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By BONNIE PRICE LOFTON
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
Life without TV, or even videos?
If you think it’s impossible to imagine, much less to try, you would probably find it inspiring to hear Ramona Raines Pence speak.
She’s a mother of three, a fifthgrade teacher and a minister’s wife, who has made it her mission to spread the word about what TV is doing to Americans and what we can do about it.
“Television is reflected in our children’s dress, attitudes, talk and behavior,” she says. “Yet many individuals and families feel powerless to control what they and their families are exposed to in the media.”
Mrs. Pence will be sharing her ideas on how the residents of Rappahannock County can gain control over TV in a two-hour workshop at Rappahannock County High School beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 13. •
She’s from Rockingham County, but has led such workshops around the country since 1977. She is the sister of RCHS principal Jack Raines, so she’s donating her time to the county.
Mrs. Pence’s workshop will mark the beginning of three weeks of local activities leading up to the second annual National TV-Turnoff Week, April 24-30. ■ Rappahannock County and its schools did not officially participate in the first annual National TVTumoff Week in 1994, but more than one million Americans did, including the students at 4,000 schools across the country.
The sponsoring organization, TVFree America in Washington D.C., received letters from about 10,000 people who praised the benefits they discovered in their no-TV week,
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