Longtime Mathews resident Dennis Baker now lives in a retirement home in Richmond, but that doesn’t mean the Mathews community has forgotten him, or his late wife, Brenda. The Mathews Rotary Club held a ceremony at the New Point Comfort Lighthouse Observation Walkway last Thursday to unveil a plaque recognizing the couple’s contributions to preservation of the lighthouse, as well as to conservation efforts in that area and beyond. Baker attended, along with daughter Rebecca Baker-Stewart and son Kevin Baker. His longtime friend, retired member of the Virginia House of Delegates Harvey B. Morgan, was a special guest. Several Rotarians spoke, regaling the Bakers with praise and sharing stories of the warm relationships they had. Stan Allen, who, along with Karl Braun, initiated a Rotary-led project to reconstruct the deteriorating observation walkway at New Point 25 years after it was originally built in 1997, said that he had used Dennis Baker as a mentor and consultant, and that Baker’...