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Clarksville Living Magazine — April 2021

The April 2021 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine demystifies IBS, tracks the county's vaccine rollout, and shares Franklin Street memories.

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The health-focused cover feature, “IBS: Diagnosis & Treatment,” takes on irritable bowel syndrome — a common but often misunderstood and under-discussed condition — walking readers through how it's diagnosed and the options for managing it, the kind of practical medical coverage the magazine does well.

“Vaccine Rollout” meets the moment head-on with Tony Centonze's interview of the Montgomery County Health Department, a grounded local account of how COVID-19 vaccines were reaching arms in the community during the pivotal spring of 2021.

“Local History: Franklin Street Memories” walks the city's central thoroughfare through time, gathering the recollections that turn a familiar downtown street into a living archive of Clarksville life.

“Pay It Forward with Amazon Smile” shows readers how to route a share of their online spending to local causes at no cost, and the issue notes that while the Red Cross office on Madison Street was closed due to the pandemic, blood donations continued at the site on scheduled drive days — a small, practical way to help during a hard stretch.

Across its pages the issue balances personal health, public health and local memory, keeping readers informed on the pandemic's practical realities while holding onto the history that grounds the community.

The issue captures a pivotal spring, when the first vaccines were reaching arms and the community began, carefully, to imagine a return to normal. Between the health features, the local history and the practical ways to give back, it keeps readers grounded and informed while holding onto the stories and traditions that make Clarksville itself — a steady hand at an uncertain moment. It is a service-minded issue at its core, pointing readers toward the blood drives, the vaccine information and the everyday-giving tools that let them help their neighbors through a still-uncertain spring.

Table of Contents

  • Ibs: Diagnosis & Treatment (p. 6)
  • Pay It Forward With Amazon Smile (p. 8)
  • Local History: Franklin Street Memories (p. 16)
  • Cocktails On The Cumberland (p. 18)
  • Vaccine Rollout (p. 20)

Regular departments

  • Calendar Of Events (p. 22)
  • Petpix (p. 27)
  • Network (p. 28)

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