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uumn i .1 iyiMi ip mm Jiui I iti: -'At1 PeninsulaJLlte Get Serious! 1 Middl Middle Peninsula A list of activities and events Patchwork of art i 1 iT" .11 -r" 11 i 1 I ii 1 11 if 1 1 I II. -J 1 I Hi -V I i I ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED. The 149th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Walter Reed will be celebrated from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at his birthplace in Belroi.

The house will be open to the public for tours. Reed was the son of a Methodist minister, born Sept 13, 1851, in a small cottage at the intersection of Routes 614 and 616. During the Spanish-American War, Reed, who headed a group of four research doctors, proved that mosquitoes transmitted Yellow Fever The Medical Society of Virginia purchased the cottage in 1926 and restored it the following year It was deeded to the Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquities in 1968. Furnishings include some items that were donated from the Reed Family. The birthplace is now owned and maintained by the Joseph Bryan Branch of the antiquities association.

It is opened annually the Sunday nearest to his birthday, for Historic Garden Week and by special appointment. Another Gloucester historic site is Warner Hall Graveyard, Naxera area. Information on the Walter Reed birthplace and becoming a member of the Joseph Bryan Chapter can be obtained by calling (804) 725-9250 or (804)693-3663. BENEFIT FASHION SHOW AND TEA. A Mother-Daughter Tea and Fashion Show will be held at 2 p.m.

on Saturday in the Ware Episcopal Church Parish HalL Peebles Department Store and Emily's will provide fashions. The show will benefit the Locks of Love Foundation which takes donated human hair, 10 inches long or longer, to make wigs for disadvantaged children between ages 6 and 18. Most of the recipients have cancer or alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes complete loss of hair Hair donations and monetary donations will be accepted during the event Included with the fashions will be proper tea settings, fast and easy hairstyles by local independent hairstylists and a sampling of various teas for different occasions. Also, Debbie Wiggins of Mary Kay will be doing a makeover for those who want to donate their hair Heaven Sent Toys and Gifts will provide accessories. Tickets are $10 for mothers and $2 for each daughter.

Tickets will be available at Twice Told Tales Bookstore, Emily's, Heaven Sent Gifts on Main Street in Gloucester. For infor- Please see WeekendD9 Joe FudgeDaily Press Artist Catherine Venable, shown in her home near Port Haywood, created this year's Mathews County Market Days poster. Suavitude boost is a side-effect of handkerchief If I seem a bit more suave and debonair these days, folks, if I have that certain aura of Cary Grant or David Niven about me, there's a good reason. i No, it isn't that I've begun washing the back of my neck. It's that I have rediscovered the handkerchief.

I can remember when, decades ago, every man carried a handkerchief Women carried them, too, except theirs had lace around the edges and were called "hankies." The only men who didn't appear to have handkerchiefs were the cowboys in Western movies, but they had bandannas instead. I can't imagine Roy Rogers blowing his nose into his bandanna. I wouldn't put it past Gabby Hayes, though. That was the trouble with handkerchiefs. One of their main functions was having noses blown into them, and once you did that the handkerchief's utility was compromised.

So when disposable paper tissues came along, many people, ing me, disposed of their handkerchiefs. Another thing men did with handkerchiefs was to fold them in the breast pockets of their suit jackets with a little bit of handkerchief peeking out the top. You can still buy silk "pocket squares" in a department store's "men's furnishings" section (and why is it that men have 'furnishings" while women have although I think most men stopped doing this about the time that Sean Connery stopped being James Bond. I picked up an old handkerchief a while back, and I found I liked it so much, I got a package of new ones, and now I'm a regular handtechief-toter. Here are just a few of the things you do with a handkerchief: In hot weather; you can soak it in cold iwater and put it over the back of your neck.

You can wipe the sweat of your honest toil off your brow. Or even of your dishonest toil. You can pick up sticky or yucky stuff 'with it that you don't want to touch with your bare hands. Or, if you happen upon a crime scene, you can pick up the gun or knife without getting your fingerprints on it, unlike the fools in crime dramas who wind up getting wrongly suspected by the police. (Well, it could happen.) Speaking of crime scenes, if a news photographer shows up just as the cops are arresting you, you can hold it up to conceal your face.

Not that I have done this personally Yet You can dust off a park bench or bleacher seat before you sit down. Or, you can really impress a female companion by gallantly offering to dust off her seat Her seat in the bleachers, that is. Speaking of female companions, one thing that a young woman used to do, if she wished to attract a man's attention without seeming forward, was to "accidentally" drop her hankie to the ground, so that the man would pick it up for her and they could strike up a conversation. I don't know what hankie-less young women nowadays do instead Perhaps they let one of their body piercings pop out and fall to the ground. You can tie strings to each of the handkerchief's corners, then tie the other ends of the strings to a small weight, and you'll have a neat toy parachute to toss out of upper-story windows.

We kids used to do this with our dads' handkerchiefs. It was even neater to use a toy lead soldier. Or, of course, you can put in your suit breast pocket and feel like Cary Grant, David Niven, or the young Sean Connery. Just don't forget your Kleenex. You wouldn't want to spoil that nice handkerchief with nose-blowing.

Quilt-inspired poster i uii, i shows history of Mathews, its artist By Mary Montague Sikes Daily Press Correspondent HOME: Tabb's Creek Landing EDUCATION: Bachelor of fine arts in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master of fine arts in painting from Montana State University OCCUPATION: Artist INTERESTS: Painting, reading, music and traveling FAMILY: Son, William Henry Cabell Venable II, who lives in Granada, Spain MATHEWS hen Catherine Venable was a young child living in Caroline County, her Grandmother Kate and her Aunt 1 Tabb Creek Landing Bed and Breakfast "She told me so many stories when we first moved here," Venable explains. Her painting is truly a patchwork quilt of Mathews County. Looking at the artwork, Venable points out Elsa Cook's small yellow car, painted in front of the Mathews newspaper office She explains that one square shows the ferryboat that used to go to Gwynn's Island and another depicts the new library where Venable does much of her research for her work. Like many of the people in Mathews County, Venable says she travels a lot She portrays the world traveler aspect of the area with a windmill painted like a piece Of blue Delft china in one of the squares. "I spent a month in Holland," she explains.

Another square illustrates her friend, Francoise, teaching French to children in the community Venable points out a hand-dipped ice cream, the crew team that "walks away with all the trophies," the Hal-Please see MarketDIO Alison would dump squares of colored fabric from large grocery bags onto their porch floor. Venable has vivid memories of them assembling their quilts from the bright red, green, yellow and other colored squares that lay strewn across the battleship gray floor She learned then that any color could be used next to another: Those days spent watching Grandmother Kate and Aunt Alison create their quilts were part of the inspiration for Ven- able's poster for Mathews Market Days 2000. The poster, in an edition of 250, was printed from her 34-inch by 28-inch acrylic painting that is "an ode to the three graces inmylifa" Her grandmother and her aunt are two of the graces. The "third grace" is Helen Turpin, who, with her husband, was a caretaker of the farm next to Venable's Guinea Jubilee just around the corner Writers' conference includes workshops Guinea Jubilee Firemen's Parade at noon. Any group interested in participating in the parade may call Brook Thomas, Parade Chairman, at (804) 642-2572.

Other afternoon festivities include personal appearances by Miss Virginia and Miss Teen Virginia, oyster tonging and crab pot pulling contests, kiddy rides, and games. Entertainment for Saturday evening features Dragon Run from 4 to 5 p.m. and a special appearance by Lynda Smith at 7 p.m. after the local talent show. Registration for the talent show begins at 4 p.m.

and the show starts at 530 p.m. Call Fido Stevens at (804) 725-7627 to compete in the talent show or for more information. Clam chowder, fritters, clams, fish, oysters, crabs, sausages, barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers, fries and more will be available from vendors at 9 a.m. Arts and crafts booths will also open at 9 ajn Sept 30. Food vendors interested in reserving a booth should call Charles Twomley at (804) 642-9293.

Arts and crafts vendors may call Ellen Moseley at (804) 642-0261 or 642-2681. The 19th annual Chesapeake Writers' Conference will take place from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Oct 21 at the Glenns Campus of Rappahannock Community College. Coffee and sweet rolls will be served prior to the beginning of the program.

The afternoon session will include several workshops of interest to writers. The theme for the conference this year is "Inspiration The Essential Ingredient" The conference is sponsored by Rappahannock Community College and the Rappahannock Community College Education Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with the Chesapeake Bay Writer's Club. For information on the conference and the writing contest call the RCC Office of Continuing Education, Glenns Campus, at (804) 758-6750. Contest entries must be at that office by 4:30 p.m.

on Sept 22. Contestants must be registered for the conference. Keeping pace with the rapidly changing field of fiction requires constant vigilance, experience and marketing knowledge. Karen Jones has the varied BENA The annual Guinea Jubilee will be held Sept 29-30 on the Abingdon Ruritan Club festival grounds in Bena. Pre-Jubilee activities include the unveiling of the official 2000 Guinea Jubilee PrintPoster from 2 to 4 Sunday The hours for the Jubilee will be 3 to 10 p.m.

Sept 29 and 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 30. Arts and crafts booths will be open along with food booths.

There will be a Guinea Heritage Display and Guinea Jubilee items will be available for purchase. Evening events on Sept. 29 include entertainment by Dragon Run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and Southern Knights beginning at 7 p.m. The schedule for Sept 30 begins with the annual Five-K Shad Run and One-Mile Crab WalkRun sponsored by Gloucester Convenient Care.

For more information, call Barbara Thomas at (804) 642-2967 or Pat Wertman at (804) 642-9160. Also on Sept 30, the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Company with the Guinea Jubilee will hold the Annual A. VF.O background needed to conduct the fiction workshop. She has worked in radio and television, as a free-lance writer and as a writing instructor. She has taught classes at Louisiana State University Austin Peay University and Christopher Newport University Jones graduated from the University of Virginia, majoring in education with a minor in English and presently resides in Mathews.

Jones' first novel "Kingdom of Hearts," published by Commonwealth Publications in 1996, was the publisher's best selling book of the year Her most recent nonfiction book was "Scrambling Your Way to the Best Seller List" She is currently working on a fiction novel set in 17th Century Scotland, "The Highland Witch," as well as a nonfiction book for baby boomers titled "Death for Beginners." J. Maurice Duke received his bachelor's degree from William and Mary and his master's and PhD. degrees in English from Please see WrHeraDIO Tony Gabrtele can be reached at 247-4786 or by e-mail at tgabrieledailypress.com Scary episode turns out fine for NN man wo Sundays ago, Carl Harris of Newport fry I TTJ7 1,1 1 1 pv ni News passed out while riding his electric scoot Kiln Creek Country Club. "I have a basket on the scooter and was carrying a pair of binoculars, digital camera and an insulated drink cup," Harri9 said. "Someone was kind enough to take them to the office at the Kiln Creek Country Club for safe keeping.

I have recovered them." EVENTS. Shawn, right and Marlon Wayans play host at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards tonight. For information on this and other events, see the Ticket Calendar, D2. trees or bushes. What happened next, Harris said, he only knows because people told him.

As he lay unconscious, a golfer saw him and came over to help. The golfer tried unsuccessfully to find some kind of identification. He did find Harris' cellular phone, however, with its list of quick-dial numbers. Starting with No. 1, the golfer began dialing.

That number is for Harris daughter, Dianne Farrar, in Columbus, Ind. When Farrar's husband, Jim Farrar, answered the phone, he told the golfer his wife was not at home. The golfer told Farrar that he was calling because he found an unconscious man on a scooter on the Kiln Creek Golf Course in Newport News. "My son-in-law immediately knew he was talking about me," Harris said, "and gave him a local number where my family could be located." The golfer contacted Harris' family while someone else went to call for an ambulance. When medics from the Newport News Fire Department arrived, they revived Harris and took him to Mary Immaculate Hospital There he was treated for hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, and released.

Harris said he appreciates what everyone did for him. He also expressed thanks to the person who took his personal items to the Please see TunvD2 er in his Kiln Creek neighborhood. Thanks to a compassionate golfer, though, Harris made it through his ordeal OK. Harris told me he was out enjoying the scenery on the subdivision's golf course when he started feeling lightheaded. He said he started for his home near the sixth fairway but lost consciousness near the seventh.

His scooter continued along the cart path before overturning in someone's yard near the fifth fairway. Harris, a double amputee, said he doesn't know how he made it so far without running into any fPMii Contact Beverly Williams with Information about good works In your community. Call her at 247-4755 or tax suggestions to 247-4848. Write to One Good Turn, Daily Press, 7505 Warwick Newport News, VA 23607, or send e-mail to bwilliams daitypress.com ONE GOOD TURN Beverly Williams.