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10 Village Green Road, Pinehurst $3,297,500 MLS 182223 Emily Hewson Pamela O’Hara 910-315-3324 910-315-3093

12 Barrett Road East, Pinehurst

18 Kirkton Court, Pinehurst

Thistle Dhu historic flagship Pinehurst home. Completely renovated and restored. First minature golf course in USA. 6 bedrooms, 7/3 bathrooms.

Formal and relaxed luxury in this stunning waterfront custom residence. All en suite bedrooms, soaring ceilings, stunning water vistas, private and quiet. 8,800sf. 5 bed, 6/5 bath.

335 SW Lakeforest Drive, Pinehurst

85 Cypress Point Drive, Pinehurst

Elegant finishes and modern conveniences. Lakefront custom home on a double lot. Breathtaking views from all of the living areas. 4 bedrooms, 3/2 bathrooms.

This contemporary combines incredible architecture and design, great flow, spaciousness outdoor and indoor living spaces; 11th Hole of CCNC’s cardinal course. 3 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

30 Laurel Road, Pinehurst

810 Lake Dornoch Drive, Pinehurst

$2,949,000 MLS 186168 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

Completely renovated historic landmark home. Built in 1898 superb location and luxurious amenities. 5 bedrooms, 4/2 bathrooms.

14 Cumberland Drive, Pinehurst $1,600,000 MLS 187725 Christine Barrett Carol Haney 910-420-0701 910-315-5013

$1,950,000 MLS 187908 Deb Darby 910-783-5193

$1,350,000 MLS 187655 Christine Barrett 910-420-0701

Elegant and gracious custom home over 2-acres in Forest Creek. Brick terrace, professionally appointed kitchen, wine cellar, and decadent master suite. 3 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

800 Lake Dornoch Drive, Pinehurst $1,325,000 MLS 186019 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

5-acre golf front estate on the cardinal course. Gourmet kitchen, dining room, 2 fireplaces, master and guest suite, geo-thermal heating, pool, and more. 4 bedrooms, 4/2 bathrooms.

$1,350,000 MLS 186021 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

$1,300,000 www.BHHSPRG.com Emily Hewson Pamela O’Hara 910-315-3324 910-315-3093

$895,000 MLS 175008 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

Best Price in CCNC. 5.4-acres of transitional living with stunning golf vistas. Features include cedar shake roof, open floor plan, varied ceiling designs, and more. 3 bedrooms, 4/2 bathrooms.

“Needles Cottage” totally renovated and over 4,000sf. Views of Pinehurst #2 golf course. Heart of pine floors, 2 fireplaces in sunroom, and garage appartment. 4 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

80 Cypress Point, Pinehurst

125 Hearthstone, Pinehurst

10 Gray Fox Run, Pinehurst

With a stone entrance. “Fair Hill” has an open floor plan and pool. Porch & terrace offer amazing view of Cardinal’s 10 th fairway, tee box, and green. 4 bedrooms, 4/2 bathrooms.

Golf front on 0.94-acre. Entry has soaring ceilings, Bosch appliances, gas fireplace, hardwood, french doors. Unfinished bonus boom with over 800sf. 4 bedrooms, 3/5 bathrooms.

Cape cod style with wrap around porch, sparkling pool, spacious deck, chef’s kitchen, 2 master bedrooms, bonus room, and full basement. 5 bedrooms, 5/2 bathrooms.

$875,000 MLS 182711 Carolyn Hallett 910-986-2319

Pinehurst Office

$710,000 MLS 187787 Deb Darby 910-783-5193

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Pinehurst, NC 28374

$684,900 MLS 185994 Bonnie Baker 910-690-4705

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125 Crest Road, Southern Pines

1853 Bethesda Road, Southern Pines $634,500 MLS 184326 Bill Brock 910-639-1148

$600,000 www.BHHSPRG.com Emily Hewson 910-315-3324

Mid pines golf front. Open floor plan. Upgrades throughout. Multi-level deck, screened porch, and extra large patio with firepit. 5 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

Great views of Rays Mill pond. MCHBA home of the year award, with vaulted ceilings and exposed wooden beams, a rustic stone fireplace, and wide-plank wood floors. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

5 prime acres on Midland Road in Pinehurst, zoned for horse farm or single family home. 1/2 mile from traffic circle next to National. Convenient to Pinehurst and town of Southern Pines.

484 Orchard Road, Southern Pines

330 Donald Ross Drive, Pinehurst

475 Tall Timbers Drive, Pinehurst

Impressive hardiplank craftsman style home on 2.49-acres in highly desirable Weymouth location. 3 blocks from downtown Southern Pines. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

Custom-built in 2002, all brick home on large lot minutes from old town Pinehurst. Oversized rooms with formal and casual areas. 4 bedrooms, 3/2 bathrooms.

Pine grove village home with gourmet kitchen, open floor plan, screened porch, in-law suite, office, formal & casual dining, hardwood, fenced back yard. 5 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

1 Rockland Court, Pinehurst

114 Timber Ridge Court, West End

105 Bancroft Court, West End

Have your own personal golf island. Main level living with basement/golf cart storage. Fireplace, 50 year roof. Charter PCC membership 1-9 available. 3 bedrooms, 2/5 baths.

Vacation at home. Gorgegous custom home with pool, hot tub and walk to marina. Main level master suite on first floor. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms.

All brick golf front home on 4th green of Beacon Ridge golf course. Incredible value with over 6,500sf of living space and 4-car garage. 4 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

35 Whistling Straight, Pinehurst

103 Lewis Point, West End

995 South Diamondhead Drive, Pinehurst

Low-maintenance, turn-key ready townhome with upgrades. Located in the heart of Pinehurst, minutes from shopping, entertainment, schools, and golf course. 4 bed, 3/1 bath.

Location. Waterfront lot on Lake Auman with expansive views. Complete with bulkhead, 2-boat docks, boat lift, and swim ladder already in place. Wonderful cul-de-sac location.

Meticulously maintained, this home features a split floor plan with master suite, granite in all baths and quartz in kitchen. New HVAC, gas fireplace, deck, and fenced back yard. 3 bed, 2 bath.

$650,000 MLS 187966 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

$574,900 MLS 187446 Bill Brock 910-639-1148

$525,000 MLS 188132 Deb Darby 910-783-5193

$359,999 MLS 186408 Jennifer Hirtle 931-561-8000

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Midland Road, Pinehurst

$559,500 MLS 187962 Linda Criswell 910-783-7374

$540,000 MLS 187376 Carolyn Hallett 910-986-2319

$515,000 MLS 186427 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

$309,000 MLS 182042 Linda Criswell 910-783-7374

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$499,900 MLS 186245 Linda Criswell 910-783-7374

$263,500 MLS 187818 Deb Darby 910-783-5193

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138 banbriDge DriVe Attractive 3 BR / 3 BA home on the 12th green of Beacon Ridge golf course w/expansive views of the course. With over 3,000 square feet, this one has a lot to offer! Main level is spacious and downstairs has large family room with access to the covered patio.

105 merceD court Inviting 3 BR / 3 BA home tucked away in private cul-de-sac. Floorplan features an open living room, spacious master suite and kitchen w/adjoining breakfast area. Upstairs there is another bedroom/bonus room w/full bath and a large walk-in closet.

313 JuniPer creeK blVD Immaculate 3 BR / 3.5 BA two-story home in Pinehurst #6 w/open floorplan, beautiful hardwood and tile floors and spacious master suite w/lovely walk-in closet. The kitchen is a chef’s dream w/custom cabinets and gorgeous granite counters.

southern Pines • $459,000

Pinehurst • $332,000

FoxFire • $325,000

40 talamore DriVe Gorgeous 4 BR / 2.5 BA golf front home in Talamore CC built by Bonville Construction. Floorplan is bright and open w/spacious living room, built-in bookcases and double French doors that lead to the sunny Carolina room overlooking the golf course.

290 Pine Vista DriVe Adorable 4 BR / 3.5 BA home built in 2015 - immaculate and move in ready! Main level is open w/hardwood and tile floors and cozy kitchen w/stainless appliances. Upper level offers large bonus room w/walk-in closet and full bath. Impeccable landscaping w/fenced back yard and great deck for entertaining.

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6 Princess gate DriVe Beautifully maintained 4 BR / 2.5 BA home on large lot with split rail fence, in-ground saline pool and covered concrete patio. Home offers nice floorplan w/cozy kitchen and has 3 additional bedrooms and bath w/bonus room on the upper level.

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6 Victoria Way Elegant 4 BR / 3.5 BA townhome in desirable Cotswold. Owned by an interior designer, this beautiful home is truly one of a kind with its beautifully designed living space. Pinehurst CC membership available for transfer.

Pinehurst • $375,000

12 PineWilD DriVe Charming 3 BR / 3.5 BA one level home tucked away in beautiful Pinewild near Linden Road gate. The yard is nicely manicured and very private while the home offers spacious floorplan w/gorgeous kitchen and glass walled breakfast room opening to a large deck.

16 Pine tree terrace Custom built 3 BR / 2.5 BA home on the 9th hole of the Red Fox Course at Foxfire CC. Home is immaculate and has been extensively renovated to feature updated kitchen w/stainless steel appliances, new HVAC and new roof.

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585 burning tree roaD Beautiful 4 BR / 3.5 BA home offering many upgrades and upscale details. Exterior is low maintenance w/cement walkway leading to a wide staircase and wrap around front porch while the interior offers Acacia hardwood flooring and gorgeous custom kitchen.

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12 loch lomonD court Lovely 3 BR / 2 BA brick home on well landscaped corner lot in Pinewild CC. Special features include an open living room, dining room w/double sided fireplace and an oversized master suite w/sitting area overlooking the private back yard.

Pinehurst • $439,000

16 montrose court Stunning 4 BR / 3.5 BA home offers open and airy floorplan w/beautiful hardwood floors in main living areas, living room w/built-in base cabinet and bookshelves and gourmet kitchen w/custom cabinetry.

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106 cooK Point Gorgeous 3 BR / 3.5 BA waterfront home on Lake Auman, located on a point lot at the end of a private cul-de-sac. Beautiful panoramic views ensures optimum enjoyment of morning sunrises and evening sunsets!

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537 FoxFire roaD Stunning 3 BR / 4 Full BA 2 half BA country home on 3.64 acres just minutes from the Village of Pinehurst. The expansive floorplan is light and open and features lots of windows overlooking the rear of the property.

108 logan court Amazing 4 BR / 4 full BA 2 half BA lakefront home located on two premium wide water lots. Open floorplan with water views from almost every room. Truly one of the most beautiful homes on Lake Auman.

Pinehurst • $529,000

carthage • $549,000

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560 se laKe Forest DriVe Custom 4 BR / 3.5 BA home on Lake Pinehurst has in ground swimming pool surrounded by patio and fenced back yard. Floorplan is spacious and offers beautiful water views from almost every room.

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106 rachels Point Drop dead gorgeous 4 BR / 3.5 BA Bob Timberlake design home on 1.8 beautifully landscaped acres and includes an outdoor kitchen on the patio, a private dock and beach with a fireplace.

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14 lochWinnocK lane Impressive 3 BR / 3.5 BA home on 14th green of Pinehurst #9. Home offers many well-appointed upgrades including gourmet kitchen w/custom cherry cabinetry. Pinehurst CC #1- #9 membership available for transfer.

Pinehurst • $630,000

28 Kilberry DriVe Grand 5 BR / 5.5 BA golf front home overlooking two greens, a tee and a natural pond. Home offers spacious interior w/Carolina Room overlooking a hillside water feature w/waterfalls, 2 pools and a guest suite w/private bath.

seVen laKes West • $625,000

103 Featherston Point Amazing 3 BR / 3 BA waterfront home on Lake Auman. Home was totally renovated in 2013 to provide an open living concept. Dock refurbished in 2017. Immaculate and move-in ready!

700 shaDy lane roaD Beautiful 4 BR / 4.5 BA farmhouse style home on 7.5 private acres including a pond at the front of the property. Floorplan is open and spacious w/gorgeous wide plank pine flooring that was milled out of trees from the property!

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70 brooKhaVen roaD Nice 5 BR / 3.5 BA home on the 4th hole of famed Pinehurst #2. Custom built w/lots of space, this home offers wonderful views of one of the most renowned golf courses in the world!

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145 brooKhaVen roaD Stunning 5 BR / 5.5 BA home in Fairwoods on Seven located on oversized, private lot and overlooks the 15th fairway of the #7 course. Spacious floorplan offers beautiful views and very nice upgrades.

Pinehurst • $1,100,000

100 mcKenzie roaD W. Exquisite 5 BR / 5.5 BA cottage in the heart of Old Town. This lovely home sits on 1.66 beautifully manicured acres and offers over 8,000 sq ft in main house and two guest houses. Truly a magnificent home!

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June �� Features 73 A Thoughtful Response Poetry by Murray Dunlap

74 Birds of Paradise

Photography by Laura L. Gingerich Exploring a hidden Carolina Bay

82 Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho It’s off to work we go

92 Lining Up for Liberty

By Bill Case Southern Pines’ peaceful integration during the turbulent ’60s

96 Diamonds Are Forever

By Deborah Salomon Living on the lake fullfills a fantasy

107 Almanac

By Ash Alder

Departments 25 Simple Life

28 PinePitch 33 Instagram Winners 35 Good Natured

61 Birdwatch

By Jim Dodson

By Karen Frye

37 The Omnivorous Reader By D.G. Martin

By Susan Campbell

63 Sporting Life By Tom Bryant

67 Golftown Journal By Lee Pace

47 The Kitchen Garden

51 Wine Country

127 The Accidental Astrologer

By Bill Fields

By Jan Leitschuh

By Angela Sanchez

53 In the Spirit By Tony Cross

By Beth MacDonald

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41 Bookshelf 45 Hometown

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59 Pleasures of Life

Arts & Entertainment Calendar SandhillSeen PineNeedler By Mart Dickerson

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128 SouthWords By Jim Moriarty

57 Out of the Blue

By Deborah Salomon

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June 2018P�� PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills

451 Old Mail Road

1680 Midland Road

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49 Chestertown

310 Crest Road

70 Cypress Point Drive

55 Shaw Road

Fox Hollow farm secluded on 10.52 acres with Stone Oaks Farm, a 1929 remodeled cottage 5 acres overlooking the 9th Fairway of the Cardinal Centerwood, the log cabin in the Village. An enchanting easy access to thousands of acres of equestrian on 6 private acres with 5BR, 4.5BA, gourmet Course in CCNC, a testament to fine taste in a property built at the turn of the century, this 5BR, 5.5BA cottage land. 4BR, 4.5BA, 5,276 sq ft. $2,200,000. kitchen, 5 fireplaces, 3900sqft. $1,600,000. Southern setting. 5BR, 5 full BA, 3 half BA. $2,775,000. represents a genuine piece of Pinehurst’s history. $1,398,000.

120 N Highland

Superbly built 2010 Forest Creek golf front home. “Homewood” is a landmark Southern Pines estate Delightful Colonial Revival was designed by Aymar Embury 5BR, 6900 sq ft, golf simulator, elevator, wine on 7.4 acres of the most beautifully landscaped II for the Boyd family in the 1920’s. Slate roof, 5 fireplaces, cellar, veranda with stone fireplace. $1,725,000. gardens in the state. 6BR, 7.5BA. $1,500,000. hardwood floors, charming guest house. $889,000.

14 Appin Court

Pinewild golf front on 3.24 acres, 4BR, 3.5BA, pool, 3 car garage, bocce ball court. $698,000.

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under contract 110 N Highland Road

Historic Southern Pines 1920’s Colonial Revival on 1.91 acres in Weymouth Heights. 6BR, 5.5BA, 5227sqft. Slate roof, 3 fireplaces. $898,000.

8 North South

Mid South Club golf front 15th hole. Souther living home, 4BR, 3.5BA, brilliant design. $587,500.

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230 Inverrary Road

124 W Chelsea Court

New Listing. Exceptional ground level New Listing. Charming townhome corner property on 18th hole of in Bretton Woods community. 3BR, 2.5BA with a Carolina room. $225,000. Pinehurst No. 5. 2BR, 2BA. $198,000.

SOLD 60 Manigault Place

292 Old Dewberry

Gorgeous, renovated mid-century house situated Desirable 3BR, 3BA home located in Middleton Place is on 6.2 acres. Grandfathered horse farm with perfection on one level. Backing up to a woodland area is very total privacy on iconic sand road. $798,000. quiet and a choice location in the walled community. $330,000.

A bit of golf heaven offering exceptional Living made simple in a beautifully designed villa in Mid one-floor living on a premier golf front South Club. Two spacious light-filled bedrooms each have location. 3BR, 3BA. $535,000. generous bathrooms with double sinks. 2BR, 2BA. $278,000.

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Legacy Lakes, Aberdeen Fantastic condo with views of the golf course from the 2nd floor balcony! Gourmet kitchen with granite counters, main level master suite with walk-in closet, another master suite upstairs, back patio, 2 car garage. 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, 2,200+ Sq.Ft.

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Pinewild Country Club, Pinehurst On a peaceful lot, offering a large living room with wet bar, gourmet kitchen with new granite counter tops, office, family TV area upstairs, screened porch, enclosed entertainment area with bar, built-in grill, deck, and more! 5 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths, 3,900+ Sq.Ft.

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Pine Needles, Southern Pines Country Club Of North Carolina, Pinehurst Beautiful home with a fenced in backyard, large deck, and Beautiful all brick home on almost 2 acres featuring a gourmet wrap around front porch. Hardwoods throughout, gourmet kitchen with center island and sitting room, family and dining kitchen with double ovens, fireplace in living room, formal rooms both with fireplaces, master suite with an office, sunroom, dining, office/study, large rec area, and bonus room. back porch area with another fireplace, and 3 car garage. 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, 4,000+ Sq.Ft. 5 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths, 5,000+ Sq.Ft.

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Letting Go

Until then, hang on to dear, sweet life By Jim Dodson

On a glorious end-of-spring afternoon,

my friend Keith Bowman took me to see his farm, 15 miles southeast of town, a forested tract of land to which he has devoted the last 35 years so as to turn it into a peaceable kingdom for people who love nature.

We met when I wrote about Keith and three college buddies who’ve attended every Masters Tournament together since 1960, a friendship still going strong 60 years later. During our conversations about Augusta National, Keith let on that he once took a sprig of the famous Augusta azaleas hoping to root and grow the same plant here in North Carolina on his farm where he and a cousin cultivated more than 600 azaleas and rhododendron. When he learned I was an addicted gardener, he invited me to ride out someday and see his “garden that’s gone a little wild.” Before that, however, was the matter of an old tree. “There it is,” he said, pulling to the side on a quiet lane that turned off the Company Mill Road. “What do you think of that?” The tree was an ancient poplar, rising from a small forested vale below the road bed, massive and very mystical-looking, knotted and gnarly as a giant’s index finger rising to a deep blue sky, at least 13 feet or so in circumference. The monster looked like something out of a children’s story, the home of a Druid king or hermit wizard. “One day when I was about 13, my father brought me here to see this tree and told me how his grandfather hid in it to avoid being conscripted by the Confederate army.” On his next birthday, Keith Bowman will be 85. “The tree was probably close to 100 years old back then.” “What amazes me is how it has survived everything from rough weather to changes here in the countryside,” said Keith. “Its top was sheared off long ago but it’s still putting out limbs and leaves. It just won’t let go, comes back year after year.” Keith’s farm, which is named Ironwood and sits near the village of Climax, was pretty amazing in its own right. Though there are fields he leases to neighbors for raising crops, most of the 120-acre property is covered by a gorgeous forest of hardwoods. There is a handsome unpainted farmhouse and a large barn well off the road, both of which suffered significant damage from the great ice storm of 2014, when large trees toppled onto their roofs. Other trees fell onto the spectacular octagonal gazebo built by Keith and his late father, Ross, beside the acre-and-a-half pond Keith had built at the heart of his earthly paradise.

The gazebo and pond were designed for swimming and fishing. The structure features hand-cut wooden shingles from the mountains and is bunkered by the aforementioned red and white azaleas. “Because of the ice storms, the place doesn’t look as nice as it used to,” Keith needlessly apologized. “But this has certainly been a source of a lot of joy to me, friends and neighbors,” he allowed as we walked through the woods to see the remains of a large nursery where rhododendron and large azaleas were returning to a wild state. In the farm’s glory days, Keith invited school groups and neighbors from nearby Climax to use the property for “a getaway in nature,” and once threw a party for neighbors from the crossroads with barbecue and a bluegrass band. Ironwood visitors fished, had picnics, hiked and swam. There is even a fancy paneled outhouse with a cathedral roof, skylight, electric lights, running water and a chandelier. “It’s kind of the Cadillac of outhouses,” Keith joked. Across the pond, he installed an orchard with 81 fruit trees and a large grape arbor of Concord, scuppernong and muscadine varieties. “For years I had so much fruit I couldn’t give it away,” he told me as we strolled around the pond. It was late in the day and the surrounding woods were stirring with life, full of birdsong. The light was almost ethereal, the serenity complete in the seclusion of Keith Bowman’s Peaceable Kingdom. “You wouldn’t believe all the wildlife around us,” he was moved to say as we walked, pausing to marvel as a trio of honking Canada geese zoomed over the pond and our heads, heading north with spring. “That’s why it means so much to me to keep this place the way it is — to pass it along to someone who will properly care for it and allow others to use it for relaxation and spiritual renewal.” As a kid, Keith dreamed of becoming a test pilot, and nearly achieved that dream by training as a fighter pilot during the Cold War. After that he worked as an engineer on the Nike missile for Western Electric in Burlington. A long career with the Small Business Administration followed — he was in charge of both Carolinas for a time — introducing him to good friends he keeps up with this day. For a decade he performed with a traveling gospel group. Though he never married (“a couple of near-misses,” he says with a wistful laugh, “that just didn’t work out”) he has enjoyed a full life of faith and friendship, belonging to several different churches. It’s the uncertain fate of Ironwood that chews at him. Since the death of a neighbor who did most of the heavy maintenance work on the property, Keith can’t possibly keep up with all that needs to be done. “I don’t have any relations left to give it to,” he admitted, as we started back to his car. “That’s a problem I think a lot of older Americans face these days. As we get older out in the country, younger folks aren’t replacing us. They want to live in the city. You can’t blame them. But connections will be lost.”

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For this reason, Keith has spent decades photographing nature and creating documents to show what was done, filling several meticulously organized scrapbooks. When I suggested that he might consider giving the farm to a local church for a retreat or youth camp, given his strong connections to local congregations, he smiled and shook his head. “I know people who have done just that. Most churches would sell the property for other purposes.” On the drive back to town, he showed me the historic Tabernacle Methodist Church where generations of his family are buried. The interior of the church was a handmade gem. Keith has photographed all of its stained glass windows. “I think about a line I heard from the film Life of Pi,” he mused as we drove back into town. “All of life seems to be about letting go of things you love. Truthfully, I’m the worst person in the world at letting things go,” he said with a laugh. “But you’ve got to eventually let it go. I know that.” Keith and his personal nature preserve were still on my mind a few days later when I phoned my friend Joe who is an experienced forester who helps people just like Keith figure out what to do with their land when the time arrives to let it go. Joe, as I knew he would, agreed to give his perspective and advice. I even looked up the quote from Life of Pi, which goes, “I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.” Keith, at least, is taking his own sweet time to say goodbye. Out in my half-finished Japanese garden, meanwhile, which has shown great improvement over the course of a cool and rainy spring, I couldn’t help but think about the things of this world I treasure but will someday have to let go. As it happened, I was planting a pair of Red Slipper azaleas and a Christmas fern mixed with the ashes of the three well-loved golden retriev-

ers that brought our family incalculable joy over the years. My garden will be the final resting places for dear old Amos, Bailey and Riley the Rooster, as we called him — and, with a little luck, perhaps the head gardener as well. A rusted iron sign that stood forever in the peonies of my late mother’s garden read: Dig in the soil, delve in the soul. No place better than one’s garden to do that. Thomas Jefferson always made lists that he kept in his back pocket, especially when in his garden. Keith and his farm were still on my mind, and I couldn’t help but make my own mental list of the people and things of this world I shall someday have to let go. Naturally, my adorable wife and four great kids top the list — though with luck they’ll have to let go of me first. As I dug, my simple list grew: my dog Mulligan, old friends, golf with buddies, quiet time in my garden, a house that finally feels like home, early church, arboretums, old hymns, my wife’s caramel cake, histories and spy novels, birds at the feeder, the glory of spring, the spice of autumn, the silence of snowy nights, film scores, dawn walks, rainy Sundays, supper on the porch, the blue of dusk, garden catalogs, my new rubber boots, my old guitar, blue limericks, roses in June, freshly baked bread, driving back roads, all of Scotland, half of England, the poems of Billy Collins and Mary Oliver, and a few other things I shall surely miss and think of later. Leave it to Mary Oliver to offer the best advice to Keith and me and others like us. “To live in this world,” she said, “you must be able to do three things. To love what is mortal and hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and then, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.” PS Contact Editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.

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Farmers on the Green GivenTufts and Elliott’s on Linden present “A Taste of North Carolina” on the Pinehurst Village Green at 6:30 p.m. on June 21. Tickets to the North Carolina farm-to-table meal are $80 and available at the Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Rd., Pinehurst. Chef Mark Elliott is donating the food and proceeds from the dinner benefit GivenTufts. For more information call (910) 295-3642.

Rhapsody in Weymouth Longleaf Symphony What could be finer than wine and cheese and The Carolina Philharmonic under the pines? “Serenade in the Pines” features four musical destinations and takes place June 16 from 4-6 p.m. at Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave. For information call (910) 692-6261 or visit weymouthcenter.org.

The Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities features “An Evening of Gershwin Favorites” on June 7 at 7 p.m. John Hatcher and Friends Quintet perform with vocalist Megan Causey along with a special vocal guest, Dr. Marc Bernard. Tickets are $50 for members, $60 for non-members, and include wine and appetizers. Reservations for the event at 555 E. Connecticut Ave., in Southern Pines, are required. For more information call (910) 692-6261 or go to weymouthcenter.org.

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Best in Show The highly entertaining Fun Dog Show will be June 9 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Walthour-Moss Foundation, Lyell’s Meadow, 225 Mile Away Lane, in Southern Pines. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The classes include: Cutest, Best Trick, Best Coiffed, Senior Dog, Junior Handler, Look Alike, Best Rescue, Best 6 Legs and Best in Show. Prizes and ribbons galore. Caring Hearts for Canines will be on-site with dogs seeking homes. Cost for entrants is $5 per class the morning of or you can register at www. walthour-moss.org.

The Rooster’s Wife Forsooth and Zounds The Uprising Theatre Company brings Shakespeare back to the park with performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on consecutive weekends, June 1-3 and 8-10, at 7:30 p.m. at Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road, Pinehurst. Admission is free to all though there are some VIP tables close to the stage available for $450. For more information call (541) 631-8241 or go to www. uprisingtheatrecompany.com.

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The good news is you have options to keep these bugs off your body. DEET is the most commonly used repellent. It was developed for the military during World War II and is the longest-lasting repellent available. However, it does have its drawbacks. It has a distinctive odor, and to avoid side effects, should be used only as recommended. Natural repellents can be a useful alternative. Most are made from essential oils. These oils have strong odors that are offensive to most insects. Some essentials are more effective than others. The Centers for Disease Control recognizes the oils of lemon and eucalyptus to be more effective than most other plant-based oils, with a similar effectiveness to DEET. There are many natural insect repellents on the market, with various combinations of oils to create a potent overall effect against bugs. You can also make your own repellent that can be just as effective, and maybe save you money, too. Clove, citronella, lemon-eucalyptus and neem oils are among the most potent. Choose one of these as your primary active ingredient. Add another oil or two from the list to enhance the potency. Other oils that help repel insects are eucalyptus, cinnamon, rosemary, lavender, cedar, peppermint, geranium and thyme. Essential oils can be used directly on the skin if you are putting a dab or two on spot areas. When applied liberally on their own, they can irritate the skin, so for widespread coverage, it’s best to mix them into a carrier oil to safely get it into the skin. Coconut oil is a perfect carrier, and it provides a reasonable level of protection against insects on its own. Another good thing about coconut oil is that it has a neutralizing effect on bug bites and stings. Even if you are bitten, the toxic or irritating effects are greatly reduced, and the itchy welts are barely noticeable. Here’s an easy-to-make bug repellent: 144 drops of one or two of the oils on the list. Mix with 1/4 cup coconut oil. Store away from heat or light. Rub the oil onto the exposed skin (avoiding your eyes). You may need to apply frequently if swimming, exercising heavily, or if you sweat a lot. If you are bitten, apply the pure coconut oil on the bite to soothe the itch and speed healing. One more thing that helps keep insects off your skin is the B complex vitamins. You can find them all in one capsule, or you can add nutritional yeast to your diet (easy to add to soups, smoothies or juices). It has a nice, cheesy flavor and is delicious on popcorn. The B complex also helps fight fatigue, an added benefit to the supplement. Now you can enjoy being outdoors without the annoying bugs ruining your good time. PS

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Charles Frazier’s blockbuster first novel, Cold Mountain, marked its 20th anniversary last year. It won the National Book Award in 1997 and became a popular and Academy Award-winning film starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Renée Zellweger. From Cold Mountain and the books that followed, Thirteen Moons and Nightwoods, Frazier gained recognition as North Carolina’s most admired writer of literary fiction since Thomas Wolfe.

Frazier’s many fans celebrated the April release of his latest novel, Varina, based on the life of Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ wife. But, because his most recent previous novel, Nightwoods, had come out in 2011, they wondered why he had made them wait so long. The simple answer: Frazier refuses to work fast. Every word of every chapter of every one of his four books was reviewed, rewritten, replaced and restored by him to make the final product just right. It’s that process that makes Varina a book so full of rich and lovely prose it could pass for poetry. And well worth the wait. Because Varina is historical fiction, Frazier faced a challenge similar to the one Wiley Cash encountered in his recent book, The Last Ballad. Writing about a real person — textile union activist Ella May Wiggins in Cash’s case or Varina Davis in Frazier’s book — limits an author’s freedom to create and imagine without limits. The facts of history set firm and solid boundaries. On the other hand, those real historical facts provide the framework within which Cash and Frazier, both, have succeeded in developing interesting and believable characters. Varina takes us back to the 1800s and the Civil War, a period it shares with Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moons. The central character of the new book is Varina Howell Davis, until now an obscure Civil War footnote. Frazier refers to her as “V.” He builds V’s story around an unusual fact. While living in Richmond as first lady of the Confederacy, she took in a young mixed race boy she called Jimmie. She raised him alongside her own children. At the end of the Civil War, Union troops took 6-year-old Jimmie away from V, and she never learned what happened to him.

Frazier begins his story 40 years later at a resort-spa-hotel-hospital in Saratoga Springs, New York, where V is residing. James Blake, a light-skinned, middle-aged African-American, has read about Jimmie. His memories are very dim, but he begins to think he might be that same Jimmie and sets out to visit V at Saratoga Springs. When Blake calls on V at the hotel, she is suspicious, having been the victim of various con artists who attempted to exploit her fame. But something clicks. “She works at remembrance, looks harder at Blake’s broad forehead, brown skin, curling hair graying at the temples. She tries to cast back four decades to the war.” Blake visits V for several Sundays, and Frazier builds his story on the growing friendship and the memories they share. During the course of Blake’s visits, V remembers her teenage years in Natchez, Mississippi; her courtship and marriage to Davis; life on his plantation while Davis is often away in military service or politics; living in Washington as wife of a U.S. senator and Cabinet official; being the first lady of the Confederacy; and her post-Civil War life when she becomes friends with the widow of Ulysses Grant and writes a column for a New York newspaper. These are important subplots, but the book’s most compelling action develops in V’s flight from Richmond when it falls to Union troops at the end of the Civil War. In the book’s second chapter, V and Blake begin to recall their journey southward. As V prepares to leave Richmond on the train, Davis tells her she would be coming back soon because “General Lee would find a way.” But Lee does not find a way this time. V’s family, including Jimmie, servants and Confederate officials, travel to Charlotte, where an angry mob confronts them at the rail station. Evading the mob there, they “traveled southwest down springtime Carolina roads, red mud and pale leaves on poplar trees only big as the tip of your little finger, a green haze at the tree line. They fled like a band of Gypsies — a ragged little caravan of saddle horses and wagons with hay and horse feed and a sort of kitchen wagon and another for baggage. Two leftover battlefield ambulances for those not a-saddle. The band comprised a white woman, a black woman, five children, and a dwindling supply of white men — which V called Noah’s animals, because as soon as they realized the war was truly lost, they began departing two by two.” Their goal is escape to Florida and then Havana. Supplies have shrunk and their money has become worthless. Rumors circulate that their caravan has a hoard of gold from the Confederate treasury and

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that there will be a big reward for their capture. Frazier writes, “In delusion, bounty hunters surely rode hard behind faces, dark in the shadows of deep hat brims, daylight striking nothing but jawbones and chin grizzle, dirty necks, and oncewhite shirt collars banded with extrusions of their own amber grease.” Like Inman’s trek toward home in Cold Mountain, V and her companions confront adventure and terror at almost every stop. In Georgia, low on food and soaking wet, the group finds refuge in a seemingly deserted plantation house. As they settle in, two or three families of formerly enslaved people appear, accompanied by the son of their former owner, Elgin, a “white boy, who grew less beard than the fuzz on a mullein leaf.” Elgin sasses and threatens two former Confederate naval cadets, Bristol and Ryland, who are accompanying V’s group. He blames them for losing the war. Ryland responds in kind, “You’ve not ever worn a uniform or killed anybody, and you’re not going to start now. Have you even had your first drink of liquor?” Ryland and Bristol laugh when the boy reaches into his pants and pulls out a Derringer pistol and points it at Ryland. “And then Elgin twitched a finger, almost a nervous impulse, and an awful instant of time later, Ryland was gone for good.” Frazier writes that Ryland had been transformed in a matter of seconds “to being a dead pile of meat and bones and gristle without a spark. Three or four swings of the pendulum and he was all gone.” Instantly Bristol guns down Elgin. Before moving on, V’s group and the former slaves bury Elgin and Ryland, two more unnecessary casualties in a war that simply would not end. With V’s group back on the road, we know their attempt to escape is doomed to failure. But Frazier’s dazzling descriptions give us hope, hope that is quickly dashed when Federal troops capture V and take Jimmie away from her. Readers who loved Frazier’s luscious language and compelling characters in his earlier books will agree that Varina was worth the long wait. But what are they to make of V, her husband, and the Confederate heroes who are bit players in the new book? Perhaps Frazier leaves a clue with the final words, as James Blake remembers what V says to him on one of their visits at Saratoga Springs. “When the time is remote enough nobody amounts to much.” PS D.G. Martin hosts North Carolina Bookwatch, which airs Sundays at 11 a.m. and Thursdays at 5 p.m. on UNC-TV.

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KAREN WHITE

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DREAMS OF FALLING

New York Times bestselling author Karen White crafts evocative relationships in this contemporary women’s fiction novel, set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, about lifelong friends who share a devastating secret.

THE LEMONADE YEAR

Nina’s father has died, her marriage is over, and her job is in jeopardy. Her teenage daughter is slipping away from her, and her mother may or may not have fallen off the wagon. When the entire family gathers for the funeral, it is the first time in years that they are forced to deal with their issues.

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THE SECRET WAR DIARIES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN –

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Author Paul R. Dunn is a historian living in Pinehurst, North Carolina. He is writing a four volume diary, which recounts Abraham Lincoln’s thoughts during the civil war.

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BEACH HOUSE REUNION

Whisking you back to the shores of her bestselling Beach House series, Mary Alice Monroe weaves together a tale of the struggles and triumphs of the historic Rutledge family of Charleston, South Carolina. Beautifully wrought and rich with keen insight, this is an illuminating tale of new beginnings, resilience, and one family’s enduring love.

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THE ART OF ELEGANCE, CLASSIC INTERIORS

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Murray Dunlap is an author, artist, and poet. In 2014 he was a finalist for the American Short Story Fiction award and is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. His work has appeared in a number of publications including Virginia Quarterly Review, The Bark, The Pilot, Night Train, and PineStraw magazine. He has also spent time as the Writer-in-Residence at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities in Southern Pines, North Carolina. In 2008, a man missed a red-light and every single thing about Murray Dunlap’s life changed. Because of the wreck, he was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury; spent three months in a coma, a year in a wheelchair, and then used a walker. He was a married writer about to start a new career as an English teacher, but the marriage could not survive his confusion and amnesia. When asked, he did not know he was married. After surgeries and countless doctors’ appointments and therapy sessions, Dunlap has emerged, phoenix-like, happily married and as writer with PROOF, a new collection of poetry to be released on the tenth anniversary of the accident.

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Proof, by Murray Dunlap

With the release of Proof, local author Murray Dunlap celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the car accident that left him immobile and with a severe brain injury. The poems chronicle his marriage, relationship with God, and the struggles and confusion he has encountered during his journey. Dunlap worked on the collection during his stay as a writer-in-residence at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities. FICTION

How Hard Can It Be?, by Allison Pearson

Kate Reddy is approaching 50 and facing the ultimate female body betrayal: perimenopause, which she has nicknamed “Perry.” After leaving a highly successful career to raise her family, she finds herself entering the job market once again — no small feat at her age. All the while her husband is in the throes of a midlife crisis and her two children pose typical and not-so-typical challenges. The author of the best-selling I Don’t Know How She Does It leaves the reader gasping with laughter.

Florida, by Lauren Groff

In 11 short stories, each masterfully crafted by a writer with a keen eye for humanity, Groff lifts the curtain on the side of Florida the sunburned droves of tourists trekking to man-made meccas miss. Dark, lush and dreamy, the stories depict the dangerous natural elements lurking in the Sunshine State along with its dissatisfied, insecure and flawed characters.

Bring Me Back, by B.A. Paris

The author of Behind Closed Doors returns with a psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. For the past decade Finn has wondered what happened to his girlfriend, Layla, after she disappeared from a rest stop. When he announces his engagement to Layla’s sister, Ellen, he starts getting signs that can only come from someone who knows her whereabouts . . . or are they coming from Layla, herself?

Remind Me Again What Happened, by Joanna Luloff

A traveling journalist, Claire goes on an assignment to India, contracts Japanese encephalitis and wakes up alone in a hospital in the Florida Keys.

Her husband and best friend come to be with her, and eventually take her home, but her memory loss wears on them all. Remind Me Again What Happened is a fascinating look at friendship and how events in our lives change those relationships.

Left: A Love Story, by Mary Hogan

Fay and Paul are vacationing in Spain when the first signs that something is wrong with Paul begin. Everything comes to a standstill when he falls and requires surgery. His mind is never the same, and Fay must learn to live with her new life. A touching account of loving someone in sickness and in health. NONFICTION

Lincoln’s Last Trial, by Dan Abrams and David Fisher

At the end of the summer of 1859, 22-year-old “Peachy” Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than 3,000 cases — including more than 25 murder trials — during his two-decade legal career, was hired to defend him. Lincoln’s Last Trial captures a moment that shines a light on our legal system in a battle that remains incredibly relevant today.

The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy, by Jay Cost

Hamilton emphasized economic growth and Madison the importance of republican principles. Cost argues that both men were right and that their quarrel reveals a fundamental paradox at the heart of the American experiment. He shows that each man, in his own way, came to accept corruption as a cost of growth. The Price of Greatness reveals the trade-off that made the United States the richest nation in human history, and that continues to fracture our politics to this day.

Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family, by Helen Rappaport

Investigating the murder of the Russian imperial family, Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the various international plots and plans to save them, why they failed, and who was responsible. She draws on neverbefore-seen sources from archives in the United States, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom, creating a powerful account of near misses and close calls with a heartbreaking conclusion.

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by Cirocco Dunlap, with illustrations by Greg Pizzoli Shhhhh. Crunch the Dinosaur wants to come out and play, but is just too shy. Whisper his name and maybe he will venture out to join you. Engaging and interactive, this cute new dinosaur tale will delight young readers over and over again. (Ages 3-6.)

The Inventors at No. 8, by A.M. Morgen

On the eve of his 10th birthday, George, the third Lord of Devonshire, has suffered the death of almost all of the adults closest to him. His only guardian is his manservant, Frobisher. The pair survive by selling the furnishings from George’s house. When a thief tries to steal George’s legacy, his grandfather’s map to the Star of Victory, an ingenious mechanical bird intervenes. Jam-packed with thieves, clues and intrigue, The Inventors at No. 8 is a great summer read. (Ages 8-13.)

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Radio Days The perils of a talking head

By Bill Fields

Once in a while when checking the time, I go back in time.

It’s 4:15 . . . The current time brought to you by Bulova . . . Bulova available at The Glitter Box on Main Street in Aberdeen. I hear myself — or my fellow WEEB-990 part-timer Keith Smith — reading that 10-second spot on the radio. The Glitter Box jewelry store is long gone, but the commercial has stuck in my memory like lint on a blue blazer. Working for Southern Pines’ 5,000-watt AM station in the summer of ’77 was the first position related even a little to what I would do in the years ahead. Compared to bussing tables or parking golf carts, two of my other early jobs, turning onto WEEB’s driveway off Midland Road seemed a tiny journey toward a career. I wasn’t entirely green to WEEB when Mitt Younts, then the manager and son of the station’s founder, Jack Younts, hired me. Occasionally I had been part of a Key Club radio hour on Saturday mornings, when the booth was turned over to a couple of high school boys who would play records and yap mindlessly between songs. The Key Club show aired without incident, notwithstanding one weekend when, being Elton John fans and forgetting we were not on WQDR, the cool rock FM station in Raleigh, we put “The Bitch Is Back” on the turntable. We were allowed back but only after apologizing to the owner, who seemed to be on the phone before the chorus expressing his displeasure about our choosing such an inappropriate number. Despite being part of that blunder, I got my own weekly show, “Pinecrest Sports Spotlight,” during which I would report on Patriot athletics and usually have a guest or two to interview in the studio. (When the Pinecrest girls won the state basketball championship, most of the team plus coach James Moore came, the microphone passed around like a bowl of mashed potatoes at Sunday supper.) I had to pass up a post-graduation trip to the beach to start my job, but getting paid to come to work at the building I’d seen so often from the ninth tee while playing golf at Knollwood Fairways made that not seem like so much

of an opportunity lost. I even got to cover some golf later that summer, the Women’s Trans National Amateur Championship held at Mid Pines. Figuring out how to use Mitt’s tape recorder to get sound bites was infinitely easier than correctly pronouncing the surname of participant Lori Garbacz, which I butchered as “Gar-box.” Fortunately, Cathy Reynolds beat Beth Daniel in the final, two names that even I could handle. A couple of shifts per week I got to be an actual disc jockey and got competent at cueing up vinyl, reading the required live advertisements and switching to ABC News at the top of the hour. Other days, much of the time was spent monitoring the auto-play operation that WEEB had adopted for the bulk of its programming. On Sundays, a preacher from one of the local churches would deliver a recording of that day’s service. I would collect his $30 payment and play the tape at the scheduled time. One particular Sunday afternoon while on duty alone, there were prayers before the prayers. I had my key to get into the station on a separate key ring from my car and house keys. Taking out the trash, I didn’t prop open the door. And, after emptying the garbage can and trying to re-enter the studios, I realized the WEEB key wasn’t in my pocket with my other keys. It wasn’t Bulova time but panic time. If I used one of the golf clubs in my trunk to break in, everybody would know. If I left to go borrow a key and something happened to the station’s audio cruise control before I returned, everybody would know. I decided to chance the latter choice, guessing correctly that Keith, one of the best athletes in my class as well as my co-worker, was lifting weights at a gym in downtown Southern Pines. Through his laughter he loaned me his key. Avoiding pine trees and police cars, I drove back to WEEB, the dust flying behind my Fairlane as I tore down the dirt lane toward the building. Feeling as if I had been running wind sprints, I got inside and heard something. The programming had held. WEEB didn’t go off the air that day until sunset, as usual, nor had my career gone dark prematurely either. PS Southern Pines native Bill Fields, who writes about golf and other things, moved north in 1986 but hasn’t lost his accent.

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The Deer Departed At least, that’s the plan

By Jan Leitschuh

I have chronicled the

ravages of Southern whitetailed deer here at Cottage Garden Farm, as well as the myriad methods used to discourage our cloven-hoofed neighbors from ravaging not only the vegetable garden but stripping out the tasty pansies, roses, zinnias, daylilies, sunflowers, hostas and more.

Last summer, it got so bad I actually considered giving up growing vegetables. The magnitude of that discouragement still stings. Vegetable gardening is something I’ve done since childhood when my parents, retaining a Victory Garden habit from the war years, taught me the pleasures of coaxing edible life from the soil. I can imagine few more graceful pursuits than the quiet peace of growing fresh, clean, delicious food. But after following the call of spring last year, the largest horde of deer yet swooped in and savaged the entire garden. Before, it might be a ripe fruit taken here, an okra plant nipped there. Now, healthy cucumber, squash, sugar snap pea, pepper and tomato plants were taken to the ground. Laid waste. Little but rosemary was left standing. I may have a solution. Call me hopeful, more hopeful than I have felt in years, thanks to a tip from a fellow plant enthusiast from Greensboro, garden educator Ellen Ashley. You can’t blame the deer. They only do what deer do — smell out a good thing and eat it. With the efforts we have made to sweeten and enrich the garden’s soil, one could almost take it as a backhanded compliment. The deer equivalent of the cereal commercial: “Mikey likes it!” We tried an electric fence wire. Nope, over they hopped. We hung the wire with little peanut butter-smeared foil “tags,” hoping to tempt the deer to lick them, and training them to stay away because of the mild electrical unpleasantness. For a variety of reasons, that didn’t work either (plus it was difficult to keep the wires from grounding out). The vegetables fattened happily on their parent plants, and just when you’d think “one more day to perfect ripeness,” the keen-nosed deer would make the same assessment, whisking in and making off with the season’s first tomato, flattening the okra or decimating the green bean patch — and ignoring the peanut butter. Scent is key. Some studies have estimated that the white-tail deer’s ability to smell is about 10,000 times stronger than a human’s. In a deer, more brainpower is dedicated to analyzing odors than any other brain function. They have a secondary odor detector in the roof of their mouth. A buck can smell a doe over a mile away. For deer, smell is the information highway, and a dinner menu.

Many anti-deer strategies try to use their sense of smell against them. I have tied pungent soaps in little hosiery bags around the garden — we should have bought stock in Irish Spring that year. Nope. I clipped the dog and sprinkled his winter fluff about the perimeter. No luck, although area bird nests that year had fluffy, soft, blond golden retriever linings. (The dog himself was useless, camping at night at the foot of our bed.) No dice with human hair collected from a hairdresser, either. I casually suggested to my husband that he make his way to the perimeter of our secluded garden to kind of mark his territory in a sort of Y chromosome wilding activity. He was not amenable, noting that the toilet was much closer and less likely to get him arrested for indecent exposure. Last year, taking a cue from Karyn Richardson of Eagles Nest Berry Farm, I invested in a tall, see-through plastic netting that blended nicely into the background. Deer can jump seven feet, so a fence must be high. Karyn has surrounded her blueberry acres with this fence and high poles, and from a distance, one can hardly see it. She did find the deer were sneaking underneath the fence, so she pinned the bottom. I did the same, using bamboo poles to extend our stakes. The fence took tremendous effort to erect, was costly, a pain to weed-eat around and move wheelbarrows through, but what price peace in the garden? It should have worked. Yet in the morning, there would be multiple deer inside our small garden and I’d lose my mind. In carelessly leaping out, the deer would tear down a whole netting wall. And the garden mess they left behind was heartbreaking. This winter we took the fence down completely. The deer were just too accustomed to visiting our flavorful patch. Was this the end of my love affair with garden veggies? For years I had been protecting choice plants like pansies and hydrangeas with an expensive store-bought deer repellent spray. It did work — rather well, actually — but was too expensive to justify for a whole garden, even for a few fresh beans or young zucchini. Which is why I sat up in my chair when Ashley spoke at Weymouth this April, at a public lecture sponsored by The Garden Club of the Sandhills, and declared she had a sure-fire deer repellent. “This will work! And I’ve tried everything!” Ashley teaches regular gardening classes throughout the Triad on a number of topics like shade garden planting, cutting gardens, rock gardening, pruning, pest control, edible gardening, and more. It must have been fate that brought her to the Sandhills, and me to her lecture. She noted that commercial sprays are effective and convenient if you only have a few plants in need of protection. “But they are expensive,” she said. “And I had 10 acres. And when you drove in, you’d see eight or nine deer on the driveway.” Ashley’s challenge was to protect thousands of plants in more than nine different gardens, including woodland gardens, a “tropical garden,” a conifer gar-

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den, a rock garden, a cutting garden and an edible garden filled with fruit trees, berries, vegetables and herbs. “I used many things that were the solution,” she said. Like me, she tried strategies like pungent soap in bags and human hair. She also tried mothballs, and 2-foot stakes with saturated cotton balls positioned every 15 feet around the garden. “It all worked until it didn’t.” She experimented with fox urine, also expensive. “You drip it around your garden and nothing is supposed to come near it. Including you. It was so nasty you never wanted to come near your garden.” The commercial products “Deer Fence” and “I Must Garden” did work, but were still too expensive. “I noticed the common ingredient in these products was egg,” she said. “I added egg to my sprayer, but it kept gumming up the nozzle. So I separated the egg from the yolk, and just used the yolk. It worked beautifully.” Ashley advised that the gardener should keep tabs on new growth. “The deer have such sensitive noses, they will know exactly which leaves you have not sprayed,” she said. “They will eat the five inches on top you have not sprayed. And if you don’t spray everything, they’ll just turn from their favorite to their second- or third-favorite plants.” So I’ve taken the leap of faith. Yesterday, I mixed up a batch for a simple, inexpensive 1-gallon sprayer. I beat the egg yolk and peppermint oil together in a bowl with a bit of water and, innovating, added a small squirt of dish soap to help with the emulsifying and sticking. It did not smell bad at all, thanks to the peppermint. I installed my tomato, squash, cukes, okra, eggplant, beans and pepper plants, and then liberally sprayed the still-surviving lilies, hostas, cosmos and pansies. Because, I must garden.

Ellen Ashley’s Deer Repellent Recipe Whip 3 egg yolks with 2 teaspoons of peppermint oil. Beat that into a gallon of water, and spray onto vulnerable plants. “It may smell funky to you, though it does seem to work while the eggs are fairly fresh,” says Ashley. “The stuff doesn’t go bad, it’s already bad. The longer it sits, the more pungent it becomes. I spray it when I’m about to go inside for the night. By the end of the next day you can hardly smell it.” Spray more frequently in spring, or after a hard rain. PS For lectures or courses, contact Ashley via her website http://www.learntogarden.net, or email ellen@ learntogarden.net. Jan Leitschuh is a local gardener, avid eater of fresh produce and co-founder of the Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative.

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W i n e C o u n tr y

A Sense of Place Savoring the heart and soul

By Angela Sanchez

Photograph by john gessner

If you, or anyone

you know, has ever traveled in Europe, you may be familiar with the feeling that the wine and food seem to taste better, certainly different, than if you mimicked the same thing in the United States. It may be because you’re on vacation or with special people in your life, but it’s also that you are enjoying a tradition of food or wine original and unique to that place. That is terroir, the French word for earth, land, even soil. It is the component that is the heart, the soul, the makeup of where the grapes are grown that eventually make a wine what it is. Wine expert Hugh Johnson describes terroir as an essential part of what makes a great wine. It is the character and personality, combined with weather and winemaking techniques, that are distinct and apart from wines of other regions produced from the same grapes. The same can be said for other agricultural products that are unique to a place. Both wine and food can have terroir, but does it matter if they do?

If you want a sense, or taste, of where the wine is produced — a feel for what that particular area is like — then terroir matters. If you simply want to enjoy a good quality product, then it probably doesn’t. Terroir acts as a point of reference, a standard. It’s a way to delineate a wine made from chardonnay grapes anywhere in the world, at any price point, from one that is specific to a place, as distinctive as the artist who made it. Some of the best, and best-known, examples of terroir are the wines of Burgundy. Chardonnay from Burgundy, France, is full of terroir. Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Chablis are all produced from the same grape but could not be more different. Chablis is limestone and vigor, and Chassagne is round and lush. Any great chardonnay

from any other growing region in the world will use the wines from this area as a model for their wine. If allowed to be a true product of their environment — the vineyards are not over-cropped and the winemaker doesn’t have a heavy hand — these wines will also exhibit terroir. Two great examples are Chateau Montelena Chardonnay from Napa, California, bearing classic lemon vibrancy and cream, and Hamilton Russell Chardonnay from Hemel-enAarde, South Africa, which is hugely influenced by the sea and elevation. Both are beautiful expressions of their own place. They distinguish themselves from others based on their environment, soil, climate — their terroir. Wines rich in terroir are often small production and carry a hefty price based on the fact that they are produced from very specific areas, often one vineyard that could be only a few acres. Does a wine that is produced for sheer enjoyment and to fit a “crowd-pleaser” style or a consumer-friendly price make it any less of a wine? No. It’s like a tomato produced in a hothouse in winter or a cheese produced in a factory. Each serves a great purpose — widespread, reasonably priced enjoyment. They don’t, however, have the terroir of a fresh burrata cheese crafted in the Puglia region of Italy or a San Marzano tomato from Sicily. These accessible wines have a “style,” often an imitation of an original, that has been adapted to make it more approachable both in taste and price. Nothing wrong with that. But, it’s important to recognize and appreciate products with true terroir, if for no other reason than to experience something of their craft, made from the land, with a true sense of place. It’s a way to connect to tradition and small farms. You don’t have to look far to find them. There are some affordable examples produced from singlevineyard sites in California, Oregon and Washington. You can find great examples of terroir in food, too, like grass fed beef from Argentina and John’s Island South Carolina tomatoes. Two of my favorite cheese examples are Meadow Creek Appalachian from Virginia and Humboldt Fog from California. The first is a natural rind tomme-style cow’s milk cheese exhibiting grassy, herbal buttery flavors with a bright yellow hue. The second is a bloomy rind goat’s milk cheese from Humboldt County made by Cypress Grove. It is famous for its distinct blue vegetable ash and it’s tangy earth sharpness. Both exhibit nuances from the land where the herds graze. Terroir does matter. Sometimes it’s expensive and hard to find, but always worth the search. PS Angela Sanchez owns Southern Whey, a cheese-centric specialty food store in Southern Pines, with her husband, Chris Abbey. She was in the wine industry for 20 years and was lucky enough to travel the world drinking wine and eating cheese.

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In The Spirit

TOPO’s Whiskey and Rum New releases from one of North Carolina’s most inventive distilleries

By Tony Cross

Photograph by Tony Cross

Four years

ago, I was in my final couple of hours of wrapping up a Saturday night behind the bar. It was busy and I was slinging drinks and carrying on the type of banter that goes with the territory. Usually after 8 p.m. on a weekend night, most of my guests were relaxed enough to tolerate, maybe even laugh at, my antics. In between the chaos, two gentlemen took seats at the bar. After greeting them, I turned around to grab a bottle of rye and make a drink. “Do you guys carry TOPO spirits?” one of them asked. It had to have been some sort of divine intervention, because my first thought was, “Yeah, but you’re the only person to ask for it.” TOPO vodka was the first local spirit I carried, and I was a little disappointed that guests weren’t flocking to support a local distillery. Another way of putting it is: My feelings got hurt when guests didn’t like what I did. But instead of talking first and thinking later, I said, “Actually, yeah, we carry their vodka. It’s good stuff.” Good job, Tony. Not

being a smart-ass paid off for once. I had just met the owners of Top of the Hill Distillery, Scott Maitland and Esteban McMahan.

Since that night, I’ve formed a relationship with TOPO’s spirit guide, McMahan. No one in North Carolina’s distillery game seems busier than him. If you follow TOPO on Instagram (handle: topoorganicspirits), then you know exactly what I mean. If I had to guess, I’d say that he’s doing three to four events a week across the state. The guy is everywhere. And thanks to McMahan’s work ethic, I was able to debut my carbonated cocktails on draught to a ton of people when he asked me to bartend with him at Stoneybrook two years ago. Since then, we’ve collaborated a few times and he always makes a point to let me know when he’s in Moore County. The last time I saw McMahan was in March, when he was finishing up an event at the Carolina Horse Park and wanted to link up so he could turn me on to TOPO’s new whiskey. After having a drink and catching up, he gifted me a bottle of their organic Spiced Rum and Reserve Carolina Straight Wheat Whiskey. I first got a taste of TOPO’s Spiced Rum last fall during Pepperfest in Carrboro. McMahan had invited my friend and co-worker, Carter, and me to come out and use pepper-infused TOPO vodka with our Reverie strawberryginger beer. We had a blast, and our cocktail even took first place. While we were there, we got to see the TOPO crew unveil their newest spirit, the Spiced Rum. A few months prior to Pepperfest, the guys over at the distillery were still tweaking the rum. They’d given me a taste at the time, and it wasn’t bad. When I got to try it at Pepperfest, it was clear they had gotten it just right. On the nose, there’s vanilla, orange, and the slightest whiff of banana. On the palate, orange and vanilla are still present, but I can also taste spices — cinnamon is definitely there, clove is subtle, and allspice seems to round it out. McMahan says their rum is “N.C.’s only USDA Certified Organic rum. It is

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Take all ingredients (sans ginger beer) and pour into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake like hell, and then pour two ounces of ginger beer into the shaker. Dump everything into a rocks glass. Garnish with fresh grated nutmeg (using a microplane). As much as I like to stay busy, I can do lazy, too. Case in point: that bottle of TOPO’s Reserve Carolina Straight Wheat Whiskey. I didn’t want to open it until I could take a picture of it for this issue’s column. I’ve had this bottle staring at me from my kitchen counter since March. All I had to do was take a picture of it. Well, I did. Tonight. And I opened it. Tonight. One of my friends has been telling me how good this whiskey is. I’ll be hearing “I told you so” sometime later this week. I asked McMahan about TOPO’s new whiskey, and he had this to say: “The TOPO Organic Reserve Carolina Straight Wheat Whiskey is N.C.’s first and only locally sourced straight whiskey. It is distilled from a 100 percent wheat mash bill of USDA Certified Organic soft red winter wheat from the Jack H. Winslow Farms in Scotland Neck, N.C. It is distilled below 80 percent ABV, barrel aged in #3 char new American oak barrels two to four years at no more than 125 proof, and then it’s non chill-filtered.” I know, he forgot to tell me how smooth this whiskey is. Congratulations are in order, too. McMahan was just notified that TOPO placed gold in the San Francisco Spirits Competition. No drink recipe for this one, folks. If you must, an old-fashioned. I’ll take mine neat with half an ice cube. Cheers! PS Tony Cross is a bartender who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines.

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Out of the Blue

AI, Phone Home Is anyone really there?

By Deborah Salomon

I like knowing how things work.

Knowledge is power . . . right? This comes from watching my father — a hobbyist handyman/fixer — repair stuff: a toaster, a lamp cord, a toy. Assembling that dreaded “knocked down” furniture filled him with glee. So I experienced no trepidation when, during college summer vacations, my job as an NBC Studios tour guide at the network’s Rockefeller Center headquarters required operating a wall-sized display that explained how TV works: images are broken down into dots, transmitted from tower to tower and reassembled on home screens. In a flash. That was the late 1950s. Heaven knows how transmission — satellite, cable, digital and otherwise — works these days.

Then, the time I listened attentively, dreamy-eyed, while a boyfriend explained car motors. I even sort-of understand what keeps a 650,000-pound Airbus aloft. Much knowledge has been gained on the job. I’ve written stories about how a toilet functions (simple and logical, really) and, mid-1980s, the first CAD/ CAM computer designing heating/AC systems. That one was dicey: I told the engineer to pretend I’m a fourth-grader. He did. I understood enough — and wrote the story in a fourth-grade vocabulary, for a business magazine, no less. Readers loved it. That’s the thing: Learning how a motor propels a car isn’t rocket science; computer technology is, and I’m frightened, partly by dependence on machines so few ordinary folks understand. Our human footprint is distilled onto an envelope-sized appliance thinner than an Oreo called a cellphone — a misnomer, since calls are its least-used function. With it, you can close a garage door or order a pizza; navigate Boston or check movie times; watch the ball game or

watch your grandchildren — who live in Bangkok. Horrifying news from Dell: “We’re teaching your car how to read your mind.” How? Can anyone explain that in fourth-grade lingo? Speaking of fourth-graders, when they ask, “Where’s the cloud?” what’s your answer? I’m with Michelangelo: “Look up.” Enter the most fearsome creatures of all named, enigmatically, virtual personal assistants: Siri, Alexa, M, Cortana, Watson et al. The names sound vaguely familiar. Siri? Isn’t she the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes? I’m sure Judi Dench played “M” in James Bond flicks. Cortana must be that ski resort in the Italian Alps. As for how they work, don’t ask anyone over 18 unless they have kids over 12. The answer I got: “Siri just asks the computer,” which is 10 feet away, saving me the trip. Siri, her siblings and similar devices are dubbed artificial intelligence, AI, first explored in the eponymous 2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg, E.T.’s daddy. Because Siri is “artificial,” no need for a please or thank you when shouting orders. But now, the apes have breeched their cages and are rounding up the zookeepers. Watson beat all comers on Jeopardy! Deep Blue, an IBM prodigy, won at chess against a world champion. Soon, scientists fear, these creatures with a single name (preferably not Meatloaf, Madonna or Omarosa) will start bypassing human input and interacting with each other — maybe take over the world, which might not be so bad considering the job humans are doing. As a remedy I think schools should adopt a syllabus on How Things Work. Start with filling toothpaste tubes, move on to wrapping Hershey Kisses, inserting cheese slices into cellophane envelopes, then helicopter physics before touching on how the Mars Rover responds to signals sent from Earth, a mere 101.51 million miles away. End, in grade 12, with computer mechanics. My rabbit-ears antennae pick up grumbling: There goes another sassy old technophobe. Not true. I’m simply scolding the tail that wags the dog. If I need a new kidney, by all means press a button on the 3-D printer and suit me up. But I’m not flagging any self-driven taxi, and if I want a weather report my oldfashioned PC (talk about an oxymoron) does just fine. But Siri, do text me when you locate my car keys. PS Deborah Salomon is a staff writer for PineStraw and The Pilot. She may be reached at debsalomon@nc.rr.com.

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A Perfect Match Don’t judge a foot by its cover

By Beth MacDonald

One of life’s

goals should be to make friends whose stories are more interesting than your own. Kate is one of mine. She’s a rock star, not a figurative one, a literal one. She has traveled the world, partied with amazing people. She is a beautiful soul, a singer, songwriter, insanely funny and has the kind of looks most women dream of having. One day at lunch over Bloody Marys, we heard her on the radio. “Can you believe they are playing this garbage?” she said. I feel blessed beyond belief to be surrounded by compelling and intelligent people who brighten my days and color my world with their wisdom and grace. So, when Kate told me I was an interesting friend, I almost choked on my frittata.

Some days I think the most interesting thing about me is my sock collection. I have socks with artwork on them. I wore them to the Louvre thinking I was “dressing for the occasion.” I have socks with a monorail on them that I wear to Walt Disney World. Some of my socks depict women at work and have pithy, feminist quips. Some socks are more vulgar. I wear those to meetings with people I find less, let’s say, agreeable. I have found that my socks are a way to recognize the world’s kinder souls, odd as that may be. I think I have an interesting life. I am a lucky woman. Mason, my husband, is kind, and one of the smartest people I know. He never talks about himself, but has far more interesting stories than I ever will. Most people don’t give him the chance to tell them. They look at his tattoos and beard and probably think he’s not much for intellect. He doesn’t mind being underestimated. We have been friends for almost two decades, and married for four years. Both of our

previous marriages ended at “Till death do us part,” making us an unusual pair — young, remarried, widow and widower. We have an unbreakable trust in each other, having been through “the worst.” I recently made the mistake of leaving Mason unsupervised with my socks. I don’t pair my socks when I do the laundry; they stay in a pile in the laundry room. That drives Mason to the brink of insanity. He likes to have a certain order to socks. He actually numbers his. When I need my socks I just go to “the pile” and pick out what I need and go about my business. If I’m in a hurry, I don’t even match them. I just grab and go. That makes Mason even crazier. While I was gone, he seriously contemplated getting rid of “the pile.” I’m still shocked he confessed this to me. My socks are as sacred as his OCD. “I didn’t throw them away,” he said as if that somehow made the conspiracy less brazen. “It’s proof of my love.” I was still in shock, trying to keep from plotting revenge for a crime that wasn’t even committed. My poor precious endangered socks. “You wanted to!” “I have your name tattooed on my hand, in a rose. I’m not throwing your socks away.” “My name should be tattooed in a sock, not a rose,” I said, my voice still an octave above calm. Mason sighed. “There are no cool songs about sock tattoos.” “Kate will write me one.” The whole scene played out in my head. I would call Kate and ask her to write me a raspy-voiced rock ballad about a sock tattoo and how no one should ever look down on socks with disdain. Brilliant! Mason was saying something but I wasn’t listening. I think it was about his OCD and suggestions about how to organize my socks properly. He didn’t get it. My socks were organized. I knew that my right monorail sock was in the bottom drawer upstairs and the left one was in the basket hanging over the edge, near the handle. Since even the kind can backslide, soon he may be able to find a reminder on iTunes. PS Beth MacDonald is a Southern Pines suburban misadventurer that likes to make words up. She loves to travel with her family, read everything she can, and shop locally for her socks.

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By Susan Campbell

Think of a heron and a tall, lanky wader comes to mind. However, the green heron is quite a different animal! This stocky bird is about the size of a crow with relatively short yellow legs. But it does have a dark, dagger-like bill and a handsome, velvety-green back, dark cap and chestnut-colored body. And in true heron form, it moves slowly and deliberately, hunting in and around the water’s edge. Because of this slow-motion lifestyle, this bird is often overlooked. When it flushes from thick vegetation or croaks to advertise its territory might be the rare occasions that this bird gets noticed.

Green herons can be found through most of our state. Here in the Sandhills and Piedmont they spend the spring and summer months in all types of wet habitat. Not surprisingly, they feed on fish, amphibians and large invertebrates. They have even been known to grab hummingbirds from time to time! Very versatile hunters, green herons can dive and swim after prey if motivated. Moving through deep water is likely made possible by their natural buoyancy and partial webbing between their toes. Most remarkably, this is one of a very few bird species that actually uses tools. Individuals have been known to use worms, twigs, feathers, bread crusts

and other enticements to lure small fish within easy reach. Green herons are adaptable when it comes to breeding as well. A pair bond is formed between males and females from spring through late summer. The male will choose a spot and begin nest building early on. The female will take over and construct a platform of sticks that may be solid or quite flimsy. But the nest will always be protected, whether it is in a tree or large shrub. The clutch of three to five eggs is assiduously tended by both parents. Likewise, the young will be fed and brooded not only by the female but by the male as well. And for several weeks the heron family will stick together while the juveniles learn what it takes to survive. You can expect to see green herons from late March into September. Most members of the population in the Eastern United States then head to the Caribbean and Central America in the fall. Even before this southward movement, individuals may wander in almost any direction, especially if food levels drop or water sources dry up. Individuals have covered very long distances. Surprisingly, a few have been observed as far away as Great Britain and France. So over the next few months, if you scan the edges of wet habitat, you may be lucky enough to spot a green heron, hunched over with a long, sharp bill, staring intently into the water. Better yet, listen for a loud, catlike “skeow” or odd screaming that may give these somewhat secretive birds away. Should a bird fly, it may seem somewhat crow-like with slow wing beats, but its partially unfolded neck will certainly give it away. PS Susan would love to hear from you. Feel free to send wildlife observations to susan@ncaves.com

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In 1959, the summer before my first year of

college, my dad bought me a 1940 four-door deluxe Chevrolet. It was the finest car ever made, at least to me. There is something about a youngster’s first automobile. The occasion creates an aura of independence, open roads, traveling, seeing the country. Adventures are only limited by the imagination.

Dad bought the almost 20-year-old car at an estate sale in Pinehurst and called me at the ice plant where I was working a summer job before going off to Brevard College. He was the superintendent at the plant and gave me the job to supplement my spending money for school. The chief engineer on duty that day called me to the phone that was hanging on a post in the engine room. Dad said, “Tom, I need you to help me move some stuff at home. I’ll pick you up in a few minutes.” “What stuff? I’m in the middle of pulling ice right now.” “Never mind, let Walter take over. You’ll only be gone an hour or two.” Walter was another summer employee, and we alternated the chore of pulling ice from the huge brine tanks. We used an immense crane that could lift 10 blocks weighing 400 pound each all at once. It was not my favorite job around the plant, so I was glad to let him take over. When Dad arrived, he went to his office to check messages, and I waited in the car. In a few minutes he was back. “I need to go by Pinehurst, and then we’ll run home to move that swing set for the girls.” My sisters were into gymnastics and had an exercise bar and swing set in the backyard. We needed to move it to a shadier spot. “I hope I’m still on the clock,” I joked. “I need the money. School is only six weeks away.” In those days I made the minimum wage, which was a dollar an hour. A 40-hour week provided, before taxes, $40, a lot of money in the ’50s. I assumed we were going by the old chicken plant in Pinehurst where Dad was the consultant for the refrigeration system, so I didn’t pay a lot of atten-

tion when we pulled in to the driveway of an old house that had seen better days. He stopped in front of a ramshackle single garage. A dusty car squatted forlornly in the dark opening. “There it is, buddy roe,” he said. “There what is?” “Your new ride.” I piled out of the car and, somewhat dazed, walked to the garage and the dust-covered vehicle. It was so dirty, with years of accumulated grime, that I could hardly tell its color. “What do you think?” Dad asked. I was flabbergasted. I didn’t know what to say. “Will it run?” “Sure it’ll run. I checked it out before I bought it. It’s gonna need a lot of cleaning and some small repairs, but she’s solid and, with a little work, will carry you many miles.” I opened the driver’s side door and crawled in. It was magnificent, dirty but magnificent. I looked out at Dad and asked, “Can I crank it?” “Sure, the switch for the starter is on the floor. I’ve already put in a new battery, so she should fire without any problem.” I pushed down on the switch and the old vehicle roared into action. “OK, son, back her out and I’ll follow you home.” That was easier said than done. When I was just on the outskirts of Pinebluff, cruising at about 40 miles an hour, the right back tire blew like a firecracker. As I was pulling to a slow stop on the side of the road, the left front tire also blew out with a bang. Dad was right behind me and pulled over, got out of his car and walked up laughing. “I thought we’d make it home anyway,” he said, chuckling. “Those old tires are the originals and are dry rotted. They’ll have to be replaced. You wait here and I’ll get a wrecker to pull your car back to the plant, and we’ll put on a new set of tires.” The rest of the day was a blur. Dad went to town and bought a set of tires from the automotive store, and the guys working at the plant helped me install them. I remember changing the oil and using some of the plant’s equipment to grease the old vehicle. It had been years since she had been serviced. That day began a love affair with the ancient ride that we nicknamed plainly “The Old Forty.” I used her for all sorts of things: camping, hunting, fishing. She carried friends and me many, many miles safely and only left us, or me, rather, stranded once. It was my sophomore year and I was on the way to school, clipping through Hendersonville, about 20 miles from Brevard, at a

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By Lee Pace

Pinehurst is where

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the golf architectural genius of Donald Ross sprouted. It’s where thousands of visitors in the 1910s and ’20s were first exposed to golf, were smitten and spread the idea for new courses in their hometowns across the Northeast and Midwest. The No. 2 course at the resort has been host to the U.S. Open (men and women), the U.S. Amateur (men and women), the Ryder Cup and PGA Championship.

There are 40 golf courses within Moore County and a sand wedge of its border. So why shouldn’t the area be home to one of North Carolina’s juggernaut high school golf teams? Pinecrest High School has won the boys 4-A state title four of the last six years and collected three in a row from 2015-17. The Patriots finished fifth in the most recent state competition, with Raleigh Broughton taking the championship while Pinecrest’s A.J. Beechler won his second consecutive individual title. “We broke open the floodgates my senior year, and it seemed to really set the tone for what was to come with future teams,” says Zach Martin, a member of the 2013 state championship team who went on to play at the University of North Carolina. “The success builds on itself. This run of state championships is pretty strong.” The Patriots’ remarkable stretch of success in both the boys’ and girls’

programs began two decades ago when one of the staff golf professionals at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club was frustrated that there was no golf team at West Pine Middle School. Rich Wainwright wanted a team that his son John, a sixth-grader, could play on and begin to develop his game. So A.J. Beechler Wainwright volunteered to start a team, hoping John and his friends would be motivated to continue the game into high school at Pinecrest. “I remember having a lot of fun with it,” says John, who is now 32, and is a golf instructor and tournament director for U.S. Kids Golf in Southern Pines. “A lot of guys got the bug then. Once our team started, we bonded and became lifelong friends. We had golf to talk about during the school day, and it was fun getting out of school for golf matches. That bond and that structure helped when we went to high school.” When John moved to high school, Wainwright began volunteering as a coach for the Pinecrest team in 2000 and has been the Patriots’ “co-coach” ever since, working with high school staffers Sandy Sackmann, Jennifer Kearney and Lynne Beechler through the years. Wainwright enjoyed his experiences teaching juniors at the club dating back to the 1980s and was further motivated by his boss at Pinehurst, the late Don Padgett Sr., who was a longtime proponent of junior golf and was the resort’s director of golf from 1987-2002. “Rich always loved to work with youth; he had a drive and enthusiasm to work with young people,” says Ken Crow, who was also on the Pinehurst staff at the time and now has a son, Benjamin, on the Pinecrest team. “Back in the ’80s, Rich was the guy having the most fun in junior clinics, encouraging them to get better.” Wainwright remembers commiserating with Padgett in the early 2000s over a patch of high scores posted in recent competitions. Padgett, as he was

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wont to do, leaned back in his office chair overlooking the putting green to the south side of the Pinehurst clubhouse and addressed Wainwright by his nickname, Red. “Red, just have ’em putt,” Padgett advised. “Teach those kids the short game. Have ’em pitch the ball over that row of bushes and see who can get it closest.” The light popped on in Wainwright’s head. For going on two decades now, it’s been all about the short game — sage advice not only for high school golf teams but rank-and-file golfers of every shape, size and era. “If these kids have good short games, we can win most tournaments,” Wainwright says. “I do very little to nothing in the full swing. We do a lot of situational short game practice.” Golfers coming through the program remember all the 5-foot putts at sundown, their stomachs growling for dinner and the pressure

“If these kids have good short games, we can win most tournaments,” of having to make x-number in succession so everyone could go home. “We learned a lot about playing under pressure,” Martin says. “Everyone on the team would have to make, like, 10 putts in a row before anyone could go home. You don’t want to be the guy who misses and keeps everyone there to putt another round.” Sometimes Wainwright will have his golfers hole out a chip before they can leave or even jar two from a bunker before calling it a day. He’ll set up recovery shots from the woods and encourage his golfers to envision a shot with a 7-iron and another with a pitching wedge. “He’s a numbers guy,” Martin says. “Golf comes down to the short game when you want to score well. He definitely puts a lot of importance on it. It’s paid off the last few years.” “Dad’s gotten pretty good teaching guys how to play the game of golf better,” John says. “He doesn’t spend too much range time. It’s all about how

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to get the ball in the hole. How do you still score when you’re not having your best day at ball-striking? It’s been neat to watch him evolve.” It’s obviously worked well. Pinecrest won the girls’ state title in 2001 and 2016 and the boys’ in 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and more than a dozen golfers have advanced to play collegiately. Joshua Martin followed older brother Zach to Chapel Hill. Jack Fields and Robert Riesen also played at Carolina, Eric Bae at Wake Forest and Josh Stockwell at UNC Greensboro. This year’s boys’ team has four players going to Division I schools in Benjamin Crow and Symon Balbin to UNC Greensboro and A.J. Beechler and Attie Giles to East Carolina. Among the top girls’ players have been Josie Shinn at UNC, Gabrielle Weiss at James Madison, Elizabeth Nguyen at Georgetown and Mackenzie Battle at The Citadel. Wainwright is particularly high on sophomore Jaclyn Kenzel and senior Lorin Wagler on this year’s team. The environment has helped attract golfers who otherwise might not have been in Pinehurst. Bae, who was born in South Korea, was living in Raleigh when he made the decision to fully commit to becoming an elite golfer, and moved to Pinehurst to live with his adopted uncle. “If you want to get good at golf, where better place to be than Pinehurst?” asks Bae, who earned a starting position as a freshman last spring at Wake Forest and is a sophomore now. “Playing for Pinecrest was an awesome experience. I enjoyed every minute of it. Guys like Joshua Martin and A.J. were really competitive; it helped me improve as a player. Coach Wainwright created a really good environment for me to improve.” In mid-April, the Patriots were playing a match at Pinehurst No. 8, the scene of their 2015 state title, when Bae eagled the par-5 17th and then birdied 18 to secure the championship. Giles had a 50-yard wedge shot and knocked it in the hole for an eagle. “Coach, I channeled my ‘inner Eric Bae,’” Giles told Wainwright. Wainwright texted Bae and told him, “You’re still helping us win golf tournaments.” That’s the way it goes in championship athletic programs — success begets success. A culture is created and grows on itself. “I’ve had a lot of fun,” Wainwright says. “I like to win. My goal is 10 state championships. We’re closing in on it.” PS Chapel Hill-based writer Lee Pace has been chronicling the Sandhills golf scene in PineStraw since 2008.

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A Thoughtful Response Quick answers are not planned Not as rich as one wants But with the time needed We give back so much more One man asks his girl Do you love me? She reflects, breathes deeply, and raises an eyebrow Then, exhaling, she responds with a smile The air between them froze Complicated relationships Deserve more But often we find answers in the curl of a lip The angle of an eyebrow The chisel of a chin The finer movements in our face Often speak without words

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Birds of Paradise Exploring a hidden Carolina Bay Photographs by L aura L. Gingerich

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arefully holding her camera above the surface of the water, Laura Gingerich waded into the forest swamp up to her armpits. Her feet sank into the slippery rot and muck on the bottom. Like quicksand, the more she moved, the more the ground swallowed her legs, nearly reaching her knees. Beyond a stand of cypress, she saw a clearing. By then the water was touching her chin. Turning a corner, they appeared in front of her. It was a robust, diverse community of birds, a breeding spot for snowy egret, great egret, great blue heron, green heron, cormorant and anhinga. Awe replaced trepidation. In the months that followed, Gingerich used a jon boat, a kayak and a canoe to return over and over again to the swamp, gathering photographs of this rare inland rookery in Robeson County. “It’s one of the clay-based Carolina Bays,” says Jeff Marcus of the Nature Conservancy. “Carolina Bays are these unique geological features, rare isolated wetlands that occur primarily in the coastal plain of North and South Carolina. They’re all elliptical in shape and all kind of oriented to the northwest and southeast. It’s been a hotly debated topic as to what the origins of these things are. People have speculated everything from meteor impacts to dinosaur or whale wallows. The most prevalent theory is that it has more to do with the wind and wave actions when the Coastal Plain was a shallow sea.” This bay, like many others, is protected by the Nature Conservancy. “What makes this site interesting is that most of those birds primarily are kind of coastal breeders. They’re found in the greatest abundance right at the coast, nesting on barrier islands, so it is somewhat unusual to have a large rookery so far inland,” says Marcus. “It’s great to get people more interested and aware and excited about all the natural history we have right in our own backyard. We don’t always appreciate what a special and unique place it is to live where we do.” Anyone interested in visiting a site like the rookery in Robeson County or in becoming a member of the Nature Conservancy can call the Sandhills field office at (910) 246-0300.

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It’s off to work we go

e’ve all had ’em, those odd jobs we’ve done along the way. Maybe it was behind a cash register or in front of a deep fat fryer. It could have been sweeping floors, pouring concrete or delivering pizza. The uniform might have featured a hairnet or a pair of work boots. It could have been weekends or evenings in high school or a long, hot summer waiting for college to begin. Maybe you already had a degree in your hand. The payoff could have been cash money (though not much of it) or nothing more than the experience. The memory of these jobs can bring a smile, a groan or a grimace. The money, if there was any, didn’t last long. The lesson that all work is noble lasts a lifetime.

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is the mother of eight and grandmother of 25 who just celebrated her 95th birthday and once owned The Salem Shop, a women’s apparel store located on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and S.W. Broad Street. At home she has a photograph taken during War War II of her husband, John, who lost a leg in the Battle of Peleliu, meeting Bing Crosby at a golf club outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was Crosby’s driver and, at the time, didn’t know the man who would become her husband. “I was a driver for the Emergency Aid in Philadelphia. An organization of volunteers. I did it from 1941 to 1945. I was 18 in ’41. My husband got to do it because he was part of the incentive program. They went around to different plants that won the letter E — the flag that they hung on their building — for their work effort. I was the one that drove Bing Crosby. I used to meet them at the airport or the railroad station and take them to Convention Hall when it was a drive for bonds, selling bonds during the war. I drove a lot of them. They had bond drives all the time. Those people came in as guest speakers. They stayed at the Ritz Carlton when it was on Broad Street, if they stayed overnight. I was assigned as their driver the whole time they were there. Most of them were very nice. Some were bossy like they thought we were employees instead of volunteers. They would have somebody in the backseat with them and they’d be talking. Bing Crosby was very nice to us. We had Bob Hope. He was fun. He really was. He had a lot of cuss words in his vocabulary but not like two of the women. Lucille Ball had a very dirty mouth. Linda Darnell. She had a terrible dirty mouth, terrible. That’s what I remember most, I guess. It was all very interesting to me. We were all a bunch of volunteers. We had the USO in the basement of the Academy of Music off Broad Street. The USO was there all day and all night and it was all volunteers that did it. Sometimes there were five or six people down there; sometimes there were 100.”

J.J. Jackson,

Photograph by John Gessner

part owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, has served as a board member and/or chairman of several worldwide rare earths and rare metal mining and natural resources companies; invested in and was a board member of the largest mobile telephone provider in Lithuania; was the chief financial operator of a similar company in Romania; worked for a wireless telecommunications company in the Czech Republic and at a holding company specializing in high-growth, high-risk telecom ventures throughout Central Europe; and on and on. A native of Peterborough, Ontario, and a former hockey goalie who married the Zamboni driver, his wife, Nancy, Jackson and his boyhood friends from Adam Scott High School spent June, July and August with flashlights attached to their baseball caps and old soup or bean cans strapped to their legs with elastic bands wandering local golf courses in the middle of the night learning the ins and outs of business from the ground up. “I would bicycle about a mile to this guy’s ramshackle house, then we’d pile into some beat-up old van about 10 o’clock at night and drive to a golf course. You’d have a big empty can strapped to each leg like in the old days when you played hockey and used Sears and Roebuck catalogs for shin pads. And then you’d walk the fairway. Your quota was 1,000 worms a night, 500 in each can. Nightcrawlers. You sold them to the bait stores in flats of 500. We’d finish up at 4 or 5 in the morning, get back in the beat-up old van, go back into town, get on my bicycle and pedal back home. One night we were swinging from the limb of a tree and broke it. The golf course was pretty mad about that. Otherwise it was pretty uneventful.”

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Paul Murphy

Photograph by John Gessner

is the pastor at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church and spent a couple of decades performing at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club. “Technically, my first real job, I worked for my father, Murphy’s Music Center down in Town and Country shopping center. I moved pianos. Right before going to Chapel Hill to college he sent me off to a piano technicians school in Elyria, Ohio, to learn to tune, rebuild and refinish, everything having to do with a piano. It was called Perkins School of Piano Tuning and Technology. I was there for six months. The guy who owned the place was a West Virginian. He had this little racket going where he would advertise: Junker piano in your basement? They would pay him to rid their basement of these monstrosities. We would get these pianos all the way up the stairs, up on to the truck, bring them to the school, where we would pay him to teach us to tune the pianos and rebuild the pianos. Once the pianos were done then we would deliver them to downtown Cleveland to his store, where he would sell them. For him it was a win-win-win. Once I got to Chapel Hill, I ate up my dinner ticket my first week. When I came to myself, I said, ‘Wait, I can go to the music department and let them know I can tune pianos.’ The first day they sent me down to the basement and I tuned, like, four pianos. I worked my way up to the concert stage. My very first job was down in Madison, Georgia, picking cotton. The next-door neighbors were migrant workers. I was 5. We’d get paid a nickel a week. End of the week, my mother said I could spend three pennies. Go down and get these big round cookies, two for a penny. When we moved to North Carolina in ’71, I was in fifth grade. I got in with the tobacco guys. They were waking up at 4 o’clock in the morning. I think it might have been the summer of my sixth grade year. I would jump on the 4 o’clock truck that would come slowly down the road. That truck was like treasure. You’d hop on the back of it. The guy would throw an old sheet over us because it was still cold, there was still dew in the air and he’d take us way up into the Carthage area and we’d start priming tobacco. I started making 12 bucks a day. Three summers. Oh, my Lord, for us it was fun. They’d give us free grape soda and a pack of Nabs.”

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Walter S. Morris III

is a doctor. But he wasn’t always. “Between my junior and senior year at Carolina, I was taking summer classes, but I needed a job. So I went down to Fowler’s Food Store in Chapel Hill, down at the bottom of the hill on Franklin Street. ‘Can I get a job?’ They said, ‘Yeah, we’re looking for a butcher’s assistant.’ I said, ‘Sure, I know a lot about beef and meat.’ I was young and dumb. Fowler’s was great because that was where they had the walk-in beer fridge. That’s why I went down there to apply in the first place. I didn’t get any beer privileges though. It was just to make some money, put gas in the car. Stuff like that. I was driving a silver gray Toyota, one of these little hatchback cars. I had to put my golf clubs through the middle seat just to get them in. Anyway, my job was to slice the deli meats and to clean everything after the day was done. That was the assistant’s job, to clean all the blades and the blood and guts. I did cut my finger once. It was my first trip to the hospital. Actually my second trip to the UNC Hospital because I was born there. I sliced my finger cutting bologna and had this big ol’ drip running down my arm. You remember the bologna that came with the little olives in it? I’m pretty sure that was it. You can’t make that up. I thought, this doesn’t look that much different than the blood I’m cleaning up. I got about four or five stitches for that. I’d never had stitches before. I didn’t know then that I was going to go to medical school — I was sort of pre-med — but after I went to the emergency room I thought, you know, this is pretty cool.”

Pat Corso is the executive director of Moore County Partners in Progress and

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served as the president and CEO of Pinehurst Resort and County Club for 17 years. “My wife’s sister and I were friends at Ball State University. We were in a group called the University Singers. She had gone to Northern Michigan the summer before and performed at Brownwood Acres, a family business on Torch Lake. The guy that ran it was moving over to a ski and golf resort called Schuss Mountain. She came to me and said, ‘My sisters and I are going to go up and we need a guy. Would you be interested?’ Hell, yes. I was painting fire hydrants in Logansport, Indiana, the summer before. This may be a step up. It was. That’s where I met my wife, Judy. Anyway, we stole music from what we did at Ball State. We’d wait tables. The mainstay entertainment was this guy who played electric accordion and a drummer in the upstairs loft of this ski building. They would play for 40 minutes and invite us up to perform for 20. We’d put our trays down and go up and sing for 20 minutes. The place held 300 and we’d have a line out the door because it was kids, working hard and performing. We did it for three summers. The second year we brought our band up from Ball State and got rid of the accordion player. We played from 9 o’clock at night until 1 o’clock in the morning. They moved me to the door so I was the guy who seated everybody. The girls were called the Schussy Cats. A black leotard, a little barrette with ears on it, hot pink shorts and high boots. I was the lounge lizard — remember shirts with collars that a good wind would pick you up and carry you away? The bottom line is, later on, we opened our own business doing the same thing in Traverse City. We didn’t have anything, didn’t have a nickel to rub together, running around in old beater automobiles, but when you look back at those years, don’t you think, boy, didn’t we have a good time?”

John Dempsey is president of Sandhills Community College.

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Heck, he’s got a building named for him. “I got out of the Navy in March of 1971 and I went to graduate school to get a master’s degree at William and Mary. I was on the GI Bill and a little bit of assistantship and we had a little baby. The end of the year came and my GI Bill ran out. My fellowship ran out. So I had no money. I mean, no money. I saw this ad in the paper. Taxicab drivers wanted. What the hell? I went down there. This is early 1972 and I’d gotten out of the Navy in March of 1971 and I hadn’t had a haircut since. Hair was big in ’71. I went in for an interview with the guy and he had a crew cut. He was making a statement just like I was making a statement. ‘I’m here about the taxicab driver’s job,’ I said. He said, ‘We don’t hire girls.’ I was 22 years old, just back from Vietnam. I’ve got two choices. I can jump over the desk and strangle this guy or I can go get my hair cut. I swallowed all my stupid Irish pride and went and got a haircut, came back and got the job. I left the house in the morning looking like a graduate student and I came back that night with a little taxicab driver’s hat on and no hair. The next day was my first day on the job. The deal was, you kept half the proceeds and tips. I discovered very quickly that my customers were not rich. Poor people take taxis because they can’t afford cars. It was unusual to get even a dime tip. I kept all my money in a little sack. The very first night I made $60, so I’d get $30 of it. I had to go to the bathroom at the end of my shift and I went into the Holiday Inn in Williamsburg and I thought I better take this money with me. I left it in the bathroom. Oh, it was so humiliating. That supercilious so-and-so. ‘College student, huh? Can’t even remember . . .’ When you have no money and a little baby you do what you have to do. After that ignominious start, I actually grew to like it. I guess it’s what being a hairdresser must be like. People talk to you about the strangest things. Every once in a while I’d get a call, go to the Williamsburg Inn. You know there’s a tip involved there. I would just schmooze them unmercifully. It got me through the summer. I got my master’s thesis written. You know what it’s done to me? It’s made me a big tipper. I over-tip everywhere I go. I know what it was like.”

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Joyce Reehling is an actor and writer, a contributor to both The Pilot and

PineStraw and will be appearing in the fall in the Judson Theatre Company production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore. “The first job I had right out of college was I was Santa’s helper at Sears. I took my Bachelor of Fine Arts and immediately got a job at Sears. The guy in major appliances was Santa, a very nice guy. We took children’s pictures with Polaroids. You took the picture, then you pulled out the thing, then you waved it to make it dry before you put the sealer on it. Then blow on it. This is Sears. There was nothing fancy. I had an elf hat and that’s all. He had kind of this thronie thing for Santa. And then every 30 minutes or so we’d turn the ‘Santa’s Gone to Feed the Reindeer’ sign. And every parent just looked at you like ‘I’m going to kill you now with my bare hands.’ Some kids love to be with Santa. Some kids don’t want to be with Santa at all, ever. I forget how many children peed on Santa. I did this for like 10 days or two weeks. If you can be Santa’s helper for two weeks and not kill either a child or a parent you’ve passed some sort of huge spiritual test. The first job I had in New York was working at a 50-plug switchboard. You take the wires out and push them in. They give you no training for this. Just a headset. The woman who sat next to me was absolutely wonderful. She was very fast, very efficient, you could read every note she ever wrote. She had this darling sweet voice, a Southern voice. She’d answer your phone and you’d think you were the only person in the world, meanwhile she’s doing this for 15 people at the same time. If I got in the weeds, she’d just whip over and pick up a call for me. ‘Oh, baby, I’ll help you.’ It was the Judson Exchange, I think it was called. Behind us was this strange carousel of people who handled almost all the jingle bookings in New York. In the middle of their circle they had like Cheetos and Camel cigarettes. It was a very healthy environment. This was 1970-something. They were always smoking and talking on the phone in these raspy voices. ‘Joe, I got a session. Is this Joe’s wife? Yeah, I got a bookin’ for him. It’s a session plus 20 at 2:30. What? Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. When’s the funeral over? Can he make the 2:30?’ That’s the kind of thing you’d hear behind you.” PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2018

The Wisdom of Work Friends and neighbors recall the peculiar jobs and summer employment that made us who we are today

Baxter Clement, Musician — “I’d just finished college and I went to New York to make music and I had day jobs. For one of my day jobs I dressed up as The Cat in the Hat and read children’s stories in grocery stores in Staten Island. I worked for the Swiffer Corporation, those little mops. Kids would come and sit on my lap, and I was dressed funny and I had a Vanderbilt degree and I was a classical guitar player and I read them stories. I don’t know why they pegged me as The Cat In the Hat but it happened.” David Carpenter, Accountant — “I was a lint head. I worked in the cotton mill and held the following jobs on any given day: sweeper, card hand, hopper feeder (cotton and polyester), opening cotton bales, comber hand, dye house floor hand, and noil sucker. Before you attached your tube to the vacuum system and flipped the ‘on’ switch, you had to call the waste house and announce what was coming — ‘Mill No. 6, white noils!’” Sam Walker, Minister — “My first summer job was between high school and college at Phillips Esso just over a bridge off the main drag in Avalon, New Jersey. I can still see the place. Regular gas in those days was 28 cents a gallon. My job was to greet customers, pump gas, wash front and rear windshields, check the oil, the battery, fan belts, radiator fluid and the pressure in all the tires. That summer I learned how to clean restroom toilets, polish brass handles, change oil, lubricate a car, change a flat tire, drive a stick shift, manage a tow truck and that a VW engine was not in the front. I fell in love at least every other week and opened my first bank account. I learned the value of good service, the importance of showing up and doing your job and being part of a team.” Kevin Drum, Restaurateur — “As a teenager, I was the relish girl at the Pine Crest Inn when the girls didn’t show up. My peers gave me a really hard time but I persevered and tried to be the best relish girl I could be.” Rose Highland-Sharpe, Minister — “My first semester at UNC-Chapel Hill, I worked at the Carolina Inn. I served the vegetables. I was very nervous about it. I wasn’t much over 100 pounds. A tiny thing back in the day. The fellas referred to me as the ‘Vegetable Girl with the Million Dollar Smile.’ I was so thankful for that job.” David McNeill, Mayor — “In the ’60s and ’70s the city of Rocky Mount’s largest park, Sunset Park, had a children’s museum, a miniature train, a merry-go-round — or hobby horses as some called them — swimming pool, ball fields, tennis, picnic areas and a concession stand all adjacent to the Tar River. My job at age 16 or 17 was to drive the train and occasionally operate the merry-go-round — with music on LP records. We opened at 2:00 each day and closed at 9:00 p.m., just about dark. I drove the train three times around the halfmile train track for each ticket purchaser — mostly kids. In 1999 the flood after Hurricane Floyd took out the park.” Rick Dedmond, Lawyer — “I had just graduated from UNC and I needed a summer job. I went to work for my uncle, who was a commercial building contractor, churches, schools, things like that. The first day I was down digging footers to pour concrete. I came back to work the next day and he assigned me to Wallace. For the rest of the summer, I was Wallace’s assistant. Wallace was

early 40s, about 6-2, 230 pounds. I’m about 5-6 and I probably weighed about 125 pounds. Wallace wore overalls and a straw hat. Chewed cigar butts after he smoked the cigars. He drove a truck with a dump bed so we mostly cleaned up construction sites. We filled up the truck with sand and bricks and hauled off sheet rock, that sort of thing. We would remove mounds of cardboard where new pews had just been installed in a the church and take it to the cardboard recycling and sell it for enough money to buy our lunch.” Patrick O’Donnell, Pub Owner — “I took a gap year between Montclair State and Appalachian and I’m backpacking through Cairns, Australia. I was doing willing workers on organic farms. It’s called WWOOF. You call up and say, ‘Hey, do you need anybody?’ You’re working for room and board basically. I had to go clean out the chicken coops. The things were maybe 6-feet high. When you stepped in there it was like 4 1/2 feet. You had to shovel all the chicken shit out and move it to a compost. Oh, my God, this was the worst job ever. I did that for two days.” Mark Hawkins, Jeweler — “I worked in a convenience store in Miami, Coconut Grove, for maybe six months. That was kind of weird down there at the time. It was probably more dangerous than I realized. I learned how to make jewelry in Coconut Grove. Dropped out of the University of Miami and never looked back.” Caroline Eddy, Non-profit Director — “Remember the stores The Record Bar? They started in Durham and sold LP albums. I was the clerk that rang up the items we sold. I loved that job.” Marsh Smith, Lawyer — “My neighbor, Donald Ray Schulte, who was a psychiatrist, lived right across from my dad’s house on Warrior Woods Lake. He had a Jaguar. The road on the north side of the lake was so rough it would knock the muffler off his Jaguar so he ran straight pipes. Every morning he would fire that XKE Jaguar at about 6:15 and have the choke set at fast idle for the motor to warm up. That rumble was my alarm clock. It sold me on the coolness of a Jaguar. A couple, three years later when I was in college I noticed a midnight blue XKE roadster sitting outside Five Points Garage. Carl Bradshaw had a farmhouse off of Highway 211. He had an airplane hangar that had formerly been at Skyline airstrip behind Dunrovin. Carl had a condition that made him allergic to petroleum products. He would sit in his lawn chair and tell us what wrench to choose and what bolt to turn. He agreed to let the Jaguar sit in his garage and I would come home from Duke University and work on it. Then I heard about a guy in Beckley, West Virginia, who rebuilt his Jaguar, so I dropped out of school to go up there and learn about how to restore Jaguars. That lasted a couple of months. I came back and went to work for Carl. I opened up a Jaguar restoration business behind what’s now Doug’s Auto. That building was rented by Lawrence Bachman. He worked on VWs in four of the stalls and rented me one and a half stalls. I lived at the Jefferson Inn, $35 a week for a room, with linens.” Linda Pearson, Non-profit Director — “I was a cashier at Holly Farms Fried Chicken. It was where Taco Bell is now. I remember my boss’ name was Steve.”

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Doug Gill, Lawyer — “The A&W root beer stand on Lincolnway in South Bend, Indiana, was in the form of a giant root beer barrel. I worked behind the counter. My primary job, in addition to climbing up into the attic of the barrel and mixing the root beer in big vats and cleaning the fryer at the end of the evening, was to draw mugs of root beer for the carhops to deliver. On busy nights I was able to draw 12 mugs at a time by holding six mugs in each hand and then rotating them under a running root beer tap. Had I tried to sing, it would have destroyed the business.” Earl Phipps, Police Chief — “I used to dig ditches for a water and sewer line contractor as a young man working all through Lee, Harnett, Chatham and Moore counties. In college I worked as a vacuum attendant and car detailer at a car wash in Greenville. I used to hate those minivans with the red velvet interior. They always came with a white poodle and its white curly hair stuck in the fabric came along with it. One time I was vacuuming a car and my manager said, ‘Let me know when you are ready for me to pull the car up.’ I answered, ‘OK.’ And he pulled the car up right over my foot. While I was obtaining my Basic Law Enforcement Training I worked as a shoe salesman in the mall. I lived the life of Al Bundy trying to fit size 10 feet into size 7 shoes.” Rich Angstreich, Proprietor — “In my mid-20s I was a chimney sweep on Long Island. I saw an ad in Mother Earth News. It was this system of cleaning chimneys. You could buy the whole set-up. Home and Hearth. Once you can’t work for other people you’re doomed for the rest of your career to work for yourself.” Lindsay Rhodes, Shop Owner — “I would handle escalator distress calls and dispatch technicians for Montgomery Kone in Greensboro. Actually it was elevators and escalators. If somebody got their shoelaces stuck in the escalator or got a stroller stuck or if people were stuck in an elevator.” Tom Stewart, Shop Owner — “Mrs. Mac’s Jelly Kitchen was right downtown in Petoskey, Michigan. Mrs. Mac was probably 75. She would give me a list and I would go to Crago’s Grocery Store and pick up a little thing of half-and-half, Archway molasses cookies and several other things. Before the golf season started she wanted me to weed the flowers. I did such a good job I eliminated every living thing in her plot. She actually used some of that stuff in her jam and her jelly. I don’t think she was real happy. Thank God caddying came along at the right time.” Jarrett Deerwester, Proprietor — “In Cincinnati I worked for a guy who was a West German immigrant named Willy Brandt. It was a good life lesson. I was a mechanic. The repair shop had white linoleum tile floor. You had to mop it every night. You couldn’t have so much as a screwdriver on your workbench out of place. Complete OCD German. A good first boss. Taught you appearances and details matter. I did that for two years finishing up high school.” Fenton Wilkinson, Lawyer — “I worked for the Norfolk Redevelopment Management Authority on a brush clearing crew for projects where stuff had overgrown or houses they were going to take down and redevelop.” Adam Faw, Teacher — “While I was in college I spent two summers working in concrete construction. The first summer I worked at a pre-cast plant in Wall Township, New Jersey. Didn’t need to work out that summer. I got all the exercise I needed lugging things around the plant. The next summer I worked for a concrete company in Boone, North Carolina, mostly in the field on curbing and sidewalk pours. I actually did some steps and railing that are still around campus at Appalachian State.”

Skipper Creed, Judge — “In high school I worked at Goldston’s Beach at the Dairy Queen for one summer. I just wanted to pretty much take the job so my dad would not send me down to his hunting property to work driving a bulldozer or backhoe and getting paid five dollars a day. The great thing about Dairy Queen is you got to see every flavor of life that came by the window. I made thousands of Blizzards. Families would go to White Lake and someone would order for the entire family, including the extended family, because they’re all staying in the different little motels and hotels there. You think they just want one order and they look at you and want 30 banana splits.” Mark Elliott, Chef — “My dad used to hang me off the side of buildings to fix things. I think I was 11 or 12 years old. We owned a hotel in Torquay. These buildings were huge Victorian summer homes a long time ago. We were repairing the roof, three stories up. It’s like a slate roof with a flat area. He actually had me on a rope wrapped around my feet lowering me down. That is a true story, right there. There was no health and safety back then. We dug out the patio and dug in a pool so it was probably 60 feet to the ground. I remember looking down. My dad would scream, “You’ll be all right, son. I’ve got ya.” I actually got paid 25 pence an hour. That’s about 35 cents. No danger money on that one.” Kerry Andrews, Marketing — “My only odd job was working in the arcade at a water park in Fayetteville. My friend was a lifeguard but I didn’t quite make the lifeguard status so I got to work in the arcade. They would give me quarters and I would give them tokens. Smelly bunch of 10-year-olds and wet carpet. Back then it was Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man. It was a straight on 1980s arcade with all the ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. Four hour shifts of that.” Ken Howell, Mason — “My first ever entrepreneurial job was when I was 8, 9, 10 years old and I would buy flower seeds for a nickel in a mail order catalog and sell them for a dime. I’d walk around the neighborhood and sell flower seeds and double my money. After I got in the masonry business I worked at Roses at Christmas putting bicycles together. I would get paid $5 for a regular bike and for a 10-speed I got $10. I would go in there after hours at night, work until midnight throwing those bicycles together. I had to make extra money at Christmas and that was a good way to do it. “ Tom Pashley, Resort Director — My high school job was scooping ice cream at Häagen Dazs. After my sophomore year at college I felt like I needed to branch out. I ended up working for a temporary services company called Kelly and I remember my family saying I was a “Kelly Girl.” Whether or not they were stilling calling themselves Kelly Girls in 1989 or ’90, I don’t know. The job the agency sourced for me was in the Lamar Building in downtown Augusta, Georgia. It’s probably a 25-story building. My job was to paint the stairwells and refinish the wooden banister. There’s nothing like using a paint gun in an enclosed space to teach you the value of education. Warren Lewis, Chef — “My dad was in real estate and every summer I had to work for one of his contractors. One of the jobs was re-bricking furnaces for big apartment buildings in Manhattan. You got so dirty, your toenails got dirty. The room was the size of a good bathroom with a door that’s like a foot by two feet. You’d climb in. Once you got in the chamber, you didn’t leave it all day. It was relatively cold. You’d have to pull all the bricks out and start re-bricking them. Five bucks an hour. You remember the Moonies, the religious cult? We did their building. They were the coolest people. They would bring us down food and stuff and feed us. We did one in Brooklyn or the Bronx that was really sad. It was a very, very poor neighborhood. They hadn’t had hot water in a year or whatever it was. The landlord finally broke down and had to get it done. These people were angry and sad and happy all at the same time.” PS

Lining Up for

Southern Pines’ peaceful integration during the turbulent ’60s

Liberty By Bill Case

hough it seems like yesterday for those who lived through it, 50 years have elapsed since the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. While poignant newsreel footage of racial clashes in places like Montgomery, Selma and Little Rock are enduring images, the struggle to end discrimination extended throughout the South. In Greensboro, a seminal event took place in 1960 when four black students from North Carolina A&T (the Greensboro Four) protested Woolworth’s whites-only lunch counter by refusing to budge from their seats. The success of these sit-ins sparked further civil rights activism in the state, including the “Freedom Riders” bus trips. All of it — and more — gave North Carolina its own share of civil rights heroes. And a number of them hailed from Southern Pines. While protests against Jim Crow laws and practices — and the reaction to those protests — engendered a degree of hard feelings, the Old North State was spared the racial violence that many areas of the Deep South experienced during the 1960s. The progressive leadership of Terry Sanford, the state’s governor from 1961 to 1965, did much to diffuse tensions. In January 1963, Sanford created the North Carolina Good Neighbor Council to “encourage the employment of qualified people without regard to race, and to encourage youth to become better trained and qualified for employment.” The governor appointed an equal number of whites and blacks to the 20-member council. Later that summer, he urged communities to form similar Good Neighbor Councils to achieve the same goals at the local level. While not prescribing a specific method for forming those councils, Gov. Sanford’s announcement provided an example of how concerned citizens could get one started. His press release mentioned a unique approach used in Wilson “where a Negro civic club gained the support of the Chamber of Commerce and then the two jointly made a successful appeal to the County Commissioners.” Rev. John W. Peek, then the African-American pastor of West Southern Pines’ Harrington Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, and the president of the West Southern Pines Civic Club, took notice. He thought it would be a good idea for his Civic Club to lead its own effort to end discrimination in Southern Pines. On June 18, 1963, Rev. Peek spoke at a meeting of the Town Council, imploring it to authorize the formation of the Southern Pines Good Neighbor Council “to peacefully meet the demands of the time and work toward the ending of discrimination of race in our community.” According to The Pilot, roughly 75 African-American residents of West Southern Pines, Mayor W. Morris Johnson and councilmen C.A. McLaughlin, Fred Pollard, Norris Hodgkins Jr. and Felton Capel listened intently to Rev. Peek’s presentation. The pastor acknowledged that progress had been made locally but Southern Pines was still a place where AfricanAmerican women were not permitted to try on clothing in

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Dr. Julian Lake Cicsero Carpenter Jr. Far left: Norris Hodgkins Jr., Far right: Felton Capel the two dress shops, and blacks were denied entry to its restaurants. He said racial tension was “widespread” and, to avoid misunderstandings, a Good Neighbor Council would establish a more direct means of communication between the races. The minister summed up by saying, “What the Negro wants is to work at a job he likes, to decide where he wants to dine, to attend cultural, social, and recreation centers, to be admitted to hotels and motels, and to attend the church and school of his choice.” Peek’s suggestion would have fallen on deaf ears in some communities. Southern Pines wasn’t one of them. The Town Council unanimously approved the formation of a Good Neighbor Council (GNC) with a membership to comprise an equal number of whites and blacks. The Town Council underscored its support for the new group by adopting a resolution confirming the town government’s own policy of non-discrimination, significant because there were no federal or state civil rights laws preventing racial discrimination in employment or access to public accommodations. Rev. Peek assumed responsibility for appointing the five African-American members to the newly formed GNC. He selected Sally Lawhorne, Iris Moore, Edward Stubbs, Ciscero Carpenter Jr. and himself. Mayor Johnson appointed the following white members: Kathryn Gilmore (then wife of Southern Pines’ former Mayor Voit Gilmore), Harry Chatfield, Robert Cushman, James Hobbs and Rev. Dr. Julian Lake, the minister at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church. Though he’d only been in town a matter of months Lake was selected to chair the group and Peek became vice-chair. The appointees came from a variety of backgrounds. “One is an industrialist, two are insurance men, one is in the real estate business, one is a housewife, one a teacher, one a domestic servant, one works in a chain store, and two are ministers, ” said Dr. Lake. The chain store worker was 22-year-old Ciscero Carpenter Jr., employed as a cashier at Southern Pines’ A&P supermarket, a job he got because a manager had been impressed by Carpenter’s rapid advancement during his three-year hitch in the Navy. At first, some shunned the register manned by the young vet. As it turned out there was a limit to how often white customers were willing to pick the slow line. Speed and efficiency won out, and folks gravitated to his aisle.

Carpenter had spent a significant portion of his formative years at Weymouth House where both parents worked for James and Katharine Boyd. Ciscero Carpenter Sr. saw to the horses and tended the Moore County hounds while his wife cooked and did housework inside the home. Ciscero Jr. was actually born in the space that today serves as the Weymouth Center’s visiting writers’ quarters. As a favorite of Mrs. Boyd, the lad had the run of the place, even attending functions in the home as a guest, not as a servant. He palled around with the Boyds’ son, Jimmy, and the other neighborhood white kids. The GNC members quickly established collegial relations with one another. Carpenter, now the group’s last surviving member, remembers that “we all became friends.” An executive committee was formed consisting of Lake, Peek, Moore and Gilmore. Seven working committees were established, “job opportunities” and “public accommodations” among them. Carpenter was selected to head the “education” committee. Dr. Lake later recalled that the members emphatically committed themselves to refraining from violence or political pressure. The GNC’s selected motto was “persuasion and not pressure.” However, Dr. Lake acknowledged that many of his fellow GNC members felt like “Daniel felt entering the lions’ den” given what promised to be an uphill battle persuading local businesses to change their ways. Even owners sympathetic to the aims of the GNC were expressing concern that integrating their establishments could result in an adverse impact to their bottom lines. The GNC members fanned out across Southern Pines, urging its business owners to eliminate racial discrimination in their enterprises. Strong support from white and black pastors comprising the Southern Pines Ministerial Association, coupled with the leadership of the two church leaders heading up the GNC, bolstered the group’s moral authority. In late August of ’63, Dr. Lake reported to the Town Council that all of the industries in town were accepting job applications from African-Americans and pledged that candidates would be considered for employment without regard to race. The times, they were a-changin’. Progress was also taking place on the public accommodations front, albeit at a less rapid pace. A majority of the restaurants, motels and other public facilities

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would have been barred. “It would be awkward (for recreational facilities owners) not to give the opportunity to play,” he would later say, “since I’ve got to sit up there (on Town Council) and appropriate monies and vote for them through travel promotions and get money to come in.” These groundbreaking entries provided significant inroads at a time when legal remedies for discriminatory practices simply didn’t exist. But the duo’s success did not always mean a permanent end to discrimination at an establishment. In 1962, Sunrise Theatre management permitted Gilmore and Capel to watch a movie together on the main floor despite the theater’s policy restricting blacks to seats in the balcony. But this proved to be a one-time exception, and segregated seating at the Sunrise continued thereafter unabated. By March 1964, the GNC’s policy of friendly persuasion had resulted in remarkable and peaceful transformation. Dr. Lake reported that just two small restaurants still barred blacks altogether. Emulating the tactics of Capel and Gilmore, the GNC members volunteered to patronize the holdout restaurants for a week to demonstrate to the owners that the two races could dine together. One declined. The other agreed to the benefit of all — as Dr. Lake suggested. Though blacks could now gain entry to nearly all Southern Pines’ service establishments, it did not sit well with the GNC that Charlotte’s Stewart & Everett Theatres, Inc., the owner of the Sunrise Theatre, still kept black and white customers apart once they purchased their tickets. Black patrons could only reach their assigned balcony area by ascending the exterior fire escape that now provides entry to a yoga studio. Stewart & Everett aggravated the situation by dividing the balcony with a partition so that white customers preferring to view a flick from a higher vantage point would do so without mingling with those of another race. At the request of the Town Council, Stewart & Everett’s president, Charles Trexler, came to Southern Pines on April 23, 1964, for a meeting with the council and the GNC executive committee to address these grievances. New Mayor Norris Hodgkins Jr. mediated the discussions. At the session, Trexler announced three measures that Stewart & Everett would be taking: (1) the doors from the partition running down the middle of the balcony would be removed; (2) a concession stand would be installed in the balcony; and (3) the theater would integrate immediately if civil rights legislation was passed by Congress — or would resume negotiations with the Southern Pines GNC if it became apparent that such legislation would not pass. It was then uncertain whether President Lyndon B. Johnson’s pending civil rights legislation would be enacted. The bill was stalled in Congress due to intense filibustering by Southern senators, including Sam Ervin and B. Everett Jordan from North Carolina. Trexler may have considered these steps meaningful, but the GNC attendees essentially viewed them as a dodge since the company was still unwilling to stop segregating theater patrons unless legally required to do so. The unappeased Dr. Lake and Rev. Peek informed Trexler and the Town Council that the Stewart & Everett proposal was unsatisfactory. In its 10 months of existence, the GNC had refrained from conducting public protests and demonstrations since the group’s strategy of privately negotiating with the town’s business owners had paid dividends. This time, the GNC leadership concluded that the stiff-armed resistance by such a high profile business could not go unchallenged. Immediately after the meeting, the GNC began planning a demonstration at the Sunrise, scheduling it for April 26th prior to a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee showing of the forgettable Tony Randall vehicle, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. Working together, the GNC members developed a

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were now willing to serve the general public regardless of race. Gilmore, owner of the local Howard Johnson’s motel and restaurant, had led the way earlier by welcoming blacks at his HoJos in 1960. But holdouts still remained. In October of ’63, Dr. Lake issued a statement in the newspaper stressing the underlying righteousness of the GNC’s cause, citing the biblical commandment that “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” He exhorted residents to “speak a good word to and for those stores, restaurants, hotels, motels, business houses, and industries who are now ready to employ and serve persons of both races.” The Pilot’s progressive editor Katharine Boyd offered unwavering support, observing in an editorial, “Negroes only want to be treated like everybody else.” Despite Dr. Lake’s heartfelt appeal to their better angels, some business owners still resisted. Increasingly, the GNC turned to town councilman and former Civic Club President Felton Capel to assist it in finding a way forward. By then, the 38-year-old African-American resident of West Southern Pines and successful entrepreneur had gained the respect of nearly everyone in the community. In meetings at the Civic Club, Capel would counsel everyone to refrain from direct confrontation, and to continue following a policy of negotiation that often meant accepting piecemeal changes. Capel described how this strategy worked in a 1987 interview. “I recall when we had a bowling alley in town and we would send them (blacks) in by couples. You know they had this thing about tokenism. They’d accept you if you didn’t send in but one or two or three.” Felton further reflected, “We’d get two white couples and two black couples and we went bowling. That’s how we started breaking that down.” Gilmore and Capel often formed a tag team to break barriers. Once Gilmore called a public golf course that had excluded blacks and advised the pro that he desired a tee time for himself and Capel, “and that Felton was not going to be my caddie.” The two friends enjoyed their round. Capel freely acknowledged that he leveraged his position as a councilman and Gilmore’s status in the community to wrangle entry where other blacks

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novel plan for the demonstration. A number of African-Americans, including several youngsters, would be chosen to stand in line at the Sunrise’s box office. Once at the head of the line, the would-be moviegoers would ask to be seated on the main floor. Expecting the request to be denied, the rejected individuals would cycle through the line repeatedly, each time renewing their seating requests. The demonstration didn’t involve any speeches or chants. The GNC calculated its low-key approach would make its case more effectively than any provocative strategy could. The black members of the GNC set about rallying support from the various West Southern Pines churches and the Civic Club urging their members to be in attendance outside the theater once the line formed for the movie. Dr. Lake and the white contingent of the GNC were also on board. According to The Pilot, at the appointed hour the “Negro men and women, all well-dressed young people, lined up in front of the box office where Robert Dutton, local theater manager . . . refused to sell them tickets.” Three of the demonstrators contacted for this story believe a woman, and not Dutton, was working in the box office. In any event, each of the blacks in line — wearing a small, hand-printed card pinned to his or her clothing stating the reason for the demonstration — was turned away. As planned, this process would continually repeat itself. Rev. Peek and Capel did not stand in the line but kept an eye on things to make sure the demonstration proceeded without incident. Sgt. Charles Wilson provided a police presence across the street where 30 or so African-Americans and some whites looked on from the railroad platform. White patrons lined up to see the movie, too, and most seemed unconcerned that they were caught in the middle of a civil rights demonstration. The Pilot noted that “(t)he addition of the white patrons, who all received tickets as they reached the box office, resulted Cicsero Carpenter Jr. in separation of the Negroes at some places along the line which at one time exceeded 100 feet or more.” The recurring discussions at ship as the response evoked by protests — some of which we are told, were not the box office between the demonstrators and the ticket salesperson about as orderly — at other theaters of the chain.” why management would not admit the black patrons to the main floor slowed Proponents of the Civil Rights Act finally broke through the Senate filibusthe movement of the line considerably, causing some impatience, even among ter, and on July 2, Johnson signed the act into law. Shortly thereafter, Dutton the youngest of the demonstrators. Felton’s son Mitch Capel, then just 9 and admitted four young blacks into the Sunrise. They were allowed to patronize now a professional storyteller appearing across the country as “Gran’daddy the concession stand and sit anywhere they liked, including the main floor. Junebug,” was cajoled into staying in the line by his mother’s promise of a It was a watershed moment, and other breakthroughs followed. Later in the treat from the bakery next door. Longtime West Southern Pines resident summer, the new West Southern Pines swimming pool was completed and Clifton Bell, then a teenager, also recollects devouring tasty doughnuts from opened to all races. At the dedication, Mayor Hodgkins paid tribute to the the bakery following his long stints in the line. Eventually, Dutton started a GNC and its unstinting efforts to foster good will and peaceful change. separate line so the white customers could proceed without further delay into There were still skirmishes to come. The consolidation and desegregation the theater. of the local schools brought new challenges that were not always dealt with The account appearing in The Pilot said the demonstration was peaceful in smoothly. And equal opportunity of employment remained elusive for many, all respects. But something happened to Ciscero Carpenter Jr. while waiting including Carpenter who, despite stellar qualifications, was continually stonehis place in line that, had he been less stoic, might have led to a more chaotic walled. Frustrated, he elected to re-enlist in the Navy in June of ’64 where he outcome. “I got shot with a pellet gun just above and between my eyes,” says built on his admirable service record, even drafting a manual the Navy uses to the Navy veteran, showing the resulting bump on his forehead, still evident this day. After retiring from the service in 1981, he returned to West Southern 54 years later. He was more stunned than hurt. “I saw the guy that did it. I Pines, working long past normal retirement age. remember Iris Moore (GNC member) comforted me. I did not react. Don’t Now, Carpenter prefers not to dwell on the discrimination he faced as a know what would have happened if I had.” younger man. “It only made me stronger and work harder,” he says. But he is According to The Pilot there came a time when Felton Capel pulled the proud that Southern Pines was more “advanced” in addressing and remedying youngest demonstrators (including Mitch) out of the line, perhaps feeling the racial discrimination than some other parts of the state. And he takes special need to protect the younger demonstrators after the incident with the pellet pride in the role he played. gun, though no one can say for sure. The demonstration continued for over Two leaders who played important roles in the civil rights movement in half an hour with some of the participants cycling up to the box office as many Southern Pines died recently: Felton Capel and Norris Hodgkins Jr. Peaceful as 10 times. change in a turbulent time is their legacy. But, one suspects, they would be the While Stewart & Everett still refused to change its policy, reaction to the first to say, they didn’t march alone. PS conduct of the demonstration was generally favorable. Katharine Boyd’s editorial commended “the quality of the dignified demonstration conducted here Pinehurst resident Bill Case is Pinestraw’s history man. He can be reached at . . . Such a protest is deserving of as much or more response by theatre ownerBill.Case@thompsonhine.com. 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Diamonds Are Forever Living on the lake fulfills a fantasy By Deborah Salomon Photographs by John Gessner

ouses often represent milestones: a new baby, job promotion, retirement. Once in a while, there’s a Cinderella factor, which better describes the desire and means to transform a ho-hum ranch into a lakefront cottage showplace filled with art and sunshine. Wielding the wand was Jayne Rhodes, who already had Prince Charming in husband Ed. The story unfolds like this: Jayne grew up gracefully Southern, in Lexington, North Carolina, home also to Artis Hardee, who developed Whispering Pines in the 1960s. Her friends, the Mashburns, had a summer cottage on Thagard Lake, where she spent idyllic vacations: “I loved the water, the sailboats . . . ” Sun sparkling off the wind-rippled surface reminded her of diamonds. “I carried that memory throughout my life,” she says. It’s a life that eventually brought Ed and Jayne to Moore County, where they raised a family in a Weymouth residence built in 1895, then at National Golf Club. Jayne suspects Ed was suffering from golfing guilt when he surprised her with “I’ll do anything you want,” to which she replied, “Let’s drive out to Whispering Pines, see if a house is for sale.” They spied one, with a lock box. Ed, being a Realtor, had a key. “We walked in and that was it,” says Jayne, recalling a day 20 years ago. “I looked beyond the house and saw the view.” The house, built in 1968 by a Navy admiral from California, had high ceilings and hardwood floors but not much zip after standing empty for years. “When we came back the amount of work made Ed sick. It was just old, but we’re good at remodeling,” Jayne rationalized. “Don’t worry, baby. It’ll be fine.” Jayne’s vision of “fine” would challenge the most determined fairy godmother. With the view as her lodestar and an eye for design, Jayne marshaled forces. First, a layout adjustment. The small kitchen looked out onto a carport, which made it dark. That space became the formal dining room, while the elongated living room-dining area became all living room divided into two sections by furnishings and area rugs. At the end, a sun porch the depth of the house became the bright, sunny kitchen with many windows, vanilla cabinetry, cocoa granite countertops and — just imagine — a framed mirror over the range cooktop. “I can stand at the stove cooking, and see that painting (Jayne points to the end of the living room) reflected in the mirror.” Another novelty: The center island is

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L-shaped, with the sink positioned so Jayne can see beyond the breakfast room to her precious lake, while washing dishes. That breakfast room represents a separate chapter. Ten years ago a squirrel found its way into the kitchen. While repairing the damage, Jayne and Ed decided to add this space, entirely surrounded by windows, as well as a deck, all facing that mesmerizing view. Jayne isn’t sure why the main floor has only one bedroom, the master suite, with a ceiling vault that brings in even more light. Perhaps the admiral and his wife preferred privacy. The staircase to the above-ground basement is open, making it as much a part of the foyer as one leading up would be. On this level, the family living room with raised fireplace and antique mantel, looks out onto gardens, a hammock, fire pit and dock through paned French doors which replaced Holiday Inn sliding glass. Two bedrooms and a bath accommodate the Rhodes’ three daughters and their families during frequent visits. Miles of moldings, painted paneling, beadboard, columns and louvered windows lift this ordinary ranch to a higher architectural level. Its contents fuel another narrative.

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andhills Community College changed my life,” Jayne says. She always wanted to paint, realized an aptitude and finally enrolled at SCC, studying with Denise Baker. “In class I got the idea of a framing business.” As a result, Framer’s Cottage opened in 2001. The downtown Southern Pines gallery sold furnishings and

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décor accessories, as well as offering designer framing. Here, Jayne became acquainted with local artists while fine-tuning her passion for art. Her collection, including some of her own charcoals, dominates the house, from a picture rail near the living room ceiling, to a photo-quality painting of spring blossoms hanging over an antique ice box. “Ed gave me that on a date,” she smiles. “He said if you marry me, I’ll buy it for you.” The ice box, a church altar piece/foyer table, her mother’s corner cupboard, a dry sink and a few more family antiques complement Jayne’s penchant for dark woods, leather upholstery (impervious to grandchildren) and outdoor hues — pale, mossy green, beiges and browns brightened with ivory and white present in every room. Primary colors are limited to the paintings, several reminiscent (along with terra cotta tile flooring) of Spain, where Jayne attended university, perfecting the language and absorbing the flair.

She adores the look of distressed painted pieces, which repeat throughout the house, even on ceramic and pottery lamps which, Jayne proudly confirms, are made in America. Most unusual are wall treatments accomplished by “printing” a pattern directly onto the paint. In the dining room Jayne used a comb to achieve the modular block effect. Downstairs, she replicated a feathery design with . . . a feather duster. Overall, Jayne describes her décor as transitional, a mix of traditional and contemporary falling just south of eclectic.

ike every fairy tale, this one has a scary part. The Rhodes bought their lake house in October 1997. With renovations almost complete, moving was set for Dec. 9. The day before, Jayne

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went to buy more paint. Her car was hit at a stop light, causing serious injuries requiring surgery. Friends and her Sunday School classmates pitched in. By the time she came home from the hospital, almost everything was in place. “Our world had changed in a moment but the diamonds on the water helped me convalesce,” Jayne recalls. Then, when she could walk, she enrolled at Sandhills. Ed experienced a scare, too. While carrying a refrigerator down the stairs on his back, he heard an ominous crack. Miraculously, he wasn’t injured. Later, a penny was found at the scene of the near mishap. Jayne called it Ed’s “lucky penny,” framed and hung it near the scene of the misadventure beside a lucky paper penny she brought from Spain.

indow boxes, creeping ivy, flower beds and bright green grass sloping toward the lake complete the transformation from ranch to cottage. The final details address the exterior: an antique front door and painted shingles covering plank siding. Jayne added rose trellises to that carport, which remains an homage to the decade when Whispering Pines was born. So, in the end, Jayne’s fairy tale came true: a house on the lake of sparkling diamonds conjuring long-ago summers spent with a BFF. A house where grandkids can eat drippy popsicles on the sofa. A house with fine paintings and traditional furnishings from Drexel but no Sub-Zero, in a neighborhood newly invigorated by young families. Most important, a husband whose doubts were put to rest by the finished product. “As long as Jayne’s happy . . . ” PS

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By Ash Alder

On this June day, the buds in my garden are almost as enchanting as the open flowers. Things in bud bring, in the heat of a June noontide, the recollection of the loveliest days of the year — those days of May when all is suggested, nothing yet fulfilled.

June evening fades in such a way you wonder if it’s all a dream. We let go of spring, our palms now cupped to receive the first blackberries, scuppernongs, Cherokee Purples warm from the sun. Plump strawberries slowly vanish from the patch, and when the fireflies come out to dance, out, too, comes the homemade mead. This year, summer solstice falls on Thursday, June 21. We celebrate the longest day of the year with bare feet, new intentions, sacred fire and dance. Now until Dec. 21, the days are getting shorter. Savor the fragrant amalgam of honeysuckle and wild rose. Feel the hum of heavy hives, porch fans and crickets. And as cicadas serenade you into dreamy oblivion, sip slowly the sweetness of this golden season.

Whistling for More

I can’t see “Butter Beans” hand-painted on a roadside sign without hearing the Little Jimmy Dickens tune my grandpa used to sing or hum or whistle to himself on quiet Sunday drives: Just a bowl of butter beans Pass the cornbread if you please I don’t want no collard greens All I want is a bowl of butter beans. Red-eye gravy is all right Turnip sandwich a delight But my children all still scream For another bowl of butter beans. When they lay my bones to rest Place no roses upon my chest Plant no blooming evergreens All I want is a bowl of butter beans. The Carolina Chocolate Drops sing a much sultrier song about this summer staple, but both tunes suggest that, in the South, the lima is the darling of beans. Good for the heart (this sparks another ditty but we won’t go there), butter beans are rich in dietary fiber, protein, minerals and antioxidant compounds. Slow cook them or toss them in a cold summer salad. Regardless of how you choose to eat them, best to get them fresh while you can.

– Francis King

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.

– L. M. Montgomery

Magic, Mighty Oak

When the sun sets on Saturday, June 23, bonfires will crackle in the spirit of Saint John’s Eve. On this night, the ancient Celts would powder their eyelids with fern spores in hopes of seeing wee nature spirits dancing on the threshold between worlds. The Celts sure loved their nature spirits. According to Celtic tree astrology, those born from June 10 — July 7 resonate with the sacred oak, a tree said to embody cosmic wisdom and regal power within its expansive roots, trunk and branches. Strong and nurturing, oak types radiate easy confidence. They’re most compatible with ash (Jan. 22 — Feb. 18) and reed (Oct. 28 — Nov. 24) and ivy (Sept. 30 — Oct. 27). If you find yourself in the company of an ancient oak on a dreamy summer evening, do be on the lookout for playful flashes of light.

Gifts for Papa

Father’s Day falls on Sunday, June 17. I think of my papa’s old fishing hat, how it would slide down my brow and, eventually, past my eyelids, then remember his hearty laugh. A few seeds of inspiration for the beloved patriarch in your life: A new feather for the old cap. Homemade bread for mater sandwiches. Pickled okra — local and with a kick! Homemade mead. Seeds for the fall garden: lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, pumpkin.

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Although conscientious effort is made to provide accurate and up-to-date information, all events are subject to change and errors can occur! Please call to verify times, costs, status and location before planning for or attending an event. LIBRARIES ROCK this summer during the library’s annual Summer Reading Program. Registration begins June 1 for participants of all ages. Log your time spent reading on paper or online and earn prizes. Stop by the library or sign up online at www.sppl.net. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. BOOKWORMS BOOKCLUB. Are you in grade K–5 and want to join a book club? Find the Bookworms display in the library to take home the book of the month, pick up your discussion questions and grab some activities. When you have finished reading the book, fill out the book review to post on the library’s wall. Can’t read yet? Read along with a grown-up! Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. OUTPOST BOOK SALES. 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday– Saturday. The monthly sale for June includes cookbooks, health, fitness and self-help. The June author sale features Jodi Picoult and Robert Parker (buy one, get one). Some exclusions apply. Given Outpost and Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-7002. MASTER GARDENER HELPLINE. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. weekdays, through October 31. If you have a question or need help with plant choices, call the Moore County Cooperative Extension Office. Walk-in consultations are available during the same hours at the Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage. If possible, bring a plant sample or photos. Info: (910) 947-3188.

Continuing through June 3

CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE. 7:30 p.m., generally; 2 p.m., some weekend matinees. (Check website for variations.) Crowns. In this inspiring Gospel musical, Grandma Shaw introduces young Yolanda to her circle of “Hat Queens,”

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and Yolanda learns that she’s not alone. Cape Fear Regional Theatre, 1209 Hay St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 323-4233 or www.cfrt.org.

Friday, June 1

NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. “Turtle Time (For Wee Ones).” Meet a live box turtle and learn about this loveable group of reptiles. Activities (for 3- to 5-year- olds) will include books, games and a craft. Parents are asked to participate with their children in this 30- to 45-minute program. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. FIRST FRIDAY. 5:30–8 p.m. A family-friendly event with live music, food, beverages and entertainment by The Jeff Little Trio. Free admission. No dogs, please. First Bank Stage at the Sunrise (inside Sunrise Theater in case of rain), 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or firstfridaysouthernpines.com. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Seth Kibel and Bay Jazz Project. Premiere woodwind player Seth Kibel fronts his crazy good band that leaves no genre uncovered, including blues, swing, klezmer, bossa nova, and reggae. Cost: $10/members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

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personal development. Class times and prices vary. Unless otherwise stated, classes are held at Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., B, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 or Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/Joyscreativespace/ for a complete list of events this month.

Friday, June 1—30

3RD ANNUAL LAZY MAN IRON MAN. This monthlong fund-raising event is sponsored by Prancing Horse and First Health. Qualifying activities include swimming (or water exercise class), biking, running or walking. Entrance fee: $50/individual; $120/team of 3. All profits benefit Prancing Horse. Info: prancinghorseinfo@yahoo.com or (910) 281-3223 or www.prancing-horse.org.

Saturday, June 2

10TH ANNUAL BULLDOG POTTERY KILN OPENING. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. This unique pottery event features contemporary pottery pieces. The honorary “clay cousin” guests are Steve Godfrey, from Alaska; Todd Wahlstrom, from Vermont; Paul McMullan, from New Hampshire; and Michael Kline from North Carolina. Free admission. Bulldog Pottery, 8725 U.S. 220 Alternate, Seagrove. Info: (910) 428-9728.

Sunday, June 3

Friday, June 1—3 and June 8—10

SIP & SEE. 12–5 p.m. “Music in the Garden.” Cost: Included in Garden Membership or regular daily admission. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221.

Friday, June 1—30

5TH ANNUAL HITCHCOCK CREEK DUCK DERBY. 2–5 p.m. A race of 5,000 rubber ducks down the creek, free Kids Zone with fun and games, and food trucks. Foster your ducks at www.SandhillsChildrensCenter.org and you could win cash (first place $1500) and prizes. This event benefits children who have special developmental needs through the Sandhills Children’s Center and takes place at Hitchcock Creek Park, 615 Steele St., Rockingham. Info: (910) 692-3323 or www.SandhillsChildrensCenter.org.

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PINES. 7:30 p.m. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, presented by the Uprising Theatre Company. General admission is free. VIP tables available for $450. Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road, Pinehurst. Info: (541) 631-8241 or www.uprisingtheatrecompany.com. JOY OF ART STUDIO. Joy Hellman offers classes and workshops for all ages in journaling, painting, drawing, fiber and multimedia. She also holds retreats and other events for women to support, nourish and encourage creativity and

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War Horse Event Series

A Fairy Tale Festival and Adventure

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NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3–4 p.m. “Nature Inspirations.” Channel your creative energy with some simple poetry and drawing exercises along the trail. All ages welcome, no previous art/writing skills required. Bring your own journal or sketchbook. Clipboards, paper and pencils available. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. ART EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION. 5–7 p.m. “Absolutely Art Judged Exhibit.” The show features members and associate members, the judge for the show is Daniel Nelson, a renowned painter, the awards presentation is at 5:30. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Sultans of String — down from Canada, this Canadian duo combines elements of Spanish flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and French Manouche Gypsy-jazz. Cost: $15/members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Wednesday, June 6

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY. 6 p.m. In conjunction with The Country Bookshop, Weymouth Center is pleased to host local author and Weymouth Writer-in- Residence, Murray Dunlap. His book Proof will be available for sale and personalization. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info and reservations: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

Thursday, June 7

WEYMOUTH CENTER CONCERT. 7 p.m. “An Evening of Gershwin Favorites.” Swing to the dulcet tones of the John Hatcher and Friends Quintet, with vocalist Megan Causey and special vocalist guest, Dr. Marc Benard. Cost: $50/ members; $60/non-members, includes wine and appetizers. Reservations required. Weymouth Center for Arts &

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CAMEO ART HOUSE. 7 p.m., doors open. Mulligan Brothers. Tickets: $15. Cameo Arthouse Theater, 225 Hay St, Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-6633 or www.cameoarthouse.com

NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. “Wildlings: Pond Life.” Be prepared to get a little muddy or wet as you head down to the pond for a hands-on exploration of the aquatic side of life. Geared for 6- to 10- year-olds. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Friday, June 8

CHAIR YOGA. 9–10 a.m. Fridays through July 20. Taught by Darlind Davis, ideal for those with chronic conditions, balance issues or lower body challenges that affect your ability to get up and down. Cost: $40/resident; $80/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Recreation, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org. WALKING TOURS. 10:30 a.m. Join Given Tufts’ Executive Director Audrey Moriarty on a walking tour of the Village of Pinehurst. Space is limited so call to reserve. Tours begin at the Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info and reservations: (910) 295-3642. CONCERT IN THE PARK. 7:30–8:30 p.m. Music by 82nd Airborne General Swift’s New Orleans Groove Machine Brass Band. Bring the whole family and a blanket or chairs and enjoy this free concert in the park, followed by the outdoor movie. Downtown Park, 145 S.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2463. MOVIE IN THE PINES. 8:30–10:30 p.m. Despicable Me 3. Bring a blanket or a chair. Concessions will be available on site. Come early for good seating and concert before the movie. Free to the public. Downtown Park, 145 S.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2463 or www.southernpines.net.

Saturday, June 9

GOLF TOURNAMENT/ART SHOW. 8:30 a.m. shotgun. 2 p.m. putting contest. Art show/sale 8 a.m.–2 p.m. 2 p.m. prizes given. A Stroke of Patriotism, a non-profit that supports local veterans and their families when they need a hand up invites you to a combined Art Show and Golf Tournament to support Jamilah Malik-Ismail and C.J. Dunn. Longleaf Golf

MEET THE AUTHOR. 4 p.m. Karen White will be discussing her new book, Dreams of Falling. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad Street, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211. BALLROOM DANCING. 6:30, doors open, free dance lesson at 7 p.m., dancing until 9:30 p.m. The Carolina Pines Chapter of USA Dance invites you for an evening of dancing. The Elks Lodge, 280 Country Club Circle, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 215-5791 in Southern Pines. Admission: $10. Info: (910) 331-9965. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Night Tree — rooted in original works spanning from the Celtic world, sextet Night Tree creates original music that borrows from the Swedish, Jewish and American folk tradition. Cost: $10/members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Saturdays, June 9, 16, 23 and 30

ALZHEIMER’S WORKSHOPS. 10–11:30 a.m. Lectures presented by Chris Engelfried, M.S.W. Learn about dementia, Alzheimer’s and caregiving. This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited and you must reserve a place. Given Memorial Library & Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info and reservation: Chris at (910) 235-4242.

Sunday, June 10

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ca l e n d a r to teach her fiancé a lesson. The production includes a stunning corps de ballet number. Tickets: $25. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or 692-3611 or sunrisetheater.com. EXPLORATIONS SERIES FOR ADULTS. 3–4 p.m. “Coffee Talk,” with Rich Angstreich, owner of Java Bean Plantation & Roasting Company. This will be an exploration of crafting local coffee: the roasting process, the science behind different blends and samples of his work. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “The Life of a Pine.” Learn about the natural history of our state tree, the Longleaf Pine, on a short hike to see each of its distinct growth stages. You’ll also view the scars that remain from the turpentine industry, and learn how to distinguish the Longleaf from other native pines. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Monday, June 11

EVENING STORYTIMES. 5:30 p.m. Children ages 3 through 3rd grade and their whole families are invited to enjoy a session that incorporates stories and activities that foster a love of books and reading, with tips for winding down after dinner and getting the week off on the right track. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. SUMMER SERIES JAZZ CONCERT. 6:30–8 p.m. The Sandhills Community College Jazz Band performs jazz standards, swing music, and some contemporary jazz arrangements, along with guest vocalists, on the lawn behind the library at Sandhills Community College. Food is available for purchase at 5:30 or you can bring your own. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. The group is composed of members of the community who play for the love of jazz. Boyd Library Green. Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 947-5511.

Candy Science event. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

SANDHILLS PHOTO CLUB MEETING. 7 p.m. Competition theme: Wildlife. Judge is Vinnie Colucci. Guests are always welcome. Theater in the Hannah Center at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: www. sandhillsphotoclub.org.

CIVIC SATURDAY. 10–11:30 a.m. “Listening Across Political Divides.” Moore County’s First Civic Saturday will be a non-partisan coming together of people across the region. The event includes music, readings from American civic literature, a civic address, and community dialogue. It’s free and open to all!.Pinehurst Village Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (480) 897-6711.

Monday, June 11 — 13

PINEWILD YOUTH GOLF CLINIC. 9–11 a.m. A three-day clinic for boys and girls ages 8 to 16 with a focus on fundamentals, golf etiquette and rules of play. $85. Pinewild Golf Academy, 6 Glasgow Drive, Pinehurst. Info and registration (required by June 3): (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

POOL PARK BASH. 4–6 p.m. “Juneteenth Celebration!” Bring a blanket or chairs and enjoy the stories of Emmy-Awardwinner Willa Brigham at this free event. Pool Park, 730 S. Henley St. and 735 S. Stephens St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2463.

Wednesday, June 13

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Bette Smith. From a rough section of Bed-Sty, Bette waited a long time to really pursue music, and she’s doing it big. Her dreams are big. Her personality is big. And her band is big. Cost: $15/ members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC. 4–6 p.m. “Serenade in the Pines.” Four musical destinations, accompanied by wine and cheese, make for a delightful afternoon among the pines and gardens. (In case of rain event will take place inside.) Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

Thursday, June 14

GATHERING AT GIVEN. 3:30 and 7 p.m. “Snakes of the Sandhills,” with Superintendent Billy Hartness. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library (3:30 p.m.), 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst; and Given Outpost (7 p.m.) 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-6022.

Saturday, June 16 and 17

EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday: War Horse Event Series Schooling Day; and 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday: June War Horse Event Series Horse Trials, Combined Tests, and Dressage. School day allows competitors to school any or all phases. Divisions for Horse Trials: Green as Grass, Maiden, Beginner Novice, Novice and Training; for Combined Tests: Green as Grass, Maiden, Beginner Novice, Novice, Training thru Advanded; and for Dressage: Test of Choice. Call for prices. Spectators welcome and free. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074.

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Open Mic. Members free ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Saturday, June 16

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ca l e n d a r the movie based on the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “Father’s Day Hike.” Bring Dad out for a 1-mile walk through the forest and reminisce about your special moments as fathers and children while enjoying the scenery. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. SOUNDS ON THE GROUNDS. 4–8:30 p.m. The Young Affiliates present “The Best of the Pines, a FUNdraiser!” Four bands and musical acts will entertain you, while you enjoy food trucks, beverage stations, and pop-up shops. Cost: $10/ members; $15/non-members; $5/children 16 and under. No cost for children 10 and under. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Jeanne Jolly. A wondrous range of voice, backed by a rocking band Jeanne is a Carolina favorite. Cost: $20/members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org.

Monday, June 18

SIP AND PAINT WITH JANE. 5–7 p.m. Join local artist Jane Casnellie for a fun painting class suitable for all levels, including beginners. No experience necessary and all materials included as well as your wine. Take home your own masterpiece. Cost: $35. Call Jane at (910) 639-4823 to sign up. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, at 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. www. janecasnellie.com.

Monday–Friday, June 18 — 22

SUMMER CAMP—MOORE FUN FOR GIVEN KIDS. 9:30 a.m.– 12 p.m. (For rising 2nd-3rd graders). Crafts and activities like yoga, planting seeds, making music in the garden and creative cooking. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee

SUMMER MUSIC CAMP. 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra will host two summer music camps in June. The first, “Elementary String Camp,” is for students ages 5–11 who play violin, viola, cello, or bass. Tuition: $180. Fayetteville Academy, 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville. To register, visit www.fayettevillesymphony.org/stringcamp by Monday, June 4.

Tuesday, June 19

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MOORE COUNTY. 11:30 a.m. Luncheon and Annual Meeting. Everyone welcome. Cost: $13. Reservations required. Little River Resort, 500 Little River Farm Blvd., Carthage. Info: (910) 944-9611 or owegeecoach@gmail.com. GENTLE FLOW YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. (Tuesdays through July 24) Instructor Carol Wallace leads this class for individuals who have some familiarity with basic yoga poses. This class focuses on alignment, balance, posture and body awareness. Cost: $40/resident; $80/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org. LIT WITS. 5:30 p.m. Join the Library’s newest book club for 11- to 15-year-olds. You can check out your copy of this month’s book, My Basmati Bat Mitzvah, by Paula J. Freedman at the Library from June 1 through June 18. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. YOUNG CLASSICAL ARTISTS CONCERT. 7 p.m. Weymouth Young Affiliates present ALIVE! — a concert celebrating current composers and today’s trends in American classical music, featuring Tyler Young on saxophone and William Hueholt on piano. A light reception to meet the artists follows. Cost: $10/members; $15/nonmembers. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

Thursday, June 21

GENTLE FLOW YOGA. 10–11 a.m. (Thursdays through July 26) Instructor Carol Wallace leads this class for individuals who have some familiarity with basic yoga poses. This class focuses on alignment, balance, posture and body awareness. Cost: $40/resident; $80/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www. pinehurstrec.org. MUSIC AND MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. For children ages 2–5 and their families. This event incorporates stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games designed to foster language and motor-skill development. It is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult. Must check in to storytime sessions an hour before the start time of each session with their valid SPPL Full or Limited Access cards. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. DOUGLASS CENTER BOOK CLUB. 10:30 a.m. This month’s book can be picked up at the Southern Pines Public Library or at the Center. Meetings are held at the Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or (910) 692-8235. FARMERS ON THE GREEN. 6:30 p.m. “A Taste of North Carolina,” presented by Given Tufts and Elliott’s on Linden. North Carolina food is expertly prepared by Chef Mark Elliott. Representation by local farmers. Tickets can be bought at www. giventufts.org or at Tufts Archives. Cost: $ 80 . Village Green, 1 Village Green Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022.

Friday, June 22

MEDITATIVE YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 18+. This class, taught by Carol Wallace, will help cultivate a relaxed state of mind and body, improve flexibility and relieve tension. Cost $40/residents; $80/non-residents. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, Program Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 2951900 or www.pinehurst.rec.com.

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ca l e n d a r THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Urban Soil Members. Cost: $10/members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org.

Saturday, June 23

A FAIRY TALE FESTIVAL AND ADVENTURE. 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Spend the day with your favorite characters — princesses, pirates, fairies, mermaids and more. Although intended for children 12 and under, the whole family can enjoy horse and carriage rides, hot-air balloon rides, arts and crafts, and the food trucks. Tickets: $20/children ages 2 to 12 years; $10/ages 13 years and older. Extra charge for horse and carriage and hot-air balloon rides. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info and tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/ fairy-tale-festival-adventure-tickets-41875693326. TRAIL. 3 p.m. All 5–10th graders are invited to join the library each month for TRAIL (Teens Reading and Investigating Life). This month: “Forensics!” Get ready to get your hands dirty and apply science to detecting criminal evidence. Discuss forensics with the Southern Pines Police Department and learn forensic techniques. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6. Chris Jones and the Night Drivers. Chris Jones is a quadruple threat as a singer, a songwriter, a guitarist and, thanks to his role hosting SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction, one of the most widely heard broadcasting voices in bluegrass music.Cost: $15/members ($5 annual membership available online or at the door). Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

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Sunday, June 24

SANDHILLS NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MEETING. 7 p.m. Local wildlife ecologist Susan Campbell will present an “Introduction to Raptor Identification” with a connected field trip anticipated for late summer. Visitors Welcome. Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.sandhillsnature.org.

NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “Eye to Eye with a Butterfly.” Join a park ranger for a 1.5-mile hike to find and learn about these beautiful insects. Weymouth WoodsSandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

WINE AND ART APPRECIATION. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Exploring Art Through Observation and Conversation. Join art educator and local artist Ellen Burke, whose topic will be “Beyond Words; Expression Through Art and Music.” Junior Orchestra director April Collins will perform musical selections to complement works of art discussed. Cost: $20, including wine. Proceeds to benefit The Carolina Philharmonic Junior Orchestra. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info and registration: Ellen (603) 966-6567 or Jane Casnellie (910) 639-4823.

SUNDAY FILM SERIES. 2:30 p.m. This film for adults is about a mother who personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Monday, June 25 — 27

PINEWILD YOUTH GOLF CLINIC. 9 – 11 a.m. A three-day clinic for boys and girls ages 8 to 16 with a focus on fundamentals, golf etiquette, and rules of play. $85. Pinewild Golf Academy, 6 Glasgow Drive, Pinehurst. Info and registration (required by June 17): (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

Monday, June 25 — 29

SUMMER MUSIC CAMP. 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Fayetteville Symphony’s second camp, “Advanced Summer Music Camp,” is for advanced woodwind, brass and string students, ages 13–21. Tuition: $275. Limited financial aid is available upon request. Fayetteville Academy, 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville To register, visit www.fayettevillesymphony.org/summer-musiccamp by Friday, June 8. Info: Julia Atkins, Director of Artistic Operations and Marketing, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, (910) 433-4690 or jatkins@fayettevillesymphony.org .

Tuesday, June 26

MUSICIANS JAM SESSION/SONG CIRCLE. 6–9 p.m. Bring your instrument and your beverage, or just come to enjoy. Free and open to the public. Library, Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

Wednesday, June 27

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE READING. 5:30 p.m., Erin Chandler, reading from June Bug Versus Hurricane. The reception to meet the author is sponsored by St. Joseph of the Pines. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info and reservations: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

Friday, June 29 and 30

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Saturday, June 30 — July 1

NEW HORSE SHOW SERIES. The Devoucoux TallBoots Hunter Jumper Schooling Series and Derby Cross offer a lineup of local competitions focusing on classical riding and grassroots education and training for both horse and rider in preparation for the show ring. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. PINEHURST COLOR FUN RUN 5K. 8–11 a.m. Pinehurst Resort hosts this inaugural event of fun for the entire family and featuring multiple color blasting stations. The race will wind through the Village of Pinehurst. Cost: $15 children 12 and under, $45 adult. Overnight packages at Pinehurst Resort will be available soon. Pinehurst Resort, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Info and registration (by June 23): (855) 235-8507 or www.runsignup.com/Race/NC/Pinehurst/ PinehurstColorRun5K.

Tuesdays

BABY BUNNIES STORYTIME. 10:30 and 11 a.m. (two sessions) This storytime, reserved for ages birth to 24 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy brain-building practices. Programs will be offered June 12, 19, and 26 (no session June 5) and are limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to storytime sessions at the Circulation desk up to an hour before the start time of each session with their valid SPPL Full or Limited Access cards. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. BROWN BAG LUNCH/GAME DAY. 11:30 a.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy fellowship and activities, including card games, board games and the Wii. The Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. TAI CHI FOR HEALTH. 10–11:30 a.m. Practice this flowing Eastern exercise with instructor Rich Martin. Cost per class: $15/member; $17/non-member. Monthly rates available. No refunds or transfers. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221.

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MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 2–5:30 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods, and more. FirstHealth Fitness Center, 170 Memorial Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 947-3752 or localharvest.org.

YOGA IN THE GARDEN. 6–7 p.m. Improve flexibility, build strength, ease tension and relax through posture and breathing techniques for beginners and experts alike. Free for CFBG and YMCA members, $5/non-members. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221, ext. 36 or capefearbg.org. (Must

CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by 4 people in 2 partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

SANDHILLS FARMERS MARKET. 3–6 p.m. The market features many wonderful local farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and egg providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers. 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 687-0377 or www.localharvest.org.

register one day prior). Email questions to mzimmerman@ capefearbg.org. CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. READ TO YOUR BUNNY PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 3:30–4 p.m. Especially for children ages 2–5, this storytime focuses on stories, songs and fun, with a special emphasis on activities that build language and socialization skills to prepare for Kindergarten. Dates this month are June 13, 20 and 27 (no session June 6). Stay for playtime. This event is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to storytime sessions at the Circulation desk up to an hour before the start time of each session with their valid SPPL Full or Limited Access cards. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Thursdays

MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods and more. Armory Sports Complex, 604 W. Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 947-3752 or www.localharvest.org. GIVEN STORY TIME. 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 3 to 5. Wonderful volunteers read to children, and everyone makes a craft. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022. MAHJONG (Chinese version). 1–3 p.m. A game played by four people involving skill, strategy and calculation. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. CHESS. 1–3 p.m. Don Hammerman instructs all levels of players. You need a chess set to participate. Douglass Community

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We are an occasional shop open the first weekend of each month Thursday - Sunday. Come shop for vintage, antique and new treasures!

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Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. ZOOPENDOUS SHOW CHORUS. 7 p.m. Are you a woman who likes to sing? Zoopendous Show Chorus is a 501(c)3 nonprofit women’s chorus singing acapella barbershop harmony. It’s not your grandpa’s barbershop. Come check us out at a rehearsal in the Dudley Center directly behind West End Presbyterian Church, 275 Knox Lane, West End. Info: (910) 725-9376 or Zoopendous Show Chorus on Facebook.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

HISTORY OF PINEHURST TOUR. 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (1 hour and 15 minutes each). Also by request. Experience the Home of American Golf on a guided windshield tour with Kirk Tours and learn about Mr. Tufts and some of Pinehurst’s celebrity patrons. Cost: $20/person. Departs from Pinehurst Historic Theatre, 90 Cherokee Road. Info and registration: (910) 295-2257 or kirktours.com. CuStOm deSigned

JAZZY FRIDAYS. 6–10 p.m. Enjoy a bottle of wine and dancing with friends under the tent with live jazz music, provided by The Sand Band (June 1), TBA (June 8), The Holiday Band (June 15), The Sand Band (June 22) and The Embers (June 29). Cost: $15/person. Ages 21 and older. Reservations and pre-payment recommended for parties of eight or more. Food vendor on site. Cypress Bend Vineyards, 21904 Riverton Road, Wagram. Info: (910) 369-0411 or www.cypressbendvineyards.com. LIVE MUSIC AT THE WINE CELLAR. 7–10 p.m. Chris Munsom performs on May 4, Simple Things on May 11, James Villone on May 18, and Scott Grote and Johnathon Robinson on May 25. Free to the public. The Wine Cellar, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3066.

Saturdays

MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods, and more. Downtown Park, 145 S.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 947-3752 or www.localharvest.org.

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“Absolutely Art” OPENING RECEPTION

Sunday, June 3 • 5 - 7 p.m. Awards Ceremony 5:30 Judged by: Daniel Nelson GALLERY CLOSED

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Handmade paper by Trish Brownlee, jewelry by Amy Parks, & scratchboard botanicals by Miriam Sagasti

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September 25-27

Painting Landscapes Jeremy Style Taught by Jeremy Sams Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor

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SALE with an opening reception featuring food artisans

NC Self Storage on Hwy. 5 in Pinehurst Now accepting your donated & consigned fine & decorative arts

JULY 16-21 Fine Arts Festival - Calling all Artists ART Campbell House Galleries

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Restaurant

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Tuesday - Friday 11:30am - 2:30pm Sunday 11:30am - 2:30pm

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Monday - Sunday 5:00pm - 9:30pm See our menu on MooCo under Oriental Restaurants

(910) 944-9299 Carryout and Vegetarian Dishes

Live Entertainment on Wednesday Night

Karaoke every Fri. & Sat. 8pm-Midnight

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O’NEAL SUMMER FUN SWIMMING LESSONS & SWIM LEAGUE

PRESCHOOL CAMPS FOR AGES 3 AND 4 Gymnastics, crafts, music and reading. Bring a healthy snack. Weekly Themes.

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GYMNASTICS TRAINING CAMPS FOR AGES 5-12

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Gymnastics, gymnastics and more gymnastics. Improve skill level, flexibility and strength. Gymnasts must bring their own snack and water bottle. M-F 9-Noon $85, Noon-2:30 $65 Lunch Bunch, 2:30-5:30 $85 Pre-registration Required • Add ons: Early Drop off $25. 8am, $50 non-refundable deposit due for each week of enrollment. Register online or at the gym office

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Tuesday-Thursday 12- 9pm • Friday & Saturday 12-10pm Closed Sunday & Monday

Peaches are Ba-ack

Saturday June 23th from 9:30 to 11:30 Food Demo by Scotts’ Table of SP Tomatoes, Peaches, Fruits, Veggies, Jams, Meats, Flowers & Plants, Crafts, Goat Cheese, Prepared Foods, Baked Goods Mondays- FirstHealth (Fitness Center) Facility courtesy of First Health

170 Memorial Dr • Pinehurst 2pm-5:30pm Will be open through October 30th

Open Year Round • Thursdays - 604 W. Morganton Rd

(Armory Sports Complex) Facility courtesy of Town of Southern Pines Southern Pines 9am-Noon Saturdays - Downtown Southern Pines

Facility courtesy of Town of Southern Pines Broad St & New York Ave 8am-Noon Will be open through October 28th

Call 947-3752 or 690-9520 for more info.

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Southride Bluegrass: Huey Priest, Gregg Davis, Johnie Marion, Steve Creed

Diane Small, Marshall Caddell

13th Annual Clenny Creek Day James Bryant House Saturday, April 21, 2018 Photographs by Diane McKay

Anne Snelgrove, Grace Snelgrove, Dorothy Shankle

Paula Caddel, Markus & Cindy Novosel

Jim Jones, Judy Snider, Sue McCain, Kate Curtin, John Jackson

Victoria, Daniel & Maria Regalado Joy Whitlock, Gale Enloe

Cheryl Colvin, April Garner

Milton Simmons, Enjoli Allbrooks

Leona Wood, Linda & Tom Cox

David Wheeler, Dwain Roberts

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Horse Country Hoedown 40th Anniversary of The Walthour-Moss Foundation Saturday, April 21, 2018 Photographs by Diane McKay

Tim & Claudette Turk, Jackie & Rick Allenbaugh Josh & Jamie Long, Marc Townsend, Susan Wain

Shelly & John Talk

Susan Gaines, Kate Gaines Frost & Imogen

Nikki Lienhard, Kelly Elliott, Sheila Pellizzari

Todd Dickinson, Helen Kalevas

Anne Tate, Madison Elliott, Danielle Veasy, Diana Farr, Jeanne Paine

Colin & Bridget MacNair

Bob & Marianne Price

David & Cathy Carter

Marianne & Jeff Chulay

Ed & Parker Minchin

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Matt & Lisa Kirkpatrick

Derby Gala Fundraiser for St. John Paul II Catholic School Saturday, May 5, 2018 Photographs by Corinne & George Walls

Stacey Brown, Cody Johnson

Jennifer Campuzano, Julie Tipton, Stephanie Kane

Ashley & Vickie Smith, Betty Magnum

Anita & Phil Keegan

Marina Bernazani, Deanna Sizow, Natasha Duchannes

Zach & Danielle Corke Risa Pino, Andrea Scaletta

Gwen Fleming, Megan DeBruhl

Angela & Nick O’Connor

Jen Edwards, Leslie Habets Vanessa & Jorge Huizar

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42nd Annual Carolina Hounds Show Moore County Hounds â&#x20AC;˘ Southern Pines Saturday, May 12, 2018 Photographs by Diane McKay

Cameron & Lincoln Sadler

Jeanne Paine, Anne Tate

Danielle Veasy, Fran Gertz, Kelly Elliott

Mary Ewing, Meredith Mannheim, Lynn McGugan

Leigh Allen, Pam Wagner

Jessica & Montgomery Maiello

Madison Elliott, Allison Johnson

Will Haynes, Gerald Movelle

Ivy Grisanti, Lincoln Sadler, Nicole Zardus

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The heat’s on in June but the stars say, “Cool it!” By Astrid Stellanova

Star Children, I do relate to all the mischief you are in right this

hot minute with Summer Solstice approaching on the 21st. We’re all hot and bothered. I’m a hopeless romantic, too. June is named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage. Let. That. Sink. In. If I was to finally tie the knot with Beau, I’d have more pink, tulle, icing and frou-frou going on than Shelby’s wedding in Steel Magnolias. I would also hand out Pepto-Bismol as a wedding favor, because shortening and sugar are a plural food group in my world, and happiness or heartache still bring stomach ache. Pepto-Bismol solves at least one of the problems. You’re welcome. I’m dispensing a few more warnings that just about all of y’all in Star Land need to heed. And why not follow the (free) counsel of older and wiser Astrid? – Ad Astra

Gemini (May 21–June 20) Honey, you got an itch to be bewitched. And when you say I do, remember it’s durn difficult to find the undo button. Most folks just settle for a do-over before they have been done over. You have lost your mind because somebody has been wooing and undoing you. Your powers to charm and bewilder can strike in the same sentence. If you see a greener pasture, we know your M.O. You will be over the fence and bolted before the one you loved and left has even figured it out. The sensible thing would be to just hit the pause button. But Sugar, sensible is not in your wheelhouse.

Be like my dog Woodrow and hit the woof. Howl! Holler! You have tamped down all your emotions and now it is time to let them out! You are not dead yet, despite all your attempts to give that impression.

Cancer (June 21–July 22) You cannot hear thunder. What got into you, Sugar? Let me just say, Karma honked the horn at you and you just sashayed right on past. You cannot outrun your destiny. Take two minutes to read that again. There is a real need for you to own what happened, and make amends.

Aquarius (January 20–February 18) How far are you going to take this bad mood of yours? I will tell you that orange sure ain’t your color and it sure ain’t the new black. If you kill/maim/sabotage somebody in a jealous rage, the only thing you will have discovered is your own personal hell.

Leo (July 23–Aug. 22) My Lord! Somebody steered you wrong, but you decided that somebody knew more than everybody else. That friend could be a serial killer and you would still think they would go for your bail. This is going to hurt, this cliff dive, because you convinced yourself the very one driving you over cared about you. Let the healing begin.

Capricorn (December 22–January 19) If you loved yourself as much as you love your pocketbook, you wouldn’t let yourself go just because a no-good somebody broke your little heart. Time to splash out on some new duds, a haircut and some Crest teeth strips. Then, love, grin and bear it.

Pisces (February 19–March 20) By the time word of your adventure traveled back, and it traveled fast, there was nobody who could look you straight in the eye and not think: Lordamercy! So you blew your inheritance on something like a big trip to Dollywood. It ain’t nobody’s business but yours. Live on the memories, Sweet Thing.

Virgo (August 23–Sept. 22) This is your life. And this month is like spending 24 hours in a Vegas casino and winning a cup of quarters. Yes, Sugar, it does beat losing. But not by much. Go get you some sunshine, rehydrate, then have a square meal and recover your senses.

Aries (March 21–April 19) I’d like to introduce you to your future. But I won’t. It ain’t in my power to tell you what will happen if you take the steps you’ve been contemplating. It’s extreme, even for you, Sugar. For the love of Pepto-Bismol, don’t run over a small child just trying to get ahead when you will anyhow.

Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) It’s a recurring theme: You need to escape, and your bag is packed with your best clean underwear with good elastic. Answer this: Are you running from love, or towards it, Honey? When you recover from itchy feet, you may find nothing that scary is chasing you.

Taurus (April 20–May 20) Lord help us. There is not enough sunscreen in the world to keep you from SPFing this thing up. You know what I mean. You have got one powerful opportunity, and all you need to do is exercise just a smidge of caution. But that ain’t happening unless somebody bodily restrains you. PS

Scorpio (October 23–November 21) Where is your sense of self-preservation? Is this love or is it suicide? You and your beloved are like planets circling the same sun but on a collision course. You don’t have to treat love like nuclear fusion. Love doesn’t have to destroy you to excite you. Sagittarius (November 22–December 21)

For years, Astrid Stellanova owned and operated Curl Up and Dye Beauty Salon in the boondocks of North Carolina until arthritic fingers and her popular astrological readings provoked a new career path.

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The Mighty Widget

By Jim Moriarty

My two older brothers and my-

self all matriculated at the same institution, the Widget Factory. It’s the place we worked during the summers of our youth. I’m not sure which one of my brothers gave it the name but it’s the only thing we ever called it in our house, and it helped put all of us through places where the learning was advertised as being higher. In the final analysis — which is creeping up on all three of us — I’m not sure if I learned any more from Chaucer than I did from Jocko.

We called it the Widget Factory because functional, mostly unidentifiable, metal objects were manufactured there. You know those doors that open with a push bar? And, the doohickeys that hold the bar on the left and the right? Widgets. Gears don’t shift and forklifts don’t fork without widgets. They are the invisible hand that turns the indispensible cog. In the absence of the mighty widget, life is just a bucket of bolts. It’s true we had no idea what we were making but we were, nonetheless, secure in the knowledge that it served a purpose somewhere, somehow, to someone. And we got paid 10 cents more an hour for doing it on the graveyard shift, 25 cents more if we worked in the foundry. Jocko ran the acid bath. He had the face of a battered palooka and the body of Haystacks Calhoun, dressed in T-shirts that appeared to be pre-sweat stained and unlaced work boots. You could strop a razor on the toe of either foot. As one might intuit from the name, the acid bath was not without its perils, the evidence of which appeared on most of the exposed portions of Jocko’s flesh. Serious about his craft, he was as territorial as a honey badger. Even the owner of the factory approached Jocko as if he was inviting Luca Brasi over for tea.

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Gil worked in the foundry, where they poured the steel at 3,100 degrees. One of the jobs I mastered during my summers was being Gil’s set-up guy, using a two-pronged pitchfork to move ceramic molds from the 1,200-degree oven to the spot where Gil would fill them with molten steel. He once told me he’d grown up in the same neighborhood as Jack Nicklaus and, after Jack hit the big time and Gil hit the foundry, he walked up to the door of Jack’s old house in Columbus, Ohio, and knocked on it just to see how he would be received. He said Jack was still the same old Jack and treated him like the same old Gil. He thought it was the kind of information people with a future beyond the Widget Factory ought to have. Bob worked in the wax room, but I only addressed him by his last name, preceded by Mr. He owned one of the finest houses on top of a sand dune in one of the swankiest neighborhoods on the lake. On a clear night he could see the Chicago skyline through his picture window. He had successful kids. One was a professional athlete. Sometimes on break, I’d see him out back drinking wine out of a pint bottle. Inside, he sat in front of a cafeteria tray full of tiny wax widgets using a sharp knife and shaky hands to whittle away the residue where the two halves of a mold left an unwanted line. He wasn’t scraping away his dignity; he was holding on to as much of it as he could. Dennis was the head inspector. Tall and lanky with James Dean hair, he drove a pickup truck as orange as a hunting vest and called me Hippie, combining derision and kindness in the same smoky breath. He had no education to speak of, but he worked meticulously and honestly and showed up on time every day, trusted more by the man who owned the joint to do the right thing than the owner trusted his accountant. That turned out to be prescient, since long after I’d stopped spending my summers there, two people (one was the accountant) who inherited the executive offices from the original owner got led away in handcuffs after they embezzled every nickel that wasn’t welded down. That was the graveyard shift for the Widget Factory, where the evening classes began with a punch clock instead of a bell, and the degree you received was a doctorate in the nobility of work. PS

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