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Contents

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departments

features

Community News

06 Thomas Tire & Automotive: Solutions to Keep You Moving

14 Biscuitville Partners with Local Companies to Supply High Quality, Fresh Ingredients

Zoo Zeal

16 Baby Lions and Bear OH MY!

Ask the Expert 22 Your Health

Recipe 24 How to Make Pumpkin Serving Bowls 25 Pumpkin Chili

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Reduce Your Cabon Footprint This Holiday Season

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S.P.I.R.I.T. Investigations

archdale & trinity M AGAZIN E Issue 21 Publisher Dear Reader, Thanksgiving is almost upon us. It’s actually one of my favorite holidays - there is no pressure to procure the perfect gift, or decorate your house the best, or spend a lot of money on gifts for people in life. Thanksgiving is a time for family to come together and share a meal that has been prepared

Sherry Johnson sherry@atmagnc.com

Advertising Executive Sally Carre sally@asheboroandmore.com

by loving hands. It’s a great day to go to the movies after

Contributors

dinner, or get out a long forgotten board game and play with

Robin Breedlove Jane Murphy

your kids. Maybe you put together a puzzle that you tucked away for that “rainy day” or take in a football game with the guys. Whatever you do, stop for a moment during the day and look around you - give Thanks for the blessings that you have and say a prayer for those who are struggling with grief, hunger or worse. Sometimes we get so caught up in what we don’t have, or what we want, that we forget to be thankful for what we do have.

I hope you enjoy this Issue of Archdale & Trinity Magazine, and I look forward to another year of bringing you community news and local stories to highlight the area that we call home.

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Happy Thanksgiving!!

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Thomas Tire & Automotive Solutions to Keep You Moving

Story & Photos by Sherry Johnson

In 1981, Paul Thomas started Thomas Tire in his family’s Asheboro driveway with $500 and a business license in his pocket. Today, the rebranded J.P. Thomas & Co. Inc. has grown to over 150 employees, six retail locations, a quick lube, two commercial service centers and a Mighty Auto Parts division with its administrative ofďŹ ces and wholesale center near downtown Asheboro.

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fter the passing of their father in 2012, brother and sister team, Bryan and Sally Thomas, purchased the family business. As part of the rebranding, the second generation wrote a mission statement to hold themselves accountable to the values and standards their father held dear. The statement is read at the beginning of every company meeting or function: “We strive to build long term, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers by providing top-quality products and services. Using a solution-based sales approach, we seek to create value for customers. We distinguish ourselves from competitors through integrity, innovation, efficiency and community involvement.�

With growth as a priority, Sally and Bryan are always

looking for ways to expand the retail division either by purchasing existing companies or by ground-ups. They were approached by Steve Hauser, owner of Hauser Automotive in Archdale about the possibility of buying him out. Hauser Automotive was a long standing customer of their wholesale division, East Coast Tires as well as a personal friend. Steve had a great reputation and solid customer base that he had built the past ten years. The morals and values of Hauser Automotive and Thomas Tire & Automotive ran parallel, so a deal was negotiated.

Sally & Bryan purchased the building and land at 10525 N. Main Street in Archdale and immediately began renovations. The plans called for a complete overhaul of the interior and exterior of the building. They brought in the newest equipment available including a Hunter alignment 7 | ATMAGNC.com

machine and lift along with up-fitting the building with new bay doors. Some of the major improvements were leveling the driveway and parking lot, pouring new asphalt and landscaping the property.

The waiting area was revamped by cutting in a large picture window for full transparency in to the work bays.

Additionally, they installed charging stations so customers can work while they wait. Kids were considered as well. They have a “play bay” with TV, workstation, puzzles, books and toys to keep them entertained. A two car portico on the side of the building in the shape of a T was built to protect their customers from the elements as they get in and out of their vehicles.

Staffing the new location was the next step. Avery Stiles has been in the industry for 10 years. He has worked with Thomas Tire & Automotive for a year and is the manager of the Archdale location. The owner of an independent tire and automotive shop in Chapel Hill, where Avery previously worked, called Sally to let her know that he was relocating and recommended that she hire him. Valuing the owner’s opinion and recommendation, she immediately snapped Avery up, knowing that he would have the training and experience they needed. Bryan and Sally were thrilled when Steve Hauser accepted their offer to be the lead technician. Steve’s vast knowledge, years of experience and customer- first attitude makes him a true asset to the team. In addition to Steve, they hired Steve’s daughter Kristen Friese, who worked for Hauser Automotive at the front counter. She grew up in the business working for her dad and knows a lot of the existing customers.

They also have two other technicians on staff, Jonathon Adams and Nathan Bowland. Every employee has performance evaluations, which allows their staff to steer them toward a path that best suits their individual talents and interests.

Thomas Tire & Automotive has put together a team that fits well into the company culture and understands the importance of customer service.

Thomas Tire & Automotive is much more than a tire company. With knowledge as a core value, they promote continuous development of skills and expertise to better serve their customers.

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other industry specific courses like the Hunter Alignment School. Along with the extensive training, they invest heavily in the most up-to-date equipment so their staff can be the top in their field.

Thomas Tire & Automotive understands how busy life can be. Their value-added services are designed with the customer in mind. They offer a courtesy shuttle or you can schedule a time to have your vehicle picked up at your home or business, and dropped back off when it is finished. If you do choose to wait, they have a comfortable seating area with free Wi-Fi, freshly ground coffee, popcorn & bottled water.

As a part of their mission statement community involvement is important to both Sally and Bryan. Thomas Tire & Automotive is a member of the Archdale Chamber of Commerce and has supported many local charities and groups through door prizes, auction items, etc. During Teacher Appreciation Week every educator in the Randolph

County School System and private school sector received an opportunity to register to win one of four $500 grants.

Deborah Mozingo of Braxton Craven Middle School won a $500 grant for her classroom, and Susan Greene of Mt. Calvary Christian School won a $100 grant. Other support to date has included the Randolph County Relay for Life and Community Outreach of Archdale-Trinity (COATS) through their Run 5 Feed 5 campaign.

If you are looking for a reliable and convenient place to take your car for service, look no further than Thomas Tire & Automotive. They can meet your entire car’s needs from tires, alignments, brakes, oil changes, state inspections, and diagnostics to preventative maintenance, custom wheels and much more. Visit them at 10525 N Main Street in Archdale, or schedule your next service appointment by calling 336.434.5649 or online at www.thomastire.com. 

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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint This Holiday Season

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he holiday season is typically one when everything is done bigger and better. Excess may run supreme, and for those who are concerned about how their actions impact the environment, such excess can clash with their ideals.

The following are some effects the holidays can have on the environment and changes anyone can make to still enjoy the festivities and help the planet at the same time.

•Trash: From gift wrap to cards to disposable decorations, trash has a way of piling up during the holiday season. According to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Americans generate 25 percent more waste per week between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than during the rest of the year.

This creates an additional 1.2 million tons of trash per week, or an extra six million tons throughout the holiday season. Cutting back on trash is one of the easiest steps a person can take to reduce his or her environmental impact. Purchase cards or paper made from recycled, post-consumer content and printed

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with nontoxic inks. Choose postcards that do not need a separate envelope for mailing. Use reusable decorations, dinnerware, boxes, and bags to prevent extra garbage from ending up in landfills. Bring your own fabric shopping bags to use in place of plastic bags and, when prompted, choose to have your receipts emailed instead of printed to further reduce paper consumption.

• Food: Lavish meals are central components of holiday gatherings. Leftover food produces waste, so purchasing too much food or selecting products that were not locally produced can negatively affect the environment. Shipping food over long distances requires use of fuel and other natural resources. In some instances, products shipped from other countries may harbor parasites or insects not native to this country, and such unwanted guests can prove harmful to local ecosystems.

To meet the extraordinary supply demands of the holiday season, food suppliers may beef up livestock and produce with artificial hormones, fertilizers and pesticides, all of which are detrimental to the

environment. Shop wisely this time of year and only buy what you need, rather than cooking to impress.

Choose locally grown or organic foods and in-season produce instead of exotic, imported fare. Promptly package and freeze leftovers so they can be enjoyed again.

• Decorating: It’s tempting to purchase ready-made, plastic imported holiday decorations. But these objects are not always the most sustainable options, and there are plenty of decorative items that have less impact on the planet. LED holiday lights, for example, use 90 percent less energy than traditional incandescent lights and can last up to 100,000 hours. Only keep lights on when you’re home and awake to save energy.

Instead of purchasing new ornaments, make your own or host an ornament swap with friends. Create your own wreaths and centerpieces from natural materials found around the yard. Soy candles do not emit unsafe hydrocarbons and produce less soot than paraffin wax candles.

• Travel: Travel is a large component of the holidays, as friends and family members criss-cross the globe to spend the season together. According to Green Choices, aviation accounts for 75 percent of the travel industry’s greenhouse gas emissions, followed by road transport (32 percent). Look for the most cost- and eco-effective method of travel to reduce your carbon footprint. If you will be away from home or the office for long periods of time, remember to set your thermostat to a lower temperature or program the vacation setting on your programmable thermostat. You also can turn down your water heaters to conserve energy.

It is possible to enjoy the holidays and protect the planet at the same time. A few easy changes are all it takes to reduce your carbon footprint this holiday season. 

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Community Events Small Business Saturday November 29th Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and local.

Home for the Holidays November 21st & 22nd Join the Northwestern Randolph County Arts Council and Ed Price & Associates for “Home for the Holidays.” Bring the kids on Friday Night from 6 to 9 pm to decorate gingerbread cookies, visit with Santa, enjoy hot chocolate with Mrs. Claus, and hear “The Merriest Christmas Ever,” a story by local artist/author Gaye Willard. The fun continues on Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm.

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Creekside C hristmas December 5th Creekside Christmas is a tradition in the community offering hayrides through the park, a bonfire and vendors selling holiday merchandise such as scarves, jewelry, candles, birdhouses, holiday ornaments and custom painted Mason jars. Santa Claus is on hand to hear your child’s Christmas wishes.

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Biscuitville Partners with Local Companies to Supply High Quality, Fresh Ingredients New FRESH SOUTHERN lunch menu is now available in Greensboro, Eden and Alamance County locations

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iscuitville FRESH SOUTHERN® (www. biscuitville.com), a local family-owned company known for its authentic, Southern-style breakfasts, recently launched a new chef-crafted lunch menu line that offers customers a wide variety of sandwiches and sides that are made by hand with authentic ingredients. To ensure its breakfast and new Southern-Inspired lunch menu contain the freshest, highest quality ingredients available, Biscuitville has forged new partnerships and expanded existing relationships with more than eleven local, family-owned companies.

Biscuitville’s new FRESH SOUTHERN lunch menu is now available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in all Greensboro and Eden restaurants and just recently expanded to all Burlington, Mebane and Graham locations in Alamance County. Through the remainder of this year and into 2015, Biscuitville plans to roll out the new lunch menu to all of its 54 restaurants in North Carolina and Virginia. The company’s breakfast menu will continue to be served all day, every day until 2 p.m. in each restaurant.

With the help of culinary expert Chef Andrew Hunter, famous for his involvement and new menu development work with Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Biscuitville crafted its new lunch menu to include the use of locally-sourced ingredients that would make the handmade sandwiches and sides the freshest and best-tasting they could be. Biscuitville has partnered with many local companies for years to supply the flour, ham, eggs, sausage, and coffee for its breakfast items and knew it was important to continue expanding its partnerships for the FRESH SOUTHERN lunch menu.

This last year, Biscuitville leaders worked hard to find the best local companies that not only could supply the highest quality ingredients needed for the new lunch items, but that also matched Biscuitville’s core family and business values.

“We know customers want their food to be fresh, affordable and consistently good, and they want to know

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where that food is coming from,” said Burney Jennings, Biscuitville’s president and CEO. “We created our new FRESH SOUTHERN menu and expanded our partnerships with local companies to meet those needs and to give people a new place to dine for lunch that offers fresh-made, delicious food.”

One of Biscuitville’s most popular new lunch items is the BBQ Bruiser sandwich. It is made with local pulled pork from Chandler Foods BBQ in Greensboro, North Carolina, mixed in a tangy sauce, and topped with crispy griddlecooked bacon, American cheese and house-made coleslaw all sandwiched between a grilled brioche bun. Jeff Chandler, president and grandson of the founder, said, “Biscuitville and Chandler Foods grew up together and share the principle belief that quality ingredients and people have made our companies successful. The FRESH SOUTHERN lunch menu was the perfect way for our two local family businesses to come together. The pulled pork featured on the new lunch menu is prepared from scratch and pulled by hand, just the way Biscuitville prepares its food.”

For its Pimento Cheese and Bacon biscuit and new lunch sandwich, Biscuitville partners with Stan’s Pimento Cheese out of Burlington - one of the most recognized and beloved brands in North Carolina. Sherry Hudgins Tapp, current owner and daughter of the founder, said, “Our partnership with Biscuitville is a sweet friendship between two small family companies that together produce a classic southern product. We are one of the few vendors that uses the highest quality, real Wisconsin cheese in our product, and we know it is something that both customers and Biscuitville values.”

To see the complete list of all local companies with which Biscuitville partners or its new FRESH SOUTHERN lunch items visit www.biscuitville.com or www. freshsouthern.com. 

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Zoo Zeal

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BABY LIONS & BEAR OH MY!

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Gavin Johnson is the North Carolina Zoo’s Information and Communications Specialist. His duties include writing news releases, conducting media and VIP tours, serving as an official zoo spokesman to the media, editing zoo publications and in production of the zoo’s syndicated television series “The Zoo FileZ.” Gavin joined the NC Zoo staff in February 2014, after spending nearly a decade as a television news reporter. Gavin spent six years at WECTTV in Wilmington, NC and two years at WCJB-TV in Gainesville, FL. In 2013 Gavin won first place for Best General News, was runner up for both Reporter of The Year and Investigative Reporting among Division II stations as selected by news directors with the Radio Television & Digital News Association of the Carolinas. In 2011 Gavin won second place for Best Series and in 2010 he placed second for Best Consumer Economics.

Gavin is a native of Waycross, Georgia and a graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications; Minor in Theatre from Augusta State University.

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here is a lot of excitement roaring around the North Carolina Zoo this fall. For the first time in eight years lions cubs were born at the zoo.

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The zoo’s female lion, Mekita, and male lion, Reilly, welcomed the four cubs on July 30. The healthy quartette includes two females and two males. They will not be on exhibit until the fall. The breeding of the cubs was recommended by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Lion Species Survival Plan, which means the cubs will likely only be at the zoo for about a year.

The public will have a say in naming the baby lions. Once the cubs are on exhibit the zoo will launch a naming contest through its website.

Since the zoo is heavily involved with conservation projects aimed at saving lions in captivity and in the wild, people will be asked to submit names that have an educational value.

Some of the zoo’s lion conservation projects include partnering with the Ruaha Carnivore Project in Tanzania. This project focuses on reducing livestock predation by lions and monitors Ruaha National Park’s lion and other carnivore populations. The zoo has provided the project with several mobile devices enabled with a program called “CyberTracker,” which makes data entry and analysis faster and more effective. Using these devices, the Ruaha Carnivore Project has been able to expand its reach and is now working with tour guides from lodges in and around the park to gather additional information about the status of lions across the entire park, which is more than

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5,000 square miles. The North Carolina Zoo has also partnered with Panthera (an NGO that focuses on cat conservation). The zoo is helping Panthera to protect lions and other carnivores by improving protected area management and law enforcement in protected areas in Zambia.

But the zoo’s Africa region is not the only part of the zoo that is offering visitors something new to see. The zoo’s polar bear Patches, is gaining a roommate, so to speak. Anana, a 15-year-old, female polar bear from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, has relocated to Asheboro, where she joins Patches, the zoo’s 26-year-old female polar bear who arrived last November.

The move is temporary, as Anana will call the North Carolina Zoo home until construction on Lincoln Park Zoo’s new polar bear exhibit is completed in 2016. Anana, whose name means “beautiful” in Inuit, was born at Seneca Park Zoo (Rochester, N.Y.) in November 1999. She arrived at Lincoln Park Zoo in 2001.

The new exhibit, which includes more than $8 million worth of renovations and expansion opened in October. 

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Ask the Expert-Your Health

THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS FOR IMPROVING OR SAVING A LIFE BY

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ccording to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nine out of ten patients do not receive health information in a way they can use or understand it. And according to many medical and nursing professionals, that can harm a person’s health and lead to errors in hospitals and clinics.

“Only about 50 percent of patients take medications as directed,” says Christy Grabus, chief nursing officer at Thomasville Medical Center.

There is a very simple solution, however, that’s scientifically proven to improve patient care and healthcare literacy, according to Grabus. It’s called “Ask Me 3,” and Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center and other hospitals and practices in the Novant Health system have adopted this powerful initiative with the goal of improving the patient’s overall healthcare experience.

Grabus says that patients are often stressed or anxious when they arrive at a hospital or doctor’s office. “It can be overwhelming for patients to ask questions, or they might not even know what to ask,” says Grabus.

The program centers around three simple and practical questions that all patients should ask their healthcare providers: 1) What is my main problem?

2) What do I need to do about it?

3) Why is it important for me to do this?

For many people, these basic questions seem like an oversimplified strategy to improve a person’s health, but Grabus says that Ask Me 3 is a powerful tool that can

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help people understand confusing healthcare jargon and instructions.

The three-question approach guides patients through their healthcare experience and encourages them to become more actively involved. Registered nurse March Shipwash, who teach diabetes education for Thomasville Medical Center, believes that the program works. “I go through the three questions when I’m educating patients about diabetes,” says Shipwash. “I explain the diagnosis and try to use common terminology; then I go over how to treat it, what medications to take and what each prescription is for.”

Shipwash then asks her patient if he or she has any questions.

“If he or she says no, I tell the patient I have a pop quiz for him: what do you have, what do you need to do and why? What’s the end result?” The response from is “a healthier me”.

Ask Me 3 was created by The Partnership for Clear Health Communication to encourage all patients to get involved in the quality of their care and to improve health literacy. According to the national organization, health literacy affects all socio-economic groups and is one of the strongest predictors of an individual’s health status. In other words, the more someone understands his or her medical condition, the better the individual’s overall health status.

“Low health literacy can affect anyone, because it’s a language people don’t use every day,” comments Grabus.

“And individuals cannot remain healthy or improve their health if they don’t understand what they need to do.”

The National Patient Safety Foundation cites research showing that patients with low health literacy skills have a 50 percent increased risk of hospitalization compared with patients who have adequate health literacy skills. Research also suggests that people with low literacy make more medication or treatment errors, are less able to comply with treatment instructions and lack the skills needed to successfully negotiate the healthcare system.

Shipwash points out that many patients don’t process all of the information given to them until they’ve left the hospital. She adds that the program is especially helpful for patients who cannot read.

“Ask Me 3 helps us make sure that patients understand what we’re telling them,” says Shipwash.

The national Ask Me 3 initiative suggests a few additional tips for patients: • Bring a friend or family member to help and take notes during your appointment.

• Make a list of your health concerns prior to your appointment to tell your doctor, physician assistant or nurse.

• Bring a list of all your medications, including vitamins and herbal supplements, when you visit your doctor’s office.

• Ask your pharmacist for help when you have questions about your medications.

Thomasville Medical Center posts the Ask Me 3 information at the hospital for patients, families and visitors, in addition to publishing it on the hospital’s website, www.NovantHealth.org and sharing at health events.

“We encourage patients to ask questions and be actively involved in their healthcare. We want healthcare to be understandable.”

Grabus encourages patients to use the three questions at the hospital, doctor’s office, pharmacy, nursing home and with any other healthcare provider. 

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Pumpkin Serving Dishes

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tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to make pumpkin serving bowls for your parties and events. There are a number of different ways to make them, depending upon how you will use them. All it takes is a pumpkin, and a little effort. These attractive serving bowls and dishes will be the hit of your next party. Make sure to use them for Thanksgiving, too.

How to Make a Pumpkin Bowl For pumpkin bowls and dishes, select a healthy, unblemished pumpkin in the size you need. Cut a large hole in the top around the stem, and set aside. Scrape out the insides of the pumpkin with a large metal spoon until the sides are clean and no seeds remain. Create immediately before you intend to use the pumpkin as it will not keep once cleaned out.

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Here are some ways to use your pumpkin serving bowl for parties: 1. Juice, Apple Cider, Pudding, Apple Sauce, Guacamole, Salsa 2. Snack Serving Bowl(Candies, Cookies, Other Treats) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; once your pumpkin is prepared, line the insides with plastic wrap and place the snacks inside the pumpkin.

3. Hot Drinks, warm applesauce or puddings, etc. When using the pumpkin for hot dishes, preheat oven to 350

Pumpkin Chili Ingredients:

2-3 tsp. olive oil 1 lb. lean ground beef (or ground turkey) salt & fresh ground black pepper, to season meat 1 med. onion, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 1 T minced garlic 1 T ground cumin 1 T chili powder 2 tsp. ground Ancho chile pepper (or use a little more chili powder if you don’t have this) 2-3 T chopped fresh cilantro (optional) 1 tsp. dried oregano 2 tsp. Spike Seasoning 2-4 oz. diced green Anaheim chile peppers (to taste) 3 cups beef stock (or use 2 cans beef broth) 1 can (15 oz.) red kidney beans, rinsed w/cold water 2 cans (15 oz.) black beans, rinsed w/cold water 1 can pumpkin puree (15 oz.)-not pumpkin pie filling!)

2 cans diced tomatoes w/juice (14.5 oz.)

Shredded cheese for serving if desired Preparation:

and in a large, shallow pan, add 1/2” of water. Place the pumpkin upside down and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes, until pulp is just beginning to get soft. DO NOT cook it too long. Remove pumpkin from oven and pour hot cider, hot applesauce, etc. into the pumpkin. (We recommend placing the pumpkin bowl inside of a flat, shallow dish or bowl. If you have cooked it too long, the pumpkin can leak or split.)

4. Miniature Pumpkin Bowls make excellent bowls for ice cream, puddings, soup, stuffings and much more. For serving ice cream, pudding and other colds treats, select your miniature pumpkins and scoop out as directed, using immediately. For serving hot foods like soup or chili, follow #3 above and bake the pumpkin in the oven.

Store any leftovers in plastic containers and discard the empty pumpkin immediately because it will not keep.

1. Heat a small amount of oil in a heavy pan, the brown the ground beef well, seasoning with salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste. Add browned meat to the crockpot.

2. Add a bit more oil and saute onions and green peppers a few minutes. Then add minced garlic, ground cumin, chili powder, ground Ancho chili pepper, dried cilantro, dried oregano, Spike Seasoning and diced green chiles and saute a couple minutes more. (Sauteeing the dried spices really helps release their flavor; don’t skip this step.) Put this mixture in the crockpot, then deglaze the pan with beef stock and add that.

3. You probably don’t have to rinse the canned beans when you’re using them in a crockpot recipe, but it helps rinse away some of the starchiness so the beans are easier to digest.

4. Add the beans to the crockpot along with a can of pumpkin and two cans petite diced tomatoes.

Stir the mixture, then cook on high for 4-6 hours, depending on how hot your slow cooker is.

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Feature

S.P.I.R.I.T. INVESTIGATIONS

By Robin Breedlove

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ccording to Helen Keller, “Death is no more than passing from one room into another.” But what happens when something holds back, or comes back, and doesn’t neatly pass from one room to another?

When things go bump in the night, and people are at their wits end to find a logical answer, there is one Seagrove-based group that steps in to help.

S.P.I.R.I.T., Southern Paranormal Identification Research and Investigation Team, is a group of paranormal investigators who came together to help those searching for answers.

“For many people we are their last resort,” said Teresa Hogan who along with her sister Carla Stewart formed S.P.I.R.I.T. “They’ve been turned away, told they were crazy, and they just don’t know where else to go. They are looking for validation for what they are experiencing.”

Hogan said she grew up hearing stories of family members’ experiences with the paranormal, and experiencing her own paranormal activity, from a young age. With a peaked interest in this topic, she searched for answers herself. Hogan teamed with experts in the field, learning from professionals, and put in many, many hours of research on her own. She asked her sister if she would be interested in forming a paranormal investigation team and soon she and Stewart began S.P.I.R.I.T. in August of 2006.

Hogan prides herself in the professionalism of her group, which is a private, un-incorporated non-profit that never charges its clients for services provided.

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batteries.

“Sometimes when clients are experiencing paranormal activity, they will find that their light bill is higher than normal, and batteries are drained, not keeping a charge,” said Hogan.

S.P.I.R.I.T. is actually performing a study currently that Hogan says may take years to complete, based on two other energy sources for spirits—curved water and quartz rocks.

“We are trying to see if any of our county’s paranormal hotspots are significant to the locations of our rivers like the Deep River or the Uwharrie or locations with quartz rocks, because both are conducers of energy to the paranormal,” explained Hogan.

According to Hogan, her group finds clients many times experiencing paranormal activity because of some relationship with occult happenings.

This photo we took from the bridge of the USSNC. I have circled what looks like smoke coming from one of the main guns. As you can see there are no clouds in the sky. It could possibly be an example of a risdual energy from a time when the guns were fired.

“We are not ghost hunters,” stated Hogan, who says that term has become popular thanks to various television shows. “There is a difference between a ghost hunter and a paranormal investigator.

Ghost hunters are more concerned with finding ghost. As paranormal investigators, we are mostly concerned with helping people.”

According to Hogan some people never have a brush with the paranormal, while others do and may never know it.

“The majority of people live their entire life and never experience paranormal activity,” she said. “Some will have an experience with the paranormal but question it and never know that’s the explanation. Others will have experiences and look for a logical explanation.”

“We are not out to prove that ghosts exist,” said Hogan. “People who live with it know for themselves very well that they do.”

Hogan says in a lot of cases where people are having a brush with the paranormal, the logical explanation is misdirected as stress, but most cases stress is involved.

“People are more sensitive to the paranormal during stressful, emotion

times in their lives,” she said. “Spirits draw from negative energy.”

Hogan also explained that when dealing with the paranormal one is dealing with a type of energy. She stated that spirits draw energy from certain sources, one being from

This mist showed up in the photos, but was not visible to the naked eye. This was taken at a training session at Pisgah Covered Bridge. Tthis photo was taken in pitch dark. The two photos taken just prior to this one show the mist coming toward us from the bridge entrance. About 30 minutes after this photo was taken, the black plastic at the entrance was kicked up and powder went flying everywhere!

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This photo of mist was also taken at Pisgah Covered Bridge but on a different occassion. We had two video cameras set up and recording on the posts after this photo and both video cameras switched off by themselves at the same time.

Hogan relates a story of a client who had grown up practicing witchcraft, and although the client was the target of the energy, it was the client’s child that was being attacked.

“We spent probably a hundred hours trying to help this client,” said Hogan. “Things were being knocked off the walls, the lights would flicker violently in the house and the client was actually physically knocked down.”

Hogan explained that S.P.I.R.I.T. is a Christian-based group and a member of the Paranormal Clergy Association based out of Kentucky.

“We use faith as protection when we enter a home. We use prayer to help our clients,” she said.

“God is working through us to help our clients.” In this particular case, the client walked away from their witchcraft practices and began to see positive things take place.

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“People don’t understand the occult and how dangerous it can be.

They play around with it and bad things happen,” said Hogan.

One S.P.I.R.I.T. client had no history of witchcraft, but found that objects were actually being thrown at them thru an unknown force. They turned to Hogan’s group for answers.

“We learned that the person who lived in their house previously practiced black magic,” said Hogan.

“They couldn’t afford to move, but were suffering residual effects.”

In certain cases, Hogan says the group finds residual imprints as the cause of paranormal activity. Hogan explains that this happens when traumatic events have occurred in a certain area and the energy of the event is replayed.

One local example the group investigated happened at an Asheboro

business that was located in a former bus station. Hogan was contacted because when the business was mopped at closing time, footprints would form on the wet floor, even though nobody was walking through the building. Hogan classifies this as an example of a residual imprint haunting.

A classic local ghost story is that of a ghostly-figure being seen on Ross Street crossing the railroad tracks, but Hogan states that her group has investigated this report over the years and deems it to be a rumor.

Through her years of investigating the things that go bump in the night, Hogan has seen and heard many things. She states that the most interesting visual activity she has ever witnessed firsthand took place one night at Pisgah Covered Bridge, which holds many tales and lore of

This is me at a training investigation at the Devil's Tramping Ground.

Some people believe that orbs are the energy of spirits, however in this photo the orbs are actually a combination of dust and moisture. There are hundreds of things that can cause Orbs so we do not consider orbs to be paranormal UNLESS the orb radiates its own light, has a nucleus and there is other evidence to collaborate that it is paranormal. Spirit orbs are made up of static electricity. They sometimes can be seen with the naked eye and move and interact in a way that shows intelligence. Orbs that are from natural sources like dust, pollen and moisture do not show intelligent movement and are most often too small to be seen by the naked eye. hauntings.

“We put down black plastic on both ends of the bridge, sprinkled with baby powder to catch footprints,” said Hogan. “Not long afterwards an energy kicked the plastic from underneath and powder flew everywhere.”

Hogan said there had been a tale heard for years of a teenager going to the bridge after the high school prom and hanging themselves, but she has not found any historical documentation as evidence to this.Her theory to explain the paranormal activity that surrounds the bridge is possibly from occult practices taking place at the location.

The paranormal investigators use state of the art equipment to capture both visual and audial evidence. According to Hogan it is more common to pick up audio clues than visual, and she prefers catching evidence on analog equipment rather than digital. Hogan says that many times the audio evidence is the more common “Get Out!” voices, but she and her team have picked up a conversation between two people who were not present in the home being investigated.

This photo was taken on a training investigation at the Devils' Tramping Ground. Is shows a dense mist. At the time this photo was taken (on an August night with the ambient temperature around 74 degrees Fahrenheit) the temperature rapidly dropped to 31 degrees Fahrenheit. It is believed by many 'ghost hunters' that when spirits try to manifest, they pull energy from heat in the air leaving 'cold spots'. However this is not the case because it is at odds with the laws of thermodynamics. This mist associated with the drop in temperature shows a natural phenomena of convection. Humid air is lighter than cold air. This mist is above us showing the rise in humid air, while feeling the 'cold spot' below which caused the drop in temperature to register on our thermometers. If you aren't familiar with physics and you can't see this happening, it could easily freak someone out and cause them to think a ghost caused the 'cold spot'.

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This is not the moon. The smaller dots in the photo are lights. The one that looks like a full moon actually radiates its own light and contains a nucleus. Possibly a paranormal anomaly however no activity was noted with it. This was taken at City Cemetary in Asheboro.

“It sounded like a conversation with a spirit named Julie,” said Hogan. “She kept saying ‘I won’t go until there’s nobody home’ and the other voice would answer.” Using an old farmhouse for training new members, Hogan recalls a photograph that distinctly showed light in one area of the picture, although the farmhouse had not had electricity since the 1920’s.

Hogan says what the general public should know is paranormal activity in real life isn’t what you see on television. “What you see on TV is way far from what we really do,” said Hogan. But even in real life, that bump you heard in the night, might be more than a bump.

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