Evince Magazine April 2018

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Denise Hudson

Farming, Touring, and Giving Directions See Page 3

Editor’s Note

Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography

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Denise Hudson (pictured on the cover) is a cheerleader— not with pom-poms but with encouraging words that are making wonderful things happen. Read her story on page 3 “Farming, Touring, and Giving Directions” and then prepare for a day trip she has organized for Saturday, April 28, that’s guaranteed to be fun.

You will have a very likeable companion, if you follow Carollyn Peerman’s advice on page 17 “Encouraging the Child Within You.” Encouraging others to improve our community, be better people, and live more fulfilling lives--these are some of our goals at Evince. Linda Lemery’s “The Harder Side of Encouragement” on page 20 is full of practical advice on how to achieve these objectives.

Casey Molloy received encouragement from an unusual source and she passes it on in “Meditation Moment.”

See page 7. On page 18 Dave Slayton suggests that even encouraging your business competitors can be productive.

I encourage you to read every article, story, and ad. After absorbing all the wisdom in this issue, be like Denise and become a cheerleader for yourself, your family, and your community. It’s time to spring into action.

April Contents

THE

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Editor’s Note

3

Denise Hudson / Farming, Touring, and Giving Directions

by Joyce Wilburn

4

Encouraging the Child Within You

by Carollyn Peerman

6

Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Theresa Brown

7

Meditation Moment Listening to a Small Voice of Encouragement

by Casey Molloy

9

Second Thoughts / This Old Bag

by Kim Clifton

CEO / Publisher Andrew Scott Brooks Editor Joyce Wilburn (434.799.3160) joycewilburn@gmail.com Associate Editors Jeanette Taylor Larry Wilburn Lanie Davis, Intern Contributing Writers

Diane Adkins, Ethan Brown, Theresa Brown, Kim Clifton, Cathy Cole, Alisa Davis, Adam Goebel, Mark Gourley, Kathy Hurt, Sarah Latham, Telisha Moore Leigg, Linda Lemery, Nora McFadden, Kathy Milam, Casey Molloy, Karen Myers, Carollyn Peerman, Carrie Petrick, Danielle Pritchett, Alice Saunders, Dave Slayton, Danielle Staub, Jay Stephens, Lisa Tuite, Joyce Wilburn, Mack Williams

Finance Manager Cindy Yeatts (1.434.709.7349)

10 Kindred / Part One Fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg

Marketing Consultants Kim Demont (434.792.0612) demontdesign@verizon.net

11 Tap Lessons / Where’s My Beer?

by Ethan Brown 12 Calendar Clips 14 Calendar 16 Book Clubbing / The Hacking of the American Mind

by Robert Lustig a review by Diane Adkins

Lee Vogler (434.548.5335) lee@evincemagazine.com

18 The Wine Spot Wine with Notes of Encouragement?

by Dave Slayton Living Well / Think Before You Buy and Eat

by Kathy Hurt Sly Strader Milam (434.728.1291) sly@evincemagazine.com

19 What’s Happening in the Public Libraries 20 Reflecting Forward / The Harder Side of Encouragement

by Linda Lemery

22 Photo Finish

On the Cover:

Denise and Digger, an Australian Cattle Dog aka Blue Heeler, stand in front of the barn quilt at Springfield Distillery, 9040 River Road in Halifax.

Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography.

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T

he directions to Hudson Heritage Farm about twenty miles from Danville sound like part of a secret military operation: look for the giant flag in the pasture, turn at the little sign on the white fence, drive through the hay field, ignore the warnings (the electricity will be off), unchain the gate, drive through, re-chain the gate, follow the gravel road, honk the horn if animals are on the road.

Fortunately, Denise Hudson, coowner of the farm, also provides simpler directions for those not familiar with country ways: Call me and I’ll meet you at the gate.

I did. A few minutes later, the Iowa native, woman farmer, Air Force veteran, mental health professional, and organizer of community events greets me with a wave, a big smile, and the command, “Follow me.”

After driving a short distance on a rocky road and saying good morning to the sheep grazing nearby, we arrive at the house that she and husband David built. “We bought this farm in 1983 with the idea of retiring here and at the same time David took a job in Alaska.

We went there for two years,” she says and adds after a dramatic pause, “and stayed for twenty-five.” Denise continues the story, “My husband used to be a meteorologist with NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) and eventually became a state trooper. I was a therapist/clinical social worker in the mental health field. We moved every two years in Alaska, but we’d always come here a couple times a year.” Previously, in what she calls “another life”, they both had been in the Air Force; that influenced their decision to join the Army National Guard while in Alaska.

About ten years ago, David accepted the position of Command Sergeant Major at the National Guard Bureau in the Pentagon and the couple moved closer to Southern Virginia and the farm where her father-in-law lived. “That’s when I retired and became a farmer,” she states, as if the long hours and hard work of maintaining a farm with animals could be a relaxing pastime.

Their goal in raising Horned Dorset sheep, Scottish Highland cattle, myotonic goats and Large Black hogs is twofold.

Denise and Digger stand between two barn quilts--one on the historic grocery store and a tiny one on the free library box. Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography.

Denise Hudson Farming, Touring, and Giving Directions

by Joyce Wilburn They want to perpetuate these original breeds of animals, which gives them the right to include the word Heritage in the farm’s name and to sell meat products. She laughs while remembering some of the decision making, “We had traveled in Scotland and Ireland and had seen the cattle there.

My husband said if we were going to raise cattle, it had to be something nice to look at—like the Scottish Highland Cattle.”

If running a farm isn’t enough to fill the day, Denise also teaches cooking classes (for example, how to make cheese), has hosted a two-day convention for the Farmer Veteran Coalition, works with Virginia State University and Virginia Tech students, tutors potential farmers (activities such as how to milk a cow), hosts community events like book signings, and is currently promoting agritourism by helping to create a Barn Quilt Trail. A barn quilt is a single block of wood painted to look like a square in a traditional cloth quilt and displayed on

mailboxes, barns, houses, public buildings, and fences.

She explains how the idea of a Barn Quilt Trail began in Halifax County, “My friends, Nancy Tiver and Kathy Cornell, and I organized a meeting for anyone interested in barn quilts and fifty people showed up!” That’s when they realized there was a lot of local interest in the national movement to create a driving trail of this unique outdoor art. Barn quilts became so popular that the group developed an application for owners to identify where they were being hung. With a little encouragement, the property owners returned the forms to this small group of hard-working women and an official trail was created.

With years of preparation almost complete, the women knew it was time to schedule an unveiling event. Therefore, all are invited to the Halifax Farmers’ Market, 209 South Main Street in Halifax, on Saturday, April 28, from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. to pick up a self-guided Barn Quilt Trail

map. Until 6:00 p.m. visitors can taste food, drive and see the barn quilts, attend events at various locations, sip a special drink, and learn more about the community, its beauty and its history.

Mark the date and plan to attend rain or shine. If you need help finding any of the thirty stops on the trail, just ask Denise. She is good at giving directions.

• For more information about the Trail, visit www.facebook. com/halifaxva. For a map of barn quilt locations visit www.gohalifaxva.com. Click Attractions Map; scroll across the icons and click Barn Quilt Trail or visit the Visitor Center at the intersection of Route 58 and 360 in South Boston or call 434.753.9327.

• Local author, William Guerrant, will be at the historic Elmo Grocery, 6247 Birch-Elmo Road, for a reading and signing of Jim Wrenn a Novel at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 23. Elmo Grocery is owned by Hudson Heritage Farm.

• View the music video on youtube.com of American Farmer sung by Mason Brown that was partially filmed on the Hudson Heritage Farm.

• The Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History will host a barn quilt painting workshop if there is enough interest. For your name to be added to a list of potential attendees, call 434.793.5644.

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Encouraging the Child Within You

by Carollyn Lee Peerman Do you know the meaning of neoteny? It means to maintain beneficial child-like qualities as an adult. “We all have a playful, curious, adventurous child within us. Invite him or her along. It will make the journey (through life) much more enjoyable,” says Charley Heavenrich, a sixty-eight year old life coach and veteran raft guide in the Grand Canyon.

The Canyon Guy does everything he can to keep from freezing and drying up. He even does mental pushups to improve his cognitive and memory skills along with encouraging, replenishing, and nourishing relationships. Want his advice for staying young? “If you think you’re strong, fit, and healthy, then it’s more likely you will be strong, fit, and healthy.

It’s a matter of the mind as well as the body,” he says.

It’s also important to be persistent, to keep going long enough for something good to happen. If you quit, you might give up the day before it occurs.

But being determined means

being confident, believing that you deserve to be lucky; bearing up under the slings of outrageous fortune without getting hurt feelings and then slinking away for a long and unsatisfying sulk.

When actress Katherine Hepburn was asked to what she most attributed her success, she replied in just one word Luck! “I was bloody lucky. I’ve loved what I do so much that I can’t help but think it must be selfish and selfindulgent. I don’t mean to say I didn’t deserve my luck. I worked hard for it. But other people who worked just as hard weren’t so lucky.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck,” wrote Benjamin Franklin.

In other words, lucky people behave in a way that maximizes opportunities in their lives. They create and notice. They enjoy being with people. They have fun.

Sounds like the description of a child, doesn’t it? Now you have lots of reasons to encourage the child within you.

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Ninety minutes later, I left wearing hearing aids. They work perfectly. In fact, I forget I’m even wearing them. They are so good and less expensive than I thought they would be. Now when I go to church, I can hear everything and it’s wonderful! Thank you, Katelyn.

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The poses and breathing practiced in yoga were created to prepare the body and mind to sit for extended periods of time in meditation. Photo by Clark Davis

Meditation Moment

Listening to a Small Voice of Encouragement

by Casey Molloy, RYT

I

met a little boy at the skatepark yesterday who told me, “Never give up, no matter what you do- never give up.” It’s a seemingly simple concept that can be so difficult to remember in the face of adversity. In children, we see the accumulation of knowledge through repeated trial and error. Their tenacious spirit encourages them not to be limited by their lack of experience. In the innocence of not knowing exactly how to do something, our true selves are exposed as we learn.

It is important that we continue to embrace the fact that as adults we still have a lot to learn.

Often we resist change or the opportunity to try something new just because we are afraid of failing. For some reason we are consumed with worry about what others will think if we don’t succeed, and often this worry convinces us to stay within the confines of our comfort zone. We place parameters on our abilities because we forget just how

capable we are, and we’ve been swayed by the negativity of our worry or the criticisms imposed on us by others. It is important to remember just how beautiful life is and that it is meant to be experienced fully through both the peaks and the valleys.

How can you expect to gain knowledge and grow without making mistakes?

What I have learned is that we possess within ourselves everything we need to succeed.

Whatever we want to do in this life can become a reality if we have faith in ourselves.

Doubt and negativity are inevitable elements of our consciousness that beg to be challenged. However, it is wise to acknowledge the possible outcomes of our actions.

Maintaining positivity is the key to progress and contentment.

When you feel defeated, look back at how far you have come.

We are all on a journey that takes effort and ability, and your ability is unlimited. I believe in you. Please, never give up.

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Second Thoughts

by Kim Clifton ©2018

This Old Bag Note: This month Kim flies to New York City and we look forward to stories from her (mis?)adventures.

In the spirit of her travel, enjoy a flashback to earlier trips which ended in disaster, some before they even started.

“Oh, Lord. Here comes another column.” That was the greeting from my nephew, Andrew, when I arrived in Orlando a few years back. He’d been circling the airport, waiting to pick me up but I was delayed getting my luggage...again. I must be on Southwest Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) hit lists.

One is always losing my luggage and the other is always opening it. I don’t know why these people pick on me so much. Either they see me as a threat or are fascinated by what I pack.

Those of you who’ve followed my travels know already how regularly this fool and her bags are soon parted. Maybe I became a marked woman the day I was mistaken for a drug dealer/suicide bomber in St. Lucia. If nothing else, I did learn two important tips from the experience. The first is never to pack a wind-up alarm clock and the second is to always tighten the top of your baby powder container. It’s ill-advised to leave a third- world country if your suitcase is going to blanket a customs official in a cloud of white dust when she inspects the ticking sound detected inside it.

Not only does this segregate you from the other passengers, it immediately qualifies you to be sniffed by police dogs. Since that trip some twelve years ago, TSA has rifled through my luggage five times without my being there.

I’m relieved they leave a souvenir note. Otherwise I’d worry a huge rat had invaded to make a nest.

Even if I’m stopped in line, it doesn’t mean my suitcases are. In fact, my luggage has been more places than I have. On one trip

to Florida, I went to Orlando but my bags went to Key West. When they came back in tatters, I could tell they’d been wasting away in Margaritaville.

It used to be the actual flying that made me nervous, but now it’s the baggage claim.

When the buzzer sounds and the light comes on, I pace around the conveyor belt waiting for my pieces to appear much like an expectant father in a delivery room.

While my nephew waited outside that day, I discovered inside that both of my bags had actually made it, in a manner of speaking, that is. One was fine but the other was dead- on-arrival looking more a dishrag wrung out to dry instead of a satchel. The authorities would never tell me what happened so I can only guess that it either fell off a cart and got caught under the buggy’s wheels or was run over by a 747 at take-off.

To their credit, the airlines gave me a brand new suitcase that was actually much nicer than the destroyed one. The only problem was I couldn’t leave the terminal with both. I was required to surrender the damaged one which sounds easier than it was.

I wrestled with it on the floor like a nervous mother unzipping the snowsuit of a toddler throwing a tantrum. I would have had better luck nailing Jell-O to a tree. At least there was one time that Southwest didn’t lose my luggage although they did have to replace it. And TSA didn’t rummage through it but probably only because it was one twisted sister.

Flying is now only about the packing. As I head to LaGuardia, I’m hopeful this journey will be uneventful for a change. For this flight, I’m putting everything in a carry-on because I know how they feel when they see my name.

They may make a case, but I’ll be the one to hold it against me.

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“

h, Anna-Margaret, you got to be careful with all your kindness, yes?”

Ms. Marva, owner of Marva’s Consignment Boutique on Lawson Avenue, Boris, North Carolina

She ran… after the trial, after her mother died, our Anna-Margaret.

She ran after her babies died.

She was a grown woman then, so the police couldn’t make her appear for us. She was a ghost anyway. And there was no finding her, at least not anywhere decent people would care to look.

Several months into the first few years she was gone, I would see Anna-Margaret from time to time coming out of McLaren’s (mostly Bar and less Grill) on my way to the hair salon. This wasn’t the best part of town and I hurried through. The one time I got out of my car and confronted her and said Harold, her stepfather, was looking for her, she shrugged. I know she had loved him like the father who left her. But she was different now. She just looked at me and went back into that bar. I drove by often after that. But once I had that pattern down, well, she found another. Last I heard she

Kindred

Part One

fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg

was in Vegas. Money she got from her mother was more than enough to support her.

Then one day Anna-Margaret calls from the train station. Girl won’t take a plane. She’s happy again and Anna-Margaret, she has someone

with her, a young girl, just past her teens, whose eyes are old, deep and dead. Why can’t Anna-Margaret see that this one can’t keep her eyes on your face but looks at all the pretty things she can? Her name was Karen, I think. And I’m nervous when Anna-Margaret wants

to know if they can stay a few days until they get settled. Her mother was my best friend before cancer took her, so I say okay, against my husband, Arnold. In the morning, Karen is gone along with a gold watch I Ieft on the dining room table. When I tell Anna-Margaret, righteous about her gullibility, Anna-Margaret nods and goes back to bed. The next morning she’s gone too. Two weeks later, money came in an envelope for the watch.

Of course, there have been others.

People liked her kindness but didn’t always show up to return it.

I try to tell Anna-Margaret that it takes skill to give and not give too much. But I think Anna-Margaret wants to give herself away. And then there have been the times when Anna-Margaret left, the weight of her own losses making her cut and bail. Those are the worst, Arnold and myself having to clean up her sadness, her destruction, after she tries to find kin in trade for all her kindnesses.

And we are old now, can’t keep doing this. (to be continued)

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Tap Lessons Where’s My Beer?

by Ethan Brown, 2 Witches Brewery Novice craft-beer drinkers often ask, “How long does it take to make a batch of beer?” Here’s the answer: All beers start their journey the same way—on brew day. This begins with milling or grinding up the malted barley or grain that is then added to warm water in a tank called the mash tun. Mashing is where the naturally occurring grain enzymes are activated to break down the starch into sugar.

Time and temperature impact how

much sugar is converted. The resulting liquid, a sugary solution called wort is then lautered, a process of separating the solids from the liquid. After transferring the wort from the mash tun, the grain is rinsed with warm water or sparged. Once the wort and sparge water is in the boil kettle, it is boiled for sterilization, solubization of hops, and precipitation of proteins. The wort then flows through a heat exchanger until the desired fermentation temperature is reached, ending up in the fermenter. That’s only Day 1!

Beer style determines how much time the fermentation takes. If brewing an ale, the yeast will convert the sugar to alcohol (i.e. fermentation) at about 65-70°F for about three weeks. If brewing a lager, the yeast will ferment between 52-60°F for about six to eight weeks. The lower temperature translates into a slower, less active fermentation. After fermentation is complete, the next week is spent cooling the beer to clarify it (crashing), filtering, carbonating, and ultimately packaging the beer.

You can expect a flavorful ale in about four weeks or, if you desire a crisp clear lager, you’ll need to wait six to eight weeks.

Prost! (That’s German for cheers.)

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The winners of the 2017 Derby Day Hat Contest enjoy their fame.

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April Calendar Abbreviation Key

• 2 Witches Winery & Brewing=209 Trade St. Danville 434.549.2739 • AU=Averett University, 434.791.5600 www.averett.edu • Ballad Brewing=600 Craghead St. 434.799.4677 • DMFAH=Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main St. 434.793.5644 www.danvillemuseum.org • DSC=Danville Science Center, 677 Craghead St. 434.791.5160 www.dsc.smv.org • HNT=Historic North Theatre, 629 North Main St. Danville 434.793.7469 www.TheNorthTheatre.com • PA=Piedmont Arts, 215 Starling Ave, Martinsville 276.632.3221 www.PiedmontArts.org • RSG=Reid Street Gallery, 24 Reid St. Chatham 434.203.8062 reidstreetgallery.com • The Prizery=700 Bruce St., South Boston, 434.572.8339, www. prizery.com

We’re

Ongoing

DSC Exhibit – From Here to There! explores how things move by land, sea, air.

Guided Walking Tours – Millionaires Row, Holbrook Street and Tobacco Warehouse District. Danville Historical Society. www.danvillehistory.org.

434.770.1974.

DMFAH self-guided audio-visual tours. 434.793.5644.

Public Library Events. See page 19.

Cascade Express Variety Band – Every Friday and every first & third Saturday; Cascade Community Center 3561 Huntington Trail 7pm 336.552.3703

April 3 (thru May 30)

DMFAH presents MAX: The museum will display artwork by Max Gasparini

April 5 (thru 8)

REALTY COMPANY Office: (434) 791-2400 Fax: (434) 791-2122 Visit our website at

www.holleyandgibsonrealty.com

April 14

Wine Pairings Class with Clara: This class will explore wine, cheese, and chocolate pairings. RSG 10am-12pm $25 reservations required Clarksville Lake Country Wine Fest: Downtown Clarksville 12pm-5pm $25 in advance 800.557.5582 Bridge to Bridge 5k/10k/Fun Run/ Bike Race. See page 12.

Butterfly Hello at DSC. See page 13.

April 14 & 15

Free admission weekend to DMFAH

April 6

April 19 & 20

Science After Dark: DSC 5:30-9pm $5 free for college students

April 6 & 7

The Last Capitol of the Confederacy (What the House Saw): Presented by The Little Theatre of Danville. DMFAH April 6 & 7 at 7:30pm April 8th at 2:30pm $15 Tickets sold at the museum, Karen’s Hallmark in the mall, and at the door

April 7

Chatham Rotary Casino Night and Auction: Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex 19783 U.S. Hwy. 29 South Chatham 6pm See ad page 11.

April 10

339 Piney Forest Rd., Danville, VA 24540

38th Annual Rugby World Cup: Angler’s Park 350 Northside Dr Danville

JeopardBee: Public is welcome to watch community members/ companies try to spell their way to the championship! See page 12.

April 6, 7 & 8

HOLLEY & GibsOn

April 13, 14 & 15

“The Great American Trailer Park Musical:” Presented by the Averett’s Theatre Department. Pritchett Auditorium 7pm on April 5-7 2pm on April 8 $10 adults/$8 students and senior citizens (60+)

Alice in Wonderland workshop for children: for grades 2-5. limited to 15 participants. DMFAH 10am-1pm registration and payment required

on Danville!

Janet Donna • Holley Gibson Owner Owner

Richmond Ballet: contemporary and classical ballet with energy and flair.

PA 7pm $25 reserved/$15 adult/$5 student

Living Well @ the Y: diet/exercise and other lifestyle habits that help reduce risk for cancer and other chronic diseases. A light lunch will be provided. Danville Family YMCA 215 Riverside Dr 12-1pm Free and open to the public and membership at the Y is not required to attend. To register call VCU Cancer Research and Resource Center 434.421.3060, e-mail cllitzenberg@vcu.edu

April 13

Reid Street Gallery’s 2nd Anniversary Celebration. See ad page 16.

April 19

Robert Lustig, MD., pediatric endocrinologist from California and author of The New York Times best seller Fat Chance will speak. See page 16 and page 18.

April 20

Racin’ and Tastin’ 2018: all-youcan-eat BBQ, live music by Funky Bone and an open bar. Danville Community Market 629 Craghead St 5:30-10:30pm $30 each or $300 for a corporate table 434.793.4636

April 20 (thru 29)

Halifax County Little Theatre presents The Lion King Jr: The Prizery times and prices vary prizery.com

April 21

Spring Dan River Clean Up: Help clean up the River District for Earth Day. Registration by April 16 appreciated but not required. 629 Craghead St Danville 9:30am-12pm 434.799.5150 Touch-a-Truck: 60 different trucks.

AU North Campus 707 Mt Cross Rd 11am-3pm $5 advance available at Ballad Brewing and J&J’s Truck Sales $6 at the gate. Age 2 and under free History United’s fourth annual Finding Our Roots: Genealogy consultations, a WWI history discussion, keynote address by author

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Lynn Rainville, and free Ancestry DNA kit raffle Yanceyville Civic Center 536 Main St 12-4pm Free tickets at Eventbrite.com/e/finding-our-rootstickets-44042839318 Daddy Daughter Dance: The semiformal dance includes music and dancing, refreshments, a photo booth, and more. Coates Rec Center 1725 Westover Dr. 6-8pm $10/ person $20/couple 434.799.5150 AU Cougar Band Spring Concert: Averett University’s Pritchett Auditorium 7pm free

April 22

Averett Singers and Ringers Spring Concert: Averett University’s Pritchett Auditorium 2:30pm free

April 24

Living Well - Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority: A discussion with staff of the VCU Massey Cancer Research and Resource Center about who we are and how we can work together to Live Well. Pleasant View Community Room, 101 Pleasant View Ave, Danville 12-1pm Healthy snacks provided. Open to residents of the community. For information call the CRRC at 434.421.3060, email cllitzenberg@vcu.edu

April 27

Historic Garden Week Tour: hosted

by Chatham Garden Club, The Garden Club of Danville, and Gabriella Garden Club at Smith Mountain Lake; See page 10.

Passport Series - France: Explore French cuisine! RSG 6-8pm $45 reservations required

April 28

Knights of Columbus Wine Festival: Danville Community Market 629 Craghead St 11am-6pm $12 advanced/$15 door 434.835.4949 Barn Quilt Trail Tour: 8am-1pm See page 3.

Langhorne House Fashion Show: a six -month journey into the past 100 years of fashion. 117 Broad St Danville 2-5pm

Upcoming May 4 & 5

15th Annual Halifax Co. Heritage & Antique Machinery Festival: Halifax County Fairgrounds 1188 James D. Hagood Hwy South Boston 9am-9pm Tickets are $7 for one day, $10 for two days

For more events see Calendar Clips on pages 12.

The deadline for submitting information for the May calendar is Thursday, April 19, at 5:00 p.m. Please send just the basic information following the format on these pages to joycewilburn@gmail.com.

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Book Clubbing a review by Diane Adkins

Reid Street Gallery is a great place to gather with friends!

Bring a group for a fun day of shopping or sign up for a cooking or art class!

Check online for calendar updates!

Follow us on Facebook and check out our website for more events and information... www.ReidStreetGallery.com

APRIL CALENDAR OF EVENTS Reid Street will be closed Monday, April 2

April 3 6.00 p.m. or April 4 11:00 a.m.

Lite and Easy with Clara Gutierrez- Buddha Bowls

April 5 7:00 p.m.

Monthly Chatham First meeting

Buddha Bowls are hearty, filling dishes made of various greens, raw or roasted veggies, beans and a healthy grain like quinoa or brown rice, and sometimes include toppings like nuts, seeds and dressings for added texture and flavor. Come assemble your own favorite creation, with a selection of fresh Spring greens and more delicious ingredients. $35 per person, minimum and maximum requirements to hold the class, reservations required 2 days before event.

April 9, 16, Women in Art Series (Mondays in April) – Bring your lunch, and 23, and 30 enjoy learning about various women who have impacted the art world. noon See website for featured artists, and complete details.

April 13 Second Anniversary Reception – Celebrate with us as we 6:00 p.m. look back on our first two years in the Chatham community! We will have music from Define Jazz, and delicious refreshments. We will also award the winners in our Spring Art Show, and also have on display work from the Danville Throw Paint at Cancer artists.

Free and Open to the Public.

April 14, Wine Pairings Class with Clara Gutierrez - We will 6:00 p.m. explore some delicious wines, cheeses, and chocolates that go better together! $25 per person, minimum and maximum requirements to hold the class, reservations required 2 days before event.

April 21, Fused Glass with Aleen Wilson – Celebrate Spring by 11:00 a.m. creating a beautiful fused glass sun catcher or bowl. $45, minimum and maximum requirements to hold the class, reservations required 2 days before event.

April 27, Passport Series: France – We will explore delicious French 6:00 p.m. cuisine, including Beef Bourguignon, and wines that make the dishes sing! This is a ‘don’t miss’ class! $45 per person, minimum and maximum requirements to hold the class, reservations required 2 days before event.

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Featured Artist

Jane Carter

Jane started painting 30 years ago, while living in Connecticut, and being a stay-at-home mom. After three years, she got discouraged and turned to a career in interior design. Upon moving to South Carolina in 1989, she itched to paint again, and has been doing so sine 1989.

Watercolors were her primary medium until a few years ago, when she discovered the joy of oils. She now produces her oils and water media (watercolors, acrylics, and pastels) in her beautiful art barn in North Carolina.

She has become more and more enamored of abstracts and finds great joy in creating them. She also finds that painting on Yupo paper allows more creative freedom, and brings great success in national shows.

Jane is proud and excited to be a Signature Member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and has recently been juried into the Southern Watercolor Society. She has been published in Watercolor Magic, and featured as a cover artist on several other magazines. Her paintings hang in homes across the country and in England, which is the utmost pleasure for Jane.

Jane has taught classes and workshops in South Carolina and England, and has had eight one-woman shows (as of this writing).

Several of Jane’s original works will be available unframed, during the month of April.

Our Gift Shop has Everying you Need!

Jewelry • Bags • Cards • Giftware • Cups Local Honey • Candies and Nuts...and More!

24 Reid Street • Chatham, VA • 434.433.2264 reidstreetgallery.com • FB Reid Street Gallery

The Hacking of the American Mind

by Robert Lustig

When I was a child, my parents had a huge garden. We lived in the suburbs, but we grew a large percentage of what we ate. I thought the very bane of my existence was that garden, especially the huge patch of red raspberries that I had to pick each morning. My dad planted, weeded, and picked. My mom canned, froze, and cooked. We ate well. In a way, Dr. Lustig’s work is all about getting us back into that garden.

This book goes hand in hand with Lustig’s book Fat Chance, an indictment of sugar--a pleasure substance relatively new to the human diet--and an explanation of how we have become addicted to it. This current book extends the argument, showing the reasons for our addictions, both through brain science and through the way the fooddrug-entertainment industries have hacked our lives.

The first part of the book, written in a colloquial style, is a scientific explanation of the difference between dopamine and serotonin. Dopamine excites the neurons; when they are excited, they tend to die. We then need more of the substance that excited them to give us the same pleasure. Serotonin inhibits the receptors and allows us to experience contentment. In other words, pleasure, which is driven by dopamine, says this feels good, I want more. Serotonin, which is contentment, says this feels good, I don’t need anything more. Pleasure doesn’t last, but contentment does.

Lustig says that our culture has made a big mistake, defining happiness as pleasure. They are not the same. Whereas pleasure is short-lived, visceral, and individualistic, happiness is long-term. It is contentment that connects us to others and emphasizes giving beyond ourselves.

So how do we choose happiness over pleasure? Lustig’s roadmap is “the four Cs of Contentment.” They are connect, contribute, cope, and cook. The final seventy pages of the book flesh out how we can actively use these four “Cs” as the foundation for a contented life.

So, in the end, it comes back to food, to cooking, to eating things that are not spiked with sugar. Another author, Michael Pollan, reduced this message to, “Eat real food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” If we do that, we will avoid many of the diseases of our modern existence. We will connect to others. We will be content. Red raspberries, anyone?

Diane S. Adkins is a retired library director.

• Dr. Robert Lustig will speak at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research on April 19 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and April 20 from 7:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, call 434.421.3060. See “Living Well” on page 18.

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Hello, Healthy Heart Maintaining a strong heart means getting to know your heart and staying on top of factors that play into its health, like blood pressure, cholesterol levels, family history and exercise. And when you act early to check your heart health, we’re in a better position to catch any potential issues and work with you to keep you healthy for the long run.

Say hello to a healthy heart. Say hello to Sovah Health.

How healthy is your heart?

Visit SovahHeart.com to take our free heart health assessment and learn about any risk you may have for heart-related conditions.

To find a doctor to take care of your heart, call 844.GO.SOVAH

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W

hen a good friend of mine drank his favorite chardonnay he would jokingly say with a smirk, “Mmmm, notes of petunia.”

This was his way of poking fun at winespeak, those terms that some wine enthusiasts use that sound a bit pretentious. Wine Spectator magazine says the term note is meant to describe a taste or aroma that is not dominant. You might substitute the word hint, trace, whiff or touch for note. Think of a good wine’s different tastes as different musical notes that come together in a pleasing chorus or chord.

Could a wine have a note of encouragement? If so it’s probably a sensation instead of a taste or aroma, like the sudden realization of possibilities. Farfetched? Consider the wines of Willamette Valley Oregon.

By the way, I learned that it is pronounced Will-LAM-it, not Willa-met. Fifty years ago, most people believed wine grapes could not grow in Oregon.

According to Oregon Wine,

Both thin people and obese people succumb to disease, so counting calories and watching your weight is not enough to stay healthy. Wellness begins with the quality of food and beverages delivering those calories. The good news is that when food is the real thing, we do not need as much to feel full. The brain sends and receives the right signals.

Less is more. But what foods are the real thing?

Stick to the outer edges of the grocery store and try to avoid what you find in most aisles.

The perimeter of the store is where you are more likely to find the better foods. When you are walking the aisles, read the labels. The fewer the ingredients and added sugars the better.

According to Dr. Robert Lustig, who will be speaking in Danville this month, 74% of grocerystore foods have added sugar, so you will be hard pressed to find healthy options among the man-made, processed foods. In addition to the added sugar that contributes either to flavor, shelflife, or both, most processed foods have been stripped of

between 1965 and 1968, David Lett, Charles Coury and Dick Erath separately forged their way to the north Willamette Valley despite negative rumblings from their University of California-Davis cohorts who told them it was impossible to grow wine grapes there. They were the first to plant pinot noir in the Willamette Valley. They were followed by a few others and these families worked in a collaborative spirit, sharing advice, humor and encouragement. That’s right, encouragement. This is not to say that the wine industry is not competitive, it is. But cooperation and encouragement have their place even in a competitive industry (just don’t violate antitrust laws).

Photo by Dave Slayton

The Wine Spot

Wine with Notes of Encouragement?

by Dave Slayton

So, next time you are enjoying a good Oregon Willamette Valley Pinot Noir like Cristom Mt. Jefferson Cuvée, with its velvety texture and luscious flavors of mixed berries, you may detect a note of encouragement. If so, enjoy and share it. Cheers!

a member of the Master Court of Sommeliers

health care crisis even more than cigarette companies. Not everyone smokes, but we all have to eat, and a large percentage of our food options are not good for us.

Think before you eat. Remember: the more informed your choices are, the better the outcomes.

Living Well

Think Before You Buy and Eat

by Kathy Hurt fiber in order to extend shelf life.

We need twenty-eight grams of fiber per day, but probably only consume a little over half of that amount. We should eat no more than twenty-five (women) to thirtyeight grams (men) of sugar a day.

If you tallied your sugar intake for one day, chances are you would exceed the recommended daily allowance before lunch.

With this in mind, is it too much to ask that we invest in our wellbeing by seeking out healthful

foods? When shopping for groceries, consider eggs, beans, leafy greens, whole grain rice, nuts, apples and berries. Also, add exercise and Vitamin D (sunshine) to your daily routine.

Industries are known to manipulate our biology in order to create habits and addictions, for example, smoking. Experts like Dr. Lustig say that with all the detrimental and possibly addictive qualities of sugar, the food and beverage manufacturers contribute to the

• Robert Lustig, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist and New York Times best-selling author of Fat Chance and The Hacking of the American Mind will address these topics at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, 150 Slayton Avenue, on Thursday, April 19, and Friday, April 20. See “Book Clubbing” on page 16.

Advance registration is required for these free programs. Call 434.421.3060.

• For more information and a schedule of Living Well and other programs in Danville, visit VCU Massey Cancer Research & Resource Center Danville Facebook page. The Facebook page contains lots of tips, information and a schedule of Living Well and other programs in the Danville area.

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Pittsylvania County Submitted by Lisa Tuite

Brosville/Cascade • Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays: Activate, 9am. Very easy exercises to motivate and energize.

• Tuesdays: Needlework, 10am.

Work in the company of other needlecrafters.

• April 4: Nutrition Program, noon.

Learn about healthy eating in this six-session program.

• April 11, 18 & 25: Wednesdays for Wees, 10am. Stories and more for ages 0-5.

Nutrition Program, noon. Learn about healthy eating in this sixsession program.

• April 12: Friends of the Library Meeting, 6pm. See what Friends do for the library.

• April 13: Cups and Crochet, 10am. Bring a beverage to sip while you learn basic crochet stitches.

• April 19: Book Bingo, 6pm. Play bingo to win books and other prizes. Family fun!

• April 26: Quilting Fun, 6pm.

Learn the basics of making a quilt. Please call for a supply list.

Chatham Library • Mondays: Mother Goose on the Loose, 11am. Stories, songs and fun for ages 0-3.

• Wednesdays: Preschool Story Time, 10am. Stories and crafts for ages 3-5.

• April 4: Brown Bag Book Review, noon.

• April 5: Movie, 3pm.

• April 6: Crochet, 3-4:30pm.

Work on your project or get help to learn new skills.

What’s Happening in the Public Libraries • April 12: Discussion Group, 4-5:45pm. Deep talk on big subjects.

• April 20: Crochet, 3-4:30pm.

Work on your project or get help to learn new skills.

• April 26: Game Day 3-4:30pm.

Play Wii, games, and LEGOs. All ages.

• April 28: National Superhero Day Wear your cape and stop by for fun.

Gretna Branch Library • Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: Group Fitness, 10am.

Exercise to DVDs from the library’s collection. Ages 18+ • Tuesdays: Mother Goose on the Loose, 10am. Stories, rhymes, movement and music for ages 0-3.

• Wednesdays: Preschool Read & Rhyme, 10am. ages 0-5.

• Thursdays: Learn to Crochet, 5pm. All ages and experience levels welcome. Learn or work on your own projects.

• April 10: Homeschool Connection, 2pm. Take a virtual trip around the world through stories and crafts.

2nd Tuesday Recipe Club, 5:30pm.

This month’s theme is “Brinner – Breakfast for Dinner.” Bring your dish and recipe to share.

Registration required.

• April 24: Homeschool Connection, 2pm.

Mt. Hermon • Wednesdays: Shake, Rattle and

Roll, 10am. A four-week music and movement story time class for ages birth-3.

• Fridays: Shake, Rattle and Roll II, 10am. A four-week music and movement story time for ages 3-5.

• April 2: Knitting Group, 6-7:30pm.

Beginners are welcome, or just work on your own projects.

• April 3 & 5: Art Lab, 2pm. ages 6-11 • April 5: 1980’s Throwback Thursday, 6pm. Game. Snack. Rad. ages 12-18 • April 6: Food Truck Friday, 11am6pm. Unique Q food truck. Place an order and browse the library while you wait.

• April 7: Shelebration, 11am. April is National Poetry Month! Join us for a celebration of poet Shel Silverstein.

• April 9: Challenged Book Read-in for National Library Week • Knitting Group, 6-7:30pm.

Beginners are welcome or work on your own projects.

• April 10: Friends of the Library social, 11am-noon. Learn how Friends help libraries.

• April 11: Friends of the Library Social, 5-6pm. Become a Friend!

Learn how Friends help libraries.

We are creating a Friends group for the Mt. Hermon library.

• April 13: Scrabble Day. Come play with words.

• April 17: Twilight Tales, 7pm. story time for ages 6-11.

• April 21: Happy Earth Day. Join us for some earth-friendly projects.

• April 26: Hooks and Books, 4:30-6pm. Learn arigurumi, the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures. Crochet experience required.

History Research Center & Library Join the library’s History Center staff at History United’s fourth annual Finding Our Roots event! Saturday, April 21 from noon to 4pm at the Yanceyville Civic Center, 536 Main Street, Yanceyville, North Carolina.

Genealogy consultations, a WWI history discussion, keynote address by author Lynn Rainville, and free Ancestry DNA kit raffle. Free tickets at Eventbrite.com/e/finding-ourroots-tickets-44042839318 Unless otherwise noted, all programs are free. For more information, contact Gretna Library, 207 A Coffey Street, 434.656.2579; Mt. Hermon Library, 4058 Franklin Turnpike, Tuscarora Shopping Center, 434.835.0326; History Research Center and Library, 340 Whitehead Street, Chatham; 434.432.8931; PCP Main Library, 24 Military Drive, Chatham, 434.432.3271; Brosville Library, 11948 Martinsville Highway 434.685.1285 or www.pcplib.org.

South Boston Public Library Submitted by Jay Stephens

Danville Public Library

Submitted by Danielle Pritchett

• Mondays: AARP Taxaide 10am-2pm Game Geeks for grades 5-12; 4:306:30pm • Tuesdays: AARP Taxaide 10am-2pm Little Explorers Storytime for preschoolers 11-11:30am Genealogy Open Lab 11am-1:00pm Crafter’s Club: 4-6pm • Wednesdays: Family Storytime @ Westover 11-11:30am • Fridays: Game Geeks for grades 5-12; 2:30pm-4:30pm • April 3: Lego Engineers 4pm • April 4: De-Stress Wednesday 4:30pm • April 5: Download the Library: eBooks, Audiobooks, and More 3:30pm; FIRST Lego League Expo 4pm; It’s Elementary, STEAM activities for grades 1-5; 6:00pm • April 9: Read It...See It Movie Matinee: Wonder (PG) 11am; Creative Writing Workshop 4pm; Maker Monday 5pm • April 10: Westover Branch Book Club 11am

• April 11: Paint and Sip for Kids 4:30am • April 12: Computer Basics: Exploring the World Wide Web 3:30pm; Fairy Houses 5:30pm • April 16: Coding Club 5pm • April 18: Crafternoon @ Westover Branch 4pm • April 19: Computer Basics: Learning Google 3:30pm; Pajama Storytime 5:30pm • April 23: Maker Mondays 5pm; Earth Day Celebration 5:30pm • April 26: Open Tech-Help 3:30pm; Let’s Talk Genealogy: I’ve Done My AncestryDNA, Now What? 6pm All programs are free but require registration at ww.playdanvilleva. com. For more information visit DPL, 511 Patton Street, www. readdanvilleva.org or call 434.799.5195. For the Westover Branch, visit 94 Clifton Street or 434.799.5152.

• Mondays: Makerspace: 1-5pm ages 8+ • Tuesdays: Itsy Bitsy PALS: 12:301:30pm ages birth-2 years PALS: 2:30-4:30pm ages 2-7 Tweens and Teens: 4:30-5:30pm ages 8-17 • Second and fourth Fridays: Art @ the Library 4-5pm ages 5-17 • Second Tuesday: Adult Crafts 1pm

• Third Friday: Art for Adults 3-5pm ages 18+ • April 10: A Jewel of a Friendship: Levi Hamilton and Joe Hodges.

A lecture by Emma C. Edmunds.

6:30pm For more information, visit South Boston Public Library, 509 Broad Street, or www.halifaxlibrary.org, or call 434.575.4228

Halifax County Public Library Submitted by Jay Stephens

• Wednesdays: Itsy Bitsy PALS: 12:30-1:30pm ages birth-2 years • PALS: 2:30-4:30pm ages 2-7 • Tweens and Teens: 4:305:30pm ages 8-17 • Thursdays: Art @ the Library: 4-5 pm ages 5 -17 • Second and fourth Fridays: Easy Exercise for Adults 10am • Second Wednesday: Adult Crafts: 1pm • Third Thursday: Art for Adults: 4-5pm ages 18+

• Third Tuesday: Tea & Book Discussion 2:30-3:30pm • April 7: Author Day. Three local authors will be selling and signing copies of their books from 11am-1pm For more information, visit Halifax Public Library, 177 South Main St. in Halifax or www.halifaxlibrary. org or call 434.476.3357.

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Reflecting Forward The Harder Side of Encouragement

by Linda Lemery

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hen I was younger, I looked for direction--it didn’t come. Not from my peers. Not from my parents. Not from guidance counselors, who were mostly invisible in my high school graduating class of 473.

Not from teachers, who didn’t reach out to a shy introvert to help guide her choices.

Everybody assumed I would figure it out. Nobody offered encouragement on how to align my native gifts with a college major that would translate into a career with which I could support myself. If there had been the slightest encouragement or guidance, I might have done things differently.

How can we encourage the shy introverts of the world? One powerful way is through personal connection and mentoring.

Parents and grandparents can talk to their kids and grandkids, look at their report cards, and make lists of where they’re excelling and where they’re not. Where they’re shining could indicate native gifts that might be further developed.

Where they’re not excelling might indicate where they need encouragement. These latter areas sometimes contribute to life skills. The children may need to draw on these weak areas later but without competence, the danger is they may flounder.

For example, if a child has aptitudes in the humanities, the temptation is to praise the strengths and ignore the rest. What happens if that child graduates with a degree in the humanities, but is totally unprepared to manage money?

Totally unprepared to set up a budget and pay bills on a

monthly basis? One role of the important people in children’s lives is to help them develop as well-rounded citizens, not just as well-developed kids in selected areas. Sometimes this encouragement is hard and takes the shape of arranging tutoring or mentoring, finding a software package to help teach skills, attending summer school, collaborating to learn material, consulting with a career professional, or more. This is real encouragement with teeth-the tough-love kind.

I had to learn how to encourage myself. Some of the toughest assignments I’ve given myself include learning how to understand data other people have given me, information that’s easier to accept than to comprehend. Grappling with the data meant developing a way to make sense of it, to question it, identify and explain mistakes, and determine whether to continue in a certain direction. That was real growth.

I only achieved it through selfencouragement in a drive to better understand my world.

I try to encourage others to grapple with what they don’t understand until they find a way to better comprehend it.

Encouragement can translate into action and change people’s lives. Now, please excuse me while I get back on track with grappling with my latest spreadsheet. Regarding that sea of difficult-to-understand data …

I’m feeling encouraged.

About the author: When she’s not fighting off bafflement by creating spreadsheets, Linda Lemery llemery@averett.edu serves as Circulation Manager at Averett University’s Mary B. Blount Library in Danville. She welcomes reader comments.

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Mantis Prays His Way Home

by Mack Williams Natural History Educator Danville Science Center

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hile walking through the Danville Science Center’s Butterfly Station and Garden prior to this season’s opening, I thought back to a day last November when I arrived at work and found a handwritten sign taped to the terrarium. It bore a sad face and the words: This praying mantis is deceased. He had enjoyed the DSC’s hospitality since his eviction from our netted Butterfly Garden last summer.

Praying mantises eat many grosslooking bugs, but they also eat beautiful butterflies for which we pay good money. Like Adam and Eve, he had to be expelled from the Garden.

Preceding this mantis in death was a female mantis in a separate terrarium. She had been caught by fellow employee, Ben Wright, who determined her sex due to the fact that she had a six-segment abdomen. (Male mantises have eight-segment abdomens—an eight-pack.) She had constructed an egg case, but considering the

number of praying mantises we had evicted from the Butterfly Garden, even the likes of Maury Povitch would be hard pressed to determine the male contributor in the paternity of that egg case.

The Ancient Egyptians believed that praying mantises transported the souls of the dead to the afterlife. Just think how fast my little mantis friend made his heavenly trip without the burden of a human soul.

Concerning the deceased mantis, I estimated the degree of devoutness expressed in his countenance to be equal to that displayed in any firstcentury mosaic or Orthodox icon. I have no fear for the outcome of his little soul. During the entire time of our acquaintance, he was the very image of constant supplication.

• The DSC Butterfly Garden opens for the season on April 14. All are invited to visit the beautiful butterflies except the praying mantises. (Hopefully they will find homes outside the garden.) For more information, see page 12.

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Photo Finish Danville Community College, 1008 South Main Street, will host a spring open house on Thursday, April 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the DCC Student Center. You are invited to learn about degree and workforce programs available at DCC including shortterm training programs that allow working adults to get in, get out, and get an in-demand job in a variety of industries. Guided tours will be given. Von took pictures of some staff and students you might meet.

Deborah Daye pushes the stroller while Carter Barringer enjoys the ride after leaving the Whittington W. Clement Learning Resources Center.

Casey Moore is ready to greet new students in the Admissions Office. Cathy Pulliam, Coordinator of Admissions, Enrollment Management, and Student Outreach, checks the DCC catalogue.

For more information about the Open House, contact Cathy Pulliam at 434.797.8538.

Christian Ryan, a liberal arts major, stands on the pedestrian bridge that connects the buildings on campus.

Nicholas Vest and Ray Vincent walk and chat between classes. Vest is a first- year science major; Vincent is a first-year criminal justice major.

All photos by Von Wellington.

For more info visit www.vonwellington photography.com or call 434.770.3553. See more pictures on Facebook.

Jamie Wilkerson is President of the DCC chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma, an international business honor society.

Stefani Carbajal pauses for the camera before her next speech therapy class.

Ajayla McKensie parks her car and hurries to class.

In the DCC Castle Bookstore, Head Cashier Rebecca Parrish helps Briana Barksdale, PR Marketing Specialist.

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Jakita Warren, Education Support Specialist II, compares notes with Registrar Evonda Thornton.

Carlene Wilson loves her job as a SCALE UP Student Success Coach.

Doreen Coleman makes copies while Camille Younger and Sharon Harris wait. They are part of the Educational Opportunity Center that provides free assistance on financial aid and admission applications, GED information, scholarships and more.

DCC sophomore Jovan Williams is helped by Customer Service Representative Aleah Barksdale in the DCC Castle Bookstore.

The Wyatt Building that faces South Main Street is one of the places where students find the help they need to be successful The staff in the Financial Aid Office: Mary George, Mona Snead, and Director Angela Turner help students secure tuition funds.

DCC freshman Gwendilynn Kallam shakes hands with Kirstin Pantazis, Transfer & Student Activities Coordinator, while the Coordinator of Counseling Howard Graves stands ready to help.

Career Coaches Megan Elgin and Karl Staten and Student Success Coach Chad Younger gather around Career Coach FreAnda Glass to discuss paths to achievement.

Dr. Carl Amos, Counselor for Veterans, helps Charles Phillips, a U.S. Army veteran.

Counselor & Athletic Director JoLane Tilley greets Work Force intern Lakevia Tarpley.

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