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Back Home For The Holidays Although new to Pinehurst Magazine, I’ve lived in North Carolina and been in the publishing industry here for over 30 years. Back in the day my parents lived in Cary, my father worked in RTP and my mother took me shopping for freshman year in the big metropolis of Raleigh, a day trip! My first college experience was NC State summer school before going off to another Southern college town for undergrad school. Already I feel at home here, thanks in large part to the friendly and hard-working staff at the magazines.

As the holiday season approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on the traditional holiday meals and celebrations from years past. Whether your family traditions involve blood family or family of close-knit friends, traditions you create pass down to our younger generations. My own family lives in the southeastern United States and four other countries – England, Lebanon, Canada and Australia; our holidays are more often spent with the “family” of friends we have acquired over many decades of living in North Carolina. My two daughters celebrate “American Thanksgiving” in Vancouver and Sydney, usually scrambling to find all the ingredients necessary to replicate those family favorites they grew up with.

They’ll gather their own family of friends

in faraway living rooms and dining rooms and create their own traditions.

To get in the mood for the holidays, plan to attend the Annual Festival of Trees the long weekend before Thanksgiving. It’s a MAJOR fundraiser for the Sandhills Children’s Center and the largest festival of Trees in North Carolina, at the Pinehurst Resort’s Carolina Hotel. Peruse our suggestions of gift ideas in our annual gift guide section, or contemplate making your own heirloom gifts when you read “Handmade Christmas” for inspiration. Check out our other articles and tidbits to keep you and your holiday guests entertained and fed during November and December.

Keep us on your coffee table until January 2015, when we’ll see you again.

I am committed to making each of our city magazines – Pinehurst Magazine, Midtown and Cary Living Magazine – YOUR community magazine as relevant and local as possible. Feel free to send me your thoughts on how we can improve and what else we can do in the future to keep you coming back for more.

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In This Issue

november/december 2014

departments Southern Chatter 12 Tech Radar 14 Sporting 16 Do It Yourself 18 Wine Review 20 Book Review 41 Be Fashionable ~

Dress Up Your Denim 44 Calendar of Events 46 Chef’s Corner

FEATURES

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36 Holiday Gift Guide

We talk with four women who make

The ultimate solution for all of your

different things for different reasons each

holiday shopping!

60 Shopping Local 66 Healthy Living 72 Sandhills Sightings

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32 Holiday Looks The experts show you to update your style to modern or capture a romantic nostalgic look for this season.

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50 Turkey Time Holiday staple seeking broader audience.

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Frank Riggs and Shiloh are a popular sight; December is Riggs’ busiest month.

Frank Riggs has been giving carriage rides in the Village for 35 years. by christa gala

In his profession, Frank Riggs has to know a little about a lot – and keep his eyes on the road.

Riggs, along with his long-time girlfriend, Donna Evans, are co-owners of Carriage Tours of Pinehurst Village, Inc., which the pair started in 2002. Riggs has been in the carriage-driving business for 35 years, but started his own company after the resort he worked for closed its stable.

Tours seven days a week The nostalgic clippety-clop of horses’ hooves permeates the village throughout the year but especially in December, Riggs’ busiest month.

It’s easy to spot Riggs and draft horse Shiloh cruising the streets in a navy blue carriage – seven days a week, on-call and in demand. Shiloh is a

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Percheron/Morgan draft horse that weighs about 1,500 pounds.

“Shiloh came from Amish country in Ohio, and I’ve had her over seven years,” says Riggs. “She was an Amish man’s buggy horse when I got her. The Amish like to experiment and breed draft horses with a slightly smaller horse to get a medium-sized draft horse. If she was a full Percheron, she’d weigh 2,000 pounds or more.”

Riggs’ horse-drawn carriage fits four comfortably, with facing pairs, but he can ride six, and occasionally he’ll hoist someone in the front to ride with him. Tours are a half-hour and cost $30 per person. Riggs and Shiloh run tours about four hours a day.

“Four hours is about as much as you want to do at one time,” says Riggs.

Four decades in town – and counting Riggs, 63, has lived in the Sandhills for 44 years.

In his twenties he arrived to attend Sandhills Community College, and he never looked back.

After 12 years of owning this business, he and Donna, a couple for more than 25 years, have a good division of labor.

“I do the carriage driving and the tours because I know the history,” says Riggs. “She’s really good behind the scenes with the animals.

She has the pure love for the animals – taking care of them, feeding them and grooming them.

I like the other aspect of getting dressed up and going to town.”

Riggs mostly picks up his customers from local hotels, including The Carolina Hotel, The Holly Inn, The Magnolia Inn and Pinecrest Inn. In addition to seasonal hotel guests, he also relies heavily on locals with club memberships.

The conversation Once in the carriage, Riggs enjoys slipping into his tour-guide persona. Different customers want to know about different things.

“Some people start right away quizzing me about the Civil War, like what civil war history was there in this area of North Carolina. It just depends on what they’re interested in,” Riggs says. “We’ll wind around through town and go by some of the popular night spots and restaurants and talk about the history of the buildings in town.”

A lot of folks just want to know about Shiloh.

“Horses are just incredible creatures to be around,” Riggs says. “Horses were used to build the early golf courses here, especially No. 1 and No. 2.”

A horse isn’t a bad co-worker either.

Maybe that’s why Riggs has stuck with the business so long.

“They’re nice to work with,” he laughs. “They don’t talk back, and they don’t argue with you.”

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Southern Chatter tech radar photography © moorescloud.com

Very Smart Holiday interactive light string brings technology to tradition

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by dan bain

just Last year, MooresCloud introduced Holiday, a string of smart lights billed as “the world’s first connected, intelligent, beautiful and easy-to-use set of holiday lights.”

It’s a mouthful, but it appears to be true.

The 22-foot string holds 50 LED globes, each programmable in tandem with or independent of the others, across a spectrum of more than 16 million colors. Yes, 16 million. The lights are interactive and responsive, controlled via smartphone, tablet, or web browser apps. Dozens of apps and functions are available for the device, including: •

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Color Wheel: Dial up an instant change in color to whichever one you’re touching onscreen.

Blinking Colors: Display random colors in each globe, changing at customizable speeds.

Rainbow: Select multiple colors to “chase” down the string.

Holiday Visualiser: Coordinate the lights to music.

LightCompass: Modulate the colors in sync with the movements of your mobile device.

PhotoGrabber: Select an image on your mobile device, then send a color from it to the globes.

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Timer: Set times to turn on and off.

Countdown: Set a duration to be counted backward, and the colors will change from green to yellow to red to blinking red as the time ticks away.

Holiday can also be used for mood lighting and other decorative purposes, any time of year.

Although the $199 product is currently sold out, MooresCloud offers a “wish list” – whereby consumers can request them to manufacture more – at moorescloud.com. Happy Holidays!

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New Digs

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Carolinas Golf House Becomes Reality

by David Droschak

Out of curiosity, Carolinas Golf Association executive director Jack Nance started digging to see when the idea of a “golf clearinghouse” was floated by the organization.

It took awhile to find.

“We first started talking about a building in our meeting minutes from 2000, so it was 14 years ago,” said Nance, the longtime head of the CGA, which was founded in 1909 and provides tournament programs and services to amateur golfers in North Carolina and South Carolina.

The CGA moved to Seven Lakes in Moore County in 1991 after leaving Tanglewood Country

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Club outside of Winston-Salem. At that time, Nance’s staff stood at four. With the September 29th move into its new digs adjacent to Pine Needles Resort, his CGA staff had grown to 15 with four interns.

“The simple equation is we literally outgrew our previous location, which was a good problem to have,” Nance said of the CGA’s new 12,500 square foot building called the Carolinas Golf House. “We tried to save money over the years and be responsible for this particular cause, and the time became right to do it. We started about five years ago looking for land, and in the end it

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CGA executive director Jack Nance envisions a golfing “museum” at the organization’s new facility in Southern Pines.

worked out great at Pine Needles. The location is right off of U.S. 1 – it is quiet and near all the golf.”

The CGA’s move back to Moore County in the early 1990s was a calculated decision by Nance and the organization’s board members.

“I call this area the Wall Street of golf,” Nance said. “If you’re in the golf business you’re coming through here at least once a year, if not more, for whatever reason – business or pleasure, or both.”

The CGA received permission from the United States Golf Association to use the name “Golf House,” which the USGA owns.

“That was a big deal because the USGA has done a great job of branding that name,” Nance said.

“For other areas of the country who don’t know, we’re kind of a one-stop shop for golf,” added Nance. “It is where you come to find out pretty much anything you need to know about golf in the Carolinas. We can tell you where to go, point you in a direction, and give you some guidance, kind of a clearing house.”

While the Carolinas Golf House will serve as the headquarters for the CGA staff, Nance also envisions creating some sort of “golfing museum” in one portion of the building, which will celebrate its grand opening in January.

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Southern Chatter do it yourself

A Great Place to Unload

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by Christa Gala and Stacy Cathey

One of the rites of passage of having school-aged kids seems to be tripping over bulging backpacks left in the foyer, on the stairs or just flat-out in the middle of the room.

Unless you have a designated mudroom, often there’s just no home for backpacks, not to mention briefcases, computer bags and purses.

With the holidays upon us, and folks dropping in seemingly all the time, why not make a home for these loads we’re so ready to get rid of? This super-easy project took a few hours and cost under $50. We added a shelf to ours, which holds a wire basket perfect for papers that need to be signed or phones that need to be charged.

First, paint your shelf and shutter; both of these items are available at salvage yards or thrift stores for between $5 and $10 a piece. We painted our shelf and shutter white, sanding both after they dried for a shabby-chic look. Our shelf is slightly longer than the shutter at 60 inches and 47 inches, respectively.

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You’ll need: • Simple wooden shelf • An old shutter • Hooks

• Power drill • Screws • Paint

Next, screw the shelf to the top of the shutter so that they’re now one piece. Fasten the shutter-shelf to the wall securely with screws. If you have young children, hang the shutter low enough so they will be able to reach the hooks comfortably; consider utilizing wall space under a knee wall or bar.

Now it’s time to attach your hooks. We used three, costing between $5 and $10 each and easily found at any home improvement store. Space them equal distance apart on the shutter. Make sure you space your hooks to allow for the width of a heavy backpack or other bag.

The last step is the toughest: Train the kids to unload on those hooks the minute they hit the door.

Southern Chatter wine review GRAHAM BECK BRUT

BUTTER CHARDONNAY

anthony & dominic pinot noir

fontanafredda barbera briccotondo

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stonecap cabernet sauvignon

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Wine Enthusiast

South Africa A very pretty nose of fresh flowers, citrus and creamy toast leads into a balanced, rich Chardonnay-like character on the palate. Minerally, clean, fresh but serious, this wine is food-friendly and elegant.

A perfect and elegant aperitif!

California Delivering on its name, this wine has an ethereal creaminess on the palate, woven with smooth vanillin scented oak. Flavors of pineapple and honeydew on the mid-pallet linger on to the finish.

Delicious with chicken and fish dishes.

Napa Valley, California A graceful style that captures subtle floral, raspberry, anise and fresh earth scents. Wellproportioned and gaining on the finish, this ends with firm, finegrained tannins.

Pairs well with pork and salmon.

Piedmont, Italy A clean, fresh and personable wine with dark concentration and soft touches of fleshy fruit and blackberry preserves. The grape’s acidity has been managed and softened thanks to the evident ripeness of the fruit. A great burger wine.

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

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Washington This features an appealingly toasty aroma, substantial cherry and cassis fruit and a concentrated core. Elements of stem wood, black olive and clean earth filter through the finish, along with perfectly ripe tannins. Perfect with grilled red meats. $10/bottle

Southern Chatter book review

Freaky Thinking

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by Robert Gable

The simple answer often eludes us, until we look at the problem another way. This is one of life’s contradictions. We try to solve the big problems – world peace, domestic violence, innercity crime – and find there is no single answer. A step in the right direction is trying to solve smaller pieces of the big problems. Finding another way to think about difficult questions is at the core of Think Like a Freak.

Levitt and Dubner, also the authors of the bestselling Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, have become known for approaching problems from a “renegade” economist’s perspective (thus coining the term “freakonomics”). This is their third foray into an alternate view of reality. They use nine chapters to explain how to think like a “freak,” followed by the acknowledgments, notes, and an index. (The notes contain some interesting snippets of detail about issues raised in the chapters.)

After their first two books, the authors started to get questions from readers about the “big” problems. It began to dawn on them – greater minds than theirs have tried for years to answer the difficult questions. As they say, “Easy problems evaporate; it is the hard ones that linger.” They decided, “…rather than trying and probably failing to answer most of the questions sent our way, we

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wondered if it might be better to write a book that can teach anyone to think like a freak.”

Instead of getting into a shouting match about a right way versus a wrong way (picture members of Congress), the authors have found that “the modern world demands that we all think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally; that we think from a different angle, with a different set of muscles, with a different set of expectations; that we think with neither fear nor favor, with neither blind optimism nor sour skepticism.”

Using that as their springboard, they illustrate “freaky” thinking in each chapter, building upon the principles discussed in their previous books (such as understanding incentives, knowing what to measure, being wary of conventional wisdom, and confusing correlation with causality). There are many factors that make it hard to think clearly – starting with the aversion to saying “I don’t know.”

Think of the critical firestorm caused whenever a politician says “I don’t have a plan yet” – the other political party has a field day.

The key is to boil a complicated issue down to its essence, so start by asking small questions.

Why? They answer, “Small questions are by their nature less often asked and investigated… Since big problems are usually a dense mass of intertwined small problems, you can make more progress by tackling a small piece of the big problem than by flailing away at grand solutions.”

The authors shine when they take conventional wisdom and turn it on its head, showing how clever people do indeed tackle “smaller” problems.

They show how a Japanese student named Kobi decided, in a detailed and methodical way, to set the new record at the Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest. The record stood at 25 and a half hot dogs.

At his first contest he gulped down an astonishing 50, nearly doubling the record. Other observations include: the Nigerian money-laundering scam that surfaces on the Internet; how a clandestine bullet-making factory on a kibbutz in Israel operated unseen by the local British officers; how King Solomon threatened to cut a baby in half to determine the true mother; why the rock band Van Halen demanded no brown M&M’s backstage; how Barry Marshall persevered against the prevailing wisdom and found that H. pylori bacteria causes stomach ulcers; and how Winston Churchill’s immortal “never, ever quit” directive is subject to revision.

Like true economists, they reconsider incentives, and what truly motivates people.

For instance, maybe we should pay high school students to learn. Who knows – they might just do better. Then there is the ad executive who founded the Smile Train and changed the face of charitable giving, finding what motivates people to donate. Beware of getting incentives askew, however, or even a well-meaning program can backfire. Years ago in India the British wanted to combat the overpopulation of cobras, so they paid

think like a freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain By steven d. levitt and stephen j. dubner 268 pages William Morrow $28.99

a bounty on every cobra skin received. People then started cobra farms, raising the snakes to bring in for bounty payments. The British thereby stopped the bounty payments – so people just released the home-grown cobras into the wild, effectively increasing the cobra population.

If you enjoyed their previous work, the authors won’t disappoint you here. They provide new offkey observations and clever insights, just like before.

Try some of their ingenious advice and there’s no telling what will happen. But you have to be willing to try something new, and you have to be willing to say “I don’t know – let’s find out.”

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Handmade

Christmas

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By Kate Turgeon Watson

Soon, I hope, my mailbox will fill with Christmas cards. You know … photos of smiling people in beautiful places with greetings such as “Merry Christmas,” “Peace” or “Happy Holidays.” I know these greetings. I’ve used these greetings.

I, too, have uploaded an image from my computer to a card-making website. (Hold your applause, please.)

I thought I was doing pretty well to get cards printed and delivered before December 25th.

And then I opened up a tattered envelope marked, “Lennie and Josie’s Christmas Cards.

Keep!”

It was in a box of my grandparents’ things. And inside the envelope was a mix of drawings, humor and history.

There was almost every card this couple, Lennie and Josie, had ever sent to my grandparents.

There was an off-white, folded card marked “1963” in gold-color ink. On the front was a drawing of an angel – wings and all – wearing a robe and shedding a tear on her cheek. In the background is a flag at half-mast.

As I held it I thought, “1963 … the year President Kennedy was assassinated.”

The 1972 card had a drawing of what looked like the moon or a planet and the message, “Peace on Earth – and elsewhere.” I had to search. Turned out 1972 was the year Apollo took its last flight to the moon. It was also the year a space probe named Mariner returned to earth from Mars.

The 1976 card, which referenced America’s bicentennial, was a drawing of the Liberty Bell with the greeting “Jingle Bells.”

The cards didn’t all acknowledge well-known historical events. Some recalled moments in the

card maker’s life, such as his retirement. Some, like the 1995 card with a smiling Santa in an Atlanta Braves cap, recalled moments in sports history. Some cards referenced the weather, such as El Niño and a hurricane.

There were witty (or not-so-witty, depending on your party affiliation) political cards. But I’m not going into details.

When I saw the cards, I felt like I needed to appreciate them. I organized them by date, as any type-A person would. I researched the years I didn’t understand; many of the cards were made before I was even born.

I tried to “get” the decades-old lingo and images. I wondered what had happened to the years that weren’t there. I missed them. There I was, sitting in my living room in 2014, wondering what one person’s holiday card from 1983 was all about and pouting that it wasn’t in the bunch.

That’s the beauty of handmade.

I was interested in what this couple had created and how they had interpreted history. I was amazed at how honestly they approached all kinds of topics, from wars to the World Series.

And I wondered if my cards were carrying anything other than a heartfelt message and family photo. Like I frequently do, I gave myself a break.

The holidays are busy, after all. Just ask anyone in a Harris Teeter who is buying vanilla extract at 1am.

There are still many who take the time to make something by hand and share it with others.

Pinehurst Magazine caught up with four ladies who make different things for different reasons. Join the magazine for a little piece of their handmade holiday.

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Mary-Ellen Krull, who teaches high school Spanish, started to cross stitch a specific Santa pattern in the 1980s. Since then she has completed 10 patterns and shared the craft with her two daughters.

Mary-Ellen Krull’s Santas Mary-Ellen Krull has her comfy chair near the made the pattern. Cross-stitching is fun, she explains, television and a cabinet full of quilting and crossand these Santas are “beginner projects.” stitching supplies. But it’s her interest in a cute Santa Krull makes most of her cross-stitch progress Claus pattern that has created a tradition in her home. while traveling by car or airplane. She has been known “I saw these and I thought they were just so pretty,” to precut her supplies so she can take the work on a she says, looking down at plans from Prairie Schooler, plane and leave the scissors behind. For her, it’s a quiet a company that makes a Santa pattern each year. “I way to pass time and end up with a finished product thought I would do four; that was the original intent.” she enjoys.

That was 30 years ago. Since then she has made “Of course, this is not really in vogue anymore,” about 10 cross-stitched Santas. She doesn’t make Krull laughs about cross-stitching. “But I’m not really them in order of distribution. And, she admits, she following the vogue.” doesn’t make them every year.

Krull adapts the patterns to avoid what’s “hokey.” She’s drawn to the ones that have personal meaning, such as a Santa with a red cardinal, which reminds her of her husband’s hometown of Saint Louis. She especially likes a Santa with sunflowers.

There’s one Santa on Krull’s table that’s unfinished. Her younger daughter started it 13 years ago when she was 10. “I’m going to give it one more try this year … and see if she’ll do it for me for my Christmas gift,” Krull laughs. “And if she doesn’t do it, then I am going to pick it up.”

Krull displays the framed Santas, which usually take her about a month each to create, on her kitchen wall during the holidays. While she enjoys her handiwork, she’s quick to note that Artist Elena Caron is working on unique ornaments for her three daughters. the talent belongs to the person who The embroidery hoops will be personal and feature fabric from their clothing.

Tied with a ribbon, it’s a heartfelt gift and decoration.

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Elena Caron’s ornaments Elena Caron is an artist who has to gently remind her loved ones that they have to “wait for the holidays.”

Caron, who creates notecards and original watercolors, is known for giving friends and family members original, personal pieces at Christmastime.

This year she’s working on three special ornaments for her daughters: Sophie, 16;Emma, 5; and Vera, 3. The ornaments are part of her embroidery hoop art collection. The art, which depicts a female with a slight nose and red lips, is done on thick, cotton duck canvas and features a large, colorful arrangement of flowers and shapes on top of the woman’s head.

For her daughters, she’s creating four-inch circular hoop art that includes personal touches, such as fabric from her daughters’ favorite pieces of clothing. Instead of flowers, she’s imagining snowflakes and other holiday touches.

When creating the ornaments, she thinks of each daughter. They’re all blonde, she says, but that’s where the similarities end. Sophie, she said, was adopted from the Ukraine as an older child, so it’s important to create memories. Emma is a music lover. And Vera, the youngest, “thinks she’s a tiger.”

By the time they are under the tree the gifts will be similar, but different. Creating something original, Caron says, can save money but, more importantly, is a meaningful gift.

“It has heart and spirit and love, sweat and … blood,” she laughs, pointing to her needlepricked fingers.

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At the Blanchard household, hand-dipping pretzels in melted chocolate and sharing the treats with friends has been a tradition for 14 years. Carol Blanchard and her sons, Brantley (left) and Charles (right), cover the pretzels with toppings such as coconut flakes, sprinkles and pecans.

Carol Blanchard’s chocolate-covered treats For Carol Blanchard and her two sons, it all starts with a Costco-sized jar of pretzel rods.

Another necessary ingredient: the chocolate bars that Blanchard buys each Black Friday while she’s out shopping with her mom.

That’s the way it’s been for the last 14 holiday seasons.

When the boys were younger they were quick to help create the chocolate-covered pretzels, Blanchard says. Now that they are teenagers, however, they help “most of the time.”

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pieces and crushed pecans.

“When the boys were little we’d be in the grocery store and they’d ask, like in September, ‘can we buy pretzels yet?’” Blanchard laughs. “And I’d say, ‘not yet.

When it’s time.’”

They make batches of the pretzels throughout the season.

And they give the treats as gifts to teachers, friends and neighbors.

They’ve even been known to mail boxes of the pretzels to former neighbors who moved away.

“I think, being a teacher, it was always more special to think that the person thought of you while they were making something,” she says. “We might give a gift card with it, too, but … really it’s nice to know that the student made something for you.”

Susan Johnson’s ornaments Susan Johnson grew up in Hyde County. Talk to her and she just may tell you about the rural, smalltown community on the northeastern coast of North Carolina.

She may also tell you about moving to the state’s capital city, attending college at NC State University and stepping foot into a downtown Raleigh church one Christmas season.

“I saw these two trees covered in only gold and white beads …

I thought they were the most beautiful things I had ever seen.

They just took my breath away,” Johnson says. She learned that they were called Chrismon trees (something she hadn’t seen at home), and that they were named for the ornaments called Chrismons, which carried religious significance.

Time marched on for her. She graduated, got married and started a family.

Decades later she was a member of that same church she had visited as a college student. And the church was looking for people to repair the original Chrismons from the 1960s.

“I knew those were the ones I had seen in the ‘80s when I was a college student,” she says. Johnson became part of the restoration team that replaced old wire with new, fortified the ornaments and replaced beads. She also helped to make new ornaments for a new tree.

But Johnson wasn’t finished.

She decided she wanted to make an entire series for her home church in Hyde County. She

For Susan Johnson, restoring and creating beaded ornaments by hand is both an honor and a privilege. And it brings back memories of the first time she saw a Chrismon tree during her years as a college student at N.C. State University.

crafted a couple hundred by hand.

Some of the simple ones, she says, take about two hours to make. The more intricate patterns may take up to five hours each.

Do the math and you’ll learn that looking at one large tree filled with about 200 ornaments is like staring at 700 hours of work.

“Looking at the trees … it just gives me a feeling of awe and pride. There’s meaning and a little story that goes with each ornament,” she says. “It’s an honor to give back to the tradition.”

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Q&A with the dame of decorations

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by Kate Turgeon Watson Imagine decorating a home for the holidays. There’s a tree or two, maybe a Christmas village on a bookshelf and a wreath on the door.

Now imagine your home is a century-old hotel with more than 200 rooms. Think at least 20 trees, ribbon that runs the distance of a cross country course and a village made of edible gingerbread that’s a replica of the entire neighborhood just outside your door.

That’s life for Mallory Caddell, Pinehurst Resort’s recreation manager. And it’s why she and her team of 10 begin their decoration plotting in July. If you’ve ever wondered who is responsible for the holiday sparkle and shine at Pinehurst Resort and how she does it, wonder no more.

Join Pinehurst Magazine for 16 questions with Caddell, who has worked at the resort for 12 years and enters her fourth holiday season as top merriment maker.

Pinehurst Magazine: What’s your timeline like?

Mallory Caddell: My first year, when my assistant told me, “It’s July – we’re going to start planning Christmas trees and themes,” I thought, “You’ve got to be kidding me.”

But we really do. We start our process in July … we get our list together of what we are going to find in Charlotte at a warehouse … we go in September to purchase and then October is when we start with our fluffing and organizing and getting things ready to go. Because so many items are stored, you need to brighten them up and bring them back to life.

PM: How do you balance tradition with variety and newness?

MC: You want to keep some of the trees the same because people walk in and they want to see that nutcracker tree or they want to see the seasons … the summer tree with big sunflowers on it, butterflies and it’s hot pink and yellow. Spring was real delicate with light purples, greens, blues, and it looked as if there were rain. Fall was your coppers, burnt

orange and deep red. Winter was light blues, whites and silvers.

But you need to have fresh ideas. This is the first year since I started that we’re not doing the seasons. We’re going to do floral trees in the grand ballroom hallway. [We’re doing] a hydrangea and ranunculus tree … a magnolia and dogwood … a peony and rose tree … and a sunflowers and daisies tree. We’re reusing some of the flowers that we used on the seasonal trees, but we’re making it a botanical hallway.

PM: What was the biggest change you made?

MC: In previous years the Christmas trees were all inside of meeting rooms, and people would want to come in and tour the trees. Maybe only five of the 25 were in public space. That’s where we ran into a problem. I pitched last year to move all the trees to public space areas. Any space that’s big enough to hold a tree, I put one in it. It gave a more magical, enchanting feeling as you’re walking through the hallways … a larger-than-life experience. Everywhere you look, you see some Christmas and holiday spirit.

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More than 20 trees are displayed in common areas of the Carolina Hotel. Each has a theme, such as the peppermint tree or nutcracker tree. While some themes are long-standing traditions, the resort is brings in new themes as well, such as the 2014 botanical series. (Below) Recreation manager Mallory Caddell (right) and Taylor Dykeman, recreation supervisor, visit one of the five storage spaces that holds the hotel’s holiday decorations.

PM: Where do you store everything?

MC: We have several hiding places. Not only are our offices overflowing, we have two large décor closets here at the Carolina Hotel that we use. And we also have storage space over at the Harness Track [equestrian facility]. So we utilize, really, about four or five different spaces.

PM: Do you decorate the whole resort?

MC: We decorate the Carolina Hotel and The Holly Inn. At the Holly we have one tree in the lobby. It has a ton of holly berries and ribbon on it … it’s more subdued, but in an elegant way. The country club, they handle their own trees.

By the numbers at the

Carolina Hotel • 2 miles:

distance the ribbon used would cover

• 35: number of nutcrackers

• 25: number of

Christmas trees

• 20,000: number

of lights used inside on trees

• 1,000: number of

poinsettias found throughout the resort

• 144: number of

poinsettias around the main tree in the lobby

• 2,500+: number of feet of garland used inside and outside

PM: Tell us about the trees.

How tall are they?

MC: They vary from six feet to 12 feet. The majority are nine feet tall. They start prelit, but after about a season or two the lights die and we have to string the lights … about 40,000 a season.

Our main lobby tree is what most people want to come in and see, and that’s decorated more traditionally … ornaments in burgundy, navy, gold … stars, ribbon.

That is the most popular picture spot. It touches the ceiling. You can see it through the front window as you’re pulling around the circle.

PM: Are they artificial trees?

MC: Yes. Because we are a 105-year old wooden structure, we don’t want to burn down our hotel. Absolutely…it’s about eliminating a hazard.

And it’s also cost effective to use artificial.

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PM: Tell us about the sought-after photo book.

MC: We make a photo book each year of all the Christmas trees that we create. And we send them to our guests that visit, year after year, as a memento of Pinehurst, but also for us as a guide to remember how we do things. We select about 20 guests each year [to receive the books]. We vary who is going to get the book. It’s a nice surprise and delight that we try to send to some of our repeat guests.

PM: You mentioned poinsettias. Are they alive?

MC: Yes.They come in the week before Thanksgiving.

And then we replace those with another fresh batch that comes in December.

PM: How long does it take to set up? When do you start? Is the date controversial?

MC: About 21 days. This year we are starting Monday, November 3rd. It’s tough for some guests to see it because it could be 70 degrees outside and sunny … but we’re really trying to present a nice warm, holiday feel for when our Thanksgiving guests

are in house visiting with us. It takes about three weeks to get everything in place and perfect for their arrival.

MC: It’s hard to be in holiday mode … we have Christmas music playing for the three of us who plan Christmas trees!

PM: What’s your favorite detail?

MC: I like seeing ideas come to life … being able to step back after the tree is lit, the lights are sparking and everything is in place. And then seeing the guests walk up and love it!

PM: Do you have onlookers who aren’t hotel guests?

MC: We do tours for elementary schools. We let them guess what the tree theme is. One year we had an owl tree and it had a large, white owl on top and all the kids thought it was a Harry Potter tree.

Each year the Pinehurst Resort bakeshop prepares a gingerbread replica of the Village of Pinehurst for guests at the Carolina Hotel to enjoy.

PM: Do you work with other departments?

MC: We work alongside the bakeshop. They do the gingerbread village, which is also in the main lobby. It’s a replica of the Village of Pinehurst.They started in September getting their items together. This past year I found a man who owns a hobby store and he donated a train and had it go around through the village, which was really cool.

PM: How do you put yourselves in a holiday mood in, say, summertime?

It’s always interesting to hear what they have to say!

PM: How long does it take to clean up?

MC: It happens in about half the time [of decorating]. Three of us can usually do it in about 10 days!

PM: Is there anything special for children?

MC: Our resort services desk has scavenger hunts that people can do at their own leisure, and they involve all of the Christmas trees we have set up.

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Looks Holiday

Modern, classic and retro...

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Whether you want to update your style to modern, capture a romantic nostalgic look, or embrace your inner classic movie star coiffure, let the experts help you get there this season.

The Refinery Salon’s philosophy of the cut and color being the true style extends into the holiday season…gone are the days of fussy, overworked hair.

Today’s stylish woman has less time during the holidays than ever to set and style her hair, which is why our looks fall into place with ease; your cut and color is your look. Our brilliant cuts and colors add sparkle and shine while being an extension of the woman you are.

No matter the woman you are, it is our job to show that person to the world and let your beauty shine through not just for one special evening, but daily and with ease.

Vidal Sassoon

comes to Southern Pines

By Beverly Reddinger

(left to right) The Refinery Salon’s owner, Beverly Reddinger and Senior stylist, Danielle Delventhal.

The first day of Vidal Sassoon Academy is full of excitement. There’s an intoxicating energy present.

The chance to create something unique in hair design and to be in a room packed with the most talented stylists in the world is indescribable. People from Japan, Scotland, Ireland and England are present, with one instructor to every eight students to ensure we thoroughly understand every aspect of our class. Our day begins with a terminology review, so that we are all speaking the same language when the instructors begin the hands-on session. The second part of our day is observing our instructors demonstrating a cut. Danielle and myself could not agree more what Vidal Sassoon himself proclaimed: observing is a critical part of learning.

The end of the day holds the most value for me because it’s our chance to try the mehods we’ve been shown all day. It’s not just repetition; the beauty comes about when a look is tailored to an individual model.

It’s an opportunity for you to rethink how you look at the person you are working on, to see them with a brand new set of eyes. Creating something beautiful yet wearable, that makes your client feel amazing every day, and tailoring something she can style with very little effort is what it’s all about.

Your cut and color should be an extension of who you are inside. Picture a room full of people all wearing the same exact clothing and you’ll find the hair alone can create true individuality.

The best way for me to describe everything from the style, to the architecture, right down to The Vidal Sassoon Academy experience is simply: an ingenious blend of classics with a modern twist – which very much describes The Refinery’s style of cutting and coloring. We believe that in order to move forward we must keep a part of our past; that, after all, is what defines us as individuals.

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We at Taylor David Salon are proud to show this beautiful style for the Holiday issue. Taylor David is an Aveda Concept Salon. We use Aveda color, which is up to 99% naturally derived with a blend of organic sunflower, castor, and jojoba botanical oils. Kathe Taylor Wilson, founder/owner, is excited to have talented stylists who have worked together to create this style. Our own Nicole Manning, senior stylist, is our model. Nicole and Bridget Nance, junior stylist, formulated the color gloss and created the soft vintage curl.

Aveda gloss can intensify hair color and add shine. Tiffany Carpenter, senior stylist, did the stunning air brush makeup on Nicole. This look will make any holiday a special event. Happy holidays from all of us at Taylor David Salon.

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Holidays are fast approaching. Remember it takes more than the perfect outfit to complete your special style. The Village Fox Boutique, Salon & Spa offers many services that can help polish and complete your look. Now is a great time to experiment!

Starting with hair, we can individually create an updo just for you.

Bree Sheridan, our senior stylist, has a special talent for doing just this, as you can see in the photo. You may be surprised by the number of women who get celebrity look-alike hair from hair extensions – or it may be as simple as getting a blow-out to give your hair style and plenty of volume. Other sevices you may consider are eyelash extensions, facials to make your skin glow, professional makeup application or airbrush tanning. We would love the opportunity to make you look and feel amazing, whatever the occasion!

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01. Beautiful Barware $15-95 One Eleven Main Perfect to dress up your holiday table! Fez cut glassware in gold or silver leaf.

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02. Diamond Hoops Price varies Diamonds Direct Crabtree Diamond hoops are on every lady’s wish list this Christmas! Available in white, rose or yellow gold in any carat weight.

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03. Le Feme Chateau Exclusive $345 Le Feme Chateau Italian handmade leather handbag.

Available in 24 yummy colors!

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04. Color Conserve Shampoo and Conditioner $21/each Taylor David Salon Extend the vibrancy of your color and help prevent fading.

100% organic aroma and pure plant essences.

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05. Tory Burch Marlene Riding Boot $495 Fifi’s Fine Resale Apparel The perfect boot for the season.

Round toe, knee-high boot.

Embossed leather upper with buckle detailing and full zipper closure.

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06. Fashion forward $85 Morgan Miller Italca of Italy printed Marilyn Monroe scarf.

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07. On U Jewelry $110 CoolSweats The Why Knot necklace features turquoise color beads. It’s handknotted and finished with a vintage tortoise shell bauble.

Wear it long or doubled. Any way, or any where, you wear it, it’s going to brighten your look.

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08. Wearable Works of Art $198 Eve Avery Artist Ann Avery original hand painted Rock & Republic jeans.

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09. Door Knocker Framer’s Cottage Putter door knocker. Made in the USA.

10. Magnetic Reading Glasses $37 EyeMax Try a pair of Clic magnetic reading glasses. Great stocking stuffer!

11. A Gift of Baths of Beauty $63.50 The Refinery Salon Available for a limited time only from AVEDA.

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12. Sapphire Ring $42,000 Whit Lauter 6.65kt natural unheated sapphire set in handmade platinum mounting.

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13. IMAGE NOW. Age Later. $125 The Village Fox Image Skincare for spa, beauty and personal care.

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14. Santa Figurine $124 The Potpourri Spread the joy of Christmas with this 20" Jolly Santa Claus figurine with magical lights and holiday music.

15. Susan Shaw Necklace $72 Hunt & Gather Fine Estate Furnishings on Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh The gold large-loop chain beautifully offsets the stunning stone.

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16. Dizzie Lizzie Vest $97 Eloise Lined with zebra print. Pair it with the Dizzie Lizzie zebra blouse for a winning combination!

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17. Bracelet and Charm $111 Denker’s This timeless two-tone John Wind toggle bracelet is the gift that keeps on giving with interchangable charms.

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18. Look Younger, Feel Better The Laser Institute of Pinehurst The Obagi Nu-Derm System penetrates the skin’s surface to transform the skin’s appearance and help correct the damage within...revealing healthy, younger-looking skin.

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19. Tyler Boe Dress $153 Monkee’s of the Pines Be the talk of the party with this Tyler Boe “Kim Cowl Neck Dress”. Available in many different prints and colors.

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20. The Giving Keys $35/key Marie & Marcele Boutique Assorted keys inscribed with words.

Wear as a necklace or bracelet.

FOOD & DRINK Dugans Pub Give the gift of traditional Irish fare. Dugans Pub is a full-service restaurant and pub located in historic Pinehurst Village with the largest selections of import drafts and single malt scotches in Pinehurst. the Honeybaked ham co.

Honeybaked gift cards allow everyone on your shopping list to choose something for themselves – from our world famous hams to our delicious turkeys, side dishes, desserts and more.

Ironwood Experience warm, welcoming service and trendsetting American cuisine at Ironwood.

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of the South with local and international ingredients.

Ironwood is the only restaurant in town serving Certified Prime Angus Beef.

Morgan’s Chop House Enjoy a variety of premium chops, steaks, seafood and pasta from our diverse menu.

Our private dining room can accommodate 70 guests for any occasion, including holiday parties. Gift certificates available for a great holiday treat.

Thai Orchid Gift the gift of authentic Thai food. With excellent service and a wondeful atmosphere, Thai Orchid is a must-dine this holiday season.

The Wine Cellar & Tasting Room Our wine station cards can be loaded with any denomination.

Use them on our Napa Technology Machines to taste half or full glasses of some of the best wines in the world!

Give someone the gift of a premier wine experience!

HEALTH & BEAUTY The Spa at Pinehurst Fulfill all her senses this season with a spa gift card in the amount of your choice.

Wellener Dental A brighter, whiter smile!

Teeth whitening is a fabulous and unique gift – especially for the person who has everything!

Possibly even yourself?

Call today to order a fullyrefundable gift certificate for custom teeth whitening!

ENTERTAINMENT Sandhills Children’s Center Dance among the trees at the 18th Annual Festival of Trees Snow Ball. Enjoy hearty hors d’oeuvres and a host bar at the beautiful Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. The Snow Ball is on Friday, November 21st from 7-10pm. Tickets are $100 and available online at www.festivaloftrees.org.

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Cocktail party tops or holiday wear jackets elevate your denim look to party-time apparel.

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Calendar of Events november & december

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Bizet’s Carmen November 1 | 12:55pm Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines information@sunrisetheater.com 910-692-8501 Robert Poe, Sarah Aili November 2 | 6:46pm The Roosters Wife 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen www.theroosterswife.org Il Palio November 4 | 6pm Siena Hotel | Chapel Hill JUMP FOR THE CHILDREN Horse Show November 4-9 Gov. James B Hunt, Jr. Hunt Horse Complex 4601 Trinity Road | Raleigh www.jumpforthechildren.org Cigar Dinner November 5 | 6pm Ironwood www.ironwoodpinehurst.com Lunch and Learn: Liquid Wonders November 5 | 12:30-1:30pm The Laser Institute of Pinehurst 50 Aviemore Court www.pinehurstlaser.com

Dining in the Dark November 6 | 6pm MIRA Foundation, Inc. USA 77 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst www.mirausa.org chef’s table, private dinner November 6 | 6pm Country Club of North Carolina 1600 Morganton Rd | Pinehurst Our Town November 6-8 | 7:30pm November 8-9 | 2pm Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines information@sunrisetheater.com 910-692-8501 NC DEBUT: WORLD ACCLAIMED VIOLINIST NATASHA KORSAKOVA November 7 | 7pm Owens Auditorium | Sandhills Community College | Pinehurst 910-687-0287 | www.carolinaphil.org Poyner Spruill, Attorneys at Law present ‘Images of Our State’ feat. works by PaintNC November 7 | 6-8pm Exhibit runs through December 20 www.MooreArt.org wine walk November 8 Downtown | Pinehurst veterans weekend parade November 8 | 10am Downtown | Southern Pines www.sandhillsmoaa.com patriotic pops concert November 9 | 5pm RE Lee Auditorium | Pinecrest H.S. www.sandhillsmoaa.com Matuto November 9 | 6:46pm The Roosters Wife 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen www.theroosterswife.org

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Sandhills Photography Club Meeting November 10 | 7pm Hannah Center Theatre | 3300 Airport Road | Southern Pines www.sandhillsphotoclub.org veterans day observance November 11 | 11am Pinehurst Village Hall | Pinehurst www.sandhillsmoaa.com veterans putting challenge November 11 | 1:30pm Mid Pines Golf Club | Southern Pines www.sandhillsmoaa.com 5th Annual QDR COUNTRY FOR KIDS CONCERT November 15 Durham Performing Arts Center www.DPACnc.com Bolshoi Ballet captured Live in HD from Moscow: The Pharaoh’s Daughter November 16 | 1pm Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines information@sunrisetheater.com 910-692-8501 Mipso November 16 | 6:46pm The Roosters Wife 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen www.theroosterswife.org 18th annual festival of trees to benefit sandhills children’s center November 19-23 Carolina Hotel 80 Carolina Vista Dr | Pinehurst FestivalofTrees.org Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz – “America in the Last 50 Years – and the Next 50 Years: The Need for Engagement” November 20 | 7:30pm Owens Auditorium Sandhills Community College 910-245-3132

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A Frozen fairytale November 21: 9am & 11am November 22: 1pm & 6:30pm Sandhills Community College Pinehurst | 910-695-7898

Craicdown November 30 | 6:46pm The Roosters Wife 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen www.theroosterswife.org

Claire Lynch December 7 | 6:46pm The Roosters Wife 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen www.theroosterswife.org

Friend to Friend 1st Annual Purple Party November 21 | 7pm Social 165 | 9735 U.S. 15 Pinehurst | http://friendtofriend.me/ save-the-date-purple-party

Lunch and Learn – Let It glow December 3 | 12:30-1:30pm The Laser Institute of Pinehurst 50 Aviemore Court www.pinehurstlaser.com

37th Annual candlelight tour December 7 | 1-5pm The Episcopal Day School of Southern Pines | Southern Pines 910-692-3492

maggie smith’s christmas flower arranging workshop December 4 | 10am-12pm Sandhills Horticulture Gardens Ball Visitors Center | Pinehurst 910-695-3882

THE CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC PRESENTS SYMPHONIC MASTERWORKS: HANDEL’S MESSIAH December 11 | 7pm Owens Auditorium | Sandhills Community College | Pinehurst 910-687-0287 | www.carolinaphil.org

pinehurst turkey trot November 22 | 7am Cannon Park | Pinehurst www.setupevents.com Annie Sellick November 23 | 6:46pm The Roosters Wife 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen www.theroosterswife.org Moore county concert band November 23 | 2pm Grand Ballroom at The Carolina Hotel 80 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst www.moorecountyband.com HOLIDAY POPS EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE CAROLINA HOTEL November 26 | 7pm The Carolina Hotel’s Grand Ballroom 910-687-0287 | www.carolinaphil.org

Weymouth Christmas House: Where the Treetops Glisten December 4-7 | 10am-3pm Southern Pines | 910-692-6261 www.weymouthcenter.org the creative christmas table December 5 | 10am-4pm The Village Chapel Hall | Pinehurst 910-315-3176 Living Madonnas December 6 | 7pm Community Congregational Church 141 N. Bennett St. | Southern Pines www.communitycongregational.org Reindeer fun run December 6 | 9am-12pm Downtown | Aberdeen www.reindeerfunrun.com Bolshoi Ballet captured Live in HD from Moscow – La Bayadoere December 7 | 1pm Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines information@sunrisetheater.com 910-692-8501

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg December 13 | 12pm Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines information@sunrisetheater.com 910-692-8501 Doug & Telisha Williams, Rod Picott, Amy Speace December 14 | 6:46pm The Roosters Wife 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen www.theroosterswife.org Bolshoi Ballet captured Live in HD from Moscow : The Nutcracker December 21 | 1pm Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines information@sunrisetheater.com Have an important event? We would love to hear about it. Please send the details of your calendar events to: charis@pinehurstmagazine.com.

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Chef ’s Corner Morgan’s Chop House

Simple and Simply Amazing Start with the freshest and best ingredients you can get your hands on!

Recipes Tommy Hinshaw Photography McKenzie Photography

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Grilled Salmon with Blackened Shrimp

Ingredients 8oz

3 pinch

North Atlantic or Norwegian salmon large tail-on shrimp salt & black pepper blackening seasoning olive oil, for lightly coating salmon and shrimp

Garnish Ingredients

sriracha fresh parsley sliced lemon or orange

Method

1. Lightly rub the salmon and shrimp with olive oil. Season with pinch of salt and black pepper. Dust with blackening seasoning and place on hot grill.

2. Grill salmon for 8 to 10 minutes each side or until an internal temperature of 135 to 140 degrees is reached.

3. Grill shrimp approximately three to four minutes each side.

4. Remove from grill, arrange and garnish.

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Filet Imperial Ingredients 1 4oz 3 2oz 1 cup pinch 2 Tbsp pinch

10oz filet mignon lump crab meat tail-on shrimp butter, separated heavy cream tarragon leaves grated Parmesan cheese salt & black pepper fresh parsley for garnish

Method

1. Season filet and the tail-on shrimp with salt and black pepper and place on hot grill.

Grill time for each side will vary depending on thickness of the filet; optimum internal temperature should be 130 degrees. Shrimp should grill approximately 3 minutes (or less) each side. Remove from heat.

2. In a small pan, melt 1oz butter and add crab meat.

Lightly sautĂŠ the crab meat until hot. Remove from heat.

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3. In a medium sauce pan, melt 1oz butter and add the heavy cream. Bring to a light boil and reduce heat. Add tarragon leaves and Parmesan cheese and whisk together. Sauce will thicken. Remove from heat.

4. Place the filet in the center of a serving plate and top with the sautĂŠed crab meat. Lightly drizzle the tarragon cream sauce over the crabmeat.

Arrange the tail-on shrimp on top of the sauce and garnish with fresh parsley.

Apple Walnut Pork Chop with Cranberries & Dumplings

Ingredients 14oz 8oz Âź cup 1 cup 2oz 2oz 2Tbsp 6oz

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center cut pork chop sliced, cooked apples walnuts brown sugar butter amaretto liqueur (optional) dried cranberries uncooked biscuit dough, prepared or homemade, cut into 1oz dumplings salt & black pepper

Method

1. Season the pork chop with salt and pepper and grill to internal temperature of 145 degrees.

2. In a deep sautĂŠ pan or sauce pot, melt the butter; add apples and brown sugar and bring to a low boil, then reduce to medium heat. Add walnuts, cranberries, amaretto liqueur and dumplings to the sauce and let simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Check the dumplings for doneness and remove from heat.

3. Place cooked pork chop in the center of a large platter and spoon sauce over the chop.

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turkey

time

Holiday Staple Seeking Broader Audience

By David Droschak

Are we all just a bunch of turkeys for not eating more turkey?

Sure, we’ll grab a piece of our favorite bird during the upcoming Thanksgiving or Christmas seasons, and a trip to the deli counter usually has a turkey purchase on the list. But what about the hundreds of other meals we eat during the year? Can we even find turkey products at the supermarket in the socalled “off season?”

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edged sword,” said Tony Seta, director of culinary service for Garner-based Butterball, the nation’s largest turkey producer. “We’ve definitely been promoting our slogan of ‘Everyday Turkey.’

We’ve got a number of items that are starting to take hold. And some grocery store chains are starting to realize and follow suit with what is happening in some restaurants, where turkey is on the rise.”

Seta is not alone in his thinking. The National Turkey Federation has been focusing on marketing awareness of turkey for years in its ongoing white meat competition with chicken, especially recently with the creation of new packaging and products, from ground turkey to turkey bacon to turkey chops.

“We have sort of joked about it; what comes first in creating awareness – the turkey or the egg?” said Keith Williams, the federation’s vice

president of communications and marketing.

“Each of those brands you know very well and have grown up with has looked at innovation to find a packaging and portion size that fits– different flavors and pairing options that go with turkey. You even see wine pairings suggested with turkeys now.”

In case anyone is counting, North Carolina inched past Minnesota as the nation’s No. 1 producer of turkeys, with 1.2 billion pounds coming from the Tar Heel state.

Turkey consumption outside of the bookend holiday seasons has always fought an uphill battle. And there are some tangible reasons. One is size. Most associate the product with large, 20-pound Tom turkeys, and long, drawn-out cooking times. Second, the supply of turkeys can be an issue when comparing the product to chickens.

“For broiler chickens, like the ones you see at KFC, those birds go on the market by 30-35 days of age, so within a month they are out there on the market,” said Dr. Peter Ferket, a turkey nutritionist at North Carolina State University. “Very few chickens are marketed beyond 56 days. For turkeys, 56 days is the shortest period of time for some hen products, and that might be a small little whole turkey.

Then at the other end of the spectrum some Toms are going to market at 20-22 weeks of age at a size or well over 45 pounds. So it is a function of time and resources.”

However, the push is on, big time, to create an image that turkey is versatile. At a recent food show in Durham, Butterball’s marketing pamphlet featured photos of bacon, lunch meat, sausage, wraps … even kabobs. No whole turkeys were highlighted as the product begins Pinehurstmagazine.com 51

Get creative in the kitchen or on the grill. You can find more than 1,000 turkey recipes at www.eatturkey.com.

to branch out into mainstream offerings.

“Sliced turkey is the main ingredient in most of the sandwiches in the United States (other than ground beef in a hamburger), so we’ve made great inroads there,” Seta said. “But now we’ve got a chef select line; we’re working on turkey chops. I’ve even done it Korean style. When I go out to Butterball sales meetings, my charge is to come up with items that we can serve with turkey. I’ve even done taco bars … any which way that I can use veal or I can use beef, I have applied it to turkey. Some individuals have come up to me and said, ‘That’s not turkey’ and I’ve said, ‘Oh yes it is.’”

Turkey is also healthy – low in calories and saturated fats – and priced right.

“A lot of items are really starting to take hold, especially with other meat prices rising the way they are,” Seta said. “We can slip in quite easily with turkey.”

Williams also noted that turkey exports continue to rise.

“Exports are very important to the United States poultry farmer,” he said. “We’ve been known for years as the breadbasket of the world.

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we’ve also looked at the influx of our new citizens that come to places like North Carolina and the Research Triangle Park to work. They come with tastes that do include turkey in their menus.

America has always been a melting pot, blessed with new ideas. It is quite a natural thing for us to look at.”

Seta is biased, but he makes three different turkeys for Thanksgiving – one in a conventional oven, one grilled and one deep-fried, in which case a 14-pounder can take just one hour.

And hats off to the cold turkey leftovers.

“It is the best part of the meal, a nice turkey sandwich on white bread with some mayonnaise, said Backyard Bistro owner Joe Lumbrazo.

“There’s nothing better than turkey leftovers.

“A lot of times it goes to the marketing of it; food suppliers that have come into my restaurant to sell to me have always pushed chicken, chicken, chicken,” added Lumbrazo. “Very seldom has a guy come through my door pushing turkey, only around Thanksgiving time. The other 364 days of the year are they saying you can make a turkey tetrazzini or a turkey pot pie?”

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Army It takes an The Sandhills Children’s Center Festival of Trees is becoming a tradition for those who like to give back.

By Christa Gala

It takes an army of people to make the magic that transforms empty space at The Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst Resort into the largest festival of trees in the Carolinas.

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Some of the wonderful volunteers and attendees at last year’s Festival of Trees.

stages to put on the 18th Annual Sandhills Children’s Center Festival of Trees.

“It started with a group of ladies and 32 trees,” says Teresa Copper, director of events and community relations at the center. “Today it’s more than 200 trees, wreaths, gift baskets, handmade items and gingerbread houses; it’s just grown into this spectacular winter wonderland.”

Tree-trimming For many Pinehurst residents, volunteering at this event is a tradition. High school students are elves, musicians are rotated on a schedule, and designers are needed to get things in tip-top shape.

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Residents volunteer for Santa and Mrs. Claus, and there are behind-the-scenes volunteers that most festival-goers never see.

“We need lots of muscle to help set it up,” says Copper. “We typically have a group of volunteers who come the Friday before and load the trucks.

And then we have un-loaders at the hotel who get all the tree stands up, and then the designers come in and decorate. It’s neat to see it go from an empty hall in the morning to this magical space in the evening.”

Each year, the Festival of Trees raises approximately $300,000 for the Sandhills Children’s Center, which uses the money to fund therapy programs for children with disabilities. Admission to the festival is a donation of your choice at the door.

Both individuals and businesses decorate trees, but if you commit to decorating a tree, you must provide the decorations and anything that might go underneath it. The tree is then auctioned off to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to the center.

“We buy the greenery, and we give you the tree; you tell me what size you want,” says Copper. “We go from 2 feet to 7.5 feet; then you either purchase or get donations from friends or businesses to decorate your tree. Everything on or under the tree has been donated.”

Taking home a tree It’s amazing what folks come up with. Pinewild is decorating a golf tree this year.

“They’ve got 13 golf courses that have each given four rounds of golf – that’s 52 rounds of golf with this tree. It’s valued at more than $5,000,” says Copper.

Pinehurst Resort also does a tree, typically dolled up with golf and spa fare. “Their tree went for $10,000 last year,” adds Copper.

Last year, a tabletop tree decorated with six bags of coffee from Green Mountain Coffee, complete with mugs and nutcrackers, brought $300.

The highest bidder takes it all home.

“You get the tree decorated; we buy new trees every year,” says Copper. Trees are wrapped in fabric and ready for carry-out. Or, if you purchase one of the larger trees, delivery is included.

Going digital As it’s grown, the festival has evolved.

“The festival is 18 years old this year; we’re growing up and becoming responsible, so we’re going green,” says Copper. “We’re going to a digital auction so there will be no paper bid sheets.

Everything will be online. Our hope is that we’ll truly raise more money for the kids.”

In the past, if you bid on a tree and didn’t have time to come back, you wouldn’t know if you’d been outbid.

“If you come now and bid on Wednesday night, you’ll get an email immediately when you’re outbid with a link to rebid,” she says.

The Festival of Trees auction could very well go viral – or at least national – if festival-goers send links to friends who might want to bid.

“We might get ten times more bidders,” says Copper.

More bids means more money for the kids. And that’s a very good thing.

For more information, visit sandhillschildrenscenter.org/trees

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A Linda Hartough unframed print from the 9th hole at Pinehurst No. 2 for $225. The worldrenowned golf landscape artist is the only one ever commissioned by the USGA to provide an annual painting and print of U.S. Open venues. Her work hangs in clubhouses all over the world, as well as in the personal collections of Jack Nicklaus and many others. “As it was my third U.S. Open painting from Pinehurst No. 2, I looked for something that would complement the other holes I had painted (the 5th and 16th/17th holes). The 9th, with the new renovation, was the one that I liked the most.

The dramatic morning light and spring foliage made it a beautiful scene to paint. I think it is one of my best.” In addition to originals and prints of Hartough’s paintings, note cards and other items are available. Available at www.hartough.com.

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By David Droschak

There was tremendous buildup to the historic back-to-back U.S. Open Championships at Pinehurst No. 2 in the summer of 2014. Now comes the residual effect – holiday bargains of logo merchandise.

U.S. Open items such as hats and sweatshirts are on sale And the shopping frenzy isn’t just confined to at the Pinehurst Resort pro shop at a discount of Pinehurst Resort’s newly renovated pro shop and between 30 percent and 50 percent off. “Our goal USGA garb, but includes the Old Golf Shop, a new all along was to have U.S. Open product until the collectable consignment business in the Village of end of the year and around holiday time so we could Pinehurst, along with Mid Pines Resort, which offer some great deals for people who couldn’t be has seen its merchandising sales increase since the here for the Opens, or had family members who Donald Ross classic makeover was recently voted couldn’t be here and really wanted to celebrate the the best restoration in the nation. history part of it,” said Laura Robinson, Pinehurst’s The following is a shopping guide for those director of retail. The main pro shop is just one of looking to purchase something special for a loved 12 retail stores the resort operates, with 80 percent one who lives and breathes the game of golf. From of holiday sales coming from members and locals all of us at Pinehurst Magazine, enjoy the holiday since golf during December falls off some. There shopping experience in one of the more unique is no longer a massive year-end sale that was a golfing areas in the United States. Pinehurst Resort longtime resort staple.

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Village of Pinehurst Putter Boy Shop offers great deals 365 days a year. “Our new focus, our new philosophy with that store was not to make our customers wait until the end of the year for some great deals,” Robinson said. The Links Shop in the hotel also offers a wide selection of women’s ware, including jewelry.

Mid Pines Resort is the sister course to the more famous Pine Needles Resort, but an award-winning restoration and a new logo a few years back will have the pro shop buzzing again come holiday shopping time. At the top of the list are pin flags and toboggan hats.

“Golfers like to come in and buy the pin flags to take home and get

them framed. A lot of people have a collection of them as they go from course to course … and you always have to have a good hat,” said Mid Pines assistant pro Chase Lippard. Pin flags cost $35 and logo toboggans go for $20. Stunning prints of several of the course’s striking holes may also be available for sale prior to December 25th.

Bob Hansen’s Old Golf Shop carries items as steep as $300,000, but the founder of the Dormie Club is re-arranging his store with tables of modestly-priced golf collectable items for the holidays. “We’re going to set the room up to where we’re taking a lot of the expensive items out of the front and set them to the back, and if folks want to talk about them we can, but for the most part we’re going to set the shop up for gifts in the $25$350 price range. Those items will include books, some small art work, money clips, golf balls and some affordable clubs.

“We’ll have items connected to the hobby going all the way back to the 1800s,” said Hansen, who opened his store this summer.

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November 15th North Carolina Symphony Southern Pines Series: Brandenburg Starting at 8pm in Pinecrest High School’s Lee Auditorium, this program will feature Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; and Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin.

The program will be led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn, and soloists will include Symphony Principal Viola Samuel Gold, Associate Principal Viola David Marschall, Principal Horn Rebekah Daley, and tenor Nicholas Phan. Ticket prices vary. >> www.ncsymphony.org

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18th Annual Festival of Trees Benefitting Sandhills Children’s Center, this five-day jubilee takes place at Pinehurst Resort, amid a festive showcase of more than 200 decorated trees, wreaths, gift baskets and gingerbread houses. Events include a silent auction, Festival Marketplace, live entertainment, and visits to “Candy Cane Lane” to see Santa and Mrs. Claus. Times vary, but admission via donation is typically from 10am-8pm. General admission will end at 5pm on Friday, November 21st to prepare for the “Snow Ball” from 7-10pm – a dance among the trees to the music of Tom Burnett and the Swing Street Band, with hearty hors d’oeuvres and host bar, for $100 per guest. >> sandhillschildrenscenter.org/trees

November 26th Holiday Pops Extravaganza at the Carolina Hotel Take a break from the planning, cooking, and/or stressing on the night before Thanksgiving, by visiting the Carolina Hotel at 8pm for a musical kickoff to the holidays. This year’s event will feature a musical retelling of Clement Clarke Moore’s A Visit from St. Nicholas with a special guest narrator. >> www.pinehurst.com/events/holiday-pops-extravaganza

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December 6th Annual Southern Pines Christmas Parade High school and college marching bands, dance teams, floats, fire trucks, antique cars and more – including Santa himself – will join the festivities in beautiful downtown Southern Pines from 10-11am, starting at Vermont Street and heading up NW Broad Street before turning left on Massachusetts Street and back down SE Broad Street. >> www.southernpines.biz/event/christmas-parade

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Visit Santa for photographs in the Theatre Building, then head outside to watch the annual Christmas tree lighting and attend the other downtown festivities from 4-7pm. See performances from The Sophisticated Ladies Dance Troupe, Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School Choir, Seven Lakes Dance, The Golf Capital Chorus, and The Army Ground Forces Brass Quintet. Let the holidays begin! >> www.visitnc.com/event/ village-of-pinehurstfestivities-tree-lighting

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37th Annual Candlelight Tour of Homes Each year this tour features beautiful homes from across the Sandhills, each uniquely decorated in its holiday finest. Come out and see the grandeur of five homes in Pinehurst and Southern Pines, from 1-5pm on Sunday, December 7th. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of the event.

To purchase in advance, call 910.692.3492, or inquire in Pinehurst at Power’s Pediatric Dentistry, CoolSweats, or Lady Bedford’s Tea Parlor; in Southern Pines at The Country Bookshop, Gulley’s Garden Center, or Living on the Bliss; or in Aberdeen at One Eleven Main. >> www.episcopalday.org/giving/candlelight-tour-of-homes

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A garden, a labyrinth and a dream fulfilled for FirstHealth Hospice

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If theologians are correct, A Plan implies an Architect: A God-built maze would be, I’m sure, The Universe in miniature. from The Labyrinth

by W.H. Auden The labyrinth lies at the end of a path through a miniature universe of colorful perennials, pachysandra, locusts, deodara cedars and other trees – dogwoods, a magnolia and a host of others with more imposing and less familiar names.

While the woodland garden and its labyrinth maze may come as a surprise to new visitors to the campus of FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care, the effect is more than welcome.

“The opportunity to be outside and at one with nature has been a great benefit of our gardens for all,” says Tina Gibbs, director of FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care. “People enjoy looking at the different plantings or just sitting on a bench and listening to the sound of the water in the water garden. If someone is having a tough day, we encourage them to go out to the gardens for a few moments. The different seasons have displayed beautiful colors that appeal to and draw people in.”

A spot for someone who is having a bad day or who needs to spend a little time away from the sometimes harsh realities of life – that’s the effect that Gibbs, Lynda Acker, Charlie McWilliams, and the many other hospice supporters and garden enthusiasts behind the project had hoped for.

Acker, who co-designed the Healing Garden located at FirstHealth’s Clara McLean House, assumed a similar role with the Hospice garden design. McWilliams, a longtime Hospice supporter, chaired the FirstHealth Hospice Foundation Network during the fundraising and construction periods for the Hospice & Palliative Care campus.

A different dream If the inviting garden comes as a surprise to visitors, the opportunity for the three-building hospice campus came as even more of a surprise to those involved in the project’s very early stages.

It became, according to McWilliams, “a whole different dream” beyond the original vision for a single-building hospice house.

Early, more modest plans called for an inpatient

facility in the FirstVillage area of the greater Moore Regional Hospital campus. The gift of 30 acres of property off Highway 15-501 North, from Pinehurst residents Jim and Michelle Kirkpatrick, gave new dimension as well as previously unanticipated opportunities for expansion and landscape beautification to the project Over-funding of an effort to build and endow a free-standing chapel – thanks to a highly successful fundraising drive – allowed those developing the campus to start to dream and begin to plan.

“The community was very generous,” says McWilliams. “With the chapel built and endowed and caring for itself, we wanted to continue to enhance the property. It became a no-brainer to have a garden once we were here.”

The garden As a Ph.D.-trained molecular physiologist, Lynda Acker focused on matters of biology. As a master gardener, she focuses on the subtleties of the soil and how it can produce such a rich display of beauty and sustainability. She learned about gardening from her Swedish father and grandmother, both of them skilled and avid gardeners.

“It’s always been my place to go, the garden, when I needed a place to think,” says Acker.

“Gardens have always been very meaningful to me.”

Acker and co-creator Cassie Willis designed the mini-wonderland that is the Healing Garden with its year-round growth, sculptured art, serpentine wall, man-sized chess board and traditional dovecote. It was only natural that supporters of a garden at FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care would seek them out for their project.

When Willis wasn’t available to help with the hospice garden, Acker turned to another friend.

A landscape designer, Sally DeWinkeleer had a special appreciation for hospice because her mother had recently passed away while in hospice care.

The two women shared ideas and listened to others – hospice staff and Foundation representatives – before putting thoughts to paper, developing a plan that would be done in phases while incorporating the natural water and woodland features of their pastoral canvas. The result is a landscape that is not only beautiful and tranquil, but also practical – deer-resistant, waterefficient (thanks to irrigation from the on-site pond) and chemical-free.

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Light Up a Life The Light Up a Life program, to kill bugs or anything else. They have mythology – and the elaborate hosted annually by the their place.” maze built to contain the ravenous FirstHealth Hospice Foundation This three-phase workhalf-man/half-bull Minotaurand the staff of FirstHealth in-progress has evolved from contemporary labyrinths are Hospice & Palliative Care, Foundation President Kathleen more closely aligned to Christian allows participants to share Stockham’s original idea for a small tradition and represent an ancient remembrances of family and garden near the chapel. The first symbol that relates to wholeness friends and honor the people, phase, which is nearing completion, while combining the imagery of past and present, who have begins at the top of the driveway the circle into a meandering but been important to their lives. with a water feature located inside purposeful path.

Lights on Hospice Garden an L-shaped area between the “At its most basic level, the trees can be dedicated in Hospice House and Administration labyrinth is a metaphor for the honor or in memory of these Building. Its two streams (with journey to the center of one’s loved ones or to recognize the small waterfalls) culminate in an deepest self,” says Acker.

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When a hospice board member “The water feature was placed felt strongly that the garden should The 2014 Light Up a Life program will be held Thursday, in this location, because Sally had have a labyrinth, DeWinkeleer came December 11, at 5pm on the up with a design that used red brick spent time observing the path that Hospice campus.

FirstHealth employees took between buildings,” to coordinate with the buildings on For more information on the campus.

Acker says. “She felt that placing a the program or on how to water feature along this commonly The traditional one-way-in/ dedicate a light, call the one-way-out maze is relatively used path would facilitate peace FirstHealth Hospice Foundation simple, its design restricted by and respite, and the sound of the at 910.695.7500. water and soothing greens of the ADA guidelines and the limited availability of flat space as well as plantings would be calming.” by the planners’ desire to save as Visitors can rest on a bench in the many trees as possible. area, which can also accommodate a The labyrinth is encircled by a wheelchair. (With only a couple of double “allée” of Yoshino cherry trees exceptions, the entire garden area is that should be full of fragrant whitehandicapped-accessible.)

According to Acker, “Spring pink flowers come spring. The trees will be a big deal out here,” because are closely planted so their canopies of the 5,000 bulbs (daffodils, should eventually touch to form a muscari and crocus) planted tunnel of confetti-like blooms.

The Labyrinth throughout the site. Aside from Labyrinth builder Richie Cole, of the daffodils, the magnolia tree and Knat’s Creek Nursery, also built the a few other familiar plants, the Hospice Garden walkways and supplied and installed the plantings. will have its own special look, however, one very Other professionals who worked on the project different from most tended gardens in the area. include Ken Howell, of Howell’s Masonry (wall and “Rather than including just the plants seen boulders), and Joe Granato, of Star Ridge Aquatics most commonly in Southern gardens, we wanted to (the water feature.) include a bit of nostalgia in old-fashioned varieties Phases two and three of the garden project will like foxglove and hollyhocks, and in stunners like include a gathering pavilion where families can hold golden rain tree and weeping redbud,” says Acker. services or celebrations, a butterfly garden, terraced “We’ve added berms and boulders for a natural paths leading to the pond, a sunny rose garden, and woodland feel, and green screens to provide an a woodland area featuring dwarf conifers, ferns and element of surprise as one rounds a corner.” mosses. A fountain in the pond’s center will add to the garden’s spiritual feel.

“Because the property faces west, you’ll be able to The labyrinth Although references to labyrinths date from Greek see the sun setting through the fountain,” Acker says.

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Wrapping up one year and anticipating the next, we often think of it as a great time to focus on our health. We count our blessings for the good health we have and look forward to improving it. Lose weight, eat better, exercise more – all fantastic goals. But do we ever consider our “oral health” as part of these goals?

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It is said that the mouth is the gateway to the body. As we are finding out more and more, the health of our mouth is invariably linked to our overall health. A healthy mouth is not just about a pretty smile and fresh breath. Conditions and diseases of our mouth are often not limited to our teeth and gums. For instance, Periodontal Disease (or gum disease) is linked to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, pneumonia and possibly arthritis and colon cancer. Certain other diseases and cancers may present themselves in the mouth as well.

We cannot have a healthy body without having a healthy mouth.

Thankfully there is a clear path for improving and maintaining good oral health. It’s as easy as 1-2-3.

One, brush at least 2 times per day with a fluoride toothpaste and always use a “soft” toothbrush or electric toothbrush, for at least 2 minutes. Be thorough but gentle. Change toothbrushes about every 3-4 months. As an extra measure, you may want to include a fluoride rinse as part of your brushing routine.

Step two, floss once a day. Flossing will clean the spaces between teeth that the brush can’t reach and help keep your gums strong and healthy. If you don’t like flossing, you might want to try a variety of different flosses to see if there’s one you like that will help keep you flossing. Your dentist 70 Pinehurstmagazine.com

should be able to provide different samples of floss and flossing aids as well as suggestions.

Step three, visit your dentist! At least twice a year, see your dentist for a checkup which includes an oral health exam and oral cancer screening, a thorough cleaning and polishing by a dental hygienist, and a chance to ask questions and discuss your oral health.

They say an ounce of prevention is often worth a pound of cure.

Well, when it comes to visits to the dentist, that’s usually the case.

For example, if you are seeing a dentist regularly, cavities can be diagnosed while they are still small and easily fixed, rather than when they are large, painful and in need of a root canal, (or possibly even an extraction), Your dentist can help with conditions ranging from bad breath to early cancer detection, as well as helping you to achieve whiter teeth and a brighter smile. If there are dental issues, you and your dentist can develop a treatment plan to address these concerns. A little bit of prevention often can save you time and money in the long run.

There you have it. 1: Brush, 2: Floss, and 3: Visit the dentist regularly. A winning formula for getting you back on track to the healthy smile you deserve.

Dr. Laura Wellener has been practicing dentistry for 16 years. She and her friendly, caring staff would be happy to see you and get you back on track to the healthy smile you deserve. She can be reached at 910.295-1010, frontoffice@wellenerdental.com, or by visiting www.wellenerdental.com.

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QUAIL HAVEN REHAB On September 15th the Inn at Quail Haven Village unveiled its new SciFit Function C3 rehab equipment for back, knee and balance issues at its open house. Only five centers in the state offer this equipment.

SUMMER SWEET SALE The Moore County Senior Enrichment Center was the site of the Summer Sweets Bake Sale on August 22nd. Profits from the event helped the Department of Aging Nutrition Program.

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PHILHARMONIC GALA The 5th Annual Carolina Philharmonic Gala was held at the Carolina Hotel on September 19th.

FORUM 75th ANNIVERSARY The Pinehurst Forum celebrated 75 years of bringing entertainment to the Sandhills with a fabulous gala on October 16th in the Cardinal Ballroom of the Carolina Hotel.

1 Chairing the event were Bonnie & Clive Becker-Jones. 2 Fred Hoffecker and Liz Polsten. 3 Marcia & Sam Davis with Trudi & Alex Porter. 4 Jean Sundstrom, Betty Sapp and Sherry Bailey.

5 The musicians: Randolyn Emerson, Halie Morrin, Michael Sparks, Lisa Doherty, Deanne Renshaw and Petia Radneva.

1 Gala committee members Mary Jo Littlefield, Brenda Parks and Kitti Pyne. 2 Forum president Mike Fiske and his wife Kathy. 3 Carol Dowd & Rahmean Kamalbake. 4 First ladies: Mary Ann McGowan, Linda Keener, Lynne Frazier and Kathy Fiske. 5 Jack and Tina Maesano with Laura & Steve Daskal.

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TREASURE TRAIL AVENTURE On August 23rd the Sandhills Horticultural Society hosted the 3rd Annual Treasure Trail Adventure at the Horticultural Gardens in Pinehurst. The event included eight stations of discovery, entertainment, crafts and refreshments.

JOYCE’S MEADOW The meadow of the Pinehurst Arboretum was dedicated on September 18th in honor of Joyce Franke, who was instrumental in the creation of the Arboretum and spearheaded the renovation of the historic Fair Barn.

1 Keeley & Molly Ferdinand, Ella Pszenny and Bruce Fensley planting. 2 The Army Ground Forces Band – “Loose Cannons Acoustics” entertained. 3 Weymouth Woods ranger Nancy Williamson with Rhys Blevins. 4 Michael, Lynn, David, Caroline & Olivia Antil.

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PHOTOGRAPHS The opening reception for the photography show of the Sandhills Photography Club titled “Photographs” took place on September 4th at the Hastings Gallery on the campus of Sandhills Community College.

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GHOST STORIES OF PINEHURST Marva Kirk of Kirk Tours shared fascinating ghost stories of Pinehurst during afternoon tea at Lady Bedford’s Tea Parlour on October 14th.

1 Owner Marian Caso & guest speaker Marva Kirk. 2 Pat Rackowski and Marilyn Otto. 3 Walter and Joan McGuinness.

4 Anne Cornell, chef Joseph Henderson and Joan Fifield.

5 Vivian Dower and Jeanie Riordan.

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DOG SHOW The Moore County Kennel Club Annual All-Breed Dog Show took place at the Pinehurst Harness Track on September 13th and 14th.

1 A military war dogs exhibition was given by SPC Dean Hensley with Helen, PFC Buddy Meier, and SGT Steaphan Strick and Tina. 2 Jack Russell winners bitch Syned and A.J. Burlingame.

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FIREWORKS On October 11th the Carolina Philharmonic began its 6th season with the opening night Symphonic Masterworks Series: Fireworks. It featured the full orchestra and 19-year-old violin soloist Mayumi Kanagawa.

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AN EVENING IN FRANCE On September 5th Hollyhocks Art Gallery hosted “An Evening In France”. The event showcased plein air artwork of three artists from their recent trip to France, along with French food and wine.

1 Featured artists – Cindy Perryman, Jane Casnellie and Jessie Mackay. 2 Wine served by Gene Casnellie. 3 Paul and Jaen Higgins. 4 Jerry and Yvonne Taylor with Jane Casnellie. 5 Susan and Paul Newnam with artist Diane Kraudelt.