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n Sunday afternoon my husband ran over a bunny nest with the lawnmower. Somehow, the bunny babies were unscathed, but the sheer fright of the near mauling was enough to put him off manual labor for all future Sabbaths. Three little bunnies nestled in a tiny divot in the middle backyard, protected by no more than a tuft of bunny fur. Perhaps mom hoped the whole thing would somehow blend with the nearby dog poop. It seemed like anything but careful nest choice. So much for nature providing helpful analogies for motherhood. Or maybe this was the rabbit equivalent of having your baby in the car — no time to be picky. We’re rapidly catching up with Mother’s Day, one of the two or three holidays each year in which my mother requested a bale of peat moss as her gift. We always ignored it and got her carnation corsages she pretended to like. The Rolling Stones didn’t realize it, but “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is really a paean to motherhood, those years in which what Mom wants falls second to the desires of everyone else in the house. And if I sound like I’m complaining, then there’s one thing you need to know about me: I’m not a mom. I’m just a witness. These days, my mother hangs out with friends nearly every day. She is in her eighties, and spends less time at home than your average teenager. Every night she hits the bookstore, where she has so many friends that this Christmas they exchanged gifts. She complains that she can no longer get any reading done, what with all the distractions of people talking to her. Then there’s the regular klatches at Dunkin’ Donuts, Arby’s, and McDonald’s, as well as gatherings at the senior centers of two cities for art classes. She won’t be gardening this year. That’s probably the third year in a row where she hasn’t spent hours on her knees in the yard, fixing what one of my friends proclaimed was the prettiest garden on the street. Hey, she’s earned a break. She never went in for vegetable gardening, so as a fourth grader, I was amazed when I saw real green beans growing from an actual plant in the yard of neighbor down the street. I charmed the neighbor lady into giving me some. When my mother cooked them, of course I refused to touch them. I’ve since come to realize there is nothing quite like homegrown produce, and Sarah Craft’s story in this issue contains some valuable advice for the ambitious vegetable gardener, with or without fussy kids. Connie Cottingham’s garden column reminds me of the true purpose of flowers. You probably know that bright and fragrant blooms are a form of seduction, attracting pollinators into the service of vegetable love. And every spring most of us gardeners show no more sense than the average bee and, seduced by the stuff already in bloom at the garden store, miss some of the glories waiting to erupt later in the season. So, this year have more sense than a bumblebee and heed Connie’s advice. Oh, and happy Mother’s Day. Hope you get your peat moss or whatever your heart desires.

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contents April/ May 2010 6

Food

Handy Breakfasts

8 Garden

Strategy for Sizzling Summer Color

10 Make Way for Veggies 12 Fashion

Striped & Checked

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14 Smarts Lunch Tips

15 Momitude

Child Labor? Ha!

16 Brawn Back ON!

18 Cover Story

They Save Horses Don’t They?

18 ON THE COVER

Drs Elizabeth Yorke, Amelia Munsterman and, LATH resident, Leroy.

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The story of Magic and the veterinary heroes of Auburn University’s Large Animal Teaching Hospital.

24 Calendar

Lots of Doings in Lee County

By Heida Olin

reakfast on the run is the norm at our house. Who has the luxury to sit down to bacon and eggs? Even on weekends, we’re racing out after sleeping in. But that doesn’t mean we’re grabbing a McMuffin at the golden arches. I gave the weekend breakfast a once over and came up with easy grab-and-go meals for those many, many days we can’t sit down and savor. Muffins are the perfect grab-and-go alternative. Pack them with fruit, freeze them for convenience, and microwave them on the way out the door — or eat them cold. Don’t bother with box mixes. Scratch muffins are easy to make and taste much better. There’s only one trick to them: Don’t beat the batter, just stir it. Handy breakfast casseroles make a hearty grab-and-go, well suited for hungry late risers who wouldn’t dream of pulling out a frying pan. Although you make these in a muffin tin, they’re not really muffins. You can personalize each treat with meat and vegetable fillings and form them from any number of store-bought country-style breads. These will last three months in the freezer unless you make them with potatoes. The potato texture won’t hold up beyond a month. I put that muffin tin to work again with a homemade granola bar that makes not only a perfect breakfast, but a healthy snack to tide you over before dinner, or a great accompaniment to a late night cup of coffee. Oatmeal, dried fruit, and a little bit of chocolate are the key ingredients. Until we find the time to belly up to a stack of pancakes, this assortment of muffinesque breakfast foods will more than satisfy. It might even delight.

JUST MUFFINS This recipe is one I used in my food prep courses in college. Because it’s so simple, it’s a staple in my recipe file and the only muffin recipe I use. 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt

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2 – 4 tablespoons sugar 1 cup milk 1 egg 4 tablespoons melted butter or oil 1 cup chopped fresh fruit. Topping of choice, including streusel, coarse sugar, walnuts, pecans, or sliced almonds. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare a 12-count muffin tin by either spraying with cooking spray or lining with paper baking cups that are then lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Whisk dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Stir in the fruit to coat. Fruits can include berries, diced just-ripened bananas without brown spots, grated apple, chopped pears, chopped peaches, or diced mango. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Set aside. In another bowl, beat the milk, eggs, and melted butter or oil. Pour the liquid ingredients into the well in the flour mixture, and with a fork, gently stir the flour into the liquid just until the flour disappears. (This produces a tender texture and gives nice form to your muffins.) Fill muffin cups two-thirds full and sprinkle with topping. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until the muffins are golden brown and firm to the touch. Streusel topping: ½ cup flour ½ cup brown sugar 4 tablespoons softened butter ½ to 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom or five-spice powder Mix and crumble over muffins before baking.

HANDY BREAKFAST CASSEROLES I love the versatility of this recipe. When I make these for my husband, I use leftover potatoes instead of bread. Peppers in this recipe can be red,

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green, or jalapeño. It’s your choice. Be creative. Try using chopped broccoli or asparagus. Even broccoli slaw makes a nice addition. 2 cups grated, cooked potatoes OR 2 cups of hearty country- style bread, torn into bite- size pieces ½ cup onion, minced ½ cup mixed peppers, finely chopped 1 cup cooked bulk sausage, ham, o crumbled bacon 8 eggs ½ cup light cream or Half & Half 2 teaspoons of your favorite season salt mixture 1 cup grated cheddar or other cheese I like to use foil muffin liners, but make sure to take these off before you microwave. Or skip the liners and grease the muffin tin well. I’ve never tried paper liners, but don’t see why they wouldn’t work. This recipe makes 24 muffins. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix potatoes or bread, onions and peppers; place about 2 tablespoons of this mixture into the prepared muffin tins. Add a tablespoon of meat. Beat eggs, cream, and seasoning, and pour into each muffin tin, leaving a little room for a topping of grated cheese. When cheese is added, tin should be full. Bake about 30 minutes until set. They will be a bit soft in the middle, but stored heat will finish the baking process outside the oven. You can serve these immediately (try topping with fresh salsa) or cool completely and freeze individually wrapped. Microwave frozen 2 minutes on high to reheat.

1½ cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1½ teaspoons cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 3 cups rolled old-fashion oats, divided ½ cup mini chocolate chips 2/3 cup dried cranberries 2/3 cup chopped dates 2/3 cup chopped dried apricots ½ cup chopped walnuts 1 cup firm packed brown sugar ½ cup sugar 2 sticks butter, softened 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla Icing (optional) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 1½ cups of oats on a jelly roll pan and toast in the oven for about 8 minutes or until oats start to turn golden. (You will begin to smell the toasted oats when it’s ready to come out of the oven.) Let the oats cool. Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and set aside. In a large bowl, mix toasted oats with untoasted oats, nuts, and

dried fruits. Beat the butter and sugars until creamy, about 5 minutes, depending on how soft the butter is. Add the eggs, beating just until incorporated. Add the flour mixture and stir with electric mixer on low speed until flour is mixed. Stir in oat mixture by hand. Fill ungreased muffin tin cups three-quarters full. (You could use paper muffin liners, too. It would make these easier to take out of the tins, but it’s not necessary.) Bake for about 18 minutes. They will be golden, but not completely set in the center. Be careful not to overcook. A soft center will firm if you let them sit a minute before taking them out of the muffin tins. Let cool. If you want to add icing, use ½ cup confectioners’ sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla, 2 tablespoons milk or cream. Mix this, adding more sugar if needed, and drizzle over the cooled muffins. -lm

Heida Olin is a local caterer and educator. You can reach her at heida@ lee-magazine.com.. Please visit her blog at www.lee-magazine.com

HEIDA’S BREAKFAST BARS The dried fruit make these a treat for a sweet tooth. Beware, they can be addicting. Despite the healthy ingredients, this isn’t diet food. We never have enough of these left for freezing, so I’m not sure how they’ll hold up. But they will keep about a week in an airtight container. Or you can assemble the ingredients, put them in a muffin tin, and freeze. Once frozen, take the bars out and put them in a Zip-lock bag. To prepare, put the bars back into muffin tin and let sit about 30 minutes before baking in a 375-degree oven.

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Summer flowers: The bold and the beautiful By Connie Cottingham

o visit a garden center this time of year is to subject yourself to flowery seduction. All of the early-season bloomers cast bold come-hither glances, and you absolutely have to have them. They’re glorious. But then they’re done. You’ve spent all your money on the early season beauties and now your garden will miss the flashiest season of all: High summer. I love the garden in summer’s scorch, when the colors are as hot as the concrete sidewalks: vivid reds, oranges, blues, yellows, purples and more. Summer blooms are bolder and louder than the dainty blossoms of spring. But when the summer flowers put on their show, we’re nestled in air-conditioning, not planting new varieties. So summer bloomers have a tough time getting into the home landscape unless they are a plant that just blooms and blooms and blooms, like Knock-Out rose or Stella d’Oro daylily. This means not just a shortage of beauty for us, but a dearth of nutrition for pollinating insects and birds. Summer bloomers celebrate the heat and provide forage for butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, moths, beetles, wasps and more. So try to resist the siren song

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of spring — or at least a little of it — and look to extend the blooming season in your garden all the way until frost. One way to guarantee more blooms in summer is to remove spent blossoms. Once a flower fades, snip it so the plant will direct its energy to creating more flowers instead of setting seeds. The plant’s whole reason for blooming is to attract pollinators and make seed, so when you cut off the blooms before seeds form, the plant keeps trying with even more flowers. The staff of your favorite nursery can help you choose a few of the wonderful plants that bloom in our summer heat. Here are some of my favorites: erusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) — The Jerusalem artichokes in the produce section are actually the roots of this native perennial sunflower. So while your artichoke crop grows underground, you and the bees can enjoy the bright yellow flowers floating in the air. Unfortunately deer love this plant and have beat me to a few harvests. Butterfly Bush (Buddlia) — This shrub is usually covered in

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purple plumes (although there are also pink, white, yellow, and bicolor varieties). The two shrubs that bring butterflies to my back deck are taller than I by the end of the season, even though I cut them back to knee height in early spring. This year I’m adding dwarf varieties that mature at two-feet to three-feet tall. They have the same blooms, but fit more easily into home landscapes. eadow sage (Salvia) — Deer hate the sage family but pollinators love it. Many perennial salvias grow waist high or taller and sport spikes of red, purple, or pink flowers. Lantana — If ever there was a low-maintenance blooming workhorse it is Miss Huff lantana. Every year it is so slow to leaf that I think it is dead. But the end of summer it is covered with blooms, hummingbirds, and butterflies. Give this girl room – she can grow to four-foot to six-feet tall and wide, and she’s deer resistant. Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) – These tall, fragrant, feminine blooms belong in every sunny garden. Asters – So many available, including many natives, to add color to the late summer and fall garden. Don’t forget the annuals, including marigolds, zinnias, nasturtiums, sunflowers, and the annual salvias and lantanas. -lm

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Dirt, worms, and ladybugs: a primer in vegetable gardening By Sarah Craft

t’s not spring without a little dirt under your fingernails, or at least on your gardening gloves. We asked three Lee County gardeners to give you a hand in the vegetable garden — with advice, anyway. You’ll have to pull the weeds yourself. They are Charles Browne, Lee County Extension coordinator; Glenn Fain, Auburn University organic gardening professor; and AU student gardener Claire Davis, who wouldn’t let the season pass without growing a few tomatoes in pots on the back porch. DOCTOR THE DIRT: Browne gives the soil quality in Lee County a B+ overall, but some newly developed areas have hard-to-cultivate red clay. Fain says one quick way to improve soil quality is to increase the amount of organic matter in the soil with composted animal waste like chicken litter. JUST ADD WORMS: No room for mulch? Davis says adding worms to a pot gives tomatoes the organic matter they need. Any bait and fishing store carries them, or just wait for a good rain and dig a little. EASIEST VEGETABLES TO GROW: Browne recommends anything with a large seed, such as squash, butterbeans, cucumbers, and peas. MOST DIFFICULT VEGETABLES TO

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GROW: Fine-seeded plants such as basil and Greek oregano can be the biggest challenges because of their susceptibility to disease and pests, Browne says. But Fain says that’s no reason to shy away from these varieties: “I hate to say that any type of vegetable is hard to grow here. With a little care, most gardeners can grow pretty much anything.” BEST FOR KIDS: Go for the quickest rewards for the first-time gardener, Browne says. A fast-germinating plant like a radish, with shoots that appear within 30 days, will give children a good feeling about their efforts “even if they don’t like the taste,” Browne says. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN: You can’t simply plant and walk away if you want to harvest healthy vegetables, Browne says. At least once a week, or better, every day, walk the garden looking for changes in plant health, weed invasions, or attacks by hungry insects. DEFEATING DISEASE: Browne suggests spreading old newspapers around the base of plants. Keep the papers in place by piling on wheat or pine straw. This creates a barrier between the soil — where diseases and fungi thrive — and foliage. This method has a second benefit, he says. “When the newspaper rots, you have a

good organic material to go back into the soil and improve soil quality.” WET LEAVES: The best time to wet foliage with overhead irrigation or watering is in the morning, Browne says. That gives plants a chance to dry before sunset, when disease may make inroads. But even better is drip irrigation that takes water directly to the root zone. PEST CONTROL: For a successful garden, insect control is essential, but don’t spray indiscriminately, Browne says. The problem, Fain says, is that pesticides kill the good insects — such as ladybugs — right along with the bad. A ladybug is an efficient pest control instrument, eating up to 5,000 aphids in her lifetime. Fain suggests a manual approach to bad bugs: pluck them from the plant yourself. LET US HAVE LETTUCE: Davis says she’s surprised she doesn’t see lettuce in more gardens. “It’s super easy to grow and it tastes so much better than the kind you buy at the store,” she says. Fain cautions that most lettuce prefers cooler seasons, except for Romaine, which is extremely heat-tolerant. Some vegetables Browne says deserve garden space include bok choy and kohlrabi. They grow easily in Lee County’s climate and can add delicious flavors and exotic textures to food. LATE SEASON CHALLENGE: To protect shorter or young plants from an early frost, Fain suggests cutting the bottom out of a gallon milk-jug and covering the plants overnight. “Just be sure to remove the jug early in the morning before the sun starts to heat them,” he says. “Or you could actually cook them.” HARVESTING: The best time to harvest vegetables is early morning, Browne says, before they can absorb heat from the sun. According an Extension publication, it’s also important to harvest vegetables at the proper stage of maturity. Some plants, including beans, okra, and cucumbers, will stop producing if the vegetable is allowed to mature on the plant. -lm Sarah is an Auburn University student and freelance writer

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BREAK THE RULES Mixing patterns means pizzazz

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ou can put a zing in your spring by breaking a little rule your mother told you. Mix contrasting patterns. Just this once, ignore your mama. She was probably just trying to protect you from poor matchups, because mixing contrasting patterns is difficult. It’s so much easier to find one pattern and pair it with solids. Or, even less daring, opt for solids only. It’s safe … and boring. So take a chance. This is a fun way to re-imagine your wardrobe. But there are some rules. It’s more than pulling a gingham-print skirt and a floral blouse from your closet and declaring yourself well dressed. That kind of pattern mixing might get you noticed in the wrong way. The rules are easy. Read them. Understand them. Make them your own. •Don’t mix two or more bold prints together. The gingham and floral I mentioned? That falls into this category. It creates competing visual interest and lacks a necessary focal point. •Wear prints in the same color family. If you have a favorite floral blouse, select one of its less-obvious colors and use it to select a

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skirt with stripes of that color. •Make sure patterns are approximately the same size. For instance, do not overpower a delicate floral with thick, heavy stripes. •Don’t be too matchy-matchy. If you decide to wear black and white polka dots, all about the same size, it might look like you’re dressed for a prom — in 1980. •Working with smaller patterns is easier. If you like big, all-over patterns, though, you have to keep proportions in mind. Save those big prints for bathing suits when you can show some skin to balance the loud pattern. •Some patterns act as neutrals. For instance, treat garments in such classic fabrics as houndstooth and tweed as a neutral, and pair them with something bold. •Many of the most attractive pattern pieces are loose fitting. To compensate, make sure one item is structured – like a blazer or tailored pants – to offer balance and polish. •Dress for your body type. If you have a large chest, you probably don’t want to wear a loud pattern on top. It will only draw more attention upward. Same goes for the lower half – if your bottom is big, bold prints will only make it look bigger.

firmly believe that leopard matches almost anything. It’s such a fierce, quirky print that it can really look great with something more traditional. Imagine pairing a leopard-print pencil skirt with a floral cardigan. I get the itch to shop from just thinking about it. To ease into mixing patterns, start with something small, like accessories. Find a necklace with beads of different patterns and wear it with a printed blouse. Or find a pair of shoes with a slight pattern and pair it with a printed top and solid bottom. Mixing patterns will give your favorite clothing a new life. With enough innovation, you might save yourself a little money by using what you already own. Not even Mom would argue with that. -lm

Taylor Dungjen is a freelance writer who often covers fashion. Write to her at taylor@lee-magazine.com.

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Or use light cream cheese or other low-fat spreads instead of mayonnaise. Select luncheon meats low in sodium and fat. Pile on some mixed greens instead of iceberg lettuce. U — use what’s in your pantry. Stock it with baked varieties of chips and crackers. I love the baked Ruffles potato crisps. They’re as good as any full-fat potato chip. T — take a chance. There are lots of new prepared foods with a healthy profile. Try low-sodium, low-cal soups. Vacuum bottles have come a long way. The hot liquid you poured into the vacuum bottle at 7 a.m. is still fairly hot by lunchtime, which can begin as early as 11 a.m. Pair it with a tuna sandwich — just hold the mayo. Add a teaspoon of olive or canola oil instead and a dash of salt and pepper or some other spice. R — raw veggies. Snow peas, baby carrot sticks, sliced zucchini rounds and a two-ounce plastic container of hummus — which comes in enough flavors to satisfy all but the pickiest child — are tasty and filling. Celery sticks with either light cream cheese or low-fat peanut butter is a good crunchy choice. Sprinkle a few raisins on top for a sweet kick without a lot of sugar. I— introduce new foods. Pack a green salad and put a variety of fixings in small, two-ounce plastic containers so your child can personalize his salad. Throw in an individual packet of salad dressing , available in the produce section of most supermarkets. The only challenge here is getting your child to bring home your containers. T — trim the fat. You’d be surprised at how quickly your taste buds adapt to the low-fat varieties of a lot of your favorite snacks, cheeses, chips, and cakes. Checkout Weight Watchers treats,

Fewer calories, more filling! The ABC’s of packing the perfect lunch By Debbie Smelley You’ve heard it enough. We’re in the middle of an obesity epidemic, and it’s kids who are suffering. Is school lunch part of the minefield? We’re all in a hurry, so who hasn’t reached for the convenience food with its ample helpings of salt, fat, and sugar, just to get the kids to the bus stop on time. And how many of us investigate the school lunch programs? Are your children offered healthy choices? And if they are, do they skip the healthy stuff in favor of the high-fat, high-sugar offerings instead? Here are some ideas to help pack a healthy lunch. Think n-ut-r-t-i-o-n: N — new twists on old ideas. Use low-fat or natural peanut butter with no-sugar-added jams and jellies. Spread sandwiches with any one of a dozen different kinds of mustard to add flavor.

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or include fruit cups with no added sugars. I — increase fiber. Send in packets of sliced apples with a mini container of low fat caramel dip or peanut butter. Try toasted whole wheat English muffins with low-fat peanut butter and sugar-free jelly. Maybe some popcorn without butter. O — get organized. Put some planning into your trip to the grocery store, and you’ll bring home a good supply of nutritious foods for the lunch box. N — nix the soft drinks and the fruit drinks. Too sugary. Opt instead for flavored water, plain water or — even better — lowfat milk. If chocolate milk is your child’s only vice, you can let that slide. -lm Debbie Smelley is a teacher and mother of two. You can reach her at debbie@lee-magazine.

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Making children do their share — NOT! By Kelly Frick

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he other day I asked my seven-year-old son to help set the table. The chore interrupted his favorite cartoon. He stomped toward the kitchen, huffing and puffing, his red-hot temper in full view. “You treat me like a butler!” he exclaimed. My husband and I burst into laughter because a) he actually knew what a butler was; and b) his household duties are more on par with Richie Rich than his manservant. Our children are not exactly workhorses on the family farm. We didn’t set out to spoil them, but we haven’t exactly been teaching the value of a day’s labor. Chores impart a sense of responsibility and show how to work for the things you want. They are also a taste of the future: Someday you’ll have a job. And you’ll wake up one morning not wanting to go. Go anyway. Yet as parents, Chris and I have fallen down when it comes to doling out chores. Emma is 10. Her weekly chores consist of making her bed (weekends only) and making sure the bathrooms have toilet paper on the holder (but only on Sundays when she has time after church to check.) John is responsible for napkins on the table (this was supposed to be a daily chore that earned him minutes on the Wii, but he’s pretty much decided it’s not worth it) and making sure the dog gets her exercise. (This isn’t really a chore; he does it by taking her chew toy and making her chase him through the house, over furniture, under beds and across the coffee table.) As is the case with most of our parenting skills, I hand out chores the way my parents did. When I was a kid, I set the table every day and helped clear the dishes. I got out of everything else: I didn’t wash dishes because my mother was extremely fussy and my brothers and I didn’t do the job as carefully as she could. Same with laundry, bed making, cooking, sweeping, etc. My dad did try to make me sweep out the garage once, on the hottest day of the summer. It was 110 degrees and I told him that to make me do this constituted child abuse. My father didn’t like my sass so he sent me off to my cool bedroom to think about my smart mouth. (My punishment: I finished reading “Little House

in the Big Woods” while drinking a forbidden Coke in the splendor of 75 degrees. I still cry thinking about it.) My dad also tried to make me mow the lawn. We had a riding lawn mower and driving around on it looked more like fun than work. On my second sweep through the backyard, I accidentally tried mowing down a 50-year-old oak. I was OK. The lawn mower? Not so much. It was the first and last time I mowed the lawn. I consider that a real achievement. I’m not sure if my husband had chores as a kid. But since his mother would still launder, fold, and iron his clothes if I brought them to her, I’m guessing he wasn’t Little Orphan Annie either. And yet, somehow, both of us managed to graduate from college, land good-paying jobs, be upstanding citizens, and fairly decent parents. I even learned how to wash dishes properly and do laundry, albeit not until I went off to college two hours from home. Chris and I are considering a few more chores for our children. They’ve been asking for an allowance and this is a way to teach them to expect honest pay for honest work. If they stick with this long enough, they’ll learn what I’ve learned by working hard and earning money — make enough, and you can hire someone else to do your chores. -lm Kelly Frick is a writer and mother of two. LEE MAGAZINE 15

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Back attack: Conquer and Keep Moving By Lisa Gallagher

ary Helen was so close. She was within five pounds of her goal weight, and it hadn’t been easy. She was getting out of bed for 5 a.m. boot camp classes, jogging, avoiding simple carbohydrates, and refusing the extra glass of wine. Then this motivated, determined, energetic woman made a disastrous mistake. She’s not sure exactly what she did, but she did something. She may have reached too far for a file, sat too long at her desk, or bent down to pick up her laptop case. The next morning she couldn’t move. She was back to square one, again. This isn’t the first time she’s had this happen. Ever since doctors found two herniated discs in her lumbar spine, Mary Helen has had to work her way through the minefield of everyday movements. One wrong twist while getting out of her Mini Coo-

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per, too many hours wearing high heels, or lifting even a moderately heavy object, and she’s down for the count. In his book, “Treat Your Own Back,” Robin McKenzie points out that sixty to seventy-five percent of people who have experienced back pain will have a recurrence. It is possible for back pain sufferers to help themselves heal, but it requires an understanding of the mechanics leading to back problems. The cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the back — the neck, upper back and lower back, respectively — should have natural, shock absorbing curves to them. When the curves are lost from sitting and bending forward often, or from sitting for long periods, supporting ligaments fatigue. This generates pain that can extend down the leg (sciatica) and can be debilitating.

So it may not be what Mary Helen did, but what she did after at play here. Strain commonly occurs in the lower back, so it’s imperative to sit in a way that supports and maintains the back’s natural curve. Exercising, then resting in a recliner, or in Mary Helen’s case, working for hours at her desk, is a likely cause of the problem. Physical therapists advise that you roll up a towel and place it behind your low back on a straight chair to protect your back, especially if you think you’ve overused your muscles. You should also keep moving. I once saw this note on the reception desk of a Blacksburg, Va., chiropractor, “Your fee is discounted fifteen percent if you walked or rode your bike to this appointment.” He created an incentive for movement that will help his patients by increasing blood flow and flexibility.

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Not all movement is good, however, so it’s important to protect your back by pulling the belly button in and up when lifting or leaning forward. Use the strong muscles in your legs when vacuuming or gardening, and stretch your hamstrings. Consider strengthening exercises such as those in “Treat Your Own Back.” A Pilates class is an excellent way to learn how to isolate and control abdominal and low back movement and reduce risk of injury. It’s always important to see your doctor when your back hurts, especially if the pain extends down your leg toward your foot, if you have numbness or weakness, or if you feel unwell in addition to your back pain. These may be signal a more serious problem than back pain alone. But Mary Helen is back on track now. She performed prescribed exercises consistently, stayed mindful during everyday movement, maintained good posture, and kept active. She’s now closing in on her last three pounds. -lm

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The (Tennessee) walking cure How AU vets meet the big patient challenge D

they knew immediately something serious was in play with the personable animal, and examination revealed Magic was suffering from a potentially deadly condition of the connective tissue called laminitis. The laminitis started in the right front leg after his left front leg broke in a kick by another horse. To compensate for the injury, Magic shifted his massive weight off the broken leg and onto the healthy right leg. Under the strain, the tissue of the right leg inflamed, leading to laminitis. Untreated, the bone inside the hoof actually separates from the hoof wall and slips down through the bottom of the foot. Euthanasia often follows. When Magic arrived in Auburn, he was in the early stages of acute laminitis that would soon take a turn for the worse. In time, the bone began to separate from the hoof until only a sixteenth of an inch of tissue held it in place. But from the start, the vets realized, this was a battle for Magic’s life. Every year some 3,200 horses, cows, goats, sheep, pigs and even a few zebras, llamas, and alpacas Photo courtesy of Gayle Lehman

r. Amelia Munsterman was just beginning the evening shift at the Auburn University John T. Vaughan Large Animal Teaching Hospital on a muggy Friday last summer. Looking across the steaming blacktop parking lot, she watched a horse trailer with Florida plates approach. Inside the trailer was Magic, a ten-year-old Tennessee walking horse. Magic is a striking horse. Sixteen hands high — five-feet, four-inches at the base of his neck — he is deep black with white feet. But, what struck Munsterman and the staff first was his gait. Magic favored his right front leg. A deep gash marred his left. Still, he seemed in good spirits, said Dr. Elizabeth Yorke, an equine surgery resident. “The horse didn’t act like he was unwell,” she said. “He was still bright, looking around.” But Magic wasn’t well; Tennessee walkers — sometimes called plantation walkers — are known Gayle Lehman and Magic for their calm dispositions. It was Magic’s Tennessee walker attitude that the vets were seeing. But

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Photo courtesy of Gayle Lehman

Most horses are upset by the sling but Magic relaxed and took a nap

visit the Large Animal Teaching Hospital at Auburn University. Part of the college of veterinary medicine, it’s the oldest institution of its kind in the nation. Service in the 71,500-square foot hospital, built in 2003 and named for a former dean, is part of a veterinary student’s final year of training ost of the patients are horses — some 2,300 last year — and most of their ills are routine. They come with abdominal pain that could be anything from impacted food to a twisted gut requiring surgery. The come with the chokes — a wad of food blocking digestion caused by eating too fast or inadequate chewing. Plenty arrive with aches and pains and open wounds. But Magic’s case wasn’t run-of-the mill. “He was unusual in that the bone that he broke is one typically we can’t fix,” said Munsterman. The break was in the radius,

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which is the leg bone closest to the horse’s chest. Breaking this large, weight-bearing bone is often catastrophic. In Magic, the fracture was just above the first joint, the knee. “But he broke such a small piece of the radius bone we hoped it would heal on its own. It was a fist-size piece a very end of the radius,” she said. The danger was from the small fissures that radiated from the break. Propagation along any of those cracks would turn hopeful case perilous. “If a radius breaks in half, it’s pretty much done,” Yorke said. An x-ray showed many fracture lines snaking out from the original injury, adding to the animal’s vulnerability. Little flesh covers the bone at this point on the leg, and the kick opened a wound that wouldn’t heal. Plus, the wound was infected, and infection had entered the bone — another devastating turn of events. “It’s a bad spot for horse to get kicked,” Yorke said.

or Magic’s owner, Gayle Lehman, Magic is more than a horse. Lehman grew up riding horses as a child in Brundidge, Ala., some sixty miles south of Montgomery. In 2001, Lehman decided it was time to ride again. She and her husband, Billy Jackson, drove to a farm in Dothan, Ala., to look at horses. It was here that she met the two-year-old Magic. “You have to take love into account when you call these young plantation walkers ‘beautiful,’” Lehman acknowledges. “ Magic was all head and legs. He was a gangly teenager. … But even then he was beautiful to me.” Lehman rode Magic around the property. When she returned, she didn’t have to tell her husband she was smitten. “The tears were flowing, I couldn’t get rid of the grin,” she said. “He said, ‘She’ll take him,’ and we brought him home.” Billy was already sick when they bought Magic. Six months later Billy Jackson lost

his battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lehman was devastated by grief. “You can’t sleep at night. Everything’s horrible. Nothing’s right. The world’s just scary as hell all of a sudden. And every night I was just back there with Magic, crying, hanging on to him. I was on my knees, just couldn’t get a grip,” she said. When she talks about those first nights with Magic after her husband’s death, she still cries. Every night she visited Magic in his stable. When she was weak from weeping and could no longer stand, she would

“I was just dumbfounded,” she said. “That’s not my horse standing there. That’s not Magic. This horse was there with his head down. He wasn’t eating, he wasn’t drinking, his eyes were dull. I mean that was not my horse,” she said. But her arrival had an immediate affect. “I put my arms around him and started talking to him and then his head came up. Just the knowledge that ‘She’s here!’ You could see it. The vets could see it.” “His face actually lights up when she comes to the stall with him,” Munsterman said.

keeping him still. lings have been used for years in rescues, when a horse needed to be lifted from a disaster area by helicopter. But using them in the treatment of injury is fairly uncommon at smaller clinics. “Usually only big surgical centers have them,” Yorke said. “The average vet wouldn’t have it.” This is the point where many owners face heart-wrenching decisions. Longterm treatment as intensive as Magic’s is expensive. No amount of love is enough to save an animal when there isn’t enough

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Drs Amelia Munsterman and Elizabeth Yorke lead resident, Leroy, back to his stall

cling to his mane and he would pull her to her feet again. ow eight years later, married to Sam Lehman, it was her turn to pull Magic to his feet. Magic wasn’t living at home when he was injured. Lehman had been pasturing him at her sister’s place while she prepared a pasture for Magic at a new home. She arrived in Auburn three days after her horse. His condition astonished her.

Yorke agreed: “I’ve never seen a horse who clearly feels much better when his owner sits in the stall with him.” But his case remained dangerous. Munsterman, Yorke, and Dr. Christina Hewes, a clinical instructor, decided that, in addition to administering antibiotics to quell the infection, they would suspend the big horse in sling attached to the roof of the stable. The sling would cradle his belly, limiting the weight on his injured legs and

money to pay for treatment. Rhodes Bell, a fourth-year vet student from Lexington, Ky., said it’s a sad feature of animal medicine. “If it’s something where this horse needs surgery or it’s going to die, I’ve seen a lot of cases where they’ll say, ‘We’ll go to surgery and see if it’s something simple that we can easily fix,’ and we’ll do that.” But if the case turns out to be complicated, many times, the owners will say, ‘“OK. Go ahead LEE MAGAZINE 21

and just euthanize on the table.’ Or they’ll get to that point where they just can’t afford surgery, and we’ll keep the horse as comfortable as possible for as long as possible,” Bell said Munsterman shares Bell’s frustration, but says that the doctors and students at the hospital go to great lengths to work with what’s available.

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“A lot of people can’t afford the things that their horses are going to need,” she said. “You cut as many corners as you can, and we bend over backwards trying to get at least something done for the horses, but at some point we physically can’t afford to get the horse better. That’s probably the most frustrating thing. Most of the time it’s put to sleep if we can’t get them better.”

ucky for Magic, Lehman was willing and able to go to any length to save him. Lucky for everyone, Magic was clever enough to adapt to the treatment. “He was terribly smart,” Munsterman said. “He learned how to use the sling as soon as we put him in it. A lot of horses don’t like it. It pushes on their belly and holds them up. It’s an unnatural thing for a horse to be hanging in the air, and some horses won’t allow it.” The mesh sling swoops under the horse’s belly, around his chest, and around his backend. The front and back sections keep him from coming out of the sling. But the belly support cradles him, allowing him to rest but preventing him from lying down. Lying down and getting back up puts dangerous pressure on the injured limbs. Once in the sling, the horse can take the weight off his legs to sleep. “We put it on him, and he went to sleep. He figured it out in ten minutes,” Munsterman said. “If you have to have a horse that’s going through what Magic’s going through, I’d hope for it to be Tennessee Walker,” Yorke said. “They’re tough horses, they’re smart horses, and they tolerate pain better. They get better when other horses don’t.” By late fall, Magic seemed to be on the mend, and veterinarians reduced use of the sling. Still, they kept a close watch on his recovery with regular x-rays on his foot. Frighteningly, the x-rays

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Magic is always on the look-out for a student to play with

soon revealed that his apparent good health was anything but. The tissue holding the cannon bone in place was thinning, and the bone was in danger of slipping through the hoof. From that point until the first of the year, Magic’s recovery was a day-today drama, with the vet team watching closely for signs of some improvement. At one point, Yorke said, they feared that the bone had slipped enough to squeeze off circulation to the foot, which would have been the end for the horse. But an x-ray that shows blood flow revealed his circulation was intact. “Late November, early December was the worst period,” she said. Through it all Magic remained his good-natured self. “He never stopped eating. He really had a good attitude,” Yorke said. “It was painful, and some horses will sort of give up hope and there’s nothing we can do. He never gave up.” orke knows how varied the personalities of horses can be. She also still owns the chestnut quarter horse she rode as a girl in hunter-jumper competition. Wise Guy — that’s what she calls him — is twenty-six years old and lives in Virginia. “He’s a character, a very good show horse and a trouble maker. I’ve known him longer than I’ve known most people.” She also owns a

thoroughbred and a third rescue horse — all of which puts a terrible strain on her budget of the veterinary surgical resident. Not that she could change things. “I was just one of those girls that seem to have it genetically” — “it” being this thing for horses. “I was drawing horses before I even saw a horse,” she said.

said. “He was remarkably well-behaved for a horse who couldn’t move for six months.” Now, Magic is back home in Florida, and finishing a crucial year of gentle rehabilitation — the management of chronic laminitis can be a long-term and tricky affair, the vets say. “He and I will be riding the beautiful trails in northwest Florida again,” Lehman wrote in an email. She’s grateful for the care he received. “The students, they’re careful, they’re conscientious, they’re all incredible. They’re caring. They’re gentle with the animals and they are becoming vets because they do love the animals and it just shows.” Without a doubt Magic owes his recovery to the folks at the Large Animal Hospital. But it didn’t hurt that he had a little Tennessee walker magic all his own. -lm

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ONGOING THROUGH APRIL 17: An exhibition of the photographs by Chris Mottalini showing the neglected buildings designed by modernist architect Paul Rudolph, “After You Left, They Took It Apart: Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes,” Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p .m. Saturday. Admission: Free. Information: 844-1484. ONGOING THROUGH APRIL 17: Photographs by Diane Arbus, Jerry Siegel, Andy Warhol, and Beth Maynor Young are part of a photo exhibition from the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art permanent collection. The museum at 901 South College Street, Auburn, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday. Admission: free. Information: 844-1484. ONGOING THROUGH MAY 15: A survey of contemporary and traditional arts and crafts from the Southeast United States, “Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art,” Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p .m. Saturday. Admission: Free. Information: 8441484 ONGOING THROUGH MAY 28: The Lee County Humane Society is accepting entries for the 2011 Best Friends Calendar contest. Email your pet’s 4x6 photo by May 28 for a chance to win the

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title “Cover Pet.” Proceeds benefit the shelter’s animal welfare fund. Winner will be annouced during Woofstock on Sept. 11. www.leecountyhumane.org.

ONGOING THROUGH JULY 3: The exhibition, Ding Dong Daddy and Other Fluorescent Prints by William Walmsley, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p .m. Saturday. Admission: Free. Information: 844-1484. ONGOING THROUGH JULY 3: The exhibition, Audubon’s Final Achievement: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, 901 South College Street. Information: 844-1484. ONGOING: To celebrate that there’s nothing so nice as formal wear, the Lee County Humane Society, 1140 Ware Drive, Auburn, offers Tuxedo Tuesday discounts for “tuxedo” wearing pets. All adoptions of black-and-white cats and dogs, as well as solid black cats and dogs, will cost $50. Information: 821-3222 or lchs@leecountyhumane.org. ONGOING: Third Thursday Late Nights, 5 to 8 p.m., Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn, offers gallery visits and a wine tasting by Fine Wine and Beer by Gus. EVERY MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS: Walkers of all

ages can join the Auburn Stride Walkers at 11 a.m. For complete walk schedule: 5012948 or 501-2946 APRIL 1: Lee County Humane Society Shelter, 1140 Ware Drive, Auburn, begins accepting entries for the 2011 Best Friends Calendar. Information: 821-3222 APRIL 1: The Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt begins at 7:15 p.m. for children in grades three through five. Bring a flashlight and basket to Moore Stadium, Opelika. APRIL 2 THROUGH APRIL 30: Spring Invitational: landscapes and still life paintings by area artists, Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center Gallery, 222 East Drake Avenue. Information: 501-2963. APRIL 3, 10, 24 & MAY 1, 15, 22, 29: The Whistle Stop Pickers play at the Lee County Historical Museum on Highway 14 in Loachapoka at 1 p.m. APRIL 3: The Art Run/Walk for Children, sponsored by the Junior League of Lee County, begins at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, with 8:30 a.m. registration. A 5K run begins at 9:15 a.m. and walks of 1.5 miles and 5K begin at 9:30 a.m. Registration is $15 before March 15 and $20 after. Children ten and younger are free. APRIL 3: Opelika Easter Egg-tivities begin at 10 a.m. with arts and crafts for children in second grade and younger, pictures with the Easter Bunny, snacks, and storytellers on Courthouse Square; 10:45 a.m., Eas-

ter Parade around the square; 11 a.m. Super Spectacular Egg Hunt for 25,000 eggs. APRIL 3: City of Auburn Easter Egg Hunt begins 11 a.m. at Kiesel Park. In case of rain, the event will take place April 4 at 2 p.m. APRIL 3: Amphibious Warrior Mud Run, a three-mile run through trails, creeks, hills, obstacles, and mud, 7 a.m., Auburn University Intramural Field, Biggio Drive, sponsored by the U.S. Marines of Auburn University, $20. Registration or information: www.amphibiouswarriormudrun. com.

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APRIL 6: Auburn University Symphonic Band Concert, 12:30 p.m., Goodwin Music Building Band Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 6: Auburn University and Opelika High School Percussion Ensemble, 7 p.m., Opelika Center for the Performing Arts, 1700 Lafayette Parkway, free. APRIL 6: AU Guest Artist Lin He, on violin, and Henning Vauth, piano, 7:30 p.m. Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 8: Concert Band Concert.7:30 p.m., Lakeview Baptist Church, 1600 East Glenn Avenue, free. APRIL 9: AU Faculty Recital with soprano Kathleen Allen, 7:30 p.m. Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 10: Goods from the Woods, includes mule logging, a portable sawmill, woodworkers, papermaking, the Louise

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Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve, 3100 Highway 147 North, Auburn. Information: 7076512 or 502-4553. APRIL 10: DogPatch, a party and concert fundraiser for Storybook Farms and the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Omega Tau Sigma House — event sponsors. Tickets are $10 available at the door or at Auburn Chamber of Commerce, 714 East Glenn Avenue. The evening includes games and music by country artist Dustin Wilkes; classic rockers, the Baddnuff Band; LaGrange recording artist Griff Parish; Auburn University songster and acoustic guitar player, Destiny Brown; and Lauren and Vaughn, AU College of Veterinary Medicine students. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. The event takes place rain or shine. APRIL 10: Second annual Run, Walk & Roll Benefit & Health Fair, for runners, walkers and wheelchair users, 8:30 a.m., Providence Baptist Church, 2807 Lee Road 166, Opelika. Includes a 5K and 1-mile event. Registration: 332-8411. APRIL 12: Auburn University Student Choral Conducting Recital, 7:30 p.m., Auburn First Baptist Church, 128 East Glenn Avenue, free. APRIL 14: Alabama All-State Solo Festival, 7:30 p.m., Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 14 THROUGH 18: “Scapin,” adapted freely from Moliere by Bill Irwin and Mark O’Donnell, AU Theatre Main Stage, 7:30 p.m. April 14-18; 2:30 p.m. April 18. Tickets: 844-4154. AU Students free with valid student identification; general public, $15; AU faculty, staff, seniors, grade school and high school students, $10. APRIL 15, 22, 29, MAY 6, 13, 20 Enjoy a Little Lunch Music, 12-1p.m. sponsored by the Auburn Chamber Music

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Society. Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, 901 S. College Street. Free APRIL 15: “Herb & Dorothy,” the story of a postal clerk who became a renowned art collector, will be screened at 5 p.m. at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn. Information: 844-1484. APRIL 15: Auburn Chamber Music Society: Pacifica String Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus. Tickets: $20, or $5 for student rush tickets. Information: 844-4165. APRIL 16: “On the Tracks,” Downtown Opelika’s outdoor wine tasting with more than 20 wines and food vendors. Stores will stay open. 6 p.m. event. APRIL 16: AU Symphonic Band Concert, 8 p.m., Lakeview Baptist Church, 1600 East Glen Avenue, free. APRIL 16 AND APRIL 17: A-Day Plant Sale, 9 a.m. until dark Saturday, and 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday, corner College Street and Samford Avenue. Information: 821-2161. April 16-17: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts gala fundraiser, Art in the Garden — En Plein Air, includes a luncheon with remarks by the director of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, 11 a.m. April 17, a demonstration by a topiary artist at 6 p.m. April 16

3100 Highway 147 North, Auburn, across from the Auburn University fishpond. Information about time and costs: 502-4553 or 707-6512. APRIL 19: Bassoon Studio Recital, 7:30 p.m., Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 21: Verna Gates, executive director of Fresh Air Family, talks about getting outdoors with your kids in World’s Biggest Playground at 7 p.m. at Auburn Public Library, 749 East Thach Avenue. APRIL 21: AU Jazz Ensemble Concert, 7:30 p.m. Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 22 THROUGH 25: The Lee County Old Time Music Festival includes socials, jams, concerts, and classes for dancers, singers and many instruments including dulcimer, claw-hammer banjo, fiddle, hammer dulcimer, autoharp, Native American flute, mandolin, and guitar. It all takes place at the Lee County Historical Society on Highway 14 in Loachapoka. Concerts Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m. Classes and jam sessions Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hymn singing and jam session Sunday 9-10 a.m. Information: (334)283-3045, banjobob@charter. net, or www.leecountygathering.com. APRIL 22: AU Percussion Ensemble/ Steel Band Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m., Goodwin Music Building Band Hall, AU campus, free.

APRIL 17: Children from kindergarten through high school work with mosaics from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Saturday Art Club at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, 901 South College Street. Information: 844-1484. Instruction is tailored to each age level.

APRIL 23 & 24: Spring Opera Workshop members will perform scenes from “Le Nozze di Figaro,” 7:30 p.m. Good Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus. Tickets: $10 or $7 for AU students. Information: 844-4165 or music@auburn.edu.

April 17: It’s Astronomy Night at the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve,

APRIL 24: Mutt Strut 5-K Race to kickoff Auburn CityFest begins 7 a.m. at Kiesel

calendar continued ← Park, 520 Chadwick Lane, Auburn. Registration, 6 a.m., or in advance at www.leecountyhumane.org. Entry fee $15, and $10 each additional family member. Information: 821-3222. APRIL 24: “Team Frank,” the Frisbee team of Sarah Hardingeher and her rescue dog, Skeeter, perform around 8 a.m. after the Mutt Strut run at Kiesel Park, 520 Chadwick Lane, Auburn. APRIL 24: Auburn CityFest 2010 celebrates its tenth year with new activities and entertainment as well as fine arts exhibitions, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: 501-2936. APRIL 26: AU faculty recital series, Henning Vauth, piano, 7:30 p.m., Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 28: AU Lower Brass Ensemble Concert, 6 p.m., Goodwin Music Building Recital Hall, AU campus, free. APRIL 30: AU Theatre, Music, and Art departments present Auburn Pops! A Broadway Benefit, 7:30 p.m., Telfair Peet Theatre, at Samford Avenue and Duncan Drive, with faculty and student soloists, AU Concert Choir, and AU Singers. Tickets: $125. Proceeds art, music, and theatre scholarships. Information, reservations: reserve tickets or for more information, please contact Marjorie Teeter at 844-4154 or teetemb@auburn.edu MAY 1: Women’s Hope Medical Clinic Walk for Life, 9 a.m., one-mile walk to benefit Women’s Hope and its free services for unplanned pregnancies or other difficulties, 820 Stage Road. Information: 821-2112 or Bethany@womenshopemed.org. MAY 1: The Auburn Bike Bash, 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. All rides start at Town Creek Park, 1150 South Gay Street. Registration

includes the ride, a t-shirt, and a goody bag. Visit www.auburnalabama.org/cycle/ bash_2010.asp for details. MAY 1: Forest Fest — Songs in the Woods, at the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve, Preserve, 3100 Highway 147 North, Auburn, from 4 to 8 p.m. Admission $5, or $2 for AU students. MAY 1: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts third Gift Shop Craft Show and May Day Celebration, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To become an exhibitor at the craft show: 844-3096 or robiccc@auburn.edu. MAY 1 THROUGH JULY 17: Views and Re-Views: Soviet Political Posters and Cartoons, an exhibition at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p .m. Saturday. Admission: Free. Information: 844-1484. MAY 2 & 3: Auburn University Singers Spring Show, at 5:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m, Telfair Peet Theatre, corner of Samford Avenue and Duncan Drive. Phone 844-4154 for more information. Tickets, $10, $7 for students. Reservations: 844-4165. MAY 4 THROUGH JUNE 5: The Twelfth Annual Juried Art Exhibition of works by Lee County artists and crafts persons, Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center Gallery, 222 East Drake Avenue. Information: 501-2963. MAY 5: Muse performs in the NoonTunes Concert Series on Opelika Courthouse Square from noon to 1 p.m. MAY 7: Change the future of cancer by participating in the Cancer Prevention Study -3 (CP-3), sponsored by the American Cancer Society. If you are between the ages of 30 and 65, and have never been diagnosed with cancer, your participation

is needed in this historic national study that may change the lives of future generations. Enrollment will take place during in Lee County the Relay for Life. 6-10 p.m.. For more info. cps3@cancer.org, 1-888604-5888 or visit www.cancer.org/cps3 MAY 7: The Sundilla Acoustic Concert with Terri Hendrix, 7:30 p.m., Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 450 Thach Avenue. Admission: $10; students, $8. Children 12 and under, free. MAY 7: On the Tracks, Downtown Opelika’s wine tasting event offers wine samples, food, and live entertainment, 6 p.m. to midnight, Railroad Avenue. Information: 737-1474. MAY 8: Honeybees are the subject at 10 a.m. at the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve. The preserve is off Highway 147, across from the Auburn University fishponds. Admission; $2 members, $3 nonmembers. MAY 8 - MAY 13: Re-enactors bring history to life at the Lee County Historical Museum on Highway 14 in Loachapoka, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Whistle Stop Pickers perform at 1 p.m. MAY 8: Children from kindergarten through high school give weaving a try from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Saturday Art Club at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, 901 South College Street. Information: 844-1484. Instruction is tailored to each age level. MAY 12: Strawberry Whine performs in the NoonTunes Concert Series on Opelika Courthouse Square from noon to 1 p.m. MAY 12: Lee Scott Academy Jazz Band performs in Opelika Municipal Park as part of the Summer Swing Series. Music begins at 7 p.m., the Opelika Band Boosters will be selling Summer Swing Sack Suppers

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calendar continued from 6:15 to 7:30. The vintage train, Rocky Brook Rocket, will be giving free rides. MAY 14-16 AND 20-23: Auburn Area Community Theatre performs “Dearly Beloved,” a comedy about a lavish wedding that dissolves into a family feud, Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center, 222 East Drake Street, Auburn. For show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10, $8 for students and seniors. Reservations: aactreservations@ gmail.com or 770-928-7777 MAY 15 & 16: Lee County Master Gardeners Garden Tour includes seven private and two public gardens in Auburn and Opelika. Advanced tickets $15 at Blooming Colors, 1192 South Donahue Drive, Auburn; Southern Crossings, 813 South Railroad Avenue, Opelika; and the Auburn Chamber of Commerce, 714 East Glenn Avenue and Opelika Chamber of Commerce, 601 Avenue A. Tickets on day of tour are $20. Information: 826-1595 MAY 15: Take a helicopter ride, see vintage planes and meet an astronaut during The 7th annual Heroes Take Flight Fly-In. The event is hosted by the American Red Cross to honor our Armed Forces and veterans. Held at Auburn University Regional Airport, from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Advance ticket purchase $5; at the gate $8children 10 & under: $2. Info: 334-7499981, www.leeredcross.org MAY 15: Tour eight private gardens and Fendall Hall during the Eufaula Garden Festival takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $20 until May 8, and $25 after. Children twelve and under are free. Or visitors can pay $5 per garden at the gate. Information: 687-8469.

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MAY 19: Martha’s Trouble performs in the NoonTunes Concert Series on Opelika Courthouse Square from noon to 1 p.m. MAY 19: Opelika High School Jazz Ensemble performs in Opelika Municipal Park as part of the Summer Swing Series. Music begins at 7 p.m., the Opelika Band Boosters will be selling Summer Swing Sack Suppers from 6:15 to 7:30. The vintage train, Rocky Brook Rocket, will be giving free rides. MAY 26: Larcus Fuller performs in the NoonTunes Concert Series on Opelika Courthouse Square from noon to 1 p.m. MAY 26: Southeast Alabama Community Band, performs show tunes and classical music in Opelika Municipal Park as part of the Summer Swing Series. Music begins at 7 p.m., the Opelika Band Boosters will be selling Summer Swing Sack Suppers from 6:15 to 7:30. The vintage train, Rocky Brook Rocket, will be giving free rides. MAY 29: It’s Ding Dong Daddy painting for children in kindergarten through high school from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Saturday Art Club at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, 901 South College Street. Instruction is tailored to each age level. Parents will hear about how children learn. Information: 844-1484. JUNE 1 THROUGH JULY 1: Registration is required for children interested in Summer Ecology Camp begins June 1-4 for third and fourth graders; June 7-11 or June 14-18 for first and second graders; June 2125 for fifth and sixth graders; and June 28July 1 for third and fourth graders. Camps take place at the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve, 3100 Highway 147 North, Au-

burn. Information: 707-6512. JUNE 2: Neil Diamond Tribute Artist Conner Lorre performs in Opelika Municipal Park as part of the Summer Swing Series. Music begins at 7 p.m., the Opelika Band Boosters will be selling Summer Swing Sack Suppers from 6:15 to 7:30. The vintage train, Rocky Brook Rocket, will be giving free rides. JUNE 5: Children from kindergarten through high school work on a Soviet poster collage from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Saturday Art Club at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, 901 South College Street. Instruction is tailored to each age level. Parents are encouraged to attend and learn why art is important for children. Information: 844-1484. JUNE 5: Geocaching 101, a class about this treasure-hunting hobby. Participants hunt for five caches in the Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve, 3100 Highway 147 North, Auburn. Time: 10 a.m. Cost: $3. Information: 707-6512. JUNE 5 THROUGH AUGUST 14: Old Master Drawings from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, an exhibition at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p .m. Saturday. Admission: Free. Information: 844-1484. JUNE 9: Route 66 performs oldies, pop, and rock in Opelika Municipal Park as part of the Summer Swing Series. Music begins at 7 p.m.; the Opelika Band Boosters will be selling Summer Swing Sack Suppers from 6:15 to 7:30. The vintage train, Rocky Brook Rocket, will be giving free rides. -lm

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