William Tell Fritzler: Directing Special Events Joyce Wilburn March 29, 2018 Cover Features William Tell Fritzler—who goes by Tell—admits that his parents had “a heck of a sense of humor” when naming him. Sitting behind his desk at the Boys & Girls Clubs in the Danville Area (BGCDA), the...
Keeping the Beat Going at the Heart Line Restaurant Joyce Wilburn July 25, 2014 Cover Features For the past 24 years, Debra Parker, owner and operator of the Heart Line Restaurant on Riverside Drive, has awakened at 3:00 a.m. By 6:00 a.m. she has coffee ready for her early-morning regulars. They...
Remembering Dan Daniel (Park) and the Veterans Memorial Joyce Wilburn June 10, 2014 Articles Most Danville area residents are familiar with the 170-acre Dan Daniel Memorial Park on River Park Drive and the half-acre Veterans Memorial located to the left of its entrance, but to fully understand the...
Editor’s Note : May 2014 Joyce Wilburn June 10, 2014 Editor's Note The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. When poet William Wallace wrote that line in 1865, he was probably thinking about a feminine hand guiding her offspring to maturity. In 2014,...
Kim & William Gentry: Preserving One Building at a Time Joyce Wilburn May 9, 2014 Features itting on a comfy sofa in the 1931 Georgian Revival home built for John Schoolfield, Jr., the scion of the mill dynasty that became Dan River Mills, Kim Gentry recalls the time she and future husband,...
Sara Spissu: 21st Century Gibson Girl Joyce Wilburn May 9, 2014 Cover Features, Features During the week, Danville native Sara Spissu is a loan administrator at CIT, but on weekends she transforms into a curator, mender, photographer, model, seller and shipper of vintage clothing on eBay and...
Julie & Ethan Brown – Opening Virginia’s First Winery/Brewery Joyce Wilburn March 8, 2014 Features Julie Brown calls it “calculated serendipity.” Ethan Brown refers to it as “destiny.” Overlooking that minor difference, the couple agrees that the reason they will be opening Virginia’s first...
Putting Family First at Home and Work Joyce Wilburn January 27, 2014 Cover Features Amanda McBride is a woman of firm convictions. The Operations and Marketing Manager at the Danville Mall on Piedmont Drive and Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville is a self-described woman of faith, always puts...