Clarksville Family Magazine — January 2009
The January 2009 Clarksville Family Magazine browses an arts-and-antiques emporium, reflects on the new year, and answers a child's question about how God makes teeth.
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The cover feature spotlighted ARTifacts, an Arts & Antiques Emporium, and used it to introduce readers to artist Paige King Welsh and the recently renovated Kendall Mini-shops on Strawberry Alley. It touched on how hard it can be for artists to find affordable space to work and sell — and struck a hopeful note for downtown, with Clarksville businesses at last finding their footing along the historic alley.
“New Year Reflections” set a thoughtful tone for 2009, inviting readers to consider the year behind and the one ahead, while “How Does God Make Teeth? and Other Questions” offered a warm look at the innocent questions of childhood — the kind of feature that makes parents smile in recognition. The recurring Chester column wished readers a happy new year, and a Marketplace feature pointed toward local shopping.
The recurring departments round out a January number that opens the year with an appreciation for local business, quiet reflection and family warmth. As 2009 began — a year of real economic uncertainty for many families — the issue offered a comforting reminder of the local treasures and small wonders that make Clarksville home, no matter what the wider world brings.
The lead feature, “How Does God Make Teeth?” by Pamela Magrans, opened on the flood of questions that comes with a first pregnancy. Magrans recalled announcing her own by handing her husband a gift wrapped in leftover birthday paper — the book The Expectant Father, which he read in a single night — a volume the couple went on to share with other expecting fathers until it became a dog-eared family heirloom.
Table of Contents
- ARTifacts an Arts & Antiques Emporium (p. 6)
- “How Does God Make Teeth?” And Other Questions (p. 8)
- Happy New Year, Chester! (p. 11)
- New Year Reflections (p. 13)
- Marketplace (p. 27)
Regular Departments
- Family Values (p. 14)
- Faith & Family (p. 18)
- The Fridge (p. 20)
- Coloring Contest (p. 22)
- Parent Groups (p. 28)
- Network (p. 29)
