PRICELESS VolumeCHESAPEAKE XXI Issue 8 August 2018 www.chesapeakestyle.com Volume XXII Issue 1 September 2018 © Style Serves and Celebrates the Chesapeake Bay Region and its People, Past, Present and Future 2 September 2018 CHESAPEAKE Style Water hasFast always been Times an important on part ofthe my life—as Rivers in swimming Editor, Publisher, Chief The mission of Chesapeake Style and boating. According to the family legend, someone held me under Cook & Bottle Washer is to serve and celebrate the the water when I was three. My mother, when I was 13, became the Janet Abbott Fast Chesapeake Bay Region and its leader of the Virginia’s first Mariner Girl Scout troop. Of course, earning Writers & Photographers people, past, present and future. badges required one to swim. On Saturdays we’d go to the Richmond Katherine Bavuso, Corinne Becker, Letters to the editor are welcome. YWCA. I was the only one in our troop in a Beginner’s swim class. I Mari Bonomi, Carol J. Bova, Joy The editor reserves the right to will always remember the feeling of trusting the water to hold me up, Brenda Burch, Joseph T. “Chip” edit all submissions for clarity, Buxton, III, E. C. Doleman, as I pushed off the side of the pool and floated to the other side! lousy spelling or any other From that point on, I passed course after course in the Red Cross Ellen Dugan, Ann Eichenmuller, Deborah Figg, RuthE Forrest, Bill reason that strikes her fancy. swim programs. Until Senior Lifesaving at Overhill Lake. In order Chesapeake Style is a priceless to take the class we had to swim half a mile—which I accomplished Graves, Pamela Hagy, Martha magazine published eight swimming the elementary backstroke the whole way! I failed the course M. Hall, Torrence Harman, Melissa Haydon, Wendy Hyde, times a year by Chesapeake Bay the first time, but was the best one in the class the second time. Larry Jenkins, Jr., Spike Knuth, From there I became a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. In college, Marketing. For delivery for one year, Tracy Lanum, Kenny Park, Don now JMU, students had to pass Beginner Swimming in order to graduate. please send your name, mailing Loop, Joe Phillips, Chelly Scala, address and a check or money Because of my fear of the water, I was able to empathize and teach girls (it Nancy Shelley, Gerhard Straub, order, for $24 for postage and was a woman’s college) who, by 18, had not learned to swim. Usually, if Charlene Talcott, Susan Williamson handling, to the address below. you haven’t learned to swim by that time, it’s due to a fear of the water. Ad Sales, Distribution Later we moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where I taught swimming Carol J. Bova, Susan Christopher, Chesapeake Style aka Water Safety. The local Red Cross chapter sent me to Aquatic School Willis Croxton, Deborah Figg, Bill P. O. Box 802 in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, where I became qualified to train Water Graves, Martha Hall, Florine Headley, Warsaw, VA 22572 Safety Instructors. Then they sent me to another Aquatic School in Jackie Ingram, Tracy Lanum, Joanne 804-333-0628 Northern Wisconsin, when I learned to teach (and later trained instructors) Nelson, Nancy Shelley, Marie Stone [email protected] handicapped swimming aka Adapted Aquatics. The caveat was that I start Proofreader www.chesapeakestyle.com and run swim programs for the local disabled children. Each day of the Marie Stone The opinions expressed in week we had classes for different disabilities—physically handicapped, Ad Composition, Graphics, Layout Chesapeake Style are those mildly mentally handicapped, blind, deaf, emotionally disturbed—with Janet Abbott Fast, Deborah Figg of contributing writers and college students helping every step of the way. The classes continue today. do not necessarily reflect the Next time, boating, in an 18’ red and white Century Tri- opinion of Chesapeake Style or Hull, a 1930, 34’ custom built Chesapeake Bay Deadrise its advertisers. Reproduction in cruiser and a 34’ Owens Brigantine Sportfisher Cruiser. whole or in part of any material About the cover~ in this publication without Edwin Columbus Barrack, better Captain Robin Routt’s menhaden permission is strictly prohibited. known as Junior Barrack in the boat and earned enough money ©2007-2018 All rights reserved Northern Neck, has spent the last six the first year to build a deadrise Chesapeake Style decades working as a commercial workboat. The waterman’s life was Chesapeake Bay Marketing. watermen and at 82 years of age, put on hold when he was drafted he still continues to do so. On most in the U.S. Army where he trained early summer mornings, you can as a M48 Patton tank driver. Upon find him making his way in his 14 the conclusion of his service, he foot McKee Craft to Morattico and returned home to purchase an acre Farnham Creeks to fish peeler traps of property on Mulberry Creek for the for his soft crabbing business located price of $500 and build a home where off of Mulberry Creek near the village he and his wife, Janet, have lived of Morattico. On his return, he works since 1961. Junior oystered in the a few crab pots closer to home. 1960’s and in the early 1970’s pound Junior has shed soft crabs since netted with partner W.W. Wilmer. the 1970’s. He says “when you Of all his seafood endeavors, see pollen, the crabs are getting soft crabbing is the one he ready to run so you better have says he loves the most. your traps in place and ready”. Photo by Larry Jenkins Jr. To see more Athena celebrates Sewing Month! Immediately out of high school, photos by Larry visit his Facebook Joy Brenda Burch photo. he worked for Standard Products on page Images by Larry Jenkins Jr. NEW! OWN AN FREE NN NN BURGER Malibu Sunglasses! FRANCHISE! DEDETAILS AT NNBURGER.COM WITH OUR NEW RUM RUNNER COCKTAIL! 4 September 2018 Gardening in Style~Garden Mums blooms. However, they are They are sun not hardy in our zone and lovers, preferring are only grown as annuals. morning sun over Garden mums were afternoon sun. hybridized in the other After frost has direction. They produce killed the plant, smaller blooms than florist clean the area of mums, but they are very debris and mulch hardy in our zone. They heavy. When can be planted in Spring the Spring thaw but generally are more comes, you will available in Fall and thus see green growth more often planted in coming from Fall. They are available the root. Garden in many colors including Mums need to be yellow, burgundy, plum, trimmed three white, bronze, pinks and times during the Day and the Fourth of July as the lavenders. They also have Spring and Summer in order to shape three trim times to make it easier to a range of sizes, shapes them and make them bushy and remember. Trim one fourth to one as well as bloom types. thick rather that spindly and leggy. By Nancy Shelley third of the plant at each trimming. There is literally a size and color to A very good mum grower once hen we think of With the Fourth of July trimming, blend with every landscape design. told me to use Mother's Day, Father's Fall, we think of shape the plant the way you want it to Mums should be very blue skies, be at bloom time. Do not trim again planted immediately crisp cool air after the Fourth of July as the plant after you purchase and mums. It's will begin to set its buds. Make sure them in fall. They hard to imagine a fall scene without they are watered well in dry times and W are short day plants mums, straw bales and corn shocks. fertilize with an all purpose fertilizer. which means they There are two basic kinds of mums, Because mums are very don't want more than florist mums and garden mums. Both inexpensive, many people simply twelve hours of light came from the same parent plant treat them as annuals and toss them per day. Do not plant but decades of hybridizing has taken at the end of the season. They do well under street lights or each in totally different directions. in pots also but don't winter over as other areas that are Florist mums were hybridized well as those planted in the ground. lit after dark. Mums to be huge beautiful single flowers Mums are truly low maintenance do not like wet feet suitable for cutting and using in and easy to grow. Mums the Word! so make sure you arrangements. 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