Evince Magazine July 2017

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Lanie Davis

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on the River Page 5

Kyle Autrey

Sharing His Outside Home with All See Page 3

Photo by Taylor Sanom

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Editor’s Note

Picture yourself in a kayak or canoe paddling down the Dan River. If you like that idea but don’t know how to make it happen, you are in luck. Kyle Autrey on the front cover wants to show you. Lanie Davis, also on the cover, accepted his offer and loved it! Read both stories on page 3 and 5. Soon, you’ll be rolling on the river and visiting Kyle’s outside home.

Looking for other summer activities? Our writers have some great suggestions: tan your hide (9); read a book (17); meditate (16); sip some wine (18); pet a chicken (19); grill a hot dog (21); renovate your house (6); decorate your kitchen (17) and nominate someone for exceptional service (6). When that checklist is complete, find a comfortable spot and read Telisha Moore Leigg’s fiction (10), Mack Williams “Draining the Joy from Poolville” (18) and “The Giver of Freedom” by the Hill/Oldham duo (4). If you’re not exhausted after all that, attend the events and special programs mentioned in the Calendar (14) and Calendar Clips (12). Our community offers lots of opportunities for all and you are invited to be an active participant.

Tell us what you did this month and we’ll print it in “The Voice of Readers” because Evince wants to be the Voice for All.

July Contents

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Editor’s Note

3

Kyle Autrey / Sharing His Outside Home with All

by Lanie Davis

4

She Said He Said / The Giver of Freedom

by Dena Hill & Larry Oldham

5

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on the River

by Lanie Davis

6

Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Jerry Bailey

Associate Editors Jeanette Taylor Larry Wilburn Lanie Davis Contributing Writers

10 Violet Sachets, Half-Slips, and Blurry Pictures Fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg 11 What’s Happening in the Public Libraries 12 Calendar Clips

Larry Aaron, Diane Adkins, Jerry Bailey, Kim Clifton, Dave Corp, Lanie Davis, Mike Doan, Adam Goebel, Kristi Hall, Dena Hill, Telisha Moore Leigg, Linda Lemery, Erica Lowdermilk, Carla Minosh, Larry Oldham, Kate Stokely Powell, Rachel Shaw, Dave Slayton, Jay Stephens, Lisa Tuite, Joyce Wilburn, Annelle Williams, Mack Williams

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14 Calendar 16 Meditation Moment / A Voice for All

by Casey Molloy

Lee Vogler (434.548.5335) lee@showcasemagazine.com

17 Book Clubbing / Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin a review by Diane Adkins DIY Do or Don’t/ Splash into Your Kitchen

by Kristi Hall 18 Wine Spot / An American Wine for Everyone

by Dave Slayton Draining the Joy from Poolville

by Mack Williams 19 Reflecting Forward Find a Quiet Place and Pet a Chicken

by Linda Lemery

Art & Production Director Demont Design (Kim Demont) evince\i-’vin(t)s\ 1: to constitute outward evidence of 2: to display clearly: reveal syn see SHOW Deadline for submission of August stories, articles, and ads is Saturday, July 22, at 5:00 p.m.

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21 Around the Table / How to Grill a Better Dog

by Annelle Williams 22 Photo Finish

Photo of Kyle Autrey and Lanie Davis

by Michelle Dalton Photographer

CEO / Publisher Andrew Scott Brooks

Editor Joyce Wilburn (434.799.3160) joycewilburn@gmail.com

Second Thoughts / Tanning My Hide

by Kim Clifton

On the Cover:

OICE FOR ALL

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Renovation Reality / Part 15

by Carla Minosh 9

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“I

just feel a connection with nature,” says Kyle Autrey, the Outdoor Program Coordinator for Danville Parks and Recreation. “I feel more comfortable outside than inside.

Just feels like home to me.”

That sentiment probably developed during his childhood when Kyle spent a lot of time with his uncle, an outdoorsman, who would take him fishing, camping and hiking. Those activities resulted in a passion for angling and later an interest in plants and animals. Autrey’s idyllic childhood eventually lead him to his current career of organizing and implementing outdoor programs for all of the area’s residents.

Kyle’s professional career started in 2011 when he graduated from Virginia Wesleyan College with a degree in environmental studies.

After moving around a bit, he settled in Danville. Being from Marion, North Carolina, a small town outside of Asheville, he liked the similar feel of Danville and the proximity of the Dan River. “I think it’s a beautiful river,” he comments and then lists the reasons. “It offers a lot of different opportunities for people like fishing, kayaking, and tubing. And of course, it brings in a lot of wildlife, like the geese, osprey and bald eagles.”

Using Danville’s outdoor resources, Kyle creates programs ranging from kayaking and zip lining to summer camps and environmental education.

He also organizes the Sledge Trail Run, a race at Anglers Park that happens every March, and presented the idea of installing a camera to live stream the activity in an osprey nest that rests on utility poles near the Carrington

Kyle and Danville Historical Society member, Courtney Nicholas, prepare for “Danville History by Kayak.”

Photos by Michelle Dalton Photography.

Kyle Autrey Sharing His Outside Home with All

by Lanie Davis Pavilion. Kyle acknowledges that it’s a team effort producing these events and projects and he has a lot of help. Referring to the Osprey Cam, he elaborates, “I had that idea and it’s really neat to work at

Kyle shows Lanie Davis how to hold a paddle.

a place where I’m supported and my ideas can become reality.”

The outdoorsman particularly enjoys the programs where he teaches skills like kayaking and environmental education. Having people try something unfamiliar or return for another program is rewarding. He recalls a time last summer when he took children from a grant-funded camp on a creek crawl looking for crayfish at Anglers Park: “We caught a crayfish and they didn’t know what it was.

They thought it was a lobster!

Just the excitement in their eyes when kids see something new is rewarding.”

Another program that Kyle organized with the help of Ina Dixon at History United is “Danville History by Kayak.” Participants kayak along the Dan River while learning about the importance of the waterway to Danville and how it shaped the city. “Ina said we

needed to do a program where we talk about the history of the city through the River’s eyes,” Kyle says and then adds, “It’s a good learning experience and you’re out on the river enjoying the beautiful scenery and air. You’re exercising too so you’re getting a lot of good things from it.”

From the enthusiasm in Kyle’s voice, listeners can tell he loves his outside home and wants to share it with all. Why don’t you give him a call?

• “Danville History by Kayak” will be held on Saturday, July 22, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The cost is $12. To register or for more information, call 434.799.5150 or visit www. playdanvilleva.com. Other July outdoor recreation events include: • July 1 Tubing on the Dan • July 13 Birding on the Dan • July 18 Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga • July 21 Wildlife Kayak Tour • July 27 Kayaking for Beginners.

• This is Kyle’s second appearance on the cover of Evince, but the first time that readers can see his face. He was pictured on the May 2016 cover as Rex, the mascot for Danville Parks and Recreation.

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SHE SAID

by Dena Hill

The Giver of Freedom Half of 2017 is gone and I’m out of school for one more month.

Because July begins the second half of the year, I am reminding you that there are a few jobs you planned to do but haven’t gotten around to yet. I’m not going to waste my time naming them, just reminding you. On second thought, why waste my breath.

I spend so much time urging you to start a new project that it’s just not worth it. For the rest of the year, I’m going to let you make your own decisions about how you spend or waste your time. I become so weary of reminding (scolding) you, or looking (frowning) at you and always hoping you’ll catch my drift.

I have grown tired of being your keeper in all that you don’t do. I am a new me starting this half of the year and you are going to be like a man on a desert island.

You can decide by yourself your charted course. My job of trying to transform you into a cleaner, more organized human being has sailed in another direction. I have faith that you will choose the right path and make the right decisions for you (us) that affect me and how we live. You can choose the high road, the short road, the split road or the dirt road. It is out of my hands. I will no longer be dragging you around by the ears leading you to greener pastures.

home today. Your dad and I just want to share with you our feelings before you go out into the big, dark world.” Well guess what? That just backfired in your face. I feel like the Fourth of July freedom marchers.

I have been set free from the guilt and pain of doing everything you want me to do and expect me to do.

I have permission from you for the next six months to do as I please.

You are the Giver of Freedom.

The first thing I want to do is lie in bed until I feel like getting up. Next, I will eat what I want for breakfast, which may be a Snickers bar with chocolate milk. I’ll go to work, maybe come home for lunch and eat anything I want, drink a big Coke, eat some cookies, make a sandwich, kiss the dog and go back to work. When I come home after work, I will undress, lie on the couch, read my book, and take it easy.

After dinner I’ll watch my favorite news story, catch up on a recorded show “Meet the Press” and then play on the computer until we go to bed. Oh, I forgot, maybe eat a snack before I go to bed. Yes, I can see where my life for the next six months is going to be awesome.

I’ll have all the freedom of daily life without judgment or retribution.

Looking back I see that it won’t be much different than the past six months. The only difference will be that I’ll be doing all of these things with your blessing. This is a great day for me and a great day for America.

She said He Said

Now that I have given you the freedom to choose, I know and have faith that you will be all that you can be and in the last part of this year, I am going to be so proud of you. Good luck.

HE SAID

by Larry Oldham You sound like my mom when I left home. She said, “You’re leaving

God bless the U.S.A. and Happy July 4th. Let freedom ring!

• She Said He Said: An Everyday Perspective on Relationships by Larry Oldham and Dena Hill is a 149-page compilation of columns published in Evince over the past several years. The book is available at www.amazon.com in paperback and on Kindle.

He Said / She Said can be found in Showcase Magazine.

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Lanie likes seeing the Dan River from a different spot.

Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on the River

by Lanie Davis I’ve never considered myself an adventurous person. I don’t like tasting new foods. I become nervous when I visit somewhere for the first time. Anything that is unfamiliar to me requires a lot of consideration. However, when asked if I would go kayaking and write about it, I immediately agreed. While I was still apprehensive, I knew that it would be a good experience.

On Friday, June 9, I attended the “Kayaking for Beginners” class at Abreu-Grogan Park on Memorial Drive in Danville. With a slightly shaky hand, I signed the waivers and zipped up my life jacket. Instructor Kyle Autrey from Danville Parks & Recreation explained to the class of thirteen (including several children) how to hold the paddle and the correct way to move forward and backward. He taught us which way to paddle so that the small, narrow watercraft would turn right, left, and stop…and what to do if we tipped over. Once the kayaks were in the water, we traveled upstream practicing

these new skills of going forward, backward, and in circles.

I was worried most about tipping over. I am not blessed with good balance and I was sure I would be flipping into the cold Dan River at some point during the evening. I surprised myself, however, when I didn’t even come close to losing my balance and falling out. I was even more surprised when I realized I was having fun. Even though it was quite a workout for my arms, I liked being on the river and experiencing it in a different way. I drive past the Dan and over it every day, but I haven’t appreciated its beauty enough and never while in the middle of it!

With Autrey’s help, most of the participants learned the basics and enjoyed being on the water.

One kayaker said it was “the best ever.” I would encourage all to register for a beginner’s class. Kayaking is a fun, unique way to experience the Dan River.

Channel your adventurous side like I did and try something new.

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Renovation Reality Part 15

by Carla Minosh

Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Jerry Bailey

This is how I describe my experience with Commonwealth Physical Therapy: from the greeting I received each morning until the ice was applied at the end, my physical therapist was Mike McCelland.

He took a special interest in seeing that I gained full function after my joint replacement surgery. He guided me through my exercises and nudged my progress when we both agreed I could achieve more. I am now at work and on the road to full recovery.

I credit Mike and Commonwealth Physical Therapy, 120 Crown Drive, for the outstanding customer care afforded this grateful patient.

Evince and the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce want to encourage and recognize exceptional customer service. When someone gives you exceptional service, please let us know. In 300 words or less, tell us what happened. Email your story to joycewilburn@ gmail.com or chamber@dpchamber.org.

Unlike HGTV shows where home renovations are completed within 30-60 minutes, the Victorian house at the corner of Chestnut Place and Main Street in Danville has been under a transformation for 16 years. This series that began in April 2016 explores the truth of home renewal from someone who has been there and done that. If you missed any of the installments, visit www. evincemagazine.com. In the May Evince, Carla described the installation of the tile floor in the bathroom. Here is more about that adventure.

W

ith the bathroom floor complete, and the repurposed tongue-andgroove wainscoting from the Gothic church balcony now encircling the room, we pondered what would fill the rest of the blank wall space. By this time, Tom was completely addicted to the contractor-grade water saw I had bought him to cut tile so we decided that the walls would also be clad in marble. He proceeded to lay out a strong linear pattern using all of the colors in the floor. He didn’t stop there, however, and I found him one day in the shower stall tiling the ceiling!

At that point, we allowed the plumber to enter and set all of the fixtures including a bidet.

Meanwhile, I was scouring eBay to satisfy my “iron deficiency.”

This rare illness requires the accumulation of endless pieces of antique, rusted, metal objects, such as gates, fences, fountains, firebacks, and practically anything that requires a forklift to move. In the process, I found a pair of antique radiator cabinets that are typically installed in the dining room. Picture a pair of doors in the center of a steam radiator that open into a cabinet nestled between and above the radiator fins. In the winter, in a poorly-heated Victorian home, this design allowed dinner plates to be stored inside so that food could be served on a

warm surface.

Once the plates were removed, the food was placed where the plates had been so that if anyone wanted seconds, the food would still be warm. It was a brilliant innovation for its time and perfect for a modern adaptation as a towel-warmer. I drove to Pittsburgh that weekend to pick up the radiator cabinets.

Meanwhile, back on Main Street in Danville, the plumber was finishing his work. When we arrived, Tom and I found that the bidet had been installed six inches farther from the wall than the toilet.

Perplexed, we inquired about this change in placement, and were informed that it was the only way it would fit. Both the plumber and the carpenter insisted that this was, without question, the only option. It looked preposterous-as though a drunken architect had designed the bathroom.

After further investigation, the placement came down to the length of the supply lines that had come with the unit and the spacing of the floor joists. Different supply lines were ordered and with a little creative thinking, the bidet was installed even with the toilet.

After that, I walked over to the shower stall and imagined what it would be like to shower there.

When I turned a full circle to capture the view, I noticed a strange digital clock attached to the wall of the stall and stared, perplexed. There were odd symbols around the digital clock display. Suddenly, I realized that I was looking at a steam shower unit! Though he had originally objected and I had conceded, this amazing husband of mine had secretly researched, bought, and had a steam shower unit installed just to make me happy. If I had won that earlier argument about whether or not to have one, this unit would mean only half as much to me today. It just proves that you can give up the battle in a relationship and reap benefits beyond expectations.

(to be continued)

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Second Thoughts

by Kim Clifton ©2017

Tanning My Hide “Rotate left.

Place your feet on numbers one and three.

Spraying will begin in four, three, two and...” the automated voice told me as the stacked nozzles began to mist. There I stood in a shower stall wearing raggedy underwear and a gauze cap. Only, I wasn’t getting washed; I was getting painted.

Back in the day, my summer goal was to sport a great tan, even if it meant sweating all afternoon in my backyard with only squirts from a garden hose to bring relief. That was before I knew better. Times have changed. I can still have a bronzed look, if I’m willing to spend twenty minutes enclosed in an airconditioned bed. The trouble is I’m claustrophobic and afraid of electric sunshine. I’m aware of the dangers of tanning but let’s be honest. Every woman knows you can’t go to the coast looking like Casper anymore than you can go to the gym with a pot belly. With a week at Myrtle Beach marked on my calendar, I decided to compromise with spray tan. Even that wasn’t as easy as it sounded.

Choosing my shade was hard since there was no way to predict if my skin would match the swatch on the bottle. I was afraid of going too light and resembling brown-n-serve rolls needing five more minutes in the oven. And I was afraid of going too dark matching a deep-fried Butterball turkey. As ridiculous as it sounds to pay good money to coat myself in acrylics, it’s not nearly as ridiculous as I looked doing it.

The trick behind sunless tanning, besides picking the right color, is getting the spray evenly applied.

It’s all about the stance, which is where the process actually gets stranger. It’s one thing to be in a shower without water. It’s

another to follow dance steps in there without music.

Numbered footprints are stuck to the floor in a circle to guide you.

The goal is to pivot without moving your upper body, so that the spray hits everywhere the sun shines and sometimes on places where it doesn’t.

Make no mistake...the booth works great unless something goes wrong. With me, of course, something always goes wrong.

I’d bought sponges for my nostrils, never imagining these protective devices would turn on me. About midway of the procedure, I sneezed and blew both my nose and my pose. My shower cap fell off and covered the numbers I was trying to read.

Meanwhile the voice came back to life even though I wasn’t ready.

“Place your feet on three and one.

Spraying will begin in four, three two, and...,” I tried to deflect the streams by waving my palms up and down as if warding off paparazzi. Warm paint spewed to my underarms leaving me stickier than Savannah in July. Rorschachshaped splotches formed on my thighs, only validating the insanity of the whole process. “Thank you for using our sunless tanning salon,” the automated voice sang out when the spraying stopped.

“And please stand in front of the dryer and exit when finished.” I felt like a car leaving the wash bay. Around me, the debris I’d left fluttered about the chamber like tumbleweeds.

Karma gets me every time. I had wanted to go to the beach looking like those bronzed goddesses on the posters I’d seen in the lobby. Instead, I left looking like a partially toasted marshmallow pulled too soon from the flame.

That’s what I deserve, I suppose, for painting myself in a corner.

Page 10 July 2017 “I can’t prove you did it, brother, but if no one else knows, I know your terrible heart.”

Arthur (brother of Dr. Bartholomew Corinth, father of Anna-Margaret, aka Mandy Blue Eyes)

M

y mother snapped beans in the kitchen even though she could have paid someone to do it. My mother made all five bedroom beds with fresh sheets every week although only two bedrooms were used in the home. She did things in order, excessively so, but with kindness.

If you are going to be good, be kind, or it’s just a sweet death full of flies. I feel now that my mother packed my suitcase for my trip to Ireland with Papa, even though inside I still believe she knew I would leave her and was reluctantly planning with Papa for me to never come back to her.

There are few pictures of Uncle Arthur in Papa’s album. He was the younger brother, a dirty blond to my father’s burnished gold, and even young, he looked older. In my father’s album, there is this younger picture of Arthur by a field, running, looking back and laughing. That camera shutter speed wasn’t fast enough to catch all the motion and light and so some of the image was blurry.

His feet especially seemed to disappear within the wheat. It was

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Violet Sachets, Half-Slips, and Blurry Pictures

fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg a good picture, Mother said, because there wasn’t much laughter in that house.

I worried how to tell her for many days. I paced in my pink bedroom with the fresh-starched sheets and the old-fashioned violet sachets Mother put in my cedar closet. One time I thought just to blurt it out in the dining room over mashed potatoes and brown-gravy meatloaf, but in the end, I just bowed my head when Mother and Harold silently prayed, and me with my eyes open. I didn’t feel I should ask any blessings.

My classics professor-father’s gods seemed silent too. Five weeks and I would be gone, forever. After dinner, I went to my room and Mother brought in clothes, towels that she put away in my bathroom linen closet.

I remember she stopped in the threshold between my bedroom and the bathroom on the way out. “I love you, Anna-Margaret,” Mother said, and she held her chin up with the light of the hallway lamp behind her making her seem illuminated with even more of that lenient kindness. I don’t know how she knew, but I knew she knew then of my defection. Still, I could not go to her, not if it meant

leaving Papa. I hedged my heart with the thought that she had her new husband, Harold, and Papa would have no one if I didn’t go. Children believe like that. At 15 almost 16, I was still a child. “Mother, I love you too (I said it quickly, knee-jerk) ….

Are you sad to see me go?” I twisted the blush bedspread in my fingers, bunches of cloth. I did not look up.

“I’ll always miss you, dear,” Mother said. When I did look up, she was gone.

Cold. Mama said Uncle Arthur and Papa’s family took things literally, real literally. What was right was right; what was good and true was what was written black and white.

Mother changed the topic. Uncle Arthur was your cousin Robert’s father, she said. Robert was a bright boy. He talked late but when he spoke it was in complete sentences.

I was told your father did that too.

Robert never walked much; he ran and he would laugh all the time. He was a quick, beautiful child. People could not help but compare Papa and Cousin Robert, Mother said. It was Arthur who came to Papa when Robert was born and put the baby in his arms right from Uncle Arthur’s rough and calloused fingers. Mother said Uncle Arthur said, “My boy,” like the child was a natural-born wonder.

Of course, I thought I could always come back. The child in me thought leaving would be just a dream. I would convince Papa after a time, maybe after a year, maybe two years, at the most three, and I would be back. Now, in my room, I went to my suitcase and looked at the pretty clothes Mother bought and put in there, slacks and no jeans, the soft cardigans with embroidery, the princess half-slips that most girls didn’t wear anymore. At the bottom is where I found something hard, Papa’s red leather photo album.

Mother said she saw pictures of

Papa, and he was the same as Robert, only maybe Robert was a little prettier. Robert had been adored. Even in this family who sat in darkness and quiet during storms, who marked their lives in the starkness of work in the fields and then to bed, only to be up with the scarce light and seeing no further than the hard row ahead.

No movies, no TV, a woman’s threequarter-length sleeves measured as well as her hem. Your grandmother noticed it first, that easy-going light from Robert, but she said he was “soft” needed to be tougher.

Even as he got older, he needed to be different from what he was.

Uncle Arthur looked to Papa, Mother said, to know what to do with such difference, how best to watch out for his Robert. Because like Papa, Robert was special.

That boy was just joy. “No matter what happened later,” Mother said swallowing. Mother cleared her throat and shuddered remembering, “I think they should not have taken that light away, and your father shouldn’t have helped them.”

My mother, who never seemed to stop working, cleaning, helping, comforting sat down and smoothed the bedspread I had wrinkled. She turned to the pictures of Uncle Arthur’s Robert, the boy I already knew was dead. “He ran away when he was about fifteen to New York, I think,” Mother said and stood, and then moved to my carnationpink curtains. I turned to her then while still sitting, smelled the soft perfume in the air from where she no longer was. “Not enough love, too different,” Mother answered my why before I could even ask. I looked back to the album, the hard plastic covering memories. Mother walked toward me. I scooted back toward pillows. Something sad was getting too close. She sat down next to me. I leaned too far away from her and she put her hands back to her lap. Come to think of it, she never told me what I knew anyway.

Looking back it was like all she ever wanted was gently to warn me, warm me from any and all coldness. In the end, all Mother said was what she always said, “Be good; be kind,” and added, “Goodnight, Anna-Margaret.”

“How did he get all the way out there?” That’s the question I never asked Mother. I couldn’t imagine being alone without Papa, and I felt with a wisdom that I couldn’t name that I would lose something if I asked more, that I would be alone if I asked more questions about Papa.

I never went to the bottom of that suitcase again. I just lay down in my bed and looked out my window at the no-moon, my face like a river, the water still—unopen to current.

Mother didn’t have to tell me.

How did he get all the way out of Colorado? I just knew it was Papa; I knew he was the one who drove him.

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Pittsylvania County

What’s Happening in the Public Libraries

Submitted by Lisa Tuite

Brosville/Cascade • Mondays: Movie Matinee 2pm family fun • Tuesdays: Summer Reading program for kids, 10am Lunch follows at Brosville Methodist Church; Needlework noon. Work on your own projects, but help is available. STEM Studio 3pm Snacks provided.

• Wednesdays: Dancercise 9am Line dance for fitness.

Wednesdays for Wees 10am stories and more for ages 0-5 • Fridays: Walk Fit 9am. Walk your way to fitness with Leslie Sansone.

• July 13: Craft Night, 6pm. Make fuse-a-bead magnets.

• July 20: Book Bingo, 6-7:30pm family fun Chatham • Mondays: Movie Matinee 2pm.

• Tuesdays: Summer Reading ages 0-5, 10am followed by

• • • •

snack. Computer One-on-One 11am-noon help with basic computer skills. Summer Reading for ages 6-11, 3-4pm.

Wednesdays: Computer Oneon-One, 6-7pm help with basic computer skills Thursdays: Summer Reading for teens 12-17 years old 3pm Fridays: LEGO Play 10am-noon all ages July 7: Crochet, 3-4:30pm. Learn or

South Boston Public Library Submitted by Jay Stephens

• Tuesdays Throw Paint @ Cancer 5pm Call the Halifax County Cancer Association to register 434.476.2713 • Wednesdays: Itsy Bitsy PALS 12:30-1:30 ages birth-2 years. PALS 2:30-4:30 ages 2-8: Eating the Alphabet. Tweens and Teens 4:305:30 ages 8-17: Around the Library in 12 Dishes • Thursdays: Art @ the Library 4-5 pm ages 5 -17: Food for the Eyes

• July 12: adult crafts 1pm • July 18: Tea & Book Discussion Group 2:30-3:30pm • July 20: Art for Adults 10am-noon ages 18+; Author Barry Koplen 6pm For more information, visit South Boston Public Library, 509 Broad Street, or www.halifaxlibrary.org, or call 434.575.4228

Halifax County Public Library

Submitted by Jay Stephens • Itsy Bitsy PALS 12:30-1:30 ages birth-2. PALS, 2:30-4:30 ages 2-8: Eating the Alphabet. Tweens and Teens 4:30-5:30 ages 8-17: Around the Library in 12 Dishes • Fridays: Art @ the Library 4-5 pm ages 5-17 Food for the Eyes. Art for Adults10am-noon ages 18+

• July 11: adult crafts 1pm • July 22: Bananas: a performance

by Blue Sky Puppet Theatre10 am For more information, visit Halifax Public Library, 177 South Main St. in Halifax or www.halifaxlibrary.org or call 434.476.3357.

Both branches of the library will be feeding sites this summer. A cold sack lunch will be served at 12:30pm and an afternoon snack will be served at 3:30pm, Monday-Thursday through July 20. These meals and snacks will be free to those 18 and under.

Gunn Memorial, Caswell County

Submitted by Erica Lowdermilk

The following children’s performances will take place at the Caswell Civic Center, 536 Main Street, Yanceyville, NC starting at 10:00 am • July 6: Rags to Riches • July 13: Fred Motley • July 20: Kuumba West African Dance Company • July 27: Big Bang Boom! Ice cream sundae party will follow at Gunn Memorial Library.

• Wednesdays: Teen Art Club 4-6pm • Thursdays: Teens ages 12-18 are

welcome to participate in Teen Summer Reading and receive awesome prizes including but not limited to a boxed set of the Fast and the Furious franchise, a lava lamp and a manga series.

• July 10: Book Club for adults 6pm Books provided. This month’s book is Ella Minnow, Pea by Mark Dunn.

For more information, visit 161 Main Street East, Yanceyville, NC or www. caswellcounty.gov/library or call 336.694.6241.

work on your project.

• July 12: Game Day, 10am-noon all ages • July 13: 2nd Thursday Discussion Group, 4-5:45pm for adults • July 19: Wii Play, 10am-noon all ages • July 21: Crochet 3-4:30pm Learn, or work on your own project.

• July 25: Critique Group 4-5pm.

Read and discuss Reader’s Advance copies of books.

• July 26: Nacho Party 2-3pm all ages Gretna • Mondays: Group Fitness 10am indoor exercise for adults • Tuesdays: Children’s Summer Reading ages 0-11, 11am OR 2pm • Wednesdays: Group Fitness 10am.

Teen Summer Reading 1pm • Thursdays: Children’s Summer Reading ages 0-11, 11am. Learn to Crochet, 5pm.

• July 11: Gretna Bookies Book Club 10:30am. Discuss “In the Shadow of the Blue Ridge,” by Carolyn T. Feagans. 2nd Tuesday Recipe Club 5:30pm. This month’s theme is “Eat Your Veggies.” Bring a dish and the recipe to share.

• July 13: Virginia Cooperative

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Extension’s Healthy Living Series 11am. Call 434.432.7770 to register. family movie, 2pm.

July 18: DIY Craft, 5pm. Make a Pom Pom Blue Bird.

July 20: Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Healthy Living Series 11am. Call 434.432.7770 to register.

July 25: Bingo for Books, 5pm family fun July 26: Summer Reading Finale 2pm ages 0-17 and their caregivers.

Mt. Hermon • Tuesdays: LABrary, 4pm Summer Reading registration required. ages 6-11 • Wednesdays: Mother Goose on the Loose10am. Stories and more for ages 0-3.

• Thursdays: LABrary, 4pm summer reading registration required ages 6-11 • Fridays: Young & Restless 10am stories and fun for ages 3-5 • Saturdays: Things & Stuff 3pm for teens ages 12-17. Registration required.

• July 8: Family Movie 10:30am • July 17: Knitting 6:30pm History Research Center & Library • July 25: Our Civil Rights: Race and Labor discussion series 6:30pm; program begins at 7pm.

Unless otherwise noted, all programs are free. For more information, contact Gretna Library, 207 A Coffey Street, 434.656.2579; Mt. Hermon Library, 2725 Franklin Turnpike, 434.835.0326; History Research Center and Library, 340 Whitehead Street, Chatham; 434.432.8931; PCP Main Library, 24 Military Drive, Chatham, 434.432.3271; Brosville Library, 11948 Martinsville Highway 434.685.1285 or www.pcplib.org.

Danville Public Library

Submitted by Rachel Shaw

• Mondays: Maker Lab Open Hours 3-6pm; Maker Mondays: 2nd and 4th Monday at 5-6pm DIY design, build, and play • Tuesdays: Book Club @ Westover: Second Tuesdays 11am-1pm; Crafter’s Corner: 4-6pm • Wednesdays: Maker Lab Open Hours 3-6pm. Children’s Programs @ Westover: Third Wednesday 4-5pm • July 5: Finding Your Career: workshop sponsored by Educational Opportunity Center 1-3pm • June 10: African American Voices Author Talk: Melanie Roberts 4-5pm.

• July 11: How to Go for College: workshop sponsored by Educational Opportunity Center 1-3pm • July 18: Money Matters: financial literacy workshop sponsored by Educational Opportunity Center 1-3pm The theme of Danville Public Library’s summer reading program is “Reading by Design” and offers “Big Fun” programs

free of charge for all ages. The Book Challenge is a reading program for all ages designed to encourage reading throughout the summer. Participants will be awarded prizes at a midway and completion point. Those who complete the challenge will be entered to win one of several grand prizes include art and building kits with the “Reading by Design” theme. The reading age groups are 0-5 years, 6-12 years, 13-17 years, and adult. “Big Fun” programs during the summer include Family Fun Nights on Thursdays through July 27 from 5:30-6:30PM. Programs for adults will take place on Mondays through July 24 from 5:30-6:30pm.

All programs are free but require registration at ww.playdanvilleva.com.

For more information visit DPL, 511 Patton Street, www.readdanvilleva.org or call 434.799.5195. For the Westover Branch, visit 94 Clifton Street or 434.799.5152.

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July Calendar Abbreviation Key

• AU=Averett University, 434.791.5600 www.averett.edu • CRC=Cancer Resource Center 434.421.3060 • DMFAH=Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main St. 434.793.5644 www.danvillemuseum.org • DSC=Danville Science Center, 677 Craghead St. 434.791.5160 www.dsc.smv.org • HNT=Historic North Theatre, 629 North Main St. Danville 434.793.7469 www.TheNorthTheatre.com • PA=Piedmont Arts, 215 Starling Ave, Martinsville 276.632.3221 www.PiedmontArts.org • RSG=Reid Street Gallery, 24 Reid St. Chatham 434.203.8062 reidstreetgallery.com • The Prizery=700 Bruce St., South Boston 434.572.8339, www.prizery.com

Ongoing

Eat Well, Play Well – DSC brings nutrition and fitness education together to encourage all-around healthy living for visitors of all ages. Learn the science of making healthy food choices while exploring fun and interesting ways to stay active and healthy.

Guided Walking Tours – Millionaires Row, Holbrook Street and Tobacco Warehouse District. Danville Historical Society. www.danvillehistory.org.

434.770.1974.

The 1963 Danville Civil Rights Movement – The Protests, the People, the Stories. The Danvillian Gallery.

434.466.7981.

DMFAH self-guided audio-visual tours.

434.793.5644.

Public Library Events. See page 11.

Tai Chi with Wyona – A slow moving exercise to enhance breathing, calm the mind, relieve stress $6. Ballou Rec. Center Mondays 11:15am-12:15pm & 5:45-6:45 p.m. Wednesdays 3:30pm4:30pm 434.799.5216.

Tai Chi with Paul. Ballou Nature Center Wednesdays 3:30pm-4:30pm Thursdays 11:15am-12:45pm.

Let’s Dance – Learn new dances, make new friends. Donna Robbins teaches a variety of dances in a fun atmosphere.

A partner is not necessary. Adults 18+.

Tues 7-8.30pm. Ballou Rec. Center.

434.799.5216.

Art with Judie – Learn how to paint with acrylic, oil, or water color. M/TU – Times vary. Ballou Annex. 434.799.5216.

Kuumba African Dance – a great workout with live drumming and energetic dancing. Kids M/W 5.30pm; Adults M 6-7.30pm. 434.799.5150.

Prime Time Fitness – Low-impact aerobics workout with a mix of various dance steps. Tu/Th 9.30-11am. Coates Rec. Center. 434.799.5150.

Zumba Classes – Hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves create a oneof-a-kind interval training fitness program with fun routines that tone and sculpt the body while burning fat. 434.797.8848.

Art with Flo – Wet-on-wet technique of oil painting. Ages 18+. W 9.30-11.30am.

Glenwood Community Center; 6-8pm, Ballou Annex. 434.799.5216.

African Rhythms by Nguzo Saba – West African dance to live drumming.

W 6-7pm. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.

Ballou Jammers – Acoustic musical jamboree. Bring a stringed instrument or listen. TH 3-5pm. Ballou Rec. Center.

434.799.5216.

Friday Night Fun and Dance – Live

music provided by the City Limits Band on the first, third, and fifth Friday.

The Country Pride Band plays on the second and fourth Friday. Ages 50+.

F 7.30-10.30pm. Ballou Rec. Center.

434.799.5216.

July 1

Downtown Danville First Saturdays: food, art, dance and music. Main and Union Streets 10am-2pm free

July 1 & 8

All About Osprey: Hike and search for osprey around the Dan River. Register five days before program. Dan Daniel Memorial Park 302 River Park Dr Danville 6-8pm free 434.799.5150

July 1 (thru 30)

Ramsey Art Exhibit A Family Affair: an exhibition of paintings by Philip, Curt, and Wyatt Ramsey. DMFAH Tuesday-Saturday 10-5, Sunday 2-5, closed on Monday.

Adults $10, Senior (62+) $8, Students $4, members free.

July 4

Danville July Fourth Celebration: Patriot Challenge 5K/10K and Children’s Fun Run on Anglers Ridge Mountain Bike Trail 8am; free entertainment, arts, crafts, Captain Jim’s Magical Illusion Show, food, amusement rides, Danville Symphony Orchestra concert at dusk; fireworks display weather permitting Carrington Pavilion 667 Craghead St 6-10pm free 434.793.4636 South Boston/Halifax County 4th of July Celebration: parade at 6pm; free entertainment, food, cruz-in, bounce house, face painting. Fireworks at 9:30pm Downtown South Boston Constitution Square 100 Main Street 6-10pm 434.575.4209 downtownsobo.com

July 4, 11, 18

Throw Paint at Cancer-Halifax: peerto-peer support group for cancer survivors and caregivers. Registration required.

Halifax Public Library 177 S Main St 4-6pm free hcca.hope@gmail.

July 6, 20, 27

RSG Day Camps: Kids 6+ will make fairy lanterns and paint fairy rocks among other fun projects. Pre-registration required.

10am-12pm $45 434.433.2264

July 6

Science After Dark: DSC 5:30-9pm $5

July 7 (thru 9)

Journey to Health: Hear about life changing choices from a guest speak at the Watkins Institute. 3 Angels Message Seventh Day Adventists 7:30pm Friday; 11am Saturday; 10am Sunday. 541 Keen St. Danville www.twiliving

July 7 (thru 16)

The Addams Family: See page 12.

July 8

Garden Party with Jason Springs: Enjoy drinks, snacks and games while listening to live music from local artist.

Bring lawn chair or blanket. In case of rain, event will be moved to PA 6-9pm $15.

July 8 & 11

Fairy Teacup Garden Workshop with Alice Abbott: Bring your own container (no larger than 12’’ in diameter) and create your own fairy garden! Pre-registration required. RSG 11am $30 434.433.2264

July 10 (thru 14)

RSG Art Camp: Campers 6+ will be taught the basic elements of art and

create fun projects. Pre-registration required by July 7. 10:30am-12:30pm $100 434.433.2264 Elements of Art Session 2: An art class for children ages 7-13. DMFAH 10am1pm $75 per student Call Linda Gourley to register 434.724.6427

July 10

Danville By Choice – Quizzo: 4 rounds of invigorating trivia. Teams may have up to 4 people. Assemble team at 5:30pm; trivia begins at 6pm. No cover charge or pre-registration required. 2 Witches Winery and Brewery 209 Trade St 5:30-8pm

July 11 & 18

Vision 2035 Community Cafe in Danville: What changes would you like to see for the region? Speak up. Free eventbrite. com keyword: VISION 2035 434.483.2894 www.middleborderforward.org

July 12

A Star-Spangled Evening with BRASS 5: a quintet of horn players with percussionist, will be performing patriotic songs, big band tunes, favorites from the 50s and 60s and classical selections. St. John’s Episcopal Church 197 Mountain Road Halifax 7pm $10 434.476.6696

July 13

Fairy Stones: Create magical fairy stones with your own pattern or design. RSG $10 434.433.2264 Tie-Dye Fairy Scarves with Sherri Gott: Create a scarf with beautiful fairy colors and a tie-dye design. RSG 6pm $30 434.433.2264 Summer Sensory Friendly Nights: See page 12.

Birding on the Dan: Paddle along the Dan River and learn about different types of birds. Ages 10+ Register by July 10.

Abreu-Grogan Park 2020 Memorial Dr Danville 6-8pm $12 434.799.5150 Music on Main Concert Series: Mel Melton and the Wicked Mojos 111 Main St Danville 6:30pm free Bring a lawn chair or blanket. In case of rain, concerts will be moved to the Carrington Pavilion.

434.793.4636

July 14

The Danville Museum Classic Film: Johnnie Got His Gun. Cash bar/concession available. DMFAH 7pm Regular admission fees apply, free for members Danville Comedy Club Show: features stand-up comedians. HNT 7:30pm $15

July 15

Danville Braves 5K presented by Planet Fitness to benefit God’s Storehouse: Legion Field at Dan Daniel Memorial Park 302 River Park Dr Danville Registration 7:15am Race 8am $25 registration fee after July 1 www.dbraves.com/5k Community Market Yoga: 629 Craghead St 9-10am free 434.799.5150 Comedy Magic Show Starring Celebrity Magician Wayne Alan: HNT 7:30pm $15/$10 for kids 12 & under

July 18

Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga: Test your balance and strength by doing yoga on a paddleboard with instructor Casey Malloy.

Register by July 13. Abreu-Grogan Park 2020 Memorial Dr Danville 5:30-7pm $15 434.799.5150

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July 20

Barry Koplen reading: The Danville author will be reading from his works of poetry at the Halifax Public Library. 177 South Main St Halifax 6pm

July 21

Fish’n Friday: festival fundraiser that includes fish, beans, slaw, hushpuppies, and drinks with a ticket purchase. Must be 21+Danville Community Market 629 Craghead St 6-9pm $25 advance tickets riverdistrictfestival.org Wildlife Kayak Tour: Paddle along the Dan River and look at the many animals that inhabit it. Ages 10+ Register by July 16. Abreu-Grogan Park 2020 Memorial Dr Danville 6-8pm $12 434.797.5150

July 22

Tirrele Pintura al Cancer: A Throw Paint at Cancer event for Spanish speaking residents. Registration required. DMFAH 11am-4pm no charge Danville History by Kayak: Join a local historian on the Dan River and learn the river’s importance in Danville’s history and growth. Under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Register by July 17. AbreuGrogan Park 2020 Memorial Dr Danville 6-8pm $12 434.799.5150

July 25

Step by Step: Healthy Walk and Talk with Gingy Blakely. Meet at Karen’s Hallmark in Danville mall to walk at 9:30am. Meet at Nature’s Essentials, 423 Mt. Cross Rd, at 10:30am to learn why physical activity is good for preventing cancer, free healthy snack. dwhittle@vcu.edu

July 27

Kayaking for Beginners: Ages 10+ Register by July 22. Abreu-Grogan Park 2020 Memorial Dr Danville 6-8pm $12 6-8pm 434.799.5150 Music on Main Concert Series: Cruize Control Band 111 Main St Danville 6:30pm free Bring a lawn chair or blanket. In case of rain, concerts will be moved to the Carrington Pavilion.

434.793.4636

July 28

Canvas & Cabernet: Social painting class. Pre-registration and payment required. Cash bar/concessions available DMFAH 6:30-9pm 37th Annual Virginia Cantaloupe Festival: Berry Hill Resort 3105 River Road South Boston 5-10pm $35 www.valopefest.com

July 30

Elvis Has Left the Building: Presented

by The Little Theater of Danville. DMFAH 7/28 & 29-7:30pm ; 7/30-2:30pm

Upcoming August 5

Downtown Danville First Saturdays: food, art, dance and music. Main and Union Sts. 10am-2pm free

August 12

Summer Concert Series: “Brothers Osborne” Carrington Pavilion Craghead St. 6pm $25/35/40 www.danvilleharvestjubilee.org

For more events see Calendar Clips on pages 12.

The deadline for submitting information for the August calendar is Saturday, July 22 at 5:00 p.m.

Please send just the basic information following the format on these pages to joycewilburn@gmail.com.

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The poses and breathing practiced in yoga were created to prepare the body and mind to sit for extended periods of time in meditation. Photo by Clark Davis.

Meditation Moment A Voice for All

by Casey Molloy, RYT

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nity is the foundation that underlies all of humankind.

Individually, we embody the unity of the breath, the body, and the mind to function at our highest potential. Together, we become one through family and friends, and by cultivating our community to make positive progress and changes for the benefit of the whole.

Of course, there are times when we may feel disconnected from our own sense of self or experience loneliness within our communities. The important thing to remember is that we are all a support system for one another.

Every thought that crosses our consciousness, each word we speak, and the actions we take produce an energy that extends far beyond our own being. We may find that we often have a tendency to confine ourselves to a realm where we are the center of the universe. Undoubtedly, it is important to care for yourself and take pride in who you are, but it is most important to do so with

humility. It is vital to be observant and see where your energy can be offered. Lending a helping hand or heart to a neighbor in need, or simply finding patience when you need it most, are special ways in which we can each promote a more positive mentality.

Positivity and generosity can be infectious so it is imperative that we all take time to spread the love. When we realize the ripple effect that our thoughts, speech, and actions have, we then have the ability to empower ourselves and those around us. By releasing predetermined judgments, opinions, or criticisms of others, we allow ourselves to gain a more educated understanding of the world around us. By opening our minds, hearts, and arms to others, we encourage others to do the same. There is immense beauty to be found in surrendering to something greater than ourselves. Therein lies the essence of unity and a voice for all.

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Book Clubbing A Review by Diane Adkins

Grief Cottage

by Gail Godwin

Marcus is not a normal boy and this is not a normal ghost story. Marcus Harshaw is the eleven-year-old narrator of this story but his life experiences have made him mature far beyond those years. Raised by a single mother with whom he has developed a particularly strong bond, he is forced by circumstance to take on adult responsibility at a young age. When his mother is killed in a car accident, he is sent to live with a great aunt in her cottage on the South Carolina coast. Most of the book is set there, somewhere south of Myrtle Beach and north of Georgetown.

The aunt is an artist of some stature and they soon develop a life lived together but mostly in their own spheres. Marcus explores the island on his own each day. He becomes obsessed with a rundown shack, the subject of many of his aunt’s most soughtafter paintings, known as Grief Cottage. It is there that a family was lost in Hurricane Hazel fifty years earlier. Marcus visits the cottage and believes he sees the ghost of the young boy who died in the storm. This ghost boy becomes Marcus’s alter-ego, his confidant and the mirror in which he sees his own life most clearly.

Nesting near Marcus and his Aunt Charlotte’s cottage are loggerhead turtles. Every day, Marcus goes to encourage them, to tell them they will persevere, leave their nests, and make it to the sea to begin their lives. Just as Marcus is rooting for those baby turtles, so are we cheering him on to conquer his insecurities and fears. Our hopes for him are, in the end, not defeated. Godwin likes to resolve her plot lines, and this book is no exception, though she doesn’t finish the job until the very last page.

Gail Godwin has written other novels about what happens to children when family life is disrupted, and in that sense, she is writing her own autobiography. Her early life was upended by her parents’ divorce. She was raised by her mother and grandmother in Asheville, North Carolina, where several of her books are set.

Her fiction asks the questions: What constitutes a family? How does one become a good human being despite the odds? This isn’t a normal ghost story, but its lyrical beauty and luminosity will haunt you for days after you’ve turned the last page.

Diane S. Adkins lives in Henry County and has never seen a ghost.

DIY: Do or Don’t?

Splash into Your Kitchen

by Kristi Hall Do-It-Yourself Projects always look easy when someone else is doing it. Kristi will test them for you and give her opinion about whether it’s worth your time and effort.

Sometimes a small splash of color is all you need to spice up a wall. If you’re looking for an easy way to add some creativity to your kitchen, I definitely recommend this craft. This is one of the cheapest, easiest DIY projects – perfect for those who are new to DIY. Supplies: • wooden utensils • paint of your choice or Washi tape if you want a cool pattern • foam paint brushes You can use any kind of paint brush.

• nails or Command adhesive strips Directions: • I used four colors of paint

and one paint brush for each color. Apply 5-6 coats of paint on the utensils to obtain the thick finished look. My utensils had small holes at the top; therefore, using a small nail would be an easy way to hang them. I decided to use a Command strip on the back of each utensil to give a cleaner look. I give this afternoon project 5 stars out of 5!

Email how you’d decorate your wooden utensils to: kristi@ funtionalmovement.com.

Page 18 July 2017 In literature and drama, the term everyman has come to mean an ordinary individual with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily (Wikipedia). Do you have a wine brand that you would say is good for all? Perhaps you are like me and the brand Bogle comes to mind. Their wines are often ranked among Wine Spectator’s top 100 outstanding values.

In a 2015 article written by Mike Dunne for The Sacramento Bee, he describes the recent expansion at Bogle just outside Clarksburg, California. Dunne says of Warren Bogle, the winery president and vineyard manager, “He’s a member of the sixth generation of Bogles to farm the Delta, overseeing 1,700 acres of wine grapes that began with ten acres each of petite sirah and chenin blanc planted by his grandfather and father, then still in high school, in 1968...” Early on, the Bogle brand became recognized for wines true to type and of high quality at value prices, a heritage that the current generation of Bogles is keen to preserve. “I don’t see us coming out with a $50 Bogle wine,” says Warren. “We want to continue to make a $10 wine that tastes like a $20 wine or an $18 wine that

The Wine Spot An American Wine for Everyone

by Dave Slayton

a member of the Master Court of Sommeliers

tastes like a $40 wine.” That’s music to my ears, how about yours?

Of all the Bogle wines, petite sirah is a favorite of mine and my friends.

No winery in the country produces more petite sirah than Bogle who is approaching 200,000 cases. Petite sirah, or syrah, is not just a smaller version of syrah (or shiraz), it’s a

distinct grape variety. First found growing in France in the mid-1800s, it’s loved for its extraordinary deep color and full-bodied flavors of blueberry, chocolate, plums and black pepper. Petite sirah is a rare grape with less than 10,000 planted acres worldwide, grown in California and mainly at Bogle. Full-bodied, tannic red wines like petite sirah

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emember those three days and nights of solid, heavy rain last spring when the Dan River rose above twentysix feet? Those rainy days were long, but still thirty-seven days short of biblical. Despite the weather, school groups still came to the Danville Science Center. On those days, while walking the students to their buses, I avoided stepping on earthworms that had flooded out of the saturated soil and appeared to be dragging themselves across sidewalks and bricks.

One rainy afternoon, a friend called to say I wouldn’t believe what he was seeing in the Dan River Church parking lot on Riverside Drive. My friend stated that due to backed-up drains, a great pool of water had taken over part of the lot and men in pickup trucks were gunning their motors and plowing through the pool just for fun! Wanting to see for myself, I drove there and observed a large pool over 150 feet wide and about three feet deep. Massive pick-up trucks thundered through, splashing water up over their cabs.

match with more fatty foods to create synergy. Big flavor dishes like roasted pork, barbecue beef, beef burgers and chicken in mole sauce need a big flavor wine like petite sirah. So if you need to make a big splash with your barbecue wine, and your wine budget is limited like mine, then maybe Bogle petite sirah is for you. Cheers.

Being that fun is addictive, I drove through too, only once, very carefully with my little red Oldsmobile Alero. The pick-up guys were probably too startled to laugh. For that moment, I didn’t think about my arthritis.

I thought about death and death always trumps arthritis.

With my successful single transit over, I watched a giant GMC truck doing pirouettes, creating nice-sized waves lapping at the asphalt beach.

A man, carrying his toddler son, sat him down at water’s edge to observe. Shouldn’t such a touching scene be happening at the coast?

Draining the Joy from Poolville

by Mack Williams, Natural History Educator Danville Science Center

The next day, no trucks played there; the giant vernal lake had shrunk. I was reminded of the last lines of Ernest Thayer’s baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” and rewrote them in my mind for the occasion: “…somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Parking Lot Poolville --the mighty water has drained out.”

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Reflecting Forward Find a Quiet Place and Pet a Chicken

by Linda Lemery

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here is something so soothing, so therapeutic, so promising about petting a chicken. Yeller, our non-laying hen, sees me sit down on a bench and put up my feet. She’s the chicken version of a Cuddle-upa-gus, and she runs over for a cuddle. She stops, looks at me from the deck as if to ask permission, and when I pat my leg, she flies up.

She starts on my ankle and works her way up until she’s sitting in my lap and nestles there, her head tucked into the crook of my elbow. With one arm I cuddle her. With the other hand, I start petting. The eyelid that I can see slowly closes. Her feet shift occasionally to realign her body mass. She’s motionless and so am I, other than the rhythmic action of petting the chicken.

While Yeller stays, all I have to do is pet her and look around.

I gaze out at the raised garden, one of Mother Nature’s miracles.

Rose Campion form a mass in front of coral roses. Flowering pink Mexican primrose pepper the overgrown path. Stella D’Oro trumpet their flowers in bright horns of gold. Day lilies are a startling, delicate orange against the fence. The Knock Out Roses dot pinkly against a lush, dark green background. The texture of the brown, well-worn landscaping timber transitions to a lawn that has seen better days and is clothed in an uneven green, randomly patterned with spots of brown. When one moves a chicken coop around the yard, it’s no wonder that there are fresh grave-like masses where the chickens have excavated while in the coop.

Nearby, in a smaller garden, my fan-shaped iris have finished

blooming and are now just a memory of deep purple shot with gold.

They sit in front of a thriving fig tree that will yield later this summer. The deck’s been washed and sealed; the garage has been repainted.

A small garden flag with a chicken on it welcomes visitors.

Next door behind the garage is the new off-street parking area--a project that took some time, but is now complete. The greenery holds such promise, I think as I slowly stroke the chicken’s back. Though we’ve had to fence the gardens to keep the chickens out, I don’t see it, only the luxuriant growth.

I am totally in the moment while on the garden bench petting Yeller. That doesn’t happen often for a person who’s normally running from one task to the next.

Increasingly, humans are multitaskers. We do many mundane things simultaneously, but don’t think deeply about any of them because we’re distracted and don’t have time. The rhythmic stroking of hand on feathers ensures that I don’t do anything else. I have the freedom to let my mind wander and appreciate the promise of my surroundings. This chicken has done me a favor. As I pet Yeller and look around at life, my mind drifts to the promise of people and I am inspired. Readers, the next time you are in the moment and at peace with no distractions, ask yourselves this: What can I do to improve our world? An answer may come and it may surprise you. By the way, my cuddle record with Yeller is forty-five continuous minutes of petting, pondering, and paying attention. Amazing.

About the Author: When she’s not petting a chicken and staring into space, Linda Lemery llemery@averett.edu serves as Circulation Manager at Averett University in Danville.

She welcomes your comments.

The Magical World of Fairies and Dragons

Come play with the fairies at Reid Street Gallery this summer!

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Showings Daily at 2:00 p.m.

Featuring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline.

Come by and enjoy the movie with popcorn, cookies and punch!

Day Camps | Thursdays 10am- 12pm, July 6, 20, 27

We will make fairy lanterns and paint fairy rocks, and all kinds of fun projects with kids 6 and up. Pre-registration required, non-refundable, unless class is cancelled. Minimum number of students required. All supplies will be provided and participants will take a t-shirt home. $45

Week-long Art Camp | July 10-14, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Campers aged 6 and up will create fun art projects that also teach the basic elements of art. Pre-registration required by July 7, non-refundable, unless camp is cancelled. Minimum number of students required. All supplies will be provided and participants will take a t-shirt home. $100

Fairy Teacup Garden Workshop with Alice Abbott Saturday, July 8 at 11:00 am or Tuesday, July 11 at 6:00 pm

Bring your own container (tea cup, sugar bowl, etc., no larger than 12” in diameter.), and we will provide the elements for you to create your own fairy garden! Vintage containers will be available for additional purchase. Pre-registration required, non-refundable, unless class is cancelled. Minimum number of students required. $30

Terry Keatts

Fairy Stones | Thursday, July 13, 1:00 pm

Join us to create magical fairy stones with your own pattern or design.

Participants will create up to 6 stones. All supplies will be provided, no pre-registration required. $10

Tie-Dye Fairy Scarves with Sherri Gott Thursday, July 13, 6:00 pm

Create a beautiful scarf to wear or give as a gift in beautiful fairy colors and tiedye designs. Pre-registration required, non-refundable, unless class is cancelled.

Minimum number of students required.All supplies will be provided $30.

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Tai Chi with Wynona Witcher Tuesdays 10:00 - $10 per person

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Terry grew up in Pittsylvania County, and basically decided to teach himself to paint about 15 years ago. He spent time observing and figuring out how to paint grass, trees, skies, etc., until he felt he was ready to begin combining elements into paintings. His realistic style combines beautifully with elements of fantasy in the work on display at Reid Street Gallery during the month of July.

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t u o l e v a r t o t n o s a e r o “ There is n ” . e r a c t r a e h t a e r g r o of t own f — Jim Shields, Danville businessman

Keep Your Heart Close When Jim Shields suffered a heart attack, the cardiac catheterization lab team at Danville Regional Medical Center, a Duke heart affiliate, was able to quickly diagnose a blockage in his heart – “the widow maker.”

Jim survived, thanks in part to the smooth and seamless care he received at Danville Regional. He participated in Danville Regional's cardiac rehabilitation program and still runs his business full-time.

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I’ve always been happy with my grilled hot dogs.

As a matter of fact, I love them, even the ones stuck on the end of a stick and singed crispy over an open fire. But when I saw an article about the best method to prepare sausages, I wanted to know the secret. The article was on the The Food Lab website (seriouseats.com) dedicated to “unraveling the mysteries of home cooking through science.”

Their goal was to cook the meat fully without burning the outside or losing the juiciness, while retaining the grilled, smoky taste. The cooks tested various methods and came up with a winner. The gist of the procedure is to prepare the toppings (slaw, sauerkraut, chili, etc.) in a grill-proof pan on the grill. Precook the meat by simmering it in this concoction until it reaches the appropriate internal temperature. This step keeps all the flavor and juiciness in the sausage. Transfer the meat to the hot grill for a couple of minutes to char. This isn’t really necessary when cooking a precooked hot dog, but it does give it a great flavor.

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6 pieces of bacon, chopped 1 sweet red pepper, thinly sliced 1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced 1 1/4 lb. small red potatoes, thinly sliced 2 cups beef broth

3 T red wine vinegar 3 cups red cabbage, thinly sliced 5 bratwursts salt and pepper to taste 5 buns to fit sausages Dijon mustard

Prepare grill for medium-high heat. Place ten-inch square disposable aluminum pan on grill and cook chopped bacon pieces until nearly done but not crisp. Add peppers, onions and potatoes stirring to coat with drippings.

Cook until onions are translucent. Add beef broth, red wine vinegar, cabbage, salt and pepper. When heated through, add brats, pushing them down until nearly submerged. Cover grill and cook for about 20 minutes, turning brats after 10 minutes. Place brats on grill for about 2 minutes on each side until browned. Remove excess liquid from the potato slaw. Place browned brats on top of potato slaw while toasting buns. Fill each bun with a brat and warm potato slaw. Top with Dijon mustard.

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Photo Finish On Friday, June 2, Danville Parks and Recreation held Yappy Hour, an event for dogs and their owners. Yappy Hour included pet vendors, a photo booth, live music and refreshments. Evince photographer Von Wellington caught up with the playful pups in the Community Market parking lot and was quickly surrounded by many different breeds and sizes.

Captions by Lanie Davis.

Thurman Diggs brought his dog, Ginger, a four-pound Yorkie Chihuahua mix.

Dulce Mills poses with husky Arya.

David Williams has his hands full with Jasmine and Callie, both huskies, and Miska, a uffy Malamute.

Laura Taylor plays with rescue dog Piper Oaks, a miniature schnauzer.

Aayla Robertson climbs into a cage to play with Piper, a husky puppy.

All photos by Von Wellington.

For more info visit www.vonwellington photography.com or call 434.770.3553. See more pictures on Facebook.

Kevin Jang, Rae-yao Lee, Alex O’Neil and Nikki del Castillo pose with Riley, a boxer.

Genesis, a Yorkie, leads Brianna Seal and Susan Snow.

Jordan Setliff and Taylor Nelson brought Colt the Pug with them to their booth promoting Mt. Hermon Family Vet.

Evince Magazine Page 23 Local musician Spencer Key provides entertainment for people and dogs.

Tracy Ann Brewton’s Australian shepherd, Naish, checks out the free toys at the Danville Area Humane Society Booth.

The Albert Lewis family brought along Tyson, their Boxer Lab mix.

Danielle Staub talks with her St. Bernard Lab mix, Rumble.

Morgan Oakes shows off her goldendoodle, Delilah.

Coco, a Chihuahua mix, relaxes with owner Donna James.

Blake Lawson with border collie Roxy; Crystal Matherly with golden retriever mix Karma and poodle mix Lulu check out what Yappy Hour has to offer.

Shaker, an Australian shepherd, and Smokes, a weimaraner, greet each other.

Josie, a Labradoodle, smiles for the camera along with Austin and Madison Syvanthong.

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