Charm Magazine - March/April 2019

A P R I L L B R A N D O N | P I C T U R E T H I S ! | FA S H I O N MARCH/APRIL 2019

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Spot the Charm Our January/February Spot the Charm winner was Carol Coulter and she received a $100 Visa gift card. Carla spotted the Charm on Page 20 in our last issue!

We invite you to spot a special Charm logo in this edition.

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ip gloss. For me, those two simple words conjure up memories of my earliest forays into the wonderful world of cosmetics. I have a very distinct memory of receiving

tins of Lip Licking flavored lip balms for my seventh birthday party at a McDonald’s in Shreveport. You know the ones — they had the sliding lid and came in a variety of scrumptious flavors.

Fast forward 40-ish years: With warmer months approaching I think it’s the perfect time to explore the world of lip gloss in 2019.

But first, a little lip gloss history …

Max Factor & Co. was founded in 1909 by a Polish beautician named Maksymilian Faktorowicz who emigrated to the United States. Max Factor’s specialty was movie makeup, driven by the growing film industry.

In 1930 Max Factor set out to create a product that would

her opinion (and she is a connoisseur of lip glosses). Melissa says Boundlessly Beige is her favorite shade, that it stays on forever and is the perfect neutral.

Jessica and Melissa also said they are big fans of Beautycounter Lip Gloss ($29, www.beautycounter.com). Beautycounter glosses come in 12 shades and have glowing reviews. Their primary claim to fame, though, is that their products do not include any potentially harmful chemicals.

My friend Amy said her friends fought over Buxom’s Full-On Plumping Lip Cream Gloss ($21, Ulta) at her Christmas party pass around this year, and my friend Dawn swears by it. Dawn says, “It tingles forever and I love that!” And she gave me permission to use that quote — ha! Buxom’s “Full-On” line of glosses come in more than 100 shades, so there is definitely a color (or 10!) to suit everyone’s skin tone.

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the world of lip color has never been the same.

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Today, lip glosses are available in tins, canisters and tubes, to be

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and more. Glosses range from translucent to opaque, with glitter,

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This highly-rated gloss lives up to its rave reviews and is available in 14 shades. I tried the color Foxy, which is a great, neutral pink that is perfect to add a bit of polish to your everyday look. I really like the Merle Norman formula, as it provides a little more pigmentation than other brands, but with a glossy look and lightweight feel. C

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hearts healing

Words by ANNTOINETTE MOORE Photos by MICHAEL CAVAZOS

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Left: Former Superintendent T.J. Farler presents Shalonda Adams with the P.A.C.E Teacher of the Year Award during the Pine Tree Honors awards banquet, on Thursday May 7, 2015, at The Summit Club. Right: Pine Tree ISD P.A.C.E. campus principal Shalonda Adams helps Aniya Dixon, 13, Tamara Williams, 12, and Anayelli Corona, 15, make a blanket on Friday January 25, 2019.

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halonda Adams finds her passion where others might fear to tread: Pine Tree Independent School District’s P.A.C.E. Alternative Canvas.

“It’s the reason that I get up in the morning. It’s the place

where I get to go and know that I get to effect positive change in the life of a young person,” said Adams, 45.

Being principal of P.A.C.E. — Pirate Alternative to Continuing Education — fulfills her life purpose: “To heal the hearts of the children so that they don’t become hurting adults. And to teach others how to take care of the children.”

Students are assigned to the P.A.C.E. alternative campus for violating part of Pine Tree’s Student Code of Conduct, according to the school district’s website. They attend P.A.C.E. for 20 days or more, depending on the seriousness of the offense and any mitigating factors.

At P.A.C.E., students have an opportunity to change negative attitudes and patterns of behavior. They learn self-discipline and how to set goals.

“We get to know every student. We home in on whatever it is (that’s preventing their success), so that we can help them,” Adams said.

“It’s a very structured and very disciplined program,” she stressed. “The kids love it and they hate it at the same time.”

For Adams, the reward is seeing students develop and grow.

“Everybody makes mistakes and life is not over. I want them to get a goal, get a purpose and make it happen,” she said.

“We’re always encouraging them to be change makers. …

They can make a positive difference in the world by using their genius,” Adams said.

Some P.A.C.E. alumni return to see her years later.

For example, one young man assigned to P.A.C.E. during his senior year resented being there, she said.

He graduated, then went into military service. Recently, he stopped by her office to tell her he was doing well, and that he had benefited from P.A.C.E..

“He said in boot camp they started telling (new recruits), ‘Stand here. Line up there.’ He said, ‘Oh, I know this. This is P.A.C.E.,’ ” Adams said, laughing.

“Those are the things that make it all worthwhile, because it is a very hard job. You have to have what it takes to do this job for it to be effective. I have a wonderful team, wonderful staff,” she said.

Pine Tree ISD Assistant Superintendent Valerie Baxter has worked with Adams for three years.

“She is a servant, first of all. She has a heart for service, for children, the community,” Baxter said. “I don’t know how she gets her energy, but she works tirelessly.”

She faithfully attends her children’s sporting events, where “she is constantly mentoring (other) children,” Baxter said.

“She’s not boastful. In meetings, she’s very reserved and observant. When she has something to say, it’s very meaningful,” Baxter continued.

“The things she does are for other people’s benefit. … If your bootstraps are broken, she’ll help you mend them and she’ll help you get up,” Baxter said.

Adams was born and raised in Mansfield, Louisiana, and was the 1991 valedictorian at Stanley High School in Logansport, Louisiana.

She attended Louisiana State University and completed her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at the University of Texas at Tyler.

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"Everybody makes mistakes and life is not over. I want them to get a goal, get a purpose and

make it " happen

-Shalonda Adams

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Left: Shalonda Adams of P.A.C.E. speaks to a group of students at the Pine Tree ISD P.A.C.E campus on Friday January 6, 2017.

Right: Pine Tree ISD P.A.C.E. campus principal Shalonda Adams helps Tamara Williams, 12, make a blanket on Friday January 25, 2019.

Through Walden University, Adams is pursuing a doctorate in

Adams and McAllister have worked together for more than a

educational administration and leadership, which she expects to

decade in programs sponsored by the city of Longview’s Partners

complete within the next year or two.

in Prevention. Adams is a longtime mentor through Partners

Her husband is Larry Adams Sr., who works for the Pine Tree ISD transportation department after retiring from the city of Longview. They have four children, ranging in age from 17 to 31, and five grandsons.

in Prevention.

McAllister described Adams as “intelligent, strong and intentional.”

“Young people who have been referred for behavioral issues at school respect her, love her. They clearly understand that she

Her Christian faith is important to Adams.

cares about them, but she has high expectations (for) them to

“My whole life has imprints of the hand of God,” she said.

change their behavior,” McAllister said.

The Rev. B.W. Craig of True Vision Ministries has known Adams since the 1990s.

“She’s a very confident person. She’s a real go-getter. She’s awesome about being available if she has the abilities needed” for a particular job or duty, he said. “And she’s quick to share.”

He described her as energetic, driven and honorable. “She believes in excellence,” Craig said.

Adams has lived in Longview since 1995 and has been in the educational field since 2006. This is her fifth year as principal; before that she was a P.A.C.E. elementary school teacher for two years.

As a child, she loved to play school during summer vacation.

“My fifth-grade social studies teacher, Mrs. Bertha Wiggins, even allowed me to lead some class sessions. That was a mighty seed sown to my future. I wanted to be just like her, sassy, classy and smart,” Adams said.

Her key mentors are: Teresa Farler, Johnnie M. Johnson and Lyndell McAllister.

Farler, Pine Tree’s former superintendent, “inspired me to be a lifelong learner who seeks and implements innovative ideas to make learning and change possible for all students,” Adams continued.

Johnson was the program manager at the former Longview

“She understands how to motivate students to change course.

And she does it in a way that is kind and caring, yet firm,” she said.

“She is also a fun person. She laughs a lot. … She’s particularly gifted in working with young people,” McAllister said.

In 2015, the two women started Hope for Youth as a response to a rise in deadly gang violence in the city.

Adams was spurred to action because her P.A.C.E. students “were being directly affected by the violence and murders taking place at that time, here in Longview. We had 80 people at the first meeting.

“The main focus was to provide positive activities, to deter them from gang activities,” she said.

Hope for Youth tries to influence and change the minds of older youth. With younger children, “we still have opportunities to plant those positive seeds of anti-violence. We invest in those younger ones so that they won’t grow up in violence,” she continued.

Adams was named a “Star over Longview” for 2018. She serves on the Longview Teen Court Board of Directors, Boys and Girls Club of the Big Pines Board of Governors and on its Longview Council, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (Kappa Mu president 2018-2020) and is a member of Women in Longview.

And how does she do all these things? She’s “strategic” with her time.

Youth Shelter when Adams worked with her. “She instilled so many

“A beautiful strategy is to include my family members in the

character traits in me to help me become a better person,” she said.

activities in which I am invested. My family is my greatest support

McAllister “exemplifies the non-judgmental care, compassion

system,” Adams said.

and support for all people in so many ways. I wanted to learn how

Despite all her activities, she says she is “very shy.”

to do that. … I believe that she chose me, and over the years, our

“I love to be at home in my bed with a good book! I am really

hearts beat as one,” she said.

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When is a rodeo more than just a rodeo? When it’s organized by the Longview-Greggton Rotary Club.

The 29th annual Longview PRCA Rodeo returns April 12 and 13 to the Longview Rodeo Arena, at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Complex. Crowds enjoy the bull riding, barrel racing, calf roping and other events every year, but the story of the rodeo doesn’t end there.

Longview-Greggton Rotary Club uses proceeds from the rodeo to donate tens of thousands of dollars to other local nonprofits each year, assisting agencies that help homeless people, feed low-income families and provide low-cost childcare to struggling parents, for instance.

Charm magazine thanks these members of the LongviewGreggton Rotary Club — Karen Maines, Kari Pickering, Chapin Miller and Tyler Rainer — for showing us how to dress just right for the rodeo, with these great looks from Cavender’s in Longview. We loved getting to visit with our new four legged friends at Pannel Performance Horses just outside of Longview, which provided this beautiful backdrop to help remind everyone that the rodeo’s on its way back to town.

For information, visit longviewrodeo.com or www.longviewgreggtonrotary.org.

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WOMEN in business: LACY BARRON Barron’s

Words by CLARE MCCARTHY | Photo by MICHAEL CAVAZOS

acy Barron landed a temporary job as a

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Julia says while it’s difficult for someone new

cashier at Barron’s retail store and café

and young to step in and take that place, she

not afraid to try new things and to take a risk.”

about eight years ago.

thinks Lacy is going to do a wonderful job.

As the business continues to evolve, Lacy also

Fresh out of college with a degree in

“She has a real positive attitude and wants

wants to ensure the “brand of Barron’s” is not

performance arts, Lacy had no intention of

things to be very inclusive and fun — to create

lost. She has plans to conduct more promotions

staying long in Longview.

a happy and welcoming atmosphere,” Julia says.

and to expand on the business’s social media

“And you know, you just don’t get that at (stores

and advertising.

“Everybody who grows up in Longview says they’re going to leave Longview as soon as they can,” Lacy says.

But that temporary job turned into more than she imagined: a marriage, a passion and a commitment to the community.

Soon, Lacy moved from her position as a cashier to working in the store boutique,

like) Sam’s and Walmart and Target.”

“Lacy embraces change,” Julia says. “She’s

Though she never expected to run a

Lacy oversees the business’s social media,

business, Lacy says she finds fulfillment in the

customer service, advertising and marketing,

job and is grateful for the relationships she’s

and manages day-to-day operations in the store.

made with customers and staff.

Jim and Julia Barron are still involved, but their

“If you’d asked me 10 years ago, I would have

goal is to eventually leave the business in the

said ‘heck no!’,” Lacy says about ending up in the

hands of the younger generation.

business world. “But I think I get more satisfaction

“We all four still go to markets together and

out of the daily to-dos and organization of retail,

singing at the restaurant and helping the

buy,” Lacy says. “But they’re sort of teaching us

owning a shop and sort of translating my own

Barron family buy retail items for the store.

everything they know in order for them to be

personality through the store.”

“I started becoming more interested in the

able to retire and enjoy life a little bit.”

Lacy still celebrates her passions in her free

business,” Lacy says. “I had worked retail all

Julia says it’s been difficult to feel like she and

time. She’s on the board of directors at ArtsView

throughout college, so it was easy and familiar

Jim are helping Brandon and Lacy at all, mainly

Children’s Theatre and sings at her church as

for me to work in the boutique.”

since the world of retail has changed so drastically

often as she can. She says she’s been a bit too

since they started the business 47 years ago.

busy to continue singing at Barron’s Cafe, but

Several years later, she and Brandon Barron — son of Jim and Julia Barron, who started the business in 1972 — got married. Three years ago, the couple began taking on more responsibility with the business, with Brandon running the restaurant and Lacy managing the

“We sort of did things one little piece at a time,” Julia says. “And we adjusted to that.

this year they’re hoping to bring back live music since the public seemed to enjoy it, Lacy says.

But then here they come along and it’s really

Julia says it will be about a 24-month

this big thing with a lot of tentacles going in

transitional partnership before Lacy and

every direction.”

Brandon take over completely, and she and Jim

With an increasing number of customers

are fully retired.

store. In 2018, Jim and Julia officially gave Lacy

turning to online shopping, it’s been harder

the title of “store director.”

“I think we’re poised for a whole new

and harder to adjust to new buying habits and

dynamic that will breathe complete new life and

trends, Julia says.

vitality back into the Barron’s as we know it,”

“I’ve been the Mrs. Barron of the store for over 40 years,” says Julia Barron. “But I’m ready to step back.”

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H A P P I N E S S I S S U S P E C T. W H AT W I L L G O W R O N G ?

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HOW T HIS ENDS W I T H I L L U S T R AT I O N B Y M I C H E L L E L A V E R E L L

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espite the fact that I’ve pretty much made a career out

esteem is at an all-time medium. And I’m even able to carve out time

of complaining, I must confess that lately things have

for my hobbies, like running and pretending to write while really just

been going well. My preschooler is slowly realizing that

eating snacks and daydreaming about which snacks I’ll eat next.

preschool won’t kill him. My 2-year-old has yet to burn down the

Yes, despite the mountain of stress that comes from modern

house or train the dog to do her nefarious bidding. My husband

living and trying to balance work and raising a family, life is pretty

and I are going strong, united in love and mutual exhaustion.

good currently.

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Which is why, naturally, I keep waiting for something bad to happen.

L I F E D O E S N ’ T W O R K T H I S W A Y. N O T A C C O R D I N G T O M Y T V. I A M D A N G E R O U S LY C L O S E T O H A V I N G P R E T T Y M U C H ALL I’VE EVER WANTED. AND, I MEAN,

w ho ge ts e v er y t hi ng t he y e v er wa n t ed?

Look, I know how this plays out. I’ve seen how this movie

of their wicked cool sunglasses. And then 43 minutes later we all

goes, how this TV episode is scripted. If an unhealthy amount of

find out that it wasn’t the first suspect who killed me but the third

binge-watching TV has taught me anything, it is that happiness is

person they suspected.

suspect. Your life will be ruined if you are too content.

So, when I step outside myself and look down at my happy little family, doing our happy little thing, I can’t help but wait for the ominous music to start.

Wait. No, you’re right. That’s silly. It’s much more likely that a bunch of vampires did me in. Or a Satanic cult.

Sometimes I even look over at my husband suspiciously. He’s so loving. So patient. So forgiving of all my faults. Because, and here

Observe, if you will, this montage of tender moments: The

comes the shocking ending, HE WAS THE SERIAL KILLER

mom singing the little girl to sleep. The older son giggling as he’s

LOOKING AT US FROM THE WINDOW ALL ALONG.

tossed into the air. A goofy dance party in pajamas. The parents

Any day now I know I’m going to stumble upon his collection of

throwing up a cheers with glasses of wine after the children have

severed heads in some long-neglected corner of our house.

finally gone to bed.

You know who else sees this montage? The serial killer watching menacingly from the window. And as I go into the kitchen to get more wine, HE SLASHES MY THROAT. Crazy, you say? Far-fetched? Eh, you’re probably right. It’s actually much more likely that I’m hanging out at the playground with my mom friends and suddenly there is a natural disaster.

(Although I’m pretty sure if he IS a serial killer, he is one of those serial killers who only kills other serial killers. So we can probably still make this marriage work.)

(Unless he does slash my throat in the kitchen because it turns out I have a split personality and UNKNOWN TO ME, MY OTHER PERSONALITY IS A SERIAL KILLER.) Ridiculous? Sure. I know it is. Of course I know it is. Yet I

POSSIBLY FILLED WITH SHARKS.

still can’t help feeling I am somehow undeserving of all this

Then, on the slim chance that my kids and I are the main stars

happiness. Life doesn’t work this way. Not according to my TV. I

and thus the only ones to make it out alive from the shark tsunami,

am dangerously close to having pretty much all I’ve ever wanted.

one of them is likely to get kidnapped on our walk home when I

And, I mean, who gets everything they ever wanted?

bend down to tie what is left of my shoe. And I know exactly who did it too. It was the quiet neighbor who lost her baby years ago and was driven mad by the loss and now wants TO RAISE MY CHILD AS HERS. Of course I’ll be devastated but soon it won’t even matter because as a lone female jogger who only has the time to run

Murder victims on crime dramas, that’s who. They’re all perfectly happy until, you know, they’re dead.

Which is why I find myself looking lovingly down at my wedding ring and then I immediately look up, panicked, waiting for the inevitable phone call telling me my entire family has died in a suspicious car crash.

either super early in the morning or late at night, there is a

I guess I’ll just have to take solace in the fact that the tragedy

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Louis Morgan Drugs No. 4 in Longview welcomed a crowd on RAINA HOWERTON TACHIAS, ELYSE MCCOSKEY, GINA GRANTHAM

Dec. 13 to help Charm and View magazines celebrate the JanuaryFebruary magazine covers.

Mike and Kathi Holbert and Shawn and Katie Sams own the pharmacy, which includes an elegant gift shop that was the perfect backdrop to show off covers featuring Erika and Preston Rader in View magazine and Pat George Mitchell, Toni Erskine and Courtney Armstong — the women of the Longview Ballet Theatre — in Charm magazine.

The Cace Kitchen provided its trademark hors d’oeuvres for the event, with beverages provided by Heritage Wine & Spirits.

Don’t miss the next cover reveal party, from 5 to 7 p.m. April 18 at

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Henry & Moore Jewelry, 303 W. Loop 281, Suite 105, in Longview.

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About 650 people attended the second annual Go-Giver Gala on Jan. 12 at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center.

The first event in 2018 raised money that paid to establish a two-person Police Outreach Services Team to work with the homeless community.

Longview Mayor Andy Mack said money from the second event, which early totals said had raised close to $200,000, would be used to help beautify and

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stimulate development on Marshall Avenue.

Four people also were recognized as “Go-Givers,” an award inspired by the book, “The Go-Giver.” Honorees were retired educator and former Longview ISD Assistant Superintendent Janis Canion, retired AEP Southwestern Electric Power Co. executive Keith Honey, Chick-fil-A franchisee Chuck King and Joyce Williams, director of programs and education for the Boys & Girls Club of the Big Pines.

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Each year, Longview Regional Medical Center recognizes women who make a difference in Longview.

More than 50 women were nominated for the 2019 Stars Over Longview, with the hospital’s Women’s Advisory Council selecting the honorees each year. This year’s recipients were recognized Jan. 10 at the 19th Annual Stars Over Longview Awards Ceremony and luncheon at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center. The 2019 Stars over Longview are: Demetria Anderson, Amy Canton, Jeanne J. Collins, Kara Curfman, Kerri VICKIE SLOVER, KENDRIEL PRESLEY

Daugbjerg, Linda Fullman, Delcine Johnson, Barbara McDaniel, Donna McElroy, Gayle Poland, Mary Price and Donna Sharp.

The ceremony’s keynote speaker was Caitlin Crosby, an actress, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur who started The Giving Keys, a jewelry company that employs people affected by homelessness.

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Longview’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances included “MLK Jazz Night — a Night of Celebration,” on Jan. 18 at The Summit Club in Longview.

George Faber & Friends’ Jazz Night playlist include favorites such as “What’s Going On,” “Mornin’” by Al Jarreau and “Teach Me Tonight,” for example, along with others. Performers that night were Faber on keyboards; Montrael Sanders on drums; Eli Love on saxophone; Byron Canida on guitar; and vocalists Tia Clark, Billy Harrell, Harry Caldwell, Anita Faber and Lady

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Caldwell, Harry Caldwell’s wife. Lady Caldwell also presented a history about the pioneers of the local black community.

Other observances in Longview that weekend included a parade, MLK March and Memorial Service, the annual Ecumenical Worship Service and Table of Brotherhood Breakfast.

KENNETH & CHERYL PIPPINS

JANNICE MCGEE, ANGELA ROBERTSON, A.C. CHATMAN

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