Spring 2013
INSIDE:
Intriguing Women of Anderson The Little Wine Bar That Could Antiquing in Anderson Spring Ahead with a New Do Meet Dr. Lori & Chef Jon Ashton At the Women Today Expo
editor’s letter
W
hen the Anderson Art
Meeting these five unique and special women was definitely a
Center was placing
pleasure! (The sixth gal is in Africa, but her emails were so delight-
granite tiles etched
ful and insightful.)
with epigrams throughout the city
I also very much enjoyed A Chat with Miss Katie of Eason’s
as part of the Wise Walk Public Art
Antiques. Looking around her store reminded me of hunting for
Project, former mayor of Pendleton,
treasures in my grandmother’s attic full of wonderful goodies.
Carol Burdette, chose this particu-
Early one morning, John Fowler, our photographer, and I took
lar quote and asked that it be placed in front of Viva! il Vino: “And if anyone asks me what I
over Chez la Rouge Salon for a photo shoot with the very talented Sheril Bennett Turner, Editor
owners and stylists who helped us create our Spring Hair Fling pictorial. Thanks to Dawn Burton for setting us up!
think the chief cause of the extraordinary prosperity and growing
A very special thanks to Dr. Felice Moody, Plastic Surgeon for
power of this nation, I should answer that it is due to the superior-
AnMed Plastic Surgery, who gave us her perspective as a woman
ity of their women.” ~Alexis de Tocqueville
and a doctor on Improving Self-Esteem with Plastic Surgery.
I believe she chose that quote and that location because she
Last but not least, LADIES, don’t forget to grab your best girl-
was inspired by the owners of Viva! il Vino, Shayna and Helen,
friends and check out the Women Today Expo in Anderson on
who are featured in Long Live the Wine! I was inspired, as well,
March 8 and 9. Just for us girls, the show this year will feature the
with all the special women showcased in this special issue dedi-
Dash Around the Table Cooking Show Tour with Chef Jon Ash-
cated to women.
ton, antique appraisals with expert appraiser Dr. Lori, as well as
Thanks to the many people who emailed me with suggestions for our Intriguing Women story! All were indeed intriguing, but we had to choose just a few to profile, and I think we chose well.
plenty of interesting local vendors and products. Here’s to all the amazing women, and men, who strive to make a better Anderson Life!
If you would like to suggest people to see and places to be in Anderson County, email me at Sheril.Turner@IndependentMail.com.
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Spring 2013 8 What’s Happening
Calendar of Events for Early Spring
10 Out & About
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2012 Anderson Debutante Ball 2013 Winter Night Gala
14 Business Spotlight
Miss Katie of Eason’s Antiques Dr. Lori Appraises at the Women Today Expo
19 Street Talk
What Makes the Women In YOUR Life Special?
20 In Fashion
Spring Looks by Chez La Rouge Salon
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Dr. Felice Moody on Plastic Surgery
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24 Just For Fun
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27 At Home
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Calendar United Way of Anderson County Power of the Purse Hilton Garden Inn Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30pm – 10pm
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Don’t miss this annual event featuring a purse auction benefiting teen pregnancy prevention programs in Anderson County. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and wine. Tickets $25 per person. www.unitedwayofanderson.org
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Anderson University Center for Cancer Research Race for Gold 2013
Anderson County Courthouse Plaza Saturday, March 23 at 9am
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Meals on Wheels Anderson March for Meals Spaghetti Fundraiser 105 S. Fant Street Thursday, March 21
Lunch: 11:30am – 1:30pm Dinner: 5:00pm – 7:30pm Fabulous spaghetti dinners and homemade desserts to enjoy at location or packaged for take-out. Tickets are available at the door and are $8 for adults, $4 for children 12 and under. All proceeds used to provide food for Meals on Wheels homebound elderly and disabled clients. Also, look for the Meals on Wheels Annual Benefit Golf Tournament and the Hartwell Lake Meals on Wheels Benefit Poker Run. acmow.org
All proceeds from this 5K race will go directly to supporting the Anderson University Center for Cancer Research. Participants will run/walk a 5K course beginning in Downtown Anderson at the Anderson County Courthouse and proceed up North Main Street where they will loop around and make their way back to the Courthouse. Following the race, the Anderson University Center for Cancer Research will host a cancer survivors’ recognition program in front of the Anderson County Courthouse. For more information, please contact Justin E. Lewis at (864) 634-1707 or jlewis@ andersoncountysc.org. www.andersonuniversity.edu/ cancer.aspx
The Junior League of Anderson County and Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce Electric City Pump & Run Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center Saturday, March 23 1-Mile 8:30am • 5K 9:00am • Tot Trot 10am
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The Great Anderson County Fair Anderson Civic Center April 30 through May 5
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36th Annual Historic Pendleton Spring Jubilee The Village Green in Historic Pendleton Saturday and Sunday, April 6 - 7
The Historic Pendleton Spring Jubilee began in 1978 as a means to inaugurate tourism in Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Counties. It has become so much more – a rite of spring, award-winning event, premier festival of the upstate and a source of pride in the community. Over 300 artisans vie for the coveted 110 spaces. Local and regional entertainers fill the air with music. Due to the festival’s reputation for consistency and quality, thousands of people pour into historic Pendleton the first weekend in April. As patrons look at unique, one-of-a-kind arts and crafts from around the country, live entertainment fills the air with music and local food vendors tempt you with smells of delicious foods. pendletondistrict.org/jubilee/
Anderson Area YMCA Ralph Hayes Toyota Taste of Anderson Carriage House at Bleckley Inn Tuesday, May 1 at 6pm – 8pm Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with food from local restaurants, beverages and a live auction. Tickets available at the Anderson Area YMCA. www.andersonareaymca.org Photographed by Nathan Gray
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out & about
Debutante
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The Debutante Club of Anderson Inc. presented nine debutantes at the annual ball held on December 27, 2012 at the Poinsett club in Greenville, South Carolina. Mr. Virgil Hobbs was master of ceremonies. Officers of the Debutante Club are Mrs. David William McCollum, President; Mrs. Hagood O’Neil Richardson, PresidentElect; Mrs. Kevin Todd Moorhead, Ball Chairman; Mrs. Michael Matthew Wooles, Ball Co-Chairman; Mrs. Ralph Bradley Burdette, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Gary Parker Hearn, Corresponding Secretary; and Mrs. Alfred Lee Whitney, Treasurer.
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Anderson County Museum
2013 Winter Night Gala
The Friends Board of the Anderson County Museum held their annual Winter Night Gala on Friday, January 25 to benefit the upcoming permanent exhibit on transportation. Branded by patrons as the Best Party in Anderson, the gala featured a live band, delicious food, and cold beverages set among museum exhibits. The dance band for the evening was Those Guys, an Anderson based band playing beach music and Top 40. Caterer Lark McIntosh prepared an irresistible culinary menu to delight the most discrete palates. Also opening that evening was their latest temporary exhibit, “Brim Full of History.” This exhibit showcases a delightful collection of hats from different eras of history and will be on display through June 1, 2013. All proceeds from the Winter Night Gala event will benefit the museum’s next permanent exhibit, “Routes of History.” Opening in three phases over the next three years, this exhibit will detail the development of transportation in Anderson County. Phase One will open on April 18 at 6 p.m. and detail the history of the Anderson County Airport and the visit of Amelia Earhart in 1932. The Anderson County Museum is at 202 East Greenville Street, in downtown Anderson. For more information, contact the Anderson County Museum at (864) 260-4737. www.andersoncountymuseum.org
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Miss Katie A
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tiques and Linens, presided over by the very knowledgeable Miss Katie Eason, has been the place to find unique furniture and collectibles since the ‘80s. Eason’s Antiques and Linens is one of those places that is fun to rummage through with no goal in mind and an interesting place to glean the stories behind the antiques that once graced grand homes and landmark hotels and are now lovingly collected and passed on by Miss Katie. Black amethyst, jadeite, milk and Fenton glassware, new linen tablecloths, napkins and runners of all different sizes, as well as old linen pieces lovingly laundered and restored, rooms chock-full of mahogany, maple and golden oak furniture including bedrooms suites fit for royals, dining room sets for formal entertaining, chests, chairs, marble-topped tables, writing desks, curios, buffets, hall trees, even restored chandeliers—you name it and Miss Katie probably has it or knows
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I am very proud of having the quality that I do, quality is my maiden name. -Miss Katie Eason she wouldn’t wear homemade clothes. But I made designer clothes. I would see something I liked, draw them off and turn around and make them.” After her job at Belk, Miss Katie was working for a jewelry store when a man came by and hired her to go to Charleston to manage LeRoy’s Jewelers. “They gave me a store in St. George, and I operated it for about five years. I had a wonderful store; in fact, it was the only jewelry store for a couple of towns around so it was very popular.” She also remarried, “a wonderful man” named Harry Eason. “Harry built bridges all around South Carolina and Georgia,” Miss Katie says. “He had 17 bridges at one time in Tifton alone. I met him before I went to Charleston, and he made several trips to Charleston, needless to say. Then I became homesick, so we moved closer to home to Anderson. At that time, I didn’t find anything open, so I sold life and health insurance. When Harry and I retired, we decided we had to have something to do together, so Harry found this building, and here I have been ever since.” Here is a large building on Whitehall Avenue that once housed tractors and tools. The couple converted it into Eason’s and started filling it with objects that interested them. “I had a passion for antiques,” Miss Katie says, “but Harry became more enthusiastic than me over time. We traveled everywhere, went all over the countryside. Any-
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All smiles with his Shirley Temple doll worth $275
Appr aising Your At my events, I tell it like it is. No flowery language, no delicate vocabulary, no malarkey. If you have a piece of junk, I tell you. If you spent too much money on something, I tell you. If you are waiting to become a millionaire on a collection of Pez dispensers, I will tell you that you’ve got a long wait. I have been known to break a heart or two, and I have been known to reveal that the ugly lamp you are holding in your lap can make you a millionaire in the antiques market. And I reveal my faults too—like my well-documented and obvious (particularly on my hips) Dr. Lori addiction to chocolate bars. My shows are funny and frank. I have been told by my audience members the world over that my presentation style is engaging just like the wealth of information I reveal about antiques. As audience members, men are typically brought to my appraisal events by their wives, but they quickly become my most devoted fans. Men and women return to my events day after day, event after event when I appear in a particular city. In Philly, I laughed with the male owner of a Shirley Temple doll worth
Paul and his $15K weathervane that got his grandmother’s house back
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$275. After I appraised it, he told me that only a real man would be comfortable enough to bring a doll out in public to an appraisal event. Ray was at my antiques appraisal comedy show in Houston, TX. He was on his way to the gym when his wife asked him if he could attend my appraisal event instead. He didn’t mind the diversion too much until his wife said that she wanted me to look at some piece of china she bought at a yard sale. He convinced her to bring me an old book that was in his family originally from Spain. Wrapped in a black plastic trash bag, the book was a hand painted illuminated manuscript with period text and original paintings. Produced in the mid-1600s about the time of the reign of King Philip of Spain, the manuscript was worth $10,000. Paul’s story warms my heart. I was presenting my antiques appraisal show in Louisville, KY when a guy in his mid30s puts a copper weathervane on my object table and tells me he doesn’t know what he’s got but one of the neighbors told him it might be worth some money. I explain how weathervanes do have good value in the marketplace and that his example has a strong provenance and is attributed to a particularly well known maker. I tell him that it is worth $15,000. All of a sudden this
guy—who could be a linebacker in the NFL—starts crying like a baby in front of God and everybody. Wiping his eyes on his shirtsleeve, he jumps up, runs towards the stage and hugs me. No one knew what he was going to do but after he calms down and returns to his seat in the audience, he explains that his grandmother’s house is in foreclosure, he has been supporting his extended family for months and that now he can start down the road to recovery by selling the weathervane (which was incidentally on the barn of the property in foreclosure all these months). Someone had offered him a mere $1,000 for the weathervane, but he didn’t believe it was worth so little. He was thrilled to know the truth. Sports collectibles, guns, edged weapons, fishing lures and reels, and other objects are the typical types of antiques and collectibles that I review at my events, but sometimes the real men show up with something interesting and unexpected. Guys want me to cut to the chase and tell it like it is. I’m all for it. Let’s hear it for the boys! Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori presents appraisal events to audiences worldwide. Dr. Lori is the expert appraiser on the hit TV show, Auction Kings, on Discovery channel. Visit www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/ DoctorLori or call (888) 431-1010.
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Ray with his $10K Spanish manuscript
“My niece, Elissa, right here, is one of the most special people in my life. She is charming and wonderful. She goes to school up here, and I am so lucky that I get to spend the time with her.”
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“The special person in my life is my grandmother because she was always there for me when I was growing up. She has been very influential in my life, and I aspire to be like her.” “Given the option, my mom, Teresa Leal, will always think about others first. That makes her special.”
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in fashion
Spring hair
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Cherry Owen, left, specializes in a wide variety of cutting techniques and color on all types of hair including Hothead extensions, Keratin Complex Soothing System and high-end color care. She is a graduate of Academy of Hair Technology in Greenville. Sommer Mosteller has competed at national and international levels in hair designs such as ladies up-do and cut-color. She has trained under Manuel Rodriguez with Pivot Point Academy in Chicago and Michael Della Penna, trainer for U.S. Team Hair World in Florida. She is a graduate of Academy of Hair Technology in Greenville. Chez La Rouge is located at 307 South Main Street in downtown Anderson. To book an appointment, call (864) 642-0089.
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Written by Dr. Felice P. Moody Photos provided by AnMed Health
I have no self-esteem. I hated the way I looked. I wore big shirts and hoodies.
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hese are common sentiments shared by women seek-
Breast lift surgery, also called a mastopexy, lifts the breast and
ing plastic and reconstructive surgery. The number of
tightens the breast tissue. It may or may not include the addi-
people choosing to have plastic surgery has soared in
tion of breast implants.
recent years. According to the American Society of Plastic Sur-
Breast reconstruction surgery helps women who’ve lost their
geons, 13.8 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were
breasts or breast tissue to cancer regain their figure. Breast re-
performed in the United States in 2011, up 5 percent since 2010.
construction restores breast shape and fullness after a mastec-
For healthy women with a positive outlook and realistic ex-
tomy. It can also improve the shape and contour of the breast
pectations, plastic surgery can improve
after breast conservation surgery. The
their appearance and increase self-es-
breast can be reconstructed using im-
teem. The most common plastic surgeries among women are breast and body contouring procedures. Breast reduction surgery, also called a reduction mammaplasty, reduces the
I felt like I had to hide my body. - Client Anonymous
an’s own tissue, and the surgery can be performed at the same time as the mastectomy. In some cases, the patient can even retain their own nipple and areola
size of the breast to help reduce associ-
complex. This takes a combined surgical
ated back, neck or shoulder pain and bring
effort, where a nipple sparing mastectomy
the breast into better proportion with the rest of the body. Because of its health benefits, breast reduction surgery is a covered service by most insurance companies.
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plants, or it can be made using a wom-
is performed in conjunction with immediate reconstruction. If a woman has already had a mastectomy, breast reconstruction is still an option. In cases where a woman has had
Breast augmentation surgery, also called augmentation
one breast removed and reconstructed, a second surgery is
mammaplasty, enhances the size of the breast with implants.
usually performed on the other breast help to improve sym-
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This patient had a right breast reconstruction a couple of years after a mastectomy. Dr. Moody placed a permanent implant in the left breast after tissue expansion and breast augmentation to make the breasts symmetrical. The patient subsequently underwent a mastectomy on her left breast, and had an immediate reconstruction with tissue expansion followed by placement of permanent implant.
This patient had a bilateral mastectomy with bilateral immediate reconstruction using tissue expanders and permanent implants.
metry. There are some situations where a woman has under-
women who have achieved a body weight close to their ideal
gone a mastectomy on one side and has chosen not to proceed
body weight before surgery.
with reconstruction on the other side or is not an appropriate
Abdominoplasty can be combined with the dedicated re-
candidate for reconstruction surgery. If the remaining breast
moval of an overhanging lower collection of excess skin and
makes her feel lopsided and is uncomfortable, she may choose
fatty tissue (termed paniculectomy) and is extremely common
to have the remaining breast reduced to alleviate her discom-
among women who have lost large amounts of weight. Lipo-
fort and improve her body image.
suction, also called lipoplasty, removes excess fat and can be
Unlike some cosmetic procedures, breast reconstruction is covered by insurance. Federal law requires insurance coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomy and also coverage for surgery of the other breast for symmetry.
performed in many areas where women desire better body proportions. The decision to have plastic surgery requires homework. Ask if your surgeon is board certified in plastic surgery, and re-
Body contouring procedures—the second most common
quest pre- and post-operative photos of their work. You should
group of surgeries among women—are surgeries that improve
also ask to speak with patients who have already undergone
the contour of the skin and underlying tissues.
the surgery you are interested in. Ask your plastic surgeon if he
Abdominoplasty, better known as a tummy tuck, is a surgery
or she is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons,
to enhance the contour of the abdomen. It is often combined
as the plastic surgeons who are members of the American So-
with liposuction. Abdominoplasty removes excess skin and fat
ciety of Plastic Surgeons are uniquely qualified to handle your
tissues, and in some cases, tightens the abdominal muscles
care. Learn more about the benefits and risks of plastic surgery
to accent the waist line. The most successful results occur in
at www.plasticsurgery.org.
Dr. Felice P. Moody is a board-certified plastic surgeon and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. She has been practicing in the Upstate for 16 years and has nearly 20 years experience in plastic surgery. Dr. Moody trained at the University of Vermont, the University of Virginia and Emory University. She completed plastic surgery fellowships focusing on the breast and cosmetic surgery, and practices medicine at AnMed Health Plastic Surgery.
Learn more about AnMed Health Plastic Surgery online at www.AnMedHealth.org or by calling (864) 224-1232.
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Wine!
Long Live the
Written by Sheril Bennett Turner Photographed by John Fowler
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he summer of 2010 was a very fine time in Anderson. A fine time for wine that is, when Viva! il Vino opened its doors to a very appreciative grape-loving community. Co-owners Shayna Hollander and Helen Sablan, two Anderson-based friends with a penchant
for traveling and enjoying life, started the little wine bar after one such enjoyable journey. “We had been traveling in Italy with some other friends,” Shayna recalls. “Helen had lived in Italy for a few years and organizes trips back at least twice a year. We were in a little town in Tuscany called Lupa, and we were just going from one little wine bar to another little wine bar, and they all had good things to eat, free snacks.” “They had little side bars with chandeliers and we thought, well, isn’t that nice,” says Helen. “And so we started thinking…we could do this in Anderson” says Shayna, her eyes lighting up at the thought. “Some of the people we were traveling with said, ‘Count me in!’ but by the end of the trip, Helen and I were the only ones still going to do it, and when we got back, we did.”
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“You see, I was retiring from teaching that year, so my schedule was open. And Shayna teaches piano privately, so she could make time,” Helen says. “Everything just fell into place,” Shayna says, “even though we had no idea what we were doing.” “Anderson was so good to us. They were so ready for it,” Helen says, although Shayna admits to some hold-outs. “When we talked to others about our idea there were two responses, either ‘That’s a great idea!’ or ‘Oh, no. A wine bar in Anderson?’” “But as soon as we got back,” Helen says, “I checked with a realtor friend, and we started looking for a location. We looked at other places, but they were too big or needed too much work. And then I remembered walking by this spot as they were redoing it, and I said, ‘What about Mr. Williford’s Tailor Shop?’ It has been here since 1948, when Church Street was a vital African-American business center. When Mr. Williford died, they remodeled the space, so when Shayna and I walked in we said,
“This is it!” “We knew this was home,” Shayna agrees. “As far as the name, Viva! il Vino, we just liked the Italian feel of the name, and it means ‘long live the wine.’ It just seemed so nice and alliterative,” Shayna says. “But most people just refer to us as ‘The Wine Bar,” laughs Helen. Although at one time the ladies briefly toyed with the idea of serving just one white and one red wine poured from pitchers like they do in some places in Italy, they soon discovered that their patrons loved variety. “We knew we liked wine,” Helen says, “so then we started studying it.” “A lot,” Shayna concedes, “and we still do. We are still works in progress as far as studying, but we want people to know you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get fantastic wines. We also want to offer a lot of different varietals—different grapes so people know there are more than just the well known chardonnay and cabernet.” “We also offer a couple of beers from Italy,” adds Helen. “They are both very good.” “And, on this back table is where we have the cicchetti,” Shayna says, pointing to a long table along the wall. Cicchetti? “I did a search on the internet for ‘free food at wine bars in Italy,’” Helen laughs. “It mentioned Italian snacks, particularly in Venice. A lot of the little wine bars in Venice offer chicchetti. People go from one little wine bar, called a bàcaro, to another and order the local wine, or ombra and nibble on cicchetti. “We just liked the word,” confesses Shayna, “so at Viva! il
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More about Helen Sablan…
Helen Sablan & Shayna Hollander
Vino, cicchetti comes with everything even if you get a $2 bottle of water. You help yourself to Italian hard salami and cheese, olives and marinated vegetables, and we serve bread on the tables to go with the wonderful olive oil.” The décor at the wine bar is simple and satisfying, the atmosphere warm and cozy, a nice place to meet up with friends, or to enjoy one of the many wine tastings Viva! il Vino hosts throughout the year. On a warm night in downtown Anderson, it is not uncommon to see 20 people sitting outdoors enjoying the weather and wine while the inside is empty. “One of our favorite books is Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking: Uncork Your Creative Juices,” Shayna says. “It’s by the same writer of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Michael J. Gelb. It’s about how all the great inventors and artists and thinkers aren’t drinking water. And the wine really does make you relaxed and you start thinking. As you can see, we don’t have TV in here, we don’t have Wi-Fi; people just start talking to each other here….” “It brings back the art of conversation,” Helen finishes with a smile.
Originally from Anderson, Helen received her Degree in Education from Winthrop and her Masters through Boston University. She lived in Tacoma, Washington, for 31 years where she raised her son, Marshall, and taught at Tacoma Community College until retirement. Returning home to teach in a gifted program for Anderson County until retirement, Helen also became a certified yoga instructor and opened the Yoga Place on North Main in Anderson. Helen loves to travel, especially back to Italy where she lived for 3 years, and frequently finds herself the unofficial travel agent, organizing trips with friends to her old haunts. Her recent trip to Burma and Thailand, which Helen described as fabulous, was with a group of photographers from Upstate New York. In 1998, Helen embarked on a Caribbean adventure, mirroring her great aunt Helen Ricks’ freighter trip in 1938, sans the freighter. She wrote an account of her trip and published both journals in a book entitled, Devotedly Dixie: Travel Journals of Two Helens (iUniverse, April 27, 2008)
More about Shayna Hollander… Shayna is originally from Virginia. She earned degrees in Music Performance at the North Carolina School of Arts, the New England Conservatory in Boston, and the Academy of Music in Vienna. She has a successful performance career as a pianist, which has taken somewhat of a backseat to the wine bar since she had to reduce her daily practice hours, but she still plays intimate soirees here and abroad, which she prefers to the big stage setting. In 1999, Shayna was sent to Japan by Rotary International as a cultural ambassador for the state of South Carolina. She now employs the philosophy of the brilliant music teacher, Shinichi Suzuki, in her own music studio. The Farm to Food movement is very important to Shayna and she serves on the board of AAFFA, Anderson Area Farm and Food Association, which helps local growers and meat producers get their products to Anderson consumers in both the restaurant and private sectors. In her spare time, she makes goat milk soap for Split Creek Farms and her brand, Shayna Bella Soaps, can be found in shops around the upstate. Last, but not least, she has two children, daughter Correll and son Lillian, and a very new little grandson called Harrison, whom she hopes will one day refer to her as YaYa.
Viva! il Vino • 110 East Church Street, Downtown Anderson. Oopen Wednesday through Saturday from 4pm until Close. (864) 634-9616 or 376-7750. Cash and checks only, no credit cards accepted. For more information or to book a private party,
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Intriguing
Women ofAnderson Written by Sheril Bennett Turner Photographed by John Fowler
In-trigu-ing Wom-en Noun: Humans of the female persuasion who are: Interesting, fascinating, absorbing, exciting, engaging, gripping, stirring, stimulating, curious, compelling, amusing, diverting, provocative, beguiling, thought-provoking, titillating, engrossing, tantalizing, captivating; arousing great interest or curiosity.
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s it turns out, finding intriguing women in Anderson was not that difficult. On the next few pages you’ll
meet just a few local ladies, nominated by our readers, who embody the spirit of community and personify the word intriguing. There are many more out there, maybe even you, and we applaud you all.
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Dawn Marie Harbin
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riginally from Napoleon, Ohio, this mother of two daughters lives in
Anderson and is the Supervisor over Senior Adult Services at Greenville Mental Health Center, where she is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) working with mentally ill elderly patients age 62 and older. “I find many elderly just want to be heard and may need a push finding interesting things to do with their time during the day. Plus, they are also searching for purpose in their life.” She is a member of the Mental Health America of Greenville County Board where she consults on mental illness and has been involved with the Appalachian Council for the Aged. Dawn also sits on the Anderson University Women’s Council and was very active raising money to award scholarships to upand-coming women students. Her favorite project for the last seven years, though, has been Project Linus which distributes blankets to needy, sick, chronically sick or homeless children. This fast-paced single gal is also in the process of earning a doctorate in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis on research and psychological testing from Walden University. “I am the happiest I have even been in my life, and that kind of happiness is hard to find.”
What do you find intriguing? “People. I love to see how they react to situations, how they treat other people, how relationships are built and how they survive. Life can be tough for everyone at one time or another, and I am intrigued by the use of survival skills and how people use their natural abilities. My motto is, ‘If everyone in the world helped just one person the world would be a better place for everyone.”’
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ment Director at the Anderson Arts Center and on an as-needed basis with husband, Douglas, at The McDougald Funeral Home. A mother of three, Tricia fills her “spare” time with anything her family is doing, including spending Gamecock home game weekends in Columbia, and watching her two boys play baseball and her daughter cheer competitively. She also volunteers at Meals on Wheels, is on the Board at Anderson Interfaith Ministries, is a member of the Greater Anderson Rotary Club and is Co-President with her husband of the T. L. Hanna Booster Club. “My goal is to make sure this community, which I have grown up in, continues to thrive and be a positive place for everyone in it. By volunteering my time to help others, I feel like I am working to make a difference. I also hope I can be an example to my children on giving and volunteering, so they in turn will feel the obligation and desire to help others and improve the community they live in.”
What do you find intriguing? “People are very intriguing to me. I love meeting new people, and I’m in the perfect job to be able to do that. I also love finding out more about the people I know by getting to know them better. I have found most people love to be involved…they just need to be asked!”
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Brenda Riddle Oehmig
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arried to her high school sweetheart for 52 years, this mother
of two and grandmother of four just retired from the Anderson School of Dance, which she opened in 1972 and is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. “I have had an amazing life,” Brenda says, “teaching my wonderful students, watching them grow and become exceptional adults. I taught many from 3 years old until they graduated and left for college. Therefore, I felt like they were my own.” Brenda attended Limestone College, majoring in History and Education. “In 1960, there were no colleges offering dance as a major, so I took anatomy, choreography, and any dance classes that were offered as electives. I was the choreographer of the yearly Follies, and the Miss Limestone Pageant.” Brenda also tested and became a member of Dance Educators of America, later becoming a judge for Dance Masters of America. Currently she is on the Board of Directors of the Anderson County Library and enjoys living on the lake, gardening, reading and, of course, spending time with her grandchildren. “I’m taking this year to decide what I want to do when I grow up!”
What do you find intriguing? “Oh, my goodness. Life. Everything. Our world is so beautiful and if we just look around, we can always be amazed.”
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n 2009, this high-energy pastor’s wife and mother of two teens resigned
from her 15-year teaching job at Oakwood Christian School to start Women’s LIFE Fellowship (WLF), a non-profit organization reaching out to the women in our community. “My heart has been passionate about reaching out and helping women for many years. The WLF ministry has enabled me to teach, train and inspire other women to reach out as well. So, now we have more than 20 women reaching out, mentoring and being LIFE GUIDEs to other women through our ministry.” Deanna also teaches/mentors a class at the Haven of Rest women’s ministry, Under His Wings, partners with others at Anderson University to mentor and invest in college age girls, and she started a class last year at her church for single ladies in the community. An animal lover, Deanna has a cat named Angel, nicknamed “The Beast,” and a 3 year old Puggle called Harley. “He was my 40th birthday gift! He is brilliantly rebellious so I named him Harley because of my secret passion to one day ride on the back of a Harley Davidson with my husband on the Blue Ridge Parkway—once the kids are through college, of course!”
What do you find intriguing? “I will go with the definition that says things that are interesting and arouse my curiosity. What arouses my interest is finding ways to reach out to women. I read books about it, attend conferences and spend a lot of time listening to ladies share their stories. Then I love being able to share with them that their relationship with God is the answer to their life’s questions and challenges.”
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Kathryn Yandle Smith
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arried to Leo, her college sweetie, for 34 years, Kathryn
is a mother of two and grandmother to a one-year-old granddaughter who bears her name, London Kathryn. A gifted wordsmith, she embarked on a new adventure as of January 1, 2013. “I am president of Kathryn Smith, LLC, which is a fancy way to say I work for myself. I am a writer and editor with the slogan ‘Let me help you tell your story.”’ An avid volunteer, Kathryn helped start the Cancer Association of Anderson 10 years ago this month, and is a member and past president of the Greater Anderson Rotary Club, chairing one of our favorite annual events, Dancing for Our Heroes. Known for her great sense of humor, Kathryn says she’s also got such an infectious laugh that people have offered to pay for her ticket to community theatre plays just to get the rest of the audience going. She is now working on a memoir to be titled after a Louisa May Alcott quote, She is Too Fond of Books, and It Has Addled Her Brain. “It is kind of a life story through reading,” she says. When Kathryn is not being a wonderful grandmother or scraping up money to go to Paris, she likes to hang out and talk with people at places as varied as the Viva! il Vino, Grits and Groceries and the Goodwill Store.
What do you find intriguing? “Paris. It’s my favorite place in the whole world, and I try to go there every year. It is just a fascinating place that appeals to all the senses. It’s intoxicating—with or without champagne! And, no, I don’t speak French, just Franglais.”
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Abby Sprau
nly 28 years old, Abby left home to work in the village of Setlaboswane
in South Africa as part of the United States Peace Corps Volunteer with the Schools and Community Resource Program. “I work closely with teachers at the two schools in my village, team teaching, developing resources, creating assessments and introducing the best teaching practices. I also work with various groups on HIV/AIDS awareness and education.” A graduate of Furman University with a degree in Elementary Education and of Florida State University with a Masters degree in Socio-cultural and International Development Education Studies, Abby has a goal to work with an international aid organization on educational policy in developing nations. But for now, this adventurous young lady is immersing herself in the culture of this resource-rich continent that is so different from home. “The people I live with and work with are very interested in America. To them it seems like a dream land where everyone has electricity and indoor plumbing and cars. The people here love to DANCE and throw big parties. At the parties, everyone from the community brings something to contribute. There is a tradition here called ‘Ubuntu.’ It means, ‘I am me because you are you.’ Everyone shares everything. If I have something more than you do, I give you some.”
What do you find intriguing? “Something that intrigues me is different cultures. It has been really interesting to live in a completely different culture for 19 months. I have learned a lot about how people have very different perceptions of the world according to the culture they grew up in.”
Photo provided by Abby Sprau
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his year, the Independent Mail Women Today Show is pleased to present PARADE Magazine’s Dash Around the Table Tour on Friday, March 8. The event features PARADE contributing editor and Chicago-based chef Jon
Women Today Expo Special Event New! Dash Around The Table Cooking Show Friday, March 8, 2013
Civic Center of Anderson 3027 MLK Jr. Blvd. (formerly Mall Rd.) Anderson, SC 29625
Back Stage Party:
5:30pm – 6:30pm $35 for Back Stage Party Admission
Cooking Show:
6:30pm – 8:30pm. $13 in advance ($15 at the door) for General Admission Ages 12 and under are FREE Dash Admission tickets include FREE admission to Women Today Expo! For more information or to purchase tickets go to www.womentoday.com. 34 AndersonLife • Spring 2013
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Ashton and is locally sponsored by AnMed Health and Quality Foods. The centerpiece of the event is the two-and-a-half-hour interactive “Make Mealtimes Matter Show” presented by Liverpool-born chef Ashton, offering cooking demonstrations and tips. “The Dash food tour brings the hallmarks of Dash—simple, fast, and delicious meals—to life,” says PARADE editorial director Maggie Murphy. “Jon’s show will offer smart shopping tips, great shortcuts, and yummy meals that will delight busy families. But the secret ingredient here is Jon; he’s the home-ec teacher you always wished you had.” “I love to cook with a smile,” says chef Jon Ashton. “The Dash Around the Table Tour is equal parts laughter and fun.” The tour will visit multiple cities in collaboration with PARADE’s newspaper partners, giving national brands sponsorship opportunities for local reach in key markets. The accompanying Food Village Expo features local chefs, regional specialties, entertainment, retailers, artisans, and other area businesses. For more information, visit womentoday.com.
About Dash
Under the direction of PARADE editor Maggie Murphy, Dash aims to help its readers prepare simple, fast, and delicious meals every day. The magazine blends original content with some of the most popular features from four of America’s most trusted food sources: Bon Appétit, Epicurious.com, Gourmet, and PARADE. Dash is distributed in more than 130 newspapers with a circulation of 8.5 million. Check out more great tips and recipes online at www. dashrecipes.com, and look for Dash every month in your local newspaper.
About Women Today
It is the ultimate day out for women! The Women Today expo has almost 20 years of experience bringing women what they want in an expo that celebrates all aspects of a woman’s life! With hundreds of exhibits, trendy fashion shows, cooking demonstrations and informative seminars, there’s something for every woman! Whether you’re a woman looking to enjoy some well deserved “me” time or a business looking to connect with largest economy in America, this event is for you!
About AnMed
AnMed Health is a dynamic, comprehensive health system in Anderson, SC. For more than 100 years, AnMed Health has provided health care for residents of eight counties in upstate South Carolina and northeast Georgia. AnMed Health’s medical staff includes more than 400 physicians, and with roughly 3,400 employees. AnMed Health is Anderson County’s largest employer. AnMed Health got its start in 1904 when Mrs. Jennie Gilmer, a young wife and mother, promised God that if she survived the birth of her second son, she would see that a hospital was built in Anderson. Mrs. Gilmer survived, and largely due to her efforts, the Anderson County Hospital Association was organized and incorporated in 1906. Mrs. Gilmer and members of the Association led a spirited effort to raise the $25,000 needed to construct the original two-story, 25-bed hospital building. Anderson County Hospital, as it was first called, officially opened on April 20, 1908. Since its opening, Anderson County Hospital has grown into South Carolina’s largest, independent, not-for-profit health system.
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Dash Around the Table Tour Recipes Butternut Squash Soup
INGREDIENTS 2 pounds butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1 cup low-fat or full-fat sour cream 2 Tbsp butter 1/4 tsp. cayenne 1 Tbsp sugar (optional) Several chives, cut into 1-inch pieces Salt and freshly ground black pepper DIRECTIONS Combine the squash and stock in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the squash is very tender. Let pan cool a bit for safety’s sake, then puree the mixture in a blender. Return the puree to the saucepan and turn the heat to medium-low. Stir in the cream, butter, cayenne and salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring until heated through (do not boil), then taste and add sugar and more seasoning if necessary. Keep warm over low heat. Serve with chives. Serves 4-6 people
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DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine the egg, bread crumbs, KRAFT Grated Parmesan cheese, milk and onion. Remove sausage from casings. Add sausage to the breadcrumb mixture and mix well. Shape into 20 meatballs; arrange on a shallow baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through (160°F). Serve with your favorite sauce and spaghetti.
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INGREDIENTS 1/4 cup butter 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup banana liqueur (Creme de Banana, or substitute banana rum) 4 firm bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then halved 1/4 cup dark rum 4 scoops vanilla ice cream DIRECTIONS Combine the butter, sugar and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet. Place the pan over low/medium heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum. Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum. When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.
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*Excludes all options, taxes, title, registration, $905 transportation charge, and dealer prep fee.Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See participating dealer for details. Please always wear your seat belt, drive safely and obey speed limits. Special lease rates may not be reflected in lease calculator prices shown on MBUSA.com. Please see your dealer for final pricing. Special lease rates may not be reflected in prices shown on MBUSA.com. Please see your dealer for final pricing. AIM92271
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If ever there comes a time when the women of the world come together purely and simply for the benefit of humankind, it will be a force such as the world has never known. 38
-Matthew Arnold 2013 AndersonLife • Spring
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED. More than you expect.
Every day, thousands of people depend on AnMed Health for care. That’s why, for more than 100 years, AnMed Health has invested in bringing new technology and expert doctors close to home. With robotic surgery, top-rated heart attack care, thousands of clinical trials and a nationally recognized nursing
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2836 S. Main Street Anderson • 864-225-7260 AIM91785
6 & 12 MONTHS SAME AS CASH | FREE DELIVERY Up To 50
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