DECEMBER 2011
Around Jefferson County In The News
Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition river clean- up The Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition thought turnout for its first cleanup might be low due to the rescheduling of the event. Much to their surprise, 35 volunteers showed up to make the day a success. Jef- ferson County Commissioner Lyn Widmyer appeared first with coffee and donuts for the volunteers. She made quite a pile of orange trash bags before she had to leave for an engage- ment.
Rafting companies River Rid-
ers and River & Trail Outfitters provided rafts, guides, life jack- ets, paddles and volunteers. Appalachian Surveys PLLC do- nated water, and Ridgefield Farms donated apples and a gift certificate for a Christmas tree. The weather was beautiful
and sunny, and the litter abun- dant. With crews combing the shores and the rivers, much trash, glass, cans, carpeting, televisions, and tires were re- covered. The BRWC had crews from Shannondale Springs to the railroad tracks in Millville. Over 40 tires were recovered in the effort; others were marked for the low water clean-up ten- tatively scheduled for July. Event organizer Ronda Leh-
man was pleased at the amount recovered. “It’s always a good day when the community comes together to make our corner of the world a better place. It’s a daunting task trying to save our water for future genera- tions, and every event makes a difference.” The BRWC is thankful for
the support from the commu- nity in this effort and hopes to see more come out to snag tires in July. “It’ll be a lot of fun with people in the water, learning about our river, and making a difference.” Visit http://blu-
eridgewatershed.org for more information.
Rotary Donates $3,000 to
Shepherdstown Library The Rotary Club of Shepherd-
stown has donated $3,000 to the Shepherdstown Public Library. The funds will be used to pur- chase new e-book readers. Half of the donation amount repre- sents the proceeds from a Club- sponsored “Barbeque and Beer for Books” event held to benefit the library on September 24 at the Bavarian Inn. The other half was a match-
ing grant from Rotary District 7350, which includes 44 Rotary Clubs in northeastern West Virginia, central Maryland and central Pennsylvania. The check was presented to Shepherdstown Public Library
Upcoming
Historic Shepherdstown 250th Speaker Series The Historic Shepherd-
stown Commission kicks off a speaker series honoring Shep- herdstown’s 250th anniversary with a December 1 talk about the town’s early years. The open- ing speaker will be Shenandoah University History Professor Dr. Warren Hofstra, whose talk, “The Making of Mecklenburg and the Settlement of the Vir- ginia Backcountry,” will take place in the auditorium of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legis- lative Studies at 7pm. Refresh-
ments will follow the lecture. The Byrd Center is located on the Shepherd University cam- pus at 213 King Street, Shep- herdstown. Parking is available
behind the Byrd Center. Hofstra has written exten-
sively on the topic of early backcountry Virginia, which includes Shepherdstown, or Mecklenburg, as it was first called. He has written “The Planting of New Virginia: Set- tlement and Landscape in the Shenandoah Valley” and edited “The Great Valley Road of Vir-
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director Hali Taylor at the Shepherdstown Club’s Novem- ber 15 breakfast meeting at the Bavarian Inn.
ginia: Shenandoah Landscapes
from Prehistory to the Present.” The Historic Shepherdstown 250th Anniversary Speaker se- ries will continue throughout the year of Shepherdstown’s
anniversary celebration. Rare Look At
Washington Apron Shepherdstown’s Masonic
lodge, Mount Nebo Lodge Num- ber 91, will celebrate its bi- centennial with a public open house on Sunday, December 11, from noon until 3pm at the lodge hall on the second floor of 121 East German Street. The public is invited to attend. The highlight of the event
will be a 1pm display of the lodge’s prize possession, a Ma- sonic apron that belonged to President George Washington.
The display will be followed by a presentation about the apron’s history, by Laura B. Simo, asso- ciate curator of George Wash- ington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum and Gardens in Alex- andria, VA. There will then be a presentation about the history of the Lodge by its current Mas- ter, George Alwin, of Shepherd- stown. The apron it owns was given to Washington in 1784 by the Marquis de Lafayette, who was also a Mason, and worn regularly by Washington until his death in 1799. After Martha Washington
died in 1802, the apron was pur- chased from her estate for six dollars by Thomas Hammond, husband of George’s niece, Mil- dred Washington. She was the daughter of George’s brother Charles, who founded Charles Town,
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