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County parks foreman Jim Barber, left, and Crozet Park volunteer Karl Pomeroy were called to perform ribbon honors when the new Crozet Dog Park opened Dec. 10. Park board president Kim Guenther had her dog Lucy stand in for her.
Dog Park Now Open at Crozet Park Crozet Dog Park opened in weirdly balmy weather Dec. 10 with a ribbon-cutting that culminated an impressive two-year campaign to have a safe romping ground for dogs in town. Now both big dogs and rathernot-so-big dogs have enclosed runs, each accessed by a small entryway pen. There was a crowd of about 50 on
hand for the grand opening, gathered in the east end of the parking lot at Crozet Park. Many had brought dogs. When it came time to talk into the microphone, Claudius Crozet Park Board President Kim Guenther immediately praised the good cooperation between the independent, community–owned park and Albemarle
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Southern Development to Seek Special Permit for Stream Crossing Southern Development Company will seek a special use permit from the Albemarle County Supervisors to allow the company to build a road across Powell’s Creek and access undeveloped land around Crozet Crossing, company vice president Charlie Armstrong told the Crozet Community Advisory Committee at its Dec. 16 meeting. The proposed road would connect to Orchard Drive, not far from its intersection with Jarmans Gap Road,
and slice through critical slopes and across flood plain and then channel the creek into a culvert and build the road on top. The new road would connect to Cling Lane, which is now a dead end with the 30 houses that make up Crozet Crossings flanking it. Armstrong called the presentation “conceptual,” noting that no application for a permit has been made yet. He said the county planning staffer assigned to the project is Rachel
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Real estate developer Kyle Redinger presented his plan for an 86-unit housing development on Rt. 250 next to Cory Farm to the Crozet Community Advisory Committee Dec. 12, where his plan for “urban density” on the parcel met resistance. Redinger referred to his debut development as “Adelaide,” a name he chose with his mentor, developer Vito Cetta. He said he had submitted an official rezoning request to the county the week before. Because of its location on an “entrance corridor,” Rt. 250, the plan will have to have the approval of the county’s Architectural Review Board, too. The two parcels in the plan, together about 20 acres, of which 14 are slated for development, are now zoned R1, one unit per acre, and Redinger is seeking a hike to R6, three to six units per acre. “I consider this an interactive process,” Redinger said. “We will likely resubmit based on the feedback we get. “The profile of Adelaide is a lot more urban because this is what the county wants,” Redinger said. He compared the density proposed to that at Wickham Pond on Rt. 240. “This is one of the few remaining properties you can do this density on. continued on page 5
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A Good Man On behalf of the community, The Gazette extends its appreciation and admiration to former Planning Commissioner Tom Loach, who retired this month after serving eight years in a post that normally has weekly meetings. He has proven to be a nearly ideal public servant, who faithfully represented the community and sagaciously defended the vision of the town’s future expressed in the Crozet Master Plan. Crozet’s plan was the first such effort made in the county, and the test of it would come when competing agendas collided in implementation choices. Early in a project, key decisions are often made that can fatally undermine the prospects of success. Loach, who now is the community’s foremost expert on the plan, both its strategic vision and the tactical details that make the lines on the playing field, guided choices with such integrity and commitment to the public good that the plan still embodies the
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promise it started with and what might have been sabotaged remains achievable. Given the powerful forces confronted in public life, this is a noble accomplishment. When called upon to protect and articulate Crozet’s future, Loach stood up to the task and was persuasive. He has earned his retirement, and no doubt he will remain active with the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department, but we hope he will also continue to be active in civic affairs and that we will continue to benefit from his experience. Thank you, Tom.
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In regard to the Letter to the Editor by Linda McNeil [in December’s Gazette] commenting on Albemarle County Public School policy, I ask: who was the other board member who voted against adding the additional protections for the ACPS lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender personnel and students? Was there something personal against Ms. Barbara Massie Mouly that she was called out by name for her vote and this other person was not? I don’t know Ms. Mouly, but perhaps she does not agree that children are better protected and served by counselors and or teachers who struggle with their own identity. Maybe she thinks their leadership or opinions concerning morality, birds and bees training, etc. are not the best we have to offer our chil-
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dren. Maybe Ms. Mouly believes children would be better protected if only girls were allowed to use the girls restroom or shower; or only female teachers should have access to girls locker rooms, baths, showers, etc. I noticed in the letter by Ms. McNeil that her statement “all students needing to feel safe and protected” does not include the straight student. No, the straight student apparently needs to learn that just because you were born with a certain type of plumbing doesn’t make you a boy or girl anymore. It doesn’t matter that the straight student doesn’t feel safe sharing a bath or shower with the opposite sex. It doesn’t matter that the straight student may consider the LGBT life choice offensive or immoral. They must be taught to explore sexuality, rebuke conscience and embrace the agenda. So, in honesty, this policy does not best represent the interest of all students and faculty. Only a small percentage. Perhaps Ms. Mouly strongly opposes discrimination against all people of all sexual persua-
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sion, color, background, etc. and considers this policy change more discriminating to the majority of persons as a whole. Maybe these are some of the reasons Ms. Mouly voted against this policy change. Of course, this is speculation. However, no matter what the reason, learn the lesson here. Read the true meaning of her letter to the editor. To have an opposing opinion than that of people of this persuasion is to open yourself up to ridicule, discrimination, and public humiliation. You may even lose your job or get sued. Tim Wright Afton Thank You I want to thank this community for the privilege of serving as the White Hall District representative to the Albemarle School Board for the past twelve years. Because my roots are in this community, I was particularly interested in contributing to the development of excellent schools here. I grew up in Crozet and attended Crozet Elementary School and Albemarle High School. My parents, John and Florence Massie, were an administrator and teacher here; many people in the community fondly remember their work at Crozet, Henley, and Brownsville. Through the influence and example of my parents and many excellent teachers, I developed a love of learning. I especially liked writing, and this
interest continued into adulthood and in my work. During the 1960s, I saw my parents, along with other educators, devoting time and energy to the full integration of the public schools. At the same time, I was inspired by the great civil rights movement of that day. There was planted in me as a young person a desire to play a role in building a just society, with schools in which all students could flourish. During my time on the School Board, I have supported the dedicated teachers and administrators of the local schools to the best of my ability. I have listened to the concerns of parents, who are truly their children’s first educators, and I have conveyed those concerns at board meetings. I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting classes in the schools and attending school athletic events, dramas, and concerts. I have been thrilled to see the students growing in their understanding of various subjects and developing their special talents. I have worked with other board members to steer the schools away from an over-emphasis on standardized testing, which tends to stifle creativity of both students and teachers. I have advocated for excellence in writing skills. I have spoken up for strong vocational education. I have vigorously supported all of the school division’s anti-bullying programs. In sum, I have advocated for the best interests of all of the students, desiring for every student to have the same opportunity which I had. I see each of the students as a unique individual with Godgiven abilities which educators should foster and encourage.
It is with mixed feelings that I conclude this service, but I believe the timing is right. I wish David Oberg all the best as he now undertakes the responsibility of this School Board position. And thank you again for the unparalleled opportunity to serve you and your children. Barbara Massie Mouly Greenwood Share the Blessing 2015 This year Share the Blessing served Thanksgiving dinners to 334 families throughout Albemarle County, reaching a total of 1,758 people. We prepared 480 bags of groceries and provided 480 pies, 216 turkeys, and 118 hams to families who needed a little extra help. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to the following for their contributions to this ministry:
drives. Special thanks go to Jean Wagner and her crew at Crozet Great Valu for taking our order at the last minute and making sure we had all the groceries here on time. We could not have done it without them. Tracey Pugh Crozet Baptist Church Crozet Thank you on behalf of Crozet Cares and Tabor Presbyterian Church
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On behalf of the congregation of Tabor Presbyterian Church, I want to thank the Crozet Gazette for the [December] article concerning Crozet Cares. The article offered a wonderful description of what Crozet Cares was able to offer the community over the past several years and how well the Crozet community responded. Crozet Cares continues to offer a wide range of programs, and Harmony Place continues to be a widely used community park; it is a joy to see children using the facilities daily. We are also happy to announce that we have received a $4,000 grant from Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation to make Harmony Place more handicapped-accessible to open its use to a broader part of the community. The work will begin this spring. If you have any ideas concerning this project, please contact the church at 823-4255.
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We have adhered closely to the Comprehensive Plan. It’s a mix of workforce housing and affordable. I think we are implementing the vision of the [Crozet] Master Plan.” Redinger said that 1,000 people a year are moving into Albemarle, but that 75 percent of them are over age 55. The plan Redinger presented showed a teardrop-shaped internal loop road with one entrance on Rt. 250. No connection to Cory Farm next door is possible, he said. A second entrance restricted to fire and rescue vehicles is shown east of the main entrance, to be used if the main road should be blocked. It is not actually a road. Redinger said of the 86-units—all of which are attached but of varying widths—42 would be single-family duplexes, 20 would be townhouses, 16 units he termed “affordable” and 8 he referred to as villas. Prices are expected to range from $250,000 to $400,000. Redinger said a traffic study done by a certified traffic engineer said that the development’s impact on traffic on Rt. 250 would be minimal. A tapered right turn lane would be added on the westbound side of Rt. 250. Redinger did not describe the traffic study further, but gave a web address for finding it. He also suggested to interested citizens that they “do their homework” about state and county storm water management rules. “I think you’ve made a serious misreading of the Master Plan,” outgoing planning com-
The location of the proposed Adelaide development is outlined in blue.
missioner Tom Loach told Redinger when he had finished his presentation. “The edges of the Growth Area are supposed to be less dense. As a community we have been proponents of minimal development along Rt. 250. The reason Old Trail Village is where it is is to minimize density along 250.” Loach also raised safety issues about the stretch of road in front of the location, where two people have been run over and killed in recent years. Loach said he had gotten accident information from the Albemarle County Police Department. The 1.3mile length of Rt. 250 from Western Albemarle High School to the Harris Teeter shopping center had 68 accidents in five years, an average of one a month. “There are a lot of new drivers on that section of road,” he noted. “Three to six units per acre is not the preferred density. This site should be very low density. At the periphery of the Growth Area [Rt. 250 is a boundary], continued on page 12
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Falkenstein. He had a poster-size drawing of the parcel boundaries in the affected area west of downtown Crozet, but no map or drawing that could have been projected on the meeting room’s screen. In 1990, Armstrong said, when the property owner, Piedmont Housing Alliance, wanted to build Crozet Crossings, then conceived of as an affordable housing development, it sought 60 units. It also needed a special use permit to build the culvert and road to extend Cling Lane, which was ultimately approved. But the Supervisors then allowed only 30 houses on the grounds that fire and rescue standards do not want more than that number on a street with only one way in. Thus arises the concept of connecting Cling Lane to Orchard Drive again across the creek. Orchard Drive connects to Jarmans Gap Road on the south and to Lanetown Road on the north. The network of streets based on those connections currently has 155 houses on it. “The reason we chose this point [for the crossing] is that engineers found it to be the easiest point of access. There are no wetlands at this point,”
The location of the proposed development adjoining Orchard Acres is outlined in blue in the three parcels on the left.
Armstrong said. The crossing would be just west of Pleasant Green, believed to be one of the oldest houses in Crozet, the seat of the Wayland family, who first sought a freight depot for the area around 1875 and launched Crozet into the apple and peach business. Armstrong said the new road would lead to an 80-unit, by-right project on 18 acres that has R6 zoning dating from 1990 (from three to six units per acre, usually a townhouse-style development). It would feature 49 single-family houses and 31 townhouses,
some of those backed up against the railroad tracks. He said a trail would be built along the creek to tie in with the Crozet trail system. “We have met with [county trails planner] Dan Mahon and he really wants this connection to happen.” Armstrong said an investigation of the creek revealed a old dam with a small pond that he speculated may have been built for orchard irrigation. He suggested removing the dam. Armtrong said that “because of our partner, we’re looking at
15 percent affordable housing.” He did not identify the PHA as the partner. “Affordable” housing is a house that costs 80 percent of Albemarle median household income, which puts the price considered affordable now at $240,000, Supervisor Ann Mallek informed the CCAC. Armstrong predicted that an average acre in the project would have 4.5 houses on it. County policy allows unbuildable acreage on a parcel—flood plain, steep slopes—
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Crozet Community Chorus Debuts With Holiday Concert The newly formed Crozet Community Chorus held its first public concert, Songs of the Season, December 4 at Crozet Baptist Church on St. George Avenue. Chorus music director Jeremy Thompson introduced the program to the crowd, calling it “challenging.” “But they worked hard and rose to the challenge,” he went on. The opening half had eight songs, featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s How Lovely Are the Messengers. There were two selections from Handel’s Messiah, and three Christmas standards—“Bing Crosby crooner-style but with jazzier arrangements,” said Thompson, before intermission. The singing was pretty polished for a debut group. They seemed to care and to be happy trying their best. The chorus seems to have lifted off. Thompson called special attention to the pianist, Tracey
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County’s Parks and Recreation Department. “It’s truly a partnership project with the park, county Parks and Rec and the Crozet community,” she said. “The county donated the land and challenged the park to raise the money to build the park. We raised $23,000. The fences, the signs, the mulch are from that money.” Guenther is due an ovation, too, for her indefatigable role in the accomplishment. She singled out Starr Hill Brewery’s Red Light Fund for putting up a challenge grant. The Crozet brewery also hosted three Pints for Pups fundraiser days at its tasting room. Dogs came too. “We had a lot of fun on the patio,” Guenther recalled. She also thanked Doody Calls, a local firm, for donating 25,000 bags for do-do cleanup. County parks superintendent Matt Smith agreed that “This is an incredible example of a pub-
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J. J. Lafferty: A Remarkable Life Countless remarkable persons pass through our lives each day. Without fanfare, their daily deeds often go unnoticed until their lives are spent. While casually reading an obituary, we are often surprised to discover that a seemingly ordinary life had been filled with trials, triumphs, and numerous instances of compassion. A few of those acts might have been labeled exemplary by the world’s standard, but most had been known only to the trusted few of their innermost circle. The final 20 years of John James Lafferty’s remarkable life were spent at his self-described “Cottage on the Cliff” near Crozet. He and his family walked the dusty streets of the little village, attended the Methodist church, and involved themselves in the life of the fledgling town. Did the locals know that their amiable neighbor was counted as “one of the most remarkable men of the 19th century,” as was stated in a contemporary account in the Atlanta Constitution newspaper? J.J. Lafferty, a grandson of Irish emigrants, was born in 1837 near the Lower Roanoke River basin in Greensville County. A year later, his father drowned in the James River along with several others when a sudden wind upset the ferry on which they were riding. An apt student who took advantage of every opportunity for education, young John’s propensity for scientific pursuits led him to medicine as a profession. However, before those studies were completed, his religious conversion in 1857 brought a profound shift in his life’s focus. Joining the Virginia Methodist Conference, the learned 20-year-old “displayed gifts for evangelizing” and he soon embarked on a series of revivals that produced unusual results: in one instance, a church’s membership was doubled.
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By 1858, he was serving as associate pastor under Rev. Robert Newton Sledd at Beaver Creek Methodist Episcopal Church, South (predecessor to Crozet Methodist Church). His local interactions led to his finding favor with Mattie Ann Brown, daughter of Bezaleel Brown of Brown’s Cove, and they married in 1860. During the Civil War, he served as chaplain on the staff of Gen. A.P. Hill. During the battle of Gettysburg, he was in camp with Generals Hill and Robert E. Lee, and together they witnessed the ill-fated Pickett’s Charge. Lafferty recalled that Gen. Lee sat in front of a tent fly on a camp chair, with Gen. Hill standing by him, watching the charge. “When the charging column was repulsed and streamed back from the enemy’s works,” wrote Lafferty, “Gen. Hill rushed to the rear of the little tent and, putting his hands over his face, burst into tears. But Gen. Lee was perfectly calm. With
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steady nerve and quiet voice, he ordered his horse, rode forward to meet the retreating divisions and spoke words of praise and encouragement.” At the close of the war, “preachers in the army were left ‘without work,’ home or resources.” Rev. Lafferty, with his health in serious decline, returned to his wife and family in Albemarle County. He joined Rev. R.W. Watts “without money and without price” in a series of revivals. By 1866, hoping the region’s mineral waters would help him, he moved to Lexington and engaged in several businesses there. In 1869, Lafferty became editor of the Lexington Gazette. That same year, he received an appointment to head the Journalism Department from Washington College President Robert E. Lee. This department offered the first college classes for journalism in the United States. He was tasked as “hands-on” trainer for students engaged in practical printing and journalism work beyond the bounds of classroom instruction. In his capacity as newspaper editor, John Lafferty was the first to announce the death of Robert E. Lee in October 1870. At the time of Lee’s death, Lexington had been cut off by floodwaters. Lafferty went by horseback to Staunton in order to get word out to the nation that Gen. Lee had died. Leaving his young wife and five children in Lexington for an extended season, continued on page 10
Published in the Richmond Dispatch newspaper, 1895.
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Lafferty moved to Richmond in 1874 to become associate editor, and later, editor, of the Richmond Christian Advocate newspaper, while also serving as curator for the Medical College of Virginia and as a member of its Board of Visitors. During the next two decades, he was a prolific writer and publisher, and traveled extensively to speak and raise funds for local churches. A contemporary account stated, “His writing will bear comparison with that of the leading editors of our times as to both form and inherent quality... a true wizard of the inkhorn, a magician with words.” The Norfolk Virginian newspaper said, “Had he chosen the stage instead of the pulpit, he would have rivaled Owens and equaled Jefferson.” It was during those years that his scientific and medical background prompted his study and
Crozet Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was established in 1889. Rev. J.J. Lafferty’s association with the church began in 1858 when he served as Associate Pastor at its predecessor, Beaver Creek Methodist Episcopal Church, South. [Photo courtesy of Crozet United Methodist Church]
research into the nutritional qualities of wheat. After 20
In the 1890s, John J. Lafferty upgraded an old mill similar to this unnamed Crozet mill, to produce a nutritionally improved wheat flour. [Photo courtesy of David Wayland]
Published in the Staunton Spectator newspaper, 1892.
years of publishing he retired, so to speak, to Crozet, where he purchased the former Powell’s Mill on Lickinghole Creek. He built a modest house for his family and set about to upgrade the old mill’s equipment to perfect his patented milling process, producing what today’s nutritionists tout as “100% whole wheat flour.” In 1895, the Alexandria Gazette wrote, “Rev. Dr. John Lafferty, of this State, not only looks after the souls and minds of men, but their bodies also. After long investigation, he has discovered that the most strengthening part of wheat, both for brain and brawn, is
taken out of it by the present system of flour making, and has invented a process of grinding wheat by which that strength is retained. His flour is made at Lafferty’s Mills, Crozet, Va.” A remarkable life—indeed! Waiting for the train at Crozet Depot, standing alongside his neighbors, rural laborers, farmers and orchardists, the gentle parson would have admired their own remarkable lives. Likely, he would have been more than content to be recognized simply for a January 1, 1895, note that somehow made its way into the Richmond Dispatch newspaper: “Upon the glassy surface of Dr. J.J. Lafferty’s extensive mill-dam on last Saturday, there was played the old Scotch game of hocky, known in the American schoolboy lingo as bandy, or shinny. Among those who handled the bandy-canes were [college friends of his daughter] and a large number of others.” Follow Secrets of the Blue Ridge on Facebook! Phil James invites contact from those who would share recollections and old photographs of life along the Blue Ridge Mountains of Albemarle County. You may respond to him through his website: www.SecretsoftheBlueRidge.com or at P.O. Box 88, White Hall, VA 22987. Secrets of the Blue Ridge © 2003– 2016 Phil James
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to be counted toward the final allowable density rather than subtracted. Armstrong was asked what the actual density on useable land would end up being. He said they had not calculated it. Later when asked what the dimensions of a lot would be, he offered a 40-foot width and a one-tenth of an acre lot size, or a density of R10. Orchard Acres and Cling Lane residents complained about the concept. “What about the impact on schools,” asked one. “We can’t answer the question about schools,” said Armstrong. “You’re talking about doubling the size of the Orchard Acres neighborhood,” said another. “You’re taking away the reason we live here.” CCAC chair Jennie More observed that VDOT standards say each house generates 10 car trips per day, raising the prospect of 800 more cars a day using Orchard Drive’s two connection points. Orchard Acres residents complained about tractor trailers using Orchard Drive to reach the railroad crossing on Lanetown Road and problems with speeding through the neighborhood. One called for a traffic light at Orchard Drive and Cling Lane. Armstrong said that traffic impacts had not been analyzed. “This group comes first,” he said. He described the bridge as earthen fill over a double box culvert that would be 12 feet by 8 feet and slightly buried in the
creek. The length of the culverts was not given. “Can you build if you don’t cross the creek?” an audience member asked. “We’d have to have a different access,” answered Armstrong. “This property has some access to McComb Road,” which parallels the railroad tracks and connects to Blue Ridge Avenue and to Carter Street behind Mountainside Senior Living. “For us this destroys our neighborhood,” said a Cling Lane resident. “Our kids are playing in the street now.” Armstrong answered that connecting roads had the effect of distributing traffic. “You’re saying that making it a through street rather than a dead end would reduce traffic?” came an incredulous voice. “Traffic would increase,” Armstrong acknowledged. “There’s only two ways into Orchard Acres,” said a resident. “You haven’t changed that. You’re only increasing traffic in Orchard Acres.” “We were told when we bought our house that the flood plain meant this land could not be developed,” asserted another. Of course, Southern Development had come forward to prove otherwise. The only question in play is whether the Supervisors would approve a special permit for the stream crossing. Armstrong said they expect to submit a permit application in January and that construction would not likely start for a year and a half. “You have a lot of work to do,” observed Mallek. “I can assure you this will change,” answered Armstrong. * * *
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density decreases. The reason Harris Teeter is called a ‘center’ in the master plan is because it had grandfathered development rights.” In the revision of the master plan in 2010, “We rezoned the master plan to shift density to the north side of the Growth Area,” Loach said. Next-door neighbor Bob Ramsey said that he has a difficult time entering Rt. 250 now, especially to make a left turn and go east. “It’s hard for us to get out of our driveway. We feel we take our life in our hands.” CCAC member John Savage, a Cory Farm resident, seconded the point about highway safety and said he believes the speed limit there should be reduced to 35 miles per hour from Foxchase to Western. “I live on Brownsville Road,” [across from the proposed entrance] said one speaker. “I’ve had kids drive off the road and through my yard.” Tim O’Laughlin, speaking as the representative of the Cory Farm Homeowners Association, said, “We’re pretty opposed to this rezoning.” He had a letter the group had sent to County zoning director Amelia McCulley, objecting to the proposed density and the risk of another road
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In other business, CCAC chair Jennie More conducted her final meeting. She resigned her seat to become the White Hall District planning commissioner as of January 1. CCAC vice chair David Stoner will conduct meetings until the CCAC chooses officers in March, the customary month for their election. Meanwhile former vice chair Mary Gallo will stand in as interim vice chair. More thanked retiring commissioner Tom Loach, who served in the post for eight years of weekly meetings. “There’s not enough words I could say,” she said, “to express the wisdom and dedication he has served this
intersection on 250. “There’s already bad traffic congestion,” said O’Laughlin. “It’s near impossible to turn eastbound. We can wait as long as 20 minutes.” He said “urbanizing” next to Cory Farm would hurt values there. “This parcel’s ‘neighborhood’ is single-family detached houses. This far exceeds that.” In a letter to the CCAC, the Cory Farm HOA president Steve Walsworth raised traffic objections that could require traffic lights to be installed, community with.” Loach told the CCAC, “I never made a decision without input from this committee.” He also thanked Crozet Community Association President Tim Tolson. Loach suggested that a new community survey be undertaken to gauge opinion on the town’s future. A growth-issues survey set up by Tolson in 2005 drew 700 respondents (the town had a total population of 2,500 at the time) and 1,200 comments. Loach warned that “There’s a move afoot to weaken the community advisory committees— not just this one—and we know how valuable this committee has been. Our plan has been improved by miles.” He suggested that the chairs of the advisory councils meet to develop a common agenda and to build connections between the local committees.
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Western’s Remodeled Library Is More than Just a Place to Study By Rebecca Schmitz becca@crozetgazette.com Walk into Western Albemarle High School’s newly-renovated library on an average afternoon, and you’ll see students doing just what you’d expect: speaking in hushed voices while clustered in study groups, reading quietly while lounging in cozy chairs, and wandering the shelves in search of reference books. Scan the room more closely, however, and you’ll notice some significant changes. A storage room has been purged of outdated equipment and converted into a “makerspace,” complete with a 3-D printer and laser cutter. A former conference room has been repurposed into a sound studio, with students writing and recording their own music and learning real-world audio production skills. A student-run help desk—whose members are known as “The WAHS Squad”—has been set up near one of the library’s entrances to provide technical support to students and
teachers. The changes reflect the evolving role of libraries as schools nationwide become more focused on project-based learning and student experimentation. Western’s new librarian, Melissa Techman, who joined the staff this fall, said that “As part of the backlash against standardized and rote learning, school systems have a renewed commitment to hands-on and project-based learning. School libraries serve the whole school community, so it’s natural that they’d want to be a hub for these activities.” As schools acquire more advanced technology, libraries (as well as some classrooms) have designated areas deemed “makerspaces” where students can learn hands-on how to use these new technologies to enhance their schoolwork. Such spaces are designed to encourage student creativity. “This is where students can try, explore, and learn,” Techman said. Although Western’s makerspace is not big enough to hold an
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entire class full of students, small groups can take turns working in the room. The entrepreneurship class, for example, is using the 3-D printer to print keys developed for a class project. The Aircraft and Drone Club also uses the room for its meetings. Because the room is separate from the main library space, the club can meet without disturbing other students with equipment that could be noisy or distracting. The club is new this year, and its members have already visited Henley Middle School to share their knowledge of drone technology. The club also has plans to visit the elementary schools. The conference-roomturned-sound-studio is another new feature that encourages hands-on learning and experimentation with real-world technology. Under the supervision of math teacher Kip Chatterson, students can use the room to record music, write songs, repair instruments, and learn to record, edit, and produce audio files using digital audio workstation software. “This is different from band, choir, and orchestra. Those things are instruments, even if it’s your voice. This is more like writing songs or doing electronic music,” Techman explained. The sound studio was heavily lobbied for by sophomore James Krasner, who used the studio to record sound effects and write an original song for Western’s production of the play Anne Frank. “It’s wonderful to have students involved in all parts of the school in productive roles,” Techman said.
The county has donated some of the equipment in the room, such as speakers and electronic keyboards, and “Much of the equipment I brought in myself, or from public contributions,” Chatterson said. He said they are always looking for more donated equipment. “We would gratefully accept serviceable contributions, and those contributions could be things that need some TLC.” He notes that the students can fix worn or broken instruments. “At the moment we could really use an acoustic guitar.” Next year, Chatterson will use the room to teach a class in audio production. “This isn’t necessarily a music class,” he said. The classes will cover the basics of sound and standard recording techniques, with students learning to record music and do voice-over work for podcasts. Another important addition to the library is the WAHS Squad. Because this year Western is a “one-to-one” school (one laptop for every student), Techman believes the squad provides a particularly valuable service to both students and teachers. “They can do all kinds of things. They can give advice—they give me advice all the time. They function as firstlevel tech assistance. They can repair parts. They are a tremendous help. The library has become kind of the de facto help site.” The WAHS Squad’s 15 skilled students, who take turns working at the help desk during their study halls and lunch periods, are enrolled in continued on page 18
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Soybeans: Part 1 By Elena Day elena@crozetgazette.com Back in 1972, Nixon opened the door to the People’s Republic of China. I and many others became enamored with things Chinese: embroidered textiles, very cute cloth Mary Jane shoes, Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture, alfalfa and mung bean sprouts, soy sauce, and tofu. “Tofu,” a soybean product, translated into a healthy food choice that would provide a goodly amount of protein. The ill effects of high cholesterol had entered the public consciousness in the early 70s and tofu, tempeh (fermented soybeans glommed together by fungal mycelia) and textured vegetable protein, also made from soybeans to resemble meat, would decrease our meat consumption and feed the impoverished populations of developing countries. Decades later U.S. agriculture has become a monoculture—duoculture is perhaps more appropriate—of soybeans and corn. It didn’t begin with the hippies’ hopes that eating tofu and tempeh would contribute to better tomorrows in the Age of Aquarius. Soybeans or soya beans (Glycine max) are legumes native to East Asia. They may have been domesticated in China between 9000 and 8600 years ago. Today soy meal is a cheap protein source for animal feeds and soy oil is the most widely used edible oil in the U.S. Soybeans are categorized as an oilseed rather than a pulse by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Pulses are dried legumes. Soybeans were traditionally consumed as tofu and soy milk in East Asia. Fermented soy products include tempeh (Indonesia), natto (Japan), bean paste and soy sauce. Green or immature soybeans are boiled or steamed and called edamame, a popular snack or side dish in Japanese, Chinese and Korean cuisine. Soybean plants are self-fertile. The plants develop nodules in their root system that host symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizobia). These make more nutrients available to the
plant and also reinvigorate soil. In Chinese myth soybeans were sacred because of their beneficial effects in crop rotation. Soybeans contain significant amounts of all the essential amino acids. Soybean oil and protein account for 60 percent of dry soybeans by weight. The breakdown is 35-40 percent protein and 20 percent oil. Soybeans produce twice as much protein per acre than any other major grain or vegetable crop, five to 10 times more per acre than pasture for dairy animals, and up to 15 times more protein per acre than land for meat production. Soybeans were first introduced to North America in 1765 by Samuel Bowen, a former East India company sailor. The first crop was grown on Skidaway Island, Georgia, by Henry Yonge, to whom Bowen had given seed. Bowen subsequently farmed soybeans near Savannah and exported soy sauce to England. In 1774-75 Bowen exported 200 pounds of soy vermicelli to England. He received 200 guineas from King George and a gold medal from the Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. For the next 150 years soybean cultivation was for animal forage and was not widespread. However scientific studies on soybeans were ongoing in England, Europe and the United States beginning in the 1880s. In the early 20th century soybeans became known as the “miracle “or “golden” bean in the United States. Not only did acreage for animal forage expand but Lafayette Mendel and Thomas Burr Osborne of Yale University demonstrated in 1917 that cooking soybeans with “wet heat” increased their nutritional value and thereby made them more desirable as human food and animal feed rather than simply forage. What the two researchers demonstrated had been understood for millennia in East Asia. Previously, soy flours/meal had been only used in diabetic diets in the United States. Soy flour, soy grits, and soy flakes in combination with cereals were increasingly incorporated into continued on page 17
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ined conversations with the spirit of the ‘Old Cap’n’ Hawley during his late-night visits to the ruins of the Hawley dock in the harbor. As we later learn, Ethan’s “puritan-pirate ancestors” symbolize the moral conflict raging inside him. During the first few chapters, Ethan is subject to a series of temptations that remind him of his failure as an economic provider and as a representative of his family name. A friend gives him tips on how to rob a bank, the banker—whose father Ethan suspects of burning his grandfather’s ship for the insurance money—advises him to risk Mary’s small inheritance on investments, his boss admonishes him to cheat customers and put profit before customer service, a travelling salesman offers him a bribe in exchange for the store’s business, and his family tells him they wish they had more money so they could hold their heads up in town and buy a TV, better car, and new furniture. At first, Ethan demonstrates his inherent (and inherited) integrity by standing up to these many unethical offers. But eventually the pressure of the evidence convinces him to become cynical and opportunistic like them. “In business and in politics,” he reflects, “a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind—but he must get there first.” This is the central fallacy of Ethan’s thinking—or is it? Many would agree with him. Steinbeck begins his story on Good Friday, when in effect Ethan experiences a moral death. “Where money is concerned, the ordinary rules of conduct take a holiday,” he tells his canned congregation as he decides to take fate in his hands and get rich by any means necessary. By Easter, he admits to undergoing a metamorphosis, an ironic ‘rebirth’ as a new man. “Bring new eyes to a world or even new lenses, and presto— new world.” According to Howard Levant in The Novels of John Steinbeck (1974), Hawley
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the American diet as the 20th century progressed. By the 1920s soybeans were one of our largest farm crops. Soybeans provided animal feed and oil, and had industrial uses. During the Depression soybean plantings helped reinvigorate Dust Bowl soils. Henry Ford funded soybean research and in 1931 two of his chemists produced artificial silk from spun soybean protein fibers tanned in a formaldehyde bath. The product was named Azion, but it was DuPont’s Nylon that won out as the artificial silk. In 1931-32 Henry Ford spent $1,250,000 on soybean research. By 1935 every Ford Motor Company car had soybeans involved in its production. Each car included two bushels or 120 pounds worth of soybeans as paint, fluid for shock absorbers, and soy-based plastic paneling. Ford–funded soybean research resulted in commercial production of soy milk, ice cream, and the first all-vegetable, non-dairy whipped topping. The agriculture/industry connection was strengthening. On August 13, 1941, Henry Ford unveiled his “Soybean Car,” which weighed 2,000 lbs., 1,000 less than a steel car, made with lots of soybean plastic paneling. WWII suspended auto manufacturing shortly thereafter. Due to disruption of trade in World War II, soybean acreage expanded to provide protein and edible oil in both North America and Europe. 1941 was also the first year that soybean acreage for feed exceeded that grown for forage. In the early 1960s in GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) talks the U.S. secured tariff-free access to European markets and soybean production again expanded. By the end of the 1960s the U.S.
JANUARY 2016 was exporting 90 percent of its soybeans. I recall attending a North Carolina State Beekeepers meeting in the 1970s where attendees bemoaned the drainage of gallberry swamps in eastern North Carolina to the detriment of honey bee populations. The claim was that “wealthy doctors from Raleigh/Durham” were buying up the coastal swamps and draining them to plant soybeans and corn. I did google this and found that, indeed, drainage of gallberry swamps was ongoing in eastern N.C. in the 70s. Gallberry, or Ilex glabra, is an evergreen shrub in the holly family that is/was a significant source of honey in the southeastern Atlantic coastal plain. Monsanto glyphosate-tolerant, genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready soybeans were first introduced in 1995. In 1997, 8 percent of the soybeans were GM. In 2010 93 percent were GM. In 2014 Brazil exported 90 million tons of soybeans. The U.S. exported 89 million tons and Argentina 52.6 millions. These three countries grow 90 percent of the world’s soybeans. China grows 5 percent and India 4 percent. China and the European Union are the largest importers of soy in the form of meal for animals. China imports 41 percent of our soy products. Soy meal has made possible the increase in industrial farming of chickens, turkeys, hogs and catfish. In the U.S. soybeans and corn are duo-cropped, which means two years of corn and one of soy on no-till acreage. Maybe farmland is being saved from erosion, but it is doused with chemical fertilizer and with toxic pesticides to kill weeds that have achieved glyphosate resistance and to kill insect pests as well. With ongoing “globalization” it seems we also suffer the globalization of weeds and insect pests.
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Albemarle Ballet Brings Nutcracker Suite to Local Seniors By Ellen Hayes Dance students from Albemarle Ballet Theatre in Crozet entertained residents of Mountainside Senior Living on December 16 with scenes from their “The Nutcracker Suite.” Earlier this holiday season in November, the group gave additional gratis performances to residents of The Lodge at Old Trail, students at Millstone of Ivy and Crozet Elementary School as part of the studio's community outreach.
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The local dancers, under the choreography of Ashley Geisler, Veronica Hart and studio founder Sally Hart, also presented their show in weekend performances during December at their downtown Crozet studio theater. Proceeds from those shows supported the school’s Dancing off the Streets™ needbased scholarship program. Albemarle Ballet Theatre was founded in 2005 to teach ballet, jazz, modern dance classes and performance skills.
systems, creating a more spacious, inviting atmosphere. The furniture and carpeting are also new, and one wall in the back of the library has been painted with whiteboard paint so students can write on it when meeting in study groups or doing presentations. Outdated technical equipment has been purged, and books have been weeded through to keep only the most relevant and useful. One of the most significant changes is a new entrance, so that the library now has two entrances instead of just one. “It turns it into a path in between classes,” Techman said. “We are thinking about how to capitalize on that.” She thinks the space has potential to be used as a gallery space, to display students’ work in art or robotics. Techman noted the renovation is not complete. Hanging LCD projectors will be installed, and plans are in place to build a low-platform stage for guest speakers or student presentations. “Libraries have always-
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Making Those Resolutions Stick It’s time for our New Year’s resolutions. I love the tradition of New Year’s resolutions, mostly because they come out of an earnest desire for change. After the long buildup of the “holiday season,” the arrival of winter, and the end of a calendar year, the beginning of each year makes a natural time for self-evaluation and goal-setting. For many of us, our health and wellness tops the list: weight loss, cardiovascular health, overall fitness, a positive change, climbing out of a rut. So we make our resolutions: “I’m going to go on a diet, for good! I’m going to start running. I’m gonna lose 30 pounds.” These are worthy goals with great rewards in health and well-being. So why do we often fail? Why do we often slide right back into our old ways, our old diet, our old body, and slip further and further away from what we thought we could be? That answer is different for everyone and is as complicated as we are. Here are some thoughts to mull over as you make your resolutions. Will you commit to yourself? Can you be patient and persevere? Remember, you are definitely worth it. 1) Change your relationship with food. Weight loss is, by far, one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. Of course having extra weight does not make you any less important or any less special of a person! But if you are overweight, losing those extra pounds is undoubtedly the best way to start having positive health and fitness gains. If you need some perspective on this, put 20 pounds of weight in a backpack and carry it around for a while. Go for a walk or bike ride. Feel different? Now consider the opposite true with weight loss. I am not here to define what an appropriate weight or body
mass index is for anyone. I suspect that most people are keenly aware of where they would like to be, societal pressures aside. Fact number two is that in our country it is extremely easy to eat unhealthily! Fast food, sugar, snacks, candied up coffee drinks, everywhere you look there are calories just begging to get onto your waistline. For many of us, “eating healthy” is about as easy as a smoker trying to quit smoking when surrounded by smokers who constantly offer him cigarettes. Where to start? I think it starts with changing your relationship with food. Have you ever heard the phrase, “humans are the only species that doesn’t know how to eat?” It refers to the fact that we often just eat what tradition and culture and advertising have told us to, even though much of our diet may not really make any sense for our bodies. So instead of eating to sustain yourself, think of eating as a way to fuel yourself. Part II of this challenge is that you must also now think of yourself as an athlete. What? Me? Ha! Yes. You. Seriously. Humans are incredible athletes. All humans. Okay, maybe you don’t feel that way right now, but inside that body of yours is an athlete waiting to come out. Just read some fitness transformation stories. There are thousands of inspiring stories out there. People who have gone from being very out of shape, obese, etc., to becoming incredibly fit. Are these different people with different genetics? Nope. They just decided to change. They decided to see themselves as athletes and they changed their relationship with food. As you start moving–walking, running, cycling, etc.–there are good and bad ways of fueling your machine. Instead of
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White Hall Christmas Party A very large crowd jammed into the White Hall Community Center Dec. 12 for the village’s annual Christmas party, a longstanding event meant to ensure that area children have a chance to get some attention from Santa. Heaps of finger food and trays of cookies lined the wall to the kitchen and under the windows opposite were two tables strewn with craft goods where Christmas tree ornaments were being made. Folding chairs filled all the area in front of the band, Pete and Ellen Vigour, who have played for the party for more than 30 years. This year they were joined by their daughter Rachel on bass and by fiddle legend Lovell Coleman, now
92, and by a promising 7-yearold violin student of Pete’s, Paci Bonham. The band played Christmas carols while everyone waited for Santa to arrive. About 25 kids made up the front row, facing the sofa where Santa would sit. Wanda Bruce got them to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and then read the story of the Nativity from a large children’s book, showing the pictures as she went. Santa arrived in a jolly mood and was very tender with the kids. He listened closely to their faint voices and gave everybody a present. The Christmas spirit happened again, which is why this occasion always brings people out.
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Crozet Christmas Tree Shines Again After sitting out the holiday season last year, the town Christmas tree on The Square was back ablaze, now with 3,000 colored lights. The comeback was the work of local businesses and friends of former Barnes Lumber Company owner Carroll Conley, who is ill, and who had spearheaded the planting of the tree, a Norway Spruce, in 2005. It replaced a venerable hemlock that survived in the midst of parked cars for many years but finally expired from drought. Now 22-feet tall, the tree was pruned slightly to remove cowlick branches by Arborlife Tree Care workers and 12 strands of lights were lavishly arrayed and secured to hold up against Crozet winds. Conley threw the switch to brighten up the spirit of the town Friday evening, Dec. 4. “I’m so pleased to do this,” said Conley. He turned toward Arborlife owner Roger Lee Baber. “I want somebody to take care of this. Roger Lee said to me, ‘We’ll take care of it.” The tree sparkled merrily from 5 to 10 p.m. every night through New Year’s Day. “He’s done so much for Crozet,” said David Wyant. “He’s turned on so many lights for Crozet. Like getting the little league backstop. He’s a big part of the CVFD. He always let his men go when the siren sounded. He’s so humble he would never take credit.”
Baber assured Conley that the tree will be cared for in the future and it will continue to be lit for Christmas. “I’m very proud to live in this community,” said Conley. “The people here . . . .” He was forced to pause. “This tree is beautiful.” The project to get the tree back in shape was accomplished in short order. On hand for the lighting were Rick Ruscher of Crozet Hardware, Chuck Kennedy of Kennedy Electric, Carroll Conley, Andy Powley, Roger Baber of Arborlife, and David Wyant. Not shown, but joining in the cause were Billy James of Basic Builders, Greg Shifflett of Greg’s Painting, as well as Parkway Pharmacy, Fardowners Restaurant and Georgetown West salon. We all thank them; the tree transforms the town.
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Tools of the Trade What if you’re on Jeopardy, or perhaps in a Trivial Pursuit tournament, and need to know the difference between a spade and a shovel? Well, read on, and you’ll find the answer to this burning question, plus you’ll discover some tools I have grown to know and love over my years of gardening. According to some sources, a spade is actually a type of shovel, so you can start picturing some type of Venn diagram here. A spade has a nearly flat blade and a straight edge. Notice that “spade,z’ “flat” and “straight” all have an “a” in them, so there’s your mnemonic. (And I need a device that helps
me remember the spelling of mnemonic.) A plain old shovel has a rounded blade and a pointed edge. And note the “o” in “shovel,” “rounded” and “pointed.” Of course, more important
than the nomenclature is the respective uses of the spade and shovel. With its sharp, straight edge, the spade is good for cutting, as in edging a bed, peeling up turf, or whacking through roots. Its relatively shallow, small blade is not so good for moving much soil. That’s where the shovel excels. Shovels more typically have long handles, and spades have short ones, although I happen to own all four possible combinations. When digging in tough Piedmont clay, another helpful tool is the mattock. I own a cutter mattock, with a non-sharpened axe blade on one side of the handle, and an adze on the other. Using the adze, I can quickly bust up a lot of soil, especially when it’s become dry and brick-like. The axe blade can then deal with any roots in my way. Once the soil and roots are broken up, I can easily use a shovel to clear out the loose dirt. I also own a mini-mattock, a type of planting hoe. About one third the size of a real mattock but with the same configuration, it’s ideal for planting perennials when you’re down
on your hands and knees. For moving mulch in the garden, I’ve found an ensilage fork to be indispensable. Typically with ten tines that form a scoop about sixteen-inches square, you can move a decent amount of mulch with one stroke. One caution: if the mulch is really heavy and wet, don’t overload the fork, or you’ll risk straining your back. A pitchfork can also be used to move mulch, but it tends to drop between the tines if it’s dry. A cultivating fork, with its flat tines and short handle is good for dropping a small dollop of mulch in close quarters. And of course a garden rake with its hard tines excels at quickly spreading a mound of mulch dumped from your wheelbarrow. Something in the garden always seems to need pruning, so “Real Gardeners Always Wear Their Pruners” needs to be emblazoned on your T-shirt. Any time I wander out into the garden for a few minutes and neglect to hook my pruners to my belt I always regret it. The best pruners have bypass blades, rather than the anvil type, and the more expensive the pruner, the sooner you will lose it. I prefer ones with red or orange handles so I have a chance of spotting them when they’re lying on the ground, but some red duct tape will work if yours have green handles. Hand pruners are good for twigs up to about finger-size, but beyond that you’ll need loppers. Depending on their size, loppers can handle limbs up to two or even three inches in diameter. It’s tempting to buy the biggest one, but remember
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that it might be difficult to wedge it into the space where you’re cutting. For some pruning jobs, a saw is better. (I don’t own a chain saw, so I won’t be talking about those.) A bow saw can cut through some sizeable
branches if you have the time and want to burn a few calories, but can also be difficult to get into tight spaces. In that situation, you’ll need a pruning saw, with a curved blade and teeth that cut on the pull stroke. Models with a longer blade cut more quickly; smaller models are sometimes foldable and can fit into your pocket or a holster. And what gardener doesn’t have his/her favorite weeder? Or perhaps, a stockpile of them. Like the weeds themselves, new and better weeders are always turning up. Someone on television or in a pop-up ad will inevitably be offering the new “WonderWeeder—instantly pops weeds out of the ground, no stooping or bending!” Yeah, right. Probably 90 percent of your weeding could be taken care of with an old screwdriver or a discarded kitchen knife, but you just wouldn’t feel like a serious gardener, would you? So, one very versatile tool I have found is the Hori-Hori knife, sometimes sold as the Gardener’s Friend. The six-inch blade is serrated on one edge and can also make small cuts on roots, etc. The blade is sturdy
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“determines at last to avenge his felt injustices by playing the clever scoundrel.” But this is a destructive resurrection, as he makes secret plans for a series of actions that include betraying his friends, accepting the bribe, and even committing a crime. As the intricate plot unfolds, and with suspense mounting as more is implied than stated, he carries out all but the worst of these plans, outsmarting both Marullo and Baker, to whom he proudly announces near the end, “you see, I am not a pleasant fool.” The only costs are guilt, his self-respect, and his peace of mind. “I understand how people once believed the devil could take possession” he notes. Though written in Steinbeck’s typically straightforward and lucid prose— enriched by stunning metaphor, imagery, and literary allusion—I found this dyspeptic novel hard to read. The slowly mounting sense of foreboding and moral crisis that hangs over the protagonist as we watch him slide by slow increments into evil and corruption makes us queasy. Our dismay grows into near horror as we witness his “fall” into the quagmire of modern amorality and opportunism. He is only saved from the brink of total destruction by coincidence, and when his son wins a national essay contest by plagiarizing, Ethan recognizes in his son a reflection of his own behavior. Instead of making him happy, the guilt he feels for
JANUARY 2016 the pain he has caused in gaining financial security makes him miserable. Realizing that once he gave up his integrity there is nothing left worth living for, he is only saved from a harrowing brush with suicide by the love of his daughter. The book ends on July 4, the birthday of America, when, we presume, he reaffirms his commitment to the historic American values of integrity and honor. Although the action of the book takes place in the spring and summer rather than the winter, the title is a fitting allusion to the opening lines of William Shakespeare’s Richard III: “Now is the winter of our discontent/ Made glorious summer by this sun of York.” Shakespeare portrays Richard as an amoral villain whose Machiavellian rise to power is built upon the murders of both his brother, King Edward IV, and the two princes Edward and Richard, who are heirs to the throne (a version of events often disputed by historians). Richard uses the royal “we” as he speaks these lines, but Steinbeck intends it in the sense of a social “we.” This choice of title brings into play the novel’s central question of whether the ends justify the means, as well as echoing the mood of discontent that pervades the novel; the word itself is repeated at least ten times. “This year of 1960 was a year of change, a year when secret fears come into the open, when discontent stops being dormant and changes gradually to anger,” Ethan muses. Mildly defined as “dis-
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With a record of 11-1 entering a home game against Powhatan on January 5, the Warriors are taking no prisoners. Tactically sound and strategically grounded, they are almost military in their precision. Most of that karma can be chalked up to experience; knowing each other from playing together as kids, then prowling
the Jefferson District basketball courts seeking wins for the last four years. Seniors lead this team, but the rest of the players are hot on their heels for playing time. Averaging 65.8 points per game and a shut-down defense of 44.3 points allowed, the scoring has been spread across multiple players. There is no big knockout scorer, but the starters get the job done, and when they
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Kelsey Grove... Killing It! By David Wagner david@crozetgazette.com After all the success that Western Albemarle Volleyball has enjoyed over the last decadeplus, individually and as a team, many people may have thought the program had already peaked. Garnering countless individual awards, District championships, a Conference 29 Championship, regional playoff appearances, state playoff appearances and dominating local competition, the Warriors have set the bar high. But in 2015, senior outside hitter Kelsey Grove once again proved that records were made to be broken. Grove set a new Western Albemarle single match kill record (not once, but twice) and quietly chased down the Warriors’ single season and career kill records in the process. Grove’s outstanding play and leadership were a bright spot for the Warriors, not only this year but throughout her four years at Western. Grove made an immediate impact and was named the team MVP on the Junior Varsity squad her freshman year in 2012. Her talent and potential did not go unnoticed. Grove moved up to varsity her sophomore season and earned second team All-Jefferson District honors. In 2014 she stepped to the forefront. She was voted First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Jefferson District, second Team All-Region and Varsity Team MVP as a junior. Even with all the accolades, Grove was determined to get better, pushing herself and her teammates as the Warriors season ended much earlier than they would have liked in 2014. For Grove, team success has always been more important than individual achievement. With three seasons of high school volleyball under her belt, Grove was excited for 2015 and her senior year. Putting in the hard work in the weight room (three winters and summers with the football team) and summer workouts with former Warrior and Maryland Terrapin standout Sarah Harper, Grove was poised for a breakout year. The expectations were there and
she delivered. Following a strong start, the Warriors suffered a couple of disappointing losses to district foes Powhatan and Albemarle. The Warriors later avenged those losses though, as Grove showed up big in both rematches, especially at Albemarle High School. The Warriors won a thrilling five-set match and Grove set a new WAHS single-match kill record, tallying 22. With their strong finish to the season the Warriors earned the top seed for the Conference 29 playoffs. Western faced Turner Ashby High School in the conference finals, a team they desperately wanted to beat. Once again Grove set another single match kills record for Western Albemarle with an amazing 24 kills that night, leading the Warriors to their first ever Conference 29 volleyball championship. The records didn’t stop there. In 2015 Grove set a single season Western Albemarle kills record with 390, which in turn gave her the all-time career kills record with a staggering 731 kills in three seasons. Playing at such a high level earned her the team MVP award for the second straight year (she was also a team captain). Her coaches and teammates weren’t the only ones to acknowledge her abilities. Grove was named First Team All-Jefferson District, First Team All-Conference 29, First
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Team All-Region (3A West), Second Team All-State, Conference 29 Player of the Year and Jefferson District Player of the Year. Grove excelled and amazed all season long. She led the team in kills practically every match and was consistently in the top for digs. Grove was undoubtedly the best all-around player since 2010 graduate Sarah Harper left the program, and she earned every bit of it. A fast learner and great student of the game, she improved every year. Her commitment and dedication were vital as well. All of the off-season workouts only strengthened her already exceptional athleticism (28” vertical leap) and gave her an unmatched mental toughness on the court. Along with the hard work and natural ability, Grove seemed to have that instinct and gamer attitude that you just can’t teach. When asked about the most memorable moments of her career, the win at Albemarle in 2015 was at the top of her list (finally, we beat them) and the win over Turner Ashby in the Conference 29 finals was a close second. Grove also mentioned giving gifts to all the players with team captain Courtney Berry and the team bonding nights (especially at the Berry family lake house). She was also excited and happy to have played volleyball all these years with her best friend Sienna Kellum. And the surprise of breaking all those team
records that coach Ron Pack informed her of and getting to work out with Sarah Harper, who taught her so much, were bright spots too. Grove thanks her teammates for all the fun and support, especially her senior teammates and her family as well. She also thanks all the coaches for their tremendous help, including Marti Pugh, Mandy Snow, Eric Warfel and most certainly Randy Scott, Ron Pack and WAHS football coach Ed Redmond Grove would like to play volleyball in college, but as of now she has only a few Division 3 schools looking at her. She really wants to attend JMU in the fall. If she gets accepted at Madison she will try to walk on and hopefully earn a scholarship over the first two years. With her competitive nature and mental toughness, her goals are very attainable.
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Warriors Down Orange to Capture TJYFL Title By Alan Franklin The 10- and 11-year-old Western Albemarle Warriors captured the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Youth Football League (TJYFL) Championship for the Governors Division with a victory over the Orange County Hornets November 29. The Hornets were an outstanding football team coming into the championship game undefeated and having dominated all season long. The Warriors finished the regular season with 8 wins and 2 losses, qualifying them as one of four playoff teams. Exhibiting great resilience and toughness, the Warrior team avenged both regular season losses. A first round was a 22-20 win over a very big and hard-hitting Louisa County Lions team. They followed this with a great team effort in the TJYFL Governors “Super Bowl” by beating the Hornets. The Hornets entered the championship as defending champions and had a two-year
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be a crucial play. The remainder of the first half was tightly contested. The half expired with the Hornets denying the Warriors a touchdown from inside the 5 yard line. In the third quarter, big plays from Warrior quarterback Henry Meulenberg and slot back Joe Burch set up a 5-yard touchdown run by John Buetow to tie the game at six points apiece. The PAT by John Buetow was straight and true to give the Warriors an 8 to 6 edge entering the fourth quarter. The Hornets threatened deep in Warrior territory throughout the final quarter, but each time were thwarted by outstanding Warrior defense, led by aggressive end and linebacker play. The Warriors were able run out the clock to seal the victory with a final display of terrific offensive line play and gutsy and powerful inside running by Buetow and Smith Callaghan. The play that sealed the victory was a screen pass from
Meulenberg to Buetow on a fourth and long. Buetow scampered for a long run, giving the Warriors a fresh set of downs and a well-deserved championship victory. “A terrific total-team win,” declared Warriors coach Jeff Buetow. “Other than the opening play, our defense shut down the highest scoring team in the league. It was an extraordinary effort by the entire unit. Offensively, we just play hardnosed football. We played our best football when we had to. Obviously, all of our players were fantastic, but hats off to all of the coaches as well in preparing the boys for the intensity that playoff football requires.” In an uncanny coincidence, the trophy ceremony had a dramatic, perfectly timed flyover by F-18 fighter jets as they swooped overhead on their way to Scott Stadium for the UVA vs. Duke football game as the Warriors hoisted their trophy!
In the Garden
for scraping under small, shallow-rooted weeds like winter cress. And now that we’re approaching the depths of winter, it’s a good time to go out to your shed, knock the dirt off your tools and give them a good cleaning, sharpening, etc. You’ll probably see favorites that you’ve had for decades; others, you might wonder, ”Why did I buy this?!” But throw anything away, and next week you’ll need it.
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enough to get down into the soil and dig out taproots of dandelions. A totally different type of weeder could be considered a mini-hoe, with a small triangular blade on a fifteen-inch handle. (If you Google mini-hoe, or mini-cultivator, you’ll end up with power equipment, however.) Regardless of what it’s really called, this thingy is good
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El Niño is a naturally occurring cycle that warms the earth a degree or so every few years. This year has been a record El Niño year and the temperatures have surged as warm Pacific waters have bubbled to the surface. El Niño almost always warms global temperatures, but it is no guarantee of a warm winter in Virginia. This year is more the exception than the rule. So is this a sign of impending global doom and runaway global warming? I doubt it. As I write this, snow has returned and temperatures are in the teens. Virginia weather can turn on a dime. Also, as El Niño wanes, global temperatures will likely be cooler in a couple of years. So far this century, the global temperatures are up just 0.12 degrees. That’s one-eighth of a degree. Most climate models forecast closer half a degree so both Heidi and I remain optimistic that climate change continues to happen much slower than many climatologists have feared.
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The Medea Hypothesis Many people might describe Mother Nature as vicious, as paleontologist/ author Peter Ward does in his book, The Medea Hypothesis. Rather than seeing the natural world as a nurturing mother to all life, Ward views it as murderous. He suggests that Mother Nature is akin to Medea—a mother in Greek mythology who killed all of her children. The author argues that organisms upon our planet do not exist to perpetuate life, but rather, to ultimately destroy it. And he fears that unless humans “step in and save things,” we too will be killed off by life processes that serve to be self-destructive. But the true danger to the human race doesn’t come from nature; it comes from people thinking they know best how to run the natural world. Take, for example, folks who want to “help” only certain parts of nature. Butterfly enthusiasts commonly sequester caterpillars from their yards to protect them from predators, such as wasps that feed upon butterfly larvae. And gardeners believe they must protect their plants from all harm and employ pesticides to do so. None of these folks realizes that helping to create an overabundance of their preferred critters by limiting predation, and saving particular plants by poisoning their environment, are actions that are highly detrimental to the proper functioning of the natural world. Government officials, such as health and agriculture departments and wildlife agencies, add to this problem by dispensing erroneous information that encourages citizens to perceive parts of nature as useless. We’ve reached this point because people are so removed from the natural world that they don’t really understand it, though they often think they do—as is the case with Professor Ward. He starts the book by talking about “life’s lethal activities,” the main one being that each species maximizes its own chances for survival at the expense of other species. Although Dr. Ward recognizes that human beings are the only creatures who impact the environment with their actions and are able to recognize the consequences, he nonetheless denounces critters for behaving in ways that simply help to ensure the perpetuation of their kind. For example, he pokes fun at environmentalists by suggesting that they would be
predator gets a necessary meal for itself. The leftovers are fed upon by many more organisms until the animal’s body disappears from sight. Its cellular makeup is ultimately destined to be returned to the soil from which life springs, courtesy of plants that can harness the Sun’s energy and the nutrients provided by dead animals. These plants make food for plant-eating animals that form the foundation of the food chain. But according to Peter Ward’s theory, the biosphere (zone of life on Earth) has a death wish! However, his theory could not be more wrong. Even the microbes that seem to terrify this man are extremely important to maintain the proper functioning of the environment for life to continue to flourish. In the natural world, a system of checks and balances keeps organisms limited to a level that does not harm the environment as a whole. Predation is the main controlling factor of all organisms except humans. For humans then, and for other species when predators have for some reason become too limited, the only control for overpopulation is disease. This statement is also true for the plant kingdom. Thus in the natural world, a serious outbreak of disease implies an overpopulation problem. It’s the reason factory farming does not work without the use of antibiotics and why people overly crowded into refugee camps or cities end up ill. Professor Ward is not alone in believing that humans “are not ordinary citizens” of planet Earth, but that fact does not mean that we are separated from nature and thus not subject to the laws governing the natural world. This scientist sees us as Darwinian organisms that have “won” the war between species, and thus paints mankind as superior to other creatures. Indeed, he posits that “We are the only hope to keep Earth life alive.” He’d be correct if he meant that we should obey natural laws rather trying to rewrite them.
just as happy as he to rid the world entirely of mosquitoes that bite humans. His insular view doesn’t take into account that mosquitoes don’t have a choice in the matter. A female mosquito requires the protein found in blood for her fertilized eggs to develop within her body. Therefore she is forced to find a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or fish, depending upon her species, to obtain the nourishing meal she is adapted to feeding upon. If scientists (and everyone else) would look at the world objectively, they’d realize that the mosquito isn’t trying to be the “pest’ people tend to call her. She’s just attempting to make sure that her species continues to exist. When you understand that fact, it should be easier to be more forgiving towards the mosquito trying to share your blood. Does her behavior cause problems for people? Sure, to varying degrees. Mosquito bites itch, which is unpleasant, and mosquitoes do sometimes carry deadly disease organisms, such as those that cause West Nile Virus and malaria (the result of infection with one of five kinds of protozoans [single-celled organisms] that reproduce in the liver). Does this threat to ourselves indicate that we should wipe out every mosquito on the planet? Absolutely not, unless you think it’s fine to impact all of the organisms that include mosquitoes in their diets, such as tadpoles, dragonfly and damselfly larvae and adults, fish, bats, birds, turtles, and spiders. And this represents the nugget of knowledge you need in order to live in agreement with nature: All species fulfill roles that help to make the planet habitable, not only for themselves, but also for each other. Viewing the natural world solely from the viewpoint of mankind, however, Professor Ward perceives as murder the required killing of individual organisms, even though these so-called murders are absolutely necessary for life as a whole to persist upon the planet. And, in the natural world, those lives are not at all wasted. When this Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) feeds upon a Japanese Beetle (Popillia When an animal is japonica), it helps to limit the beetle’s population, which benefits the killed by a predator, the surviving beetles and the plants they feed upon. (Photo: Marlene A. Condon)
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Cut the squash in half and remove the seeds. Place cut side down on an oiled cookie sheet and roast for about thirty minutes at 400oF, until the squash collapses. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Peel and cut the other vegetables until they are about an inch square. Leave the radishes whole but cut off the ends. Toss these vegetables in a little olive oil, put them on a second cookie sheet and roast in the hot oven until the vegetables are tender, about thirty minutes. Heat the broth. Peel the squash and scrape into the soup. Use a blender or immersion mixer (my preference—less messy) and blend until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste. Add the lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Add the cream and heat gently—don’t let it curdle. When ready to serve, put one of each of the roasted vegetables, and a sprig of arugula in the serving bowl and let your guests see it. Then very ceremoniously, add the soup.
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Kreienbaum —continued from page 24
Regional title and 41 wins. James Madison University will be his next stop. JMU will also be a place where he will challenge the odds, scratching his baseball itch with a walk-on attempt. Knowing full well that only a few in any college sport will see paydays as a pro, playing baseball at the college level qualifies as an attainable dream for him. During his last hurrah, Kreienbaum, who was an all-in type of player, scored six times on rushes, threw two TD passes and chalked up another two scores on pass receptions. His memories of that last game, though, remained strong well after the last whistle blew. “It was definitely going out with a bang; great game allaround. We battled through a lot of adversity. The first play of the game Matthew Mullin (a key inside linebacker) went down with an injury. He was a huge part of our defensive team,” he recalled. Mullin, though, would fight back on that last shot under the Friday Night Lights and help his team on the offensive end. “Crazy, crazy way to go out,” he said. “You expect nothing less with all of the fun, all of the excitement we had the past four years. I’ll never put on the pads again, but going out like that, I guess I can’t complain.” Injuries played a part in Kreienbaum’s last year, stopping him short of duplicating or bettering his previous year’s efforts. “The third game of the year [Spotswood], I landed funny on my shoulder and sprained my AC joint, which kind of set me back. I rolled my ankle in the Charlottesville game. That hurt pretty bad. In the Albemarle game I was running a route and Sam (Hearn) scrambled out of the pocket and I tried to block a kid so he could get around the corner and get a TD. He scored, but I tweaked my back a bit,” he recalled. He allowed that “he was bigger than I sized him up to be,” and recollections from others on the sideline heard the hit all the way across the field; it was a big-league play against a much bigger opponent. He shrugged off the pain, saying “all my injuries were fairly
minor, didn’t set me back very much.” Aside from the educational efforts, though, baseball will be on his mind as he begins his stay at JMU. It has been his lifetime love as a sport. Kreienbaum played it 12 months a year for some time as a youngster, and then backed off from the diamond for a while. He will attempt to take an outfield slot. Meanwhile, he has yet another season full of opportunities to learn and improve as a Warrior, roaming the pastures. There must be something in the water in Crozet that makes these athletes and students love WAHS. The feeling breaks through from these boys and girls that the worst day at this school is better than the best day anywhere else. Kreienbaum is no different, and his sincere assessment of what has been, and what he might become, is still refreshing no matter how many times it’s said. “It’s been unbelievable; it’s been a great time these four years. It’s sad to say that I’ll be moving out of this place. The academics have been good for me. I like to think I’m a good student. I’ve got a lot of good teachers, taking a lot of good classes that have sparked my interest in a lot of different subjects,” he said wistfully. And just like his willingness in academics, he added that he came to football with Coach Redmond with an open mind, ready to learn. “I came in my freshman year, not knowing what to expect, just planned to have fun. I mean my love for the sport has just grown. I mean, all he [Redmond] has done, working together, building the chemistry between all of us, taking us under his wing . . . being a mentor for all of us . . . I would definitely ask Coach Redmond for advice before any other adult in school.” Good men build good men. The college years now beckon and he will pursue a business major, and maybe double-major in something to do with sports and recreational management. And maybe sometime down the road he will skip out of the dugout, run across the baseline and take his rightfully earned place in the outfield of the JMU baseball team. If that doesn’t happen, he’ll play and win on the field of business.
Soybeans
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Apparently in Virginia the corn earworm moth has become a problem in both corn and soybean cropping. Helicoverpa zea feeds on many different plants and can make use of diapause or dormancy to wait out adverse environmental conditions like drought. One-third of Virginia soybean acreage is treated with pounds and pounds of insecticide costing farmers between $1.5 and $2 million annually. When corn plants dry up quickly in dry weather, corn earworm moths seek other hosts like flowering soybeans. Regarding the agriculture/ industry partnership on soybean culture one can say that the latter has discovered how to use every part of the soybean for profit. Soy oil is the base for most vegetable oils. Oil is extracted and separated from soy protein using the solvent hexane, a neurotoxin and air polluter that is a byproduct of gasoline refining. Unless labeled USDA Organic, consumers cannot assume that hexane is not being used to defat soybeans and extract soy oil. Note the popular Clif Bars have hexane-extracted soy oil in the recipe. Soy lecithin, the waste left over after the soybean is processed, is used as an emulsifier. Soy flour is in baked goods and soy protein is added to protein powders for both humans and animals. It’s a lot like high fructose corn syrup; it’s in just about all prepared foods. Ninety-eight percent of soy meal is fed to livestock and a small percentage is used in low-end dog food. One may be under the impression that soy is heavily consumed in East Asia. The reality is that East Asian diets include small amounts of soy products, approximately 9 grams per day in the form of miso, tempeh, or tofu. In contrast, North Americans may be consuming up to 20 grams of non-fermented soy protein in a single serving of processed snack food. It is becoming clear that mono-cropping GM soybeans (or duo-cropping corn and soy) is detrimental to the planet. Soybean farming has spread into Brazil, hazarding the
Amazon rainforest by deforestation and pushing small farmers further into the forest to pursue more deforestation with slash and burn subsistence farming. Expansion of soybean farming in Argentina resulted in the loss of 10,288,000 hectares of forest cover from 1980 to 2000. Currently soy production is moving into the Chaco ecoregion (one of the largest forested biomes in South America) and the Yungas “cloud forest.” Soybeans are currently monocropped in sub-Sahara Africa and in China and India. In our own Midwest, soybean (and corn) monocropping/duocropping has resulted in chemical fertilizer runoffs contributing to the ever-increasing “dead zone” at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Increasingly toxic herbicides and insecticides harm wildlife. Birds and beneficial insects decline, especially when farmers plant “fence row to fence row” to increase yields. Note the declining Monarch butterflies. I recently perused the 2013 United Nations Farming Report. Its title is Trade and Environment Review: Wake Up Before It’s Too Late. It’s quite long, with articles by agriculturists from over 100 countries included. Sixty countries have endorsed its conclusions. Briefly these include the fact that largescale agriculture undermines small-scale farming. Small-scale farming uses less chemical fertilizers and pesticides and does not contribute to global warming as does the former. Largescale agriculture in developing countries is generally export-oriented. First World countries get their way via the International Money Fund’s lending policies, which demand that developing countries do away with protective tariffs. The IMF blandly calls the pain that ensues a “Structural Adjustment Program.” First World processors then dump their cheaper-than-locally-produced chicken, rice, tomato concentrate, milk powder and whatever, including lots of soy and corn, onto the least developed/ developing countries. Rural populations are forced into cities when they can no longer market products they have traditionally cultivated. At this point larger agricultural entercontinued on page 36
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Out of Africa Sick kids are different than sick adults. But first a word about terminology. ER doctors and nurses use the word sick differently than lay people. To us the term sick means actively dying. And not just from medical causes; you can have a sick trauma case roll in as well. Having the flu, while unpleasant, is not how we use the term sick. So sick kids are different from sick adults. Sick adults almost always come in by ambulance. We have advance notice by radio, vital signs, and IV access. We can set up and plan a little. Nobody runs. Sick kids are rushed back from the front desk, floppy, in the arms of a grim-faced triage nurse. No time for plans, just adrenaline. It is the only time you will see an ER nurse run. Sick adults are most often older, near the end of their life even before the acute crisis occurring now. Their quality of life may be low. Sick kids have their whole lives in front of them. They were perfectly fine yesterday. Sick adults may not have any family with them in the ER. They dwell in nursing homes far from their children’s homes. Sick kids always have parents with them worrying, quietly frantic, stunned and scared. Sick kids often have bewildered and frightened siblings with them too. Sick adults bear the stigmata of chronic illnesses and life choices upon them; the gnarled joints of the crippled arthritic, the barrel chest of the smoker, the bulbous nose of the tippler, the obesity of the sedentary. Sick kids are beautiful. Rosy fevered cheeks, fine hair sweat
plastered onto smooth brows. Angelic. They even smell good, freshly bathed (to bring down the fever) Sick adults do not smell good. Sick kids roll back from triage like an avalanche gathering power and substance. As the nurse bearing the child passes, every caregiver falls in, following close on her heels, a gathering swarm, impossible to mistake, attracting ever more staff in its wake. By the time the child reaches the resuscitation bay a whole team has coalesced without any forethought. Little direction is needed, everyone knows his or her job. The first few minutes are gut-wrenching but relatively straightforward: IV, oxygen, monitor, fluids, vital signs, blood sugar, check airway-breathing-circulation. We can do this stuff in our sleep. In our best cases the kid perks up, pinks up, looks around. In our worst nightmares the kid responds not at all. Floppy, clammy, cold. Turn on the French fry lights, as we call the infrared warmers over the resuscitation beds. Fever is bad but hypothermia is much worse. I had one of those kids a while ago. Around three years old, sick, probably infected somewhere, he was not responding to any of our resuscitation efforts. We were running out of options and the mood of the team was edging toward fear. One of the senior pediatric residents was taking the history from the mom in the corner of the room while the rest of the team sweated under the French fry lights. Routine stuff: When did he get sick? Any meds or allergies? Up to date on all his immunizations? “Oh we don’t vaccinate our continued on page 37
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Foxfire Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood,
carry water. – Zen Buddhist Proverb Two months ago, the first week of November afforded days warmed by bright sunshine and graced with balmy breezes. They were a splendid time to work out-of doors with our good friends—Jim, Debbie and Scott Watson—who amiably came to our farm in Blackwells Hollow (with Phil and Sally James’s log splitter in tow) to help us haul, cut, split and stack two cords of wood over the course of two days. A magnificent green ash of 100-inch girth was the principal focus of our efforts. A formerly robust tree, it had weathered a century of storms. In recent years, however, the insidious emerald ash borer (EAB) had weakened it. The emerald ash borer— Agrilus planipennis—is an exotic, invasive, wood-boring, green jewel beetle native to eastern Asia. When uncontrolled by natural predators, its larvae feed under the bark of ash trees, cutting off the transport of nutrients, resulting in tree death within several years. The beetle first immigrated to the U.S. and Canada through the port of Detroit around the turn of the century in wood packing material or other wood products. By 2008, it had worked its way south and east into Virginia’s woodlands. Foresters estimate that over the past decade it has killed more than 30 million ash trees, causing significant economic damage and raising concern for the very survival of several ash species in North America. The beetle has been placed on the alert list of the North American Plant Protection Organization
(NAPPO; see www.pestalert. org). To help contain the spread of the emerald ash borer, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently imposed restrictions on the movement of ash trees, logs and firewood from infested to uninfested areas (for more information, call (866) 322-4512). On a blustery March day, with rain and sleet driven diagonally by a harsh north wind, our formerly stalwart ash tree blew down from where it had stood proudly at the wood’s edge. Mortally wounded, the massive tree splayed across our pasture fence. Not only did it level our fence, its enormous crown flattened our lean-to shelter, killing our donkey Pico, who had sought a haven there from the storm. Hitching a metal chain to my small tractor, one by one, Scott looped the chain around previously cut 10-foot sections of tree and I dragged each one to an open field. Scott then put his shiny new chainsaw to heavy work, transforming these hefty sections into firewood length for splitting—saving one particularly fine piece to make a bench in Pico’s memory. In addition to the ash, smaller logs of black locust, black cherry and some red oak covered with mushrooms also were hauled, cut and split. Sharing a hearty meal together brought a sense of deep satisfaction. With the wood split and stacked in five neat rows four feet high, my wife Carmen and I were very thankful knowing this wood was poised to be reborn as fire; offering heat and light for our farm home this winter. Ralph Waldo Emerson words came to mind. “Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use. When a thing has served an end to the uttermost, it is wholly new for an ulterior service. In God, every end is converted into new means.” That evening of the second day, with our work done,
Carmen and I fell asleep utterly and wonderfully exhausted. After midnight, I awoke from deep slumber. Stars were shining brightly through the window and the early morning air still held the previous day’s warmth. Arousing Carmen, I invited her to step outside with me to look at the autumn constellations of the Milky Way. The waning moon appeared as a thin crescent, allowing our eyes to behold the night sky in its full glory: the Little Dipper, Cassiopeia’s zigzag of five bright stars, Andromeda and adjacent Pegasus in the southern sky. And as so often happens in my life when sharing impromptu moments like this with Carmen, she showed me something I otherwise would have missed. The ground around our feet was faintly aglow with chards of splintered light. We were standing in foxfire! Wood chips—not all, only those of red oak—were emitting a cool, pale, yellowish-green light. White-rot fungal mycelia, growing deep within the moist oak logs and now exposed to oxygen in the temperate night air, responded by emitting a magical will o’ the wisp light. Cupping a moist, glowing woodchip in the palm of my hand, I imagined I held a bit of glistening stardust that had fallen from above. Wondering what the split logs themselves might look like, I threw off the large tarp covering the woodpile. The wood was lit from within! Fairy fire was sprinkled amongst and between the logs of ash, locust and cherry. Every oak log was eerily alight with bioluminescence. Carmen and I reminisced about another delightful night, recalling a sultry walk along the beach in Delaware with our children. With every step we took at the water’s edge, the wet sand under our feet suddenly sparkled with bioluminescent light. I conjectured it was microscopic, marine dinoflagellates signaled to us “watch it, you’re stepping on me!” Bioluminescence occurs principally in the oceans. On land, we most frequently see this phenomenon in the blinking light of fireflies. It is rarely observed in mushrooms. Of the 100,000 species of fungi that have been identified and cataloged around
the world, fewer than 100 are bioluminescent. What Carmen and I experienced, especially during the month of November, was a very singular treat. By the next day and the days following, the light-emitting oak woodchips and logs had become mundane. Like a bashful child, they would not be coaxed against their natural proclivity to perform an encore performance of their magical light show. Science, however, now gives us the power to genetically bioengineer plants to glow continuously. A team of bio-engineers in San Francisco has launched a project to insert into plants manmade copies of genes obtained from fireflies or bioluminescent bacteria. For starters, they have genetically modified Arabidopsis plants to radiate cold light, and they’re working on engineering roses to glow in the dark. To help fund their work, a contribution of $150 or more will get you “a fully grown glowing plant to brighten up your home or office.” Some urban planners already are envisioning city streets illuminated with genetically engineered, bioluminescent trees. I am uncomfortable with this application of biomimicry. I am concerned that these foreign, bioluminescent genes may inadvertently escape from their host plant and propagate into the natural landscape with deleterious consequences. I want the natural level of bioluminescence to remain as it is (imagine seeing the Shenandoah Mountains glowing at night). We should instead focus research and development on chemiluminescence. By following Nature’s chemistry, we could make these energy efficient, light-emitting chemicals safely from bio-renewable materials. At this year draws to a close and the nights are long, we ward off the darkness by illuminating the season with lights: firelight, candlelight, luminarias, and the festively colored electric lights of the holiday (and maybe someday, bioluminescent poinsettias). I am gladdened by light. These lights evoke in me a sense of warmth, celebration, nostalgia, hope. They recall to mind friendships and the acts of kindness that have brightened my life.
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The Lessons Dogs Teach I wrote this 5 years ago and thought it appropriate to reprint it now as it pertains to many of us who have recently lost one of our cherished pets. Losing a pet is never easy. But focusing on the good life lived and appreciating the fragile nature of each day goes a long way towards healing. A few months ago I saw a bumper sticker that had a paw print next to the words “Who rescued who?” It stuck with me as a profound thought as I had been dealing with what I knew were the last few months of my own rescued dog’s life. Sadly, we lost our dog Kaya just after Christmas. She was an incredible companion and gave us 11 memorable years of her life. It’s odd sorting through mixed feelings at the moment. On one hand, my wife and I are incredibly sad at the loss of our beloved friend. Our home is simply not the same without her presence. On the other hand, we have an acute sense of how blessed we were to have her in our lives. It’s funny how a dog can so profoundly impact our complicated lives. Kaya came to me from the Roanoke SPCA at the start of my second year of veterinary school. She was supposed to be spayed by the third year veterinary students but had already been spayed. My girlfriend at the time (now wife) was in that lab and knew I was thinking about a dog. Apparently this dog was very sweet, and so a meeting was set up. After class, I went down to the lab cages and cowering in the back of her cage was our Kaya. She had the sweetest, most terrified expression on her face, and as soon as I got her out of her cage, she just sat down and handed me her paw, as if to say (I’ll be really cute if you don’t hurt me!). It was love at first sight.
In our first weeks together, Kaya had all the markings of a previously abused dog. She hid under my bed when I left the house and would not come out when my roommates tried to get her outside. Only when I came home did she cautiously emerge from her hiding place, still unsure if she could trust her new situation. Slowly but surely, she and I bonded as we spent hours upon hours hiking the nearby national forest and she sat at my feet while I studied. Over the ensuing years, Kaya continued to come out of her shell as she began to trust her new world. Her MO was sitting in front of you and staring with her soulful eyes, demanding that you hold her paw or pet her. There are timeless lessons dogs teach. Lessons about loyalty, love, and devotion. And don’t forget joy, enthusiasm, and peace. For me, the biggest lesson was learning how to simply give part of myself away freely to help someone/something else. The food, the walks, the gear, the vet bills, the house repair, this was never a trade off for having a great companion – this was for the great companion. And I got something more special back, loyalty, love, devotion. Kaya was with me through my immature bachelorhood, engagement and marriage, the move to our home in Crozet, and for the first four years of our son’s life. In August of 2009, we diagnosed Kaya with stage 5 lymphoma (a cancer in the immune system) and were devastated. Our perfect dog, who had been aging so graciously, had suddenly had the wind taken out of her sails. Incredibly, with plenty of ups and downs, she lived 16 more months, well beyond the average survival for such a condition. Along the way, she taught us a few more lessons about caring for others, staying positive, and enjoying a
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counting calories or thinking about weight loss, think about the food that you put into your mouth and consider if it will help fuel your inner athlete, or keep that athlete in the closet. Here are a few high-impact initial changes most of us can make: Fat does not make you fat, sugar and simple carbs make us fat. Try your best to avoid sugar. This is hard! It’s added to everything! Common “fake healthy” foods include fat-free yogurt (loaded with fat-storing sugar), whole wheat bread (loaded with simple carbs), fruit juice (pretty much soda) and cereal (simple carbs). Try cooking more from scratch, have veggies with every meal, and seek out good fats and protein. Never drink soda, diet sodas, or juice. Drink water instead. I often hear “I can’t stand drinking plain water.” My response: “Do you also have a problem breathing plain air?” 2) Moderation is mediocre. I am borrowing this from running coach Eric Orton, but it’s a great phrase. “Everything in moderation” is often an excuse for just a little bit of dessert, just one soda per day, just a half a donut, etc. If you are trying to lose weight, dessert and soda should be rare occurrences. Ugh! You hate me! But come
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satisfaction with one’s circumstances,” “discontent” is the perfect word to describe the corrosive combination of entitlement and envy that leads people to put profit ahead of community. Published in 1961, this dark but important book condemns the increasing materialism and social acceptance of dirty business practices that Steinbeck saw infecting American society of the late ’50s and early ’60s, as it transitioned from a values-based to a materialist culture. In a 1959 letter, Steinbeck speaks to “… the enemy inside. Immorality is what is destroying us, public immorality. The failure of man toward men, the selfishness that puts making a
JANUARY 2016 on, it makes sense! Be the change you want to be! 3) Exercise – A lot! Often! Exercise in moderation is better than no exercise at all, but if you really want to make a change, 30 minutes of exercise three times a week is not really a huge change. Ugh! You hate me! But come on, it makes sense! Lets go back 2,000 years or more. No cars. No grocery stores. We worked with our hands and were on our feet all day, everyday. Now fast forward to 2016 and ask yourself if 90 minutes of exercise per week is really what your body was made for. And I get it, we’re busy, many of us really busy. But you have got to choose your priorities, and your health should be way up there. You can’t be the best parent/employee/boss/friend/ spouse if you don’t have your best health. Carve out time. Commit to giving yourself an hour of exercise, five days a week. Yes, at least five hours a week! Ugh! You hate me! Maybe this is just walking around the neighborhood. Maybe the treadmill. Maybe the gym, or a bike, or the pool, or a class, or a trail. Be the change you want to be and make it happen. I wish you all the best in 2016. Commit to yourself this year and see what amazing changes a new fitness level will bring. You are worth it!
buck more important than the commonweal.” In combination with his earlier masterpieces, The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, this meditation on ethics won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. The moral decline he laments seems to have only gotten worse over time, with public figures stretching the truth to make a more entertaining book or news story, and with oil, tobacco, food, and car manufacturers— even the NFL as portrayed in the current film Concussion— systematically putting profit before safety to put lives in peril. Although the book’s ending is hurried and ambiguous, we hope that Ethan ultimately chooses a life of impoverished integrity over one of well-heeled venality.
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William Daniel Maupin III of White Hall passed peacefully December 23, 2015. He was born December 25, 1925, on the family farm in White Hall. He was the son of William D. Maupin, Jr. and Grace Clark Maupin. He was preceded in death by his brother James Merritt Maupin. Dan is survived by his wife of 61 years Bettie Chapman Maupin, nephews James M. Maupin, Jr. and wife Alyson; Daniel F. Maupin (Donna); Joseph M. Maupin and wife Helen; niece Terry Lynn Bryant of Nevada; great nieces Emily and Grace Maupin; great nephews Will and Liam Maupin. He was a lifetime farmer and lived on the farm in White Hall all of his years with the exception of two years in the army. Dan was very active in his community and Albemarle County. He was president of Albemarle Mutual Insurance Company, on the Board of Directors of Augusta Mutual Company, ASCS Board of Directors, Southern States Board of Directors, Carlton Brooks Board Directors, Fruit Growers Board of Directors, Charter Member of National Cattleman Association, Virginia Cattleman Association Board of Directors, Albemarle County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, Albemarle County
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prises acquire their acreage for large plantations to grow export/cash crops that are not foodstuffs. In the 1970s Haiti was self-sufficient in rice production, a primary staple in that Caribbean isle. In a Structural Adjustment Program dictated by the IMF, tariffs on imported rice were reduced from 50 percent to 3 percent. Today less than 25 percent of rice is locally produced. Bill Clinton, a big proponent of Structural Adjustment Programs back in his day, admitted his “mistake” regarding Haiti in March 2010.
Feeder Calf Association, Board of Directors and Manager, Agriculture and Forestry District Advisory Committee, Precinct Chief for White Hall Voting District, Teacher for Future Farmers of America, Member of 4-H Club, Member of the White Hall Hunt Club, Charter member of White Hall Ruritan Club with 51 years perfect attendance, Lifetime member of Mount Moriah United Methodist Church where he served in many positions including President and Manager of Mount Moriah Cemetery Association A funeral service was held at Mount Moriah Methodist Church on December 26, 2015 at 2 p.m. with The Reverend John Ward. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Regarding Sub-Saharan Africa, he is reported to have said, “We blew it.” Large-scale hunger and poverty have increased in the 21st century. Each day, according to the 2013 United Nations Farming Report, 25,000 people, mostly children, die of malnutrition. Pope Francis probably read the U.N. Farming Report advocating for change in the current industry-dominated agro-chemical farming model. Monsanto et al. has not read it and is not going to pay attention either, unless we do a lot of insisting. I will navigate through both the abundance of soy and the shortcomings thereof in our American diets next time.
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come off the court, their replacements step in, keeping the momentum. Junior guard Ryan Ingram averages 12.8 points, sophomore guard Chris McGahren knocks down 7.8 per game, Josh Coleman (another junior guard) is scoring 7.5 per game. Other key players such as senior forwards Mike Vale, Carrington Murphy, Jared Carter, Will Cress and junior Austin Cress score in the 5.0-6.6 range per game. Senior guard Nick Yancey kicks in 6.5 ppg. Ingram was named to the Daily Progress/ NBC 29 Holiday Basketball Classic All-Tourney team. The Warriors’ only loss to date came at the hands of George Marshall in this round robin. Also making the All-Tourney team was WAHS girls basketball guard, freshman Elisabeth Coffman. Team shooting is over 50 per cent, and rebound totals average 35.6 per game. Other statistics are also superlative, but there is also a slight hiccup on the freethrow line that is being worked on diligently at practice. But this is not about those numbers so much as it is about a hotbed of success, a drive to improve, and a need for education that is the key for these players. Vale and Murphy talk of their experiences with this team, and coach Ryan Hughes told of leaving WAHS and going on to college but returning to his roots to teach in Head Coach Darren Maynard’s program. The attraction for attending Western becomes abundantly clear as they speak. “This has been a great experience. It’s been a lot of work, but I enjoy it a lot. We’ve been playing together so long that it’s comfortable out there,” said Vale. He also recognized that the energy created by so many guys wanting to up their minutes on the floor keeps everybody striving to improve. Vale, who was featured in the October issue of the Gazette, said then that education was his most important goal. After the year he had in football, including catching a team-best 9 touchdown passes out of 32 total receptions to lead the Warriors, and what looks to be a superb basketball season, he is still put-
JANUARY 2016 ting together a body of competitive work that will be pleasing to remember for the rest of his life. What he is working on this final season is the fact that “we sometimes have little lapses in energy and we get ahead and then kind of relax and let the opponent back in a little bit. I don’t even like to give them a sliver of hope that they can come back.” Chiming in was teammate and fellow forward Murphy, also a senior. Murphy said, “I think part of what’s unique about Western basketball is the fact that our talent level is usually at or equal to the other teams that we play. What really sets our team and our program apart is our ability to take the game and our ability to play hard.” Carrington also feels that the heart and energy of the team, if used every minute of every game, will be a trademark of sorts, meaning that the WAHS style of playing works very well indeed. Carrington hopes to go to U.Va. next fall to study engineering and possibly minor in education. “I will definitely play club sports or intramural because sports has been a really important part of growing up and I want to pass that on either through coaching or teaching.” Coach Hughes spent the afternoon helping to supervise the very busy practice sessions developed by the WAHS football brain trust. His happiness at being in this gym at this time of his life was obvious. Twentyfive years old and single sounds like a dream, and he is living it to do exactly what he wants. “This is my third year as a coach, and I played here seven years ago. I went to RandolphMacon to play college baseball, but I came back to basketball because it’s my true love. The influence that Darren had on my life made me want to come back and be a coach. He runs this like a top-level college program, and you really get to see that you’re not just being a teacher but being involved as a coach and going through all the battles day in and day out.” Hughes believes in the mentoring aspect of his job, and he teaches at Cale Elementary. Coaching is a calling of sorts to him, and he is dedicated to giving back what his coach so generously shared with him.
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children!” Time seemed to freeze in the room. In the silence and sudden stillness the collective gasp of every team member was obvious to me. But this team was good and this kid was sick, so without missing more than that single beat everyone went back to the harrowing work. The undercurrent of anger in the room was translated into redoubled determination to save this kid. I was reminded of this case this month because of the recent dramatic news out of Africa that due to a vigorous vaccination campaign, for the first time in history meningitis A had been virtually eliminated from the 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that make up the “meningitis belt.” In previous years there were up to 250,000 cases of meningitis A infections in these countries, with up to 25,000 deaths a year. Meningitis A is caused by a strain of the bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis. This is the same bacteria, although a
slightly different strain, that killed Renee, the very first patient I ever treated. (www. crozetgazette.com/2009/11/ lightning-strikes/) Supported by a grant of 70 million dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in 2001 a vaccine was developed to fight meningitis A, a strain of the disease that occurs only in Africa. Vaccination started in 2010 and by 2013 230 million people had been immunized with the vaccine at a cost of less than fifty cents per dose. In 2013, the last full year we have data for so far, there were only four cases of meningitis A reported in all of Africa. That’s right, from 250,000 cases to four cases in just three years. With some diligence, meningitis A, like smallpox, will disappear from the world in the next few years. For 50 cents a person we can eliminate a fatal disease from the world. It cost a lot more to save the child I described above from his vaccine-preventable bloodstream infection, but in the end, after lots of antibiotics and a stormy course in the ICU he walked out of the hospital. Happy New Year!
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Landes Town Hall Meeting in Crozet Delegate R. Steven Landes, R-Weyers Cave, will hold a town hall meeting for Crozet-area residents as part his outreach initiative for the 2016 legislative session on Saturday, January 9, at 11 a.m. in the main dining room at The Lodge at Old Trail, 330 Claremont Lane in Crozet. Delegate Landes also announced meetings to be held in Bridgewater and Weyers Cave as well as a pre-session legislative survey and the continuation of the 25th House District Advisory Committee (HDAC). “As I have done for the past twenty years, I am asking residents of the 25th House District for their input so I can better understand what issues are most important to them. Over the years I have found their feedback to be invaluable,” said Landes. Landes’ legislative survey was mailed to residents of the 25th House District and is available on his website at www. stevelandes.com. Individuals are encouraged to complete the survey online or return it by mail by January 15. Residents of the 25th District interested in serving on the HDAC are encouraged to contact Will Wrobleski at (603) 660-8811 or by email at will@stevelandes.com. The 25th House District includes parts of Albemarle, Augusta, and
Rockingham Counties. Landes is currently serving his tenth term in the Virginia House of Delegates.
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Crozet Gazette Calendar Photo Exhibit Sam Abell, a world renowned National Geographic photographer and Crozet resident, selected the winning images in this year’s competition. From over 200 submitted photographs, he selected images to reflect the greater Crozet area in various seasons of the year. Prints of winning entries are on display in the Art Box gallery through January. There will be a Second Saturday Opening Reception on January 9, from 4 to 6 p.m. The Art Box’s famous ice cream sundaes topped with fruit from local orchards will be served The event is free and open to the public.
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Meet the Gazette Night at Crozet Library You read and enjoy it—now meet and greet the people responsible for The Crozet Gazette. Chat with your favorite columnists, ask questions of the editorial staff, nibble some light refreshments as you learn more about our local paper and the people who work to keep the community informed. Thursday, January 21, at 7 p.m. at Crozet Library. All ages.
Crozet Community Orchestra Has Openings for Musicians The Crozet Community Orchestra (CCO) started its January - March concert cycle January 6. Weekly rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Chiles Pickford Fellowship Hall at Tabor Presbyterian Church in Crozet. The CCO has openings for strings and other players. For more information please visit their website:, crozetcommunityorchestra.org, or email crozetorchestra@gmail.com. Registration closes January 31. The cost is $65 for an
11-week session, all music included (a limited number of need-based financial scholarships are available). The CCO is an IRS designated 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization. Donations of any amount are gratefully appreciated and tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Mailing address: Crozet Community Orchestra, P. O. Box 762, Crozet, VA 22932
Crozet Community Chorus Invites New Members The Crozet Community Chorus is a accepting new singers for the spring season. No auditions necessary. For more information, write to crozetchorus@
gamil.com. First rehearsal is January 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Crozet Baptist Church, 5804 St. George Avenue in Crozet.
Gazette Vet —continued from page 33 limited time on earth. She raised a puppy and was the best big dog for a little boy to have grown up with. By December, I knew her time was near. We had run out of tricks. She could no longer go on walks, was tired all the time, and the cancer was physically changing her body. As many of our clients have, we worried if we would know when it was “time.” We wished she would pass away quietly in her sleep, but as veterinarians we know that is uncommon. We just loved on her, cared for her, and trusted we would know. The morning of Dec. 27, she didn’t come out from under our bed. This was the first time she had done this since her first days out of the pound. I finally got her up and tried to feed her some pancakes. She took a bite just to appease me and went back under the bed. My eyes filled with tears as I knew this was the day. We had cared for her so long, but she could go on no longer. Later that day, she declined further. As my wife put our son to bed, I lay next to Kaya, knowing these were our last moments. It was surreal and sorrowful. She was so brave, yet so exhausted. I wanted to delay every minute. My wife soon joined me and we both lay there for a while, smothering her with love, probably freaking her out a little with all the tears and crying. In one of her finest moments, my wife placed an IV catheter in Kaya’s rear leg and while we both held one of her paws, we gave her the medicine that finally let her rest. As sad as that moment was, we could immediately feel relief that her time of suffering was over and feel gratitude for all she gave and meant to us. Life moved on, as it inevitably does after any high or low. There has been time to ponder her life, and how a dog can so profoundly impact our lives. Wherever your beliefs may lie, know that we are truly blessed to have dogs (and cats) in our lives.
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been responsive to community interests, and in the last few years, they’ve responded to a surge of interest in art and electronics,” she says. The library opens at 8 a.m. and Lejeune said with a smile that “By 8:30 we are crowded!” She said that the library has always been a popular place, but the new makerspace and other features are attracting new and different students: “There has been a great deal of excitement.” Students can eat lunch, work, or talk quietly in the library, and Lejeune says that one of their goals in renovating the library was “about providing new choices and opportunities for the students.” More changes are sure to come, and Techman believes that libraries will continue to evolve: “I feel libraries are essential and are changing to meet new needs. There’s a lot of talk about ebooks, but they’re definitely not free and not all titles are available in ebook format. Many students prefer print books, and libraries model an approach in which users have a choice of formats. Librarians are instructional partners, and have tech skills and big-picture understandings to help students in many ways.”
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