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Editor's Note
I wanted to interview Thomas Jefferson for this issue of Evince—The Voice of Freedom, but his death in 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made that impossible. It would have been appropriate, however, because the freedom we celebrate every year on July 4th is immortalized in the document he wrote 234 years ago. Jefferson declared all people equal in the Declaration of Independence, but making that a reality continues to be a struggle. Read about one woman’s peaceful fight for educational equality for all in Failure Was Not an Option on page 17. Jefferson believed that an educated mind is a free mind —free of prejudice, misinformation, incorrect assumptions, and bad decision making, The third U.S. president and founder of the University of Virginia educated his mind through formal education and reading books. Following his example, Jane Wiseman has book recommendations for young readers on page 21, because reading for entertainment can gradually transition into more serious topics in later years. Jefferson also thought that the logical companion of an educated mind was responsibility. Read Linda Lemery’s Reflecting Forward for a new perspective on making good choices (page 8). Like our founding fathers, Evince celebrates the ideals of “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Note that we are not guaranteed happiness just its pursuit. Make the pursuit of happiness one of your goals this month (after educating your mind by reading and making responsible decisions). Hopefully, some time soon, you’ll be jumping for joy like Michelle Dalton on our cover, who not only pursued happiness, but found it. Read her story on page 3.
Editor’s Note COVER STORY Michelle Dalton: It’s All about the Love by Larry W. Oldham
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She Said He Said by Dena Hill & Larry Oldham
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Editor Joyce Wilburn joyce@evincemagazine.com (434.799.3160) Associate Editor Larry G. Aaron larry.aaron@gmail.com (434.792.8695)
Spotting Exceptional Customer Service by Christine Baggerly
Second Thoughts Yankee Doodle Daddy by Kim Clifton
Reflecting Forward Be Free, Responsibly by Linda Lemery
Summer Theatre Celebration Comes to Prizery by Mary Eva Cassada
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Christine Baggerly, Mary Eva Cassada, Kim Clifton, Dena Hill, Linda Lemery, Larry Oldham, Telisha Moore Leigg, Joyce Wilburn, Annelle Williams, Jane Wiseman
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11 Around the Table Explosions of Flavor by Annelle Williams
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17 Failure Was Not an Option A Test Case in School Integration by Joyce Wilburn
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Where Can I Find an Evince? 21 Summer Book Suggestions for Young Readers by Jane Wiseman 22 Calendar Clips
On the Cover: Self-portrait of Michelle Dalton. See story on page 3.
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ichelle Dalton is all about the love and for her, photography is love. The combination of love and a passion for photography brings to our area beautiful images in soft light and the mesmerizing outdoor splendor of colors in wedding photos that carry a sense of photojournalism into the old-fashioned world of posed settings. “Every wedding has something unique and I try to find that uniqueness in a photograph. The younger generation does not want the old posed formal wedding photos like those of their parents,” Michelle says, “They want more fun poses, something stylish and different from their parents and something different from their friends’ wedding photos.” She loves the romance that engaged couples reflect and wants to share that in her photos. “Images take you back to a moment in time. What better way to reflect back to the days when you were young and in love and planning your wedding? I try to capture that feeling in my photography,” she explains. Michelle works hard to make grooms feel a part of what their brides are experiencing. She encourages them to joke around and stages different types of poses, so they become caught up not in the picture-taking, but in the positive feeling that comes from being in love and happy at the moment. In her sample wedding albums, viewers will see groomsmen playing cards before the wedding or carrying the groom like a sports star while laughing and enjoying the day. Many couples have come back to Michelle with thanks for making the experience fun. They realize that the smiles, the tenderness, and the warmth of their relationships have been brought to life for others to see forever. Michelle’s unique photography style probably comes from seeing the love her parents shared and observing their creativity. She was a daddy’s girl and often helped her father tend the plants at a local department store, where he was the manager of the garden center. She enjoyed working with her dad in the family’s home garden and frequently saw her mother sew school clothes and paint beautiful flower gardens on the woodcraft created by her father. Born and raised in Danville by Keister and Betty Pruitt, Michelle received her first 35 mm camera at the age of seven and quickly became the family photographer, carrying the camera to every family outing and recording each tradition. Michelle’s long winding path to being a creative
Michelle Dalton It’s All about the Love by Larry W. Oldham
Ryder Mahoney, son of Dr. and Mrs. Mark Mahoney of Martinsville, sleeps through the photo shoot.
photographer started in Chatham at the Bassett-Walker plant where she worked for 14 years. When the plant closed, she enrolled at Danville Community College and earned a degree in nursing. She worked as a LPN for Dr. Tim Hooker for 3 years and for Dr. Ivan Lazo for 6 years. A turning point in Michelle’s career came when Dr. Lazo started advertising in Eddie’s Colyum using the theme “We Love Our Patients.” Michelle photographed the patients whose pictures appeared in the ads and Dr. Lazo hung some of the portraits on his office walls. Soon, his patients were asking if the pictures could be purchased. Because of this success, Michelle left the medical profession in 2009 and became a full-time professional photographer. In addition to weddings and individual portraits, Michelle is
known for her unique photos of babies in unusual settings, featuring nature-provided lighting, which is softer than the harsh lights of the studio. The babies love it because it lulls them to sleep and the parents love it because their children look angelic. That pleases Michelle, because for her photography is all about the love… and it shows. n For more information visit www. michelledaltonphotography.com, call 434.724.2669, or visit the studio at 493 Hunting Hills Road in Danville. n Michelle Dalton Photography is a member of the Professional Photographers of America and the PP of North Carolina. n Michelle is the 2009 Star Tribune Reader Choice Award for Best Photographer winner; Showcase Magazine 2010 Rave Award for Best Photography Studio winner; 2010 Best Photographer Award as voted by the Showcase Magazine readers.
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Testimonials "Michelle Dalton is an amazing person and a phenomenal photographer. She possesses exceptional talent and is an incredible artist. She is very dedicated to her profession and works eagerly to find new ideas for your photo shoots. She is not only very professional but she is also fun and creative. She has photographed family members, close friends and most recently my newborn son. Michelle is a very inspiring person and that shines through in her work. She captures the essence of everything she photographs making it magical. Michelle also takes the time to develop professional relationships with her clients, making them feel comfortable and relaxed. I first met Michelle five years ago when she photographed my wedding and to this day she is still capturing every precious moment that I will cherish throughout my life."
—Laura Alderson
“We fell in love with Michelle and her work when she photographed our wedding almost five years ago. Now she is capturing memories of our baby girl. We adore the way she wants to catch her just being herself. It is obvious that she truly loves what she does through her ability to see something the rest of us have overlooked. We are blessed not only to say she is our photographer, but to count her as a dear friend.”
—Jamie and Amanda
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She Said by Dena Hill
he Said by Larry Oldham
Surprise! Surprise!
Surprise. Surprise. Are you happy?
Isn't it terrific when someone thinks enough of you to plan a surprise party or just a surprise event? No, no, no. I had never met anyone who didn't like surprises, until we moved from friendship to a couple. I considered it a thoughtful, caring sequence of events to call your friends and family, plan a party, and let you unknowingly walk in on it. Now I realize that the only person having fun was me. Why is this? You've said that you hate surprises and you want to know everything that involves you before it happens. You like to be prepared for whatever. The element of surprise on a person’s face is interesting to watch but on your face, it's more like pain. I'm sure there are other people who feel the way you do so please enlighten me. My family lives miles away and we're always surprising each other with an unexpected visit. For my 40th birthday, it was kind of neat to have my office all decorated in black when I opened the door that morning. Comments and good wishes continued throughout the day. You don't even want surprise presents for Christmas or birthdays and that takes all the fun out of shopping. I may as well write a check and hand it to you. When two people know each other as well as we do, I should be able to surprise you with something you'll like, but you want to choose gifts for yourself. Maybe I should stick to basics that you don't like to buy for yourself such as socks or T-shirts. How about a compromise? You can humor me by acting surprised and then return it for something you've had your eye on. After all, life is a game and the object is to make the players happy.
What I read in your ongoing endeavor to make me into the perfect man does not surprise me. I am just surprised that it has taken you this long to admonish me on my inability to act surprised. Do you know how many people in the world fake being surprised when the occasion calls for it? Aren't you surprised that the one man you chose to date, and someday marry, does not want to fit into the same mold as every other man? Does it surprise you that I have taken the liberty of sharing with you that I won't lie or pretend to be surprised when I am not? It should not come as any surprise that I have told you up front-- I am a man who does not like to be surprised. But darling, it still grates on your last nerve that I will not feign surprise or enjoy the ritual of surprise, or will even lie to you and act surprised. Yes I could let you buy me a bow tie, not wear it, and then sneak it back to the store and purchase an item that I really want and surprise you with my new gift that I honestly wanted all the while. Does this surprise you? I am honestly surprised after all our years together that you can still find fault with my need to be told what I am getting as a present. After all, getting what I ask for has always been my greatest surprise. Life is just a game with the object being to make the other person happy. I bet you were surprised to see that phrase used again? I know it surprised me.
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hen I can remember, I know I’m dying. At first, like all, I denied, fought the fire uphill. Now, I know I can’t be fixed like a clock broken, a wire taken away, some cog given back. When I can remember, it’s glorious. When I can’t, it’s glorious. I’m beyond the differences of things now. At Regina’s house, there is a window in front of me, but I no longer know what is beyond it. Before I married in 1960, I was a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse where the grades were divided by the facing of the desks and gingham curtains donated by the Ladies of Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Even at that age, in the first of the year, tender children in soft afros or pressed and curled ringlets came to me and rested their heads on my skirt, clenched fists in the folds and pleats, smelling of Ivory soap and innocence, asking when Mama was coming back. I will miss being a teacher. Before I was a mother, I was a daughter to my mother who lost her memories too like oil down a sieve, who lost my name, my heart, in her pool with no reflections. I don’t tell Regina when she brushes my hair, because I can’t, but I know the feeling of moving fingers through hair, of braiding pain, a soft pacifier for both mother and child. I will miss being a mother and child. Before I was a wife, I was childhood best friend to my next-door neighbor, Theodore. Two years four months older than me. At 14, I threw an ice-filled snowball that chipped his front tooth because he held Rebecca Johnson’s hand at a dance. Theodore became my husband of 34 years; I don’t know now if he wore glasses, if he’s in the room with me, if he’s alive. But I remember how the air felt when he was in the room, like cotton candy and burning wood; I don’t think he’s around anymore, because I don’t feel that anymore. Now, when I could tell my youngest Clarisse what men need to stay, that forgiveness is a branch from a tree that you break off and nurture in a Mason jar, I
Glorious fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg no longer have the grace of mind to tell her. I live in memories I cannot tell. My now is a waiting hall with many doors that open to fog, hope a rope strung beyond pain. Like someone newly unblind, I see too much and time and memory now bring strange offerings. I remember when I was 12, Kevin, my little brother, died. He was 8, a sickly child often weak but laughing. We lived on a sharecropped farm out in Joseph County. In late November, just as the sun pulled over the way, both he and I walked the mile to the North Central School for the Colored. He ran way ahead of me and fell into old man Watson’s well. He had been dropping stones to the bottom. When he fell, there was water in the well. He was wet, freezing, dazed and held on just enough for me to pull him up on the fraying and grayed rope. “Sissy,” he said, disoriented and still in my arms, “I fell and the water caughted me.” He was smiling as his teeth shook, his skin golden and grey at the edges. Of course, he died there at the well although I can’t prove things end at the beginning of their end. What is going to be remembered is that in the winter he caught a cold, caught pneumonia, and breathed his last breath a few weeks later wrapped in the North Star patterned quilt made by my grandmother. Of all the things Mama remembered near her end was that pattern, was not me or Kevin or who she was but
how to make that quilt, what blocks it took, the colors, how she rubbed her fingers across it like she was still tracing her hands on Kevin’s back rubbing in camphor, weaving him back to her. And when she couldn’t make that quilt, as she became worse, sometimes she would stitch her fingers through the night sky on the windowpane in her room, which was my and Theodore’s guest bedroom. She would whisper her words, mumblings of regret. She never said a name, didn’t know me from a grain of sand. I just thought she mumbled Kevin, didn’t want that little boy forgotten. Now I wonder what my traced name will be, what last words I will say still here signifying like a shell washed out by the sound of the sea. We never told Mama he fell in the well or that I let him get too far away. Kevin said not to and I was too scared of rebuke to do it. I had a beautiful first soprano voice and I sang “Peace Be Still” in the clapboard church of his funeral, all the breaths collective and rising like an offering because air whistled through the chinks in the wood, even as the wood stove in the corner breathed fire. Mama sat in her black, holding that quilt for comfort and I sang to her, high and unfettered. I sang to Mama keeping my secret of the well, and falling, and looking into Mama’s eyes, peaceful and untroubled except by trouble, my little secret locked inside. Sometimes I sing my leaving spirit now, lower notes strung together like sweet bees in a hive, notes that now make Clarisse weep in her hands, make Regina hold me close. They want me to stop singing my mother’s songs as their daughters will want them to stop singing mine. Sometimes I am awake here when the sun rises and I see light, pure and unconcerned with where it goes. Regina puts me in the living room; there is a window in front of me, but I no longer know what is beyond it.
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To encourage exceptional customer service, the Dan River Hospitality and Travel Committee of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and Evince will recognize those who give it. When you experience exceptional customer service, tell us about it in 300 words or less. Include your name and phone number. Email your story to joyce@evincemagazine.com or visit www.dpchamber.org; click What's New - Customer Service Award Nomination.
Spotting Exceptional Customer Service
by Christine Baggerly My husband and I were in the market for a mortgage because we sold our house and intended to purchase a condo. Of course, I checked several banks in the area as well as some on-line lenders to compare rates and fees. Katie Smith at First Citizens Bank on Collins Drive quoted us a comparable rate and very competitive fees. Based purely on the numbers, we selected First Citizens. Little did we know that the competitive numbers were just the beginning of the First Citizens advantage. Katie delivered absolutely exceptional customer service throughout the process. She was incredibly organized, gave us very clear instructions and a realistic timetable. We completed our application and had a good faith estimate by the end of the day. Katie obtained all the information she needed at the initial meeting and sent it to the underwriters. First Citizens was ready to close within three weeks. But wait, it gets better. The lawyer’s office did not call with the settlement amount in time for us to get a cashier’s check for closing the next day. However, Katie called as soon as she had the figure. It was ten minutes to five. Knowing we could not possibly get the check in the next ten minutes, Katie offered to get the check and deliver it to the lawyer’s office before our 9 a.m. closing the next morning. Furthermore, she gave me her cell number in case we had any questions about the settlement statement. Now that is outstanding customer service! Thank you, Katie.
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Yankee Doodle Daddy “Man. That one’s got yellow and green in it. Did you see that?” he asked. “Whoa! That was loud. Did you hear that boom?” I did. And I still do. It was July 4, 2001. My father was calling me from his hospital bed. He was watching the fireworks through the window and giving me a play-by-play over the phone. I hadn’t gone to see the fireworks that evening, even though I usually do. I was just too tired. I’d spent the previous six weeks helping both parents recuperate from surgeries. It was close to 9 p.m. when I’d left his room. Holiday or no holiday, I was ready to call it a night. Besides, I knew I’d go with him next year anyway...when he felt more like it. When we both did. Daddy loved everything about the 4th, especially the music. Listening to the patriotic concert at The Crossing always made him cry. Me, too, but for a different reason. When
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the band struck up Anchors Aweigh and he stood as a Navy veteran, I was fighting back the tears myself. He loved that we had big neighborhood picnics at my sister’s house for family and friends. There were hamburgers and hot dogs with all the fixings. There were freezers of homemade ice cream and watermelon sliced into quarters. In my mind’s eye, I can still see it all. I see my grandmother sitting on a picnic bench shooing flies from the cole slaw; my nephews and their friends playing tag; a yard littered with discarded croquet mallets, baseball bats, and badminton rackets. I see chaise lounges and card tables decorated with red, white and blue balloons.
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Time has quieted so many of the voices, but I can also still hear the laughter. And I can still hear the reactions when the colorful bursts of light shimmered in the dark sky. For some, it’s only a holiday…this 4th of July. It’s easy to forget we’re only free from work because centuries ago patriots devoted their lives to free us from tyranny. It’s easy to forget we still have patriots who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice and that there are so many who’ve loved this country more than self. Like my dad. I had no way of
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knowing on July 4th that I’d lose him on July 13th, which makes this holiday hard for me. My father didn’t get to eat a hot dog on his last Independence Day. He didn’t get to sit at a picnic table decorated with balloons. He had only a meal tray with a flag placemat under a bowl of clear broth. On his last 4th, he didn’t get to hear the music and stand to be recognized when it was his time. But he did get to see the fireworks. And in my heart, I did too.
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Reflecting Forward Be Free, Responsibly by Linda Lemery about ourselves, such as eating meals out because we haven’t planned for them at home, or buying items on a whim without saving the money beforehand. We often buy items we want rather than need. I would never say, “Stop buying.” Instead, I’m saying “Buy responsibly.” Our society promotes gratification via electronic transaction. However, that has its challenges. A personal example: I probably don’t need a closet
full of purses. As cute as they are, nobody sees them in the closet, plus they take up space. Furthermore, I must cure my disease of not writing my debit transactions in my checkbook or else monitor the account on-line to avoid an overdraw. With credit cards, if we don’t pay the balances in full every month, we pay astronomical finance charges. This puts us further in debt, because the money being applied to
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This month we Americans will celebrate our freedom. I’m grateful to live in a country where we have more choices than we might have elsewhere. We just have to be willing to work hard to make the most of those choices, to be ready when they materialize. Some of those choices require time, energy, and money investments. For example, if we want to become nurses, lawyers or landscapers, we must invest in order to gain the skills, the knowledge, and the credentials to exercise our freedom of choice to enter those professions. Our training may not occur on our anticipated timeline; instead, we may have to persist through various institutional, family, and financial application cycles to meet our goals, especially during these difficult economic times. A future career is one very good reason to invest time, energy, and money (by investing money, I mean either investing savings or taking out loans to pay for educational costs). Other good reasons include buying a home or investing in transportation to travel from home to work. Now, there are also poor reasons for going into debt. Some examples? Impulse buying to make us feel better
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paying off interest (the cost of borrowing) cannot be spent on reducing the actual debt (the principal). So, freedom of choice does not mean being free of responsibility. We have to take responsibility for our personal, professional, and financial actions. Perhaps, this has never been truer than now, with our country running a trillion dollar deficit and banks still struggling to recover from irresponsible lending practices. Sometime during this month of celebrating our country’s freedom, celebrate your own freedom by looking at your financial picture, and if appropriate, developing a plan (with incremental time deadlines) to reduce or eliminate debt. By doing this, you’ll increase the choices open to you over time, choices you and I can’t even dream of right now. Exercising careful financial choices is one method of recognizing and celebrating our independence. Let freedom ring! Linda Lemery works at Mary B. Blount Library at Averett University in Danville. Editor’s Note: Attend the YWCA’s Financial Freedom classes from July 12 through August 16. See page 15.
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The Prizery's brassy summer musicals star up-and-coming professional performers: Jesse Graham, Hannah Seymour, and Elizabeth Telford. Photo by Dianna Allen Portrait Design
The Prizery’s Chastain Theatre in South Boston is in the midst of a bold new professional Summer Theatre Celebration. Director Chris Jones is presenting three bright, family-friendly, Broadwaystyle musicals with ambitious young professionals culled from around the Southeast. Dames at Sea, a loving tribute to all the corny 1940’s musicals, opened in late June and will close on July 3. All Night Strut opens Thursday, July 8, with a special, free preshow reception featuring the cuisine of Berry Hill Resort’s Executive Chef Kurt Vogel. The musical is a joyous trot through the music and dance of a jazzy, hip 1930's and 40's America. The two-act play struts through the Depression, World War ll and the post-war boom and then touches on the funky jive of Harlem and the romance of the Stage Door Canteen. It reviews jazz, blues, bebop and classic song standards that make the heart sigh, the spirit soar and the toes tap. The audience will swoon to the great old songs by legendary composers Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Cab Calloway and the Gershwins. All Night Strut runs for eight shows ending Friday, July 16. Opening Thursday, July 22, for a whopping 14 shows is the perennial favorite, Annie. Two local girls alternate the starring role and two casts of mischievous little orphans provide double the opportunities for area children to work with professionals and learn from them. Annie ends on August 7.
Summer Theatre Celebration Comes to Prizery by Mary Eva Cassada
South Boston’s Ginny Bogart is designing and making many of the costumes for All Night Strut. She found in the depths of her old Victorian home yellowed advertisements from local dress shops and department stores from, as luck would have it, the 1930s and World War II era. She and a crew of seamstresses are whipping up stunning, one-of-a kind wardrobe ensembles. With toe-tapping tunes and upbeat themes, the musicals are sure to win ovations from local crowds, but Summer Theatre has additional aspirations: nurturing young talent, buoying the quality of life, stimulating the economy, enhancing tourism, and putting Southern Virginia on the cultural map. With multiple shows and affordable tickets, Summer Theatre is relying on an influx of fun-lovers from outside the
immediate area in addition to enthusiastic local support. Tourism Director Linda Shepperd believes business and pleasure travelers now will have another reason to linger in the area, stay the night, dine and shop. “It’s such a great complement to what we already have,” she says, citing lakes and racetracks, festivals, weddings and the other attractions that lure visitors to Halifax County. Mike Sexton, Executive Director of the Industrial Development Authority of Halifax County, sees another benefit. “In addition to the obvious impacts to our hotels and restaurants, the Summer Theater Celebration offers us a unique opportunity to cultivate more than 20 ambassadors for Halifax County. These professional actors and technical people will be living in our community for nearly three months and if we do our job correctly, when the leave, they will tell others about the wonderful experience they had while working here,” he says. Performances are held on weeknights, weekends, and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 700 Bruce Street in South Boston. Ticket prices start at $5 for youth and $12 for adults. Senior discounts are available. To reserve seats or for a schedule, call 434. 572.8339 or visit www.prizery.com. The Prizery receives support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginia Tourism Corporation.
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Explosions of Flavor by Annelle Williams
Find more recipes, on my blog: http://aroundannellestable.blogspot.com/
Fireworks won’t be the only thing lighting up your 4th of July picnic. Stuffed and grilled jalapeños have a flavor explosion in every single bite. It would hardly be July 4th without burgers and dogs, but they don’t have to be your everyday, run-of-the-mill variety. Kick everything up a notch or two as Emeril would say. Begin with fresh sweet corn. Peel back the shucks leaving them intact; remove the silk; pull up the shucks and soak for an hour or two or even all day. Prepare a medium-heat grill (plenty of charcoal, probably a second chimney full). Place corn directly on grill, close the lid and cook, turning occasionally for 30 to 40 minutes. After corn steams, it will begin to caramelize adding even more sweet flavor. Remove corn from grill to sheet pan, remove and discard shucks, brush corn with melted butter mixed with fresh lime juice, smoky paprika, sea salt, freshly ground pepper and a little grated Parmesan. Cover sheet pan with foil and hold in 225° oven until ready to serve. Choose your favorite hot dogs either sausage, chicken or beef, and grill them over medium heat. Brush the inside of the buns with butter. Grilling the bun makes all the difference in a good hamburger or hotdog. To take your hamburgers and hotdogs over the top, add Cheese- Stuffed, Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Jalapeños. They’re absolutely delicious and the ultimate condiment, adding that 4th of July explosion of flavor you’re craving. For juicier burgers, add some sautéed onions, BBQ sauce, an egg, salt, pepper, and grated cheese to the meat. Toss together with forks. Avoid compacting too much when making patties. Chill patties until ready to grill. Place patties on medium-heated grill. Do not press down with spatula. Cook about 3-4 minutes per side, turning once. Serve on grilled buns with condiments.
Cheese-Stuffed Bacon-Wrapped, Grilled Jalapeños 8 jalapeno peppers 1 tsp. extra virgin olive oil 8 oz. Monterey Jack cheese, small dice 8 cherry tomatoes 4 strips bacon, microwaved about 4 minutes, until about half-done 4 (12 inch) bamboo skewers Soak bamboo skewers in water for about 30 minutes before using. Cut off the stem end of the peppers and
with a small paring knife loosen the ribs and scrape out the ribs and seeds, leaving the pepper intact. (The seeds and ribs are the hottest part of the pepper.) Add olive oil to a small sauté pan and over medium heat sauté the outside of the peppers just until they begin to blister, only a couple of minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Stuff as much cheese as you can into the peppers and thread
a stuffed pepper onto a soaked skewer beginning with the closed end. Follow with a cherry tomato, pushing it down to plug the top of the pepper and hold the cheese. Put two stuffed peppers and two tomatoes on each skewer. Wrap peppers with partially cooked bacon, using toothpicks to secure. Use one strip of bacon for each skewer. Grill for several minutes over medium heat, turning until bacon
has finished cooking and cheese is melted. Remove from skewers. Eat as appetizers or use as condiments for hamburgers and hotdogs.
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EES To Open a New High School in September 2011 Photography by Lauren Moore of Melton Photography
July 1, 2010…Father Sam Colley-Toothaker made two important announcements, “I am delighted to confirm that EES will begin opening a college preparatory high school next September, 2011 starting with the ninth grade. Then in each September 2012, 2013 and 2014, we will add the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.” “In September 2012, we will also open the new EES Athletic Facility pictured in this message.” This past May, 2010 we graduated three 8th graders. Sadly they had to leave EES because we do not yet have a 9th grade; however, that is the last time this will happen! From now on, our students will be assured they can remain at EES all the way through high school. Opening a high school will fulfill the number one request of our parents. Parents have emphasized how much they need a genuine college preparatory high school that develops each student’s full potential and prepares them to be competitive as they enter college or university. Moreover, parents have stated their strong preferences for raising their high school age children in their own community rather than having to send them off to a boarding school with the associated higher costs than day school.
EES Headmaster Father Sam Colley-Toothaker with his best pal Solomon, a two-year old chocolate lab.
Our student body is growing much faster than many people believed possible. This growth will be sufficient to support a high school. As I write this in June, I see we have at least ten 8th grade students for this September, 2010 compared to the three 8th graders this past year. We already have thirteen 7th graders coming in September 2010. This shows we will have ample students for the new 9th grade next year and the 9th and 10th grades in 2012.
The more EES grows the more it will grow! Just as we envisioned, the larger our parent group becomes, the more new parents and prospective parents are drawn to visit EES. In our open house information sessions for prospective parents held between February and May, we have met over 50 parents whom we did not know before February 2010. Most of their children are already enrolled for September. Today we have more than doubled our parent population since last summer.
In fact, all of our grades are growing rapidly. Today I see nearly 90 students already enrolled for this September. Traditionally we get the largest number of new admissions in July and August just before school opens September 1. Last year we had thirty-one new admissions in July and August alone. With ninety students already for September that means we have ten times more students in EES than we did just 2 years ago in September 2008 when the new school opened with only nine students! Clearly this growth shows there is a real need for a school that so strongly delivers individual attention to each student in a safe, nurturing and motivating educational environment.
All of this bodes well for our future as a school for Pre-K through High School.
And kindergarten through 6th grade are all showing the same growth rates as 7th and 8th grades! In March, we announced a new school for 3 and 4 year Pre-K students. We promised an outstanding Pre-K curriculum that would be nothing like traditional daycare centers. By the end of May – nine new children have enrolled for this upcoming September. They will be immersed in Spanish-speaking classes, just when languages are most naturally learned. They will be taught literacy skills, mathematical concepts and the arts. Think how ready for kindergarten they will be! So our Pre-K program is having the very same high acceptance as our K-8th grade program.
New Playground opening September 2011. You will see on the facing page an artist’s model of our new playground and athletic facility which will also open in September, 2011, just when our new 9th grade opens. The second most often requested improvement is for a playground of this type for all grades. As an inner city school, we are blessed with classroom facilities which can properly educate up to 250 students, but we simply did not have the open land available for an athletic facility of this scope. This new facility is located only 10 minutes from EES and will become a wonderful activity center for our school. (In late May we took the entire student body to visit it for the first time. What an exciting afternoon they had running the fields, through the woods, truly blowing off their youthful steam!) We believe these two, big new developments…A high school and a proper athletic facility are evidence that success begets success at EES. I don’t think there is more rewarding work than offering great educations to our young people. And in this case our success at EES is coming on FAST!
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This shows what our new athletic facility will be like. We can play soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, baseball, softball, T-ball, tennis and cross country when it is finished. The new EES playground is located no more than 10 minutes south of EES on Shady Grove Road in Providence, NC. In June, we appointed Kelly Brande, as Athletic Director. Miki Compson is the head of our Parent’s Playground Committee. She’s responsible for the development of this athletic facility. Kelly Brande will plan our athletic activities.
July is the time to apply for admission to EES for September Last summer proved that the months of July and August are our busiest two months for new student admissions. This year we have had 9 transfers since January 2010 and an additional 33 new students have applied for admission in September. So you can see EES’s classrooms are filling up fast! We have openings in Pre-K (3 and 4 year-olds) and in Kindergarten through 8th grade. But please,
if at all possible, don’t wait until August to apply. We expect a rush of applications and need to know as early as possible if your children want to come to EES in September. If you believe your children would benefit from a safe, caring environment which develops children to their full potential…Call us now. As you know, both the states of Virginia and North Carolina have had to sharply
115 Jefferson Avenue • Danville, Virginia • 434.792.4334 www.epiphanydanville.org If you know parents who you believe would prefer our school for their children, please give them this message. Perhaps they haven’t heard of EES.
reduce their school funding for the upcoming school year which clearly means larger class sizes and less individual attention. EES maintains class sizes of no more than 10 students per teacher. This much smaller class size combined with the fact that most of our faculty have Master’s degrees, helps explain how EES students are clearly advantaged and individually developed. Please call us at (434) 792-4334 for an appointment so you can gain the important information you need to determine if EES will be better for your children. We’ll show you our school, our superior curriculum, our teacher qualifications and the principles we live by. We’ll connect you with current EES parents. From them, you can gauge whether EES is better suited to your children’s needs.
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July Calendar Ongoing
Guided Walking Tour – Danville’s Millionaires Row See ad page 9.
Through July 3
Dames at Sea. See ad page 10.
Through August 22
Danville Museum Exhibits. See ad page 19 and story page 22.
Through September 6
Science Exhibits – Hatching the Past & Birds of the Riverwalk. M-S 9:30 am–5 pm: Sun 1–5 pm. Danville Science Center – 434.791.5160.
Through September 18
Messages from the Mesozoic Exhibit. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 276.634.4141.
Through October 16
Butterfly Station & Garden. M-S 9:30 am–5 pm: Sun 1–5 pm. DSC – 434.791.5160.
July 1 (thru 22)
All Media Studio Class – Painting, drawing, sculpting, clay, portraiture or mural production. 9-11 am or 6-8 pm. Ballou Annex Building. 434.797.8848.
July 1 (thru 25)
Danville Braves Baseball. Dan Daniel Memorial Park. See ad page 10.
July 1 (thru 29)
Fitness for Older Adults, Ladies & ABSolute Fitness. Tues/Thur, 9–11 am; Ladies 10 am–12 pm; ABSolute Fitness 10:30-11:30 am. City Armory. 434.797.8848. Aquacize – Aerobic workout that is easy on knees, ankles and other joints. Thursdays 8:15 am. YWCA. 434.797.8848. 57 Express Bluegrass Concert. Thursdays 7 pm. Community Center, Chatham – www.chathamcares.org.
Live Bands & DJ Music. Wed-Sat. Back to Bogies – 434.791.3444.
July 2
First Friday Art Walk – Visit art studios, meet the artists, 5-7 pm. Studio 107, Martinsville – 276.638.2107. Friday at the Crossing – Da Throwback Band. See ad page 7. Cruz-In. 6:30 pm. Roxboro Commons. 336.364.2760. Community CampFires – Enjoy a campfire with music and storytelling. 7-9 pm. Mayo Lake, Roxboro. 336.597.7806. July 4th Dance. 7:3010:30 pm. Ballou Center. 434.799.5216. July 4th Fireworks 9 pm. Person High School, Roxboro. 336.597.1755.
July 2 (thru 31)
Auto Racing. South Boston Speedway – 1.877.440.1540.
July 3
Patriot Challenge 5K & 10K. 7-11:30 am. Angler’s Park. 434.793.4636. DRBA’s First Saturday Outing – Paddle on Talbott Reservoir in Upper Dan Valley. 10 am. – 336.337.8843. Bob Ross Painting Class – Seascape. 10:30 am–3:30 pm. Ballou Annex. 434.797.8848. Gretna Bluegrass Festival. 4-10 pm. Elba Park - Gretna. 434.656.6572. July 4th Celebration. 4-10 pm. Crossing at the Dan. 434.793.4636.
July 5
July 4th Parade. 10 am. Uptown Roxboro. 336.599.8317. Acting Classes – Acting Up for ages 4-7, Act I and Act II for Kids & Teens. 434.791.4091.
July 5 (Thru 28)
Better Health for Pre-Teens. M/W. YWCA – 434.792.1522.
July 6 (thru 27)
African Dance Ensemble – Learn African Dance. Tues 6-7:30 pm. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.
July 6 (Thru Aug. 10)
Belly Dancing & Zumba Classes. Tuesdays. belly dancing 5:30-6:30 pm. zumba 6:45-:745 p.m. YWCA – 434.792.1522.
July 7
Senior Bowling Tournament. 10 am-12 pm. Riverside Lanes. 434.791.2695.
July 7 (thru 28)
Guitar Basics Class – Wednesdays. Youth ages 5-17, 5 pm. Adult, 5:30 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.
July 7 (thru 28)
Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore Series – Eugene Onegin, La Boheme, Turandot & Carmen. Wednesdays, 6:30pm. Danville Stadium Cinemas – 434. 792.9885.
July 8
Bob Ross Painting Workshop – Seascape. 10 am–3:30 pm. Piedmont Arts, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.
July 1 (thru 30)
VMNH Summer Camps. topics/times/ages vary. Martinsville – 276.634.4185.
July 1 (thru 31)
Summer Sports Camps – soccer fitness, basketball & running. Ages 6-14. 9 am12 pm. YMCA – 434.792.0621. Fitness Classes – spin, zumba, aerobics, plyometrics, Pilates, yoga and strength classes. YMCA – 434.792.0621. Swimming Lessons. ages/times vary. YMCA – 434.792.0621.
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Walk the Labyrinth. 6-8 pm. YWCA – 434.792.1522.
July 8 (thru 16)
All Night Strut. The Prizery See ad page 10 and story page 9.
July 9
Fundraiser Dinner – chicken breast dinner. Eat-in or takeout. 5:30 pm. American Legion Post 1097. 434.793.7531. Jazz on the Patio See story page 22.
July 9 & 23
Danville Shag Club Dance – Great music and dancing. 8-11 pm. The Dance Space. Summer Movies in the Park. 8:30-10:30 pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5215.
July 10
Family Park Days. 10 am. VMNH – 276.634.4185. Little Miss Danville Pageant. Ages 5-8 years old. 434.251.8553
July 10 (thru 24)
Stained & Fused Glass Classes. 10 am-12 pm. Piedmont Arts. 276.632.3221.
July 10 (thru Aug. 28)
PAA Exhibit – Homelands: Portraits of Ireland and Israel by Gordon Wetmore In the Eclipse of Angkor. Piedmont Arts, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.
July 12 & 13
Tie Dyeing for Kids. Ages 9-14. 9-11 am. PA 276.632.3221.
July 12 (thru 16)
Classes For Kids - Little Chefs (ages 4-7) ; Painting: Masters of The Renaissance (ages 9-12). 9 am. The Prizery – 434.572.8339. Water, Water, Everywhere Explore water features and the water cycle, listen to stories, sing songs, make crafts, float boats, and even get wet feet. Ages 3–5, 9:30 am-12 pm; Ages 5–7, 1:30–4 pm. DSC 434.791.5160. Stained & Fused Glass Classes. 10 am-12 pm. PA 276.632.3221. Elements of Art Class. Ages: 7-12 years. 10 am-1 pm. DMFAH – 434.793.5644.
July 12 (thru 26)
Boogie Monday – rumba. Mondays 7-8:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.
July 12 (thru 29) The Masonic Temple, corner of Main Street and Union Street, circa 1901.
STEMulating Summer Camps – Engineering Camp, Biology Camp, Nano
Evince Magazine ThingRoboCamp, Geographical Information System GIS Camp, RoboCamp & Animation Camp. ages/times vary. Institute for Advanced Learning & Research – 434.766-6725.
July 12 (thru Aug. 6)
Outdoor Adventure Camp – kayaking, canoeing, fishing, rock climbing, archery, disc golf, hiking, creek walks, nature studies, a trip to Fairy Stone State Park and more. Ages 9-14. Ballou Park. 9 am5 pm. 434.799.5215.
July 12 (thru Aug. 16)
Financial Freedom Class. 5:30-7:30 p.m. YWCA – 434.792.1522.
July 13
Memory Walk Kick-Off Party. The Brown Bean. 434.973.6122.
July 13 (thru 27)
West African Dance & Drumming Class - Tues 4:30-6 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.
July 13 (thru Aug. 21)
Zumba Fitness – Hypnotic Latin rhythms create a oneof-a-kind fitness program. Tues 6:30 pm-Coates Center. Wed 6:30 pm/Sat 10 am-Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.
July 15
Kayak Trip – Dan Daniel to Anglers Park. 6-8 pm. 434.799.5215. Enchanted Evenings in The Park – Bring chairs, blankets and relax and enjoy the midevening fun. 6:30-8 pm. Ballou Park. 434.793.4636.
July 15 (thru 17)
Annie. Carrington Pavilion. See ad page 16 and story page 22.
July 15 (thru Aug. 23)
Zumba Revolution – Hypnotic Latin rhythms create a one-ofa-kind interval training fitness program. City Auditorium. Th/M 5:30 pm. 434.797.8848.
July 16
Golf for the Arts – Benefit for Piedmont Arts. 9 am & 1:30 pm. Chatmoss Country Club. 276.632.3221. Just Everyday Women, Walking by Faith. 11 am– 1 pm. Mary’s Diner. 434.793.8140.
July 16 & 17
Truck & Tractor Pull. Danville Pittsylvania County Fairgrounds – 434.822.6850.
July 17
Biscuit Bolt 5K Run/Walk. 8-11:30 am. Crossing at the Dan, Pepsi Building. 434.799.5215. Langhorne House Exhibit See story page 22. Dog Wash – Danville Area Humane Society. 9 am12 pm. Farmers’ Market. 434.799.0843. Young Friends of VMNH. 2-8 pm – 276.634.4185. Third Saturday Stroll. 3-7 pm. Studio 107, Martinsville. 276.638.2107. YMCA Crab Feast. 4:308:30 pm. Danville Community Market. 434.792.0621. Cruise In. 5-8 pm. Uptown Martinsville, Church St. 276.632.5688.
July 18
Avant-Garde Writers. 2 pm. Averett University Library. 434.251.1062.
July 18 (thru 22)
Mrs. USA Pageant See story page 22.
July 19 (thru 23)
Things That Move You Learn about force, motion and energy. Ages 8-13, 1–4 pm. DSC - 434.791.5160. Civil War Camp - Learn what life was like - camp, medical practices, drills and more - during the Civil War. 9 am-12 pm. DMFAH – 434.793.5644. Creepy Crawlies - Focus on the insect world. Ages 3–5, 9:30 am-12 pm; Ages 5–7, 1:30–4 pm. DSC 434.791.5160.
July 20
Alzheimer’s Presentation – Know the 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease – Early Detection Matters. 12–1 pm. Craghead Street. 434.792.3700 x237.
July 20 (thru 23)
Oodles of Doodles Art Class. Ages 4-6 years. 10 am-1 pm. DMFAH – 434.793.5644.
July 20 (thru Aug. 24)
Life Drawing Class. 6:308:30 pm. DMFAH – 434.793.5644.
July 21
Summer Camp Play Day – Crafts, games, water activities and more. 10 am-3 pm. Crossing at the Dan. 434.797.8848.
July 22
Zac Brown Band Concert. 6-11 pm. Carrington Pavilion – 434.793.4636.
July 22 (thru Aug. 7)
Annie. The Prizery See ad page 10.
July 23 & 30
TGIF. 7/23 - Backstreet Band. 7/30 - Casper Band. 7-10:30 pm. Uptown Martinsville 276.632.5688.
July 24
Meet the Author Johnnie Fullerwinder. See page 17.
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Blistering Heat Bowl. 9 am- 2 pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5215. Reptile Day Family Festival. 10 am-4 pm. VMNH – 276.634.4185. Chatham Cruise In. 5-9 pm. Main Street Chatham. 434.548.3233
prize $1000, recording time at Studio 99, Ipod, and much more. Proceeds benefit PATHS (Piedmont Access to Health Services). 10 am-2 pm. Health Centers of the Piedmont: 7/31-Martinsville, 8/7-Chatham & 8/14-Danville. 434.791.3630.
Mornings with the Masters Class. Ages 7-12 years. 9 am-12 pm. DMFAH – 434.793.5644. Science on the Ground Learn about dirt, rocks, plants and other things beneath our feet. Ages 3–5, 9:30 am-12 pm. DSC - 434.791.5160. Earth Gone Wild - Learn about volcanoes, earthquakes, tidal waves and extreme weather. Ages 5–7, 1:30–4 pm. DSC - 434.791.5160. Amusement Park Science - Explore the many ways that physics affects daily lives and how physics is used to create the most exciting ride in the park Ages 8-13, 9:30 am-12 pm. DSC - 434.791.5160.
August 1 (thru 31)
July 26 (thru 30)
Upcoming Events Danville Braves Baseball See ad page 10.
August 6
Friday at the Crossing See ad page 7.
August 7
Main Street Cruise-In. 434.791.6813.
July 26 (thru Aug. 30)
Belly Dance Classes – Intermediate, 5:30 pm; Beginning, 6:45 pm. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.
July 27 (thru 29)
Outdoor Specialty Camp – Coastal Adventures, Hammocks Beach State Park, NC. Ages 9-14. Ballou Nature Center. 9 am 434.799.5215.
July 29
Girls Meet Women – Middle school & high school age girls will meet and talk with some of the most successful women in the community. 9-11 am. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.
July 31 & August 1
World Karting Association/ Woodbridge Kart Club National Go-Kart Races. VIR – 434.822.7700.
July 31 & August 14
Southside Superstar Gospel Edition Auditions. For Age 16 and up. Grand
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Why Is Exercise Important? by Dave Gluhareff MFS,CFT-ISSA I always promote exercise, nutrition, and rest as keys to a healthy lifestyle. When we exercise, the endorphins start moving around our bodies and we chemically begin to feel better and more energized. Also, our bodies produce more serotonin when we exercise, which makes us also feel happier. Resistance training, cardiovascular training, and stretch/flexibility training are the most important forms of exercise. Resistance training makes us structurally stronger, firmer, and more toned, plus it burns lots of calories. Resistance training helps us to become stronger so everyday normal activities like cleaning, gardening, cooking, mowing, trimming, playing with the kids, organizing, vacuuming will seem easier. The muscle tone that is built during resistance training will burn upwards of 50 calories per pound of lean muscle mass per day. That means we can even burn more calories while we sleep. Resistance training (anaerobic-without oxygen) can be done by working with rubber bands, resistance bands, dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, resistance machines, medicine balls, stability balls or through plyometrics, sprinting, yoga, tai chi, swimming, water resistance training, high-impact step classes and isometrics, Cardiovascular training (walking, jogging, biking, hiking) strengthens the heart, lungs, and the rest of the cardiovascular system plus burns lots of calories. The stretching and flexibility training will help us become less tense and more flexible the more we do it. Stretching also tends to help prevent or soften muscle soreness and stiffness. Visit Dave at www.TrainWithDave.com, email: trainwithdaveg@yahoo.com
Evince Magazine The long history of the AfricanAmerican fight for civil rights boasts many great leaders. The shorter history of the struggle to integrate Danville’s public schools created its own heroes and Johnnie Fullerwinder is one of them. When the petite woman from South Carolina signed a contract to teach science at George Washington High School in 1966, she wasn’t aware of an unspoken hope that perhaps she could change misconceptions and inappropriate attitudes between the black and white communities. As the only African-American person on the all-white faculty of 150 with a student body that was predominantly white, Fullerwinder quickly became aware of the monumental task that she was about to assume. “I always felt that for whatever reason I was put in that position, I was meant to be there. Apparently, I had some type of skill or personality that would be ideal for that situation,” says the former GWHS assistant principal from 1983 to 1993. “It was my responsibility to help assure that equality in education would occur for all children regardless of their race or ethnicity,” she says, adding, “If I had decided it was too stressful for me, I’d let down a lot of people.” Realizing that she was setting precedents every day, Fullerwinder started on a journey where failure was not an option. “I was determined to never show signs of fear and to walk with my head held high,” she recalls. “It may have decreased some of the intimidation I might have received had I appeared to be weak,” says the 1992 Outstanding Secondary School Assistant Principal of the Year for the State of Virginia. Fullerwinder knew she was making a difference near the end of her first semester at GWHS, when she overheard a student use a derogatory term to tell his friends that a black woman was in the hallway. Before she could react, another student replied, “Oh, that’s just my science teacher.” At that point she knew she had been accepted as just another teacher. The journey wasn’t easy. In fact, she recalls having a stress headache for the first month. There were times, however, that brought comic relief. One event happened at the end of a lab assignment. “As I finished the experiment, I reached for a paper towel to dry my hands. I continued to talk, but the students weren’t watching me. They were looking at the paper towel. I tossed it into the
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trash can and all eyes followed it. They were looking to see if any of the dark color of my skin had rubbed off onto the towel,” she says laughing at the memory. On another occasion, a student pierced Fullerwinder’s finger to obtain a few drops of blood for a microscope slide and then announced to the class in amazement, “It’s red!” It was obvious the students were expecting to see black blood ooze from the small cut. Those stories and others are in Fullerwinder’s book, Failure Was Not an Option! A Test Case in School Integration, which focuses mainly on her first year at GWHS. Although the year had moments that were painful, there were happy times too. “The joy came from the teaching experience. I love teaching and interacting with the students and seeing them enjoy and participate in my classes,” she remembers. “I figured that maybe, if they could accept me and my teaching and excel, they would realize that a lot more people of my race have the same capabilities and then there would be acceptance for the larger group of African-American teachers to come.”
Reflecting on the past 44 years, Fullerwinder is delighted at the progress in race relations, “I’m very excited to see the schools totally integrated; teachers are accepted regardless of race; students and parents are getting along overall.” After a slight pause, she adds, “I’m pleased that I had some small role in making this happen.” When asked what she would like to tell today’s students, the woman who led the integration movement replies, “Don’t take freedom to attend school for granted. A lot of sacrifice, energy, and time had to be given by people in the past in very stressful situations to help you get to where you are now.” And of course, she would probably add--failure is not an option. Johnnie Fullerwinder will be autographing copies of her book on Saturday, July 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Listen to Life Shoppe, 260 Kentuck Road, in Ringgold, adjacent to Dan Valley Foods.
Ten thousand copies of Evince are distributed each month at over 100 locations in Danville, Martinsville, South Boston, Chatham, Gretna, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, and in Yanceyville, Pelham, Roxboro, and Eden, North Carolina. Find your copy at:
Danville Short Sugar’s BBQ 2215 Riverside Drive Danview Restaurant 116 Danview Drive VC Restaurant 401 Wilson Street Sal’s Italian Grill & Pizzaria 125 Wooding Avenue
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South Boston Area Ernie’s Restaurant 1010 Randolph Boulevard Halifax County Public Library 177 South Main Street; Halifax Dr. Raymond Green 410 Mineral Street
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Ponderings by Torrey Blackwell
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Something as Simple as Chickens Every spring, the peeps are heard the minute you enter the door of either Leggett Town and Country or the Tractor Supply Company. The kids immediately run to the troughs that have been turned into temporary brooding boxes for hundreds of baby chicks. This year after a visit to the store, my garage became the home to Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, and Golden Reds. Yes, my daughter, Lucy, talked me into buying 12 chicks and renovating an old coop that will become their home. Hopefully, these chicks will mature into chickens that will provide farm fresh eggs for our friends and family. Our eldest who is 13 was adamant that this idea was crazy and a waste of time. Son Noah was more interested, but not to the extent of our youngest, Lucy. However, as each day passed and the personalities of the chickens blossomed, the children’s interest grew. Even my skeptical son, Key, participated in the bedding changes with a grin on his face. When one of us would reach in and pet a chick, it would always nibble at our hands mistaking them for food. After the chicks were moved to their new country home, we were forced by the kids to make a daily run to check on them. Watching them grow and giving them comical names to match their coloring or personalities has been worth every penny. To see all three kids in the backseat of the car chuckling and not fighting over the X-box made it even better. So why something as simple as chickens? Sometimes getting back to basics is the best way to go. Whether it is with our families, relationships, business, or whatever I may be struggling with, I find getting back to the simple things in life puts everything in perspective. Torrey Blackwell is a Christian businessman and consumer advocate. He has spent his life fighting the negative stigma that plagues car dealers around the world. He does this by fighting for the consumer as a car dealer who advises people and helps them buy the quality vehicle they want and deserve in a positive and safe environment.
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Summer Book Suggestions for Young Readers by Jane Wiseman
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to read. Right about now your kids are starting to whine, “Mom! Dad! I’m booooored.” Parents, there’s help. Here are some reading suggestions for the young hard-core fantasy fans in your household. Yes, they are probably all Pottered out. However, your kids have another reading treat in store for them: the latest children’s fantasy craze, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The young hero discovers he is part Greek god. He and his pals at Camp Half-Blood have to stave off mythic monsters and engage in all manner of heroic deeds. The movie version, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, directed by Chris Columbus (who also directed two of the Harry Potter films) is available for rental now—another summer treat for bored kids. If your kids have already discovered Percy, they will want to move on to Riordan’s new series involving ancient Egypt. The Red Pyramid was published in May. In an inter-
view for National Public Radio, Riordan explains the appeal of books like his. Well-written children’s fantasy doesn’t just feed kids a diet of magic and marvels. “Kids are struggling with their identity; they’re struggling with how they fit in with their peers [and]. . . their families,” Riordan says. Harry Potter-style fantasy is one way kids deal with these troublesome issues. Fantasy books that an older child might enjoy include: n The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien Published in 1937, it is as fresh and amazing now as the day it was first written. The Hobbit is about a race of small, contented folk inhabiting an idyllic Shire. But one day, Bilbo Baggins finds a magic ring, and that changes everything. The ring’s previous owner, the goblin-like creature Gollum, is not pleased. His cry of, “Give me back my precious!” starts a tale of mighty quests and mighty deeds so compelling that Tolkien continued the story in his massive 1950's Lord of the Rings trilogy. The superb Peter Jackson move trilogy is another way to experience the Tolkien magic and Tolkien fans will rejoice that a Hobbit film is also in the works, with a projected release date of 2012. n The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis was inspired not only by Tolkien’s example but also by his own ardent Christian faith. This book is a religious allegory, but if such serious
stuff might scare your kids off. .. .don’t tell them. It’s a fine adventure story about four children who stumble through a wardrobe into the magical land of Narnia, which lies under a terrible curse: “It’s always winter but never Christmas.” The children are transformed into the kings and queens of Narnia. With the help of the noble lion Aslan, they set out to rescue the land from the grip of the evil White Witch. Lewis wrote six sequels, so if your kids love the first book, many happy reading hours lie ahead. Movies have been made of the Narnia books, too, with another (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) due to be released in theaters this summer. But the quality of these movies pales before Jackson’s Tolkien films, and they make a poor substitute for reading the books themselves. n The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman This is the first volume of English author Pullman’s 1990's awardwinning trilogy, His Dark Materials. Thoughtful teens will enjoy the play of ideas and will be intrigued by a fantasy world that is close to the real historical world yet not quite the way
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history worked out. Parents should be aware that a certain amount of controversy surrounds these exceptionally well-written books, which confront readers with serious and even thorny questions about life, science, religion, power, and family. Oh yes, and talking warrior polar bears. The Golden Compass has been made into a movie. n The Princess Bride by William Goldman Teen fantasy fans will adore this book. It is the tongue-in-cheek account of the beautiful Princess Buttercup, the servant lad who loves her from afar, the evil king who wants to steal her for his own, and monsters, giant rodents, the Dread Pirate Roberts, the loathsome Six-Fingered Man, and much more. You parents may be able to quote verbatim from the 1987 movie version, one of the most beloved films of that era and something of a cult classic. Author William Goldman is that rare breed, an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, A Bridge Too Far) who is also a fine novelist. It’s hard to know which to admire more, the book or the movie. Both are wonderful fun. Happy summer reading, fantasy fans. Enjoy the freedom to read.
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Calendar Clips Clip it. Post it. Do it .
Here are a few highlights of activities you don’t want to miss this month. Cut out the ones that interest you; post it on your refrigerator as a reminder; enjoy a new experience. For more activities, see the calendar on page 14-15.
Thursday, July 1 – Thursday, August 22 Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History‘s Summer Exhibits Colors and abstract shapes light up the walls of the Jennings Gallery as Savannah, Georgia artist Suzanne Jackson allows a wide range of her own artistic impulses to be expressed in single compositions in the exhibit Lighter Than Usual. Using direct painting on canvas, drawing with graphite, and applied handmade paper to create new realities from emotional states and communal experiences, her pieces read as sensitive receptors, registering in abstract language the influence of cultural continuity, social dislocation, spiritual yearning, and the grace of the physical body. Lighter than Usual was organized through Katherine T. Carter & Associates; sole corporate sponsor is Prudential/Manasco Realty. Danville’s religious community is sponsoring a unique and very personal exhibit All That Remains: A Holocaust Exhibition in Fiber. Walk into the Schoolfield Gallery and see rich and lustrous textiles – then realize that they are embellished with symbols of the Holocaust. Each of the pieces in this exhibition, whether garment, wall hanging, soft sculpture or construction, is a conceptual work of art. Echoing throughout the works are images such as abstracted concentration camp stripes, the yellow star, Judaic calligraphy, bricks from the ovens and ghetto walls, a tangle of eyeglasses. Every piece also contains within it faith in Torah and stubborn resistance to oppression. Artist Leslie J. Klein describes how this exhibit came to be as she visited the remnants of Dachau: the quiet pressed down around my ears. I couldn’t breathe, afraid to talk too loud among the flat and empty rows of markers. Perhaps it was the room with the ovens where whole chunks of my consciousness began coming loose. I don’t know the ghosts who visit themselves in my fabrics, but they follow me nonetheless, showing up in garments to instruct the way they are made and tell of their lives. We Jews inhabit the past in order to fully understand our present. Klein currently lives in Parkland, Florida. All That Remains is underwritten by Temple Beth Sholom, Moffett Memorial Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, West Main Baptist Church and numerous individuals. One Boy’s Story: 35mm Street Photography and Other Ephemeral Moments is a study of small town America in the mid-20th century. Photographer and Danville native, Glenn Scarboro, is exhibiting early works of 35mm street photography of Danville between 1962 and 1974. Capturing images of people in downtown Danville as they went about their everyday tasks tells a powerful story of a small southern city, the times and its social milieu. The mere fact that Scarboro could take someone’s picture without permission and not risk physical danger demonstrates just how much things have changed in the last 40+ years. Scarboro describes how these early photographic experiences also were vital in the formation of his sense of self: Making photographs in the streets of my hometown in the 60/70s calmed the beating of my unsettled heart and gave a face to the feelings of social alienation endemic to that time. Danville streets were the places of my earliest identity. In the process of becoming a close observer of ordinary life…I had become an artist. If you are of a certain age and from the area, this exhibit in Gallery IV will bring back memories. For all of us, it is a universal tale of life in a small town on the cusp of major social change. One Boy’s Story is sponsored by members of the community and AIMS – the Fletcher Center. Visit the Boatwright Gallery and look through the window of life in The Spiritual Made Tangible. Greenville, North Carolina mixed-media artist, Destry Sparks, explores the themes of decay and rebirth. Sparks is known for attaching to burlap and other rough surfaces a variety of worn found objects, both natural and manufactured, to create a particularly visceral effect atypical of traditional
flat painting. His influences are diverse from traditional African craftsmen to contemporary masters including Anselm Kiefer. With objects ranging from decayed window frames to dried leaves, themes of deterioration are offset by redemptive messages of hope from Christian theology. All exhibits are sponsored in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Foundation for the Arts. The DMFAH at 975 Main Street is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Small admission fee. 434.793.5644 www.danvillemuseum.org.
Friday, July 9 YWCA Jazz on the Patio The Small Town Orchestra, whose motto is “Small Town Musicians with a Big City Sound” will play from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on the front lawn at 750 Main Street. Sit and enjoy the conversation and food and then dance to the music. Cost is $15 which includes food and 4 wine or beer tastings. Parking on the street or in the lot behind the Y. 434.792.1522.
Thursday, July 15 - Saturday, July 17 Annie
Leaping lizards! The Broadway Adventure Summer Season kicks off with the blockbuster Broadway musical and family favorite, Annie, at 7:30 p.m. at the Carrington Pavilion on Craghead Street. Over 70 local actors, musicians and crew include Peggy Wasmund as Annie, Joe Carbone as Warbucks and Angela Fowler as Miss Hannigan. Annie is sponsored by the Danville Harvest Jubilee and produced by DMR Adventures and the DPRT. 434.791.4091 www.DMRAdventures $10
Saturday, July 17 Langhorne House Exhibit A Lady in the House The opening celebration of an exhibit about Lady Nancy Langhorne Astor and her journey to become the first woman to serve in the British Parliament will be held between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at 117 Broad Street, her birthplace in Danville. When Nancy Langhorne Astor’s husband, Waldorf Astor, vacated his place as Plymouth's representative in the British House of Commons and took his seat in the House of Lords, a byelection was set to choose someone to replace him. At the time, Nancy delighted in being Mrs. Waldorf Astor, popular hostess and active political campaigner who had helped her husband win and successfully hold a seat in Parliament. With only a few weeks to select a candidate and wage a campaign, the Conservative Party asked Nancy to run for her husband's seat. After a few days of deliberation and with Waldorf's encouragement, she accepted the challenge. In many ways Nancy Astor was an odd choice. She had little experience with politics, only a limited grasp of the issues and had not participated in England’s suffrage movement. She was well-known for her many charitable acts, but many still saw her as an American aristocrat. She swept into her campaign dressed like the millionaire that she was. With Waldorf at her side, she rode into the fray in a red, white, and blue festooned horse-drawn carriage. "If you can't get a fighting man, take a fighting woman," she told the crowds who flocked to see her. On December 1, 1919 the newly elected representative from Plymouth took her seat in the House of Commons. Free admission. Light refreshments will be served. 434- 791-2256.
July 18-22 Mrs. USA Pageant Danville resident and current Mrs. Virginia United States, Angela Whittle, will compete for the title of Mrs. USA in Las Vegas. In the statewide pageant, she won the Interview Award and the Fitness Award. She is a 2005 graduate of Radford University with a bachelor of science degree in communications. She is a surgical device representative, an ambassador for the Spinal Cord Injury Association , a volunteer with Big Brothers-Big Sisters, and a member of the Gabriella Garden Club. She and Harte Whittle have been married for 5 years. To follow her reign throughout the year visit www.mrsvirginiaunitedstates.blogspot.com. For more information about the Mrs. United States pageant visit www.mrsunitedstates.com
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Danville Regional Medical Center C.A.R.E.S
Danville Regional Medical Center (DRMC) began more than 126 years ago with 28 women and a vision. Wanting to make a difference in the community and caring about the needs of others, the Ladies Benevolent Society established a “home for the sick” that was based on providing compassionate, quality care in an attentive and respectful environment. What these 28 ladies started in 1884 continues today. Over the years, DRMC has grown steadily to ensure that residents of the Dan River Region can experience excellent care close to home. With the help of dedicated physicians, associates, volunteers, chaplains and board members, and the community’s support, DRMC’s goal of delivering the best healthcare possible is as strong as ever. Just ask the 1,200 associates, who recently celebrated “DRMC Pride Day” which highlighted many of the positive things happening in and around DRMC, including: • DRMC’s recent Gold Seal of Approval Joint Commission Accreditation demonstrating the hospital’s devotion to providing high-quality healthcare. • Millions of dollars invested in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and new urological surgery suite. • The launch of a new medical residency program, in partnership with the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) that will provide numerous benefits to our community.
“Providing Healthcare Excellence Close to Home”
In addition to those listed above, there was one more reason to celebrate “DRMC Pride Day”: the hospital launched its renewed C.A.R.E. Values Statement: C – Customer is Always First – Few understand that statement more than Olive Olenick. As a customer liaison in the Emergency Department, Olive was recently honored with the Mercy Award by LifePoint Hospitals. Olive has worked at Danville Regional for more than 20 years. Though working in an Emergency Room can be stressful, Olive is widely respected for her calm, gentle and friendly demeanor. She demonstrates genuine
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kindness and care for everyone she meets. Olive says when you love what you do; it makes it easy to care for those around you. A – Actions Speak Louder Than Words – It’s easy to say you’ll make a difference, but more difficult to actually do it. Licensed Practical Nurse Andy Toler not only provides great care to patients at Danville Regional, but he actually took his commitment to caring to Haiti, along with a team of healthcare professionals from LifePoint Hospitals, and helped care for those in need. It had an obvious impact on his life, and he plans to return someday soon to continue helping those in need. R – Respect = The Golden Rule – Do unto others as you would have those do unto you. You probably learned that lesson as a child. Danville Regional Patient Advocate Chenise Blackwell knows that respect is earned when you treat others as you want to be treated. She works tirelessly to ensure that patients and their families get the care they deserve. Chenise has been with Danville Regional for more than 10 years and feels blessed to work in an environment where helping those in need takes place each and every day. E – Excellence Is Our Standard – As the Director of Environmental Services, and a DRMC employee for 42 years, Joan Yeatts knows that patients and their families expect their hospital to be clean and inviting. Joan and her team take pride in keeping it that way. CEO Eric Deaton said, “We are here because we CARE about our patients, our physicians, our co-workers and our community. We have created and committed ourselves to live up to our Values Statement each and every day.” More than 126 years later and the initial vision of providing compassionate, quality care in an attentive and respectful environment continue to be honored and celebrated by all of those associated with Danville Regional Medical Center.