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Looking at the Big Picture

by Kathryn Davis

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Busy Bees Quilt Up a Show

by Joyce Wilburn

Charles Hawkins to Be Toasted and Roasted

by Gail Gunn

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Brought to Us by Tom Hanks: John Adams

by Emyl Jenkins

Spring Must Be Here – DRBA’s Back on the River

by Forrest Altman

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Art Program Just for 50+

by Emyl Jenkins

Cabaret Offers Glimpse of Old Germany

by B. J. Durham

Snow in April?

by Nancy Tait

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Believe

by Liz Sater

She Said He Said

by Dena Hill and Larry Oldham

Celebrate National Tartan Day

by Bill Smith

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Second Thoughts

by Kim Clifton

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Old and New Define Garden Week Tour Danville Tour

by Caroline H. Neal Chatham Tour

by Eleanor Thompson

by Kathryn Davis

I was born with a positive attitude. No matter what life hands me, I believe the best is always going to happen. I expect a happy ending.

That's not to say that bad things haven't happened to me. Like everyone else, I've had my share of disappointments and even a few devastating times, mostly the losses of loved ones. But when I'm faced with a situation that could turn bad, I don't waste time worrying about what might happen. I simply ride the situation out. If something bad happens, then I deal with it. If I get my happy ending, I haven't wasted a lot of time being miserable for nothing. Maybe that seems kind of naïve, even flighty, but a recent turn of events seems to confirm the wisdom of my ways.

Last October, I went to my doctor for a routine physical. I

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the Danville Museum in April

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Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

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14 Shape Up!

by Jason Bookheimer

College Isn’t Just for Teens Anymore

by Amanda Wilson

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by Linda Williams Shop the Caswell Spring Market

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Photo of White Oak Mountain Quilters Guild members, Belinda Crews, Gail Pendry, Martha Slade, and Alisa Seamster by Tony Adcock.

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knew my cholesterol numbers were a little high, but I had no symptoms of any ailments. The blood tests revealed a few other numbers that were also high. My doctor said the negative readings could signal a number of things ranging from very serious to nothing to worry about. I chose to believe the latter.

Despite my lack of any symptoms, my doctor decided to send me for several tests.

He then referred me to another doctor who prescribed even more tests, including a series of blood tests that surely left me a quart low. I could have gone into a major panic or slumped into a depression over what these tests might prove. Sure, I thought about the possibilities, but I chose not to dwell on them.

After three months and countless tests, the high numbers

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went down virtually on their own and all that the doctors found were a group of blood vessels clustered close enough together to resemble a "spot" on an x-ray ( but causing no harm), an area of arthritis in my back (that caused no pain), and a slight iron deficiency anemia. In other words, I'm fine!

Now suppose I had spent that three months worrying and driving myself and everyone around me crazy, only to find out there was nothing wrong with me?

I realize that this approach may not work for everyone. But we make a lot of choices in life, so why not choose happiness over worry? Remember Chapter 6 of Matthew’s Gospel, "Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more important than they?”

I choose to believe that He will take care of me, and I'm a much happier person because of my choice.

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Charles Hawkins to Be Toasted and Roasted

by Gail Gunn

photo by Tony Adcock

y preconceived notions of quilters as bespectacled white-haired grandmas sitting in their rocking chairs with needles in hand flew out the window the minute I arrived at Keeling Mercantile on National Quilting Day, the third Saturday in March. The breeze in the parking lot was nothing compared to the whirlwind of sewing and socializing activities occurring inside the store on Piney Forest Road.

After being warmly greeted by White Oak Mountain Quilters Guild member Gail Pendry, for the next 60 minutes I watched six women of varying ages, ethnic groups, and backgrounds sew, cut, laugh, talk, eat, and sew some more as they busily prepared for their upcoming April show.

“So, this is what it’s like to be at the epicenter of a quilting beehive,” I thought to myself, and wondered what it would be like if all 55 members had been present.

While sewing machines hummed in the background, friendly chatter flowed as easily as the stitches on the red-white-andblue patriotic quilts being made for hospitalized veterans. “The American Legion in South Boston supplies the batting (the middle of the quilt) for these quilts and an army chaplain in Iraq distributes them,” Martha Slade, president of the group, explained. Other locally-made quilts have been given to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, Little Life Pregnancy Medical Center, and Roman Eagle Memorial Home.

Making contributions to families and communities is a generationsold tradition of quilting groups, but the needlework does as much for the giver as the receiver. When job and life responsibilities weigh heavily on Slade, a veterinarian technician in Chatham, she retreats to an isolated room in her home and works on a quilt. “I get in touch with my creative side,” she says, laughing at the idea of sending herself to her room for a time-out.

For another member, Callie Brandon, Fabric Department Head at Hobby Lobby, the love of sewing started decades ago when her former junior high school teacher and current guild member, Hazel Moore, taught her the joy of creating things with material. These days Callie’s years of invaluable experience and accumulated tips are happily shared when a question or problem arises.

Although socializing and helping each other have been mainstays of the quilting bee since Colonial days, these twentyfirst century ladies have improved on other aspects of quilting. Molly Mauldin, a Danville Community College math teacher and former

Alisa Seamster uses a rotary cutter to slice through layers of material.

Busy Bees Quilt Up a Show

by Joyce Wilburn

Pittsylvania County geometry teacher, uses her professional skills to change the size of a pattern using pencil, graph paper, and calculator. Belinda Crews, a medical technologist at Danville Regional Medical Center, designs quilts with the help of computer software. And they all use a rotary cutter to slice through several layers of material instead of tediously cutting cloth piece by piece.

All this snipping and sewing creates colorful, useful household and personal items for the nonjuried show, which is held every two years. “We have over 130 quilts on display at the show this year and several were made by men,” says Crews. Dolls, doll clothes, pillows, antique quilts, wall hangings, table runners, wearable art, and other unique items will also be shown, and visitors will be able to vote for their favorites in 14 categories

as well as the most coveted recognition, Best in Show.

With a newfound appreciation for the soft art work that was being created, I rose to leave, but not before making a note of the show date. And at the door, I couldn’t help noticing how the friendly ladies, as busy as bees on a warm spring day, bid me farewell without skipping a stitch.

The 8th White Oak Mountain Quilt Show will be held at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 3090 North Main Street, on Friday, April 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Donation is $3 per person. For more information about the show or joining the group, visit www.whiteoakmountainquilters.com.

The Downtown Danville Association is roasting and toasting Senator Charles Hawkins at its Third Annual Honoree of the Year fundraiser. Roasters are Jay Hayes, Linwood Duncan, David Luther, and Congressman Virgil Goode, who is also the featured speaker. Vocalist Donna Redd will render a medley of patriotic songs, and WBTM’s Hutch will be the master of ceremonies.

“I will always remember Charles Hawkins…with a coffee cup in one hand,” says close friend Arlene Creasy of the Senator who “never had a note to look at during his presentation, and never used a microphone.”

Hawkins was elected first to the House of Delegates in 1981 and then the Senate in 1992, from which he recently retired.

But his influence will continue to be far-reaching, especially in Danville, and the Counties of Pittsylvania, Campbell, and Franklin.

According to Delegate Danny Marshall, “If you look around Southside Virginia, and our Commonwealth, you will see Charles Hawkins’ fingerprints on many projects.” Marshall gives both Hawkins and Whitt Clement kudos for “…having the vision to not let the (tobacco) money go into the General Assembly general fund but to come to areas that would lose tobacco jobs,” pointing to the Institute, high speed Internet, and almost every industrial project that was helped either in part or 100% with the funds from the Tobacco Commission.

During the special DDA benefit event, roasters hope to create a few more good-natured legends about this well-respected man whom Congressman Virgil Goode refers to as the gentleman from Southside whose “speeches on the floor of the Senate are legendary and often swung votes to his point of view.”

The Honoree of the Year DDA Benefit will be held at the Stratford Courtyard and Conference Center on Saturday, April 5, from 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. There will be a live auction, music by the popular Small Town Orchestra, and wine, beer, a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres. Cost is $40.00 per person. Seating is limited and the attire is dressy. For more information call 434.791.4470.

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Brought to Us

by Tom Hanks: John Adams

by Emyl Jenkins

“We can never do enough to tell and show our children our founding years.”

So said David McCullough, standing with Executive Producer, Tom Hanks, at the Richmond premier of the HBO mini-series, John Adams, based on McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize winning book by the same name.

Tom Hanks is so passionate about America’s founding years and the men and women responsible for our great country’s freedom that, after reading McCullough’s biography of our second president, Hanks wanted to ensure that this generation of Americans and our children would know about our forefathers.

To that end, Hanks procured the talents of Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney in the starring roles, and an equally brilliant production staff to bring the series into our homes on Sunday nights through April 20th.

John Adams is a grand production, one we should all be watching.

Against the stormy mood of America’s Patriots and Loyalists

Executive producer Tom Hanks and Governor Tim Kaine exchange political barbs at the premier of the HBO mini-series John Adams at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond on March 9th. (photo by Robert M. Sexton)

in the 1770s, the mini-series tells the love story of John and Abigail Adams while detailing the complicated relations of the Revolutionary War heroes we read about, but know too little of—Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and others.

These are people we should all be better acquainted with, for as McCullough says, “Think of the blessings, blessings beyond counting, that we owe to those brave men and women who were there at the creation.”

Spring Must Be Here – DRBA’s Back on the River

by Forrest Altman Author of The Dan River Book The Dan River Basin Association welcomes Spring on Saturday, April 5, with a seasonal switch from winter hikes to a spring float on the Dan River from Moratock Park, in Danbury, North Carolina, to the confluence of Snow Creek, near Dodgetown Bridge.

This easy, leisurely, familyfriendly four-mile trip on a scenic, less-traveled section of the river will begin at 10 a.m.

Trip coordinator will be Will Truslow, President of the Dan River Basin Association.

Before heading downstream, participants will be treated to the unveiling of a sign describing the benefit of planting trees along streams. “This will be the first of three such signs at places along the river,” says Brian Higgins, recently-appointed Project Manager for Nature and Heritage Tourism programs in

DRBA’s Eden, North Carolina office.

On the river, boaters will see many harbingers of spring: red blooms emerging on the maple trees, new leaves on the columns of Virginia Creeper, tiny blossoms snowing from the willow trees,

And for those attending the Richmond premier of John Adams, we had a close-up look at heroes of our own—writers, producers, and actors—who have brought us a legacy from our past so that we might pass it on to the next generation.

What a great reason to gather your family around you on these April Sunday nights to learn about who, as a nation, we are.

And on a personal note, yes, Tom Hanks is a charming, affable, and delightful man. Genuine and nice, he is worthy of his fans’ admiration.

and ubiquitous bluets gracing the low banks. In this section of the river, one can be close to nature in any season, but it may be most exciting in Spring when one sees the first long-stemmed violets blooming or sees the first cloud of yellow butterflies hovering over its moist, muddy spawning place.

A mile into the trip, Flat Shoals Creek enters the river and boaters might notice many animal trails or otter slides, which are escape routes for the playful otter in their forays into cornfields. Farther downstream, participants will float past historical sites and under the rusty skeleton of a 1918 bridge.

Participants must bring a boat, paddles, life jackets, drinks and lunch, wear water-shedding artificial fabric or wool (not cotton, and certainly not jeans) and a back-up change of clothing.

All participants will be asked to sign a waiver.

For more information and directions, call 434.579.7599 or kpauljohnson@

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Cabaret Offers Glimpse of Old Germany

by B. J. Durham

Art Program Just for 50+

by Emyl Jenkins

Travel Channel host, art historian, and part of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center (HEC), Lee Sandstead will explain “Why I Love Art” on Wednesday, April 2, from 10-11:00 a.m. at the HEC. The free lecture is designed to generate interest in the HEC’s adult-learning Program Just for 50 Plus (PJ50+).

Sandstead will discuss his passion for art, tell about the French woman who introduced him to art history, and explain the personal meaning of many great art works from Old Masters to modern-day masters. Speaking of the lecture, which he has delivered from Harvard to New York University, Sandstead says it is “… one of my favorite lectures—and the most personal.”

Starting in April, HEC will offer an array of non-credit classes through PJ50+ taught by adult volunteers with expertise in their fields of study. The purpose of the program is to foster learning and social interaction in an age group that should be considered ready for anything but retirement.

Citing the excitement in the 50+ population of Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, PJ50+ director Boo Evans says, “This is the most enthusiastic and successful program that I have ever worked with.”

PJ50+ offers classes in literature, economics, the arts, history, religion, philosophy, computers and lifestyle topics, just to name a few. Memberships are $35/ single and $50/couple for each term, which entitles attendees to take as many classes as they wish throughout that term. Terms run Spring, Fall and Winter. “The only requirement is that you are 50 or older,” says Evans, adding, “There will be no tests, grades, credit, or educational requirements.”

For more information, visit www.svhed.org, call 434.572.5448 or email booevans@svhed.org.

Audiences will experience a taste of the false glamour and glitz of depression-era Germany when The Little Theatre of Danville presents the Tony Award-winning musical Cabaret directed by Michael Edwards, assisted by Gail Hicks-Smith and Crystal Gregory.

Set in 1929 and1930, Cabaret revisits the seedy, somewhat dark underside of German society and the decadence that prevailed in some quarters just prior to the rise of the Nazi party. The play centers around the Kit-Kat Klub and the people who frequented it as a way of escaping the reality of a country in moral and economic turmoil.

The major story tells the relationship between Sally Bowles, a 19 year-old English cabaret singer, and Cliff Bradshaw, an American writer. A secondary plot line involves German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her failing romance with Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Tying the story lines together is the Kit-Kat emcee, whose persona serves as a reminder of German society in that era.

While many may be familiar with the film version of the story and the memorable performances by Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli, the stage version is slightly different and a few degrees darker, but many of the original, well-known songs remain. The Little Theatre performances will be a full production of the play, including song and dance numbers accompanied by live music.

Cabaret will be presented over two weekends at 7:30 p.m. on April 11, 12, and 18, 19, and a 2 p.m. matinee on April 13 and 20. General admission tickets are $12.50 in advance; $15 at the door.

Following the show on opening night only, a champagne and caviar reception will be held with the cast. Tickets for the reception and the show are $35 each and must be purchased in advance. All performances will be at the North Theatre, 629 North Main Street. Advance tickets are available at Danville Arts and Humanities, 635 Main Street 434.792-6965.

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Snow in April?

by Nancy Tait Public Relations Manager

Snow in April? Is this an April Fool’s joke? No, it’s a fascinating Snow Crystal Photomicrographs exhibit at the Danville Science Center on display through May 31. The photomicrographs capture intricate details and the individuality of each crystal.

Every detail is clearly visible through the lenses of Kenneth Libbrecht’s microscope.

“Libbrecht’s snowflake images are spectacularly beautiful,” says Danville Science Center Director Jeff Liverman. “But this exhibit is more than an art show. Libbrecht studies snowflakes. He researches the underlying physics of why snow crystals grow like they do.

How fast does this happen? How does it change with temperature?

Understanding the physics and chemistry of how crystals grow may someday lead to new and better types of crystalline materials.”

Each of the 29 snow crystal photomicrographs tells a story of the crystal’s journey through the clouds. “Temperature and humidity work together to determine the crystal’s basic

Snow crystal photomicrograph

by Kenneth Libbrecht. shape and level of complexity,” says Liverman. “Some are spiky, some chunky, some thin and some thick, but all are stunning works of nature’s art.”

While at the Science Center, also visit the traveling exhibition, Too Small to See. Experience nanotechnology when you build molecules and investigate the concept of scale.

Both exhibits are included in the admission price. Tickets are $5 for youth ages 4 to12 and seniors 60+ and $6 for adults. For more information call 434.791-5160 or visit www.dsc.smv.org. The Center is located at 677 Craghead Street.

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In the redevelopment of Danville’s Historic Downtown and the Tobacco Warehouse Districts

by Liz Sater, Re-Development Coordinator

There is a good reason we call what we do Economic Development and not Economic Achievement.

When a new company locates in a community, the public announcement and grand opening are parts of a long and complicated process that attracts all the attention. But in reality, from the moment a prospective client is first identified, it takes time and a host of good partners to develop the steps that lead to that moment.

The process of economic development is quickly changing.

The amount of time involved in landing a particular project has actually decreased in recent years because now, long before they contact the locality, the prospect will have researched the area on the web and eliminated cities that lacked one desired element or another. Ten years ago, 70% of recruitment efforts were focused on manufacturing industries and 30% on technology or service businesses. Now, the opposite is true.

Localities no longer go through a courtship and selection process; they survive a process of elimination.

In Virginia, we are in good hands thanks in part to the efforts of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP), a network of professionals who not only specialize in various business disciplines, but also know enough about various regions of the Commonwealth to match assets with opportunities, and effect positive change in Virginia's economy.

Some feel that Southern Virginia receives more than its fair share of attention from VEDP and the Governor's office. Since 2004, VEDP has been instrumental in locating over 214 projects and 16,000 jobs in our region; over 39% of incentive dollars from the Governor's Opportunity Fund has been awarded to Southside projects.

Southside has suffered some crippling blows to the economy and measures to strengthen our business climate are crucial and will ultimately strengthen commerce in the entire State.

While we have looked to VEDP and other partners for help in identifying and engaging prospective clients, Danville has also worked hard to have the necessary infrastructure in place when opportunity knocks. Efforts to retrain and develop a quality workforce are ongoing so that when a company is looking for 200 employees, our region can supply qualified candidates.

Partnerships with educational facilities are in place for customized workforce training, should an industry need that service. Local incentives are available to help bring highly competitive economic development projects to the table, and a customer friendly zoning and permitting process encourages developers to invest in our community.

Over a million square feet in the Downtown and Tobacco Warehouse District is available for adaptive reuse. The beautiful architecture and historic ambiance nestled along the beautiful Dan River sets these districts apart from other industrial sites. Projects that could go anywhere else can locate in these districts to distinguish themselves.

In many cases, the cost per square foot to rehabilitate the buildings is small compared to building a brand new facility from the ground up.

Opportunity is already knocking for Downtown and the Tobacco Warehouse District and our partners. We are ready to make things happen. Be watching for the grand openings to come.

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She Said

He Said

She Said by Dena Hill

He Said by Larry Oldham

We all have idiosyncrasies that drive us up the wall. I was hoping that I would mellow with age, but so far, that hasn't happened.

For example— When I say “Thank you” for a service performed or a deed done, the typical response today is “No problem” instead of “You're welcome.” I never said there was a problem so how does a problem enter into the picture? A simple you're welcome or okay would suffice.

In all fairness to the generation before us, such sayings as long in the tooth, fuddy duddy, all the rage, to tie the knot, to lose heart, and dry spell—when taken literally— probably had our parents confused. Each generation has its own lingo. How do you think a foreigner would interpret his nose is out of joint or a wolf in sheep's clothing or when pigs fly?

Another word that grates on my ears is library. There are two r’s in library. The word is not libary. What about the word salmon? The l is silent so it sounds like sa-men. One day I heard someone denounce an opinion during a conversation by saying, "That's a mute point.” The word is moot; short o not long u.

There are, though, some exceptions. We have a Sunday School teacher who speaks eloquently, so of course I DO listen to him. And our class is full of well-read worshippers who know the Bible backwards and forwards.

So even if I thought someone was mispronouncing or misusing a word, I wouldn't correct them. There are times when knowledge outweighs pronunciation and enunciation.

I know I've mispronounced words and I appreciate being corrected.

After all, we never stop learning. I have a feeling that after this column hits the newsstand, I'll have readers yelling “No problem” at me.

I'll try to smile through my gritting teeth and crossed eyes and reply, "Was that only a slip of the tongue?"

Well, this is what I get for dating a school teacher.

Who cares what the response is when you say "Thank you" as long as there is a response? It beats a blank stare or being completely ignored. As much as I like to talk, I'm just interested in carrying on a conversation with someone. I certainly don't judge how they're using English grammar.

You must be accustomed to hearing incorrect grammar in the classroom, so you're judging everyone you see or hear. Granted, it's your job to teach acceptable speech patterns, but you need to lighten up on the general population. We speak the way we do because we were taught by our parents and their parents before them. We hand down our way of communicating the same way we hand down stories from one generation to the next. I can't worry about how foreigners interpret our language as long as I know what I mean.

If they want to think that pigs really can fly, that's their problem, not mine.

Also, I've been saying libary my whole life and it probably isn't going to change now that you've brought it to my attention. I love books and they'll still be inside "the room" no matter how I pronounce it. The same holds true for salmon. There are six letters in that word and I'm going to pronounce every last one of them! (But I don't have to eat it, do I?) I guess I should send up smoke signals to communicate with you because now I'm afraid I'll mispronounce a word and you'll be writing it down in your little composition book to be used in a later column. But one thing we agree on is our Sunday School class...it's great! I toyed with the idea of teaching once in a while until I realized how critical you are about grammar. Do you think you could occasionally be sick so I can teach in peace? Thank you...No problem.

Celebrate National Tartan Day in Danville

by Bill Smith

Ten years ago, the U.S. Senate declared April 6, the day the Scottish Declaration of Independence was signed in 1320, as National Tartan Day. Scotland’s Declaration of Arbroath, one of the most important statements of human rights ever written, was the model for the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

National Tartan Day honors the major role that Scottish Americans played in founding our nation.

Almost half the signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish descent; the governors of 9 of the original 13 states were of Scottish ancestry; and Scottish

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Americans successfully helped shape this country in its formative years and guided it through its most troubled times.

April 6 also recognizes the monumental achievements and invaluable contributions made by Scottish Americans in the fields of science, technology, medicine, government, politics, economics, architecture, literature, and the performing arts.

National Tartan Day will be celebrated by the Virginia- Carolina Scottish Society on Saturday, April 5, with a Tartan Day Banquet at the Lawson-Overbey Inn, 782 Main Street. For more information, contact President Bill Smith at 434.793.7432.

Smith is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a member of the Royal British Legion of Scotland.

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Pressure Cooker When it comes to cooking, I can’t stand the heat. So staying out of the kitchen is just fine with me.

But when it comes to making excuses to avoid food preparation, my goose is cooked.

I can’t blame it on not having enough time. Rachael Ray and her 30 minute meals have ruined that. And I can’t blame it on not knowing how, since the Food Network has a show called “How to Boil Water.”

The truth is, I don’t feel at home on the range.

The trouble is, these days it’s hip to get in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans.

So much so, there are tons of parties specially designed to make mealtime fun.

Like Tastefully Simple or Pampered Chef.

Used to be that no one cared what you made or how you made it. The only thing you could buy at a kitchen party like that was Tupperware. And it focused more on making your leftovers burp than your guests.

Of all the creative folks who make sure that food looks and tastes good, the Pampered Chef crew intrigued me the most. So, when I got invited to a party I

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Professional Pharmacy, Inc. envisioned an evening of wearing memory-foam slippers and sipping fruity cocktails.

Instead, I saw demonstrations of trinkets to help me cook with flare and flavor. I’ve never seen such an array.

Things I never knew existed or even why they were invented.

My favorite was this little dipstick to tell me when my cakes were ready.

It was cute, but I actually have an easier way. The grocer scribbles my name on the box.

Talk about being a fish out of water. I found out quickly that I didn’t speak the same language as these people. To me, a cookie sheet means I dropped Oreo crumbs in the bed. Lemon Zest is name of the soap in my shower, and the only things I pinch are a

few pennies now and then.

Forget these specialty gadgets and TV shows…it’s all a ruse. Cooking is hard. Which explains why the Easy Bake Oven is a toy.

Everyone has more imagination in the kitchen than I do, except possibly a Cro-Magnon housewife.

Then again, she had no electricity and had to chase her groceries down with a wooden club.

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In spite of all the shows and gadgets out there, I’m still not cooking with gas.

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Danville Tour

by Caroline H. Neal A home in the former Link-Watson Building, now Lindsay Lofts for Urban Living, will be one of the four private residences open for Danville’s Historic Garden Week Tour, Thursday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Above the commercial units at 308 Craghead Street in the Tobacco Warehouse District and among the 21 condominiums is Number 211, the 2,300 square-foot private space of the owner/developer James Cheatham and his wife.

Cheatham, a twelfth generation Virginian, values both the old and the new. In his diagonal floor and fourteen-and-a-half foot ceiling home with its original arched windows, many antiques, Oriental rugs, and a vintage glass collection are combined with contemporary pieces. An up-to-the-minute kitchen claims one corner of the inside living area and a wall fountain anchors the inviting urban patio.

Several blocks away, at 234 Jefferson Avenue, C.B. Maddox and William J. Wellbank will open their 1885 Queen Anne-style mansion.

Graced with antique chandeliers, ornate plaster ceiling medallions, stained glass windows and exquisitely detailed mantelpieces, the home also includes an original conservatory for winter gardening.

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Tour visitors will also be welcomed at two charming redbrick residences in Forest Hills.

Designed by J. Bryant Heard, 429 Linden Place is a 1954 hillside house owned by Eddie and Ellen Beville Mitchell. In addition to beautiful millwork and choice antiques, including a 1795 Hepplewhite desk and 1743 bird print, the Mitchells will have on display their collections of English porcelains, dolls and Bunnykins, Staffordshire figurines, and many paintings by Mrs. Mitchell’s sister, Nancy Beville Prichard of Virginia Beach.

The other Forest Hills residence is at 135 Hawthorne Drive, home of Tuss Macpherson. In the Italian marble foyer lighted by an antique chandelier, the pineapple ceiling medallion was painted by South Boston artist Phil Ramsey. Ramsey also created the living room’s extraordinary family heritage

screen with scenes of the owner’s Minnesota childhood on Lake Minnetonka and her late husband’s Scottish heritage. Hanging above the fireplace is a framed child’s 100-year-old green velvet suit made for Mrs. Macpherson’s father by her grandmother.

Also on view are paintings, some collected on foreign travels and others by local artists. Beforeand-after pictures show the kitchen’s total renovation, and the deck beyond it overlooks formal boxwood plantings and a threetiered walled garden.

Historic points of interest on the tour include the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, housed in the 1859 Sutherlin Mansion, 975 Main Street; the 1874 Langhorne House, 117 Broad Street; the Danville Science Center in the 1899 Southern Railway passenger station and administration building, 677 Craghead Street; and the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, 150 Slayton Avenue off Route 58 East and River Point Drive.

April 2008 Sponsors of the tour are The Garden Club of Danville and the Gabriella Garden Club, both affiliates of The Garden Club of Virginia. Proceeds restore gardens and grounds of historic properties around the state. Block tickets for $20 and single-site tickets for $8 are available in advance at Gingerbread House, Main Street Coffee Emporium, Southern Gourmet, Foxglove and Dixie Bags and at the homes on the day of the tour. Tickets are also available online at www.VAGardenweek.org. A courtesy trolley shuttle to the tour homes will originate at First Baptist Church, 871 Main Street. The trolley will depart approximately every 30 minutes between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Parking is available in the First Baptist Church. Refreshments will be served at the Museum from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Chatham Garden Tour

by Eleanor Thompson

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of The Garden Club of Virginia, the Chatham Garden Club will open three beautiful homes and two historic sites to visitors and sponsor a flower arranging program.

Built in 1915 by Dr. Charles Grove with a side entrance to incorporate his physician’s office, the two-story white clapboard house and welcoming porches at 4800 Spring Garden Road is the home of Mrs. R. Jerry Swanberg, a knowledgeable collector.

April 2008 One feature visitors will especially enjoy are the working 1930s stove and an early oak icebox in the kitchen. Among other notable items are nine Currier and Ives hand-colored lithographs and many early 20thcentury treasures such as a freestanding hand-crank Victrola.

A dependency displays period antiques from local Pittsylvania County families.

1842 Chalk Level Road, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wayne Yeatts, is a beigebrick pillared, yellow-frame 6,000-square-foot home with cathedral ceilings, ornate woodwork, and pecan hardwood floors. Approached by a circular driveway and sited on 176 acres of rolling hills, its magnificent views of distant mountains and Little Cherry Stone Creek are one of the home’s integral features. Also stunning is the landscaping, which extends from a paved entry to surround a lower-level swimming pool and patio.

At 4740 Payneton Road is the former Sheva Christian Church, now the charming J. Fuller Motley home. Though it underwent a remarkable transformation, some of the fine character of the original structure remains. The interior has been so uniquely adapted to its present use that the sanctuary’s ceiling light fixtures in the great room is as

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originally hung. A wall mural from a Sunday School classroom is another reminder of its previous use. A foyer and three bedrooms were cleverly created from the former church, along with four main rooms, and a large fireplace has been fashioned from field stone gathered from surrounding meadows and fields.

Two sites listed on the National Register of Historical Places will also be open: the Pittsylvania County’s 1813 Clerks Office on Court Street, and a 1926 streetcar on South Main Street.

Refreshments will be served at the Clerk’s Office.

Cathy Barnhardt, Biltmore Floral Design Manager who has been featured in Southern Living, Better Homes and Garden, and seen on The Today Show and Good Morning America, will demonstrate flower arranging from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Chatham Baptist Church.

The tour will be on Sunday, April 20, from 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. Cost is $10.

Single-house admission is $4.

Children under 12 years are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

Tickets may be purchased on the day of tour at any site or in advance at www.VAGardenweek.org. For more information, call 434. 432-1011.

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April

Through April 27

Averett Student and Alumni Art Show – See page 12.

Through May 1

Too Small to See Exhibit – Discover the world of nanotechnology. Danville Science Center – 434.791.5160. See ad page 7.

Lighten Up 4 Life – Guest speakers, fun exercise programs, nutrition, prizes. 2nd & 4th Weds. 9-11 am. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Art with Flo – Wet on wet technique. Weds or Thurs, 6–9 pm. Ballou Annex. 434.797.8848.

Through May 11

Maud Gatewood Legacy Exhibit – See page 12.

Through May 31

Exhibit – Walk Through The Westward Movement. South Boston Museum – 434.572.9200.

April 1

Spring Book Review – The Absolute True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Bring your lunch – drinks & desserts will be served. 12:15 pm. Public Library – 434.799.5195.

Averett Men’s & Women’s Tennis vs.

Ferrum College. Men - 3 pm; Women 4 pm. Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

April 1 (thru 3)

DCC’s Celebration of the Arts - 4/1– Storyteller Lynn Ruehlmann, Bob Cage: The Art of Auctioneering, Jackie Frost Ensemble; 4/2 - Marge Pierce: Readings and Lecture; 4/3 – Celtibillies, Writers Workshop. Times Vary.

Danville Community College – 434.797.2222.

April 1 (thru 29)

Kuumba-West African Dance Company - Dance and drumming classes. Saturdays & Tuesdays. Times vary. City Auditorium.

434.797.8848.

Prime Time Fitness Class. 3:30-5 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Line Dance Classes. Tuesdays 7-8:30 pm.

Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

April 1 (thru May 6)

Art with Judie – Oil and watercolor painting.

Mondays or Tuesdays. Times vary. Ballou Park Annex 434.797.8848.

April 1 (thru May 31)

Snow Crystal Photomicrographs Exhibit – See page 5.

April 2

Art Lecture – See page 5.

Horseshoe Tournament. 10:30 am. Ballou Park Oven # 6. 434.799.5216.

Fetch! Lab - Design a catapult to fling a projectile across the room. Ages 8–12. 3:45–4:45 pm.

Danville Science Center - 434.791.5160.

April 3

Long Term Care Insurance – Learn how to plan for a potential long term care event.

12–1 pm. Boscov’s. 434.797.8848.

Averett Women’s Tennis vs. Salem College.

3 pm. Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

Averett Lacrosse vs. North Carolina Wesleyan. 4:30 pm. Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

Adult College Fair – See page 14.

Let’s Go Fishing – An introduction to fishing.

5:30–7:30 pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5215

April 4

Crooked Trail – Rocky Knob Ridge walk & Bluegrass Sampler. 1:30–11 pm.

434.799.5215.

April 4 & 5

Nano Days – Explore the inner workings of the tiniest science around. 4/4, 6-8 pm; 4/5, 11 am–3 pm. Danville Science Center 434.791.5160.

April 5

Danville Wine Festival – See page 11.

Kite Flying Extravaganza – Explore the history of kites and learn kite safety as you design and build a paper kite. Ages 6-11.

10 am–12 pm. Danville Science Center 434.791.5160.

DRBA’s First Saturday Outing – See pg.4.

Arrr Matey – Find the lost treasure, dine on snacks from the sea, and be ready for the unexpected on this pirate adventure. Ages 3-5. 10:30 am. Coates Recreation Center.

434.797.8848.

Bob Ross Painting Class – After the Rain. 10:30 am–3:30 pm. Ballou Annex.

434.797.8848.

Treasures from the Attic Appraisal Fair – Have your treasures examined by the experts. 11am–3 pm. South Boston Museum – 434.572.9200.

Auto Racing – Late Model / Limited / T - Pure Stock. South Boston Speedway – 877.440.1540.

Averett Men’s Tennis vs. Chris. Newport University. 3 pm. Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

DDA Honoree of the Year Benefit – See pg. 3.

National Tartan Day Banquet. See page 6.

Family Concert – “Sing and Shake” with Red Grammer. 7 pm. Rockingham Co. H.S. Auditorium. 336.342.9676 or 336.623.3336.

Attic Sale Fundraiser. See page 12.

April 5 & 6

Line Dance Invitational Workshop & Dance.

4/5 10 am–10 pm; 4/6 10 am–2 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Averett Women’s Tennis vs. Chris. Newport University (4/5); Meredith College (4/6). 12 pm.

Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

Caswell Spring Market – See page 15.

April 6

Averett Singers & Handbell Choir – Spring Concert. 4 pm. West Main Baptist Church.

434.791.5600.

April 7

Averett Lacrosse vs. Frostburg State.

1 pm. Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

Belly Dance Classes – Intermediate. 5:30 pm; Beginners, 6:45 pm. Pepsi Building.

434.797.8848.

April 7 (thru 28)

African Dance Ensemble – Learn the art of African Dance. Mons 6-7:30 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

Boogie Mondays – Cha-Cha lessons.

Mondays, 7-8:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

April 8

Alzheimer’s Presentation – Legal Issues: What You Need to Know. 12–1 pm. United Way Meeting Room. – 434.792.3700 x30.

Spring Book Review – Exposed The Toxic

Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power by Mark Schapiro.

Bring your lunch – drinks & desserts will be served. 12:15 pm. Public Library – 434.799.5195.

Polliwogs & Science Stars - Learn about butterflies & make a craft to attract butterflies. Ages 3–4 1–2 pm; Ages 5–7 3:45–4:45 pm. Danville Science Center 434.791.5160.

Averett Men’s Tennis vs. Liberty University.

3:30 pm. Averett U. 434.791.5600.

Photography Club. 6:30 pm. Ballou Annex.

434.797.8848.

Garden Series – Installing Landscape Plants.

6:30–8 pm. Boscov’s. 434.797.8848.

April 8 (thru 17)

Archery 101 – Ages 7-14. Tues/Thurs.

6:00–7:30 pm. Coates Rec.Center.

434.799.5215 or 434.799.6564.

April 9

Averett Softball vs. Mary Baldwin. 2 pm.

Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

Averett Lacrosse vs. Sweet Briar. 4 pm.

Averett U.– 434.791.5600.

April 10

Recipe Club – Share great recipes, learn different way to cook your favorite dishes.

11:30 am. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.

Retirement Money Matters – Learn strategies to help make your money last.

12–1 p.m. Boscov’s. 434.797.8848.

Beginners Cross Stitch Class. 1-2:30 or 5:30-6:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Barrage - High octane fiddle-fest mix of song & dance. 7:30 pm. Martinsville HS Auditorium. Piedmont Arts Association – 276.632.3221.

April 10 (thru 12)

Proof – The story of the daughter of a brilliant, recently deceased mathematician who suffered from mental illness. 7:30 pm.

Pritchett Auditorium. Averett Theatre Dept.– 434.791.5712.

April 11

Racin’ and Tastin’ – All you can eat BBQ, open bar, and music by Shaggie Maggie 5:30 pm. Danville Community Market.

434.793.4636. See ad page 13.

Spring Time Bingo & Lunch. 12–3 pm.

Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

BBQ Dinner – Sons of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary.

5:30–8 pm. Dan River Post 1097. egor1@comcast.net.

April 11 (thru 13)

SCCA Double Nationals Race – VIR – 434.822.7700.

Cabaret – See page 5.

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April 12

Instant Piano Classes –. 9 am-12 pm. Ballou Annex. 434.797.8848.

Wee Chef – Join us for a story and lunch. Ages 3-5. 10:30 am. Coates Rec. Center. 434.797.8848.

April 12 & 13

History on the Lawn. See page 12.

Averett Baseball vs. Methodist. 1 pm.

Averett U. – 434.791.5600.

April 13

Dedication Ceremony – Green Hill Cemetery: A Walking Tour of Civil War Sites. 2 pm.

434.793.5644.

Brahms Requiem – The concert is one of hope for all who have suffered loss and is presented in observance of the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy.

2:30 pm. Sacred Heart Church. Danville Area Choral Arts Society – 434.822.0977.

April 14

Cooking Class – Sauce it Up-A Beginner’s Guide to the Perfect Sauce.

6:30 pm. Cooper’s Landing, Clarksville – 434.374.2866.

Danville Chess Club. 7-8:30 pm. Ballou Rec. Center – 434.799.5216.

April 14 (thru May 19)

Forms in Clay – Basic principles of potterymaking and the flexibility to follow your own artistic direction. 6–9 pm. Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History – 434.793.5644.

April 15

Caring For Fido – Have your dog questions answered. 11 am. Boscov’s. 434.797.8848.

Spring Book Review – Atonement: A Novel

by Ian McEwan. Bring your lunch – drinks & desserts will be served. 12:15 pm. Public Library – 434.799.5195.

IALR Computer Workshop – Excel. 6–9 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

American Origins Speakers Series – See page 12.

April 15 (thru May 20)

Clay Treasures – Basics of clay. Ages 7-10.

5:30–6:30 pm. Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History – 434.793.5644.

April 15 (thru June 3)

Spanish I & II – Learn basics. 6–7 pm & 7–8 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

April 16

Alzheimer’s Presentation – Tips on Recognizing and Handling Alzheimer’s Patients. 12–1 pm. United Way Meeting Room. 434.792.3700 x30.

Fetch! Lab - Learn about the benefits of recycling while creating a version of recycled paper. Ages 8–12. 3:45–4:45 pm. Danville Science Center - 434.791.5160.

April 16 (thru May 21)

Painting in Acrylics. 4–5 pm. Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History – 434.793.5644.

April 17

Project Literacy JeapardBee - A mix of Jeopardy and a spelling bee. 5:45 pm.

Galileo Magnet High School. 434.773.8109.

Making Sense of Retirement – Learn strategies to help you make money.

6–7 pm. Boscov’s. 434.797.8848.

IALR Computer Workshop – EBay. 6–9 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

IALR Computer Workshop – PowerPoint.

6–9 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

Robot Music – Hear some of the personal stories behind the invention of a computercontrolled string instrument, nicknamed

April 2008 PAM. 7:30 pm. Danville Science Center 434.791.5160.

April 17 (thru May 22)

Elements of Art. Ages 8-12. 4–5 pm.

Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History

April 17 (thru June 5)

Chinese – An introductory course.

6–7 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

April 18

The Fishin’ Hole – Search of local fish such as large mouth bass, blue gill, catfish while traveling the Dan River. 5:30–8 pm.

434.799.5215.

Women of Faith, Walking by Faith of Danville. 11 am - 1 pm. The Colonade Room. Jennie - 434.793.8140 or Catherine 434.836.2660.

YMCA Sustaining Event & Casino Night – Door prizes, raffles, silent auction items & more. 6:30 pm. The Danville Golf Club.

434.792.0621.

Morgan State Univ. Choir – See page13 and ad page 11.

April 18 (thru 20) Cabaret See page 5.

April 18 (thru 29)

Smokey Joe’s Cafe – Musical. 4/18, 22, 25, 26, 29 8 pm; 4/20 & 27 - 3 pm. The Prizery, South Boston – 434.572.8339.

April 19

Stone-Carving – Basic techniques. 9 am– 12 pm. Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History – 434.793.5644.

The Coasters, Drifters, and The Platters 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Caswell County Civic Center 336.694.4591. See ad page 14.

Butterfly Station & Garden Open – See ad page 7.

Bowl for Kids Sake. 1–4 pm. Riverside Lanes.

Laura Holloway–434.792.3700 x27.

Spring “Brake” Out – Mountain bike rides for beginners - pros. 2–5 pm. Anglers Park.

434.799.5215.

Auto Racing – USAR Hooters Pro Cup 250 / Allison Legacy. South Boston Speedway – 877.440.1540.

Morgan State Univ. Choir – Gospel, pop & classical music. 7:30 pm. The Prizery, South Boston – 434.572.8339.

April 19 (thru May 10)

Four-Wheeling Tots – Basics of roller skating for your preschooler. 10:15–11 am.

Skatetown. 434.797.8848.

April 20

Chatham Garden Tour. See page 8.

April 21 & 22

Boater Safety Class. 6–9 pm. Ballou Center. 434.799.5215.

April 22

Spring Book Review – Boom! by Tom Brocaw. Bring your lunch; drinks & desserts will be served. 12:15 pm. Public Library – 434.799.5195.

Polliwogs & Science Stars - Learn how to keep our planet healthy & make an ecofriendly craft. Ages 3–4 1–2 pm; Ages 5–7 3:45–4:45 pm. Danville Science Center 434.791.5160.

IALR Computer Workshop – Computers for Beginners. 6–9 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

IALR Computer Workshop – Advanced Excel. 6–9 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

Public Forum - Danville City Council candidates. 7 pm. American Legion Memorial Post 325, 135 American Legion Blvd., 434.793.1538

April 24

Historic Garden Week – See page 8.

Recipe Club (See 4/10) How To Raise A Money-Smart Child –.

12–1 pm. Boscov’s. 434.797.8848.

Bow Making Class. 1-2:30 or 5:30-6:30 pm.

Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Spring Splash – Paddle the heart of Danville & never realize you are in a bustling city. 6–8 pm. Camilla Williams Park.

434.799.5215.

Caring For Fido. 6:30 pm. (See 4/15) IALR Computer Workshop – Advanced PowerPoint. 6–9 pm. Institute for Advanced

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Skywatchers – Constellation Cancer, star fields of the Milky Way and maybe catch a glimpse of a few meteors of the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Nightfall. Danville Science Center 434.791.5160.

Alzheimer’s Education Conference – Healthy Aging and Memory: What You Need To Know. 8:30–3:30 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning & Research.

434.792.3700 x30.

April 25 & 26

White Oak Mountain Quilt Guild. See pg. 3.

April 25 (thru 27)

Grand AM-Rolex/Moto ST – VIR – 434.822.7700.

April 26

Shape Up! See page 14.

Lake Country Wine Festival – See page 15 and ad page 8.

SPCA Derby Day – BBQ dinner, Derby Bucks to play your favorite casino games, silent auction. 3 pm. Boxwood Farm. SPCA of Martinsville & Henry County. 276.638.3222 or 276.666.1897.

Rain Barrel Workshop – Learn how to build a rain barrel to collect water that can be used to water gardens or lawns. Ages 12+.

3:45–4:45 pm. Danville Science Center 434.791.5160.

Auto Racing – Late Model / T - Limited / Pure Stock. South Boston Speedway – 877.440.1540.

April 26 & 27

Tank Museum Military Extravaganza – Military models in competition, radiocontrol tank battles, wargaming tables, radio-control paintball tanks and artillery shooting range, live fire demos, re-enactors and more. 10 am–5 pm. AAF Tank Museum – 434.836.5323. See ad page 14.

Sister Haven Festival – Booths, arts, crafts, wares, services, door prizes every hour, hiking, labyrinth, bonfire drumming, and entertainment. 4/26 10 am–5 pm; 4/47 10 am–3 pm. Cedar Haven – 434.799.3318.

Spring Fling – Great food, kiddie rides, arts & crafts, car show, nationally known entertainment. 4/26 – 10:30 am, 4/27 - 12 pm. Providence Fire & Rescue – 434.548.4444.

April 28

Danville Chess Club (See 4/15)

April 29

Spring Book Review – Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Relin. Bring your lunch – drinks & desserts will be served. 12:15 pm. Public Library – 434.799.5195.

IALR Computer Workshop – Publisher.

6–9 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning and Research – 434.766.6793.

Garden Series – Pest Control. 6:30 - 8 pm.

Boscov’s. 434.797.8848.

April 30

Uranium Educational Seminar 6:30 pm 8:30 pm. The North Theatre. 434.791.4930 or 434.797.3460.

Upcoming Events May 2

Friday at the Crossing – The Silvercreek Band. 6 pm. Carrington Pavilion.

434.793.4636.

May 2 (thru June 29)

Harry Aron Exhibit. Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History – 434.793.5644.

May 3

Art on the Lawn – Juried art show featuring some of the region’s finest artists and craftsmen whose works will be for sale.

10 am–5 pm. Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History – 434.793.5644.

Derby Day – An afternoon of Kentucky Derby fun. Indoor horse track racing, hat contest, food, beverages, prizes and more.

3–7 pm. Institute for Advanced Learning & Research. Arts and Humanities – 434.792.6965.

Too Tired to Take A Wine Tour? Not a Problem.

by Joyce Wilburn Want to learn more about Virginia wines without the hassle of driving through its wine country?

Would commuting to the Community Market on Craghead Street be too far?

No? Then you’re in luck, because the 7th Annual Danville Wine Festival, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 6143, is featuring 10 Virginia wines served with lots of fun on the side.

Flipside will be playing your favorite music, while you enjoy good food, fellowship, checking out the crafts display, and maybe win a door prize.

Flipside prides itself on having a unique sound and repertoire that includes all genres of music from current Billboard hits to classic hits from country, Southern rock, beach, blues, and R&B. You’ve probably heard them at the 2007 Festival in the Park or as part of the Fridays at the Crossing Concert Series last summer. Profits from the event benefit community programs so it’s a win-win situation for all involved.

The Danville Wine Festival will be held on Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door and are available at the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and The Gingerbread House. For more information call 434. 797.1147.

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Works bequeathed by Maud Gatewood to the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History will be on display in the Jennings Gallery until May 11th. Now in the Museum’s American Modern Art Collection, Gatewood’s works include acrylics on canvas and masonite, oils on canvas, serigraphs, watercolors, and drawings, ranging from early drawings to works from the earlyto-mid 1990s. Some of her wellknown themes such as the circus, cutouts, and her darker palette can be seen as well as the head of a woman carved from a walnut.

Included as one work on paper is Gatewood’s portfolio produced as a high school student when she studied with Carson Davenport at Averett College. These 40+ drawings and watercolors attest to Gatewood’s early talent and the influence of Carson Davenport, and they provide a marvelous fit with Carson Davenport’s works in the Museum’s collection.

Gatewood, who grew up in Caswell County, is considered by art historians to be one North Carolina’s most important painters. A 1954 graduate from the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Gatewood received a master’s degree in painting at Ohio State University. She later received a Fulbright scholarship to study in Salzburg, Austria, and her award-winning work is exhibited widely in the Southeastern United States. Her life was chronicled in an hourlong documentary, Gatewood: Facing the Canvas, produced by UNCTV. The UNC-G Weatherspoon Art Gallery 1994 Gatewood retrospective exhibition traveled to five museums throughout the South. Gatewood was honored

by UNC-G with an honorary doctorate in fine arts in 1999.

Final Lecture in Series: What Did It Mean to Be a Colony?

In the final lecture of the American Origins Speakers Series, Virginia Tech History Department Chair, Daniel Thorp, will examine

photos by Kenneth Bond

Maud Gatewood Exhibit

by Lynne Bjarnesen

Look What’s Happening at the Danville Museum in April how Virginians lived as subjects in an 18th-century British colony and how that experience influenced the debate about whether or not to declare independence in 1776.

This free lecture will be held at the Museum on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:00 p.m. and is presented through the Virginia Department of Education’s Teaching American History grant awarded to the public school systems in Danville and Pittsylvania, Halifax, and Charlotte Counties, for the purpose of raising student achievement by improving teachers’ knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history.

History on the Lawn:

Civil War Camp Life

Join the 18th Virginia Company B Danville Grays on Saturday, April 12 from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 13, from 9:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. as re-enactors demonstrate various Civil War camp life activities, including medical practices, drills, and artillery fire. As a member of Longstreet’s Corps, the company has worked with the National Park Service and the State Parks of Virginia and North Carolina and presented living history camps and re-enacted countless battles across the Southeast to educate the public about the Civil War era.

Also, the Anne Eliza Johns Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will host a statewide meeting at the Museum in honor of the 200th birthday of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

by Linda Gourley

Averett Alumni and Students Show Their Creative Side

by Emily Cropp For the first time since she graduated from Averett College in 1985, Eva Ellis Inlow is participating in an art show. Inlow is one of 36 artists whose work is on display in the Averett Alumni and Student Art Show at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History now through April 26th.

Also on display is the work of Maud Gatewood an art professor at Averett from 1975-97. (See adjoining article.)

Inlow makes jewelry using wire and gems she finds at gem shows.

The piece she submitted for the show, “Lancaster,” is an onyx-andgold wire necklace. Although she hadn’t participated before, Inlow says, “I was really proud of the piece and wanted to show it off. I had just made (the necklace), and

the show came up and I thought, ‘Wow, perfect timing.’”

Although Averett’s art students participate in an art show every spring, alumni are invited to participate in a special show every five years. “We like to invite (alumni) back to see what they’re doing, how they’ve utilized their degrees and how they’re still tied up with creative efforts,” says Diane Kendrick, art professor and chair of the department. “It is so good for (current) students to see (alumni) and their families. To see that they can do it, that there is a way to have a career in art. Those students who studied with Maud Gatewood could come back and honor her. I think it’s been a particularly successful show; it pays homage to a successful artist who was also a professor here.”

The Averett Alumni & Student Art Show includes drawings, paintings, pottery, photography, sculptures, computer art and crafts. Most of the artwork is for sale.

Museum Attic Sale and Silent Auction Museum volunteers have been cleaning out their attics and are ready for the annual attic sale and silent auction on Saturday, April 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Museum auditorium. If you follow their example and find some unwanted items in your attic, donate your treasures to the Museum. They are accepting books, furniture, paintings, small appliances, china, and collectibles that are in usable condition. Your tax-deductible donations may be dropped off the first week of April between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and on Friday, April 4, between 10 a.m. and noon.

For more information about these events, visit the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History at 975 Main Street, call 434.793.5644, or visit www.danvillemuseum.org.

Eva Ellis Inlow

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Best Choir in U.S. to Perform in Danville

by Kathleen O’Hare

Called the Best College Choir in the U.S. by Reader’s Digest, Morgan State University Choir’s touring ensemble will bring classical, popular, and gospel music to Danville. Led by conductor Eric Conway, their 2008 spring schedule also includes performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Smithsonian American Arts Museum, and they were featured on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation last January.

In addition, Morgan State University Choir has performed for audiences across the world, including Prague and St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2005 they were featured in the State Department’s African American History Month Celebration at the personal invitation of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The Danville Concert Association is sponsoring this event on Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the George Washington High School Auditorium, 701 Broad Street.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students. For more information call 434.792.9242 or visit www.danvilleconcerts.org

To encourage exceptional customer service, the Dan River Hospitality and Travel Committee of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and EVINCE would like to recognize those who give it. When you experience exceptional customer service, tell us about it in 300 words or less.

Include your name and phone number.

Email your story to managingeditor A mystery customer will visit your nominee’s place of business for verification. We’ll publish the best entry received. The chosen honoree will receive a small gift and a framed copy of the published story citing his/ her exceptional service.

by Rollie C. Nye, Jr. description, and arranging TGBH could stand for “Treated by Joycethe Wilburn them in the vase while Mom Greatly by Helpers”. Actually it’s the watched with scrutinizing eyes. initials for The Gingerbread House.

Mom would give suggestions My mother and I have and the always-smiling Pat asked frequented this business and the if this or that suited better.

There adjoining Brown Bean for 18 years were no rushed feelings of “I’ll and have always been afforded do this and be gone.” When outstanding customer service by complete, the arrangement more all employees. than met Mom’s expectations and To single out but one instance: has been in her living room ever About two years ago, my mom, since. who was 96 at the time, couldn’t I know Pat was very busy, but walk very far without sitting. Coshe took time to help my mom owner Pat Brown asked if she have a better day. This is the wanted a chair. After accepting sort of atmosphere that pervades the offer, Mom asked Pat if she the Gingerbread House. It is a could make an arrangement of wonderful place to enjoy “old artificial flowers for the vase she timey” courtesy and service. had just purchased. Pat complied by asking Mom her tastes, gathering various plants that fit

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College Isn’t Just for Teens Anymore

by Amanda Wilson

Shape Up!

by Jason Bookheimer Assistant Director of Outdoor Recreation In today’s society video games and technology seem to have taken over. When I was a child, I played some video games, but it was either on a rainy or extremely cold day. Most of my leisure time was spent in the woods, at a park, or participating in some form of exercise that I called “fun” with friends.

On Saturday, April 26, the Danville Parks, Recreation and Tourism Outdoor Recreation Department will be partnering with the Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council to provide young girls a way to become active and stay active. By using recreation, “an activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates,” as the driving force behind this program, we will make exercise fun and exciting. Girls can enjoy a day packed full of fun activities such as hiking, team building, games and initiatives, disc golf, dancing and more. Not only will the girls participate in all these great activities, but they will receive advice on nutrition, motivation, and ways to stay active.

Shape Up will kick off at 8:30 a.m. and wrap-up around 3:30 p.m. with a nutritional lunch in the middle. The program isn’t finished though. To help provide activities to keep these girls active, we have planned a variety of programs on every Tuesday for seven weeks starting on May 6 and running until June 17. Each program will vary and provide a new and exciting way to Shape Up. All programs are free if you are a member of the Girl Scouts. If not a Girl Scout, joining costs $10.

For more details call 434.799.5215 and ask for Jason or email bookhjl@ci.danville.va.us.

If you’re intimidated by the idea of returning to school as an adult learner, you’re not alone. But today, not all degree programs are designed for the 18-year-old who has just graduated from high school.

On Thursday, April 3, from 5 - 8 p.m., you can take advantage of the opportunity to learn about educational programs designed to meet the needs of busy adults, working professionals, and nontraditional students at the Adult College Fair being held at The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.

There you can learn about various educational opportunities all in one place–without driving a lot, making long-distance phone calls, or wondering if you are talking to the right person.

Representatives from the following institutions will be available to answer questions about degree programs available in Southside Virginia for non-traditional students: Averett University GPS, Danville Community College, Danville Regional Medical Center School of Health Professions, Founders College, James Madison University, Mary Baldwin College, National College, New College Institute, Old Dominion University, Southern Piedmont Educational Opportunity Center, Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Troy University, University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies Weekend College at DCC, University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Virginia Tech Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning, and Virginia Tech MBA Program.

This wealth of opportunities is making it possible for success stories like Erica Talley’s to happen. She enrolled in Averett University’s BBA program through the Graduate and Professional Studies Department because of the convenient class schedule. “I have managed to juggle full-time work, school, and being a mother,” says Erica. “It is a struggle, but there will be a reward when I walk across the stage and receive my degree with my children there to witness my accomplishment.”

There is no cost to attend the fair, and no registration is required. For more information, visit www.adultcollegefair.com, email amanda.wilson@ialr.org or call 434.766.6709.

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Enjoy Wine & More at the Clarksville Lake Country Wine Festival

by Linda Williams Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce

Relax on historic lawns, sip a sampling of Virginia wines, delight your senses with live music by Meadows & Taylor, savor delicious food, and shop special sales along quaint streets. All this and more awaits visitors to the Second Annual Clarksville Lake Country Wine Festival on Saturday, April 26.

The wine tasting will be held in downtown Clarksville from noon until 5 p.m. Ten outstanding Virginia wineries will showcase their wares: West Wind Farm Vineyard & Winery from Max Meadows; Hickory

Shop the Caswell Spring Market The Caswell Spring Market, a giant rummage sale of new and used items from art and antiques to yard supplies, will take place at the Caswell County Civic Center in Yanceyville, North Carolina, the first weekend of April.

Featuring over 8,000 square feet of merchandise, the Market opens Saturday, April 5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with $1 per person admission, and continues on Sunday, April 6, from 1 to 6 p.m. with free admission.

Almost all remaining merchandise will be reduced 50% on Sunday.

Refreshments and baked goods will also be sold.

Hill Vineyards & Winery from Moneta; Blue Ridge Vineyard of Eagle Rock; Johnson's Orchards Peaks of Otter Winery from Bedford; Fincastle Vineyard & Winery located in Fincastle; REBEC Vineyards, Inc., in Amherst; Spring Creek Wine Cellar, from Pamplin; Virginia Mountain Vineyards of Fincastle; Bright Meadows Farm in Nathalie, and Tomahawk Mill Winery of Chatham.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in Clarksville at The Lake Country Chamber of Commerce, Cooper's Landing Inn & Traveler's Tavern, Century 21 on the Lake, and The Galleria on the Lake. Price includes a festival souvenir wine glass. For more information call 1-800-557-5582 or visit www.clarksvilleva.com.

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All proceeds support Caswell Council for the Arts programs, such as Arts-In-Education Programs in the public schools, cultural programs for both pre-school age children and senior citizens, and scholarships for people of all ages to pursue an interest in the arts.

Tax-deductible contributions of items in good useable condition can be dropped off at the CCCC, located at the intersection of NC62 and US 158 next to Bartlett Yancey High School, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and until noon on Friday, April 4.

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