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Goochland artist’s intricately crafted silhouettes making the cut with fans By Roslyn Ryan Editor
When Goochland artist Janet Lynch finishes one of her pieces, the real beauty is not necessarily in what is left in front of her. In fact, it is often found in what is gone. An expert in the exquisitely delicate art of scherenschnitte, a German word translated literally as “cutting paper,” Lynch creates intricately cut silhouettes, some so detailed she has had many people insist that she must be using some kind of computer software — or even a laser. “There are no lasers,” Lynch laughed last week, shortly after see Silhouettes > 4
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Janet Lynch has been creating her detailed silhouettes — an art form known as scherenschnitte — for 27 years, using only a tiny pair of scissors and a cutting blade.
A word of warning: If you have any kind of problem controlling your sweet tooth, it’s probably best not to ask Phyllis Sykes what she plans to bring to the annual Fife Fire & Rescue Auxiliary Fall Craft Sale and Hunter’s Luncheon on Nov. 22. Though the event is not until Saturday, Sykes, who is organizing the annual event for the sixth time in a row, has been baking for two weeks. Her tally so far includes 30 pounds each of peanut butter balls, see Treats > 2
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Community Christmas Tree lighting will be held Dec. 5
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The Goochland Family YMCA will be hosting its annual Community Christmas Tree lighting from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 5, featuring caroling, holiday-themed activities, cookies, hot chocolate and more. As in years past, children will want to make sure to be in attendance for Santa’s big entrance at 7 p.m. This event is a collaboration between the YMCA, the Goochland County Department of Parks, Recreation and Facilities, and the Pamunkey Regional Library Goochland Branch. For more information, contact Goochland County Parks, Recreation & Facilities at (804) 556-5854 or the Goochland Family YMCA at (804) 556-9887.
Treat continued from >1 peanut clusters, chocolate turtles and coconut bon bons. “Have you ever had a coconut bon bon?” she asked while being interviewed Nov. 15. No, the interviewer admitted, but said there was a sudden urge to indulge in one immediately. Unfortunately, anyone interested will have to wait until the event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m., to gorge. Sykes said you’d better not get there too late: She typically sells out of everything — over 150 pounds of it — every year. Also featured at this year’s event will be baked and canned goods, kitchen items, jewelry, Scentsy candles, Mary Kay and plenty of options for Christmas shopping. The Fife Fire House is located at 2397 Hadensville-Fife Road in Goochland. For more information, contact Fife Fire & Rescue Auxiliary President Venna Brown at (804) 457-4238.
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Historical Society gift shop to host Open House Contributed report they have been stocking plenty The Goochland County of new items for the holidays. Historical Society’s Gift Shop The shop also will be hostis open. ing an open house from 1 to 5 According to members, p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22.
The shop, which is located at 2875 River Road West in the Courthouse Village, is normally open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
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Friday, Nov. 21 Storytimes will be held at the Cochrane Rockville Branch Library. Preschool storytime, for children 3 to 5 years old, will begin at 10:30 a.m. Family storytime, for all ages, starts at 11 a.m. For more information, call 804-749-3146 or visit the library at 16600 Pouncey Tract Road. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Columbia, will hold a healing service at 7:30 p.m. The service will include prayers, meditation, hymns and laying on of hands. St. John’s is located north of the intersection of Washington Street and Route 6. Saturday, Nov. 22 The Gabriel Pearce Memorial Scholarship Fund Holiday Craft/Home Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Berea Baptist Church at 15421 Pouncey Tract Road
Sunday, Nov. 23 St. John’s Episcopal Church, Columbia will hold a Holy Eucharist service at 10:30 a.m. A covered dish luncheon will follow at the Parish House located at 48 Cameron St. The Jerusalem Baptist Church in Manakin-Sabot will celebrate their 134th church anniversary with an 11 a.m. service followed by lunch, then a concert at 3 p.m. featuring the Faith Redeemers and Men on a Mission. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 804-784-3223
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Gum Spring United Methodist Church will host a craft and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Items for sale will include handmade crafts, homemade baked goods and candy and more from numerous vendors, including a white elephant sale. Breakfast and lunch will be available. Sunday, Nov. 30 For more information, call St. John’s Episcopal Church, 804-556-3494. The church is Columbia, will hold a Holy located at 191 Cross Country Eucharist service at 10:30 a.m. Road in Gum Spring. St. John’s is located north of the intersection of Washington mond’s Home Selling a House in St. and Rt. 6 in Columbia. Soup Manakin-Sabot? pecialist! and discussion will be held at
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Saturday, Dec. 6 “Sister’s Christmas Catechism, The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold” starring Aubrey Manning will be presented at 3 p.m. in celebration of St. Nickolas Day at Mary Mother of Church Abbey’s Sheppard Auditorium at 12829 River Road in Richmond. Tickets are $25, and can be reserved by calling 804-708-9654. For more information, contact Andrea Rieder: at 804-360-2359 or 804- 708-9654 or asrieder@ gmail.com. To view a 60-second show clip, go to www. RichmondMonks.org.Proceeds go to the Monastic Vocation Fund. The community is invited to get in the Christmas spirit with the Benedictine monks.
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Storytimes will be held at the Goochland Branch Library. Toddler storytime, for 2-yearolds accompanied by a parent, starts at 10 a.m. Mother Goose storytime, for children who are 6 to 24 months old and accompanied by a parent, will start at 10:45 a.m. Preschool storytime for 3- to 5-year-olds will begin at 11:30 a.m. For more information, call 804-556-4774.
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Silhouettes continued from >1 returning from the annual Craftsman’s Christmas Classic show in Richmond where she was exhibiting and selling her work. Instead, Lynch uses only her hands, a pair of cuticle scissors, and sometimes a tiny utility knife to cut shapes from crisp black or white paper. She usually uses a pattern, which she either pulls from a book or draws herself. Then comes the cutting. And cutting. And more cutting. If she has gotten a bit faster since she first took up the art form 27 years ago, Lynch said it
still takes hours of painstaking work to craft her more detailed pieces. A piece entitled Tiger Butterfly, an astonishing, lacelike design she describes as one her most ambitious projects, took 27 hours to complete. Unlike painting or sculpture, scherenschnitte requires no specialized tools or costly materials. And Lynch, who has now become a sought-after artist, has never taken a lesson in her craft. After seeing a woman at a craft show displaying her own examples of scherenschnitte nearly three decades ago, Lynch decided to give it a try. A life-long artist with a talent for drawing, “I was amazed by the way it looked,” Lynch
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said. “I just fell in love with it. I went home and picked up some scissors and a piece of paper and that was it.” The fact that Lynch’s very first piece was a Christmas tree could be seen as somewhat prophetic: All these years later, she is inundated with orders during the holiday season as fans seek her out to create custom Christmas gifts. While some artists might find themselves having to explain their passionate devotion to their work to family members, Lynch is fortunate in the fact that her husband David is an artist in his own right. An insurance agent by day, he is also a talented photographer whose work hangs side-by-side with his wife’s in their Manakin-Sabot art gallery. While the two continue to attend craft shows whenever they are able, and also sell pieces out of the gallery, they have
recently begun selling more of their work online through the e-commerce website Etsy. “It’s really taken off recently,” David said, and the couple has earned fans from as far away as France. Selling their work is rewarding, Janet and David said, but doesn’t quite compare to the joy of knowing they have made someone happy with one of their pieces. For Janet, a particular thrill comes when a silhouette she creates is instantly recognized. She recalled a little boy coming into her studio and catching a glimpse of a silhouette that his mother had asked Lynch to create. “He went ‘Hey, that’s me!’ ” Lynch remembered. “And that was really wonderful.” For more information on Janet Lynch’s work, visit artgalleryriverrd.com or call (804) 937-2353.
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November 20, 2014 Carolyn Fetrow FETROW, Carolyn Marie Heghin, 83, of Cedarfield in Richmond, passed away November 13, 2014, of complications from cancer. She was born in Britton, South Dakota, raised in Stirum and Cogswell, North Dakota, and then attended high school in Lexington, Missouri. She attended Park College in Parkville, Missouri, was a graduate of Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia, and earned a Master’s Degree at The University of Michigan. She was a librarian at Northern Illinois University and Gary, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her husband and high school sweetheart, Kendrick Don Fetrow, who she met while he attended Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri, where both her parents taught. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Heghin. Survivors include her son, Stephen Kendrick Fetrow and his wife, Donna
Brooks Fetrow, of ManakinSabot; her daughter, Stephanie Fetrow Cametas and her husband, Nikoloas B. Cametas, of Richmond; and grandchildren, Nikolas, Nicole and Lauren Cametas. Carolyn accompanied her husband and family with Mobil Chemical on various moves to Indiana, Florida, Illinois and Virginia. Carolyn was a member of River Road Presbyterian Church, Church Circle, and faithful member of the Soup Kitchen Crew at Second Presbyterian, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Council member, volunteer and benefactor, Lamb’s Basket Food Pantry volunteer, member of the Country Club of Virginia, Commonwealth Chapter of the D.A.R., Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Tuckahoe and Commonwealth Woman’s Clubs, Richmond Symphony Benefactor, Historical Society of Virginia, and numerous Bridge and social clubs. She was an avid reader and enjoyed her grandchildren, travel, Bridge,
Broadway shows, antiquing and cross stitch. Her remains rested at the Parham Chapel of Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N. Parham Rd., where the family received friends Monday, November 17, 2014. A memorial service was held Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at River Road Presbyterian Church, with a reception that followed. The family wishes to extend their greatest appreciation to her friends for their prayers, kind thoughts and cards. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to River Road Presbyterian Church, 8960 River Rd., Richmond, VA 23229, Walk-In Ministry of Second Presbyterian Church, 5 N. 5th St., Richmond, VA 23219, or The Lamb’s Basket Food Pantry, P.O. Box 3064, Henrico, VA 23228.
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In praise of those who work on children’s behalf “A man is never so tall as then, if you will, is that we all when he stoops to help a child.” adopt one single, simple tradi—Abraham Lincoln tion to pair with this day going forward, something to bring it the recognition it deserves. By Roslyn Ryan Today, as you go about your Editor day, why not make it a point to thank someone who is workAs absolutely no one needs ing to make a difference in the to be reminded, the 2014 life of a child? Holiday Season is officially Fortunately, there is no upon us. But while many of shortage of these people in us already have Thanksgiving Goochland County, includmenus, party invitations and ing our social service workers, gift lists tying us in knots, there the volunteers of the Court is one special day this time of Appointed Special Advocate year that rarely garners much program and the small army notice. of dedicated school teachers In case you were not aware working throughout the coun— I certainly wasn’t — Nov. 20 ty. is designated throughout the They work tirelessly on world as Universal Children’s behalf of some of our most Day. vulnerable citizens, offering a The day was created by light in the darkness and a the United Nations General hand to hold when it is needed Assembly in 1954, but has most. never enjoyed the popularity All of these men and women in the United States that it has have taken it upon themselves in other parts of the world.* to be there for our children, to What I’m guessing is that fight for their rights and promost of us don’t even know it vide them a voice. exists. And that’s a shame. And if that’s not something One issue, of course, is that worth celebrating this holiday Children’s Day doesn’t have any season, I’m not sure what is. traditional kind of celebration *We do, in fact, have a attached to it. We don’t give National Child Day in the gifts or make special dishes. As United States — celebrated on far as I know, there are no spe- the first Sunday in June since cial Children’s Day songs. 2001 — though it rarely receives What I am proposing today much fanfare.
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CASA volunteers attend state conference Twelve members of Goochland’s Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program recently attended the state wide CASA conference held in Hampton. The topics included issues of domestic violence; how trauma affects children; and learning a child’s story through their medical records, among others. CASA volunteers attending included Ginny Perrin, Eileen Kinelski, Pat Gaeser, John Henry, Carol Wiegmann, Katie Presson, board member Connie Reid, Meta and Earl Potts, Yvette McDermott Thomas, Darlene Churchill, Grace Butler and Ann Casey. The featured speaker at the closing luncheon was Katie Presson, who gave a moving talk of her involvement in the CASA program both as a child needing a CASA and now coming full circle to being sworn in as an advocate. She spent the summer as an intern working in the Goochland CASA office and is now a senior at the University of Richmond, working toward her goal of becoming a social worker.
Letters to the Editor Goochland County Veterans Day ceremony impressed resident Dear Editor, Veterans Day 2014 was a very special day for me after attending outstanding ceremonies at Randolph Elementary, Goochland High School, and Goochland Middle School. This was a first experience and I was very favorably impressed by the students and teachers I encountered. Some notables were Jennifer Gates, who coordinated the attendance of a number of veterans at Randolph and the gentleman who conducted the assembly in an outstanding manner. The Band Leader for Goochland
High School (GHS) and Goochland Middle School (GMS), Jay Sykes, also was outstanding in his presentations. I was particularly impressed by the high quality of music provided by the student orchestra he has trained. The young folks at all the schools sang extremely well. The young ladies in the red dresses at GHS were notably good and, as a frequent visitor to Las Vegas shows, I will say they are ready for prime time. And the principal of GMS certainly has a handle on, and the respect of all her students. She probably has superintendent of schools potential. I was very pleased to see my local tax money being well spent by the school system. As a retired Army engineer and director of information
management (DOIM). I think the schools are operating with reasonably current technology and certainly far better than I had in the 1950s and 1960s. Training and practice on the use of new equipment and software is essential to get full benefits, as Jen Gates said one of her kids had provided. And I was most pleased to see that despite a lot of national publicity about obesity problems in schools, there were very few overweight kids in the three schools I visited. The vast majority of kids appeared to be very physically fit, which I think is a tribute to the Goochland lifestyle. More than half of American see Letters > page 7
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Letters continued from >6 teenagers cannot meet physical standards for joining the military due largely to being overweight. The students in Goochland schools are clearly bucking this trend.
Goochland holiday tradition. Since its inception, the annual concert has attracted thousands and has raised more than $80,000 for Goochland charities. The tradition continues at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14. Nearly 1,000 people are expected to pack the auditorium at Goochland High School for a performance of
The Goochland American Legion deserves credit for the ceremony at the high school, which was the best and was attended by many community leaders. If you are a vet in Goochland, join the local American Legion Post 215! I don’t attend fireworks
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Ask Fern A Greetings, thankful readers! It’s November and I’m thinking all things “gathering”: Gathering in the harvest, gathering the remaining leaves, gathering by the fire on cooler evenings, and, as we round the corner to the holidays, gathering those closest to you for generous portions of comfort and joy! Nothing spells those divine words like a warm and inviting spread — just like the one I’m about to bless you with! But, before you dig in, remember: While you are cooking and hosting you are giving and receiving the highest gestures of human kindness — your time and your love. And while you’re doling out all of that good will, if you’re equally willing to be kind to yourselves and savor the preparations more by planning ahead and expecting distractions, you’ll have all the more reason to celebrate. And finally, whether you’re orchestrating a banquet for many or setting the table for one, may you enjoy the moment and find your cup full of ways to be hopeful, thoughtful, alive and thankful. Mrs. Smith-Cole is a wife, mother (of three), interior designer and active member in the Goochland Woman’s Club. Have a question for Fern? Send it to editor@ goochlandgazette.com.
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