6A The Mountain Messenger~ Tuesday~ March 27, 1990
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Singer Louise Pearson
Carnegie Hall. in Lewisburg will owner of a West Virginia vineyard
present a "Michelob Jazz Concert" and winery, "Fisher Ridge." She will
featuring the Louise Pearson Quar- return for her second season at The
tet Saturday, April 7 at 8 p.m. The Greenbrier Hotel following her en-
group will perform an evemng of gagement at Carnegie Halt.
contemporary jazz mixed with clas- Accompanying Ms Pearson on
sic early rock and roll. Runyon Dis- piano is Gary Motley. He has played
tributing, of Asbury, along with for Mel Torme, Clark Terry and the
Michelob Beer, is sponsoring the Alabama Symphony. Other mem-
evening's activities. All audience bets of the quartet include bass
members are cordially invited to at- player Delbert Felix. His music has
taken him around the world playing
tend a pre-show reception at 7 p.m.
in the Old Stone Room of Carnegie with Branford Marsalis, Frank Fos-
Hall. Beverages and hors d'oeuvres ter, Joe Henderson and Billy
will be served. Cobham. Rounding out the group is
Ms Pearson is a song stylist. She drummer Greg Humphreys. Mr
has just completed a six-week en- Humphreys comes from Pittsburgh
and regularly accompanies the Bob
gagement in Atlanta with jazz gu~tar-
tst Michael Gillis. The duo have re- Thompson Trio
cently released a recording entitled Admission is $6 for adults and $4
'Alone Together." A resident of for students and senior citizens. For
Charleston. Ms Pearson is part reservations call Carneg=e Hall at
645-7917.
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The Garden Patch
Leslie Price Shaver
As I rounded the stairs this morn-
ing, I stopped still in front of my bay
window. My eye had caught a half-
inch growth coming out of the ama-
ryllis bulb. The moment held high
suspense because if the shoot were
a leaf instead of a bud, it would
mean there would never be a flower.
The bud has to push through first or
all you'll end up with are those tall,
• oval green leaves. I tiptoed over in
the half dark and felt the growth be-
tween my thumb and two fingers.
Eureka -- the shoot was fat and
fleshy instead of thin and smooth. In
five or six weeks I could count on
the spectacular four-sided, crimson
red beauty that would measure al-
most a foot across the bloom at its
peak.
1 felt the satisfaction of a mother
after birth even though I can't claim
having anything to do ~,ith the first
shoot being a bud rather than a leaf.
I haven't a clue how to control or
predict it one way or another. All I
had done was to water it over the
past year. Last spring I left it in the
bay window until I could take it out-
side. The leaves are bright green
and droop gracefully even after the
bloom is spent. Mid-May I dug the
pot into the flowerbed of hostas
underneath the sugar maple that
shades our patio. It got watered by
the hose along with its companions;
and by mid-June when the hostas
are full-sized, you can hardly tell its
there.
Come September, when the t.v.
meteorologist smiles her toothy grin
and points her red fingernails at the
'lonight frost warning" bulletin flash-
ing across the screen, I wriggle the
pot free from the dirt and ask one of
,my sons to carry it down to our dis-
mal concrete basement. (I avoid
going down there unless there's an
emergency for which I need to flip
the circuit breaker. I reminds me of a
concentration camp bunker). Well,
at any rate, the amaryllis huddles
alone in its pot down in my ugly
basement until its yellow leaves
drop off. I don't visit it, check on it, or
water it for two or three months. This
dormant stage must be very lonely
for the plant.
When I remember it, usually mid-
November, I ask my husband to
bring it up for me. I wait by the
kitchen sink feeling skeptical that it's
even still down there. Holding the
pot with both hands on either side of
the rim, he places it in the sink. The
pot is covered in grime and dried up
pieces of leaf. Spiders have strung
their cottony webs from bulb to pot
and green mold has formed patches
on the side of the terracotta.
It's at this point I nearly lose faith.
2ast memories do nothing to reas-
sure me. I look at the messy pot, the
cobwebs, the flaky bulb, and I feel
convinced it's hopeless---that it's
all just inert matter. Why bother? I
feel I would only be stupid to pre-
sume anything else. But I get the
sink nozzle and spray away the
grime, scrape off the debris, and
place my clean pot on a plate on the
breakfast room floor. I give it a cup
of water and forget about it again. In
a couple of more weeks I will move
it to the bay window, gullible fool
that I am.
Now you understand the thrill I
felt this morning as I gently pinched
the juicy, plump growth. It's a mir-
acle, nothing less. And now it will
grow rapidly, the stalk two feet tall
eventually, crowned with this exotic,
huge red flower.
O me of little faith, what a
triumph.
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Cub Scout Pack 123 held its Annual Blue and Gold Bane
ary 19 at the Pence Springs Hotel. Entertainment was
Jimmy Costa and Jim McGhee. The pack enjoyed the sin
telling and dancing. They even joined Mr Costa in clog
Plaques were presented to Donald and Robin Cory for
with the Pack.
Alderson
Miss Fireworks
Applications are now available for
the third Miss Fireworks pageant.
Participants are needed to compete
for the title of Miss Fireworks. Be
Alderson proud and enter the pag-
eant!
Contestants must be 16 years of
age by January 1, 1991, and must
not have reached their twenty-sec-
ond birthday by August 1, 1991.
Contestants must be single and the
winner must remain single through-
out her reign. The Miss Fireworks
pageant is ope.n to residents of the
Alderson area.
A $500 scholarship will be
awarded to the winner, along with
the opportunity to compete in the
"Queen of Queens Pageant," The
Miss West Virginia Association of
Fairs and Festivals Pageant, held at
Three phases of
be used for the
street wear clothing,
gown. The entry
with applications
Big Wheel and the
National Bank in
the pageant's
Lobban - 445-7730 and
esty - 445-7052.
A $10 entry fee will
for each contestant
photograph is required.
will be held in the
High School Gym April
p.m. The public is
attend. The third Miss
be crowned by Mayor
and the currerTt Miss
Sarah Lobban the night
again July 4, right
works.
the Charleston Civic Center in Janu-
ary. The winner of the Charleston Pageant committee
pageant will recewe a $1,000 schol- clude Karen Lobban,
arship from NOVA Expositions Inc., esty, Mary Frances
of New Kensington, Pennsylvania , Hanger, Robin Ward,
and reign' as the official hostess for bert, Becky Pence,
the 1990 State Fair of West Virginia. Chris Hylton, Kathy
A $200 scholarship will be awarded McVey, Betty Holliday,
the first runner-up, a $100 scholar- Russell Kirby, Mary
ship will be awarded the second bara Harris, Gena Still,
runner-up, a $50 scholarship to the
third runner-up. Also Miss Photo-
gemc and Miss Congeniality wil be
selected.
Carmela Presock,
Jackie Jones, Gale
Ayers, Phyllis DeLong,
and Sarah Kirby.
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W. Riggs Bagan, M.D,
General Surgery
Ronceverte. WV
645-4545
Manuel Gomez, M.D.
Pathology
Humana Hospital - Greenbrier Valley
647-4411
David Meriwether, M.D.
Urology
Ronceverte, WV
647-5642
Robert K. Scott, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Lewisburg, WV
645-3937
Don C. Wood, D.O.
General Practice
Alderson, WV
445-2912
Michael J. Barri, M.D.
Internal Medicine
L~wisburg, WV
645-3207
Verna Hanes, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Roncevertc, WV
64%5115
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Internal Medicine
Ronceverte. WV
647-5115
Zalnab A. Shamma, M.D.
Pulmonary & Internal Medicine
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64%5115
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Ophthalmology
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647-5115
i
George F. Box~vell, D.O.
General Practic6
Lewisburg, WV
645-6270
Gregory Burnette, D.O.
Emergency Medicine
Humana Hospital - Greenbrier Valley
647-4411
Walter E. Deacon, M.D.
Orthofmdics
Ronceverte. WV
647-6069
H. P. Dlnsmore, M.D.
General & Vascular Surgery
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64%5115
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Internal Medicine~ardiology
Lewisburg, WV
647-3300
Steven A. lssenberg, M.D.
Otolaryngology
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64%3102
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Emergency Medicine
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General, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery
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64%3040
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Internal Medicine
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64%5115
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Emergency Medicine
Humana Hospital - Greenbrier Valley
647-4411
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647-5115
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Bluefield. VA
703-322-5330
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Craig S. Boisvert, D.O.
Thomas O. Dotson, M.D.
Malcolm Harris, M.D.
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Jane A. Johnson, D.D.S.
Mark C. Kilcoilin, D,D.S.
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William W. Lemley, D.O.
Thomas F. Mann, M.D.
Mare A. Platt, D.P.M.
Dorris A. Ragsdale, M.D.
Paul M. Shoenfeld, D.P.M.
Martin T. Smith, D.O.
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Stephen Dormaa, M.D.
Anesthesiology
Humana Hospital - Gre~nbrier Valley
647 -4411
Everett J, Kennedy, M.D.
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ronceyert˘, WV
64%5115
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General & Thoracic Surgery
Ronceverte, WV
647-5115
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Anesthesiology
Humana Hospital - Greenbrier Valley
647-4411
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William S. Duimrt, M.D.
Pediatrics
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Urology
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General Practice
Lewisburg, WV
645-6270
Haven N. Wall, M.D.
Internal Medicine/Cardiology
Lewisburg. WV
645-6083
Romeo R. Ednncot, M.D.
Pediatrics
Ronccvertc. WV
64%7007
Terry Lesko, M.D.
Radiology/Nuclear Medicine
Humana Hospital - C_n'e, enbricr Valley
647-4411
Brian Rkhard~ M.D.
Internal Medicine
Lcwisburg. WV
645 -3280
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Pediatrics
Lewisburg, WV
645-1457
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Urology
Roncever~, WV
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Dentistry
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645-3110
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
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