On Sunday, August 7, local artists decorated the sidewalks of Shepherdstown with chalk art, demonstrating that chalk drawings are also for grownups. The first Shepherdstown Chalk Art Festival was a fundraiser for the Children’s Tree House and CraftWorks at Cool Spring. These two local organizations are nonprofits that incorporate nature in education. Adding an artist’s touch to the sidewalk in front of Two Rivers Treads was Sheri Fiolek, a serious runner, great supporter of our local runs, and art teacher at Paige Jackson Elementary School. Sheri told a reporter for the Shepherdstown Chronicle that she chose our store because “I’m a big fan of Two Rivers Treads.They are one of the first shoe stores to abandon the traditional running shoe. They teach natural running form.” Sheri later emailed me a photo taken during the art fundraiser with this note: “I wore my Vibrams. Funny anyone who was from Shepherdstown automatically ‘got’ my images. I tracked the bare feet down the sidewalk a ways. I had the ‘modern’ running footprints entering the store, and bare feet (or Vibrams) leaving the store, trekking through a mud puddle and running through town.” Thank you, Sheri, for sharing! — Dr. Mark
