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fromthepublisher JULY/AUGUST 2013 Sandhills Media Group, Inc. publisher Jill Futch

Happy Summer!

We had a cooler spring, but now that the heat is officially on, we figured we’d provide you with a few ways to cool down.

Start on page 44 for a colorful collection of summer tops from local boutiques, hand-picked and modeled by the owners and employees themselves!

They know what looks good and wears well during the hot, humid months of summer in the Sandhills.

We also sat down with Chef Mark Elliott of Elliotts on Linden and convinced him to share a few refreshing fruit recipes on page 28. Watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew and blueberries provide a beautiful – and healthy – alternative to traditional sides and desserts.

A lot of readers attended high school graduations not too long ago and you know what comes at the end of summer: college. Turn to page 18 for tips on sending your kid off with everything he or she needs to know and have, not to mention helping you get used to one less person in the house.

We also took a special look at men’s health in this issue for our favorite guys and the women who love them. Turn to page 10 for tips from local professionals on how to stay heart-healthy and be proactive with preventive measures.

You know what they say about an ounce of prevention…

Not to leave women out, we’re delving into the question some are asking: Why women at the US Open? In 2014, the women pros will play right after the men. On page26, Dave Droschak explains this “first” and the background behind the decision.

Finally, do you like us? If you’re a “Facebooker,” will you like us officially? In addition to making us feel good, you’ll get updates on local shops and eateries, special deals and information on special events.

Thank you for your ideas and your comments; we read each one, and they help shape Pinehurst Magazine.

Enjoy this issue and stay cool,

Jill Futch Publisher

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july/august 2013 contents

10 MEN’S HEALTH An uphill battle against stubbornness

44 TOP SHOP We asked local clothing shops to show us their favorite summer tops

16 FULL THROTTLE AHEAD Inaugural auto competition turns heads in successful debut

52 MID PINES RECAPTURES MYSTIQUE Young architect restores 1921 Ross Classic

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18 THE LAUNCH Preparing your college-bound freshman for what’s ahead

56 THE game within the game Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic celebrates 20 years of cancer research funding

23 diy 24 home 26 golfer’s corner 28 chef’s corner 30 wine review 36 calendar 50 professional spotlight 60 firsthealth spotlight 66 sandhills sightings

*Cover photograph by McKenzie Photography.

Featured Recipe by Elliotts on Linden, page 28.

ARE THERE CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTS MEN SHOULD TAKE DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THEIR LIFE? It’s difficult for me to guess people’s ages anymore, except that I am pretty good with the 40-year-old man. This customer will walk in and explain he is starting to feel “his years” and is suddenly worried about his heart (because of his family history), his joints (because a good game of basketball now has him lying around for two days with bags of frozen peas on his knees) or his “performance.” Maybe his cholesterol is inching up, too. Aside from the multi and fish oil, a prostate formula, Coenzyme Q10 (to accompany his fish oil and keep the heart muscle strong), glucosamine (to keep cartilage healthy) and maybe an herb like maca or ashwagandha (to help with stamina) will be where he starts.

L-Arginine is huge with all age groups, as it helps with the creation of nitric oxide, which can produce stronger results in the gym as well as help with blood pressure. Testosterone boosters are also popular with all crowds, though the younger lads often use it for strength in the gym while the older folks just want to get back some of that energy and “interest” that was pulsing through their veins when they were 22.

The 50-plus generation also strives to look and feel younger. Aside from the test-boosters and nitric oxide supplements, there are also the “anti-agers” – resveratrol, grape seed extract, turmeric, alpha lipoic acid and acetyl L-carnitine are some of the best. These antioxidants can cross the blood-brain barrier and protect cells from all of the invaders that have been attacking on a daily basis for the last several decades.

They work against cancer, diabetes, dementia, and inflammation, to name a few. Women can take them, too, as they are equal opportunity life-savers!

Think your restaurant has the best sandwich?

TEAM EFFORT So guys, there you have it. Your health requires smart lifestyle choices, but it’s not just a solo effort. You don’t have to – nor should you – do this on your own. Get a doctor and visit them regularly. Work together to develop and stick to a plan for healthier living and prevention.

Maybe then we can further close the gap with our better halves. Not that it’s a competition – we don’t necessarily want to surpass them. We just need to stick around long enough to annoy them for their entire lives, rather than give them five years without us…

To become an advertiser and submit your sandwich to be featured in the September/October restaurant issue please email Heath at heath@pinehurstmagazine.com.

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Preparing your college-bound freshman for what’s ahead Rachel Rea knew it was coming.

Her oldest child, Macee, was graduating from Apex High School and heading to Appalachian State University. Sure, Rachel had friends who had recently sent their kids off to college. She had her husband to talk to. But there was a nagging feeling that occupied her thoughts. And it wasn’t about a dorm room fridge.

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“Did I do a good enough job to let her out on her own?,” she remembers asking herself. “You know … here you go, world, here’s my kid!”

But that was last year. And this is now. From a couch in her family room, Rachel sits next to Macee and the two are able to reflect on the first year of college. They laugh about the money that needed to be added to Macee’s food card.

They share knowing nods about the challenge of switching roommates and dormitories mid-year. They openly discuss some of the dangers college students face. But safety was a topic they discussed before she left for college, too.

“I knew that I had to be careful when I went to school and I wasn’t thinking ‘oh, that couldn’t happen to me,’” says Macee, who would walk with a friend or use the university’s Mountaineer Safe Ride service for evening transportation.

Safe Ride wasn’t the only school resource Macee would use; she often visited the library to meet friends and study.

When she started college, Macee changed her mindset from high school, where she would constantly strive to take and succeed in the most difficult classes possible, to college, where she was seeking a balance her freshman year as she adjusted. Taking a course load she could handle was important to her mother.

“What I’ve learned is that kids need to have a good time [in college.] And they need to do well in classes. To put so much importance on one or the other is impossible. There has to be a middle,” suggests Rachel. “There’s this huge year of adjusting. Make sure your child takes on enough that’s good, but not too much that she can’t experience everything else.”

For Macee, the first-year college experience was social, academic and also athletic. She played on a club volleyball team to stay fit, enjoy the sport and make new friends. She admits to struggling a little with time management, and learning a lesson about finding time for herself and letting friendships develop naturally.

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A psychologist weighs in Rachel and Macee’s launch story is just one of many. This time of year moms and dads are preparing to send their sons and daughters off to college, and it’s no easy feat. The sometimes-difficult task is so prevalent that Cary psychologist Dr. Susan Orenstein, who is sending her own son to college this fall, created an eBook series on the subject titled, “The College Companion: Your Survival Guide to College Life.”

According to Orenstein, one of the most important things parents can do is adopt a supportive mindset and expect that kids will go through bumps in the road. Parental support, she says, is huge.

“I think what happens is four months down the line a lot of things happen that are messy and stressful and confusing because they didn’t anticipate it in the first place,” she said.

“Most people are pretty positive and happy at thinking things are going to go smooth and then later on they get into these big conflicts about … dropping classes, failing [and] money.”

“There’s nothing anyone can tell you that’s going to make it easier those first couple months [your child is in college.] It takes time. After I’d realized she was doing a good job, it became easier.” –Rachel Rea

Dr. Orenstein suggests that parents use tools to help their children thrive and achieve academically. For example, she suggests they stay calm and be present. This can often keep little problems (a poor grade on an exam) from becoming big ones (academic probation.)

Consider making a card for your student that lists the academic support services available at the college or university. That way if there’s a problem, he’ll know where to turn.

A strength worksheet can also be a positive exercise for parents and their emerging adults. Parents and students make a list of the student’s strengths and a list of how he or she has handled setbacks in the past. This exercise recalls past events, such as not making a basketball team but working hard and finding a new team, and reminds students about their resilience. Think: I picked myself up before; I can do it again.

She notes some of the differences between launching a college-bound female and a college-bound male. Young women, she says, are particularly vulnerable for eating disorders and sexual assaults.

Another issue for young women to be aware of is setting their personal, sexual boundaries. She says that confident, self-aware women are better at setting boundaries in their relationships. So, parents, confidence building is more important than ever.

“For young men, and definitely for young women but not quite to the same degree, binge drinking is definitely an issue for college students,” said Orenstein. Her suggestion for preparing a freshman for these challenges?

Don’t lecture on the topic; kids hate that. Instead, model positive, healthy behavior.

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The North Carolina High School Athletic Association: A Century of Influence The Top 10 Tar Heel Prep Sports Figures of All Time

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Article & Photography BY DAVID DROSCHAK

Approximately 200,000 prep athletes compete annually on the fields and courts across the state, so selecting the top 10 sports figures of all time as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association celebrates its 100th anniversary seemed like a daunting task.

I’m here to tell you it wasn’t easy; even coming up with the criteria for the list was akin to putting together one of those 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles. Who was the best? What era dominated more than another? Which record-holder was the most deserving? Why is Michael Jordan not on the list?

In the end, crunching the numbers wasn’t the correct answer, nor was success after the high school ranks (see Jordan above). Instead, my list is comprised of the most influential prep figures our state has produced, the athletes, coaches or administrators who “moved the meter,” the ones we remember from the sleepy small tobacco towns to the metro areas for their prep accomplishments – and sometimes future failures.

“I am prejudiced because I grew up in North Carolina but our list of great high school athletes compares with anybody’s,” said Rick Strunk, the NCHSAA’s longtime media director.

In alphabetical order, the following sports figures are the ones we still remember and reminisce about. Log on to our Facebook page (facebook.com/PinehurstMag) and let us know who you would have included in your Top 10.

CHARLIE ADAMS: Under his longtime leadership (24 years) as executive director, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association took a place near the top of the national landscape in terms of innovative programs and progressive thinking. Among his list of truly forward-thinking concepts that many other prep organizations have adopted include “endowment games” to help fund state playoffs, college campus sites for state championships and the institution of a prep hall of fame. “Influential certainly is a way to describe him on the state and national level,” Strunk said.

Josh Hamilton: At 6-foot-4, 205 pounds and size 19 feet, Hamilton was truly a man among boys as baseballs seemingly rocketed off the bat of this “can’t miss” prospect out of Athens Drive High School in 1999. Hamilton hit over .550 and threw 96-mph on the mound. And he roamed center field like Mickey Mantle. After suffering through a much publicized drug addiction in the minor leagues, Hamilton recovered to become a professional star, winning the American League MVP award in 2010.

James “Catfish” Hunter: Hunter played linebacker in football and shortstop and was a cleanup hitter in baseball, but it was his skills on the mound that attracted Major League scouts to the small Eastern North Carolina town of Hertford in the mid 1960s. Hunter was wounded in a hunting accident his senior season that left him somewhat hobbled, but he was still drafted and is on a short list of players who went straight from high school to the Majors. Hunter played for colorful owners Charlie Finley in Oakland and George Steinbrenner in New York – winning a combined five World Series titles – but was always known for maintaining his North Carolina roots.

Charlie Justice: There was way more substance to Justice than his colorful nickname. Could anybody tackle Justice in high school in the early 1940s? Nicknamed Choo Choo, he averaged 25 yards – that’s correct, 25 yards – per carry as he dodged tacklers during his senior year at Asheville’s Lee H. Edwards High School. Justice, who ran, passed and punted in those days as a “three-way player,” starred on two undefeated prep teams. His senior season, Edwards outscored its opponents 400-6. After serving in World War II, Justice went on to become one of the University of North Carolina’s best football players and became somewhat of a folk hero in later days.

Tom Knotts: The coaching architect of the Charlotte Independence football teams that won 109 straight games from 2000-2007. In just nine seasons at Independence, Knotts compiled a record on the field of 131-6 with a pass-happy offense that featured former Florida quarterback Chris Leak. He captured seven state championships (including one with West Charlotte) and appeared in four other title games, finishing as runner-up.

Larry Lindsey: Retired in 1992, Lindsey won a remarkable eight state basketball championships in three different classifications, along with 20 conference championships in 28 seasons at Youngsville and Wake Forest-Rolesville. Dean Smith once said Lindsey was “ahead of the curve defensively” as a coach.

Lindsey, who won 609 games, also played on the 1956 state title team at Youngsville.

Pete Maravich: Nicknamed “Pistol Pete,” the Broughton High School basketball star’s style was unmistakable, shooting from the hip while donning his floppy socks. Pistol Pete drew added attention as the son of N.C. State coach Press Maravich in the mid 1960s. But the younger Maravich thrived in the spotlight, averaging 32 points per game at Broughton and scoring 42 points as the MVP of the 17th East-West All-Star game. His 44.2 points per game scoring average at LSU is one of the records in sports that may never be broken. His sudden death in 1988 while playing basketball at the age of 40 just adds to the mystique of one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players.

Brien Taylor: Armed with a virtually unhittable 99-mph fastball as a lefthander prep pitcher at East Carteret High School, Taylor was poised not only to be the next great Major League pitcher, but he was selected first overall in the draft by the storied New York Yankees. How dominant was Taylor as a high school player? In his senior season he struck out 213 hitters in 88 innings, meaning 81 percent of his outs were recorded via the strikeout. However, Taylor never progressed past Double AA, injuring his throwing shoulder in a fist fight defending his brother. He is only the second player in baseball history to be selected first overall and not play in the Majors.

David Thompson: In a state that has produced its share of truly great basketball players, Thompson stands alone atop the pinnacle of scoring talent and natural physical skills. You don’t earn the nickname “Skywalker” for being ordinary. Thompson’s play and leaping ability at Crest High School in Shelby from 1969-71 remain legendary – even in an age where the dunk was not allowed. Thompson helped bring down UCLA’s massive winning streak in 1974, leading N.C. State to the national championship.

Once in the NBA, Thompson’s dunks would have “blown up” YouTube had it been invented at the time.

Chris Washburn: As a 10th grader at Hickory High, Washburn was the subject of a Sports Illustrated story. Why? As a 6-foot-10, 275-pound sophomore, he was arguably the most sought-after prep player during the height of college basketball’s recruiting wars of the mid 1980s. Washburn received more than 250 letters, postcards and mailgrams from N.C. State alone – the school he chose. Washburn left college early and was the third overall pick in the NBA Draft. He was banned from the NBA for life in 1989 after failing three drug tests in three years. The same magazine that featured him as a “can’t miss” prospect later named Washburn the second-biggest draft bust of all time.

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Pebble Watch When Pebble Technology failed to win over enough traditional investors, the company turned to Kickstarter, a crowd-funding platform, and within a week became its most highly-funded project. Their product has been billed as both a “smart watch” and “the first watch for the 21st century” – leading-edge claims for a product that leadingedge investors obviously believed.

Just what is the Pebble? Think of it as an eWatch. It has a backlit LCD “e-paper” display in 144x168 pixels, and its face is customizable with countless downloadable designs. But it does a whole lot more than simply tell time.

The Pebble can download and run apps, as well as communicate via Bluetooth with your iPhone or Android smart phone, offering limitless possibilities. It’s equipped with a vibrating motor, magnetometer, and an accelerometer – standard issue for smart phones and tablets. The seven-day battery recharges via special, magnetic USB connection to avoid ports, allowing the device to remain water-resistant (rated at 5ATM).

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This device alerts its wearer to incoming calls and messages from email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, and other apps. It provides caller ID and calendar reminders. It plays music and can be used as a bike or running computer, stopwatch, or golf rangefinder, among many other current and future app-based possibilities.

The display clocks in at about an inch-and-a-quarter, requiring housing a bit clunkier than your standard fashion watch, but it makes up for that in other areas. This watch fits most 22mm bands, comes in five colors so far, is scratch- and shatter-resistant, and sports an anti-glare lens – and don’t forget those downloadable faces, making for infinite customized looks.

If you think it’s time to upgrade your watch, you can pre-order the Pebble for $150 at getpebble.com.

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It’s summer and flip flops rule! You need a pair of kicks in every color for the pool, beach and, heck, even the grocery store. How about a pair you can make in thirty minutes for about five bucks? These custom-made flops are a great way to show off your personality or just utilize a few items stashed in the junk closet.

1. Purchase a pair of foam and plastic flip flops from the Dollar Store or Walmart, costing between $1 and $2 a pair.

Remove the plastic toe separator and discard.

2. Get two pieces of fabric, two to three inches wide and 20 inches long. We used a fabric remnant for one pair and a hot pink bandana for the other. We purchased two bandanas for $3 at Walmart. Fabric remnants can be purchased for between $1 and $3 apiece. Consider also using a scarf or pieces of a tie-dyed t-shirt if you want to recycle.

3. Cut a point at one end of each strip of fabric.

4. Thread the points of the two strips of fabric through the toe hole of the flip flop, securing with a small knot on the bottom side of the flop. Cut off any frayed material.

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Generic foam flip flops Two pieces of fabric: two to three inches wide and about 20 inches long Scissors Buttons, rhinestones (optional) “Super Glue” (optional; we recommend E6000 glue)

5. Now you have the two strips of cloth coming from the toe hole. Try on the shoes now to figure out where you want the slip knot. It usually works well about an inch from the toe hole, but it depends on the size and shape of your feet. You definitely don’t want the knot between your toes; adjust accordingly before you secure your slip knot.

6. Once you’ve secured the slip knot, thread each strip through the separate holes on either side of the shoe, securing with a small knot and cutting off the fray. (Note: the knots ARE on the bottom side of the shoe, but aren’t noticeable. Since there are three, the surface remains even. Our tester says the knots flatten quickly).

7. Finally, decorate your flop if desired with rhinestones or buttons, securing with “super” glue.

Since the straps are fabric—not plastic—our tester didn’t get the “rub” between the toes that usually happens with a cheap flip flop, dubbing them “super comfy.” And her daughter tried to take them away from her, citing the amazing cool factor. We think so.

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FRONT PORCHES It’s summer and time to start spending time sitting on your front porch. Here are some great items to spruce it up!

Moss covered custom letters with ribbon - great on front door, or over a mirror inside. Custom order, range in sizes from 8”-24” Available at One Eleven Main

Indoor/Outdoor pillows can really brighten up your front porch. These come in all shapes and colors!

Available at Cameron & Co.

These large, yet simple planters, in worked bronze, make a real statement on any front porch. Adjustable interior shelves and a removable base make them very versatile.

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This lovely geranium wreath is a great addition to any front door for the spring and summer.

Available at The Potpourri

Add a touch of whimsey to your front porch with this antique iron bench painted pink!

Available at Hunt & Gather

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No place in the country is at the forefront of women’s golf more than the North Carolina Sandhills.

Pinehurst Resort will host the Women’s North & South Championship for the 111th time in July, the U.S. Women’s Open was staged at Pine Needles Resort three times over an 11-year period between 1996-2007, while famed golf instructor Peggy Kirk Bell and former LPGA Tour star Donna Andrews team up amid the pines and sandy soil to form an ultra successful golf school for aspiring female golfers.

So when the United States Golf Association floated the idea of staging its national championships in consecutive weeks on the same course in 2014 the Pinehurst area naturally shot to the top of the conversation.

“When you enter into something like this, unchartered water, you go with the people you trust and we are honored by that,” said Pinehurst Resort president Don Padgett II. Bell said the three U.S. Women’s Opens at Pine Needles “was the greatest thing that ever happened to the resort.”

However, those were stand-alone female events with their open spotlight, ones that weren’t staged immediately following high-profile male players like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson launching 300-yard drives and fist pumps following clutch putts in front of packed grandstands.

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and popularity of the PGA Tour. Most casual golf fans can rattle off 10 players on Tour; most would be hard pressed to name a handful of female golfers since stars such as Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa left the game and an influx of Asians have dominated most leaderboards.

USGA officials are under no illusions that 40,000 fans per day will come out to witness a week of women’s golf on Pinehurst No. 2. However, USGA executive director Mike Davis believes the U.S. Women’s Open will more than hold its own with the local fan base.

“I know one thing it’s going to prove,” Davis said. “We all know how well the men play but I genuinely think the world does not appreciate how good the best women play. They play a great game of golf. They just don’t hit it as far; don’t have as much spin on approach shots, not quite as much power out of the rough. But I think the world is going to like this.”

Davis compared the historic back-toback national championships for golf to major tennis tournaments such as the U.S. Open and Wimbledon, where men and women both compete at the highest level on the same courts.

“There’s a buzz to it, it’s something really neat to see,” he said.

Davis promises to set up the famed No. 2 layout to play relatively identical for the men and women, with the exception of possibly “softening” up the treacherous greens.

“The men hit the ball a little higher but we want it to react on the green the same way for both the men and the women,” he said.

“I’ll be interested to see how it comes out at Pinehurst,” added Bell. “People say because it over two weeks the course will get chewed up, but the men hit it further and they can fix those divots.”

Davis is confident the course will hold up – both as a test of par golf and conditioning – as the best players in the world tee it up on the renovated, throw-back look for the first time in a major. He also said a “lack of rough” under the Coore-Crenshaw restoration allows the golfing doubleheader to be accomplished without drastic changes to the course.

Asked if the U.S. Women’s Open could maintain a “buzz level” at the same venue following the highest profile championship golf’s governing body stages each year, Davis was candid, and is willing to take a wait-and-see attitude about committing to a similar format in the future.

“We expect more spectators to be here the first week than the second week because we see that every year,” Davis said. “We sell out every U.S. Open. We can’t say that about the Women’s Open. With that said, I believe there will that intrigue of people wanting to say, ‘I want to see how (the women) play against the men.’

“Listen, some of this we can’t control,” he added. “Like we can’t control Mother Nature, we can’t control when Tiger (Woods) or Rory (McIlory) are in the hunt. Same thing on the women’s side – some players are just more popular to fans than others.”

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chef’scorner CONTENT & recipes by Mark Elliott, Elliotts on Linden Photography by McKenzie Photography

Peach, corn and tomato relish 1 cup sweet corn 1 cup peach diced 1 cup diced tomatoes ¼ cup diced red onion ½ cup sliced green onions 1 teaspoon chopped garlic ¼ cup diced red bell pepper 2 Tablespoons chili sauce 3 Tablespoons cilantro, chopped ¼ cup olive oil ½ teaspoon cumin 3 Tablespoons sherry vinegar ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper

Mix all ingredients together and enjoy with chips or as a topping for grilled chicken or fish.

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Grilled pineapple salsa 1 peeled and cored pineapple 1 red bell pepper 1 green bell pepper 1 red onion 2 jalapeño chilies ½ cup cilantro for chopping 1 lime juice only oil sugar

Method: Slice pineapple into ½ inch slices; rub with oil. Place on a hot grill for about 1 minute. Turn and repeat.

Allow pineapple to cool; cut into medium dice. Cut all other ingredients to ¼ inch dice. Mix together with cilantro and lime juice and add sugar if needed. Serve with chips on top of grilled fish chicken or pork.

Grilled salmon with summer fruits Orange and ginger vinaigrette vinaigrette 1/8 cup sesame oil ¼ cup canola ¼ cup mirin ¼ rice wine vinegar ¼ cup soy ½ cup orange juice 2 oz ginger grated

Method: Select your own salad ingredients and chopped seasonal fruit

Summer sangria 1 bottle rose wine 1 cup raspberry vodka 2 cup peach nectar 1 pound ripe peaches, peeled and sliced 2 cups Sprite Other fruit to embellish Mint

Method : Blend and muddle; add Sprite just before serving.

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BY ROBYN JAMES, PROPRIETOR, THE WINE CELLAR & TASTING ROOM

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BLACK ROCK STRAWBERRY WINE CARTHAGE, NORTH CAROLINA, approx. $12 This wine is made from locally-grown strawberries fermented dry, then lightly sweetened. A refreshing summertime wine!

TOMASELLO RED RASPBERRY WINE NEW JERSEY, approx. $11 Made from 100 percent Willamette raspberries.

Intense raspberry flavor from start to finish. There is a perfect balance of sweetness and acidity. The perfect compliment to chocolate and chocolate desserts. The acidity of the Red Raspberry cuts through the sweetness of the chocolate leaving your palette clean without being overly thick. We suggest a rich Chocolate PatĂŠ.

TOMASELLO POMAGRANATE WINE NEW JERSEY, approx. $11 Made from 100 percent pomegranate, this wine is a perfect combination of tangy pomegranate and balanced sweetness. The color is intense pomegranate red and the wine has a pronounced fruity aroma. It is perfect with poultry, in a kir by adding your favorite Tomasello sparkling wine, or try a Tomasello Pomegranate Cosmopolitan or Pomegranate Martini.

If you think you can only enjoy the fresh fruits of summer for a limited time, think again! These natural wines made from 100 percent fruit are crisp and refreshing on their own all summer long!

They can also be mixed with a sparkling wine or Vinho Verde for an incredibly refreshing poolside imbibe!

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TOMASELLO BLUEBERRY WINE NEW JERSEY, approx. $11 Cultivated from high bush blueberries, this wine is semi-dry with soft and perfumed hints of blueberry. Recent studies prove Blueberry wine to be very high in antioxidants. To highlight your salad course, top baby mixed greens, with slivered almonds, dried blueberries and a Tomasello Blueberry Wine Vinaigrette. Great with cheesecake.

TOMASELLO BLACKBERRY WINE NEW JERSEY, approx. $11 Made from 100 percent Marion Blackberries, a full-bodied blackberry wine with a dominant cassis and brambleberry character. It is moderately sweet and can be served both as a dessert wine or added to a dessert like English Trifle. In classical French cooking, Tomasello Blackberry Wine can be made into a sauce reduction. Try our Filet Mignon with Blackberry Wine Reduction.

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Art in the Evening | Every Friday | 5:30-8:30PM | N.C. Museum of Art | ncartmuseum.org

Fireworks at North Hills | July 4 | 9PM | North Hills Mall Commons, Raleigh

Summer Sale at North Hills | Ev- 4th of July Fireworks Celebraery Day In July | North Hills Mall, Raleigh tion | July 4 | 4PM | Harness Track, Pinehurst | 910.295.2817 4th of July Parade | July 4 |10AM12:30PM | Downtown Village of First Friday - MEGAN MCCORMICK Pinehurst | 910.295.2817 | July 5 | 5-8PM | 244 NW Broad St, Southern Pines | 4th of July FAMILY FUN DAY | July 4 firstfridaysouthernpines.com | 5PM | Hamlet | 910.582.2651 ELLIOTT’S ON LINDEN WINE Free Fourth of July Concert TASTINGS | July 6, 13, 20, 27 | Elliott’s | July 4 | 2PM | Grand Ballroom of the Provision Company | 910.215.0775 Carolina Hotel

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ELLIOTT’S ON LINDEN COOKING DEMO SCHEDULES | July 6, 13, 20, 27 & August 3, 9, 16, 23, 30 | Elliott’s Provision Company | 910.215.0775 OUTDOOR JAZZ CONCERT | July 8 | 6:30PM | Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst | hillr@sandhills.edu

SANDHILLS PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB SPEAKER BRADY BECK | July 8 | 7-9 PM | Hannah Center Theater at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines | sandhillsphotoclub.org

Summer Family Film Series | July 10, 17, 24, 31; August 7, 14, 21 | 1PM | N.C. Museum of Art | ncartmuseum.org Summer Floral Arrangement Workshop | July 10 | 10AM-1PM | Ball Visitors Center, Sandhills Horticultural Gardens | Tricia Mabe 910.695.3882

SANDHILLS PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB COMPETITION: WINDOWS & DOORS | August 12 | 7-9 PM | Hannah Center Theater at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines | sandhillsphotoclub.org

33RD ANNUAL FINE ARTS FESTIVAL OPENING RECEPTION | August 2 | 6-8PM | Campbell House Galleries, Southern Pines | mooreart.org

111TH WOMEN’S NORTH & SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP | July 15-20 | Pinehurst Resort | pinehurst.com

StUFF THE BUS SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE | August 2 | Noon | Communities In Schools, 300 Kelly Rr, Suite D, Pinehurst | cismoore.org

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BY ROBERT GABLE

FOOLING HOUDINI:

Magicians, Mentalists, Math G eeks and the H idden Powers of the Mind T here’s nothing like getting fooled by a magic trick.

T he magician makes a coin disappear, then reappear from behind your ear, and it’s astonishing and funny.

T he secret to the trick may be simple, but that only adds to the fun. We’re left to wonder – just how did the magician do that? A lex Stone explains his own fun with magic in the entertaining book Fooling Houdini.

A fter the table of contents, he regales the reader with his journey of discovery in 12 chapters, followed by a list of magic terminology and the acknowledgments. T he plot of the book is his search for a unique, signature trick, and how his persistent search makes everything fall into place. Using probability, memorization, and fancy card manipulation, he devises an ingenious, baffling – but explainable – act: he throws a deck of cards into the audience. T he person who catches it cuts the deck as much as they want, then 6 people take a card off the top. H e then tells the 6 people the cards they picked.

Stone pulls you into his quest for the perfect illusion. Years ago he entered the Magic O lympics (yes, there is such a thing) and stumbled in the heat of the moment. Deep down, he wants to get good enough to redeem himself for that gaff. O ver time, while studying physics at C olumbia University, he gets bit by the “magic bug” again. (H e had been doing magic tricks since he was a kid – hence the O lympic bid.) T his leads him to study with a mentor, Wesley James, who hangs out at a pizza joint in Manhattan. Joined by a common fascination with magic, the older master and the younger apprentice come to enjoy their informal classes. Stone learns from Wes all kinds of carddealing techniques, strategies, and illusions, which spurs him on to study with other magicians.

T he author travels around the US to various workshops, learning new techniques, applicable to all kinds of magic. H e does a clever job of revealing the thought that goes into even the most basic magic trick. A nd it is a trick, no matter what the scale of the illusion may be. Whether it’s the stage magician (David C opperfield, Doug H enning), the close-up magician, the mentalist (Uri G eller), or the street con-man, their acts are ultimately explainable. Each practitioner has secrets, though, which they’re reluctant to reveal. Magicians even take an oath not to reveal their secrets, and beware if you cross that line.

(T he Masked Magician, Val Valentino, caused such outrage within the magic community that he received death threats for revealing on his T V show how illusions were done.) A nd it’s a worldwide magic community out there. SA M (T he Society

of A merican Magicians) and IBM (International Brotherhood of Magicians) are just two of the 87 official magic societies sanctioned by the Federation Internationale des Societes Magiques (FIS M).

Make no mistake, magic is big business.

It’s interesting to see how the magic community is interconnected. Stone learns from Wes James. Wes James learned from Dai Vernon, the man who stumped H oudini in 1922. (T he story goes that H oudini dared any person to fool him three times with the same magic trick. Vernon stumped him 7 times with the “A mbitious C ard” trick before H oudini gave up.) Vernon also passed his secrets on to R ichard T urner, mentioned in C hapter 4, “T he T ouch A nalyst.” T urner has an amazing touch, and practices with his cards so much he’s known to fall asleep while shuffling. T hough legally blind, T urner can do things with cards that nobody else in the world can do. (H e’s so adept with cards, the U.S. Playing C ard C ompany hired him as a consultant to keep tabs on their manufacturing process.) Stone writes, “Because magic is primarily an oral tradition organized around great masters, new ways of thinking about the craft tend to radiate outward much in the way that languages and cultures do. Descendants of one tradition in turn migrate away from their schools, exporting the school’s teachings in the process.”

In the chapter titled “T he H ype,” Stone reveals the shady history of scams, particularly “three-card monte,” which has existed in Europe since the 17th century. It’s a masterpiece of psychological deception and manipulation. O n a crowded city street, a well-rehearsed ring of people, all with parts to play in the scam, dupe someone (“the mark”) for hundreds of dollars. If they do it right, the person even thinks he is beating the crooks at their own game. No matter what the mark does, however, he won’t win. O nce the sting is complete and he has lost the big bet, the “lookout” yells, “T he cops are coming!” and everyone vanishes into the sidewalk crowd. Minutes later the gang meets up and they do the scam again, fleecing someone else who thinks he has it all figured out. A slick gang like this can take in 10,000 dollars a day on a Manhattan sidewalk. (T he classic “shell game” is just as rigged. T here’s no way you’re going to win.)

Stone shows how much of magic relies on inattentional blindness. T his occurs when you aren’t aware of something – even if it’s staring you smack in the face, you won’t “see” it. T he brain has lapses in perception – and these lapses are exploited by magicians.

T hroughout his education, Stone kept hearing, “Magic happens not in the hands of the magician, but in the mind of the spectator.”

Nowhere is this more evident than in a videotaped experiment he takes part in: he steals watches, right off a person’s wrist, and the subjects don’t even know it. A fterwards they would say in awe, “I didn’t notice until you told me.” T his is the lure for him – recreating the feeling of wonder we had as children. When it comes to magic, he finds, “It lets us suspend adulthood and retrieve, however fleetingly, that childlike sense of astonishment that was once our resting state but fades as we age.” For a brief, shining moment, when the rabbit comes out of the hat, we’re kids again.

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BY LARI POWELL HATLEY

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Chris Dunn, director of the Moore County Arts Council, is a man of many talents.

He sings. He plays piano and trumpet. He acts. He produces. He appreciates the visual arts. But for Moore County, one of Chris Dunn’s most important talents is his ability to nurture the talents of others. He empowers people of all ages to explore possibilities, and to share their talents with the community.

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We are all enriched.

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Pinehurst Magazine: You have spent much of your adult life promoting the arts, encouraging artists, and empowering young people to explore their talents. What difference do you see the arts making in individual lives? In the life of the community?

Chris Dunn: This is probably going to sound sappy, but for an individual, the arts give so many things: a voice to the speechless, comfort when things seem hopeless, a career, a hobby, and an outlet when an escape is needed.

For children, the arts are even more important, because art, literature, music, dance and drama open a child’s mind to a vast world of wonder and inspiration. If given the support, the arts, unlike any other activity, can help that same child grow into a confident, creative, intelligent and empathetic human being.

And, isn’t that what we all want?

For a community, the arts can serve many functions that are just beginning to be more appreciated and utilized, such as a boost to the economy, a way to build bridges between different groups, and a way to show off what makes a place unique.

PM: You have worked with the Kennedy Center. You have worked with the Cincinnati Opera. What drew you back to the Sandhills?

CD: After graduating from East Carolina University in 1991, there were no jobs available in the arts. I was fortunate to get an internship at Cincinnati Opera, which led to an internship at the Kennedy Center, which led to my first job with the Washington (DC) Chamber Symphony. Although I loved each of these experiences, I always wanted to come home to North Carolina. When the Arts Council of Moore County offered me the position of Assistant Director, I jumped at the chance and was very thankful to get it.

PM: Before becoming the director of Arts Council of Moore County, you spent seven years focused on leading the organization’s youth programs. Can you describe memorable young talents that you saw flourish? CD: There are so many children that have gone through our youth programs, I couldn’t possibly name them all. I do enjoy hearing about how they are doing now. Some attended the finest arts, music and theater programs in the country, but others are successful in careers that aren’t art related at all.

However, my fondest memory is of the cast of the first show I produced for the Arts Council It was a play called, Winnie the Pooh, and it was directed by Rod Harter. The play’s cast was quite young (grades 3-8) and we only had a few weeks to prepare the show for opening night. Of course, I thought they would never learn their lines in time, but they impressed me. Since then, I have never underestimated what a child can accomplish.

PM: When you were growing up in Snow Hill, who were the influences on your own creative life? CD: Without a doubt, my family was my biggest influence, because they supported me in every arts interest I had: piano lessons in the fourth grade, playing trumpet in band in the fifth grade, singing and theatre in high school, and music in college.

In the arts, I was very fortunate to have some great teachers.

There was Edward Morgan (my first band director), Denee Hamm (my piano teacher), Roland Shaw (high school band director), George Mewborn (English teacher who taught me how to analyze art), Kenneth Ginn (high school musical director and the first person that got me on stage to sing), and Jim Searl (my college trumpet professor).

I am also very thankful to the entire Greene County community in eastern North Carolina. It was their collective support that made sure my friends and I had arts opportunities in and after school.

There was always a sense that the arts were important.

PM: Moore County has a thriving creative community. Why do you think this area attracts so many talented people? CD: Since its founding, Moore County has always attracted talented people. Its biggest draw has been golf, the resort life, and all the benefits that go with this lifestyle. But, growing in interest over the last few decades has been the fact that Moore County is such a beautiful place, rich in history, and a place that values and supports the arts.

PM: How do you see the arts enriching Moore County’s civic life? CD: I have always advocated on the benefits of the arts in our children’s education and our community’s quality of life. Because of the findings of Moore County’s first study of the arts economic impact, I can now extol the benefits of the art’s on our local economy. Moore County nonprofit arts and cultural organizations generate $6.3 million in annual economic activity, support 149 full-time equivalent jobs and generate $459,000 in local and state tax revenues, according to the Arts & Economic Prosperity IV national economic impact study released in 2012.

PM: You are part of a musical group, the Swingeroos. How did the group start? CD: The group founder and leader is Fred Brush, an amazing musician on guitar and bass. I think he started the band while he lived in Minnesota and before he moved to Pinehurst.

The group contains some great people who love to make music together, and it’s an honor to be a part of it.

PM: How do you nurture your own creative life? CD: There are very few days that I don’t practice trumpet. I’ve jokingly called this time my “recess.” And, though I know I won’t be the next Wynton Marsalis, I still want to be the best trumpet player I can be.

I also seek other experiences that feed my soul, such as kayaking, fishing and traveling.

PM: You have many talents. If you could add one more, what would it be? CD: I would actually rather play an upright or electric bass, because they always look to be the coolest musician on the stage.

PM: When you have friends and family come to visit Moore County, what special places or activities do you make sure they experience?

CD: I always give them a private tour of the art exhibit at the Arts Council’s Campbell House Galleries. Other “must sees” include the downtown areas of Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Aberdeen, SCC’s Horticultural Gardens, or the Carolina Hotel. The “must dos” include shopping for pottery in Seagrove (it’s only a 30-minute drive from the traffic circle), attending a concert in the Classical Concert Series, Heart ‘n Soul of Jazz, Palustris Festival, or by the Moore County Community Band, or hiking through Weymouth Woods.

PM: If you had a time machine and money was no problem, what three creative giants would you invite to your home for dinner and what would you discuss? CD:I would love to have dinner with Leonard Bernstein, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mark Twain, and discuss where they get their creative spark. And, if we’re lucky, we may end the night with a visually striking musical with clever dialogue.

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By DAVID DROSCHAK

“I was trying to make Mid Pines look natural and feel natural, which a lot of times takes a lot of tinkering with bunkering to get them to look like they do out in the wild,” said architect Kyle Franz.

Mid Pines Resort is better known as the sister course of the more famous Pine Needles Resort just across the street, which has hosted three U.S. Women’s Opens and is the home of famed golf instructor Peggy Kirk Bell.

Facing greens that were last redone in the 1960s, resort president Kelly Miller knew he had to pull the trigger sooner rather than later on his struggling putting surfaces at Mid Pines, a 1921 Donald Ross classic that was in need of some major grooming.

The evidence was in the numbers. Play among members and resort guests had swung to about 70 percent in favor of Pine Needles over Mid Pines in recent years, mainly because of the suffering bent grass greens in the North Carolina summer heat.

“I’ve been a big fan of Bermuda greens for a long time,” said Miller, an accomplished player himself. “Some of the best greens I play are at Seminole Golf Club in Florida; they are firm, they are fast and the grain is gone on all these new dwarf Bermuda strains of grass.”

Miller placed Bermuda greens on the course’s practice areas for four years to see how the new putting surface would perform.

A decision was made last year to move ahead with the greens project on the course itself, and Miller began looking for a window to begin construction.

But who would execute the work?

Miller remembered meeting Kyle Franz at a cocktail party a few years back while the young architect was working for Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw on the Pinehurst No. 2 restoration project. What Miller didn’t know was Franz had been sifting through files in the Tufts Archives in his spare time, waiting for the right moment to approach Miller about his plan – to not only work on the greens – but to restore Mid Pines to its original Ross ideals.

The two connected and the wheels were set in motion in late 2012.

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Young architect Kyle Franz has already worked under some legends in the business.

“Kyle came in and quite honestly wowed me,” Miller said. “We started talking about greens restoration and that we needed to take them back out to where they used to be. But Kyle had also spent a lot of time researching the course.

I’ll give him a lot of credit, because it was a surprise. We literally started walking the course and he would say, ‘This is what Ross would have done.’ I kind of became enamored with his knowledge and what he wanted to do. So, I said ‘OK, let’s give him a shot.”’

After working as an understudy to some high-profile architects since he was a teenager, the 31-year-old Franz was ready for his big break in the industry.

“This is his first solo job and it has been kind of neat to see,” Miller said of Franz. “Maybe he’s the next Tom Doak or Gil Hanse. He’s going to be terrific because he’s such a student, he loves working in the field with the dirt and sand, and he’s very good.”

Franz will restore about 25 percent of the original Ross greens that were lost to the riding mower over a 50-year period, and dug in the sand to create dramatic flashes and massive waste areas that Ross once displayed at Mid Pines. He has also transplanted wire grass from elsewhere on the property for that “old feel” look.

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“There are a bunch of cool looking holes and some cool looking shots out there now,” Miller said. “You compare the old 1921 layout to what it is now, and it’s pretty close.”

“The wire grass is not nearly as dense and thick as No. 2. We didn’t want that,” Miller added. “Mid Pines is a nice, playable, fun course. Some people say we’ve made it harder and others say it’s great because it’s so much wider by removing corridors and trees.

There are some harder shots out there, but others are a lot wider.

We’ve only added 120 yards in length and truthfully 60 yards of that came on the 15th hole.”

Exactly zero dirt or sand was trucked onto the 250-acre property, and right before his eyes Miller has been presented with virtually a new golf course for less than $1 million.

“When Ross was working on these golf courses at the end of his career it was kind of the middle of the Great Depression so he didn’t have a lot of work going on,” Franz said. “So, he was able to really focus in on them and work in the field every day more than any other golf courses he worked on. His genius really showed through here at Mid Pines.”

Franz also took out about 400 pine trees at Mid Pines. Stepping on the historic layout, they are hardly missed.

“We sort of raised the canopy,” Miller said. “You want to see across the course. And I’ve always wanted to go back to basically one height of grass here because Mid Pines is just very well suited to that and that’s what they did in the old days with the big gang mowers. They just pulled that thing around and what it cut it cut and what it didn’t it didn’t, and grass grew where grass grew and pine straw fell where pine straw fell.”

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More than 400 trees were taken out to “open up” views of sand and expansive fairways at Mid Pines Resort.

“The width of the fairways allows you to strategize and for good players to hit the right side of the fairway for the right approach angles. But at the same time that width makes the golf course really fun for the beginning player,” added Franz.

Franz, who is also working with Hanse on the 2016 Olympics golf course in Brazil, started the majority of the work on the greens in June. Now closed, Mid Pines will reopen in August with an exciting new feel executed by a potential rising star in the golf course design front.

“It feels pretty good,” Franz said.

“I know that Kelly is really, really happy with the work. And we’re not finished. We’re going to chip away at it over the next few years until we feel we have something really, really great out there.”

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Jim Valvano was a great motivator and a national championship coach who had little or no time for golf when he coached for North Carolina State in the ultra competitive Atlantic Coast Conference.

When he left the game and began a career in broadcasting, Valvano’s schedule remained hectic, but he would often lug his clubs and mediocre 15-handicap to the links on a regular basis.

Why golf, Valvano was once asked?

“He said, ‘I play golf because that’s where my friends are.’ That’s a heck of a statement. That tells you a lot about the guy,” said Frank McCann, the longtime executive director of The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic.

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“In the last few months we’ve had what seems to be a remarkable breakthrough based on one of the V Foundation student’s work,” Dr. john Cavanagh said.

McCann said Valvano hatched the plan for a celebrity tournament two decades ago as he was losing his battle with cancer as a way to fund the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. Valvano was always the life of the party – including a color analyst gig during one World Football League from a couch on the 50-yard-line – so a fun time on the links was a natural fit.

The tournament celebrates its 20th anniversary in August at North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh. This year’s theme is centered around “Passing the V,” which references the need to keep educating the next generation about the importance of the V Foundation and all of its success in the cancer research field.

Money raised from this year’s event will benefit the Therapeutics Cancer Research Lab at N.C. State University, headed by Dr. John Cavanagh. Through a grant from the V Foundation, Cavanagh was able to start a lab four years ago that teaches the next generation of students how to be cancer researchers.

And according to Cavanagh, there is some major news coming out of the program, which has included 50 students on all levels, including high school.

“In the last few months we’ve had what seems to be a remarkable breakthrough based on one of the V Foundation student’s work,” Cavanagh said. “We seem to have come up with a set of drugs that make existing chemotherapy treatments work 100 to 1,000 times better. We’re in the real infancy of this but we’ve tested this on some renal, colon and breast cancer cells and we’ve taken these drugs that kind of work and made them work a lot better.

“It has just been remarkable and not only opens up all the chemotherapy drugs we have out there now but potentially there are a lot more out there that weren’t quite as potent that we can make more potent,” said Cavanagh, noting that this may help in the field of pediatric cancer drug treatments.

The very first student through the program, Sean Stowe, is responsible for the discovery, according to Cavanagh. The proceeds from this year’s golf tournament will help Stowe relocate to the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he will continue his discovery work.

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Cavanagh said the program at N.C. State began when Nick Valvano, Jim’s older brother, was looking to make a connection with the V Foundation and the university where his brother made such a coaching impact.

“You know we’re not known for our cancer work,” Cavanagh said. “People tend to think about NC State as being this agricultural- and engineering-based university, and people don’t really know that there is a huge amount of fundamental life sciences and medical work going on here. Just because we don’t have a medical school doesn’t mean we’re not fully engaged in doing that sort of thing.

“The idea came over my desk and I got to meet Nick Valvano and we chatted for quite a while. I felt that anything that would be named after Jim on campus was a big deal to us. We tried to find the right vehicle to do that. The V Foundation wanted to try something a little different. Usually they will just fund specific researchers doing specific projects in the cancer arena. So over the next few months Nick and I came up with this idea of a program for all kinds of students.

The goal was to try to generate the next generation of cancer researches.”

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And the new program has helped Valvano’s memory live on, even as many of the students knew of the V Foundation, but not necessarily about Valvano himself or how the charity was founded.

“Twenty years ago I remember one of the first board meetings we had and one of the board members said ‘You know we’ve got to face the fact that in 10 years there are people who are not going to know who Jim Valvano was. So we’ve got to find ways to put that name and put the Foundation’s name out there,”’ McCann said. “The foundation has done a great job with respect to making that happen with ESPN, which has been absolutely incredible to us. We try to enlist the aid and help and support of our peers who set an example. Some of the board members didn’t know Jim but maybe their father did, so that’s how they got involved.

“This is about cancer, about fighting the fight, and what we try to do at every event is create awareness,” added McCann, one of Valvano’s golfing buddies. “We’ll play Jim’s ESPY Speech, and I’ll tell you right now no matter who you are if you see that ESPY speech you can’t help but want to ‘Pass the V.”’ Log on to www.golfclassic.org or more information on The 2013 Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic.

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