding 43/25 zone 22. Speeding 44/25 zone 23. Speeding 41/25 zone 24. No state inspection 25. Speeding 40/25zone 26. Expired registration 27. Speeding 39/25 zone 28. Speeding 40/25 zone 29. Speeding 58/40 zone 30. Speeding 44/25 zone 31. Speeding 40/25 zone 32. Speeding 40/25 zone 33. Expired registration 34. Speeding 42/25 zone 35. Speeding 42/25 zone 36. Speeding 41/25 zone 37. Speeding 41/25 zone 38. Speeding 41/25 zone 39. Speeding 40/25 zone 40. Disregard stop sign 41. Driving while suspended 42. Speeding 40/25 zone 43. Speeding 40/25 zone 44. No inspection sticker 45. Speeding 42/25 zone 46. Speeding 44/25 zone 47. Speeding 38/25 zone 48. Speeding 42/25 zone 49. Speeding 43/25 zone 50. Speeding 43/25 zone 51. Speeding 41/25 zone 52. Expired state inspection 53. Expired state inspection 54. Speeding 45/25 zone 55. Speeding 39/25 zone 56. Speeding 44/25 zone

ARRESTS: 1. Possession of marijuana 2. Trespassing

Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center Announces Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition

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The Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center Announces, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Exploring Water’s Historical, Environmental And Cultural Impact

September 2 – October 15, 2017: Cape Charles Historical Society, 814 Randolph Avenue, Cape Charles, VA

The Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center is one of six organizations in Virginia chosen to host “Water/Ways”, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program. “Water/Ways” thoughtfully examines the role of water in history, culture, habitat, and environment. As ‘the land between two waters’, the exhibition is especially relevant here on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

With input from the Nature Conservancy, several Commonwealth universities and educational institutions, and Town of Cape Charles’s thought leaders, the Cape Charles Historical Society has worked to integrate the relevance of our museum’s local historical content into complementary exhibits of local and regional interest to raise people’s understanding about what water means in our own community.

Please plan to attend! The Exhibition will be open 9 – 3 weekdays (9 – 6 Tuesdays), 10 -5 Saturdays, and 1 – 5 Sundays, from Sept 2 to Oct 15.

Op Ed: Righting wrong or re-writing history?

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Special to the Mirror by Joseph Corcoran

Confederate Memorial in Eastville (Image-The Historical Marker Database)

In addressing the removal of Civil War monuments , President Trump asked the question rhetorically, “Where is this going to end?”

Although President Trump says many very stupid things , I don’t think he should have been criticized for that one . I wonder about it myself .

We have a monument in Eastville commemorating the Civil War Confederate Soldiers from Northampton County who died fighting for the Confederacy . Is that monument OK or does it have to go ? One solution is to leave the monument be and change the wording on the plaque in front . I don’t mean that as a flippant remark .

The monument could be a remembrance of the most horrible time in our history without glorifying the participants on the side of the vanquished .

But there are many other monuments that will very difficult to deal with . How about the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Taney in The Baltimore Inner Harbor . The Taney was the last ship to return from fighting the Japanese in WW2 . The ship is a monument to the brave crew but it was named for Chief Justice Roger Taney . The land-based monument to Roger Taney was just removed by order of Baltimore’s Mayor . ( Taney wrote the infamous opinion that among other things declared that freed black slaves could not be citizens of the USA .)

So you get my point . Trump’s question was not so stupid .

Paul Plante: “WILL THEY SUBMIT, OR WILL THEY RESIST”

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Special to the Mirror by Paul Plante

Doesn’t that sound like something Shakespeare might have said in one of his plays back when?

And what a time this is to be alive if you like drama, and plenty of it, and let’s face it, we’re all living lives of quiet desperation as someone once said who was said to know such things, and so we all crave drama to get us through the otherwise boring day!

As to drama, and plenty of it, for one thing, as I write these words, one form of language using antiquated words such as I use in here is dying, and a new language based on some form of gibberish called TWEETERESE is being born and is becoming used by the masses on a large scale, with some 328 million TWEETERESE speakers as of last count, while OLD AMERICAN, the language used in here more and more is being relegated to cultural backwaters, as the government itself and the courts all modernize based on an initiative launched by American president Donald Trump, who can actually speak in TWEETERESE, as well as compose presidential orders and missives and proclamations in it, and go over to TWEETERESE themselves so as to not lose a dime of the federal money they would have coming to them to convert. [Read more…]

Virginia Farmers Market Association offers guides selling your products

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The Cape Charles Farmers Market has been one of the most successful ventures in our area. The market brings local farmers, artisans and culinary craftsman together to bring the freshest, most eclectic products to the local economy. Have you ever thought about bringing your own product to market? The Virginia Farmers Market Association can help. They offer several guides, such as “A Guide to Selling Raw, Processed and Prepared Food Products at Farmers’ Markets, Stores & Roadside Stands” which is prepared by the Virginia Cooperative Extension that can help entrepreneurs. You can find all the guides, including food safety, here.

Thimble Shoal Tunnel project groundbreaking Sept. 18th

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CBBT project photo.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel- A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for Sept. 18. at 11:30 a.m. for the parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel project. The five-year, $756 million endeavor will add two more underwater lanes to the 53-year-old link between Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.

The Virginia Originals gift shop, Chesapeake Grill restaurant, and the fishing pier on the southernmost man-made island will close to accommodate the new tunnel’s construction.

The fishing pier is slated to reopen in October 2022 after construction is completed. Where a restaurant or gift shop will reopen is not known at this time.

Cornweller: What is it to be ‘Woke’?

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Special to the Mirror by Chas Cornweller

(Wayne – I began writing this article last Thursday, fully intending on explaining my vision or ideal of being self-aware of one’s personal racism. An unfortunate side effect everyone incurs from time to time. I use the term “Woke” because when I first heard it I was intrigued. I love words. You know that. So, what began as a minor exercise to excise my own demons and face a reality few us will even acknowledge became this diatribe. Little did I expect this past weekend’s events in Charlottesville to echo my words. Few us could have…I finished this on a Tuesday morning, spent, broken and ashamed. Ashamed that what I had written was true. Ashamed for the whole human race and the pain we have caused to one another. Ashamed for the silent tongues and the harden hearts. Ashamed that as I enter my golden years, the very same issues I saw as a child, I see today. I look to a blameless god, and ask…Why? Thank you for publishing. This is my heart. Chas Cornweller)

“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.” Malcolm X

So, what does it mean to be “Woke”? Dictionary: Past and past part of Wake. In African American vernacular English (sometimes called AAVE) woke is the derivative of awake, rendered as woke. As in, “I was sleeping, but now I’m woke.” But it’s intended content has a much, much more powerful meaning. As in, “I was asleep, but now I am woke.” Still not reaching you? Awake…dictionary: Awake adj. fully conscious and alert and aware: not asleep; synonym: see aware. Now put “Woke” in the context of knowing issues. Especially issues regarding the status of African Americans. Do you get where I am coming from yet? Woke is being not only aware of the strife between cultures (I refuse to use the word race because for me, its very own usage indicates division and better than/less than connotations) but empathic to these issues. The Washington Post recently did an article regarding Millennials and their take on major issues facing America today. Of whites, three percent listed police brutality as being a top problem in this country. African Americans, however, were at twenty-seven percent regarding it as a top problem. And herein, lies the problem. After fifty years of Civil Rights legislation and law. After fifty years of affirmative action and equal opportunities for African Americans. After fifty odd years of a dismantled Jim Crow system, we still have perceived disparages between cultures. Whites still fear blacks, blacks still fear whites and the wheel still turns against poverty. [Read more…]

Quality Structures begins work on Monumental Home at 8 Bay Ave

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The Historic District Review Board approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for a grand, monumental structure at 8 Bay Avenue. The zero-hundred block of Bay Avenue fronts the Chesapeake Bay and has few homes currently there. This home will be massive, and will take up the entire triple lot parcel. Despite the size, staff found the proportions to the block acceptable.

Chairman Fehrer offered concerns that, given the size, the home could also qualify as a hotel, and could directly compete with new Hotel being renovated just around the corner. Sean Ingram of Quality Structures responded that the applicant had no intention to convert the home into a hotel or Bed and Breakfast, “No, they are going to retire here, and they in no way shape or form are planning to change this to a hotel. They plan on having family and friends visit for Thanksgiving and 4th of July…they’re going to need the space. They are going to retire here, but the applicant’s husband will still be working for a while so he can pay for all this.”

The home will include a four car garage on the first level as well as a full exterior deck.

National Weather Service and NASA Provide Eclipse Pages

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On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see a total solar eclipse. This path, where the moon will completely cover the sun and the sun’s tenuous atmosphere – the corona – can be seen, will stretch from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Observers outside this path will still see a partial solar eclipse where the moon covers part of the sun’s disk. The National Weather Service and NASA have provided interactive maps and information for the event:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ECLIPSE PAGE

NASA INTERACTIVE ECLIPSE MAP

Could Governor have done more to stop violence in Charlottesville?

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Virginia Governor McAuliffe told The New York Times in an interview Sunday morning that police in Charlottesville did their best considering the circumstances. “It’s easy to criticize, but I can tell you this, 80% of the people here had semiautomatic weapons,” McAuliffe said in an impromptu interview with the NY Times. “They had battering rams and, you know, we had picked up different weapons they had stashed around the city,” McAuliffe. “This was a powder keg. This was a very volatile situation.”

McAuliffe appeared to suggest that police were unprepared for the rally.

“You saw the militia walking down the street, you would have thought they were an army … I was just talking to the State Police upstairs; [the militia members] had better equipment than our State Police had,” McAuliffe said. “And yet not a shot was fired, zero property damage.”

The Governor failed to mention that dozens were left injured and a 32-year-old woman, Heather Heyer, was killed when an apparent white supremacist plowed his car into a crowd.
According to the Washington Post “militia” at the demonstration totaled 32.

Virginia State Police disagreed with McAullife’s assessment: “No, the State Police did not have inferior equipment,” Corinne Geller, Virginia State Police public relations manager, told the Free Beacon. “Our personnel are equipped, and were equipped, with the necessary protective and tactical gear for their safety and, obviously, to protect those that were in attendance of the event.”

Corinne Geller also told Reason magazine that the Governor’s accusations that militia’s had stashed weapons in the park was not accurate–after a search  no weapons caches were discovered. [Read more…]