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While i’m not a fan of my husband grows rows and rows of high humidity, i love zinnias that I get to cut and give out as everything else bouquets to some of my about summer. favorite peeps.

I love that the kids are And it seems I spend so excited to be out of more time with family in school. the summer, with cookouts, I love my lush green fireworks in our driveway, lawn and how my husband beach trips, birthday likes for us all to walk parties and pool side pizza around and admire it after dinners. he mows it.

Here’s to summer! Hope I like how the days are your days are spent having longer and we get to sit more time with family, less outside in the twilight stress about school and to catch fireflies – in work and lots and lots of Jenny White is the editor no hurry at all because zinnias. and stylist of Carolina Charm there’s no school the next magazine and special sections editor of the Rocky day.

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Passing Time with Patsy - 6

How does she do it? – 10 Tameka Kenan -Norman sets an example of how hard work can pay off.

Patsy Pridgen offers tips for enjoying family reunions - and a recipe.

Style by Emily – 14

Fashion

Local boutique owner gives shoppers wedding gift ideas for under $50.

Jewel Box – 16 Fill your jewel box with flowers, gold and pearls for the upcoming summer season.

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PASSING TIME WITH PATSY

Count your blessings at family reunions Many are the pleasures of suMMer: over there is in my French class.” walking barefoot on the beach, Well, I knew that boy’s father was the son of my eating a blt Made with toMatoes grandmother’s niece. I introduced my daughter to her fresh froM the garden, watching cousin that day and they became friends for the rest of lightning bugs coMe out as their high school years. dusk descends, and, if you’re Thus, in addition to eating some great lucky, connecting with farfood, finding out who’s in your extended flung relatives at a faMily family is a valuable experience. I think reunion. it’s especially good for children to see I’m not so lucky these days as I haven’t that they belong to a group of people, been to a big family reunion in several that their nuclear family is part of a larger summers. I guess the relatives who clan, no matter how loosely knit that clan organized these events have gotten older may have become. They might then grow and tired of the responsibility, and no one up knowing a little about who their people from the younger generation has taken are, as we say in the South. on the task. It can be a chore, I suppose, If you get an invitation to a family to find a location for the event and contact reunion this summer, consider yourself Patsy Pridgen is a retired everyone. lucky.

English instructor at Nash But there’s no other experience quite Go eat some good food and find a like an extended-family reunion. The ones Community College and a cousin you haven’t seen in years. Find out I’ve been to over the years featured lots of longtime columnist for the who your people are while you enjoy a Rocky Mount Telegram. good Southern food. slab of pig pickin’ cake.

I remember all kinds of casseroles, Better yet, be the one who brings that salads, fried chicken and Eastern North Carolina scrumptious dessert. barbecue. We’d have collards, butterbeans, corn, green Here’s the Pig-Pickin’ Cake recipe from the Junior beans and cucumbers marinated in vinegar. At some Guild’s 1986 cookbook, “A Dash of Down East.” reunions, someone would go all out and bring a big pot of homemade chicken pastry or Brunswick stew.

Batter: As wonderful as the main course was, the desserts 1 box butter cake mix were the grand finale. There would be cakes galore: ½ cup of oil chocolate, carrot, coconut and pound. Sometimes 4 eggs there would be a pig pickin’ cake, moist with crushed 1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges with juice pineapple and mandarin oranges. Lemon meringue Combine first three ingredients in a large bowl. Fold and pecan pies would sit beside someone’s homemade in oranges and juice. Grease and flour three 9-inch cake banana pudding. Most of us would get another large pans. Pour batter in pans and bake at 350 degrees for paper plate and fill it with not so small samples of 15-20 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes and remove from several desserts, washed down with sweet iced tea. pans. Ice when fully cool.

No one knew everyone. The different branches of the family had grown away from each other over the years, Icing: which happens as generations grow up, sometimes 1 (three and a half–ounce) vanilla instant pudding move away and have children who then repeat the mix cycle.

1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice I remember one reunion in particular when my 1 (12 –ounce) container non-dairy whipped topping daughter looked across the room and said, “That boy Blend ingredients well. Ice cake. Refrigerate.

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Summer weather iS at hand and it’S time to bring out the SundreSSeS, the flip-flopS and your favorite bermuda ShortS. Local fashion show producer and image/ style consultant Sayvion McKenzie is thinking a lot about summer clothes as he prepares to produce Carolina Charm’s Charm Night Out fashion show, scheduled for Aug. 5 at the Imperial Centre.

McKenzie says creating stories with fashion is a passion of his and he loves to work with designers to help them bring their clothes to life, via fashion shows and photo shoots.

“I’ve got another big event coming up in September. It’ll feature some of my favorite designers in a fashion show and be a fun, formal event, to celebrate the success of my company, McKenzie and Company,” McKenzie said We asked McKenzie what he’s looking forward Model Jennifer Cofield wears a white jersey shift dress from N.Y. and Co. with a turquoise cuff, pearls and neutral heels.

to seeing his clients wear this summer and what he’ll be showing at fashion shows he produces this season.

Charm: what are some of the top trends we can expect to see this summer? mcKenzie: You’ll be seeing a lot of florals, on tops, bottoms, shoes and accessories. I think we’ll also see horizontal and vertical stripes, 1980s neon colors, lace and sheer panels on pieces, denim and zig-zag prints.

Charm: what’s your favorite trend to see on your clients so far? mcKenzie: I really like the striped prints, either horizontal or vertical.

I think a bold striped blouse, paired with a solid color pencil skirt is a beautiful look. Try a black and white stripe top with a bold color skirt, like hot pink or orange, for a pop of color.

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McKenzie: I feel like the print trend is slowing down a bit. I’d like to see women wear these prints in accessories versus a piece of clothing. Look for shoes made of a printed fabric or a belt.

Be careful mixing your prints, too. I see that a lot, and sometimes, it’s not too successful. You want to put together a large print with a smaller print, with some uniting factor like color or similar shape.

Charm: What other tips do you have for wearing this summer’s trends?

McKenzie: I love the denim look, but keep it simple, no more than one or two pieces at a time.

I like wedges for the summer, but I’d buy a pair of stilettos this summer versus a pair of platforms. I’m getting tired of the platform look.

I always think accessories are important. But again, keep it simple. Especially if you’re using a statement necklace – which is really hot now. If you’ve got a big necklace, keep the earrings and bracelets small.

And all women should have a nice white dress to wear this summer, especially here in the South. Add a statement necklace or pearls and pair with a nice pair of neutral pumps, sandals or flats.

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Rocky Mount City public affairs manager Tameka Norman sees years of hard work pay off with her dream job and growing family.

Years of preparation, hard work and opportunity led Rocky Mount Public Affairs Manager Tameka Kenan-Norman to where she is today.

Born and raised in Wallace, Kenan-Norman received her bachelor’s degree in speech/communication from Fayetteville State University. While at Fayetteville State, she met Gilbert Baez, a reporter for WRAL-TV who played an important role in Kenan-Norman’s professional development. She credits him with getting her into radio and says she first met Baez when she worked with him during her college internship at WTVD-TV. At the time, Baez worked as a reporter for WTVD-TV, Fox 99, and worked as a radio DJ at night. Baez served as a role model for Kenan-Norman, who aspired to do it all – radio host, news broadcaster and writer.

Baez said he was impressed with Kenan-Norman’s ability to operate above collegiate level.

“I could see in her that she had a genuine interest in broadcasting and a natural talent for being on the air.

When you bump into a student who’s helping themselves, it encourages you as an instructor to help them even more,” he said.

One day, Baez asked Kenan-Norman to accompany him to the radio station where he worked. He was so impressed with her delivery and on-air presence that he asked her to do the news with him every morning. From there, the program director offered her the position of morning show co-host and her career in radio took off.

She kept busy while in school, working as a morning show co-host during the day and writing for the Fayetteville Observer in the afternoon. After graduating from Fayetteville State University, she earned a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro in communications.

Upon graduating from UNC-Greensboro, she worked as music director for Entercom Communications in Greensboro. Later she was the mid-day host and music director for Citadel broadcasting in South Carolina. After working in South Carolina for some time, Kenan-Norman decided to pursue other career options. She said radio was not fun for her anymore and didn’t allow her the same creativity that it once did.

“Radio became more syndicated. Your breaks were shorter ... you couldn’t do as many things,” Kenan-Norman said.

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of marketing for three years. It was here that she was able to prepare for the career she has today.

She worked on everything from newsletters and press releases to radio advertisements and billboards. Kenan-Norman only had been at her job for six months when she had even more responsibility thrust on her after her boss had to go on maternity leave for three months.

“We had a radio station, we were over the website as well, and we had about 10,000 alumni that we would send newsletters to ... I was terrified.

But it turned out to be the best thing. It’s amazing how God puts things in your life,” KenanNorman said.

She said she had an excellent support system. Everyone was very helpful.

“That was the best thing that could have happened because I felt like it prepared me for

this,” Kenan-Norman said. n Although KenanNorman had a great job and loved what she was doing, the biggest challenge for her was being away from home.

Kenan-Norman said it was difficult at first.

Not having any friends or family and being by herself, many nights she would go home and cry. But eventually, as time went on and she got to know more people, things started to look up.

Kenan-Norman stayed in South Carolina for eight years before she decided to move back to North Carolina.

“I’m a North Carolina girl, my parents are

here, all my friends are here, my husband who was my boyfriend at the time was here – but I had to do it because at the time I wanted to do radio and that was where the opportunity was for me,” Kenan-Norman said. “I had the opportunity to interview celebrities ... host shows, it was amazing.”

After her fiance at the time proposed to her, Kenan-Norman made the transition to Rocky Mount to be closer to him and her family. She started out still working for South Carolina State University from home, but later was hired as the public affairs manager for Rocky Mount. n Kenan-Norman has a staff Rocky Mount Public Utilities customers of three (two full-time and one receive an annual magazine, ‘My person she shares with other Rocky Mount,’ designed and created departments) and stays very

by Norman. The magazine keeps busy. She often works nights residents updated and informed of and weekends if there is an community events. event that needs to be covered

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or extra work needs to be completed.

Just some of the projects that keep Kenan-Norman busy are writing press releases and writing for “Talk of the Town,” an internal magazine for employees that is given out quarterly; and she is also in charge of “C.I.T.Y. TV-19” Rocky Mount’s TV station as well as having her own show called “City Beat.” She does all of the marketing for 13 departments, writes speeches for some of the department heads and helps prepare them to talk to the media.

Having a positive outlook on life is important in maintaining a positive image of Rocky Mount, which is one of KenanNorman’s top priorities. She does this by creating “unique and innovative” ways of marketing Rocky Mount.

From Rocky Mount’s YouTube channel, Facebook page and Twitter page, as well as more advertisements on radio and in the Rocky Mount Telegram – both in the newspaper as well as on the website, people have many opportunities to be informed about what’s going on in their community.

“She’s very task-oriented ... she’s always focused on what she needs to do and she gets it done,” said Rocky Mount City Manager Charles Penny. “If a citizen says that they don’t know anything about what’s going on in Rocky Mount, it’s not because Tameka hasn’t tried.”

“I just want to continue to do more creative things so that Rocky Mount is known in a positive light. Whether you see an advertisement of Rocky Mount, or you’re at the movie theater and see a positive advertisement. I just want people to have a positive connotation when it comes to Rocky Mount,” Kenan-Norman said.

One project that Kenan-Norman was key in implementing was the annual “My Rocky

Mount” magazine that is distributed to 33,000 households via correspondence with Rocky Mount Public Utilities customers.

“I thought the magazine was so important because you can see all the highlights of the city – all the good things that have happened throughout the year, and in the back there is a calendar for the entire year,” she said.

Kenan-Norman started her own production company in 2003, specializing in voiceovers and commercials for radio and TV stations throughout the country. She is able to do everything from home in her spare time.

Kenan-Norman balances work and home by being organized, making lists and prioritizing. She said she has a big support system at home, her husband, who helps her out as well. n In her free time Kenan-Norman loves to read, work out, go to the movies and learn the latest dances.

Kenan-Norman will have even more on her plate soon when she and her husband, Raheen Norman, welcome a new addition to their family.

The couple are expecting their first child in November.

She says she will continue to prioritize and use her family and husband as her support system. ““Since college, my primary focus has been establishing and maintaining a prosperous career. While this doesn’t have to change, I, like so many other women in society, will be faced with a new challenge. That challenge will be balancing career with a child and a healthy marriage,” Kenan-Norman said.

“I have to admit it’s a little scary right now, but I plan on facing it with the same earnestness and zeal in which I have dealt with my career.”

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As pArt of mAny couples’ wedding prepArAtion, they register for gifts At locAl gift boutiques And mAjor chAin stores to give guests suggestions for whAt the couple mAy like.

However, guests should not feel tied down to purchasing off of this prescribed list of gifts.

In fact, some of my most favorite gifts were not on my registry.

When purchasing gifts beyond those listed on the registry, one should ask themselves if the gift will be practical or personalized for the couple and always keep the couple in mind in order to give a truly priceless wedding gift.

Here is a list of 10 gifts under $50 that are sure to please any couple: n Sheets: While not glamorous, a nice set of 100 percent cotton sheets make a wonderful gift. Sheets are a necessity that will be appreciated for years to come. n Picture frames: Everyone can always use nice picture frames.

Couples will have many new pictures after their wedding day and what better way to display these photographs than in a new frame.

A great place in Rocky Mount for a wide selection of beautiful frames is Bailey’s Fine Jewelers.

Specifically, Bailey’s carries

handcrafted picture frames by Michael Aram that make elegant wedding gifts. n Monogrammed bath towels: Monogrammed bath towels make a great practical and personalized wedding gift.

All couples need towels, and the monogram adds personal detail.

Augustus & Argyle of Rocky Mount carries the perfect monogrammed gift set of two bath towels, a matching hand towel and two washcloths, which can be given in one of the shop’s personalized market totes. n Lawn care items and tools: Many couples moving into their first home need lawn care items.

A wheel barrow and rake makes a practical gift that is sure to be useful. n Happy Everything Platter: For a more fun and playful gift, one can give a Happy Everything Platter by Coton Colors. This is a gift that celebrates all of life’s happy occasions in style.

With more than 65 attachments, this is a gift that can continue to grow throughout the various milestones in the couple’s life. This gift can be purchased at Bliss Fine Papers & Gifts. n Christmas ornament: Come the holiday season, most newlyweds realize their first Christmas tree is rather bare. Even a June bride will appreciate an ornament to help deck the halls. Shoppers can

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find ornaments carried throughout the year at most local specialty gifts shops. n Lamps: Upon moving into a home together, lamps are a necessity that often can be overlooked by young couples.

Beautiful and unique lamps, which can be purchased at Towel Town in Rocky Mount, are always beneficial in adding to the décor of a new couple’s home. n Linen dinner napkins: Often forgotten on the registries of young brides are a set of fine linen napkins.

This gift can be given to go with the couple’s new set of fine china and

Fine linen napkins are practical and often-overlooked items that new couples will appreciate as a wedding gift. Get them monogrammed to add a personal and elegant touch.

stemware.

Kenilworth Gifts at Bulluck’s Furniture of Rocky Mount offers a wide variety of fine linen napkins. Don’t forget to monogram them for a

personal touch. n A painting: A commissioned painting of the bride’s bouquet is a unique and beautiful gift that will be cherished for a lifetime.

Local artist, Kimberly Marsigli, will paint a commissioned piece of art that beautifully captures the couple’s special day. n Donation: A charitable contribution in honor of the couple can be given to a nonprofit organization of the couple’s interest.

Rather than buying the couple a gift, one could make a meaningful donation to a local nonprofit group like Animal Crackers or Community Ministries.

Emily Haley is the owner of a local clothing and gift boutique, Augustus & Argyle and she offers custom monogramming services. Her website is augustusandargyle.com.

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A holdover from past seasons, flower power is still in full-force for fashion jewelry this summer. Look for bold statement necklaces, bracelets and earrings with gems, crystals and faux stones in full bloom. Clockwise from left, Kate Spade necklace, $200; Mimi Boutique necklace, $40, mimiboutique.com; Ericson Beamon earrings, $500, netaporter. com; Chloe and Isabel earrings, $48, chloeandisabel/boutique/sweetpea.com.

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Gold and pearls pop up for summer

From ladylike to paired with spikes, gold and pearls will be a popular combination for jewelry pieces this summer. Try your pearl necklace or pearl studs with a stack of gold bangles and shiny gold necklace, or add a new piece to your jewelry box that combines pearls and gold for you. Clockwise from left, Stella and Dot necklace, $69, stelladot/lizdunton.com; Kate Spade bracelet, $220; Stella and Dot pearls and gold bracelet, $59; Kenneth J. Lane gold stretch bracelet, $80, outnet.com; Stella and Dot pearl bracelet, $49.

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