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12 Features Building a Business 12 One Layer at a Time BY SUSAN ELZEY

Yankees in Martinsville!

“How Did They Ever Git In?” BY TOM PERRY

C ONTENTS

8 Cooking with Chef Paul 15 The Origin Of: Corn Mufﬁns

The Phrase “Live to Fight Another Day”

April New 17 Releases 24 Seth Bradley 33 Building Your Life House It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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Editor’s Letter He Said She Said Ponderings Fun & Games Paws for the Cause Area Events Guide Wayback When Mystiﬁed

The Time You Take

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This issue marks the fourth anniversary of Showcase Magazine. Back in January of 2006, Scott Brooks mentioned the concept of Showcase to me over lunch. His idea was to bring an entertaining and informative magazine to our region that rivaled publications in bigger cities. I thought the idea was wonderful. Here we sit, forty-eight issues later and I feel that we have accomplished the goal of bringing a high-caliber magazine to our area. We’re not done yet. You’ll probably notice some new reoccurring content in the coming months. We are constantly striving to provide you with the best publication we can. If there is something you would like to see in Showcase or if there is a past column that you would like to see return, please email me at paul@showcasemagazine.com. Before moving on to this issue, I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone that has played a role in building Showcase into what it is today. The list is too long to name everyone individually and without the “He is rambling, get him off the stage” exit music, I will be here until the next issue goes to press. So, I’ll just say “Thank You” to all employees and freelancers, past and present. The hard work you’ve put into this magazine is indescribable. “Thank You” to the advertisers. Advertising is a crucial ingredient in developing a successful business. We are honored that you choose to put your trust in Showcase Magazine. And “Thank You” to

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the readers, without loyal readership none of this would be possible. It warms my heart to hear advertisers call with successful advertising stories. It puts a smile on my face to hear readers tell me how much they enjoy reading Showcase. The feedback lets me know that we are on the right track. Now to the April issue. Our cover photo features a cake created by the talented Kitti Lightfoot. Kitti was kind enough to take the time to construct this amazing cake for our anniversary. She truly is an artist. Kitti’s story can be found on page 12. Also in this issue is an enlightening historic piece on The Confederate War written by Tom Perry. Tom is a published author and avid researcher of Patrick and Henry County history. His wealth of knowledge is remarkable and it’s an honor to have him in Showcase. Before I leave you to the issue, I’d like to present you with a little trivia challenge. The first person to email me with the answer to the following question will receive twenty-five dollars in gift certificates to Medo’s II.

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April is here and as you know with April comes the honeydew list. We have talked about this before and this year will be no different. I am not going through the litany of every chore that will need to be done around the house and throughout the house. Go back to last spring or the spring before and you’ll see what I mean. I’m trying to think of a new way this year to get you to think outside the box. What if we didn’t do the same old things like cut the grass or paint the living room? What if we did something more exciting with our lives this year? As a couple we only have a limited amount of time to share together before we end up in a nursing home. Why not make an exception this year and try something new? The trick is going to be coming up with an idea that is so attractive that you will buy right into it without objection. Taking you on a cruise would be easy, you would fall for that because it would be fun, but that would only be for one week, two at the most. This new idea has to be a whole summer of joy, so intense that you’ll forget all about the honeydew list and things that need to be accomplished around the house. It seems like the goal has to be to get you to stop thinking about a chore list and start thinking about ways to make me happy. If you are spending all of your time satisfying me, you will have no time left to spend on chores. The solution is simple. I’ll buy you a new house, so there is nothing to clean or ﬁx up. I will buy you a new car so you will want to drive everywhere on vacation (shopping!) I will buy you all new furniture and appliances so you don’t have to worry about repairs. I’ll buy you a whole new wardrobe so you don’t have to worry about clothes. On second thought, I don’t think you’ll be dumb enough to fall for this. You would see right through me. I better go lie down on the couch and come up with an idea that would be more persuasive.

She Said...

The Rights of Spring Larry Oldham and Dena Hill

Be sure to read She Said He Said in Evince the Voice for Women.

You put a whole new spin on the word lazy. As you sit around NOT planning our retirement or the many ways you could increase our happiness, the ﬁrst thing that pops into your head is how to get out of doing a few simple things around the house. Home improvements add to your comfort also, you know. My house may not look like it came from the pages of Better Homes and Garden, but it is somewhat clean and organized. However, I do have some of your things in my basement that you haven’t touched in the twelve years we’ve been together. For the life of me, I can’t ﬁgure out how to make you see that you really don’t need to save this “stuff” for a rainy day. Your whole house looks like that. You will never in your lifetime read all of your books, magazines, watch your thousands of movies or even begin to catalog or showcase your posters and photos. I didn’t mention your collection of Matchbox cars and the big cars. You have a toy PT Cruiser that takes up your whole closet. You have an aversion to orderliness so you must be one of those people who need to be surrounded by your possessions as some sort of security blanket. Maybe I should call the producers of Hoarders to enlist their help. I guess I have to accept this because it’s what makes you the man you are. I know you want us to spend a lot of time together so how about a compromise? We can be together while we do our chores. I guess I should be glad that you’re not a serial killer or have some other dark side that I don’t know about. All of your idiosyncrasies ARE out on the table, aren’t they?

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so I went back to school to learn how make a business plan. Meanwhile, though, cake orders started picking up to one to two a week in 2006,” she said. “Then I decided I wanted a daytime job, which is hard to ﬁnd in the restaurant business, and I realized that decorating cakes was a pretty good business.” Lightfoot actually has a culinary arts degree, earned after deciding she didn’t really want to get a degree in marine biology and become a merchant marine. She realized in her junior year of college as she worked towards her third mate’s license that a career in the merchant marine would mean she would have to be away from her family for long stretches at a time, and that was something she didn’t want to do.

Building a Business

One Layer at a Time By Susan Elzey What started out as a desire to have a little time to herself has turned into a busy cake decorating business for Blairs resident Kitti Lightfoot. “When my kids were three and four, I needed some ‘me time,’ so I had taken some cake decorating classes at the former Entertainer’s Delight,” Lightfoot recalled. “Then my husband would take the cakes to work, and once in a blue moon, people

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would want me to decorate a cake for them.” During that time cake sales were happening sporadically, Lightfoot, who is originally from New Orleans, decided to go back to school and get an associate’s degree in business administration so she could start a New Orleansstyle sandwich shop. “My goal was to have a sandwich shop on Main Street,

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The importance of her family and children to her also helped inﬂuence her decision to start her home-based cake decorating business named “Kitti’s Kakes.” “My son, Mason, who is 11, has Asperger’s Syndrome and requires a little extra time, so it is important for me to be home when he is,” she said. She also has a daughter, Kay, who is 8.

STAYING BUSY

Through word of mouth, she now decorates three to ﬁve cakes a week. “I can do two wedding cakes a week at the most and then two to three others. If I don’t have a wedding cake, I can do eight to

15 cakes a week,” she said. “My husband, Lee, and my mom, Kathy Gauthier, help with the deliveries and watching the kids. I try to get as much done during the day, then there’s homework and dinner, and I work late at night if I need to. “A typical day of a busy week is a 12-hour day.” She also participates in bridal shows and provided the cakes for the last two years that weddings were held on Valentine’s Day at Ben David Jewelers. Kitti’s Kakes is health-inspected through the Department of Agriculture, and Lightfoot has a list of strict rules and regulations to follow to retain her license. Her kitchen, which is sparkling clean and well-organized, has to be regularly inspected, and she has to submit all her recipes and her food labels. She also has to have a separate hand-washing area. “It’s not hard, but it’s tedious,” she said of the regulations.

GALLERY OF CAKES

Lightfoot’s creativity seems to know no bounds. A peek at her cake gallery on her Web site proves she can deliver whatever kind of cake a customer wants.

Three-dimensional cakes are her specialty. “I do any occasion—birthdays, bridal showers, lingerie showers, and groom’s cakes,” she said. “Sometimes I get ideas from the cake shows on TV, like purses and castles. For one groom’s cake once, I did a lizard on a rock.” She tries to keep all of her cakes edible. “Even the 3-D ones are all cake or Rice Krispy treats, which I sculpt. Then I use buttercream icing or fondant,” she said. “It’s like playing with Play-Doh.” The cakes begin with a cake mix, but then Lightfoot doctors them up with sour cream and a little bit more milk, eggs and ﬂour so that the cakes will hold up for the sculpting. Her icing is made from scratch.

wanted to use a family recipe, so I baked a small one and that worked. Then I baked ﬁve layers, and the bottom three layers wouldn’t bake,” she said. “It was 2 a.m., and they weren’t baking, so I wound up making the cake that I knew.” After being up all night, she called the wedding planner at 8 a.m., telling her what had happened. “She told me to do what I had to do,” Lightfoot recalled. “At least, they had the top two tiers in the recipe they wanted.” That wasn’t the only lesson she learned the hard way “When I ﬁrst started out, I had a cake all iced on the island in the kitchen, and I was in the other room on the Internet,” she said. “I heard the kids laughing and went

“I learned how to make roses and smooth icing from my cake decorating classes, but everything else is self-taught,” she said.

LESSONS LEARNED She said, knock on wood, that she has never had a wedding cake fall, but . . . “I did one wedding cake two years ago, and the family

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cake design and the amount of time a cake takes.

WORKING OUT WELL Lightfoot’s business has stayed steady, even during the economic downturn, proving there’s always room in a budget for a good, fun cake. “This January was my first down time, but weddings start in April and end in October, and I’ve already got three booked,” she said. “I also get lots of orders for Christmas parties.” In just a few years, her desire for a little time to herself has turned into a business that is able to pay the family’s extra bills and for vacations. to find them running around the island and running their fingers around the cake. I had to start all over.” It never happened again, though. “They learned their lesson. My tone of voice scared them,” she said.

Even with staying busy baking cakes for her business, Lightfoot still has the time and desire to bake cakes for her family. Her son had requested a Raving Rabbids cake for his birthday, which she said she can ﬁnish in about 30 minutes.

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Her daughter already wants to help with the business, Lightfoot said. “She wants to get involved as much as possible, so I let her help with family cakes. She’s already made a sculpture of herself out of fondant,” she said. To see Lightfoot’s gallery of cakes, go to www.kittiskakes. com or contact her at kittiskakes@yahoo.com. Susan Elzey is a freelance writer based in Danville. Contact her at susanelzey@yahoo.com.

The Origin Of:

The Phrase “Live to Fight Another Day” Calling Athenian orator Demosthenes a coward held no weight with the Greek statesman. Demosthenes shrugged off the insult and replied with, “The man who runs away may fight again.” The modern day phrase “He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day” comes from Demosthenes’s 338 B.C. statement. In August 338 B.C., Demosthenes was an Athenian hoplite in the Battle of Chaeronea. The Athenians and the Macedonians fought hard and fierce with the Macedonians coming out victorious. During the battle, 3,000 Athenians lost their lives. Sensing the battle was lost, Demosthenes fled the fight. The act, viewed by many as cowardly led to harsh criticism, but the “cowardly” act allowed Demosthenes to “fight another day.”

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MUSIC

APRIL NEW RELEASES

The Roots - How I Got Over R. Kelly - Lowdown

DVD Bad Lieutenant Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (blu-ray) Pirate Radio Tenure Defendor

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The Cure - Disintegration (20th Anniversary Edition)

April 13

Jeff Beck - Emotion and Commotion Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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VIDEO GAMES

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Borderlands Add-On Pack (XBOX360, PC) Splinter Cell: Conviction (XBOX360) Quantum Theory (XBOX360, PS3) Monster Hunter Tri (Wii) Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper (XBOX360)

Dead to Rights: Retribution (XBOX360, PS3) FIFA World Cup 2010 (XBOX360, PS3, Wii) Super Street Fighter IV (XBOX360, PS3)

MOVIES Clash of the Titans Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too Date Night The Runaways Death at a Funeral The Back-Up Plan The Losers Furry Vengeance A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Slash - Slash

RATT - Infestation Grateful Dead - Crimson, White, and Indigo: July 7, 1989, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia Willie Nelson - Willie Nelson’s Country Melissa Etheridge Fearless Love Peter Frampton Thank You Mr. Churchill Mary-Chapin Carpenter Age of Miracles

BOOKS James Shapiro - Who Wrote Shakespeare? Paula Deen - Paula Deen’s Savannah Style

April 20

Stephanie Meyer - The Host

April 26

Paul Davies - The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search For Alien Intelligence

April 27

Mary Higgins Clark The Shadow of Your Smile

April 2

David Baldacci - Deliver Us From Evil

April 9

James Patterson - The 9th Judgment

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Sarah Silverman - The Bedwetter

Candace Bushnell The Carrie Diaries Max Hastings Winston’s War: Churchill 1940-1945

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Photo from The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration

Yankees in Martinsville!

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By Tom Perry If Aunt Pittypat of Gone With The Wind fame had lived in Henry County during the War Between the States in April 1865, she might have exclaimed and I paraphrase, “Oh, dear, Yankees in Martinsville! How did they ever get in?” By April 1865, the American Civil War was about to come to an end and until that time Patrick and Henry Counties in Virginia were untouched by the hand of armies of the United States of America. That changed as Robert E. Lee evacuated Richmond, the Capitol of Virginia, and the Confederate States of America. As Lee went west for fateful meeting with U. S. Grant to surrender his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, Confederate President Jefferson F. Davis came south on the train to Danville. At this same time from the east came over four thousand

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cavalry under the overall command of Major General George Stoneman. Stoneman was born on August 22, 1822, in Busti, now Lakewood, New York. Described as “a correct moral man,” he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point in the heralded class of 1846 that included George B. McClellan and George Pickett. During his third year, Stoneman’s roommate was Thomas J. Jackson. He was not “Stonewall” yet. After graduating the six foot four inch Stoneman,

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described as a “generous-hearted, whole -souled companion,” was part of a march from Kansas to California in the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican War. He fell in love with California and vowed to make it his home one day. U.S. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, appointed Stoneman to the Second United States Cavalry. In 1861, Stoneman refused to surrender to Confederate authorities in Texas. He took part of his command and escaped north via ship.

Brigadier General William J. Palmer.

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He served under McClellan in the early part of the war. He received promotion to Brigadier General in August 1862 and Major General in November. During Chancellorsville in May 1863, Stoneman left Hooker raiding towards Richmond and became the scapegoat of the Union defeat. Using medical

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He returned to his regiment in 1863 in Tennessee and served in the Tullahoma, Chickamauga, and Knoxville Campaigns and in 1864 near Chattanooga.

Exchanged in September 1864, Stoneman presented a two-phase attack on the railroad in southwest Virginia and the Confederate munitions factory at Salisbury, North Carolina. He raided Saltville in December 1864. In early 1865, commanding the Department of East Tennessee near Knoxville, Stoneman started a raid that brought his men to Patrick and Henry Counties. Stoneman did not come to Martinsville, but Brigadier General William J. Palmer, commanded a brigade of Stoneman’s cavalry.

As a young boy, his fascination with steam locomotives “spurred Palmer to learn all he could about railroads.” At age 17 in 1853, Palmer began working in the engineering corps of the Hempﬁeld Railroad near Washington, Pennsylvania. Two years later, he went to England and France to study railroading and coal mining. The next year, Palmer was the railroad President’s Private Secretary learning the inner workings of a railroad.

civilian clothing in what is today Shepherdstown, West Virginia, a few days after the battle along Antietam Creek. Suspected as being a spy, confederates sent Palmer to Castle Thunder Prison in Richmond, Virginia, but later exchanged him in January 1863.

Stoneman went to Georgia taking command of Sherman’s left during the Atlanta Campaign. In an effort to redeem his reputation, Stoneman and 2000 cavalry went on a raid to free the Union soldiers at Andersonville. On July 31, 1864, Stoneman along with 700 of his men became prisoners while raiding towards Andersonville. He was the highest ranking Union general captured during the war.

William Jackson Palmer was born on September 16, 1836, on the Kinsale Farm in Leipsic, Kent County, Delaware, into a Quaker Family. In 1841, the family moved to Germantown near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

problems as a reason, Stoneman took a desk job running a cavalry bureau near Washington, D. C.

When Civil War erupted in 1861, Palmer was against violence, but he was more against slavery. In July 1862, Palmer returned to Philadelphia to raise the troops that became the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, raising 1,200 men in ten days. During the Antietam Campaign, Confederates captured Palmer within Southern lines in www.showcasemagazine.com

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On January 14, 1865, near Red Hills, Alabama, leading Company A of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Palmer’s actions led 29 years later to his receiving the Medal of Honor bestowed upon him on February 24, 1894, stating “With less than 200 men, attacked and defeated a superior force of the enemy, capturing their ﬁeld piece and about 100 prisoners without losing a man.” During George Stoneman’s Raid, Palmer received appointment as Brevet Brigadier General at age 29. Only George A. Custer became a General at a younger age. One commander said Palmer was worth “a whole brigade of most cavalry.” Colonel William J. Palmer’s First Brigade of cavalry included the Tenth Michigan Cavalry Regiment under the command of Colonel Luther Trowbridge, the Twelfth Ohio under Colonel Robert H. Bentley and the Fifteenth Pennsylvania under Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Betts. On March 21, 1865, Stoneman with 4,500 men left Mossy Creek, Tennessee. Stoneman reached Boone,

C O N T I N U E D North Carolina, on March 28. The ﬂooding Yadkin River separated Palmer’s men, who crossed to the north side, from the remainder of the force on March 29. On April 1, the commands still divided by the Yadkin River reached Elkin on the north side of the river and Jonesville on the south side respectively. Stoneman reunited his entire command on the north side of the river in Surry County at Rockford on April 2. On April 2-3, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia evacuated Richmond and Petersburg. Stoneman raided Mount Airy. A native of Surry County, James Gwyn, commented on the Yankee raiders as they came by his place on the north side of the Yadkin. “The Yankees passed along on both sides of the river...Those who passed acted very well...Treatment of citizens by Palmer’s Brigade on the north side of the river evoked the surprise of the residents who feared much harsher treatment.” As Abraham Lincoln walked the streets of Richmond with his

youngest son, Stoneman moved to Christiansburg by midnight of April 4-5. Palmer’s Brigade destroyed railroad track of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad east of Christiansburg. The return began on April 7 to North Carolina came through Patrick and Henry Counties. The direct route ran through Patrick County, where Stoneman and two brigades under the overall command of Alvin Gillem traversed. On the return journey of Stoneman’s command Palmer came through Martinsville and Henry County fighting a battle along Jones Creek when he ran into 250 Confederate cavalry under the command of James T. Wheeler. General Gillem in his report said, “Colonel Palmer, commanding the First Brigade had been directed to send the Tenth Michigan directly on the railroad to Martinsville, by some misunderstanding he marched with his entire command.” General George Brown, in his Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, wrote that, “The regiment moved at 4 a.m. and by a forced night march reached Henry Court House about 7 a.m. of the 8th, to find it occupied by about 500 of Wheeler’s Cavalry...” Based on this description and the location of the skirmish on Jones Creek north of Martinsville, the encampment appears to have been established in the deep, steep-side valley between the railroad tracks and Commonwealth Boulevard down which Stillhouse Branch flows to empty into Jones Creek today. Wheeler’s Confederate troops took refuge there after receiving an attack by Captain James H. Cummins and a battalion of the 10th Michigan Cavalry.

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An account from the Tenth Michigan Cavalry states: “Captain James H. Cummins, commanding the leading battalion, immediately charged and routed the party in the town, and drove them back on the main body. The noise of the ﬁring aroused the main body, which quickly saddled and formed, and when Cummins reached them they were in line of battle. Nothing could restrain the Tenth, however, and they attacked with vigor, and the enemy was driven out of the woods. They mainly took refuge in a deep depression so common at the South, and there, huddled together, they formed an excellent target for the Spencer carbines of Captain Dunn and his plucky boys. The casualties of the enemy were reported as 27 killed.” The result was on the Union side were ﬁve killed including a Sergeant or Lieutenant T. C. Kenyon, “a noble young man,” of the 10th Michigan Cavalry and four others killed. The dead rested in the Episcopal Church Yard, now Baptists, at the corner of Church and Moss Streets in Martinsville until reburial at the National Cemetery in Danville. Colonel James T. Wheeler wrote on April 8, twelve miles east of Henry Court House, “The enemy

C O N T I N U E D attacked me at 7 a.m. today after a spirited ﬁght were repulsed with severe loss on his side. The force which attacked me was 800 strong.” Jefferson Davis, in Danville, wrote on April 9 of the ﬁght to Robert E. Lee, “The enemy cavalry reported in small force at Henry Court House yesterday. Colonel Wheeler engaged them with about half their force say with 250 men and checked them.” Palmer stayed in Martinsville (apparently in the home at 33 Church Street) and Wheeler withdrew twelve miles from town. Wheeler wrote later on April 8, “At dark tonight the enemy was still in Henry Court House. During the day, he was re-enforced by about 800. They tell citizens that they will advance on Danville in the morning. As yet no buildings have been burned.” Instead, Palmer rejoined Stoneman’s command on April 9 in Danbury, North Carolina. He did not know that Jefferson Davis was a few miles away in Danville. Stoneman’s raid continued down into Piedmont North Carolina attacking Salisbury on April 12. Stoneman returned to Tennessee four days later. Palmer continued in pursuit of Jefferson Davis. Stoneman left Gillem in command of the rest of his force.

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Gillem moved through Morganton, Rutherford, where he sacked Asheville and returned to Tennessee on April 26. On May 10, Union cavalry captured President Davis near Irwinville, Georgia. Two days later, the Confederates won the last battle of the war near Brownsville, Texas. After the war, Stoneman retired in May 1871. He bought a 400-acre estate in the San Gabriel Valley near San Marino, California, called “The Oaks.” He served as Governor of California from 1883 until 1887. Stoneman returned to New York in poor health and had surgery for his recurring hemorrhoid problem and died in Jamestown on September 5, 1894, while visiting a sister. He rests today in Bentley Cemetery in Lakewood, New York. He never visited Martinsville. Palmer left the United States Army on June 21, 1865. He married and had three daughters. He started railroads in Colorado and founded the city of Colorado Springs. On March 13, 1909, General Palmer died at his estate, Glen Eyrie, “the eagle’s nest,” at age 72. He left an estate estimated between 3 and 5 million dollars that he donated to schools and institutions. This amount today adjusted for inﬂation would be $102,651,931.82. Even though a “Yankee,” William Jackson Palmer proved himself an ofﬁcer and a gentleman during the course of his long life and during his visit to Martinsville. Tom Perry is the author of ten books and growing on local history in Patrick and Henry County. He started the preservation effort at the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace in his hometown of Ararat in 1990. He is currently editing the Henry County Heritage Book, set for release in late 2010 and a photo book about Martinsville, set for release in May 2010. You can contact him from his website www.freestateofpatrick.com.

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and their three unmannerly children who kept interrupting us, and about the number of cars in the yard that did not operate. There was a story behind every car and I heard every one of them, which explains the three beers I had to consume just to put up with their tales. I am no better than anyone else, well maybe a few people, but mostly I keep to myself and don’t disturb a ﬂy. But it was the straw that broke the camel’s back when one day their kids were out in the yard screaming and literally cussing each other. Then the mother came out and joined in with cussing of her own. No telling them to stop, no correcting their need to use another language besides curse words. I said to my wife we can do better than this. We sold the house and moved to another neighborhood. Wouldn’t you know that the house we bought sat right beside some of their relatives? I can’t prove they are related but I can tell you their kids know the same language and are not afraid to use it. I have called Jeff Fowworthy and suggested that if he wants to write a second or third book, he needs to come by my new house. We don’t let the kids go outside. We make them stay in the house and use their computer. We have planted extremely tall bushes on the neighbor’s side and put up a fence on the other side. I know they think we are not friendly. We really are; we just like our privacy and don’t want our kids to learn the unmentionable words until we teach them. Just kidding. One lesson to be learned from this rant: Build your house out in the country. Choose deer and antelope to be your neighbors. Make sure you own all the land within two miles of you. If you have to live in town be sure and visit your neighbors before you make an offer to buy next door to them. It will be cheaper in the long run because it will save you from having to move as often. Don’t you just love the springtime?

Take a step back Time Machines in time to the Car Club, The hustle and bustle Downtown of a booming Danville downtown Association, and Danville. Buses my dealership running every helped 15 minutes Downtown and traffic jams Danville become by Torrey Blackwel were normal on the roaring place “The Dealer for the People” the weekends. of yesteryear, if Torrey Blackwell is a Vendors on the only for a few Christian businessman and streets, bankers, hours. The 2010 consumer advocate. He has spent his life fighting the negative stigma attorneys, and Main St Cruise-In that plagues car dealers around car dealers were schedule begins the world. He does this by fighting for the consumer as a car dealer located in the at 6 p.m. on that advises people and helps them get the quality vehicle they want heart of the city. Saturday, April 3, and deserve in a positive and The retail hub and continues on safe environment. was downtown. the first Saturday Who could forget the creak of of each month through the floor at the Belk’s parking September 4. Main Street garage or the elevator lady at from the MLK Bridge to Ridge Thalhimer’s? Jewelry shopping Street will be blocked-off for at Brown’s or Hodnett & Speer three hours of engine rumbles, or shopping for back-to-school exhaust roars and paint sparkles shoes at McCollum Ferrell? in colors like lemon twist and Every boy’s favorite store was vitamin C orange. Admission Booth White Sporting Goods. is canned food for God’s Store My fondest memory is eating House. at Woolworth’s lunch counter with my father. I remember the If you’ve never been to a Christmas lights downtown cruise-in, give it a try. My wife, and the wonderful Christmas Shelley, although not a car buff, displays at Belk Leggett’s. I was pleasantly surprised. “It’s would sit outside those really a family event,” she said windows forever dreaming as we returned from our first about when Santa would arrive. night downtown. . This was the place to be. Come join me at the Main Two years ago, the Main St. Street Cruise-In and we’ll take Cruise-In brought some night a stroll down memory lane life back to our downtown. The together.

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ANSWERS ON PAGE 32.

by Paulette Dean Executive Director, Danville Humane Society A few years ago, during a busy summer, I left after work to go to a church meeting in Greensboro. It was an event that we had anticipated for months; a Mormon temple in Palmyra, New York, was being dedicated, and it was being broadcast to chapels throughout the United States. I had volunteered to drive two nephews and my youngest niece to this meeting, and looked forward to being with them. We arrived several minutes early, and found a place where we could all sit together. The organ music was beautiful and I sat in the chapel, feeling such peace and happiness. We had been cautioned that, during the dedication, we were not to leave the room and interrupt the proceedings. A few minutes into the dedication, I noticed a sharp pain in my right knee. I fidgeted and scratched, but the pain was still there. I lifted my dress slightly to see my knee, and was appalled to see a tick. Now, at a shelter, you get used to having fleas and ticks on you, but this was a solemn occasion and I could not leave the room to remove the tick. For the remainder of the meeting, I sat with my hand firmly on my knee, so the tick could not move. It hurt. I tried to concentrate on what the speakers were saying, but all I could think of was the tick. The meeting, for me, was ruined. But, it taught me a huge lesson about how to remain positive and happy when so many negative things are happening. If we, as humans, focus only on the inconveniences of having companion animals (hair, housebreaking, veterinary bills, etc.), then we would miss out on the opportunity of sharing our lives with wonderful creatures who can make us happier. If we, as humane society employees, focus only the cruel people in the world, we would miss seeing all the wonderful people who help rescue animals, donate time and money to animal causes, and have kind hearts. Hmmm....come to think of it, that one little tick could teach us a lot about focusing on the positives of life.

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Danville

16 - Enchanted Evenings in The Park: Small Town Orchestra: Ballou Park: 6:30-8pm: www.visitdanville.com.

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DANVILLE Arts/Exhibits

Thru April 17 – Averett Student Art Show: Student Center, Averett University: 434.791.5600: www.averett.edu. Thru May 2 –Year of the Woman Exhibit: Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History: 434.793.5644: www.danvillemuseum.org. Thru June 15 – ArtSmart Exhibit: Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History: 434.793.5644: www.danvillemuseum.org. Thru Sept. 6– Science Center Exhibits: Hatching the Past & Birds of the Riverwalk: Danville Science Center: Free/$6/$5: M-S 9:30am–5pm: Sun 1–5pm: 434.791.5160: www.dsc.smv.org. 1,8,15,22 – All Media Studio Class: Ballou Park Annex Building: 9-11am or 6-8pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 3 – Bob Ross Painting Class: Ballou Park Annex Building: 10:30am-3:30pm: $65: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 19-May 10 – Painting Class with Judie: Ballou Park Annex: Mon or Tues/Times Vary: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov.

Kids/Family

1,8,15,22,29 – Curiosity Corner: Coates Rec Center: Ages 3-5: 9:30am-12:30pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 1-30 – Summer Camp Registration: YMCA: 434.792.0621: www.ymcadanville.org. 3 – Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt: Carrington Pavilion: Ages 3-10: 11am-1pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov.

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3 – Mommy and Son Ball: Pepsi Building: Ages 5-10: 6-8pm: 434.797.8848: www. danville-va.gov. 6,7,8 – Spring Break Outdoor Adventure Camp: Ballou Park: 9am-5pm: 434.799.5215: www.danville-va.gov. 6-28 – Koates Kids Pre-School Program: Coates Rec Center: Ages 3-5: Tues/Wed 9:30am-12:30pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 7,21 – Fetch! Lab: Danville Science Center: Ages 8–12: 3:45–4:45pm: $3/$6: 434.791.5160: www.dsc.smv.org. 10 – Flights of Fun: Danville Science Center: Ages 6-11: 10am-12pm: 434.791.5160: www.dsc.smv.org. 10-May 29 – Micro Soccer:YMCA: Ages 3-5: Sat, 9-11am: 434.792.0621: www. ymcadanville.org. 12-May 12 – Youth Swim Lessons: YMCA: MW 6:30-7:15pm: 434.792.0621: www.ymcadanville.org. 13-May 13 – Parent/Tot Swim Classes: YMCA: Ages 6 months-3 years: TTH, 6:156:45pm:434.792.0621:www.ymcadanville.org. 13,27 – Polliwogs & Science Stars: Danville Science Center: Polliwogs, 1–2pm; Science Stars, 3:45-4:45pm: $3/$6: 434.791.5160: www.dsc.smv.org. 15,22 – Trucks,Trains and Planes: Glenwood Community Center: Ages 3-5: 11:30am-12:15pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 17 – Butterﬂy Thyme Herb Fair & Butterﬂy Hello: Danville Science Center: 9:30am & 11am: 434.791.5160: www.dsc.smv.org.

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19 – Summer Sports Camp Registration: YMCA: 434.792.0621: www.ymcadanville.org. 23-June 25 – Youth/Adult Swim Lessons:YMCA: Fri.;Youth Ages 3-14, 6:30-7:15pm; Adults, 7:20-8:05pm: 434.792.0621: www.ymcadanville.org.

Entertainment

1,8,15,22,29 – 57 Express Bluegrass Concert: Community Center, Chatham: 7pm: 434.432.3115: www.chathamcares.org. 1-30 – Live Bands & DJ Music: Back to Bogies: Wed-Sat. Times Vary: 434.791.3444. 5 - Storyteller David Novak: Averett University, Blount Chapel: 7:30pm: 434.791.5600: www.averett.edu.

9 – High Road Concert: Community Center, Chatham: 7:30pm: 434.432.3115: www.chathamcares.org. 9,23 – Danville Shag Club Dance: Bronx Boy Bagels. 8-11pm: 434.797.3777. 10 – Tartan Day Dinner: Lawson-Overbey Inn: 6:30pm: 434.793.7432: www.chathamcares.org. 10 – Jimi’s Wagon Concert: Community Center, Chatham: 7pm: 434.432.3115: www.chathamcares.org. 10,11 – Godspell Jr. Performances: Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History: 11am/1pm: 434.793.5644: www.danvillemuseum.org. 12 – Plastic Musik Concert: Averett University, Pritchett Auditorium: 7:30pm: 434.791.5600: www.averett.edu. 16 - Enchanted Evenings in The Park: Small Town Orchestra: Ballou Park: 6:30-8pm: www.visitdanville.com. 16 - Racin’ & Tastin’: Community Market: 5:30-11pm: $25: 434.793.4636: www.visitdanville.com. 17 – Dinner at Eight, Dead by Nine Dinner Theater: Sacred Heart School: 6pm: $15: 434.793.2656. 17 - Mama’s Pearls: The North Theatre: 7pm: 434.799.0405. 24 - Wine Festival: Danville Community Market: 11am-7pm: $30: 434.432.1063: www.dpchamber.org. 23,24 – White Oak Mountain Quilt Show: St.Luke UM Church:10am-4pm:$3:434.791.3734: www.whiteoakmountainquilters.com. 23,24,25 – In Twenty Five Words...or Death: Gretna Little Theatre: 434.228.1778: www.gretnalittletheatre.com. 29 – Project Literacy Jeopardbee:YWCA: 5:45 pm: 434.793.2987 or 434.792.1522.

Lifestyle/Lectures

3 – Goodyear Education 5K Run/Walk: Goodyear Golf Course: 434.797.1909. 6,13,20,27 – YWCA Book Review: Danville Public Library: 12:30pm: 434.792.1522. 7,14,21,28 – RiverCity Toastmasters: National College of Business and Technology: 1-2:30pm: 434.793.6822. 10 – Bowl for Kids’ Sake: Riverside Lanes: Big Brothers Big Sisters – 434.792.3700.

12,19,26 – Coffee & Networking: First Baptist Church, Gretna: 10:30am-12pm: 434.836.6990. 13 – City Council Candidates Political Forum: American Legion Post 1097: 7pm: 434.793.7531. 14 –Alzheimer’s Presentation:Caregiver 101: 12–1pm: Melanie Vaughan – 434.792.3700 x30. 16 – Just Everyday Women, Walking by Faith: Mary’s Diner: 11am–1pm: 434.793.8140. 16,17 – Museum Guild Annual Attic Sale: Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History: 4/13 & 14 - Donations, 10am-5pm; 4/16 Museum members preview, 5-7pm. 4/16 Public sale, 8am2pm: 434.793.5644: www.danvillemuseum.org. 17 – Avant-garde Writers Meeting: Danville Public Library: 11am: 434.251.1062. 17 – Cystic Fibrosis Walk: Dan Daniel Memorial Park: 10am-3pm: 704.737.9099: cfwalk.danville@yahoo.com. 18 – Chatham Garden Club’s Historic Garden Week Tour: 1-5pm: www.VAGardenweek.org. 21 – Alzheimer’s Presentation: When is it Time for a Care Change?: 12-1pm: Melanie Vaughan – 434.792.3700 x30. 22 – Garden Club Tour: Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History: 10am-6pm: 434.793.5644: www.danvillemuseum.org. 26 – Museum Guild Annual Meeting: Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History: 8am2pm: 434.793.5644: www.danvillemuseum.org. 29 – Alzheimer’s Presentation: Ask the Neurologist: 5:15-6:15pm: Melanie Vaughan – 434.792.3700 x30. 30 – Fish Dinner: American Legion Post 1097: 5:30pm: 434.822.5299. 30 – Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament: Goodyear Golf Club: 434.792.9146.

Area EVENTS Guide 1-29 – Chicks w/ Sticks - Knitting & Crocheting Class: City Armory:T/Th 11:30am1pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 1-30 – YWCA Classes: Water Aerobics, Water Rehab, Pilates, Spin/Group Cycling, Step Aerobics, Yoga, Group Fitness Classes:YMCA: Times Vary: 434.792.0621: www.ymcadanville.org. 5,7,20,21 – Bingo: Location/Times Vary: 434.799.5216: www.danville-va.gov. 5-May 24 – Triathlon Training:YMCA: 7:30-8:30pm: Mon-Swimming, Wed-Cycling: 434.792.0621: www.ymcadanville.org. 6,13,20,27 – Sewing w/Kitty: Coates Rec. Center: 6:30-8:30pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 6,13,20,27 – African Dance Ensemble: Pepsi Building: 6-7:30pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 7,14,21,28 – Guitar Basics Class: City Auditorium:Youth/Teens-5pm, Adult-5:30pm: Free: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 7-31 – Zumba Fitness: Pepsi Building: Wed 6:30pm/Sat 10am: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 8 – Vegetable Gardening: Coates Rec Center: 6:30pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 10 – 50s Dance Party: Ballou Rec. Center: 7:30-10:30pm: 434.799.5216: www.danville-va.gov.

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Area EVENTS Guide 10 – Canoe Trip: Abreu/Grogan Park: 3-5pm: 434.799.5215: www.danville-va.gov. 12,19,26 – Boogie Monday: Hustle II: Ballou Rec. Center: 7–8:30pm: $3/$15: 434.799.5216: www.danville-va.gov. 12,26 – Chess Night: Ballou Rec. Center: 6–8pm: 434.799.5216: www.danville-va.gov. 13,20,27 – West African Dance & Drumming Class: City Auditorium: 4:306pm: Free: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 14,21,28,May 4 – Adult Strength & Conditioning Class: Ballou Rec. Center: 56pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 15 – Sky Watchers: Danville Science Center: Nightfall: 434.791.5160: www.dsc.smv.org. 15,22,29 – Zumba Revolution with Ruth: Pepsi Building: 5:30pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 15-May 11 – Latin Dance with Flori: Pepsi Building: TH: Meringue-6:45pm, Salsa-7:45pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 16,17,18 - SCCA Double National Races: VIRginia International Raceway: 434.822.7700: www.virclub.com. 19-May 23 – Belly Dance Classes: Pepsi Building: Mondays: Intermediate, 5:30pm: Beginning, 6:45pm: 434.797.8848: www.danville-va.gov. 23,24,25 - Bosch Engineering 250 Grand-

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Am Rolex Sports Car Series:VIRginia International Raceway: 434.822.7700: www.virclub.com. 24 – Beginners’ Line Dance Workshop: Ballou Rec. Center: 11am-2pm: 434.799.5216: www.danville-va.gov.

MARTINSVILLE Arts/Exhbits

Thru April 24 – PAA Exhibits – ArtJam & Works by Daniel Robertson: Piedmont Arts: 276.632.3221: www.piedmontarts.org. Thru Sept, 18 – Messages from the Mesozoic Exhibit:Virginia Museum of Natural History: 276.634.4141: www.vmnh.net. 1 – Bob Ross Painting Workshop: Piedmont Arts: 10am-3:30pm: 276.632.3221: www.piedmontarts.org. 1,8,15,22 – Jewelry Studio Lab: Southern Virginia Artisan Center (SVAC): Mon 6–8:30pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org. 2 – First Friday Art Walk: Studio 107: 5:307:30pm: 276.638.2107: www.piedmontarts.org. 5,12,19,26 – Oil Painting Class: SpencerPenn Centre: Mon. 6:30–8:30pm: 276.957.5757: www.thecentreatspencerpenn.com. 5-May 3 – Finishing Techniques: Southern Virginia Artisan Center (SVAC): Mon 6–8:30pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org. 6,12,20,21 – SVAC Classes: Projects in Woodturning, Precious Metal Clay and

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Fused Glass: Spencer-Penn Centre: Mon. 6:30–8:30pm: 276.957.5757: www.thecentreatspencerpenn.com. 7,14,21,28 – Floyd Figures Art Group: The Sun Music Hall: 1:30–4:30pm: 540.745.7880: www.thesunmusichall.com. 8,15,22,29 – Pottery Lab: Spencer-Penn Centre: Mon. 6:30–8:30pm: 276.957.5757: www.thecentreatspencerpenn.com. 9-May 24 – Intermediate Portrait and Figure Painting: Southern Virginia Artisan Center (SVAC): Mon 6–8:30pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org. 10 – Exporing Faux Finishes: SVAC: 9am5pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org. 20-May 25 – Intro to Ceramics: SVAC: Tues 6–8:30pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org.

Kids/Family

5-28– Family Aerobics: Spencer-Penn Centre: MW 6:30pm: 276.957.5757: www.thecentreatspencerpenn.com. 7,21 – Doodle Bugs:Virginia Museum of Natural History: 4/7-Seeing Spring All Around Us. 4/21-Easy Being Green: 10am & 3pm: Ages 3-5: 276.634.4185: www.vmnh.net. 3,10,17,24 – Special Saturdays: Events/ Times/Ages Vary:Virginia Museum of Natural History: 276.634.4185: www.vmnh.net. 17-24 – Earth Week: Locations/Times Vary:Virginia Museum of Natural History: 276.634.4185: www.vmnh.net.

Entertainment

2-30 – Friday Night Jamboree: Floyd Country Store: Fridays, 6:30pm: $3: 540.745.4563: www.ﬂoydcountrystore.com. 4,11,18,25 – Traditional Bluegrass/Mountain Music Jam: Floyd Country Store: 2-5pm: 540.745.4563: www.ﬂoydcountrystore.com. 8 – New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: Martinsville HS Auditorium: 7:30-9pm: Piedmont Arts: 276.632.3221: www.piedmontarts.org. 16 – Larry Keel & Natural Bridge Concert: The Rives Theater: 8-11pm: rivestheater@gmail.com. 17,18 – Dearly Beloved: BRATS Theater Group: Spencer-Penn Centre: 7pm/2pm: 276.957.5757: www.thecentreatspencerpenn.com. 23 – The Waybacks: Shining Star Farm: 6:30pm: Piedmont Arts: 276.632.3221: www.piedmontarts.org.

24 – Old Time Country Dance: Floyd Country Store: 7:30pm: 540.745.4563: www.ﬂoydcountrystore.com. 30 – Music & Wine Night: Binding Time Café: 5:30pm: 276.656.3800: www.binding-time.com. 30 – TGIF - Paradox: Uptown Farmer’s Market: 7-10:30pm: 276.632.5688: www. martinsvilleuptown.com.

Lectures/Lifestyle

10 – Checker’s Mutt Strutt and Charity Bike Ride: Martinsville Speedway: 10am: www. spcamhc.org. 21 – Thomas Jefferson Awards:Virginia Museum of Natural History: 6-7:30pm: 276.634.4185: www.vmnh.net.

Hobbies/Sports

1-29– Chair Aerobics: Spencer-Penn Centre: M/Th 11:30am: 276.957.5757: www. thecentreatspencerpenn.com. 6,13,20 – Intro to Computers and Keyboarding Class: Spencer-Penn

Area EVENTS Guide Centre: 6–8pm: 276.957.5757: www. thecentreatspencerpenn.com. 10 – Advanced Digital Photography: SVAC: 9 am-4 pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org. 10,17,24 – Beginning Knitting: SVAC: 10am-12pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org. 17 – Cruise In: Uptown Martinsville, Church St.: 5-8pm: 276.632.5688: www. martinsvilleuptown.com. 23,24,25 – Women’s Wellness Weekend: Fairy Stone State Park: 1.800.933.7275: www.virginiastateparks.gov. 24 – Advanced Photoshop: SVAC: 9 am-4 pm: www.southernvirginiaartisancenter.org. 30, May 1 – Boy Scouts Camp-Out: Fisher Farm Park: 6pm-11am: 276.634.4185: www.vmnh.net.

Wayback When April 23, 1985 For soda lovers, it’s a date that will live in infamy. On this day, “New” Coke was introduced to the public. “The new taste of Coca-Cola,” which abandoned the original formula of the soda giant, met strong opposition and was viewed as a huge marketing failure. Rival cola giant Pepsi, had a hand in “New” Coke’s less than stellar reception. After getting wind of Coke’s decision to change its celebrated formula via the media, Pepsi decided to take to the media as well. Roger Enrico, the director of Pepsi’s North American operations, declared a company-wide holiday. He took out a full-page ad in The New York Times boasting that Pepsi was victorious in the long-running cola wars. The next day Pepsi took the day off and “rejoiced” in forcing Coke to change their brand. Pepsi presented the formula change to the public as Coke’s way of waving the white ﬂag. It was a sly marketing campaign that put doubt in consumers’ taste buds before “New” Coke hit the shelves. Showing resilience, Coca-Cola withstood the barrage of negative reviews and customer backlash and reintroduced the original formula. Packaged as “CocaCola Classic”, the original was a hit. Coca-Cola saw a convincing gain in sales, leading to rumors that “New” Coke was a marketing ploy all along. Whether it was or not remains a mystery, but one thing is for sure, the cola wars continue to this day.

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Area EVENTS Guide

LYNCHBURG Kids/Family

12-May 3 – Fairytale Friends: Academy of Fine Arts Studio: Ages 3.5-5: Mon. 3-3:45pm: $40: 434.528.3256: www.academyﬁnearts.com. 24 – Mother’s Day Clay: Academy of Fine Arts Studio: Ages 6+: 10am-12pm: 434.528.3256: www.academyﬁnearts.com.

Entertainment

9,23 – Live Music: The Ellington: 5pm: $8: 434.845.2162: www.theellington.org. 10 – John Hammond Concert: The Ellington: 8:30pm: 434.845.2162: www.theellington.org. 24 – Jessie & James Comedy Dog Show: Academy of Fine Arts Studio: 1pm/5pm: 434.846.8499: www.academyﬁnearts.com.

SMITH MT. LAKE/ BEDFORD

24,25 – Providence Spring Fling: Providence Vol. Fire Department: 434.548.4444: www.providencespringﬂingfestival.com.

Entertainment

3 – Roanoke Valley Comicon: Salem Civic Center: 10am-4pm: www.salemciviccenter.com. 10 – Aaron Neville: Roanoke Symphony: Salem Civic Center: 540.343.9127: www.rso.com. 13,14,15 – Riverdance: Roanoke Civic Center: 7:30pm: 540.853.5483: www.roanokeciviccenter.com. 17 – Music from The Crooked Road: Jefferson Center: 8pm: 540.345.2550: www.jeffcenter.org. 24 – Kandinsky Beat Down: Jefferson Center: 8pm: 540.345.2550: www.jeffcenter.org.

10 - Peyton Tochterman with Darrell Muller: Bedford Public Library: 7:30pm: $10: 540.586.8911: www.friendsofbedfordlibrary.org. 24 - Celtic Festival: Sedalia Center: 434-.299.5080: www.sedaliacenter.org.

4 - SML State Park Lecture Series: Ron Coleman: Smith Mountain Lake State Park: 540.297.6066. 10,11 - Prelude to Invasion: National DDay Memorial: 540-586-3329: www.dday.org.

10 – RC Partnership for Children Day: Market Square, Downtown Reidsville: 1-5pm: www.downtownreidsvillenc.com.

10 – Bluegrass Concert: Kirby Theater Roxboro: 7:30pm: 336.599.4039: www.Kirbytheater.com. 17 – Downtown Farmers’ Market Opening: Market Square, Downtown Reidsville: 6:30am-12pm: www. downtownreidsvillenc.com. 22,23,24 – Bluegrass Music Festival: Willow Oak Park, Roxboro: 336.229.9055: www.WillowOakPark.com. 23 – Rock & Roll Heaven: Caswell County Civic Center,Yanceyville: 8pm: 336.694.4591: www.ccfta.org. 24 – Clash of the Carts: Willow Oak Park, Roxboro: 336.599.0918: www.historicroxboro.com.

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2,9,23 – Poker Tournament:Yancey House Restaurant: 6:30pm: 336.694.4225: www. yanceyvillage.com. 3 – DRBA’s First Saturday Outing: Pine Hall to Madison, NC: 10am: 336.627.6215: www.danriver.org. 10 – Wine & Dine: Everyday Art Gallery, Reidsville: 336.347.7015: www. everydayartgallery.com. 24 – CHC Spring Seminar:Yancey House Restaurant: 8:30am-3pm: 336.234.9636.

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Lifestyle/Lecture

ROANOKE

1-May 31 – Quilts Exhibit: The Prizery: 434.572.8339: www.prizery.com.. 4 – Easter Brunch and Easter Egg Hunt: Berry Hill Resort: 10am-3pm: www.halifaxchamber.net.

Entertainment

11 – Paquito D’Rivera Concert: The Prizery: 7:30pm: 434.572.8339: www.prizery.com. 23,24,25,27,30 – Suds The Rocking 60’s: Halifax County Little Theatre: The Prizery: Times Vary: 434.572.8339: www.prizery.com. 30, May 1,2 – Halifax Co. Heritage & Antique Machinery Festival: Halifax Co. Fair Grounds: 12pm: 434.349.3349: www.halifaxcountyheritagefestival.org.

Hobbies/Sports

3,17,24 – Auto Racing: South Boston Speedway: 1.877.440.1540: www.southbostonspeedway.com.

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The Time You Take by Larry Oldham I know as humans we all share the same emotions and attitudes. We adjust our lives somewhat in the same way. But we handle our problems, trials, and tribulations differently. Without espousing platitudes about how to live your life, I will attempt to share a few of my thoughts. The one common thread in our lives is that we all must choose how to spend our TIME. Will we use it to our advantage or disadvantage? The results are what make the world so different. Our days seem to be maxed out. We are always trying to play catch up. It seems that our daily routines are taking up all of our time and we can’t ﬁnd a way to slow down. We are constantly being bombarded by people asking us to help with their favorite activity, fund raiser, sport, or serve on their committee. We have many modern conveniences to aid in efﬁciency, but the more productive we become, the more demands and pressures we place on ourselves. We feel we are being trampled by others to compete or conquer one more quest. We

get to the place where we don’t want to get up and face the challenges of another day. Our lives are overloaded with technology, work, debt, pollution, activities, noise, stressful decisions, and pressures. We’ve got to learn to take life at a slower pace. We have got to take time to share with our children, our parents, our friends, our neighbors and especially our signiﬁcant other. We have placed way too many demands on ourselves and we are not stopping to smell the roses as the old saying goes. Take a minute and look at your week. How many things do you have to do this week that offer family values? How much time have you set aside to spend with your loved ones? Do you see others that might need your help but you ﬁnd that you are just too busy living your life to help them with problems in their life? The cultural tide pulls us toward more progress, better homes, better jobs, more money in the bank. Sometimes this affects our lives to the point that we forget the needs of others, thinking only

of ourselves. In reality we should all be trying to love one another. We have to make a living in order to have a place to live. We need to work to pay our bills. But keep in mind that relationships need nurturing and a healthy marriage or a successful relationship can only thrive with much attention, a watering of affection and a caring attitude. Let’s create a free living space in our daily lives and open our hearts to sharing time with others. Make room in your daily schedule for a neighbor who needs a friend or a nursing home patient who needs someone to talk to. Let’s make room every day for our children and spouse so that our love will grow. Life is precious and God meant for us to be happy. He also meant for us to share our lives with others on a daily basis. Helping our fellow man will give us peace and joy in our hearts. Live your life happily by being kind to those around you. In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make, says my friend John Lennon. Not a bad mantra to live by.

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Out With the Old I love this time of year. The birds are pooping on everything in sight, the lawn needs mowing, and it’s time to get to work on the veggie garden. Yay Springtime! It’s really here! I know some are saddened by winter’s end. And some are ecstatic. Granted, I do not love cold weather, but I do love to watch snow falling and kids taking advantage of it. But I’m ready to move on. I have prepared a short speech as we travel on from one season to the next. Oh winter, you are a crisp, lovely time of year that is cherished by many. But as we look ahead to the spring season before us, let us remember your freezing temperatures, short days, and cooped up children running through our houses because they couldn’t play outside. I think I speak for us all when I say that we are thankful for the snow you have given to us. You ﬁnally heard our complaints. I also think we all will be cautious with what we ask for in the future. As Mother Nature switches gears and lets the sun warm our days, we will promise to protect ourselves and our loved ones by wearing SPF so that we aren’t scarred with ugly wrinkles and skin blemishes in the years to come. The End. The tree pollen will put me in a snot coma but I don’t care. And even though my eyes are itchy and watery I enjoy seeing the earth around me turn green and bloom once again. But there’s something else I enjoy 34 SHOWCASE Magazine

about this time of year...spring cleaning! My constant urge to clean and sort and store and organize is hard to ignore so I like to cut back on the tidiness the first of the year, you know, to build up enough clutter for “Spring Cleaning” time. I start with my own hoarding of things. I’m bad for buying seasonal items on clearance, and a year later still thinking that I will use them one day, just because they were cheap. But not this day, I am cleaning stuff out! And feeling great about it. So the old Halloween makeup, hanging patio lights that were cute until I got them home, and mosquito candles that don’t work...all have to go. And then on to the toys. Each kid doesn’t have that many toys, but x4 and it seems pretty overwhelming. I have tried asking them what they want and don’t want, but that never was really productive because they want to keep it all. So today while they aren’t here I’m going through every toy to find out what’s broken and what’s neglected. If I haven’t seen it in 3 months, then it probably won’t get to live here anymore. I dump out their individual containers and go to work. Some of the things I find aren’t even theirs! What a mess. I liked the seasonal items better. My things were easier to let go of than theirs. Although it wasn’t hard to do when I looked ahead in my mind at how organized the toy room would be. The remaining mess before me includes a John Cena wrestling figure, a dirty sock, a naked baby doll, another baby doll with one leg and no arms, a two-foot-tall remote control dinosaur, headphones, a Woody doll from Toy Story, Buzz from Toy

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Story-- minus his wings, a Connect Four game with ALL the pieces lying nearby, three Hot Wheels, two books, six crayons, some crumbled up Goldfish crackers, a dog leash, a yellow flip flop, a Build-ABear koala bear wearing a karate uniform that says “Let’s play ball” when I step on its arm, a slinky, a mold of my teeth from the dentist...hmm...?, a Nerf football, a Dora the Explorer Leapster game, a pair of swimming goggles, an empty pencil case, a toothbrush, a piece of Laffy Taffy from Halloween, one drum stick (not from a chicken, from a drum set), and a life jacket. Apparently when I yell “time to clean up” they will throw everything in sight into their containers and call it clean... Works for me. That was easier than I thought. Now I can spend the rest of the day continuing to be productive. I can go for a walk, or wash the car, or just sit somewhere looking at Facebook all day. Maybe all three!!

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