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Hot Air Balloon Lands in Aylett New Home for King William Florist First Wednesday, February 3, 2021 The Country Courier p a g e 1 Prst STD ECRWSS U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 2 Country Courier Aylett, VA 23009 Volume 32 Issue 11 Serving the King William and King and Queen Communities since 1989 Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Hot Air Balloon First snowfall brings out the best in King William Lands in Aylett Hot Air Balloon lands in a cornfield in Aylett By Armistead Saffer On Sunday, January 24th, social media was a buzz with sighting of a hot air balloon flying over Aylett. The balloon and its crew landed in a corn field about a mile from the Aylett stop light. The crew members were from Washington, DC and Williamsburg, Va. They started their flight just after sunrise in Harrisonburg, Va. Photo Robert "Sarge" Bruce They said the weather conditions were January 31st, 2021. King William resident Earl Hebner, long known to many pro wrestling fans as a very colorful referee, clears snow for his excellent for flying. Their goal was to reach neighbors in Aylett's Fairfield Acres subdivision. "It's a neighborly thing to do," Earl said, "we help each other in times like this." Hanover County. Instead, they went even farther and traveled to Aylett and landed around 11:00 am. The 120 mile flight was in New Home for King William Florist their words ‘Epic’. Most flights are only 10 Story by Florence Cooke to 20 miles. On their trip the air temperature Pictures courtesy King William Florist was a balmy 30 degrees. They expected it to On February 1, 2021, King William florist opened their new be about 20 degrees colder. They flew threw location at 527 Sharon Road in King William It’s next door to a snow storm and witnessed key landmarks including Massanutten Resort and Lake Southern States. The owners, sisters Johanna Bareford and Anna. They decided it was time to land since Elizabeth Call, designed the new building to meet their needs to the air was warming up and causing operate as a flower shop. The new building has approximately updrafts. They said they unexpectedly hit 1,700 square feet and includes a showroom, rooms to meet one and rose several hundred feet. They look bridal and funeral families, large workspaces, a large walk-in for buzzards to help spot the updrafts. cooler to properly store floral’s, and a carport for loading After landing their spotter team helped deliveries. them pack up and load up. They headed out In March 2005 the two sisters started King William Florist at to find a place to eat lunch and recap their the Shed Man's location on RT 360 and later moved to a bigger epic flight before starting on their long drive space at the old NAPA building in Central Garage in 2013. home. Please see FLORIST, continued on page 2. King William Florist new location on Sharon Rd. countrycouriernews.com P a g e 2 The Country Courier Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Florist, continued from front page Publisher’s Message For sixteen years the florists have worked hard to meet the needs of the surrounding areas and customers. Local deliveries are made to King William, Aylett, King and Queen, West Point, St. Stephens Church, Tappahannock, Ashland, Mechanicsville, West Point, New Kent, and Bowling Green. Area health centers are included in the delivery – VCU Health Tappahannock, Memorial Regional, Covenant Woods and Heritage Green in Mechanicsville, Riverside Convalescent Center in West Point, as well as many other locations. The larger location will help with preparing for a large Valentine's holiday, making deliveries, serving walk-in Johanna and Liz making top 3 Best of customers, and selling products that will Richmond 2019. We all seem to have the same story going on in our lives. Covid 19 has an be available to pick up and go. effect on everything we do. Somehow we keep moving forward, working Johanna and Elizabeth state, “An open website that is open 24 hours a day – for our jobs, taking care of family, and doing what is necessary each and every house will be planned in the future. In the placing orders kingwilliamflorist.com. day. I believe things will begin to turn around once the vaccine is given to meantime, we will be open for business at We are grateful for the support from our everyone who wants to receive it. The keyword here is patience. That is the new location on February 1 with hours customers, community, and surrounding something I have been lacking in my entire life. I am an optimist, I believe from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday and areas for the past 16 years and we hope to we will get through this and be stronger as a human race. It’s going to take hours on Saturday from 9 a.m. – 12 serve this area for many years to a little more time. Be patient, the best times are still ahead. noon. Preorders can be made by calling come. COME BY AND SEE US.” 804–769–0244. We also have a direct Take care until next time. I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean Don’t Miss Another Issue! If you are not receiving A 123 Year the Country Courier and you Tradition of Caring live outside the The Country Courier welcomes letters from our readers, which will be published community, you can with the writer’s signature and county of subscribe for an Annual residence. We accept calendar items at no Rate of $30.00 (includes charge for 50 words or less. The Country postage) and keep up with the latest Courier reserves the right to edit letters news from King William and King and calendar items and print when space is available. and Queen counties. Serving King William and Send in check or money order King & Queen Counties today for only $30.00 a year! Since 1989 8014 Lee Davis Road, Mechanicsville ●746-8665 Name Bennett Funeral Home was established in 1897 to serve the needs of Country Courier ______________________________ Richmond families. Since then, this locally owned and operated business has P.O. Box 160 Address continued to serve the community with its unique combination of caring and St. Stephens Church, VA 23148 ______________________________ convenience. Hours: 10AM-2PM M-F ______________________________ This tradition of excellence can be seen in the four beautiful chapels 769-0259 ● Fax 769-0953 located throughout the Richmond area: centrally located on Cutshaw Avenue in Email: ______________________________ the city, on Broad Street Road past Innsbrook, serving the Hanover- [email protected] Phone:________________________ Mechanicsville area on Lee-Davis Road and Chesterfield Chapel on Ashbrook Web: countrycouriernews.com E-mail: Pkwy. in Chesterfield. All four facilities are under the personal direction of Physical Address: Charles D. Morehead, President. Twin Rivers Building ________________________ In a time of need, you can turn to Bennett Funeral Home with trust and 5833 Richmond-Tappahannock Hwy. confidence. It serves families of all faiths with personal service, before, during, Suite 107 B Make check or money orders payable to: and after. There is a long tradition of professionalism and caring. Aylett, VA. 23009 One way in which Bennett cares for families, is by offering a convenient STAFF Country Courier and personalized pre-need program. Through this program pre-need planning, you Danny Clark, Publisher P.O. BOX 160 can spare your loved ones the burden of making decisions at an emotional time. Julie Clark Minor, Editor St. Stephens Church, VA 23148 Call Bennett Funeral Home at 746-8665 to schedule a pre-planning consultation. Gail Clark, Office Manager Armistead Saffer, Technical-Consultant Call us today: Ryan Lumpkin, Distribution Manager BENNETT funeral home Florence Cooke, Contributing Writer (804) 769-0259 Caring Since 1897 Wednesday, February 3, 2021 The Country Courier p a g e 3 P a g e 4 The Country Courier Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Equine Talk Sponsored by: REWARD FOR MISSING DOG T-Town Tack A Pickup Man By Allen Brintley and “Pip” I saw an old horse friend of mine named Bobby awhile back at the hardware store. I remember asking him if he was still riding. He said kind of loud and proud “Yeah. I’m a pickup man!” I thought to myself “Isn’t that the name of a country song?” Another thought went through my head that maybe he thinks he’s some kind of ladies man or something. I just smiled horse up and there are usually a couple at him and looked around to make sure of horses left in the barn that nobody MISSING DOG BANDIT: DO NOT CHASE OR CALL. nobody was real close to us. I said rides or doesn’t want to ride.” He said English Setter, Male, 4 years old, white Reward offered. Contact 443 7075 “Oh Yeah?” Bobby said “I ride pickup “Since I don’t have my own horse with black feathering and black face. for a couple of stables.” I thought that anymore, I get to ride what’s left. The Named Bandit has red ID collar and UPDATE AS OF MONDAY 2/1/21: maybe he rides around in his truck horse gets some exercise and I get to orange training collar. long hair, shy. Lost Smithfield road to Bruington road and while everyone else is on horseback in ride a lot of different animals.” in King & Queen Co. on Rt. 607 Princes Watts area (unfortunately on both sides of case somebody gets thrown or needs a Now I’m beginning to understand Road.
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