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RichaRdson Receives nuRsing Pin, desPite obstaclesby A. KAy Oxendine

When I heard that my cousin Laura El-len (affectionately nicknamed Le) was receiving her nursing pin, I knew she deserved the front page of 360 View. Not just because she is kin to me and referred to as my twin, but because Le has experienced more trials than any young women should have to.

“After our pinning ceremony, we were offered the chance to walk across the stage in our cap and gown next year with other classmates. I definitely signed up for this,” said Le, with a big smile on her face. “Some of my friends asked me why would I do this, and I told them this is my first opportunity to walk across any stage.”

Le dropped out of high school at the tender age of 14. She married her first husband, Phil and together they shared in the birth of their first son. Phil Jr, known as PJ by everyone who knows him. This began one of the many mir-acles that Le and her family walked through.

PJ was born premature, and I remember when he was born that my Aunt Connie stated she could hold him in her hand. He weighed around 2 pounds and had complications. But this never stopped Le or her family to persevere.

As PJ grew, it was determined he had cerebral palsy. This did not deter the family from continuing on with ex-pressing their pride of their beautiful son, and when he asked if he could dance at pow-wows like the rest of his family, without hesitation, a regalia was made so that he could grass dance. PJ is an inspiration to all that meet him, and after watching his mother accom-

plish so much, you see where he gets his drive from.

After her first marriage did not contin-ue, Le made sure that she still provided everything she could to make sure PJ had what he needed. And with her de-termination, she met the love of her life, Donnie, who stepped in to help her with the raising of her son, PJ. They married and after many years, Le de-cided she wanted to lose weight, via gastric bypass. One hundred pounds later, Le realized the dream of becom-

ing a jingle dress dancer.

Then her whole life changed in January 2008, when her beloved baby brother

Johnny was killed in a car wreck at the age of 25.

“You know, Johnny always encouraged me to do better. He was always cheer-ing me on,” she said. Smiling, Le said, “I know he would be proud of this pin. He was always push-ing me, wanting me to just reach my goals.”

After Johnny’s death, Le felt a stronger ambition to achieve her goals, but it has

not been an easy path.

In the last few years, Le has suffered a stroke, gallstones, an allergic reaction, a heart attack, but still 2 years ago, welcomed her second son, Jacobi. And somewhere in between this time, she still continued on with her schooling.

“She came through the storm but did not let the storm get her down,” said her proud mother, my Aunt Connie. “Like a ship in the storm, she just kept sailing. We are very proud of her.”

Le’s instructors were also very im-pressed with her dedication to her goal. Just this last month, when she suffered an allergic reaction to a meal after cel-ebrating her son’s graduation, she was rushed to hospital, where she then suf-fered a heart attack. While she was in ICU, she still set her alarm promptly for Monday morning to call her in-

structor and tell her she could not take her test that morning because she was in the hospital. The instructor was im-pressed and in shock, but told her not to worry - she could still take the test.

Le acknowledges that she could not have made it this far had it not been for her parents and her husband’s support. “For the first time in 14 years, I was not able to take PJ to his doctors ap-pointment recently, due to scheduling conflicts with school. That was one of my hardest days!”

But Le then stated that she knew she could depend on her parents to help her with this and that she could not have made it without them.

“I am glad that I happened to be home, to help her this way,” said Aunt Con-nie, speaking of her recent retirement.

Le wants to continue on and receive her Family Nurse Practitioner and work in her community of Hollister, NC. And with her dedication, this goal with most certainly be realized.

When asked what advice she could give to others who wanted to realize their goals, she said to “keep your eyes on the prize, and to continue to pray. You also have to have confidence in yourself that you can do whatever you want.”

On Monday, Le put this as her Face-book status. I think it says it all:

Well.... Thursday night was my LPN pinning!!!! I did it!!! Trust me it was not on my own I must give credit where credit is due, and that is to GOD al-mighty. I could not have done this with out him. Big thank you to my Husband Donny, my kids, and my Parents, for helping me and putting up with me throughout this year. It’s really been longer when you add all the pre-class-es, it’s been 4 years. So thank you to all my family and friends that stood by me, through my good times and my bad times. Like Madea says the real friends are the ones that are like the roots of a tree, they never move and when they do it’s because GOD did it! To all my classmates...... We made it through!! NOW didn’t I tell ya’ll we would. Re-member, have more faith in yourself and GOD!!!!

On Thursday, July 26,2012, Laura “Le”

Richardson recieved her LPN pin. She admits that she waited until she got her pin before letting out a pure Indian yell. “I let it rip and everyone took a step back, but I was

proud!”

The pin that Le received was for a Licensed Practi-cal Nurse. With a slight

twist of irony, the pin that she received was designed

by our cousin Ha’ace’s wife Amelia.

Photo by Connie Hedgpeth

Le and her son PJ, right after pinning ceremonyPhoto by Greg Richardson,

Le and her loves - Haliwa-Saponi pow-wow, April 2012Photo by A. Kay Oxendine

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Come on out and be blessed as you share in our annual Home-coming and Revival services at Saint Paul Baptist Church, Globe Road- Aylett, Homecoming Services will be Sunday, August 5th at 11:00am with our Pastor Robert D. Brown bringing the morning message. The Mt. Lebanon Bapt i s t Church, P a s t o r H. Lio-nel Ed-monds , O f f i -cers and Congre-gation of Washington, DC will join us for the 3:00pm service. The theme for the Revival week, August 7--10, at 7:00pm is “Today Is the Day of Sal-vation: It’s Your Time to Say “Yes!” based on 2Corinthians 6:1-2. Tuesday night will be Youth Night- Topic: Yes, But Not Now! Guest Speaker will be Minister Brandon R. Price,

Youth and Young Adult Pas-tor of First Shiloh Baptist Church, Mechanicsville. The Music Ministry will be the R. S. Carter Singers, Gethsemane Baptist Church Youth Choir. Wednesday thru Friday, Guest Evangelist will be Rev. Harold B. Hayes, Sr., Pastor-Emeritus at Mt. Pisgah Christian Wor-ship Center- Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania. The Music Ministry for We d n e s d a y night will be The Spiritual Keys of Har-mony, Tappah-

annock, Thursday night- Horns of Glory, Richmond, Virginia and Friday night - Combined Choir of Saint Paul Baptist Church. The community is in-vited to join us for this bless-ing.

HOMECOMING AND REVIVAL STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA SCHEDULING

EQUINE EVENTS FOR 2012 FAIR

The State Fair of Virginia is back and will hold the annual event Sep-tember 28 through October 7, 2012. The Fair is reinstating equine events at its facility in Doswell, Virginia, in Caroline County, and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services encourages horse owners to participate. Due to the bankruptcy of the former State Fair, many agricultural groups and livestock shows made other plans for their shows and exhibitions this year. But the fair is back in business under the ownership of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and Universal Fairs LLC, and they are ready to welcome horses and their owners to the track in Doswell. Given the historic association between the park, formerly known as Meadow Farm, and Triple Crown winner Secretariat, a full slate of equine events is a priority at the new State Fair of Virginia. Horse owners interested in competing in the fair or in holding events should contact [email protected]. An online registration form is available at statefairva.org. Interested parties should contact the fair or fill out the online form by Aug. 9, 2012, to assist in creating a complete schedule of equine events. Elaine LidholmDirector of CommunicationsVirginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services102 Governor StreetRichmond VA 23219804.786.7686

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Dear Editor: Thanks to the ACLU, People for the American Way, Planned Par-enthood, and other radical leftist organizations, this is no longer the America our Founders envisioned.

From their earliest days, radical left-ist organizations knew that a tecton-ic shift toward socialist, ultraliberal, and extremist ideologies could not take place while America’s pulpits were “aflame with righteousness.” Their strategy: Snuff out the flame’s influence little by little...gradually...almost imperceptibly... ultimately silencing people of faith in the pub-lic square...and all the while indis-cernibly changing the course of the nation. Eventually the tectonic shift took place – and now Ameri-cans are looking back and wonder-ing what happened!

This is not the America our Found-ers gave us. The fact is, America’s greatness has always been rooted in the fundamental values taught from America’s pulpits. If pulpits

are silent, the church is silent. Si-lencing people of faith in the public square has always been the goal of the ACLU and other liberal “pro-gressive” groups. There are over 160,000 churches in America that are the kind of impactful, engaged church bodies that the ACLU, People for the American Way, and other radical groups have attempted to silence on the key issues of the day. We need to unleash these pas-tors and church leaders to boldly speak the truth to this generation…get them and their congregations to engage in political processes…confront the social tectonic shift in America…and get every believer to the polls this November! Wilma RoyerMechanicsville, VA 23111

The health care law jeopardizes the very liberty that our Founding Fathers cherished. A new board of unelected bureaucrats will have the power to make decisions about the kind of health care people will re-ceive while on Medicare. The recent Supreme Court ruling also confirms the broad role the Internal Revenue Service will play in the enforcement of the health care law’s provisions. You will either buy government-approved health insurance or you will pay the tax. If you’re a business owner you will either provide gov-ernment-approved health insurance or you will be taxed per employee. The Congressional Budget Office

estimates that the taxes, fees, and penalties in the health care law will cost our economy more than $550 billion. This is NOT what we need! Let’s vote out all of those reps that voted for this VERY bad law!

Stephen LeeMechanicsville, VA 23116

TAPPAHANNOCK, VA.—Re-member when “bankers’ hours” referred to the time period be-tween 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.? This reference to an earlier banking industry probably seems quaint—and incredibly inconvenient—by today’s standards. Fueled by continuous Internet access, “bankers’ hours” are now 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.From large multinational banks to small community banks, the rapid pace of technology development has transformed how and when personal and commercial banking customers conduct financial transactions. While branches and bank tellers remain the pillar of many successful banks, elec-tronic banking means many people can now conduct transactions on their own time with just a few keystrokes or mouse clicks.Online banking grows rapidlyResearch suggests that the Internet has been a catalyst for new services like online banking and mobile banking. A study by the American Bankers As-sociation (ABA) found 57 percent of banking customers 55 years and older prefer using the Internet for banking, compared to just 20 percent a year ear-lier. Among all adults, 62 percent say online banking is their favorite way to bank, up from 36 percent in the previ-ous year.“Quite simply, we are witnessing a sea of change in consumer preferences and expectations at banks of all sizes, in-cluding community banks,” says Joe A. Shearin, President and CEO of EVB, a full-service community bank headquar-tered in Tappahannock, Va. “Today’s savvy banking consumers want access to their bank accounts, no matter what time it is or where in the world they are.”Different access, different devices, same resultsOnline banking gives customers the power to log in to their accounts from a website to transfer funds and perform other transactions. Yet the avenues for electronic banking access extend be-yond desktop computers.Cellular phones, smartphones like An-droids and iPhones, and newer mobile devices like iPads and the Kindle Fire are also giving customers a window into their bank accounts through mo-bile banking services. As with regular online banking, customers using mo-bile banking can obtain account balanc-es and perform other banking functions by sending a text message or using a mobile banking application that is de-

signed for smaller screens.“We’ve seen a healthy demand for our Online Banking and Mobile Banking services from new and existing cus-tomers,” says Shearin. “Once people realize the speed and convenience these services can deliver, there’s no looking back.”Making security a priorityOne of the primary concerns for cus-tomers who are new to online banking services is account security. Like most banks, Shearin says, EVB has sophis-ticated security safeguards in place to prevent illegal or unwanted access to a customer’s account. Banks also of-fer educational materials to help people understand the risks posed by criminals engaged in activities such as phishing, which seek to obtain secret account in-formation.“Account security is always a top prior-ity at EVB,” says Shearin. “We encour-age our customers to never write down or share their account passwords with anyone. We also use encryption tech-nology on our Online Banking and Mo-bile Banking services to keep hackers from obtaining account information.”A new world of communicationMaking the Internet safe for banking is one thing. Turning it into a community forum is quite another. It is essential that banks harness the explosive growth of social media services like Facebook, notes Shearin.“Community banks like EVB will al-ways focus on personal customer ser-vice, whether it’s in the branches, on the telephone, or in an email,” Shearin says. “What we’re doing now is apply-ing those same customer service stan-dards to our new Facebook page, where we’re growing a vibrant online com-munity.”Facebook is a good choice for com-munity banks, Shearin says, because it has the most users and allows banks to interact with customers in a personal, conversational way.“Being a participant on our Facebook page is a lot like being in one of our more than 20 bank branches across Eastern Virginia,” he says. “You can have a conversation and get to know us and other EVB customers as well. One thing is certain—with new avenues for communication like Facebook, it’s a great time to be a part of a community bank.”

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July was my birthday month - yeah, I said it. Even though my birthday is on the 19th, I begin celebrating my birthday as the clock strikes 12 on July 1. Un-like so many who absolutely dread their birthdays for one reason or another, I embrace each day, each moment of my life and am so thankful for each drop that God saw fit to bring to me.

It hasn’t always been this way. I have struggled, still do from time to time, but I don’t let the stress of the struggle encom-pass my life. Instead, I have learned to face whatever hap-pens to come into my world and just move it out of the way. I have so much more work to do on me on this earth - I don’t like to waste a moment with regrets.

On my birthday, the actually day, I think I recieved over 500 birthday wishes from friends and family on my facebook page. I thanked each and every one of those people for taking that 30 seconds of their day to think of me. My daughter and alot of my friends reminded me that that was the reason the “sta-tus” button was there, to put a “blanket thank you” across the top of my page. Well, I did that too, but didn’t want anyone, not even for a moment, think that I did not appreciate them taking time to spread love on my page. It meant alot to me.

I have also faced alot of chal-lenges this month. My mother always told me that God will never give you more than you can handle - and I have learned to appreciate the struggle. If I were not doing something wor-

thy of a struggle, no one would give a care. So I will keep walking. Sometimes, you just got to stand.

I read in an awesome cookbook I got from Lumbee land the rec-ipe for happiness.

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Recipe for Happiness

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1 cup understandingDash of tenderness

Place love in a double boiler over low heat until warm. Blend in understanding. Add patience and tenderness until thickened. Simmer through the years. If necessary, add more love and will always have happiness.

I hope that you all enjoy this recipe and realize that happi-ness is up to you - we make choices to live that blessed life - choose love. Everything else will fall into place.

The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (BACS) will meet on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at the Alson H. Smith, Jr. Ag-ricultural Research and Extension Center, 595 Laurel Grove Road, Winchester, Virginia. The meeting, which will begin at noon, is open to the public. On Wednesday, August 8, Board members and the management team of the Virginia Department of Ag-riculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) will tour the area, visit-ing farms and other sites. “Each summer the Board meets outside of Richmond,” said VDACS Com-missioner Matthew J. Lohr. “It is a chance for people in the area to meet staff and Board members from around the state. Agriculture in Vir-ginia is quite diverse, and this an-nual meeting helps Board members and VDACS employees see the dif-ferent types of agriculture produc-tion in each area. It is a real learning experience for all of us.” Tentative Agenda:· Board member reports· VDACS Commissioner’s re-port· Report on Expansion of 2 VAC 5-318, Thousand Cankers Dis-ease Quarantine· Report on Expansion of 2 VAC 5-335, Virginia Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine· Pesticide Services Program and BACS’s New Role (Adoption of Civil Penalty Matrix and Admin-istrative Procedures)· 2:00 P.M. – Public Hearing – Proposed Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Endangered Plant and Insect Species Act (2 VAC 5-320). The Board will resume its regular meeting at the conclusion of the Public Hearing· Proposed Exempt Action - Repeal of 2 VAC 20-11, Public Participation Guidelines (Pesticide

Control Board)· Proposed Exempt Actions - Transfer of Pesticide Control Board Regulations to Board of Agriculture and Consumer Serviceso 2 VAC 20-20, Rules and Regu-lations for Enforcement of the Vir-ginia Pesticide Law (new BACS number - 2 VAC 5-670)o 2 VAC 20-30, Regulations Gov-erning Pesticide Fees Charged by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (new BACS number - 2 VAC 5-675)o 2 VAC 20-40, Regulations Gov-erning Licensing of Pesticide Busi-nesses Operating Under Authority of the Virginia Pesticide Control Act (new BACS number - 2 VAC 5-680)o 2 VAC 20-51, Regulations Gov-erning Pesticide Applicator Certifi-cation Under Authority of Virginia Pesticide Control Act (new BACS number - 2 VAC 5-685)· Withdrawal of PCB’s Proposal for 2 VAC 20-60, Regulations for Pesticide Containers and Contain-ment Under Authority of Virginia Pesticide Control Act· Proposed Fast-Track Action - Adoption of 2 VAC 5-690, Regu-lations for Pesticide Containers and Containment Under Authority of Virginia Pesticide Control Act· Animal Disease Traceability Briefing· Agricultural Statistics Update· Plans for Board’s Visit to Win-chester Area· New business· Future Board Meetings· Public Comment Period · Adjournment Elaine LidholmDirector of CommunicationsVirginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services102 Governor StreetRichmond VA 23219804.786.7686

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES TO MEET, HOLD PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 7, 2012, IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA

According to “Focus on the Family”, a general characteristic of a Christ-cen-tered home is “orderliness”. 1 Corin-thians 14:33a For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, A home is to have structure and organization. The opposite of structure and organization would be a home functioning in cha-os. This can take shape in the form of clutter and untidiness in the home. It can come by contradict-ing sleeping patterns and bed times of fam-ily members. The absence of planned meals and the dinner table experience lead to chaotic relation-ships and unstable consistency. Does your family eat their meals in front of the television with everyone having their food of choice? Are meals in your home planned, pre-pared and shared at the same time? Does your home take on the atmo-sphere of quiet, serene and safe, leav-ing the noises of the world on the other side of the door, or are those noises and distractions ushered in with every fam-ily member? Is there always some in-

trusion of the peace and sanity of your home by way of television, cell phones, computers, etc. Is there a leader in your home who carries forth instruc-tions, expectations and consequences? Do the parents lead the home, or do the children run the home? Is there defined homework time and place? Is there a time when the family works together to take care of the home and each other?

Is there conflict demon-strated by yelling, slam-ming doors, tense body language and sour voice tones? Does the family serve together? 1 Corin-thians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. Galatians 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye

be not consumed one of another. We raise our children to leave us and then they decide based on the home they were raised in whether to come and visit.

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King and Queen Democratic Committee Meeting. The King and Queen Democratic Committee will hold its monthly meet-ing on Tuesday, August 14 , 2012 at the King and Queen Branch Library, 396 Newtown Rd, St Stephens Church, VA 23148, at 6:30 p.m. You are invited to attend this very important meet-ing to plan the election of Democrats for local, state and federal offices in the November elections. Come to the King and Queen Democratic Com-mittee meeting on Tuesday, August 14th at 6:30 p.m.

Edge Hill School Alumni Association Monthly Meeting

Edge Hill School Alumni Association will hold its monthly meeting on Fri-day, August 10, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., at New Mount Zion Baptist Church, 3110 Rosemount Rd, Walkerton, VA 23177. Attendance is open to anyone who attended Edge Hill School, family members of attendees, and friends and supporters of the Edge Hill School Alumni Association. Edge Hill School provided elementary level education in King & Queen County from 1937 to 1963.Please join us on Friday, August 10th at 6:00 p.m.

The Virginia Department of Ag-riculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has expanded the Emer-ald Ash Borer (EAB) Quarantine to include all counties and independent cities of the Commonwealth of Vir-ginia. This action became necessary after the recent detection of EAB in the counties of Buchanan, Caro-line, Giles, Hanover, Lee, Prince Edward, Stafford and Warren. The quarantine previously included Ar-lington, Charlotte, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Halifax, Loud-oun, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Pitt-sylvania and Prince William coun-ties and the cities of Alexandria, Danville, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park and Win-

chester but now includes these as well as every other locality. Under this statewide quarantine, the regulated articles, which include ash trees, green (non-heat treated) ash lumber and ash wood products, as well as hardwood firewood, are no longer subject to localized move-ment restrictions and may now move freely within the state. For additional information about the Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine call the Virginia Department of Ag-riculture and Consumer Services at 804.786.3515.

Richmond (Aug. 1, 2012) — Chil-dren across the Commonwealth will head back to class in just a few weeks, and that means it is time to plan your back-to-school shop-ping budget. From the latest ath-letic shoes, clothing and supplies, the price tags can really add up. The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) recommends five ways to prepare for and save money on back-to-school expenses.

1. Take advantage of Virginia’s tax-free weekend.

Stores across the state will honor a sales tax holiday August 3–5 to as-sist Virginia parents with back-to-school shopping expenses. During this three-day period, purchases of certain school supplies, clothing and footwear will be exempt from Vir-ginia sales tax. To receive the ex-emption, each eligible school-supply item must be priced at $20 or less, and each eligible article of clothing and footwear must be priced at $100 or less. Guidelines are available on-line. CPAs caution, however, that a good deal should not be an excuse to overspend.

2. Do a closet inventory.

Everyone knows kids grow out of

clothes quickly. But before putting last season’s wardrobe in storage, check the closet to see if those kha-ki pants or that T-shirt still fit and are in good shape. Maybe an older sibling’s gently worn clothes could be used to supplement a younger child’s back-to-school clothes.

3. Set a spending plan.

Before you head to the near-est mall, make sure you have your shop-ping list in hand. W i t h o u t a pre-de-t e r m i n e d list of needed items, you could be asking for trouble. Items to possi-bly include on your list, in addition to clothing and shoes, are sporting or hobby equipment like cleats or ballet slippers, class supplies like notebooks, binders and crayons, and electronic devices or computer equipment.As part of your spending plan, fig-ure out how many pairs of pants, shirts and socks your child needs. Remember, buying mix-and-match clothing may be less expensive in

the long run than buying pants that can only be worn with certain tops, and vice versa. Also, consult the school’s dress policy first to make sure your child can actually wear what you buy.

4. Involve your children.

Back-to-school shopping provides an excellent opportunity to teach

your children money manage-ment skills. Con-cepts like com-parison shopping, d i s t i n g u i s h i n g needs from wants and sticking to a budget can all be taught during back- to -school shopping.

5. Look for deals year-round.

Nothing says your children must start the first day of school with a closet full of new outfits. Buy the necessi-ties prior to the first day of class and then keep an eye on sales and other bargains throughout the year to fin-ish out the rest. Plus, if your child experiences a significant growth spurt, you will not have wasted your entire year’s clothing budget at the beginning of the school year.

There are many simple ways to make good money management part of your daily life. Your CPA will work with you to ensure you take the right steps to secure your fam-ily’s financial future. Visit the VSC-PA’s consumer website, www.Fi-nancialFitness.org, for more money management tips and free resources.

CPAs are available for interview on this topic. Please contact VSCPA Vice President of Member and Pub-lic Relations Tina Lambert at (804) 612-9416 to set up an interview with a CPA in your area.

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Dog woke me up early, wanting his morning food. I looked out the opening of my make shift shelter and saw the sun perfectly reflect-ed in the water by the bridge. That would make it about nine in the morning. I don’t normally sleep so late. I tore off a large piece of the fish I’d cooked the night before and tossed it to him, then crawled out and jumped to the ground. The traffic was light across the bridge that morning, which was probably why I overslept. I whistled for dog and he jumped down with the fish in his mouth and walked past me towards the river. I stripped off my shirt and pants and jumped into the warm water, holding the soap plants my mother had taught me to use when we would go camp-ing when I was a kid. I relieved myself in the water, then swam back upstream under the bridge to bathe. Dog drank from the river, then sat down and watched me as I scrubbed my body and hair with the plants. He cocked his head to the side as he watched, as if won-dering why I was behaving so strangely. He’d showed up about a week af-ter I’d lost my house and moved under the bridge South of town. I’m not sure how long ago that was, I have no way to keep track of the days now. Before, I could sit on my porch and watch the neighborhood and I would know what day it was by what the peo-ple there were doing. If the pretty, white lady with the long blond hair showed up at the beauty salon across the street, that meant it was Monday. I used to wave and smile at her whenever she would come out after getting her hair and nails done. Some days she would nod her head slightly, but most days she would look down at the phone she always has in her hand and act like she didn’t see me. If the city trash truck picked up the trash on my block, that meant it was Tuesday. I could almost set my watch by them they were so punctual, but I never wear a watch, even when I lived in a house. I didn’t own one or a clock for that matter. I know what time it is by what I need to do. If I’m hungry, it’s time to eat. If I’m tired, it’s time to sleep, if I was restless it was time to go for a walk, and so on like that. My counselor at the VA always called me to tell me that I had an hour to get to my ap-pointment to visit him, but that was about the only time I knew the actual time on a clock. If the girl next door at the gas station was out changing the gas prices on the tall sign, using a long stick with suction cups, that meant it was Thursday. It also meant that I wouldn’t get to see her again un-til Sunday because she had Friday and Saturday off each week. Her name is Gwen, I remind myself, afraid I might forget. I love Gwen. Out here on the river, under the bridge with my makeshift home, there aren’t any neighbors to tell me what day it is. There’s a bobcat that likes to sneak around across the river at dusk. I waved at it one time. He sat and stared at me for a minute, then walked back into the brush. Dog just whines whenever Bobcat is near. Dog isn’t very big

and he’s not very brave, but he doesn’t eat much or take up much room. Once a week he tolerates me bathing him in the river, but the rest of the time he’s off doing whatever it is he does when he’s not with me. One day he came back to the bridge carrying a large pheas-ant. He dropped it at my feet and smiled at me. I picked it up and it was still warm, so I gave thanks to Pheasant’s spirit for his sacrifice, cleaned him and we ate Thanks-giving dinner, even though it was just August, I think. I cleaned his feathers and stuck them in a leath-er bag I have. Another time Dog brought me a large rat. I cleaned it for him and let him eat it after I cooked it. I had carp for dinner. I was sitting on the bank of the river, fishing, letting my clothes dry after washing them on a rock. It’s amazing how clean they get like that. No wonder the Old Ones used to do it like that. I’d just caught a large catfish and was dragging it in when I noticed Dog’s hackles up, facing the em-bankment up to the road.“Chief!” Edgar Looks-Back called out, just as if I was still sitting in my rocker back at the house on my porch. I landed the catfish and staked it to the ground so it couldn’t get away, stood up and turned around.“Does your dog bite?” he asked, stopping about twenty feet away, watching Dog as he growled and snarled. Like I said before, he isn’t very big, but he looked pret-ty mean at that moment.“I don’t know,” I said, bending down to pet him. “He’s never bit-ten me, but he killed a pheasant and a rat once. What are you do-ing here, Edgar?”“I’m looking for you, Chief! You got everybody worried because nobody seed you in so long.”“I lost the house,” I said, then picked up my fish to clean it. I hat-ed making it suffer like that while I talked to Edgar. I gave thanks to Catfish’s spirit for his sacrifice and gutted him, letting Dog have the innards, then I skinned it and put it on the bridge’s cement foot-ing that made up the floor of my new home. Edgar just watched me while I worked.“You can’t stay here, Chief. This ain’t right for no war hero to be living under no bridge,” Edgar said, finally.“I’m not a hero,” I told him, wash-ing my hands in the river. “My men were heroes, the kids they sent me to fight and die in that war, they were heroes, but I’m not a hero.”“Gwen says she offered you to stay at her place and you turnt her down. Said you was suppose a come back and talk to her that night ya left an’ you never showed up. She waited a few hours for you that night.” My heart did a little twist at that. I knew she would wait for me, but I knew she was going to insist that I come stay with her and I just couldn’t do it. She couldn’t afford me any more than I could afford the house I’d lost.“My legs hurt pretty bad by the time I got to the bridge,” I said, which wasn’t a lie. Since the war, Desert Storm, my legs hurt all the time. The VA docs gave me some-thing to make the sores go away,

but the bones still hurt pretty bad sometimes and nobody seems to know why.“Why ain’t you been back to see her? She’s upset you never come’d to see her again.”“I have no money, what am I supposed to do, sit around begging outside the store so I can go in and buy some-thing just to talk to her?”“I got a call from your daugh-ter down to Oklahoma City,” he said, surprising me. “She callt the homeless shelter looking for you and Ed, the manager, knowed you and he knowed me ‘n’ you was buddies, so he let me talk to her. The VA has been trynna reach you, but nobody knowed where you was.”“You talked to my Tashina?” I asked, stunned. “What did you tell her?”“I tolt her I’d fine yer ass and drag you to a pay phone to call her!” he huffed. “I give up the joy juice, ain’t had so much as a whiff in al-mos’ thirty day. I uset the money I got from my auntie passing to get me a old truck. So, come on, git your stuff and let’s go call yer kid.”“I can’t,” I said, watching the riv-er. I knew she would insist that I go stay with her and the kids and I didn’t want to be a burden on her either. Not without an income coming in.“Yer gonna go if I gotta drag you!” Edgar said, puffing up.“Edgar, I may have bad legs, but I can still kick your scrawny hide and throw you in the river. You can’t swim, so think twice before you make threats again.”“God damn it, Chief!” he started, but I cut him off.“I’m not swearing at you, so please don’t swear at me. I’m not going anywhere, so accept that fact and let it go.” Dog stood up when Ed-gar raised his voice, standing be-side me, snarling again. He stood there for a good min-ute, not sure what to do. He knew I was right, he wasn’t making me do anything I didn’t want to do. I know he meant well, but I wasn’t going to go sponge off of my friend or my daughter. Life at the river wasn’t easy, but there are people worse off all over the world than I was, so it wasn’t that bad either. It might be hard in the winter, but not any harder than trying to sleep in the freezing cold in a sandstorm in the Iraqi desert. Plus I had Dog, he liked to cuddle and we would help keep each oth-er warm. Edgar left cussing under his breath about crazy Eskimos and rabid dogs, climbing and stum-bling up the embankment to his truck. I heard it start up, it back-fired twice before he put it in gear, barking the tires as he left. I scratched Dog behind the ears and watched the river some more. Bobcat came out and looked at the two of us, dipped his head to get a drink, then sneaked off back into the bushes. I spent the rest of the day, airing out my blanket that my mama had given me when I was thirteen, and fishing some more. I caught another, smaller catfish and a couple of perch. I gave Dog the perch and skinned the catfish. That evening as the sun was go-ing down, I was busy cooking the

larger catfish on a stick over the fire, when I noticed the beam of a flashlight, bobbing and weaving down the embankment towards the river. I figured it was a county sheriff’s deputy checking out the smoke from my fire. It wasn’t a deputy though, Gwen stepped around the cement footing of the bridge and stopped to look at me. Dog looked at her, and laid his head down on my lap. Evidently he knew she was okay.“Chief?” she asked, shining her light at me.“Turn that off, please,” I said, squinting against the harsh glare. She did and walked over to the fire.“We’ve been looking all over for you!” she said, kneeling down be-side me.“I got a pretty good deal from the troll’s landlord on the bridge apartment, so I fixed it up a little and called it home,” I joked.“You said you’d come see me,” she said, in a sad whisper. “You never even called me.”“I don’t have any money, Gwen. It’s a long walk all the way to al-most the center of town and back.” I knew she was hurt, but I have my own life to deal with. I didn’t want to add any pain to hers.“I have something I want to show you. Will you come for a ride with me?”“No,” I said, shaking my head. “You want me to go stay at your place and I can’t do it.”“It’s not that, it’s a surprise!”“No, I don’t need any more sur-prises out of life, Gwen, I’m sor-ry.”“Please, Chief, you’ll like this!”“No,” I said, flatly.“Why won’t you?” she pleaded.“I told you, I’ve had enough sur-prises in my life. I want to live my life under this bridge if I have to and I want people to leave me alone! I wasn’t bothering you, why are you here bothering me? You don’t even know my dang name for cripes sake!”“Fine,” she said, tears streaming down her face. She stood up and started to walk away, but then stopped and turned back to face me. “I came here not to bother you, but to tell you that I miss you! I miss your stories and I miss my friend! I love you! I love you very much, Terry Allan Bloodheart!.... I love you, Tab,” she finished, al-most whispering again, big croc-odile tears streaming down her face, calling me by a long forgot-ten nickname that I hadn’t heard since I was a kid. I looked across the river, fighting tears of my own and saw Bob-cat playing with a female bob-cat mate. He stopped and looked at me, then looked at Gwen and seemed to shake his head, then chased his sweetheart back into the bushes.“Gwen,” I said, “wait.” I stood up and turned to face her. She was looking at me, crying, her fist clenched at her side. “I think you

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know that I love you too, but I don’t want to be a burden.” She surprised me by running to-wards me and wrapping me in her arms, kissing me hard on the mouth. Dog jumped up, barking happily and running around like he’d lost his mind. It had been al-most twenty years since I’d kissed a woman, Tashina’s mother to be exact. It felt strange after all that time, but like the old saying goes, it’s like learning how to ride a bi-cycle, you never forget how. After a long hug and a few more kisses, she talked me into go-ing with her to see the surprise. I sighed and tossed the mostly cooked catfish to Dog and asked him to watch over the place while I was gone. We climbed the bank up to the road and she drove quickly through town to show me what she wanted to show me. She drove me back to the house where I used to live and pulled up in the alley beside the porch. The street parking was taken up by cars and one red truck that I knew belonged to the man that owned the house, Bill, my old landlord.“What’s going on?” I asked, con-fused, seeing the house lit up brightly as if all the lights inside were on.“Come on, you’ll see,” she smiled slyly, then led me to the porch. We walked up on the porch and she held the door for me, inside the living room was several peo-ple I didn’t know and a few that I did. Edgar Looks-Back was there, still wearing his old Custer shirt, Bill of course, then I noticed my daughter and three grandkids, Bekky Ellen, and her brothers, the twins, Malin and Marlin. The three kids ran over and hugged me, then Bekky pulled me over to her mama. My daughter hugged me with tears in her eyes and smiled. “Welcome home, Pops,” she said. I looked around and the house looked exactly as it had the day I’d left, only someone had run the sweeper and dusted.“What is all of this?” I asked, floored.“Word got around, Terry,” Bill said, walking over to shake my hand. “The people in town heard that a war hero was being thrown out into the street, homeless, which I have to tell you, did not make me a very popular person. So they held raffles and cake sales, the high school cheerlead-ers had car washes, and the lo-cal VFW raised enough money to buy the house. It’s yours, free and clear. I signed the paper-work yesterday, but nobody knew where you were. Then Gwen re-membered you’d said something about a troll and a bridge, so we went looking for you. Edgar came back and told us he’d found you but you were being stubborn and wouldn’t leave. We sent the one

person other than your daugh-ter that we knew would get you to come back and now, here you are!” Gwen beamed with pride as she held my arm, smiling like she’d just won the 50/50 raffle at a pow wow. They told me that the local news-paper had caught wind of my be-ing evicted and it spread like wild-fire through the town. Living in a small town in Kansas, that hap-pens very fast. The town didn’t have too many people it could point to as having been heroes, and I guess they decided a local hero living on the streets was too much shame for them to bear, so everybody pulled together and bought the old house I’d been liv-ing in. The mayor was at the party as well as a photographer from the newspaper. I knew the photogra-pher’s name, but not the mayor’s. Once the photographer had taken a couple of pictures of the mayor smiling and shaking my hand, the mayor left without another word. People I didn’t know kept com-ing up and shaking my hand, in-cluding Gwen’s daughter. She called me “Pops” just as my own daughter, Tashina did. Edgar and a couple of other boys went back to the bridge and packed up my stuff, and even convinced Dog to come with them. They unloaded the backpack in my bedroom, and someone went next door to the gas station and bought Dog a can of food and set him up in the fenced in backyard. Sometime around midnight the last of the guests left and Tashina took the kids to sleep in the spare bedroom. Gwen led me out to the porch, holding my hand like she was afraid I was going to run away. I held hers like I was afraid it was all a dream and if I let go, she’d disappear. We sat in my old rockers and watched the empty street, not talk-ing much, just sitting and rocking. Finally Gwen said gently, “Tell me a story, Terry.” She scooted her rocker closer to mine and reached out to hold my hand. We sat like that for a minute, rocking in tandem while I tried to think of a story for her.“A long time ago,” I started.“Because that’s how these things always start,” she said, smiling.“The people lived in a cold and unforgiving land,” I went on, smiling with her. “The Chief of The Village had a lovely daughter whom Brother Raven adored and loved. Brother Raven back then was multi-colored, with all of the colors of the rainbow showing in his bright feathers. One day the daughter implored her father to speak to Brother Raven to go to the Sky and talk with the Great Mystery that dwells there and beg him for fire to warm The People’s lodges. Brother Raven wasn’t all

that willing to fly so far away up into the sky because it was at least three day’s flight there and three days flight back.“I will give you the hand of my daughter if you would do this thing,” the Great Chief told Broth-er Raven. Brother Raven shook out his bright feathers and sang his most beautiful song, he was so happy! He had the most beautiful feathers and prettiest voice of all the other birds in the world back then.“I will do this for you, so in six days time, you will have my bride-to-be ready to be married when I come back down with your fire?”“Yes,” promised the Chief, then he hurried home to tell his daugh-ter and The People the good news.Brother Raven flew up and up and up into the Sky, past clouds and clouds and clouds. He knew he was getting close on the third day because he was getting warmer as he neared where the Great Mys-tery lived. Finally he arrived at the Great Mystery’s bar a bar a...”“His house,” Gwen said, nodding knowingly.“Yes,” I said. “Brother Raven knocked and the Great Mystery opened the door, surprised to find Brother Raven standing there.“Great Mystery! I have flown all the way from The Village of The People. They have begged me to beseech you to grant them fire so that they may live in warm hous-es and not be cold and to be able to cook their food so they won’t have to eat it raw! Please, Great Mystery! Take pity on The People for they are your Children!” The Great Mystery did indeed take pity on His Children, but He told Brother Raven that the bird had no hands to carry a bowl with burning coals down to The Village, so He would give him a large stick that He would light on fire, but Brother Raven would have to hurry back to The Village before it burned out. Brother Raven accepted the stick and thanked the Great Mystery for His kindness and then took off like a shot, straight down and down and down! He noticed the faster he flew, the faster the stick burned, but if he flew too slow, the stick would burn even lower. Fearing that the fire would go out, he cupped it with his wings and dove straight down, the fire was hot and burned his throat as he protected it from the wind. The smoke was thick and made his eyes red and turned his beautiful colored feathers black as down and down and down he sped to-wards The Village. On the third day, Brother Raven landed with a great crash into the bar a bar a of the Great Chief’s and could only caw at them to get more wood and kindling to build a fire quickly. Soon The People all had roaring fires in their homes and were at last

warm thanks to Brother Raven’s good deed. The Chief’s daughter looked at Brother Raven’s black-ened feathers and heard his raspy caw and thought that she couldn’t marry such an ugly bird! Not one that screeched instead of sang! Hearing the Daughter break her vow to marry Brother Raven, the Great Mystery came down and spoke to Brother Raven.“You have done a great deed for my Children and while I cannot turn your feathers back to the way they were, I can make your black feathers shiny and make them re-flect all of the colors of the rain-bow! Because I cannot give you back your beautiful singing voice, I will make your cawing a warn-ing to The People whenever danger is near!” Turning to the Chief’s Daughter, the Great Mys-tery shook His head. “You have promised to marry this foolish bird that sacrificed his self for the good of The People. Marry him you shall and you will have many Children that will all serve as a re-minder of the Great thing Brother Raven has done!” With that the Great Mystery turned the Chief’s daughter into Sister Raven and the two were wed that day. That is why now, when you see a Raven in the bright sunlight, his feathers aren’t a dull black, but reflect all of the colors of the rainbow. And that is why whenever a bear or other danger is near, Brother Ra-ven’s children will caw out their warning, alerting anybody that is in the area of impending dan-ger. And for once, Brother Raven lived happily ever after!”Gwen clapped and kissed my arm after I told her my story. I kissed her lips and smiled at the joy I saw in her eyes.“It’s getting late,” she said, look-ing at her watch. “I have to get up early to be into work so we can start inventory and unload deliv-eries tomorrow.”“You know,” I said, without guile. “You wouldn’t have to get up as early if you stayed here, then walked to work in the morning.”“Only if Brother Raven promis-es to wash the river smell off of his body first,” she grinned. Tak-ing my hand, she led me into the house and closed the door. She was five minutes early getting to work the next morning, despite not getting much sleep that night before. As she opened the door to go to work, she let the cat in. Evi-dently he’d gotten the news that I was back as well. He jumped up on the bed, kneaded my chest a few times and fell asleep as if nothing had happened at all.“One of these days you’re going to tell me your name,” I whispered, then rolled over to sleep a little bit more, before the grand kids could wake me up to fix them breakfast.


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New Morning Star Baptist Church Homecoming and Revival Services. You are invited to worship and fellow-ship with us at our Annual Homecoming and Revival Ser-vices. H o m e c o m i n g Services will be Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Sylvia M. Berry delivering The Spoken Word. The Morning Stars – Musical Ministry, L.C. Angels Praise Dancers and New Morning Star Steppers will provide spiritual fulfillment.Lunch will be served immediately fol-lowing the morning service.At 3:00 p.m., Elder Reginald Wil-liams, Sr., Second Mount Olive Baptist Church, Little Plymouth, VA will deliver The Spoken Word. He will be accompa-nied by the Music Ministry, the congre-gation and ushers. Also, New Morning Star’s L.C. Angels Praise Dancers and New Morning Star Steppers will render

praises.Revival Services will be Wednesday, August 8, 2012 through Friday, Au-gust 10, 2012. Prayer and Praise begins

each eve-ning at 7:30 p.m. and Re-vival begins at 8:00 p.m. On Wednes-day evening, Pastor Mi-chael Fer-guson, Rock Springs Bap-tist Church,

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The Legislative Review From the Office of Representative Charles GrahamJuly 27, 2012 Our community was saddened by the tragic death of Master Police Officer Jeremiah Goodson. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Officer Goodson as they grieve this terrible loss. We all need to remember how precious life is and treasure every moment we have. The governor continues gradually to sign new bills into law as her August 2nd deadline for action approaches. This week she signed three more bills into law, and only a handful remain for her consideration. The governor must sign the remaining bills, allow them to become law with-out her signature, or veto them. If she vetoes any bills, the General Assembly could come back to Raleigh to consider whether to attempt to override them. I supported each of the following bipar-tisan measures, and I am pleased to see them become law. Thank you for your interest in the leg-islature and in state government, and please let me know if I can be of assis-tance in any way. New Laws - Governor Perdue has signed into law a measure to allow members of the military and their spouses to receive oc-cupational licenses in North Carolina if they have been permitted by the military or in another jurisdiction. The appli-

cants would have to meet requirements that are substantially equivalent to or ex-ceed North Carolina’s requirements for licensure. Each occupational licensing board is required to implement the new statute within one year. (House Bill 799) - High school students must com-plete a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training course to graduate begin-ning with the graduating class of 2015. CPR training has technically been re-quired for high school graduation since 1997, but the requirement has never been enforced. North Carolina is now one of five states with such a require-ment. (House Bill 837) - The state will now place defi-brillators in all buildings and facilities that house state services or agencies, and individuals in these buildings and facilities will be instructed in how to use the devices. The American Heart Association reports that 23 percent of all deaths in North Carolina are attrib-uted to heart disease and that as many as 40,000 deaths nationwide can be pre-vented through the use of defibrillators. The new law (House Bill 914) also calls for the formation of a task force to iden-tify, pursue, and win public and private funding to pay for the defibrillators and employee training. Tax-free Weekend The state’s annual sales tax holiday will run from August 3rd through August 5th. In an effort to help consumers afford back-to-school items for their children, shoppers on this particular weekend will not have to pay the sales tax on cloth-ing, school supplies, and computers. The sales tax holiday was created by the

General Assembly in 2001 and went into effect on January 1, 2002. During the sales tax holiday, consumers will not pay sales tax on clothing, and school supplies of $100 or less per item; school instruc-tional materials of $300 or less per item; sports and recreational equipment of $50 or less per item; computers of $3,500 or less per item; and computer supplies of $250 or less per item. For more informa-tion on the sales tax holiday, including a list of exempt items and answers to fre-quently asked questions, go to www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html. Resignations Representative Stephen LaRoque, the co-chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee, has resigned after be-ing indicted on eight federal charges in-volving the alleged misuse and possible theft of money from a federally funded nonprofit agency he operates. Represen-tative LaRoque, a Republican, was serv-ing his third term in the House of Repre-sentatives, representing Greene, Lenoir, and Wayne counties. He was appointed Rules Chairman by the Speaker of the House in early 2011.

Representative Harold Brubaker, repre-senting Randolph County, has resigned after having served in the House of Rep-resentatives for 35 years. Representa-tive Brubaker was Senior Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Accord-ing to his announcement, Representative Brubaker and his son plan to start a lob-bying/consulting firm.

Please remember that when the General Assembly is in session, you can listen to each day’s session, committee meet-ings, and press conferences on the Gen-eral Assembly’s website at www.ncleg.net. Once on the site, select “Audio,” and then make your selection – House Chamber, Senate Chamber, Appropria-tions Committee Room or Press Confer-ence Room.I do consider it an honor and a privilege to serve as your voice in the North Caro-lina House of Representatives. Please feel free to contact my office with your questions, concerns, and comments.

Charles Graham

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RICHMOND, Va. – Virginians can practice “Drop, Cover, and Hold On,” the recommended response to an earthquake, during the first ever Great SouthEast ShakeOut earth-quake drill on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 at 10:18 a.m. Virginia joins Georgia, South Caroli-na, North Carolina, Maryland and the District of Columbia in holding the drill and encouraging schools, busi-nesses, organizations, government agencies, communities and families to participate. The Oct. 18 earthquake drill for southeastern states will follow the one-year anniversary of the August 23, 2011, 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Mineral. The ShakeOut drill, modeled after similar efforts held throughout the nation, provides an opportunity to practice a simple, potentially lifesaving, action should an earthquake occur: · Drop to the ground· Take Cover under a sturdy table or desk if possible, protecting your head and neck· Hold On until the shaking stops

To register for the earthquake drill, go to www.shakeout.org/southeast. Those registering for the drill will re-

ceive regular information on how to plan their drill and engage their com-munities to become better prepared for earthquakes and disasters. The Great SouthEast ShakeOut web-site also provides many resources for planning a drill and learning how to get better prepared for recovery from an earthquake. To find these resourc-es, go to www.shakeout.org/south-east/resources Coordinating partners for the Great SouthEast ShakeOut include the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium and Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency. CUSEC coordinates a similar drill across central U.S. states. Held this past February, the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut was held across 11 states and drew more than 2.4 million participants. ShakeOut originated in California, where statewide earthquake drills have been held annually since 2008, and has grown to be an international program. In addition to the states participating in the Great SouthEast ShakeOut, similar drills also will be held Oct. 18 in California, Idaho, Ne-vada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Puerto Rico, Alaska, British Colum-bia, Southern Italy and Central Asia. New Zealand will hold a nationwide ShakeOut drill in September, and Ja-pan is holding local ShakeOut drills on various dates in the fall. More than eight million people have regis-tered to participate in ShakeOut drills so far in 2012.


Representative Harold Brubaker, repre-senting Randolph County, has resigned after having served in the House of Rep-resentatives for 35 years. Representa-tive Brubaker was Senior Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Accord-ing to his announcement, Representative Brubaker and his son plan to start a lob-bying/consulting firm.

Please remember that when the General Assembly is in session, you can listen to each day’s session, committee meet-ings, and press conferences on the Gen-eral Assembly’s website at www.ncleg.net. Once on the site, select “Audio,” and then make your selection – House Chamber, Senate Chamber, Appropria-tions Committee Room or Press Confer-ence Room.I do consider it an honor and a privilege to serve as your voice in the North Caro-lina House of Representatives. Please feel free to contact my office with your questions, concerns, and comments.

Charles Graham

CELEBRATE VIRGINIA FARMERS’ MARKET WEEK AUGUST 5 – 11, 2012 Because the popularity of farm-ers’ markets in Virginia continues to grow; because they provide the public with ready access to high quality, lo-cally grown farm products and more; and because farmers’ markets are good for the economy and for communities across the Commonwealth, Governor Bob McDonnell has recognized the week of August 5 – 11, 2012, as Farm-ers’ Market Week in Virginia. According to Matthew J. Lohr, Commissioner of the Virginia Depart-ment of Agriculture and Consumer Ser-vices (VDACS), farmers’ markets are a valuable community asset and they are seeing dramatic growth in Virgin-ia. “We have jumped from 88 markets in 2005 to more than 210 markets this year,” Lohr said. He cites several rea-sons for the popularity of farmers’ mar-kets. Products sold at farmers’ markets are grown nearby, minimizing the time it takes to move them from field to fork and maximizing their time-sensitive fla-vors and nutrients. This means buyers get a bonus of taste and nutrition with every produce purchase. Farmers ben-efit, too, from the markets’ readymade sales outlets and the opportunity to in-crease their financial returns by selling directly to buyers. A farmers’ market is a great place to find Virginia Grown tomatoes, peach-es, sweet corn, fresh eggs and cheese, plants and herbs acclimated to the spe-cific micro climate, homemade straw-berry jam or a chat with neighbors and friends. Many people like farmers’ mar-kets because they can talk to the person who grew, produced or processed the fresh, delicious food they came to buy. Already this season Virginia has added new markets from the far Southwest (Wise) to the Eastern Shore (Onancock). Chesterfield County, Fred-ericksburg, Norfolk, Newport News, Richmond, Saltville and Surry have new

markets; in fact, Richmond has two, one in Carytown and a Hispanic market in Broad Rock Park. The number of win-ter markets also grew dramatically last year, from a handful to more than 40. “We are excited about any new way to get healthy and delicious Virgin-ia Grown produce into the hands of our citizens,” Lohr said, “not just by add-ing new markets but also by offering additional services and conveniences.” This includes the economic incentive of SNAP vouchers, formerly known as food stamps, and the convenience of Electronic Bank Transfer capability. Markets also offer vouchers for senior citizens through the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, a federal program that provides coupons for eco-nomically-disadvantaged seniors. When markets are able to offer EBT, they also offer debit and credit card capabilities, and this helps draw in non-SNAP cus-tomers. This increases general revenue for the farmers and tax revenues for the local community while offering con-sumers expanded choices in fresh prod-ucts. “It’s a win-win-win situation,” Lohr said, “and opens up a world of fresh products to people who might not otherwise have access to healthy eating options.” The continuing growth of Virgin-ia farmers’ markets helps maintain agri-culture as the Commonwealth’s number one industry with an economic impact of $55 billion annually and 357,000 jobs to its credit. The markets also help sustain Virginia’s working farms that provide green and open spaces and help preserve the high quality of life enjoyed by Virginians. A copy of Governor McDonnell’s Farmers’ Market Week proclamation is available at vdacs.virginia.gov/procla-mations/index.shtml.Consumers will find a list of farmers’ markets through-out Virginia at www.VirginiaGrown.com, as well as recipes, a produce avail-ability chart, a list of food festivals and much more.

HORSE OWNERS URGED TO VACCINATE NOW FOR WEST NILE VIRUS AND EASTERN EQUINE EN-CEPHALITISContact: Elaine J. Lidholm, 804.786.7686

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) urges all horse owners to check with their veterinarians for West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) vaccination recom-mendations for their animals. Virginia only had one confirmed case of WNV in 2011 and no cases of EEE, although the number of horses affected in previ-ous years and in other states is much higher. State officials are concerned that horse owners may be lulled into inaction by the lack of diseases activity last year and neglect vaccination this year.

“Despite a low level of disease activ-ity last year, we still urge horse own-ers to consider vaccination.” says Dr. Joseph Garvin, Program Manager for VDACS’ Office of Laboratory Ser-vices. “We never know what mosquito activity will be in any given year, and the bottom line is, these vaccines are very safe and effective. We believe that in most cases, private veterinarians will recommend them for their clients. Horse-owners need to be aware that the vaccines require boosters every six to twelve months.”

Vaccines are available to drastically re-duce the incidence of these diseases in horses. The vaccines are effective for six to twelve months, so horses should be re-vaccinated at least annually. In an area where the disease occurs fre-quently, such as southeast and Tidewa-ter Virginia, most veterinarians recom-mend vaccination every six months. For the vaccine to be effective it must be handled and administered properly and be given at least two weeks before the horse is exposed to the virus. Ad-ditionally, to stimulate full immunity, horses must be vaccinated twice, about 30 days apart, the first year that the horse is vaccinated. Other prevention methods include destroying standing water breeding sites for mosquitoes, using insect repellents and removing animals from mosquito-infested areas during peak biting times, usually dusk to dawn.

Typical symptoms of encephalitis in equines include staggering, circling, depression, loss of appetite and some-times fever and blindness. There is no cure for these diseases, which can kill anywhere from 30 percent (WNV) to 90 percent (EEE) of the horses infect-ed. Humans cannot become infected by handling an infected horse, nor can a horse acquire the virus from another in-fected horse; however, the presence of an infected horse in the area indicates that mosquitoes carrying EEE or WNV are present and those insects pose a threat to both humans and horses.

For more information, contact the Of-fice of the State Veterinarian, Division of Animal Industry Services, VDACS, at 804.786.2483 or click here. Horse owners should contact their veterinar-ians for further advice on prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Presented by VAFB Young Farmers & VDACS Office of Farmland Preserva-tion Saturday,August 4, 2012, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Lunch Included!

Weyers Cave Community Center, Wey-ers Cave, VA

Background: The 3rd in a series of pi-lot workshops throughout Virginia de-signed in partnership between the Vir-ginia Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Farmland Preservation in an effort to enhance the Virginia Farm Link Program, and to aid discussions of how to effectively cre-ate successful farm transitions through mentoring partnerships in the future.

Audience: (Anyone is welcome, so please bring your spouse and interested family members too!)

· Any farm owner or farm seeker inter-ested in meeting people who are serious about agriculture’s future, and those who may not currently have a path to extending their farm business

· Farm or land owners who would like to know more about how to success-fully transition at minimal expense or discover new ways to utilize currently owned farm land

by A. Kay Oxendine

Even though there are herbs and spices that you use everyday in your kitchen cabinet, many of these herbs can also be used for medicinal pur-poses… maybe some of you will be inspired enough to grow an herb garden—maybe not. Either way, enjoy reading about how to spice up your life.

Garlic—Not only is garlic a must for many Italian dishes, it is also considered a must for clutsy peo-ple. If you place a braid of garlic in your kitchen, it is said to reduce accidents.

Nutmeg—Used most often for des-serts, nutmeg is also a gamblers spice. If you are taking a chance with the lottery, or going to visit At-lantic City like my friend Mr. Gar-lick, dust your hands with nutmeg. Even if you don’t win, at least you will remind everyone of their moth-er’s kitchen.

Lavender—Lavender is a natural aphrodisiac—women, when worn on your person, it will attract men. Try it and see. This herb is also used to calm nerves, and to alleviate pain due to a headache or stomach ache. It is said to help with insect bites, and can help you relax. Place lavender in your pillow and you will have a restful sleep. Lavender is also used to decorate homes due to it’s aroma and beautiful purple

color.

Bayleaf— Bayleaves, while used in soups and stews, is also known to remove negativity within the house-hold. It is also considered a healing herb, and is known to bring good feelings and thoughts when hung about, such as a bay leaf wreath. I have one hanging in my k i t c h e n that I got from W i l -l i a m s -Sonoma, and to me, it is a must in my home.

Cayenne Pepper— The potent, hot fruit of cayenne has been used as medicine for centuries. If gargled with water, it can relieve a sore throat. It can also ease stomach aches. It is also considered a coun-terirritant to arthritic patients.

Cinnamon– Cinnamon has calming effects. When you anticipate guests coming over, boil some cinnamon—they will find the aroma welcoming and comforting. Cinnamon is also known to help with stomach aches, assist with bad breath if taken regu-larly and will alleviate toothaches.

Dust your hands with cinnamon if you wish to have victory over the trials of your day.

Vanilla—Vanilla was used a perfume in older days. Place a dab behind your ear to warm your lovers heart. When boiled, like cinnamon, the aro-ma calms nerves and enhances hap-

py thoughts. Vanilla can also ease a stomachache. If you would like to loose weight, the scent of va-nilla can assist your progress.

C l o v e s —cloves are excellent for easing tooth-aches. Just place a clove

in between the teeth that are causing you pain, and bite down on clove, but do not swallow it! Use the tea to curb nausea. If you are trying to kick alcohol, cloves are also excel-lent to deter drinking.

Sage—Sage, when burned, can drive away negativity and lift spirits. The tea can dry up moist coughs, as well as relieve cramps. It can also be used to gargle with a sore throat.

Thyme—Thyme eases headaches, gas, colic and hangovers. Vinegar

of thyme can be rubbed in the tem-ples to reduce headaches. Thyme is known as a lung cleanser and to dry moist lung. Basil—Not only a staple in the spice cabinet, basil is used to re-lieve gas and stomach pains, to stop cramps and vomiting, and the scent is known to bring happiness to your home, money in your pocket and love in your life. It is also used to mend lovers quarrels and bring un-derstanding to the household.

Cumin—Not only is this herb great for chili, folklore states that it also keeps your chickens and lovers from straying. It can also be used to soothe stomaches, as well relieving sore throats.

Rosemary - Rosemary can be used to induce labor for women who have gone past their due date.

What an incredible gift—to use herbs and spices to assist in your positive well being!!! Take this list and make some awe-some things happen—everyone has room to create more spice in their life—use the most common house-hold items available to bring joy and peace into your life.

Spice Up Your Life

FAMILY LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH has re-located to, 7283 Richmond-Tappahannock Hwy, Aylett, VA, (the old Holladay House Furniture Bldg.) on Sundays @ 10:30 a.m. We want to invite you to our exciting wor-ship experience. Children will enjoy Kid-zLife worship and KidZoo. COME JOIN US! For more information, contact: Gus Agostino (804) 769-2534 www.visitfami-lylife.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hope Alive Family Church invites the LA-DIES to a Wednesday morning fellowship with discussion, sharing and encourage-ment: “How To Find God’s Master Plan For Your Life.” Times are Wednesdays from 10 - 11:30AM. Hope Alive Family Church is located at 7753 Richmond Tap-pahanock Hwy. in Aylett for more informa-tion contact the church @ 804-769-7299 or by e-mail: [email protected] Also check us out on Facebook. Regular service times are 10:30 Sunday mornings with Back to Basics bible study at 9:30. hopeALIVE Kids have Breakfast and a movie at 9:30 and Superkid Acad-emy beginning at 10:30. hopeALIVE kids presents the uncompromised, life-changing Word of God to children in fun and age ap-propriate ways. Hope to see you there!Hope Alive Family Church is located at 7753 Richmond Tappahannock Hwy. in Aylett. For more information contact the church @ 804-769-8872 or by e-mail: [email protected] Also check us out on Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CORINTH CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 9153

Dabney’s Mill Rd., Manquin, VA 23106Minister: Sonny Claiborne, (804) 746-2762 Monday - Choir Practice, 6:30 pmWednesday- Bible Study, 7:30-8:30 pmSunday School - 10 am, Sunday Corpo-rate Prayer - 10:15 am, Sunday Worship Service - 11 am, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sharon Baptist Church invites you to join us for worship. We are located at 901 Sha-ron Road across from King William High School. Sunday mornings start with cof-fee & doughnuts at 9 am in the Fellowship Hall, followed by Sunday School for all ages at 9:15 am. Our Morning Worship Service starts at 10:30 am. Nursery pro-vided. We have a Sunday Evening Bible Study & Children’s Activities at 6 pm. Ad-ditional Bible Studies at 10 am on Tuesdays and at 7 pm on Wednesdays. Youth (7th – 12th graders) meet at 7 pm on Wednes-days. Church office hours are 9 am to 3 pm Monday – Thursday. Call the church at 769-2320 for more information.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Indian View Baptist Church invites every-one to their Sunday services - each Sunday at 11:00 AM. Join us this Sunday and ev-ery Sunday. 13349 King William Road, King William, VA 23086, (804) 350-1555.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Millers Tav-ern holds services at 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. each Sunday. Nursery and Sunday School are available during the 10:00 service, which is accompanied by the choir and or-gan and followed by a coffee hour. All are

welcome. Corinth Christian Church, located at 9153 Dabney’s Mill Road, Man-quin, VA 23106 (about 8 miles off Rt. 360), would like to invite you to its Sun-day School at 10 am, Cor-porate Prayer at 10:15 am,

Worship Service at 11 am, Choir Practice on Monday nights at 6:30 pm and Bible Study on Wednesday nights at 7:30 pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A new ministry has opened its doors at the old Dyson Store in Dowsell. ROCsolid Outreach Center has opened a THRIFT STORE. This ministry helps many in need. Donations are welcome. Pastors Lonnie and Dana Brawley invite to browse the selection of clothes, shoes, house wares, electronics and furniture. Open Monday-Saturday 10 am - 6 PM. Call 804 317 7415 if you need donations picked up.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CALLING ALL YOUTH! Coming to Ay-lett is Hope Alive’s Pit Stop Youth Group. We welcome all youth 13-17, grades 6-12 to join us for a fun-filled pursuit of the things of God. Regular Wednesday Pit Stop services are at 7pm in the church fel-lowship room. Join the Facebook page at Pit Stop Youth or contact via e-mail [email protected] please join us from 10:00 to 11:30 am Wednesday mornings for ongoing fel-lowship with discussion, sharing and en-couragement: “How To Find God’s Master Plan For Your Life.” REGULAR SERVICE times and hope-

ALIVEKids Superkid Academy are Sun-day mornings at 10:30am. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Ha-nover Courthouse. We are a friendly, fam-ily-oriented Episcopal church a few miles from King William County, at the intersec-tion of Rts. 301 and 54 (537-5516). The doors are open to our King William neigh-bors, and we’d love to have you visit and worship with us. Our Sunday schedule is: 8 AM, Holy Communion; 9:15, Christian education for adults and children; 10:30, Holy Communion. Refreshments and fel-lowship follow both services. On the sec-ond Sunday each month we have a Second Sunday Luncheon, free and open to all, where we sit down and catch up with one another. We have a special ministry to chil-dren, love to have babies in church, and welcome all persons of any sort to our wor-ship services and parish life.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Epworth United Methodist Church, locat-ed at the corner of Route 30 and Epworth Road in King William County, invites you to worship with them. Church service be-gins at 9:00 am followed by a time of re-freshments and Sunday School classes for all ages begins at 10:30 am. There are reg-ular bible study groups and youth groups available. For further information please contact Pastor Bill Walker at 769-1949 or visit our web site at www.EpworthUM-CAylett.org.

These Churches Welcome You to Their Places of Worship

Indian Rivers Humane Society meets on the second Thursday of each month at the King William Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad at 6:30 p.m. Meet-ings are open to the public and we welcome new volun-teers to our group! Please contact (804) 885-3109 for directions or additional information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Blue Grass Jam 2nd Monday in each month 7pm-until Open to the Public King William Tire & Auto Rt. 360 in Manquin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VFW Post 83561658 VFW RoadWest Point, VABINGOEvery Thursday niteDoors open 5:20 p.m.Early Bird 7:20More info 804-241-9795~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Participation in the KING WILLIAM T.E.A. PARTY (Taxed Enough Already) is open to all citizens of good will. No sign up, no dues, no obligation. KWTP is an all-volunteer, grass-roots group of citizens who believe in honoring the US Constitution, limiting the size and power of government at all levels, cutting spending, and reducing taxes. Find us on Facebook and www.kw-teaparty.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Frog Level Volunteer Fire Dept. is seeking vendors for our fall festival and parade on Oct. 27. If interested please email [email protected] or call 804-338-8697

he Republican Party of King and Queen County cor-dially invites you to attend its regular monthly meet-ing on Tuesday, August 7th at Nick’s Restaurant, on Rt. 33, in Shacklefords. Social time begins at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 6:30 PM. The cost is still only $17.00 which includes coffee or tea, rolls, entree, des-sert and tip. Our meetings are open to the public and we urge you to come and bring your friends. Please call for reservations - Roberta @769-1856; Bill @ 512-1688, or Barbara @ 785-4060. Please come prepared to pay your 2012 dues which were payable in January, and will entitle you to vote on important issues. Thank you.

Testifying Toastmasters, Eastern Hanover’s only OPEN Toastmaster club, has changed its meeting times to the 2nd and 4th THURSDAY of every month. Still at 630-800 pm at Hanover Nazarene Church. If you seek bet-ter communication skills and more confidence in a safe environment, come out to the Testifying Toastmasters! Contact Sandy Sanders, Membership/PR VP at [email protected] or 804.779.3057 . Tes-tifying Toastmasters is a outreach service of Hanover Nazarene Church to the Mechanicsville community.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Republican Party of King and Queen County cor-dially invites you to attend its regular monthly meet-ing on Tuesday, August 7th at Nick’s Restaurant, on Rt. 33, in Shacklefords. Social time begins at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 6:30 PM. The cost is still only $17.00 which includes coffee or tea, rolls, entree, des-sert and tip. Our meetings are open to the public and we urge you to come and bring your friends. Please call for reservations - Roberta @769-1856; Bill @ 512-1688,

or Barbara @ 785-4060. Please come prepared to pay your 2012 dues which were payable in January, and will entitle you to vote on impor-tant issues. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Grace Temple Ministries Weekly Bible class for “All Nations” Wednesday 7:00 p.m. at the King William Fire & Rescue Community Hall in Aylett, Va. Subject taught, the Authority of the Scriptures and the Sufficiency of the Holy Bible. Come hear the Word of God taught systematically in prepara-tion for the imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ. For more information, please contact Elder Dennis L. Dabney 804 633-1261 or [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Men’s Fellowship is spon-soring a trip to Tunica, Mississippi and Memphis Ten-nessee for 6 days and 5 nights from August 25 - 30,. The cost is $579 per double occupancy and $742 sin-gle. There is a payment plan: $82 a month for double occupancy and $106 a month single. Payments are due the 15th of each month beginning January 15th. The final payment is due by July 15th. There are no re-funds unless the trip is cancel. Cancellation insurance is available upon request. Send all payments to: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Men’s Fellowship, P.O. Box 83, West Point, VA 23181. You may contact the fol-lowing numbers for more information 804-843-4643, 843-7205 or 843-2498. Spread the word.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grace Temple MinistriesWednesday Bible Study 7:00p.m at KWFR Community Hall in Aylett Va. Subjects include, What is the Gospel? What is true Repentance and Faith toward God through Jesus Christ? What is the Church of The Living God? The apostle’s doctrine including the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Scriptural role of men and women in the local Church. Biblical truth concerning marriage, divorce and re-marriage. Contact Reverend Dennis Lee Dabney at 804 633-1261 or [email protected]. Thanks for your prayers in advance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EARLY HOURS FROM THE SECOND SUNDAY IN JUNE, JUNE 10TH, TO THE THIRD SUNDAY IN AUGUST, AUGUST 19TH, THE MORNING WORSHIP SER-VICE WILL BEGIN AT THE 10:00 AM HOUR.ON THE HOMECOMING SUNDAY, WHICH IS THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN AUGUST, THE 26TH, THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE WILL RETURN TO THE 11:00 AM HOUR AND CONTINUE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Upcoming Homecoming Events

Indian View - first Week in AugustPamunkey Baptist - 2nd week in AugustMt. Bethel Baptist - Hollister, NC - AugustMattaponi Baptist - 3rd week in AugustAugust 8: Brett-Reed Memorial Presbyterian Church continues “Wednesday Matinee” – a monthly fellow-ship and Bible study that includes lunch and a short lesson based on the old Andy Griffith TV series; watch an episode and discuss the ethical and Biblical implica-tions of what happened that week in Mayberry.

Wednesday Matinee will begin at noon, August 8 in the church fellowship hall, and will continue on the second Wednesday of each month. Call 843-2343 by Monday, August 6 to reserve a place. Members of churches in West Point and sur-rounding counties are invited to share in the fellowship and lively discussion. Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of lunch, with any extra monies going to support St. David’s ministries in Aylett and the Good Neighbor Center in West Point. Brett-Reed has two ground-level entrances in the back of the church and is handicapped accessible. The church is located at 29680 King William Road., 7 miles west of West Point and 19 miles east of Central Garage on Rt. 30. Bring old friends and meet new ones at the Wednesday Matinee!

Gethsemane Baptist Church, King WilliamAnnual Homecoming and Revival Service

Homecoming ServiceSunday August 26th, 2012

Morning Service: 11:00 AMMessage delivered by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Reuben S. Carter. Lunch served at 1:30 PM followed by

afternoon services beginning at 3:00 PM, with Rev. Charles Gilliam, III and the Union Hope Church fam-

ily in charge.Revival services

Tuesday, August 28th thru Friday August 31st, 2012. Services nightly at 8:00 PM with the following pastors

and congregations in charge:Tuesday – Rev. Dr. John T. Boyd, Jr.

Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, King WilliamWednesday – Rev. Marlan Haskell

Chicago Avenue Baptist Church, RichmondThursday – Rev. Donald Moss, Sr.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church, KWFriday – Rev. Paul Flowers

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Mechanicsville All are invited !

Please send your community and church announcements to: [email protected]. We are happy to let our readers know of the services you offer and what is happening in your communities. You can also mail them to: 360 View Newspaper, PO Box 824, Aylett, VA 23009.



Summertime....And the Living’S eASy....by A. KAy Oxendine

The weather this summer has been unbearable - but imagine our surprise

when my daughter, son and I decided to venture out to Jordan Lake right outside

Durham, and found the weather to be darn near perfect. Some friends were sailing by and the atmosphere was just laid back. I highly recommend, that before the sum-

mer ends, that you take a day to enjoy the beauty of summer.

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