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September 2021 Forty-seven excruciatingly long minutes forever changed one Brunswick County, Va., woman’s life. Now, she’s committed to changing the lives of others. August 27, 2018, started off like any other day in the Herzing home. Except that Bob Herzing, Sherry’s...Cover Story August 2021
August 2021 With the dedication of Clinch River State Park in June, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation added its 41st park to its system. While all of the parks offer a variety of activities, we’ve highlighted some specific attributes of these...Cover Story July 2021
July 2021 An Eye for Detail Honors mount for art contest winner Whether it is in the stroke of a paintbrush on canvas, the placement of a Lego block, the movement of a chess piece or the strike of a piano key, you can be guaranteed that 8-year-old Vihaan Panjwani of...Cover Story June 2021
June 2021 The first emperor of Rome is in Southside Virginia. So is a 19thcentury Samurai warrior. A dozen Granada lions from Spain are about, as is a soapstone cooking vessel. An eclectic collection? That doesn’t begin to describe the treasure trove at MacCallum More...Cover Story May 2021
May 2021 History Hidden in the Walls Edwin Washington Project depicts history of rural Black education What we know about Edwin Washington is that he wanted to learn. We don’t know much else about him. But we know he longed to learn, and that is enough. In June 1867,...Cover Story March/April 2021
March/April 2021 At the Core of Cider’s Appeal An old beverage is made modern — sweet or dry, or flavored with fruits, flowers and spices Apples will soon be blooming again in Virginia and, across the state, eager entrepreneurs cannot wait to pound them into...Cover Story February 2021
February 2021 The School on the Hill Achieving a vision for the future while respecting the past After more than 60 years, Delores Nash-Hicks was back in fourth grade, and she could not have been more delighted. Her old classroom in the Campbell County Training School...Cover Story January 2021
January 2021 The Onley Community Health Center is a low-slung brick building with a green awning and roof, tucked just off U.S. 13 on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The center is one of five operated by Eastern Shore Rural Health System Inc. for roughly 31,000 patients...Cover Story November/December 2020
November/December 2020 Veteran Finds New Ways to Serve His Community In the midst of a trying time, a couple from Emporia, Va., looks forward to spreading holiday kindness Serving comes naturally to Edward Bryant. After fighting in the Vietnam War, seemingly a million...Cover Story October 2020
October 2020 Digging in the Dirt The peanut business in Virginia is all it’s cracked up to be, and more Chris Parker is checking to see if there is money underground. He leans over a small plant and brushes aside its lush, feather-like leaves. Reaching under it,...Cover Story September 2020
September 2020 Stable of Hopes and Dreams At a Maryland therapeutic riding center, breakthroughs come one gait at a time What really lifts Kimberly Hopkins’ spirits is when she thinks about a young woman who spoke her first words astride a well-mannered quarter...
Cooperative Living Staff Receives Writing, Design Awards
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The staff of Cooperative Living magazine won three awards in the most recent Marcom Awards competition for writing and layout.
"Often the only Black girl on her team, Oddici Alexander says she was no stranger to obstacles and developed a need to take control at a young age. She tried out for several sports and found that softball gave her what she was looking for." --Excerpt from the November/December cover story on 23-year-old softball star Oddici Alexander.![]()
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