Surry Living Magazine - June 2022

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HOME, FARM, & GARDEN p.8 8 This Little Light of Mine:

Fire & Ice 12 Joanna Radford:

Coming to a Plant Near You

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CONTRIBUTORS

Martha Bassett

Gloria Brown

Gin Denton

Sheri Wren Haymore

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.

Gin is the owner of Ginger Horse Studio. Her focus is lifestyle photography, covering horse shows, weddings, concerts, and doing on location portraits. Gin graduated from the University of Findlay with an Equine Business Management degree, where she also studied music and photography. She is a member of the Mount Airy Ukulele Invasion (MAUI) and the Granite City Rock Orchestra (GRO).

Gin resides in Lowgap, NC with her family on their small horse farm.

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 Hennings

Carmen Long

Joanna Radford

Sarah Southard

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 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.

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CONTRIBUTORS contd.

Larry VanHoose

Vie Herlocker

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.

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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Fire & Ice It was on a Monday, January 17, 1977, in the small farming community of Beavercreek, Ohio that I died. Well, I didn’t “actually” die, but there’s no doubt that was the end of my childhood innocence. I never saw it coming.

It was only the second or third time in our school’s history that they closed for that Monday’s newly decreed Martin Luther King Day. More than likely school would have been closed anyway as the weather was fearsome, reaching temperatures well below zero night after night. Still, we were country folk, and we were used to bad weather. Kids in my town seldom saw a “snow day,” so the new MLK Day was cause for a celebration.

The night before, I slept over at my best friend’s house, listening to Led Zeppelin (vinyl) records, staying up late making prank phone calls, and looking at all the girls in our yearbook trying to get up nerve to ask one of them to the upcoming Valentine’s Day dance. It was a great night.

The next morning started out innocently enough. My buddy and I gathered at the kitchen counter, making strange “boy noises” while we ate grits and pancakes smothered in syrup and butter, when the phone rang. It was still early, sometime before 8:00 a.m., so we all looked at each other when it rang. To everyone’s surprise, it was for me. As an aside, it took me 30-plus years to ever eat grits again and I still don’t care for pancakes. The phone call? It was my mom letting me know personally, before we heard about it on the radio or from a friend, that our house was on fire and was probably going to be a total loss. As I said, it was bitter cold that morning, one for the record books. Twenty-one degrees below Fahrenheit, and that wasn’t even counting the windchill.

The firetrucks got to the house quickly enough from the station which was just two miles down the road, but the fire hydrants were frozen solid; not a bolt or valve could be moved that day.

Even the firetruck’s water pumps froze. All the firemen could do was repeatedly wrestle with my Dad, physically restraining him to keep him from going back inside the house – my dad was devastated.

When I arrived at our street, the road was impassable. Between firetrucks, police, ambulances, neighbors, and volunteers, my friend’s mom had to let us out at the end of the street and my buddy and I made our frozen way carefully up the half a mile of ice and snow-laden street. When we finally cleared all the vehicles, the first thing I saw, and heard, was flames erupt out my bedroom windows – I’ve always had great timing. Watching the house burn that day as the firemen held firmly onto my 8 • SURRY LIVING June 2022 Issue

by Larry VanHoose dad and realizing that nothing was going to be salvaged was a sobering experience for a fifteen year old. Life changed forever and I felt like I woke up from a long nap of the naive.

Now, before I was a troubled teen, I was an artist of sorts.

Encouraged in large part by Momma’s love of craft fairs and yard sales, in my “tween” years I was invariably dragged along on her lengthy expeditions (if I wanted to catch a ride somewhere).

Over time I began to see not only the beauty and texture in simple works of craft art, Mom’s personal favorite, but I also saw the opportunity for a young entrepreneur and his momma to make a little money doing something that was creative and fun. While the money always remained little, the creative side of our endeavors was what really captured my imagination and gave wings to our new enterprise.

Alas, that fateful day in January 1977.

In a flash and a bang, it was all gone.

Gone was my artwork from years and years of classes and practice. Gone was our basement filled with shelving covered with arts and crafts prepared for the coming spring art season. Gone was the kiln we used to fire pottery and ceramics. But the biggest loss, I didn’t realize until years later, was the loss of the craft business Momma and I had painstakingly built from scratch. There was too much loss and too much to do now; no more time for the artsy fartsy stuff. I guess the wind just got taken out of our sails – literally and figuratively.

Like homemade grits smothered in sugar and butter, it literally took years for my taste in arts and crafts to redevelop. Momma’s gone too now, but her enthusiasm for the hard work and talent that went into all forms of art eventually made its way back into my hardened heart. I’m pretty certain I’ve written about it before, but I clearly remember the day I cried strange and unbidden tears after numbly working my way through an art gallery, only to land in front of a painting of the crucifixion. I could not take my eyes off of it—off of him. It was that precise moment when I felt the artisan blood my momma had inspired in me start to flow again. It was and always will be one of the greatest gifts God has bestowed, the gift of creativity. Let’s rejoice and be glad, for after all, creativity comes from him.

“And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts." (Exodus 35:31-33 NIV)

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by Joanna Radford

Coming to a Plant Near You Lycorma delicatula. This upcoming summer attraction may not be a pleasant one. It will bring excitement and beauty. But with the beauty will be destruction.

Surry County residents should be on the lookout for Lycorma delicatula, aka spotted lantern fly. The colorful beauty is classified as a planthopper and is a member of the family Fulgoridae. It is one of the only pests known in this insect family. Native to Asia and first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014, this insect currently resides in as many as nine of our northern east coast states. Last fall, it was found as close as Hillsville, Virginia, which almost guarantees we will be seeing the spotted lantern fly in Surry County before the end of the year. Let’s hope our predictions are wrong.

This insect is a phloem feeder which means that the spotted lantern fly uses it specialized mouthpart, called a stylet, to retrieve food/sap – or more specifically, nutrition – from plant tissues located deep inside the plant of choice. More than seventy known species of woody plants host spotted lantern flies. High populations of this pest may be detrimental to the common host plants around our area, including, but not limited to apples, birch, cherry, grapes, hops, lilac, maple, poplar, stone fruits, walnut, and willow. The most favored plant is the tree-of-heaven. The Surry County area has possibly a million trees-of-heaven. This estimate may be high, but not by much. Grape vines are also a favorite.

If the spotted lantern fly moves into our area, the many Surry County vineyards may see damage.

What is the treeof-heaven? At first glance, the leaves may be mistaken for those of a black walnut tree. Not only does it look similar to a walnut tree, both trees are allelopathic.

Trees of heaven - Latin nameL Ailanthus altissima This is a biological phenomenon where one plant inhibits the growth of another.

The tree-of-heaven is considered invasive. Its smooth bark resembles cantaloupe skin but a slightly different color. The females are easily identified as they produce yellow samaras (helicopter seeds) in the summertime. The one-inch to four-inch leaves are compound and have smooth leaf margins. Flip the leaflet over and you’ll find two “teeth-like” glands located at the base. When the leaves are crushed, they give off an unpleasant aroma much like burnt peanut butter.

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The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) is asking homeowners to watch for spotted lantern fly activity around the tree-of-heaven. NCDA&CS is monitoring in Surry County and throughout North Carolina by placing traps in and around areas likely to attract the insects. These areas may be anywhere with known host plants, and – because the spotted lantern fly can hitchhike on vehicles – rest areas, parks, and tourist destinations will also be watched. Homeowners with pools should check their filters. These pests will be drawn to water and may find themselves trapped in the filters of pools as they try to obtain water.

The spotted lantern fly is a pest and is a major concern for agriculture but also parks and public places. This pest produces a significant amount of honeydew – a sticky residue you’ll see on your windshield, patio furniture, and more. When insect populations are high enough, the honeydew drops on anything standing underneath the trees they have invaded. The honeydew also attracts sooty mold and fungal mats. Large insect numbers are also unsightly to business fronts, restaurants, and other outdoor recreation.

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In the April issue of Surry Living, I mentioned a few issues that can be a problem for livestock during wet weather. We started the conversation that month with rainrot, a skin infection that can affect horses. Another problem for horses in wet conditions is thrush, a bacterial infection that erodes a portion of the hoof. Thrush is caused by an anaerobic bacterial organism which thrives in wet, muddy, manure-soiled areas. These areas could be stalls that aren’t cleaned often enough, a muddy loafing area that the horses frequent for rest, or mud- and manure-laden hay feeding areas. Thrush can cause serious damage with lasting effects if left untreated, but the good news is that it is fairly easily treated when diagnosed early. It is also easy to prevent through good sanitation practices and environmental management.

Any horse can get thrush. Those at greatest risk include horses that are stalled constantly and those that choose to spend large amounts of time resting in the same area. Thrush infection is characterized by a thick, black, malodorous material that results from the destruction of the frog, the central portion of the bottom of the hoof. Initially, there is no discomfort with the infection. However, if left untreated the infection will invade the deeper sensitive tissues of the foot causing pain and lameness. In severe cases, the lameness may be permanent.

prevention is worth a pound of cure. Clean your horse’s feet with a hoof pick daily. Also clean stalls at least daily, eliminating all manure and wet areas. Encourage exercise and activity for your horse. There is some indication that increased activity engages a mechanical “self-cleaning” system in the horse’s hoof that helps eliminate debris from the problem areas involved in thrush infections. As much as possible, prevent lounging in wet areas of the barn or pasture. If you’re feeding hay outside, change the location regularly to try to avoid creating an area of concentrated mud and manure around the feeding area.

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Any dead tissue should be trimmed away by your veterinarian or farrier. Environmental conditions may need to be addressed to eliminate the areas where the culprit, fusobacterium necrophorum is thriving. If it appears that your horse is not improving after a few treatments, consult your veterinarian and farrier for help.

Some horses may need a round of systemic antibiotics, or there could be something more or different going on in addition to thrush.

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by Martha Bassett

Reeves Downtown School of Music When I was a kid growing up in a small town, my mom signed me up for piano lessons to keep me occupied.

I loved learning to read music. I’d spend hours sitting at the piano playing the same songs over and over. It must’ve driven my family crazy, but no one complained. My piano teacher, Freda Ryder, was my neighbor. She taught me things about the structure of music that opened a whole new world for me, things that have transferred to other instruments, and that made college music theory classes easier. Even though I don’t play much piano these days, the process of learning an instrument was great for my pre-adolescent developing brain.

And it led to a career in music.

As an adult I’ve done a fair amount of teaching myself, and I wholeheartedly believe in the power of music education to change lives, no matter your age or vocation. So do the folks at the Reeves Theater in Elkin. In fact, this spring marked the first session of classes at the new Reeves Downtown School of Music. In a beautiful old house on Church Street, toddlers to seniors can take individual or group lessons in a variety of instruments – from voice and piano to mandolin and guitar.

They have classes for musical theater, music theory, Old Time fiddle repertoire of Surry County, learning to jam, and more.

I’m especially excited about the JAM Program (Junior Appalachian Musicians) for middle school-aged kids. JAM provides instruction in mountain music on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, or banjo. Even though I lived smack dab in the middle of the Appalachians, I didn’t have the opportunity to learn those instruments, and it never occurred to me because I only saw men playing them. It’s a whole new world for today’s kids. As a matter of fact, I think maybe it’s not too late for me to learn a little clawhammer banjo.

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by Sheri Wren Haymore

ART AND SERENDIPITY There are so many artisans in Surry County, it’s a challenge to know whose work to introduce our readers to first. For this issue, I checked in with Susan Tolley Designs and Speckled Chick Designs to learn about their work.

Susan Tolley’s background is in graphic design. For the past fifteen years, she’s worked in the marketing department of Wilkes Community College, creating all things Merlefest, including ads, social media, posters, banners, sponsor parties, and more. Even as a child growing up on a farm near Dobson, Susan felt driven to create, baffling her mother with her wish lists for paint sets, charcoal, easels, and the like.

In second grade, she amazed her teacher by illustrating a book on Hawaii, and her senior year, she won the art award.

While making a living as a graphic artist is certainly creative, Susan missed the hands-on work of drawing, weaving, molding clay.

Ironically, COVID shutdown, which forced her to work from home, presented the opportunity to dive back into art. Finding herself with extra time now that she wasn’t commuting to North Wilkesboro, she purchased canvases and paint and made a bright, colorful studio that she calls her “place of happy accidents.”

Susan is drawn to dimensional, mixed media art, and she combs thrift stores and yard sales for accents. Her process begins with a color scheme and theme, then she paints the canvas with acrylic and gouache, allowing for a “drip” effect on the background. Then she pulls pieces from her stash of inspiration—such as butterflies, poker chips, feathers, beads, or jewelry. She calls this “making my board,” and she might arrange the design, walk away, and return later with a fresh eye for the final piece before affixing the accents to the canvas.

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a personalized piece for a client the next, and dabble in what she could do with a piece of wood between. One client brought her grandfather’s fiddle and case and requested she make a fun, rustic decorative piece. Another simply said, “Find a tree branch and do something fun with it for me,” which Susan finds equally scary and exciting.

At first, she was creating her lighthearted work for the enjoyment of it and was surprised when friends asked to purchase her art.

Now her pieces can be found at West End Arts Market in Pilot Mountain, and she has a backlog of requests for commission work.

After a successful showing in the juried Whimsical Women Art Show last fall, Susan says she truly feels like a legitimate artist. This year, Whimsical Women will be at Bailey Park in Winston-Salem November 19. Look for Susan at the art show and see examples of her work on Facebook at Susan Tolley Designs.

Kristie Bledsoe Brady’s background is in management and leadership. Five years ago, while piddling with strips of fabric and wondering what she could make with them, she discovered fabric baskets. She bought a sewing machine, taught herself to sew, made a few baskets, and was surprised when friends wanted to purchase them. She created her first Memory Basket in 2017 as a Mother’s Day gift for a friend who had recently lost her mother. That basket, made from her friend’s mom’s Tweety Bird pajamas, began Kristie’s journey. Now thousands of her Speckled Chick Designs Memory Baskets are beloved heirlooms in thirty-five states around the country.

Kristie had an enjoyable career with Farm Bureau while making baskets on the side. Then a terminally ill client sought Kristie’s help

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choosing the garments to turn into baskets for her family after her death. That’s when Kristie knew that this was her calling. Since last November, basket-making has been her full-time occupation.

Through her work, she has forged friendships with people going through difficult times; her greatest reward is when clients reach out with gratitude upon receiving their priceless baskets. “Nothing compares,” said Kristie. An unknown person shared her basket photos through online grief support groups, and as a result, entire families have driven to her studio near Round Peak to bring precious garments for Kristie to sew into baskets.

Whether she’s working with neckties, shirts, blazers or nightgowns, Kristie cuts the fabric into strips, hand-wraps the strips around locally purchased rope, then skillfully sews the baskets. Besides the popular Easter basket with handle, she also molds the basket around a candy dish or larger bowl or even a pie plate. Since most clients reach out after finding her online – and sending an irreplaceable garment to a stranger can be scary – Kristie is joining the Chamber of Commerce, adding a layer of legitimacy to her business.

You can find a display of Speckled Chick Designs baskets in Mt. Airy at Spotted Moon gift shop and Mayberry Antique Mall or online at https://www.facebook.com/SpeckledChickDesigns/ Late July is the cut-off for Christmas orders, so now’s the time to contact Kristie Brady for a gift your family will treasure!

Although Susan Tolley and Kristie Brady shared very different stories, I love how each artist found her path through serendipity!

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Blazers and Bolos

Amythyst Kiah is a magical soul who is as comfortable conversing with her fans as she is on stage. This singersongwriter opened for the Who during their tour in May and has a full schedule of performances throughout the United States, Sweden, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. But even with that awesome schedule you can still catch a show with Kiah locally. She’ll be playing at Floydfest in Floyd, VA, on July 28, and then at Mountain Song Festival in Brevard, NC, on September 10.

Amos. Recently, Gibson Guitar released a replica of the guitar Tharpe played to honor the godmother of rock and roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Kiah now tours with this beautiful white replica of the 1961 Les Paul SG Custom electric guitar provided by Gibson.

Raised in Chattanooga, TN, Kiah has been honing her art since high school. She then studied music at East Tennessee State University. She’s from a rather big town but comes across as a small-town hero! Her vibe is welcoming. She admires her fans and makes sure to speak with everyone who wishes to speak to her.

Kiah’s fans are devoted to her as well. At her concert a few months ago at the Reeves Theater in Elkin, I had the opportunity to enjoy her music and to see her in action with her fans. As I talked to attendees, I found that people had traveled many hours to hear her—with one fan traveling from Florida for the performance. Kiah stayed until the last person got their fan photo with her.

Amythyst Kiah is beyond a rising star. She is hope for music, and her fans are rooting for her to win. Check out her music online, and catch a live performance if possible. You will be glad you did.

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Kiah plays guitar and banjo. Her song “Black Myself ” garnered a 2020 Grammy Awards nomination in the American Roots category. Her “Wild Turkey” is also popular, as well as her 2021 album, Wild + Strange. She’s been interviewed by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Garden & Gun, and NPR. It was a delight to chat with her for this Surry Living Magazine article.

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once ate at this small out-of-the-way restaurant that drew us in by proclaiming to have the best burgers in the whole city. It also boasted about its peach ice cream. Everyone agreed that the burgers were delicious, and we also gave the peach ice cream a try. This ice cream looked like other peach ice cream, but there was a taste difference: the peaches were very peachy– for lack of a better word. The waiter wouldn’t divulge their secret for the enhanced peach flavor. So, I figured out a few ways to enhance my own peach creations, including this ice cream.

It is easy to make a peach syrup by boiling peach juice until it reduces to a syrup. This will concentrate the peach flavor and also the sugar. I used Simply Peach juice for this recipe, but you can use peach nectar or apricot nectar as substitutes.

Add Lemon Juice Use lemon juice on the peaches to enhance the peach flavor.

This will also keep the cut peaches from turning brown.

Use Peach Extract Using peach extract also enhances the taste of peaches in desserts. I use this extract sparingly because too much can add an artificial flavor to desserts.

PEACH ICE CREAM Servings: 6 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Passive Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Ingredients

Ways to Enhance Peach Flavor Use Flavorful Peaches There are a few ways to enhance the peach flavor in desserts like ice cream. But first, it is essential to have fresh and juicy peaches. Not all peaches taste the same. When you buy fresh peaches, make sure they are very flavorful if you want to use them in ice cream. If they lack natural flavor, it is hard to make up for it with other methods.

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2 cups peach juice, reduced (Simply Peach used)

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1 ½ cups fresh peaches, peeled and pureed

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1 ½ cups granulated sugar, divided

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2 teaspoons lemon juice

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3 cups whipping cream

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Food Art

Having trouble getting children to try new foods? You are not alone. Successfully encouraging children to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables is a problem many parents and caregivers face daily. Try food art as a motivator. Playing and creating with food turns what could be a negative into a positive experience that is lots of fun.

The possibilities for food art are endless. Sometimes having a theme makes the creativity a little easier. Start with a sandwich thin or English Muffin. Spread each half with peanut butter or cream cheese as a base and use small pieces of fruits and vegetables to make a face, a flower or even a superhero.

Books are a perfect way to introduce new foods to children.

Every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., the Alleghany County Public Library posts a new segment of Storytime Cooks with Carmen Long on the library’s Facebook Page. Each week we read a story and talk about food. So many children really don’t understand that farmers work hard to grow our food and that it doesn’t just magically appear at the grocery store.

We discuss how food is grown, if it is a fruit or a vegetable, and if it comes from a bush, a tree, or a root like a carrot that grows under the dirt. We talk about colors, tastes, and textures, and create a kid-friendly recipe. When we read, Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis, we made Silly Face Sandwiches that were lots of fun. You can find past videos on YouTube, just search for Storytime Cooks with Carmen Long and enjoy lots of fun food and book activities to do with your children all summer.

For a quick and easy summer meal, let your family create their own sandwiches based on how they are feeling – happy, sad, silly, confused, excited. Before you know it, everyone may be smiling. When children help prepare their own food, they are much more likely to eat it. Silly Face Sandwiches is an ideal recipe for chefs of all ages.

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Bread Sandwich filling of your choice – meat, cheese, peanut butter, and jelly A variety of vegetables, leafy greens, olives, or whatever you have on hand

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Directions Made your favorite sandwich and decorate as desired. The sillier the better and more delicious.

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JUNE FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: MAYBERRY SPIRITS WHISKEY DISTILLERY TOURS, 431 N. South St. Open Fridays & Saturdays from 12:00 PM until 6:00 PM. Call 336-719-6860 for more info; located at 431 N. South St. in Mount Airy. Private Tours available by appointment.

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June 11, at 7:30 PM NORTH TOWER BAND, Friday, June 16, at 7:30 PM THE ENTERTAINERS, Friday, June 17, at 7:30 PM MAGNIFICENTS BAND, Saturday, June 18, at 7:30 PM FANTASY BAND, Thursday, June 23, at 7:30 PM CASSETTE REWIND, Friday, June 24, at 7:30 PM

• JUKEBOX REHAB, Saturday, June 25, at 7:30 PM JUNE 3-4: MOUNT AIRY BLUEGRASS AND OLD-TIME FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION The Old-Time music tradition born in Surry County and the sounds of sweet music carries throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains from local, national and international musicians at the Annual Mount Airy Old-Time Fiddlers Convention at Veterans Memorial Park in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

This family friendly event brings together musicians and fans for two full days of competition, jam sessions, dancing, singing, education, and family entertainment.

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Both concerts from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Purchase tickets online in advance for a discounted rate. For more details and concert day rules and regulations please visit sheltonvineyards.com JUNE 4TH CAMARO AUTO SHOW 2022 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Shelton Vineyards Free Admission for spectators. For more details visit sheltonvineyards.com

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SATURDAYS IN JUNE: ELKIN FARMERS MARKET 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.. Located at 226 North Bridge Street, Elkin JUNE WEDNESDAYS: OPEN MIC NIGHT AT REEVES THEATER Sign-up: 6:30 PM, Show: 7:00 PM. JUNE 10-11: YADKIN VALLEY CARNIVAL Join us for the 1st Annual Yadkin Valley Carnival!

Hours will be June 10, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM and June 11, 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Only $10 for carnival area all day pass (5 carnival rides). $10 for HDK Ranch area all day pass (bounce house, petting zoo, pony rides). Food & Craft Vendors will be on site. This will be a great day for the entire family!

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JUNE 24–25: ELKIN ROOTS MUSIC FEST 2022 at the Reeves Theater & Cafe. The ELKIN ROOTS MUSIC FEST brings a family-friendly, roots music event to Elkin, NC. Hosted by the Reeves Theater, the 2022 Elkin Roots Music Fest Friday's lineup includes: Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Caleb Caudle. Saturday is Blues Night and includes: DaShawn & Wendy Hickman Present: Sacred Steel, Wanda Johnson, Big Ron Hunter, The Reeves House Band

PILOT MOUNTAIN PILOT MOUNTAIN EVENTS Pilot Mountain Tourism, 124 West Main Street, Pilot Mountain For more area info, visit www.pilotmountainnc.org JUNE 4: HOT NIGHTS, HOT CARS CRUISE-IN FEATURING THE EXTRAORDINAIRES Pilot Mountain’s Cruisein's are family oriented events offering an open street cruise-in, live beach music, and plenty of food and beverage vendors. Local vineyards will be serving some great wines at each event. Hot Nights Hot Cars is hosted by Mt. Pilot Now and takes place the 1st Saturday of the month from May- October. Cruise In begins officially at 3 PM, Live Beach Music 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM JUNE 25: PILOT MOUNTAIN PIG OUT: FOOD TRUCK RODEO The Pilot Mountain Pig Out is a Food Truck Festival & Beer Garden event. The festival has Food Trucks, Craft Beer, Live Music, & More! Admission is free; Admission to the Beer Garden is $5 at the ID check tent (must have valid ID and be 21 and up). Check out our Facebook page as well!

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JUNE CONCERTS AT THE BLUERIDGE MUSIC CENTER (GALAX, VA): June 4 at 7:00 PM, DORI FREEMAN accompanied by the Winston-Salem Symphony String Quintet | June 18 at 7:00 PM, KRUGER BROTHERS accompanied by Kontras Quartet | June 25 at 7:00 PM, ZOE & CLOYD plus guests The Burnett Sisters Band with Colin Ray. Blue Ridge Music Center, Music Center Road (Blue Ridge Parkway), Galax, VA. JUNE 10-11 (GALAX, VA): HOUSTONFEST Join us as we use the power of music and community service to transform lives as well as provide inspiration and avenues for regional youth to pursue their artistic endeavors preserving the musical heritage of this region. Proceeds from HoustonFest will go to the Galax Volunteer Fire Department with discretionary contribution to be made to local youth music and service education programs. Felts Park, Galax, VA. – www.houstonfestgalax.com JUNE 18 (GRAYSON HIGHLANDS STATE PARK, VA): WAYNE C. HENDERSON MUSIC FESTIVAL AND GUITAR COMPETITION This festival and guitar competition features some of the region’s best traditional musicians.

From time to time, they have shared the stage with bluegrass bands from Europe. Wayne and many of his musical friends are featured performers at the festival, with bluegrass and old-time music dominating the program. www.waynehenderson.org JUNE 24-25 (ELK CREEK, VA): GRAYSON COUNTY FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION Old-Time & Bluegrass Music Competition. Elk Creek Ball Park, Elk Creek, VA. JUNE 24-25 (SPARTA, NC): BACKWOODS BEAT SINGER/SONGWRITER & ART FESTIVAL Songwriter Concerts both Friday and Saturday (Ticketed event at Muddy Creek Music Hall). Songwriting Workshop 10-12 at Alleghany JAM House conducted by featured concert songwriters. Juried Art Show on Main Street 10-5.

Children's Dilly Dally Alley in Alley between Touch of Grace and the Chamber 10-5. Music on Main Street from 10-4 featuring different musicians and bands every two hours; Sparta, NC – www.alleghanyartscouncil.org/ backwoods-beat-music-festival/ JUNE 25 (FRIES, VA): GO WITH THE FLOW MUSIC AND BREW FEST 12:00 – 8:00 PM at Fries Park on the New River. Great music, awesome craft beer, delicious food, axe throwing, vendors, 5K race and more! Rain or shine, lots of shelter available. Anderson Street, Fries, VA – www.flowbrewfest.com (See ad page 19) JUNE 27 – JULY 2 GALAX FIREMAN'S CARNIVAL Both nights will feature Figure 8 (Demolition Derby) racing.

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