Evince Magazine April 2012

Anna Riddle Dog Groomer? No. Floral Designer? Yes. Page 13

From Inspiration to Outcome Page 14

Bunnies, Carrots, and All Things Green Around the Table Page 23

Shelly Janosko: Moving the Library into the Next Decade

April 2012

Photo by Lona Kokinda.

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Editor’s Note

What is inspiration, the voice inside your head, telling you to do?

Maybe it’s encouraging you to play a musical instrument.

Shelly Janosko was moved by inspiration to play the oboe decades ago and now she’s Moving the Library into the Next Decade. Her story is on page 3.

Whenever Mack Williams takes a stroll, he finds inspiration waiting to be his companion.

On page 7, read about his latest discovery while walking in Milky Way Across the Dan River. Of course, it doesn’t take much to inspire Annelle Williams to head for the kitchen and start cooking. This month it’s Bunnies, Carrots, and All Things Green on page 23. Maybe your brain’s voice is telling your body to drop a few pounds. Read Dave Gluhareff’s To Lose Weight, Be Positive on page 19.

Dave is always preaching that bodies need healthy food to thrive and I am adding to that... so do brains. Be very careful how and what you feed it.

Larry Wilburn’s review of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains on page 18 is a warning that all should heed.

If you want to hear your inner voice, remember, inspiration doesn’t shout. It speaks softly.

Linda Lemery explains where and how to hear it on page 14.

Follow her advice From Inspiration to Outcome and the voice won’t die from lack of action.

April Contents

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Editor’s Note

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Shelly Janosko Moving the Library...into the next decade

by Joyce Wilburn

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Langhorne House Exhibit Remembers the Titanic

by Margaret Wooding

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She Said He Said / I know I should... but

by Dena Hill & Larry Oldham

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Milky Way Across the Dan River

by Mack Williams

Editor Joyce Wilburn joycewilburn@gmail.com (434.799.3160) Associate Editor Larry G. Aaron larry.aaron@gmail.com (434.792.8695) Contributing Writers

James Barkhouser, Barry Browning, T Butler, Kim Clifton, Mary Crider, Debra Dockery, Dave Gluhareff, Mimi Grubbs, Dena Hill, Telisha Moore Leigg, Linda Lemery, C B Maddox, Larry Oldham, Russell Scruggs, Tracey Smith, Melanie Vaughan, Joyce Wilburn, Larry Wilburn, Annelle Williams, Mack Williams, Sonya Wolen, Margaret Wooding

Second Thoughts / A Throne’s Stow

by Kim Clifton

10 What You Auto Know

by James Barkhouser 11 Flier / Fiction

by Telisha Moore Leigg

Business Manager Paul Seiple paul@evincemagazine.com (1.877.638.8685)

12 Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Gerald Adcock 13 Anna Riddle Dog Groomer? No. Floral Designer? Yes.

by Joyce Wilburn 14 Reflecting Forward / From Inspiration to Outcome

by Linda Lemery 16 Calendar 18 Book Clubbing The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Larry Wilburn 19 To Lose Weight –Be Positive!

by Dave Gluhareff 21 Tax Tips

by Debra Dockery

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Shelly Janosko

Moving the Library... into the next decade

by Joyce Wilburn

Photos by Michelle Dalton Photography.

T

hink back to when you were 12 years old. Shelly Janosko believes that is when your brain turned you into the adult you are today.

She recently heard that bit of information on a podcast, This American Life – Middle School, while driving to her job as director of Danville’s public library and it confirmed what she already instinctively knew.

“You really absorb what you are doing at that age and you will end up coming back to that activity as an adult,” says the energetic Martinsville native. She cites her own life as proof: “I started playing an oboe at age 12 and being a professional oboist was my original career choice.”

Realizing that it’s hard to convert a love for music into a successful career, she opted to make playing an instrument an avocation—one she now enjoys as a member of the Danville Symphony Orchestra.

The second choice on the short list of career options was obvious for someone who jokingly claims to have been raised in a library.

“On Saturday mornings, my mom would take me to the library; we’d go home with a stack of 15 to 20 books; I’d read them all and then we’d take them back to the library the same day to check out more,” she says, laughing at the memory. Referring to her beloved books as her little children, she admits having a funny habit as a young teen, “I would hold the

paperbacks very awkwardly to read and never break their spines.

The pages are turning yellow now, but the spines are in perfect condition.”

Shelly eventually earned a master’s degree from Drexell University in Philadelphia, but her first job required more skills in driving than library science. “I drove a bookmobile for Rockingham County Public Library. That was my first experience behind the scenes in a library,” she says and then adds quickly, “and behind the wheel!” After six months, she was happy to park the cumbersome bookmobile and relocate to the children’s department of the Pittsylvania County Public Library in

Chatham. In 2009, the circulation department in the Danville library needed a director and Shelly eagerly stepped into that position.

Then the DPL’s director’s job became available two years ago and she applied. “There were a lot of things I wanted to do here and I knew that if I were the director, there would be a better chance of it happening,” she says, while listing her goals.

all the books. We’re a community center where information can be received in several formats.”

Moving a library with over 160,000 books, and 7,376 patrons seems like a lofty goal, but it’s not— especially for someone like Shelly who has been preparing for the challenge since she was 12.

Improvements in technology were at the top of the list followed by updating the interior and exterior of the building and improving communications. Paraphrasing her ideas, she adds, “I want to move the library out of the last decade.

We aren’t just a building that holds

• Wireless access will be available throughout the building soon.

• The public access internet computers have been updated to new HP all-in-one computers.

• e-Books are available and can be downloaded onto iphone, ipod, Nook, Kindle, and other devices.

• Kill-A-Watts can be checked out for 28 days to monitor electricity use and its cost in homes.

• AARP volunteers are available on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the meeting room upstairs to give tax advice until April 17th.

• Two early literacy stations have been installed in the children’s department with over 50 pieces of software that teach math, science, literacy, and creativity for children ages two to eight.

Shelly Janosko stands outside the DPL on Patton Street.

Visit the DPL at 511 Patton Street and see the improvements:

For more information visit www.danville-va.gov; select city services and library or www.facebook.com or call 434.799.5195. The DPL is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Langhorne House Exhibit Remembers the Titanic

by Margaret Wooding

This year is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and Danville’s Langhorne House will remember that event with a new exhibit.

When the Titanic sunk, John Jacob Astor IV was among those who died. Photos, memorabilia, clothing, and more about him and the Titanic will be on display in the house at 119 Broad Street where Lady Astor, his cousin’s wife, was born.

Astor was the richest man on the Titanic, and he should have enjoyed a new, much happier life with a beautiful new, much younger wife. However, the iceberg that sank the ship on April 15, 1912 cut short all his dreams and carried him, with hundreds of others, to a watery grave.

Astor married Madeleine Talmadge Force, 18 years old to his 47. Society did not approve and John and Madeleine set off for Egypt and England to wait for the gossip to settle. After

a few months, wanting their expected child to be born in the United States, they set sail on the Titanic. When the alarm was sounded, John remained calm, at first believing the ship would stay afloat. As lifeboats were loaded, John noted, “We are safer here (on the Titanic) than in that little boat.” Finally, as it became clear that they would have to abandon ship, John asked whether he could accompany his pregnant wife.

This request was denied; John insisted that Madeleine go without him. “Do it to please me,” he said.

John never made it. His body was found a week later, along with hundreds of others, floating in the water. Embalmers were sent to the wreck site, and John’s body arrived in New York, where he was buried in Trinity Cemetery about two weeks later.

The public is invited to the free opening reception of the Titanic exhibit on Thursday, April 19, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. For more information, call 434.791.2256.

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by Larry Oldham What I have heard all my life is: don’t try to change the person you marry. There are many men in the world and I think that women as a whole should try and find just the right man to fit into their perfect lives. If you talk to 90% of the new brides around town, they will probably tell you that they found that man in their new husbands.

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5. I know I should stop collecting so many things, but....

6. I know I shouldn’t eat so much candy, but....

7. I know I shouldn’t talk so much, but...

8. I know I should hang up my clothes, but...

9. I know I should spend less time on facebook, but...

10. I know I should draw and paint more, but...

This sounds like Letterman’s top ten list and I can’t wait to hear your response. I know I shouldn’t nag you but....it’s fun!

As the old saying goes, love is blind.

It definitely is blind going down the aisle to the wedding altar.

A few years later, you find that new bride making a list of all the things he did or did not do- as you can see by the current list that you have just handed me.

I know I should answer each accusation.....but I won’t. No, I will just defend my honor and all men’s honor by saying one thing... maybe two. You knew all of these things before we were married.

You either liked me because of all of these things, or you thought you could change me and help me to do the right thing. I know I am probably looking at this from only my perspective...but how else can I look at it? I know I should try and see it your way....but. You see where I am going with all these buts? I don’t consider this nagging.

I do consider this just some levity in your dull school teaching day.

I know that you could really write what is bothering you ...but you don’t want to air our dirty laundry in public. Excuse me, my dirty laundry. You keep all your clothes washed and ironed. I hate to rush off, but I have got to pick up my clothes at the laundry. I know I shouldn’t have said that...but it’s fun.

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Milky Way Across the Dan River

by Mack Williams Walking down West Main Street and crossing the intersection at Broad Street, a man-made version of the Milky Way can be seen far in the distance beyond and slightly above the gentle downward slope of Broad Street.

This linear mass of twinkling lights stretches the length of Riverside Drive on the north side of the Dan River.

Close inspection of the stellar Milky Way with a pair of binoculars or a telescope reveals differences of color in those stars: some red, blue, yellow, white, some dwarf, and some giant. The incandescent and fluorescent “stars” across the river also reveal their many colors, along with their sizes as giants, medium-sized and dwarfs, but in this case, without the aid of binoculars or a telescope. At some distance, and looking through leaf-filled, windblown tree branches at night, these man-made stars along the river seem to flicker and twinkle

just as the unimagined stars do.

Late one evening, crossing the bridge over Riverside Drive and the Dan River in my car, I noticed that this terrestrial Milky Way had an addendum consisting of part of its own reflection in the river, increasing its size in the same manner as does the mirrored back of a display case in a jewelry store or museum. The ordinary, commonplace purpose of these “stars” became apparent. Some of them illuminate car lots, parking lots, businesses, along with the asphalt routes which vehicles should take.

Perhaps it is a good thing that the true Milky Way of the nighttime sky is so far away and not available for closer inspection from a car. Such distance protects our imagination from the knowledge of the possibly mundane things, which may be illuminated by those lights of deep space as well.

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Second Thoughts

by Kim Clifton ©2012

A Throne’s Stow Unless you’ve been stuck in a bathroom stall, you really don’t know what panic is. Unfortunately, I do. It wasn’t a door lock that did me in. It was my zipper. On its return journey to my waistband, it derailed. Not only did it jump off the track, its teeth chomped into a field of cotton and died, which presented a crisis of seismic proportions. When this thing wouldn’t budge from its place, it kept me from going anywhere as well.

All I got was a bruised thumb and torn lingerie when I yanked. Pit bulls aren’t this stubborn when it comes to letting loose. I’d have better luck convincing salmon to swim downstream to spawn than I would getting this fastener to release.

There I stood, almost all dressed up with somewhere to go. It was time for my class to begin and my absence would be noticeable. I’m not trying to imply that I mattered more than the others. It’s just that I was the teacher.

So while my clueless students watched the clock in anticipation of a free evening, I was watching another clock trying to prevent one. The reality was the zipper wasn’t going to move and I needed to. This led me to the most critical decision of my professional career: responsibility or propriety. In other words, I had to decide whether to cut out or let it all hang out.

It’s amazing how freely adrenalin flows even when you’re still. As my mind raced for a solution, my fingers continued to fumble for one.

Exhausted, I took a seat on what was never intended to be a chair. Aside from being fully dressed and a woman, I couldn’t help but notice the irony of my resemblance to The Thinker.

And think I did... until it hit me what to do. I could wear my blouse on the outside and no one would be the wiser. I stood up, pulled out my shirt and had a revelation that was over 40 years in the making. Now I understood why my mother repeatedly insisted I tuck my top in smoothly. I had more wrinkles than the Warren Commission’s explanation of how JFK died.

Most people would have simply resolved the situation by buttoning their blazers, but I’m a bigger woman than that. This jacket had been with me through thick and thin. Much like my checking account at the end of the month, it couldn’t make ends meet either.

Meanwhile time was marching on, but I wasn’t. I half-heartedly smoothed the zipper flap to see if it would stay folded and was shocked to see that it did. To be sure, I needed to do a little field-testing to avoid being arrested for indecent exposure.

In my metal cell, I reached up to unroll an imaginary projector screen. I pointed to invisible students with raised hands. I bent down to the toilet paper as if looking at a monitor.

I was so absorbed in my role play that I forgot just how low the stall doors were. I forgot how wide the gaps were at the hinges and I missed the sound of someone else coming into the room.

To this day, I don’t know who that woman was. I don’t know what she was thinking, but I do know what she saw.

It was the hands of some fool in a stall pointing, waving and twirling.

I don’t know if it was the gasp or the slamming door that got my attention.

She was either running for help or her life. Either way, I needed to get out quickly before someone else discovered me.

Maybe during this season of Lent, it’s time to come clean about that night.

This time my lips are unzipped instead of my slacks. So, whoever you are, lady, this column is for you. I was the one in the public facilities nine years ago. I was the one squatting down to the floor and the one reaching up to the stars. Moreover, I was the one busting the “Staying Alive-John Travolta” moves without musical accompaniment or the white pantsuit.

It was a night I will never forget...the one when my face flushed more than the toilet.

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FEBRUARY “BREAKOUT” SALES MONTH! U.S. new-vehicle sales jumped 16 percent to 1.15 million in February, on the heels of a very strong sales month in January. The 15.1 million newvehicle sales rate was the highest since February 2008 and was up from 14.2 million in January.

Contrast February sales this year with February 2008 when new sales were just 689,040, and dealers were exiting the business in droves.

Of the 10 best-selling new vehicles in February, Ford had 3 with combined sales of 92,396. Toyota posted 2 with 56,690 combined sales, Honda 2 with 51,846, Nissan 1 with 32,953, Chevrolet 1 with 32,297, and Ram rounded out the top 10 with 22,596 sales.

Ford F-Series remained the top

seller, outselling Silverado by 46 percent and more than doubling Ram sales for the month.

As I write this column in midMarch, new vehicle sales remain strong. Zero-interest financing, continued tight used vehicle inventories, and rising fuel prices have consumers trading into newer and more fuelefficient vehicles. With virtually nonexistent returns on cash these days, many savvy consumers have found much better returns in fuel savings and elimination of maintenance and repair costs!

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Evince Magazine couldn’t suck the soreness out, like Darla had something to do with a boy going away from his home, for him being lost.

She went home passing co-workers as she went.

Word on the street was that meanspirited co-workers, eager to bring the home-wrecker down a peg or too, whispered that the boy got mixed up with the wrong crowd, was long gone and such a shame for such a mostly good boy. But what did you expect, when you broke up someone’s family. It was a miracle that the girl (the boy’s sister) was still there.

Just that day, Flo Molern walked by Darla, bringing in a tray of beef tips, and said that if she was that boy’s mother, humph, well, she didn’t know what exactly she would have done to Darla, but it wouldn’t have been good. These women. They could do nothing to her that Tim couldn’t do worse, if he left her. Right now, Tim could barely speak to her, could barely look at her oldest or youngest boy, didn’t eat dinner with them anymore.

Flier fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg

E

ight minutes before the end of her shift, Darla Wilston stood in the bathroom of Mega’s All-You-Care-to-Eat Restaurant and thought about life. She knew that life wasn’t fate fooling her, as much as her own lack of self-deliverance. Somehow she destroyed as much as she made good in this world. She knew she destroyed her lover, Tim. Darla read about the missing boy in the newspaper while leaning against the last bathroom stall door. She stayed in the bathroom for ten minutes, reading and rereading the small, weeks-old article, her fingers tracing first the non-adjacent words like sixteen, leads, local, notify, then the ink that made the words, the picture of Clarisse Knox sitting on a tan living-room couch beside Tim, her ex-husband, neither touching the other.

An immediate crisis inside the larger tragedy. And love would have been embarrassed to show its face. Clarisse’s eyes were both dead and beseeching for some peace, for some word of her child.

And for once, Darla broke down. She, the other woman, lover of Tim, did not envy Clarisse Knox. Darla had sons of her own and they were not missing.

Darla didn’t really need to look at the article. She had memorized it by now, the title, Local Boy Lost, and the school picture of the smiling, light-skinned, boy in a blue shirt. The article said police indicated a tight-lipped few leads; there was hope, even though most people thought like most TV dramas said, that after the first 48 hours.... Well, the parents were pushing hard. Tim, her lover, was rough for the return of his boy and the mother too. Just weeks after that first article, Tim paid for ads in local and nearby newspapers. She heard him on the phone explaining, gruffly begging. Some papers ran the information for free. She even remembered helping to put up fliers in the rain for the missing 16-year-old child, Matthew. Now, those missing boy fliers weathered on the telephone poles they stuck to.

Darla put the fading clipped article in her back pocket; she washed her hands in the sink. She stepped out into the restaurant lobby. Every day the boy was gone, fewer and fewer of the women would speak to her. As the days stretched and no child, some of the older married workers looked at Darla then tsked out of the sides of their mouths like they had a bad tooth they

Darla thought of her babies, her little girl and younger boy, then of Tyrion—almost the age of Tim’s Matthew. At home now, she thought of the love she had like rising bread, how she fell in love with them every day. How that love swelled almost to bursting despite her tiredness, the bills, the bruised dreams of life’s failure, how she would almost settle her joy for any happiness they could gain. That desperate love was always underlying even when they were with her, within arm’s reach. She couldn’t imagine them truly away, lost, a rain-soaked flier for strangers to peer at.

Tonight, Tim came like always only after dark, when the reminders of his loss, her children, had gone to bed. In that dark, Darla would hold him, knowing that Tim hated her a little too, even more than himself. He would not speak of the boy; he never had since his disappearance.

She knew as little as the papers, as little as what she could gather from gossips.

She knew he went over to Clarisse’s during the day, was poorly received, but kept begging. In that dark, Darla, with the boy’s father in the double bed beside her, even after frantic pullings of passion,

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there wasn’t any closeness anymore. And Darla gleaned that there never would be again, even though he would never completely leave her. He would stay, like his boy would stay gone, ghost, a brittle memory of what could have been, like wine you pour from a broken bottle despite the chips of glass that might still be in it. One day, he would not react well to her babies and she would keep him.

One day he would not react well to her and still he could come to her. Nothing was going to end well. That smiling boy in the blue shirt, his mother, all of them.

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Spotting Exceptional Customer Service To encourage exceptional customer service, the Business Development Committee of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and Evince will 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 joycewilburn@gmail.com or visit www.dpchamber.org; click What’s New - Customer Service Award Nomination.

by Gerald Adcock

I’d like to recommend David Stephens and his staff at Riverside Hardware, 124 Trade Street, for the Spotting Exceptional Customer Service Award.

Last spring, I purchased a new weed trimmer from Riverside Hardware. This week (March 2, 2012), I got it out to trim some weeds and cut back the ground cover in anticipation of the coming spring growth spurt. However, once I cranked the trimmer, the trimmer head holding the string kept throwing it out so I could not complete the job. I called the manufacturer’s service number and was told to remove any obstruction and it should work fine. I did that to no avail and then took the trimmer to Riverside Hardware for them to check. David waited on me and remarked that they had to replace four of these trimmer heads last season but the store did not receive any credit for doing it, hence, Riverside Hardware absorbed the cost.

David then removed the non-working trimmer head, replaced it with a new one and sent me on my way. At no time did he ask me to pay for the new trimmer head, indicating he would handle it with the manufacturer’s sales rep even though he may not be reimbursed. That is the type of customer service you simply don’t see anymore and this was done with no questions asked.

I have always received good service from Riverside Hardware.

They have the best sales staff of any place in our area. They are knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. When the owner/ manager treats you the way David treated me, it is clear why their service is second to none. I highly recommend Riverside Hardware as a business with exceptional service. Even though they might be a little more expensive than the big box stores and major hardware chain stores, their customer service far offsets the slight difference in cost.

Evince Magazine certification as a professional florist, probably making her the only one in the area. “That gave me the confidence to bloom as a designer,” she remarks with tongue in cheek. And bloom she did.

Twelve of her original floral designs were featured in a 2006 calendar that was distributed throughout the southeastern United States. Over the last several years, she has taught design classes at the Virginia florist convention and has been a designer and commentator at education design shows in North Carolina.

Being a professional floral designer and managing a staff of four is a 24/7 physically-demanding job.

Fortunately, working at Motley Florist is not a one-woman show. “The staff here is like family,” says the married mother of two young children, adding, “My fellow employees are very important to the shop’s success.”

Looking back over her career as a floral designer, Anna has no regrets about her choice. “I never know what I’m going to be doing when I walk through the shop’s door each day. Every day is different, but it’s all fun,” she says and, after a moment’s reflection, she adds with eyes Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography.

Anna Riddle

Dog Groomer? No. Floral Designer? Yes.

by Joyce Wilburn

Anna Riddle had an option--either groom dogs or design floral arrangements. The choice seemed insignificant and inconsequential to her as a teenager, but it was neither.

“When I was15, my father told me, ‘If you want a car when you are 16, then you want a job now.’ There were only two places in town that were hiring—the florist and the dog groomer. I chose the florist,” says the Clarksville native, who has been a floral designer at Motley Florist for the last 20 years and is serving a second term on the board of the Virginia Professional Florist Association. “Later, when I enrolled at Danville Community College, my dad had a friend who knew Mr. (Mercer) Motley,” she says, explaining how she met the founder of the 63-year-old Danville business

and landed a job working for him.

Being a full-time employee at the florist shop on Mt. Cross Road while earning an associate’s degree in marketing gave her a powerful combination of business knowledge and on-the-job training.

Anna believes that hands-on experience is the best way to learn floral design. “Mr. Motley taught me basic principles of design that are essential whether I’m creating a large centerpiece for a wedding, a get-well bouquet for the hospital, or a high style design,” she says, adding that proper care and handling of the flowers is always essential.

In 1997, after successfully completing 90 hours of training with the North Carolina State Florist Association, Anna earned

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twinkling, “I like dogs, but flowers are prettier.”

• Since 1997, Motley Florist, 303 Mt. Cross Road, has been owned

by Nancy Goad and Linda Pate.

It is open 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday and until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.

• For more information, visit www.motleyflorist.net or call 434.793.8528.

If you want to arrange fresh spring flowers in an attractive design, here are three tips: 1.Re-cut the stems under water before arranging in a container.

Then, the first gulp the flower takes will be water and not air.

This will help flowers look fresh longer.

2. Group all of the same type of flowers together in a mixedflower arrangement. That’s the way flowers grow and the arrangement will look more natural.

3. Don’t discount carnations as a choice for your arrangements.

They have a long vase life, are fragrant, full of color, and cost effective.

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April 2012

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to pick up electromagnetic signals.

Most telephones emit not only an acoustic (sound) signal but an electromagnetic signal too. The t-coil in the hearing instrument picks up the telephone’s electromagnetic signal. The hearing instrument then changes the electromagnetic signal to an acoustic signal. The t-coil allows the hearing instrument wearer to hear the phone with no background noise and no annoying squealing. This technology has been around for decades but not every hearing instrument wearer uses it because, in the past, it required pressing a button on the hearing instrument to change microphones. Many hearing instruments now have an automatic t-coil. When a hearing instrument wearer puts the phone up to the hearing instrument the hearing instrument automatically goes into t-coil function. This advance has made it much easier for hearing instrument wearers to talk on the phone. The t-coil can also be used for other communication systems, such as a loop system.

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Where do you find inspiration? I find mine in quiet time. Exercise, work and eldercare responsibilities can take 14 hours per weekday; discretionary time is almost nonexistent. I have to make my time count.

For example, I’m writing this while glamping (glamorous camping) in a yurt, near Bryson City, North Carolina. There are no televisions and cell phones don’t work. The only noises come from morning birds, evening tree frogs, a waterfall in the background and rain on the roof. What I find most inspiring in this setting is the silence. My normal, overscheduled world is 6 hours away and I’m insulated in a yurt, a rare luxury these days. This illustrates my first rule for courting inspiration-- find a quiet place. You don’t have to stay in a yurt to do that, just set aside time daily.

When we are inspired with an idea that sticks with us and demands to be born, our next step is to think through the project, then set intermittent deadlines to bring it to fruition. Always thinking and never doing and always wishing we had done something are bad. Life spans are not infinite. We live in the shadow of mortality and have to make time count. After we’ve designed the project, we have to build it, test it, improve it, share it, receive feedback, improve it again, and then if we’ve done it right, maybe our project will in some way improve people’s lives. Deadlines are good. Wasted time is bad. To be more than ourselves, to leave a legacy, we must practice our crafts and be ready when we earn or are given the chance to use them.

A case in point: My husband, Steve, attended a 20-slide PowerPoint session at a computer science conference. The presenter was obviously an expert. He ran the slide show, demonstrated and commented on sound variations and showed the math with great enthusiasm, flipping back and forth from slide to slide

Reflecting Forward From Inspiration to Outcome

by Linda Lemery

Steve and Linda Lemery wait to zipline through the trees.

and gesticulating. Why was this inspiring? The presenter was blind.

What were our clues that the presenter was sightless? He was escorted to and from the podium.

He didn’t make eye contact with the audience and he never looked at the projection screen or display.

He presented totally from memory.

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slide show? What did he do to demonstrate the sound variations?

Who knows? My point is that if he could do this amazing thing despite having a disability, how can the rest of us let a tiny thing like being busy stand in the way of becoming inspired and accomplishing what we want to achieve?

And what if we’re afraid? Take steps to get over it. I’m afraid of heights and with that in mind, while we were at the yurt, I signed us up for a tree canopy tour -- 13 zip lines in three hours, often 50 or more feet up in the trees. It was fabulous!

Such a small thing, this fear of heights, compared to something really terrifying, like being blind and conducting a primarily visual presentation designed for a sighted audience. Food for thought? Sure... and maybe even inspiring.

About the Author: When she’s not glamping in a yurt, Linda Lemery (llemery@averett.edu) chases inspiration as Circulation Manager at Averett University’s Mary B. Blount Library in Danville. She welcomes your comments.

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April 2012

April Calendar Ongoing

April 2 (thru 30)

Thru April 14

Student Art Show. 7:30pm.

AU Student Center on Woodland Drive.

434.791.5600.

Prime Time Fitness. M/TH 9:30-11am.

Ballou Rec Center – 434.799.5216.

Aerobics. MW 5:15-6:15pm.

Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

Boogie Monday – East Coast Swing.

M 7-8:30 pm. Ballou Rec Center – 434.799.5216.

Thru April 28

April 3

Guided Walking Tour – Millionaires Row, The Secrets Inside. 434.770.1974. www.danvillehistoricalsociety.org.

PAA Exhibits – Norman Rockwell’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and Enigmas and Life: A Retrospective of Works by Sandy Puckett. Piedmont Arts Association (PAA), Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

Through May 3

Minds Wide Open Exhibit. Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (DMFA&H) – 434.793.5644.

Through May 12

Me, as a Child Exhibit & Vintage Children’s Attire Exhibit. DMFAH. See story page 22.

Through July 4

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Exhibit – New Views of the Universe.

HST images and data provide spectacular views of planets, galaxies, black holes, and other cosmic entities.

Danville Science Center (DSC) – 434.791.5160.

Through July 31

Damsels, Dragons and Ladies Exhibit – Pictures of damselflies, dragonflies and ladybugs along the Riverwalk. M-S 9:30am–5pm, Sun 1–5pm. DSC – 434.791.5160.

Thru August 24

Rocks to Racing Exhibit – Life in the Ordovician. Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH) – 276.634.4185.

Through September 3

Wild Music Exhibit – Hunt for sounds of forest creatures; investigate the songs of whales; record a musical memory; lay down a beat and add tracks with animal sounds and recordings of your own voices. DSC – 434.791.5160.

April 1

Goodys Fast Relief 500. Martinsville Speedway: 877.613.6066.

April 2 & 9

Photography on the Danville Riverwalk Trail. 6-8:30pm. Riverview Campus, Averett. 434.791.5600.

Easter Egg Hunt. 4:30-5:30pm.

Danville Public Library (DPL)-Westover – 434.799.5195.

April 3 (thru 24)

Musical Munchkins – Little ones explore and expand natural musical abilities through song and dance.

T 10:30-11:15am. City Auditorium.

434.797.8848.

April 3 (thru 25)

Koates Kids Pre-School Program – Different themed activities introduced each week through events, games, arts, and crafts. Ages 3-5. T/W 9:30am–12pm. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

Beginning Digital Photography.

6-8pm. The Artisan Center – 276.656.5461.

April 3 (thru 26)

Ladies, It’s Time to Work It Out – Incorporate walking, cardio activity and weight training into fitness routine. 10am-12pm. City Auditorium.

434.797.8848.

Chicks w/ Sticks – Knitting & crocheting class. T/TH 11:30am-1pm.

City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

April 3 (thru 28)

PCC Student Show. Reception 4/3, 5:30-7pm. Kirby Gallery, Roxboro.

336.597.1709.

April 4

Senior Bowling Tournament.

10am-12pm. Riverside Lanes.

434.791.2695.

April 4 (thru 25)

Art with Flo – Wet-on-wet technique.

Weds. Location/times vary.

434.797.8848.

Zumba Gold for Seniors. W 11am.

YMCA – 434.792.0621.

20/20/20 Class. W 12pm. YMCA – 434.792.0621.

Zumba Aqua. W 8pm. YMCA – 434.792.0621.

April 5

Bingo. Times/locations vary.

434.799.5216.

Egg Hunt – Eggs will be filled with prizes and giveaways instead of candy. All ages. 6-7pm. Anglers Park.

434.799.5215.

April 2 (thru 26)

April 5 (thru 26)

April 2 (thru 18)

Blood Pressure Checks. Times/ locations vary. 434.799.5216.

Curiosity Corner – Make crafts, play games and have fun. Ages 3-5.

TH 9:30am-12:30pm. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

April 2011 S 1 8 15 22 29

M 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24

Number Adventures – Kids learn numbers while experimenting with objects and pictures, counting through songs, games and writing activities.

TH 10:30-11:15am. City Auditorium.

434.797.8848.

Beginning Photoshop. 6-8pm.

The Artisan Center – 276.656.5461.

April 10

April 5, 12 & 19

April 10 & 24

Local History-Danville & Pittsylvania County. 6-8pm.

Averett. 434.791.7189.

April 5 & 19

57 Express Bluegrass Concert.

TH 7pm. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

April 5 (thru 24)

Spring Book Reviews – 4/5, The Warmth of Other Suns; 4/12, Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America; 4/19, 11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King; 4/24, Caleb’s Crossing.

TH 12pm. DPL – 434.799.5195.

April 6

First Friday Art Walk – Visit the art studios, meet the artists, browse original works of art and participate in arts–related activities. 5-7pm. Studio 107, Martinsville – 276.638.2107.

Memory Lane Car Club Cruz-In. 6:30pm. Roxboro Commons.

336.364.2760.

Flashlight Egg Hunt – Night of egg and candy hunting. Ages 3-8. 7:30-9pm.

Coates Rec. 434.799.6564.

Emerge Masquerade Gala – Featuring live band Flowidity & DJ Finesse, food and fun. 8pm. Institute Conference Center. www.emerge.com.

April 6 (thru 27)

Story Time – Ages Birth-5.

10:30-11:15am. DPL – 434.799.5195.

April 7

Bridge To Bridge 5K Run/Walk.

See story page 22.

DRBA First Saturday Outing.

See story page 22.

Zip Line Tour – Kersey Valley.

10am-3pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5215.

Bob Ross Painting Class – Mill Scene. 10:30am–3:30pm.

Ballou Park. 434.797.8848.

Story Lab – Listen to stories while doing something creative with a special theme and art medium. Ages 5-9.

10-11am. DPL – 434.799.5195.

Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt – Snacks, prizes, crafts and meet the Spring Bunny. Ages 3-10. 11 am-1 pm.

Carrington Pavilion. 434.797.8848.

April 7 & 14

Auto Racing – 4/7, Late Model/ Limited/T-Pure Stock; 4/14, NASCAR Southern Modified Tour & Whelen Late Model. 7pm. South Boston Speedway – 877.440.1540.

W 4 11 18 25

T 5 12 19 26

F 6 13 20 27

S 7 14 21 28

Sassy Senior One Stroke Technique – Paint an ivy jar with green leaves. 3pm. The Artisan Center – 276.656.5461.

Authors on Campus Series – Casey Clabough, Confederado. 7:30pm.

Blount Chapel, Averett. 434.791.5600.

Talks You Can’t Miss – 4/10-Peering into the Musical Brain. See ad page 5 and story page 22. 4/24-The Sounds of Bat Sonar. See ad page 5. 6:30pm.

DSC – 434.791.5160.

April 10 (thru April 14)

Cartoon Crazy Spring Break– Keep on your PJs, watch cartoons and eat cereal at the library. 2-4pm. DPL – 434.799.5195.

April 10 (thru 24)

Work-Out Classes – Zumba Class, TU 5:30-6:30pm; Karate Class, TU 6:45-7:30pm; Belly Dancing Class, TU 7-8pm. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

African Dance Ensemble – Learn African dance. Tues 6pm. Coates Rec Center. 434.797.8848.

April 11

Polliwogs & Science Stars – Look at different species of birds and their unique sounds and behaviors and make a birdhouse. Ages 3–4, 1–2pm.

Ages 5–7, 3:30–4:30pm. DSC 434.791.5160.

Lecture – Higher Education as the Engine of the American Economy.

5-6:30pm. Institute for Advanced Learning & Research (IALR).

434.982.4491.

April 12

Bob Ross Painting Class Old Bridge. 9am–3:30pm. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

Investing in Sustainable Forestry Workshop. 9am-3pm. Halifax County Extension Office. www.gohalifaxva.com.

April 12 (thru 26)

Thursday 5K’s. 6-7pm. Anglers Park.

434.799.5215.

April 13

Live at the Rives - Sanctum Sully.

8pm. Rives Theatre, Martinsville.

276.632.3221.

April 13 (thru 22)

Ramona Quimby. Children’s Theater.

7:30pm/2:30pm. Rockingham Community College. 336.627.0228.

April 14

Trash to Treasures Sale – Sell or buy.

7am-2pm. Coates Rec. 434.799.6564.

Person County Farmers Market Opens. See ad page 7.

Concealed Handgun Class.

9am-3pm. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

Evince Magazine Rugby Tournament. 9am.

Anglers Park. 434.793.4636.

Mutt Strut and Bike Ride - Enjoy dog agility & K-9 demonstrations, vendors, beer garden, activities for whole family, doggie costume contest, 30-mile, 12-mile road ride, 1-hour track ride, or 1-hour Mutt Strut. 10am. Martinsville Speedway. SPCA - 276.638.7297.

Mother-Daughter Book Club – Featuring books that are fun to share-aunts and cousins too. Ages 9-12.

10:30-11:30am. DPL – 434.799.5195.

Senior Shopping Trip. Ballou Rec. Center. 434.799.5216.

Butterfly, Hello! & Butterfly Thyme.

See ad page 5 and story page 22.

National Tartan Day Banquet – A celebration of Scotland in food, music, and entertainment. 6:30pm.

Lawson-Overbey Inn. 434.793.7432.

L’Tanya Mari Concert. The Prizery.

See ad page 18 and story page 22.

April 16 (thru May 14)

Belly Dance Classes. Mondays. intermediate, 5:30pm, beginning 6:45pm. Pepsi Building. 434.797.8848.

April 16 (thru May 22)

Zumba Classes – TH. Times & locations vary. 434.797.8848.

April 17

Keeping Well in Mind, Body and Spirit – Nutrition: Myths & Facts.

See story page 22.

Alzheimer’s Support Group Meeting. 6pm. Emeritus at Danville – 434.791.3180.

April 18

Sun Catchers– Make beautiful beaded sun catchers. 3:30-4:30pm.

DPL-Westover – 434.799.5195.

April 19

Titanic exhibit opening reception.

See story page 5.

Just Dance Dance-Off– Show your moves and dance off in a gaming tournament. Prize will be an iPod shuffle. 4-6pm. DPL – 434.799.5195.

Enchanted Evenings in the Park – Bring chairs, blankets and relax and enjoy the mid-evening fun. 6:308:30pm. Ballou Park. 434.799.5216.

Minds in Motion. 7-9pm. Martinsville HS Auditorium. PAA – 276.632.3221.

Sky Watchers – Observe Saturn, Spica and the Big Dipper. Nightfall. DSC – 434.791.5160.

April 20

Just Everyday Women Walking by Faith. 11am-1pm. Mary’s Diner.

Racin’ & Tastin’. See ad page 10.

April 20 (thru 22)

History on the Lawn – 4/20, Infantry Encampment; 4/21, Digitization of Civil War Documents Project, 10am-2pm; 4/22, Civil War Period Church Service, 9:30am. DMFA&H – 434.793.5644.

Enchanted April – An adult romantic comedy. 7:30/2:30pm. Gretna Movie Theatre. 434.228.1778.

April 20 (thru 29)

Brighton Beach Memoirs.

See ad page 18.

April 21

Ballou Yard Sale. 7am-12pm.

Ballou Rec Center – 434.799.5216.

Spring Fair & Earth Day Yard Sale – Carnival games, inflatables, prizes,

rock wall, community yard sale/ vendors, live entertainment, food and more. 10am-2pm. Chatham Campus. www.danvillevaevents.com.

Family Movie Matinee – Hop. 10:30am-12:30pm. DPL Auditorium.

434.799.5195.

Danville Area Humane Society Adoption Fair. 11am-2pm.

Piedmont Mall. 434.799.0843.

Kids Day – Magic show, spinning wheel & samples, face painting, storyteller, post 9-11 fingerprinting, pirate, crafts & games. Proceeds go to Big Brothers Big Sisters. 11am5pm. Piedmont Mall, Karen’s Hallmark.

434.791.3737.

Super Saver Celebration & Community Shred Day. See ad page 18.

Dancing for the Arts. 7-9:30pm.

Martinsville HS Auditorium. PAA – 276.632.3221.

The New Christy Minstrels.

Caswell County Civic Center.

See ad page 15 and story page 22.

April 22

Garden & House Tour in Chatham.

See story page 22.

April 23 & 24

Amphibian/Reptile BioBlitz – Discover the wonders of nature by estimating relative abundance, species diversity and examining the health of each animal that you find. 9am-12pm.

Anglers Park. 434.799.5215.

Attic Sale - Need tax-deductible donations of new or gently used items, home furnishings and accessories, books, art, china, silver, jewelry, and crystal, etc. (No clothing). 9am-3pm.

4/27, Members only preview & sale, 5-7pm; 4/28 Public sale. DMFA&H – 434.793.5644.

Beginners’ Line Dance Workshop.

11am-2pm. Ballou Rec Center – 434.799.5216.

K of C Wine Festival. See ad page 6 and story page 23.

April 28 & 29

Spring Fling. Providence Fire and Rescue. www.providencespringflingfestival.com.

April 30 (thru May 22)

Art with Judie – Learn how to paint with oil or watercolor. M/TU - Times vary. Ballou Annex. 434.797.8848.

Upcoming Events

Boating Safety Education.

9:30am-5pm. Ballou Park Nature Center. 434.799.5215.

May 1

April 24

May 2 (thru 31)

DRF Speaker Series – Hill Harper.

See ad page 15.

April 25

Annual House & Garden Tour.

10am-6pm. www.martinsvilleuptown.com.

April 25 (thru May 16) STREAM Kids. 3:30-5pm.

434.799.5215.

April 26

Historic Garden Week Tour in Danville. See story page 23.

April 26 (thru 28)

Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival.

Willow Oak Park. www.willowoakpark.com.

April 26 (thru May 24)

Ceramic Glaze Techniques.

5:30-8:30pm. The Artisan Center – 276.656.5461.

April 27

5th Grade Dance. 7-9pm. Coates Rec Center. 434.797.6564.

Unsinkable Women – Stories and songs from the Titanic based on actual diaries, letters, and interviews. 7:30pm.

The Kirby Theater – 336.597.1709.

TGIF Concert Series. 7-10:30 pm.

Uptown Martinsville. 276.632.5688.

April 27 & 28

Quilt Show. 10am-4pm.

St. Luke’s UM Church. 336.388.9898. www.whiteoakmountainquilters.com.

April 27 (thru 29)

Moon Over Buffalo.

Little Theatre of Danville. 7pm/2pm.

Mt. Hermon Courtyard Theatre. www.danvillelittletheatre.org.

April 28

Healthy Kids Day – Family fun, food, activities and lots to learn about staying healthy. YMCA – 434.792.0621.

Eat Out to Help Out. See story page 23.

ArtFest. Kirby Gallery, Roxboro.

336.597.1709.

May 4

Fridays at the Crossing. 6 pm.

Carrington Pavilion. 434.793.4636.

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Manhattan Piano Trio.

See ad page 18.

May 4 (thru 6)

Heritage & Antique Machinery Festival – Highlighting rural & agricultural heritage in Halifax County with tractor pulls, quarter-scale pulls, music, entertainment and food. Times vary. Halifax County Fairgrounds.

434.572.6879.

May 5

Farmers’ Market Opening Day – Kick off the fresh garden and produce season. 7:30 am–12 pm. Danville Community Market. 434.797.8961.

Warehouse Sale – Come early to find furniture, baby clothes, toys, baby gear, electronics, clothing, home décor, holiday items, and more. Presented by the Junior Wednesday Club of Danville.

8-10am. Former Marshall’s Store.

434.489.4944.

Art on the Lawn. See ad page 17.

Spring River Clean Up – Bring family, civic, church or community groups to help clean up the shores of the Dan. 11 am-1 pm. Pepsi Building.

434.791.5160 or 434.799.5215.

Chatham Rotary Club Dinner & Auction. See ad page 19.

Poco & Pure Prairie League Concert. 7-9pm. Martinsville HS Auditorium. PAA, Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

May 12

Los Angeles Piano Quartet.

See ad 9.

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Money Monkey’s

Super Saver Celebration!

Book Clubbing A book review by Larry Wilburn

www.piedmontcu.org 434-797-1954

When: April 21st Time: Noon - 4pm Where: Piedmont CU Events: Super Saver Racecar Rally!

Giant Super Saver Slide!

Super Hero Costume Contest!

Super Saver Photo Booth!

Money Monkey Craft Table!

Plus! Free Community Shred Day For Mom & Dad!

Piedmont Credit Union 366 Piney Forest Rd Danville, VA 24540

www.piedmontcu.org 434-797-1954

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains*

by Nicholas Carr

Summary: This book is a warning that our brains are changing to resemble the computers and software we’ve developed.

Carr cites studies that indicate there is a growth of new neural pathways in the brains of those who rapidly scan a page or link-hop on the Internet. At the same time, neural transmitters that are used less frequently for deep reading decline at a rapid rate. He gives examples of past inventions that aided humans to advance, but led to a weakening of cognitive powers. For example, when the map and the compass came into use, reliance on visual and intuitive stimuli became less prevalent. When moveable type press was created, oral transmission practically disappeared. Moveable type also created visual breaks in the printed line and reading became easier. That is when silent and deep reading began to dominate society.

Although the Internet allows us to store and retrieve vast amounts of data, it also fosters the next evolutionary step-- no longer having the time or the inclination to attempt any kind of deep reading.

Review: The Shallows alerts us to how pervasive the effects of technology and the Internet have become. The book is not as dry as it sounds, because Carr supports his argument with literary and historical references and entertains with sections between chapters entitled “a digression”. If current research is valid, perhaps we are witnessing the next stage in human evolutionary development. Those who read this book, however, might have to retrograde a little to have enough focused attention for the deep reading it requires. *a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction Send information about what you or your book club is reading to joycewilburn@gmail.com. Also, visit www.danvillelibrary.org to see more reviews of this book and others. Add your own review and start a virtual book club!

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To Lose Weight – Be Positive!

by Dave Gluhareff MFS,CFT-ISSA

Almost all of us could benefit from losing weight. Are you positive about losing weight or do you expect to fail? Maybe you have failed to lose weight so many times that you expect failure each time.

Losing weight is not the easiest thing to accomplish, especially if you try fad diets.

Many fad diets make you feel hungry and tired. Therefore, that life style cannot be sustained. The rapid weight loss at the beginning is usually fluid loss and not real fat loss. That is deceptive. Once you stop the fad diet, you usually balloon up in weight and sometimes gain more than before. You fail and then go back to eating junk food and moving less. It’s a vicious cycle and really lowers confidence and self esteem.

The solution to losing body fat is to exercise regularly, eat nutritious foods and get plenty of rest. This is the most positive approach to weight loss. Losing weight the correct way might also eliminate aches, pains, heartburn, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Other benefits include easing arthritis pain, strengthening bones, being more alert and less grouchy. For the next three weeks, try this plan: 3 Weeks to a Leaner You Week 1 • Take a 10-20 minute walk after dinner 3 times per week.

• Change food choices: eliminate the junk; choose the healthy.

• Go to bed and get up after 8 hours of sleep at the same time every day.

Week 2 • Take a 30 minute walk after dinner 3 times a week plus do 30 minutes of resistance training and stretching 3 times a week.

• Change food choices; choose smaller dinners and smaller portions all day.

• Go to bed and get up after 8 hours of sleep at the same time every day plus take a nap for 30-90 minutes.

Week 3 • Walk for 30-45 minutes 3 times a week after dinner plus do 30-45 minutes of resistance training and stretching three times a week.

• Eat 3 meals plus 3 snacks of protein and carbohydrates (breakfast: complex carb; mid-morning: fruit; lunch: complex carb; late afternoon: fruit; dinner: veggies; late evening: veggies) and drink water.

• Go to bed and get-up after 8 hours of sleep at the same time every day; take a nap for 30-90 minutes; take 30-60 minutes for self each day. (See Reflecting Forward: From Inspiration to Outcome on page 14.)

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H E A LT H Z O N E

Colon Cancer Six Steps to Helping Prevent Colorectal Cancer According to the American Cancer Society, the disease is both the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the United States. The risk of developing colorectal cancer in a lifetime is about 1 in 19 for men; for women, it is about 1 in 20. More than 90 percent of cases are diagnosed in those over age 50.

“Unfortunately, colorectal cancer has no early warning signs, which means screenings are critical in diagnosing the disease,” says Dr. Bhushan Pandya at Danville Regional Medical Center. “When symptoms do occur, they may include blood in the stool, abdominal pain, a change in bowel habits (constipation or diarrhea), unexplained weight loss, or extreme fatigue.”

Colorectal cancer develops from precancerous polyps in the colon or rectum, and occurs as a result of errors in the way cells grow and repair the lining of the colon.

Dr. Pandya recommends the following steps to help prevent the disease: Get Screened. Beginning at age 50, make a commitment to regular screenings for colorectal cancer. If you have a close relative who has suffered from colorectal polyps or colorectal cancer, or if you have inflammatory bowel disease, talk to your doctor about getting screened today. There are several different types of screening tests that may be combined or used alone, including: �� ����������� �� ����������������������������������������� �� ����������������������

Eat Smart. Medical experts agree that one of the best ways to reduce your chances of developing colorectal cancer is to maintain a diet low in animal fats and high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Get Moving. Studies show that those who are physically active are 24 percent less likely to develop colorectal cancer than those who are not. Exercise at least 30 minutes a day, several days per week, whenever possible.

For additional information, please visit our website:

www.DanvilleRegional.com

Maintain a Healthy Weight. Also, keep in mind that studies have shown that your body type can influence your risk for developing colorectal cancer. Those with an “apple” shape and those carrying extra weight around the waist are at greatest risk.

Take Your Vitamin D. The American Cancer Society suggests that Vitamin D can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer by helping the body get rid of its own highly toxic digestive acid. Oral calcium supplements can also help reduce the risk of developing the cancer.

Commit to Being Tobacco Free. Research shows a link between smoking and colorectal cancer, because inhaled or swallowed tobacco smoke transports carcinogens to the colon. Tobacco use has also been shown to increase polyp size.

To learn more about preventing and treating colorectal cancer, visit www. cancer.org and click on Cancer Topics, then Colon and Rectal Cancer.

Danville Regional Medical Center has over 140 physicians on their medical staff.

Find a physician by visiting www.DanvilleRegional.com. Dr. Bhushan Pandya and Dr. Mukesh Patel are passion¬ate about teaching people to be proactive. You can find them at Danville Gastroenterology Center, PC.

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Tax Tips

by Debra Dockery, Co-owner of Computer Bookkeeping and Tax Service 1. Don’t wait to the last minute. More errors are caused by the rush to meet the filing deadline than lack of knowledge.

2. Don’t file. This may seem strange, but if you will be receiving a refund, request an extension from the Internal Revenue Service. You have three years to file a return requesting a refund so give yourself time to review all your deductions.

3. Request an extension of time to file, but pay on time. As the deadline clock is ticking, consider an automatic six-month extension through October 15. This extension request has to be postmarked

by April 17. However, this does not give you more time to pay any taxes due. If you have not paid at least 90 % of the total tax due by the April deadline, you may also be subject to an estimated tax penalty.

4. Don’t panic if you can’t pay. File your return by the deadline and pay as much as you can to avoid penalties and interest. The IRS will contact you in approximately 4 weeks and you may be eligible for an installment plan.

5. Review all documents.

Be sure to review all of your documents for potential tax deductions: check stubs, invoices for home improvements, charity contributions, tuition payments, interest on student loans, taxes paid on real estate and personal property.

6. Ask a professional. If you are unsure or uneasy about any deduction or credit, call a tax professional. Most are available to meet with you all year.

For more information, call Computer Bookkeeping and Tax Service, 434.793.8976, or visit 2380 Riverside Drive.

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Calendar Clips Clip it. Post it. Do it.

For more activities, see the calendar on page 16.

Sunday, April 1 – Saturday, May 12 Me as a Child Exhibit

This exhibit at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, 975 Main Street, showcases the work of children from around the world. In 1964, the Christian Children’s Fund, now known as Childfund International, organized a worldwide art competition for youngsters. Me, as a Child was the theme for the 198889 competition, which depicts familiar scenes and reveals the unique ability of art to act as non-verbal language. Language barriers, ethnic stereotypes, and cultural differences disappear in these brilliantly colored images of everyday life as seen through the eyes of children. For more information, call 434.793.5644. (submitted by C B Maddox)

Saturday, April 7

DRBA First Saturday Outing

The Dan River Basin Association invites you to paddle a rarely traveled section of the Dan River.

They will float 9 miles from the Berry Hill Bridge at the North Carolina-Virginia line to near the US 58 Bridge in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Participants will meet at 10:00 a.m. at a private access point on the north side of Berry Hill Bridge on Virginia Route 880/North Carolina Route 1761. Three Rivers Outfitters of Eden, (336.627.6215 or www.3-R-O.com) will offer boat rentals and shuttle for the float, which will end on private property with the owner’s permission.

Coordinator Dr. Will Truslow says, “This is the first time DRBA has had a paddle through this part of the Dan. Most of the trip is in Virginia with gently moving water. We’re likely to see blue herons along the way.... or maybe a bald eagle seizing a fish from the talons of an osprey.”

For trip information, call 336.547.1903. For DRBA information, visit www.danriver.org. (submitted by T Butler)

Saturday, April 7

Bridge To Bridge 5K Run/Walk

Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. at the Community Market on Craghead Street; the race starts at 9:00 a.m. Call the Danville Cancer Association, 434.791.3227, if you’d like to participate, sponsor, or donate to the race.

All proceeds stay in the area to assist local cancer patients with the cost of cancer-related prescriptions, travel, medical supplies, equipment and other special needs. (submitted by Mary Crider)

Tuesday, April 10

Peering into the Musical Brain

Over the past 15 years, Dr. Don Hodges from the Music Research Institute of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro has worked on mapping the musical brain to understand how neural mechanisms support components of musical behavior. There is much to learn, but a picture of the musical brain is clearly emerging. Hodges will share numerous colored brain images of PET and MRI scans and musical examples. This free event is suitable for all ages and will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Danville Science Center, 677 Craghead Street. For more information, call 434.791.5160 or visit www.dsc.smv.org. (submitted by Sonya Wolen)

Saturday, April 14

Butterfly Station & Garden Opening

The first butterflies of the season will be released into their new home at the Danville Science Center, 677 Craghead Street. Watch as they stretch their wings, sip nectar and take flight in a garden designed to meet their every need. Arrive early to purchase herbs and flowers that will attract butterflies to your yard and talk with experts from the Danville Master Gardeners Club. Butterfly Thyme, the herb sale, is open from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Butterfly Hello, the opening of the Station and Garden, is from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, call 434.791.5160 or visit www.dsc.smv.org. (submitted by Sonya Wolen)

Saturday, April 14 L’Tanya Mari

L’Tanya Mari is a nationally recognized and critically acclaimed jazz vocalist and creative arranger. She is a commanding force in the jazz vocal genre. All About Jazz describes Mari “...with a perfectly unadorned and simply phrased vocal style riding a perfect pitch voice.” Curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call The Prizery, 700 Bruce Street, South Boston, at 434.572.8339. All seats are $20.

Tuesday, April 17

Keeping Well in Mind, Body and Spirit

The Cancer Resource Center of Southern Virginia with the support of Danville’s Cancer Task Force is offering this free program to anyone concerned with cancer prevention and survivorship from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 937 Main Street. Ratia Kirby, Nutrition, Health Information Specialist with the Health Information Advocacy @ Your Library Program will speak on Nutrition: Myths & Facts.

Bring your lunch and a friend. Drinks and dessert are provided; reservations are requested. Call 434.766.6650. (submitted by Melanie Vaughan)

Saturday, April 21

The New Christy Minstrels

A concert by this Grammy Award winning ensemble will begin at 8 p.m. at the Caswell County Civic Center in Yanceyville, North Carolina. Between 1962-1968, they released eight albums and their first major hit single, Green, Green. Other memorable songs were This Land Is Your Land, Denver, Today, and Chim-Chim Cheree. For more info, contact CCCC at 336.694.4591.

Sunday, April 22

Garden & House Tour in Chatham

From 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Chatham Garden Club will host this annual tour that includes: the Callands Clerk’s Office on Sago Road; the 1773 Callands Courthouse and Gaol on Sago Road; the Hagood Home, 208 Strawberry Road; the Easley Home, 1495 North Flint Road (photo right). Refreshments are included in the $12 admission and will be offered at the Callands Clerk’s Office. Advanced tickets are available at Haymore Landscaping and Garden Center, 2720 Franklin Turnpike, in Danville or M & W Flower Shop, 20 North Main Street, in Chatham or at any tour site on the day of the tour.

Free for children under 12 years when accompanied by an adult. For more information, visit www.vagardenweek.org or call 434.203.2870. (submitted

by Mimi Grubbs)

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Thursday, April 26 Historic Garden Week Tour in Danville

Three buildings on Averett University’s campus plus three homes and a private garden in the nearby area will be featured in this annual tour sponsored by the Gabriella Garden Club and the Danville Garden Club.

AU’s President’s House at 500 Hawthorne Drive, the Conway House (AU’s guest house) at 161 Mountain View Avenue, and AU’s Schoolfield House Booksellers will be open. Other sites include: a private garden at 242 Hawthorne Drive; Dr. Mark Farmer’s home at 272 Cherry Lane designed by architect J. Bryant Heard; the home of Dr.& Mrs. Liam Leightly at 452 Maple Lane (photo above); the home of Marcus Shelton and Jennifer Bishop at 400 Maple Lane with breathtaking views of the Dan River. Also, a musical interlude will be provided at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, 781 Main Street, during the tour that begins at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 6:00 p.m. The Langhorne House, The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, The Danville Science Center and The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research are also open.

Bunnies, Carrots and All Things Green

by Annelle Williams

Easter bunnies, spring, desserts. What do these three things have in common? Carrot Cake, of course!

After a sleepy winter, spring is nature’s time of rebirth.

It makes me think of baby bunnies playing in tender new grass, which immediately reminds me of Easter.

And, according to children’s books, what do bunnies love to eat more than anything else? Carrots. And what is one of our favorite Southern desserts and the favorite dessert of most men? Carrot Cake. This line of thinking inspired me to make a spring carrot cake rather than the usual lemon tart for our Easter celebration. I added fresh lemon juice to the frosting and orange marmalade to the cake to satisfy my love of citrus.

After baking and decorating, I discovered that it might be the cream cheese frosting instead of the carrot cake that my husband loves. Not one to eat many sweets, I found him cleaning the bowl and beaters after I finished decorating the cake. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is a food pairing made in heaven.

The United Methodist Women of Mount Vernon United Method Church, 107 West Main Street, will offer box lunches in their social hall. Reservations are required. Call 434.792.2628. A floral arranging demonstration will be held at 242 Hawthorne from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with complimentary refreshments. Advance tickets are $20 and are available at Foxglove, Karen’s Hallmark, The Gingerbread House & Garden Center and Rippe’s or at each site on the day of the tour. For more information, visit www.VAGardenweek.org. (submitted by Tracey Smith)

Saturday, April 28

11th Annual Danville Wine Festival

From 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., taste wine from 11 Virginia wineries at the Community Market on Craghead Street, while enjoying live music, beer, food, craft vendors and door prizes. Cost is $12 in advance and $15 at the door.

Send $12 check or money order to K of C Council 6143, c/o William Browning, 324 Starmont Drive, Danville, VA. 24540.

Tickets will be returned by mail. (submitted by Barry Browning)

Upcoming Tuesday, May 1

Eat Out to Help Out

This fun event will be held all day. Local restaurants donate 10% of their total proceeds for one day to God’s Storehouse. As the need for help with food increases among many of our neighbors, this is an opportunity for the rest of the community to help the less fortunate by eating at the participating restaurants. Look for announcements and signs at the participating businesses that bear the logo depicted here. For more information, call 434.792.1792. (submitted by Russell Scruggs)

Easter Carrot Cake This recipe is an adaptation from the Food Network Collaborating Chefs’ recipe. If you have nut allergies, substitute one cup golden raisins. Taste your carrots. You want sweet, fresh carrots. I used sunflower oil, but any vegetable oil will be fine.

3⁄4 cup vegetable oil 1 1⁄2 cups sugar 1⁄2 cup packed light brown sugar 2 tsp. vanilla 1⁄2 cup orange marmalade 4 eggs, room temperature 3-4 cups grated carrots, 6-8 regular sized carrots 3 cups all-purpose flour

1 1⁄2 tsp. baking powder 1⁄2 tsp. baking soda 1⁄2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1⁄2 tsp. powdered ginger 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted 1 cup salted sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare (3) 9-inch cake pans by greasing and then adding parchment paper to the bottoms. Mix oil, both sugars, vanilla and marmalade until well-combined. Add one egg at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add grated carrots, stirring until combined.

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger in a separate bowl. Add the flour and buttermilk alternately to the egg-sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Don’t over-mix. Fold in nuts. Pour equal amounts into the prepared cake pans and bake for 25 minutes or until cake springs back in the middle and tester comes out clean.

Allow cakes to completely cool in pans.

CREAM CHEESE ICING 2 (8 oz). packages cream cheese, room temperature 1 stick butter, room temperature 1 tsp. vanilla

1 T fresh lemon juice 1 lb. box confectioners sugar, plus about 1 cup

Beat together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and lemon juice. Add confectioners sugar a little at a time until well incorporated, light and fluffy.

Spread icing between layers; use remainder to ice sides and top of cake.

Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Find more recipes, on my blog: http://aroundannellestable.blogspot.com/