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$376,500 195 Sunset Ridge Dr.
$157,000 112 Wyndview
$267,000
$249,000
$213,900
$339,900
$226,000
246 Mantle Dr.
1157 LeJack Circle
1071 Stonewood Court
112 Merrywood Dr.
1370 Cedar Rock Dr.
$335,000 103 Pleasant View Dr.
$124,500 408 Spring Lake Rd.
$485,000 153 Meadow Ridge Lane
$575,000 1710 Farmington Dr.
$335,000 7119 Peachtree Rd.
$131,000 2142 Colby Dr.
$212,000
$420,000
$405,000
$402,000
$376,500
$397,500
$405,000
$375,800
104 Forest Oaks
1149 Sleepy Oak Lane
1359 Bethel Church Rd.
2421 Everett Rd.
1281 Destiny Lane
115 Bridge Tree Court
102 Winterberry Dr.
147 Turning Point Dr.
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1790 Perennial Lane
$283,900 1209 Madison Mountain Dr.
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$321,000
$357,000
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1187 Otter Trail
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1085 Silver Creek Dr.
163 Turning Point Dr.
$330,000
$325,000
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$230,000
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$240,000
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* Based on info from the Lynchburg Assoc. of REALTORS® MLS for the period Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2016
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ALLERGY ALERT
PREPARING FOR THE SPRING SYMPTOMS
TOP TEACHER AWARDS
MEET THE 2017 WINNERS
SAVING FOR COLLEGE
TOP MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT 529 PLANS
EXPANDED HOME AND GARDEN SECTION
HOME STAGING ADVICE AND IDEAS FOR YOUR GARDEN
ON THE COVER: Our 2017 Top Teacher Crystal DeLong poses in her classroom at Liberty High School in Bedford. Read about this year’s winners on page 47.
ON THIS PAGE: A variety of succulents add a pop of green to Peg Breiholz’s kitchen. See her authentic farmhouse style on page 66.
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ARTIST PROFILE
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DERRICK THOMPSON Baritone, Conductor and Music Educator
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LYNCHSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL Event Celebrates 5 Years
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NEW LOOK, SAME HILLCATS Big Changes in 2017
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FIND YOUR BALANCE The Benefits of Barre Workouts
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THE ORIGINAL WHITE BRICK HOUSE Store Owner Shares Her Personal Style
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IKEBANA Friendship Through Flowers
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FEATURE Eat Your Veggies
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DISHING IT UP Millie’s Living Café COMING RIGHT UP The Manor House at Locust Thicket
IN EVERY ISSUE 14 EDITOR'S LETTER 16 LIVING OUT LOUD 16 PICK OF THE LITTER 19 UPFRONT 63 MAP OF LYNCHBURG 121 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 122 SNAPSHOT 12
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LOCAL FLAVOR Salmon, Mint and Pea Purée, Glazed Carrots and Lemon Sauce
TRAVEL
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VIRGINIA DISTILLERY CO. Sip and Learn in Lovingston COASTAL VIRGINIA One of America's Most Scenic and Historic Travel Destinations
LETTER FROM THE
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et me tell you about this amazing woman I knew in my childhood.
Up before 5 every morning to get her kids ready for school, then started her work day by 7:30 a.m. where she managed about 30 people—some of them very, very difficult to work with. Then, she often stayed a few hours after her official “quitting time” just to get everything done. Once home (after dinner, homework, dance practices/ baseball games) the paperwork would continue. Her pay was not the best—and many times she had to use her own money to accomplish daily work tasks. This woman didn’t wear a business suit… but a denim jumper smeared with Elmer’s glue. Instead of a briefcase… a giant canvas bag full of lesson plans. Everyone called her Mrs. Basinger; I called her mom. Being a “teacher’s daughter” earned me a slight celeb status at my elementary school just outside of Charlotte, NC where my mom taught kindergarten. I also saw firsthand that teaching is not a breezy 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. job that people sign up for so they can get their summers off. It’s hard. It’s demanding. And it’s a profession that requires passion (and a lot of patience). This year, we are once again honored to recognize some of the area’s best educators in our 3rd annual Top Teachers contest. A panel of judges selected the Top 25 after reviewing heartfelt nomination forms sent in from the community. Starting on page 47, hear from the Top 10 teachers, including their biggest challenges and favorite moments. Our Artist Profile on page 22 is also a teacher; barely in his 30s, Derrick Thompson’s musical resume is already very impressive. We also have plenty of teaching moments in this issue, perfect for spring. If you want to learn a thing or two about the very popular farmhouse style, we go inside the home of Peg Breiholz, the owner of The White Brick House on page 66. Our Expanded Home and Garden section also includes Spring Cleaning advice and practical lawn/garden tips from local experts. In the Taste department, food editor Rachel Dalton highlights the best places in town to get fresh, local veggies. And this issue’s “Local Flavor” is a father of three who knows how to cook so much more than chicken nuggets. Find his healthy recipe (that includes the up-and-coming sous vide method) on page 100. Finally, it isn’t officially spring until you’ve watched a Hillcats game at City Stadium, and there are a lot of changes (including the colors) for fans to see and experience this year. Team President Chris Jones explains it all starting on page 31. As always, when you pick up a copy of Lynchburg Living, I hope you learn something new. And after reading this issue, I hope you’ll make it a point to thank a teacher in your life. Because I can tell you from experience, he or she works a lot harder than you realize.
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Lynchburg Living magazine is a full-color publication that promotes Lynchburg and the Central Virginia area as a whole and prides itself as being Lynchburg’s magazine specializing in providing articles concerning upcoming events, entertainment, dining, lifestyle and community. We also include feature articles covering family issues, local arts, clubs and organizations. Lynchburg Living prints more than 20,000 copies bi-monthly and is featured in locations in and around the Lynchburg, Forest and Bedford areas with an estimated reach of over 85,000 in its reading audience.
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Feedback In our January/February issue, we took an inside look at the making of Shoeless Wonders, a movie about the Presbyterian Home’s legendary, barefoot football team. Terry Adams wrote on Facebook, “It will be interesting and informative to see this story on the (movie) screen. As always, I like stories with happy endings.”
Lynchburg Restaurant Week The fabulous menu options and incredible deals will return June 10-17 for the 5th annual Lynchburg Restaurant Week! Look for more details at www.lynchburgrestaurantweek.com.
Best Of Lynchburg Awards When our January/ February issue hit stands, winners of the 2017 Best Of awards grabbed a copy and went to social media to celebrate!
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Write to Feedback, Lynchburg Living magazine, 115-B Goldenrod Place, Lynchburg, VA 24502. Send e-mail to feedback@lynchburgmag.com. Correspondents must identify themselves; names may be withheld on request. Lynchburg Living may edit or condense letters.
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PICK OF THE LITTER Meet Trinka! This delightful, beautiful girl is seven months old. Trinka is ready for happiness and a family of her own. Stop by and visit Trinka and her friends in the LHS kitten room today!
If you are interested in Trinka, please call the Lynchburg Humane Society (434) 448-0088 or visit the shelter at 1211 Old Graves Mill Road.
UPDATE: Great News! Our January/February “Pick of the Litter” Rum was adopted!
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Stop and Smell the Roses …AT OLD CITY CEMETERY Old City Cemetery’s 27-acre public garden includes the largest public collection of antique roses in the state of Virginia. This spring, see the beautiful blooms for yourself during the 22nd Annual Antique Rose Festival. Get the best selection of this year’s inventory on Saturday, April 15. The festival also includes workshops and guided rose tours in May. View the full schedule at www.gravegarden.org. Photo Courtesy of Old City Cemetery
Do you think you have a good perspective on Lynchburg?
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Mark Your Calendars March/April Richmond Ballet II, March 25 at 7 p.m. Experience the beauty and elegance of ballet. The Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra and Liberty University are joining together to bring these incredible performers to LU’s Worship Arts Concert Hall. Tickets at lynchburgsymphony.org.
Food Truck Thursdays Begin, April 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featuring food trucks from across the region, this popular event is back for its third year! Stop by Miller Park every Thursday through September 31.
Hillcats Home Opener, April 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Have You Heard? After reaching a goal of over 700 members, Grassroots Local Market is expected to open this summer! The fundraising milestone allowed the cooperatively-owned grocery store to pursue a large loan. Grassroots will be located at 1300 Main Street. Look for more updates in future issues!
Local Openings & Closings Hello! to William Alexander Tobacconist (formerly City Place Cigar) on Main Street and on Enterprise Drive. Goodbye to women’s consignment store Salvaged in Cornerstone.
Bring the whole family to City Stadium to watch the Hillcats take on Myrtle Beach. Read more about the team’s new look (and more exciting changes) on page 31!
Hello! to Marco’s Pizza in the new Forest Square Shopping Center.
Goodbye to the J. Crew Clearance Store on Millrace Drive, which closed in January. Hello! to the newly reopened salad and juice bar Crisp on Church Street. Goodbye to Isis Spa on Enterprise Drive in Wyndhurst.
Lynchstock Music Festival, April 22 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. With over 40 bands, musicians, and performers, Lynchstock is the largest local music and arts festival in Central Virginia. Read more about the event’s history and growth on page 25!
Lynchburg Garden Tour, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This walking tour features five private homes with gardens in varying stages of development. Find ticket and schedule information at www.vagardenweek.org.
Paint Out Lynchburg, April 28 – 30 The Lynchburg Art Club welcomes you to a weekend of painting “in the open air.” Bring your easel and paints and be inspired by Lynchburg’s beautiful architecture and scenery. Full schedule of events at lynchburgartclub.com.
Tree Hugging World Record Event, April 29 at 3 p.m. You could help Lynchburg go down in history! Stop by Peaks View Park to help break the Guinness World Record for the most people hugging trees at the same place at the same time. Check in starts at 3 p.m.; the attempt is at 5:30 p.m. Then, stick around for an after party that will include live music, food trucks, inflatables and more.
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Behind the Scenes Photographer RJ Goodwin uses two cameras on many photo shoots, such as our Local Flavor profile that involved a variety of shots. One camera has a wideangle lens. The other is better for those close-up details of ingredients and food. Check out this issue's Local Flavor recipe on page 100.
Quotables “I buy things because I like them, not because of their supposed value or because they’re considered antiques. I like old things with a history...” – Peg Breiholz owner of The White Brick House in Forest. Read about her farmhouse style on page 66!
#LynchburgLiving Lauren Ferry shared her love for Downtown Lynchburg on Instagram. She wrote, “I truly love this street. I love this town. I love our loft…” We love that you love your downtown life, Lauren. Thanks for sharing! Include the hashtag #lynchburgliving on your posts and your photo may be featured in an upcoming issue!
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OCCUPATION: Adjunct Faculty, Central Virginia Community College A little more than two years ago, you were 125 pounds heavier. What was happening in your life that pushed you to make a change and stick with it? I looked in the mirror (and photos) and didn’t like what I saw. I was 45, had two small children, and I was so uncomfortable in my body that I didn’t want to go out in public, couldn’t get out and play with my kids, or even find clothes. (I am a diva at heart.) My blood pressure was high, and I ran the risk of developing diabetes.
And your job at the time was making you feel even more guilty—right? Absolutely! Here I was teaching my students nutrition and wellness, but I was morbidly obese. I was the teacher that the kids always came to talk to about their problems, and yet I wasn’t practicing what I was preaching. I taught them about healthy relationships, etc.—how could I expect them to listen to me talk about being healthy if I was so overweight?
You chose the Atkins diet to help you shed the weight. Why? I always joke that I am a fat kid at heart. I love to cook, and I love to eat! Atkins allowed me to continue these passions and lose lots of weight. It was easy for me to remove things from my diet (especially after seeing the results and how I felt). Instead of focusing on what I couldn’t eat, I began to eat healthier— vegetables, real food, healthy snacks.
Describe what life is like for you now. I am a new person— not just physically, but mentally. I challenge myself to try new
things (i.e. running a 5k). Because of my Atkins lowcarb lifestyle, I take half the amount of blood pressure medicine, I haven’t had a bout of cystic acne in two years, I have energy, I can play with my kids, I have confidence, and I can shop in any store! There are no words to describe how life is so much better without all that extra weight.
And you’ve noticed your behavior is rubbing off on your family too. I have lowered their sugar intake and incorporated more clean foods into their diet. But the greatest thing was how this affected my daughter. She, like most people, thought there was no way she could live without carbs. She was an athlete in high school and had gained weight in college. Eventually she tried it, loved how she physically felt and starting losing weight. A little later she had some health issues and found that eliminating sugar in her diet would help prevent complications.
What’s next for you? Do you have any more personal health goals? My trainer wants me to compete in a Spartan Race, but I would be happy with another 5k or 10k race! I would like to lose another 20 to 25 pounds, but ultimately I would like to share my story with those who have struggled like myself— let them know it is possible and it’s worth the effort because you will feel better physically and mentally!
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Your teaching job at Staunton River High School (SRHS) isn’t too far from where you grew up. As a child, I grew up in Madison Heights with my mother. I attended Madison Heights Elementary, Monelison Middle School and Amherst County High School.
When did you start to develop an interest in music? I had always enjoyed listening to music. I remember as a child I was drawn to the music of Whitney Houston and consider her to be my favorite artist. It wasn’t until the age of 13 that I began singing, which began in church.
Aside from church, did you focus on music in school as well? Yes. I began singing in the high school choir at Amherst High with the group Amherechos, which included concert choir and show choir.
You eventually decided to pursue music as a career. Describe your experience at Lynchburg College (LC).
through Sunday. The students learned primarily the Western style of music, while also teaching me Chinese for the opening music festival of the performance hall held each summer. One statement I heard often especially once returning from China was, “I bet the students were a lot more well behaved than here.” Not sure if I would agree with that 100 percent. In China, I taught about 140 kids. They were all excited about music and a majority of them had some type of music background.
And you also recorded an album along the way? When performing locally, many people always asked if I had a CD, and I would tell them no. This encouraged me to record one of my favorite styles of music, spirituals, which is the title of my album. The album Spirituals can be found on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon.
Now in your current position at SRHS, what does an average day look like for you?
Attending LC was the best choice I could have ever made. The music department was like a family, and they pushed not just me but all their students to be great musicians and educators. I give a lot of credit to my voice instructor, Dr. Jong Kim, for making me the musician and educator I am today.
I am currently the choral director at Staunton River Middle School and Staunton River High School. In the morning, I teach at the middle school where I have one seventh-grade choir and two eighth-grade choirs. In the afternoon, I travel to the high school where I teach a general chorus (beginning students) and my advanced choir. I teach roughly 140 students between both schools combined.
By 2007, you made your professional debut here in Lynchburg. Tell us about that performance with Opera on the James.
What do you enjoy the most about working with your students?
In 2007, I was a junior at LC. During this time, the choral department would participate in the opera productions with the local opera company, Opera on the James. During this particular season the opera company was in search for a baritone to play the role of the Duke in their production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. My professors excused me from a few of my classes to complete rehearsals and take French lessons in preparation for the role. For me, this performance was one of the highlights for me and my career. Being able to perform with “professional” artists was simply amazing.
After you graduated, where did life take you next? After graduating from LC in 2008, I immediately went into completing my master’s degree at Morgan State University in Baltimore.
Then you decided take your talents overseas. How did you end up with a music-related job in China? During the summer of 2009, I visited China with the Morgan State University choir as we toured and performed in some of the major cities there. Dr. Oeida Hatcher, dean of Communication and the Arts at Lynchburg College, knew that I had just come back from the tour. In an email, she sent me information about a performance hall in search for an artistic director. Once I figured out where the position was I decided to apply thinking that they wouldn’t hire me since this would have been my first professional position right out of college. A couple of weeks later, I interviewed via Skype and two weeks after that, they called back saying I had the job as Artistic Director of the Mulan Children’s Choir at the Tianjin Concert Hall in Tianjin, China.
What was it like teaching in China? It was a wonderful experience. I taught at a performance hall, so this served as an extracurricular activity for the students. Classes were held on Friday
Being able to see my students growing musically and making wonderful choral music is the greatest joy.
And as if you aren’t busy enough, you’re getting your doctorate at Columbia University. How does that work since you are still here in Central Virginia? I am currently working on my Doctor of Education in the College Teaching of Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. During the academic year, I complete online courses, and my summers are spent in New York City completing summer intensive courses.
Once you obtain that degree, what’s next for you on your journey? Once completing this degree, I would love to teach vocal/choral music on the college level and perform as a soloist more.
Any ultimate goal you hope to reach with your musical talents? I currently feel I have had one of the greatest careers so far as an educator and musician. It is my goal to continue to perform and touch the lives of those who attend my performances.
How can readers get in touch with you? Readers can visit my website at www.derrickthompson.webs.com.
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lynchstock Comes to the Riv erfRont LOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IS BIGGER THAN EVER AS IT CELEBRATES 5 YEARS BY JENNIFER REDMOND
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t’s an unlikely story. Five years ago some musicloving friends decided to host a day of live music on Buchanan Street. With a wooden pallet stage
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RAPID GROWTH— In 2015, Lynchstock organizers moved the growing event to The Yard at Benjamin’s Restaurant in Forest. By 2016, over 3,500 people packed into the space and food trucks were selling out.
was a member. So, as he says now, “If it’s not there, do it yourself.” By 2014,
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“It was always about the music,” says Jonathan Smalt, co-founder and current director/producer. “It was about the art, and it’s about the community that starts when you are creating with other people.” Riding the wave of this unlikely story from the very beginning, Smalt surveys the current developments with a mix of awe and excitement. “When we first said our vision was to create a music festival that gives to the city and happens in the heart of Downtown Lynchburg—for that vision to be happening now is very humbling,” Smalt remarks.
tickets, but with open-air stages and an outdoor setting, Smalt says plenty of people snuck in, pushing their numbers closer to 1,200. Going into 2015, the amount of time and energy invested in planning and logistics was rapidly growing, plus they were unable to secure a venue large enough to host the festival inside city limits. So, in the interest of growth, they relocated to The Yard at Benjamin’s Restaurant in Forest. “It gave us a concise festival footprint,” Smalt says. “We knew we were going to outgrow that space, but we did so in a way that we learned how to really run a festival.” Things really caught steam by their fourth year in 2016. With closer to 3,500 people attending the festival at Benjamin’s, some food trucks were selling out completely while others picked up more burgers in the middle of the day just trying to keep up with demand.
THE BEGINNINGS To hear him tell it, the first festival in 2013 was a long shot, but it clearly filled a void. At the time there were no regional music festivals to showcase local talent like Glass Oaks, of which Smalt
“Several vendors said it was the best sales they’d ever had in Lynchburg,” Smalt recalls. “That is exactly what we wanted— everyone is walking away successful.” This year, Lynchstock is poised to grow by even more leaps and bounds. Not only are they relocating to the heart of downtown— where they always wanted to be—the festival is also partnering with the Academy Center of the Arts to kick off a summer concert series. “It’s been a slow crawl where we could get to the point of having national headliners,” Smalt says. But that time has finally arrived, and it’s a match made in heaven for both sides.
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PLENTY OF ROOM—Riverfront Park (top) allows for a much larger Lynchstock crowd. The park’s capacity is approximately 5,000 people. Aerial photo courtesy of Swift Web Design and Marketing.
“The artists that Lynchstock will bring to downtown and the careful curation of the event as a youthful, communitybuilding event will take our cultural life up a notch,” Kershner says. In a word, it brings “validity” to the concert series that both organizations are putting together.
DOWNTOWN REVIVAL In addition to being a lover of all things music, Smalt also champions the continuing resurgence of downtown life and culture in Lynchburg. Having spent his college and graduate years at Liberty University prior to moving to Nashville in 2015, Smalt now returns to town every few months. “What’s been refreshing is seeing a lot of these new restaurants popping up,” he says. “We really think changes are happening in Lynchburg on the cultural front.” It’s a sentiment echoed by Geoffrey Kershner, Executive Director of the Academy Center of the Arts, who thinks anchoring Lynchstock in the heart of downtown is a “huge win.” 28
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Kicking off on April 22 with the Lynchstock Music Festival, the Academy’s Riverfront Park Concert Series will continue with a free concert on June 10. The remaining three concerts—July 8, August 12, and September 30—will feature a variety of musical genres at $10 a piece. While produced by the Academy, the series is organized by Lynchstock and is partnering with Lynch’s Landing and various community sponsors. Kershner describes the purpose as two-fold: “accessibility and experience.” More people can come due to the size of Riverfront Park, plus community members will enjoy the cultural benefit of live musical performances “in a beautiful location where our city skyline meets the natural beauty of the river.” Expanded arts events are a win for downtown businesses as well. “Cultural events like Lynchstock are extremely important to a vibrant and successful downtown,” says Lynch’s Landing Executive Director Ashley Kershner. “They increase tourism, drive traffic to
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Headlining this year’s festival is classic rock band Dawes—“one of the best in the nation today” Smalt says—and Oddissee, an “upand-coming, hip-hop sensation” who is in the midst of a national tour. This year, Smalt explains, “We are wanting to diversify and be more accurate to what the community wants.”
local businesses, introduce new people to what downtown has to offer, and provide the vibrant, cultural scene that helps shape the identity of our city.” For Smalt and Lynchstock organizers, having a partnership with the Academy has opened doors and opportunities they desperately needed. “Geoff has been speaking for us and going to bat for us and really helping establish Lynchstock as a festival for all ages,” says Smalt. It’s a goal they both hold tightly—to reach young and old with great music.
THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL Pops of pink and turquoise greet visitors to the official Lynchstock web site, a purposeful rebranding choice. Smalt and his co-organizers asked, “How do we make this year really fresh and celebrative and fun?” The vibrant redesign is one part of their overarching goal of cross-demographic reach. “Kids are the future artists and musicians,” Smalt says of why the festival is free for those 12 and younger; it also makes it easier for families to attend as a whole. Inclusivity and creativity go hand-in-hand for organizers. “We want to make this as cool and unique an experience as possible for everyone,” Smalt says.
The festival will include a stage dedicated to metal and hard rock—a “huge scene” in Lynchburg according to Smalt—plus blues, soul, folk, singer-songwriters, EDM, electronic, and DJ sets. And while national acts bring a level of credibility to Lynchstock as a whole, it will still include the best of local music, a foundational element of the festival from the beginning. Local musician Lee Campbell and his Indie/Emo Rock-inspired group, Quick On My Feet, were one of the bands selected to perform this year— no small feat. Smalt says choosing talent is one of the hardest aspects of the entire festival especially when you have more than 250 submissions like they saw this year. “I love that it has become more versatile and dynamic,” Campbell says of Lynchstock. “It really allows individuals to gain a larger appreciation for different styles of music, sheds light on unique artists that are coming out of Lynchburg, and puts a spotlight on the music scene here in the Hill City.” For all the effort and months of planning, one thing remains to be seen, and that is the weather. Regardless of what Mother Nature decides, the show will go on rain or shine. Says Campbell, “This year has many more diverse bands and allows the city to come together under the umbrella of music and arts, which seems to spark an interest in other creative endeavors here in Lynchburg.” View a short documentary about the festival’s complete history at www.lynchstockmusicfestival.com/about.
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ove it or hate it, people recognize the new Hillcats branding. But under new management, Lynchburg’s Advanced A Minor League
Baseball Club (a Cleveland Indians Affiliate) received more than a radical logo upgrade and paint job altering the team colors from hunter green and yellow to navy, lime green and teal; the organization has been reinvigorated across the board. >>
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ABOVE: Hillcats President Chris Jones took over after Paul Sunwall retired in 2016. RIGHT: Southpaw may have retired but Jones says you will still see him visit at Hillcats games from time to time.
This should come as good news to Hill City baseball fans. For years rumors circulated that the ’Cats were going to be sold and moved out of town. Elmore Sports Group, however, purchased the team last year with the intent on keeping “Lynchburg” in the name. “Other people wanted to buy the team and move it because they didn’t see the potential here,” said Hillcats President Chris Jones. “We actually do see the potential in Lynchburg. We want baseball in Lynchburg; we know it will succeed. That is our ultimate goal—to keep baseball here.” For that commitment to work all aspects of the operation had to be evaluated. “We had to look at everything from the ground to the top,” Jones, who has worked in baseball since 1998, said. “We had to look at all aspects of what a team is, all revenue streams from ticket sales to merchandise sales to concession sales to sponsorship sales.
“We knew that something needed to change. We needed to get our exposure in the community up; we needed to improve on attendance, merchandise sales, everything.” In regard to merchandise sales, the team was in the lowest sales in all of Minor League Baseball, not just at its level. “You have to ask, ‘Why?’” Jones said. “Something wasn’t working.” The idea to change the name came up from a respected marketing firm Jones has worked with in the past. One of his former clubs regularly tops Minor League Baseball in merchandise sales. Knowing that Lynchburg’s baseball team has had a number of nicknames (including the Hill Climbers, Shoemakers, Grays, and Senators) over its storied history (dating as far back as the 1800s), Jones wanted to make sure that the team had the right name for the community. So, he let the fans decide. A voting contest was held last summer with options including the Derechos, Doves, Lamb Chops, Love Apples and River Runners. (All were explained to have some sort of inspiration from the area.) “We just wanted to see if there were better names out there,” said Jones, who has worked with elite clubs and has experience turning teams around. “Some name that the community could rally around. They rallied around the Hillcats, which we kind of expected.” >>
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After the community affirmed its commitment to the team name with a landslide vote, Jones had the marketing firm work to freshen up the image. Replacing the cartoonish smirking cat logo were three new marks—a fiercer snarling cat logo with Lynchburg’s seven hills skyline incorporated into the design, a stylized “L” with a cat’s paw and a leaping cat secondary logo. They chose a brighter color scheme to better evoke the beauty of the region. Jones said he personally likes hunter green, but for the Hillcats team what it had simply did not work.
RIGHT: Southpaw 2.0 is the team’s new mascot. In a partnership with the Lynchburg Humane Society, he was also unveiled as a “rescue.”
So, a darker blue was chosen to evoke the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lime green was selected because that hue stands out all around in the springtime as vegetation ripens and teal was the final touch, just as it accents Lynchburg’s sunsets. “The sunsets over here are unreal,” Jones, a Houston, Texas native, said. “When it first starts turning, you see the teal. It’s really neat. We used some of the colors from the surroundings as our bases.” Though some in the community had a hard time with the change—a “vocal minority” on social media, according to Jones—the new look seems to be largely well-received. In just one week, online merchandise sales of the new look exceeded that of the entire offseason of the old. “Right away, you had response,” Jones said. “A lot of positive, some negative.” People now point out the new logo in restaurants and bars, and, more importantly, children are eager to gear up with the new look, one they deem significantly more fashionable. Aesthetics are just one aspect of the organization’s efforts to excite the fan base. Jones wants the Hillcats to be a part of the community by giving back. The team has a fundraising program for nonprofits where they can sell tickets for $9 and keep $4. The team has reached out to all of the area children’s baseball groups to offer support and partnership opportunities. In January, the organization announced a partnership with the Humane Society. Shortly after announcing the partnership, the Hillcats revealed their new mascot, Southpaw 2.0, a warmer, brighter and friendlier version of its predecessor (who will still make appearances at games). Jones is friends with the original “Philly Phanatic” Dave Raymond (one of the most iconic sports mascots ever) who has consulted with him on characters.
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THIS CIT Y The new Southpaw was unveiled as a “rescue” from the animal shelter, helping highlight the important work the society does and demonstrating the Hillcats’ commitment to a symbiotic relationship with the community. Also, the new Southpaw has been making the rounds at as many local elementary schools as possible to help promote literacy and reinforce the core values that the schools teach. The baseball organization wrote a coloring book, “Southpaw Goes to School,” that is being given away at these rallies and is also available online to download. The book includes a bookmark that encourages children to read four books and receive two free tickets to a select game. “It is our way of giving back and helping with literacy and supporting the schools and reinforcing what they are trying to teach in a fun way,” Jones said. To open their gates to a wider fan base, regardless of income, the team slashed ticket prices— general admission dropped to $6, the lowest price in four years, and all chairbacks are now $9 (instead of varied price points). The goal is to allow more families to come in and enjoy the ballpark. Home games have theme night promotions for each day of the week (see graphic) including fireworks every Saturday the ’Cats are in town. The ballpark is now dog-friendly every game, allowing guests to bring their pets along, provided they behave and remain in a certain section (so those who do not wish to be near dogs need not worry). Upgrades to the stadium were made to elevate the fan experience. The souvenir shop was moved and its former space turned into a taphouse. An expanded kids area with new inflatables was created along the first base side. A picnic area with room for 300 was added along the opposite side. Four-top tables were added behind home plate, from dugout-to-dugout, offering a special seating area that gives fans the feeling that they are sitting right there on the field. A state-of-the-art, sub-terrain drainage system was installed to reduce the number of rain cancellations. Even the parking lot was completely redone to remove the trip hazards. The team is considering adding a dog park as well.
If attracting more people to Hillcats games means Jones has to shrug off some flak, he’s fine with it. He will let his team’s game, on and off the field, speak for the club. “The ultimate thing is that there is a loyalty to this brand,” he said. “Whatever it is; there are people who wanted everything to change and some people who wanted nothing to change. Unfortunately, the people who wanted nothing to change were not going to have a team for much longer. So, we had to do something. I hope that they understand that ultimately baseball is still here in Lynchburg. Young professionals are still running out on the field trying to get their Big League dreams, that hasn’t changed. What has changed is hopefully we are getting more involved in the community and giving back to the community and more visible in the community, making the fan experience better so that they want to continue coming.” Learn more at Lynchburg-Hillcats.com
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s a former dancer with over a decade of experience, I walked into local fitness studio Iron & Grace feeling pretty confident. I was
there for their Fluid Sculpt barre class, and I assumed my years of experience doing tendus and pliÊs would mean this class would be a piece of cake. I think you can tell where this is headed—I was wrong. After 45 minutes of strenuous exercise, I emerged from the class feeling exhilarated and a bit sheepish. Barre workouts, I discovered, utilize many techniques and poses from ballet barre exercises, but they may also integrate elements from aerobics, yoga and Pilates. Combining these approaches makes for a rigorous and comprehensive workout that targets and strengthens several areas of the body. >>
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HEAD TO TOE—Fluid Sculpt Barre instructor Julie Preston and class attendees utilize elements of ballet and Pilates to achieve a full-body workout.
To learn more about barre classes and how they are changing
Sexton, who co-
the fitness world, I spoke with Alaya Sexton, co-owner/program
owns Iron & Grace
director of Iron & Grace, and Megan Heatwole, community
with her husband,
recreation programmer with Lynchburg Parks and Recreation.
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IRON & GRACE Alaya Sexton founded Pilates and yoga studio Vitality Inc. in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2004 before deciding to open a new studio, Iron & Grace, in Lynchburg in 2013. “The move was about the same thing we want for our clients, a healthy balanced life,” she says. “For us, that meant having more time for our family and following our passions.”
Different Classes, Different Results BARRE WORKOUTS AT IRON & GRACE
Fluid Sculpt Barre: the most balletic of the three, a full body aerobic workout that utilizes elastic bands to mimic exercises done on specialized Pilates equipment and that evenly tones the whole body. Power Barre: more athletic than balletic, involves highintensity interval training, offered in two levels and targets the backside of the lower body and the core. Biker Barre: a hybrid class that starts at the barre, moves to the spinning bike, and finishes at the barre; full-body cardio and toning workout, focuses on increasing flexibility and strengthening the upper body and the core.
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Lynchburg is the ideal place for their studio for several reasons. “More than any city we were considering, Lynchburg was ripe for a business just like ours,” she says.
“It seemed like this community needed a studio that could bridge the gap between rehabilitation and fitness, and there were just a couple people teaching Pilates and kettlebells. We also understood that there were a lot of people like us—outdoor enthusiasts—who enjoy being active in this beautiful place, and being strong makes your endeavors more enjoyable.” Among the body-strengthening classes offered at Iron & Grace are three different formats of barre (see sidebar, left). Although barre workouts are trending now, Sexton and her team do not choose which classes to offer based on popularity alone. “Because we all attend industry conferences and pursue continuing education frequently, we have an awareness of what is trending but
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LEFT: Lynchburg Living writer Emily Hedrick stretches using elastic bands, which mimic exercises done on specialized Pilates equipment. ABOVE: Instructor Julie Preston holds a dramatic balletic pose.
optimizing both flexibility and power. Third, in a mind/body way: coaching conscious breathing and body awareness to decrease choose formats that honor our educational pursuits and creativity and align with evidence-based practices and sound exercise science,” she says.
Sexton believes barre workouts are popular because “they are accessible to all fitness levels, require little to no extra equipment that may otherwise intimidate, and they deliver results.” She also notes that barre classes “target the areas where many women seek change: they lift your bottom, tighten your waist, and tone your arms and shoulders.” Although each barre format is distinct, certain elements run
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cardiovascular exercise certainly help one stay balanced as well.” Sexton believes barre classes will continue to be popular in the future as long as studios, not corporations, retain creative control. “Industry wide there are many homegrown barre programs, like ours, that will continue to deliver results, apply new knowledge and grow,” she says. “However, franchised and licensed barre programs lack creative control for the person delivering the class when they are subject to corporate programming. That model puts a performer, not a teacher, standing in front of a class giving the same workout and not interacting with their students to teach them. If one is always doing the same workout, their body adapts and they no longer get results. Luckily, there are always innovators who have direct interaction with their students and can continually deliver results.” Iron & Grace is without a doubt one of these innovators. Since opening in Lynchburg, it has grown in terms of both physical
throughout all barre classes at Iron & Grace. “All barre classes
space and staff, recently developed a two-year apprenticeship to
at Iron & Grace are Pilates-based so the attention to posture,
keep up with demand, and trained other studios in its Power Barre
the role of the core, and proper mobility/stability principles are
format. “Our message is and always will be the same: knowing
present in every class,” Sexton says. “Our classes are consciously
and moving your body improves your quality of life, and the
crafted to move in functional patterns that promote better overall
pursuit of fitness should be relevant to life,” Sexton says. “We are
balance. All definitions of balance apply. First, in a steady/
scientists practicing the art of movement and can help any person
equilibrium way: you won't fall down. Second, in a balancing the
achieve their fitness goals.”
length and strength of a joint way: reducing wear and tear and
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LYNCHBURG PARKS & RECREATION Lynchburg Parks & Recreation has always offered a multitude
Ballerobics is for individuals age 16 and older, and it can be modified for those who are new to barre workouts and those
of health and fitness classes, and one of their latest offerings is
with minor injuries. “All movements can be modified to
called “Ballerobics.” Community Recreation Programmer Megan
accommodate your fitness level and physical ability,” Heatwole
Heatwole describes Ballerobics as a class that “uses ballet exercise
says. “For example, I took the class as I was recovering from ankle
and technique for a gentle, full body workout, aimed to increase
surgery. Although squatting and jumping were nearly impossible
flexibility, balance, and muscle tone.”
for my left foot, I was able to easily modify the movements to
Heatwole indicates that enrollment has grown since Parks & Rec first offered the class in spring 2016, and she attributes that growth
accommodate my limited mobility.” Regardless of which fitness class you choose, Lynchburg Parks
largely to the abiding popularity of ballet.
& Recreation always aims to create a fun, active experience for
“Ballet is the mother of all dance, and it is a great workout,” she says. “It is one of the most classical and revered styles of dance. Ballet form and technique has been used in many different styles of fitness classes. In addition, many professional athletes, such as football players, have been known to use the art form as a workout to improve balance, flexibility, posture and strength. Ballet-influenced fitness classes aren’t going away.”
attendees. Says Heatwole: “Our fitness classes offer a friendly, laid back environment for people to get motivated, have some fun and get a workout in!”
FULL BODY WORKOUT—The goal of Ballerobics (photos above and right) is to tone the body while improving balance and flexibility. The instructor is now on maternity leave, but organizers hope to offer it again soon. In the meantime, a Ballet Basics class is still on the Parks and Rec schedule.
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ALLERGY ALERT “The mission of the Free Clinic of Central Virginia is to provide primary medical, dental, pharmacy, and health education services to those in Central Virginia who do not have the resources to obtain these basic healthcare services,” said Glenn Dillon, planned giving and major gifts coordinator. “Over the 30 years we’ve served, we’ve actually treated over 30 thousand individuals.” If the medical staff at the Free Clinic is unable to provide treatment, they will refer patients to specialists in the community who partner with them. Although the clinic has 25 paid employees, they rely heavily on their 820 volunteers. Aside from a small number of paid medical personnel, the clinic has over 300 volunteer physicians, along with other medical professionals including physicians, dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, dental hygienists and assistants, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nutritionists, health educators and business professionals who help make the Free Clinic work. “We couldn’t survive without our volunteer doctors,” Dillon said. In order to be treated at the Free Clinic you must either be underinsured or have no insurance at all, with an income less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. “Here at the Free Clinic we do provide medical care and treatment, which includes dispensing of medications, for all types of allergies,” Dillon said.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) explains that common symptoms of allergies include watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing, a rash or hives, and more serious symptoms such as trouble breathing and swelling in your mouth or throat. “If you suspect you have an allergy because of significant symptoms, you should see your primary care provider who will prescribe an antihistamine and possibly a steroid nasal spray,” said Sylvia Smith, medical clinic coordinator at the Free Clinic. “You may be referred to an allergist if symptoms do not improve.” When diagnosing allergies, doctors typically review the patient’s personal medical history, give a physical, and do additional tests to identify specific allergens. The AAFA states on their website: “Good allergy treatment is based on your medical history and the severity of your symptoms. It can include three different treatment strategies: avoidance of allergens, medication options and/or immunotherapy (a treatment to train your immune system not to overreact).” What exactly are allergies? Our immune systems are designed to protect us from invading organisms, which is good. However, when you have an allergy, your immune system mistakes the substance 44
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“The most common types of allergies that are seen during the spring are actually grasses,” Smith said. “Most people think it is tree pollen, but tree pollen is actually too big to get into the nostril. Grasses have a much smaller pollen.” Surprisingly, allergies are becoming more common. The AAFA concludes that as many as 30 percent of adults and 40 percent of children in the United States alone are affected by allergies. In the Central Virginia region, there has also been an increase in the number of allergy cases, partially due to tick bites. “Alpha Galactose starts in the spring with tick bites,” Smith said. “This is an allergy to meats of animals with hooves after having been bitten by a tick. Once you are diagnosed with Alpha Gal it normally takes a year for the levels to return close to normal so you can return to eating meats of hoofed animals.” If you suspect you have an allergy, and meet the requirements to become a patient at the Free Clinic, you can call them at (434) 847-5866 to make an appointment. Also, visit them online at www.freeclinicva.org to learn more about their mission and services.
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Campbell County Schools Congratulates the Following Teachers for Being Selected as Top Educators by Lynchburg Living Magazine!!
Debbie Lester Brookville High School Economics & Government
Sarah Davis Brookville High School Biology
Justin Neal Yellow Branch Elementary School 2nd Grade
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Victoria Meredith Rustburg High School AP Statistics & Algebra II
Michael Myers Technical Center Automobile Service Technology
B rookville iddle School B rookville MM iddle School 320 B ee Drive Lynchburg, V irgini2 320 B ee Drive Lynchburg, V irginia
2017 TOP TE ACHERS
Being a teacher is more than just a job; it’s more than just a career. It’s a calling. It takes a truly special (and very, very patient) individual to educate, nurture and inspire our young people. In our 3rd annual Top Teacher awards, Lynchburg Living is recognizing a few of the area’s most deserving educators. After reviewing nomination forms submitted by members of the community, a panel of judges selected our 2016-2017 winners. From their favorite memories to their biggest challenges, learn more about the Top 10 on the following pages. They represent multiple school systems and grade levels. But they all had so much in common—including how they love it when a student finally understands something for the first time or how they wish they had more time in the day. To all Central Virginia educators, not just those on this list, we thank you for your perseverance and dedication. You are pillars of our community. >>
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2017 TOP TE ACHERS
Crystal DeLong School: Liberty Hig h Scho
ol
Currently Teache s: 9th Special Recogn ition: • 2017 Region 5 Teac
Years as an Educ ator: 19
grade World His tory II, Practical Law, 12th grade AP
her of the Year • 2017 Bedford County Teacher of the Year • 2017 Liberty Hig h School Teache r of the Year • 2002 Staunton River Middle Sc hool Teacher of the
Year
Why did you be come a teacher?
For as long as I can remember, I always wanted teacher; I believe to be a that everyone ha s a calling and I without a doub know t that I have been called to teach. feels more natur Nothing al than stepping into a classroom interacting with and students. My pa ssion for history deep, and I am runs privileged to be able to share tha day with my stu t every dents.
What is the mos t reward
hat are your bigg est ch
• University of Bath-United Kin gdom, Master of Arts in Education-Inter national Educati • Roanoke Colle on ge, Bachelor of Arts-History • Virginia Tech, Master of Arts-Po litical Science (p resent)
Looking back at your career, wh at would you sa is your greatest y personal accom plishment? One of the most reward
ing part of your As a teacher, the job? greatest thing I can do is to ins students to beco pire my me life-long lea rners. The “Aha when a student !” moments finally grasps a concept are the and accomplish moments ments that make teaching fulfilling why I continue . That is to come back ev ery day and year Even when chall after year. enges seem ins urmountable, no more rewarding thing is than making a diff erence in a stude nt’s life. W
allenges? Some days the biggest challen ges I face in the are helping a stu classroom dent to grasp a concept or to tak e ownership of the ir learning. Through differentiation an d personalized lea rning I hope to be victor ious in those situatio ns. Paperwork and grading can fee l overwhelming at times, but overa ll, the rewards of teach ing greatly outweig h the challenges we face as teachers .
Government
Educational Ba ckground:
ing things I have been a part of in the past 10 years is Model United Nations (MUN). incredible to wa It was tch students’ wo rldviews expand became more ex as they posed to other cultures and co Several of my MU untries. Ners have share d how MUN gave confidence in sp them eaking and debate, as well as expanding their worldview.
Describe a favo rite memory with your students.
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rom H “[Crys er No tal De minat long] come ion: is a se s to w lfless ork ev in eve individ ery da ry stu ual th y to m dent’s at ake a ability life. Sh differe and ar e h a nce s natu ticulate to ens ral lea s the n ure th dersh eeds o at Lib ip that [it erty H f the s ] can ig chool h Schoo be. As Schoo l is the the lea l, it is a best der of pleasu Libert dedic re to w ated te y High ork w acher recog ith suc and sh nized ha e dese for he r outs rves to to Lib tandin erty H be g com igh Sc Public mitme hool, B Schoo nt edford ls, and Count the fie y ld of Edu —Kath cation princip y Dills !” , al of L iberty High S chool
A good teacher invests in her students and school both ins ide and outside the classr oom. The service aspe ct of National Honor Society was one of the main reasons I agree d to be the advisor. Servi ng alongside my stu dents at the Big Island Fall Festival, Roanok e Rescue Mission or with Habitat for Huma nity has provided lots of great memories.
If you could pa ss along one th ing to others ab the education fie out ld, what would it be? I am grateful to ha
ve the opportunit y to teach your children. Thank you to all those who support pu education. We ne blic ed your support as parents and stakeholders to be successful in the classroom. Thank you for en trusting your ch ildren to us. >>
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2017 TOP TE ACHERS
Emily Morris
Justin Neal
School: Perrymont Elementary
mentary
Years as an Educator: 10
Branch Ele School: Yellow ucator: 5 Years as an Ed
Currently Teaches: Instructional coach, grades K-5
hes: 2nd grade Currently Teac two ition: Received Special Recogn rg e.o os ho
Special Recognition: • 2011-2012 Perrymont Elementary Teacher of the Year • 2014-2015 Perrymont Elementary Teacher of the Year
norsC grants from Do
ckground: Educational Ba
rsity, • Liberty Unive -Education ce ien Sc of r Bachelo rsity, • Liberty Unive Education ary nt me Ele Master of Arts-
Educational Background: • Liberty University, Bachelor of Arts-Elementary Education
r? come a teache Why did you be d gle ug str s ay
school, I alw In elementary mprehension. coding and co de g, din rea with in class sit to at it felt like I remember wh rstand de un or s rd the wo and not know Title 1 my in g ember sittin the words. I rem en I first wh m oo ssr cla er’s Reading teach at I learned ss and apply wh learned to discu elated I was w ho r be em rem from reading. I e moment I ment. From th in that very mo r, I knew I de rea e tru a as joined the world others. wanted to teach
Why did you become a teacher? daily. have a lot to do As teachers, we ships on ati rel in building I firmly believe ilies first, fam eir th d an nts with my stude o place. else will fall int and everything my th wi t ac nt co se I still keep in clo eir families. th d an s nt de former stu
part ost rewarding What is the m of your job? job is that
ing part of my The most reward derstands en a student un wh nt very mome is truly It . em th t gh tau a concept I have ply the ap s nt tch my stude amazing to wa eryday life ev to ed rn lea have concepts they ccessful lifebecoming a su on their road to ing to see ard rew ry ve o is als long learner. It year who e th ut e througho students improv have struggled.
nges? biggest challe What are your cher is tea a as e
allenge I fac The biggest ch at need to ks completed th tas e th all ng getti grading to lesson planning be done. From rd to fit ha is it , on cti colle papers to data n. However, in a timely fashio everything in… ll all get wi it at th lf myse I always remind ! ise rw en I feel othe done, even wh
what at your career, Looking back st te is your grea would you say plishment? m co ac al on pers lishment in
rsonal accomp My greatest pe I have built e relationships th is r ree my ca ilies. nts and their fam with my stude
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ith rite memory w Describe a favo your students. memories
say my favorite I would have to remonies. e year award ce th of d are my en in pictures d ye pla dis is er Our year togeth s I get sic. The reaction along with mu rents are pa eir th d an nts from my stude ing. truly heartwarm
ing ss along one th If you could pa field, n io at t the educ to others abou ? be what would it ing to anyone
My elementary school teachers had a very positive impact on my life, and I wanted to do the same for young students.
What is the most rewarding part of your job? Seeing teachers and students excited about learning and about sharing what they have learned with others.
What are your biggest challenges? Helping teachers meet the needs of all students in their classrooms, on such a wide range of learning levels, with limited time.
Looking back at your career, what would you say is your greatest personal accomplishment?
Bringing teams of teachers together to along one th If I could pass r in share their learning and to work as a ree ca a ing rsu or pu thinking about ur team in order to help all their students simply love yo to be uld wo it education, be successful. ow you kn s nt de stu ur students. Let yo table, and show un co ac em th care, hold . Create a learning can be them how fun rning positive, safe lea d an nt me on vir en From His Nomination: will your students “Justin is so fun and caring and really u. yo e az am goes the extra mile every day to make Teaching is hard learning exciting. He has a passion nt me mo ery ev and energy for his students that is of every day, rare and I could not be happier y inl rta ce is it t bu that my daughter has the opportunity . very rewarding to be influenced by such an involved teacher that truly loves his class and teaching.” —Kelly Dalton, parent
2017 TOP TE ACHERS
Debbie Lester School: Broo kville High
School
Years as an Ed ucator: 14 Currently Te aches: Econ
omics and Personal Fina nce, VA/US Go vernment
Special Reco gniti
on: • 2014 Outst anding Econ omic Educator of the Year Educational Ba
ckground: • Liberty Unive rsity, Bachelo r of ScienceSocial Science and History
Why did you becom
Describe a favorite memory with your students. One of my favorite memories was having the students’ family members come in for breakfast in the classroom and our morning meeting.
If you could pass along one thing to others about the education field, what would it be? Share your learning with others— no educator is an island. Working together you can achieve so much more for your students.
From Her Nominati on: My son th rived
in her clas sroom. She broug ht science to life, and went above and beyond to schedul e guest sp eakers on various su bject mat erial. Her over her st joy udents is obvious.” —Parent
e a teacher? I love to inspi re, encourag e, and motiva it was a natu te— ral fit for wha t I believe is m calling in life. y Even as a yo ung child, I lo playing scho ve d ol and having order. It’s funn because I en y joyed teachin g in Sunday School and lea ding women ’s fellowships didn’t figure but out that I shou ld really be in classroom un the til I was 30!
What is the most rewardi ng part of your job?
Building real relationships with my stude and seeing th nts em succeed no t only in the classroom bu t in their lives . I believe that order for me in to have the m ost impact on students lives my , I have to be the “real” me. know me for Th ey all my strengt hs, weakness and craziness es, …but most of all they know genuinely lov I e teaching an d I love them . W
hat are your bigg
est challeng I think there is es? a general belie f by some that teaching is no longer honora ble. There is a lot of negativ ity about publ ic education sometimes m that akes it discou raging. Being to come into able my classroom and focus on reason I teac the h is what mak es it all worth it.
Looking back at your career , what would you sa y is your grea test personal acco mplishment? I love teac
hing Econom ics and Person Finance. Thes al e are skills th ey will use th entire life. My eir favorite unit to teach is the
ination: From Her Nom that
s many kids “Our school ha , great home life a ve ha t do no ny ma id vo a s fill and Debbie She supports students have. , and treats em th them, loves r very own.” he e lik all em th an, co-worker —Lindsey Sharm
stock market. We play the Stock Market Game each sp ring and have had great success with our teams ev ery year. I have the opportunit had y to take som e of my stude to Richmond nts and Washingt on, DC for recognition fo r building the most profitabl portfolios in 10 e weeks. Many of these students have never even lef t the Lynchb area and for urg them to be ab le to be hono was a great ex red perience for them
Describe a fa vorite memor y with your stud ents.
I think my favo rite memory comes from year and takin this g on the craz y student sp club, renamed irit The Swarm. For several aw football gam ay es, we took st udents on a bus to cheer spirit on our boys. The first gam had 52 studen e we ts; the second game we had 102. Yes, it wa s crazy and lo ud, but we m really awesom ade e memories for them!
If you could pass along on e thing to others ab out the educ ation field, what would it be?
Teaching is no t for the faint of heart. It takes all of you—your he art, your soul, your mind—to teach and gr ow these students. Be prepared for great joy and great heartach e. It is sort of like being a parent. Somet imes, you do n’t see the pa until after they yoff are grown. Te achers invest of themselve all s into their st udents beca they see the use great potent ial that lies w it isn’t an easy ithin… job but like m y dad has always told m e: if everythin g was easy, it wouldn’t be worth it! >>
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2017 TOP TE ACHERS
Karen Rodriguez
Ronda Chandler
School: New London Academy
y High School School: Amherst Count
Years as an Educator: 28
r: 12 Years as an Educato
Currently Teaches: 5th Grade
Health and Currently Teaches: ls
Special Recognition:
, 9th grade Gir Physical Education
• Bedford County Teacher of the Year (2004)
n: Special Recognitio
“A” from student • Received Golden tional Teacher pira Ins for being an
Educational Background: • Concord College, Bachelor of Science • University of Virginia, Master of Arts in Education-Curriculum and Instruction
round: Educational Backg
, rsity of Pennsylvania • Lock Haven Unive -12 reK e-P enc Sci Bachelor of l Education Health and Physica y of Kansas, rsit ive Un • Emporia State tion ealth, PE and Recrea Master of Science-H
me Why did you beco
a teacher?
idea of ldren and liked the I grew up around chi und r-ro yea a s wa also I ds. inspiring young min wanted the and ool sch t hou athlete throug rts. olved in school spo opportunity to be inv
arding What is the most rew part of your job?
t one student who When you have tha g you do for your job recognizes everythin best they possibly the be is to help them information that has can. Knowing that the t has been taken den stu a been given to future is not only a and applied to their ing experience. ard rew memorable but
st What are your bigge
challenges?
lic me, as with any pub A big challenge for tion uca Ed l sica Phy g. educator, is fundin tend ive and the classes equipment is expens be creative to e hav I e. sid er to be on the larg class I have while making with the equipment e. ativ rm engaging and info
ur career, Looking back at yo is your greatest say what would you shment? personal accompli
al accomplishment My greatest person my master’s degree would be completing e and coaching the tim full ng chi while tea m. tea varsity girls’ soccer
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memory Describe a favorite . nts with your stude
t memories with my Some of my fondes r I have had them in afte rs students are yea e back to tell me how class, and they com my class. Also telling d much they enjoye to show them that me that I have helped ld be fun and cou Physical Education I hold special. ing eth som is ble enjoya
ng one thing to If you could pass alo ucation field, others about the ed what would it be?
teacher you need to To be an effective eat the small stuff sw not to ber remem with students. tles bat and to pick your fect and everyone per is one no er, Rememb rs and students che tea s, has their bad day smile or one alike. It takes just one a student’s day en ght compliment to bri ression. imp ting las a ve lea and to
From Her
Nominati “She can al on: ways tell w hen somet wrong with hing is one of her She often students. notices th at I am an I even tell xious befor anyone…Sh e e does he make heal r best to th and PE fu n… Sh e makes g interactive ym and comes up with w include al ays to l students …[Ms. Cha only an am ndler] is no azing teac t her but a person who wonderfu l models co m passion.” —Grace H all-Matson, student
As long as I can remember, I have always valued education. Through life experience, I came to recognize that regardless of a person’s background, the opportunity to learn can be a game changer. I therefore chose to become an educator. This career would allow me to the give the gift of learning and impart knowledge, allowing my students to grow to their fullest potential.
What is the most rewarding part of your job? There are many rewards in the teaching field. However, for me, the most rewarding is the interactions I have with my students. Within my classroom, we build a community filled with learning, laughing and sharing. Our lessons extend beyond the curriculum. When my students exit the classroom, I feel confident they are better equipped for life’s challenges.
What are your biggest challenges? In the high stakes world of testing, my biggest challenge is creating a meaningful and engaging curriculum. Today’s educational environment is highly focused on student assessment. I want my students to recognize that learning is much more than testing. Therefore, I strive to create lessons that are student-centric with choice and meaning.
2017 TOP TE ACHERS
Julie Speck School: Heritage Elementary Scho ol Years as an Educator: 13 Currently Teaches: Kindergarten Special Recognition:
• 2012-2013 Heritage Elementa ry Teacher of the Year • Received a 2017 grant for $1,310 for Augmented Reality Software (Learning Alive Plus) from Lynchburg Education Foundatio n • Received $5,309 in grants throu gh DonorsChoose.org over the past 5 years
Educational Background:
Looking back at your career, what would you say is your greatest personal accomplishment? As I look back on my career, I feel my greatest accomplishment is the opportunity I have been given to mentor young educators. It is an honor to be able to work with the next generation of teachers and share my experiences. I am hopeful to provide continued leadership to my peers.
Describe a favorite memory with your students. One of my favorite memories is receiving a call from a high school teacher telling me about a letter a former student of mine had written. The letter explained how the student’s perspective towards acceptance and respect of others was forever changed after her fifth grade year. I felt proud that beyond the academics, she had learned a lesson of love and compassion.
If you could pass along one thing to others about the education field, what would it be? To look past the demands of the profession and recognize the purpose of your work. Some days, you will be frustrated and overwhelmed. When that happens, look toward your students: within them lies hope and the motivation to continue. Simply, they are worthy of your best.
From Her Nomination:
“[Mrs. Rodriguez] creates a safe and caring learning environment for all her students each day… She takes time to listen to my son... really listen to him. She engages all her students in learning. She is a difference maker.” —Michelle Fluker, parent
Why did you becom ea
• Central Michigan University, Bachelor of Science-Elementary Education
teacher?
As a child (with a you nger sibling), I spent countless hours playin g school in my free tim e. As I continued my sch ooling, I saw just what an impact a teacher can have on a studen t. Teachers essentially are shaping the next generation! I think it’s an honor (and a calling ) to be able to do that daily!
What is the most rew arding part of your job?
Every year I get a clas sroom full of students, some of which have nev er even held a pencil and can’t tell you the ir full name. After a yea r of hard work, these sam e students are leaving my classroom able to write short stories, rea d books independently , and do simple math problems. Seeing how much of a transforma tion each student makes at the end of the year has to be the most reward ing part of my job!
What are your bigge st challenge
s? Not having enough tim e in the day. Teaching is definitely not an 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. job ! You teach until 3:30, make sure everyone gets home correctly, and return to your room to get ready for anothe r day. In Kindergarten , that requires getting everything set for the next day, writing less on plans, mentoring new teachers, attending me etings, searching for new grant options, res earching new strateg ies, calling parents, and so much more. : ination t er Nom rs a From H countless hou to
ways pends nding “Julie s last hool fi c s t a y ll a the and e is usu home d h S a . s ts ing n tuden e even reach s ends. ve in th k a e le e w to r many teache ork on help in to w ways to w e comes n r fo enjoy s k d o n a lo ed She er engag y ta -w s o ork ts Harp, c studen e n ti s ri —Ch school.”
Looking back at your career, what would you say is your greatest personal accomplishm ent?
I believe my greatest accomplishment so far is staying current in the field of education. I am constantly resear ching new technolog y, instructional items, cur riculums, etc. Being tha t many of the students I am currently teachin g will probably have job s that do not yet exis t, I feel like it’s important to stay on top of new trends and ideas.
Describe a favorite me mory with your students.
On the 100th day of school, I LOVE to cele brate the number 100 with my students! I dress up as a 100-year-old gra nny named Miss Alice. The students are so swe et and empathetic, always willing to help me get around the sch ool and complete a day pac ked full of activities involving the number 100! Some students join in the fun and dress up also.
If you could pass alo ng one thing to others about the education field, what would it be?
FLEXIBILITY! Teache rs make hundreds, if not thousands, of decisio ns during the day and are required to always be flexible. You may hav e an amazing lesson pla nned only to find out your smart board wo n’t turn on, the copier is broken, or there is no more paper, so you nee d to do something else . As professionals, the expectations people have for you are also ever changing. No two day s will ever be the sam e or go entirely as you have planned, but it will definitely be rewarding ! >>
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Jessica Hott
School School: Bedford Middle 15 or: cat Edu an as rs Yea ics & Economics Civ de gra 7th s: che Currently Tea Special Recognition: the Year dle School Teacher of • 2015-2016 Bedford Mid tion nda Fou l ona a Educati • 2015-2016 Bedford Are ace ersp Mak l igita nt-D ipie Grant Rec Jackson Middle School • 2014-2015 Stonewall Teacher of the Year
cher of the Year Nominee Squirrels Baseball Tea r • 2011 Richmond Flying inning Teacher of the Yea Beg ool ll Jackson Middle Sch • 2002-2003 Stonewa
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sent) ational Leadership (pre ter of Education-Educ • Lynchburg College, Mas pecial Education on-S cati Edu of ter Mas lth University, • Virginia Commonwea dhood Development helor of Arts-Early Chil • Lynchburg College, Bac
cher? Why did you become a tea
to remember, Ever since I was old enough invested their who I had remarkable teachers Their nurturing re. futu my into rgy ene time and instrumental was rs yea support in my formative her. Particularly teac a ome bec to ision in my dec the importance of Mrs. Palmer, who instilled ation. rmin dete selfand character
part of your job? What is the most rewarding
! Walking into the It’s all about the students day seeing a room y ever and classroom each y and eager to learn. full of smiling students read all my students of ds nee the I love reaching ve and differentiated through creative, innovati hing is seeing sparks instruction. The joy of teac p content material and go off when students gras past and present. the with s tion make connec
llenges? What are your biggest cha
’ attention and desire Competing for my students g and promoting idin prov e for technology whil nces with that same innovative learning experie llenge. In addition, cha oing ong technology is an utilizing technology differentiated instruction resources. ed limit with can be difficult
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I would sponsor her In 2013, a student asked if l History Bee, and I participation in the Nationa e. The next year, mor e thre uit recr was able to tion with over 80 I held a school-wide competi spots. After four of one for ling students batt Bee became a ory three years, the National Hist ols working scho with tion peti com county-wide
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buffs for the national together to prepare history g feeling to see rdin rewa a is It competition. their own expectations. students soar and exceed
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ory was of a 1920s My all-time favorite mem the school librarians, with tion unit. In collabora a 1920s speakeasy. we turned the library into ions were set up stat or, déc s Along with 1920 ded activities with inclu y The ry. libra the nd arou photo booth ume cost a ds, 1920s slang wor a and dancing the trivi oot KaH , ents stud for e excited, engaged Charleston. Students wer r teacher would dance thei ed ress imp e quit and ! the Charleston with them
thing to If you could pass along one ion field, others about the educat what would it be?
education is One daily contribution to the smallest and something I think may be model behaviors ents Stud . kind be easiest act: h as we desire muc from their teachers, and as r goes out neve kind g bein ess, academic succ of style. Teach kindness!
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er Nom “Ms. Ho ination: tt is the type of will go teacher above a that nd beyo was rec nd whe ognized ther she as a Top not. She Teacher truly ca or res for h and puts er stude in long nts hours to lessons prepare that pro mote cri and app tical thin lication king . S he care students s about that hav the e less th she alw an othe ays adv rs and ocates for their —Rhett needs.” a Watkin principa s, l at Bed ford Mid dle Sch ool
Robin Powell Wood School: Robert S. Payne Elementary Years as an Educator: 40 Currently Teaches: 3rd grade Special Recognition: • 1st “Teacher of the Year” for Robert S. Payne • Recognized as “Teacher of the Year” by Wal-Mart
Educational Background: • Longwood College, Bachelor of Science-Education
Why did you become a teacher? My paternal grandmother was a teacher as I was growing up. I was fortunate enough to live behind her, so visits occurred frequently. My siblings, cousins and I would sit in rocking chairs on her big front porch and play “Kiddie College.” My grandmother would ask questions for us to answer. She made learning fun.
What is the most rewarding part of your job? Helping a child learn when they doubted themselves is amazing, but the most rewarding part is when I can make a difference in their lives. I want my students to feel safe, loved and admired. I want to help them see the value in making good choices and becoming the best person they can.
What are your biggest challenges? There are many challenges day to day in every classroom. Can I solve all problems? No, but I have to try. I have to let my students know that they are all important to me and that I am one of their biggest fans. They speak, I listen.
Looking back at your career, what would you say is your greatest personal accomplishment? One year I had a student that was a “selective mute” who did not talk to many people at all. My daughter, who also works at my school, and I gave up our lunch and recess time to work with her. Once we got her laughing, words were not far behind, then sentences. It wasn’t long before her mother was telling me what the child was doing at home. She started going to sleepovers and even church. Her mother wrote to me several times over the years to let me know that her child was still progressing wonderfully.
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Betsy Layne School: James River Day School Years in Education: 20 Currently Teaches: 1st grad e Special Recognitions:
• Nominated for the Disn ey Teacher Award • William M. Walker Fam ily Meritorious Teaching Awa rd
Educational Backgroun d:
Describe a favorite memory with your students. My favorite memories are when my former students come back to see me years later. Hearing their successes makes what I do worth it. Some of my former students are in the military (one flew rescue missions on a Black Hawk), a few are in education, some are in the medical field, and others have families they are proud of. Many times I go out in Lynchburg and hear, “Excuse me. Are you Mrs. Wood? You were my teacher. Remember when...” Luckily, I do still, “Remember when.” Most of the time I even remember their names. They ask, "Are you still teaching?" I can proudly say, “Yes, I am.”
If you could pass along one thing to others about the education field, what would it be? Teaching is not easy. In the beginning, you will go home crying about your experiences. How could I have been a better teacher today? How can I make a difference? Your heart breaks over the hardships that some of your students are dealing with. You have to dry your tears and find joy and purpose in what you are doing. Find ways to help your students cope with any hardships. Create a classroom of trust and mutual caring. First, you have to build community in that classroom. Then the learning will come.
From Her Nominati “Her mothe on: rly love
and high expectatio create a m ns otivating environm all studen ent for ts. It is evid en t th at personally she cares for each ch ild and ta a genuine kes interest in each one’ She takes s life. the time to fin d out wha important t is to them an d she rem embers the details -the thing s that matter to her studen ts.” —Becky Sc ott, co-wor ker
• Elon College, Bachelo r of Arts-Education • University of Virginia, Master of Arts-Reading
Why did you become a teacher?
My mother and kinderga rten teacher were instrumental in my decision to become a teacher. They instilled the love of creative play in me. I still remember climbing thro ugh refrigerator boxes and creating a driv e up window to my house for shopping. Every summer I was a camp counselor for the recreati on department in my hometown of East Aurora, NY. It was in that close knit community where I lear ned to connect with children early on.
What is the most reward ing part of your job?
The joy I get when a chil d has that, “I think I can, I know I can” momen t and their eyes begin to sparkle becaus e they finally made a connection is unbelievab le. That is the gift of teaching and making connections is key. When I look back on my career, I have built friendships of a lifetime . I have been blessed to work with individuals who are positive and upbeat, which is contag ious.
What are your biggest challenges?
My biggest challenge is time. I often wish I had more time in the day to engage in learning experiences with my stud ents. I feel success when my students say, “The day is already over? You know what that means, time flies when we are having fun! ” I often think that when you love what you are doing, the time really does pass too quic kly.
Looking back at your car eer, what would you say is your gre atest personal accomplishm ent?
Getting my master’s deg ree before I became a mother. This gave me the opportunity to pursue my passion of becoming a reading specialist.
My most recent accomp lishment is that I have begun to embrace technolo gy after years of trying to hold on to my “flip phone.” This year, my first graders became global engineering partners with a class in Ban galore, India. This has been a really cool exp erience.
Describe a favorite me mory with your students.
Looking back, I think of the time when we took our kindergarten stud ents to Virginia Beach. When we finally arrived at the beach, it was unreal to see my students' expressions when I announced, “Ro ll up your pants and run through the ocean!” Many of my students had never left their sma ll town before, and here they were, in the oce an, frolicking with their friends. That was an awesome day that I will never forget!
If you could pass along one thing to others about the educat ion field, what would it be?
To have a sense of humor and to connect with your students and their families. I feel blessed to have worked with so many amazing families over the last 20 years. One thing that I strive hard to do is build charact er in my students. My goal is to help my stud ents become the best “tiny” citizens they can be. >>
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nervous joining “My daughter was very class at the a new school and a new r she spent Afte r. yea ool end of the sch our move, ore bef a morning in the class sign a ent stud h eac had Mrs. Layne ghter and then welcome card for my dau students in her sent it to our home….The py, and come class are engaged, hap excited to go back home every single day is, parent the next.” —Michelle Dav W W W. LY N C H B U R G L I V I N G . C O M
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Brookville High School
Jennifer Anderson
Virginia Episcopal School
Dana Beall
Linkhorne Middle School
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Amherst Middle School
Kerry Doremus Paul Munro Elementary School
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Victoria Meredith
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Amherst County High SChool
Ashley Nowell
Bedford Hills Elementary School
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pay for a child’s college education. “It was before she was even born,” Parker said, referring to 4-year-old Jenna. Lately, Parker has been thinking more and more about the cost of college. After all, according to CollegeData.com, “a ‘moderate’ college budget for an in-state public college for the 2016-2017 academic year averaged $24,610. A moderate budget at a private college averaged $49,320.” Multiply that times four and a bachelor’s degree—what Parker envisions for her daughter— can easily run six figures. For a lot of parents, that’s a shock. >>
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“One of the largest misconceptions about college is it’s a lot more expensive than most people think it is or plan for,” John Hall, certified financial planner at Lynchburg Wealth Management, said. “A lot of folks, they’ll look at, ‘What are my tuition costs?’ Books can be a couple hundred bucks. Supplies, room and board is expensive. It all adds up to be your combined college cost. Sometimes, folks will pay for the tuition but still have a financial burden because they haven’t planned for all the expenses of college.” To tackle this problem, Parker is thinking about a 529 plan.
Some kind of 529 plan is offered by all U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and money saved is tax free when used for college. In Virginia, there are additional tax benefits as well. Parker shared some of her questions with Lynchburg Living: My biggest concern is if Jenna doesn’t go to college, what happens to that money? I don’t want it locked in and we can’t touch it. If we have an extreme emergency and we have to touch that money is it even an option? According to Hall, all money saved through a 529 plan is “tax free, as long as it’s used for education. It works the same way as an IRA or 401K. So, as long as you take it out for the purpose it’s intended for,
code that established the tax advantages for such plans—“help you
you’re not paying taxes on it when you take it out.
educational institutions.” There are two basic options:
“There are scenarios where you do [pay taxes]. If your child ends up not needing it...or might get other ways to pay for college—a scholarship—you have
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Does Jenna have to use it immediately, right out of high school? Can she delay going to college? According to Virginia529.com, college savings plans—inVEST, CollegeAmerica,
“It just has to be a qualified higher education expense,” Hall said. “It can be trade school or
CollegeWealth—require that funds be used within 30 years
community college. It includes books. It doesn’t have to go to
“after the beneficiary’s projected high school graduation date.”
tuition. In some cases, room and board. It depends on how it’s
If the account was opened after graduation, funds must be used
classified. No apartments, but on-campus housing.”
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No matter what route you take, local professionals say the 529 is a good plan. For prePAID plans, funds have to be used within 10 years of high school graduation. Another common question involves whether you need a financial
Not intending to put himself out of business, however, he added, “Financial advisors can help parents plan for education expenses, keeping the family’s entire financial picture in mind. I simply wanted
advisor to set up a 529 or if you can do it yourself. “You can do
to state that there’s an easy option in Virginia to invest in a 529 plan
it on your own,” Hall said. “For lots of folks, particularly here in
directly online, and it’s a good option that I often recommend.”
Virginia, I recommend going directly to the Virginia529 website.
No matter what route you take, local professionals say the 529 is
“You can purchase a plan or invest in a plan there. It’s cheaper
a good plan. “I recommend it, most definitely,” Farris said. “I don’t
than if you went to a bank or financial advisor, unless the financial
say that lightly. Saving for college is a challenge, and an extreme
advisor chooses not to charge you. For a lot of folks, that option
challenge because of the cost and so many variables and unknowns.
makes sense and I do encourage people to look at that.”
If the family has the means to do it, I’d highly recommend doing it.”
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RAISING A FAMILY As soon as she and her husband married, he attended a technical school in Hutchinson, Minnesota and moved to Alabama for a brief time so he could complete his studies. “After he finished, he had a job offer there and one at Babcock and Wilcox, and I already had two brothers who were living here in the Lynchburg area, so we came here!” Peg explained. That was 28 years ago. Since then, Peg became a mother of two, educated her children, ingrained herself in her artwork and family life, and opened several small businesses—it’s been a busy time of life. The Breiholzes live in Forest along with their daughter, who just finished her master’s degree in counseling at Liberty University, and her cat Sasha. They also have a son who recently began a doctoral program in electrical engineering at the University of Virginia.
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COUNTRY KITCHEN—From a hand-stenciled sign (left) to a general store scale (far left), authentic farmhouse items add visual interest to Peg’s kitchen.
She especially enjoyed dabbling in pastels and watercolor, and her original work is not only on display within her house, but it has also made appearances and won awards around the area, such as Best in Show in Bedford’s Centerfest one year, a ribbon from
TENDING CREATIVITY Peg refers to herself as “a junker” because she loves finding objects that others might pass over and enjoys making them beautiful and useful again.
She acknowledges that “most items I work on aren’t visibly valuable; they often have minor cosmetic issues to begin with. I like to give them a new life.” She found herself doing this so frequently that she and a friend
the Bedford Council for the Arts, and several ribbons from the Lynchburg Art Show. Around the time her youngest child was graduating from high school, Peg opened a small shop on Etsy, and eventually moved
Recipe for Adding Instant Farmhouse Style Begin with a neutral palette, choose one or two related colors to use as accents (Peg uses close shades of blue and green), and mix in any of the following—the more, the better: • Chandeliers • Beadboard or board and batten
began selling their personal creations at Peddler Antiques in Forest
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• Hand-painted or stenciled signs
crafts; she has been an artist as long as she can remember, working
• Original older farmhouse items (skeleton keys, scales, locks, etc.)
as a graphic designer for a local newspaper before staying home to raise and homeschool her children. As a young mother, Peg turned to her art as a fun and creative outlet. “I started doing pastels when my son was two—it was something I could pick up for a few minutes and come back to.”
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SENSATIONAL SCENERY—Seen from the living room and breakfast nook, the Breiholzes say the view of the Blue Ridge Mountains led to their decision to buy the property.
into business for herself and opened The White Brick House, a home goods store named for the building’s façade on Ashwood Park Drive in Forest.
BUILDING A WHITE BRICK HOUSE The owner of the booming Forest business calls a white brick house home herself. An easy drive down a pastoral Forest road leads
The store carries goods made by Peg and several local artisans, most of which would fall into the category of farmhouse style, which has been a mainstay in American decor far longer than
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and we wanted to bring in as much natural light as possible,” Peg explained. Her inspiration comes from light, which she finds quiet, clean and peaceful. “I need a lot of white and bright lights, especially in the dullness of winter,” she admits, and even the briefest moment spent here makes it clear. Visitors who enter through her quaint front porch walk into a bright, open space, made to feel even more airy with high ceilings and flowing white custom curtains from every window. Even though Peg lives in and loves the mountains, she enjoys decorating with the colors of the ocean: blues, greens and sandy beiges. She achieves this palette by
RIGHT: Peg's collection of aqua glass helps provide the home's color scheme. TOP RIGHT: Hand-painted furniture and a lantern are hallmarks of farmhouse style.
incorporating jute rugs, white furniture and a striking collection of countless aqua bottles and mason jars that reside in a front-and-center hutch she rejuvenated with new hardware and paint, anchoring down the space between the foyer, living room and dining room in the open floor plan. >>
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LEFT: Peg treasures the glass collection above the kitchen table; those pieces are from her parents’ house. She also uses live plants and greenery to bring the outside in.
SOWING A SENSE OF STYLE The dining room draws the eye up, beginning with hand-scraped hickory floors to its board and battens all the way to the blue ceiling “so it seems endless” like the sky. Vintage tablecloths hang on a wooden ladder, and antique corbels add a bit of old-fashioned charm. Peg designed the mantelpiece that frames the see-through gas log fireplace. She coated the chairs, mantel and hutch in Westhighland White (Sherwin Williams) for a crisp look that balances the other pieces Peg made over in the milk paint she carries at her shop. Peg points out that milk paint helps provide the timeworn and time-loved chipped look on furniture. Opposite the dining room is a small hallway and one of Peg’s own framed pastel drawings of her son as a little boy. The hallway leads to the office and a hall bath featuring Meador Blue walls, subway tiling, and glow in the dark tile as an accent. “I thought that would be fun!” Peg laughs. Straight ahead of the foyer lies the family’s living room with an entire wall of windows highlighting the bucolic scenery that persuaded them to purchase the property. In spite of having a dining room and a kitchen nook, this is where the family typically eats dinner and relaxes with the view (or a show on the huge TV that sits atop a reclaimed buffet). She isn’t worried about spills or stains on the custom white slipcovers that adorn the sofas. “Even when my kids were little, I had white slipcovers. With upholstered furniture, if you spill something, you can’t always get the stain out. With slipcovers, you just take ’em off and bleach ’em!”—and this practical nature is the sentiment behind farmhouse style. In spite of all the white, the room doesn’t feel cold; it seems welcoming, cozy and warm thanks to a layering of textures and the comfortable couches. For instance, a collection of skeleton keys rests in a wooden dish on an end table, and Peg’s husband fashioned the lamps from porch posts. Exterior light fixtures are hand-forged and made with hand-blown glass. A glimpse up the
Tips for Decorating Your Mantel Running your own business doesn’t leave a lot of room for fussing with major decorative overhauls from season to season or holiday to holiday. “I’m a busy girl, so I like to do something on my mantel that lasts,” Peg explains. Her current mantel essentially looks the same throughout the year, with a few items switched out for Easter and Christmas. Here are Peg’s best tips for creating a mainstay vignette: • Have a theme. • Start with your largest items. • Have a large focal point (such as a mirror, painting, old window, frame, etc.). • Add items in order of size. • Keep a sense of balance, but don’t worry about symmetry. • Include a variety of textures. • Keep your colors to a limited palette. • If you don’t have a fireplace mantelpiece, you can decorate a foyer table, top of a bookcase, or even a shelf—apply practical farmhouse style here.
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The island Peg’s husband made from a workbench, open shelving, and scales add to the farmhouse style in the kitchen.
HARVESTING HISTORY Peg points out that she loves to tie in forms of local and personal history in all her designs. This is evident from old Bedford County license plates that hang over a doorframe to a pile of yardsticks placed in a primitive milk can bearing the name Roanoke and the old general store scale that provides a perch for a topiary. Of her massive collection of blue glasses, her most special pieces preside on a shelf over the kitchen table; these came from her parents’ home in Minnesota. Peg loves to bake pies and cakes in her custom kitchen that displays a kitchen island her husband created out of a cast-off workbench; Peg ordered the zinc for its counter and added beadboard along the trim. Although her kitchen contains some modern, high-end features like the Carrera marble countertops, her favorite aspects of her kitchen are her farmhouse sink (“the raised sides make it look like an important statement, like art, instead of just a plain sink”) and her separate drink cooler (“it’s so helpful instead of having drinks take up room in the fridge”). Would she describe her style as farmhouse chic? “Not chic,” she laughs, “just farmhouse style. Shabby chic isn’t really a term that people use anymore, and it differs from farmhouse in that it’s a more feminine style that uses pastel colors in a neutral palette along with small florals. Farmhouse is more simple, direct, and clean.”
Simple and direct—a perfect example of this comes from Peg herself: “I buy things because I like them, not because of their supposed value or because they’re considered antiques. I like old things with a history, I love seeing chippy paint, and I’ve always decorated with aqua.” Peg’s sense of style and self is just as spot on as her intuition about living in Virginia. “I have always felt like this is where I belong,” she emphasizes. A conversation with Peg and a visit in her personal home reveals so much more than figuring out how you want to style your home or how to pursue your craft, but how to stay true to yourself, your roots, and your own personal history. 76
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The Most Important Rooms to Stage* By Order of Importance: 1. Living Room 2. Kitchen 3. Master Bedroom 4. Dining Room 5. Bathroom 6. Children’s Bedroom 7. Guest Bedroom *National Association of REALTORS® 2015 “Profile of Home Staging”
RE/MAX realtor Nadine Blakely provides the service for free when a seller lists their home with her—something she has been offering since 2007. “I've been trained to have a keen eye for the little things that make a big difference,” said Blakely. She explains how “staging is different from decorating.”
“I don't necessarily decorate your home but work with a client to help them show off the really good side of all aspects of their property,” said Blakely. Staging in occupied houses for sale focuses on the elimination of “things” to attract buyers to the spaciousness, organization and cleanliness of rooms. And sometimes, they aren’t major tasks (see
by one to five percent. Another 16 percent believe it increases by six to 10 percent. But if you do choose to hire a professional to stage your home (or take advantage of a free service), Vollmer has these words of wisdom.
“You should rely on them and their guidance…” he said. “No one likes to be told their paint color choices or furniture or decor is anything less than beautiful! But if you take a step back, swallow your pride a little, and trust the person you’ve hired to give you expert advice, you’ll be much better off.” If a professional is not an option, prepare to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself. The elbow grease could pay off through a faster sale for a higher price.
sidebar). For example, Blakely tells homeowners to take the magnets off the front of the refrigerator or, her pet peeve, remove cereal boxes from the top of the fridge. “[Doing that] screams that the kitchen is too small to even store cereal boxes in the cupboards,” said Blakely. If you don’t currently live in the home, Dan Vollmer, associate broker with RE/MAX, says staging is “incredibly important.”
“Buyers sometimes have trouble envisioning the way a space can be used, particularly if it’s empty,” Vollmer said. But does all the effort pay off? In the decade since Blakely started offering free professional staging, she says, “It works.” “Many of my homes sell in a matter of days, and even for more money, once I've staged them,” said Blakely. More statistics from the National Association of REALTORS® back her up. Their report says 32 percent of buyers’ agents believe
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Spring Cleaning 5 THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SKIP! After being cooped up inside for several months, there is something satisfying about deep cleaning your home—but man, is it a lot of work. “A lot of our clients just don’t know where to start,” said Kathryn McDaniel, owner of Polished to Perfection Cleaning Services.
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Ikebana:
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o, what is ikebana anyway? It’s where East meets West in an art form. A spiritual practice. A channel for connecting with nature. A mental and physical discipline of concentration. A proven meditation practice and stress reliever. It’s about being here and now. And it’s pronounced EE KAY’ BAH NAH. But what IS it, and what does it have to do with gardening?
PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY The Japanese characters for the word ikebana most simply translate into “arranging flowers,” but it’s much more than how we Westerners often define flower arranging as making attractive groupings of cut flowers and other plant material for pleasure and to enhance our surroundings. Ikebana is that too. Plus, it goes deeper. It’s a way of communing spiritually with our physical environment through understanding the natural world of seasonal cycles, flowers, and other plant material—and becoming more fully aware of our own nature as humans in the natural order of life. It is rooted in the concept of spiritual enlightenment central to Zen Buddhist philosophy. While the very word ikebana is Japanese, the practice of ikebana originally came from India and China to Japan over 600 years ago, and it remained for centuries the exclusive province of priests and royalty. Interest in ikebana expanded from Buddhist ritual to secular art form by mid-17th century and then spread geographically around the world. Aided by ease of travel and speed of communications, a robust following has emerged worldwide. 84
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CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT: Kyoto Arrangement II Etching by Susan Hoffman (Susan Timmons). Hampton Court Flower Show, Ohara School of Ikebana Rose Arrangement. Susan with her intructor in the Ohara School of Ikebana in Tokyo, Japan, 2010 (Photo by Tim Timmons). Sign for Ohara School of Ikebana, Tokyo, Japan. Christchurch, New Zealand, Ikebana International Arrangement.
SCHOOLS OF IKEBANA Numerous schools of ikebana focus on different aspects of the art form, with the oldest, the Ikenobo School, dating back about 500 years. My firsthand encounters with this school of ikebana were at its birthplace at the Rokkaku-do Temple in Kyoto, Japan in the late 1960s and again in the 1980s. An ikebana temple arrangement featuring a massive construction of logs was so inspiring that I later captured its essence in an etching, Kyoto Arrangement II (see photo above). The Ohara School, founded in 1912 (or up to 50 years earlier, per other sources), is now claimed by many as the foremost authentic school of ikebana after the Ikenobo School, emphasizing the importance of closely observing seasonal aspects of nature and valuing the beauty of natural environments. When I visited London’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (the largest flower show in England) in 2012, an entire section of the rose marquee was devoted to ikebana arrangements representing the Ohara School. I once took a class at the Ohara School of Ikebana in Tokyo that combined philosophy with strict rules and rulers to ensure exact proportions. It was a bit intimidating and tedious for this free-form, broad-brush gal, albeit the beginning point in learning this new discipline, I concede. The Ichiyo, Sangetsu, and Sogetsu Schools join the Ikenobo and Ohara Schools with global following. The Sogetsu School, formed in 1926 with the philosophy that ikebana should expand beyond Japan, is today the largest and best known internationally. This school believes that ikebana is to be appreciated by people from all cultures all over the world, rather than remaining exclusively Japanese. I witnessed this inclusivity at the Festival of Flowers in Christchurch, New Zealand, which featured intriguing free-form arrangements and installations through Ikebana International to promote “friendship through flowers.” Ikebana International was founded in 1956 by the late Ellen Gordon Allen, “…to create an organization uniting the peoples of the world
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through their mutual love of nature and enjoyment of ikebana.” Its website, www.ikebanahq.org, notes 161 chapters in 50 countries with approximately 7,600 members. Ikebana is now in Virginia in Northern Virginia, Virginia Beach, and Richmond. Ikebana of Richmond (www.ikebanaofrichmondva.org) holds monthly meetings at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden that feature certified demonstrators, classes and workshops.
THE ART OF ARRANGING It’s no surprise that ikebana requires carefully considered and immaculately fresh plant material. Withered leaves, flowers or fruit may be used only as an intentional part of the concept of the arranger in making a statement featuring that stage of the life cycle of the plant. The arranger can combine unlikely plant material (dried twigs or surprising combinations of shapes and colors) to convey a message or an emotion—and can also include objects such as rocks, driftwood, or even metal or plastic.
Ikebana can even feature just one plant, such as bamboo for an assemblage (as in the construction pictured on page 87). As my friend Janice Berkley, who also studied ikebana in Japan, says, “…they can be quite elaborate, but they need not be. Whatever you have that speaks to you is a possibility! This makes ikebana less intimidating.” >> W W W. LY N C H B U R G L I V I N G . C O M
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RIGHT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Sogetsu School Ikebana Bamboo Installation. Ikebana at Maymont Flower Show in Richmond, 2012. FAR BOTTOM: Ikebana in Tokyo, Japan.
Isn’t creating ikebana beginning to sound like the fun we had as children when gathering wildflowers, interesting rocks, and other found objects and arranging them on our bedroom dressers? Ikebana avoids formal symmetry, and the arranger thoughtfully considers negative space: where not to place plant material as well as where to place it. And combinations of shapes and colors can certainly seem odd and discordant compared to traditional Western principles of design and color in the Western tradition of arranging flowers in harmoniously colorful masses or lines. If thinking in Western terms, consider contemporary ikebana as something Picasso might have created after his departure from traditional painting. For some, it’s an acquired taste. For me, each arrangement is an exciting work of art that encourages the creator and viewer to consider nature and the visual world in challenging and exciting ways. As an art form, ikebana is more like performance art—ephemeral, expected to return to the earth after making a powerfully evocative statement that rises from a discipline of the inner spirit.
ARRANGEMENT STYLES Among the plethora of ikebana styles, let’s start with the basics of two historic styles practiced by the Sogetsu School: moribana and nageire. Moribana is the upright style with three primary elements or lines representing heaven (shin), man (soe), and earth (hikae) as the innate symbolism of ikebana. They are positioned in varying heights according to formula (here’s where the ruler comes in) in a flat, low container and held in place by a spiked frog (kenzan); and while shin is upright, the other two are angled in the round so the arrangement does not appear flat. Or the entire composition can slant. In either case, it’s important to camouflage the kenzan with plant material, stones or in other creative ways. Basic nageire arrangements are natural or casual looking in vertical containers, hence the translation of being called “thrown in.” Yet, they’re anything but thrown in. Rather, they are carefully and artfully assembled with traditional cross-bar mechanics (or currently any way that works) to hold the elements in place. The heaven, man and earth concepts still preside. But in today’s world, anything goes! >>
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LEFT TO RIGHT: Susan's #1 Spring Arising ikebana with Quince. Susan's #2 Forced Flowering ikebana with Fantail Willow. Susan's ikebana at First Presbyterian Church, January 2017. Ikebana by Janice Berkley (Photo courtesy of Janice Berkley).
IKEBANA 101: LET’S TRY ONE! It’s not hard. It just requires you to put aside your daily concerns and move into a creative zone: First, think about what plant material and containers (and perhaps other objects) to use. What’s growing in your yard or other places where you may gather? Look at it carefully. How does it speak to you? Here are a few simple attempts of my own that I hope will give you the idea (see photos). It was winter, and I was longing for spring, so I chose branches that I knew I could force to bloom inside to tell the message of approaching spring. Oh, and it helps me to create haiku poems (5-7-5 syllables) to aid in focusing on my message. Here goes:
#1 Spring Arising Quince sings heaven’s song While aucuba braves earth’s chill: We bow low in praise What I was thinking: Quince branches forced to bloom indoors in winter reach upward toward heaven, paralleling the uplifted arms in the stained-glass window next to the arrangement. Stalwart aucuba leaves, representing earth, remain firm throughout winter months. We humans, hothouse flowers like orchids, pay homage to heaven and earth.
#2 Forced Flowering Dangling golden charms Add bling to copper and jade: Spring’s jewel box opens. What I was thinking: Fantail Willow catkins are early blooming flowers (inflorescence) that brighten winter’s brown and green landscape and foretell the multitude of jewel-tone spring blooms to come. Glossy green magnolia leaves with velvety copper undersides symbolize man’s outer shell, yet inner tenderness; arranged in a fired clay pot with trailing ivy reaching for earth. 88
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#3 Saucy Saucers Stealing stage center Eager to please, always zapped Spring frost says, “Tricked you!” What I was thinking: Saucer Magnolia puts on its early spring show of beautiful blossoms before the last frost, which inevitably kills the blooms. These blooms force easily indoors, as shown in this winter arrangement, where they are paired with a casual cluster of winter jasmine.
WANT TO LEARN MORE? This is the year for getting hooked on ikebana right here at home in Lynchburg! Opera on the James (www.operaonthejames.org) will feature ikebana at Madama Butterfly’s Garden Cabaret, along with kimonos, lanterns, Japanese art (on display and at auction) and more, on Saturday, April 22 at the Academy Center of the Arts. Then on April 25, Lynchburg’s Garden Day will also include ikebana at all houses (including our own) as part of the Garden Club of Virginia’s annual Historic Garden Tour (www.vagardenweek.org). Give it a whirl and see how ikebana can become a way of more deeply understanding nature and your garden. A way of personal philosophical and artistic expression. And a way of melding cultures and celebrating worldwide respect and friendship.
Meet the Gardener Susan Timmons served in the 1970s as Virginia’s first Environmental Impact Statement Coordinator, then Assistant Administrator and Acting Administrator of Virginia’s Council on the Environment and editor of The State of Virginia’s Environment. During that time she also served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Environmental Professionals and received the National Wildlife Federation’s Award for Environmental Communications. More recently, she worked in higher education and nonprofit management and, in retirement, she serves as a member of the Speakers Bureau of the Hill City Master Gardeners Association with a series of talks on “Gardens of the World.”
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ave you ever noticed there are things you were forced to do in childhood that you choose to do with pleasure as an adult? You know, like staying in, going to bed early, and even eating
your vegetables? I have always been a fan of veggies, but even I can remember sitting in the dark at my parents’ dining room table until I finished a plate of (Canned! Plain! Cold!) peas I had staunchly refused. The peas and my parents won. If you have watched any number of food shows or skimmed through one of many food magazines, you know that vegetables can be the main attraction on your plate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The best part is we aren’t talking about canned peas. Veggies these days are roasted, stuffed, grilled, sautéed and, no matter what, should be absolutely delicious. So good, in fact, that some days you won’t even miss the meat. You can find some of the best tasting, freshest veggies at some local providers. Here are a few places you will want to check out. >>
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Fresh Start Micros Do you know Joe Dowdy? You will want to after this article— I promise! A few years ago he started a small greenhouse for vegetables simply to feed to his family. He began with tomatoes, peppers, green beans and lettuce. His plants took off, and they couldn’t eat nearly as fast as the produce was growing, so Joe began to give away all the extras. As he continued to hone his craft, Joe really “fell in love” with microgreens and began to reach out to local restaurants to see if anyone would be interested in purchasing from him. Thus, Fresh Start Micros was born. “My staple microgreens is the mustard mix. It is a blend of different mustards that bring a spicy note to whatever it’s added to—salads, garnishes, wraps, etc. At peak, I was growing 30 to 40 trays at a time for local restaurants. They are grown indoors in a small indoor greenhouse. This allows the control of the environment much better than an outdoor environment, where they are very prone to diseases,” said Dowdy. Staff at Isabella’s Italian Trattoria regularly use his microgreens. You’ll also find them occasionally at the Corner at Rivermont. “I always welcome the opportunity to grow for anyone who asks and will continue to do so,” said Dowdy. “We have traded our outdoor greenhouse for a smaller container garden and continue to educate everyone we can of the benefits of homegrown, locally-grown, and the incredible benefits of microgreens.” Dowdy is also working to teach his son about micros so that he may continue the business and hopefully expand it one day. Want to get your hands on these microgreens? Just shoot Dowdy an email at or find him on Facebook. He is excited to share his passion for microgreens with our community. So excited, in fact, he will deliver them to your door! Email Joe Dowdy at freshstartmicros@gmail.com.
Rachel Dalton is a wife, mother and blogger with a fondness for arts and craft cocktails, supporting local businesses and her three rescue dogs. After serving as the sales and marketing director at The Tobacco Company Restaurant in Richmond for nearly a decade, Rachel appreciates the quality ingredients, excellent service and attention to detail found on the burgeoning Lynchburg restaurant scene. These days, Rachel is most likely dining out with her husband, sharing a bottle of wine with friends or planning her next meal.
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Lynchburg Grows Lynchburg Grows (LG) is sort of the coolest concept ever. The nonprofit is a seven-acre urban farm “dedicated to providing access to fresh, local, produce for Lynchburg residents, restaurants, and organizations, while also providing onsite vocational training for disabled and low-income individuals,” according to its website. LG says a quarter of Lynchburg residents live in a food desert, which is a higher number than any other city in Virginia. They are working hard through community gardens to make vegetables more accessible to everyone, and in a partnership with Live Healthy Lynchburg, they now support a mobile produce van that takes produce to areas around town with the greatest need. You can support the LG mission and get your hands on their green goodness by signing up for a Veggie Box. “Our summer Veggie Box is stocked with all the most delicious summer veggies like tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, lettuce (early summer), peppers, eggplant, onions… We grow everything we can on the farm, but supplement from other farms for things we do not grow like mushrooms, peaches, corn and melons,” said Shelley Blades, executive director. “We also try to highlight local artisans and give our Veggie Box members something unique like tea from Good Karma Tea Company or bread from Lorraine Bakery.” The Veggie Box season runs from March 22 through December 20. The cost breaks down to $20 a week, and there are several payment options. “Pick up is every Wednesday at the farm. We like the pickup method better than delivery. We find it gives customers more freedom to choose which items are most appealing to them and personally pick out their vegetables,” said Blades. But what if I get my veggies and am stumped with what to do with them? I hate to waste food, especially fresh local vegetables. But Blades says they have you covered. “We send out a weekly newsletter to our customers to let them know what their veggie options are that week. If there is a ‘funky’ vegetable (think colorful carrots or Chinese cabbage) we usually give a little description about that and provide several recipes.
Visit Lynchburg Grows If you don’t want to commit to a weekly box or can’t get past the waitlist that often exists, you can stop by LG to check out their produce!
Lynchburg Grows 1339 Englewood St., Lynchburg (Behind City Stadium)
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But, regardless of ‘funky’ vegetables, a few recipes are always included,” she said. Learn more at www.lynchburggrows.org. >>
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Lynchburg Community Market Located downtown at the corner of 12th and Main streets, the Lynchburg Community Market is a place where you can choose from a plethora of fresh produce all year long. There are rows and rows of dedicated local vendors. You may find something you have never seen before, and most of these farmers and sellers are excited to share with you easy ways to prepare their produce. I have been fortunate enough to have some very kind vendors help me figure out quantities of items I would need for serving a group at a dinner party, what to serve, how to keep things fresh and how to best prepare the veggies. More than produce, these days at the market you can find handmade candy, homemade breads, local jams, eggs, meats, goat cheese, coffee and so much more. From potatoes to squash, spring onions to juicy tomatoes, the market is an excellent choice to get all your local produce (and more!) from friendly farmers at even
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love this time of year in Lynchburg because there are promises of spring everywhere. A lot of us tend to cook lighter meals, eat more raw foods, and focus on a
healthier diet as summer approaches. One of my favorite places to eat clean but easily fill up and fuel up is Millie’s Living Café in Wyndhurst, which opened in April 2015. “The inspiration has been the fact that there were little healthy options in Lynchburg. I had always wanted a café within our store (Health Nut Nutrition) and the passing of my mother in 2012 inspired me to go forward and name it after her,” said owner Dave Thomas. Thomas has always lead a healthy lifestyle. But after spending some time in California, he got a few ideas that he brought back to Lynchburg and incorporated into the
Millie’s menu. The plant-based options are endless and delicious, but the top seller and my personal favorite is the dragon bowl. Thomas describes the dragon bowl as “a superfood smoothie bowl. It includes fresh frozen fruit featuring the superfruit pitaya (aka the dragon fruit), strawberries, banana, almond butter, and plant protein powder blended together and topped with granola and more fresh fruit. It is naturally sweet with no added sugar or other processed ingredients; it is low in calories and super healthy. It is heart healthy, fiber rich and high in antioxidants.” And so, so tasty. You can get the same flavorful sweet treat in smoothie form, just ask for the Pitayalicious.
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ome of you may remember the stunning old plantation-style home on Old Forest Road as Grace Restaurant, but these days there is a beautiful new concept taking up residence within the historical Locust Thicket. The Manor House is the brainchild of father-daughter pair Paul Hughes and Sarah Quinn and Chef Partner Jason Arbusto.
THE LADY OF THE MANOR Sarah Quinn has a long impressive resume in the restaurant industry; it’s so extensive we don’t have enough room on this page to include it all. But it’s clear she followed her father’s lead. (His hospitality career spans decades and continents. He even introduced the concept of home delivery pizza to Australia.) After earning a degree in Business Hospitality Management, Quinn worked for years in restaurants, swanky resorts, private clubs, and then veered into the world of real estate development. It was about this time that she became a mother in London, England and began considering a change of pace.
WHY LYNCHBURG AND LOCUST THICKET? So how on earth did she get to Lynchburg? Local realtor Billy Flint can take some of the credit. They met The Manor House through real estate dealings, and he encouraged Quinn and her at Locust Thicket family to come to town just to check things out. They did and 2627 Old Forest Rd., call that time their "eyes and ears open, mouth shut" period. Lynchburg, VA 24501 “Our main focus was to find a hospitality-orientated project. (434) 384-2600 We looked at everything including having contracts on several locustthicket. wixsite.com/locustbuildings downtown. However, Locust Thicket just kept coming thicket-site back into view,” Quinn said. In September 2013, Quinn and her father purchased the property, excited and proud to make the place shine again. They also saved it from possible demolition. Quinn says others interested in the property had plans for creating a townhouse/duplex project. “The idea of the project was to create a destination for all Lynchburgers and visitors alike to be able to come and enjoy a piece of Lynchburg history whilst enjoying a great meal at a range of food and beverage facilities that offer something for everyone at all price points,” she said.
THE CHEF All well and good. But who was going to cook? With the completion of the renovation and rezoning process, it was time to start the search for a partner and chef. After scouring their considerable network, Chef Jason Arbusto actually contacted Quinn. A Lynchburg native and Virginia Espiscopal School (VES) alumnus, Arbusto went on to graduate from the Culinary Institute of America in New York City. An internship in France followed. From there, he got a copy of the 98
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THE FOOD Arbusto refers to his cuisine as “Locally-Focused American.” And what a thrill it was to hear about his passion to use local providers and seasonal products. “I love working with local producers, and you can see me at the farmer’s markets in either Forest or Lynchburg every weekend,” said Arbusto. But his local touch also has an international flair. He spent most of his career in France and Monaco. “I want to be able to share some of those flavors I discovered,” he said. Quinn says Arbusto’s Brussels sprouts can turn even the harshest critic into a believer and that his bread pudding is “simply fantastic.” She also raves about his celery fennel salsa. It consists of raw green celery and fennel as a base with fresh lemon zest, preserved lemons and fresh juice as well as green olives and capers with fresh mint. “When you come and eat here, you can taste the fresh-made bread that has a little char and smokiness on it from the wood fired oven in our backyard or the flavor searing on the cast iron pan or the charcoal flavor off the grill. Flavor is King,” Arbusto said.
THE CHEF’S TABLE I personally had the good fortune of dining at the Chef’s table at The Manor House with some friends.
It was so much fun; very intimate, incredibly memorable and the most unique dining experience I have had in Lynchburg. “The idea of the ‘Table’ is for the guests to get to experience a one-of-a-kind dining experience, which is prepared and served by Jason himself. Each reservation is sent a culinary questionnaire, which asks questions such as, ‘How adventurous are you when it comes to food?’” said Quinn. “I love the contact with the guests. It’s great to see them enjoy the food right before me. It’s fun to be able to make a custom-made tasting menu each time,” said Arbusto.
WHAT’S NEXT? Quinn, Hughes and Arbusto are excited for their future plans, including a more casual, relaxed dining experience. “We are currently working on a small plates menu for our new upstairs tavern area which will open late January,” said Quinn. “I call this our ‘stop in after work for a drink and a quick bite’ offer.” They are also working on finalizing plans for outdoor dining areas. Another more casual dining experience called the “Terrace,” featuring flat breads, burgers and pizzas, will be located outside. In addition, the front lawn will be reserved to offer an outdoor dining area for guests of The Manor House. Both these areas will be available this spring. “No need to drive to Nelson County for that outdoor dining experience anymore. We will have it right here in Lynchburg!” said Quinn.
BIG PICTURE The ultimate goal is a lot bigger than an incredible meal or night out with friends. The team wants to turn the Locust Thicket Historical Precinct into a nonprofit governed by a Board of Directors. The restaurant’s revenue would assist in the maintenance and continued restoration of the property. Arbusto sees a bright future—one that puts Lynchburg on “the Culinary map.” “Lots of other cities in the South and elsewhere have had their Culinary Renaissance; it’s our time now.”
The Chef's Table can seat a maximum of six people with a minimum bill of $500 plus tax and gratuity. You can learn more or make reservations at www.locustthicket.com/chefss
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orwood Morrison is proof that the burden of “what’s for dinner” doesn’t always have to be mom’s responsibility. The husband and father of three has perfected the art of preparing healthy, tasty meals—yes, even on those busy weeknights. Morrison traces his interest in cooking to his grandmother and a year he spent in Charleston during college. Now, with his demanding schedule as a salesman (oh, and you may know his wife Danner from local TV), he prefers to cook sous vide. If you aren’t familiar with this method, food is put inside a re-closable or vacuum-sealed bag—sous vide is French for “under vacuum.” The bag is submerged in water that is heated to a precise temperature using an immersion circulator (which costs $130 on average, depending on the model.) Morrison prepares food this way four to five times a week. He says it’s an easy way he and his wife can stick to their Whole 30 diet without sacrificing flavor and variety. His flaky salmon and creative vegetable sides had our Lynchburg Living crew raving.
Bon Appétit!
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ON A BED OF MINT AND PEA PURÉE WITH LEMON SAUCE AND GLAZED CARROTS BY NORWOOD MORRISON SALMON 2 8-oz salmon filets (The fresher, the better. I use Blue Marlin Seafood.) Cook sous vide for 1 hour at 122 degrees. (If not cooking using sous vide, broil in oven for about 10 minutes for 1"-1 1/4” pieces.)
MINT AND PEA PURÉE 10 oz. bag of frozen peas defrosted 1/4 cup fresh mint 1 clove garlic 1/4 cup grated parmesan 1/2 cup olive oil Juice of 1/2 lemon Salt and pepper to taste Combine all items except olive oil in a blender and mash. With the blender running, drizzle in the olive oil until combined. Refrigerate until needed.
LEMON SAUCE 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 shallot, finely diced 1 lemon, juiced 1/2 lemon, zested 1 cup chicken stock 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
Sous Vide Want to learn more about sous vide? Morrison recommends these websites: Sousvideresources.com ChefSteps.com
Sauté the shallot in olive oil over medium heat for 5-10 minutes until tender and translucent. Add remaining ingredients and keep warm on the stove until needed.
CARROTS Fresh baby carrots 2 tablespoons ghee or clarified butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon sugar Combine everything in a Ziploc bag and cook sous vide for 90 minutes at 185 degrees. Remove, and immediately put in a sauté pan and cook until the sauce has reduced to a glaze covering the carrots.
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AT NELSON COUNTY’S VIRGINIA DISTILLERY COMPANY BY ANGELA LYNCH
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hen George Washington started a commercial distillery in the late 1700s, it was at the urging
of his Scottish farm hand James Anderson. Washington’s distillery at Mount Vernon became the largest in the nation of its time. The Virginia and American whisky tradition continues today in Lovingston, with Scottish malted barley and the vision of another George. >>
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OPEN DAILY— Virginia Distillery Company, located off Route 29 about two miles north of Lovingston, is open seven days a week for tours and tastings.
Whisky or Whiskey? AN EXPLANATION Whisky: Scottish spelling, used in countries without an “e” in their name (Scotland, Canada, Japan) Whiskey: Irish spelling, used in countries with an “e” in their name (United States, Ireland) Virginia Distillery Company uses the Scottish spelling to give a nod to the old-world tradition they follow. To keep consistent in this article, Lynchburg Living will also use “whisky” (without an “e”) in all references.
“We found the southern highlands,” said Guest Experience Manager Amanda Beckwith when talking about how early Scottish immigrants described the Blue Ridge Mountains. Beckwith was our guide on our midwinter visit to Virginia Distillery Company. The late Dr. George Moore came to the United States for new opportunities in the 1970s. The Irishman’s two great passions were single malt whisky and his adopted Virginia home. A marriage of the two gave birth to Virginia Distillery Company in 2011. Moore’s son and wife continue the vision he did not live to see come to fruition. The distillery opened in late 2015. Tours and tastings began the following summer. Guided tours start with a brief history of single malt whisky in the distillery museum. A moonshine still, generously donated by a neighbor, sits in the corner. It’s non-working, licensed as a museum piece to keep it legal.
From there visitors have the opportunity to see modern-day whisky making in action on the distillery floor and cask house. The guide describes the science of making the beverage, though they consider it an art. Virginia Single Malt, an American Malt Whisky, is produced on-site using malted barley from the United Kingdom and water from the Blue Ridge Mountains. Guests unknowingly walk right over freshwater springs as they move from the museum to the distillery. >> 104
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ABOVE: One reason copper stills are used is because copper helps remove the sulphur compounds that could affect the spirit’s flavor. LEFT: At the Spirit Safe, the distiller will “make the cuts” and separate out the pure and delicious heart of the spirit so only the best part goes into the barrels.
Inside the distillery, there’s a working 1920s Boby Malt Mill. Copper pots, handmade by a fabricator in Scotland, are used for their even conduction of heat, removing the things that would give the whisky an undesired flavor. The spirit safe, which looks like something you’d see in a mad scientist’s lab, assists the distiller in making the cuts between heads, hearts and tails. When the cask house doors swing open, the strong yet gentle aroma of whisky sneaks out from 700 carefully stacked former Kentucky bourbon, sherry and wine casks, patiently resting inside since November 2015. “It’s a beautiful smell, but it also breaks my heart because it’s evaporation,” said Beckwith. That evaporation occurs at a rate of six to eight percent per year, and there’s always the devastating chance a barrel will end up
PACKED HOUSE—There is little space left in the distillery’s caskhouse. They are currently in the process of building two larger ones.
bone dry inside. The resources and surroundings of the Blue Ridge Mountains are reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands, though the weather in Scotland is much more consistent than the four seasons we enjoy. The distillery does not employ artificial climate control. “Climate has a huge impact on our whisky,” said Beckwith. The bottling date for the Virginia Single Malt will be determined through tasting. The finished product may come from a single barrel or samples from different barrels could be “married” or mixed for the perfect flavor and finish. Either way, the finished product can bear the single malt label. The expected release date is three to six years from the time of the 2015 casking. While we wait on Virginia Single Malt, guests can already enjoy the distillery’s Virginia Highland Malt. The aged whisky is brought over from Scotland and cask-finished in port-style wine barrels that once held Virginia wine. It’s finished over six to 12 months.
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When enjoying whisky in the cozy tasting room, each guest is limited to no more than 3 ounces of whisky per day, per ABC law.
Virginia Highland Malt was waiting for us at the conclusion of our tour. In another toast to Scotland, Beckwith meticulously poured the beverage into traditional Glencairn whisky glasses, emblazoned with the distillery’s split-V logo. “It’s the best way to experience whisky,” said Beckwith.
It’s meant to be an experience, not just a drink. When trying the whisky neat, Beckwith shows us how to hold the glass, depending on the season. She suggests letting the whisky hit the tip of your tongue and slowly roll back, so you’re able to taste the individual notes. “It breaks my heart to see people throw it back,” said Beckwith. There’s no need for that with the distillery’s bar offerings. Bartenders will serve it neat or with a splash or cube. Tasting options also include seasonal cocktails, both hot and cold, served full-sized or in a chooseyour-own flight. This whisky can be both a manly drink or the surprise in a girly drink with a twist. “It has a backbone,” said Beckwith. “You can put it in a cocktail and not lose it.” The cocktail menu changes the first Friday of every month. Cocktails are selected based on what ingredients are available by season, getting as much as they can from local farms. Virginia Highland Malt is available for purchase on-site and in ABC stores. The delicious hot and cold cocktails served at the distillery bar are easily recreated at home using the whisky and the cocktail recipes found on the Virginia Distillery Company website. For the distillery, Virginia isn’t just in its name, it’s in its business model. In addition to purchasing cocktail ingredients such as lavender and honey from local suppliers, the distillery is working with local farmers toward sourcing some of the barley used in the whisky making process. A test patch is growing on a hill near the site. 108
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Albemarle Baking Company uses the distillery’s flour byproduct to bake bread. Early Dawn Dairy in Crozet feeds cattle with spent grain from the distillery. Charlotteville’s McCharen’s Bitters makes bitters to complement the distillery’s whisky. They’re used in the cocktails made on-site and are available to take home with a bottle of whisky. Gearhart’s Fine Chocolates, also in Charlottesville, created Virginia Highland Malt Whisky Truffles in conjunction with the distillery. The chocolates are also sold in the distillery’s shop. A late fall forest fire crept over the hill, dangerously close to the distillery operation, cask house and visitor center. To thank the firefighters for saving the facility, Virginia Distillery Company will sell a one-barrel, limited release, coffee finish whisky. Proceeds will benefit the county’s first responders. In an area some call the Fruit Loop, once wiped out by Hurricane Camille, spirits are starting to rise both literally and figuratively. Virginia Distillery Company is a welcome addition to Nelson County’s popular and growing beverage tourism industry. While they won’t bottle the whisky until it says “I’m ready,” there’s no better time than now, even for non-whisky drinkers, to try something new, perhaps something against the grain. Learn more at www.vadistillery.com
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The Coastal Virginia Tourism Alliance welcomes you to one of America’s most scenic and historic travel destinations. The Coastal Virginia region is comprised of the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield/Isle of Wight, Suffolk, Yorktown, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, and Virginia’s Eastern Shore. All are accessible by major interstate highway systems, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and two major airports in Norfolk and Newport News both served by low fare airlines. Coastal Virginia makes a perfect vacation destination for those seeking clean beaches, outdoor recreation, fascinating history, fine arts culture, thrilling events and festivals, exciting theme parks, abundant shopping, world-class fishing and coastal cuisine. We offer an experience for every kind of traveler. Beach lovers revel on the Virginia Beach oceanfront. History buffs are inspired by the past in Williamsburg, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News and Smithfield/Isle of Wight. Chesapeake and Suffolk are both entry points to the vast nature of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Virginia’s Eastern Shore offers pristine coastal plains perfect for bird watching as well as NASA rocket launches. In addition, museums and the arts abound throughout the region and it is home to the world renowned Virginia Arts Festival. You’ll also have a chance to “salute” our military. We are the home to the world’s largest naval base! This just touches on what you can see and do in Coastal Virginia. We hope you get a chance to experience it all. We are glad you are here to “Sea Our History”! Continued on page A4
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Explore-Live-Enlighten at Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. Association for Research and Enlightenment
Tools for Wellness, Spiritual Growth, and Personal Empowerment for more than 100 years! Metaphysical Library • Bookstore and Gift Shop • Holistic Health Center & Spa Cayce/Miller Café • Free Daily Lecture, Tour, and Film • ESP Testing • Meditation Garden Stone Labyrinth • Conferences • Weekend Workshops • Psychic Fairs
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AMERICAN ROVER
Norfolk Harbor Sailing Cruises Set Sail aboard this 125 passenger Sailing Schooner. Offering daytime and sunset harbor cruises on the smooth waters of the Elizabeth River and the Port of Virginia. Help hoist the sails, take a turn at the helm, or just relax and enjoy the Captain’s tour. Seating is available on the shaded upper deck. Our air-conditioned below deck area has ship store, bar and restrooms. Private charters and special event cruises available. Departing Waterside Marina in Downtown Norfolk. Call (757) 627-7245 or visit www.AmericanRover.com. Sailing April through October.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va. Photo by Ed Pollard, CMA Photographer
THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART
One Memorial Place • Norfolk, VA 23510 (757) 664-6200 | chrysler.org
The Chrysler Museum of Art is the crown jewel of the visual arts in Norfolk, combining a nationally renowned art museum, a state-of-the-art glass studio, and two nearby historic houses. We host a variety of changing exhibitions, and our extensive permanent collection includes 30,000 works that span more than 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to 21st-century art. We are home to one of America’s finest glass collections, and our adjacent Perry Glass Studio’s daily demos show how these masterpieces were created. We’re open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Best of all, admission is free!
EDGAR CAYCE’S A.R.E.
Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E.– Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. Come explore the fascinating work of famed psychic Edgar Cayce, the “sleeping prophet” and “father of holistic medicine.” Free daily film, tour, and lecture on dreams, intuition, holistic health and more. Our campus includes a metaphysical library, Bookstore & Gift Shop, meditation garden, stone labyrinth, Health Center & Spa, and an onsite café. The renovated Health Center & Spa has treatment rooms overlooking the ocean offering holistic services including the Cayce/Reilly® massage, chiropractic services, and hydrotherapy sessions. We also offer ESP testing, astrology charts, psychic fairs, and conferences with world-renowned presenters. Learn more at EdgarCayce.org. Continued on page A6
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THIS IS HAMPTON
Hampton, the 400-year old city located in the heart of Coastal Virginia, is multi-faceted; rich in Civil War history, African American heritage, water recreation, and abundant shopping and dining opportunities. The Hampton History Museum is a great place to begin your explorations. The museum introduces Hampton’s 400-year history in its galleries, interpreting the city’s role in pivotal American decisions and milestones. The Hampton Visitor Center shares this location so you can gather great information on the sites you wish to explore and purchase money-saving admission tickets. The Sea to Stars Ticket combines admission to the Virginia Air & Space Center, an IMAX film, a ride on the Hampton Carousel, a cruise aboard the Miss Hampton II and admission to the Hampton History Museum for one low price. Buy adult tickets for $39 and youth tickets for $25. The Virginia Air & Space Center, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2017, features a space and aviation gallery, as well as over 100 exhibits, many hands-on. The Riverside 3D IMAX Theater presents space-related digital feature films and documentaries on a five-story screen. Next door, the Hampton Carousel, one of only 70 antique carousels left in the U.S., spins visitors on hand-carved horses and chariots built in 1920 by European artisans. Fort Monroe visitors are encouraged to cross the moat encircling the stone fort to explore the Casemate Museum and many historic landmarks, including The Alegernourne Oak and Quarters 1. See the cell where Jefferson Davis was held at the conclusion of the Civil War. A tour aboard the Miss Hampton II reveals Fort Monroe’s companion fortification, Fort Wool, located across the channel at Hampton Roads’ entrance. The Miss Hampton II harbor tour boat and the Ocean Eagle fishing boat are located nearby along the Hampton waterfront. Hampton University Museum, the oldest African American museum in the country, has a collection of more than 9,000 works of contemporary art and artifacts spanning African, African-American, Native-American cultures, and more. You can explore the campus with one of several Smartphone tours available at VisitHampton.com or learn about the campus’ and city’s remarkable past through interpretive historic markers located on the campus and throughout the city. You are also sure to enjoy the exceptional dining and shopping in Downtown Hampton, Phoebus and Coliseum Central. There’s no shortage of fun and adventure. After all, This is Hampton! For visitor information dial (800) 800-2202, (757) 727-1102 or check out VisitHampton.com.
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iFLY VA BEACH
iFLY Va Beach is an indoor skydiving experience that creates true free fall conditions, just like skydiving, without having to jump out of an airplane. iFLY’s vertical wind tunnel generates 1400 horse power from 4 powerful fans, creating a wall-to-wall cushion of air on which you can safely float. There’s no parachute, no jumping, and nothing attaching you to planet Earth. It’s just you and the air, and it’s the most incredible adrenaline rush. iFLY Va Beach is located at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on 25th and Pacific Avenue. Indoor skydiving at iFLY Va Beach is a great activity for entertainment and recreation seekers out for a day of fun with family and friends, corporate customers looking for a unique team outing, educators interested in innovative science field trips for students and competitive skydiving athletes. No experience is necessary. Just about anyone can fly, including those with physical disabilities. Children as young as 3 to adults as young as 103 have flown with us. iFLY offers group rates for 8 or more as well as Student, Senior Citizen, Military & First Responder discounts. Watch our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3c-ak1IjhY iFLY Va Beach Indoor Skydiving is located at 2412 Pacific Ave. Virginia Beach, VA 23451. For more information or to make reservations, call (757) 754-4359 or email info@iflyvabeach.com.
JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, AMERICAN REVOLUTION MUSEUM AT YORKTOWN
Sphere, a six-foot globe displaying weather phenomena around the world. Don’t leave without a visit to Dockside Café or the Banana Pier Gift Shop for great nautical gifts. Call (757) 664-1000 or visit Nauticus.org for hours and admission fees.
NEWPORT NEWS
Discover the Treasures of Newport News Trendy restaurants, unique shopping opportunities and world-class attractions are just a few of the many reasons to visit Newport News.
The Mariners’ Museum and Park Water Connects Us All The Mariners’ Museum and Park connects people to the world’s waterways through exploration and engaging experiences. The stories we tell through our world class collection are your stories and your history. Discover small craft from around the world. Explore the USS Monitor Center, home of the Civil War ironclad’s iconic gun turret, where the incredible story of her creation, battle, sinking, and recovery are told in vivid detail. View maritime art, handcrafted ship models, and rare figureheads. Experience a 3D film in the Explorers Theater. Located in a 550-acre park, guests can hike the award-winning, 5-mile Noland Continued on page A8
Living-History Museums Chronicle Nation’s Beginnings A hands-on history experience awaits visitors at two Williamsburg area museums that explore the nation’s beginnings. At Jamestown Settlement, gallery exhibits chronicle 1600s Virginia in the context of its Powhatan Indian, English and African cultures, complementing historical interpretation at outdoor recreations of a Powhatan Indian village, the three ships that brought America’s first permanent English colonists in 1607, and colonial fort. The story of the American Revolution, from the beginnings of colonial unrest to the formation of the new nation, unfolds at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown through indoor exhibits and outdoor re-creations of a Continental Army encampment and Revolution-period farm. The museums are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Christmas and New Year’s days. For more information call (888) 593-4682 or visit www.historyisfun.org.
NAUTICUS
This maritime-themed science museum, on the downtown Norfolk waterfront, offers a fun and exciting educational experience for visitors of all ages. In addition to its largest artifact—The Battleship Wisconsin—unique features of this 120,000-square-foot facility include hands-on exhibits, touch tanks, 3D movies, and more. Plus, walk the decks of history with a self-guided deck tour of the Battleship Wisconsin—one of the largest and last battleships built by the U.S. Navy—and see the wardroom, and officers’ quarters, berthing units, chapel and other areas. Guided tours of additional ship areas are available for an additional fee. While onsite at Nauticus, be sure to check out Our Mighty Seaport, an exhibit exploring maritime commerce as well as Guns, Sweat, and Gears: Anatomy of a Battleship, with its enormous gun devices, tools, and personal mementos from the Battleship Wisconsin. Step inside the Clelia, an underwater exploration submersible, and control an actual 9-foot long robotic arm to collect samples and artifacts from the seabed and examine Science on a COASTAL VIRGINIA ATTRACTIONS
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Trail or picnic at Lions Bridge overlooking the tranquil James River. For information on exhibitions, events, programs, and hours of operation, visit MarinersMuseum.org or call (800) 581-7245.
Virginia Living Museum
Connecting people to nature for more than 50 years! View endangered red wolves. Get close to a loggerhead turtle and jellyfish. Touch live horseshoe crabs. Relive the age of the dinosaurs. Living exhibits depict Virginia’s natural heritage from the mountains to the sea. Discover animals living in a cypress swamp, mountain cove and beneath the Chesapeake Bay. Touch famous Bay creatures. Travel the
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galaxies in the planetarium theater. Outdoors, stroll the boardwalk to view animals in naturalized habitats. Explore outdoor Dinosaur Discovery Trail with 16 life-like dinosaurs, paleo camp, dig pits and dinosaur and ice age fossils. See an extensive collection of native plants and green living exhibits. Young kids enjoy indoor role play as an animal keeper/vet and the outdoor playground. Let the travel counselors at the Newport News Visitor Center help plan your stay. Ask them about our money-saving Combination Ticket! Call (888) 493-7386, (757) 886-7777, or visit www.newport-news.org for more information.
NORFOLK VISITNORFOLK
With 144 miles of shoreline, there’s so much to do while visiting Norfolk, Virginia. Take a tour of the Elizabeth River harbor on a majestic tall ship, sip on some of the best wines around at Mermaid Winery, Virginia’s very first urban winery, try delicious beers at local breweries or watch world-renowned artists blow glass at the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio. Hungry? Norfolk has become well-known for its wide variety of cuisine and is home to more than 80 chef-owned restaurants in the downtown area, many featuring Virginia wine and Virginia-grown produce and meat. Downtown isn’t the only place to find eclectic entrees. A host
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SCHOONERS ALLIANCE AND SERENITY Scan to Save!
Join the Yorktown Schooners Alliance and Serenity and step back into history as you sail the York River past the battlefield where our country won its independence. Lend a hand at setting sail, look for dolphins and osprey, or relax with a beverage from our ship’s galley. For families, try the Pirate Adventure Cruise. Kids will join the pirate crew and help raise the sails, steer the schooner, tie a knot and fire the cannon. Both ships also available for private charters and special events. Sailing daily late March to early November. Advance reservations recommended. For schedule and tickets, visit www.sailyorktown.com. (888) 316-6422.
SPIRIT OF NORFOLK Memorable Exhibits. Interactive Fun.
Cruising Year-Round From Downtown Get ready for the time of your life. Step aboard the Spirit of Norfolk and come alive for an afternoon or evening cruise on the water. You’ll dine and dance to live DJ entertainment while being dazzled by skyline views and a close-up look at the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet. Choose from fun-filled lunches, dinners or midnight party cruises. For reservations, specialty cruise schedule, visit www.spiritofnorfolk.com or (866) 211-3803.
SUFFOLK
Small town charm and big city amenities converge in Suffolk, Virginia. Our historic downtown blends unique shops with award-winning restaurants. Anchored by the Suffolk Visitor Center, Main Street is lined with historic homes and churches. Suffolk boasts year-round family-friendly events. Discover the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge—112,000 acres of untouched wilderness. You’ll love our swamp safaris, guided cemetery strolls, ghost walks and lantern tours. Kayak or fish in 8,000 acres of lakes and rivers. Golf one of our five championship golf courses. Take the plunge and skydive! Explore Riddick’s Folly House Museum where Union Army officers left behind penciled graffiti that is still legible today. Our 1885 passenger station is now Seaboard Station Railroad Museum. Visit the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, a professional performing arts theater. (757) 514-4130. VisitSuffolkVa.com
VICTORY ROVER
NAVAL BASE CRUISES ABOARD THE VICTORY ROVER Your front row seat to the Naval Fleet. Two Hour Narrated Cruises depart daily from Nauticus, home of the Battleship Wisconsin in Downtown Norfolk. The Captain provides a fascinating commentary as passengers cruise the smooth waters of the Elizabeth River. See one of the world’s busiest sea ports including the world’s largest naval base, home of the Atlantic Fleet: Destroyers, Cruisers, Submarines, Aircraft Carriers and more. Up to 150 guests enjoy comfortable seating, air conditioned enclosed deck, shaded upper deck, and snack bar. Call (757) 627-7406 or www.navalbasecruises.com. Cruising March - December.
VIRGINIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
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THE VIRGINIA ZOO
Journey to mysterious places inhabited by exotic animals from around the world–without leaving Hampton Roads! Discover lions, bears, cheetahs, orangutans, giraffes, colorful birds and more! Watch the red panda climb through the trees just above your head. Meet the animals in the ZooFarm. Enjoy a stroll or ride the Zoo train among the themed gardens and beautiful landscaping. The Virginia Zoo provides education and entertainment for people of all ages, and the Zoo is home to more than 500 animals on 53 beautifully landscaped acres. Exhibits encourage the animals’ natural behavior, provide information about their habitats, what they eat and their worldwide conservation status. Visiting the Virginia Zoo is a fantastic thing to do with family and friends, and it’s a terrific value! Admission is $14.95 for adults, $11.95 for children (ages 2-11) and $12.95 for seniors (62+). Children under two get in FREE! The Zoo is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except major winter holidays. For more information, visit www.virginiazoo.org.
HISTORIC YORKTOWN
Travel back in time, then savor the present at this year-round destination for history, shopping, outdoor recreation, fine dining and special events. Relive the pivotal battle of the Revolutionary War. Visit historic homes, museums, and battlefields by foot or enjoy a guided Segway tour through town. Set sail on Yorktown’s Schooners Alliance and Serenity. Shop in specialty stores, enjoy a wine or beer dinner, play on the riverfront, and dine in one-of-a-kind restaurants. Come for a day, a weekend or longer. (757) 890-3300 or www.visityorktown.org.
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EVENTS
MARCH/APRIL 2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS MARCH 2
MARCH 23-26
Blueprint Virginia 2025 Regional Roundtable Discussion
SciFest
CVCC, Multi-purpose Room 3 – 5 p.m.
MARCH 2-4 “Doublewide Texas”
Renaissance Theatre, Lynchburg A hilarious, fast-paced comedy written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. Buy tickets at Etix.com.
MARCH 3 Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance A.M. Alliance Networking LRBA Conference Room 2015 Memorial Ave., Lynchburg 7:30 – 9 a.m. Complimentary admission for Alliance members.
Preschoolers Night at the Museum Amazement Square 6 – 8 p.m. $20/child. Reservations are required.
MARCH 7 Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance Pancakes & Politics Wrap-Up Breakfast
Randolph College Full schedule at www.randolphscience.org.
MARCH 24 Adult Comedy Night
Miller Center Theatre 7 – 9:30 p.m. $8 in advance/$10 at the door. Ages 21 and up.
MARCH 25 “Help Our Pollinators” Nature Walk
Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg 9 a.m. Join a casual walk to find plants that attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, while discussing steps we can take to help the insects and animals.
Richmond Ballet II
Liberty University School of Music Worship Arts Concert Hall 7 p.m. Presented by Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra and Liberty University. Tickets at lynchburgsymphony.org.
MARCH 31 Falstaff by Opera on the James
Liberty University, Hancock Welcome Center 7:30 – 9 a.m. Cost: $20 for Alliance members and $30 general admission
Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg 7:30 p.m. Tickets at www.operaonthejames.org.
MARCH 9
42nd Annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake
2nd Annual Top Mixologist
Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg 6 – 9 p.m. Sponsored by Moore and Giles and supports the Academy’s Community Outreach Program. $35/person.
MARCH 11 Jefferson Choral Society’s Indoor Yard Sale Moose Lodge 715 2307 Lakeside Dr., Lynchburg 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Free and open to the public.
Run for Recovery
Peaks View Park, Lynchburg 9 a.m. First annual 5k/1-mile walk hosted by Roads 2 Recovery to raise awareness about drug and alcohol addiction.
The Ellington Presents – Funky Bone
The Glass House, Lynchburg Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10/advance – $15/door
MARCH 14 Pi Run
Randolph College, Main Hall 6 p.m. Free 3.14 mile Fun Run and pie for all. Must pre-register at pirun17.brownpapertickets.com.
APRIL 1 AMF Lynchburg Lanes Noon – 5 p.m. Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central VA. Registration and sponsor information at http://bigcva.org/bfks.
Art Expo Lynchburg
The Miller Center, Lynchburg Noon – 5 p.m. Free to the public. Featuring art vendors, galleries and live art demonstrations.
Bye, Bye Bully!
Opera on the James 701 Main St., Lynchburg 2 p.m. Email info@operaonthejames.org.
Zach Speaks Inc., Fashion Show Bruner Hall 1 Mountain View Road, Lynchburg 2 – 4 p.m. Enjoy finger foods and sweets. Children with autism will model trendy clothes designed by Candy Mercer Lularoe. Tickets at zachspeaksinc.org.
APRIL 6 Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance Small Business Summit & Awards Luncheon Kirkley Hotel & Conference Center, Lynchburg 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cost: $55 for Alliance members and $75 general admission
Food Truck Thursdays Begin
Miller Park 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Free event featuring food trucks from across the region. Runs through September 31.
Hillcats Opening Day vs. Myrtle Beach City Stadium, Lynchburg 6:30 p.m.
APRIL 7 BEAT BURG
Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg Annual celebration of National Poetry Month.
Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance A.M. Alliance Networking LRBA Conference Room, 2015 Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg 7:30 – 9 a.m. Complimentary admission for Alliance members.
APRIL 8-12 152nd Anniversary Events
Appomattox Court House National Historic Park Over the five-day anniversary the park will feature prominent historians, Civil War military demonstrations and more.
APRIL 13 Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance Economic Vibe Breakfast Hilton Garden Inn, Lynchburg 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
APRIL 14 Opening Night of “Big Love” Randolph College, Thoresen Theatre 7:30 p.m. Ticket information at www.randolphcollege.edu/tickets. Other shows April 15, 16, 21, 22.
APRIL 15 22nd Annual Antique Rose Festival Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Get the best selection of this year’s inventory.
Easter Egg Roll
Point of Honor, Lynchburg 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Easter egg roll/hunt, photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny, story time, petting zoo and food trucks.
Thomas Jefferson Craft Beer Tasting
Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest 11 a.m.
Blossom to Bottle 5k and 3k Peaks of Otter Winery, Bedford 5 p.m.
The Ellington Presents – Anni Piper
APRIL 22 Walk MS
Lynchburg College 8:30 a.m.
Lynchstock Music Festival Riverfront Park, Lynchburg 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
APRIL 25 Lynchburg Garden Tour
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tickets $30. Available at the homes on tour day with cash or check. Advanced tickets $25 at www.vagardenweek.org.
APRIL 26 Lynchburg Area Women in Technology (LAWIT) Lunch Hilton Garden Inn, Lynchburg 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
APRIL 28 – 30 Paint Out Lynchburg
Artists paint throughout Lynchburg including downtown historic district, Anne Spencer Garden, Point of Honor, Old City Cemetery and Rivermont Avenue area. Full schedule at lynchburgartclub.com.
APRIL 29 Great Strides Walk
Riverside Park, Lynchburg 9 a.m. Raises money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
BBQ & Brews Fire Fest
Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest 12 p.m. Proceeds benefit Lynchburg Relay for Life and Forest Volunteer Fire Department.
Tree Hugging World Record Event Peaks View Park, Lynchburg 3 – 8 p.m. Join an attempt to break the World Record for the most people hugging trees at the same place at the same time. After party will include live music, food trucks, inflatables and more.
Community Lynchburg Spring Market 2017
American Legion Post 16 1301 Greenview Dr., Lynchburg 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sponsored by the Lynchburg Area Veterans Council
APRIL 30 All Aboard: Trains, Planes & Automobiles
LU School of Aeronautics 939 Airport Road, Lynchburg 11 a.m. Sponsored by the Junior League of Lynchburg.
The Glass House, Lynchburg 8:30 p.m. $10/advance, $15/door.
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