Robert E. Lee Chapter
The Robert E. Lee Chapter held their annual
spring barbeque dinner at Holiday Lake on
May 4th. Approximately 65 members, guests,
Virginia Tech forestry students and Virginia
Tech faculty were in attendance. The Chapter
donated $400 to support students attending
Holiday Lake Forestry Camp. The Chapter also
donated $250 to support Project Learning
Tree. Nine members participated in the roadside
clean up at the Chapter’s Adopt-A-Highway
stretch near Appomattox Courthouse National
Historical Park. Awards Committee Chair recognized
Dave Sandman for 20 years of membership in
SAF, and Chuck Bates for achieving 30 years
of membership in SAF. Following the dinner,
Delegate Clarke Hogan gave a brief presentation
regarding current legislative issues that
involve forestry. The chapter is planning
their fall meeting for August 31st at the
Cove owned by Ward Burton in Halifax County.
-- Submitted by SamiDail Gilley, Chair – R.E.
Chapter
VA RE LEE Chapter and VA Tech
Spring Camp Student Capter meeeting May 2005
Robert E. Lee Chapter Report
April 2006
By SamiDail Gilley - Chapter Chair
 On March 7 th the Robert E.
Lee Chapter of the Society of American Foresters
held their winter meeting at the County Seat
Restaurant in Powhatan. After the meeting
the seventeen members and guests toured Dreaming
Creek Timber Frame Homes of Powhatan. Bob
Shortridge, Dreaming Creek President and
Bobby Shortridge Jr. explained the process
of designing and building custom made timber
frame homes to meet the customers’ desires
and provide optimum architectural design.
The meeting afforded us the opportunity to
see different species of wood being used
in multiple applications according to color,
strength, and grain patterns.
The chapter is planning to
have trash pickup for our Adopt-A- Highway
project in early April. In addition, we are
excited to be hosting the Virginia Tech Forestry
Camp students to a barbeque on May 4 th at
our spring meeting at Holiday Lake.
Photo: R.E. Lee Chapter member
Joel Cathey stands atop tree length cypress
logs at the Dreaming Creek headquarters.
The logs will be used in timber frame home
construction.
Robert E. Lee Chapter Report
Jan. 2006
SamiDail Gilley, Chapter Chair
In November, 23 Robert E. Lee Chapter SAF
members toured the Dominion Virginia Power
co-generation plant near Hurt, Virginia to
learn how wood chips are used to generate
electricity. At the meeting, Awards Committee
Chairman Frank Olah presented 10-year service
pins to Mark Rogers and Jeff Watts, 30-year
service pins to Steve Beale and J.G. Hurt,
and a 50-year membership award to Kenneth
Obye. Chapter members voted to revise the
by-laws, allowing the Secretary/Treasurer
to hold the office for more than one year.
A new slate of officers was approved, with
SamiDail Gilley serving as Chapter Chair,
Jeff Watts as Chair-elect, and Phillip Whitlow
as Secretary/Treasurer.
 Photo caption 1: At the Dominion-VA Power
co-generation plant, chips are emptied from
trailers by gravity. Amazingly, only two
chip trucks have ended up in the chip pile
over the years.
 Photo caption 2: R.E. Lee Chapter member Kenneth
Obye receives the 50-year membership award
from Awards Committee Chairman Frank Olah at
the fall meeting.
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