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Barry Koplen Book Clubbing Page 17
Faye Kushner
Writing The Time to Run See Page 3
Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography
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Editor’s Note
This Voice of the Future took an unexpected turn to the past! In retrospect, it makes sense. Before individuals and communities can envision the future, we must appreciate how we arrived at the present. Author Faye Kushner, pictured on the cover, does that in The Time to Run based on her younger years as a daughter of an underground coal miner. See page 3. In Barry Koplen’s newest tome, he documents Danville’s transformation from its tobacco and textile beginnings into a vibrant, diversified city. See “Book Clubbing” on page 17. Peggy Scantlebury recognizes the influence of a good person on future generations in “I Remember Grandma” on page 20. “Camp Meeting” on page 9 by Christy Hicks is a tribute to an influential man in her life. Isla Wiles writes that now is the time for “Planning & Planting for Next Spring” on page 20. Read “Wine Sips/Slips Back to the Future” on page 18 and learn how old and new techniques are combined to create the best wine in your future. “Let the Seasons Begin” on page 16 and “Calendar Clips” on page 12 should be read with a pen in hand so you can circle the dates for future fun. Finally, find inspiration for creating your future in the “Reflecting Forward” quotations on page 19. My favorite? The reason so many people find it so hard to be happy is that they will always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. Choose your favorite and start living your future now.
September Contents
2 Editor’s Note
3 Faye Kushner / Writing The Time to Run by Joyce Wilburn
President Director of Sales & Marketing Larry Oldham (434.728.3713) larry@evincemagazine.com
6 Renovation Reality / Part 17 by Carla Minosh
Editor Joyce Wilburn (434.799.3160) joycewilburn@gmail.com
8 Spotting Exceptional Customer Service by Lee Vogler
Associate Editors Jeanette Taylor Larry Wilburn Lanie Davis, Intern
9 Second Thoughts / Knickers in a Knot by Kim Clifton
Contributing Writers
Camp Meeting / Poem by Christy Hicks
Diane Adkins, Kim Clifton, Lanie Davis, Adam Goebel, Cherie Guerrant, Carol Henderson, Deb Henderson, Christy Hicks, Dena Hill, Telisha Moore Leigg, Linda Lemery, Erica Lowdermilk, Angie McAdams, Lori Merricks, Carla Minosh, Larry Oldham, Carrie Petrick, Peggy Coleman Scantlebury, Rachel Shaw, Dave Slayton, Jay Stephens, Lisa Tuite, Lee Vogler, Joyce Wilburn, Isla Wiles, Annelle Williams, Mack Williams
10 Myth of My Father Fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg 11 What’s Happening in the Public Libraries 12 Calendar Clips
Business Manager Paul Seiple (1.434.709.7349) paul@evincemagazine.com
13 National Parks Adventure a review by Deb Henderson
Marketing Consultants Kim Demont (434.792.0612) demontdesign@verizon.net
14 Calendar 16 Let the Seasons Begin!
Lee Vogler (434.548.5335) lee@showcasemagazine.com
17 Book Clubbing Why the Last Capitol of the Confederacy Became a Capital Attraction by Barry Koplen a review by Diane Adkins
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
18 Wine Spot / Wine Sips/Slips Back to the Future by Dave Slayton
oice of the future
CEO / Publisher Andrew Scott Brooks
4 She Said He Said / Do You Like My Hair? by Dena Hill & Larry Oldham
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See Cheese Made and/or Eaten by Mack Williams
19 Reflecting Forward / Create Your Future by Linda Lemery
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20 I Remember Grandma by Peggy Coleman Scantlebury
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Planning & Planting for Next Spring by Isla Wiles
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21 Around the Table Spinach & Artichoke Skillet Pizza by Annelle Williams 22 Photo Finish
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Photos of Faye Kushner and Barry Koplen by Michelle Dalton Photography
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uthor Faye Kushner is the self-proclaimed Preposition Woman. When asked to explain that unique description, the retired Associate Professor of English at Danville Community College and Fulbright Scholar replies with a list of prepositions. “When I’m with people, I tend to see the inside, not outside. I look at, into, through and maybe even beyond. I guess reading into character is what makes a writer. That and the fact that we feel deeply—the joy is more joyful; the pain is a little more painful. It’s a gift and a curse,” she admits. It’s also a trait that helped in writing her new novel The Time to Run. Faye describes the 417page book as “faction”—a combination of both facts and imagination. Although her family forms the structure of the story, it’s her dad, Ted Sowder, who is the only real character. Even then he is presented not as he was but as the person she perceived him to be. Faye continues her story, “He worked double shifts in the coal mines of eastern Kentucky. That means he got up in the dark, labored in the dark, and returned home in the dark. At the time he was little more to me than a cough between walls. But I was always familiar with his challenges: betrayals by the greedy coal companies, the union that made improper demands on struggling coal mines, the government that overlooked crooked safety inspectors, and perhaps his own family. He mined coal from the age of nine until the day oil and gas took over the energy market and the miners who had been educated by other unschooled miners, rats, and moles were forced above ground to put food on the table.” Looking at the picture of her brother and sisters on the cover of her book, Faye comments, “This was the one and only story I needed to tell.” Writing the novel began more than a decade ago and moved slowly because her time was spent on a career and family obligations that included husband Sam, adult children Gary, Heidi, and Matt and four grandchildren. Reflecting on the book’s content, she mentions another deterrent, “Sometimes it was too sad and I had to stop and write something happier.” She tells
Faye Solomon Kushner Writing The Time to Run by Joyce Wilburn
This is a gripping story written from the heart. Author Faye Solomon Kushner is a self-described hillbilly from Appalachia and the daughter of an underground coal miner. She grew up in the 1950s when cleaner, less expensive oil and gas devastated the demand for coal and harshly impacted coal mining families. She writes, “The heartache I felt when my father, a miner from childhood with little or no schooling, was forced above ground to provide for our family is the essence of the novel.” Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography.
what happened next, “Recently, my children stepped in. They saw that the novel had to be published and announced that they were going to make it happen. They took over, formed Clover Fork Press in Wilmington, North Carolina, and did it!” Flipping through the pages of the finished product, she remembers that her dad always claimed he could smell the odorless, colorless killer gas known as methane. A mine foreman, he had the responsibility of warning the other miners when to run before an explosion and roof fall. Every character in the novel deals with the challenge or victory of knowing when to run toward or away from
life-defining situations such as leaving a difficult job or marriage or choosing to go to college. “It’s a story of survival, strength and pride. Every character is honored. Although many might not agree, it has a happy ending,” Faye says and closes the book. Finally, after many years writing, editing and rewriting, the work of the Preposition Woman is done. • Meet Faye Solomon Kushner at book signings on Saturday, September 9, at 6:00 p.m. at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History (DMFAH), 975 Main Street; Thursday, September 14, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Reid Street Gallery, 24 Reid Street, Chatham; on Friday,
September 15, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at A La Carte Home Décor, 318 Craghead Street; Saturday, September 16, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Karen’s Hallmark Shop in Danville Mall; Saturday, September 23, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Rippe’s, 559 Main Street, Danville; Saturday, September 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Brewed Awakening, 610 Craghead Street and from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at San Marcos Mexican Restaurant Patio in Coleman Marketplace. • To purchase The Time to Run, visit A La Carte, Brewed Awakening, DMFAH, Karen’s Hallmark Shop; Reid Street Gallery; www.amazon.com.
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SHE SAID by Dena Hill
Do You Like My Hair?
She said He Said
HE SAID
by Larry Oldham
I really can’t win on this Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography one can I? It How dare is sort of like you! When I came home from the when you come in the room and hairstylist during the summer, my ask, “Do I look fat in this dress?” I’m hair had a slight tint of red color likely to be wrong either way. If I say added, just to deepen the brown. yes, then you think I’m saying that It’s not to cover up gray or anything you are fat. If I say no but you like that. You didn’t say anything really do look fat, then I’m not so I surmised that it was so slight being truthful and you will go out you didn’t notice. So the next time, looking like Atilla the Hun. Sooner I had a little more tint added. You or later I’m going to be blamed, still didn’t say anything. Well, by especially if you run into my truthful gosh, I had a lot of tint added last cousin. month and you made a not-so-kind remark. When I reminded you that Back to the hair. I see people all you didn’t notice any difference over town with their hair dyed after the two previous visits, you red, blue, purple, or green and I said, “My mother taught me that have commented several times to if I didn’t have anything nice to you that I don’t think it looks very say, don’t say anything at all.” becoming. Lo and behold here Hmmmm.......you will be reminded you come walking into the house of that many times in the future. with that red tint. I kept my mouth However, you really messed up this shut. You asked the hairstylist to time and now we both have to live streak your hair with red stuff so I with it until my hair grows out. figured you liked it or thought you Not too many people have commented on my hair which says a lot. They must have been raised by your mother. I did see one of your cousins a few weeks ago who was honest and told me that she didn’t like it. She said she liked it more when I was a blond. I must have missed something because I’ve never been blond. Granted, the tints do tend to become lighter as the weeks pass. So how about this: the next time you see a change happening just tell me that you either like it or you don’t and save us both a lot of trouble. Remember how I told you that your big stomach made you look like you were pregnant a few years ago? That’s honesty!
might like it. That was your choice, not mine. Remember, I don’t own you, I’m just married to you. The second time I thought is she just trying to get a rise out of me or did everyone at school tell her how great she looked? I assumed this must be some kind of trick. The third time you came home with red hair, yellow streaks, and just a little bit of brown showing, I thought this must be a challenge, so I told you how I really felt. Seems to me that you would have had some hint three months ago when I told you what I thought about other women’s hair color. But there I go again, thinking like a man. He Said / She Said can be found in Showcase Magazine.
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Renovation Reality Part 17
by Carla Minosh
Unlike HGTV shows where home renovations are completed within 30 to 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.
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s Tom was laying on paint upstairs, I was taking it off downstairs. One of the curiosities we found in the house was a Historic Garden Week Tour guidebook from the 1970s when our house was a featured home. I read in the description how the dark woodwork had been freshly painted for a bright new look. Faced now with the task of removing the paint, I cursed the day that the house was ever chosen for the tour! Taking off the many layers of paint that followed the initial insult was only half of the heartbreak. Not only did it add hundreds of hours of hot and tedious manual labor to the project, working with lead paint and toxic fumes necessitated the use of a special respirator mask and careful handling of the paint chips and lead dust. The most painful heartbreak, however, lay beneath the initial layer of 1970’s paint. What had been covered up could be occasionally glimpsed when layers of heated paint separated, and the original dark and heavy faux-graining could be seen as the base coat over the heart pine woodwork.
Faux-graining was a traditional treatment for Victorian woodwork which allowed an inexpensive wood to be used for construction of trim and wainscoting that was then painted with a base color. A secondary color was applied and combs, brushes, feathers, and even fingers were run through the still-wet second coat to reveal glimpses of the base coat and simulated woodgraining. Often a third color with additional highlights was then added to give further depth and realistic appearance. Most frequently only the public spaces of a Victorian home were given this expensive treatment, while the private spaces were simply painted. In this house, however, no expense was spared and the faux-graining extended to the second floor hallway. After many hours on a ladder in the summer heat with the sweat dripping down my back, the claustrophobia of the mask would overcome me. I’d tear it off and make a mad rush to jump into the glorious cool water of the swimming pool out back. After some time I got better at remembering to pull my cell phone from my pocket first. The woodwork proved particularly challenging to clean because of its deep crevices and abundant detail. Fortunately, I found some tools to help me at a Florida flea market while looking for a new pair of hemostats for my work as an ICU nurse. I discovered a jackpot of used dental tools. After that, I had every tool that would be needed to fit into any fancy trim work I could possibly encounter.
(to be continued)
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HELLO, HEALTH.
Danville Regional Medical Center and Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County are now Sovah Health. It’s time to welcome health in new ways. Your local hospitals are now Sovah Health. Together we are stronger. We’re more than two hospitals—we’re your neighbors, friends and family. We understand this region because we live here, and we’re uniting to serve your needs and nurture the health of our communities for generations to come. From preventative care and specialty care to convenient walk-in clinics and emergency room visits, Sovah Health cares for you during every stage of life. Say hello to caring. Say hello to a healthier you. Say hello to Sovah Health. Learn more at SovahHealth.com.
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Spotting Exceptional Customer Service
The friendly faces at the KFC drive-thru on Memorial Drive are: Patricia Kelly, Tamiyah Marlin, Lashona Myers, Octavia Brown, and Tammy Wet. Not pictured are: Llyashia Blaine, Simone Staples, Quanisha Keene, Connie Walker.
by Lee Vogler
I want to thank the folks who work at Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), 604 Memorial Drive. I’m a fairly regular visitor of their drive-thru window and each time I go the experience is a good one. The ladies working there are always friendly and I mean about as friendly as someone could possibly be. They greet me at the window with a smile and are always polite. On top of all this, the service is fast too! We customers have become somewhat accustomed to sacrificing good customer service for the sake of speed when it comes to fast food. At this KFC, however, I never have to worry. So let me give a tip of the hat to all the employees at the Memorial Drive Kentucky Fried Chicken and especially to the ladies at the drive thru. Kudos! 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.
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Second Thoughts by Kim Clifton ©2017
Knickers in a Knot It’s decided. Men do wear the pants in the family. They’re the only ones who can be fitted. I’ve all but given up on ever buying new khakis. It’d be easier to find a black cat in a coal cellar. Fashion designers either need to be brought to justice or have their lithium levels checked because what they’re putting out there is either criminal or crazy. Let me start at the top and go down to show you what I mean. At my age, I’ll admit that many body parts have dropped, but my waist is where it always was. Too bad my waistbands aren’t. I’m tired of wearing britches that hit below the belt. I hate this year’s fashions but somebody must like them. What they are passing off as slacks are imposters with pretend zippers and pockets. I want real pockets not exact replicas. I don’t just need them for my keys; I need them when I sneeze. I’m one-tissue-in-mycuff away from becoming my grandmother. Trouser legs are really a case of feast or famine. One year they were so wide they’d fit a tree trunk. The next year they were so narrow, I could barely get a leg up, much less a leg in. But the long and short of it is the length. Crops are in style but only because they have been renamed. If your ankles showed in my day you were either a nerd in “high-waters” or the unfortunate victim of a hand-medown disaster. Capris may be the compromise between long pants and shorts, but they really aren’t new either and have more names than Elizabeth Taylor. They’ve been called clamdiggers and knee knockers but the dumbest one of all was pedal pushers. That sounds more like something you’d call a bicycle salesman.
I’m fired up enough about the bottoms but just as upset about the tops. Men have shirts. Women have blouses, tanks, tees and most unfortunate of all…tunics. Tunics are basically repurposed maternity tops. Some are so billowy that it feels like you’re poking your head through a discarded parachute. As awful as they are, what’s worse is that makers won’t decide on the consistent length. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if you’re trying on a long top or a short dress. The ones I detest the most are those with the shoulders missing. That has to have been a mistake. I’ll bet that someone was using the factory’s cutting board, had the fabric cockeyed and overshot where the neck was supposed to go. Rather than admit the blunder, they invented a trend called the cold shoulder. To me that’s the high school shopclass equivalent of chiseling two notches into your failed project and calling it an ashtray. Men have no idea what it’s like to hunt for clothes, whether it’s tops or bottoms. My husband brings jeans and jackets home without even trying them on. He says it’s because he knows his size. I know mine, too, but that means nothing to a rack of clothes. My size can cover more numbers than the red and black squares on a roulette table. It depends on the brand. It depends on the price. I learned long ago that expensive clothes run big. So, I’m not fat. I’m broke. I don’t know why simple has to be so hard. Here’s what I want. I want a pair of pants that start at my waist and end at my feet. I want a zipper that works and pockets that open. I want an end to these outrageous styles. But mainly all I want is someone to cut me some slacks.
Camp Meeting
Remembering Noah. R. Stout (January 23, 1895October 3, 1998)
by Christy L. Hicks Popular in the nineteenth century when new towns cropped up faster than people could build churches, a traveling preacher would often set up a temporary shelter covered in brush and supported by timber. Originally called brush arbor, the gathering became a camp meeting when people traveled for miles to set up camp. The revival lasted days, broken intermittently by food and fellowship. For anyone who would like an old-time experience, visit the Dry Fork Camp Meeting on Johnson Road, held annually in July. There were nights from dimly lit corners I sat watching young men and women whirl about me speaking a language I did not know. The bench beneath me shuddered with the tempo of tambourines and stamping feet. Light bulbs swung precariously from wires, dodging mosquitoes and other August insects. There were nights when the sawdust was fresh and I created highways and hills with my big toe. My bare feet flew lightly over dew-drenched grass to the john….even though I didn’t need to go. There were nights when hands lifted in rapture above radiant faces kindled by Heaven’s flame. Old men and women sat in rocking chairs on front porches clapping hands, tapping feet, and shouting, Hallelujah! There were nights when God poured out His spirit on gospel-hungry hearts. Anointed men preached conviction to dying restless souls and sinners knelt at a hay-bale altar crying remorsefully for forgiveness for their sins. There were nights when Brother Noah breathed Amazing Grace into a mouth harp clutched in a workman’s calloused hands, and I knelt on broken sawdust highways giving God my heart and tears. Note from Christy: Noah lived in the Brosville community. He’d come to our farm when we had outdoor meetings and would transport me to another time and place when he played the harmonica, cradling it in his hand like it was something precious. I was young at the time and while his music inspired a poem, I don’t know a lot about his life except he lived to be over a hundred years old. He’d come to our place, go down in the woods by the creek and dig up herbs. Guess that’s why he lived so long.
Page 10 September 2017 “I’m still your father. Whatever you want to know, just ask me. Don’t rely on myths.” Dr. Bartholomew Corinth, classics professor, father of Anna-Margaret Corinth, aka Mandy Blue Eyes
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week before we were to leave for Ireland on his sabbatical, Papa sold his beloved 1988 navy-blue Ford four-door sedan to a man who said he would give him “fifteen hunnerd dollas” for it while Papa crooked a rueful smile and did the deal. Before then one day we sat in the front seat eating Wendy’s fries and chocolate frosties out of a white, paper bag when Papa said, “Your mother she is just good… (Papa turned his head and looked out the driver’s side window)... but, the world is bigger than Boris, North Carolina, Anna-Margaret, and maybe bigger than just good. I can’t live here so you will never question the world. I am taking you to questions.” I was fifteen. We sat in that navy-blue interior in front of Mother’s and her new husband’s five-bedroom, very comfortable home on an August night, and I looked through the dashboard windshield into that night, stars glittering in the rural North Carolina dark. Papa said he lived too far from where we stayed for his visitations to be viable, and he wouldn’t set foot inside Mother’s and Harold’s good home. So we sat
Myth of My Father fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg
in this old car Papa loved, but sold. Papa told me he had sold everything he couldn’t fly with and that I should do the same. We weren’t coming back, after all. I tried not to think about it. I didn’t know. Some children had bible verses and nursery rhymes, but I had the stories of my father’s ancient Greek gods. That night was no different. Papa wasn’t drunk, but his words were
unsteady. And I knew a myth would follow. Of course, we couldn’t talk about what really was hurting him. “Did you know Cronus ate his young, made Rhea give them up wrapped in swaddling?” (He wasn’t looking at me.) I did know it. “She didn’t want to give them, you know.” I knew that too. I knew all the myths my father told. And still we couldn’t talk about whatever was bothering him, his doubts, my doubts, unless I asked.
And I couldn’t ask Papa anything that would make him sad. We sat in that car, and the headlights of the few passing cars didn’t slow as they passed us. Mother turned the porch light on. It was almost time to go inside. I guess so; it had to be midnight. Papa turned to look at me and grabbed my hand in his, squeezed past comfort as he was lost in some musing of his mind. “My father was like that, AnnaMargaret. And...and...” “Papa, what’s wrong?” He came back to himself, smiled slightly. “Nothing, Anna-Margaret.” He patted my hand, put his other hand on the wheel. A front window curtain moved. Then Papa reached over me to open the door by the inside latch. The overhead, artificial light, came on while Papa looked into the night. “Anna-Margaret, sometimes you have this thing inside that will be great and it needs to be fed too. You can try to starve it, to hold it tight, to do more for others, but it will tear you apart to get out.” A slant of light from a passing car illuminated him for a second. He quirked a smile, quick, not far-reaching, distracted. “Be good, Anna-Margaret.” “Okay,” I said, scared, unsure, but ready to go. I would not know. I would not know until too late that there are no curses that aren’t gifts, but there are no gifts that don’t cost.
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Pittsylvania County
What’s Happening in the Public Libraries
Submitted by Lisa Tuite
Brosville/Cascade • Tuesdays: Needlework 10am. Work on your own projects or get help. • Wednesdays: Wednesdays for Wees, 10am. Stories and more for ages 0-5. • Wednesdays & Fridays: Activate 9am easy exercising to motivate and energize • September 7: Embroidery 5:30pm Learn basic hand embroidery stitches. • September 11: Video Game Day 4:30pm Race against Jonathan in MarioKart! • September 18: Tween Time 4:30pm Join us and 4-H for Rice Krispie fun. ages 9-12. • September 19: Youth Crochet 4:30pm Learn basic stitches; work on projects. • September 21: Book Bingo 6-7:30pm family fun Movie Matinee 2pm. Save the Galaxy! (Part 2) family fun • September 28: Quilting 5:30pm. Learn the basics. Call for supply list.
Chatham • Mondays: Mother Goose on the Loose 11am stories, songs and rhymes for ages 0-3 • Tuesdays: Computer 1-on-1 Help 11-noon. • Wednesdays: Story Time 10am ages 3-5. Computer 1-on-1 Help, 6-7pm. • September 1: Library Card Sign-Up Month Kick-off Party noon-2pm. Crochet 3-4:30pm. • September 7: Friends of the Library meeting 4-5pm. • September 13: Celebrate Storyteller Roald Dahl Day • September 14: 2nd Thursday Discussion Group. Adults discuss big ideas.
South Boston Public Library Submitted by Jay Stephens
• Tuesdays Itsy Bitsy PALS: 12:301:30pm ages birth-2 years PALS: 2:30-4:30 ages 2-8 Tweens and Teens: 4:30-5:30pm ages 8-17 • Second Tuesday: Adult Crafts: 1pm • Second & Fourth Fridays: Art @ the Library 4-5 pm ages 5-17 • Third Friday: Art for Adults 3-5 pm ages 18+
• September 7 & 21 After-School Lego Club Session I 5:30-6:30pm Session II 6:45-7:45pm Grades 3-6 Register at svhec.org/ legoclub. 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
• Third Tuesday: Tea and Book Discussion Group 2:30-3:30pm • Wednesdays: Itsy Bitsy PALS: 12:30-1:30pm ages birth-2 years PALS: 2:30-4:30pm ages 2-8 Tweens and Teens: 4:30-5:30 • Second Wednesday: Adult Crafts at 1 pm • Thursdays: Art @ the Library 4-5pm ages 5 -17
• Third Thursday: Art for Adults: 10am-noon ages 18+ • September 9: Stop by the library’s table at the North Halifax Volunteer Fire Department Marathon. For more information, visit Halifax Public Library, 177 South Main St. in Halifax or www.halifaxlibrary.org or call 434.476.3357.
Gunn Memorial, Caswell County
Submitted by Erica Lowdermilk
• Tuesdays: Bookbaggers ages 6-12 3:30pm • Wednesdays: Lambs and Lions ages 0-5 10am • Thursdays: Teen Time 3:30-4:30pm ages 12-18 Snacks and fun provided. • September 11: Book Club adults 6pm
• September 18: 5:30-6:30pm Writing Group featuring two local authors. For more information, visit 161 Main Street East, Yanceyville, NC or www. caswellcounty.gov/library or call 336.694.6241.
• September 15: Crochet 3-4:30pm. • September 16: Read an eBook Day • September 19: Movie Matinee 4pm Captain Jack Sparrow is back. • September 23: Harley Quinn/ Batman Day • September 26: New Critique Book Group 4-5pm. Read and recommend advance reader’s copies of books. Gretna • Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: Group Fitness 10am. Get fit using library DVDs. Ages 18+ • Wednesdays: Preschool Read & Rhyme 10am. Stories and more for ages 0-5 and their caregivers. • September 5: Bookies Book Club 10:30am The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Homeschool Connection 11am Continue a trip around the world. DIY Craft 5pm Make a burlap wreath. $5 Call to register. • September 7: crochet 5pm All ages and experience levels welcome. • September 12: 2nd Tuesday Recipe Club 5:30pm “Olive Garden” Bring your dish and recipe to share. • September 14: Crochet 5pm All ages and experience levels welcome. • September 19: Talk Like a Pirate
Day…receive a sweet treat. Homeschool Connection 11am • September 21: Crochet 5pm All ages and experience levels welcome. • September 26: Bingo for Books 5pm family fun. • September 28: Crochet 5pm. All ages and experience levels welcome. Mt. Hermon • Wednesdays: Mother Goose on the Loose 10am stories, songs and rhymes for ages 0-3 and their caregivers. • Fridays: Preschool Pals 10am stories and more for ages 3-5 and their caregivers. • September 16: Saturday Family Movie 10:30am • September 18: Knitting 6:30-8pm Learn to knit a “T” sweater with Pat. Supply list available. • September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day History Research Center & Library • September 26: Our Civil Rights: Race and Labor discussion series finale for the season. Opens 6:30pm; program 7-8:30pm. 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: Storytime for ages 0-5: 1111:30am Computer Basics: 11am-12:30pm Maker Lab Open Hours 3-6pm • Tuesdays: Genealogy 101: Getting Started 11am-1pm Book Club @ Westover: Second Tuesdays 11am-1pm Crafter’s Club: 4-6pm • Wednesdays: Storytime for ages 0-5: 11-11:30am Mother Goose on the Loose @ Westover 11-11:30am Computer Basics: 11am-12:30pm Maker Lab Open Hours 3-6pm • Thursdays: Intermediate Genealogy Classes: 11am-1pm Intermediate Computer Classes: 3:30pm-5pm • Fridays: Storytime for ages 0-5: 11am11:30am • September 4: Read It, See It Movie Matinee: Hidden Figures (PG) 11am • September 11: African American
Voices Author Talk: Donna M. Allen 4-5pm • September 18: Maker Monday 5-6pm • September 20: Children’s Program @ Westover 4pm • October 2: Read It, See It Movie Matinee: Everything, Everything (PG13) 11am • October 3: Fall Book Talk Series 5:30pm • October 4: Breast Cancer Awareness Tea 3-4pm • October 5: Alice’s Ordinary People: A Civil Rights documentary screening with filmmaker Craig Dudnick 6pm. 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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Gary BeneďŹ eld, Elizabeth Payne, Leslie Barksdale and Blooper the Danville Braves mascot at the 2016 CROP walk.
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National Parks Adventure now showing at the Danville Science Center Digital Dome Theater a review by Deb Henderson Have you ever been to Shenandoah National Park or the Great Smoky Mountains? Aren’t they lush and beautiful? How would you like to check out thirty other amazing national parks scattered across the country in less than forty-five minutes? Well, you can. Just head to the Danville Science Center’s Digital Dome Theater for a showing of National Parks Adventure. This film has dramatic footage of the mountains, canyons and wilderness in the most beautiful locations in the United States. It also features three very skilled and adventuresome outdoorsy people, as they rock climb, raft, hike, run, and bike. But it’s the scenery preserved in our national parks that is the real star of this show. You’ll view amazing sights like Old Faithful erupting at Yellowstone, Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, the Grand Canyon, Glacier National Park, Arches National Park, Monument Valley, Niagara Falls in New York, frozen waterfalls and ice caves in Michigan, towering redwood forests in California, the Everglades, Acadia National Park in Maine, and countless other parks. Simply jaw-dropping, breathtaking, amazing, stunning scenery! At the Digital Dome Theater, you’ll feel like you’re in the midst of these gorgeous parks and with the thrill seekers. I have to warn you, it can be a little scary as
they climb impossibly steep rock walls and ride mountain bikes way too close to the edge of amazing cliffs. In addition to all that dazzling scenery, animal lovers will enjoy watching young bears as they learn to catch salmon. Apparently it’s harder than it looks. Robert Redford narrates the film providing a little history of the parks, nicely conveyed using old photos. President Teddy Roosevelt was inspired to start the National Parks 101 years ago to protect these national treasures from development and destruction after he visited Yosemite with advocate John Muir. The history lesson is brief but entertaining. Schoolaged children who were in the audience were very enthusiastic about this film and said they thought their friends would like it too. National Parks Adventure celebrates our magnificent national parks and I encourage you to watch it. It’s awe inspiring and may just prompt a road trip so you can enjoy these natural wonders in person. • For more information, visit 677 Craghead Street or call 434.791.5160. Call to confirm times and titles. • Admission to the movie is $6 for ages13-59; $5 for ages 4-12 and seniors 60+. You do not have to be a DSC member to attend the movies.
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September Calendar Abbreviation Key
• AU=Averett University, 434.791.5600 www.averett.edu • CRRC=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. 210 N. Union St. 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. 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. Ballou Rec. Center. 434.799.5216. Zumba Classes – Hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves create a one-of-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 9.3011.30am. 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.
September 1
Science After Dark: DSC 5:30-9pm $5 free for college students
September 2
River City 5k Run/Walk and Kid’s Fun Run: DanvilleRunner.org River District First Saturdays: art, dance and music. Main and Union Streets Danville 10am-2pm free facebook.com/downtowndanville
September 5
Virginia/North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society meeting: Discover your ancestors and their way of life. Danville Public Library 511 Patton St 5:30-7pm
September 6
Shrimp Fest: Danville Community Market 629 Craghead St 5-9pm $40 www.dpchamber.org
September 7 (thru 28)
Throw Paint at Cancer: Thursdays 4-6pm DMFAH free
September 9
Play with Your Food: Hands-on educational activities for children Danville Farmers Market 629 Craghead St 434.797.8961 Ribs, Rhythm, and Blues Jazz Festival: Carrington Pavilion 529 Craghead St 5-10pm ribsrhythmandblues@gmail.com 434.421.0034 Book Signing: Author Faye Kushner reading and book signing of her novel, The Time to Run, available in the DMFAH gift shop. DMFAH 6-8pm See page 3.
Vendor Area for bone density testing, balance tests, senior medical IDs, and more from 9:30am-2pm. Document shredding provided by AARP Virginia in the parking lot from 10am-1pm.
September 13
Fall Bingo: 1-3pm Ballou Recreation Center 760 W Main St Danville free
September 14, 15 & 16
School House Rock Live: AU Violet T. Frith Fine Arts Center 150 Mountain View Ave Danville 7pm/2pm $10 adults, $8 students/senior citizens (60+)
September 14
United Way of Danville Pittsylvania County’s Annual Campaign kickoff: AU North Campus, President’s Suite 707 Mount Cross Rd Danville 5:30pm 434.792.3700 ext 223
September 15
The Kevin Hines Story: Cracked Not Broken: sponsored by Suicide, Education, Awareness and Support Coalition IALR 105 Slayton Ave Danville 8:30am-1pm cgore@dpcs.org Dine on the Dan:The Free Clinic of Danville fundraiser MLK Bridge pedestrian walkway $50 5:30-8pm www.danvillefreeclinic.com
September 16
Ballou Fall Yard Sale: 760 W Main St Danville 7am-12pm $10 to rent a spot 434.799.5216 Knights of Columbus Antique Car Cruise-In: 3777 Westover Drive Danville 5pm donations accepted to benefit charities Climax Ruritan Sorghum Festival: 110 Climax Elementary Circle Climax Rd Chatham 9am-3pm 434.432.9341 Walk to End Alzheimer’s: Ballou Park 760 West Main St Danville registration at 8am ceremony at 9am walk at 9:30am 434.836.4717
September 20
Slips, Trips and Falls: Learn how to reduce the chance of accidents by looking at your environment; Katherine Mize of Liberty Home Health Care. Ballou Recreation Center 760 W Main St Danville 12:30pm free 434.799.5216
September 22
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
Barktober Fest: pet-and-kid friendly event with vendors, music, food and beverages. Danville Community Market 629 Craghead St 6-9pm free 434.799.5150 Canvas & Cabernet: social painting class, pre-registration & payment required. DMFAH 6:30-9pm cash bar/ concession will be available
September 11 (thru 16)
September 23
September 11
Pottery class: Monday evenings, pre-registration & payment required. DMFAH 6-9pm $95/members, $105/ others Call 434.792.5355 to register.
September 12
Fall Prevention Awareness Seminar: Learn about this serious health issue and what you can do to prevent falls Ballou Recreation Center 760 W Main St Danville 11am-2pm $5 includes lunch 434.799.5216. Visit the
Breakfast with the Farmers: Danville Farmers Market 629 Craghead St 9-11am $8 434.797.8961
September 2017 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mutt Strut: charity dog walk www.DAHSinc.com Bright Leaf Hoedown: kids’ activities, car show, arts, crafts, educational and commercial booths, food. downtown Yanceyville, NC 9am-6pm sharon9.caswellchamber@gmail.com 336.694.6106 Riverview Rotary Ducks on the Dan: fundraiser for the Danville Art Trail 10am at the MLK Bridge Ducks are $5 or 5 for $20. Owners of the first 3 ducks over the finish line win a prize. $500;$300;$200 To sponsor a duck visit riverviewrotary.net Tango Buenos Aires: Danville Concert Association Violet T. Frith Fine Arts Center 7:30pm $25/$10 www.danvilleconcert.org
September 24
Run with the Cows 5k: ChinquaPenn trail. one-mile Kids’ Fun Run 2pm. Main event 3pm. The trailhead is located west of 2138 Wentworth Street, Reidsville, NC. $25 before Sept. 14, $30 after. www.chinquapenntrail.org 336.349.5727
September 27
Safety Proofing Your Home from Falls: Ballou Recreation Center 760 W Main St Danville 12:30pm free 434.799.5216
Sept. 29 & 30
Musical Theatre Cabaret: AU Violet T. Frith Fine Arts Center 150 Mountain View Ave Danville 7pm $10 adults, $8 students/senior citizens (60+)
September 30
Fall Book Festival & Anniversary Celebration: featuring local and regional authors Brewed Awakening, 610 Craghead Street 10am-2pm 434.483.2138 Dirty Dan Dash: Danville Community Market 629 Craghead St $55 until Sept. 4 $65 until Sept 27 1pm 434.799.5150 Museum Meets Margaritaville: DMFAH 5-8pm $35 adv/$40 door includes burger, two sides, dessert, one bar ticket, music, and dancing Paws and Claws: Danville Area Humane Society fundraiser music, silent auction, photo booth, beer/ wine cash bar Gentleman’s Ridge Farm 89 Gentleman’s Ridge Rd Blairs 6-10:30pm $35 mail check to P.O. Box 3352, Danville, VA 24543 or visit 996 South Boston Road Danville
Upcoming October 19 (thru 22)
River District Festival: www.riverdistrictfestival.org
For more events see Calendar Clips on pages 12.
The deadline for submitting information for the October calendar is Monday, September 18 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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Book Clubbing A Review by Diane Adkins
Why the Last Capitol of the Confederacy Became a Capital Attraction by Barry Koplen
“A story of dream-building and dreamers who created a momentum that has replaced Danville’s slumber and its laxity with a visionary vigor.” Barry Koplen, former owner of Abe Koplen Clothing and well-known Danvillian, has written an unabashed love letter to the new Danville. In it, he highlights both well-known people of power and influence and the skilled craftsmen who have given new life to historic buildings. The book begins with interviews Photo by of several prominent “leaders, Michelle Dalton Photography visionaries, and concerned citizens,” people Koplen believes can tell the backstory of how Danville’s recovery has taken place. The names are familiar to those who live in the region and in some cases they reveal how power actually is wielded here. Sometimes the interviewees are remarkably frank, as, for example, in the story of how the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research project came to fruition. This behind-thescenes narrative can be fascinating, and perhaps more revealing at times than the interviewees intended. The bulk of the book, however, is about the remarkable transformations of old tobacco warehouse buildings and a Dan River Fabrics Research Building. Koplen is a gifted photographer, and in the end, it’s the photos that tell this story best. The decrepit condition of the buildings in the earlier photos allow readers to see what skilled craftsmen had to overcome in their work. Koplen took 6,500 photos, using just a small percentage of them in the book, but still making it chock-full of pictures. In this process, he got to know the craftsmen well and praised them frequently for the work they were doing. The truth is their craft is often taken for granted, but they warmed to the man who was interested enough to talk to them and to photograph them. As Koplen states, “They just seemed to want someone to know the whole story, the unseen part of it they were proud of doing well.” He introduces us, too, to characters who are not so pleased about his presence on a worksite, and some of his cat-and-mouse exploits add to the tale. Koplen is truly “a cheerleader with a camera.” Despite an awkward, unhelpful, and somewhat misleading title, this book will have appeal for anyone who has watched the transformation of historic buildings into a district with new vitality and appeal—-and wondered how it came to be. Diane S. Adkins spent much of her career working for Pittsylvania County, but nonetheless admires Danville’s accomplishments.
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recent article at wine business.com quotes a winery manager in France as saying, “We seem to be going back to the future. There is a strong emphasis on organics in Burgundy, which is the way we farmed in the past.” On the other hand, Paul Franson, author of “Winery of the Future” in Wines & Vines states, “While a few winemakers have consciously adopted an anti-technology position, most recognize that science and technology Back to the Future movie stars stand in front of the license plate from the Delorean time machine and wait for a sip of garnache and chenin blanc, two wines that will become have led to better wines.” popular in the future. One example he cites is a grape sorting machine that is programed with photographs of desired berries. As berries move past a scanner, the machine keeps those that match the images. Everything else is discarded.
The Wine Spot
Wine Sips/Slips Back to the Future
It seems that the trend toward organic and sustainable growing methods will continue and be aided by technology and science, but what about wine
by Dave Slayton
a member of the Master Court of Sommeliers
consumption? In Wine Spectator’s 40th issue they spoke about the future wine consumption
of Millennials: “No generation of American wine drinkers has embraced diversity more
B
ack in my grammar school days, early September was off-the-cuff public speaking time in class. The theme: “Where my family went on vacation this summer.” A handy visual aid and proof of our sightseeing was a travel brochure picked up at the particular attraction: Tweetsie Railroad, Luray Caverns, Linville Caverns, Grandfather Mountain, Mabry Mill or other places. Showing a brochure was more convenient than having the family car there for kids to see the bumper sticker from the vacation spot. Many of the mountains, caverns, gorges, and falls have had tomes written about them, but having their abbreviated brochures conveniently in hand gave one that knowledgeable CliffsNotes kind of feeling. Then and now I pick up brochures from places where I’ve visited and some from places I will likely never see. (I’ve never seen Rock City, but couldn’t resist its brochure.) Some years ago, when vacationing in
enthusiastically than the one most recently reaching drinking age. They reject a closely defined wine world. They shrug off distinctions among wine, beer and cocktails, folding them interchangeably into their lifestyle. For example, at a Chinese restaurant Millennials have no problem with ordering Prosecco instead of beer or tea with xiao long bao (a type of steamed bun) or sipping a gin cocktail instead of Champagne.” Gin cocktail instead of Champagne? Great Scott! For red wines, Wine Spectator expects Spanish garnacha and tempranillo to continue to gain popularity. For white wines, look for chenin blanc from France (Vouvray) and South Africia to make a comeback and Italian vermentino, already a staple in the Mediterranean area, to become popular. I recently enjoyed vermentino with a lemon pasta seafood dish; it was delizioso! Here’s to good wine in your future. Cheers!
exciting than watching grass grow.
See Cheese Made and/or Eaten by Mack Williams, the North Carolina mountains, I encountered a brochure advertising Ashe County cheese with the invitation to “see cheese
made.” The initial part would be interesting, but then watching cheese age would be even less
My daughter, Rachel, recently brought me bunches of brochures from her trip in the mountains, and son Jeremy carried back lots of leaflets from his trip to Florida. Rachel said the “See Cheese Made” brochures seem to be no more, but due to the spreading of that brand of cheese (pun intended) throughout the foothills, she found and bought the cheese for me! So, concerning that particular Ashe County product, I’ve yet to “see cheese made,” but I have “seen cheese eaten,” and at intimately close range.
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Reflecting Forward Create Your Future by Linda Lemery
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love quotations. Learning from them helps me better understand life. Here are my favorites. I hope readers will find these as thought-provoking as I do. Past and Future Dear Past: Thank you for all the lessons. Dear Future: I am ready. Anonymous Just because the past didn’t turn out like you wanted it to doesn’t mean that your future can’t be better than you imagined. Anonymous The future started yesterday, and we’re already late. John Legend The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson. Anonymous You may have made some mistakes, and you may not be where you want to be, but that’s got nothing to do with your future. Zig Ziglar Pain makes you stronger, tears make you braver, and heartbreak makes you wiser, so thank the past for a better future. Kushandwizdom Learn from history and experience. Lemery Discipline and Future Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to. Anonymous You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. Jim Rohn Disciplined people achieve goals. Lemery Present and Future Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn The future depends on what we do in the present. Mahatma Gandhi
A goal without a plan is just a wish. A. de Saint-Exupery Never plan a future with people who don’t have future plans. Anonymous Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. Jim Rohn Do something today that your future self will thank you for. Anonymous
Everything you need for a better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. Henri Frederic Amiel
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Develop interests and skills that will last a lifetime and will contribute to others. Lemery About the Author: When she’s not reading quotations, Linda Lemery llemery@averett. edu works as Circulation Manager at Averett University’s Mary B. Blount Library in Danville. She welcomes reader comments.
on Danville! Janet Donna Holley • Gibson Owner Owner
Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn Success is in the details. Anonymous Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. Dean Acheson My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life. Miles Davis Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. Anonymous As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Lane Allen Think through the life you want to live. Lemery Other Thoughts about the Future The best way to predict your future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people. Jim Rohn Never let your fear decide your future. HPLyrikz.com The future has many names. For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity. Victor Hugo The reason so many people find it so hard to be happy is that they will always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. Anonymous
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Planning & Planting for Next Spring by Isla Wiles
I Remember Grandma by Peggy Coleman Scantlebury
September 10 is Grandparents Day I was fortunate to have a loving and devoted grandmother in my life. The first thing that comes to mind when I remember her is her apron. When she dressed in the morning, she’d don an apron and wouldn’t remove it until bedtime. One time she and I were swinging on the front porch and I knew she was up to something by the smile on her face. While my cousins played in the yard, Grandma reached into her apron pocket and pulled out some seasoned meat wrapped in a napkin. She had cooked and saved it to snack on. She slipped a piece of it into my mouth and put the rest into hers. There we sat swinging, grinning and chewing. When we finished enjoying our secret snack, she headed into the house, looked back at me, and winked. My cousins hadn’t noticed a thing. Grandma also kept something else in her apron pocket that I didn’t like--her belt. I did not want her to share that with me. I always tried to behave so I would not experience the love of her belt. I attempted to stay close to grandma and her apron at all times. It made sense because I would be the first to see and taste what came out of the pot or oven. The other reason was to stay out of trouble. If mischief
with my cousins was brewing and grandma’s belt had to come out of her apron pocket, I would not be in the midst of it. I am also reminded of her love for sewing and making quilts. Sometimes she made matching dresses and blouses for my mother and me. I always thought they were the finest outfits and took pride in wearing them. I remember the vest she made for her granddaughters to wear in school pictures. Several of my girl cousins and I wore the same vest in all our school pictures. After one had her school picture taken, she’d pass it on to the next. I am reminded of her battle with diabetes and the promises I made not to tell my mother about days Grandma had difficulty with the illness and her hiding sweets from my mother. I told anyway. I remember the prayers she prayed for her children, grandchildren and the generations to come and the prayers she taught me. The memories I cherish most, however, are of her apron and the aroma of her kitchen. These memories have and continue to sustain me throughout my life. Thank you, Grandma.
Autumn arrives on September 22 and that means annual flowers have enjoyed their days in the sun and are headed to the trash or compost heap. They are done-well, maybe not! Although some annuals are selfseeding, others can live and provide beauty again in the spring through cuttings. Gardener Archer McIntire is a master at rooting cuttings for All plants in the (large center) container began as future use. She cuttings, which sprouted roots and were planted. estimates that she has rooted and given away a thousand warm, the cuttings stay outside cuttings. Her favorite way to in sunny locations on her use rootings is in fall containers steps and deck. Once a freeze with mums, ornamental kale, is predicted, Archer moves and asters, where they offer a the rooters holding the jars splash of color. The process indoors where they receive both for rooting cuttings sounds natural and artificial light and easy--cuttings plus water plus ventilation for the duration of container plus light. Typically the winter. While in their winter in October, Archer removes home, most rootings provide green, actively growing stems foliage and color as they grow. from her summer/fall planters. Then when spring arrives, the She has had the most success rootings are ready for planting with coleus, impatiens, and or giving away. Try cutting and begonias, although wandering rooting some of your favorite Jew, variegated Swedish ivy, annuals and be ready for spring Callisia fragrans (Grandpa’s planting. pipe), and Tradescantia spathacea (Moses in the Cradle) • Learn more at Spring to are also part of her cutting/ Green, a day of horticultural rooting endeavors. presentations and learning opportunities presented by After removing the green Danville Master Gardeners stems, she puts them into jars and Virginia Cooperative of water placed in rooters, Extension, on February 3, rectangular containers with 2018, at The Institute for handles that husband Cam Advanced Learning and constructs. (See photo.) The Research in Danville. rooters hold the jars and make • For registration forms and it easy to transport cuttings/ more information, visit www. rootings to lucky recipients. As danvillemastergardeners.org long as the weather remains or call 336.340.1981.
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Save Spinach & Artichoke Skillet Pizza
by Annelle Williams
Sometimes I want something a little different with an unusual flavor or texture. This recipe satisfies both needs and still qualifies as an easy work-or-school night meal. It’s a skillet pizza that cooks best in an iron skillet. If you don’t have one, buy one. You’ll find a million uses for it and it will last forever. I particularly love the option of browning chicken, pork tenderloin, etc. on the stove top and then putting the pan directly into the oven to finish. In this recipe, the skillet doubles as a pizza stone. I encourage you to make the crust, but purchased pizza dough can be used if you’re in a hurry. Once cooked and allowed to rest for a couple of minutes, the cheese firms and the pizza slips out of the pan onto a cutting board. If you let the pan heat as indicated in the directions, you’ll have a nice crisp bottom. You’re going to love this one!
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1 lb. prepared pizza dough* 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup ricotta 1-2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. olive oil, plus more for pan and to drizzle on top of pizza 1 (7 oz). jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained 1 cup baby spinach, stems removed o
Place 10-inch iron skillet in oven and preheat to 500°. After reaching 500 , continue heating skillet for another 15 minutes. Combine mozzarella, ricotta, garlic, salt, pepper and 2 tsp. olive oil. Remove skillet from oven and grease with olive oil using a paper towel to spread. Roll pizza dough a little larger than bottom of skillet. Add dough to greased skillet pressing a little up the sides. Return to oven for about 2 minutes. Remove and spread cheese mixture evenly over top. Add artichokes, spinach, a pinch of salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. Return to oven for about 12 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and crust is browning. Let rest in pan for a few minutes before slicing.
*Pizza Dough
This recipe makes two pounds, enough dough for two pizza crusts. Use half and wrap the remainder in plastic wrap, place in a re-sealable storage bag and freeze. 2 packs instant yeast 1 1/2 cups warm water 2 T sugar
2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup olive oil 4 cups flour (or gluten-free flour)
In a large bowl add yeast to warm water and let it sit for about 5 minutes, until it is bubbly. Add sugar, salt and olive oil. Stir to combine. Add flour, stirring until sticky dough forms. Place in greased bowl, turning once. Cover and let rise about one hour until doubled in size. Knead a couple of times. Questions or comments? Email me: AnnelleWilliams@comcast.net I look forward to hearing from you!
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Photo Finish On Saturday, August 19th, twenty-three local retail vendors participated in the Sixth Annual Summer Bazaar at the Danville Community Market sponsored by Danville Parks & Recreation. See the complete list of participants and contact information on page 23. Captions by Lanie Davis
Adrian and Esther Edmondson sell Paparazzi jewelry.
Ruby Severt and Tonya DeMott discuss Scentsy fragrance products. Shannon Calloway shows off her vinyl and heatpressed items, including bags, shirts, and yard flags.
Becky Lovell makes a purchase from Lizzie W. Green at her Tupperware table.
All photos by Von Wellington. For more info visit www.vonwellington photography.com or call 434.770.3553. See more pictures on Facebook.
Danita Martin talks to Julia Ramsey about discount school supplies.
Proceeds from the sale of scarves like the one Bethany Royster is holding benefit a well water project for Global Hope India.
Wendy Patrick poses with LuLaRoe simply comfortable clothing.
Jocelyn Coles shows Cathy Davis her handmade bridal gowns.
Angela Sanom stands behind her display of Rodan + Fields dermatology-inspired skincare products.
Amie Guill shows Crafty Creations by Amie products to Jean Burks.
Evince Magazine Page 23 Pamela Pruitt proudly displays Mary Kay skin care products.
Michele and Richard Muso admire Susan Feeny’s handmade bags.
Teresa and Buddy Barber talk with Vandelia McGee at the Tupperware table.
Debbie Vernon and Sheila Oakes promote Pampered Chef kitchenware and BeautiControl makeup and skin care.
Amber Marshall and Angie Tate love It Works! skin care products, body wraps, and greens. Dee Purnell sells an assortment of oils, pillows, and jewelry.
Summer Bazaar Participants (listed alphabetically by last name)
• Penelope Barley • Tupperware • penelopebarley@gmail.com • Cindy Buchanan • Damsel in Defense • msbuck3@verizon.net • Shannon Calloway • Thirty One • 434.441.0369 • Nancy Chaney • Initials Inc. • Tuesday3081991@yahoo.com • Jocelyn Coles • Women’s Clothing • info@jocelyncoles.com • Jackie Davis • Healthy Meal and Weight Loss • jd695758@gmail.com • Adrian Edmondson • Paparazzi Jewelry • adrianrcl.32@gmail.com • Jessica Fanin • Monat Global Hair Care • 434.250.9077 • Susan Feeny • Sewn Products • susanfeeny78@yahoo.com • Amie Guill • Creations by Amie • amiescearce@yahoo.com • Stacey Hamlett • Lularoe • tae_tae_65@live.com • Amber Marshall • It Works! • amberhudgins@ymail.com • DaNita Martin • School Supplies • daria3669@yahoo.com • Vandelia McGee • Tupperware • mvandelia@yahoo.com • Sheila Oakes • Pampered Chef and Beauticontrol beatuicontroldivas@gmail.com • Wendy Patrick • Lularoe clothing and homemade soap wendyt427@gmail.com • Pam Pruitt • Mary Kay • pamletsrick@mebtel.net • Dee Pernell • Essential Oils • 434.822.0226 • Bethany Royster • scarves, jewelry • bcr2090@email.vccs.edu • Angela Sanom • Rodan and Fields skin care • arsanom@yahoo.com • Regina Seamster • Lularoe • reginaseamster07@gmail.com • Rudy Severt • Scentsy • rubydubie@hotmail.com • Carmen Spencer • hair bows • nailsbycarmen@gmail.com Caitlin Beam, Sarah Anne Rosher, and Lauren Cornell stop by Nancy Chaney’s Initials, Inc. display of personalized products including bags and sweaters.
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