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he Ronnie Thames Foundation was established in 2012 by Ron and Teresa Thames in honor of his son, Ronnie, who died in 2004 at the age of 29. Its mission is to help children and their families in times of struggle when children have been burned and their lives Ron Thames is the founder and CEO of Fire Service Plus, Inc., a family-owned business in Fayetteville that manufac-

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To achieve their mission, the foundation’s board looked for different organizations and hospitals with which they established, credible organization which put their money where they said they did; hospitals that were leaders search led them to the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

The Shriners have four hospitals that offer burn care across the country, in Sacramento, Galveston, Cincinwith representatives from the burn hospital in Cincinnati, care provided to patients.

The Ronnie Thames Foundation has committed $100,000 to the Cincinnati hospital. With this donation, they established a family room in Ronnie’s honor.

“Since the doctors and nurses are helping the patients, we wanted to help the families,” Pam said. The family room is located near the children’s ward and is

products. Ronnie had worked with his father since he was small, and he was very interested in helping children who had been burned.

living space for families who spend lengthy amounts of time at the hospital with their children.

In October 2003, Ron and Ronnie packaged their prod-

The foundation also supports community programs that

familiar. This smaller can is only about 10 inches tall and -

Department to teach schoolchildren about burn preven-

Protection Agency. Ron and Ronnie used these small departments. Ron, chairman of the board for the founand do something for kids.”

enter the building to rescue them,” board member Jeremy to help children become familiar and establish a level of -

To honor Ronnie’s memory, Ron started the Ronnie Thames Foundation with people who held the same vision. According to foundation president Pamela Bozek, “Ronnie had injuries.” Ron added, “It is important for us to carry on his legacy through this effort.”

the trading cards at community events, such as car shows focused, so they want to be involved as well,” Jeremy

and raise money through various means. Ron and Teresa donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the

break the ice with children.”

The foundation also holds the annual Ronnie Thames Charity Golf Classic on Columbus Day each year. They just hosted the third annual tournament in October.

going door to door, especially in lower-income neighborhoods, to assist residents by checking smoke alarms

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departments in these community outreaches by providing members of the community.

etteville, Peachtree City, Fayette County, Coweta County, and

Every year, the Ronnie Thames Foundation gives out The Silent Hero Award in a ceremony that has become the or-

“This thing has generated more community interest than we

outreach, heroism, and teamwork. This award is particularly

ties of similar size.

able to recognize those going above and beyond their job

three Shriners hospitals with burn units. “Eventually, we’d love of state to help their children,” Kathy stated.

instinct or soul. They don’t do it for the recognition. They’re very humble.”

“These are the men and women who go into the buildings ers—the silent heroes. They make a difference in our community and our lives.”

The Ronnie Thames Foundation wants to be even more active in the community in 2015. “We’re planning smaller events so we can go into smaller communities, like Brooks, Senoia, and Tyrone to bring awareness of the foundation and let them know there is a local resource,” Jeremy

When the Silent Hero award ceremony was held on September 11 this year, over 300 people attended, including a U.S.

treats burn survivors. The foundation is currently planning and seeking sponsors for Boots and Bling, a fundraiser with

forever be drawn to that date because it had such an impact

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Samantha Rafferty is one of those women we’d all like to hate. She’s beautiful, exceedingly bright, and phenomenally talented. I’ve found it impossible, though, to hate or even dislike her, because she’s so darned approachable and friendly. Sam grew new husband, Patrick Rafferty, now reside in Atlanta, which has plenty to offer those who are passionate about dance and other arts. old was Spalding High’s kept the HOPE scholarship throughout her four years at the University of Georgia and maintained a stelSam chose to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with dance as her emphasis and minors in natural resources and videography. She says,

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“People don’t give the arts enough credit. Among other things, one has to know about anatomy and physiology.”

With her undergraduate degree under her belt, Sam will now pursue a Master of Science degree in natural resources. “This seems like a departure, but it’s in a more practical realm,” she says. “I’m interested in environmental awareness through dance and movement. I want to create environmental educational curricula and marry them to dance and other arts. Eventually, I want to earn a Masmy interests.” One area she’s considering is ecosomatapproach to the body-mind connection in movement. voice teachers Dotty Murray and the late Dan Strickland. at Mitch and Lori Flanders’ Studio D from ages 15 to 18.

This self-described “uncoordinated” human being has come a long way! I can remember being in awe of her Ballet Theatre performance. Sam credits the long hours Ballet Theatre, and Festival Dance Camp. She also speaks fondly of mentors who helped her develop as a dancer and of close friendships she made over those years.

For a recent endeavor, The Galatea Project, Sam didn’t have to audition. She and her partner proposed this notion—one of thirty submitted—and it was accepted as a project to use as a performance. This avant-garde production is performed at the historic Atlanta Kirkwood neighborhood’s Skwhirlhaus, an outdoor performance venue and artistic cooperative. In the ancient Greek story, the sculptor Pygmalion falls in love with his statue, Galatea, and begs Venus to bring the statue to life. She does indeed come to life, and the two marry. (George Bernard Shaw based his play Pygmalion on this tale.)

In Sam and her partner’s vision, Galatea starts breaking apart. The audience watches Pygmalion and the goddess Venus as they realize that Galatea is becoming human.

“Our retelling compares Galatea, the sculpture, to modern technology, using a biofeedback suit that controls the lighting and sound through muscle sensors, accelerometers, and radio transmission,” Sam explains. “Since we use an outdoor venue, the viewers get a sense of the comparison and contrast between technology and nature, seeing the positive and negative aspects of both. My partner’s work is based on where I am in space. He matches the music and sound to my movements. I choreographed. The show has taken many rehearsals for us to be ready to present it to an audience.” In the future, Sam would like to continue working with similar ideas, focusing on outdoor performance.

“One thing that makes dance different from other media uct,” says Sam. “A choreographer can create movement and set it on dancers, but at that point, it is up to the performers to execute the movement. I think to be a choreographer, you have to trust your dancers, and, as a dancer, you have to believe in the choreographer’s vision and try to execute it to the best of your ability. I don’t know if it’s ever perfect, and that keeps me from getting worked up about any tiny mishaps that might occur.”

Sam also teaches about 15 hours a week in and around Atlanta. Incredibly, she says she needs to rehearse more.

When asked if she abides by a strict diet, she replies, “No, not at all! But I do think it’s important to eat a variety of foods to fuel our bodies for exercise. My husband, his family, and I did the Peachtree Road Race this past summer, so of course that required that we all be in top physical condition. Fitness and movement are integral parts of our lives.”

She also emphasizes the importance of movement in children. She says that most children under the age of ment. “Regardless of a child’s size or age, movement tion, and overall healthiness.” To encourage creative movement in children, Sam suggests asking questions such as “How would a monkey move?” Dance therapy Her advice to those considering a career in dance is wise. “Know that while you may spend a good deal of time performing, more than likely the majority of your time will be spent working other jobs to support your passion and conditioning your body to be ready for any opportunities that come along. Focus on dance, but encourage your outside interests, as they can inspire you that your artistic work cannot.” This graceful, innovative, and groundbreaking young woman adds, “Dance

Sam said that her audience is mostly younger people and artists supporting each other. “Atlanta has a very supportive arts community, and almost everyone I know is a part of several dance companies,” she says. “Dancers in Atlanta are not rivals or competitors.” Sam speaks very highly of her colleagues in Room to Move Dance.

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ven if you never had Bart, as he is known to his students, for an art teacher, you may yet have been inspired by his vision. Anyone who has set foot in the arts wing of Griffin High School off West Poplar Street has seen into the mind of Ernest “Sonny” Bartlett.

Bart was a key designer of this energetic space and was involved in its creation for two years. Form and functionality abound, from the wide halls where he used to stage student art exhibitions, to the open floor plan in the main art classroom with its wall of windows. There is designated space for student project storage, a patio area for the messier work, and a beautifully designed darkroom with a brilliant light trap non-door entrance and a stainless-steel sink salvaged from the cafeteria and modified for photography. It was in these spaces that many students gained some of the most important knowledge and experience of their artistic careers, and even of their lives.

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Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down with Bart for a chat about art and his life. When asked where it all began, he laughed, “I don’t know. Here’s my problem—coming down from the Bartlett side I have this group of artists. And then Mother is an artist, her dad was an artist...so here I am with three and four generations of artists from two different directions. That doesn’t leave me a lot of wiggle room at all.

Something’s got to come out of that—and it always has.”

As a young man, a pivotal moment drew Bart toward an artistic career.

Often, after he and his friends saw their dates home, he would go back to the local ice cream shop and get a soda. Through a fence, he could see the man next door working on a potter’s wheel. One night he asked if he could come in and watch the process, and the hobbyist agreed.

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“Right then it was like a click with that clay and watching him on the wheel. I just said to myself, this is magic, this is something I have to do...so it was not drawing and painting initially that really affected me, it was this thing of taking a lump of clay and manipulating it that got it going.”

When asked at what point his being an artist segued into teaching, Bart replied, “I don’t know if there was ever any separation.” During the 1960s, when Bart attended Georgia Southern University, the art and art education classes were being taught together. Whether students were learning to be art teachers or career artists, they had exposure to other disciplines.

Said Bart, “That was the nice thing about Georgia Southern at that time: they did not have two paths. They did have AB in painting and a BS in education, but in the classes there wasn’t a separation. Future art teachers took drawing classes with the people who were drawing and painting classes with the people who were going to be painters. So I think that was a really important time for me to be there and an important place for me to be.”

Bart’s creative teaching techniques began to develop early in his career. In Wheeler County during the 1970s, he taught art to students ranging in age from prekin-

dergarten to high school. Bart recalled an innovative teaching technique he used in a drawing class for four- to six-year-olds.

“We had so many tests and stuff done on those students. I would take a big box and make an arrangement inside of it. The kids would come in and sit at their easels.

I would pull up the box and let them look at what was in it for about two minutes.”

Bart would then hide the arrangement and tell the students to draw what they had seen. “You know what? I had a 30 percent increase in reading scores for the kids who were doing that exercise. Other classes got two and three and four percent increases from changing textbooks and stuff like that. Nobody got anywhere close to 30 percent improvement. What I was working on was getting the mind to be able to see the relationship between the objects.”

This is one of the traits that makes Bart so intriguing: he has always seen deeply into how things relate, whether physical or intangible. His unconventional style along with his innovative ideas for projects and assignments helped make his high school classes memorable. On some days, he allowed his students to bring in work from other classes. “I would take in my stuff and work on it too, so they worked on their things, and I worked on some of mine, but they got to see an artist working. Most of

them had never seen an artist working.”

Bart has led classes to build geodesic domes out of cardboard and latex paint, make movies, and create papier-mâché modern art that is still displayed in public buildings today. During his 20 years at Griffin High, he taught photography by reverting to the principles of the craft. Instead of starting out on some fancy auto-exposure gadget borrowed from their parents, each student was required to build their own pinhole camera, a basic version of the first cameras.

All the while, Bart cleverly helped students train their minds to operate artistically, to free their vision so their perception might become clearer.

Bart provides some insight into the mind of an artist. “When I walk down the street, I may find a little crack in the sidewalk and think, look at that thing, isn’t that neat?

There are these little visual explosions... that helps an awful lot, if you can notice those things and hold on to them, especially if you have the time to do that. That’s the nice thing about being retired; I can now do some things out on limbs that I couldn’t do before. When I work on art, I like to see that it is not just multidimensional, but also that every time you walk through the room you see something new and are attracted to it. You say, ‘I didn’t see that yesterday! How come I didn’t see that yesterday?’”

Even if you are going to be an artist, you need to think about teaching.

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Even with all his talent and natural understanding of the creative process, Bart is cautious when asked about teaching someone to be an artist. “I can teach you to be a craftsman; I can teach you to be a designer. There is no question in my mind that I can teach you how to make compositions work. I can teach you how to be a good photographer. Can I teach you how to be creative? No, I don’t think I can do that. I can set up situations where you are free enough to be creative, but you have to take that leap, and it has to be a leap of faith. It has to be a whole attitude of how you get along with not only your materials but how you get along with where you are working and what you are working on.”

It was not just in teaching that Chief Bartlett, as he is also known, found leadership opportunity and occupation for his busy and industrious mind. From the late 1970s to 2006 he was part of the Meansville Volunteer Fire Department as well as Pike County’s Emergency Management Agency.

“Yeah, your life’s on the line, and so are a lot of other people’s. If you make a mistake, buddy, somebody’s gonna be crispy critters. I really took that to heart.” During his time as a volunteer, including after he was selected as chief, Bart took on many projects designed to help improve function, efficiency, and range of services. Some of these were focused on emergency response systems and infrastructure, but others were more technical in nature.

It remains a mystery how people like Bart hone such a wide range of skills, from pottery and painting to firefighting and computer repair.

There is something inherently encouraging in observing that even as

the decades have accumulated, he still finds ways to remain creative and prolific.

I asked Bart what inspires his work now. “Believe it or not, and it’s taken me 60-something years to get to the point where I could do it, I can work on a daily basis. Sometimes though, I get to working, and I forget about everything else. But then, the grandkids are coming that day and I want to see them so badly. I will go out and play with them for a while, and then I will come back in and get to work again. Molly and Adyn will come in there, and they will get on their own easels in the other room. I stop and watch them, and I think, yeah, the inspiration is going. It’s going, and it’s going to keep going.”

Bart offers some sage advice to young artists just starting out. “Even if you are going to be an artist, you need to think about teaching.

When you teach, your clarification becomes so much greater. If you have to teach something, then you have to clarify to your students what you are doing. By having to go back and think it through to discover what your students need to know, you clarify it to yourself. If you can’t teach it, then you don’t understand it.”

Bart believes that art and life mirror each other. “I think that while life is art, other times art is life. The arts are always what has led civilization. It doesn’t matter where you look. We don’t dig up societies...we dig up artifacts.”

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MOVIE REVIEW

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By Clark Douglas The year 2014 hasn’t been great for the Peterson scandals, the continuing debates over the long-term health effects of playing pro football, and a host of other problematic issues on and off the able institutions has taken a serious hit to its reputation. In retrospect, the gentle sports drama Draft Day (released in the early part of the year) almost seems like a nostalgic throwback to a simpler time—a time when the biggest thing football fans had to worry about was how

Browns general manager Sonny Weaver, Jr. (Kevin Costner), a man who must determine who the Browns will pick in the have the seventh pick, which should enable them to snag Vontae Mack (Chadwick Boseman), a talented young player who could seriously beef up the team’s defense. Alas, team owner Anthony Molina (Frank Langella) doesn’t think the addition of a defensive player is a terthe fan base. Working under pressure, Sonny makes a desperate trade—he gives the Seattle Seahawks all of the

nity to pick up Bo Callahan (Josh Pence), tion. However, after making the trade, Sonny begins to have second thoughts— is Bo really the player his team needs?

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ness is outweighed by his fundamental sweetness. It’s a lovely piece of work.

which is far more interested in business the intense negotiations which take place between the folks who make the decismart, well-acted, or beautifully crafted as Moneyball, but it’s not a bad imitation, either. Despite some moments of clunky dialogue (in one scene, Langella delivers a long monologue about a water slide and concludes it with, “Sonny, the point I’m making is that I need you to make a big splash”) and a generally predictable plot (after we see how likable Vontae is and how self-absorbed Bo is, there’s little doubt about who Sonny will end up picking), I found myself on the edge of my seat by the time the heated last-minute negotiations started. reach the heights of Costner’s best sports movies (the wickedly funny Bull Durham and the sentimental Field of Dreams are both gems), the actor himself is arguably even stronger. He’s improved considerably with age, demonstrating a level of emotional depth and nuance that was often absent from his early work. The supporting cast is loaded with seasoned pros, including Jennifer Garner as Sonny’s cotable coach, and Ellen Burstyn as Sonny’s amusingly overbearing mother. The most impressive performance is delivered by Boseman, who has demonstrated remarkable range over the past few years. He was convincing as both the noble Jackie Robinson in 42 and the troubled, energetic James Brown in Get on Up, and here manages to create an eager young player whose occasional hotheaded-

into that territory, but I couldn’t help but think about them throughout my Draft Day much time thinking about behavior scandals or health concerns or ethics debates.

They only need to know how well their said, there’s something almost nostalgic as we’ve long imagined it rather than a passes, the football movie that seems most relevant is one that was made 15 years Any Given Sunday, a no-holds-barred portrait of the league’s deep-rooted corruption. It was dismissed by many as over-the-top and sensationalistic at the time, but its truths seem more resonant with each new season. Draft Day is an entertaining way to pass a couple of hours, but sadly, it’s also a fairy tale.

It’s a sports movie which is far more interested in business than in sports: a detailed examination of the intense negotiations which take place between the folks who make the decisions behind the scenes.

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veloped during the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, a veritable Who’s homes and commercial buildings for the city’s moneyed class.

organized to promote preservation and development in tectural heritage. This was not just a tour of spectacularly maculately preserved revival designs as well as crumbling past, while also seeking outsider input for the future. And designs were conceived by nonnative architects— men who streamed south from Atlanta during the first half of the 20 th century to make their mark on a

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around Atlanta, with their names attached to many of the city’s

build in the mid-20th century, 300 outsiders traveled from all st century. By all accounts, the large number of architectural gems, and Trust staff were notably pleased with turnout and feedback. Mark McDonald, Georgia

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By Ronn ie Garr ison I was getting my every-other-Saturday haircut from Mr. Ralph one fall day when the conversation turned to squirrel hunting. One of the old men sitting around the checkerboard said he wanted a dog that would tree squirrels. I said Hal had one, and Mr. Ralph said, “I didn’t know Tippy would tree squirrels.”

That is what I love about growing up in a small town and why I am so thankful for my childhood there. Not only did the local barber know which friend I was talking about by his first name, he knew his dog’s name, too.

I grew up in Dearing, Georgia, on Highway 78 near Augusta. We had a caution light on the main highway, and there were six stores in the town. You could buy everything you needed in each one, including gas, fresh meat, clothes, guns, fishing tackle, and canned goods. They were typical country stores of the 1950s, and the owners knew everyone who came through the door.

My house was a half mile from the center of town, right on the “city” limits. The sign was right in front of my house on Iron Hill Road. We had 15 acres; on the land were seven chicken houses with 11,000 laying hens, a hog house with sows and a nearby pen where we raised the young pigs, and fields with ponies and cows.

One property line had a branch running near it where I swam and caught fish. We tried to dam it up every summer, working like beavers but not nearly as good at dam building as they are. I explored that branch from end to end. I knew every hole and stump in it and could tell you where a fish would hit my homemade chicken-feather flies.

That was a simpler time. There were no video games, and TV was black and white with two channels available to us.

When not in school or doing chores, kids spent their time outside. We hunted, fished, shot guns, built forts and tree houses, dammed creeks, and roamed the woods and fields.

No one was surprised to see a kid with a gun. Many Saturday mornings I would hit the woods at the creek below my

house and hunt up the creek with my .22 or .410. The creek crossed Highway 78 just outside of town, and I would get there at lunchtime. Then it was time to pick a store, lean my rifle or shotgun in the corner, and get lunch—a cold drink from the ice box and a can of sardines, Vienna sausage, or potted meat. A box of saltines was always open and available to anyone buying something to go with them.

After lunch I would sometimes hunt back down the creek or hit the road and head home. Walking down Iron Hill Road with a rifle did not draw a second glance, but everyone would wave. I could stop at Harold’s house on the way. Hal was the only other boy in town close to my age. We started kindergarten together and graduated from the University of Georgia together 17 years later.

My father was principal of Dearing Elementary School, and my class had 27 students in it. We had basically the same group from first through eighth grades but then went to high school in Thomson eight miles away. Thomson High was huge after Dearing Elementary. My class there had over 150 students in it, and grades nine through 12 had more than 500 students!

All the kids went to church at least three days a week. On Sunday mornings we were in Sunday school, then church, and Sunday evenings found us in Training Union and then church. On Monday nights boys went to RAs and girls to GAs, and prayer meeting was every Wednesday. We boys talked a lot about hunting and fishing, and the highlight of every summer was a camping trip or two with all the boys and three or four of the men.

I am very thankful for my youth and wish every kid could have the kind of experiences I had back then. I think there would be a lot less crime and drug use. We didn’t have time for such foolishness. The outdoors tends to do that for you, and you learn respect for others and nature when you are spending time in the woods.

Kids still have opportunities to hunt and fish but almost always have to be accompanied by an adult in today’s crazy world. Try to help them go hunting and fishing any time you can.

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A few days ago, I had the pleasure of checking out a local band called Us. They were playing at Monkey’s Uncle, a new restaurant in Griffin’s old Coca-Cola building. The atmosphere was lively and energetic, with televisions broadcasting the Georgia-South Carolina game as the band played.

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This band is a new project of Melodie Gonzales, who was joined onstage by Anna Brower, Matthew Floyd, and Greg Neel. Since I was already familiar with Melodie’s singing talent, I couldn’t wait to hear how this would sound in comparison to her other work. I had high expectations for this band, and they did not disappoint. It was easy to pick up on the passion Matthew and Greg feel when they play, and Melodie and Anna display really tight harmonies that seem almost like studio magic instead of live voices blended together.

Even though I have heard them in person now, it is still hard to believe they were legit. During their set, the band played a mix of songs both familiar and unfamiliar to me. The spin that Us put on some of the songs seemed to give them a brand new sound. One example, and a very cool twist in their set, was Lady Gaga’s 2011 hit “Born This Way.” Their version had everyone in the restaurant dancing, which was quite a feat, considering the distraction of the ballgame playing on the television at the same time. Although it seemed the band was competing with the game on TV, we still had a good time. Even the waitresses were having fun, keeping time with the beat as they worked. Since I did not care for the original, this was a refreshing version of the song.

One of my favorite numbers was the Fleetwood Mac classic “Landslide.” I have to admit that I was scared to death when I heard the first chord, because there’s never been a version that even came close to the original, but they pulled it off and at the same time found a way to make the song their own.

A song that really showcased the band’s harmonies and was pure joy to my ears was The Lone Bellow’s “You Never Need Nobody.” If you ever hear Us perform, you should definitely request it. As far as I’m concerned, they blew the original out of the water, yet stayed true to it musically, matching it note for note. Their incredible harmony put their own stamp on the song. I could have listened to this one and “Landslide” all night without tiring of either. These two numbers were the highlights of the whole show.

In an odd turn, the band made the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” into a folk song. Their cover was far better than the original, and I found myself tapping my feet in time with the beat.

For the finale, they sang “I Feel a Sin Comin’ On.” This song really showcased the band instrumentally. You could tell they were having a blast while they played, and it was the perfect song to close out the night.

Overall, while some of the music was a little out of the norm for me, it was a fun night that helped expand my musical horizons. Even though I know that the band has some growing to do, they possess a lot of potential, and I expect that they will build a loyal fan base through Facebook and word of mouth. I recommend that everyone go and listen to Us. With the variety of songs they play, the experience is sure to be an enjoyable one.

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BY DIANE SMITH I wasn’t sure if I should be amused or slightly put out upon reading “Growing Up Southern” in the most recent Kitchen Drawer. I certainly understand Southern pride. There’s much to be said for the beauty and history of the South. And, yes, the cuisine below the Mason-Dixon line does have its place in culinary heaven. Who can say no to good barbecue and a large glass of sweet tea?

And yet Mr. Garrison’s stereotypical view of the North, much of it faulty, got my Yankee dander up a bit. Now I technically grew up in the Midwest, in Ohio. But to most everyone I’ve met since I moved to Georgia in 1999, I’m considered a Northerner. The fact that I still drink “pop” instead of “Coke” (unless I’m actually drinking COKE) probably seals my fate. So I believe I can speak with authority with regards to things Northern.

Most of us—except those living in the FAR north regions—have never ice fished. Many winters, the ponds and lakes never get more than a lacy edge of ice around the edges. A solid, weightbearing freeze is rare except perhaps in northern Michigan, Minnesota, Maine, New York, etc. The favorite fish from my neck of the woods was usually catfish or bluegill. The only time I ever caught a walleye was while on vacation in Canada or the Great Lakes.

I never met many folks up North who ate crawfish (we call them crawdads), but I sure remember catching them out of the creek when I was a kid. As to eating wild critters, I don’t think I’ve ever actually met a Southerner from my generation or younger who has eaten possum.

While I’m not personally a fan of greens other than the ones noted by Mr. Garrison, I do know that folks in Ohio—at least the southern part, which is still North—do like to cook up a big pot of collards with fatback. And cornbread—oh my gosh, hot cornbread slathered in butter? That knows no state boundaries!

Perspire? PERSPIRE? Sorry, Mr. Garrison— we in the North can sweat with the best of our Southern counterparts. While we may not have the “fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk” heat that hits in Georgia, we truly can compete with the heat and humidity of July and August. When I call home in the summer months, my family often relates that they are running neck-in-neck with our temperatures here. And believe you me, we know humidity very well. My brothers called me Janis when I was young (after the late rock star Janis Joplin) because of my humidity-frizzed hair.

Another myth buster: we do have chiggers in the North. We all knew the remedy of dabbing a dot of clear nail polish on them by the time we were old enough to walk through the weeds. Chasing

lightning bugs was also a favorite pastime. As to all those poor Northern kids playing in alleys, we still have plenty of farmland and open areas and woods and lakes up there for the kids to traipse through. Wading in a creek in the summer is a favorite memory for many of us. Not all of the North is big cities with concrete playgrounds.

Some of the most beautiful farmland around rolls through the Midwest and beyond. Even big ol’ New York has some beautifully wooded areas once you get outside of New York City.

Minnesota—now that’s NORTH— is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes and has abundant, lush forests.

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I’ve lived North and I’ve lived South.

Which is best? I can’t really say.

But if I were to take one moment to brag, I will tell you that an autumn in the North with its “Fruit Loop� kaleidoscope of colors in the leaves—now that can’t be beat.

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Fiber Arts: Reviving an Ancient Technology Article and Photos by Pete Chagnon

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any of us in the digital age have few problems when it comes to figuring out the latest technology to hit the market.

Okay, so it took me a week to figure out my latest smartphone—but I did figure it out. But what if we were tasked with operating a piece of technology that is thousands of years old?

When my wife, Becky, decided to learn the ancient craft of spinning fiber into yarn, I was left scratching my head as to why. The spinning wheel was a vital piece of technology in the home until the Industrial Revolution and the rise of textile mills brought relatively inexpensive fabric to the masses.

Today, fabric is readily available in just about any style you can imagine, so I was perplexed when my wife approached me with the idea of purchasing a spinning wheel.

Becky’s interest in spinning was born out of her recent foray into the world of knitting (thanks, Pinterest). At first, I thought it strange that in this day and age people are still interested in knitting, but with each new creation I found myself intrigued. It wasn’t long before I was accompanying my wife to fiber shows and knitting shops around Georgia, and oddly, I kind of enjoyed looking at all the different varieties of fiber.

So when Becky wanted to take her hobby to the next level—spinning her own yarn—I reluctantly agreed.

I say “reluctantly agreed” because spinning wheels are not inexpensive! She decided to purchase a handcrafted Bumblebee spinning wheel that cost a little over $200 from a craftsman in Texas (BlueBonnetWheels. com). One would think ancient technology should be inexpensive, but some spinning wheels were $1,000 or more, depending on the material and craftsmanship.

The world of spinning and knitting, I soon realized, has its own online community—websites such as Pinterest and Ravelry.com where knitters, spinners, and fiber addicts hang out. Ravelry.com is where we first came into contact with spinning and knitting enthusiast Toni Tidwell of Griffin. She hosts many educational forums and even introduces schoolchildren to the techniques.

Toni, who got her first spinning wheel about four years ago, is a member of the Flint Fiberistas, a group with a presence on Ravelry.com which also occasionally meets at A Novel Experience in Zebulon.

I first met Toni in early October at the Cotton Pickin’ Fair in Gay, where she told me about her hobby. Toni began knitting in Girl Scouts, right after the Korean War ended. She recalls, “We were knitting bandages, of all things, and I basically gave it up because they were terrible. Then in about 2007 I had to have knee surgery, so I picked it back up again because I couldn’t do anything else while recovering.”

Toni told me about the beginnings of the craft, which is thousands of years old. The earliest technique was to make yarn by twisting fabric around a stick. Shepherds would spin yarn while watching their sheep. Later, someone came up with a simple machine design that became the spinning wheel. Toni’s first spinning wheel was imported from Poland in honor of her grandfather, who emigrated from that country.

Toni remembers her initial frustration with using the spinning wheel: “For the first three weeks it was—I’m going to chop this up for kindling!”

After much perseverance, Toni was able to learn the technique, and now she enjoys spinning every chance she gets. She advises novices not to give up.

According to Toni, everybody goes through a period

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of love/hate with their first spinning wheel, but once they get comfortable, they find times to spin that work with their schedules. (My wife likes to spin while we watch TV series on Netflix.)

There are some fun things to do for those who have learned the craft. Toni told me about the “Tour de Fleece.”

When the Tour de France is going on in July, people get together in groups or on the Internet and compare how much they are able to spin during the tour. “A couple of years ago I was able to spin three miles of fabric during that event,” she said.

But what do you do with three miles of fabric? Toni uses it to knit her own creations, sell them at events, and donate the proceeds to the charities of her choice. Recently she donated the proceeds of her sales at the Cotton Pickin’ Fair to a leukemia and lymphoma research center.

I’m amazed at the variety of fibers available for knitting, from alpaca to Angora rabbit and even bamboo.

Toni has been known to spin fiber from an Angora rabbit while the rabbit sits quietly in her lap! I asked her what she considers the most exotic fiber she has ever spun. “Well, believe it or not, rose—fiber actually made from the rose plant, just like you would make flax or bamboo. I’ve spun with bison. I’ve spun with yak.

They’re fun, but they’re expensive!”

Toni’s favorite source for local fiber is Dry Creek Naturals farm in Taylorsville, Georgia, where the owner raises Angora goats and sheep. She gets her alpaca fleeces from Virginia. Toni explained that alpaca fleece is similar to cashmere but must be blended with another fiber because it has a tendency to stretch; blending helps it maintain its form. Blending fibers requires working with three or more strands on the spinning wheel at once.

After spinning the fiber into yarn, the next step is to add color if you wish. Dyes can be found in your local hobby shop, but if you want to get really creative, try allnatural dyes. My wife likes to dye with pokeberries, which are plentiful along roadsides. Most folks would encourage you to harvest pokeberries, as they are considered an annoyance. Thanks to Becky’s new hobby, I no longer have to spend long, hot summer hours chopping down our pokeberry bushes—we finally have a use for them!

Dyeing with pokeberries is a smelly process. Not only do the berries stink when you smash them, but then a concoction of vinegar and other ingredients must be added. However, the finished product is a beautiful, earth-toned maroon shade. The recipe Becky uses is on osbornfiber.com.

Toni also told me about another ingenious fabric dye—Kool-Aid. Simply put the fabric in a Pyrex bowl, wet it with a solution of water and white vinegar, add KoolAid, microwave it for three minutes, then let it rest. If the water is still colored at this time, zap the bowl again for a minute and repeat the process until the water is clear and the dye has been absorbed by the fabric. According to Toni, this inexpensive yet effective technique works on protein fibers but not on cotton or other plant-based fibers.

Toni said everybody venturing into the world of knitting, spinning, and dyeing will have their share of disappointment, frustration, and failures, but those who persevere will find a great deal of enjoyment. For you guys out there: I’m a hunting, fishing, camping, rugged individual (or at least I like to think I am) and still find this hobby interesting, so don’t be afraid to try it! I’ll see you at the next fiber show.

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BY ALLISON SMYLY Last night, I took my three daughters and one of their friends to the One Direction concert and learned that going to concerts as a mom is much different than going to concerts in my 20s—the last time I had been to a concert at a very large venue.

In my 20s, I would happily scamper to my seat, not thinking of holding onto the handrail, which would have been a sign of weakness. Yesterday, as we ascended the stairs to our seats in Section 313, Row 18 (which is as remote as it sounds), I developed a relationship with the handrail that was practically symbiotic.

kept a tight hold on her arm so she would not fall asleep and take a tumble down the steep rows of seats. I warned my daughters not to get so enthusiastic singing and dancing that they lost their balance, and I came up with helpful mnemonic devices so we could all remember our section, row, and seat numbers in case we got separated. I was a barrel of fun.

Finally, after much anticipation and screaming it was time for…the opening act: 5 SOS, which stands for 5 Seconds of Summer, or 5 Sounds of Summer, or 5 Sounds of Silence, or something

I also learned that large venues are MUCH larger than they used to be. I had never been to the Georgia Dome, but when I reached my seat and turned around, I instantly experienced vertigo. “Isn’t this awesome?” my daughters squealed as I clutched both armrests with a death grip. It was much like looking into the Grand izing that one would have to go down several geological layers to see the Colorado River, or in this case, the lower levels of the Dome.

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After an interlude of what seemed like several decades, it was at last time for One Direction. During the concert, we established the following at least

THE AUDIENCE WAS DOING WELL.

ONE DIRECTION WAS HAPPY TO BE IN ATLANTA. ATLANTA, GEORGIA WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST (AND PRESUMABLY BEST) AUDIENCES EVER. I can attest to that last point. As the mother of three girls, I imagined myself immune to all but the most egregious teenage girl screams, but this audience took the term “piercing shriek” to a new level. To borrow a line from Dave Barry, “It turns out that the noise teenage girls make to express rapturous happiness is the same noise they would make if their feet were being gnawed off by badgers.”

I already knew and liked some of One Direction’s music; the lights, pyrotechnics, and other special effects were fabulous; and the guys put on quite a show, so I had a great time, although I cannot personally tell you what songs they sang during the encores because my hearing was gone. As my youngest shouted in my ear at one point, “Have you ever heard something so loud it sounds quiet?” By the end of the show, I had even loosened my grip on the armrests enough to applaud occasionally (when I wasn’t plugging my ears in an attempt to salvage what was left of my hearing).

We are eternally grateful to my dad, who would not know Louis Tomlinson or Harry Styles if he met them at a dinner party, for driving us to and from the concert. Since he didn’t have a ticket, he enjoyed sightseeing around the Dome and walking to other nearby sites in Atlanta while we were watching the show. About halfway home, he casually remarked, “I think I saw them going in.” “WHO?” came the hoarse whispers from the back seat in unison.

“The band. Whatever their name is. One Direction. Well, the windows were tinted, but there were all kinds of security guards around them and about half the people in the Will Call section went running over there,

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