Wednesday, May 16th, the Isle of Wight Museum's curator will pull an item from the collection at 12:30 p.m. to discuss its significance.

Join us for this quarterly program, and bring your lunch. We will supply the dessert.

The 2012 schedule also includes September 12th and December 12th.

The museum's exhibits include prehistoric fossils, Native American and Colonial artifacts, a country store and the museum's most noteable artifact the world's oldest, edible cured ham. The 1902 pork product exemplifies the patented Smithfield curing process.

Admission to the museum is free.

Address: 103 Main Street Smithfield, VA

Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am - 4pm

              Sunday 1pm - 5pm

For more information, contact the Isle of Wight County Museum at 757-356-1223 or visit www.historicisleofwight.com

Remember when you could pull into a gas station, and someone came running out to pump your gas, wash your windows and check your tires for no extra charge?  Be careful.  You may give away your age!  Well, Gloucester still has a filling station on Main Street, dating back to 1930. 

The Edge Hill Service Station is a unique landmark for the Middle Peninsula and one of the oldest surviving examples of the distinctive “Denver-style” Texaco in Virginia.

Years of neglect have taken a toll.  But now, the restoration project is getting a boost from the company that specializes in power restoration.  The Dominion Virginia Power foundation has given a $15,000 grant to help fund energy-efficient improvements.  The Fairfield Foundation is organizing the project.  Its goal is to involve many “green” components, such as the reuse of original building materials; geothermal heating and cooling; and wastewater recycling.

* World's longest haunted house - Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, Ohio. Measuring 3,564 feet long (Guinness World Record) It's located 80 feet below ground in an abandoned mine.

* The U.S. Census Bureau estimates there will be 41 million trick-or-treaters ages 5 to 14 in America this year.

* Parents are expected to spend $1 billion on children's costumes. (U.S. Census Bureau)

* According to Hallmark, Halloween ranks as the sixth most popular card-giving holiday, with 20 million cards sent each year. (Christmas comes in first place, with 1.5 billion cards sent each year.)

* According to the U.S. Census Bureau, California leads the nation in nonchocolate confectionary production. Out of the 409 sites that manufacture nonchocolate confections in the U.S., California is home to 45 of them.

* Valentine's Day is no longer the sweetest national holiday-at least when it come to candy sales.