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September 2010
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Editor's Note
Subtly and slowly, summer is cycling into autumn this month reminding us that change is constant and dramatic transformation is obtainable. It’s happening all around town. Want proof? Look at the cover picture of Cari McGregor standing in front of a 1913 house transformed into a 2010 book store at Averett University and read the story on page 3. We’d all like to have a makeover that looks that good when we’re 97! Other local transformative initiatives are being financially backed by the Danville Regional Foundation and Christina Motley tells about it on page 15. There’s no doubt, our city’s identity is changing. Beginning in the 1800s, the workforce in Danville changed from unpaid slaves to sharecroppers (my dad’s family was in this group) to mill workers to... what? Danville changed from small farms and businesses to the world’s largest textile company and tobacco market to… what’s next? It’s up to you. Want some inspiration? Read Linda Lemery’s wise Reflecting Forward: Sources of Transformation: They’re All Around Us on page 8. Find your creative self and be a part of the transformation. If Mother Nature can do it four times a year, why not you?
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3 AU’s Book Store Finds a Home by Joyce Wilburn
Andrew Scott Brooks
4 She Said He Said / The Joys of Camping (Not!) by Dena Hill & Larry Oldham 5 Claw by Telisha Moore Leigg 6 Events Commemorate Old 97 Train Wreck by Jeff Liverman 7 Second Thoughts / Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? by Kim Clifton 8 Reflecting Forward Sources of Transformation: They’re All Around Us by Linda Lemery 9 Spotting Exceptional Customer Service by Barbara Berger & Sandie Curry 12 September Calendar
Editor Joyce Wilburn joyce@evincemagazine.com (434.799.3160) Associate Editor Larry G. Aaron larry.aaron@gmail.com (434.792.8695) Contributing Writers
Diane Adkins, Barbara Bass, Barbara Berger, Lynne Bjarnesen, Richard Breen, Julie Brown, T Butler, Melissa Charles, Kim Clifton, Sandie Curry, Marilyn Eanes, Hope Harris-Gayles, Gary Grant, Dena Hill, Linda Lemery, Laura Meder, Larry Oldham, Telisha Moore Leigg, Linda Lemery, Jeff Liverman, Jo Silvers, Joann Verostko, Joyce Wilburn, Annelle Williams
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15 Christina Motley and the Danville Regional Foundation by Joyce Wilburn
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17 DMFAH Presents New Exhibits, Drawing Workshop, Writing Competition by Lynne Bjarnesen
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18 The National Tobacco Ball Returns by Barbara Bass 19 Around the Table / Transform Your Garden Bounty into a One-Dish Dinner by Annelle Williams
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Hope Harris-Gayles is the Communications Manager at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. She enjoys reading, and writing fiction.
Barbara Bass is the President of the Halifax County Historical Society. She is the author of The History of Tobacco in Halifax County and The National Tobacco Festival 1935-1941.
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