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PUBLISHER’S LETTER

COMMUNITY NEWS

3D Crafts w/Asheboro Toy Designer

COVER STORY

The Team That Makes Randolph County Beautiful

COMMUNITY NEWS

Randolph County Family Crisis Center Golf Tournament

FEATURE

The National Cornbread Festival

RECIPES

Cornbread Recipe Winners

ASK THE EXPERT Your Eyes

ASK THE EXPERT Your Taxes

ASK THE EXPERT Your Feet

BUSINESS BUZZ A Venue on Worth

ASK THE EXPERT Your Body

AND THAT'S HOW I SEE IT! Is Your Smartphone Making You Stupid

FRIENDLY FACES

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THE BENEFITS OF GROUNDING

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Seniors

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Going Once, Going Twice, SOLD!

AT THE YMCA

Building Healthy Spirits, Minds & Bodies

ASK THE EXPERT Your Money

COMMUNITY NEWS NC Potters Conference

DAILY DEVOTION Two Places at Once

BUSINESS NEWS

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COMMUNITY NEWS Pansky Egg Decorating

COMMUNITY NEWS

Introduction to the Customs and Traditions of British and Irish Tea

COMMUNITY NEWS

Kids Quest 2: Caraway Strikes Back

NATURE'S NUANCES

March Madness in the Garden

COMMUNITY NEWS Rebuilding the Foodshed

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Dear Readers,

f you are like me, you have a lot going on in your life. kids going to school, doctor’s appointments, client meetings, civic organizations, going out with friends, business functions, grocery shopping, housework…the list seems endless. Our lives are so hectic that sometimes we have to take a step back and just remember to breathe.

Gardening is that time for me. I enjoy digging around in the dirt in my garden, and turning the earth to get it ready to accept new life in the Spring. In March Madness in the Garden, Faylene gives us some great tips on what to do this month to get your own garden ready for Spring. Dave laughs at me when I plant my garden, because I’m really good at getting it started and growing it and I always have good intentions each year of eating more of what I grow, but I usually get so busy that I forget to water it, or pick things when they are ripe. One of my New Year’s Resolutions this year is to be better at making use of what I plant, and taking good care of my garden.

But gardening is about more than just a beautiful yard and fresh vegetables. It’s our chance to get in tune with the vibrations of the Earth and use its healing energy on our own bodies. In The Benefits of Grounding, you can learn more about the benefits of walking barefoot through your yard. If you get the chance, spend some time in your garden barefoot, working in the dirt. We have blocked ourselves from the healing touch of the earth with rubber soles, cement, and steel buildings. All of these disrupt the flow of energy around us, not to mention cell phones and computers that we surround ourselves with. Unplug, turn off, and walk outside just for the health of it.

I am looking forward to an amazing Spring with lots of great activities and fundraisers going on in and around Asheboro over the next few weeks. This month we ventured a little farther afield to tell you about a National Cornbread Festival in Tennessee. I love cornbread, and this sound like great fun! If you don’t want to go that far, but enjoy a good recipe we have published several of the most recent winners for you to try at home.

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//COMMUNITY NEWS 3D Creature Crafts with asheboro toy designer charles Wade

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harles Wade is known to many as

to 12p. The woodcraft class is designed for ages 10

the artist who makes robots out

to 13 and meets from 1p to 3p. All materials provided.

of wood.

You read that right, his

The woodcraft session costs $25.00. The papercraft

creative approach marries wood with

session costs $15.00. A completed registration form

what most of us consider a metal

and received payment are due by Wednesday, February

figure. At the 2012 Asheboro Fall

27, 2013 to be signed up for either of these courses.

Festival his pint-sized creations were a big hit -- selling

Both classes meet at the Randolph Arts Guild located

his "Robo-Mustache" figurines left and right. Charles

at 123 Sunset Avenue in downtown Asheboro.

has devised a way to transform flat panels of bamboo

more information and to register for "3D Creature Craft"

and paper into unique three-dimensional creatures.

contact the Randolph Arts Guild at (336) 629-0399.

In addition to robots he has also created a series of stylized animals.

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Charles Wade earned a 2008 Associates Degree in Advertising and Graphic Design from Randolph

Join the local designer and educator, Charles Wade

Community College. He also studied Web Technologies

for a fantastic project with the Randolph Arts Guild.

from Davidson County Community College from 2010 --

Young folks -- be the first on your block to create a

2011. Charles is quite versatile in a myriad of creative

simple, unique creature out of paper or woodcraft. The

computer programs. When he is not designing unique

project is called "3D Creature Crafts". Make a dog or

toys out of wood and paper he is working as the Graphic/

a bird, or come up with something completely new like

Digital Media Designer for Asheboro's local paper, The

a flying, long-horned octopus! Two different classes

Courier-Tribune. Charles is also a current Adjunct

will be offered on Saturday, March 23. The papercraft

Professor at Randolph Community College. There he

class is designed for ages 6 to 8 and meets from 10a

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Randolph County Family Crisis Center Planning Golf Tournament Fundraiser

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andolph County Family

and the community to meet the needs

Crisis Center is having

of families affected by domestic

its first golf tournament

violence/sexual

on

June

community. RCFCC ranks 2nd in the

11th at Holly Ridge

state of NC for provision of domestic

Tuesday

assault

in

our

Golf Links. All funds raised from the

violence/sexual assault services.

tournament will support the mission

The mission of RCFCC is to serve

and work of the Family Crisis Center.

people in crisis from domestic and

Various

are

family violence, sexual assault and

Tournament

rape abuse while working to eliminate

available Sponsor

sponsorship including

Sponsor

these issues in our community. The

$650, Birdie Sponsor $500 and

agency assists individuals from all

Hole Sponsors $100.

cultural,

for

$800,

levels

sponsors

Eagle

and

Registration foursomes

is

racial,

educational,

and

economic backgrounds.

underway. Individual players are also

Since its inception in 1978, RCFCC

encouraged to sign up to play.

In

has continued to provide a continuum

addition to sponsorships, team and

of quality services and programs

at

individual registrations, door prizes

to domestic violence and sexual

etc.

and golfer goodie bag donations are

assault victims and their families.

that victims will be empowered to

needed.

The range of services provided are

live independently and abuse-free.

Registration will begin at 11:30 with

effective in meeting the needs of

RCFCC’s vision is for every person

a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. Snacks the individuals from the immediate

to be free from abuse by bringing

and

various

businesses,

churches,

The agency’s ultimate goal is

offered

moments following abuse to the

awareness of the risk factors and

throughout the day and dinner and

establishment of an independent,

dynamics of domestic/family violence

awards will take place at the end of

abuse-free home or environment. In

and sexual assault to the community

the tournament.

addition to the direct assistance to

at large.

Fundraising is essential to the work of

victims, RCFCC continues to raise

For more information about the golf

the RCFCC. A United Way Agency,

the community’s awareness about

tournament or the RCFCC, contact

the RCFCC depends upon support

domestic/family

Karen Garner at 336-626-5040 or by

from individuals, churches, business

community education presentations

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Delicious Family Fun:

The National Cornbread Festival

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e might be from the northern part of the South, but we certainly consider ourselves Southerners, accents and all. It’s not hard for us to come up with a list of things we love about the South.

• The rolling hills lit up in bright fall colors • Bourbon • Real barbeque • Bright, sunny spring days • Warm buttery cornbread In 2012, we found a fantastic way to combine two of those things – bright, sunny spring days and cornbread – at the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, TN (http://www.nationalcornbread.com).

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hospitality, you need to get yourself here. cornbread, Street food, and family fun If you’re looking for a late April family road trip (26-28th, 2013), the National Cornbread Festival is perfect. It’s about as family-friendly as a street fair can get. There’s not even a drop of alcohol served, so you don’t have to worry about any drunken rowdiness.

This is your basic street fair, complete with art booths, cook-offs, food sampling, fair food, live music, and a beauty pageant, which is held the weekend before the actual street fair.

Our favorite part was Cornbread Alley, where for $4 or $5 a plate, we got to sample 9 different kinds of cornbread.

The 9 teams are various non-profit groups: local schools, churches, and a Boy Scout troop.

And this wasn’t just 9 different kinds of regular cornbread, not that there’s anything wrong with regular cornbread. Nope, it was cornbread with names and flavors like: Cornfetti, Butter Pecan Muffins, Cornbread Pizza, Deep Fried Sweet Potato Tots, Raymond’s Pineapple Cream Cheese Cornbread Cake, Rodeo Pups, Razzle Dazzle Cornbread, Sour Cream & Onion Cornbread, and Toasty Hushpuppies.

Cornbread Alley isn’t just a tasting though…it’s a contest. You vote for your favorite team by dropping cash into one of the nine buckets (one per team). At the end of the weekend, the team with the most cash in their bucket wins. All of the cash is then combined, divided into 9 even piles, and given to all of the teams. We thought it was a rather neat setup. non-cornbread fun The National Cornbread Festival isn’t only about cornbread. Hmmm...maybe we should rephrase that. It is all about cornbread, but there’s some other stuff for you

to do to fill the time between eating cornbread and eating cornbread.

Last year there was a “Cornbread Eating Contest & Buttermilk Chug,” which we unfortunately didn’t get to see. There’s a jam tent where people just show up with their musical instruments and make some music. There’s a live music stage in The Gazebo and movies and music in The Princess Theater.

The Lodge Cast-Iron Factory is in South Pittsburg and they are a primary sponsor of the event (along with Martha White). This is the sole manufacturer of cast-iron cookware left in the United States and they offer free tours for festival attendees.

There is also plenty of other food - from deep-fried cheesecake and Oreos, barbequed turkey legs and blooming onions to kabobs and gyros. There are also standard southern foods like pork rinds and barbeque, plus some other options to get your cornbread fix, like pinto bean casserole with cornbread, cornbread salad, and greens with cornbread. If it can be fried or put on a stick, you’ll find it here.

Go, See, Eat For us, traveling is about exploring local cultures, meeting local people, going where locals go, and eating what locals eat. The National Cornbread Festival is truly our kind of event, meeting every one of these goals.

It brings 75,000-100,000 visitors to this small community of 3,500. It’s inexpensive at only $5 per person per day, plus whatever street food you decide to purchase. The people working the event are as friendly, cheerful, and helpful as can be. And if you’re lucky, you’ll get some fantastic south Tennessee spring weather like we had.

To get to the National Cornbread Festival, first wait until

the end of April. Then set your GPS for South Pittsburg, TN, which is about 30 miles west of Chattanooga, giving you plenty of options for lodging and fun and games (See Rock City, anyone?).

If it wasn’t for a trip to Washington D.C. in April, we’d have made the 5 hour drive from Louisville, KY to South Pittsburg to get our cornbread fix. n

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Cor nbread Recipes

Raymond’s Honey Vanilla Cornbread 1 Cup Martha White self-rising cornmeal 2 Cups Martha White self-rising flour 1 Cup Sugar 2 boxes (10.1 oz) Vanilla instant pudding 1 ½ Cups chopped pecans 3 Cups Coconut flakes ¼ Cup Honey 2/3 Cup Vegetable oil 4 Eggs (large) 4 Cups Mayfield milk Cooking spray Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Spray 9x 13 pan or large skillet with cooking spray. Blend together meal, flour, sugar and pudding.

Add milk, oil, eggs and honey, stir till well mixed. Add pecans and coconut flakes, mix until moistened. Pour into pan and bake 35 to 45 minutes.

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Mexican Cornbread 1 Cup Martha White yellow self rising cornmeal 1/3 Cup Butter melted 1 Cup Mayfield sour cream 1 8 oz can cream-style corn 2 Eggs 1 Cup shredded Cheddar cheese or Mexican blend of cheese 14 oz can of chopped green chile peppers, drained Heat oven to 375. Grease an 8 or 9 inch skillet; place over medium heat while preparing cornbread batter. Stir melted butter into cornmeal and add sour cream, corn, and eggs, blending well.

Spoon half of the batter into the greased hot skillet. Sprinkles batter with the cheese and chile peppers; cover with remaining batter. Bake for 35 minutes, until nicely browned.

Berry Cornmeal Muffins 1 Cup flour 3/4 Cup cornmeal 1/2 Cup sugar 2-1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 2 Cup chopped fresh strawberries 1 (8 oz) container strawberry yogurt 1/4 Cup butter, melted 1 egg Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl gently toss strawberries in 1/2 cup of flour mixture. Whisk yogurt, butter and egg. Stir the yogurt mixture into the flour mixture, stir just to moisten. Fold in strawberries.

Spoon batter into prepared pan.

Bake 25 minutes.

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ast month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jetrea (ocriplasmin), the first drug approved to treat an eye condition called symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA). Carolina Eye Associates Gregory Mincey, MD, Retina and Vitreous Specialist participated in the Phase 3 MIVI-Trust (Micro plasmin for IntraVitreous InjectionTraction Release without Surgical Treatment) to determine the efficacy and safety of JETREA®. The studies found that VMA resolved in 26 percent of patients treated with JETREA® compared with 10 percent of those treated with the inactive product. Dr. Mincey stated, “Vitreomacular adhesion is not a disease but if left untreated can lead to eye conditions that may result in vision loss”.

VMA can contribute to eye problems if the vitreous (jelly in the center of the eye) starts to move away from the macula (a part of the retina responsible for reading

vision). This movement can lead to damage of the macula due to tugging on the macula. JETREA® is an enzyme that breaks down proteins in the eye responsible for VMA. The breakdown of these proteins allows a better separation between the vitreous and macula and can reduce the chances that tugging will occur.

The alternative treatment for this condition is a surgical procedure called a vitrectomy.

Symptomatic VMA is a progressive condition that if left untreated frequently leads to retinal distortion, further deterioration in vision and has the potential to cause irreversible damage and complications. Carolina Eye Associate Gregory Mincey, MD and Arghavan Almony, MD, Retina and Vitreous Specialists, are both excited about the advancement in treatment for patients with symptomatic VMA. Dr. Almony stated, “The current FDA approved injection of JETREA®will now give our patients a nonsurgical option”. n

Left Photo- Carolina Eye Associates Gregory Mincey, MD Right Photo - Arghavan Almony, MD, Retina and Vitreous Specialists

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2012

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many

$475 with no qualifying children

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The Child Tax Credit

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not going to increase. But this legislation

the increased child tax credit for 2012. The

holds hundreds of provisions and changes

additional child tax credit is refundable

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to the extent of 15% of the taxpayer’s

almost every American. Liberty Tax wants

earned income in excess of $3,000, rather

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daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child who

Earned Income Credit

is a dependent, brother, sister, stepbrother,

Low and moderate income wage earners

stepsister, or descendent of one of them

may qualify for the Earned Income Credit.

(including grandchild, niece and nephew).

Because the EIC is a refundable credit, it

This credit is nonrefundable, and can

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only reduce the taxpayer's income tax. A

eligible wage earners with and without

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children. Here is the detailed breakdown:

be available to those who qualify and have

Earned Income and adjusted gross income (AGI) must each be less than: $45,060 ($50,270 married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying children $41,952 ($47,162 married filing jointly) with two qualifying children $36,920 ($42,130 married filing jointly) with one qualifying child $13,980 ($19,190 married filing jointly) with no qualifying children Maximum credit for 2012:

not used up the available amount. A military taxpayer’s nontaxable combat pay is added to the earned income which may yield a larger credit.

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CAN BACK PAIN BE CAUSED BY FOOT PROBLEMS?

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Pain in the lower back is sometimes caused by over-pronation of the foot, which occurs when the arch of the foot ‘collapses’.

Over time, the foot rolls inward, and thus the leg itself begins to rotate inward. The pelvis tilts forward, which increases the curvature of the lower back.

Standing for long

periods of time can aggravate this condition by causing your back muscles to tighten.

Stiffness and discomfort in the lower back are the result.

Other conditions caused

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//BUSINESS BUZZ When you think of downtown Asheboro, you think of shopping, dining out, having a coffee or relaxing with a glass of wine after work. There is a new event space in town that offers a location for just about any size event right in the heart of the downtown district. A Venue on Worth is the joint venture of Julie Moore and Michelle Harrell. With the recent purchase of the building, and subsequent lease of the corner space to a restaurateur next door, this left a huge empty space next door that was in desperate need of some upfitting and cosmetic work.

Julie and Michelle rolled up their sleeves and got to work. With the help of their husbands, Mike Moore of Sentry Fire Protection and Joe Harrell of Harrell Construction for the heavy lifting, they have been hard at work upgrading the facility for use by groups both large and small. The upper floor has seen the most changes. They have added HVAC, making it available as a year round option for events, and building two bathrooms to make it more convenient. There is meeting space available up and downstairs for local civic groups, class reunions, anniversary parties, charity events, and other gatherings of any size.

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They have seating capacity for 200 at a sit-down dinner or 256 standing room with a dance floor. There is a stage for live entertainment, and the hardwood floors have recently been refinished to a beautiful dark sheen.

The entire building has been cleaned from top to bottom and freshly painted.

On the lower level, there is a computer and HDMI compatible wall-mounted flat screen TV and Wi-Fi capabilities is available, seating capacity is 125, and there is a prep kitchen for your caterer to use.

For after work and weekend parking is not an issue, with the courthouse parking behind the building, and a Wells Fargo bank parking lot across the street, as well as up and down Worth Street. But for your convenience, they have also leased the Acme McCrary parking lot across Fayetteville Street to accommodate larger groups

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during daylight hours.

While you are welcome to rent the facility and do all the legwork work yourself, Julie and Michelle offer full service event planning to assist you in professionally managing your function from start to finish. They can provide assistance with fund raising events, appreciation dinners, wedding receptions, reunions, birthday celebrations and more. Some of the services they provide are catering, live entertainment, floral arrangements, invitations, linens to match your theme and transportation to name a few.

Call Julie and Michelle to schedule a tour and book A Venue on Worth for your next function. Let them take the hassle out of the planning for you! You can reach A Venue on Worth at 336-318-5146 or email Julie at julie@sentryfp.com. n

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FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME

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here is no part of the human body that can cause trouble quite like the back. If you have suffered a back injury and chosen to have surgery, you assume that the worst is over and that the future will include less pain and suffering than before. However, this may not be the case. Failed Back Surgery Syndrome is becoming more and more common now that doctors are looking for it.

This chronic pain condition can make a difficult back injury significantly worse.

Failed back surgery syndrome (also called FBSS) is a bit of a misnomer, since it is not really a syndrome. It’s a generalized term used to describe the condition of patients who have not had a successful result with back surgery and have continued to experience pain after the surgery. By far the number one reason for failed back surgery is because the area of the back that was operated on was not the source of the pain, according to Dr. Peter Ullrich, Jr., MD. R Many studies exist that support this, most notably But how could this happen in this day and age of modern imaging and technology?

In reality back pain is overwhelmingly due to muscle weakness and sacroiliac joint pain.

So the current model of medicine is something like this: you have pain, you go to the doctor, he or she

orders x-rays and then MRI imaging, a bulging disc is found, surgery is performed. But remember, failed back surgery occurs because studies show that up to 25% of all low back pain is sacroiliac joint in origin and that the diagnosis of sacroiliac joint disease is frequently overlooked by physicians. Secondly there is a natural and unavoidable weakness in the back muscles that worsens over time and MUST be addressed.

I have found that most back pain can be successfully treated by simply stretching muscles that have become too tight, and strengthening muscle that have become too weak.

In the past two decades there has been a dramatic increase in fusion surgery in the U.S.: in 2001 over 122,000 lumbar fusions were performed, a 22% increase from 1990 in fusions per 100,000 population, increasing to an estimate of 250,000 in 2003, and 500,000 in 2006. In 2003, the national bill for the hardware for fusion alone was estimated to have soared to $2.5 billion a year. Spinal fusion itself, particularly if more than one spinal level is operated on, may result in "adjacent segment degeneration".

This is thought to occur because the fused segments may result in increased torsional and stress forces being transmitted to the intervertebral disc located above and below the fused vertebrae, hastening the demise of otherwise healthy vertebrae.

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Failed back surgery syndrome can be due to a number of factors that doctors and researchers are still discussing.

These include: • Scare tissue that forms around the surgery site, interrupting normal neurological functioning.

• The technicalities of the operation are not successful, the performing surgeon had poor technique.

• The surgery is not performed at the site that causes the pain.

• The surgery performed is not actually necessary.

• The patient is a poor fit for a successful surgery • The diagnosis was incorrect.

• Complications of surgery arise.

The incidence of FBSS ranges between 5 and 50%, according to a study done in 2005 in Prague, Czech Republic.

But why take the chance in the first place? Study after study has shown that back surgery is not an easy fix, and will in most cases lead to more severe complications.

So the fact is back pain is rarely serious enough to warrant surgery or expensive MRI’s or x-rays, or painful injections or strong narcotics. Back pain is mostly a weak physiological link coupled with increased demands of post industrial revolution work demands. n

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//AND THAT'S HOW I SEE IT

Is my smartphone making me stupid?

By Caroline Jones

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nce upon a time, there was a woman who could do many things.

She could hold an interesting and solid conversation. She could cook dinner and help with homework. She could answer questions with focus and sincerity. She could complete one task before starting another. All of this was possible before…before her smart phone made her stupid.”

Does every fairy tale have a happy ending? I hope this one does. It is true that a smart phone is a wonderful thing, but am I the only one who is beginning to think it is making me

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stupid? It seems that these amazing devices are giving me permission to turn off my brain. Yes, it allows me to do things the moment I think of them, but it also means I don’t need to remember it later. Yes, it holds the numbers and addresses of all my friends and family, but now I don’t remember any phone numbers at all.

I don’t even know my children’s cell numbers because why would I? I only have to touch their name and I am instantly connected.

Yes, I can answer emails instantly, but realize by doing it via phone I rarely give them the attention or care they deserve. Yes, I always have a camera with me, but I find when

something special happens (and even something not so special) I’m sending the photo to a friend with a note rather than being in the moment. And yes, the best thing about cell phones is I am always reachable by anyone and anytime. Did I mention that’s also the worst thing because it constantly interrupts what I am doing?

I believe my fairy tale life of focus and productivity was finally shattered when I started texting!

My cell whistles when I get a text. Woohoo!! It instantly pierces my thought no matter what I am doing. If I am talking to my children and it whistles, I forget what I am talking about. If I am driving and it whistles, I drive wondering what lifechanging message awaits me at the next stoplight. When it whistles, I stop what I am doing, I read it and respond.

But then I often can’t remember what I was doing before it whistled at me!

And the WORST is when I pick up my phone to send a text to someone and see I have one I have missed.

I immediately reply to it and then pause. Wasn’t I about to send a text to someone about something? Insane!

“So the woman decided to challenge herself to make a few changes…one hour at a time. She put her phone away when exercising and took that hour all for herself. She put her phone away during lunch with friends and let that hour be all about them. She put her phone away while

"I believe my fairy tale life of focus and productivity was finally shattered when I started texting! "

helping her children with their homework and showed them that no one is more important to her than they are. She began to control her phone rather than have it control her!

And she lived happily ever after. “ And That’s How I See It! n

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Our

Anniversary for Seniors Can Still Generate Romance parents’

wedding

your parent’s wedding party still living

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with cake and coffee that they can enjoy

family haven’t forgotten that.

with a few immediate family members

If you think mom and dad are up to a dinner for two, you and your siblings can cater in an elegant meal on the day

or friends.

Congratulations on your parents’ special day!

HOME IS STILL THE BEST

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Don’t forget the setting. If you think they’d enjoy it, decorate the room with flowers or balloons, and include some pictures or other mementoes from their special day. Add music and candles to complete the mood. If you know a violinist or other musician who could provide “live” dinner music that would add a special touch as well. Is any of

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THE BENEFITS OF GROUNDING

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By Sherry B. Johnson

urrent research focuses on the health benefits of walking, running, working, and sleeping on the bare ground to normalize the electricity in your body.

The idea is to push your extra energy into the ground and leave it there or

draw energy from the ground to feel more powerful. Going barefoot leaves you feeling centered and focused for the rest of the day and is very beneficial in many other ways.

The health benefits are enormous, as are the spiritual benefits, even if you don’t have a religion. When you are grounded, you have sent all of your nervous energy away (like the negative energy you picked up from mainstream media or cell phones). Your focus can become utterly clear and you can concentrate on any physical part of your anatomy to regulate how it works. You can cause your blood pressure to drop, your pulse to regulate and your neural patterns to remain calm because there is no extra adrenaline pumping through you.

Another benefit of grounding is that your lungs will fill more completely with deeper breaths and as a result you get more oxygen to your brain. If you are relaxed and your blood pressure is contained, your whole body will relax and the rest of your life will fall into place. Any contact with the Earth is welcome, so if you’d like to walk barefoot instead

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of sitting on the hard Earth, you still get residual health benefits. Walking barefoot is good for weak foot arches, especially along different terrains. Not only can you be as calm as possible with grounding, but your body can begin to shape up with this activity as well.

The spiritual benefits of Grounding are amazing also.

Using this particular activity keeps us healthy spiritually, which leads to higher self esteem and a higher self worth.

Grounding your energy is mandatory when you are about to perform heavy meditative procedures, because you cannot find your center if you are pumped full of the day’s thoughts and worries. In chakra exercises, it is best if you ground first and then begin to open up your chakras instead of trying to open them immediately upon entering a meditative state.

Grounding is viewed as a two-way communication – you can push and pull as much energy as you need from the Earth, and therefore, focus completely on your task. The main idea of grounding is focus – whether you are using it for religious or health conscious purposes. Everyone understands that if you are spiritually healthy, the body will follow.

So let’s do it, then. Let’s go sit on the grassy knoll. Let’s

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//COMMUNITY NEWS

Going Once, Going Twice, Sold!

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By Sherry Johnson

o you have chores around the house that you don’t like to do?

Or maybe you don’t have time to repot your plants, paint the spare room, or get your yard ready for Spring? Do you love pies and cakes but hate to bake? If this sounds like you, head to the Handyman Auction at The Exchange on April 6th at 6:30 pm in downtown Asheboro. This year’s Auction is proving to be bigger and better than ever, and has outgrown the dining room at Carillon, where it has been held since inception.

There will be refreshments served, as well as many local celebrities “served up.” Rumor has it that this year Mayor David Smith will be auctioning off his services. There are many other great items up for grabs, including jewelry, pottery, services such as house cleaning, pressure washing, cleaning your gutters, and a low country shrimp boil catered by Jerry Hill to name just a few.

Every year the auction has grown and all the proceeds go to support the mission of the Christians United Outreach Center. Last years’ auction raised over $5,000! Many of the employees and volunteers of the CUOC auction off their talents as well– including Debbie Cole, who will

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bake you a cake a month for a year.

Local civic leaders get in on the fun, and for several years Roger Anderson has good naturedly worn sports gear from rival teams, including wearing a Georgia Tech jersey to a Carolina game this past year.

The organizers are adding a silent auction this year to accommodate the growing list of potters who generously donate to this great cause. If you would like to donate an item for the auction, or be one of those auctioned off, please contact Becky Johnson at 336-633-7600.

Make sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, April 6th from 6:30 – 9:00 pm. n

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The Randolph-Asheboro YMCA: Building Healthy Spirits, Minds & Bodies

by : Celena R. Fleming, Community Development Director When the staff of the Randolph-Asheboro YMCA met with architects four years ago to design the new addition and renovations of the 36 year-old facility; a large, attractive meeting space was near the top of everyone’s list. This space would not only be used for YMCA programs, meetings and staff, but would be a place to benefit the entire community through seminars, workshops and classes. Sharing in this vision, Bill and Ann Hoover generously donated the funds to include the Hoover Community Room in the renovated building.

Over the next four months the YMCA is partnering with Therapeutic Alternatives to present a new four part forum entitled, Healthy Spirit, Mind and Body Seminars.

Topics and presenters are scheduled as follows: Overview of Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Vicki Rhodes, RN, Therapeutic Alternatives February 26th, 1:00pm

In the past eight months this room has already hosted a variety of special presentations and programs including Randolph Hospital’s seminars with Dr. Yaste on Understanding Knee Pain and more recently, Spine & Back Pain: Common Causes and Treatment Options with Dr. Durrani. Earlier this month, Clinical Exercise Physiologist & New York Times Best Selling Author, Jimmy Pena brought his passion for wellness, fitness and God to Asheboro business leaders to help inspire them to create a more positive, healthy and efficient workforce.

Randolph Community College has partnered with the Y to provide English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to students this past fall and are currently well into their spring semester in the Hoover Community Room. Living Wellness, a comprehensive wellness program based on scientific research and the Word of God, developed by author, coach, professional speaker and expert in the field of health and wellness, Sam Varner began in January in the Community Room and will run through March 14th. Regularly, this room is home to YMCA staff, board and committee meetings, homework time for the After School Program, Bingo & Mahjong for seniors and special presentations for Summer Camp and After School participants. The YMCA has also offered Body 4 Life Weight Loss Classes, Flu Shot Clinics, Ayurveda Workshops, a Medicare Informational Meeting and Senior Day, all open to the community.

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Recognizing Mental Health & Substance Abuse Issues in Children and Teens Jeff McKay, LCSW, MSW, Therapeutic Alternatives Director of Crisis Services March 26th, 6:00pm Crisis Response & Mental Health Resources in Asheboro and Randolph County Shela Williams, LCSWA, MSW, Therapeutic Alternatives Assistant Director of Crisis Services April 23rd, 6:00 pm Understanding & Coping with Depression & Anxiety Jeff McKay, LCSW, MSW, Therapeutic Alternatives Director of Crisis Services May 21st, 6:00pm All classes will be held in the Hoover Community Room and are free and open to the public. However, space is limited and preregistration is required. After a brief summer intermission, a second four part series will be announced in August, with sessions resuming in September. The Randolph-Asheboro YMCA is committed to building healthy spirits, minds and bodies by partnering with fellow community agencies to provide educational opportunities for all. For more information on these seminars and other YMCA programs, please visit www.randolphasheboroymca.com or contact Celena R. Fleming at (336) 625-1976. n

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Introduction To Growth Investing

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eople have many different styles and tastes when it comes to money, but making your money grow is typically considered the most fundamental investment objective.

Growing your money will depend on your time horizon and your ability to invest through the markets up’s and downs.

What Is Growth Investing?

Although you can grow your money through receiving any type of return on your capital, such as interest payments from a CD or bond, a more specific definition of growth investing is the pursuit of increasing one's wealth using stocks or stock mutual funds.

Growth investing is typically considered to be the "offensive" portion of an investment portfolio, with the "defensive" portion dedicated to income generation, tax reduction or capital preservation.

When it comes to stocks, "growth" means that the company has substantial potential for capital appreciation, as opposed to value investing, where analysts feel that the price of the company's stock is trading below where it should be for temporal reasons that are likely to change in the foreseeable future.

Types of Growth Investments

A few main categories of assets have historically shown the greatest growth potential. All of them involve equity in some form, and they usually come with a higher level of risk .

Types of growth investments include the following: Small-Cap Stocks The size of a company is based on its market capitalization, or net worth.

Most analysts classify any company with a capitalization of between $300 million and $2 billion as a small-cap firm. These companies are often still in their initial phase of growth and their stocks have the potential for substantial appreciation in price.

Small-cap stocks have historically posted higher returns than their blue-chip cousins, but they are also considerably more volatile and carry a higher degree of risk. Small-cap stocks have also often outperformed large-cap stocks during periods of recovery from recessions.

Technology and Healthcare Stocks Companies that develop new technologies or offer innovations in healthcare can be excellent choices for investors who are looking for a home-run play in their portfolios. The stocks of companies that develop popular or revolutionary products can rise exponentially in price in a relatively short period of time. n

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//COMMUNITY NEWS

26th NC Potters Conference

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his weekend the Randolph Arts Guild will be hosting the 26th NC Potters Conference.

In addition to featuring demonstrations and lectures by premier potters from around the country the conference includes an exhibition of work by those artists as well as the potters attending the conference. The exhibition will be on display at 123 Sunset Ave. Asheboro, NC from Friday, March 1 to Sunday March 3th. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

The NC Potters Conference is one of the nation’s premier ceramic conferences.

This year three contemporary potters Julia Galloway, Peter Beasecker, and Tara Wilson will give demonstrations and lead the dialogue for the weekend. Lectures are set to be given by Andrew Glasgow,

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Peter Chartrand, Joe Molinaro, and Noah Scalin. The conference is sold out. Individuals interested in attending the event next year should visit www.RandolphArtsGuild.com to sign up for future emails about this and many other great events.

While the public can’t attend the demonstrations or lectures they can attend the exhibition that accompanies the conference. Each potter attending the conference can bring up to five representative pieces of their work. With over 150 potters registered it is sure to be a pottery collector’s dream. The show will be “cash and carry” meaning the public will be able to take their purchases with them. Cash, check, Visa and Mastercard will be accepted. The show hours are Friday 9am - 5:00pm, Saturday 9am - 5pm and Sunday 9:00am - 12:30pm. n

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Two Places At Once //DAILY DEVOTION

By Rev. Peter Panagore

Reverend Peter Baldwin Panagore of DailyDevotions.org, is a native of Massachusetts, graduated with a Masters of Divinity degree in Divinity from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and with a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. St. John’s High School of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, an Xaverian Brothers sponsored school, provided him with his preparatory school education.

In 2003, he was recruited to apply for the position of Pastor of the First Radio Parish Church of America (DailyDevotions.org).

FRPCA is America’s oldest continuous religious broadcast, founded 1926, and now reaching 1.5 million listeners, viewers and readers a week on T V, radio and internet, including American Forces Radio Network.

From 1999-2006 Reverend Panagore was a staff writer at Homiletics, the leading and cutting-edge nationwide worship preparation journal for mainline clergy. Homiletics has published more than a hundred of his sermons. He has also published short stories in anthologies, most notably, Chicken Soup for the Veteran’s Soul, by New York Times Best Selling editor Jack Canfield. Two Minutes for God was released by Touchstone/Fireside an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in early December of 2007 and landed immediately on the Maine Best Seller list.

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I double-booked myself. I was supposed to be in two places at the same time, miles apart. I wish could be, but I can't. There's a religious word for being in two places simultaneously - bilocation. Through the ages, Saints are said to have bilocated. In the twentieth century, according to eyewitness accounts, Padre Pio is believed to have bilocated. Did he?

There's another word for simultaneously being in two locations superposition.

Superposition comes from quantum mechanics and is a one hundred percent proven phenomenon of physics. Electrons, atoms and molecules can all be put into superposition. This means that they can truly be in two places simultaneously. Think about that - two places at the same time. It's paradoxical and true.

Science used to think that quantum effects could only occur on the microscopic scale, with only very, very tiny things, like electrons and atoms. The stranger thing is that we

know that quantum effects occur on the macroscopic scale, too, and may actually affect biology on the human scale.

If we set aside for a moment what we believe to be true, and instead, begin to think about what actually is true, then we must thank physicists because they are the ones asking the unbiased questions about the structure of our world: Who are we?

What is reality? What are we made of? In one sense, physicists are the theologians of our day. n

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//COMMUNITY NEWS PSANKY EGG DECORATING CLASS WITH KAREN AND GRACE MCFETTERS

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sanky" (pronounced peh-sahn-keh) is a 2000 year old Ukrainian tradition of writing on eggs with wax. The vibrant coloring of the egg with imagery and design symbolizes good luck, posterity and the arrival of Spring. The Randolph Arts Guild is happy to announce the return of the popular egg class taught by an excellent mother and daughter team. karen and Grace McFetters provide you with everything you need to make an oval-esque masterpiece.

All materials are included. Each paid registrant creates one completed egg, gets an egg stand, and a full psanky kit so you can make them at home.

The class is offered at the Morings Art Center located 123 Sunset Avenue in downtown Asheboro. There are two separate meeting options for this

class. Register for the Tuesday, March 19th class from 6p -- 9p or Saturday, March 23rd class from 10a -- 2p. The cost is $50 per student, or make it a family affair at only $60 for a parent/ child team. Registration and payment for either of these classes are due by Tuesday, March 5, 2013. For more information contact the Randolph Arts Guild at 336-629-0399. n

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//COMMUNITY NEWS introduction to the customs and traditions of British and Irish tea

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uth and Ken Mace of Lexington Tea Parties offer an elegant introduction to the customs and traditions of British and Irish tea.

Join the Randolph Arts Guild located at 123 Sunset Avenue in downtown Asheboro on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 4pm for an utterly mouth watering afternoon tea session that includes savory selections of tea fare and tea history.

Ruth and Ken have participated in numerous training opportunities through the National Tea Association. Ruth is a certified Tea and Etiquette Consultant through Dorothea Johnson’s Tea and Etiquette Masterclass. The event is $25.00 and includes traditional British and Irish tea fare. The afternoon tea menu includes scones with Devonshire cream and jam, freshly-made tea

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sandwiches, fresh fruit, and delicious pastries served on an elegant threetiered tray.

The two hour event includes a short tea history as you enjoy delicious food & fine teas on lovely china plates, cups & saucers, silverware, and cloth napkins with beautiful napkin rings. Registration and payment are due by Thursday, February 28th. This tea event is a bit more plush than our usual offerings.

It is a great opportunity to take tea with friends. Remember to bring an appetite and wear festive attire (by festive, we mean GREEN -- lest you be pinched!). For more information on Lexington Tea Parties please visit: www.lexingtonteahouse.com Registration and payment must be received to reserve your seat for this event. Please call the Randolph Arts Guild at (336) 629-0399 for more information and to register. n

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By: Dick Jones

ob Craft loved to fish, but he was no purist. He loved to eat fish and didn’t care that much for catch and release.

Bob practiced filet and release. He had little interest in the shad fishing Evander and I did in the spring. Evander tried to interest him in the shad on the basis that he could catch them on a fly rod. He went on a shad trip with us, caught a lot of them and had a lot of fun, but then he found out how bony they were and passed on the next trip. Evander told him that he could eat the roe of the shad, and his interest picked up again. Then he visited his friend, Doc Coughlin, who told him how much cholesterol there was in fish roe and Bob, who could eat a half pound of extra sharp cheddar by himself, backed out on the next trip.

I thought the shad were as much fun as the stripers and Uncle Evander introduced me to catching them on a fly rod. We’d use a few feet of lead core line with braided monofilament for a running line and fish little streamers in different pastel colors. The shad ran deep as a rule but once hooked, they’d run out and up to the surface, making multiple jumps before we could get them to the boat. It was fine sport.

Bob was too enamored with frying what he caught to enjoy them, but he loved to fish for stripers and anguished over which fish to keep since you could only keep three.

Of course, he’d only fish on keeper days, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday in those days. Once the keeper season was over, he was pretty much done with the stripers and went after crappie, a fish my uncle

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detested. Evander claimed that life was too short to fish for little fish, shoot ugly shotguns and wear uncomfortable shoes. Bob loved crappie and fished for them until the warmer water of summer turned them off, then he went after catfish.

Normally, Bob’s disdain for catch and release wasn’t a problem for Evander, since he could always find someone interested in catching shad early and stripers once the keeper season was over. This particular year, it turned out to be a difficulty.

Evander had been in Staunton, Virginia where Bob’s son, John, was working for the Virginia Alcohol Control Board. They ran into each other at the diner and, in talking about Bob, decided it would be nice for the three of them to go fishing together. John told Evander that he, Bob’s other son David, and grandson, Nathan, were planning a trip to Maryland for croakers that next week. Evander and John cooked up a plan for the boys to go the Roanoke instead and surprise their dad. Evander would bring Bob while John, David, and Nathan would drive down together from Virginia. The big surprise would occur when Evander asheboromagazine.com

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and Bob showed up with them all standing at the boat dock.

While they were still at the diner, they called David and Nathan and changed the plans. It was going to be great; the only problem was that the day that had been chosen was after striper season was closed. Getting Bob to the river was going to be tough, since Bob wasn’t all that hot for catch and release fishing. John worried that Evander wouldn’t be able to get Bob to come without revealing the surprise but Evander said “Don’t worry about that, I’ll take care of it.”

When Evander got home, he dropped by Bob’s house. Bob was putting line on a fishing reel and had crappie tackle spread all over the kitchen table. “How about going to the Roanoke with me on the ninth?”

Evander asked.

“Seasons over,” Bob murmured under his breath, still concentrating on getting the line on the reel without kinks. “I’m going fishing with Frank Parker at his pond on the ninth. He’s been catching a ton of crappie.”

Evander wiped his face from top to bottom with his open hand. Those that knew him well knew this was a trouble sign. Bob had his back turned and didn’t see it.

“That’s not a problem. You know how I fished with that fisheries fella last month? All you have to do is put the fish you keep in a 44 quart white cooler with your name, address and social security number on it. You can keep all the fish you can get in the cooler.”

Bob turned around, his eyes were wide open.

“Evander Prichart! You beat all I ever saw; you could talk your way out from in front of a firing squad! Man! We can fill the freezer!”

Evander looked troubled. “We can only do one cooler. I’ll let you have all the fish. My freezer is full of ducks, anyway.”

Bob was touched with Evander’s generosity, “You’re all right, Prichart. Sometimes you’re a really decent guy.”

The trip went great, Bob was totally surprised when the boys showed up at the boat landing. It was good weather and the fish bit pretty good. They caught fish early on topwaters and then went with jigs. When the fishing slowed, they switched over to live bait and drifted down the river talking about old times while taking turns on the fly rod, picking up the occasional fish on it. Nathan caught the biggest fish of the day, a seven pounder. It was a perfect day of fishing and friendship with some family reunion mixed in.

Everyone released their fish except Bob, who filled his cooler. By the end of the day, they’d caught stripers on jigs, flies, topwaters, and bait. Bob fished live bait

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more than the others and kept talking about how Evander was such a great friend to arrange for him keep the fish.

The boys all went home with Bob to High Point to spend the next day and an impromptu fish fry was planned for Sunday afternoon. Frank and Aileen Parker were invited since Bob had canceled with Frank and Evander had let Frank in on the surprise so he’d know why.

After everyone was stuffed with Evander’s fried striper filets, jalapeño potato salad, corn on the cob and cornfield green beans, Frank asked “Bob, did you say you caught these fish yesterday? I thought the season was closed.”

Bob smiled and said, “Evander pulled some strings with someone at the Marine Fisheries Department so I could keep ‘em legally.”

Evander chuckled a little and said, “Bob, that’s not exactly right. I said you could keep the fish, I never said it was legal. I just mentioned the fisheries guy. If we’d been checked, you would’ve gotten a ticket.”

Bob’s face turned beet red. “You mean you just let me keep illegal fish? Why did you have me use a 44 quart, white cooler with my name, address and social security number written on it?” Bob asked, exasperated.

“Oh,” Evander replied, “That was in case we got checked. I figured if all your information was on the cooler, I wouldn’t get a ticket!” n

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Kids Quest 2:

Caraway Strikes Back

By Sherry B. Johnson

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n May 11, 2013 the Central Carolina Soccer Club is sponsoring its second annual Kids Quest Challenge, a unique "kids only" event that mimics the popular adult mud runs (Rugged Maniac, Marine Mud Run, and Spartan Challenge). Fifty teams participated in last year’s inaugural race and helped raise almost $5,000 for the club. Kids Quest contains enough differences from these adult-themed races to appeal to the younger crowd.

This year, after a successful first year, the club is offering Kids Quest 2: Caraway Strikes Back. They have made some modifications to the course based on feedback from last year’s participants, and added lots more mud!

They also asked the kids if they wanted to compete against their parents or other adults and the answer was a resounding NO! Kids age 9-19 will have the opportunity to compete as a 2-person team in a one-of-a-kind adventure that challenges the heart, muscles, brain, and lungs.

Kids Quest 2 combines the endurance needed to travel over 2 miles through the woods of Caraway Mountain with the brainpower of riddles, the nastiness of

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mud, the team work of a 2-person kayak, and just for some added fun, a giant water slide. This year the club is looking to sell out at 200 teams participating.

The goal of the course is not necessarily to go fast, but to finish and experience the adventure. All finishers will receive a special medal and race bags will include a T-shirt and other items from local sponsors. The club is looking for local businesses to sponsor the event, and you can contact Bob Seedlock 336-465-0594 or Mike Mowers at 336-259-3899 for more details.

Online registration for teams is available at ccsckidsquest. com or contact (336) 259-3899 for more information. Cost is $90 per team ($45 per person). You can find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CcscKidsQuest, make sure you like their page for updates as the race gets closer!!

All proceeds benefit Central Carolina Soccer Club to continue the growth and development of soccer in Randolph County.

Central Carolina Soccer Club (CCSC) is a nonprofit, volunteer run NCYSA sanctioned soccer organization whose mission is to provide male and female athletes in the Randolph county area an opportunity to develop their soccer skills.

They strive to provide players of all abilities an opportunity to prosper within the club and ultimately collegiate soccer programs by offering quality coaching and increased levels of competition in a cost effective manner.

Along with on-field development, they stress the values of teamwork and good sportsmanship. In providing all this, they aim to provide Randolph County with the reputation as a soccer hotbed within the great state of North Carolina. n

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//NATURE'S NUANCES

March Madness in the Garden

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By Faylene Whitaker (Whitaker Farms)

arch madness ‌ basketball and gardens, what do they have in common? We all know here in the south it is all about the final games that decide who the champions are for the season. Well in the garden it is all about being a champion for nature.

Both sports take a lot of hard work, exercise, planning and preparing to be a winner. The end result makes us feel successful and proud of all the time

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and effort we have put into the venture.

Here in the garden it is time to gear up for spring and summer. Clean up the broken limbs; trim the trees and shrubs that need cutting back, put weed preventer and crabgrass preventer out on our lawns and many other jobs that need doing in the spring. Now is a great time to fertilize and reseed the lawn so it is ready for the months ahead.

March is the time to cut back knockout roses, crepe myrtle, and summer flowering trees and shrubs

such as caryopteris and butterfly bushs.

Ornamental grasses can now be cut back to clean up the landscape. For deciduous grasses like some miscanthus you can completely remove the foliage with a chain saw or hedge shears. The evergreen grasses like liriope can just be mowed over if you do it soon.

Now is the time to divide and transplant hosta, daylilies, phlox and other summer and fall blooming perennials before the tops become too heavy. Be sure that you pull all

"Cut the branches on a 45 degree slant for best results." the weeds and grass out of your perennials as you are working them.

There are many shrubs and trees to give interest to the garden such as Golden Raintree, Little Gem Magnolia, Japanese Maples, Weeping Ninebark, Crepe myrtles, Yaupon holly, Chinese Pistachio, Chase Tree, Dogwoods, Blooming Cherries just to name a few of the trees to add interest to the lawn.

For those cool season vegetables from the garden it is time to plant irish potatoes, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, just to name a few. These are great plants for raised beds. Place the smaller growing plants around the

edge with the larger growing toward the center. Then as you use these vegetables you can come back and plant summer vegetables in their space. The best sized raised beds are about four feet wide and about three or four feet high. Add irrigation if you can, so you can keep the vegetable beds moist.

Remember to leave areas in your yard to plant annuals to provide a burst of color that will last all summer long.

These need to have some compost added and be raked and tilled for the best results.

Bring in some of the early blooming branches of plants such as forsythia,

spirea, cherry, put in water so you can have fresh blooms in your home. Cut the branches on a 45 degree slant for best results.

Now that you have all this work done, well just wishing; settle back, relax, and enjoy that you are able to do all this. Realize that you are the champion because you are succeeding at what you do and that it took time and energy to do it and you were blessed to have both. Our life is like the seasons each brings its own kind of blessings and trials. It is how we survive each season that makes us the champions to enjoy the next. n asheboromagazine.com

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//COMMUNITY NEWS

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REBUILDING THE FOODSHED

hilip Ackerman-Leist is a sustainable agriculture writer and professor at Green Mountain College in Vermont. You could say he has his hands in the dirt -- its in his blood. He and his family have farmed for several generations. His father was a peach orchard farmer in Eastern North Carolina during the mid-1900s. Philip has farmed for over 20 years. He established Green Mountain College’s farm and sustainable agriculture curriculum. The Randolph Arts Guild is partnering with the Randolph County Library to welcome Philip back to Randolph County for another artful agricultural lecture.

Philip’s current book, Rebuilding the Foodshed explores the very nature on how we use the current food systems to find nourishment. Droves of people have turned to local food as a way to retreat from our broken industrial food system. From rural outposts to

city streets, they are sowing, growing, selling, and eating food produced close to home—and they are crying out for agricultural reform. All this has made “local food” into everything from a movement buzzword to the newest darling of food trendsters.

But now it’s time to take the conversation to the next level. That’s exactly what Philip Ackerman-Leist does in Rebuilding the Foodshed, in which he refocuses the local-food lens on the broad issue of rebuilding regional food systems that can replace the destructive aspects of industrial agriculture, meet food demands affordably and sustainably, and be resilient enough to endure potentially rough times ahead.

Changing our foodscapes raises a host of questions. How far away is local? How do you decide the size and geography of a regional foodshed?

How do you tackle tough issues that plague food systems large and small— issues like inefficient transportation,

high energy demands, and rampant food waste? How do you grow what you need with minimum environmental impact? And how do you create a foodshed that’s resilient enough if fuel grows scarce, weather gets more severe, and traditional supply chains are hampered?

Showcasing some of the most promising, replicable models for growing, processing, and distributing sustainably grown food, this book points the reader toward the next stages of the food revolution. It also covers the full landscape of the burgeoning local-food movement, from rural to suburban to urban, and from backyard gardens to large-scale food enterprises.

The free lecture takes place at 7pm, Friday March 8 in the Sara Smith Self Gallery located inside the Moring Arts Center, 123 Sunset Ave. in downtown Asheboro. For more information on this event contact the Randolph Arts Guild at (336) 629-0399. n

Philip Ackerman-Leist, author of Rebuilding the Foodshed and Up Tunket Road, is a professor at Green Mountain College, where he established the college’s farm and sustainable agriculture curriculum and is director of the Green Mountain College Farm & Food Project. He also founded and directs the college’s Masters in Sustainable Food Systems (MSFS), the nation’s first online graduate program in food systems, featuring applied comparative research of students’ home bioregions. He and his wife, Erin, farmed in the South Tirol region of the Alps and North Carolina before beginning their sixteen-year homesteading and farming venture in Pawlet, Vermont. With more than two decades of “field experience” working on farms, in the classroom, and with regional food systems collaborators, Philip’s work is focused on examining and reshaping local and regional food systems from the ground up. More information available via the publishers' link: http://media.chelseagreen.com/ rebuilding-the-foodshed/

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