January 2009 FREE Clarksville Family “How Does God Serving Clarksville, Montgomery County & the Surrounding Areas Make Teeth?” Weathering Market Changes ARTifacts: New Downtown Arts & Antiques Emporium Happy New Year, Chester! A Clean Slate for a New Year from Chris Edmondson Jennifer reads to Ace at the Children’s Library. Ace, 20 months, and his parents, Jennifer and Eric Barker, all live in Clarksville. Photograph by Casandra Ceri CONGRATULATIONS Tennessee State Champions! TYLA LARRY: Level 4 Bars, Beam, Floor, Vault & All-Around THAILIAH ELLIS: Level 4 Floor & All-Around • KIERSTAN ROOP: Level 4 Beam AMBER BROWN: Level 4 Floor • ELAINA SMITH: Level 5 Floor TAYLOR DEACON: Level 5 Beam • ARAYAH SIMONS: Level 5 Vault, Floor & All-Around Level 4: KELSEY BEGLEY • BETHANY RICH • MCKAYLA DAUGHTRY EMMA FLOYD • KAYCEE REDA Level 5: BECCA CRANE • JILLIAN NORTH START OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH FITNESS & FUN! Rec classes for all ages • Mom & Me ACT ION Tumbling • Competitive Teams Gymnastics Pre-School • &Cheer Centre New classes now enrolling! 221-B Dunbar Cave Rd. Please call 931-920-3111 for more information! www.action-gymnastics.com Resolve to help your child succeed! Start 2009 off right by making sure your child gets the help he needs. Make this new year a great year academically! Our services include: Tutoring in all subject areas • Dyslexia reading curriculum Evaluation of reading, math & writing skills • ACT preparation • Study skills 2535 Madison Street • Suite F • Bluestone Center Clarksville, TN 37043 • (931) 358-5405 [email protected] EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER www.beyondthebooks.net 2 Clarksville Family clarksvillefamily.com 3 Publisher’s Message Clarksville 2009 is here and with it Clarksville’s Family future hasn’t looked brighter. The major announcement last month about Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation building a new Clarksville Family Magazine polysilicon production facility here, bringing has 10,000 issues published with it hundreds (and possibly thousands) of and distributed monthly new high-paying jobs, leads the list of why at over 150 locations we should be excited about our community. across Clarksville and the The fact that Clarksville and Montgomery surrounding area. County already continue to buck national trends regarding inflation, job losses and the depressed housing market, provides even Phone more reasons to feel proud to call this home. (931) 338-2739 Like many of you it is with mixed feelings that I leave the holiday season E-mail behind. It was wonderful seeing so many friends and family, and enjoying [email protected] the great food and fun. But having to budget all the extra time to get around Fax town, especially going to stores, got old. Now I’m looking forward to snow... (931) 919-1234 just enough to build a snowman or two, and maybe sled down a couple of Mail hills! PO Box 31867 With cold and flu season in full bloom I am sorry to report that you will no Clarksville, TN 37040 longer find Clarksville Family Magazine at any of the Premier Medical Group Web offices around town. In December we were asked by Premier to remove clarksvillefamily.com them because they objected to an advertisement (which had already been running for several months) from a local attorney soliciting birth injury My Space clients. Obviously we want Clarksville Family to be made available to as myspace.com/ many people in the community as possible, and regret that Premier will no clarksvillefamily longer be a place where you can find us. However we still have the area blanketed with 10,000 issues in more than 150 locations. And if you know Owner/Publisher of another place you would like to have included for our distribution call or Carla Lavergne email us. Editor January’s cover image was taken by Casandra Ceri, a senior at Clarksville Cliff Lavergne Academy. She photographed Ace and Jennifer Barker in the Children’s Library at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library last month. Graphic Designer Be sure to check out the calendar this and every month for the Children’s Carla Lavergne Library block of events and activities. It’s a great resource for children of all ages. And who knows, maybe you’ll run into Ace! Contributing Writers Michelle Blades Enjoy this month’s issue. Happy New Year to all of you! Stay warm and Ryan Bosler safe. Chris Edmondson Brenda Hunley Sincerely, Carla Lavergne Cliff Lavergne Carla Lavergne Pamela Magrans Cover Photographer, Special Thanks Casandra Ceri, is a Paul and Paula senior at Clarksville Academy and a student of Piper Bell’s art class there. TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE • 6 ARTifacts an Arts & Antiques Emporium FEATURE • 8 “How Does God Make Teeth?” And Other Questions Parents Must Answer BEAUTY • 13 New Year Reflections FAMILY VALUES • 14 Weathering Market Changes STORYTIME • 11 Happy New Year, Chester! FAITH & FAMILY • 18 A Clean Slate for a New Year THE FRIDGE • 20 As Seen In CALENDAR • 22 Kinnard’s Building 2200 21st Ave S - Ste 301 COLORING CONTEST • 26 Nashville, TN 37212 MARKETPLACE • 27 PARENT GROUPS • 28 FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK • 29 BEYOND WORDS Jewelry & Charms The ultimate perfect gift! “When a Child is born, so is a Mother.” Something well said can change your life, inspire new horizons or remind a person just to breathe. Success is getting what you want; Happiness is wanting what you get. Find these & Pee-pee Teepee by Bearington other truly unique gifts BABY in our adorable Coats & Gifts baby boutique! Gourmet Cookware & Dinnerware Elegant Home Accents & Decor off any purchase Unique Gifts for Baby of $50 or more Bridal Registry off any purchase of $25 or more 1490 Madison St. (across from Kroger) 931-552-2655 Valid now thru January 31, 2009 clarksvillefamily.com 5 Feature Historic Downtown for artists and antiques Clarksville has a new face vendors to arrange their own on the recently renovated “Kendall mini-shops. “It’s difficult for Strawberry Alley. Paige King Welsh is artists, especially, to find has opened a new shopping really running the day-to-day an affordable venue where venue, ARTifacts. ARTifacts is operations as manager of the their art can be viewed and filled with arts and antiques shop,” says Paige, “Kendall purchased. Antique malls vendors who rent space to and the vendors.” Paige have been around for a long display their wares. views this as an opportunity time, so that aspect of our Real Mom. Betsy’s Barn, Garden & Yarn TO S R N E Real Results. R A JAN. Y 13th ! G Real Estate. OPENIN Extensive selection Come Extended of yarns, books sit & hours knitting & crochet on accessories knit Thursdays! Please join us for knitting, friendship & fun! Sandy Drinnon Professionals Tuesday - Saturday Realty (931) 378-2763 Garden & Yarn 9am-4pm 2503 Wilma Rudolph Blvd. (931)358-KNIT [email protected] Clarksville, TN • 931-503-8000 3208 HWY 41A South in Sango Each office individually owned and operated. Garden Center re-opening in March! 6 Clarksville Family venture isn’t very novel, but were yearning for a place inconvenience, ARTifacts is incorporating the arts, too, is to share their talents and up a flight of stairs, which a new twist.” perhaps make a little money, is difficult for those unable too. to traverse stairs, but we Paige has been a proponent encourage those who are able for the resurrection This is where Paige and to pay Kendall and company of Historic Downtown Kendall saw an opportunity a visit. Clarksville. Having opened to marry their talents and Hodgepodge four years opportunities with the needs ARTifacts is located at ago, Paige has had the of these types of hopeful 124-A Strawberry Alley, opportunity to observe some entrepreneurs. The second above Hodgepodge. Hours of the perceived needs for floor of the building Paige of operation are Tuesday further growth. She has been and Darren King purchased through Saturday, 10:00 working with the Downtown three years ago has been a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Call (931) Artists Co-op to grow the sitting empty since Alter 249-0454 or check them First Thursday Art Walk and, Gallery closed. It’s got a out on the web at www. in the process, learned of the great urban look with wood artifactsemporium.com. artists’ frustration with the floors, chippy plaster walls lack of venues to display their and bead board ceilings. creations. Another desired Along with opportunity is a venue to start its edgy Ballet • Tap • Jazz• Pointe • Lyrical • Boys Hip Hop • B a business on a small scale. urban looks, Tap oys • There are many people who, comes an not only enjoy collecting unfortunate Come dance with us! • vintage and antique items, Six Week Classes begin the Contemporary but have an incredible knack week of January 12th for arranging and displaying Registration is January 5th - 9th their collections. These folks Praise Dance Team Team Dance Praise • Zumba, Country • Western Line Dance Western Country Ballroom, Latin, Adult Ballet, Kindermusik and Mommy & Me. • Zumba Zumba Competitive Dance Team Team Dance Competitive • • Ballroom Latin Latin Ballroom All Classes Now Enrolling -- all ages!!! Lana’s Dance Centre “Where Quality Dancers Turnout Better” 41-A Bypass/1808 Ashland City Rd. • [email protected] (931) 503-8050 or (931) 358-4126 • Hodgepodge ovement/Mommy & Me Me & ovement/Mommy where you gather your home P r o Creativ • Hop Hip • Tumbling • Modern • M gressions e clarksvillefamily.com 7 Feature “How Does God Make Teeth?” And Other Questions Parents Must Answer by Pamela Magrans Most expectant parents have with several other expected that books held everything lots of questions. I rushed fathers. It is a family heirloom, I would need to know about to the bookstore to buy a pages tattered with a coffee being a mother.