Warsaw News

Listed are Meteorological events that happened on October 15th: 1876 Snow fell on the backside of a coastal storm from Virginia to New England.

[Photo of Members of Colonial Beach Boy Scout Troop 258, L2R: 1st Class Scout Logan Sandy (white sweatshirt), Scout Guillermo Canaway (Red Sweatshirt), Scout Ben Anderson and 1st Class Scout Joseph Baker, attending victim of bus accident.]

The general public is probably unaware that Saturday, the 26th of September morning Boy Scouts from the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck rescued victims of an accident between an activity bus and a large log loader near the Upper Lancaster Volunteer Fire Department.

About 20 youth suffered minor to life-threatening injuries when a bus ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and struck a log loader traveling in the opposite direction. The accident also involved a downed power line, which complicated rescue efforts. A MedEvac helicopter was needed for some of the injured.

Fortunately, all of this was planned as part of the 2009 Rivers District Fall Recruitment camporee for the Boy Scouts of America.

Cub Scouts were prepped with “wound kits” that included compound fractures of arms, legs and jaws, as well as abrasions, lacerations and exposed abdominal organs. About 75 Boy Scouts were organized by patrols to use their first aid skills to “rescue” the “victims” and learn triage skills.

The hands-on exercise gave the Scouts an opportunity to test their team work, first aid and CPR skills. They got an up-close look at all of the working parts of the helicopter. They saw a man in protective gear get washed down as if he had been working in a hazardous materials zone. Every boy put out a fuel fire using a dry chemical extinguisher. And every boy spent time on the nozzle of a pressurized fire hose.

For those who missed this event, ask the boys who were there how they liked it.

2nd Annual BSA Rivers District Motorcycle Poker Run

DATE: Saturday, October 3, 2009

DIRECTIONS: Begin at Northumberland County Community Center, Route 609, Browns Store Road in Wicomico Church, VA. Register and get an entry card, Coffee & donuts available.

DESCRIPTION:
The Rivers District of the Heart of Virginia Council is conducting a Poker Run fundraiser on Saturday, October 3, 2009. This is an event for motorcyclists (bikers). Bikers will ride between five stops where they will draw a card. Bikers who have the best Poker hand at the end of the ride will receive prizes. There will also be door prizes after the run. The entrance fees for the event will benefit the Boy Scouts. Pass the word around to your biker friends.

Even in the current tough economic times, useful skills are always in demand. A dual-enrollment program in the marine trades, offered to area high school students by Rappahannock Community College at both campuses , has just completed its third year on a high note.

Little is moving in the half-mile of shoreline at Cobham Park Farm near Warsaw on this September morning.

A Northern Neck woman has been fined $25 for taking in a deerhound brought to her animal shelter in 2005.

Edwin Veolo Hutt Sr., 91, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in Newland after a brief illness.

With gas prices low this summer, many people decided to take that trip they had put off for a while.

Ten nurse aides graduated recently from Rappahannock Community College's Warsaw campus program.

Ten nurse aides graduated recently from Rappahannock Community College's Warsaw campus program.

On Thursday, ESPN reported that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will likely reinstate Michael Vick in the coming days.

RCCa s Middle College program recently graduated 20 students. From left are Tara Holmes, Lisa Kelly, Dominique Diggs, Samantha Elliott, Erik Schiller, Holly Mullins, Jennifer Williams and Joseph Marrow.

The Northumberland County Sheriff's Office has arrested Michael Anderson Crockett AKA Jay, 24, of Lancaster as a result in the July 5 shootings at a residence on Georgetown road.

State officials are planning a statewide town hall-type discussion this week at Germanna and other community colleges across Virginia to seek public input on ways to reduce poverty.

Bert Carlson and Jennifer Kirkland will give a concert at RCC's Warsaw Campus on July 1. On Wednesday, July 1, the Friends of the Rappahannock Community College Library Center will sponsor a free concert of jazz and classic American songs by vocalist and keyboard player Jennifer Kirkland and guitarist Bert Carlson.