Evince Magazine March 2011

Evince Magazine

Katie Mosher

Bringing Out the Beauty

Vaughn Grisham

Extraordinary Results in Ordinary Communities See Calendar Clips

Tony Rice

Bluegrass Concert See Calendar Clips

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March 2011

March Contents

Photo by Lona Kokinda

2 Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

I just returned from a neighborhood walk and even though it was a little chilly, I saw Spring aka Vernal Equinox around the corner. Vernal told me that she will be on our doorsteps at precisely 1:32 p.m., Sunday, March 20, to deliver 12 hours of daylight and a new season of creation and re-creation. Have you made plans to celebrate her arrival this month by doing something new and different?

If you’re like Danny Vaden, you’ll be speeding into a new career at VIR. Read his story on page 3. Maybe you’ll follow the example of Annelle Williams and plant seeds, raise bees, or stir up a new dish in the kitchen. See page 17. Perhaps, your face wants to reflect the beauty of this gorgeous season, but needs a little help. Read Katie Mosher: Bringing Out the Beauty on page 5 for a solution. Be forewarned, if you are planning a new project, read Linda Lemery’s Reflecting Forward-Spring Projects: There’s No Such Thing as a Simpler Life. She’ll give you a reality check on page 6.

Finally, remember to savor the beautiful mornings of spring and the wonderful taste of a good cup of hot coffee while reading The Coffee Experience Is Not Grab and Go

by Gretchen Cohenour on page 12. And please don’t forget to notice our returning feathered friends like Mack Williams does in Bird Notes on page 13.

Enjoy the gifts that Spring will bring. She’s only staying for three months and then her friend, Summer, will be moving in -- and she isn’t nearly as mild-natured as Spring.

Sincerely,

THE

OICE of SPRING

Publisher

3 Saying Farewell to an Evince Founder

by Joyce Wilburn

Andrew Scott Brooks

Editor Joyce Wilburn joyce@evincemagazine.com (434.799.3160)

4 She Said He Said / Sleepwalking

by Dena Hill & Larry Oldham

Associate Editor Larry G. Aaron larry.aaron@gmail.com (434.792.8695)

5 Katie Mosher: Bringing Out the Beauty

by Joyce Wilburn 6 Reflecting Forward Spring Projects: There’s No Such Thing as a Simpler Life

by Linda Lemery 7 Second Thoughts / The Case Against Me

by Kim Clifton 9 Stones Fiction

by Tehisha Moore Leigg

Contributing Writers

Diane Atkins, Lynne Bjarnesen, Matt Charles, Kim Clifton, Gretchen Cohenour, Mary Franklin, Dena Hill, Telisha Moore Leigg, Linda Lemery, C.B. Maddox, Kevin Matheson, Sally Murray, Larry Oldham, Joyce Wilburn, Kristen Wilkinson, Annelle Williams, Larry Williams, Mack Williams

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

10 Calendar 12 Spring into Engineering at DSC

by Kristen Wilkinson A True Coffee Experience Is Not Grab-and-Go

by Gretchen M. Cohenour 13 Bird Notes

by Mack Williams

Ve ince

Sales Manager Larry Oldham larry@evincemagazine.com (434.728.3713) Sales Associates Kim Demont (434.836.1247) kim@evincemagazine.com Misty Cook (434.728.2905) Art & Production Director Vaden & Associates (Dan Vaden)

Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Larry Williams

Graphic Designer Kim Demont

evince\i-’vin(t)s\

1: to constitute outward evidence of 2: to display clearly: reveal syn see SHOW

15 Where Can I Find an Evince?

17 Around the Table / Try Something New this Spring

by Annelle Williams 18 Calendar Clips

On the Cover:

Photo of Rick Barker, Larry Oldham, and Danny Vaden by Michelle Dalton.

See story on page 3.

Editorial Policies:

eVince is a monthly news magazine covering the arts, entertainment, education, economic development, and lifestyle in Danville and the surrounding areas. We print and distribute eVince free of charge due entirely to the generosity of our advertisers. In our pages appear views from across the social spectrum.

They do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. We reserve the right to accept, reject, and edit all submissions and advertisements.

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See the March issue of Showcase Magazine

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featuring DRMC Chief Servant, Eric Deaton

© 2011 All rights reserved.

Meet Some of Our Writers

Reproduction or use in whole or in part in any medium without written permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited.

We now accept Visa, MC, and Discover for ad payments Larry H. Williams is an entrepreneur and Papa to 6 wonderful grandchildren.

Kristen Wilkinson, a 2007 Tunstall High School graduate, works at the Danville Science Center and is a student at Longwood University.

Dr. Gretchen Cohenour is an Assistant Professor of English at Averett University.

Linda Lemery works at Mary B. Blount Library at Averett University in Danville. llemery@ gamewood.net

Deadline for submission of April stories, articles, ads, and calendar items is 5 p.m. on Monday, March 21.

Submit stories and articles to: joyce@evincemagazine.com.

Submit calendar items to: kim@evincemagazine.com.

For ad information contact a sales associate or sales manager above.

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ASK DR. JUDITH

Judith A. Ostrowski, Au.D. Doctor of Audiology

Danville ENT Associates, Inc.

Judith, Does hearing loss Q: Dr. cause dementia?

Photo by Michelle Dalton.

are no studies that indicate that A: There hearing loss causes dementia but

Rick Barker, Larry Oldham, and Danny Vaden review past issues of Evince.

Saying Farewell to an Evince Founder

by Joyce Wilburn

Fifteen years ago, four talented people—Rick Barker, Linda Buford, Larry Oldham and Danny Vaden-- combined their skills and energy to create the magazine you are currently reading.

Graphic designer, Danny Vaden, cleverly suggested that the publication be named Evince, because it would show, display, and give evidence of the events and arts in the Danville area.

Danny has worked with Evince since the first bimonthly issue hit the stands in July 1996. The magazine became a monthly publication in 1999 and immediately started winning Virginia Press Association awards. Quite a few of them went home with Danny. For example, in 2002, his photography won two first place awards, one third place award and the state-wide Best in Show.

Now, after years of nurturing Evince with his design and photography, Danny is closing his business, Vaden & Associates, to follow his love for Virginia International Raceway (VIR) where he will be the marketing and public relations director.

When Danny exits, only one founding father will remain with Evince—Larry Oldham. Our readers know Larry as the often misunderstood male in the popular She Said, He Said column and Evince’s sales manager. He is also the Director of Sales and Marketing for Evince’s sister publication, Showcase.

The third partner in founding Evince, Rick Barker, is the President of Supply Resources, a Danville-based custom packaging and logistics company

The first issue of EVINCE (a bi-monthly at the time) was released July 1, 1996.

on Craghead Street that was established in 2005. SRI develops packaging concepts, sources the manufacturing, either domestic or offshore, and provides regional warehousing to stage and deliver its products.

Because these men laid a firm foundation on which Evince could grow from infancy into its teenage years, readers will continue to enjoy a free highquality community publication.

The spirit behind Evince and its mission to showcase Danville and the area’s great talent, culture, and uniqueness will not change even when a new graphic designer starts in April. Evince will continue to grow and evolve like it has done for 15 years. In saying farewell to a founding father, we wish Danny the best. Because that is the only thing he has ever given to our readers.

Editor’s Note: Contact was lost with founding mother, Linda Buford, when she moved outof-town. If you have contact information, please send to joyce@evincemagazine.com or phone 434.799.3160.

recent studies suggest that untreated hearing loss can increase the risk of developing dementia. It is known that dementia and hearing loss have similar symptoms. These include but are not limited to: Depression, Anxiety, Confusion, Decreased memory, Denial, Defensiveness and even Paranoia.

Hearing loss can cause these problems because if a person can’t hear speech clearly they will answer incorrectly, won’t remember what they’ve heard accurately and can feel cut off from friends and family. Subsequently social interaction suffers and depression can follow. Here is an example: If you asked “Would you like a sandwich?” and a person responded “4:15” you might think “Hmmm, They are losing it.” But if the person had a hearing loss and instead of hearing “Do you want a sandwich?” thought they heard “What time is it?” then an answer of “4:15” makes perfect sense. This is an example of how hearing loss can appear to be dementia or even make the impact of dementia worse. It is essential, if there is concern of dementia or any cognitive decline, to have hearing evaluated by a Doctor of Audiology, Au.D. If a person does have dementia and also hearing loss, getting a hearing instrument can reduce the negative impact dementia has on quality of life.

To schedule an appointment to have your hearing evaluated please call (434) 791-4170 and schedule with the receptionist.

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March 2011

She Said

by Dena Hill

Sleepwalking Am I missing something in the middle of the night? Where do you go around 2 a.m.?

We usually go to bed at 10ish and I need the TV on (with the timer set to turn it off) to drown out the ringing in my ears. Sometimes when I roll over, you're missing! Then I can't get back to sleep because the quietness in the house is deafening.

If I had the energy, I'd get up and look for you.

Are you bored or are you and Sophie having a party without me?

There must be something more exhilarating than sleeping, but I can't imagine a novel or even facebook interrupting my dreams in the middle of the night.

Even if you can't sleep, why not just stay in bed and rest? Health experts have said that you can extend your life if you balance it with adequate amounts of sleep and exercise. I guess we could go for a walk or utilize the elliptical or Bowflex in the basement to combat your boredom. It would improve your health. The funny thing is -- when my kids were babies, they would sometimes mix-up their days and nights, but I didn't expect that to happen to you.

We need to synchronize our internal clocks so we go to bed at the same time and get up at the same time.

Isn't that what married folks are supposed to do?

If I stay in the bed, I will get a headache, so I get up and read.

Sometimes I write and sometimes I go wake Sophie (the poodle) and make her play with me. So in a way I guess you can say that Sophie and I are partying.

I get the feeling you would like for me to wake you so you could join us. I've asked Sophie and she says no, she needs some alone time with me.

After all, you exercise with her daily and walk her every night.

I enjoy the quietness of the night. Reading is exhilarating for me and I know that is hard for you to comprehend because you read all day while I am hard at work.

Night time is the only time I have to read.

Health experts tell you many things: don't drink too many sodas; wash your hands 100 times a day; eat only green and yellow foods; don't eat anything white because the carbs will kill you. As far as my sleep syndrome goes, those health gurus have not walked in my shoes. I would say the average person does need eight hours of sleep. It can also be said that I am not your average person. You might have said that yourself on occasion.

I am going to buy a dummy doll to put beside you when I get up at night. That way if you wake up, just hug the doll. As for your comment that I am bored, believe me, with all these new rules I have to memorize since getting married, I don't have a lot of extra time to do anything, especially be bored.

She said He said

he Said

by Larry Oldham Since I was a teenager, I have slept only four hours a night.

When I get up at two after going to bed at ten, I am wide awake.

He Said / She Said can be seen in Showcase Magazine.

Evince Magazine

Photo by Lona Kokinda

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t’s late on a Friday afternoon and artist Katie Mosher is creating an airbrush masterpiece, not on canvas or paper, but on my face!

Although new to me, airbrush makeup has been used by celebrities since the filming of the original 1925 movie Ben Hur. Recently, it’s become more popular with us common folk especially for special occasions like weddings. “One year, I had a client who had been in a 4-wheeler accident a week before her wedding day. She had stitches on her forehead and lip and purple bruises all over her face,” remembers Katie, a Florida native. “I was able to completely cover them,” she adds with obvious pleasure.

Katie performs her magic not with a wand, but by moving a tiny sprayer four to six inches from the face in a quick, smooth, circular pattern. The very thin, custom-blended, siliconebased foundation dries quickly, doesn’t transfer onto clothing, and won’t settle into fine lines. “It doesn’t wear off or fade during the

Katie Mosher Bringing Out the Beauty

by Joyce Wilburn day which is great, especially during the sweaty summer months,” she comments while gluing false lashes to my eyelids completing the 30-minute makeover.

Katie became a modern fairytale godmother who transforms her clients into

flawless, ready-for-the-ball Cinderallas after receiving special training online and at New York City trade shows. “I have worked with make-up for 25 years and with the airbrush for four years,” says the youthful grandmother of five and wife of Howard Mosher—

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together they have four adult children who are scattered all over the U.S. When asked about her reasons for moving to Danville, she replies, “We had been coming to Virginia for years visiting friends. When Howard retired early from the Miami Police Department, we travelled a bit and then11 years ago we decided to move close to our Danville friends. That’s when I started working here,” she says handing me a mirror for the final reveal. “I just love bringing out what is most beautiful about each individual.

It’s a lot of fun,” she adds.

It’s fun not only for Katie but also for the transformed woman in the mirror. To see the results of her work on me, turn to page 2.

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Katie works at Genesis Day Spa & Salon, 695 Park Avenue, in Danville.

For more information, call 434.792.2662 or 434.770.8903.

In addition to being an airbrush make-up artist, she is also a senior hairstylist and Goldwell Colorist.

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March 2011

Reflecting Forward

Spring Projects: There’s No Such Thing as a Simpler Life

by Linda Lemery Do you ever feel as if everywhere you turn, there are projects waiting to be done, even though you yearn for a simpler life? What’s wrong with this picture?

You may remember that last year I was focused on carving a path through my chaotic, under-tended, overgrown garden. This year I can only throw the garden the bare minimum of energy, because I have to plant a path. “…A path …,” you say? Yup, that’s right a path. Not a path to expanding knowledge, not a path to building relationships, not a path to gaining enlightenment, rather, a much more concrete path.

Here’s the story.

It all started when I was sitting on my patio, staring in dissatisfaction at my fishless, scummy, algaeladen pond. I sat there because I was exhausted from pulling up all the grass growing in the rock wash that ran between the house and the pond. Why a rock wash?

Because we live on a gentle slope and nothing grows there and we needed drainage. Putting in the rock wash solved the problem for the short term.

It’s highly dissatisfying to collapse in exhaustion and then the first thing one sees is more work to

be done, specifically cleaning out an overgrown, under-populated fish pond, barren of the fish it was meant to house, fishless due to predator cats (there is a leash law) and birds (who can spot fish from high in the sky) who considered my pond a sushi bar and wiped out my fish population. Does anything like this ever happen to you?

Or am I the only one on the planet who has experiences like this?

How can I get rid of these problems, I thought. The answer came to me like a bolt of lightning. What we needed was a deck. Instead of scrambling around on my hands and knees cleaning out scummy pond filters and scrubbing algae off pond walls, if we had a deck, I would park myself in a lawn chair on it and read. Instead of breaking my back bending over and yanking up endless tufts of grass out of the rock wash, I would blow leaves off the deck and then bask on the planks in a leafless, grassless, algae-less, maintenance-free area. I’d sell the pond in a yard sale. The deck would cover the rock wash. No sunlight = no photosynthesis = no more tufts of grass to weed.

“Build a deck,” came the trumpetcry. My husband was all for it, as long as he didn’t have to build it.

Grudgingly I agreed to hire somebody.

What we couldn’t agree on was how big to build it. I wanted to extend it to the tomato garden and he wanted to stop 5 feet short of that. I regret that I capitulated because now we have to do something about that ugly 5-foot expanse and we have to do it ourselves. More work, I thought. I’ve caused myself more work, and once again, I’m going to have to be the one to crack the whip and get this going.

What to do with the 5-foot expanse?

Not grass – we don’t want to mow it or trim it. Not rock – experience is a great teacher -- we don’t want to weed it. It would have to be the same concrete block the patio was made of, arranged in the same pattern for continuity—a wide, concrete block path. But now that I think about it, maybe also a path to expanding knowledge (we’ll have to figure out how to do it), to building relationships (we’ll be stuck doing it together), and to enlightenment (the realization that this is yet another project that we’ll never do again).

So, now we have to build a new concrete patio --ourselves -- around the beautiful deck we had somebody else build to reduce the work we have to do around the house. There’s no such thing as a simpler life, is there?

There’s always another project on the horizon … and how ironic that so often we create these future projects ourselves.

About the Author: Linda Lemery ponders life’s ironies while serving as Circulation Manager at Mary B. Blount Library at Averett University in Danville.

She welcomes your comments llemery@averett.edu

Evince Magazine

The Case Against Me “Oh, Lord. Here comes another column.” That was the greeting from my nephew, Andrew, when I arrived in Orlando. He’d been circling the airport, waiting to pick me up, and here I was delayed getting my luggage...again.

I must be on Southwest Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration (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 over the years already know 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, although that was really just a big misunderstanding.

Take it from me. Don’t ever fly with a wind-up clock. Or baby powder, if the top is loose. The last thing you want is a customs official from a third world country inspecting the ticking sound and ending up enveloped in a cloud of white dust. From my own experience, not only does this immediately separate you

Second T houghts

by Kim Clifton ©2011

from the other passengers, it also qualifies you to be sniffed by police dogs.

Since that trip, TSA has rifled through my luggage at least four times without my being there. I know because they always leave a souvenir note. Otherwise I might worry that a huge rat had made a nest.

Thanks to Southwest, my luggage has been more places than I have. On one trip to Florida, I stopped in Orlando and my suitcases went on to Key West. When they came back in tatters, I knew they’d been wasting away in Margaritaville.

But nothing beats this last time, which says a lot considering all the misadventures I’ve written about.

In the early days, it was the flying that made me anxious. Now it’s baggage claim. When the buzzer goes off, the light comes on, and the conveyor belt starts to move, I pace like an expectant father in a delivery room.

This time both of my pieces actually made it, in a manner of speaking. One was fine, but the other was dead on arrival. No one will tell me what killed it, but I have a theory that it fell out of the buggy on the tarmac and got caught up under its wheels. Either that or a 747 ran over it at take-off.

Squashed doesn’t begin to describe it. We’re talking one twisted sister. I was so stunned by the damage that I didn’t have the presence of mind to take a picture to share with you. That’s okay, though. If you’ve ever wrung out a dishrag, you know what it looked like.

Which brings me back to Andrew circling the airport while I was in the Southwest claims office. It was a sight to behold. I was crawling on all fours wrestling to unzip my suitcase while every passenger from Chicago was walking around me hoping to find theirs.

Keeping my place in line was no easy task because I had to keep

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flipping the suitcase over as I tried to follow the path of the zipper.

Taking a snowsuit off a toddler throwing a temper tantrum would have been easier.

I was having about as much success as I’d have nailing Jell-O to a tree when a Southwest employee appeared and saved the day. He yanked open the damaged bag and handed me a brand new Coleman® replacement, still in the plastic wrap from the factory.

The good news was that the new suitcase was free and much nicer than mine. The bad news was that they had to keep the broken one. There’s something incredibly humbling about being sprawled on the floor while a sea of people watch you transfer your intimate belongings from one bag to another.

Andrew was right. This experience had to be a column, but not just because it’s another in my long line of suitcase sagas.

It’s because it proved once and for all something my mother has preached to me all my life: In case of an accident, make sure you have clean underwear.

Especially if you have to hold it up piece by piece — in front of God and everybody.

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Evince Magazine

“Did you do what the school said?” Darla Wilston, still in work clothes, jumped out of her ’89 Toyota Camry; she shifted the beaten purse strap from one shoulder to the other as she ran, her fingers in fists. Seeing the blood on her boy’s shirt, the torn jacket, she panicked. She came to him fast, the tint of anger in her jaws. When she reached him, they stood eye-to-eye on the new front porch Tim had patched, the planks still unpainted, the planks a yellow turning grey seemingly just fallen from the forest. In the March wind and in her voice, there was still a tinge of winter. She turned from her son to her lover, who had arrived in the driveway at about the same time.

“Why you do it, boy?” Tim Knox jaw ticking said, moving from the truck.

“He didn’t mean it, Tim. He’s just a boy.” Caught between the driveway and the porch, she tried to position herself to catch both the boy’s impulsiveness and her lover’s anger from meeting.

“I better go, Darla.” Tim’s voice was deeper than she ever remembered. She didn’t ask if Tim would be back. She didn’t think he would. She understood having her son hitting Tim’s boy would cast a dim light on things, no matter the reason.

Still, she pulled up her grief and remembered she was a mother, remembered her child. “Ya’ll ain’t going to press charges, are you?”

Her head was down and her feet moved in place, like treading mud. It broke her heart to say “ya’ll,” to include his ex-wife in the equation.

Tim fingered the keys in his pocket. Darla noted Tim didn’t look at her, but saw him look at her boy, who wore the oversized jacket Tim had bought him for warmth, the Timberland work books he bought the boy for style—to be like the other boys, just not his boy. Tim didn’t move closer or away, just fingered his keys with his left arm slung over the top of his car door. The boy stared into the neighbor’s yard, hands in his pockets. Darla wanted to tell her son, Tyrion, to stand up, that this wasn’t a moment to slouch.

“Naw, Darla. Look…” Tim began. “…Yeah.” Darla said at the same time. She looked at Tim while he took his keys out of his pocket. But dimly, Darla noted-the air had changed. The boy, Tim, Darla, they all could smell it. With spring in some tentative glory unfolding in warmer winds, Darla had thought things were looking up. She was now head server at Mega Restaurant off 360, job secure. The robberies seemed to have stopped, at least around where she lived. Tim and she were closer. Everything was getting better, like the weather—softer,

Stones fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg

a breathing into something that could be good. That was until this day. Until Tyrion, the fight.

She saw it leaving then, the spring, the man, even the boy.

She looked at the fake leather of her shoes for a few seconds.

“I’ll catch you later, Darla.” Tim got into his truck. Darla, not lifting her head, nodded.

At 10 p.m. when the girls were asleep, Darla went to the boy’s room where it was dark and the room in need of painting. She sat beside him on his bed. His feet hung off. From the boy’s window, a neighbor’s bathroom light shone through the window.

Everything was so close here, yet not close enough to matter.

She thought of her neighbors, the coworkers at work, how they would snicker over this situation and some would say that this is what you got messing with what was a married man, that is what you got from putting on airs after doing so, and maybe so. But Darla wasn’t sure she would change anything if she could. Tim made her feel good in a world that didn’t offer her that many chances. Sorry, she guessed came from the word sorrow and she knew what sorrow was. Lord, she knew what sorrow was, three children, every man gone, youth leaving in bunches, scratching to make it every day. Failure was a cracked tooth aching. She looked at her son, a slat of light pulled across his face. He wasn’t asleep, eyes intense looking into her.

“He said you was a dirty….”

He was serious, a wound in him surging for vengeance. “…I see how he think that. I didn’t do right, Ty,” Darla interrupted, putting her rough hands to his brow. “He knocked my tray.

Everybody laughed. I didn’t even….” he said, “Tim mad, ain’t he?” “…Ty, look at me.” Darla put her face into his to better

make out even his cheek in the darkness. He turned away from her. “Ty, what I say? Sticks and stones.…” “Mama, why he…”

He sat up, and Darla almost smiled at him in his pajamas at 15. “…Tim a good man, Ty.” Darla traced a pattern in his dime store bedspread. She swallowed, chose her words like hurling a rock into him. “Ty, leave his boy alone.” The boy looked at her, saw her, and still found something that he could still stand about her. “Night, Ma.” She knew he would cry when she left. “Night, Ty.” The bathroom light across from the window went out as if on cue and it was night.

Sticks and stones, she didn’t care what people said, Darla thought in the darkness of her own bedroom which faced a neighbor’s retaining wall.

She thought the affair hadn’t been pretty or neat. She knew it wasn’t romance, not like in those books she kept under her bed, at least for Tim it wasn’t.

But it was for her. For her it was the best love she had ever had, and didn’t that say her life like deuces and eights. She thought back to seeing herself between Tim and Tyrion, the moment she realized that one day she couldn’t keep them both. Wildly, she thought to send the boy to his aunt’s in New York, and then slammed her hand over her mouth for the thought. She had lied to her boy about those sticks and stones, because the thought, the word and deed were almost the same, and all hurt. The walls were thin and she could hear her boy grieving, and she turned over and put a pillow over her head.

Darla knew then, like she had swallowed a stone that should there be a choice between Tim and the boy again, she wouldn’t choose the boy next time.

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March 2011

March Calendar Ongoing

Guided Walking Tour – Millionaires Row, The Secrets Inside.

See ad pg. 12. 434.770.1974. www.danvillehistoricalsociety.org.

Dan River District Boy Scout Leaders Roundtable – Informational meeting about scouting.

7 pm. RCATT Center. 434.710.4408.

Danville Museum Exhibits - Please Be Seated & The Life and Times of Harry Wooding. Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History (DMFA&H) – 434.793.5644.

Aquacize – Aerobic workout that is easy on joints. Thursdays 8:15 am. YWCA. 434.797.8848.

Curiosity Corner – Make crafts, play games and have fun. Ages 3-5. TH 9:30 am12:30 pm. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

Through March

Through March 31

Mill Safety and Life Lessons. photo exhibit M-S 9:30 am–5 pm, Sun 1–5 pm.

Danville Science Center (DSC) – 434.791.5160.

Through September 5

DSC Exhibits – See story page 12.

March 1 (thru 29)

Let's Dance - Learn new dances. Tues.

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

African Dance Ensemble – Learn African Dance. Tues 6:30 pm. Pepsi Building.

434.797.8848.

A Stitch in Time w/ Kitty. Tuesdays, 6:308:30 pm. Coates Center. 434.797.8848.

Tai Chi & Tae Kwon Do Fitness.

Tuesdays, 7 pm. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

March 1 (thru 30)

Koates Kids Pre-School Program – Ages 3-5. T/W 9:30 am–12 pm. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

March 1 (thru 31)

Chicks w/ Sticks – knitting & crocheting class. T/Th 11:30 am-1 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

Card Club – Test skill in games of Spades, Bid Whist, Casino, Phase 10 or other card games. T/Th 12-2 pm & 6-7:30 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

March 1 (thru April 14)

Zumba Classes –times/locations vary.

434.797.8848.

March 2

Senior Bowling Tournament. 10 am12 pm. Riverside Lanes. 434.791.2695.

Just the Facts on Reverse Mortgages – 12:45-1:45 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

March 2 (thru 23)

Guitar Basics – Lessons for adults.

Wed., 5:30 pm. City Auditorium.

434.797.8848.

March 2 (thru 30)

RiverCity Toastmasters. Wed. 1-2 pm.

National College. 434.793.6822.

Step-Aerobics. Mon & Wed 5:15 pm.

Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

March 2 (thru 31)

Live Bands & DJ Music. Wed-Sat. Back to Bogies – 434.791.3444.

March 2 (thru April 13)

Rally Obedience Classes – Keep your dog out- of-trouble. 6:30-7:30 pm. Glenwood Center. 434.799.6469.

March 3

Bob Ross Painting Class – Emerald Waters. 10 am–3:30 pm. Piedmont Arts (PAA), Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

Step Afrika! – A mix of South African gumboot and Zulu dance, slam poetry, and fraternity and sorority stepping.

7:30-9:30 pm. Martinsville HS Auditorium. PAA – 276.632.3221.

March 3 (thru 24)

March 3 (thru 29)

Kuumba-West African Dance – Live drumming and energetic dancing. TH 4:306 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

March 3 (thru 31)

Archery- After School – Build statistics and levels of achievement that will qualify for local, regional and even national competitions. TH, 3-5 pm.

Coates Rec. 434.799.5215.

57 Express Bluegrass Concert. Thursdays 7 pm. Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

March 3 (thru April 7)

Canine Good Manners 101 –6:30-7:30 pm.

Glenwood Center. 434.799.6469.

March 4

First Friday Art Walk – 5-7 pm. Studio 107, Martinsville – 276.638.2107.

New Artisans Reception – 5-7 pm.

Southern Virginia Artisan Center (SVAC) – 276.632.0066.

First Fridays at the Rives – A concert series featuring the artisan music of Beaucoup Blue. 7 pm. Rives Theatre, Martinsville. 276.632.3221.

March 4 (thru 25)

Friday Night Dances - 7:30-10:30 pm.

Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

March 5

DRBA's First Saturday Outing – Annual celebration with refreshments, displays, speaker, lakeside hike on Jamison Mill Trail and more. 9:30 am. Henry Community Center. 276.694.4449.

Bob Ross Painting Class – Emerald Waters. 10:30 am–3:30 pm. Ballou Park.

434.797.8848.

Beginners Line Dance Workshop - 11 am– 2 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Winter Classical Concert – See page 18.

March 5 (thru 26)

Special Saturdays – 3/5-The Luck of the Artist; 3/12-Piedmont Kite Festival; 3/19-Defying Gravity; 3/26-Young Inventors.

Ages vary, 10 am. Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH) – 276.634.4185.

Zumba Class. Saturdays 10 am.

Community Center, Chatham – 434.432.3115.

March 5 (thru April 9)

Tumblin' Tots – Tumbling, stretching, flexibility and other basic movement skills.

Ages 3-3. Sat 9:30-10:15 am. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

Sporties For Shorties – Learn basic baseball skills. Ages 3-5. Sat 10:30 am11:15 pm. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

Pre-School Cheerleading – Ages 3-5.

Sat 11:30 am-12:15 pm. Coates Rec. 434.797.8848.

March 6

7 Sopranos – Classical and contemporary music. 2 pm. The Prizery – 434.572.8339.

March 7 (thru 11)

Scholastic Book Fair – 8:30 am. Sacred Heart – 434.793.2656.

March 7 (thru May 16)

FANS (Fitness and Nutrition Successes) - Get fit and learn more about nutritional needs. M 9:30 am-12 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

March 8

Polliwogs & Science Stars – Investigate the properties of mixtures and solutions and create a mixture masterpiece. Ages 3–4, 1–2 pm. Ages 5–7, 3:30–4:30 pm. DSC 434.791.5160.

The Art of Embalming – ancient and modern techniques. Learn about the intricacies and origins of embalming and how techniques and practices have evolved over time. 6:30 pm. DSC – 434.791.5160.

DRF Speaker Series – Extraordinary Results in Ordinary Communities. See story page 18.

March 8 (thru 29)

Creation Imagination – Start with classic stories, then through art, crafts and songs, finish the story. Ages 2-5. Tues 10:0010:45am. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

March 9 (thru 30)

Finding Our Way – Learn map and compass skills, progress to orienteering and finish with basic GPS skills. 3:30-5 pm.

Ballou Nature Center. 434.799.5215.

March 10

Book Discussion Series – Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life.

See story page 18.

Clinical Trials Communication 101+ – An interactive workshop dealing with common misunderstandings about clinical trials, barriers to clinical trial participation, community engagement in research and patient access to clinical trials through community healthcare providers. 9 am1 pm. Danville Health Department – 434.766.6649.

Employer Healthcare Reform Forum.

12-2 pm. Stratford Courtyard Conference Center. DPC Chamber – 434.836.6990.

Budgeting to Live Within Your Means Class – How to develop a personal budget, distinguish between needs and wants and the difference between fixed, variable and periodic expenses. 6 pm. City Auditorium.

434.797.8848.

March 10 & 23

Lunch & Learn Program. 3/10-Diabetes: Symptoms, Risk Factors, Prevention; 3/23-Nutrition and Exercise. 11:30 am12: 30 pm. DRMC Health Referral Services – 434.799.WELL.

March 10 (thru 31)

Cake Decorating – 6 pm. Ballou Center.

434.797.8848.

March 10 (thru April 14)

Adventures Begin with A – Children will focus on a couple of letters through games, songs and crafts. Ages 2-5. TH 10-10:45 am.

City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

March 11

Youth Spring Dance – Casual attire, for K-5th grades. 7-9 pm. Glenwood Center – 434.799.6469.

March 11 & 12

Science Discovery Sleepover – For Junior Girl Scouts. 6 pm–9 am. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

March 12

Greenlegs & Hamstrings Trail Run – 5K/10K and Half Marathon 10 am. Anglers Park. 434.799.5215.

St. Patrick's Day Fair – Ages 5-12 celebrate with green milkshakes, Irish cookies, dancing the Irish jig, riding the inflatable slide, playing numerous

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leprechaun games and searching for the pot o’ gold.6-9 pm. Coates Center 434.799.6564.

March 12 & 19

Farmers' Market Vendors Meeting – Learn the policies and procedures as well as regulations concerning produce, meat, eggs, and baked goods. 9-10 am.

Community Market. 434.797.8961.

March 12 & 26

Auto Racing – Late Model / Limited / Pure Stock / SV Modifieds. South Boston Speedway – 877.440.1540.

March 12 (thru April 30)

Novelties – Realist painter and illustrator Ann Glover. 3/11-Members Reception and Artist Talk, 5:30-7pm. Piedmont Arts (PAA), Martinsville – 276.632.3221.

March 13

SVMBA Mountain Bike Races – 8 am. Anglers Park. 434.799.5215.

March 14 (thru April 5)

Art with Judie – Learn to paint with oil or watercolor. Times/days vary. Ballou Annex.

434.797.8848.

March 14 (thru April 25)

Canine Good Citizenship – 6:30-7:30 pm Glenwood Center. 434.799.6469.

March 15 & 29

Coffee and Crayons – Creative fun for your kids and networking with other parents. 9-10 am. City Auditorium.

434.797.8848.

March 15 (thru April 12)

Machine Sewing Techniques – 5:30-8:30 pm. SVAC – 276.632.0066.

March 16

Homeschool Wednesdays – Environmental Science. Ages 6-10 & 1118. 10-11:15 am. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

Mask Painting Contest – Paint a mask to fit your personality. 12:30-1:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Masters of Their Trade – See story pg 18.

March 17

Understanding Your Credit Report.

–6 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

Dan River District Boy Scout District Committee Meeting. 7 pm. Ascension Lutheran Church. 434.710.4408.

Sky Watchers – Lunar observation; see the shadow detail along the terminator, the “Ray” systems of some of the craters, view constellations and more. Nightfall. DSC – 434.791.5160.

March 17 & 31

Mom's Afternoon Out –12:30–2:30 pm.

Coates Rec. Center. 434.797.8848.

March 18

Just Everyday Women Walking by Faith See story page 18.

Easy Soap Making Recipes – Make six natural soaps.1–3 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Parents Night Out – For children ages 4-12. 6-9 pm. Glenwood Community Center – 434.799.6469.

Jammy Jams – PajamArt Safari. Enjoy fun crafts, games, and stories. Ages 3-5.

6-9 pm. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

Shanghai Circus. Caswell County Civic Center. See ad page 11.

March 18 & 25

Food, Friends & Fine Crafts – Students explore a new craft with hands-on learning and will complete a project. 6-8:30 pm.

SVAC – 276.632.0066.

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March 18 (thru April 17)

Averett Student Art Show See ad page 9.

March 18 (thru May 8)

Danville Museum Exhibit - A Sense of Place – Landscapes by David Grafton.

3/18-Opening Reception, 5:30-7 pm.

DMFA&H – 434.793.5644.

March 19

The Glass Menagerie – 7:30 pm. The Prizery – 434.572.8339.

Highland Maple Festival Trip - Experience lots of unique activities focused around maple syrup, as well as observing the lovely view. 5 am. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

DDA Shamrock 5K Run/Walk 10:30 am. Riverwalk Trail. 434.797.1958.

Bowl for Kids' Sake – Big Brothers Big Sisters. 1-4 pm. Riverside Lanes 434.792.3700.

Little Miss Pittsylvania County Pageant.

Ages 4-6. 434.724.3088 or 434.432.8240.

Mardi Gras Celebration – Learn the history of Mardi Gras and enjoy music, laughter & light refreshments. 6 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

March 19 & 20

WERA Motorcycle Roadracing. VIRginia International Raceway – 434.822.7700.

March 20

The Saturn String Trio See story page 18 .

Julian and Elnora Light Memorial Concert. Averett University. See ad pg 9.

Bluefield College Choir. 7 pm. Moffett Memorial Baptist Church – 434.799.5402.

Avant-Garde Writers – Bring five copies of writings for review. 2 pm. Averett University Library. 434.251.1062.

March 21 & 22

Boater Safety Class – All individuals who operate a boat in Virginia are required to complete a boating safety course. 6-9:30 pm.

Ballou Nature Center. 434.799.5215.

March 23

Inside Stratford House – Info, mission statement and services offered. 12:451:45 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

March 24

How to Prepare to Buy a Home.

6 pm. City Auditorium. 434.797.8848.

Canoeing Basics – Learn safety, logistics and inside info on area rivers. 6-8 pm.

Ballou Nature Center. 434.799.5215.

March 24 (thru April 21)

Aqua Zumba – Combine Zumba with water and you have this explosive and exciting aqua program. Thursdays 5:30-6:30 pm.

YWCA. 434.797.8848.

Ceramics Glaze Techniques – Explore the procedures for preparing & using ceramic glazes. 5:30-8:30 pm. SVAC – 276.632.0066.

March 24 (thru April 28)

Hoop Dancing - Good cardiovascular workout, builds stamina, and improves agility and strength. TH 5:30-6:30 pm.

Ballou Rec Center – 434.799.5216.

March 25 (thru April 29)

Chair Yoga - Learn to focus, relax, open energy channels; simple yoga postures.

F 9:30-10:30 am. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

March 26

Spring Skateboard Competition –1–3 pm. Philip Wyatt Memorial Skate Park.

434.799.5215.

Flights of Fun – Examine kite history, learn kite safety, and design and build a colorful, durable paper kite. Investigate how kite design channels wind flow for high-flying success. 1-3 pm. DSC – 434.791.5160.

Bids, Brew & BBQ – live & silent auction, BBQ & chicken cooked on site, live entertainment and adult beverages.

6-11 pm. Sacred Heart – 434.793.2656.

Dan River District Scout Pinewood Derby – Watch Cub Scouts race their pinewood derby cars to see who has the fastest piece of 5oz. wood on wheels.

7 pm. Piedmont Mall. 434.710.4408.

Spring in Your Step Senior Dance -

Music, fun, fellowship & light refreshments.

7 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

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March 26 (thru April 1)

Celebration of the Arts - Danville Community College. See ad page 15.

March 30

Doodle Bugs – The Tiny Seed. Ages 3-5.

10 am & 3 pm. VMNH – 276.634.4185.

Spring into a Healthy Snack – How to create healthy snacks for the upcoming spring season. 12:30-1:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

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April 8 (thru 10)

Civil War History on the Lawn.

DMFA&H – 434.793.5644.

April 16

Attic Sale - DMFA&H See story page .

March 31

Kayaking Basics – Learn about gear, safety, logistics and inside info on area rivers.

6-8 pm. Ballou Nature Center. 434.799.5215.

Averett Singers Concert See ad page 9.

March 31 (thru April 21)

Stress Management - Learn basic techniques. TH 6-7:15 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

Couples Massage - Learn basic massage strokes. TH 7:30-8:30 pm. Ballou Center – 434.799.5216.

on Danville!

Janet Laura • Holley Lewis Owner/Broker Owner/Broker

Upcoming Events April 1

Bluegrass Concert - Tony Rice.

Averett See story page 18.

First Friday Art Walk. Studio 107, Martinsville – 276.638.2107.

The New Shanghai Circus

Friday, March 18th, 8 PM at the Caswell County Civic Center. Call 336.694.4591 or visitwww.ccfta.org We regret any confusion the incorrect date in last month's ad may have created.

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

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March 2011

Spring into Engineering at DSC

A True Coffee Experience Is Not Grab-and-Go

by Kristen Wilkinson

by Gretchen M. Cohenour

photo by Erin Ganey

Hone your engineering skills at the Danville Science Center with two visiting exhibitions, Tech City and Sonic Sensation.

In Tech City, 12 interactive stations present real life problems. The challenge is to take a logical engineering approach to reach a solution. Learn how engineering methods are applied to non-engineered tasks, such as a menu design in the Tech City Diner. Try to optimize traffic flow by adjusting the timing of traffic lights at intersections or build a gravity dam to prevent the creek from flooding Tech City. Then, use a computer program to build models and discover which bridge design is the best.

In Sonic Sensation visitors will examine and experiment with every-day sounds. Look, listen, and touch to discover how you hear. Stand behind a giant ear graphic panel and Taylor Sanom builds a bridge. say “cheese” as you look, act and sound like a particular animal. Step inside a semi-soundproof scream chamber and compare your decibels to your friends or even to an animal. Create your own soundtrack as a movie plays in the background.

Get in the groove while you conduct your own orchestra and use sound recognition to find critters in a cupboard.

When the fun is finished, take home a guide to show friends and family what was learned. Tech City and Sonic Sensation are on display through September 5 and were created by the Sciencenter of Ithaca. Their venue in Danville is made possible by the Community Foundation of the Dan River Region and by the Kiwanis Club of Danville Foundation.

DSC, located at 677 Craghead Street, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Admission for adults is $6; students/seniors (60+) $5. Members are free. For more information, call 434. 791.5160 or visit www. dsc.smv.org.

One of life’s best pleasures is a good cup of coffee. Where one consumes the coffee can greatly enhance or detract from that pleasure. Whether you prefer the wide-spread chains or the local independent coffee house, it’s important to acknowledge the history of coffee each time your lips touch a latte.

Historically, coffee houses were primary gathering spots to drink coffee, but they also served as the main place for vital communication about politics, revolution, philosophy, scientific theories, and even business was conducted out of coffee houses. Lloyds of London, still a world-leading insurance market, saw its beginnings in Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in London.

The New York Stock Exchange began in a coffee house. Some establishments had private rooms where doctors met patients, sometimes prescribing coffee

intake for ailments. Larger coffee houses, especially in the 18th century, published rudimentary newspapers. Places like Will’s coffeehouse in London was the primary gathering spot for wits, critics, and satirists who provided entertainment for patrons. No one can deny the importance of these early establishments in shaping consumer culture, nor can anyone overlook the general sense of community people once sought at these establishments.

Modern moguls like Starbucks have helped make the grab-andgo coffee drink more popular.

Dunkin Donuts’ motto American Runs on Dunkin further supports this idea, leaving us to perhaps wonder what qualifies as a modern coffee house. The interiors of places like Starbucks often encourage more private activities—working on one’s laptop or reading a book in a corner. Even reading the newspaper seems more private, in contrast to the conversation that would take place in coffeehouses of centuries past that then took that conversation and produced the newspaper!

Ours is a different tradition today, but coffee is still communion.

Some view the coffeehouse as a dying breed where grab and go meets consumers’ demands to be satisfied right away, making coffee a means to an end. A true coffeehouse is not just where people get coffee. Instead, they provide second homes (or perhaps first), complete with cozy chairs, soft lighting, bring-your-own or in-house mugs, local artists’ work, and relaxing music. Patrons of these places contribute to an enduring cultural phenomenon.

Guests converse, host book clubs, or simply just stay a while. The point is not grab and go, but to have a coffee experience, a piece of culture, a piece of the community.

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Bird Notes

by Mack Williams

In the city of Danville, I sometimes see the same people always seated on benches or sometimes seated in their scooter chairs in front of their apartment buildings, observing the automobiles and pedestrians who pass through their field of vision. I also notice birds sitting on the electrical lines strung between poles along streets.

Like the human watchers, those birds always seem to be similarly observing. Many books are devoted to the identification of birds by their watchers, but as yet, no guides have been written as to what the birds have observed in their returning glance.

Those people whom I see sitting and watching, I recognize as the same individuals whom I have seen before, but the birds, not quite so individual, except as to species, all look pretty much the same.

It is a common observation that birds, perched on electrical lines, resemble the notes of a melody written upon musical staff lines and spaces. They have the look of a simple tune from childhood.

One day, I saw several crossed sets of electrical lines filled with multiple “feathered notes” that seemed to say that, just like Mozart, these creatures were also adept at counterpoint. Also, just as with the original first-draft, handwritten manuscripts of Mozart, these notes were pristine perfection, no crossing-out of notes later re-thought.

On several occasions, I have passed close enough by these “wired notes” to have heard sounds produced by them, but have heard nothing.

At those times, they seemed as silent as an open musical score, minus the instruments that would play it, but in this case, the “notes,” themselves were the instruments.

Maybe there is an explanation for those silent, massed numbers of notes, seemingly unplayed on those mornings of my walk. Perhaps the times when I passed by were, just by chance, those instances of pause between the movements of a symphony or sonata, before the downsweeping arc of the maestro’s baton resumed the music’s play.

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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 joyce@evincemagazine.com or visit www.dpchamber.org; click What’s New-Customer Service Award Nomination.

Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Larry Williams

I would like to nominate Bill Leopold, chief cook and bottle washer, at Main Street Coffee Emporium, 547 Main Street, for the Exceptional Customer Service Award.

I have traveled the world and every state in this great land of ours and Bill is probably one of the most engaging and just downright nicest people I have ever met He brings a great wealth of knowledge in the culinary art of short-order sandwiches to the River City. He fixes me a special every time I go there and he has never failed to dazzle my taste buds. Nowhere else in the city or county can this be experienced, in my opinion.

Another satisfied customer writes: Even though Bill is always working in the kitchen and hidden from public view, customers find him. I have seen him leave the kitchen to help a traveler find a local tourist attraction or locate a nearby bed and breakfast.

When he knows a sandwich is for my 4-year-old granddaughter, it is cut into smaller portions with the crust removed and the presentation is changed to appeal to younger eyes. Even though this isn’t requested, he goes beyond what is expected.

Congratulations, Bill, on a job well-done.

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Try Something New this Spring

by Annelle Williams It may be too early to plant most things, but it's never too early to plan. I saved the seeds from a little Sprite melon last year. I love its small size and pear/honeydew flavor. It's time to get the seeds started inside so I'm going to plant some in peat pots. Later I'll plant some seeds directly into the warm ground and see which works best. Look for the Sprite melon at the farmers’ market this year. You'll love it.

How about a new hobby that would make you a provider of locally grown food?

When I drove by the feed and seed store last week and saw their sign, I began thinking about an old dream to have honeybees—bees that would produce wonderful honey made from the surrounding field flowers. There are beekeepers’ clubs dedicated to raising and protecting the honeybee in Southwest Virginia. Because the honeybee is essential for pollinating many crops, there are grants for more serious entrepreneurs. Call the Virginia Cooperative Extension for more information or stop by your farm supply store. Meanwhile, here's something new and a little different to keep us going until the spring vegetables make their appearance.

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

1 lb. skinless chicken thighs Asian orange-ginger stir fry sauce 1 quart chicken broth 2 cups small broccoli florets 1 cup small carrot sticks 6 oz. Mai Fun (thin rice noodles) 2 T vegetable oil 3 spring onions, including greens, chopped 1 small can sliced water chestnuts, drained 2 eggs 1 (¾ oz.) package fried rice seasoning mix

House Fried Mai Fun with Chicken and Vegetables Preheat oven to 350°. Spray casserole dish with baking spray. Coat chicken thighs with orange-ginger sauce; place in casserole and bake until meat is tender and coming away from bone--about 45 minutes. Remove from pan; when cool enough to handle, remove meat from the bones and shred it.

Add broth to saucepan; bring it to a simmer. Add broccoli and carrots and blanch, cooking for only a few minutes. Drain saving hot broth. Soften noodles by covering them with the hot broth. Allow them to stand for 10 minutes. Drain noodles, saving 1/4 cup broth.

In large nonstick skillet add oil over medium-high heat. Add drained noodles and onions and stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Next, add seasoning mix and reserved 1/4 cup broth and stir to combine. Push noodles to the side and add eggs, cooking just until scrambled, then stir them into noodles. Finally, add blanched vegetables, chicken and water chestnuts to noodles. Stir to combine and heat through.

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March 2011

Calendar Clips Clip it. Post it. Do it.

Here are a few highlights of activities you don’t want to miss this month. Cut out the ones that interest you; post them on your refrigerator as a reminder; enjoy a new experience. For more activities, see the calendar on page 10.

Saturday, March 5 Danville Symphony Orchestra Concert

Composer and conductor come together as one, during the concert, The Art of Life. Dr. Jonathan Green will be directing the orchestra in playing one of his own compositions, Ars Vitae. The title is a double entendre, meaning “art lives” or “a life of art.” Green, who is professor of music and dean of Sweet Briar College explains, “I composed Ars Vitae in 2004 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pannell Arts Gallery at Sweet Briar.” Music by Shostakovich, Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann will also be featured. The public is invited to this free concert starting at 8 p.m. in the GWHS Auditorium, 701 Broad Street.

For more info, call 434.797.2666. (submitted by Mary Franklin)

Tuesday, March 8 Extraordinary Results in Ordinary Communities

The Danville Regional Foundation presents Dr. Vaughn Grisham, Director of the McLean Institute for Community Development and Professor of Sociology at the University of Mississippi, to speak at a complimentary breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, 150 Slayton Avenue. The author of Tupelo: Evolution of a Community, has received many accolades for his work, including the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Society. He will compare our area to other places that have spurred resurgences in their communities.

He will show how a simple idea on how to make one’s community outstanding coupled with unwavering persistence and professional know-how, can help communities recover from tough times. To register for this free event, call the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce at 434.836.6990. (submitted by Matt Charles)

Thursday, March 10 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

A discussion of this book by Barbara Kingsolver will begin at 4:00 p.m. at the Chatham Railway Depot on Whitehead Street, just off Depot Street (Highway 57) in Chatham. Kingsolver and her family, who live in rural Southwest Virginia not far from here, lived for one year eating only homegrown or locally raised food. An accomplished and renowned novelist, Kingsolver makes the year-long journey compelling and has a practical vision of how we might transition from the industrial food system to one more locally based. For more information about this Pittsylvania County Public Library series, call 434.432.3271. (submitted by Diane Atkins)

Wednesday, March 16 Masters of Their Trade

The Wednesday Club presents Donna Polseno and Richard Hensley, two craftsmen from 16 Hands, an enclave of craftsmen from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Donna is a sculptress whose large scale pieces have been highlighted in countless shows throughout the United States. She also makes many varieties of slip cast porcelain vases and objects for use at the dinner table.

Richard is a nationally known porcelain potter whose work has a distinctive decorative style using stamping tools to create patterns. Donna and Richard both teach in the new ceramics department at Hollins University in Roanoke. This free open-to-the-public event starts at 3:45 at 1002 Main Street. For more information, call 434.793.5644. (submitted by Lynne Bjarnesen)

Friday, March 18 Just Everyday Women Walking by Faith

This non-denominational Christian women’s group, will meet from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. in the banquet room of Mary's Diner, 1201 Piney Forest Road. Dr. Joey Faucette will share how to live positive in today’s world. Author Larry Aaron will explain how he came to write his latest book, The Wreck of the Old 97.

Music will be provided by Tonya Whitt. The cost of the meal is $9. A chairlift is provided to the second floor. (submitted by Sally Murray)

Sunday, March 20 The Saturn String Trio

This third presentation in the Chatham Concert Series will feature Andrew Motten on guitar, Kevin Matheson on violin, Bryan Matheson on viola, and Kayla Hermann on cello. Members have performed in Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center. Concert starts at 3 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 North Main Street, Chatham.

Donations accepted at the door. (submitted by Kevin Matheson)

Friday, April 1 Bluegrass Concert

Tony Rice, one of the top bluegrass instrumentalists and singers in the U.S. will perform in Averett’s Pritchett Auditorium, Mt. View Avenue across from Forest Hills School, starting at 7:30 p.m. He is considered the greatest innovator in acoustic flatpicked guitar since Clarence White. His music runs the gamut of acoustic music from bluegrass to jazz-influenced new acoustic music to songwriteroriented folk. Tickets at $3 for adults; students free with ID. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more info, call 434.791.5620

Saturday, April 16 Danville Museum Guild Attic Sale

The Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main Street, needs your new or gently used items that crowd your closets, basement, attic, and garage for the sale. Contribute your not-too-tired home furnishings and accessories, books, art, china, silver, jewelry, and crystal, etc. (no clothing). Donations are tax-deductible as allow by law. Deliveries will be accepted on Wednesday (13th) and Thursday (14th) 10am – 5pm. Call 434.793-5644 if you need assistance with large items then attend the sale on the 16th from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (submitted by C B Maddox)

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March 2011

Each and every day the men and women of Danville Regional Medical Center are committed to fulfilling the hospital’s mission – Providing Healthcare Excellence Close to Home. In 2010, commitments to the mission were visible through our talented staff as well as facility enhancements. Danville Regional remained true to its focus in the following ways: • Adding six talented and dedicated physicians to its medical staff.

• Investing $1 million in its heart catheterization laboratory – featuring the most advanced technology available to keep this area heart healthy.

• Enrolling 10 new residents in the Danville Regional Medical Center Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Residency program in conjunction with the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

• Sharing the tremendous economic impact the hospital provides the community with its estimated $189 million in spending that supports more than 2,000 jobs and supports 5.5 percent of the total employment in the Danville area.

• Hiring the first full-time chief medical officer who is responsible for medical staff relations, leadership, guidance for quality improvement and support of the residency program.

• Partnering with Averett University in a degreed nursing program.

• Developing the Duke-affiliation Danville Regional Heart Center to provide a high level of cardiac care close to home.

• Investing in the community with a $250,000 donation (matched by corporate parent LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. for a total donation of $500,000) to the YMCA currently in development. Other additional community investments include sponsorships and partnerships involving Danville Cancer Association, American Cancer Association, Alzheimer’s Association, Free Clinic of Danville, Downtown Danville Associates, Piedmont Access

to Health Services (PATHS), God’s Storehouse and House of Hope, to name a few.

That was 2010, but the hospital is always advancing and progressing towards the future. Here are some of the ways Danville Regional Medical Center will continue to hold true to its mission in serving the region in 2011.

• New and expanded services offered: • The Danville Regional Heart Center at Danville Regional Medical Center is a Duke Medicineaffiliated heart program providing cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, as well as diagnostic and interventional procedures with support for program development and quality oversight from the Duke Heart Center. Duke Medicine is a globally recognized leader in heart care and is ranked among one of the nation’s best heart programs year after year. Together, Danville Regional Heart Center and Duke Heart Center are redefining heart care in Danville.

• Spinal reconstructive surgery for adults and children as well as surgery for traumatic spinal injuries.

• Enhancing the spectrum of services related to treatment of infectious diseases.

• New equipment coming and construction underway at Danville Diagnostic Imaging Center.

• Room Service is coming to all patients. You will no longer have to wait until meal time to receive meals. Starting later this year, you can pick up the phone and place your order.

• The entire hospital is working to build a structure that is patient centered by incorporating LEAN management practices.

These exciting services, among others, will be added or enhanced at Danville Regional Medical Center so our patients can enjoy a healthier future. We will continue to be the hospital providing healthcare excellence to our local communities.

Danville Regional Medical Center – Providing Healthcare Excellence Close to Home