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55th Annual KG Fall Festival Updates:
Dahlgren Heritage Museum will host history tours of Naval Support Facility Dahlgren in honor of the base’s 95th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 19. All tours will originate at the Dahlgren Museum at the old Gateway Welcome Center on Rt. 301 near the Nice Bridge. Every 1/2 hour from 1- 3:30 p.m. Come enjoy the museum’s new exhibits and take an hour tour of the history of the Navy at Dahlgren. There is a charge of $10 per person with all proceeds benefiting the museum. To register, visit www.dahlgrenmuseum.org, or https://www.eventbrite.com/ event/7532557081.
• Musical entertainment at the Fair grounds confirmed: - community favorite The Taters and the Chris Bryant Band Made in the USA will play at the Fair. - KG Idol Competition & Show 5 p.m. KGHS Auditorium • Attractions at the Fair grounds are free. Foods available for purchase. • Craft Show in the gym is free. • 5 p.m. KG Idol Show $5 in advance $7 at the door. • Sunday 2 p.m. Queen’s Pageant. Please Note: All registration forms are available online at kgfallfestival.com
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KG Idol wannabees need to call D&R Mgt. at (540) 663-9142 to audition. You know you want to be in the competition! Call today.
Dahlgren School Reunion All current and former students of Dahlgren School are invited to a reunion at the school on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. The reunion will begin at 11 a.m. and will include a history tour of the base and a visit to the new Dahlgren Museum. Tours of the school, activities and a program by current students will also be a part of the day’s events. Attendees will then have a nohost dinner at Gray’s Landing at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren at 3:30 p.m. Attendees must pre-register to attend. To register, contact Margie Stevens at dahlgrenfriends@gmail. com.
1st German Christmas Market hosted by the Dahlgren Heritage Foundation. Dec. 7. 4-8 p.m. at the Museum bldg. on 301. dahlgrenmuseum.org
The King George Garden Club’s annual Fall Plant Sale will be held at the King George Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 8 a.m. to noon. A variety of hardy perennials dug from local gardens and ready for fall planting, including named varieties of daylilies and hostas will be available. There will also be some small trees and shrubs, a few houseplants and plenty of free gardening advice from the club members, many of which are also volunteer Master Gardens for the KG Extension Office. Be sure to assess your planting site beforehand. The perennials will be segregated for sun and shade, helping you ensure the right plant in the right place.
Last chance to sign up for P&R trip(s) Trip to New York City: Dec. 11 & 12. $339pp (double occupancy) Singles add $99 extra to the cost. Includes performance of Radio City Music Hall and the Rockettes; tour of lower Manhattan; Rockefeller Center tour; Fifth Avenue shopping & holiday windows; Macy’s at Herald Square. Trip to Wheeling, WV’s Festival of Lights: Dec. 3-5. $474 pp (double occupancy) Singles add $99 extra to the cost. Includes a Greenbrier Hotel lunch and Bunker tour; Holiday Dinner Show; Oglebay Park Festival of Lights Tour; Colonel Oglebay Mansion Museum; Echart House Victorian Tour & Tea; The Glass Museum & Artisan Center and the Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum. Call Parks & Rec today to reserve your spot on the trip. (540) 7754386.
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On Oct. 12, join in an afternoon of wine tasting and ghost tours to celebrate the founding of Virginia’s first plantation in 1613. From 2:30 – 5:30 p.m., taste for the first time the newly released Shirley Plantation Chardonnay as well as a variety of wines from the Philip Carter Winery. Shirley Plantation is proud to partner with the Philip Carter Winery. The Carter family is considered the First Family of America Wines due to the efforts of Charles Carter of Cleve Plantation, brother of John Carter of Shirley Plantation. Charles Carter advocated commercial winemaking as one of his economic reforms in VA and was the first to successfully produce grapes in Virginia with European vines and the first to win a gold medal for American wine production from the Royal Society of Arts in London in 1762. Today, Philip Carter Strother, a direct descendant of Robert “King” family, owns and operates the Philip Carter Winery and was instrumental in the passage of The Virginia Farm Winery Zoning Act which promotes the economic vitality of the Virginia wine industry. As a way of honoring his family legacy, Philip Carter Strother labels the wines from his vineyard according to Carter family estates such as the Shirley Plantation Chardonnay, the Cleve Virginia Red Wine, the Sabine Hall Virginia Viognier, the Nomini Hall Virginia Cabernet Franc, and the Rosewell Rose Wine. Tour the Great House and learn about the bewitching spirit of “Aunt Pratt,” the legendary ghost of Shirley Plantation, and the spirits of eleven generations to live at Shirley. $10 per person for the general public in addition to regular admission to Shirley. Reservations are required by Oct. 11. For more information, visit our website at www. shirleyplantation.com or call 1-800-232-1613.
Thursday, Oct. 3
Monday, Oct. 7
The CBVFDLA will have its reg. monthly meeting at the fire house at 6:30 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend.
KGHS DECA to hold iPad for Peers Dodgeball Tournament at 5 p.m. at the KGHS. Cost $3 pp. Concessions on site for purchase. Proceeds to help needy students at the elementary schools. Regular meeting of the Colonial Beach Historical Society. Cooper Memorial Library meeting room starting at 7 p.m. Under discussion will be the fund raiser needed to replace/repair the Museum’s 22 windows as well as plans for the upcoming “Christmas House Tour.”
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Regular meeting of NARFE Chapter 595 at the Hunan Restaurant in Col. Beach. at noon. Featured speaker, Tom Jamerson, estate planning expert. Also discussion on Big Band Dance in Nov.
Wednesday, Oct. 9
NN of VA Historical Society is holding its Fall membership meeting and luncheon at Indian Creek Yacht & Country Club in Kilmarnock. Meeting opens at 10 a.m. followed by special guest speaker, Kat Imhoff, Pres. & CEO, the Montpelier Fdn. Lunch follows at noon. Reservations required for lunch. $ Contact Kathy Schuder at(804)580-8327.
Fri-Sat Oct. 4 & 5
Montross Fall Festival. From the Best Chocolate Cake contest to high school football, 3 miler race, chalk art contest, and more, come out for the annual Montross Fall Festival. www.montrossvirginiafestivals.com.
Saturday, Oct.5
KG Garden Club will hold its major plant sale from 8 a.m. to Noon at the KG Farmer’s Market. KGES. Block Party hosted by the Ice Cream Nook. Noon-4 p.m. CBVRS annual Fall Festival. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Town Hill at the Beach. Families welcome for fun and games.
Thursday, Oct. 17
KG County Historical Society. will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Revercomb Bldg. The October program will feature Dr. John Sellers, Specialist on Abraham Lincoln. Public invited. Light refreshments.
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Update on the progress of the Cell Phones for Soldiers program. We are almost 1 month into the collection drive. As of today we have collected 75 donated cell phones. THAT’S 187.5 HOURS OF TALK TIME FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL!!! A lot of our troops overseas don’t have a good way to stay in contact with their loved ones back home while they are protecting our freedom. For every phone we collect, no matter how old or broken it is, that’s 2.5 hours of talk time on an international calling card for military personnel. Not to mention the e-waste we are keeping out of our landfill. Now is the time to go through your closets, desk drawers or out in the garage and find those old phones you “just couldn’t throw away.” No matter how old or what condition, take those relics to either Company 1 or Company 2 of the KG fire department anytime this month. Each turned in phone can be used to get 2.5 hours of talk time for military personnel. Help make it easier to keep in touch and donate your old phones.
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