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Welcome to the newly redesigned Summer 2020 issue of Slice. As you flip through this edition, you will notice a cleaner layout, some new features and more. I’m the new editor of Slice, and I hope you will take the time to let me know what you think. We hope you enjoy learning about some great things that are going on here Isle of Wight and Surry counties, from hand sanitizer making at a distillery to a great equine rescue to a dedicated, volunteer chaplain for the Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Office. Far from Surry but never far from its thoughts, local native Antonio Charity is making waves in Hollywood with his prolific acting career. He also is working on a project that will see him become writer, director and producer for the first time. You’ll read about Mark and Kim Rangos, who converted their Isle of Wight distillery to make much-needed hand sanitizer in addition to vodka, rum and whiskey during the pandemic. You’ll read about Marty Lee, who takes time away from his own business to volunteer with the Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Office. He knows some of the pressures officers face, as a former North Carolina state trooper himself. You’ll also read about Sonja Reuter and the Diamonds in the Rough equine rescue organization. This farm has rescued approximately 500 horses from all kinds of situations since it started about a decade ago. We hope you enjoy reading about these local folks and find a connection or two within these pages. We’re always looking for your submissions to help us make Slice better. We need you for story ideas, submissions, guesses for the Where Am I? challenge and any other suggestions you may have. Please contact us at news@ smithfieldtimes.com. God bless, Tracy Agnew
Inside this Issue
SANITY AT THE DISTILLERY
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What are the Triple Deuce and Flying Dragon? They’re a whiskey and a rum made right here in Isle of Wight County, and you can also get hand sanitizer there.
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In the News
Antonio Charity enjoys success, personal projects in Hollywood.
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Windsor held a socially distanced fireworks show on July 4.
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Diamonds In The Rough sees the potential for every horse to have a good life.
The veteran, former law enforcement, business owner and volunteer tells his story.
Horse rescue Chaplain Lee
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In the News Surry native embarks on new project Story by Tracy Agnew Submitted Photography
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Surry County native who has been in the acting business for 25 years is now becoming a writer, director and producer for the first time. Antonio D. Charity graduated from Surry County High School in 1990. Even when he was a small child, his family knew he would be an actor. “I didn’t get into acting; acting got into me,” Charity said. “If you let my family tell it, it’s always been in me.” Charity said his family can tell stories about him singing on the kitchen counter
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Slice of Smithfield • 7 and putting on great performances in church — “things I don’t even remember,” Charity said. “I’ve always been putting on shows ever since I was real little,” he said. He does recall a Thanksgiving play in fifth grade. Then there was his first year in the high school drama club. The award-winning drama club was performing a one-act play called “If It Don’t Hurt, It Ain’t Love.” Charity had to replace the star with a few weeks’ notice and got rave reviews. He continued in the drama club in high school and then majored in theater at Howard University, an experience that only solidified his passion to pursue his dream. “Being in that environment with all those other people that were pursuing it for a living, it was the best experience ever at Howard University,” Charity said. He moved to New York and worked there for nine years and has now been in Los Angeles for 16 years. His filmography dates back to 1994 and includes appearances on such well-known shows as “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn,”
“Nip/Tuck,” “House,” “The Shield,” “True Blood,” “Medium,” “Will & Grace” and “Bones,” as well as multiple appearances in various “Law & Order” franchises. He’s also been recently seen in “Damsel,” “Turnover,” “Brown Paper Bag” and “Bumblebee” and has done voiceovers for several video games. Charity described his career as “feast or famine,” having either a lot of work to do at any one time, or not much at all. “I’m not even halfway to where I want to be, and that is to only act and never have to do side jobs, ever,” he said, although he did add that he works more than most actors he knows. “I want to work full-time consistently, and I want to do roles and projects that I really, really enjoy doing,” he said. However, Charity is spending time lately fundraising for a special project. “Ten Angry Kin” will focus on the intersection of faith and homosexuality, with a main character named Tasha who grew up in a very religious home and recently came out to her mother. Her uncle, hoping to facilitate reconciliation, invites the entire family together for Sunday dinner,
setting the stage for a clash between members of the faith community and members and allies of the LGBT community. “Writing and directing wasn’t on my bucket list, but this story just came to me,” Charity said. “That’s all I want, for the world to see it and think about these issues a little more deeply.” Folks can support his project on his website, charityworksentertainment.com. Charity said it has been a difficult few months for the film industry as it navigates the coronavirus pandemic, and everyone in Hollywood is still just “waiting for the world to open back up,” Charity said. “They’ve got to figure out how to get a crew and a cast of people working together on a set and respect social distancing guidelines,” he said. “I have no idea how they’re going to do this, or when.” Charity said he is homesick for Surry County all the time and hopes to eventually move back. “The plan has always been to move back to Virginia, and I can’t get back soon enough,” he said.
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The bombs were bursting in air at the Heritage Park Fairgrounds in Windsor on the Fourth of July. Thousands of folks drove in and stayed in or near their cars to experience the pyrotechnics in the midst of a pandemic. With many fireworks displays being canceled because of recommendations against gatherings of crowds, this one was a crowd-pleaser for sure.
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16 • Slice of Smithfield Mark Rangos stirs a mixture of water, ethanol, glycerin and hydrogen peroxide to make hand sanitizer at Blue Sky Distillery. The distillery began making hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 pandemic and found a new market — and new customers for their drinkable products, as well.
Kim Rangos fills bottles of hand sanitizer at Blue Sky Distillery.
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ark and Kim Rangos have built a successful second career in the beverage business. As owners of Blue Sky Distillery, the spark to start the business came five years ago during a vacation in Ireland. They toured the Jameson distillery while visiting the Emerald Isle. Mark “was sitting in his recliner, and he threw his arms up in the air and said ‘I know what I want to do. I want to make vodka,’” Kim said. “I said ‘Honey, if that’s what you want to do, alrighty.’” They began researching, reading and taking classes about the industry, and they started distilling in early 2017 and by next summer, their products were on the market. Three years later, they now make five products — vodka, rums and whiskeys. “I sort of grew up in a small business environment,” Mark said. “I always wanted to have a product, make a product of my own. I couldn’t really figure out
what I wanted to do, what kind of product to make, and then when we took the trip to Ireland, then it sort of just hit me that this would be very interesting. I have an engineering degree, so I can use my engineering skills and it would just be an interesting experience to start the company from scratch, develop a product and take the product to market.” Mark and Kim are West Virginia natives who have lived in the area for more than a decade. The beverage business is a family tradition on Mark’s side. His grandfather opened a bar in the 1950s, and it’s still in business today, run by his mom and sisters. His dad opened a beer- and wine-making supply shop, and a nephew runs that business. Dog Star Vodka is the company’s original, award-winning product. With local Virginia-grown wheat and Spring Lake Bottled Water, the vodka’s signature taste also comes through thanks to its production process, Mark explained.
“What makes it your own and the craft part is the little things you do, the types of ingredients you use and the specific variations in the process,” Mark said. Blue Sky’s process is different from what most commercial producers do. To make vodka from grain, the grain is cracked or ground and combined with hot water to form a mash. The starches from the grain are converted into sugars during the mashing process. The mash is transferred to fermentation tanks and yeast is added. The yeast actively converts the natural sugars in the mash into alcohol. After fermentation is complete, the liquid is moved to a still and heated above the boiling point of alcohol (ethanol) during the distillation process. Here, the distillation process removes impurities and produces very high proof alcohol which is collected into a holding tank. The high proof alcohol is diluted to make the final product. Most commercial distilleries leave the
Blue Sky Distillery, owned by Mark and Kim Rangos, recently won Coastal Virginia’s Best of 2020 Gold Overall Best Distillery.
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grain and liquid together and ferment it. Blue Sky uses an “off the grain” process, explained Mark, where only the liquid is fermented and distilled. The result is an exceptionally clean vodka. “It is very smooth, very clean, has some tones of vanilla, butterscotch, caramel — we get a lot of those notes from customers who told us that,” Kim said. And making your own craft beverages does come with its perks. “I haven’t had any other vodka besides Dog Star for three years,” Kim said. Industry critics have also lauded Dog Star. It received a bronze medal in the 2018 Great American International Spirits Competition in New York. Mark and Kim are passionate dog lovers, and the fruits of their labor benefit the local canine community. A portion of the net proceeds from Dog Star Vodka sales support dog-related organizations, Kim said. “The first time I saw a bottle of our Dog Star in an ABC store, I started to cry,” Kim said. “And there was nobody there to hug me because I was in an ABC store and these people don’t know me. I was calling Mark and I sent him pictures and said, ‘Look — we’re on the shelf.’ It was very, very gratifying. And it still is.” Blue Sky followed Dog Star with Blackbeard’s Pointe, a silver rum made with Grade A molasses. Then they went to work on creating whiskeys — Triple Deuce Wheat Whiskey and Painted Pig
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Bacon Maple Whiskey. Blue Sky’s Flying Dragon spiced rum is made with locally produced Horseshoe Point honey. All of the company’s products have a Virginia’s Finest products designation, which is awarded by the state Department of Agriculture. Blue Sky is also proud to be the first distillery in Virginia to be designated green. “We recycle pretty much anything and everything we can possibly recycle,” Kim said. “We’ve never had ambitions to be nationwide, really,” Mark said. “We just wanted to be a small local distillery, high quality. We’ve never tried to go to other states or anything. We’re content with just being here in Hampton Roads.” When the COVID-19 pandemic hit,
Blue Sky refined its spirit-making and began producing hand sanitizer. “We saw that as an opportunity at a time when people were afraid to go into an ABC store and the demand for product was going down — it was an opportunity for us to keep the wheels on the bus,” Mark said. Blue Sky began selling sanitizer and also made donations to local first responders. The shift in business introduced Blue Sky beverages to a new wave of customers. “As long as there’s demand for it, we’ll continue to be in the business,” Mark said of the sanitizer. “And as long as the requirements, and the federal and state requirements allow us to do so, we’ll still do it, probably on a smaller scale.”
Blue Sky Distillery made hand sanitizer along with its five spirit products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Horses tend to shine at Diamonds In The Rough equine rescue.
Diamonds In The Rough rescues horses from bad situations Story by Loukia Borrell Submitted Photography
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ometimes, horses can be bedeviled by life. They may lack nourishment, be neglected and abused, or simply need a new beginning. That is when Sonja Reuter steps in. Reuter is the compassionate owner of Diamonds In The Rough, a nonprofit equine rescue in Windsor, where unwanted, lonely horses can begin again. Wife, mother, grandmother and always an animal lover, Reuter grew up on a small dairy farm in Indiana and has always been around animals. She started Diamonds In The Rough about 10 years ago to improve the lives of unwanted horses. “At that time, our county and surrounding counties did little to nothing for large animals in need,” she said. Since the farm’s beginning, Reuter estimates more than 500 horses have been rescued. Though her plan was focusing on horses in the area, Reuter has rescued horses from as far away as Texas and Colorado. The farm is based on five actions: Rescue,
Horses that come to Diamonds In The Rough may have been abused, neglected, or their owners couldn’t care for them. The equine rescue helps nurse them back to health.
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Restore, Rehabilitate, Rehome and Retire. Reuter says a retired horse will stay at Diamonds In The Rough until the end of its life. Diamonds In The Rough, and Merry Oaks Stables, a boarding barn, are on 100 acres off Bob White Road. Rescue horses often arrive at Diamonds In The Rough because animal control is involved or the owner needs help with the horse’s expenses. When the weather gets colder, there is a spike in the number of abandoned horses, said Lisen Ringer, who helps Reuter manage the equine rescue. Horses need to be fed in the winter but can eat grass in the summer. Some owners can’t afford the extra expense and keep up with veterinary, dental and farrier care, Ringer said. The number of horses living at Diamonds In The Rough fluctuates, but Reuter said she has had as many as 130 at a time. Before arriving at Diamonds In The Rough, a horse will go to a nearby quarantine farm. “They stay there until we know they are safe and not bringing in diseases
to the rest of the horses,” Reuter said. The average annual cost for basic needs for a horse without extreme health issues is roughly $5,000, Reuter said. To help offset the costs, Diamonds In The Rough hosts Haunted Barn, an annual fundraiser on Friday and Saturday nights in October. Volunteers run the event, which draws approximately 600 people each night and includes a haunted hayride, Reuter said. Proceeds from Haunted Barn, donations and volunteers are three of the biggest ways Diamonds In The Rough has been able to keep going. When that isn’t enough, Reuter chips in with her personal funds. “Most people think a rescue is funded with government or state money, but that’s not true,” Reuter said. “Without donors and volunteers, rescues don’t stand a chance of surviving.” As Reuter drives around the farm, she brings her car to a stop near Stevie Wonder, a 6-year-old draft paint that is completely blind from uveitis, an ophthal-
mic disease in horses. “It was neglect. He had uveitis, which is treatable, but it wasn’t treated,” Reuter said. Still, Stevie has adjusted and knows his way around the fenced-in pasture and can find his water. Not far from Stevie is an older Belgian whose weight has doubled under Reuter’s watchful eye. Reuter cheerfully calls out to a group of donkeys and horses and, recognizing her, they become vocal and playful. Hearing the happy neigh of a rescued horse and seeing the animals gently grazing in their pastures is what it’s all about. “You know you’ve done something,” Reuter said. One of the farm’s biggest needs is help paying for veterinary care. Anyone interested in making a donation can send a check to The Oaks Veterinary Clinic Equine and Farm Services, 14204 Benns Church Blvd., Smithfield, VA 23430. Write “DITR” in the memo line. For more information about donating or volunteering at Diamonds In The Rough, call Reuter at 757-846-6076.
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Marty Lee volunteers his time as chaplain for the Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office.
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Volunteer chaplain helps law enforcement stay strong Story by Loukia Borrell Photos by Jen Jaqua
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hen Marty Lee was graduating from high school in 1970 and trying to figure out what to do next, a close friend suggested Lee consider Biblical studies. “He thought God was leading me that way,” said Lee, who decided to go into the U.S. Navy. Life has come full circle for Lee, now 68, who is volunteer chaplain for the Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office. Lee is not ordained, but he has the recommendation of his church, Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church on Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk, and the personal commitment to volunteer. Lee is at the sheriff’s office on Tuesdays, but admits there is “really no designated day,” as he checks in other days of the week, too. “You’re not a chaplain if you’re not active,” he said. “There is a lot of stress in law enforcement. I want to help lower it.” Lee, a former North Carolina state trooper, knows the pressure of police
work firsthand. “These guys relive every day the crime scenes and tragedies they go to. Somebody needs to care.” Caring comes naturally to Lee. A native of Wilson, N.C., he grew up in nearby Selma, a small railroad town southeast of Raleigh where families knew each other, farmed the land and lived at a relaxed pace. “My life pretty much revolved around Selma as a teenager,” Lee said. It was during those years that he met his wife, Sue, and Lee remembers that first meeting with the same clarity a person has when something important has happened. He rode with an uncle to his girlfriend’s house, saw Sue sitting on a sofa and decided he wanted to get to know her. Their first dates were going to church together. “She was a pretty young lady and very sweet, very kind,” Lee said. Her parents were very hospitable and, although they lived modestly, shared what they had with others. Lee was a Navy corpsman stationed in
Hampton Roads at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital and Naval Station Norfolk, doing rotations in internal medicine, obstetrics, psychology and administrative work. “I saw a lot of trauma,” Lee said of those Vietnam War years. “I think it improved my compassion for others.” As a hospital corpsman, Lee also honed his listening skills, learned how to compassionately answer questions and resolve conflict. All of that carried over to his next career move, as a police officer in Smithfield, N.C., and later, as a North Carolina state trooper. After leaving law enforcement, Lee began a long career in the insurance industry, using his investigative skills and concern for others to look into claims. “I’ve worked every type of insurance claim there is,” Lee said. He was with insurance corporation American International Group, or AIG, for 32 years and lived in South Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia and Virginia before forming his own business, Quality Risk Management, in 2016. At an age when many people are
Slice of Smithfield • 29 retiring, Lee isn’t even thinking about it. Being a chaplain is “where my heart is,” said Lee. He says he “combines what God has taught him” with his own knowledge of how law enforcement works. He does ride-alongs with sheriff’s department officers, helps them inform families of deaths, and comforts those who are going through a rough patch. His approach is working. “Marty has been instrumental in helping deputies by lending an ear when needed,” said Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Patrol Lt. Kim-
berly Davenport. The two met when Lee did a ride-along in 2014, the year he began working as chaplain. “His services are a necessity for the mental health of our deputies” as well as community members who are facing a crisis, Davenport said. “If I think someone may benefit from his services, I am able to contact him, and he will reach out in his own way.” “Sometimes all you can do is be there. I get the joy of serving,” Lee said. And, he trusts his instincts — the same ones
that told him Sue was the one. The couple has been married 48 years and have been blessed with two sons and six grandchildren. Lee and his wife are helping mentor others through a first responders’ support group they started with another couple. As many as 20 couples have gathered to exchange food and fellowship. Those connections are priceless, he says, though he does share one concern: “I am afraid, sometimes, it will get too big for my house.”
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