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I t’s the date which “will live in infamy,” and one that Roy “Swede” Boreen can still vividly recall. We mark the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with someone who was there to experience it.

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first heard President Franklin Roosevelt’s “date which will live in infamy” speech in its entirety while in college. I was studying history and my 20th century history professor played the recording to us on Dec. 7, as he had each year to his classes for the 30 years prior. The crackling audio, the steady cadence of FDR’s voice and the loud applause from Congress can still fill me with chills.

For me, studying history to that point was always an abstract exercise, filled with interpretation and a strong imagination. I did and still do tend to focus on the colonial and Revolutionary period. I can read the details and facts about Bunker Hill and Yorktown, but it was my imagination that had me harassing the redcoats from the trees.

But later in college, after marching through histories of the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Lewis and Clark and the Appomattox Court House, I was nearing contemporary times where I did not need to rely so heavily on my own creative perceptions. With the advent of radio and television, history suddenly became more real and connected.

“No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.” Roosevelt, of course, was addressing Congress the day after Japan attacked our Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. This year is the 75th anniversary of the attack and by virtue of its increasing distance to us in time, it is with considerable honor that we were able to sit down and talk with a survivor of that fateful day that changed the world. I trust you will enjoy Roy “Swede” Boreen’s story as much as I did. And I encourage you, if you haven’t listened to Roosevelt’s speech or it has been awhile since you have, to listen to it once more. You can find it on several websites online.

On a slightly different note, we couldn’t end the year without injecting a little flavor into your holiday season. Cinnamon and nutmeg are just a few ingredients we recommend to spice up your parties and gatherings. On behalf of the entire Pinehurst Living staff, may the blessings of each day be the blessings you need most.

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This time of year we get to enjoy the fragrance of cinnamon,

the musk of nutmeg, the pungency of allspice, the heat of ginger and the sweetness of cloves. These spices help define the season of comfy sweaters and delicious baked goods. It’s difficult to imagine Christmas without making a gingerbread house, sipping on eggnog or decorating oranges with fragrant cloves. Fortunately we don’t have to. A simple trip to the grocery store is all it takes, but in the scope of human history, this is a relatively new phenomenon.

For thousands of years most spices came from islands in the West Indies, with the long, arduous land routes of merchants limited their availability, making them a status symbol for the wealthy and well-connected. It wasn’t until the Middle Ages, when explorers discovered new sea routes between Europe and Eastern Asia, that the spice trade became global and countries began vying for control.

Since spices were only cultivated from their native lands, rather than purposely grown, European countries fought not only for control of a specific spice trade, but for colonization as well.

It wasn’t until plantations were established in other parts of the world for these spices that the stranglehold on the spice trade effectively vanished.

So while these spices come from every corner of the world – cinnamon from Sri Lanka, ginger from India, allspice from Jamaica and nutmeg and cloves from Indonesia – we’re lucky to have them as close as our kitchen cupboard. When cooking and baking with any of these spices, you bring a little bit of the world into each bite. We explore the history and origins of these spices and offer some sweet holiday recipes too.

Recipe:Pumpkin pie spice ¼ cup ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 tablespoon ground allspice ¹∕8 teaspoon ground cloves

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is not only one of the most popular spices in the world, it’s also one of the oldest. The spice is mentioned in Chinese writings dated 2,800 B.C. Cinnamon comes from the Hebrew word qinnämön and the Italians refer to it as canella, “little sticks,” that the rolled up quills of bark resemble.

Cinnamon is native to Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, and where 90 percent of the world’s cinnamon still comes from, but it is also commercially grown in Brazil, India and the Caribbean.

Historically, the little rolls of bark have been used for more than spicing up apple pie. In ancient Egypt, cinnamon was used in embalming, for its aromatic properties but also due to its minor antiseptic properties. The Romans favored cinnamon for its fragrance and to flavor wine, but not for their cooking. Cinnamon was so highly regarded that when the Emperor Nero murdered his wife, he ceded a year’s supply of it to her funeral pyre as reparation for the role in her death, although some think it was to simply cover the smell of her cremation.

The Dutch controlled the cinnamon trade in the late 18th century. When the Portuguese threatened their monopoly, the Dutch burnt huge supplies of the spice in Amsterdam, creating a shortage and driving up prices. This ploy backfired on the Dutch, since the increased prices persuaded chefs to look at other spices for their dishes. Soon after, the English made an attempt at taking over the trade in Sri Lanka, but the Dutch and French had already transplanted cinnamon trees to their own island colonies, effectively marking the decline of cinnamon’s reign.

Recipe: Snickerdoodles

3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons cream of tartar ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened ½ cup light brown sugar 1¼ cups granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon Heat oven to 375° F. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. With an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar and 1 cup of granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated.

In shallow bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining ¼ cup of granulated sugar.

Form dough into balls. Roll balls in cinnamon sugar mixture and place on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart.

Bake until edges are golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

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Ginger

Ginger is probably the oldest spice in the world, originating in Asia (most likely China) more than 3,000 years ago. No other spice is so closely tied to dessert as this gnarled root.

While gingerbread cookies in various shapes were popular for centuries, Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century gets the credit for introducing gingerbread men to the culinary world when she had the dessert baked in the form of visiting dignitaries. In the same impressionable vein, gingerbread arrived in America with the English colonists and was used to influence voters’ favor. We would do well to see this custom return.

Recipe: Gingerbread

½ cup white sugar ½ cup butter 1 egg 1 cup molasses 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup hot water Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 9-inch square pan. In large bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Beat in egg, and mix in molasses. In bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Blend into creamed mixture.

Stir in hot water. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving. Top with lemon sauce or fresh whipped cream.

Allspice

Originally thought to be a type of pepper by Spanish explorers, allspice comes from the berries of the pimienta plant, which resemble peppercorns. Allspice is the only spice native to the western hemisphere, growing in Jamaica, Guatemala and Honduras. Attempts to grow the spice in the East were met with disappointing results. The spice earned its unoriginal name because its flavor was reminiscent of a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, juniper and pepper.

One of the earliest mentions of the spice was in the 17th century, in the text The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, where he writes that allspice is a potential cure for melancholy. In the French invasion of Russia in the early 19th century, Russian soldiers used allspice in their boots to keep their feet warm with the bonus of reducing offending smells.

Recipe: Honey Spice Cake

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon cloves ½ teaspoon allspice 3 eggs, room temperature 1¼ cup granulated sugar 1 cup vegetable or canola oil ¾ cup orange juice 1 cup honey 1 cup coffee, lukewarm Confectionary sugar to dust on cake (optional) Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10-inch bundt pan. In large mixing bowl, sift together all dry ingredients. In separate mixing bowl, whisk eggs. Whisk in sugar, followed by oil, orange juice, honey and coffee. Bake 55-65 minutes or until cake tester comes out dry. Cool in pan for 20 minutes on wire rack; invert to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.

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Nutmeg

Nutmeg comes from the Myristica fragrans tree, which also gives us mace. Mace is the soft flesh surrounding the nutmeg seed and has a lighter, more delicate flavor than nutmeg. Nutmeg’s name comes from 13th century French words nois meaning nut and muguede meaning musk. Native to the Moluccas, known as the Spice Islands, in Indonesia, nutmeg is now grown almost exclusively in Grenada, where it was introduced in the early 19th century by the British in an attempt to break the Dutch’s stranglehold on its trade.

Before it became the signature spice in eggnog, the Romans burned nutmeg as incense. In the 11th century, Emperor Henry VI requested the streets of Rome be covered in nutmeg in honor of his coronation. In India, it was used to cure headaches, fever and intestinal issues. In Arabian medicine, nutmeg was lauded as an aphrodisiac.

While nutmeg has lost favor in modern times, relegated to the festive eggnog and baked goods, its importance changed history.

Specifically, American history. In the 1600s, the English gave the Dutch an island in Indonesia called Run known for its nutmeg plantations, in order to restore peace between the nations. The Dutch, in exchange for the island of nutmeg, relinquished a few of their colonies in the New World, including a little island now known as Manhattan.

Recipe: Eggnog

2 eggs, beaten 3 tablespoons sugar 2 ¹∕³ cups low-fat milk ¼ cup bourbon

(optional, but suggested)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 dash ground nutmeg Blend together eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla and nutmeg. Serve chilled.

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Cloves

Cloves, from the Syzgium aromaticum, or Eugenia caryophyllis trees, are native to the Moluccas, and flourished there due to a custom of planting a clove tree for the birth of every child. Its name comes from the Latin word clavus, meaning nail, since the head and shaft of the clove resembles a nail. Tanzania grows 80 percent of the world’s cloves.

Cloves were brought to China more than 2,000 years ago, probably through an Arab merchant. The fragrant little bud’s earliest written mention was during the Han dynasty in China, around the 1st century. It was an edict for members of the court to hold cloves in their mouth when speaking to the emperor, in order to not offend His Imperial Majesty.

To understand the value of cloves and other spices during the Middle Ages, consider the explorer Magellan in the 16th century.

He set off on his fateful trip around the world with five ships and more than 250 men. One ship and eighteen men returned to Spain, but since the ship carried 50 tons of cloves and nutmeg, the exploration was considered a success.

Recipe: Mulled Tea Punch

1 whole clove (about 15) 2 ½ cinnamon sticks (broken) 2 ½ quarts water 5 iced tea family size tea bags 2 ½ cups brown sugar, firmly packed 2 ½ quarts cranberry juice cocktail 2 quarts Burgundy wine Tie spices in cheesecloth and set aside. Boil water over high heat in large stockpot.

Remove from heat, then add tea bags and spices; cover and brew 5 minutes.

Remove tea bags and squeeze. Stir in brown sugar, then cranberry juice and wine.

Cook covered until heated through. Remove spices. Serve warm, garnished, if desired, with clove-studded orange slices.

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T HAPPENED IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. That’s all it took for everything to

change. It was early morning and Roy “Swede” Boreen was at the payroll office to handle the paperwork of a friend who was going on reenlistment leave. It was a typical start to the day on the Battleship USS Oklahoma, but just over a half hour later everything changed, for Boreen, for our nation, for the world.

“At 7:55 the general alarm sounded ‘General Quarters! General Quarters! All hands man your battle stations,’” remembers Boreen.

“So I ran to the porthole we had in the pay office and looked out, and I saw the first bomber was dropping a torpedo at our ship. I saw the Rising Sun on the wing and I could see the pilot’s face and he was grinnin’ like a possum eating you know what after he just sent the first torpedo. I hollered out and says, excuse the French, ‘Goddamn, the Japs are here,’ and just then the first torpedo hit.”

The attack on Pearl Harbor had begun.

Boreen, now 96 and a resident of Pinehurst for the more than 30 years, enlisted in the Navy as a teenager in 1938 because of his father, who was in the Swedish Navy before immigrating to the U.S. and who hoped one of his five sons would follow in his footsteps. “That was Swede,” Boreen says with a smile.

He was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma after three months of training. By 1941, he was working in the Supply and Disbursing department. But on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Boreen wasn’t handling payroll for the ships’ company of 1,379 officers and enlisted men. Instead, he was running to his battle station on the third deck as an ammunition handler. When he got to his station he was alone, so he started closing the watertight doors between compartments. As he was closing the last door, another torpedo hit, this time hitting a fuel tank, bursting the door open and covering Boreen with oil.

“I had to clear my eyes, and when I turned around I saw water was pouring from the second deck ladder hatch. I could feel the ship listing to the port side, and then words were passed to abandon ship.”

Boreen scrambled up the ladder to the second deck, which was already nearly waist deep in water. He saw two of his shipmates, one with a wound to his abdomen and blood running down his leg. When he looked up, the door to the main hatch was starting to close and he called up for them to hold on. As he started climbing he told his shipmates to follow him.

“They said, ‘Swede, this ship is only going to go over so far and we’ll be OK.’ So I went up the ladder, they closed the hatch and they were trapped. I found out later they didn’t make it out.”

Reaching topside, Boreen scrambled up to the starboard blister ledge. As men were clambering and hollering, he looked up and saw Japanese bombers filling the sky “like a flock of ducks” and as he looked across battleship row there was an enormous explosion.

“I saw the Arizona go up in the air,” he says, “after a direct bomb hit, which lifted the ship out of the water, shooting a ball of fire, flames and smoke 400 to 500 feet into the air. I couldn’t hold back the tears. I was really crying.”

With the Oklahoma sinking, Boreen jumped into the water as Japanese fighter planes came swooping out of the sky, gunning down his shipmates still scrambling across the hull of the

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Oklahoma. He swam and hid behind a “mooring camel,” which separated the Oklahoma from the USS Maryland. The fighter planes kept coming, a second wave of attacks, spraying bullets onto the ships and into the water, killing even more men. Boreen hid in the water “a good hour and a half ” before being rescued by the crew on the Maryland.

“I sat down and had a cup of coffee and my first cigarette and then I noticed my 21-jewel Bulova wristwatch had stopped at 8:04 a.m., apparently when I jumped into the water.” It was less than 10 minutes from the time Boreen looked out the porthole and saw the “grinnin’ pilot” drop the first torpedo.

FATE OF THE OKLAHOMA Twelve torpedoes in total were launched at the USS Oklahoma; nine hit their mark. The attack tore open holes in the ship’s hull, causing the ship to initially list 40 degrees before “turning turtle,” rolling 153 degrees, less than 15 minutes after the first torpedo hit.

USS Oklahoma after the attack. Ford Island is in the background.

According to the Pearl Harbor Memorial website, part of the reason the Oklahoma sank so quickly was that her anti-torpedo voids had their inspection covers removed in preparation for an admiral’s inspection the next day. That compromised the ship’s watertight integrity and they couldn’t stem the flow of water coming in. Hundreds of men, including Boreen, jumped into the water and were either rescued by crew on the nearby Maryland or swam to Ford Island near where the ship was moored. Many others were trapped in the sinking battleship or gunned down by the Japanese fighter planes.

The men trapped inside the Oklahoma after it sunk began banging S.O.S. against the bulkhead in hopes that they would be rescued. Shipfitters from smaller vessels began cutting holes into the Oklahoma with torch equipment, saving 32 men. Still, 429 of Boreen’s shipmates lost their lives.

A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY This year marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, where nearly 2,500 men were killed and about 1,000 were wounded. By the time the attack was over, every battleship in Pearl

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Harbor (USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS California, USS West Virginia, USS Utah, USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee and USS Nevada) had sustained significant damage. All the battleships were eventually salvaged except for the USS Arizona and the USS Utah. The attack crippled or destroyed nearly 20 ships and more than 300 airplanes. Dry docks and airfields were also destroyed. On Dec. 8, 1941, Congress approved President Roosevelt’s Declaration of War, entering the United States into World War II. THE AFTERMATH A few hours after the attack, word was passed that all USS Oklahoma survivors should muster on Ford Island. There, Boreen learned he was the only survivor of the seven men assigned to the payroll office. There was still much fear and confusion, the survivors tensely awaiting another possible attack.

“That evening I was assigned with others to patrol with rifles the Nana Kuli Recreation Camp,” Boreen wrote of his experience. “[There was] lots of commotion, noise and very little sleep. We were told that a second Japanese attack was coming. We were very concerned about another attack.”

It was months before he could notify his family that he had survived. “I tried to get notice to my family, but due to censorship, it took almost three months before they knew I was safe and sound.”

Boreen remained in the Navy throughout the war, retiring in 1959 as Chief Warrant Officer W4. In 1991, he returned to Hawaii with his wife Cora for the 50th anniversary, where President George H.W. Bush spoke at the USS Arizona Memorial.

“Being on a battleship 50 years later and to relive my memories was a very emotional time for me,” he says. “I was standing on the USS Missouri’s fantail looking back at Berth F-5, where the USS Oklahoma and USS Maryland had been berthed on December 7, 1941. We can’t forget Pearl Harbor. That day we lost 2,403 killed, 1,178 wounded. So we can’t forget Pearl Harbor.”

It is unknown how many Pearl Harbor veterans remain of the 60,000 that survived the attack. According to Eileen Martinez, chief of interpretation for the USS Arizona Memorial, it is believed about 2,000 to 2,500 were still alive last year. PL

“I SAW THE ARIZONA GO UP IN THE AIR AFTER A DIRECT BOMB HIT, WHICH LIFTED THE SHIP OUT OF THE WATER, SHOOTING A BALL OF FIRE, FLAMES AND SMOKE 400 TO 500 FEET INTO THE AIR. I COULDN’T HOLD BACK THE TEARS. I WAS REALLY CRYING.”

Roy “Swede” Boreen. Photo by Amanda Jakl

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Sunday Supper

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By Casey Suglia / Photography by Don McKenzie

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he Sly Fox’s new head chef, Chris Pasha, has only been working at the restaurant for a few weeks. After spending five years working in Moore County as the chef at the retirement community Quail Haven Village, Pasha took a brief sojourn to work in Maine before returning to the Sandhills, this time working at a distinctly different pace than the retirement lifestyle. And despite his short time at The Sly Fox, his passion – for cooking, for the restaurant and the restaurant’s menu – comes alive when he talks.

Transitions are never easy, whether it’s from the north to the south or from a retirement community to a fast-paced gastropub, but Pasha already feels at ease in his surroundings.

“I love it down here,” Pasha says. “Life throws its curves and working at The Sly Fox is a welcomed change.”

Pasha, of course, knew of the restaurant’s owner, Mark Elliott, from previously living down here. But what really attracted him to The Sly Fox was its farm to table philosophy. Indeed, with Moore County surrounded by farm lands, it seems only natural for restaurants to carry the freshest ingredients possible.

“What I liked about The Sly Fox was its farm to chef to table process,” he says. “That is what produces specials and menu items that are unique to us.”

It is these ingredients that allow Pasha to use his creativity, and 40 years of experience in the kitchen, to use the day’s freshest ingredients and turn them into daily specials.

“What is coming through the back door of the kitchen means seasonal specials, seasonal menus and creating with what is coming in,” he explains. “It requires creativity.”

At 56 years old, Pasha has been working in the restaurant business since he was 15. Throughout his career, he has helped open a number of restaurants, so creating new menu items tends to come easy.

“If it tastes good in my head, it must taste good on the plate,” he says. “I’m passionate about what I do. I don’t call it work, and once it starts to feel like work, cooking is no longer an enjoyable experience.”

The Sly Fox is one of Elliot’s three restaurants, the others being Elliott’s on Linden, which combines southern food with a modern twist in Pinehurst, and The Roast Office, a coffee shop in the Pinehurst village.

The Sly Fox, however, is located in Southern Pines and offers a completely different feel – a true British experience without having to take a trip across the pond. The restaurant’s atmosphere is cozy, yet can accommodate private groups for up to 20 people. The walls are lined with wood and the ceilings are lined with bar taps. The Union Jack flag is prominent around the restaurant – from the menus to the curtains. On two book shelves, imported candy and pantry goods from the U.K. are on display and available for purchase. After eating there, you’ll feel obligated to put a stamp on your passport.

It is only fitting, then, that the motto of each of his restaurants is “know thy food.” Customers at any of Mark Elliott’s three establishments will know where their food is coming from, know

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their ingredients are as fresh as possible and know that what they’re consuming is authentic. That is what sets The Sly Fox apart.

“British food is all over the place,” Pasha says. “Here, you have your traditional British foods, but you have to be creative with it. When you’re here, you are getting the true gastropub experience while we’re keeping true to the food.”

This creative philosophy translates into offering traditional American fare with a unique twist. Traditional burgers get swapped out for lamb burgers. English favorites like shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash are a mainstay, and, according to Pasha, the shepherd’s pie is one of the best sellers on the menu. The menu even boasts a small section of Indian food, which is a very prominent cuisine in England but can’t be found elsewhere in Moore County.

Customers who are a little more hesitant to expand their palate can find local favorites, including shrimp and grits. “The menu is authentic but has a little southern comfort to it,” Pasha explains. “The Sly Fox is all about the combination of things. It’s about the local ingredients, while staying true to the food and exploring as well. It’s about every single detail – being comfy, casual and finessed.”

The restaurant extends this unique experience with its monthly events. Every third Sunday of the month, for a fixed price, people can experience an authentic English Carvery. Pasha describes the Carvery as old fashioned British “peasant food.”

The Sly Fox hosts other monthly events too, like their pumpkin beer pairing in October, where they paired four pumpkin beers with four plates made to suit each beer.

For Pasha, these things combined – the unique events, the authentic dining experience and the farm-to-table aspect – make him excited for his future with The Sly Fox. “I feel like I am at home here.

It’s a give and take. I’ve learned a lot from my first few days working here, but I’m looking forward to teaching a few things along the way, too.” PL

The Sly Fox Shepherd’s Pie INGREDIENTS

5 lbs. coarse ground lamb 1/2 cup lamb drippings 3 cups finely chopped onion 3 cups small diced carrot 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tbsp. fresh chopped thyme 1 ½ tbsp. fresh chopped rosemary 1 ½ cups tomato paste 1/4 cup tomato ketchup 1 cup red wine 1/2 cup flower 1 qt. chicken stock 1/8 cup Worcestershire sauce Mashed potatoes DIRECTIONS

Brown lamb in small batches in a pan on high heat. Use lamb drippings from pan to sauté vegetables and herbs. Once vegetables are sautéd, add cooked lamb back into the pan. Add wine and reduce the heat in half. Add tomato paste and combine. Add flour and let cook for 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low heat for approximately 1 hour.

Meanwhile, make mashed potatoes. When the hour is up, fill an oven proof dish with ingredients from the stove and top with approximately 1 inch of creamed and buttered mashed potatoes. Bake in the oven at 350F until potatoes are browned.

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Wine Review

IN VINO, VERITAS:

Not Your Grandfather’s Port

By Sheila Pellizzari

When you imagine drinking port, do you picture a moment after dinner, retiring to your grandfather’s

forest green study, him in his tweed and ascot, perhaps sitting in a tartan wingback chair and smoking a cigar?

Times have changed. Port is not old and stuffy. Port is cool.

Then again, age may not be a bad thing.

The oldest port house still in existence today, Porto Kopke, dates back to 1638.

Not many brands have the opportunity of nearly four centuries to perfect their product, but that is just what Kopke did.

So here’s where the cool comes in.

It started with Gen-Xers moving from spirits to wine, and not just tasting it, but immersing themselves in the wine culture.

Then came the Millennials, who have not just embraced wine, but have changed how it is sold, with winemakers and importers offering access to more exclusive, hard-

to-find wines, education, wine tastings, dinners with food pairings and wine clubs.

Studies show that Millennials drink nearly half of all wine in the U.S., which makes it the largest wine consuming country in the world.

Recognizing this trend, in recent years the port industry began a real push to educate consumers on port and viewing port as wine, which is actually what it is, just fortified.

The beginning process of port making is the same as wine. The grapes are harvested in the fall through hand selection, then crushed to begin the fermentation and extraction process. But here is where the difference between wine and port occurs. After about half of the natural sugar of the grape has been turned into alcohol by fermentation, port makers add a young wine brandy to the fermenting wine.

The addition of brandy makes it so the yeast responsible for fermentation can no longer survive. The fermentation stops before all the sugar in the juice has been turned into alcohol and the natural sweetness of the grape is preserved in the finished wine.

Many port producers started to team up with chefs to host dinners in an effort to show younger consumers that port can pair well with food. Although it has a sweeter taste than wine, which is why it is frequently considered a dessert wine, it only has a slightly higher level of alcohol (approximately 19-21 percent), which is much lighter than other digestives, and therefore can be consumed throughout a meal.

Ports, of course, are known to pair beautifully with cheeses or chocolates, but the sweet and nutty taste of port can also pair well with meals, such as a steak

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Times have changed.

Port is not old and stuffy.

Port is cool. with horseradish sauce or linguica, a spicy Portuguese pork sausage.

As with unfortified wines, there are also different types of port, including White, Ruby, Tawny and LBV (Late Bottle Vintage). Most recently, in their continuing efforts to attract younger consumers, port producers even created a rose port.

I recommend starting with a “dry” white, which is usually made from the Malvasia grape, and after opening can be enjoyed up to 1.5 months. If you prefer reds, a Fine Ruby port, most commonly made from Touriga Nacional, has strong red grape flavors of ripe fruit, plum and cherry, and should be consumed immediately, even within two hours of opening. Another red, the LBV is aged in wood, bottled from 4-6 years after harvest and has more peppery, butterscotch and dried fruit flavors.

My favorite is the Tawny, and it’s what I personally imagine port to taste like: nutty, honey, zesty, medium sweetness and delicate. A Tawny is aged anywhere from 10-40 years on average, and has a 3to 4-month shelf life after opening.

Mixologists have even jumped on the trend, using port as the main feature in their cocktails. Consumers like it because it gives a lot of flavor with less alcohol, so it’s lighter than a spirit but with the same feeling and complexity.

So it’s true, port is not just for your grandfather. Port can be enjoyed in many ways – as a cocktail, food pairing throughout a meal or as a dessert. No ascot required, but maybe you’ll want to do that as well. Looks like Millennials are bringing those back in fashion, too. PL

Port Cocktail Recipes

1.5 oz Ruby Port 0.5 oz Cointreau 1 oz lemon juice.

Pour over ice and top with ginger ale.

Or simply 2 oz. White Port and tonic, over ice.

Port Sauce for Beef Tenderloin

1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup minced shallots (about 4 ounces) 3/4 cup dry red wine 3/4 cup Ruby Port 1 cup canned beef broth 1 sprig fresh rosemary or 1/2 teaspoon dried Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add shallots and sauté until tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in wine and port.

Boil 5 minutes. Add broth and rosemary sprig and boil until liquid is reduced to 1/3 cup, about 12 minutes. Strain sauce and set aside. (Can be prepared one day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

Sheila Pellizzari lived in Italy for more than 13 years, where she developed a passion and knowledge of Italian wines. She and her husband, Paolo, are the owners of Bacco Selections, a Pinehurst-based company specializing in fine wine importing and distributing.

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Silver Dollars & Gold Coins u

My father moved to Western Montana from Quebec, Canada, around 1910.

Living through the Depression, he was very unhappy when paper replaced silver dollars. I think Montana was one of the last states to change to paper currency. He loved the feel and weight of the coins; (he said) paper did not feel like real money.

These are silver dollars and gold coins (2 1/2-dollar gold pieces) he saved. A couple of the dollars I have are made into key chains.

Two-and-a-half-dollar gold pieces (called Quarter Eagles) were made from 1796 to 1929. The most common Quarter Eagles found are the Coronet Liberty Head type, made from 1840 to 1907, and the Indian Head type, made from 1908 to 1929.

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I was a graphic artist for 23 years and did wheat weaving as a hobby to preserve this ancient folk art. Wheat weaving is a very old folk art that has been done in every country in the world. This hobby of mine, as my husband Ron puts it, got out of hand. I eventually started a small business and sold my wheat weavings wholesale to shops around the country and at craft shows.

In 1993, the White House called me and asked if I would create an angel for the White House tree in the Blue Room. Each year the tree in the Blue Room has a theme, and that year it was angels. One ornament from each state is on the tree and mine represented North Carolina. To this day, I don’t know how they got my name or knew I did this very old folk art. The angel is now part of a permanent collection in the Smithsonian.

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My husband and I brought the two foo dogs back from a trip to Vietnam. The female holds a baby and the male holds the world. These were carved from solid marble taken from Marble Mountain in Vietnam. The Viet Cong used the carved out mountain area for their hospital.

Foo Dog statues are a strong ancient feng shui protection symbol in Chinese history. Also called Chinese or Imperial Guardian Lions, they traditionally guarded tombs, palaces, government buildings and homes of wealthy, powerful individuals.

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first came to the Moore County Driving Club (MCDC), the “Driving Club,” when I was invited to their monthly pot luck dinner just after arriving in Southern Pines from Vermont. I’m a dressage rider, but it didn’t seem to matter. Everyone was so warm and welcoming, I joined up that night. As I came to discover, I wasn’t alone. There was a whole group of people like me who had never taken hold of driving reins but were enthusiastic members nonetheless.

Attracting new comers, veteran world-class competitors and everyone in between, the MCDC is as much a beacon of light for anyone who wants to have a grand time as it is a showcase for the spectacle and versatility of carriage driving. An equestrian activity that encourages singles, couples and family participation, the MCDC routinely hosts a series of clinics, schooling shows and combined driving events that are invariably followed by oh-so-fun social gatherings.

The club’s roots stretch back to the 1920s, when the upper classes traveled to Florida for the winter season; Southern Pines, with its ideal landscape for equestrian sports, quickly became a favored stop along the way. While fox hunting was at the heart of the inner circle, families also brought their harness horses and ponies for pleasure outings and the social traditions that continue today, including the birth of the Driving Club.

“It was the place to be for anyone who was serious about driving, but who also wanted to have a great time,” says Craig Kellogg, a top-ranked trainer, coach and judge, who has been involved with the club for more than a quarter century. “We’d do driving events in the day; some were planned but just as many were spontaneous, often with picnics afterwards, plus dinners and parties almost every night of the week.”

Aggie Cohen attests, sharing the story of a chance meeting that turned her into a driver and avid MCDC member. Having recently moved to Southern Pines from Pennsylvania, she and husband David were looking forward to the many opportunities afforded riders, thanks mainly to the endless dedicated equestrian trails at the Walthour-Moss Foundation.

“Craig happened to be driving the famed Hackney horse Lucy when he noticed me standing in front of the barn. He stopped, introduced himself and asked if I wanted to take a drive,” she remembers. “I had some free time, so I said, ‘Sure.’ Before I knew it, he handed me the reins, gave me some pointers and off we went. I had a blast, especially with Craig by my side to help me guide Lucy, who was an absolute angel! We then were invited to the club dinner meeting where we were immediately adopted into the fold. That sealed the deal for us. We became members then and there.”

Now, drivers of their delightful ponies, Reilly, Chrissy and Belle, Aggie and David are active devotees of the sport and the club.

“Driving is all about team work,” Kellogg says. “Even non-horse partners can become involved. Between handling horses, harnesses and carriages, a joint effort is essential. It brings everyone together, much more so than tacking up [saddling] a horse and going for a ride.”

Divided into two main categories, Kellogg explains that carriage pleasure driving shows pay tribute to The Gilded Age, complete with the customs and rituals that have characterized the splendor of that bygone era.

By way of example, he points to the vehicles used in competition that are actual antique or replica carriages, and notes that the classes are not only designed to underscore skilled driving, but also to highlight the elegant costumes of the day.

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“Classes may be divided by the type of hitch [refers to the harness used to accommodate the number of horses to be driven]: single, pair, tandem, unicorn or four-in-hand of horses and ponies, and can be further categorized by the criteria with which they are judged,” he says.

According to the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), the National Governing Body for Equestrian Sport, overall performance is evaluated in every class, but the driver’s skill and ability take priority in reinsmanship [handling the reins to direct/control the horses]. In a working class, the performance of the horse or horses is most important, while a turnout class is primarily based on the appropriateness and quality of the vehicle, harness and driver appointments [costumes and accessories]. There are also obstacle classes, which test the driver’s ability to negotiate a series of cones set in a particular pattern and order, with speed and accuracy becoming the determining factor. Marathons may also be included at driving competitions along with driven dressage.

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Combined driving, the other category of competition, differs significantly from carriage pleasure driving. Combined driving is a demanding performance-based competition modeled after the mounted equestrian test, and is usually held over the course of three days. Combined driving is designed to test a horse’s or a team’s speed, stamina, obedience and athleticism.

Competitors in combined driving can consist of a single horse or pony, a pair of horses or ponies or a team of four horses or ponies, and they are tested in dressage, marathon and obstacle driving. The dressage class tests for “obedience, freedom and regularity of motion, and impulsion through a sequence of compulsory movements executed within a designated area or arena.” The cross-country phase tests the horse’s fitness, stamina and agility as well as the driver’s accuracy and judgment as they negotiate a series of hazards, including water, steep hills and sharp turns. And finally, on the last day, the horse(s) and driver take on an obstacle course, navigating “narrowlyspaced cones within the time allowed.”

The MCDC is able to actively support these competitions because of the great group of members who can be counted on to jump in and lend a hand without fail. Not only have they opened up their lands for the ever popular “Sunburn” (summer) and “Frost Bite” (winter) series of schooling shows organized by the Cohens, but the organization also hosts numerous meetings, dinners and events, including a Memorial Day pleasure drive and potluck picnic. On top of that, MCDC members Claire Reid and Kelly Valdez conduct two independent, nationally recognized Combined Driving events a year at Reid’s Big Sky farm; events in which MCDC members frequently participate and always volunteer.

“The MCDC is one of the largest and most active clubs in the country,” says President Dave Frump, who is proud to add that membership has grown steadily in the six years he has held the reins. Frump says member numbers are at more than 150, which he attributes to the many activities associated with the club, combined with the accessibility of several high profile professionals who call Southern Pines home.

“Southern Pines is considered one of the preeminent driving centers in the nation, to a great extent because we have some of the most prestigious drivers, trainers and judges right in our backyard,” he explains. “Bill Long, Miranda and Keady Cadwell, Meghan Binge, all of whom have won world championship honors, and national judges, Craig Kellogg, Marci Quist, the Cadwell sisters and Steve Holm, to name a few – all members and all so generous with their time.”

A great event to see MCDC members is coming up on the second Saturday in December in downtown Southern Pines. There you will find up to 30 horse and carriage combinations turned out in the spirit of the holidays as they parade up and down Broad Street. To top off the festivities, costumed drivers and their guests toss out Christmas candy to the crowd as the carriages pass by. And finally, the jewel in the crown, Santa Claus will be flying in from the North Pole to make a special appearance, an MCDC tradition for the last 27 years and counting. PL

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Life Under Pines

Best Christmas Ever!

By Sundi McLaughlin

M

y favorite Christmas took place in Southern Pines six years ago.

What I love about this memory is how our community pulled together to give us a Christmas to treasure forever.

In the summer of 2010, my dear friends Lisa and Orion were told their extraordinary daughter, Avery, was diagnosed with Fanconi Anemia. Fanconi Anemia is a disease that mainly affects bone marrow due to a decreased production of blood cells.

For Avery, the diagnosis meant she would need a bone marrow transplant. We were all stunned. At 7 years old, our sweet girl was going to have to fight for her life. After careful research, the family decided to receive treatment at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, far from their Florida home.

Desperate to help, I volunteered to take their dogs during their stay in Minnesota so they could focus on Avery and their 4-yearold, Violet. Within weeks the family packed up the car, stopping at our house to drop off their little rascal corgis, Bing and Lucy, and to get a good night’s sleep before the second leg of their journey.

Months went by with daily updates of how our little fighter was doing as we held a collective breath that all would be well.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch (style) house, I did my best to spare Lisa the details of her little canine terrorists. Like the time Lucy, with “bad hips,” was discovered on top of my kitchen table eating a $20 bill right out of my purse! Or when Bing scared the daylights out of me by disappearing during a thunder storm only to be found hours later lounging on the porch, cleaning himself whilst giving me a shriveling stare.

Eventually, the dogs and I came to an understanding, and we enjoyed several peaceful months together without incident before finally we were all given the news we’d been waiting to hear. Avery’s transplant was a success and she was ready to come home during Christmas week.

After months away from their home, I couldn't stand the thought of them going back to an empty, undecorated house. So I thought, what if they spent Christmas in Southern Pines? They had to pick up the little rascal corgis anyway, so why not stay? Lisa had her reservations; she was desperate to get home (who could blame her), plus she was concerned about all of the precautions a new transplant patient had to consider – no live plants or trees in the house being the main concern. I told her I would happily adhere to every rule, and then I got down to work.

Owning a gift shop can be extremely handy at times, and this was one of them. I raided it for every decoration I could spare, turning my house into a winter wonderland.

Then word got around our sweet community about who I was hosting and presents began arriving from strangers, friends and family. I don't have children of my own (and it has been a long time since I was one myself), so I asked my customers for ideas. They were a wealth of knowledge and generosity.

My co-worker Gwen Dumas offered her artificial tree, someone else loaned me a small pre-lit tree for the girls’ room and suggested I decorate it with whatever they loved. I must have weighed down that little tree with a million adorable ponies, donkeys and the like. Someone else suggested going into the back yard on Christmas Eve and putting

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a red sock over a flashlight to simulate Rudolph’s nose (huge hit). My neighbor Ann loaned us some sleigh bells and suggested my man climb the roof and march around as if Santa himself landed.

Even with the house lit up and decorated like the Griswold’s in Christmas Vacation and the dogs scrubbed to within an inch of their lives, I started to wonder if it was enough. Or was it too much? My hope was for them to feel the love and joy from so many of my kind neighbors, customers and friends.

Exhausted from their journey, the family arrived and after everyone was thoroughly hugged, the girls finally had a chance to look around the house, and their cute little faces lit up! Seeing my sweet Avery wearing a paper medical mask over her tiny nose and mouth with her sister hugging her neck nearly did me in. Biting my lip, I took the girls to their room and showed them their very own ponythemed Christmas Tree. They let out a giggle that warmed my cynical old heart.

On Christmas Eve we all wrapped gifts for hours … seriously, hours. The gifts spilled out from under the tree. I then went outside and performed the old red sock and a flashlight bit while my man shimmied onto the roof and began making a racket with sleigh bells and a hearty Ho, Ho, Ho! The parents woke the girls to let them know Santa and his reindeer had arrived! Little Violet was too sleepy to care, but the next morning Avery flew down the stairs to tell me she saw “a huge reindeer in our back yard”… ouch.

At some point before they arrived I had fortuitously stopped by the Little Toy Shop on Broad Street where I spied a sled. I thought, what if it snows while they’re here

and I'm unprepared? So, I grabbed it just in case and placed it under the tree, really more as decoration than anything else.

Imagine our surprise and delight when we woke up to a white Christmas!

My New Englander husband went straight to work, building the girls a 12-foot snowman and a full-sized igloo to play in … alas, the girls found the igloo cold, dark and scary, but that didn't dampen his joy in making the architectural marvel one little bit. The whole day was spent sledding, making angels and having a mother of a snowball fight.

At the end of the day, pleasantly exhausted, we cooked a huge meal with a variety of pies, cookies and a chocolate and buttercream snowman. And later, gathered in front of the fire, we reminisced about our perfect day while the girls marveled at all of their new toys. My beautiful friend Lisa exclaimed, “How will we top this next year?” Shocked, little Violet whispered, “You mean this happens every year?” … and that is the story of my favorite Christmas under the Pines.

For more information on Fanconi Anemia, visit fanconi.org. PL

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The Garden

Holly A Symbol of the Christmas Season

BY DOLORES MULLER

In many cultures holly is a tr aditional Christmas decor ation. it is one of the few plants found in all 50 states, as well as much of the world. Over the centuries, holly has

been surrounded by myth and legend.

In Celtic mythology, holly leaves were worn in the hair during the winter solstice celebrations as they were thought to give protection from evil spirits.

Christians adopted holly as a Christmas decoration – the prickly leaves came to be associated with Jesus' crown of thorns while the red berries represent the blood shed for human salvation.

Native Americans used the yaupon holly to make a ceremonial stimulant know as the "black drink." It is a sacred plant to the Cherokee and Creek Indians.

Syrup to cure coughs was made from the bark. Holly berries are mildly toxic and will cause vomiting and/or diarrhea when ingested, however they are an extremely important food source for numerous species of birds and other wild animals.

The wood of the holly is heavy and hard, and has been used to make chess pieces and spinning rods for looms. Several species of holly have medicinal uses.

Caffeine-rich herbal tea as well as invigorating drinks are made from the leaves.

Although the berries are generally thought to be red in color, they can actually be various shades of red, burgundy, magenta, yellow, cream, orange or black. A trip to the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens in the winter reveals a wonderland of holly varieties. Known as the Ebersole Holly garden, it is the largest collection of hollies east of the Mississippi. PL

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"THE HOLLY AND THE IVY, WHEN THEY ARE BOTH FULL GROWN,

OF ALL THE TREES THAT ARE IN THE WOOD,

THE HOLLY BEARS THE CROWN."

Opening verse of

" The Holly and The Ivy," A traditional British folk Christmas carol

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A Look Back

Dr. Lawson Andrew Scruggs and The Pickford Sanitarium

By Jean Barron Walker / Photography courtesy of Tufts Archives

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n 1897, 10 years after the incorporation of Southern Pines, the first tuberculosis sanitarium for African-Americans in the South was built in the community of West Southern Pines. It was run by Lawson Andrew Scruggs, M.D., one of the first black medical doctors in North Carolina.

Dr. Scruggs recognized in the late 1800s that blacks suffered disproportionately from diseases of the throat and lungs, and particularly from tuberculosis. In fact, at that time blacks constituted less than 10 percent of the population of the United States yet represented 40 percent of those who died from tuberculosis. This highly-contagious bacterial disease was also called consumption because it seemed to consume patients’ bodies, leaving them thin and weak. Factors contributing to tuberculosis included shared living quarters, inadequate diet and poor sanitation.

Scruggs was born to slave parents in 1857 in Bedford County, Virginia. Most of his childhood and teen years were spent in farm labor, and he supplemented his minimal formal education by studying for hours at night. Later, he found work laying lines for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and during a job assignment in Richmond, Virginia, he had the opportunity to visit the Richmond Institute, an American Baptist Home

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Mission School. At age 20, Scruggs entered the school; he graduated in 1892. Scruggs later wrote, “The influence of the Seminary has been most marked upon my life. My course of study has brought me much closer in sympathy with my people. I shall try, God helping me, to make the very best of my life.”

Scruggs then went on to study medicine and was one of six men who, in 1886, constituted the first graduating class of the Leonard Medical School of Shaw University in Raleigh. Scruggs was able to attend through the generosity of Baptist deacon and humanitarian Charles Pickford of Massachusetts. It is thought that the connection between Pickford and Scruggs developed while Scruggs studied at The Richmond Institute, and was based on their shared belief in Christian principles and compassion for the less fortunate.

After passing the state examination, Scruggs, now a licensed medical doctor, was appointed resident physician at Leonard Hospital, which adjoined the school, and he also served as a lecturer at Shaw University. He was the first black man to hold both positions. Scruggs also maintained a private medical practice in his Raleigh home and, for a time, was the pharmacist at the Capital City Pharmacy, advertised as “the only colored drug store in Raleigh.”

Leonard Medical School student body, including the graduating class of 1886. Scruggs is second from left in the first row.

As Scruggs cared for his patients, he grew more and more concerned about the impact tuberculosis was having on the black community, in part because they lacked access to a place where they could be isolated and properly treated. For help, Scruggs turned to the Pickford family and expressed his need for funds to establish a tuberculosis sanitarium for blacks in the South.

In looking for a location for the sanitarium, Scruggs had heard of the reputed health benefits of the pine regions of Moore County, which were advertised by entrepreneur John T. Patrick, founder of Southern Pines. Indeed, it was Patrick who, in 1897, sold the land in West Southern Pines for the Pickford Sanitarium and served on its first Board of Trustees. The sanitarium was named in honor of Charles Pickford, who had since died. His widow Anna and daughter, Alice T. Brockway, financed the purchase of four acres of land and the construction of two buildings. The first building, called the Pavilion, accommodated 12 male patients, and the second, the Central Building, housed the kitchen, dining room, nurse’s station and offices.

Black women in Raleigh formed the Ladies’ Pickford Sanitarium Aid Society and, by September 1897, they completely furnished the Pavilion. Two thousand people attended the dedication of the grounds and buildings. The Central Building was fully operational

in December of that year. Mrs. Adella Hubbard Tingley built and furnished a third building, the Hubbard Cottage for black women, which opened in 1900. Mrs. Tingley, the wife of philanthropist Samuel Herbert Tingley of Rhode Island, was a frequent visitor to Southern Pines and had seen the great need for such a facility.

Initial plans for the sanitarium called for a total of 16 cottages costing $350 each, surrounding a central administration building that was projected to cost $20,000. However, a 1900 photo in Scruggs’ self-published journal, The Southern Sanitarium, shows only three home-like buildings fronting on West New York Avenue in West Southern Pines.

The campus sat in an oak grove intermixed with longleaf pines. Each patient, when able to pay, was charged $15 per month, which covered room, board and medicine. The three buildings had

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“Dr. Lawson Andrew Scruggs rendered a life of service engineered by his brilliant mind and nurtured by a heart of compassion and wisdom of the soul.”

- Opal Winchester Hawkins

open verandas to give patients ample sunshine and fresh air.

Female patients were to exercise in moderation and do light housework such as sewing, canning and gardening, while men, who were able, would learn industrial trades like carpentry and blacksmithing.

In 1901, the Pickford Sanitarium recorded a cure rate of 66 percent of patients admitted, but some of its beds remained unoccupied due to a lack of money. Funding was always a concern, and donations from the public were needed to cover major costs of operating the sanitarium. In the early 1900s, The Pinehurst Outlook frequently mentioned village entertainments benefitting “the consumptive home for colored people.” In his quarterly publication, The Southern Sanitarium, Scruggs continually wrote asking for donations, even for amounts as small as five cents.

The tireless work of Scruggs at the Pickford Sanitarium drew praise from a number of sources. In 1898, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce commended Scruggs for his “selfsacrificing and untiring efforts.” That same year, prominent historian and minister Dr. Edward Everett Hale wrote that he went to see the sanitarium and found it “convenient and well-equipped.” In 1899, the North Carolina House of Representatives and the Senate both thanked Scruggs for his efforts in serving black patients.

Scruggs continued his medical practice in Raleigh, 70 miles away, while serving as the resident physician and general manager of the sanitarium. In the fall of 1898, Scruggs took a year off from his Raleigh medical practice to travel the country to study new treatments for tuberculosis and to seek donations for the sanitarium. In Boston, home of the Pickfords, the editor of the Boston Evening Transcript published an article in June of 1898 describing the sanitarium, its needs and the selfsacrificing and untiring efforts of its doctor. According to the article, items needed for the sanitarium included clean clothing and bedding, towels, furniture, food supplies and a microscope for Dr. Scruggs, with all donations to be sent prepaid.

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Two annual reports show the status of the sanitarium in the early 1900s. In December 1902, Scruggs listed “14 boarding patients and 43 outside patients; deaths, 1. Receipts, $583.35, largely contributed by friends in the North. Expenses, $598.38.

Officers, myself and my wife, get no salary as yet. We get no aid from city, county or state.”

Scruggs’ November 1904 annual report stated, “During the past year, 16 inmates and 62 dispensary patients have been treated. The rule has been to keep the sanitarium open from November until May, but the pressure has been so great, that, for the last two years, the sanitarium has been open continuously. Receipts, $465.76; Disbursements, $467.19.” In each report, Scruggs listed 24 beds, with six more available.

Unused beds spoke of insufficient funds to support them.

During the approximately 15 years the Pickford Sanitarium existed, Scruggs devoted himself to providing black patients with effective medical care and diet so they could recover from tuberculosis, regain their health and return to their families. In 1913, when ill health forced Scruggs to return to his home in Raleigh, the sanitarium lost its vitality and eventually closed.

On December 1, 1914, Scruggs died at the age of 57. PL Additional information about Dr. Scruggs and the Pickford Sanitarium can be found in Pickford Sanitarium and R.C. Lawson Institute: Two Former Institutions of Southern Pines, North Carolina, by Dr. Opal Winchester Hawkins, (2008) available through Amazon.com.

Jean Barron Walker is a member of the Moore County Historical Association.

For more information on the association, visit moorehistory.com.

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Book Review

SMARTER FASTER BETTER:

The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

By Robert Gable

W

hile knee-deep into writing his first book, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg was intrigued by the way some people seemed to effortlessly succeed while he toiled mightily and seemed to crawl along. He kept thinking that he was missing something. How do those people who get everything done on time, with flying colors, manage to make it look so easy? His second book, Smarter Faster Better, is the compilation of all he discovered about productive people.

In the introduction, Duhigg begins with an outline to his approach, concluding there are eight “universal” concepts that productive people share. He then devotes a chapter to each concept, explaining what he found and gives examples of how the idea works. In order of appearance, he addresses motivation, teams, focus, goal setting, managing others, decision making, innovation and absorbing data.

Granted, these concepts are hardly new, but Duhigg excels at taking the latest findings and explaining how to use them to their best advantage. When talking about teams, for instance, he uses the writer/performer teams on Saturday Night Live to explain his point that the notion of psychological safety is the key. Everyone can participate without fear of being belittled. They trust each other and have honest discussions without fear of retribution, which allows the group to unite and be greater than any of its parts.

Duhigg also discovers there is a knack to being, and staying, motivated. He takes a cue from how the Marine Corps tries to strengthen the recruit’s “internal locus of control.” If the new recruits feel like they have control of a hectic situation, they have a much better chance of succeeding. Even if it’s only a little bit of control, that little bit keeps them going. Conversely, if you feel like you have no control of a situation, you’re much more likely to pack it in. He includes an interesting tangent about how some residents at a nursing home felt better when they moved furniture around in their bedrooms when regulations said they couldn’t.

That little assertion of freedom ends up meaning a lot. Ideally, if what we’re doing can be tied to a larger purpose, we’re much better at staying motivated. (To borrow from Nietzsche: He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.)

The author was very thorough as he researched his “science” of productivity. He notes, “For almost two years, I conducted interviews with experts, read piles of scientific papers, and tracked down case studies.” And he admits he was bogged down in the writing of the book until he applied these principles to his own life, ultimately allowing the book to gel. (The appendix, “A Reader’s Guide to Using These Ideas,” details how he applied the

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Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business Charles Duhigg 380 pages, Random House / $28.oo eight concept to his personal life.) Duhigg is convinced, “If you can become more motivated, more focused, better at setting goals and making good decisions, then you’re a long way down the path to becoming more productive.”

Everyone knows good teamwork leads to success and that being focused is better than being scatter-brained. There are some bromides here – it’s obvious we don’t need to be told that innovation is important or that employees work better when given a stake in the outcome. But it’s his lucid approach to each topic that soars.

Duhigg has won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting at The New York Times, so he’s adept at compressing a lot of studies and getting them into a digestible format. The general reader can read this and it’s like going through a productivity class without any tuition costs. (For readers interested in more details, the 76 pages of notes further explain each concept. The book has been selling like crazy in audio format; it’s great for long car rides.)

The many examples he uses to illustrate the main concepts are interesting and far-ranging. When dealing with “focus,” for example, he writes compelling recounts of why one plane crashed (Air France Flight 447) and why one plane didn’t (Quantas Flight 32). One group of pilots was overwhelmed and bewildered by too much conflicting information in an emergency, and catastrophe ensued. The other group reviewed options, envisioned alternate scenarios, created mental models and succeeded through a harrowing ordeal.

Smarter Faster Better offers some practical advice which can be applied to all walks of life. Follow a few of Duhigg’s suggestions and who knows, you could get smarter, faster, and better all the time. And that just might come in handy for those times when you have to get more out of less. PL

Robert Gable worked in book publishing for 18 years before going into the golf industry. He lived and worked in Pinehurst for five years and still misses it. He currently lives in Queens and works as an assistant golf pro at Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, New York.

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Clara’s House brightened Christmas for far-from-home patient

by Brenda Bouser for The Foundation of FirstHealth

Melissa Moore didn’t care for the “live with it” response she got about her arachnoid cyst diagnosis, even though it had come from a neurosurgeon at one of North Carolina’s most prestigious medical centers.

Instead, she began researching possible treatment options for her condition (fluid-filled sacs located between the brain or spinal cord and the arachnoid membrane covering the brain and spinal cord) and found hope with a neurosurgeon at FirstHealth Neurosurgery.

Moore traveled to Pinehurst from her western North Carolina home in Marion and spent time with the FirstHealth neurosurgeon that her search had identified.

She left the appointment convinced that the surgical treatment the now-retired physician suggested was the right way to go. She had the surgery, to place a fluid-draining shunt, the day after Christmas 2012.

Given the more than three-hour drive from Marion to Pinehurst, Moore and her family had inquired about accommodations near the hospital and were told about the Clara McLean House.

“It was so incredible to find out about the house,” Moore says. “We thought it would be like a motel or something, but when we got there, wow!”

Having the convenience of FirstHealth’s hospitality house “took the pressure off” of Moore as well as her mother, Barbara Tillison of Wilmington, and her husband

and sister. And being in the house, which was decorated for the holidays, took some of the sting out of being away from home during the Christmas season.

“The people, the whole staff felt so bad for us, because it was Christmas, but the house was beautiful,” Tillison says. “It was like being on vacation. We’d come back after a day at the hospital and the staff would have dinner fixed for us. You don’t have to worry about anything.”

In addition to taking advantage of the hospital shuttle that ferried her family from the house to the hospital and back, Tillison also felt comfortable about leaving her then16-year-old younger daughter at Clara’s House without her.

With the house’s computers, Wi-Fi, televisions and library, she would have plenty to keep her occupied in a place where her mother knew she would be safe.

“I didn’t have to worry about her,” Tillison says. “That was a big help.”

Both Moore and Tillison have stayed at Clara’s House several times since, returning for checkups and, in February of this year, for another procedure – this one performed by FirstHealth Neurosurgery’s Dennis Campbell, M.D. They always feel welcome and at home.

“We absolutely love it there,” Moore says, “and we like the hospital a lot.”

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Royal Dornoch Story by Jim Moriarty Photogr aphy courtesy of Royal Dornoch Golf Club

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t was The New Yorker’s Herbert Warren Wind who, in the 1960s, took to reminding footloose Americans about the forgotten wonders of Royal Dornoch, a playground that comes blasphemously close to being the soul of a tiny Scottish town an hour’s journey up the A9 from Inverness.

It’s a drive dotted with North Sea oil rigs on one side and flocks of sheep and celebrated distilleries on the other. Inverness is the gateway to the Highlands, the city where the rondello was invented — a stringed instrument designed as an improvement on the violin but which was, in tonal quality, roughly the equivalent of the bagpipes being an evolutionary advancement over the French horn. For golfers, especially American golfers, Dornoch has never lost that sense of romance, far enough in the distance to be an ideal, yet not so remote as to be unattainable.

It’s the hometown of Donald Ross, the man who grew up on St. Gilbert Street but wound up scattering bits of his homeland across America like Johnny Appleseed.

To hear some talk about it, you’d think Dornoch was as hard to reach as Ice Station Zebra, though the town is only about a five-hour drive from Glasgow. In the states, eight college kids in a car will drive three times that distance on Spring Break to reach a beach in Florida they’ll forever associate with Jell-O shots. It’s hard to imagine a town being remote when its main intersection has a pair of painted stalls reserved for tourist buses.

In 2016, Dornoch marked its 400th anniversary of golf.

Well, four centuries since the game’s existence there appeared in a document. Only St. Andrews and Leith predate it. In 1616, Sir Robert Gordon, in his capacity as tutor to the 13th Earl of Sutherland, turned in an expense report seeking reimbursement for, among other things, “My Lord’s Golf Clubs and Golf Balls — £10 and £12”. Today the bean counters would kick that one back but, apparently, Gordon was able to get it past ye olde green eyeshades. Construction on the Dornoch Cathedral was begun in 1224, and from its completion until the Reformation in the 16th century a bond existed between clergy in St. Andrews and Dornoch. If they were playing golf in one, they were probably swatting it around in the other, too. Four hundred years, plus or minus, seemed excuse enough to throw a party.

One of the charms of Dornoch is that it does big things in a small way. The cathedral has been sacked, burned and used to stable horses but is, in its restored glory, nothing short of stunning. The championship golf course (there is a second course, the Struie) is beyond dispute one of the finest on the planet. The refurbished Royal Golf Hotel is just to the left of the first tee and right behind the clubhouse is Links House, owned by a couple of Chicagoans. It has as many stars as Italian marble

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and gourmet food can get you. The dual themes are golf and fishing. The eight bedrooms (some in the old, 1843 house, others in a newer addition) are named after the area’s salmon fishing rivers. The interiors are plastered with original oil paintings by original Scots. You can fall out of bed onto Royal Dornoch’s first tee or walk up Golf Road from one of the town’s B&Bs or other boutique hotels with your bag over your shoulder or a pull cart behind you and it’s as normal as the sight of blood pudding at breakfast.

Dornoch is far away enough that it attracts the kind of people who seek out places that are far away enough. The Castle Hotel, originally the cathedral bishop’s castle, has a pub where you’re as likely to run into a novelist who doesn’t play golf at all as you are to run into say, Ben Crenshaw, who played Dornoch for the first time in ’80 and is building a new course nearby with his partner, Bill Coore, the restorers of Pinehurst No. 2. The novelist, on the occasion I was there, was John Dodds, whose first crime thriller was “Bone Machines.” An excerpt: “Striding along one of these alleyways now, in the hour after midnight, confident as only an experienced native can be, it didn’t occur to Ray that he might be mugged or battered to death with a crowbar for no reason whatsoever.” Dornoch’s timeline includes Vikings fighting Picts in 850; Janet Horne burned at the stake for witchcraft in 1727 (the stone marker by the golf course indicates the spot of Scotland’s last such execution but with the wrong date, 1722); and Madonna’s visit in 2000. Make up your own witch joke. The repurposed jail is an upscale gift shop with fine woolens over here and a vicious caning table over there.

While it’s Donald Ross who brings the Americans by the busload, it’s the golf that takes them prisoner. Though Ross didn’t outright transplant Dornoch’s second green — a par three with a target shaped like the Devils Tower in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” — pretty much everything else made the voyage to America after he was talked into leaving his post as the professional and greenkeeper at Royal Dornoch in 1899 by a Harvard professor. Blame the Ivy League for all those demonic, inverted saucer greens that demand just the right shot.

Pinehurst No. 2 owes everything to Dornoch from its greens to its natural areas. Incidentally, some of the local Scottish folk weren’t amused when Donald up and left. They’d paid good pound sterling to have him study under Old Tom Morris in St. Andrews. More than a century later, this is their payback: Yanks making pilgrimages to a builder’s blueprint. PL

Pinehurst No. 2 owes everything to Dornoch from its greens to its natur al areas.

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12th Hole, Royal Dornoch

Jim Moriarty moved to Southern Pines in 1979 to join the staff of Golf World magazine, a publication founded in Pinehurst in 1947. He worked for Golf Digest and Golf World as both a contributing writer and photographer for 35 years.

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The Pines Course, East Country Club of Whispering Pines Par 3, 187 yards Designer: Ellis Maples

The Pines Course combines championship length with subtle terrain changes. A true “inland links” course, The Pines uses the open, hardpan rough – sparsely covered with the native pine straw and “love grass” – to create the elements that appealed to Donald Ross. The generous fairways, large greens and varied teeing areas challenge golfers of all skill levels. From the back tees that play 7,094 yards to the 5,012 yard Senior Ladies’ tee, the Pines Course will make golfers hit every club in their bag.

Photograph courtesy of the Country Club of Whispering Pines

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Dates and times subject to change. Check directly with event organizers before making plans.

November 11/04/2016 - 11/06/2016 100+ Years of Progress Ederville Annual Train & Tractor Show Ederville | 644 Niagara Carthage Road | Carthage Cost: $10/day; $15/2-day pass; $25/3-day pass | 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Contact: 919.708.8665, edervillenc.com

11/12/2016 NC Symphony Presents Double Violin Concerto Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School 250 Voit Gilmore Lane | Southern Pines Cost: $18-$49 | 8 - 10 p.m.

Contact: 877.627.6724, ncsymphony.org

11/05/2016 Making Tar, Pitch and Turpentine for the Entire World Bryant House and McLendon Cabin 3361 Mount Carmel Road | Carthage Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2051, moorehistory.com

11/08/2016-11/13/2016 Jump for the Children Horse Show benefiting Duke Children’s Center Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. Horse Complex 4601 Trinity Road | Raleigh Cost: $10; children under 10 are FREE | 8 a.m.

Contact: 919.669.9877, horseshows@trianglefarms.com, jumpforthechildren.org

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11/13/2016 Chamber Music Concert: Pianist Andrew Willis at The Great Room Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities 555 E Connecticut Ave. | Southern Pines Cost: $10/members; $20/non-members; No charge 18 & under | 3 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org 11/16/2016 - 11/20/2016 Festival of Trees Pinehurst Resort | 80 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst Cost: Admission by any monetary donation | 11/16 &11/17: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; 11/18: 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; 11/19: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; 11/20: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.3323, sandhillschildrenscenter.org/trees 11/19/2016 Model Train Show Aberdeen Train Depot 100 East Main St. | Aberdeen Cost: $5 | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: sandhillscentralrrclub@gmail.com 11/19 - 11/2016 35th Annual Seagrove Pottery Festival Seagrove Elementary School 528 Old Plank Road | Seagrove Cost: $5; children 12 & under FREE 11/19: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; 11/20: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: 336.873.7887

11/25 - 11/27, 2016 The Nutcracker - Presented by Taylor Dance Sandhills Community College - Owens Auditorium 3395 Airport Road | Pinehurst 11/25: 7:30 p.m.; 11/26: 2 p.m.; 11/27: 2.p.m.

Contact: 855.222.2849 www.tututix.com/TaylorDanceThePlayhouse

December 12/02/2016 Village of Pinehurst Christmas Tree Lighting Tufts Memorial Park | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 5 - 7:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.1900

12/04/2016 Christmas at the Bryant House Bryant House and McLendon Cabin 3361 Mount Carmel Road | Carthage Cost: FREE | 1 - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2051, moorehistory.com 12/09 - 12/11/2016 Christmas Open House Shaw House 110 West Morganton Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE 12/09: 1 - 4 p.m.; 12/10: 1 - 4 p.m.; 12/11: 1 - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2051, www.moorehistory.com 12/10/2016 Christmas Open House at the Shoe House in the Horseshoe 288 Alston House Road | Sanford | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.947.2051, nchistoricsites.org/horseshoe 12/21/2016 NC Symphony Presents Holiday Pops Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School 250 Voit Gilmore Lane | Southern Pines Cost: $18-$54 | 8 - 10 p.m.

Contact: 877.627.6724, ncsymphony.org

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Multiple Events The Roosters Wife Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: Price varies | 6:46 p.m.

Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife@yahoo.com, theroosterswife.org

11/04/2016 | Martin Grosswendt & Susanne Salem-Schatz | $10 11/06/2016 | Sam Lewis | $15/pre-sale; $20/at the door 11/11/2016 | Cicada Rhythm | $10 11/13/2016 | Joe Walsh, Matt Flinner | $15/pre-sale; $20/at the door 11/20/2016 | Jordan Tice, Stray Local | $15/pre-sale; $20/at the door 12/02/2016 | Jeanne Jolly | $15/pre-sale; $20/at the door 12/04/2016 | Jonathan Byrd | $15/pre-sale; $20/at the door

SCC Horticultural Garden SCC Horticultural Gardens Ball Visitors Center | 3395 Airport Road | Pinehurst Contact: 910.695.3882, sandhillshorticulturalgardens.com 11/01/2016 | Growing and Using Ginger $30.00 Horticultural Society members, $35.00 non-members | 10 a.m. 2 p.m.

11/16/2016 | Delightful Desserts | Cost: TBD | 10 - 11:30 a.m.

12/08/2016 | Maggie Smith Flower Arranging WorkshopHorticultural Society members $35, non-members $40 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Sunrise Theater Sunrise Theater 250 NW Broad St. | Southern Pines Contact: 910.692.2787 sunrisetheater.com 11/06/2016 | Bolshoi Ballet - The Bright Stream | $25 1 - 3:30 p.m.

11/07/2016 | C hamber Music: American Chamber Players $37 | 8 - 10 p.m.

11/18/2016 | H ackensaw Boys - Evening of Bluegrass | $25; $30/VIP 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

12/10/2016 | M etropolitan Opera Libretto by Amin Maalouf | $27 | 1 - 3:50 p.m.

12/11/2016 | Bolshoi Ballet - The Nutcracker | $25 1 - 3:15 p.m.

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Given Tufts Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Given Outpost | 495 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE & open to the public Story Time | Given Memorial Library | 10:30 a.m.

11/03/2016; 11/10/2016; 11/17/2016; 12/01/2016; 12/08/2016; 12/15/2016; 12/22/2016; 12/29/2016 Children’s Program Given Memorial Library | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

11/05/2016 | Birds & Animals in Winter 12/03/2016 | Wonderful Winter Children’s Program Kindermusik Given Memorial Library | 10:30 a.m.

11/14/2016 12/12/2016 Book Lovers Unite!

Given Outpost | 7 p.m.

11/07/2016 | The Classics 12/12/2016 | Holiday & Gift Books

Events listed here.

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Gathering at Given Healthy Aging 11/10/2016 | Given Memorial Library | 3:30 p.m.

11/10/2016 | Given Outpost | 7 p.m.

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Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve Visitors Center 1024 Ft. Bragg Road | Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 910.692.2167 weymouth.woods@ncparks.gov 11/14/2016 | Moonlight Hike | 5:30 p.m.

11/24/2016 | Thanksgiving Day Hike | 10 a.m.

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READING ROCKS Benefiting the Moore County Literacy Council The Fair Barn Pinehurst August 25th

From top, clockwise: Event organizers Ellen Airs, Katherine Stevenson, Kate Petsolt and Sandy Waitercotte; Mandy Acker and Kasey Zumwalt; Chris and rocker artist Ally Markotich; Silent auction rocking chairs; and Jackie & Tom Hurd with Jill & Joshua Hamilton.

A TRIBUTE TO ABBA CONCERT Benefiting Meals on Wheels of the Sandhills and Linden Lodge Foundation Pinecrest High School Southern Pines August 28th

From top, clockwise: Dancing Dream ABBA Tribute Band; Director of Meals on Wheels Rebecca Listrom and husband Chad; Pam Partis and Jackie Meyer; Britt Melia and Logan Listrom; Linden Lodge representatives Christina Maness, Traci & Bob Huber and chairman Marianne Kernan; and Cindy Edger, Kathy Walsh, Susie Leader and Effie Ellis.

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Sandhills Sightings FARM TO TABLE DINNER Old Carthage Farm Carthage, NC September 1oth

From top, clockwise: Farm owner Jonathan Godfrey with Bruce & Julie Sutton; Ivory Mulholland and Jennifer Taylor from Serving SP; Sunflowers; Patrick & Becky Mulholland; Patricia Fistzinger and Serena Armstrong; and Gary Priest and Karyn Ring.

1oo YEARS of WEDDING DRESSES FASHION SHOW Benefiting the Sandhills Woman’s Exchange

Carolina Hotel Cardinal Ballroom, Pinehurst September 2oth

From top, clockwise: Riley Nicholson with Brooke & Ashley Lafell; Jules Latham wearing her mom’s wedding dress; Elizabeth Constant Lewis; Event co-chairman Cav Peterson and Joanne Valdes; Emcee Judie Wiggins; and Wanda Kay, guest speaker.

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Sandhills Sightings QUILTING IN THE PINES Pinehurst Fair Barn Pinehurst September 23-24th

From top, clockwise: Event co-chairs Cindy Williams and Mary Abbott Williams; Carol Currier with needlepoint nativity - a fund raising project for MIRA; Dressed to Impress quilt; and Andrea Orbich and Allison Crutchfield.

“UBER ALLES” - NEFF BOOK RECEPTION The Neff home Pinehurst September 24th

From top, clockwise: Julie, Robert & William Neff; Char Rohr and Margot Rawlings; Debby Sprankle and Bob Lowery; and Brittanee Taylor and James Sprankle.

EN PLEIN AIR PAINTING IN THE GARDENS Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Pinehurst September 24th

From top right, clockwise: Artist Kathy Leuck; Artist Barbara Brando; Artist Jane Casnellie; Jan Leitschuh, Don & Beth Weeks and Jane Walling; and Sam Pimpo, Katharyn Schrader, Bea & Jim Fishback.

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Sandhills Sightings TASTE of SOUTHERN PINES RESTAURANT AND SHOP CRAWL

Benefiting the Sandhills Classical Christian School Southern Pines September 27th

From top, clockwise: Head of School Alan Marshall with sons Nolan and Josh; Micah Niebauer, Monika McNeil and Michael Austin; Janell Canino, Shirley Crawford and Sherry Leviner; Kaye Goodberry, Dave Allen and Ben Lewis; and Josh & Audrey Kilgore.

12th ANNUAL BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES of NORTH CAROLINA BENEFIT LUNCHEON AND AUCTION Country Club of North Carolina Pinehurst October 3rd

From top, clockwise: Ginsey Fallon with WRAL-TV news anchor Ken Smith; Joey & Mollie Boles with Melissa Hopkins and Gary Greene; Betty Hurst; Betty & Gary Faircloth with Johanna Harrelson; and Jane Wellard and Brenda Phelps.

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Sandhills Sightings MOORE HUMANE SOCIETY 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Pinehurst October 9th

From top, clockwise: Mark & Liz Hawkins; Jane Merrill, Susan Wrazen, Karen Kocher and Lois Smart; Gary Steinhafel, Jocelyn Servick and John Kent; Muff & Bob Tate with Marilyn Grube; and Paul Toms and Steve Kincaid.

HORSE FARM TOUR

Benefiting the Prancing Horse Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship Moore County October 16th

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Sightings@ PinehurstLivingMagazine.com From top, clockwise: Leslie Hammann, Vinnie the Power Prince and Julia Connelly; Lucy & Charlotte Ix with Melissa Hall; Olivia and Tiffany Fleeman; and Prancing Horse vice president Nancy Schoephoester, president Lisa Blythe, Rosemary Zuhon and Barbara Keating.

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Last Impression

1927 Snow Day in Southern Pines! photograph and caption courtesy of The Moore County Historical Association

Reliable mules pull a sledge, scraping downtown Southern Pines streets during a memorable snow of 30 inches on March 1-2, 1927. The heavy snowfall caught the town by surprise, as the occasional inch or two of snowfalls have ever since. Unfortunately, no mules were available for transportation during the 24-inch snowstorm of 2000.

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Photography: Bartosz Potocki

Christopher Designs Crisscut

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