Archive for January, 2012

Job Watch Virginia

Sourcing news from other outlets on various topics important to southern / southside Virginia!  - Dawn Dickson Van Ness Dinwiddie Loses 900 Jobs as Southside Virginia Training Center (1st of 4) CLOSES Boydton Loses Jobs Due to Prisons Closing [salvation through incarceration] Galax Sees Job Growth [31] Due to Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Lynchburg based Tessy Plastics [...]

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We’re just getting started!

Professional camcorder is now available to make professional video footage available!  We are a growing thing, and we are just getting started! Smile on southside! You grateful founder and editor,  

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Friend of The Virginia Reel Made the Bistro Confetti Chili

Thanks Beau for letting us know how well the chili was!  The guacamole was a nice touch!          

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Dawn Van Ness, Founder and Editor

Dawn Dickson Van Ness is a graduate of Longwood University and Virginia Commonwealth University.  She holds a BA in English and a MS in Mass Communications, Multimedia Journalism.  Born in Virginia, she moved to southside Virginia officially in 2006 and currently lives and loves in Blackstone, Virginia. The Virginia Reel is an online magazine she originally founded [...]

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Amanda Barker, Contributor to Animal Tracks

Amanda Barker is currently a Paralegal at Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, one of the nation’s leading public interest environmental and animal protection law firms. She received her B.A. in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Professional Writing, magna cum laude, from Longwood University in May 2010. At Longwood, much of her academic writing focused on [...]

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Zoos and Tiger Conservation

By Amanda Barker Blog: www.dailypearlva.blogspot.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amandabarker7   Ask a child to describe a tiger and they will explain what they’ve seen in movies, on television, or in a zoo; however, tigers are so much more than that. Nowadays, the only way most people experience a tiger’s presence is to visit a zoo, like the Metro Richmond [...]

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Sensational Hot Hot Cocoa

By Dawn Dickson Van Ness Yummy comes in many forms, but my favorite winter treat is my hot-hot cocoa.  Adding a little extra heat, I put a dash of red pepper to liven up one steamy cup. Sensational Hot Hot Cocoa One coffee mug of milk heated for 1 min 30 seconds Two spoon fulls [...]

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Angie Sklute, contributor for Au Jour

Angie Sklute is the owner of Yellow Ribbon Catering and former chef and co-owner of Blackstone Coffee and Bistro.  She currently lives in Blackstone, VA.  Follow her on her new official blog, SerendipityandSweetness.com, and look for more culinary tidbits in the Au Jour column of The Virginia Reel.

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Bistro Confetti Chili

By Angie Sklute, Restaurateur www.serendipityandsweetness.com People always ask me the secret ingredient in my Bistro Confetti Chili.  When I was the chef at our restaurant, we would serve the chili in our signature deep, yellow bowls.  A new diner would take a spoonful and have this pensive look on his face, as if trying to [...]

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