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HOME, FARM, & GARDEN p.8 8 The Vintage Southern

Homemaker: Gloria Brown shares memories and helpful tips 10 This Little Light of Mine:

Why Museums?

12 Joanna Radford:

Gardening in August

OUT & ABOUT p.16 22 The Sweet & Savory Life

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CONTRIBUTORS

Martha Bassett

Gloria Brown

Sheri Wren Haymore

Rynn Hennings

Martha is a singer/songwriter/guitarist living and working in the Piedmont. She hosts The Martha Bassett Show, a twicemonthly musical variety show at Elkin’s Reeves Theater. Past shows are featured Saturday evenings on NPR station, 88.5 WFDD. On Wednesday nights she leads music at Roots Revival, an Americana worship service at Winston’s Centenary UMC that explores the intersection of faith and secular music. She's also a longtime scholar of the music of the Shakers.

Martha has released 11 records and plays throughout the region and nation. Get more info at marthabassettshow.com.

Gloria is co-owner of The Nest & Hive Shoppe, a home décor business in Fancy Gap, VA, as well as the former host of The Vintage Southern Homemaker television show. Her musings on life growing up and living in the South have appeared in publications and on TV throughout the region. She is an expert antiques collector who grew up in the business and worked many years as a dealer in the Yadkin Valley area, where she currently resides.

Sheri grew up in Mt. Airy, NC, and lives thereabouts with her husband. Together they run a couple of small businesses and plan their next vacation. A graduate of High Point University, her first job was as a writer at a marketing firm—and she’s been scribbling ever since. Sheri has several suspense novels in publication and Surry Living was proud to include sequential excerpts from one of her books in each issue from spring 2018 thru early 2021.

Rynn is a writer and designer based in the Yadkin Valley region of North Carolina. She loves to share her ideas for adding simple beauty into hectic lifestyles. More than mere recipes, her mission is to offer practical shortcuts for food preparation along with visual tips for presentation. Rynn began her career in Aiken, SC, as a newspaper reporter writing feature articles about food, living, and the arts. For more about Rynn, even more recipes, decorating tips, and much more, visit thehouseofelynryn.com

Carmen Long

Joanna Radford

Sarah Southard

Larry VanHoose

Carmen is an NC Cooperative Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences. Making quick, easy, healthy food that tastes great on a budget is a challenge. Carmen and her husband have two grown children, both of whom were involved in sports from grade school thru college. With busy careers and lots of time at sporting events, coming up with quick, healthy meals was a necessity. Carmen shares ideas and recipes to make this tough job a bit easier.

Joanna Radford is the Commercial and Consumer Horticulture Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension in Surry County with expertise in entomology, gardening, and pesticide education. She began her career with NC Cooperative Extension in Stokes County in 1995 as a 4-H Agent, later switching to Field Crops and Pesticide Education in Surry County. In 2012, she assumed the role of Horticulture Agent for Surry County. She lives on a farm with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Sarah grew up at Crooked Oak in the Pine Ridge community of Surry County. Raised in the agriculture world, she went on to earn degrees in animal science and veterinary medicine from North Carolina State University. She and her husband, Adam, currently live in Statesville with Oliver the house rabbit, a few cats, Blossom the donkey, and a flock of Katahdin hair sheep.

Larry is the Executive Editor of Surry Living Magazine and Creative Director at Vivid Graphics in Galax, VA. He has 30+ years experience as a writer, graphic designer, and commercial photographer. Larry and wife, Trina, have four wonderful, grown children, one awesome grandson (so far!), and they reside on a small farm just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Grayson County, VA.

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Vie Herlocker Vie is the Associate Editor of Surry Living Magazine. Her professional affiliations include: Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network. American Christian Writers, American Christian Fiction Writers, and more. She is a certified member of the Christian Editor’s Connection (CEC).

Vie has been published in magazines, collections, and co-authored or ghosted several nonfiction books. ~ Vie Herlocker, AKA “The Book Mama”

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I Own a Museum

I’ve never been to many museums in my life other than a car museum or a couple of the local history museums.

Although my museum experiences have been few, I love to visit the Carroll County Historical Society and Museum, on Main Street in Hillsville, VA. It’s remarkable what the historical society and private citizens have procured to bring the past to life for all to enjoy. I especially like the section relating to the 1912 Hillsville courthouse gunfight. Although the event was very tragic, it is fascinating to have the specifics so detailed and impartially presented. The museum is housed in the very courthouse where it all took place. As it turns out, that courthouse is also where my Ma and Pa Macemore got married in 1936. That alone makes it a point of interest for me.

I remember asking Ma why they went all the way to Hillsville from Yadkin County to get married. She explained that back then, during the Great Depression, there was no money for poor folks like them to have a wedding. She said that it became fashionable for young couples to just keep it quiet that they were getting married. Then they would take a couple of witnesses with them, go some distance from home, and get married. She said it wasn’t quite like eloping, it was called running off to get married. Knowing Ma’s family, there wasn’t a soul in the house who didn’t know they were getting married.

Ma and Pa took Ma’s sister Dessie and her husband, George, with them as witnesses. George and Dessie had a car. Ma and Pa did not have a car until they had been married ten years. Ma said that to begin with they didn’t have the money. When they had finally saved up enough money to buy one, they couldn’t because of World War II. She explained that all Americans had to pitch in and do all they could for the war effort. That meant a lot of things were either rationed or just too scarce to find. Especially vehicles and even tires to go on the trucks and cars of those that did have them. She went to the old wardrobe and dug out ration stamps to show my cousins Dawn and Darrell and me what they looked like and explained how they were used.

Ma told us that she believed “them that lived out in the country had it some easier than them people living all crammed together in cities.” She reasoned the country had more families living close to each other and could take care of one another. Country folks knew their neighbors and were able to call most all of them friends. In the country everybody pitched in and helped each other out. Ma told us how people would swap work and trade off things to keep needs met.

That afternoon she told us about all kinds of things. We heard about wood cutting, priming tobacco, quilting, and canning. We heard about the thrashers coming, people travelling through the country on foot, and saving back enough sugar to bake a cake for church homecoming. I can still remember sitting out there under those old poplar trees, I can still hear her voice as she looked back over the decades and brought her memories to life for us.

Now mind you, we heard those stories many times. However, I don’t recall one of us ever saying, Ma, you’ve told us that before. We loved the stories of her past and would often encourage her to retell our very favorite ones. Ma, her sisters, and her brother were talented storytellers.

I’ll tell you what Ma did. She built a museum in our minds. We have her memories that have become our memories to look back on. We know the names, places, activities, and times to visit. The best thing is that we can visit our museum anytime. Sure you own a museum of your own. Just go open the door and enjoy what it has to offer.

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WHY MUSEUMS? “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

– Winston Churchill My buddy, Tim, and I stood shivering and miserable on the frozen turf that our small town affectionately called a “football field” and bemoaned our current condition. It was a cold, blustery, early midwestern spring morning and even though the sun was out, it didn’t seem to be working quite right. The wind cut like a frozen knife right through our hoodies and sweatpants, our usual attire for the two-hour gym class we started out each school day with. It was our own fault though – we had signed up for this special class, although knowing that didn’t help when it was bitter cold with not even a snowbank to give us ammo for something fun.

Tim groaned as he turned to me, teeth chattering almost uncontrollably as he whispered, “This weather sucks. I’ve gotta have a break. Wanna skip school tomorrow and go check out downtown Cincinnati?”

“Won’t it be cold there too?” I ventured.

“Yeah, but it won’t be school,” Tim said with a grin.

“I’m in,” I replied. “First thing!”

The next day we spent doing something our parents and our teachers would have never guessed had they overheard our hushed gym-class conversation.

Growing up in a small town 50 miles from one of the biggest cities in the country, neither of us had ever had the chance to explore the vast and interesting concrete playground to be found in that fair city. So, what did we do all that day?

Museums! In case you didn’t know, Cincinnati is loaded with them. Art museums, history museums, nature museums, automobile museums, heck, we even visited a small museum dedicated to the work of skilled illusionists, or magicians. The proprietor at the magic museum wouldn’t give up many secrets though, even though we pestered him to try to find out how to make our teachers disappear. We finally settled for learning how to pull a dove or a rabbit out of a hat.

Two sixteen-year-old juvenile delinquents, hell-bent on tearing up the big city, spent their day oohing and ahhing over art and history. Who would have thunk it? Why museums? Well as my buddy Tim said, “This is where you find out about life.”

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by Larry VanHoose buddy was wise beyond his years. There is so much to learn in a museum. Why does a painter paint what he paints? What is his or her driving force? A sculptor, a muse, even a musician? Why did the Native Americans live here instead of over there? What were they like? What were their hopes, fears, challenges? What animals used to walk right where I am walking now? There is so much to learn and discover in a museum.

A couple of years ago, my wife and I had the opportunity to tour Pearl Harbor National Memorial museums & grounds.

This tragic and historic place has a somber, almost reverent feel to it, something I’ve maybe only felt once before, at Arlington National Cemetery. Still, to walk alongside other tourists in our Hawaiian shirts, shorts, and flipflops, and learn about one of the most incredibly devastating days of our country’s military history, was a lesson that threatened to break our otherwise calloused hearts. When I say “calloused,” I’m not insinuating that my wife and I are hard-hearted. I just think that with time, distance, and the romanticized Hollywood portrayal of that “date which will live in infamy,” that we’ve lost the lesson that the pain of that day could have taught us. And yet, as my wife and I wandered around the hallowed grounds of that fateful place, we walked in tandem with many Japanese civilians as well as Americans who also came to learn from our shared, albeit sometimes painful past. In one of the buildings, we actually sat quietly together with people from Japan and watched actual video footage of the horrendous destruction. It was a surreal yet enlightening experience to be sure.

I’ll conclude with this thought. Not just at the Pearl Harbor museums, but in museums all across our great country and the world, we have the chance to discover and learn from both the good and the bad from our past, from the stories of the men and women who walked, struggled, lived and died, before us. I suggest that we should revisit those hallowed grounds as often as possible and reach for understanding. For as Mr. Churchill so succinctly warned, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

Job 8:8-10 (NLT) “Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors. For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow. But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.”

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by Joanna Radford

Gardening in August While summertime is a great time to harvest vegetables, it is not the only time. Believe it or not, summer can be a good time to plant for a bounty of fall harvest vegetables for your kitchen table.

Strategic planning will help in extending (or in my case, starting) a vegetable garden. July and August are the main planting times for the fall garden. As you plan the vegetables you would like in your fall garden, pay attention to the length of maturity required for each vegetable. Those vegetables that have a maturity cycle of 60-80 days should be planted around August 1 in the Piedmont.

Of course, this is a rule of thumb and planting can be several weeks before or after this date as well.

If turnips and leafy greens are your preference, their planting can be delayed until September since they are quicker to mature. It is wise to refer to the average date of the first killing frost for the area in which you live. In Surry County, the average first frost date is October 15. Keep in mind, this is an average date and can vary two weeks on either side of that date. Use this date to count backward using the number of days to maturity to determine the best time to plant in your area. The maturity information is usually found on the back of the seed packet.

The soil in our area can form a hard crust, especially after August rainfalls followed by hot and dry periods. This can affect the seed germination. Seeds of lettuce and spinach have a hard time germinating when soil temperature exceeds 85°F. To help keep the soil cool and moist, the seeded area may need to be covered with burlap cloth, newspapers, or boards. Great additions to fall plantings include vegetables in the squash family such as cucumbers, summer squash, and zucchini for a fall garden. These vegetables typically begin to produce 50-60 days after seeding in the garden. Do not forget to monitor for pests as they have the potential to be heavier in the fall. Protect young squash and zucchini plants from the squash vine borer moth by covering them with an insect barrier cloth or floating row cover. These covers will need to be removed when the plants begin to bloom so pollinators may visit the flowers. If pollinators cannot get to them, there will not be anything to harvest.

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than pole varieties. Now is too late to plant some of the slower growing vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant from seed but they can be planted as young plants. The challenge there may be finding these young plants at this time of year.

More information on planting dates and specifications of vegetables you want to grow can be found in the Fall Vegetable Planting Guide from NC State University. It can be found at https://extensiongardener.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/ uploads/2016/07/NC-Vegetable-Planting-Guide.pdf?fwd=no/ Your local NC Cooperative Extension is another great resource for your fall gardening questions.

If you have never tried gardening in the fall, I challenge you to give it a try.

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A Feline Tale During the last few days of April, my neighbor Patty contacted me with questions about a friendly stray queen and her litter of five kittens that had been found at the local high school. Some students and the school custodians had been feeding the cat after discovering she had delivered kittens on campus. She had tucked her litter safely into a temporary construction project storage container on campus. The problem came when the project was complete, and the storage container was due to be removed within days.

Clearly the feline family would need to find a new home.

No one was sure how old the kittens were. My neighbor was willing to take and care for the group, but she was concerned that the queen might abandon her kittens if they were moved to a new environment by an unfamiliar person. We talked through some information about the cat and kittens as well as some possibilities for managing them in their new location. We came up with a plan to minimize the chance of abandonment, and the family of six moved in next door the following day.

Patty asked me to take a look at the litter when they arrived.

Four of the five kittens had nasal discharge and congestion as well as ocular discharge indicating they had an upper respiratory infection caused by a common virus. If left untreated, some kittens go blind or in extreme cases must have their eye(s) removed due to unrelenting pain. With severe nasal discharge, kittens’ sense of smell can be impaired leading to decreased appetite and subsequent malnutrition. On initial evaluation, one kitten was much smaller than the others, only about half the size of her largest brother. Clearly she was born the runt, but she also had not been able to compete for her share of mom’s milk, further complicating the situation. For as scrappy and rough as she was when I met her, she was strong and determined.

With cursory exams complete, I made a plan and enlisted the help of my three-year-old, Malachi. We provided kitten food

for everyone. The kittens would need it when they began trying to eat and the queen would benefit from the extra nutrition while she was nursing her litter. For the first few days we supplemented the smallest girl with formula.

We began cleaning eyes and noses as well as treating their infections multiple times a day.

Within a few days we began offering soft food mixed with formula for all the kittens and soon after added dry food to the mix. The runt was growing, and everyone’s upper respiratory infections were clearing. They were becoming playful young cats as opposed to kittens and their personalities were beginning to shine.

Thankfully “Ms. Patty’s Mama Cat” (as Malachi calls her) and her kittens met with compassionate students and employees at the high school. And thankfully someone realized they needed to be moved to keep them safe and someone else was willing to take them in until permanent homes could be found. For all the challenges this feline family met with, they really were lucky in their circumstances.

Many stray and feral cats are not as lucky.

Many meet with all sorts of tragic ends.

Be a responsible cat owner. Spay and neuter. If you choose not to have your cats altered, be prepared for the litters of kittens that are guaranteed to come. Do not abandon a pregnant queen. And be prepared to give every kitten born a permanent home with you. It is not guaranteed that you will be able to find homes for the kittens nor is it someone else’s responsibility to care for your animals if or when you decide to abandon them. Ms. Patty’s Mama Cat and her kids have turned out to be a bright spot in a challenging year for us. But if I’m truly honest about it, we did not need to add more responsibilities to our already over-filled days and weeks. Do the right thing by your animals. Spay. Neuter.

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Hello good people. I’d like to tell you about some good music that’s coming up. But first, a little background about what I aim for when programing the Martha Bassett Show. In 2018 we partnered with the Reeves Theater in Elkin to create a show that presents equal numbers of women to men on our roster. As a touring artist, I’ve noticed that most music venues and festivals primarily present men with a few female artists sprinkled in. But little by little this is changing, and that’s because of pioneering women like my upcoming guest.

On Sept 1, 2022, I’m immensely proud to present the great singer, songwriter, guitarist, banjoist, and fiddler Alice Gerrard on our show. If you’ve been a lover of old time or bluegrass music, chances are you already know the contributions she’s made in musical community building, preservation of our regional folk music, and in her own performing and songwriting. In the 1950s, Alice became steeped in the strong bluegrass and old time scene of Washington, D.C., where men from all over the south were moving to find work, bringing their music with them. It was there that Alice met West Virginia singer and songwriter Hazel Dickens, and together they laid the groundwork for future generations of women to find a home in the world of traditional music. This was not the polished music of the New York folk revival of the 1960s but favored the authentic sounds of Appalachia. Hazel and Alice sang about the struggles of women, of workers, of the common folk.

I am from a small town in central West Virginia, about a half hour from where Hazel Dickens grew up. Every man in my family was a coal miner. I saw extreme poverty in some of my neighbors and I certainly saw the struggles of women. Some of the prominent musicians in the region were my uncles, the Shaffer Family. I always loved the banjo but didn’t consider it as an option for me because I never saw a woman play and I had no mentor. Now the bluegrass landscape is littered with talented female instrumentalists, partly due to the influence of Hazel and Alice.

Alice went on to found “The Old-Time Herald,” a magazine celebrating old time music and dance, and she was editor in chief from 1987 to 2000. In 2015, her album, Follow the Music, was nominated for a Grammy. In 2017, she was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. During the ceremony, the stage was filled with younger female bluegrass artists paying tribute to Alice Gerrard. If you really want 16 • SURRY LIVING August 2022 Issue

to gain a full appreciation of her life to date, watch the documentary, You Gave Me a Song: The Life and Music of Alice Gerrard.

At a time in history when it feels like we’re going backwards in the rights of women to have basic freedom and autonomy, I take heart in our matriarchs. Progress is slow. There is power and healing in music. It’s an act of revolution. Women like Alice Gerrard are role models. Sisters! Let’s make some music!

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‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade Northern Regional Hospital received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes Northern Regional Hospital’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital.

Lynn Lambert, Director of Quality Management at Northern Regional Hospital, who oversaw the Leapfrog assessment, said, “I am honored to be part of the Northern Regional Team where providing safe care is at the forefront every day.

Patient safety is intentional with every encounter. Receiving a Leapfrog Grade ‘A’ is recognition that we can all be proud of.“ The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over thirty national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.

“I am extremely proud of the entire NRH team of 1,000 caregivers. An ‘A’ grade confirms our efforts to deliver the highest quality of care and places NRH in the top tier of all hospitals in the United States. Job well done,” said Chris Lumsden, president and CEO of Northern Regional Hospital.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harms to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent, and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.

“As our health care system continues to feel the strain of the pandemic, I thank the workforce and leadership of Northern Regional Hospital for sustained commitment to patient safety, day in and day out,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “An ‘A’ Safety Grade is an outstanding achievement, and one that is not possible without a 24/7 effort by the entire health care workforce to protect patients from harm. This community should be proud.”

To see Northern Regional Hospital’s full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter, Facebook, and via its newsletter. +++ About Northern Regional Hospital Northern Regional Hospital (NRH) is a 133-bed hospital located in Mount Airy, North Carolina, serving the northwest Piedmont region of NC and neighboring counties in southwestern Virginia. Founded in 1957, it is an independently operated, award-winning healthcare facility. Northern Medical Group is the Hospital’s network of primary care and specialty providers, delivering a comprehensive array of services to meet the needs of the community. The state-of-the art Surgery Center houses a wide range of inpatient and outpatient procedures including orthopedics, gynecology, gastroenterology, urological, eye surgeries, and other general surgeries.

About The Leapfrog Group Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.

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by Sheri Wren Haymore

STORYTELLING Recently, while listening to the radio, my husband remarked, “There are so many great musicians out there, but only a few make it big. Why is that?” Tom Petty happened to be singing, so I answered, “Storytelling, for one thing.

People enjoy stories they can relate to.”

When I visited the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, storytelling was the thing that struck me as I browsed the exhibits.

Indeed, when I spoke with the museum’s Executive Director, Matt Edwards, he confirmed that the mission of the museum is to collect, preserve, and interpret the stories that are significant to this region.

“We collect tangible pieces from the past, but we also interpret the stories that make the objects important for future generations,” he told me.

Matt explained the three-tier story interpretation that a visitor to the museum will experience. First, there is the movement of people into the region and how their culture impacts the character of who we are today. Native Americans were here first, of course, followed by other groups who arrived, each with their aspirations and plans. And there were people “brought” here: enslaved Africans, Italians recruited to work the quarry, Latinos brought in to work crops. All the varied people have added to the rich history of the region.

The second tier, surprisingly, involves STEM (learning activities that include Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Our museum is the only history museum in North Carolina to receive a STEM grant from the Museum of Natural Sciences. The museum displays invite the visitor to marvel at early technology that helped form the region, such as the physics and geometry of a wagon wheel, a grist mill, the foundry process, and simple machines that impacted the community.

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The third tier, said Matt, is people. “The biographies of the individuals whose stories make our community unique and who had an impact on their place and time are what we preserve,” he said.

Each of us brings our own story – our unique interests and perspective – into whatever art form we experience, whether music, visual art, performing arts, or in this case, the art of our history museum. Quite a bit of artistic expression goes into telling the stories of the people and events that each exhibit portrays.

My personal interest drew me to the colorful and comprehensive memorabilia of country music legend Donna Fargo and to wonder, What if there’s a child growing up right now in Surry County who will follow in Ms. Fargo’s footsteps? The interesting story of Jerry Hatcher and the Mount Airy Speedway caused me to think, What if the Speedway had grown into a NASCAR track?

The fascinating record cutting lathe machine displayed beneath the bright neon WPAQ sign made me ask, What is the potential for growth in music recording in the region?

The museum is a great asset, and it does more than house artifacts inside a building. Matt told me that because history happens “out there,” he is deeply invested in bringing the museum to the community. As part of community outreach, a thirty-foot-long walk-through mobile museum trailer begins touring soon as part of Surry 250 (Surry County’s 250th Anniversary Celebration.)

There are twenty dates scheduled this year, plus stops at schools and retirement homes. The popular Ghost Tours are another way the museum collects local stories and interprets the history behind

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them. The museum provides a lecture series on site, as well as hands-on art and craft workshops, such as blacksmithing and Eastern European-style egg painting. And the summer camp for kids with quality hands-on learning includes at least two STEMthemed projects.

Another important outreach is through the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of History. Our local club, the Jesse Franklin Chapter, has been named Chapter of the Year three times, and is open to fourth through eighth grade children. Besides field trips, the kids learn research, object identification and documentation, and they submit their projects to the state museum. There have been multiple winners from our chapter, and their work is displayed in a dedicated gallery at the museum in Raleigh. One local child even had an article published in the Junior Historian Magazine.

As for the future of the museum, ongoing renovations as part of the 2018 Twenty-fifth Anniversary Strategic Plan are happening in phases. Three of five phases will be completed soon, including a hands-on children’s gallery. Eventually the museum will offer interactive touch screen technology.

“We are fortunate to have a museum of this quality in our community,” said Matt, and he hopes that the community continues to realize the value of its investment in the museum as the caretakers of our region’s historical assets. Matt told me that his goal is for the Mt. Airy Museum of Regional History to be the best small museum in the state.

Do you enjoy a good story? There are many to be found inside the museum and more to be experienced through its community programs. No matter your interests, you’re sure to find a story that you can relate to.

Welcome to the wedding celebration a year in the making with a social blunder that will forever disgrace the newlyweds.

Come along with us as we step back in time to around A.D. 30, to the tiny town of Cana in Galilee. We’ll join the excitement as two families rejoice in the marriage of their children until...the wine runs out. What happens next is nothing short of extraordinary.

No Ordinary Wine is an outdoor drama to be held October 2, 2022, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the beautiful hillside amphitheatre of the Armfield Civic Center in Pilot Mountain. The story is brought to life by local playwright Sheri Wren Haymore and well-known Producer/ Director Debby Severs Diamont.

Tickets are free but seating is limited.

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id you know that blueberries are native to North America? They have always been a summertime staple at my house, so I took it for granted that the whole world was familiar with them. This changed several years ago when I visited the Gardner Museum in Boston with a friend from the U.K. This beautiful museum had a glassed-roof courtyard with plants growing everywhere, including a small bush with berries that I said reminded me of blueberries. My English friend was puzzled by my statement and told me she had never heard of blueberries. I couldn’t believe it! So, later that day, we bought some blueberries. I was sure she would laugh and say she knew them by another name, but instead, she said she had never seen them before.

Ingredients for Filling

Since that day at the museum, North American blueberries have become more readily available in England and the rest of the world. The U.S. is the largest grower of blueberries, and North Carolina is one of the top 10 states for commercial blueberry production.

Ingredients for Topping

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6 cups fresh blueberries (see Sweet Tips below for using frozen blueberries)

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¼ cup brown sugar, packed

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2 ½ tablespoons all-purpose flour

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2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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2 teaspoons lemon juice

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3 tablespoons butter, melted

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3 tablespoons water

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1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

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1 cup granulated sugar

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1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, softened

Directions for Filling 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. 2. Spray a 10-inch round deep baking dish (or equivalent size) with cooking spray. Evenly distribute the blueberries around the bottom of the baking dish. Mix 2 ½ tablespoons of flour and ¼ cup of brown sugar and sprinkle over the blueberries. Add the vanilla, lemon juice, and water to the melted butter and drizzle over the berries. Set the baking dish aside while you work on the topping.

Directions for Topping 1. In a food processor, add the flour, granulated sugar, and salt and pulse to mix. Cut the butter into chunks and place them (spread out) into the food processor. Process until the mixture forms a sticky dough. (If you do not have a food processor, work the flour and butter either by hand or with a mixer. Start by mixing the butter and sugar and then add the salt and flour.) Add the dough by spoonfuls over the blueberries in the baking dish.

2. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown and the crust in the center of the pie is cooked. If necessary, place a sheet of aluminum foil over the pie during the last 10-15 minutes of baking to keep it from over-browning.

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Frozen blueberries can take longer to cook than fresh ones. Cook the pie for 50 minutes. If the dough is not cooked at the end of the cooking time, add 5-minute increments, checking after each increment. Make sure the crust is cooked in the center of the pie. If necessary, add a sheet of aluminum foil to the top of the baking dish to prevent over-browning.

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Frozen blueberries can develop tough skins. Sometimes the freezing process makes the blueberry skin chewy, although it doesn't affect the flavor.

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Dilly Delicious Nothing else smells like pickle brine cooking on the stove.

Growing up, we didn’t have air-conditioning which may have been a blessing in disguise. I am sure having the windows opened helped eliminate the vinegar aroma when pickles were in production. It still amazes me how something that smells so unpleasant can turn into something as wonderful as homemade pickles.

When I was 12, my family moved from Indiana to Tennessee.

Our Indiana home was in a city, and we had a small yard and more neighbors than room for vegetables to grow. In Tennessee we had a big yard that included plenty of space for a garden.

Homegrown cucumbers were one of my favorite vegetables, and turning those cucumbers into pickles made them even more delicious. My mom experimented with all kinds of pickle recipes. We made sweet pickles, bread and butter pickles, and some that took ten days in a crock – but dill pickles were my favorite and still are. One bite of those yummy dill pickles made me quickly forget the odor of the hot pickle brine.

Historically, foods were pickled to preserve for use on long trips or out of season. With the availability of commercially prepared foods, we don’t depend on pickled foods for survival.

Taste is the primary reason many of us pickle foods today.

Even if food preservation isn’t your thing, you can make delicious quick and easy refrigerator pickles to enjoy anytime of the year – and these don’t have to be processed in a boiling water bath. We recently made these pickles with 4-H members who participated in the 4-H mini garden series.

They were a hit with the kids, and I hope you and your family will enjoy them too.

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QUICK & EASY DILL REFRIGERATOR PICKLES Yield: Two quart or four pint jars Ingredients • 1¼ cups distilled white vinegar (5% acidity) • 3 tablespoons kosher or pickling salt • 2 tablespoons sugar • 2 cups cold water • 1¾ to 2 pounds pickling cucumbers, washed and cut into slices or spears • 2 tablespoons coriander seeds • 6 large garlic cloves, peeled and halved • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes • 16 dill sprigs or 4 teaspoons of dried dill weed Directions 1. Wisk together the vinegar, salt, and sugar in a small nonaluminum saucepan over high heat until the salt and sugar are dissolved. Pour the mixture into a bowl and add in the cold water. Refrigerate brine until ready to use.

2. Fill two clean quart jars or four pint jars with the prepared cucumbers. Add the coriander seeds, garlic cloves, mustard seeds, red pepper flakes, dill sprigs or weed, and chilled brine into jars, dividing evenly among the jars. If necessary, add cold water to the jars until the brine covers the cucumbers. Cover and refrigerate 24 hours, before serving. Store in refrigerator. Pickles are best if used within one month.

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MOUNT AIRY EVENTS For more information on Mount Airy, visit www.yadkinvalleync.com/mount-airy FRIDAYS IN AUGUST: MOUNT AIRY FARMERS MARKET 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Located at 111 South Main Street, Mt. Airy SATURDAYS IN AUGUST: WPAQ MERRY-GO-ROUND at the Historic Earle Theatre, 142 N Main St, Mt Airy. 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM; Admission $8 (includes admission to Andy Griffith Museum) or Surry Arts Council Annual Pass. Call 336.786.7998 for more details.

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS IN AUGUST: HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MOUNT AIRY GHOST TOURS, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 PM through November 12. Exciting 90 minute, lantern-lit walking tour through Mount Airy's streets and its historic past. Hear about 13 of our "less mortal" friends and some of Mount Airy's resting places. Tours begin at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, 301 N. Main Street. Wear comfortable shoes and bring your camera and umbrella, if needed. Tickets are $20 (tax included) and pre-paid reservations are required! Call the Museum at 336-786-4478 or purchase your ticket at www. hauntedmayberry.com.

AUGUST 2022 CONCERTS AT THE BLACKMON AMPHITHEATRE 231 Spring St, Mt Airy, NC.

All shows 7:30 PM unless otherwise noted: JUKEBOX REHAB, August 5 GARY LOWDER & SMOKIN' HOT, Aug 6 THE EMBERS, August 11 ENVISION, August 12 CASTAWAYS, August 13 BAND OF OZ, August 18

THE CATALINAS, August 19 BLACKWATER RHYTHM & BLUES BAND, Aug 20 LIQUID PLEASURE, August 25 TOO MUCH SYLVIA, August 26 CASSETTE REWIND, August 27

AUGUST 13: 14TH ANNUAL DOWNTOWN ROCKS & RUNS Join us for our 14th Annual Downtown Rocks & Runs. Pre-register is available now at https://DowntownRocksandRuns. itsyourrace.com/register/ Our 10K race will start at 7:45am, the 5K will begin at 8:00am.

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AUGUST 21: MAYBERRY COOL CARS & RODS CRUISE-IN 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Downtown Mount Airy. Enjoy cruising, music, classic cars, unique shopping and dining, all in the Historic setting of "America's Hometown" Downtown Mount Airy!

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DOBSON EVENTS

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AUGUST 5: CAT5 BAND - FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE CONCERT SERIES AT SHELTON VINEYARDS 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Music Style: Classic rock and R&B; Day-of concert all tickets will be $30.00 at the gate. Tickets purchased in advance receive $5 off ticket price. Wine Club Members Advance Ticket Price $20 ~ Limit four advance tickets per member, per concert. For more information visit https://sheltonvineyards.com/events/august-5-2022concert--cat5-band AUGUST 19: MOVIES IN THE PARK FEATURING 'PAW PATROL - THE MOVIE' Movies begin at nightfall at Dobson Square Park, 110 S. Crutchfield St., Dobson, NC. Free Admission!

AUGUST 20: SWINGING MEDALLIONS - SUNSET CONCERT SERIES AT SHELTON VINEYARDS 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Music Style: Beach music and soulful R&B; Day-of concert all tickets will be $30.00 at the gate. Tickets purchased in advance receive $5 off ticket price. Wine Club Members Advance Ticket Price $20 ~ Limit four advance tickets per member, per concert. For more information visit https:// sheltonvineyards.com/events/august-20-2022concert-swingin-medallions AUGUST 27: MERCEDES BENZ AUTO SHOW AT SHELTON VINEYARDS 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Come and see a display of Vintage Mercedes Benz scattered throughout the vineyard. Grab a flight or glass of wine and enjoy live music on the tasting room terrace. For more information visit https:// sheltonvineyards.com/events/mercedesbenz-autoshow-2022

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MUSIC 2022 LIVE Saturdays in the Park 4th Saturday May-September Bands, Karaoke, and Open-mic Nights Wednesday-Sunday in Local Restaurants

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SATURDAYS IN AUGUST: ELKIN FARMERS MARKET 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.. Located at 226 North Bridge Street, Elkin AUGUST WEDNESDAYS: OPEN MIC NIGHT AT REEVES THEATER Sign-up: 6:30 PM, Show: 7:00 PM. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE REEVES THEATER & CAFE 129 West Main Street, Elkin. Call (336)

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4: THE MARTHA BASSETT SHOW WITH GUESTS THE DON JUANS / JENNIFER FURCHES

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5: STILLHOUSE JUNKIES WITH JUSTIN CLYDE WILLIAMS

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11: COUNTRY / BLUES / BLUEGRASS JAM

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18: THE MARTHA BASSETT SHOW WITH GUESTS ILLI LEWIS / HEATHER SARONA / TYLER NAIL

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: THE MARTHA BASSETT SHOW WITH GUESTS JAY BIRD / ALICE GERRARD / OUR BAND

AUGUST 5-6: REEVESTOCK 357 Ivy Cir, Elkin. Friday Aug. 5: Reevestock 2021 kicks off with our FREE Downtown Get-Down Block Party! The party starts at 5:30 PM on Main Street in front The Reeves Theater (129 West Main St) Music by Luke Mears & Robert Holthouser. Food & Drink available for purchase. Friday continues with a ticketed show inside the Reeves Theater with Stillhouse Junkies & Justin Clyde Williams. Doors open at 7:00 PM, Show starts at 8:00 PM. Friday night: The Late Night Hoot w/ The Jakob's Ferry Stragglers at Angry Troll Brewing Downtown Elkin.

(FREE) 10:30 PM. Saturday, Aug. 6: Elkin's Hidden Amphitheater; Gates open at 12:00 noon, Music starts at 1:00 PM. Saturday's full day Line-up includes: • • • • • •

Hiss Golden Messenger Daniel Donato Time Sawyer Dreamroot Handmade Moments Momma Molasses

Free Parking at First United Methodist Church, 340 Hawthorne Road, Elkin, NC. From there, you will take a free shuttle provided for the short distance to the Amphitheater.

The Kid's Zone will have activities for children during the daylight hours of the festival. This area will close down later in the afternoon. Adult supervision is still required.

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PILOT MOUNTAIN PILOT MOUNTAIN EVENTS Pilot Mountain Tourism, 124 West Main Street, Pilot Mountain For more area info, visit www.pilotmountainnc.org AUGUST 2: NATIONAL NIGHT OUT Downtown Pilot Mountain AUGUST 6: HOT NIGHTS, HOT CARS CRUISE-IN FEATURING THE CASTAWAYS Pilot Mountain’s Cruise-in's are family oriented events offering an open street cruisein, live beach music, and plenty of food and beverage vendors. Local vineyards will be serving some great wines at each event. Cruise In begins officially at 3:00 PM, Live Beach Music 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM AUGUST 19: FUN FRIDAY 70S! 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Downtown Pilot Mountain. Let's liven up Downtown after hours! New to our event lineup for 2022 is our Fun Friday events. The third Friday of July, August and September, we are going to throw a dance party on Depot St. This year's theme is 'Dancing through the Decades". We are going to celebrate the fabulous 70s, 80s and 90s! First one up is the 70s! Dress in your best 70s attire, put on those dancing shoes and let's boogie down!! This is a FREE event!!

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AUGUST (GALAX, VA): LIVE MUSIC ON FRIDAY & SATURDAYS AT CREEK BOTTOM BREWERY All events are from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM and FREE unless otherwise noted. Pet friendly! Creek Bottom Brewery, 307 N Meadow Street, Galax, VA. Every Friday & Saturday weather permitting – WildAxe Throwing – (5-10 PM) August 2 – Creek Bottom Boys (7-9 PM) August 3 – Jake Cox (7-9 PM) August 6 – Junior Sisk Band ($5 Cover) August 10 – Jake Cox (7-9 PM) August 16 – Creek Bottom Boys (7-9 PM) August 17 – Jake Cox (7-9 PM) August 19 – Briana Atwell (7-9 PM) August 20 – Southern Groove (7-10 PM) August 24 – Jake Cox (7-9 PM) August 26 – Marie Anderson (7-10 PM) August 27 – Forrest Taylor (7-10 PM) August 30 – Creek Bottom Boys (7-9 PM) August 31 – Jake Cox (7-9 PM)

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86th Annual Old Fiddlers’ Convention

THURSDAYS IN AUGUST: JAM N' OPEN MIC NIGHT (GALAX, VA): 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the Briar Patch Market Place. Briar Patch Cafe at 117 S. Main Street.

FRIDAYS IN AUGUST: BLUE RIDGE BACKROADS SHOW (GALAX, VA) Join WBRF and Galax City every Friday night for the live broadcast of our Blue Ridge Backroads show!

The showtimes always start at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:00 p.m.. Tickets are $10.00 at the door.

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AUGUST CONCERTS AT THE BLUERIDGE MUSIC CENTER (GALAX, VA): August 6 at 7:00 PM, AN EVENING WITH THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS | August 20 at 7:00 PM, SLOCAN RAMBLERS + NOBODY’S BUSINESS | August 27 at 7:00 PM, THE STEEL WHEELS + CHATHAM COUNTY LINE. Blue Ridge Music Center, Music Center Road (Blue Ridge Parkway), Galax, VA. AUGUST 6 (SPARTA, NC): MUSIC ON MAIN See ad on page #27 of this month's Surry Living Magazine or visit https://alleghanycountychamber.com/calendar/ AUGUST 8 - 13 (GALAX, VA): 86TH ANNUAL OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTION See adjacent ad on this page for a summary of the week's schedule or visit https://www.oldfiddlersconvention.com/ 30 • SURRY LIVING August 2022 Issue

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