Evince Magazine July 2011 by Andrew Brooks Media Group

Margaret & Ricky Jones

Tiny Town Golf Page 7

Dr. Stephen Eggleston

Thank You, Danville, for Being My Friend Page 5

ReďŹ&#x201A;ecting Forward Page 18

Kathy and Laura Anderson: Having Fun at Riverside Lanes

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Editor’s Note

July Contents

Editor’s Note

Kathy & Laura Anderson / Having Fun at Riverside Lanes by Joyce Wilburn

She Said He Said / My Way or My Way by Dena Hill & Larry Oldham Where Can I Find an Evince?

Thank You, Danville, for Being My Friend by Dr. Stephen Eggleston

Seriously, what are you doing for fun today? That’s not a frivolous question, when you consider that having unstructured play makes you smarter, healthier, happier, and more socially adept. That’s according to KaBOOM!, the 15year-old national non-proﬁt group devoted to saving play.

Margaret & Ricky Jones Following the Sign to Tiny Town Golf by Joyce Wilburn

Second Thoughts / Civil Liberties by Kim Clifton

Danvillians are lucky to be surrounded by fun opportunities and fun-loving people. Grab a glass of cold lemonade, ﬁnd a cool spot, and read the cover story about Kathy and Laura Anderson on page 3, who have fun while working at Riverside Lanes. On page 7, learn more about Tiny Town Golf, before jumping in the car to experience it ﬁrst-hand. On page 22, Jason Bookheimer and Jessica Shelton answer the question, Too Much Summer Fun – What Does That Mean?

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Evince writers aren’t ashamed to be as playful as children. Look at the wise stilts-walking Linda Lemery on page 18 and read about her unusual goal for the summer. Then, check out the picture of Annelle Williams’ homemade pie on page 21. Any guesses where the missing slice of pie went? Danville has been nationally recognized as a Playful City, USA, three consecutive years by KaBOOM!. (www.kaboom.org) Only 118 cities and towns in the entire country received that recognition in 2010. That speaks well of the quality of life in this Southern Virginia city. Dr. Stephen Eggleston muses on that in Thank You, Danville, for Being My Friend on page 5.

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16 Spotting Exceptional Customer Service by Teresa McDaniel 17 Book Clubbing / Danville Public Library by Joann Verostko 18 Reﬂecting Forward What Do Disc Golf, Vacations, and Grilling Have in Common? by Linda Lemery 19 Tigers and Bears, Oh My! / by Mack Williams 21 Around the Table / Summertime Fun by Annelle Williams 22 Too Much Summer Fun by Jason Bookheimer & Jessica Shelton

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Kathy & Laura Anderson

Having Fun at Riverside Lanes W by Joyce Wilburn

ith the air conditioner set to comfortably cool, four screens lowered for maximum video viewing, a snack bar stocked with appetizing food, and 40 lanes operating at maximum efﬁciency, Riverside Bowling Lanes comes to the top of the list of popular places to beat the summer heat while having fun. That was not true ﬁve years ago, however, when sisters-in-law Kathy and Laura Anderson and their business partners took over the now spotless, up-to-date entertainment center.

Laura vividly remembers her impression of the building when she entered with her three children for an afternoon of bowling in January, 2006. “The place was a mess,” she says emphatically, glancing over at Kathy who adds, “There were trash cans everywhere catching the rain.” Shortly after that, Laura’s step-father, Kenneth Parrish, who had bowled in the facility for 40+ years phoned Laura at her South Carolina home and joked about the leaky roof, “Couldn’t bowl tonight. We were rained out.” In addition to that problem, the building had no heat. Those dire conditions and others led the city to condemn it two months later and the future of the 1960s brick building was bleak. Fortunately, the Andersons and three partners decided to rescue the business and the facility in August, 2006. “It sounded like

a fun career to start when I was 50+” is the explanation that Kathy, a ten-year veteran of the Patrick County Schools system, gives for the acquisition. “We put in a new roof, carpeting, air conditioners, did a major overhaul of the bowling equipment in back, painted top to bottom, and cleaned everything,” says Kathy, the mother of two adult daughters. Two months later, Riverside Lanes reopened. “Only ten lanes were operational when we took over, now there are 40,” adds Laura, who uses her accounting degree from Averett University and CPA experience to keep the books. Kathy handles marketing and the snack bar; two managers and a mechanic handle all the other daily operations of the successful business.

According to Kathy, the best part of her job is watching people have fun. “That’s what keeps me inspired,” she says while observing a military family who is bowling on the dad’s last day before deployment to Iraq. “It’s a good place for families to interact at bridal parties, baby showers, birthday celebrations, and family reunions,” says Laura, adding that they also have had employee appreciation parties and business meetings in the party room. “A small business came here recently, had a meeting and lunch, and then bowled after that,” she says, adding that their most unusual event was the tournament for blind bowlers. “They had rails set up on each lane and counted steps to the line. A sighted person would tell them how many pins were knocked down,” Kathy explains, although some would know by the sound of the ball hitting the pins, if it was a strike or not.

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“This is a sport for all ages, shapes, and sizes,” says Laura and Kathy quickly adds, “and capabilities. It’s fun even if you’re lousy.” Both ladies nod their heads in agreement and laugh. Obviously, it’s another fun day at Riverside Lanes whether you’re playing or working. • All K-12th grade students receive one free game of bowling every day Monday through Friday until August 31. (That is not a misprint!) • Sunday nights are all-you-canbowl teen nights from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. for $8 a person. • Riverside Lanes, 3215 Riverside Drive, opens at 10:00 a.m. on weekdays and noon on weekends during the summer. • Registration is being taken for the fall leagues for all ages. • A youth bowling camp (ages 418) will be held July 11-15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $50 a person. • For more information about other specials, visit www.bowlriverside. com or call 434.791.2695.

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SHE SAID

HE SAID

My Way or My Way

As usual you are right. Come to think about it, you are always right... in your own mind that is. Listen, I know that I am not as active as you are. I don’t know anyone in this town, state, or anywhere in the country who is as active as you are. Keeping that in mind, let’s look at your brand new premise--a new trick in the women’s arsenal of tricks against us little old defenseless men. I think women in general have many weapons that they use against us. Women have been using this one for years; you just never thought about using it before. I imagine if the truth were known, I could do everything that you can do except have a baby. Oh yeah and breast feed. I also forgot that women have a very natural inclination toward maternal instincts. Nurturing children could also be considered an attribute, and men are getting better at this. All in all, you women do have some creature comforts that men would have a hard time doing without on a daily basis. Putting all that aside, let’s get to the main point of our discussion. To trick me or to trick me was the question. In my way of thinking, you don’t need to trick me at all. If you need help with something, just ask me and I’ll do it. Do you see the key word in that statement? When you ask me if I want to do or not do something, that’s a whole new ballgame. Right? So the key to dealing with me or any man is just asking us what we wish to do and we will tell you outright. Personally, I think you know the answer to most of your questions before you ever ask. So the secret is to only ask me to do what you know I will do and then, as you have stated ....You will always get what you want and you’ll always be right.

by Larry Oldham

by Dena Hill

You can know a person for many years and never really know him. This is not a profound statement, just a fact. Last month in Virginia Beach while visiting my father, I discovered something quite by accident that I never realized before. There is another way of working you in order to get my way... I mean for us to agree. We awakened bright and early on that beautiful Saturday morning and I asked you to go for a walk around the neighborhood with me. I carefully avoided the word exercise because of your well-known aversion to physical activity of any kind. I just mentioned that there may be a yard sale in the community so we could take a stroll and look for it. Your propensity for shopping has always made it easy to motivate you to going where there is a chance of buying something, so Saturday was fairly easy. Sunday was the hard day because there were no yard sales to be found. My question to you on Sunday was simple. I asked, “Do you want to go for a walk or stay in bed?” You just looked up at me and said, “I think I’ll just stay in bed.” What a revelation! From now on instead of asking you to do something, I’ll just give you a choice. “Do you want to wash the car or take out the garbage? Do you want to make up the bed or paint the bedroom? Do you want to go downstairs and workout or stay upstairs and clean the bathroom?” If I ask the right question, I know that either answer will work for me. Why didn’t I see this before? Life with you would have been so much easier. Am I right or am I right?

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Evince Magazine I moved to Danville in 1992 and have been leaving ever since. After working a one-year residency in Williamsburg, which is also where I first went to college, I ran a clinic for one year in Stuart, Virginia, lovely but tiny, and then moved the family to Danville. Oddly, I had never set foot in the River City before then; I grew up in Roanoke, just a short hop northwest, but Danville was never on my radar. It just wasn’t on the way to anywhere from Roanoke, whether it was the beach, Richmond, Greensboro, or D.C. But I quickly determined that I wasn’t going to be here long. You see, 1992 Danville just wasn’t very hip: no “street scene,” no large university, a dearth of good restaurants, no gathering places for intellectuals, and an economy based overwhelmingly on tobacco and textiles, in neither of which I was even remotely interested, and which, in my haughty estimation, were keeping the citizens paupered and uneducated while making millions for just a few. So I told myself that I would be the best doctor that I knew how to be, get a couple of years experience, and move to...well, somewhere better. I had no specific hot spot in mind, but it was out there somewhere, seething with “stuff to do,” that elusive phrase that became a mantra for me and many of my fellow disaffected. Inertia being what it is, I suddenly found myself in the year 1997. I’m now five years into my temporary residence in Danville and not much happier about it, because “I just don’t fit in here.” After all, I’m very hip and intellectual and still know zip about textiles or tobacco, which, at any rate, are starting to decline in influence. About that time we somehow had stumbled onto the community that was Cherry Hill Montessori School, and we remarked often about how enriched the kids were by their experiences at that school. But wait—was it possible that we were enriched by it also? No way; this was, after all, still Danville, but... the parents whose children attended this school were, gulp, hip and smart, and represented many fascinating vocations and hobbies. Some of my closest friendships to this day (Barry Koplen and Lucy Moore come to mind immediately) arose from the Cherry Hill experience. And many of my children’s best friends are Cherry Hill alumni. But I was still going to move, because, well, there are just so many more interesting places to live than “The Big D”. This wasn’t helped by my visits to places such as New Orleans, Chattanooga, Washington, and New York (where I had lived for 13 years). Sure, the traffic was a nightmare, the taxes outrageous, but look what you got for all that! And then I found what was called at the time the Danville Community Orchestra. Founded in 1992, this modest group was beginning to acquire a larger following, and more musicians were coming on board each year. I joined in the fall of 1997 and discovered an entire almostunderground group of highly talented individuals who had remained hidden to me, probably because of the filter I had imposed on my perceptions that blocked out people who were... hip and smart. And did I forget to mention that they were (and remain) extremely friendly, accepting, funny, and tolerant? The last was important, because I had just started playing the violin nine months prior to joining.

Thank You, Danville, for Being My Friend by Dr. Stephen Eggleston

Leigh Latchum, my teacher, pushed me to become a member and no one got bent out of shape about all of my missed notes and sloppy playing. All of a sudden, it was more fun to live in Danville. A few years into this, some personal and business challenges and roadblocks were erected, and once again I chose to simply retreat to an earlier position, namely, I was leaving town and finding a better place to live. Dan Vegas just wasn’t for me and besides, I just didn’t fit in. I didn’t realize at the time that I was starting to sound like a broken record, but I nevertheless embarked on actual “field trips” to find this place of nirvana and everlasting hipness, a place with coffee shops filled with laid-back poets, almost-discovered playwrights and composers, a city with bookstores in every neighborhood, an embarrassment of fine restaurants and sidewalk cafes. You get the picture. Newly remarried, new goals in place, my wife and I booked long weekends in a dozen cities to try them out and find the one gem that sparkled enough to entice us to what would become our permanent residence, once and for all. Danville’s official slogan during that time was “Danville Can”, which Mr. Cynic (that would be me) changed to “Danville Can, But It Probably Won’t”. In all fairness, some of the cities we visited were indeed wonderful, but as each road trip wound down and we pulled into Danville again, we were struck by how much we actually missed the old place. But didn’t this mean that we just hadn’t found the right place yet? Could it just be that Danville had transformed into a well-worn pillow, not in very good

shape, but comfortable to sink into? So I’m still getting out of here. Sell the house; sell the practice; say goodbye to our many friends, patients, colleagues, and set sail for parts unknown. Sure, we have a couple of nice places to eat now, and the Danville Community Orchestra has transfigured into the Danville Symphony Orchestra, a regional ensemble with some serious chops, and my practice is booming, and Danville has one of the finest Riverwalk Trails anywhere, and my patients apparently love me (it’s mutual), but I’m leaving. Don’t try to talk me out of it. And then there was last night. Roy Norton and his wife, Dale, along with Roy Jr. and his wife, have been patients for many, many years, as are several of their cousins, nephews, nieces, and so on. (I’m not really violating privacy laws here, and you’ll understand why in a little while.) Last night, April 22, Roy and his family were joined by some other regional bluegrass notables, among them Johnny and Jeanette Williams, bassist Jerry Jones, and banjoist extraordinaire Lynwood Lunsford. These musicians go way back, having performed together in various ensembles for decades. It was the most enjoyable evening of music I have experienced in many years, which surprised me, as I am not an aficionado of bluegrass. Sure, I grew up listening to a lot of it because of my father’s influence, but I’m more of a classical, jazz and rock kind of guy (remember, I’m hip and smart). I’m surprised the fire department wasn’t at the performance, because Roy just about burned up that mandolin as did Lynwood with the banjo. And Jerry Jones, whose fingers must be made of some pliable yet-to-be-discovered metal, is just a force of nature, driving the other musicians with a relentless and always tasteful bass line. The concert was at Danville Community College, part of a monthly series of concerts sponsored by the Dan River Bluegrass Association. While the music was wonderful and has sparked a newfound bluegrass appreciation in me, that’s not what moved me so much last night. When my wife and I arrived, we noticed several people we knew, and even more as the auditorium filled up. There were Sam and Mary, Jesse and Phyllis, Ernest P and Ryland H, and many others who I’ve had the pleasure to see in my practice over these 19 years in Danville. Throughout the evening, and probably as much to take a breather from thousand-mileper-hour mandolin riffing as anything else, Roy Norton recognized several people in attendance, old friends, fellow musicians, neighbors, some relatives who had driven from other cities to hear him play. Near the end of the gig Roy pointed at me, sitting in the center of the crowd next to my wife and her parents, and told the audience, “And there’s Dr. Eggleston, who’s been putting me back together for many years now, along with my wife and son. He can jerk more kinks out of a person than anybody I’ve ever known.” He went on with an anecdote about a bout of sciatica I had helped him with, but I wasn’t hearing him too well at that point, for I had just had an epiphany. I was surrounded by people who love me, people who value me, people who forgive me; people I’ve treated for, in some cases, 19 years. My people. I live in Danville, and I’m not leaving. Thank you, Roy. Thank you for being my friend.

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Primary Care is a Focal Point for Danville Regional Medical Center Danville Regional is working to alleviate primary care doctor shortage with residency program growth and primary care network development The American Academy of Family Physicians has estimated a shortfall of 40,000 primary care doctors by 2020, as working primary care physicians retire and fewer students take their place. Locally, Danville is considered a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), meaning there are not enough primary care physicians to provide care to all community members. Danville Regional Medical Center is taking the necessary steps to solve these problems and prepare the Dan River region for the future. The first step the hospital is taking to address the shortage is to open a network of primary care walk-in clinics over the next 12 months. The first clinic is the new Family Healthcare Center in Brosville Station and will open later this summer. The new Family Healthcare Center will be located 10390 Martinsville Highway and will provide primary care medical services for all ages and include on-site x-rays and basic lab testing from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Friday, and a half day on Saturday. Most major insurance plans, including Medicare and Medicaid, will be accepted. Danville Regional is also working to identify other locations and recruiting physicians for clinics on 58 East and in the 41 North area. “In Danville and our surrounding communities, we have a higher prevalence of chronic disease, like diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and coronary artery disease (CAD), compared to the rest of Virginia,” said Dr. Saria Saccocio, chief medical officer at Danville Regional. “At Danville Regional, it’s not only our jobs, but also our passion to change that.”

Quality Care at Home in Brosville The Family Healthcare Center at Brosville will soon be seeing patients. Whether you need a ﬂu shot, a sports physical or anything in between, you’ll ﬁnd it here. Dr. Steven Bridges and the rest of his team provide care for every member of your family with the best we have to offer. No matter what you need, we’re honored to help. That’s how family works. We look forward to getting to know you and yours.

Family Healthcare of Brosville Opening this Summer 10390 Martinsville Hwy.

Dr. Steven Bridges, D.O.

Dr. Steven Bridges will be the full-time physician at the Family Healthcare Center in Brosville Station. He is currently treating patients at DRMC’s Family Healthcare Center – Danville. To fill the absence left by Dr. Bridges, Dr. Anupreet Oberoi will join Dr. Michael Waters to open a new Family Medicine office at Family Healthcare Center – Danville in August. In addition to the primary care clinic network, Danville Regional is proud to have established two, three-year residency programs in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. This fall, there will be 35 total residents at the hospital – 16 of them are planning to go into internal medicine, while 12 residents are seeking family medicine as their profession. The remaining seven will be a part of DRMC’s rotating internship program. Research shows that physicians are more likely to practice medicine in rural areas when they train in a rural community setting. “We started our own residency program in hopes that physicians who train here will want to practice here,” said Dr. Saccocio. “It’s no secret there is a nationwide shortage of primary care physicians, but our main focus is making sure our community’s medical needs are taken care of. “ Danville Regional is making every effort to have resources available for new physicians to continue their education and be prepared to provide optimal care to the region. “We don’t want their education to stop when they walk through our door,” said Danville Regional Chief Executive Officer Eric Deaton. “We are developing a Learning Center for new physicians because we want to make sure they all have the opportunity and necessary tools to train for high-tech, high-touch care. Our ultimate goal is making sure we have enough doctors who can provide the highest quality of care to our community.” Danville Regional also recently graduated its first eight students from its Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education Program. The program is an affiliation with Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM). The philosophy of Osteopathic Medicine is to treat the person as a whole, not just symptoms or diseases. A person’s home, job and environment are taken into consideration in order to make a full assessment of their health and formulate a treatment plan. The graduates of the program completed their one-year traditional rotating internship, training in a wide variety of medical services, including general hospital medicine, office practice, pulmonary medicine, emergency medicine, orthopedics, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology and psychology, among others. “Primary care is vital to every community,” said Deaton. “With the growth of our residency program, the development of our primary care network and the graduates from the osteopathic program, we hope this will provide all of our neighbors every opportunity to seek the treatment they need. It’s one more way Danville Regional is committed to providing excellent healthcare close to home.”

Photos by Joyce Wilburn.

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Margaret, Andrew, Ricky Jones stand near hole #3 at Tiny Town Golf.

Margaret & Ricky Jones

Following the Sign to Tiny Town Golf by Joyce Wilburn

To really know if you’ve done the “The letter was sweet,” she says right thing, look for a sign, maybe a adding, “I didn’t become alarmed message from a deceased loved one. though, because I knew he’d make it Although that’s not a typical work.” And he did. Margaret helped last maxim learned in business classes, summer to make the business successful Ricky and Margaret Jones, who both and comes around in the evenings have business degrees from Averett this season to assist Andrew, a 2009 University and are owners of Tiny Town AU history graduate, who takes care of Golf on Arnett Boulevard, are believers– day-to-day operation of the seasonal and they have the story to prove it. recreational business. The tale begins when Ricky was The 18-hole course still has the holes looking for a new venture after their that players from the mid-60s and popular family business, Sir Richard’s later will remember, but there are new Restaurant, closed in 2008 because it features too. “We put in new carpet, was in the ﬂight path near the Danville new landscaping, and a water feature airport. “I wanted to do something with ﬁsh,” says Ricky. Margaret laughs other than a large restaurant with all its at the memory of its construction: “The headaches,” he remembers, “and I was waterfall got larger, and larger, and planning to build a small hamburger larger.” Ricky continues, “We hauled place when realtor Bob Echols called in 15 to 20 truckloads of big boulders in early March 2010 with a different from White Oak Mountain and put them idea.” After Ricky and the realtor met around the water to give it a natural at Tiny Town Golf, which was for sale, look.” Ricky immediately made an offer that The renovation wasn’t easy, but the was accepted, but he didn’t mention couple has an understanding about how it to Margaret. She was preoccupied to make things happen. “When I married with caring for her mother, Geraldine him, I learned to be out-spoken and that Torrence, who was near death. is what has made it work for 29 years,” Two weeks later, after Geraldine’s says Margaret with a smile. death but before the funeral, Margaret And it probably doesn’t hurt to have a was sorting through things in her little sign from above. mother’s desk, when she discovered a decades-old letter written by their • Tiny Town Golf, 643 Arnett Boulevard, eldest son, Richard, thanking his is open Wednesday through Sunday grandmother for taking him to Tiny from 3p.m. to 9p.m. until September. Town Golf and Cost for an adult playing putt-putt. is $6.50; children Ricky continues the 10 and under and story with emotion seniors $5.50. in his voice, “By • Call owner/operator, that time, Andrew Andrew Jones, at and Richard knew 434.799.0142 to I had bought it, schedule parties in but Margaret didn’t the gazebo. Cost is have any idea and $10 per person for up until that point, use of the gazebo and I didn’t know about unlimited golf for two that letter.” The day hours. Church and after the funeral, school groups of 15 Ricky decided it or more are $5.50 per was time to talk. “I person. Parties can told Margaret I had be scheduled during something to tell normal hours of her,” he says adding operation or at other that the recently times. discovered letter • The snack bar made it easier for serves drinks, snow Andrew Jones, now a owner/operator cones, candy, chips Margaret to accept at Tiny Town Golf, lines up a putt his purchase of the and sells Tiny Town when he was four years old. property. T-shirts.

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Civil Liberties George Washington is spinning in his grave. If he could give a state of the union address on the 4th of July, he’d skip the usual updates on the economy and homeland security. He’d cover instead how far off the beaten path we’ve strayed from his 110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation, a copy of which we received after contributing to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. When I saw it, I thought it was a funny memento from days gone by. On second thought, it’s a much-needed reminder. Although originally penned by French Jesuits in 1595, George Washington is credited with publishing this etiquette

guide as a teenager. Scholars say it was just a writing exercise assigned by a teacher. I bet it was the colonial equivalent to writing on the chalkboard for misbehaving. After all, politicians know a lot about misbehaving. Funny that rules about decency came from the father of our country since so many political animals seem to mess in their nests. Maria Shriver may only weigh 80 pounds soaking wet, but she terminated “The Terminator” when the Governor of California decided to play house with the housekeeper. Tabloids ignited ﬂames for the Weiner roast last month revealing the trouble this former New York congressman had

governing his body. No doubt he had to include an image to get his message across with Twitter. The service only allows you 140 characters and a picture is worth a thousand words. There were 110 rules in Washington’s book but the one that gets broken the most today is number seven, which says: Put not off your Cloths in the presence of Others, nor go out your Chamber half Drest. Ironically, I read that one while sitting on a balcony overlooking the beach... the only place where that rule was made to be broken. It’s here that people of all shapes and sizes gather, proving that all men are not created equal and that government scandals aren’t the only things needing cover ups.

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What irritates me most, though, isn’t what I see on CNN or at the coast. It’s what I see on the street. People dress as if they were escaping from a burning house during the night. I don’t know when it became acceptable to wear tops unbuttoned. There’s a reason these garments are called underwear, not outerwear. And the bottom line is I’m tired of seeing bottom lines. Years before not wearing a belt was fashionable, my uncle sported Jaymar-Sansabelt slacks to work. What’s so remarkable is that he had both hands available to him all day, instead of reserving one for holding up his trousers. Without sounding like a prude, I can’t figure out how we got so casual about decency. It used to be that exhibitionists were weirdos flashing us from trench coats. Social networking sites should now include a “Don’t look, Ethel,” pop-up since streaking isn’t just limited to fools running across ball fields anymore. So much has changed since Washington’s day and mine. Lord knows I got busted for going outside without tucking in my shirttail and I’d have died of embarrassment to discover my slip was showing. It took George over a hundred rules to tell us what’s proper. I think I can boil it down to two: The only boxers I should see in public are a couple of guys slugging it out in a ring and the only bra on parade should be one protecting the grill of a sports car. Seems we have been taking entirely too much time off from good behavior.

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Big Mama and Roxanne Lee ﬁction by Telisha Moore Leigg

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his summer I’ma make it out of this place,” nineteen-year-old Roxanne Lee Myers said of Sustain, Virginia. She said this low, quiet, a wish made more to the rusting street light at the edge of the front lawn instead of the stars, but her grandmother sitting in the grey-green metal rocking chair still heard it. “Uh-huh,” Big Mama said as she fanned. She knew this proclamation would pass with the heat, how the hot sun and reality can suck the ambition right out of you. If Roxanne Lee Myers heard her grandmother’s doubt, she gave no sign. She just went back to her bedroom, turned up the air conditioner to high in one window and gazed out the other. She fluffed the bedspread, smoothed a pillowcase, put baby powder between her breasts. She wouldn’t look under her bed. Roxanne didn’t need to see the stuff to know it was still there, like a bone anchor culling its sea of flesh. Still, her mind kept going back to black, trash-bagged packages, the twist ties tight against all openings. She thought of how these bags could float if tossed away. She saw a sea of them floating away on the town’s river, people far away finding them, wondering where each one came from. She liked even that thought of something getting away from here. Roxanne Lee Myers liked to pretend that those packages were lost items instead of stolen ones, but like any romantic fantasy she couldn’t quite keep the face of that lie long enough in her mind for any safe resolution. Roxanne Lee Myers got up and went to her dresser and looked into its mirror; she saw brown eyes, brown hair, brown skin; the only bright color was behind her, the mirror reflecting the red bedspread from Wal-Mart, the bed skirt, pink and polka dot not quite covering the legs of the bed, the edge of the stuff still there, visible. She turned away, went back onto the porch with Big Mama and the heat. “Don’t count on me much longer, Big Ma, ‘cause I’ma be gone. Claude and me, we gone leave.” “Uh-huh,” Big Ma said, staring sightless into the street, left hand on her cane, hearing the children laughing and screaming, hearing mothers scolding them to come in from the dark. “I know you can’t believe me now, but I can’t stay here no longer.” “Yes, child.” Big Mama reached for Roxanne Lee Myers’ hand, touched it gently with her own. And for a moment both fell silent. Inside herself, Roxanne’s heart fumed in quiet disarray. Roxanne Lee Myers remembered her Claude said he loved her and she believed it. Her Claude, he knew things, people, and she trusted him, had to. And those packages she kept, well, that would be okay. Her Claude who brought her things,

more and more coming every other week, each with a kiss to be quiet, quick love, then gone in the night. He was coming tonight, but this time just to see her. Claude with his green eyes and caramel skin, who seemed exotic, and seemed to come from no one race and at the same time from every people, would make everything all right. Roxanne Lee liked that exoticness about him, unlike her. She knew who she was; there seemed a million like her on the block, in her town, on bad TV dramas, in the world. Sometimes she felt invisible, so trapped in cellophane she could barely breathe. She could keep a box or two for Claude to feel seen. It won’t no biggie, but man, it was hot outside. She looked at her air-conditioned room longingly, but Claude was coming tonight and she didn’t want to muss it. This time he was coming to her, this time no presents that she couldn’t open, more love she could seem to keep. But she had more heat to wade through to get there. She could do that. “When I go, you stay with Aunt Silkie, can’t you?” Big Mama nodded, like they hadn’t had this conversation before, like Silkie was going to take in a blind, 90-yearold woman, or even like Roxanne Lee was going somewhere other than 126 Rutern Street, at the edge of town near the tracks. “I’m serious, Big Mama; I gotta get out of here or I’ma bust.” “Yes, yes...child,... yes,” Big Mama hummed, confirmed, her fingers tapping a rhythm on the metal of the double rocker. “I know you done heard stuff ‘bout him, but it ain’t true.” Big Mama said nothing, kept humming only lower. Roxanne Lee Myers didn’t believe the rumors. There weren’t any other girls, not Nina over in Quicktown, or Doresha from the apartment down the street. And she didn’t care what the papers said about the robberies getting bad, but as the night grew on, doubt became her. Midnight came, went, and still the heat. “Big Mama, you go on to sleep,” Roxanne said at two in the morning. “Naw, child,” Big Mama said. And so both waited until just before dawn. “Big Mama? I’m tired. You tired, Big Mama?” “Unhuh,” Big Mama said. Roxanne Lee Myers pretended to yawn, held her grandmother’s elbow as she guided her to her bed. Dawn was just about coming over the convenience store down the block. Claude wasn’t coming again, and Roxanne Lee Myers felt no confirmation in her spirit that there would be any love for her, any handshake of friendliness, any cool brush of truth, any whisper that something was going to work the way it should. For a second before the street lights went off and real light came, she thought she saw in her mind’s eye just a river of presents she couldn’t open, her love a river of tears they floated on.

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FRIDAYS AT THE CROSSING DRAGONFLY $3 Tickets.Gates Open At 6PM. Concessions Available.

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DANVILLE FARMER’S MARKET | 7:30AM - 12:00PM Great Vegetables, Beautiful Plants, Wonderful Desserts, And Much More! Listen To Great Music And Enjoy Free Hot Dogs While Here !

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D A R I U S R U C K E R ! Gates Open At 6:00PM July 2nd At Danville’s Carrington Pavilion. Lawn Seating $30.50. Reserved $48. Reserved(obstructed view) $37.50

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July Calendar Ongoing

Guided Walking Tour – Millionaires Row. See ad page 17. www.danvillehistoricalsociety.org.

Through July 2

Side by Side by Sondheim. See ad page 10.

Though July 8

July 2 (thru 30)

Hip Hop 101 – Lyrics, beats, performance, production and promotion. 11am-1pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848. Zumba Class. Tu 9 am, Sat 10 am. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

July 3

Expressions 2011 Exhibit – Offering an eclectic mix of styles and media in this open-entry juried art exhibit featuring work by local and regional artists. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

Braves Booster Club Silent Auction – During Braves game. Includes autographed sports items, collectibles, set of goodyear tires, gift certiﬁcates and more. 6 pm. Dan Daniel Park. 434.793.9355.

Through September 2

July 3 (thru 31)

Danville Museum Exhibit - From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South & Mia HaltonCertain Home Truths. DMFA&H – 434.793.5644.

Through September 5

DSC Exhibits – Tech City, Sonic Sensation & Dark Star Images. M-S 9:30am–5 pm, Sun 1–5 pm. Danville Science Center – 434.791.5160.

Through January 14

Living Off the Land Exhibit – Highlight the many ways in which humans depend on nature for a wealth of resources, as well as economic, recreational, and aesthetic beneﬁts. VMNH – 276.634.4185. See ad page 8.

July 1

LuLu Roman Concert. 11:30 am2:30 pm. Ballou Center. 434.799.5216. First Friday Art Walk – Visit art studios, meet the artists, browse original works of art. 5-7 pm. Studio 107, Martinsville – 276.638.2107. Fridays at the Crossing - Dragonﬂy. See ad page 9. First Fridays Concert Series – Featuring The Familiars. 8 pm. Rives Theatre, Martinsville. 276.632.3221.

July 1 (thru 23)

Auto Racing. South Boston Speedway – 877.440.1540.

Summer Music Series. Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. See ad page 20.

July 4

Fourth of July Celebration. See ad page 12-13. DSO Independence Day Concert. See ad page 13. July 4th Celebration. Roxboro. 336.597.1755.

July 4 (thru 27)

July 2

DRBA’s First Saturday Outing – Philpott Lake. 10 am. 276.629.4512. Bob Ross Painting Class – Hidden Stream. 10:30 am–3:30 pm. Ballou Park. 434.797.8848. Bluegrass Festival. Gretna Elba Park. 434.836.6990. Danville Harvest Jubilee Concert Darius Rucker. See ad page 12. Main Street Cruise-In – Enjoy the nostalgic atmosphere of the downtown Danville while cruising classic cars. 6-9 pm. 434.251.2237.

July 2 & 16

Senior Community Market Trip. Ballou Center. 434.799.5216.

July 7 (thru 23)

The Sound of Music. The Prizery. See ad page 10.

July 7 (thru 28)

Kuumba-West African Dance – Live drumming and energetic dancing. TH 6:30-8 pm. City Armory. 434.797.8848. 57 Express Bluegrass Concert. TH 7 pm. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

July 7 (thru August 11)

Canine Good Manners 101. 6:30 pm. Glenwood Center – 434.799.6469.

July 8 (thru 10)

Abulous Workout – Learn exercises to work the abdominals and lower back. M-TH, 10:30-11:30 am. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

July 5

Va-NC Genealogical Society Meeting – Learn ways to ﬁnd information about ancestors. 6:30pm. Danville Public Library – 434.799,5195

July 5 (thru 7)

Sand Art Week – Use colored sand to design and decorate different projects. 9:30-11:30 am. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

July 5 (thru 8)

July 5 (thru 25)

Fitness Classes – Yoga, Zumba, Zumba Aqua, Water Aerobics, Youth Zumba, Combo & Martial Arts. Days/times vary. YMCA – 434.792.0621.

Women in Engineering Camp. Grades 6-12. 9 am-4 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) – 434.766.6725.

July 4 (thru 28)

July 1 (thru 31)

July 1 (thru 30)

July 7 & 8

July 8

Live Bands & DJ Music. Wed-Sat. Back to Bogies – 434.791.3444.

Danville Braves Baseball. See ad page 8.

Bob Ross Painting Class – Hidden Stream. 10 am–3:30 pm. PAA Martinsville – 276.632.3221. Kayak Trip – Abreu/Grogan to Islands. 6-8 pm. 434.799.5215.

Step-Aerobics. MW 5:15 pm. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

Soccer Camp. Ages 6-14. 9-11:30 am. YMCA – 434.792.0621. Sticks and Stones. Ages 5-7. 9-11:45 am. The Prizery – 434.572.8339. Super Science Secrets. Ages 8-11. 1-4 pm. The Prizery – 434.572.8339. DesTEENation Camp – Golf. 11:30 am5 pm. Squire Center – 434.799.5214.

July 1 (thru 26)

July 7

Playing with Numbers. 9-9:45 am. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

July 5 (thru 26)

Rhythm of the Drums. Ages 7-17. 4:306 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848. African Dance Ensemble – Learn African dance. Tues 6:30 pm. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.

July 5 (thru 30)

Zumba Fitness Classes. See ad page 5.

July 5 (thru August 18)

Hoop Dancing - Good cardiovascular workout. TU, 11 am-12 pm. TH 5:306:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

July 6

Senior Bowling Tournament. 10 am12 pm. Riverside Lanes. 434.791.2695. Gums N’ Hoses Softball Game. See ad page 22.

Flip Flop Friday - With Small Town Orchestra. See ad page 19. Sex, Please, We’re Sixty. See story page 13.

July 8 & 22

Movies in the Park. 8:30 pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5216.

July 9

Senior Shopping Trip. Ballou Center. 434.799.5216. Bark ‘n’ the Park – Dog contests include best-dressed, best singer, look-a-like, bobbing for hotdogs and the national Hyperﬂite contest. 911:30am. Dan Daniel Memorial Park. 434.799.5215. Kayak Trip – Anglers to Milton N.C. 9 am-5 pm. 434.799.5215. Eden Cruise-In. 4 pm. Sonic Drive-In. www.exploreedennc.com.

July 9 & 10

Viper Days. VIRginia International Raceway – 434.822.7700.

July 10

The Mountain Road Mosey. 5-8 pm. The Prizery – 434.572.8339.

July 11 & 12

Fused Glass Workshop. 9 am–12 pm. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

July 11 (thru 13)

Summer Art Camp. 9 am–12 pm. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

July 11 (thru 14)

Multi-Cultural Art. 9:30-10:30 am. The Prizery – 434.572.8339. Pottery for Children. 9:30-10:30 am. The Prizery – 434.572.8339. Basketball Camp. Ages 6-14. 9-11:30 am. YMCA – 434.792.0621. Zumbatomic Summer Camp. Ages 4-7, 10-10:45 am. Ages 8-12, 11-11:45 am. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.

July 11 (thru 15)

VMNH Summer Camps – Around the World in Five Days & Wet and Wild. 9am-4 pm. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

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Creative Kids College – Noteworthy Knitting. Ages 9-14. 8:30-11:30 am. Southern Virginia Artisan Center (SVAC) – 276.632.0066. Motion & Design Camp – Explore the principles of motion and design; build vehicles to explore the effects of force, friction, and wind resistance on distance and speed. Grades 4-7. 9 am-4 pm. IALR – 434.766.6725. Seasons Camp. Ages 3–5, 9:30 am12 pm. Ages 5–7, 3:30–4 pm. DSC 434.791.5160. DesTEENation Camp – music and dance. 11:30 am-5 pm. Squire Center – 434.799.5214. Children’s Book Writing & Illustration Class. 1 pm. The Prizery – 434.572.8339. Build It Challenge. Ages 8-13. 1:30–4 pm. DSC - 434.791.5160.

July 11 (thru 20)

Beginning Quilt Making for Kids. Ages 8-12. 9 am–12 pm. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

July 11 (thru 25)

Boogie Monday – Swing II. M 7-8:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

July 11 (thru 29)

Outdoor Adventure Camp. Ages 9-14. 9 am-5 pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5216.

July 11 (thru August 15)

Tai Chi Class. 6-7 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

July 12

Rose Satterﬁeld Ofﬁce Grand Opening - With live remote. See ad page 17. Fun with Beads. 5:30-7:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216. Rook Club. 6-9:30 pm. Pelham Community Center – 336.388.1125.

July 12 (thru 14)

Science of Painting Week. 9:3011:30 am. Coates Center. 434.797.8848.

July 13

Homeschool Wednesdays – Explorations in the Sky. Ages 6-10 & 1118. 10-11:15 am. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

July 13 (thru August 3)

Art with Flo – Wet-on-wet technique. Weds. Location/times vary. 434.797.8848.

July 14 (thru 17)

Willy Wonka. Union Street Theatre. See ad page 11.

July 15

Just Everyday Women Walking by Faith. 11 am-1 pm. Mary’s Diner.

July 16

Biscuit Bolt 5K Run/Walk. 8-11 am. 434.799.5215. Danville Area Humane Society Dog Wash. 9 am-12 pm. Danville Farmers Market. 434.799.0843. Third Saturday Stroll. 3-7 pm. Studio 107, Martinsville – 276.638.2107. Crab Feast – Music, great food, beer & wine. 4:30-8:30 pm. Danville Community Market. 434.792.0621. Fish Fry - Fish, slaw, baked beans, hushpuppies, dessert and beverages. 5-7pm. Riverbend Volunteer Fire Dept. 434.792.2312. Cruise-In. 5-8 pm. Uptown Martinsville, Church St. 276.632.5688. Bluegrass Concert Series. 7-9 pm.

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July 16 & 17

Hallmark Ornament Premiere. See ad page 7.

July 17

Carolyn Smith, Soprano. 7 pm. Moffett Memorial Baptist Church – 434.799.5402.

July 18

Juried Artisan. SVAC – 276.632.0066.

July 18 (thru 22)

Fitness Camp. Ages 6-14. 9-11:30 am. YMCA – 434.792.0621. Engineering - Mayan Adventure Camp – Explore a Mayan pyramid with traps and treasures. Grades 6-9. 9 am-4 pm. IALR – 434.766.6725. BrickLab® Camp – Topics will include construction, engineering, math, communication, and physics. Grades 3-5. 9 am-4 pm. IALR – 434.766.6725. Power-up Camp – Exploring alternative energy. Grades 3-8. 9 am-4 pm. IALR – 434.766.6725. Creatures Big and Small Camp. Ages 3–5, 9:30am-12pm. Ages 5–7, 3:30–4pm. DSC - 434.791.5160. DesTEENation Camp – Personal ﬁtness. 11:30 am-5 pm. Squire Center – 434.799.5214.

July 18 (thru 24)

Creative Kids College – Sew Much Fun Sewing. Ages 9-14. 8:30-11:30 am. SVAC – 276.632.0066.

July 18 (thru 28)

Ancient Egyptian Studies. 9:30am-12pm. The Prizery – 434.572.8339.

July 18 (thru 29)

VMNH Summer Camps – Junior Naturalist Camp. 9 am-4 pm. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

July 18 (thru August 15)

Belly Dance Classes. Mondays. Intermediate, 5:30 pm; Beginners 6:45 pm. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.

July 19

Summer Camp Play Day. 10 am-3 pm. Crossing at the Dan. 434.797.8848. Raising Awareness for Health & Wellness – nutrition & exercise. 5:306:30pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5216.

July 19 (thru 21)

Coastal Adventures Overnight Camp. Ages 6-8. 9 am-5 pm. 434.799.5215.

July 19 (thru 25)

Kids Outdoor Adventure Camp. Ages 12-15. 9 am-5 pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5215.

July 19 (thru July 23)

Songs with Millie and J.C. 12:302:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

July 21

Enchanted Evenings in The Park – Bring chairs, blankets and enjoy the mid-evening fun. 6:30-8 pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5216. Scrapbooking Club. 6-9:30 pm. Pelham Community Center – 336.388.1125.

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July 25 (thru 27)

Lego Robotics: Body Forward Challenge Camp – Explore the cuttingedge world of biomedical engineering. Grades 4-5. 9 am-4 pm. IALR – 434.766.6725.

July 25 (thru 28)

Kreative and Krafty Kids. 1-4 pm. The Prizery – 434.572.8339.

July 25 (thru 29)

Creative Kids College – Five Fabulous Days with Fabric. Ages 9-14. 8:30-11:30 am. SVAC – 276.632.0066. Creative Kids College – CADD architectural model & design for junior architects. Ages 9-14. 8:30-11:30 am. PHCC Campus. 276.632.0066. Summer Art Camp. 9 am–12 pm. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221. River Camp. Ages 3–5, 9:30 am-12 pm. Ages 5–7, 3:30–4 pm. DSC 434.791.5160. DesTEENation Camp – Photography. 11:30 am-5 pm. Squire Center – 434.799.5214. Extreme Science Fair Science. Ages 8-13. 1:30–4 pm. DSC - 434.791.5160.

July 25 (thru August 30)

Zumba Classes – Mondays or Tuesdays. Times/locations vary. 434.797.8848.

July 26

Ins and Outs of Insurance. 6:307:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

July 26 (thru 28)

VMNH Summer Camp – Doodle Bugs Summer Science Explorers. 9:30-11:30 am. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

July 27

Fun with Fruit-Making Smoothies. 12:30-1:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

July 27 (thru 30)

Camp Rock. Union Street Theatre. See ad page 11.

July 28

Stand Up Paddle Board. 6-8 pm. Abreu/Grogan Park. 434.799.5215. Alive After 5. Roxboro. 336.599.0918.

July 28 (thru August 6)

Seussical the Musical. The Prizery. See ad page 10.

July 29

Danville Harvest Jubilee Concert Montgomery Gentry. See ad back page. Summer Concert Series. 8-11:30 pm. Downtown South Boston. 434.575.4209.

July 30

Juneteenth Community Health Outreach Day. 10 am-2 pm. Doyle J. Thomas Park. 434.797.8848. Tomahawk Mill Winery Summer Festival. See ad page 7. Family Fun Field Day. 4-7 pm. Dan Daniel Memorial Park. 434.799.6469. Concert Series. 6:30 pm. Freedom Park, Eden. www.exploreedennc.com.

July 30 & 31

Chump Car/World Karting Association. VIR – 434.822.7700.

TGIF Concert Series. 7-10:30 pm. Uptown Martinsville. 276.632.5688. Virginia Cantaloupe Festival. 4-10 pm. Halifax County. 434.572.3085.

Upcoming Events

July 23

Adventure Camp. YMCA’s Got Talent. YMCA – 434.792.0621.

Chatham Cruise-In. 5-9 pm. Main Street Chatham. 434.548.3233 or 434.489.6082.

July 24

August 1 (thru 5) July 4

Bob Ross Painting Class. 10 am. PAA Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

Avant-garde Writers Session. 2 pm. Averett Library. editoradams@gmail.com.

August 5

July 25 & 26

August 5 (thru 7)

Stepping Stone Workshop. 9 am–12 pm. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

Fridays at the Crossing. See ad page 9. Murdered to Death. 7:30pm/2:30pm. Gretna Little Theatre – 434.228.1778..

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Calendar Clip Clip it. Post it. Do it. Friday, July 8 – Sunday, July 10 Sex Please, We’re Sixty Dinner Theatre

The Little Theatre of Danville will present this hilarious farce directed by Alan Holt at Mount Hermon Courtyard and Conference Center, 2725 Franklin Turnpike. The plot centers on events at a bed and breakfast where the guests Cast members and neighbors test all the rehearse a scene from stereotypes of aging libidos and the upcoming Little Theatre of Danville hormonal changes with comic production of Sex, Please, We’re Sixty. Left to right, Pat Shumate, Michael Carter, Margaret unintentional results. Mrs. Stancliffe’s Rose Cottage McMann, Crystal Gregory and Michael Edwards. (Not pictured, Laura Collins). Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Her guests (nearly all women) return year after year and her next-door neighbor, the elderly, silver-tongued, “Bud the Stud” Davis believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. The prim and proper Mrs. Stancliffe denies this, but really doesn’t do anything to prevent it. She reluctantly accepts the fact that Bud the Stud is good for business. Her other neighbor and would-be suitor Henry Mitchell is a retired chemist who has developed a blue pill called “Venusia,” after Venus the goddess of love. Add to the guest list three older women. When the mayhem settles down, all the women ﬁnd their lives moving in new and surprising directions. The cast includes Michael Carter, Michael Edwards, Pat Shumate, Margaret McMann, Crystal Gregory and Laura Collins. Admission is $35 per person. Dinner begins at 6:00p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Play begins at 7:00p.m. Sunday brunch begins at 1 p.m. and play at 2 p.m. For reservations, call 434.792.2672. For more information, visit ww.danvillelittletheatre.org. (submitted by Mark Harrelson)

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To encourage exceptional customer service, the Business Development Committee of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and Evince will recognize those who give it. When you experience exceptional customer service, tell us about it in 300 words or less. Include your name and phone number. Email your story to joycewilburn@gmail.com or visit www.dpchamber.org; click Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Customer Service Award Nomination.

Spotting Exceptional Customer Service by Teresa McDaniel

I would like to let the CEO and Board of Directors of URW Community Federal Credit Union know how great the service is at two of the URW locations in Danville: 539 Arnett Boulevard and 364 Lowes Drive. The staff is very nice, professional and helpful. When I walk through the door, they all call me by name. There arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t many places of business where all of the employees know their customers, but they do. The staff makes every attempt to work with me whether in person or on the phone. I have banked in various places in Danville and they were nice, but at URW they stand out among all banks and credit unions with whom I have dealt Congratulations to the URW Community Federal Credit Union for showing such excellent customer service and for caring.

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Book Clubbing The Danville Public Library, submitted by Joann Verostko It’s not a book club but it could be. With the DPL’s new catalog, patrons have the ability to rate books with stars (like on Amazon), post reviews of books, and create “tags” for books, allowing patrons to personalize the search terms for a book. For example, if your book club, Vampire Fanatics, was reading Dracula this summer, you could create a tag for Dracula, perhaps something like: Vampire Fanatics Summer Pick. Then, if any of your members, or anyone else, wanted to know what the Vampire Fanatics were reading, they could do a search for Vampire Fanatics on our catalog and any titles tagged “vampire fanatics” would come up in the search results. Users can also save searches and create lists. For example, if you’re searching for books on pirates, 277 results will appear. Users can narrow these results by format, collection, author, genre, primary audience and others. If you were just looking for DVDs about pirates, you could select “DVDs” from the format section. If you want to save your search of 277 pirate-related library materials you can press the “save search” button. If you discover a book in your search that you’re interested in but you don’t want to read right now, you can add it to a list. Simply click on the plus (+) sign that you’ll see under the image of the book and you’ll be prompted to add it to a list in your account. You can create as many lists as you like. If you belong to a book club, you might create a book list just for your book club books or for suggestions for your book club. If you want to post a review, or tag a book or do anything related to your library account, you need to log in ﬁrst by using your library card number and PIN (the last four digits of your library card number). Once you are logged in, you can create an EZ Log On, if you like, creating your own username and password just like you use for your email. Once you are logged in, you can post reviews, tag books, access your loan history, renew books, place holds, make lists, and save searches. Check out our catalog, log in and explore the new options. If you have any questions, call me at 434.799.5195 ext.225 or visit the Danville Public Library, 511 Patton Street for a demonstration. Editor’s Note: Send info about what your book club is reading to joycewilburn@gmail.com.

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Reﬂecting Forward What Do Disc Golf, Vacations, and Grilling Have in Common? by Linda Lemery

Summer is a time when we like to kick back and relax. Among other ways, we do this through vacations, entertaining, outdoor activities and slower-paced visits that bring us up-to-speed with each others’ lives. Even when we have health or other challenges, taking time for summer fun renews us. Summer fun also means college kids are home with their expanded interests and activities. One of our son’s interests is Frisbee (or disc) golf. Did you know we have a 9-hole regular (front) course and a separate18-hole championship level course in Danville’s Ballou Park? Our son and a couple of his friends play nearly every day. I play the front 9, always score over par, and only have one throw: my disc sails up to the right and then curves back toward the left. I don’t throw on heavily wooded courses because I know I’m going to end up in the weeds, unlike my son who throws hard regardless of terrain, but who regularly scores under par. Disc golf is played with speciallyweighted discs available at sport or discount stores. The disc golfer stands on a tee pad and throws a disc toward a waist-high basket hung with double strands of heavy linked chains. On the championship level courses, these baskets are often not within line of sight, and players look at a map posted at that particular hole and throw in the general direction of where their discs need to land. When my son and his friends are not out disc golﬁng, they periodically surround themselves with pizza boxes and play Magic the Gathering at our kitchen table. I treasure dealing out ice cream sundaes at least once a week to these young people. They’ll be friends for life. For the last few years, our vacations have revolved around taking our son back to college. I enjoy the trek through the farmland

and prairie country of our youth and playing disc golf along the way. Seeing old friends is the highlight of the trip. Many of these folks have arranged their outdoor spaces to facilitate entertaining and the centerpiece is often an outdoor grill. These friends are superb at grilling, and they each have their own rituals. My friend Shelby dances around the grill like a native chanting for rain. Every so often she whips open the lid and throws in a branch of rosemary or a few stalks of basil. The ﬁre ﬂares up. She slams the lid shut and resumes chanting. The rest of us stand around in a semicircle catching up and waiting for the magic. The food that comes off that grill is to die for. And my particular summer fun? My goal is to walk 1,000 consecutive steps on stilts.* So if you see a crazy lady on stilts grinning and walking tall up and down her driveway, that’s me. I’m thinking about the summer fun we’re going to have. However, dear readers, as usual you’re way ahead of me, because you know what the big grin is really about. Of course you do: it’s about fostering relationships, which is the most important thing about shared activities in the summer or, for that matter, in any other season. • The Ballou Park Blistering Heat Bowl, a two-round, 36-hole tournament, will be held on Saturday, August 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beginners and advanced players are welcomed. • Call 434.799.5215 for more information. * Linda met her goal on June 23! About the author: When she’s not staggering around on stilts, Linda Lemery llemery@averett.edu tries to walk tall as Circulation Manager at Averett University’s Mary B. Blount Library in Danville. She welcomes your comments.

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Tigers and Bears, Oh My! by Mack Williams, Natural History Educator At the Danville Science Center, where I work primarily in the natural history collection located in the train station, we have a downstairs play area for children known as the Oh Zone. There are creative toys, books, and a host of stuffed toy animals, a couple of them being the toy versions of the stuffed (more properly, taxidermied) animals in the exotic gallery upstairs, specifically, the polar bear and Bengal tiger. At the end of my workday, I perform the necessary tidying up in that downstairs area of creative play. Toys, books, giant- sized loc blocs, and stuffed animals will often be found tossed all about the floor. One recent day, I noticed the absence of the polar bear, but after a short search, found him seated on a bench across from our fluorescent mineral exhibit. He wasn’t lying on his side or back, but sitting on all fours, as if he had been purposefully placed that way. The thought hit me that the polar bear had accompanied a child there and had sat beside the child. Perhaps the child had seen the upstairs gallery with our full-bodied, mounted polar bear, standing stiffly on his hind legs at a height of 8 feet and found this one a much easier accompaniment than that one. Whereas the taxidermied polar bear’s limbs are fixed, this small stuffed species’ legs can be moved and its head bobbed about by an imaginative child, as it appears to talk through the ventriloquist talents of that child’s tiny voice. After carefully placing the polar

bear back on the shelf with the other stuffed animals, I went looking for the tiger. Failing to ﬁnd him in the Oh Zone, I entered the adjoining classroom. I found him there seated on all fours (just like the polar bear) on a child-sized table facing a dryerase board. I wondered if another child (or perhaps the same one involved in the polar bear’s placement) had brought the tiger into the classroom in an act of imaginary instruction to him. This tiger is also ﬂexible, unlike its taxidermied counterpart upstairs, plus he doesn’t have the onus of death associated with him. I didn’t see anything written on the board across from the tiger, but after the lesson had been learned, maybe this juvenile teacher had erased what he had written, just as his teacher in school would have properly done at the end of the day. Usually, in my end-of-day cleanup in the downstairs play area, I will hurriedly grab a stuffed animal toy by the leg or tail and return it to its proper place on the animal shelf. That day I found myself cradling both the tiger and polar bear just as carefully on their way back home as they had been carefully cradled when their journey began. • Visit the Estelle H. Womack Natural History Collection at the Science Station, 677 Craghead Street, at the Crossing at the Dan. • For more information, visit www.dsc.smv.org or call 434.791.5160.

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Heart Disease and Heart Attacks: Enough Is Enough by Dave Gluhareff MFS,CFT-ISSA

Enough is enough. I am tired of heart disease and heart attacks affecting those around me. Heart disease inflicted pain on my family over the years in my grandmother, dad, mom, and other extended family. I know sometimes there is the genetic component that allows heart disease to come after us, but with good prevention techniques we can have stronger bodies to fight back. When a heart attack comes-a-knockin’ you can be healthier with a better defense system and able to live through the attack. Regular exercise, proper nutrition, and plenty of rest are keys to help prevent heart disease. Is it 100% for sure gonna prevent heart problems? Probably not, but you will be stronger and healthier and able to stand your ground, fight back, and hopefully live to see another day with you family and friends. We spend money on just about everything else but our health. Sure, many of us spend on health insurance, but other than that, how many of us are pro-active and spend on prevention? How many of us have regular blood checkups, dental checkups, dermatological exams and other tests or exams just for prevention’s sake? Our money will easily go for things that do not matter as much, such as expensive coffees, lavish clothes, fancy cars, bigger homes, and flashy jewelry, but we usually are really tight when it comes to our health. Our cars depreciate in value even though we spend lots of hard-earned money each month on them. What about our bodies? How much do we spend on our bodies? I am guilty of this too, but am trying to get better about adding more prevention into my life. We complain about our co-pay, a gym membership cost, personal training costs, insurance deductibles, etc, but we have no problem going overboard with an expensive bar tab, expensive restaurant dinners, lavish lifestyles, big flat screen TVs, nice stereo systems, new clothes we never take tags off of, or other things in life that do not retain value. Heart Disease is mostly preventable. With that said, why do we continue to have this problem in America and throughout the world? We feel we can just successfully medicate the problem instead of taking action and preventing it. We need to take charge of our own health and try our best to prevent heart disease, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux, fatigue, mild depression, minor aches/pains, sleep apnea, and most of the other ailments we bring on ourselves. You can take charge of your health right now. For more information call 434.728.0952, email trainwithdaveg@yahoo.com or visit www. TrainWith Dave.com.

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Summertime Fun by Annelle Williams

Summertime—wouldn’t it be nice to take it easy and enjoy more family time? The kids are having an extended vacation, but working moms and dads still have a full schedule. To make the workload lighter and enjoy some family fun, involve the kids in meal planning, preparation and cleanup. Let the kids plan and help prepare one of the evening meals each week and also include them in breakfast and lunch planning. This is a good time to reinforce the idea of making healthy choices. Make one of your weekly grocery-shopping trips a family affair where everyone has a list of things to ﬁnd, sort of like a scavenger hunt. My family invested in lightweight plastic plates and cups rather than paper in an effort to be greener. Even little hands can handle them without fear of breakage. If they pick out their own summer dinnerware, they might enjoy helping more. Have a fun-ﬁlled summer. Here’s a family friendly recipe to help you start.

PEANUT BUTTER & BANANA PIE (makes 2 pies)

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2 pre-made chocolate cookie crumb pie shells 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar 8 oz. cream cheese 1 cup peanut butter 1 tsp. vanilla 1 large container (12oz.) whipped topping 3 bananas prepared chocolate syrup (I used Reese’s Shell Syrup.) extra whipped topping, chopped peanuts, and M & Ms for garnish

Beat brown sugar, cream cheese, peanut butter and vanilla until well combined. Beat in 1⁄2 the whipped topping; fold in the remaining whipped topping. (Don’t forget to lick the beaters.) Slice bananas and divide equally between pie shells covering the bottoms of the pie shells. Pour peanut butter mixture over bananas. (Share licking the bowl.) Cover and freeze. Remove from freezer and let sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before slicing. Serve with extra whipped topping, chopped peanuts, M & Ms and chocolate syrup as garnish.

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Jason Bookheimer enjoys a day on the river.

Too Much Summer Fun..... What’s That Mean? by Jason Bookheimer & Jessica Shelton Danville Parks, Recreation and Tourism Outdoor Recreation

SUMMER CAMPS...SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! Danville Parks, Recreation & Tourism has camps for all ages and interests to quench summer boredom! √ Camps for Pre-K, Children, and Teens

√ Reasonable prices, lots of activities, and great qualiﬁed staﬀ! Register now to be guaranteed a spot in the camp and location of your choice: • Pre-School Kids Kamps with fun themes and activities for socialization and skill development • Summer Kids Camp: 9 weeks of fun filled Day Camp to meet working parent’s needs with 3 locations • Specialty Camps in Hip Hop Dance, Drumming, Cheerleading, Art, Music, Photography • Sports Camps in Basketball, Golf, Baseball, Football, and Soccer • Outdoor Camps with adventures in kayaking, canoeing, fishing, archery, rock climbing, paddle boarding and more. • Kids & Cops Camp for Middle Schoolers • Therapeutic Recreation Camps For more details visit us online at www.playdanvilleva.com or call us at...434-799-5200

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Too much fun means taking the opportunity to visit one of Danville’s 10 parks or 17 playgrounds, relax in over 406 acres of open space, or take advantage of over 8 miles of Riverwalk Trail and 25 miles of single track trail. Too much fun is also taking advantage of the many programs offered for Pre-K, children, teens, adults, seniors, and families. For example, how about a week of exploration and outings with Outdoor Recreation’s Summer Adventure Camps? Spread throughout the summer, children can experience kayaking on remote sections of the Dan River, rock climbing in North Carolina, frolicking in the lake at Fairy Stone State Park or tackling the new low ropes course. Each camp has a unique staff-to-camper ratio that offers one-on-one interaction and generous amounts of daily individual instruction. As more children are drawn towards technology and digital entertainment, it is important to encourage outdoor experiences. Children will gain physical and interpersonal skills that will be used throughout their lives. Having fun as a family is vital. Enjoy your wild side with an outdoor

excursion that includes evening and allday weekend kayak trips, all new standup paddle boarding, summer movie nights at Ballou Park and private group trips. At Family Fun Field Day, all ages enjoy playing games, eating, listening to entertainment, face painting, and making lasting memories. Visit the recreation center closest to you to learn about nearby activities or pick up the latest edition of Parks and Recreation’s program brochure. Danville has been recognized nationally as a Playful City USA because we put our children’s well being ﬁrst and know the power of play. Danville is committed to recreation and providing opportunities for unstructured play at little or no cost. What does that mean to you? It means taking time to play and have fun in a park where there is no structure or formalities. Keep it simple and rewarding and make plans for summer fun. • For more information, call 434.799.5200 or visit www.playdanvilleva.com . • Register 24 hours a day by clicking: Sign Up for Programs and Activities Online.

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What’s Up Danville? by Rosalee Maxwell

Ever heard the phrase, “You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone?” It’s one of the “go-to” phrases I use when I want to get the last word in after an argument with my daughters. Of course, they give it all the consideration it deserves. However, think about it – how many great businesses have come and gone and so many of us said, “Gosh, I was planning to go by there next week.” Personally, I love Danville – I am here by choice. I moved my parents here as well to enjoy the rest of their retirement years. However, many of our younger adults are looking for more than we have to offer today. If we want Danville to continue to make forward strides, we have to be diligent in supporting the growing businesses and community efforts. I am tired of hearing people grumble about Danville. Some people whine there is nothing to do. Some complain about not having enough independently-owned restaurants or shops, while others complain about the lack of various chain stores or restaurants. One of the things I remember most about my childhood was our family outings in Leesburg (I lived on a farm, so it was a treat to go “into the city”). Every Friday, my mom and dad would take my brothers and me to Tyson’s Corner mall – sometimes we only got to window shop, but most weeks we were able to choose a book from one of the bookstores. Every Sunday after church, we all piled into the car and headed out for lunch at Johnson’s House of Beef or Battletown Inn. We never missed a Fourth of July ﬁreworks display put on each year by the Loudon County Parks and Recreation Department. These are memories that will stay with me forever. To get back to my original train of thought – it’s use it or lose it. Danville is home to wonderful shopping – from family-owned boutiques to the chain stores you know and love. Check out Coleman Marketplace for super deals at Target, Ross and Sally’s. We also have great locally-owned shops – Rippe’s has been here for over 100 years, Abe Koplen Clothing has been a Danville staple since the 1880s. Who can talk about shopping in Danville without mentioning Gingerbread House or Wood’s Menswear? Heading out to eat? Not only are we blessed to have a plethora of chains – my daughter is thrilled with the new Olive Garden – but we also have great one-of-a-kind restaurants. Jake’s on Main just opened – oh my gosh...just wait until you eat the Portobello mushroom stuffed with crab meat... When was the last time you went to Fenders or Joe & Mimma’s? To keep what we have and attract the new shopping venues, restaurants, events and attractions our residents want, we all need to support them. Try attending an event or concert that is usually not your cup of tea. Try something new – so what if you hate to exercise, head over for a short walk on the trail. Try a different coffee shop or dress up and take the family to a new eatery. Most of all, support Danville. Put your money where your mouth is. Danville is moving forward and your support will help ensure it continues!

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