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Long-Term Insurance: Do I Need It?

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Better With Age Series: Ederville, 100+ Years of Progress Jonathan Scott

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4 Ways to Unleash Your Inner Crafter

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Friendship Crafted By Carving

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Carolina Conversations with East Fork Pottery’s Alex Matisse

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Sculpting Downtown

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“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup.

October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins.

O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!”

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Ask the Expert

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Health & Wellness

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ctober brings all the colors of an artist’s palette to the North Carolina landscape and is the perfect backdrop for our Carolina Crafting issue.

This month, we head to the town of Marshall, just outside of Asheville, for our cover story and Carolina Conversations with East Fork Pottery’s Alex Matisse. On 30 acres that used to yield tobacco, the land now turns out thousands of works of art as the tradition of North Carolina pottery carries on with the former apprentice turned mentor. Witnessing the craftsmanship put into each pot makes the adage of a piece taking 10 years to make a much more understandable truth and each pot even more precious.

We also meet Dr. Harold Newman of Fayetteville, who laid down his surgical instruments for retirement but found a paintbrush and beekeeping provided more ways for him to give back to his community.

Two Pinehurst woodcarvers notched a friendship through a whittling hobby that creates birds in such detail that they might fly right off their bases.

Brightly colored paint and fabricated steel welded to a base have created a unique array of sculptures for an art garden. The assembly of art brings new life into downtown Laurinburg with the works of UNC-Pembroke students and professors.

For Ederville’s 100+ Years of Progress event, Ken and Patti Eder have assembled an unbelievable collection of trains, tractors and notable antiques for the annual show, Nov. 4-6 in Carthage, highlighted in our Better with Age Series.

October also brings awareness to breast cancer, longterm care and healthy joints, so as always, we hope you’ll find information to help you age with success.

With much gratitude, we would like to thank all of our contributing writers who share their time and talents with us, enabling OutreachNC to collect the 2016 Merit Award for Magazine Editorial by the National Mature Media Awards. We raise our glasses to you!

Thank you for turning the pages with us again this month, as co-editor Jeeves patiently awaits his cheese and turkey treat. Until next month...

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Develop a Plan of Care for Future Needs

by Amy Natt, MS, CMC, CSA I have been to several presentations that talk about holistic approaches, planning ahead and continuum of care services. Each person puts a little different spin on the topic, and it makes it difficult to know where to start. We are only in our 70s and healthy, so what should we be thinking about to prepare for the future?

There is a lot of information presented in the various forms of social media, commercials, print, radio and community presentations. It can be a bit overwhelming to filter through the information that is important for you at this stage of life. Planning ahead is an important part of being prepared for changes the future may bring.

Let’s start with the various terms you mentioned, and I can share the areas we assess when helping individuals develop a plan of care.

Holistic Approach This approach focuses on the importance of looking at the whole person/family/situation, and not just one aspect. Many practices and programs incorporate this concept to give a more comprehensive view. When planning ahead, this means you look at a variety of areas that will need to be addressed in that plan.

Planning Guides There are several planning guides available online. These take you through a variety of questions in various areas of your life. They are really helpful at identifying areas you may have addressed (estate plan) and others you have not gotten to yet (funeral plan). They also ask you

to document where information is kept, like passwords and accounts. You can complete them over time, and then they serve as a repository for information that your spouse or adult children can access if needed. They will typically ask questions that prompt you to think about what your wishes will be if someone has to act on your behalf.

Continuum of Care The continuum of care refers to the many area resources and services that are available throughout the life span. Typically for adults 50 and older, you are looking at home as one end of the spectrum and a skilled nursing facility as the other. However, there are all kinds of supplemental services and housing options in between. For example, on the continuum you might find home care services, assisted living, continuing care retirement communities, senior housing communities, adult day care, meal delivery, hospice and other community-based programs. It is important to identify the possible resources before you need them. This helps you identify options and determine what you think is the best fit for you.

Readers may send questions to Natt, an Aging Life Care ProfessionalTM, certified senior advisor and CEO of Aging Outreach Services. She can be reached at amyn@agingoutreachservices.com .

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“” Don’t wait until you’re in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

—Phil McGraw

Assessment As an Aging Life Care™ manager, my role is often to go into a home and provide a comprehensive assessment to help individuals plan for both current and future needs.

There are eight core areas we typically address: legal, crisis intervention, health and disability, financial, housing, family, local resources and advocacy.

This gives you an idea of the holistic approach to planning, incorporating all three of the above concepts.

You are already ahead of the game by starting to ask the questions and attending presentations and community events.

Continue to explore your options and resources. Get a planning guide or start keeping a journal with all your questions and notes.

Do not wait for a crisis to take action; start now and tackle a different topic each month. Your timing is perfect!

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B E L L E W E AT H E R

Report Says Dogs Can Really Understand What You Say

by Celia Rivenbark

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new study that involved training 13 dogs to lie motionless inside an MRI machine for long periods of time found the family pets “probably understand words,” especially the ones that we say in tones of praise and affection.

All of which makes me wonder, if we can train a dog to lie in an MRI machine for hours at a time, why can’t eight different technicians fix my cable when it goes out every other day?

Maybe we could train the dogs to work on it.

“That’s a good boy. Yes ‘im is. Now get up that pole and boost that signal.”

The reaction to the report in Science magazine has been mixed. Some scholars say the findings of a team of Hungarian neuroscientists is much ado about nothing (dogs have always answered simple commands and responded favorably to loving language), but others say this is just the beginning of really communicating with dogs, who, fortunately, speak the same language as their owners. The study didn’t confirm this but I am guessing that regional accents are part of the communication study. For example, if a dog is from the American South, he might respond favorably to his human’s announcement that “I’m fixin’ to feed you.” While a dog from the Northeast or Central Plains might simply be confused by such a statement and resume eating your shoes.

While all of this is interesting, at the end of the day, it’s still going to be a one-sided convo. I could pour out my heart to Rover, and he’s never going to talk back. Unless we’ve both had waaay too much to drink, of course.

If the research is accurate, you can pour out your deepest secrets and fears to your dog and know that they are heard and understood like going to

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a therapist. Best part?

No co-pay. Worst part?

Occasional break for your “therapist” to lick while you’re sharing.

This could be extremely useful for unburdening without judgment. If you have something truly awful to confess like, say, you bludgeoned your serial cheater of a boyfriend to death and dumped his body in an abandoned rock quarry, talk to the paw.

If dogs really do understand human conversation, we should probably be more careful how we speak around them. We should try to avoid saying phrases like “vet appointment” or “long ride in the country” or “going to the fireworks show” or “big thunderstorm approaching.” These are, to use popular parlance in universities these days: “trigger words.” The dog will react negatively, perhaps all over your carpet.

Although not everyone’s on board with the research, further studies are planned to determine whether or not a dog can differentiate tone. In other words, can the dog tell when you’re saying something that’s actually a little mean or harsh but you’re saying it in a pleasant tone? My guess: The Southern dogs will be especially good at this, bless their hearts.

Rivenbark is the author of seven humor collections. Visit her website at www.celiarivenbark.com . ©2016 Celia Rivenbark. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S

Physical Therapy Benefits for Breast Cancer Patients

by Ginny Barbour, PT, MPT

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he latest breast cancer statistics indicate that about one in eight U.S. women, or approximately 12 percent, will develop invasive breast cancer at some point in their lives. In 2016, an estimated 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 61,000 new cases of noninvasive breast cancer.

It is estimated that there will be more than 2.8 million women with a history of breast cancer in the U.S. in 2016. This number includes women currently being treated and women who have finished treatment. With current innovations in treatment and prevention, breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. have been dropping since the year 2000 and continue to drop each year. Since breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women, next to skin cancer, its treatment continues to be on the forefront of the healthcare industry.

Typically, treatments for breast cancer can include chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. However, an integrated multidisciplinary approach to care,

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including rehabilitation (physical and occupational therapy), can help identify an individual patient’s needs in order to maximize optimal recovery and return to full function.

Studies show that exercise in general increases the speed of recovery, decreases fatigue and reduces pain while increasing one’s range of motion and strength. Skilled physical therapists are essential in assisting a person in maintaining and gaining strength, flexibility, endurance and maximizing function.

A physical therapist can provide education on arm exercises that will stretch and strengthen the muscles of the chest, back, shoulders and arms. This assists in preventing stiffness and decreasing pain.

Increased flexibility can improve a patient’s posture, thus decreasing pain. A physical therapist will work to develop an individualized exercise program with progressions that are specific to each patient and her needs at all stages of their recovery or even years after their recovery from breast cancer.

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well as preventing nerve irritation and tension, which can lead to arm pain, sensation changes and even neck pain if left untreated.

As a part of the treatment and recovery team, the physical or occupational therapist will monitor the patient’s progression and address any issues that arise, including lymphedema, a post-surgery complication that causes swelling in one of the arms, due to blockage of lymph passages and the body’s inability to drain fluid from the surrounding tissues. This can occur after the removal of lymph nodes and treatments that interrupt the normal flow of the lymphatic system.

Healthcare providers that work together as a team optimize a patient’s healing and recovery.

Barbour, PT, MPT, a physical therapist with FirstHealth Rehab, can be reached at (800) 213-3284 or visit www.firsthealth.org/rehab .

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B R A I N H E A LT H

Healthy Sleeping Habits: What’s Keeping You Up At Night?

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by Heather Tippens, LPC

he impact of daily and chronic stress has been linked to disturbances in sleep. Many people report sleep disturbances including insomnia, restless and interrupted sleep while experiencing periods of stress or undergoing change. Frequent nights of unrestful sleep can lead to changes in mood including irritability, fatigue, increase in anxiety and depression and cognitive impairments in concentration, attention and forgetfulness.

Factors attributed to stress that can disturb our sleeping patterns include worry and the tendency to become excessively ruminative. It is common to experience distress directly related to the inability to achieve restful sleep. Increased self-pressure to get a good night’s rest can further impair a person’s ability to obtain a restful night’s sleep, increasing worry and frustration.

Those who struggle with insomnia often develop maladaptive strategies in an attempt to get more sleep.

There is a tendency for people to spend more time in bed by going to bed earlier, getting out of bed later or napping throughout the day to increase the opportunity to achieve more sleep. However, this creates a disconnection between trying to sleep and the actual ability to sleep, enhancing awake time and arousal.

To improve the ability to sleep at night, consider these nine suggestions.

1not sleeping. Avoid daytime napping by engaging in 6of fluids before going to bed. These can lead to Try to reduce the amount of time spent in bed when

activities during the day.

Avoid eating or drinking an excessive amount

frequent awakenings throughout the night.

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7bed or in the bedroom. You may begin associating the bed with these activities and not with sleep.

If you are having difficulty falling asleep, do not lie 3in bed for longer than 20-30 minutes. It is easy for Establish a quiet, relaxing bedroom environment us to enter into a cycle of worry. It is best to get out 8by removing unnecessary sound or light sources.

Establish a regular sleep and awake schedule, even

of bed to engage in a relaxing and distracting activity, such as reading or watching TV.

4and caffeine, especially later in the day or early

Avoid alcohol and stimulant use, such as nicotine

evening. Large amounts of caffeine can also increase levels of existing anxiety.

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Exercise is not recommended right before bed, as an immediate response to exercise can be an increase in energy. However, regular exercise can alter how quickly one can fall into a deep sleep and the length of time spent in deep sleep.

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Avoid engaging in non-sleep related activities in

Consider switching out the sound of the TV for a white noise machine. Also, ensure your bedroom is at a comfortable temperature.

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Establish a pre-bedtime ritual to relax, unwind and decompress from daily stressors (consistency is key).

Tippens, a licensed counselor at Pinehurst Neuropsychology, can be reached at 910-420-8041 or visit www.pinehurstneuropsychology.com .

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T E C H S AV V Y

Passwords: The First Step to Safety

by Bill Fisher | Illustration by Brenda Vienrich

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ost people don’t put a lot of thought into creating a password. It’s usually easiest just to create a short, easy-to-remember password, or even to use the same password for every account. After all, the average person probably won’t be able to guess your password.

However, hackers often use password-cracking software that can keep testing different passwords until they find the correct one, and they can easily crack weak passwords. By creating strong passwords, you can greatly reduce the chance that your personal or financial information will be stolen.

Common Password Mistakes Many people create passwords based on their spouse’s names, a hobby or a simple pattern, because these types of passwords are easy to remember. Unfortunately, they are also easy for hackers to guess. To create a strong password, you will need to avoid common types of mistakes.

Tips for Creating Strong Passwords • Never use personal information. This kind of information — including your name, birthday and spouse’s name —is often publicly available, which makes it easy for others to guess your password.

• Use a longer password. It should be at least six characters long, and for extra security it should ideally be at least 12 characters if the site allows it.

• Keep written passwords in a secure place. It’s even better if you encrypt passwords or write down hints for them that others won’t be able to understand.

• Use a different password for each account. If someone discovers your password for one account, your other accounts will be vulnerable.

• Get creative. Try to include numbers, symbols, and both uppercase and lowercase letters if the site allows it.

• Avoid using words that can be found in the dictionary. For example, swimming1 is a weak password.

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• Random passwords are the strongest.

Use a password generator —like the one found at strongpasswordgenerator.com.

• Create a mnemonic device. This is especially helpful for random passwords. For example, H=jNp2# can be remembered as HARRY = jessica NOKIA paris 2 #. This may still seem random, but with a bit of practice it becomes relatively easy to memorize. You can also choose a sentence you know you’ll remember and then use the first letter of each word in the sentence, plus a few symbols or numbers, as your password.

Utilize Password Managers Instead of writing your passwords on paper where others can easily see them, you can use a password manager to encrypt and store them online. Some password managers can also generate random passwords, making your information even more secure.

Both Firefox and Chrome offer password managers, in addition to other services like LastPass.

Fisher is an instructional designer with GCFLearnFree.org, a program of Goodwill Community Foundation (GCF) and Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina Inc. (GIENC). For more information, visit www.GCFLearnFree.org/internetsafety.

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Not the Great Pumpkin But the Right One

by Ray Linville | Photography by Diana Matthews

The most important task for some of us this season is finding the right pumpkin for Halloween...

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arving a jack-o’-lantern, making a pie, decorating a front porch, roasting seeds, getting ready for trick-or-treating and creating family memories all start with that important first step: finding the right pumpkin.

Did you grow up watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?”

This popular show kept us glued to a TV set just before Halloween in an era when cable channels didn’t exist and video games had yet to mesmerize the young. A simple tale about the Peanuts gang preparing for Halloween, it gave us our own virtual, quick trip to a pumpkin patch.

At that time, I didn’t think trips to pumpkin patches could be real. It was all make-believe. Now, of course, it is real and the way local farmers entice families to visit—take a hayride to a pumpkin patch and pick out your own pumpkin.

I had never set foot in a pumpkin patch until I was invited to go with my grandchildren on a Halloween outing. The pumpkin patches in our area today are much better than the animated scenes of Charlie Brown—enjoy a hayride, navigate a corn maze, watch apple cider being made, jump in a corn crib, and take home a pumpkin or two (actually, we never take home fewer than four).

That we have such great pumpkins locally is not a surprise. For centuries before European settlement, Native Americans in this area grew pumpkins, which were an important part of their diet. Archaeologists have found pumpkin seeds in long-dormant cooking pits in N.C. and pumpkin fragments dating more than 8,000 years ago have been found elsewhere in this hemisphere. In fact, pumpkins grew only in the Americas before they were taken to other continents after Christopher Columbus’ voyages.

Imagine the reaction of early Native Americans to the excitement generated at our pumpkin patches—and the disappointment of poor Linus in the Peanuts saga, waiting in the patch every year for the Great Pumpkin to arrive and continually being disappointed when all along the right one was just before his eyes.

For John Greenleaf Whittier, pumpkin is the “fruit loved” of childhood.

His poem “The Pumpkin,” written in 1850, describes the youthful joy of pumpkin carving: When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin, Glaring out through the dark with a candle within!

Pumpkins have much more value than for making spiced lattes, folks.

They’re great for creating charm and family fun.

If you want to find the perfect pumpkin, don’t take a quick trip to a grocery store. Instead, take a child to a nearby farm and let him or her walk through the patch to find just the right one. Then teach a lesson about regional history and culture.

Linville is a contributing writer for the N.C. Folklife Institute and writes about Southern food, history and culture. He can be reached at linville910@gmail.com .

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Remember to Protect Your Eyes

by Richard B. Phinney, MD

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he loss of an eye or vision is one of the most frightening scenarios imaginable for most people. When this occurs in a preventable situation, it is even more tragic. October is Eye Injury Prevention month, and a reminder to be mindful of situations in which eye protection is crucial. Every day, we see eye injuries ranging from minor to major. Many of these were preventable. Considering the small surface area of the body that the eye occupies, it receives more than its fair share of abuse.

Line trimmers, metal on metal pounding (hammering nails, etc.), wind-blown debris and gardening misadventures account for a disproportionate number on injuries that could be prevented by glasses or goggles. Regular glasses may not be sufficient to prevent injury from high-speed objects that can result from pounding, grinding or trimming. Hardened safety glasses with side shields are recommended for these sorts of activities.

Sporting accidents resulting from contact with other players or a thrown baseball may cause blunt trauma resulting in permanent vision loss. Notice that Olympic sand volleyball players are wearing glasses during matches in the day and night for protective purposes. Many pro basketball players recognize the potential threat and are also wearing sports glasses.

Unfortunately, celebrations involving fireworks frequently cause injuries to eyes and hands with tragic consequences. Situational awareness is really the

overarching principle to prevent disasters. Our cars remind us to put on our seat belt before driving, but we don’t have that luxury for other potentially threatening activities.

You may be somewhat aware of the possible risks of eye injuries, but are you taking the easiest step of all to prevent 90 percent of those injuries—wearing the proper protective eyewear? Consider these facts: • Men are more likely to have an eye injury.

• More than 40 percent of eye injuries are caused by projects and activities such as home repairs, yard work, cleaning and cooking.

• More than 40 percent of eye injuries every year are related to sports or recreational activities.

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CAREGIVING CAN MAKE LIFE CRAZY!

Crafting the Caregiving Experience

by Mike Collins

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ne of the best crafting for kids teachers in America is Stacey Gibbon. A Florida-based Air Force wife, mother and crafter who writes at gluedtomycraftsblog.com, she offers her “Top 10 Crafting Tips for Kids” on the Decoart.com/blog. When used as a lens through which to view the caregiving experience, her suggestions work incredibly well.

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Keep all your craft projects simple. Too many caregivers have expectations so high that it is almost impossible to create an experience that fulfills their vision.

Caregivers should make this phrase their mantra, “As long as the one I am caring for is safe, everything else is a bonus.” The more caregivers complicate the caregiving experience, the more things can go wrong and the more ways they can be stressed.

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Have a designated area for craft time.

Caregivers should have a space in their home that is their space, a place to which they can retreat to think (or not), rest and heal. The space may simply be a comfortable chair in a corner with a bookshelf or side table.

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Don’t go overboard on the supplies.

Anticipating needs is a good thing, but no one needs 30 rolls of bathroom tissue (one caregiver told me, “Costco had a sale”). More stuff means more to keep track of and more to complicate life.

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Have your children wear appropriate clothes. If the one you are caring for wants to be dressed a certain way, do it if at all possible. However, many caregivers dress them to fit what the caregiver wants worn. The clothing selected should be easy to put on, take off and clean.

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Finger paints are always fun.

Again, depending on the condition of the one you’re caring for, keeping activities simple is best. Caregivers may believe their loved one would enjoy going to a college or pro football game, visiting a museum or going shopping. However, maybe the best thing to do is watch a game with them on television, leaf through an art book together or ask their opinions on recently purchased items.

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Don’t have time limits. Loved ones will often say that unless they are asleep or unconscious, five-minute visits from caregivers can be worse than no visits at all. Basetouching makes them feel that the caregiver has little or no time for them. Granted, everyone is busy—except for the one who needs us the most. Caregivers should try to plan for ways to spend more than a few minutes at a time with carees.

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Try not to be a helicopter mom. The opposite of base-touching is hovering.

Our loved ones, especially those who have lived independent lives, understand their conditions and will let caregivers know when they need care. If your loved one is in serious condition in a hospital or other facility, healthcare professionals will keep you and other family members apprised of changes in conditions.

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Participate! Again, depending on your loved one’s condition and inclinations, caregivers should ask what activities they would like to pursue (staying active is mentally and physically healthy) and, as much as possible, participate. The sense of isolation and loneliness those in need of care feel can be debilitating.

Having someone to walk with, talk with and do simple activities with can have a tremendously positive effect.

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Praise your child and display their work proudly. While caregivers should not gloss over their loved one’s condition, look for any opportunity to be positive, but without a Pollyanna attitude, which can be demeaning. Being able to walk the length of a hall, feed themselves, toilet themselves, and sit up to watch a movie may be wonderfully positive steps on the road to better health and should be noted and praised.

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Most importantly—just have fun. If it’s not fun, what is the point? If you and your loved one are happy—so be it. Granted, many readers may be shaking their heads and muttering, “Can’t do that, won’t do that, and that’s just silly!” Understandable. Your loved one’s condition and how caregivers see the experience has much to do with what you both want and can accomplish. Understanding that caregiving can range from being incredibly difficult to amazingly rewarding—in a span of five minutes—means that crafting a positive caregiving experience is one of the most important connections caregivers and those they care for will have in their lives. ©2016 Mike Collins.

Collins is the producer of the video, “Care for the Caregiver,” winner of a National Caregiver Friendly Award from Today’s Caregiver Magazine. For ways to deal with the craziness of caregiving, visit www.crazycaregiver.com .

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Long-Term Care INSURANCE Do I need it?

How do I get it?

How do I use it?

by Jennifer Webster

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ong-term care insurance is an important component of your lifelong healthcare plan.

Beth Donner, a chartered retirement planning counselor with Diversified Planning in Cary, has a news flash: “People get sick before they die.”

Her no-nonsense approach is born of experience. She worked as a nurse, then as a director of nursing home health and a medical case manager.

“Fifty years ago, when people got sick, they died from the illness,” she says. “Now, they may get sick and live 10 or 20 more years. It’s the result of modern medicine.”

Given that reality, most people will need long-term care of some kind. According to longtermcare.gov, 65 percent of folks will need home care for an average of two years.

More than a third will need to be cared for in a nursing home or assisted living facility, with the average length of stay being a year or so. And more than one in five will need five or more years of care.

Few of us have enough money to pay for that kind of help out of pocket. Medicare only pays for an initial nursing home stay, and Medicaid requires a drastic spenddown of assets. It’s up to individuals to purchase their own long-term care plans.

Where Do I Start?

Find a plan early, Donner advises. If you are already on disability, using long-term care or in need of assistance with your activities of daily living, you’re likely to be turned down when you apply for long-term care insurance.

“Think about it this way,” Donner says. “If you had a car accident yesterday, you cannot call an auto insurance provider today and ask to purchase a policy to cover your loss. You must have the policy in place before the accident, claim or financial loss.”

That being said, a preexisting condition such as a long-ago heart attack will likely not disqualify you from coverage, though your rates may be higher.

Partnership is an absolutely essential element of a long-term care plan, Donner advises. “When you use the Medicaid system to cover long-term care expenses, upon your death, the federal or state Medicaid agency can recoup their losses in a process called Medicaid Estate Recovery,” she says.

“A long-term care partnership policy rewards you by providing an asset-disregard incentive, if you end up exhausting the policy’s benefit, but still need care,” Donner says. “It prevents you from spending your assets down to the $2,000 maximum you can have to qualify for Medicaid. It also allows you to keep a dollar of assets for each dollar of benefit the policy pays out.”

She illustrates: “For example, if I purchase a $200,000 long-term care plan and exhaust the policy’s benefit, I get to keep $200,000 of my money instead of spending down to the usual $2,000 Medicaid amount. Whatever dollar amount the long-term care policy pays out, that’s the same dollar amount I get to keep, instead of spending it on healthcare costs.”

According to Donner, the best part is that the $200,000 is also exempt from estate recovery.

“It can’t be taken after I pass away,” she says. “It’s a way to leave money to my children and grandchildren instead of spending it on healthcare costs. I like that idea!”

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So Now What?

If you’re like many people, one day—perhaps sooner than you thought—you may need a little help with your activities of daily living. Or maybe a parent or spouse is being discharged from the hospital and you know you can’t provide all the care they’ll need at home. How do you use that long-term care policy most effectively?

Jennifer Pollard, MSW, CMC, a certified care manager with AOS Care Management in Southern Pines, explains that many long-term care policies are tailored to work with Medicare. The patient and his or her caregivers need to communicate with their Medicare insurer, the care facility and possibly a social worker to determine how the overlap works in the particular case.

“Most long-term care policies have an elimination period—a time frame where the beneficiary receives services but is not reimbursed,” Pollard says. “This typically lasts 90 to 100 days, corresponding to the period of time when Medicare may pay for services.”

Other times, there’s no elimination period. What is universally required is that the patient can’t perform a certain number of activities of daily living without help.

“A plan of care needs to be in place, typically signed off by the patient’s doctor, with care provided by an agency or licensed professional,” Pollard says.

Sometimes, even a family member can provide the needed services. Surprisingly, the patients do not need to be permanently disabled—they can receive long-term care insurance benefits until they get better.

It’s important to consult your policy in advance to know exactly what your benefits are—typically a “daily benefit based on care and location,” Pollard explains—and how to activate them.

This is especially important if you think you may use the policy several times, not all at once.

“When the policy is in play, you don’t pay premiums,” she says. “If you set it aside to use again later, you start paying premiums again. If a policy has a 90-day elimination period and you want to use your benefits for 30 days after a knee replacement, it doesn’t make sense to use the policy. But the positive side is that previous hospital and skilled nursing stays could count toward the elimination period if you need ongoing care later.”

The Fine Print

When purchasing long-term care insurance, also consider these options: • Inflation rider. Though this provision can double your premium, according to insure.com, it is important because it increases your daily benefit and maximum coverage by a percentage, hopefully accounting for cost-of-living increases between when you purchase the policy and when you use it.

• Non forfeiture. If your premium rises so much you can’t afford your policy, you can get your money back.

• Return of premium. If your policy has never been activated, a return-of-premium clause ensures your heirs get your premiums back.

The Bottom Line

When consulting with clients, Amy Natt, a certified senior advisor and Aging Life Care Profesional™ also with AOS Care Mangement, recommends this helpful website—www.clark.com/long-term-careinsurance-honor-roll—as a valuable resource for company ratings and plan comparison information.

“Know your policy and its benefits long before you have to use it,” Pollard says in agreement. And since accessing benefits may be a complex process, “enlist a a professional to help you navigate the process.”

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BETTER WITH AGE SERIES

by Jonathan Scott Photography by Diana Matthews

Ederville 100+ Years of Progress

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t’s not uncommon for visitors to Ken and Patti Eder’s Ederville in Carthage to come away flabbergasted. After attending an annual train and tractor show, a member of the online machine-lovers forum, madmodder.net, posted, “I could try to describe the event, but words just aren’t adequate for painting this picture with anything but a pale shadow of the reality.”

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Ederville’s 100+ Years of Progress is held annually the first weekend in November.

Located at 644 Niagra-Carthage Road in Carthage, gates are open from 8 a.m. to dark, Friday through Sunday, Nov. 4-6. Admission is $10 for one day, $15 for two, or $25 for all three. For more information, call 919-708-8665 or visit www.edervillenc.com .

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Ederville began about 13 years ago when Ken won an auction for an antique Rumley steampowered tractor. That simple event turned Eder into a collector whose passion led him to bring to Carthage the largest assemblage of the oldest and rarest tractors in the country, possibly in the entire world. The collection includes juggernaught-like steam prairie tractors in near-perfect condition as well as a chain-operated Lansing tractor—the only remaining one in existence.

When using steam to power things other than trains and boats was still in its infancy in the early 20th century, engineers had to be innovators.

The variety of ways they achieved locomotion is astounding, and the scores of different machines in Ederville are a testimony to American ingenuity— as well as being objects of nostalgia for some whose memories are long.

“It’s a good feeling,” Patti says, “to see two men standing next to an old prairie tractor talking enthusiastically, and when I come back a couple of hours later they’re still talking about it.”

Beyond the large buildings squeezed full of tractors are more buildings housing steam machinery of all kinds. Among them are a saw mill, a two-story tall construction that was used to crush rock for gold mining, and a steam engine that pulls a train along a short track.

Ederville also contains tens of thousands of other items, ranging from a Wurlitzer organ that used to grace the Asbury Park, New Jersey boardwalk to the actual Mayberry’s sheriff ’s car that Andy Griffith drove on TV. It’s a veritable museum of Americana.

On the weekend of Nov. 4-6, the Eders open Ederville for a public event called “100+ Years of Progress.” This year, Ederville’s many demonstrations highlight logging equipment.

For folks who aren’t fascinated by steam power, Ederville has a general store selling penny candy, two rooms of antique and collectible dolls, an old-time doctor’s office, a blacksmith shop, a dress shop, a hair salon and even a saloon. It’s bound to delight kids as well as anyone who enjoys a trip to the past.

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COOKING SIMPLE

Pumpkin Soup with Apple Cranberry Relish

by Rhett Morris | Photography by Diana Matthews

Ingredients 1 small onion, diced large 1 stalk celery, diced 1 carrot, diced 2 cloves garlic, smashed 2 quarts water 1 pie pumpkin, (about ½ size of a basketball) 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 3 tablespoons olive oil ½ teaspoon ginger ½ teaspoon nutmeg 1 green apple, diced 1 cup fresh cranberries 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1 tablespon sugar 34

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Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut pumpkin in half and take out seeds. Season the pumpkin with the salt, pepper and olive oil.

Roast in oven for about 45 minutes, until pumpkin is soft. While pumpkin is roasting, put onions, celery, carrot, garlic and water in pot and bring to boil. After boiling for 5 minutes, turn off and let set until pumpkin is done. Put the apple, cranberries, vinegar and sugar in food processor, and pulse until it becomes fine pieces for relish topping. When pumpkin is done, let cool for 15 minutes.

Take all flesh out of pumpkin and put in blender. Strain vegetable stock and add that liquid into blender with ginger and nutmeg.

Blend until smooth. Reheat soup and top with relish.

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s the temperatures cool down, you may find yourself spending more time indoors. Why not pass the time doing something fun? Crafting is a great way to Make something relieve stress and keep your cognitive function just for yourself. at maximum capacity. According to a 2014 Is there a box of old pictures clinical trial, participants who engaged in a brainin the attic you’ve been meaning to make into stimulating activity could help protect their brain for the a scrapbook? Or perhaps you want to freshen next 10 years of their life. up some old flower vases with a new coat of paint, or build a birdhouse. Whatever the project, set the Not sure where to start? parameters and the end goal so you can determine Check out these four suggestions. what materials you’ll need before you dive in. As you work, you’ll build your confidence and feel happy, thanks to your body naturally releasing dopamine, a neurotransmitter that makes you feel good.

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Think outside the box.

While knitting, woodworking or quilting are all traditional crafting choices, there’s so much more than that out there, so don’t limit yourself. Surf over to www.

Pinterest.com to find crafty ideas if you’re lacking in inspiration. Some ideas include: wooden alphabet tile fridge magnets, handcrafted wooden cutting boards, melting crayons into tea light candles, making custom perfumes with essential oils, or repurposing old books into a purse or planter.

Just search by your skill set or desired item to find a craft idea.

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Try something as a one-off—no commitment needed.

Not sure what craft is right for you, but want to get your feet wet? Painting and pottery parties are quite popular these days, and they give people the opportunity to try a specific craft without investing too much time or money. Typically, you’ll pay a one-time fee upfront, which will include your materials. Instructors will walk you through the basics of the craft. Many times you can bring your own drinks and snacks and you can mingle with others as you learn. Once your project is complete, you can proudly display it in your home or give it as a gift.

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Get social.

When you commit to a certain craft, you’re bound to be introduced to others who are honing the same skills as you. Take advantage of any meetups or get togethers to learn from others and stay socially active. There may be opportunities for group crafting projects that could help you push your skills in different directions.

Crafting is also a great activity that can be adapted to suit multiple age groups, making it a fun activity for holidays with family and friends.

Friendship crafted by carving

by Nan Leaptrott | Photography by Diana Matthews

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ou won’t find friends Don McCluskey and Bob Elmore of Pinehurst sitting on their porches drinking sweet tea and letting the days drag by slowly in their retirement years. They decided to do something innovative when they retired.

To carve things—birds that don’t fly, sing or make nests—but all look like they can.

Don, a retired physical therapist, had already captured an interest in carving birds. He had taken some classes at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst and later took more classes in Raleigh.

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Elmore traveled this area extensively in his work as a textile dye and chemist expert. He loved the Sandhills and knew he wanted to retire here with his wife Hazel. He also knew he would not spend his time playing golf, although he played golf three to four times a week when traveling. He put his clubs in the attic the day he moved into the couple’s new home and hasn’t touched them since.

Odd, you might think, when one who knows the game has moved to what some call the golf capital of the world but not for Elmore. He wanted to explore new adventures, new ways of expressing his creativity. He heard about McCluskey and his bird carving, and he joined a class that McCluskey was teaching. The two have been connected ever since.

Their hand-carved birds are beautiful masterpieces.

There are chickadees, brown thrashers, yellow-rumped warblers, Eastern bluebirds, red-tailed hawks, white-throated sparrows. Elmore’s favorite is his red cardinal, and McCluskey’s is a duck that took him nine months to carve.

McCluskey and Elmore don’t start out with a plan of what bird they will create, but when they decide, they place a pattern on top of the Tupelo Gum wood and carve away.

“The most important thing to remember,” McCluskey says, “is to know how much wood to leave.”

Almost every day, the two sit side by side in a workshop off Elmore’s garage and carve away. Neither man is a big talker, but they read each other well.

These carvers don’t sell any of their works.

They simply give a few away to family at Christmas or donate some for fundraisers at various churches.

In Elmore’s downtime, he also carves whimsical houses made from Cottonwood bark, which would make any child or grownup sigh with delight. Crafting birds and whimsical houses ... what an interesting way McCluskey and Elmore have found to carve their way through retirement.

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lex Matisse may come from a long line of artisans as the grandson of renowned French artist Henri Matisse, but his focus is creating traditional North Carolina pottery. After studying at Guilford College in Greensboro, Matisse apprenticed for North Carolina master potters, Mark Jones of Jones Pottery in Leicester and Mark Hewitt of Hewitt Pottery in Pittsboro, before embarking on his own venture in East Fork Pottery in 2010.

Just outside of Asheville, in the small town of Marshall, 30 acres that once grew tobacco now turn out thousands of pots—large, medium, small, functional and ornate. Functionality of the pieces is what Matisse was after in creating simple dinnerware reminiscent of the pots dating back hundreds of years. Simple, perhaps, but the process is a complex one based upon study and practice.

Having apprenticed himself, Matisse’s intent is to provide a place for other young potters to learn, create and keep this tradition turning. Together as East Fork—Matisse with his fiancée, Connie Rose Coady, partner and fellow potter John Vigeland, and two apprentices—are leaving their stamp as part of the greater North Carolina pottery tradition.

Inside the East Fork workshop, the bare ground is cool and dry and the air humid, while shelf upon shelf of pots dry, readying to be glazed and fired in the kiln. Zuma, Matisse’s loyal 12-yearold canine companion, lies at his feet while the potter works the clay.

ONC: How did your passion for pottery develop?

AM: I had done a lot of clay starting in the seventh grade and had worked in the material doing

a lot of sculpture, making faces mostly. Then in high school, I got back into it, really passionately.

When I got to Guilford (College), I did make my way back into the ceramics program there with a teacher named Charlie Tefft. Then, I said, ‘I just want to make pots.’ I think that came from working for somebody that does it for a living, and I also just sort of fell in love with it. I went out to apprentice with Matt Jones. He’s got a workshop that feels similar to this. It has a dirt floor, and it’s very humid. You can smell the pine and the wood smoke from the stove, and it’s a very romantic thing, and I definitely fell in love with that.

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“ ” We’re doing something that makes us feel part of a larger tradition.

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Is East Fork named after the road here in Marshall?

We went back and forth and back and forth about what to name it. A lot of potters name their potteries after themselves, but I don’t know what it was at the time, but I wanted to give it a name that would allow it to sort of grow outside of me, because Matisse is a pretty strong name. So I think that naming it East Fork was partly a way to move away from that a little bit.

Did you envision pottery enthusiasts coming to Marshall?

They come out here all the time. We have the kiln openings twice a year from the wood kiln. The last kiln opening we had was in the spring, so when that happens, we’ll have a few hundred people over the course of the weekend. We have tours on Tuesdays and Fridays, one at 10 a.m and another at 2 p.m. by appointment, so those who want to visit can call and schedule a tour. Once we open this retail space, people can come there more easily.

The retail space (in Asheville, which will open this November) will be some of our work, but it will also be other artists’ work as well. It will be other home goods, and it’s going to be a more modern design home goods store. Asheville doesn’t have a home goods store like what we are going to do, featuring lots of younger makers, people who are doing things that aren’t the typical kind of craft. It’s really exciting for us to branch out.

You have experienced such growth since starting East Fork.

How has the success changed production of the pottery?

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We’re in the middle of a really big pivot that is establishing a new collection, a new body of work that’s more commercial. It’s more geared toward daily use. It’s fired in a new kiln, which we just bought about eight months ago from the Netherlands. It makes the old wood kiln more of a Conestoga wagon, and this is like a Tesla. That’s how different they are from each other. It takes about 18 hours to fire the pots in this kiln versus about three days in the wood kiln. We will go back to the wood kiln, but right now we are so slammed with orders and there’s only four of us currently making pots, so right now, we are in the early stages of scaling things up. We can reach a much wider audience with the work. We’ve done dinnerware for about six restaurants in Asheville, a restaurant in Toronto and one in Germany. Then, we’ve got an online business that’s going very well for the size that we are and now the storefront in Asheville. That’s a huge move for us.

Can you talk about the techniques you use for your latest collection of pots?

There is a technique of decorating called slip trailing, which we did a lot of, and in this new collection we’ve done, it has no decoration at all at the moment. It’s super minimal, intentionally so. It’s really made to be used. It’s made especially for chefs. For them, it’s a canvas for the food.

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What type of clay do you use?

The clay comes from STARworks (located in Montgomery County), and we’ve worked really closely with Takuro [Shibata, potter and director of STARworks], who runs the clay department there. Takuro has made us a custom blend of clay that we use. Currently, it’s 100 percent North Carolina clay, and a lot of it comes from our area here. He made it just for us. Now, they sell it through STARworks, but it’s called East Fork Red. Does it make it more special to you to have it be 100 percent North Carolina clay?

We put a lot of thought into it. We wanted to try and keep it 100 percent North Carolina clay, if possible. This state is obviously known for pottery. And then, the fired quality of the clay is also really important. We wanted something that was rich and had a lot of different tonal characteristics within it, because we are firing in a wood kiln. When you’re firing in a wood kiln, you get lots of texture and colors and variation, but in the gas kiln, everything is so much cleaner that we really wanted something that had some character. So when you look at the clay, it has areas of red on it, some sort of darker browns, and there’s kind of two hues in that clay body. We’ve spent a lot of time balancing the firing profiles in the kiln to make sure that it had enough reduction that it would pull the iron out of the clay, but not too much.

How long does it take you to make a pot?

The old adage is always that people will ask a potter how long it took to make a certain piece, and the potter might say, “Oh, it took me 10 years.” Or they’ll say, “Five minutes and 10 years,” because the learning curve is so slow.

How do you make it so all of the pots are uniform?

There are certain tricks. It’s something that’s really just the time you put into it, to train your muscles to be able to do the same thing over and over again. So, if we’re making bowls, we know the weight of clay to start with and the dimensions to the millimeter that are to be thrown. Everything is thrown to the millimeter. With this method, every piece does have its own little imperfections and beauty.

Is turning the pot the most difficult part of the process?

It requires the most concentration, and it’s certainly the thing that’s the hardest part.

How do you know when a pot is right?

It’s funny, you’re always sort of chasing something. I think it can always be a little bit better. That’s the nature of throwing or doing anything by hand, especially if you do a lot of it. There’s always an opportunity for improvement somewhere.

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And the rest of the process after turning?

Once we throw the bowl this way, it has to dry and then it gets flipped like the bowls that are on the end of that board there. And then those move over to this wheel, and they get trimmed. So, there’s a huge amount of work that goes in to each piece. I really enjoy the trimming, actually. Trimming is very calming … you can kind of zone out a little bit, and you’re not at a huge risk of messing up. The throwing can get really ugly if you have a bad day, and things start going wrong. So, once they’ve been trimmed, they get a stamp on the bottom.

Do you make your own glazes, and how did you go about choosing the East Fork color palette?

We do. We all sort of came up with them. We had an idea of what we were looking for, and then it evolved as you see the tests, there’s things that surprise you that come out and so you incorporate those, but we’re always working on new colors.

Our apprentices have really expressed a lot of interest in learning about the chemistry and doing that, so we sort of let them take charge of that part of the operation. I really like what is called soapstone, which is a bluish-gray. It’s an interesting color, and that’s my favorite.

Is there anything special that you have to do to the pots to make them durable enough for the dishwasher and microwave?

The clay has to be very durable, so we’ve done lots of testing with it to make sure it’s going to hold up in those environments. The glaze has to be very durable. Some clays will streak if they’re not strong enough, as you’re cutting on them. That you have to be careful with, and I’ve done a lot of work to make sure it doesn’t do that.

So, there are some technical concerns that you have to think about when you’re making something that is functional in nature.

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Would functional pottery be your preference?

Now it is. I go back and forth, but right now, this is definitely what I’m enjoying.

Do you feel any need to carry on that artist legacy of the Matisse name?

Not anymore. What I would like to do now is just do something also that’s sort of that scale. It doesn’t have to be making art. That’s what he did, and I’m not going to do that. I’m not an artist in that way. I think John, Connie and I are excited to just grow something. The more we can grow it, the better. The more people it reaches, the better.

Is there anything the master potters instilled in you that you hope to instill in your apprentices?

You certainly want to teach people how to make good pots. But, so much of it has changed now that we’ve been doing this, so I think if you ask them, it feels much more like a job. You want to instill in people how to work hard, how much work it actually takes. Kyle and Amanda are amazing. We’re very lucky to have them.

If not pottery, what might you be doing?

I can imagine being a fishing guide. I love fishing!

Anything you do every day becomes a job, no matter what … even being a good old salty guide, I think would get old after a while.

But, I do love to fly fish.

Although you grew up in New England, is North Carolina home now?

Yeah, I’ve been here for close to 10 years. I have nostalgia for where I grew up, but this is certainly my home. My family is here, my business is here and we’ve been supported by all of our collectors and welcomed.

What about North Carolina appeals to you the most?

For me, it was certainly the history of clay in the state that’s been here. We’re doing something that makes us feel part of a larger tradition.

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ocated at the historic center of Scotland County, downtown Laurinburg is already a National Register Historic District with 50 buildings, specialty shopping and dining.

But just this past summer, an overgrown site at the corner of Church and Main streets that once accommodated a now defunct service station has bloomed into the Laurinburg Art Garden, a feature city planners and the arts community hope will evolve into a gathering space for the arts and other activities in the larger community.

In mid-June, the garden was dedicated, showing off its first collection of 16 metal sculptures designed and fabricated by 12 current students, some recent graduates of the University of North CarolinaPembroke, and two works by current professors.

The exhibition is a combined effort of the City of Laurinburg, the Scotland County Arts Council and the Art Department at UNC-Pembroke.

Art professor Adam Walls, who helped lead the project, has urged both motorists and pedestrians to stop at the garden to take a stroll along the looping concrete trail that wraps around and through the collection of metal sculptures. Although the garden is open all the time for close inspection, many of the pieces are large enough for motorists to enjoy them from their cars.

One of the largest is titled “Family Delights,� a dramatic piece created from abandoned light fixtures.

It personifies light posts into a mother, father and child holding hands and walking together.

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The sculptor is Christian Happel, a senior at UNC-Pembroke, who said on the day the garden was dedicated, “It just dawned on me that it would be neat to humanize a light post you would find in a park. The positioning of the characters is based on a memory of me walking with my parents.�

The garden also features a large-scale Echode Project Mural by photographer McNair Evans on the exposed wall of the A.B. Gibson Center, located next door to the garden. The Storytelling Arts Center was responsible for the mural project.

This first set of sculptures will remain in the garden for a year before they are replaced by a new class of students. Eventually, as each new set arrives in the garden, the planners would like to see this unique project evolve into a focal point for a regional art festival.

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Scotland Art Council executive director Erin Rembert said the garden is envisioned as a gathering spot for future public events such as music festivals, arts festivals and other community-minded happenings.

Other suggestions have been put forth, including the possibility of public viewings of night movies for kids and a possible farmers market.

During the dedication of the garden, Rembert said the Arts Council wants to promote a celebrated arts community where everyone has the chance to be inspired by the arts. “Today, I feel we met that challenge and with the continued support of dedicated volunteers, donors and a community that cares about their downtown and their culture, we can continue to do so.�

Right now, this visual delight on the edge of historic downtown Laurinburg is unique to this area and is always open to the public with never an admission charge.

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A Joint Affair

by Jennifer Webster

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wo weeks ago in rehearsal, I had a sharp reminder of just how important joints are. Riding down into a left split, I realized that, oops, I should be on my right leg! My foolish instinct was to arrest my progress, and that didn’t work out well. My hip joint gave an ominous cracking noise, followed rapidly by a second crack, as my leg popped in and out of place a fraction, all the while as I flopped the last six inches or so to the floor. There was a second of blinding pain, followed by “pins and needles” in the leg that lasted an hour.

Usually, I don’t think about joints. How do people even know how their joints are doing? With muscles, we can see how much weight we can lift, or when it comes to the heart, we can measure how far and fast we can run. But joints operate in relative obscurity … until something goes wrong.

Luckily, as a midlife dancer, I stretch carefully and make sure I’m warm before I do anything difficult. As a result, my hip is intact—the tendons didn’t tear, and the muscle didn’t pull away from the bone. I’ve just over-stretched my hamstring, so I need to be patient and work steadily to get my range of motion back again.

Now that I have my joints on my mind, I’ve been researching a lot. Here’s what I’ve learned:

Exercise

It may seem easier not to move, especially if your joints already hurt—for instance, if you have an old injury or a chronic condition such as arthritis. But getting your heart rate up reduces swelling, while moving around keeps joints from becoming stiff and painful in one position. In addition to (or if you can’t manage) a daily walk, perform constant light motion, such as making yourself a cup of tea, playing a piano or helping a child set up a LEGO castle on the playroom floor.

Stretch

Before undertaking new or difficult stretches, such as a yoga program, consult your doctor.

Simple stretches, however, can be safely performed anywhere, even in bed. For instance, welcome the morning with a starfish stretch: lying in bed, extend your arms and legs out into a wide “X” shape. Reach as far as you can and wiggle your fingers and toes.

Use Good Posture

Sitting and standing up straight (shoulders gently back, bellybutton gently lifted up and in toward the spine) help you avoid back pain. If you carry a purse that pulls your posture “lopsided,” consider lightening your load or switching to a backpack that distributes the weight evenly.

Protect Your Joints

Knee pads can spare sore joints as you garden, and a garden kneeler can provide extra support when you stand up. Wrist guards can prevent sprains if you take a spill while cycling. A back brace can safeguard your spine (which is a series of joints, after all) while you’re lifting heavy objects.

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Use Common Sense

If your joints are painful, you may have to urge yourself to exercise or stretch … who wouldn’t, when it hurts to move?

(Though you generally feel better once you get warm.) But if you have uncomplaining joints, especially if you’re hypermobile, don’t assume you can turn into a human pretzel.

For instance, I have hypermobility in my hips. I can “overstretch” or do a split more than 180 degrees without any pain or difficulty. But as a middle-aged lady, I religiously stretch and warm up before I attempt any such thing.

Similarly, you may have powerful muscles and be able to lift 50 or even 100 pounds easily. Still, protect the delicate collection of joints that is your spine by using your proper lifting technique—squatting and holding the load near to you, then standing straight up—each time you lift something.

Or if you’re a golfer, even if you golf every day, consider upper-body stretches before you take your first swing of the morning.

Good joints are a blessing— so don’t take them for granted.

Skeleton Food

The right nutrients can help sustain your skeletal system, including your joints and bones.

• Tuna—Omega-3 fatty acids found in this fish may fight inflammation.

• Blackberries—The anthocyanins found in these fruits are also inflammation fighters.

• Cheese—Calcium can make your bones stronger.

• Broccoli—This veggie contains sulforaphane, thought to slow osteoarthritis.

• Vitamin D— It’s not a food, but follow up with a “dessert” of sunshine! The vitamin D you absorb will help your body use calcium properly. And, studies show getting outside can reduce depression, which is linked to pain in the joints.

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Art, Science & a Passion for Giving

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or Dr. Harold Newman, the meaning of his retirement was simple. It was an opportunity to give something to others.

“I’ve been blessed by the Lord in more ways than I can imagine,” he says.

His robust heath, remarkable for a man of 86, seems to be only one of those blessings.

But no life has unlimited blessings. After his parents divorced when he was 7, Newman and his mother had to move in with his grandmother. He worked a stint in the merchant marines to pay his way through medical school at Wake Forest.

“I had only one dollar to my name when I graduated,” he says. “And a lot of debt.”

After serving in the military, he began searching for a suitable place to start a medical practice and found an opportunity in Cumberland County.

“I had a good experience in the military,” he says, “and I was comfortable in a community like Fayetteville.”

Newman never left, spending his career as a cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and Highsmith-Rainey Memorial Hospital.

His philosophy as a physician had been influenced early by an uncle.

“He was my role model in medicine,” Newman remembers. “He used to say that a doctor sometimes cures, but always consoles.”

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Newman never forgot that saying. When he officially retired, shortly before turning 60, Newman wanted to continue to both cure and console. He found an opportunity when a friend encouraged him to put his experience to use in a Baptist mission trip abroad. “In the Third World they don’t have many specialists. I found myself seeing all sorts of conditions and having to practice all sorts of medicine, just because that was what had to be done at the time. People might come from hours and hours away with problems that had gotten very advanced.”

It was demanding for both Newman and his wife, Ernestine, who accompanied him, yet it was exactly the sort of giving to others that he wanted his retirement to be about. He eventually served on 22 international medical mission trips to seven countries, including Zimbabwe.

It was in that African country he met a distraught young woman whose distressed newborn had nearly been given up for dead. Newman listened carefully through his stethoscope, discovered a faint heartbeat and aspirated the infant’s tiny, fluid-filled lungs.

“Of course they didn’t have machinery, so the only thing I could do was hand ventilate, which I did for two hours,” he recalls. “Finally, the baby showed signs of life and started blinking her eyes.”

The mother was overwhelmed with gratitude toward Newman and, choking her thanks through a translator, told him she wanted to name her baby after him.

“My first thought was that my name, Harold, wouldn’t be suitable for a girl. I considered it a moment and told her that my wife, Ernestine, had been named after her father by adding I-N-E to his name. So now, somewhere in Africa, there’s a young lady named Haroldine.”

Around the time he turned 70, Newman was struck with an unusual whim. Although, as he says, he “didn’t know which end of a brush to hold,” he decided to take a painting class as Fayetteville Technical Community College. He wound up bringing to the art some of the same dedication and precision that carried him through over 30 years of surgery. His mastery of the craft is nowhere more evident than in his portraits.

Yet, what is perhaps most profound about Newman’s paintings is that they are the very opposite of the strict definition of professional. He refuses to sell them or receive money as a commission. When one his neighbors, for instance, loses a loved one, Newman may create one of his portraits from a photo of the deceased and give it as a gift to the grieving family.

“I made my money being a doctor,” he says. “I don’t need to make more. What I get from it is the pleasure when my paintings give them pleasure.”

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His alma mater, Wake Forest School of Medicine, boasted a display of portraits of all its past deans. The only exception was Thurman D. Kitchin, dean from 1919 to 1936. At the time of Kitchin’s retirement, money had been raised to have his likeness painted but, for some reasons lost to history, the project never came to fruition. Newman offered to finally fulfill the commission, and today Newman’s portrait of Kitchin hangs next to those of his peers. Of course, Newman accepted no payment.

Among the dozens and dozens of Newman’s paintings are landscapes, religious themes and portraits of family. With four children, 13 grandchildren, and now three great-grands, Newman has plenty of chances to immortalize loved ones on canvas and then present the paintings as gifts. Included in Newman’s personal collection are also portraits of people he met while on medical mission trips. The latter group includes a painting of a mother and infant, the young African woman whose baby, Haroldine, Newman brought back from the edge of death.

When not busy at his easel, Newman can likely be found in one of two places—on a golf course or working with the many thousands of denizens of his more than two dozen beehives. Raising bees has been close to his heart for most of his life, beginning at the age of 12 when he was given a hive as a present. Later, while enrolled in an

entomology course in pre-med college, Newman became fascinated with bee genetics. His affection is so great that he easily forgives their inevitable transgressions.

“I’ve probably been stung a thousand times,” he boasts, smiling.

“Maybe the reason my immune system is so strong has something to do with what’s in bee venom.”

From the look on his face, it’s difficult to tell if this man of science and medicine is joking.

Newman can jar sometimes up to a half ton of honey a year under his own private label, Surgeon’s Choice Honey. But, like his paintings, the product of Newman’s bees isn’t for sale.

“I just had someone ask if he could buy five quarts from me,” he says. “I had to tell him that I only give it away.”

Not only does Newman continually find opportunities to give the honey away, mostly to charity, but he’s equally generous with his beekeeper’s knowledge. In addition to speaking to garden clubs, Newman has a half dozen “students” with whom he informally shares his years of experience raising bees.

Many people would say that Newman has it all—a loving wife and family, fulfilling hobbies, and a past career that earned him a Distinguished Achievement Award from his alma mater. But now, in his retirement years, it’s not what he has that provides him the most satisfaction.

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by Sandra Bernardo

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hile anyone can be a victim of identity theft, older adults may be at even more of a risk than the general population. According to the Department of Justice, the number of older adult victims of identity theft increased from 2.1 million in 2012 to 2.6 million in 2014. This increase is likely due to the fact that older adults often live alone and crave companionship, and also have fading memories, which makes them easy prey for identity thieves.

What’s more is that identity theft in older adults can be truly tragic as bank accounts are drained and retirement funds vanish, leaving victims without any resources. Protecting yourself and family members can be simple if you know where to start.

Here are four ways to keep your nest eggs safe.

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Get a shredder. A small cross-cut shredder can really go a long way to protect yourself or family members from identity theft. With thieves Dumpster diving for personal information, shredders can be used to destroy unneeded personal documents, receipts, pre-approved credit offers, unused or old checks and any other items that include personal information.

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Protect your mail. Leaving outgoing mail in the mailbox for the postman is never a good idea. Thieves can quite easily snatch mail waiting to be picked up, including letters that include checks or other personal information. Take outgoing letters to the post office, and consider purchasing a mailbox with a lock for added protection.

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Monitor your accounts. Monitor your statements as well as credit information online. You can even set up credit monitoring and bank alerts to make this a seamless process.

Products such as Experian CreditWorks are an option for people looking for comprehensive credit monitoring.

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Be aware of identity thieves. Identiy thieves take many forms, and losing your personal information can be detrimental. Never give out personally identifiable information like a Social Security number or bank account number over the phone, and remember, a legitimate business will never ask for this type of information.

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‘The Island’ & ‘A Paris Apartment’ Book Review by Cos Barnes

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lin Hilderbrand’s national bestseller, “The Island,” is a love story for all the inhabitants of Tuckermuck Island off the coast of Nantucket. The island is where the main character, Birdie, and her family visit every summer.

Daughter Chess abruptly calls off her wedding, which her mother, Birdie, has lavishly planned, including a floating dance floor. Birdie’s ex-husband shows renewed interest in her. Her younger daughter, Tate, who has fought jealously with her sister, Chess, all her life, has a new love she captured with a man she has idolized for years, and younger sister, Andra, grapples with a new and somewhat different romance.

The scene is set for this typical “beach” read.

Looking forward to a period of bonding with her daughter Chess, Birdie is stunned by all the new developments within her family. ◆◆◆ April Vogt, the main character of “A Paris Apartment,” is a talented assessor of fine furniture and accessories. April is sent by her boss at Sotheby’s to this Paris apartment, which has been shuttered for the past 70 years. As she begins to explore the furnishings and paintings, she discovers a painting

by Giovanni Baldini and letters written by the woman in the portrait, Marthe de Florian.

April becomes obsessed with her findings, although she is distracted by her cheating husband back in the states and a family crisis.

The story unfolds as the two women’s lives collide, one who was in the Paris of the Belle Epoque, and the present-day April, who speaks French and has a brief affair with a local but never fits in.

Barnes has been writing for OutreachNC since the first publication in 2010 and currently participates in three book clubs. She can be reached at info@outreachnc.com .

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Generations

by Carrie Frye

OutreachNC asked adults and children our October question. Share your answer on our Facebook page.

What’s your favorite Halloween trick or treat?

Smarties candy for a treat.

Take 5 candy bars. —David, 61

Going out with friends using pillow cases for treat bags and sitting in the yard afterwards eating candy. —Ben, 69

Snickers. —Roberto, 80

Candy corn. —Augustus, 69

Every candy, because all of the candies are delicious, sweet and delicious. — Brennen, 6

When I was too old to go trickor-treating and would stay home and make popcorn with my mom to give out to kids that came to the house and seeing all the different costumes.

Mary Jane’s peanut butter kisses and candied apples. —Sara, 71

Roasting pumpkin seeds with my dad. —Anna, 11

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Candy, because I like candy.

—Ann, 57

—Mark, 56

— Gabriella, 5

Getting candy, especially Snickers, as we didn’t get much candy except at Halloween.

Being a super hero, because I like super heroes. —Chloe, 5

—Ann, 69

—John, 65

Back in the day, we would go out at sunset and walk to every house in the neighborhood.

Everyone went door to door, and people were friendly. And the candy was big stuff—fullsize candy bars, full-size Tootsie Rolls, dimes and quarters, and homemade popcorn balls. It was always worth the trip!

Old-fashioned cinnamon balls.

—Evelyn, 5

—Connie, 64

I still love to carve a pumpkin.

—Carol, 67

I still love Smarties and Snickers. —Kathryn, 54

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Kit Kat, because they have chocolate in them. —Harper, 5

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Eating candy and dressing up.

Those are my two favorites.

—Henry, 76

Candy corn, because sometimes they have little pumpkins in them. —Tanner, 5 Scaring trick or treaters when they come to the door for candy. —Brian, 12 Candy. —Timmy, 5 My favorite trick or treat is I don’t know. —Lawson, 5

My favorite is eating chocolate and dressing up for Halloween as Elsa. — Haley, 5 I like candy, because I think it tastes good, and because I get to dress up. —Charlotte, 5 Cheese, because it’s orange like me and Halloween, but I can eat it all year long. —OutreachNC Co-editor Jeeves, 3

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