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As temperatures rise and the economy shows signs of im-provement, many Americans

are warming to the idea of making major life changes. For many this is a time for getting married and shop-ping for new cars or homes. Big life changes can mean significant finan-cial investments.

If you’re planning for a major life event, you’re likely focused on the immediate cost. But it also is impor-tant to take the time to consider the what-ifs, those unexpected and po-tentially costly crises-that can derail the best-laid plans. A video by The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) illustrates what can happen.

According to the NAIC, one smart way to avoid surprises is to fully edu-cate yourself about the insurance im-plications of any big investment early on, before something bad happens that may require filing an insurance claim. It pays to do your homework and ask the tough questions before you say “I do” or “sold.”

5 tough questions to ask be-fore tying the knot

1. How might our individual credit and legal histories impact our com-bined financial future?

2. Beyond rent or mortgage pay-ments, have we budgeted correctly for our planned living arrange-ments?

3. What financial responsibilities do we have to family members, today and in the future?

4. Do our individual financial safe-guards such as health savings plans, life insurance, certificates of deposit, etc., still work now that we’re a cou-ple?

5. Are there any special financial is-sues in either of our medical histo-ries?

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eowners policy you plan to keep cov-ers all of your valuables combined. Carefully review existing policies brought into the marriage. You may be able to get the same coverage at lower premiums, as most insurance providers consider marriage a quali-fying event that allows you to make policy changes outside the open-en-rollment period.

5 tough questions to ask be-fore buying a car

1. Beyond the sale price, what other costs of buying and owning a car have I considered?

2. What can I do immediately to save on car-related expenses in the future?

3. What are my responsibilities if my car is involved in an accident?

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In addition to the monthly pay-ment, insurance premiums should be a key component of any vehicle cost analysis. You can shop around for the best rates, but expect to pay more to insure popular models like SUVs or convertibles. Another way to lower premiums is to purchase a used vehicle already loaded with safety features. You also may save money by bundling your auto policy with other coverage such as a hom-eowners’ policy.

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features8 Sunday Brunch Church Hill a great place for Sunday brunch

10 Kids’ Summer Learning Avoid the summer educational slump

11 Get Crafty Keeps kids creating

12 Growing Up Online Internet identity safety advice

14 Looking homeward Local author shows Richmond history through teen ego

16 Children/Community Gardens Cultivate your child’s interest in growing things

17 Healthy Summer Grilling Lighter fair for hot days

18 Hotdog Grilling Tips How about those dogs!

19 Tick Bite Protection Keep Lyme disesase at bay

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Above and on cover: Richmond educator A. B. Westrick knows how to get kids enthused about reading. She also recently applied that knowledge to her first book, ‘Brotherhood’, the story of two brothers growing up in Richmond after the civil war. Photo by Stuart DuBreuil.


Sunday brunch is a family favor-ite.

At The Hill Cafe, you can enjoy some unusual offering for brunch at prices that won’t bust your budget.

It’s a family-friendly place at brunch, with patrons of all ages.

On our recent visit we fed and fully caffeinated three hungry adults for less than $44, including a 20 per-cent tip.

The brunch menu is playful and creative, with fare including Red-neck Benedict ($9.95), which gives you a pair of poached eggs served with sausage patties and buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy and a side of hash browns.

There’s also a Crab Benedict ($10.95), with the eggs served with crab cakes over an English muffin and topped with Hollandaise and asparagus and the hash browns on the side.

I tried the Green Eggs and Ham ($7.95), scrambled eggs with avo-cado and cilantro and Virginia ham, a buttermilk biscuit and the side of hash browns.

Donna had a Fried Green To-mato BLT ($8.95), an eclectic com-bination of fried green tomatoes, pi-mento cheese, bacon and lettuce on multigrain bread, along with sweet potato fries.

And our daughter, Elizabeth, ordered up a crab and asparagus omelette ($9.95) that incorporated ricotta cheese into the mix and was served with a buttermilk biscuit and a side of hash browns.

Good stuff, served promptly and efficiently.

The Fried Green Tomato BLT and asparagus and crab omlette were de-lectable, and the biscuits were crowd pleasers. The ham overpowered the other ingredients in the Green Eggs and Ham omlette.

Next time I’ll try the Cuban Pork Roast Omelette instead.

We enjoyed a window seat that was large enough to easily accom-modate Grandbaby Olive’s car seat. She enjoyed the sunshine while we

Head for The Hill for Sunday brunch

enjoyed people watching.The cafe was part of a cheap af-

ternoon excursion for us to show off one of our favorite Richmond neigh-borhoods to our visitors.

We took a leisurely walk after our meal up Church Hill to Chimbarazo Park. It’s the site of a massive Civil War hospital complex and home to a Richmond National Battlefield Park museum on Civil War era medicine.

The museum is open 9 a.m. To 4:30 p.m. daily.

The city park around the muse-um is open and airy, and generally comfortable even on the warmest of days. Check out the replica of the Statue of Liberty on the west side of the park.

Sundays also offer a free look at an earlier period of Richmond and American history, with a re-enact-ment of Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death” speech at St. John’s Church, 2401 E. Broad St., down Church hill from the park and the restaurant.

We’re saving that for our next visit.

It’s staged at 1:15 p.m. Sundays through Labor Day. There’s a sug-gested donation of $5. See historicst-johnschurch.org for more.

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Diaper changing disasters, milk and cereal splattered across the kitchen floor, ketchup landing

right on your white shirt ... mess and ick are an inevitable part of everyday life, especially if you are a parent, but they are also part of what makes life interesting and humorous.

Whether commiserating, venting or simply laughing it off, these are the stories you can’t wait to share with friends and family, especially over so-cial media nowadays. Sometimes it’s best to just laugh through the mess, knowing it can all be cleaned up later.

“As a mom I am very familiar with icky situations, and as a come-dienne I am a firm believer that the best way to get through them is with laughter,” says former Saturday Night Live star, Rachel Dratch. “To celebrate some of the humor in life’s messiest moments, I recently teamed up with

my old friends at The Second City to host the first ever Clorox Ick Awards. Parents tweeted the messiest mo-ments they’ve encountered, which we used to inspire funny improv sketches shared in real-time. The best comedy comes from real-life experiences, and luckily we had some great, and gross, inspiration!”

Here are some helpful tips to help you tackle the six types of messes you are most likely to encounter so you can spend less time cleaning and more time living (and laughing).

General messes: A volcano science project gone bad, muddy dog running through the house. These messes can happen in any room in the house. If Fido or your little scientist leaves your floors in need of a deep cleaning, vac-uum or sweep to remove the excess dirt, then start mopping at the farthest corner and work backward toward the door.

Laundry stains: Red wine on your white shirt, grass-stained baseball shorts. Some stains are seemingly im-possible to remove. But before you toss your white garment, pretreat the stain

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with a bleach gel pen, then launder as usual with detergent and bleach on the hottest recommended water setting. Repeat as necessary until the stain is removed before machine drying.

In the kitchen: Mac ‘n cheese ex-plosion in the microwave, crusted red spaghetti sauce on the stovetop. Your kitchen spaces should not only be cleaned, but sanitized every day, and don’t forget about those appliances. Lemons, ever useful, can help to clean your microwave! Nuke a microwave-safe container with one cup of water and a few lemon wedges for three minutes, remove, then wipe away loosened food particles.

In the bathroom: Potty training mishaps, soap scum in every crevice of the shower. If your toddler misses the mark, wipe the covered surfaces with disinfecting wipes and leave wet for four minutes. Let it air dry, then wipe with a clean disposable paper towel. And for the soap scum, spray the surface with a disinfectant bath-room cleaner until completely wet. Wait for 10 minutes, then rinse; no scrubbing involved.

Extreme messes and stains: The three P’s - poop pee and puke. From diaper blowouts to being vomited on, these are the grossest, yet make for the best stories. To clean and disinfect bathroom floors and walls, mix 1/2 cup of bleach per gallon of water and wipe the affected area with the solu-tion, letting it stand for five minutes. Rinse and let it air dry. And for those unpleasant stains, thoroughly rinse the affected area with cold water then wash immediately in the warmest wa-ter recommended using detergent and stain fighter. If the stain remains, re-peat.

Germy messes: Germ-infested hot spots around the house, mold grow-ing in places it shouldn’t. Some of the germiest places in the house are ones you touch every single day - door-knobs, light switches, TV remotes, soap dispensers. The key is to make sure you disinfect all of these hotspots every day for a happy, healthy home.

For more cleaning and laundry tips and content to keep you laughing through the mess, visit www.clorox.com/laugh/ick-awards.


No more pencils, no more books” is a familiar summer refrain. But make sure your

youngster doesn’t take those words too seriously.

All students lose approximately 2.6 months of grade level equiva-lency in mathematical computation over summer, according to a Johns Hopkins study. The study also con-cluded that low-income students ex-perience significant losses in reading comprehension and word recogni-tion while on break.

This pattern of academic regres-sion has been dubbed “summer slump.” Fortunately -- for proactive parents -- these quick-and-easy tips can help stem its tide.

Watch Your LanguageYou’ve probably admonished

your son or daughter with this phrase, but when it comes to sum-mer learning, take heed of it your-self. When kids are enjoying va-cation, they may not want to hear words like “school,” “educational” or “assignment.” Try using words like “exploration,” “adventure” and “discovery” instead.

Make Learning FunRemember when you had to

take a spoonful of cough medicine and your mom or dad would let you wash it down with something sweet? For kids, summer learning can be a

Tips to Keep Kids Learning and Prevent ‘Summer Slump’

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bitter pill to swallow, but it tends to go down more easily when paired with a fun activity.

The National Center for Fami-lies Learning (NCFL), for instance, has created a program called Camp Wonderopolis, a digital platform aiming to harness the spirit of explo-ration and adventure captured by traditional summer camps.

After registering at www.Wonderopolis.org/camp, kids can wend their way through six science-themed tracks and 42 individual les-sons, all of which can help combat the dreaded “summer slump.” For parents who want to keep kids active during the summer months, Camp Wonderopolis also features hands-on offline activities.

“The key is to make learning feel like an extension of their vacation,” says NCFL Vice President Emily Kirkpatrick. “Camp Wonderopolis seeks to tap into a child’s natural feel-ings of wonder and curiosity, allow-ing learning to occur organically.”

Learn TogetherWhy should kids spend the sum-

mer learning while mom and dad get off the hook? It’s easier to get coop-eration when learning is a shared experience, so dust off some books you never got around to reading and share them together.

Power of ChoiceOftentimes, kids rebel against

schoolwork simply because it’s oblig-atory. Their teachers assign books to read and problems to solve without their input, and set hard deadlines for when such work must be com-pleted. Put your child in the driver’s seat over summer by letting them tell you what they’d like to learn.

Instead of mapping out a strict plan, take a trip to the bookstore and let kids pick out books. Many young people are invigorated by this sort of freedom and may even choose some-thing more challenging than you would have selected.

There are plenty of strategies that will keep your kids learning over summer. Approach the subject tactfully and your youngster will have a leg-up when it’s time to head back to school.

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Looking for an easy and inex-pensive way to refresh your home this summer? With a

little inspiration and work you can give your home a quick makeover within a limited budget.

“From interior décor projects to a fresh coat of paint, there are plen-ty of ways to make a big impact in a room for under $100,” says Car-men De La Paz, 3M spokesperson and former host of HGTV’s “Ham-mer Heads.”

With that in mind, De La Paz, an interior designer and DIY ex-pert, has some tips to help inspire project ideas:

• Refurbishing a home can be ex-pensive and tiring. Don’t replace perfectly good furniture when there is no need. Instead, consider refreshing a tired chair, table or coat rack with a coat of paint.

• Make a big impact by painting an accent wall in your home. Con-sider using complementary color to the palette of the space. Whether you want to enhance the size of a room, draw attention to a new fur-niture piece or just add a little flair, an accent wall is a simple way to make it happen.

• Paint a fresh design element like a pattern or a stripe to change the look of a room. You don’t need to turn to a professional service for sharp, crisp paint lines. With a high quality painter’s tape, such as the new ScotchBlue Painter`s Tape with Advanced Edge-Lock

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– StatePoint –Paint Line Protector, you can get super sharp paint lines. This tape provides edge-to-edge protection for improved paint bleed perfor-mance.

• Spice up your room with a DIY wall art project, such as this one from the Nesting Place blog.

First, tape off rectangles with high-quality painter’s tape. The shapes can be varying sizes and shapes to create an interesting wall effect. Apply your creativity to have the shapes fill your wall space.

Remember, there are no rules, so at this point, get experimental and tape a design that looks ap-pealing to you.

After taping, choose a single paint color and trace the painter’s tape. For a bolder effect, pick two complementary colors and alter-nate tracing the rectangle shapes. Alternating colors will achieve a brighter, bolder look. Take into consideration what the room will be used for as that can help set the tone for the pattern and colors.

Also be sure to let the paint dry enough so that it’s dry to touch before carefully removing it.

Feeling inspired? Channel that creativity this summer by submit-ting your own home refresh proj-ect for under $100 and you could win $5,000 to put towards a home makeover. SeeScotchBlue.com/homecontest to enter the “Home of ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape” contest by July 15, or learn more, and see official rules.

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Now that warmer weather has arrived, take craft time out-doors. Instead of sitting in-

side at the kitchen table with paper, crayons, glue bottles or water color paints, bring the color and creativity outside for some DIY fun.

The entire family can get in-volved in projects that decorate the yard or inspire colorful game time. Invite the neighborhood kids over to join in the fun with these crafty out-door projects:

• Decorate the yard with col-orful creations - Turn ordinary flower pots and other household items into vibrant, colorful creations with the Crayola Rainbow Paint Pour. To get the desired effect, pour the paint in rainbow order, one color on top of the other and watch it run down the sides into a unique pat-tern. Crayola Washable paint cleans up easily, and kids will love bringing rainbows of color to the yard.

• Design colorful outdoor play clothes - Having fun outside is even more exciting in colorful play clothes. Set aside an afternoon to tie-dye T-shirts on the driveway. This fun craft is perfect to create for neighborhood teams and games, such as Capture the Flag. Once the dyeing is complete, let the T-shirts dry in the afternoon sun. Decorate the shirts with fabric pens for an extra personal touch. Kids will love being creative with their art, and everyone will cheer as the finished

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designs are revealed - each one simi-lar, but also unique.

• Set up an outdoor art zone - On warm summer days, kids can cre-ate their own drippy meltdown mas-terpieces and cool crayon creations with Crayola’s Meltdown Craft. To begin, kids choose their crayons and line them up as they like at the top of a canvas, poster board or even wood. Once the crayons are secured, using a hairdryer on low heat will start melting the crayons in a beauti-ful pattern. Kids can also use water colors to create a unique background behind the crayon meltdown. Once the art is dry, hang it in a place where everyone can enjoy.

• Add decorations to the win-dows - Window and glass markers are a great way for kids to unleash their creativity using household windows and mirrors as a canvas. Prepare for summer holidays and get-togethers by encouraging kids to draw colorful designs that celebrate the occasion. For example, a custom firework show on the front windows is a great way to welcome guests and delight neighbors on the 4th of July. And the best part is the markers eas-ily wipe clean, inspiring kids to cre-ate again and again.

With these fun outdoor creative play activities, everyone in your family will enjoy spending time in the backyard and bringing color to the area.

The past is always present around Richmond. There are monuments and memorials that would be touchstones of the community in smaller cities that are overlooked and forgotten here.

Over the next few months, we’re going to offer images of some of those smaller, yet interesting, places and things around the city. Your task is to identify each, and tell us where they can be found. Here’s the first monument: A prominent bust of someone you have to look up to.

Correct entries will be entered into a drawing for a copy of the book Discovering Richmond Monuments, by Robert C. Layton.

You can enter at richmondparents.com.We’ll announce the names of readers who correctly identify this ob-

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Growing Up Online By CAROLYN JABS

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Automatic locks on the family car. Check.

Safety deposit box for valuable papers. Check.

Padlocks for bicycles. Check Secure passwords for online as-

sets. Uh-oh.Now that families conduct so

much of their social and financial business online, strong passwords are every bit as important as sturdy locks on the doors of your house. Unfortunately, parents who are very conscientious about other forms of family security often do the virtual equivalent of leaving the key under the doormat.

The recent security scare called Heartbleed should have been a wake up call. If you haven’t already changed passwords for your on-line accounts, now is the time. And while you’re at it, teach your kids to create smart passwords too. curric-ulum for doing just that is available from Common Sense Mediacom-monsensemedia.org/educators/les-son/strong-passwords-3-5).

The simplest way to manage passwords is to store them all in a vault-like piece of software that will generate, encrypt and remember highly secure passwords on your behalf. Free and reliable programs are available from LastPass, KeePass and Norton Identity Safe. Just be sure that the program you choose will allow easy access on all the de-vices you use.

Unfortunately, setting up pass-word software requires time that busy parents may not have. Also, the password that gets you into the software becomes the equivalent of the one ring that binds them all, so if you forget it you are doomed. Those who decide to forgo software need to get serious about creating tough passwords. The first rule is to avoid weaknesses that create openings for trolls, bullies, hackers and identify thieves. Here are three things you don’t want to do: No personal information. Pro-fessional hackers know that it’s eas-ier to remember details from your own life, so if you become a target the first passwords they’ll try are names of people and places that are

Locking Up Your Family’s Online Assets

meaningful to you. Google your-self. Anything that comes up won’t be a good password. That includes birthdates, addresses, employers, phone number, names of family and friends. Next review your social media profiles. Don’t use anything that’s ever been listed as a favorite. Avoid recognizable words. Many programs have been designed to crack passwords, and most start with a dictionary of words in Eng-lish and other languages. Using any recognizable word including proper nouns makes you more vulnerable. Adding an unexpected capital letter, a random number or an exclama-tion point makes the password a bit stronger but not much. Don’t be cute—or lazy. Despite years of warnings, people still use “default” passwords like “guest” and “password” as well as sequenc-es of keys on the keyboard such as 890-=\ or qwert. Hackers are also acquainted with obvious substitu-tions like & for E or @ for A or 2 for “to”. And it’s not especially clever to use well-known number sequenc-es like Pi or the Fibonnaci series.

Strong passwords are long--use at least 8 and preferably 12 charac-ters-- and varied--use a combina-

tion of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols. Of course, a long and varied password is harder to remember. Here are several ways to generate passwords that are both random and memorable: Initialing. Choose a title, phrase or quotation that means something to you. Use the initial letter of each word as your password. Toss in caps, numbers and symbols to make it harder to hack. Letter Scramble. Start with a longish word or short phrase that you will remember. Scramble the letters and substitute numbers and symbols for some of them. Mix it Up. Choose two words that mean something to you and al-ternate their letters. If your dog’s name is Skippy and you live at 345 Woodside, your password would be 3S4k5iWpopoyd. Diceware. To get really random results, roll the dice. Diceware.com lists 7776 words correspond-ing to all the combinations that are possible when you throw five dice. The website also provides detailed instructions about how to use the list to create very secure passwords

and phrases. Websites. Although many web-sites offer to generate passwords on your behalf, don’t use one unless you trust the company behind it. For example, the well-known Nor-ton Security company offers a free password generator at identitysafe.norton.com/password-generator.

Experts disagree about wheth-er passwords should be recorded. Most say that a password that’s hard to crack will also be hard to remem-ber, so you’ll probably want to keep a copy somewhere safe. Consider a locked drawer or between the pages of a favorite book. A Post-It on the computer monitor is not a good place for password.

Eventually everyone forgets a password, so be sure your password recovery systems are up-to-date. Many websites send a prompt or reset option to an e-mail address. If you change your e-mail, update the sites that require passwords. Pro-viding a cellphone number also pro-vides a layer of security, especially if you have a cellphone that can be locked if it’s lost.

Once you’ve found what seems like a great password, there’s a temptation to use it often and keep it forever. Don’t. Experts recommend using different passwords, espe-cially for sites that involve financial information. And put a “Change passwords” reminder on the calen-dar so you do it at least as often as you change the oil in the car.

Many security experts argue that passwords are obsolete. Per-haps, by the time your kids are adults, they may be able to protect their online assets with a fingerprint or a DNA scan. In the meantime, however, mastering the art of strong passwords is just one more way parents can have the peace of mind that comes from knowing you’ve protected what is precious to your family. Carolyn Jabs, M.A., raised three com-puter savvy kids including one with spe-cial needs. She has been writing Grow-ing Up Online for over ten years and is working on a book about constructive responses to conflict.


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Pursue what you love. That’s great advice, that we often hear in commencement speeches, or what parents tell their children, but how many

of us are really able to do that?Some lucky ones know early on what their “call-

ing” is in life, and are able to get the right encourage-ment and family support to pursue their dreams. For others, it may take years to ever figure out what they are truly passionate about and how they can express it. Even then, there are no guarantees that the means or opportunities will be available for them to pursue their dreams.

Author Anne B. Westrick knows all about that. A 50 +, tall, lanky woman, with short cut brown hair and rimless glasses, Westrick, a Mechanicsville resident, is very personable and laughs easily. You can hear the enthusiasm in her voice when she talks about a subject she loves, such as writing, her kids, her own childhood growing up, or many other top-ics she’s interested in.

Writing has been a passon since childhood, but only recently has she had her first novel published. “Brotherhood” is a book for young adult readers that’s set in Richmond in the years following the Civil War. The novel is about two young white teen-age brothers and their relationship with a freed black teenage girl. It is set in actual historical locations in Richmond.

Author Reflects Back on Richmond HistoryIt was released in June in paperback by Viking,

an inprint of Penguin Young Readers Group.So why did she pick this story for her debut

novel ? Westrick’s roots were Southern. Her grandmoth-

er lived in West Virginia and had family in Virginia. Her grandfather had lived in Alabama and central Florida. Her father had told her that he had seen prejudice in his own father, and did not understand it. He decided he did not want to raise his family that way, so they had moved to Pennsylvania.

Westrick wondered what it must have been like for her relatives that grew up in Virginia during Re-construction. Westrick, herself had experienced the lingering tension between North and South when she moved to Richmond, and was considered a Yan-kee.

She asked people why was this attitude still prevalent. The answers all seemed to point back to the Reconstruction years, and the animosity towards the North, for blaming the South for starting the war and treating the Southerners poorly during this time.

Westrick walked the streets of Richmond, visit-ing most of the local museums and Civil War sites. She read about the Reconstruction period in Rich-mond. She decided this would be the setting for the story she wanted to tell.

The story deals with the complexities of life af-ter the Civil War, through the eyes of young adults, who are coming of age and have the courage to ques-tion and reject some of the established beliefs of the time.

The reception of “Brotherhood” has been im-pressive, especially for a first novel. It has won sev-eral awards for young adult books.

Many middle schools around Richmond have asked Westrick to their schools and speak. Adult book discussion groups in the area have been read-ing her book, too. Even the United Daughters of the Confederacy has asked her to speak to their group.

Carver Middle School asked Westrick to audio record parts of the book that take place at various locations in Richmond, which she did. They then created QR codes (two dimensional bar codes) for each audio segment. The codes can be scanned by the kids using their smartphones, to access the audio content for a particular location as they walk to that spot. Locations include the 17th Street Farmers Mar-ket, St. John’s Church, Libby Hill, the Chimborazo Hospital site, and others.

Long-standing love of literature

Westrick grew up in Pennsylvania, in a loving family that stressed education, and loved doing

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things together as a family. They played all kinds of games together, from board games to cards to bad-minton. Her mom was a voracious reader, and vol-unteered at the local library.

Westrick herself became a bookworm as a kid, compelled at times to turn down a friend’s request to play, if she were reading a fascinating book that she just couldn’t put down.

She liked to write stories, early on, but she stopped after she saw that her efforts were nowhere near as good as the books she was reading, and she couldn’t figure out how to improve it. She became interested in math, which seemed easier and more straightforward than writing. In college she was a math major, but then switched to psychology, and then religious studies. “I was fascinated by faith and by people and how they found meaning in their lives”, she says, “I now understand that I was look-ing for story, but at the time I simply thought I hadn’t found my calling.”

After studying theology, Westrick met her hus-band, John, while playing bridge. He got a job in Richmond, and they moved to the area in 1989, and raised four kids. “As the children grew, my husband and I encouraged them to pursue what they loved, and one day I asked myself, what do you love?” she recalls. She started taking classes to develop her writing skills.

In 2006, she was hired as the administrative di-rector for James River Writers, a non-profit dedicated to connecting and inspiring writers. Westrick helped run their educational programs and put on an annu-al writers conference, for 7 years. She was working with writers, but still not writing much herself.

She returned to school and earned a fine arts master in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in 2011. Westrick started writing every day and submitting articles to publishers. After several were rejected, she got a positive response on her draft of “Brotherhood”.

The Role of Family

Westrick believes in parents, grandparents and children sharing their stories, and playing games to-gether. This was the model for her and her husband to raise two daughters and two sons.

Each child is unique and very different from the other, but they were all encouraged to explore what-ever they felt passionate about.

Linda Brown, at 28, always loved math, and has just earned a doctorate in mathematics, and will con-tinue doing research in the field.

Jane, 26, is the artist. Her artwork adorns the walls of the family house. She is pursuing an art ca-reer in New York.

Ted, 22, has had many interests. He would tack-le an activity, become very proficient, and then move on to something else that interested him. He is cur-rently working at William and Mary for the summer, where he has been a student.

Sam, 21, is the music prodigy. At age 3 he asked his parents for a violin. They were hesitant, and made a deal with him that if he still wanted one when he was 4, they would buy him one. On his fourth birth-day, he asked again, and they got him the violin and lessons at the Suzuki school. He studied for 10 years, and played in the Richmond Symphony Youth Or-

chestra.He has since learned to play many different in-

struments, and still loves his music, but decided to switch his major at Carnegie Mellon University to computer science. What did mom and dad think? They were fine with his decision. In fact, they said if he had’t first been accepted to Carnegie Mellon for music, he probably wouldn’t have been accepted in the computer science program. So it all worked out for the best.

“My kids inspire me”, Westrick says.John, an attorney in Richmond’s Attorney Gen-

erals office, has his other passion, as well. He loves to design board games, letting the family try out pro-totypes and giving him feedback.

Westrick is working on her second novel, which will be about a group of musical prodigies that meet at a summer music camp. Undoubtedly, she will be drawing upon family experiences once again.

LINER NOTESWho: Anne B. WestrickAge: 50 +Occupation: Fulltime writerFamily: Husband, John. Two daughters, Linda Brown and Jane. Two sons, Ted and Sam. Recommended reading: For young adult, any-thing by John Green, author of “The Fault in Our Stars”“The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” by Rachel Joyce“Far From the Tree” by Andrew Solomon“BOMB: THE RACE TO BUILD--AND STEAL--THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON” by Steve Sheinkin

HER BOOK: “Brotherhood”WHAT: The story of two white teen brothers grow-ing up in Richmond after the Civil War, 14-year-old Shadrack, and his older brother, 17-year-old Jeremi-ah, and their relationship with Rachel, a free African American girl. WHO’S IT FOR: Young adult readersPUBLISHER: VIKINGCOST: $17.99 hardback, $8.99 paperback, $7.69 Kin-dle editionLEARN MORE: See www.abwestrick.com, or www.penguingyoungreaders.com

QR Codes for ‘Brotherhood’ Richmond LocationsEach one takes you to an audio-recording of the author reading a very brief section from Brotherhood. Each section is a description of a location.

1. East Main and 17th Streets: the Farmer’s market and the building I imagined to be the fictional shop, Weaver’s Fine Tailor-ing. http://abwestrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/17thSt.Marketplace.mp3

2. 1812 E. Grace Street (the corner of N. 19th and E. Grace): the Adam Craig House, where I imagined the character of Maggie to have lived. http://abwestrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Adam-Craig-House-where-Maggie-lives.mp3

3. Libby Hill Terrace http://abwestrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Libby-Hill.mp3

4. Libby Prison (E. Cary and S. 20th Streets) http://abwestrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Libby-Prison.mp3

5. View from St. John’s Church (looking west down E. Broad St. from N. 24th Street) http://abwestrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/View-from-St.-Johns-Church.mp3

6. Lumpkin’s Jail (looking west down E. Broad Street from N. 17th Street) http://abwestrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lumpkins-Jail.mp3

7. E. Franklin and N. 28th Streets: the location where I imagined the fictional Perkinson House to have stood http://abwestrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PerkinsonHouse.mp3


Years ago a kindergarten teach-er at Crestwood Elementary School (Chesterfield Schools)

became interested in the hibernation patterns of monarch butterflies. Her interest led to a school-wide program designed to raise and release mon-archs. Eventually Crestwood was designated as a Monarch Way Sta-tion with milkweed gardens to feed the caterpillars and butterfly homes in each classroom. (see Monarch-watch.org). In the past two years, a first grade teacher and her class at Westover Hills Elementary (Rich-

Children and Community Gardens Thrive in Richmond Neighborhoods

mond Schools) planted a butterfly garden in the front of the school.

All over the Richmond Metro-politan area you can find schools and other public areas hosting gar-dens, greenhouses and special grow-ing projects. There is likely to be one close to your neighborhood. Several schools in the area, including Reams Elementary in Chesterfield County, grow native plants as part of their Virginia studies. Learning about na-tive plants is part of the standards of learning in the middle elementary grades. What a great hands on learn-ing experience to grow your own!

Southampton Elementary in Richmond grows native plants and has a pollinator garden. These gar-dens have been thriving for several years with after school garden clubs working with school and Master Gardener volunteers, especially un-der the leadership of Mary Argintea-neu.

Have you heard of tricycle gar-dens? Again, volunteers work with children in neighborhoods to plant

and maintain gardens. These gar-dens are developed on unused or abandoned properties in urban neighborhoods. Gardens create a place of beauty as well as learning on otherwise bare ground. Peter Paul Development Center gardens include a vegetable garden on one side of the building. Children learn about the plants, grow vegetables and maintain the gardens with vol-unteers and staff. Some local church-es provide volunteer opportunities to work with tricycle gardens.

In addition to these ‘learning gardens’, local counties offer land where families can raise crops of their own. If you don’t have the space to plant a garden in your own yard, check out community garden programs. In Chesterfield County, Rockwood Park has designated gar-den space, and you can rent a plot for a minimal cost. Contact Chester-field County Parks and Recreation Department for information.

In Henrico, plots are available in Lakeside and Highland Springs.

Contact the Henrico office of Vir-ginia Cooperative Extension Service for information. McDonough Com-munity Garden is in Richmond at Forest Hill Avenue and 33rd Street. For information, see mcdonoughgar-dens.com. Fairfield Middle School in Hanover County recently initiated a community garden program as well.

The community gardens in each locality have websites which will provide the information your family needs to pursue a little gardening on your own.

Gardening together can be great fun! I would suggest giving the kids more tasks than just weeding, to keep their enthusiasm going! There are child-size gloves, watering cans and trowels, so they can be real part-ners in the endeavor.

Happy Gardening!Marsha King Carter

Marsha is a retired Elementary School Principal from Chesterfield County. She currently volunteers as a Master Gar-dener.


In summer, outdoor dining is the name of the game, whether you’re serving friends or just feeding the

family on your patio. But many tra-ditional grilling options can be time-consuming to prepare and high in calories, fat and sodium. Here’s how can you make your next barbecue healthy and easy.

Easy SidesA summer salad is easy to toss

together, and makes for a healthful accompaniment to grilled selections. Avoid heavy dressings and mayo-based salads. Reach for olive oil and lemon juice or vinegar to dress your greens. Swap out iceberg lettuce and include a leafy base that contains more vitamins and nutrients, such as romaine, red leaf or arugula.

A tiny bit of preparation goes a long way with easy-to-grill vegeta-ble sides. An easy marinade can real-ly bring out the flavor in asparagus. And corn-on-the cob grilled in the husk needs little more than a pinch of salt and herbs to taste great.

Main DishRather than load guests down

with something fattening and heavy in the heat of summer, consider lighter alternatives that are easy to prepare. Start with this recipe for Sweet Italian Chicken Grillers with

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Fresh Mozzarella:

Ingredients:• 1 Package 28 oz. al fresco Sweet Italian Chicken Grillers patties• Cooking Spray, olive oil• 8 oz Roasted Red peppers• 8 oz Fresh Mozzarella, sliced• 8 Rolls, deli style

Set burner to medium. Lightly coat pan with cooking spray or ol-ive oil. Grill on low-med heat for 6-7 minutes per side to an internal tem-perature of 165 degrees. To assem-ble, slice deli roll in half, top with the grilled patties, slices of mozza-rella cheese and roasted red peppers. Serve immediately.

More recipes and grill ideas can be found at alfrescoallnatural.com.

DessertFor dessert, stick with cool,

crowd-pleasing treats that are light and easy to serve. Top low-fat frozen yogurt with root beer and you can end your meal on a sweet float note without guilt. Or make a fat-free gel-atin mold stuffed with fresh peaches, strawberries and bananas.

You don’t need a high-fat, high calorie barbecue to have a good time on the patio this summer. When it comes to grilling, think fresh, natu-ral and light.

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Food

Hot dogs are a perennial favor-ite for Americans, especially in summer. More than seven

billion hot dogs are eaten in the three months between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.

While traditional preparations and fixings are always a hit, consid-er packing a little more punch with your dogs this summer. From exotic meat preparations to buns to tasty toppings, there is room for creativ-ity.

“When I think of hot dogs, I see endless possibilities. Toppings are what take a dog from ho-hum to haute,” says Russell Van Kraayen-burg, hot dog aficionado and author of the new guide to America’s fa-vorite food obsession, “Haute Dogs: Recipes for Delicious Hot Dogs, Buns, and Condiments.”

Inspired globally, Kraayenburg seeks to reinvent the wheel where this classic is concerned. This grill season, he offers a recipe for the “Michigan Dog” aka “The Michigan-er,” a spicy, tomato-heavy take on the chili dog that’s popular all over the northeast and even in Quebec.

Ingredients• 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil• 1 large white onion, diced

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• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped• 1 tsp salt• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper• 1 tbs ground chili powder• 1 tsp ground cumin• 1/8 tsp ground cayenne pepper• 1 lb ground beef• 1 cup beef stock• 8 oz tomato paste• 4 classic buns

Prepare the chili sauce: Heat ol-ive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook un-til soft and translucent, about eight minutes, stirring occasionally. Add garlic and cook for another two min-utes, stirring occasionally. Add salt, pepper, spices and beef. Cook until beef is browned and no trace of pink remains. Reduce heat to medium-low and add beef stock and tomato paste. Stir until evenly combined. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring oc-casionally. Set aside. Get out 4 clas-sic buns. Panfry all-beef hot dogs on a flattop. Place the dogs in the buns. Top each with a huge pile of chili, a handful of diced onions, and a thin line of yellow mustard. Add a few drops of hot sauce on top, if desired.

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More than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported each year, making it the

most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Make sure your family isn’t part of that number.

As the warmer months coax us outside, reducing the risk of tick bites is essential to protecting your family from Lyme disease and its potential long-term, devastating effects.

Lyme disease can cause facial or Bell’s palsy, severe headaches, neck

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Health

stiffness, heart palpitations, and pain and swelling in large joints. How-ever, it’s difficult to diagnose, as symptoms can be attributed to other health problems. Left untreated, ap-proximately 60 percent of Lyme dis-ease sufferers experience arthritis, while five percent develop chronic neurological challenges months or years after the infection.

“Had I understood the poten-tial severity of Lyme disease and taken the threat seriously, I might have saved my children from years of suffering,” says Jennifer Reid, a mother of two children affected by Lyme disease and Community Coor-dinator for the BLAST Lyme Disease Prevention Program. “Prevention is possible.”

BLAST is a helpful acronym representing basic tick bite preven-tion measures -- Bathe, Look for ticks, Apply repellants, Spray the yard and Treat your pets. Addition-ally, Reid recommends taking these simple steps:

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For People• Avoid wooded and busy areas with high grass and leaf litter.

• Apply repellent to exposed skin and clothing before outdoor activi-ties.

• Bathe or shower right after spend-ing time outdoors and conduct a full-body tick check. Use a mirror to see hard to reach places such as the under arms, belly button, scalp, and behind the knees.

For Pets• Check pets for ticks daily and re-move them as soon as possible.

• Talk with your veterinarian about using tick preventatives on your pet.

• Watch pets closely for changes in behavior or appetite. This may indi-cate Lyme disease infection.

In Your Yard

• Place a wood chip or gravel barrier between your lawn, patio, and play equipment and any wooded areas. This will restrict tick migration into recreational areas.

• Mow the lawn frequently and keep leaves raked.

• Keep playground equipment and patios away from yard edges and trees and place them in sunny loca-tions, if possible.

• Pest control products can help protect your family from tick bites, according to RISE (Responsible In-dustry for a Sound Environment), a national trade association. On a sea-sonal basis, consult a professional to spray the perimeter.

Get more tips to become a “back-yard boss” and protect your family against hidden lawn and landscape risks by visiting http://blog.de-bugthemyth.com.


Home & Garden

With warm weather here, now is the time to tackle those seasonal do-it-your-

self projects. By getting a jump start on your home improvement projects list you’ll ensure a summer full of family fun.

The experts at True Value know that the best summer moments are earned. Here are a few DIY project ideas and tips from the True Value DIY Squad to help earn the satisfac-tion of a job well done.

Yard Clean UpCan you see it now? A sunny

day, cool grass and a perfectly land-scaped yard you completed in the spring. Small landscaping projects such as edging and mulching can make a huge difference in the way your yard looks. Edging offers func-tional benefits by separating the gar-den from the rest of the yard, and keeps plants healthy in the garden-ing bed. Mulch improves the soil quality by allowing more water and air movement through the soil.

“Even if you live in a warm cli-mate, your grass is likely looking brown or tan, rather than green,” says Danika Herrick, blogger for Gorgeous Shiny Things and a mem-ber of the True Value DIY Squad. “Yard improvement doesn’t have to be daunting. Simple weekend proj-ects like edging, mulching or even fertilizing give your lawn the nutri-

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ents and updates it needs for strong roots and a lush green appearance that will last all summer long.”

Backyard GatheringsExtend the dining experience

outdoors – everything tastes better alfresco with family and friends. If you haven’t had a chance to fire up your grill this season, dust it off and then take a close look at all of its com-ponents to make sure everything is in proper working order.

Check hoses for cracks or dam-age, inspect burners and gas tubes and tighten any loose screws and bolts before firing it up for a well-earned backyard cookout.

Family MemoriesPerhaps the greatest benefit of

getting ahead of the game with do-it-yourself projects is earning extra family time in the summer. With a focus on DIY yard work now, your yard will be prepped for fun activi-ties that will allow the whole fam-ily to get involved. Time spent with the family on an epic water balloon battle or even backyard movie nights maximizes use of the yard, keeps the family entertained and makes mem-orable summer moments.

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Mental Health Tips for Parents of Teens

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If you are the parent of an older child or teen, you may not think about his or her day-to-day medi-

cal needs as often as you did during early childhood. But older kids also are dependent on you, especially when it comes to emotional health and wellness.

“Life transitions, romantic situ-ations, stress and exposure to drugs and alcohol are just a few of the chal-lenges facing a teen or young adult,” says James Perrin, MD, FAAP, 2014 President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). “As a parent, you can help ease these transitions and encourage positive choices.”

The AAP offers these tips for par-ents to foster good mental health:

• At each new stage in your child`s life, be vigilant for signals that he needs extra support. Be ready to pro-vide it.

• Check in often and keep the lines of communication open. If your child is away at college or has moved out, speak regularly by phone. Chil-dren should know that they can talk to you about anything. Be commit-ted to broaching tough topics. Talk about your own experiences and fears when you were an adolescent.

• If your teen has a mental health diagnosis, he or she will need extra support. Pediatricians, school coun-selors and mental health profession-als are important resources.

• Watch for mental health red flags, such as excessive sleeping, personal-ity shifts, excessive moodiness, no-

ticeable weight loss or gain, exces-sive secrecy or signs of self-harm.

• Don’t skip the annual physical. Not only are teens still on a vaccination schedule, but check-ups are a crucial opportunity to talk to your pediatri-cian about any concerns, as well as diagnose any potential physical and mental health issues. It’s also a great time for teens to seek confidential advice.

• Safeguard your home against pre-scription drug abuse by keeping your own medications locked. According to the AAP, prescription drug mis-use by adolescents is second only to marijuana and alcohol misuse. The most commonly abused prescription drugs include Vicodin and Xanax.

• Provide logistical support for young adults like completing health forms and physicals for college; set-ting up accommodations at school if they have a mental health diag-nosis; finding physicians to care for their adult needs; and signing up for health insurance. Your pediatrician’s office can help.

• Help limit teens’ stress. Don’t en-courage them to take on excessive time-consuming extra-curricular activities. Avoid comparing your children. Every child has his own strengths.

• Encourage habits that reduce stress and promote physical and mental health, such as a well-balanced diet, getting at least seven hours of sleep a night, and regular exercise.

• At this age, it’s important for par-ents to arm their older children with coping skills that will serve them throughout life, rather than handling everything for them.

More health tips for parents of older children, teens and young adults can be found at www.HealthyChildren.org.

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Most parents and grandpar-ents know that keeping medicine out of children’s

hands is important. But every min-ute a poison control center answers a call about a young child getting into medicine, and every 8 minutes a child goes to the emergency room for medi-cine poisoning. What’s happening to drive these frequent and alarming situations?

These worrisome statistics come from a new report from Safe Kids Worldwide titled “Keeping Families Safe Around Medicine.” While the numbers are concerning, they serve as a wakeup call reminding people that nearly half a million children are get-ting into medicine even though most parents and caregivers know that it should be kept up and away from kids.

One reason these numbers are so high may be related to the chang-ing makeup of U.S. households. The number of multigenerational house-holds continues to increase; since 2005 there has been a 23 percent increase in the number of grandparents living with their grandchildren. Many older people take medication regularly, and that medicine may be stored in places that are easily accessible to adults and children alike.

Safe Kids Worldwide, a global nonprofit dedicated to preventing childhood injury, surveyed more than 1,000 grandparents who regularly su-pervise their young grandchildren. About 28 percent of grandparents re-port keeping their medicine in easy-open containers or bottles without child-resistant caps. Among grand-parents who use these, 42 percent

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keep prescription medicine on a bath-room or kitchen sink, counter, table or shelf - locations that children can easily reach.

The reality today is that roughly three out of four ER visits (77 percent) for medicine poisoning in young chil-dren result from kids getting into their parents’ or grandparents’ medicine. Adults need to be reminded that there are no exceptions for keeping medi-cine out of children’s hands, even if that means storing the medicine in a place that might be less convenient.

Safe Kids Worldwide offers these expert tips to keep kids safe around medicine:

1. Keep all medicine up and away when young children are around, even medicine you take every day.

2. Be alert to medicine stored in other locations, like pills in purses, vitamins on counters and medicine on night-stands.

3. Even if you are tempted to keep it handy between doses, put medicine out of reach after every use.

4. Choose child-resistant caps for medicine bottles, if you’re able to. If pill boxes or non-child resistant caps are the only option, it’s even more im-portant to store these containers up high and out of sight when caring for kids.

5. Program the nationwide Poison Help Number (1-800-222-1222) into your phones. Visit safekids.org for more tips on safe storage, safe dosing and safe disposal of medicine.

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JULY 2HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR: Innsbrook After Hours performance with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night), Mark Farner (Grand Funk Rail-road), Mitch Ryder ad the Detroit Wheels and Gary Lewis and the Playboys, 4901 Lake Brook Drive, Glen Allen; gates open 5 p.m., $20-$99; innsbrookafterhours.com for information, ticketstobuy.com for tickets

JULY 3HAIR: Firehouse Theatre Project produc-tion 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through July 19, 2 p.m. July 13; 1609 W. Broad St.; 355-2001, firehousetheatre.org

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FOURTH OF JULYDOGWOOD DELL FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION: Concert and fireworks in Byrd Park; Susan Greenbaum at 5:30 p.m., Larry Robinson on the Carillon bells at 7 p.m. and the Richmond Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks at dusk; www.visitrichmondva.com

FREE ADMISSION: LEWIS GINTER BOTANNICAL GAR-DEN: Free throughout the day, 9 a.m. To 5 p.m., and includes Butterflies LIVE! Exhibit; parade in the Children’s Garden at 2 p.m. and concert 1-4 p.m. in Children’s Garden by Happy Lucky Combo; lewisginter.org

I KNOW RICHMOND: THE BUS TOUR: Celebration of city history sponsored by Valentine Richmond History Center, with tour sites including Court End,

the James River and the Fall Line, Church Hill, Jackson Ward, the Fan and Monument Avenue. Tour drives by St. John’s Church, Hollywood Cemetery, Main Street Station, the Jefferson Hotel and the Museum and White House of the Confederacy. Tour the State Capitol, walk Capitol Square and see the Civil Rights Memorial; $25, or $20 for history center members; (804) 649-0711 x301 for reservations; meet at the History Center; cash or check, or purchase online at richmondhistorytours.com

ASHLAND FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION: Ashland, begins with 2 mile and 10k runs at 7:45 and ends with fireworks at 10 p.m.; also features parade at 10:15 a.m.; begins at Triangle Park, then continues on Siskiyou Boulevard to East Main and ends Water Street; ashlandcham-ber.com

OLD-FASHIONED FOURTH OF JULY: 1-5 p.m. Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, 3400 Mountain Road, Glen Allen;

JULY 980s INVASION: Innsbrook After Hours performance with Warrant, Firehouse

and L.A. Guns, 4901 Lake Brook Drive, Glen Allen; gates open 5 p.m., $15-$79; innsbrookafterhours.com for information, ticketstobuy.com for tickets

JULY 11GO, DOG. GO: The Children’s Theatre of Virginia at Willow Lawn produc-tion through Aug. 3; 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m., 75 minute production for ages 3-8; $15; in the Shops at Willow Lawn, 1601 Willow Lawn Way; (804) 282-2620; va-rep.org

JULY 12150th BIRTHDAY OF MAGGIE WALKER: 10 a.m. To 4 p.m., Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, 600 N. 2nd Street Richmond VA 23219; tours, children’s crafts and entertainment in celebration of Walker’s life; www.nps.gov/mawa; (804) 771-2017 x24

GLO RUN RVA: Maymont, 7-10 p.m.; non-timed, 3-mile walk or run for all ages; includes disc jockey playing music; participants receive t-shirt and glow gear; registration free to age 8, $12 ages 8-17 and $35 for adults, benefits Maymont, 1700 Hampton St.; maymont.org

Kids, Inc. Business Show-case. Come out and support these young entrepreneurs as they sell their products and services. Saturday, July 12 from 1-5 p.m. Center Court. Regency Square, 1-804-740-1518

RICHMOND JAZZ BAND: Free performance, Pocahantas State Park, 10301State Park Road, Chesterfield Court House; part of Pocahantas Premieres concert series; $5 parking; concerts are held rain or shine; concerts start at 7 p.m., and gates open at 6 p.m. coolers permitted at this concert, but pets are not allowed; ( 804) 796-4255 or visit www.ticketstobuy.com for tickets


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HANOVER TOMATO FESTI-VAL: Celebration of everyone’s favorite fruit/vegetable; 9 a.m. To 4 p.m., Pole Green Park; music rides, games, petting zoo, vendors, tomato dishes; hanover-county.gov

VICTORIUM MMA EPISODE III: Mixed Martial Arts Cage Fighting, Sports Center of Richmond, 1385 Overbrook Road; $35-$500; victoriummma.com

JULY 18CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF RICHMOND CENTRAL: $1 Family Night, 5-7:30 p.m., with $1 admis-

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JULY 16CHRIS YOUNG: Innsbrook After Hours performance with Natalie Stovall and The Drive, 4901 Lake Brook Drive, Glen Allen; gates open 5 p.m., $20-$99; inns-brookafterhours.com for information, ticketstobuy.com for tickets

sion for all; third Fridays; need at least one adult chaperone per five children; regular admission $8 ages 1-59, free to age 1 and $7 seniors; 2626 W. Broad St., Richmond; hours through Labor Day are 9:30 a.m. To 7 p.m. Daily; www.ChildrensMuseumOfRich-mond.org

THE CHARITABLE SISTER-HOOD OF THE SECOND TRIN-ITY VICTORY CHURCH: Virginia Repertory Theatre production at Hanover Tavern runs through Aug. 24; world premiere of play from Bo Wilson; $36; (804) 282-2620; va-rep.org

JULY 20GORDON LIGHTFOOT: 8 p.m., Carpenter Theatre at Center Stage, 600 E. Grace St.; $49 to $64; www.etix.com

JULY 23BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHO-LESTEROL SCREENING: 9 a.m. to noon, Belmont Recreation Center, Hen-rico; free for ages 50 and older, no breakfast before cholesterol test to ensure accuracy; also 9 a.m. to noon July 30 at Confederate

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JULY 24THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB: Swift Creek Mill Theatre, 17401 Jefferson Davis Highway, South Chesterfield, through Aug. 2; comedy about growing old togeth-er; (804) 748-5203, swiftcreekmill.com

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JULY 30UNDER THE SUN TOUR 2014: Innsbrook After Hours performance with Blues Traveler, Sugar Ray, Uncle Kracker and Smash Mouth, 4901 Lake Brook Drive, Glen Allen; gates open 5 p.m., $20-$99; innsbrookafterhours.com for information, ticketstobuy.com for tickets

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ONGOINGPOSING BEAUTY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibit examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertis-

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