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Pinehurst’s Wellesley Building Renamed Pinehurst’s Wellesley Building Renamed After Local Doctor Vida McLeod After Local Doctor Vida McLeod The Wellesley Building has been a mainstay in the village of Pinehurst since the early 1920s. Replacing a bowling alley known as the Orange Cottage, the structure stands the test of time as the first fire-rated building in the town borne of slabs of concrete and steel, a construct from the mind of Princetonian architect Aymar Embury, II. James Tufts, the builder, named the building after his daughter’s alma mater, Wellesley College, the prestigious women’s college in Massachusetts, which boasted no previous connection to the town. Today, six Pinehurst residents call the Wellesley Building home, with some who have lived there for over 20 years. Four small businesses drive the local economy through the building as well, offering a magnetic assortment of sounds, smells, and goods. Bump & Baby specializes in providing a collection of comfortable clothing for babies, small children, and expectant moms. You can findBuilding a local grocery experience at studied The medicine Corner which The Wellesley has been a mainstay store in the village of Dr. McLeod at theStore, Baylor College of MediPinehurst since the early 1920s. Replacing a bowling alley known cine and graduated in 1919 as the school’s first female physician. sells everyday necessities and incredibly delicious local sweets. If as the Orange Cottage, the structure stands the test of time as the A few years later, she and her husband, Dr. Walter Guy McLeod, first fire-rated building in the town borne of slabs of concrete and settled in Southern Pines to establish a practice, with Vida workyour fancy follows nightlife, Dugans Pub marries great food with steel, a construct from the mind of Princetonian architect Aymar ing on the bookkeeping and doing the lab work. Many of Walter’s Embury, II. James Tufts, the builder, named the building after his female patients would request to be seen by Vida. As she recalled, live alma musical entertainment. Should you strive a and more daughter’s mater, Wellesley College, the prestigious women’s “Women would come in tofor see him then say classical ‘Well, your wife’s college in Massachusetts, which boasted no previous connection to a doctor...’” experience, Carolina Philharmonic brings professional and the town. Such frequent requests led Vida to take the state boardstuexam in Today, six Pinehurst residents call the Wellesley Building home, 1931. She passed almost every section with nearly perfect scores. dent-driven performances of timeless pieces to the area. with some who have lived there for over 20 years. Four small busi- “However, [I wouldn’t] have practiced, I don’t believe, if I hadn’t nesses drive the local economy through the building as well, offer- been needed,” she noted. Perhaps a hint to her humor, she had To solidify its significance to Pinehurst, the building is being reing a magnetic assortment of sounds, smells, and goods. placed a needlework phrase in her office, “Don’t ever say never.” Bump & Baby specializes in providing a collection of comfortWhen Walter passed away in 1945, Vida continued the pracnamed after a local resident who indelibly and positively impacted able clothing for babies, small children, and expectant moms. You tice on her own, taking over as primary physician. In an interview can find a local grocery store experience at The Corner Store, which with a local newspaper, she mentioned her greatest joy in the prothe lives of people in the area for generations: Dr. Vida McLeod. sells everyday necessities and incredibly delicious local sweets. If fession came from house calls, saying, “I wouldn’t give anything your fancy follows nightlife, Dugans Pub marries great food with for the years I did [house calls]. I made my most enduring friends Dr. Vida Canaday McLeod brought a healthy dose of friendlive musical entertainment. Should you strive for a more classical that way.” McLeod emphatically noted that house calls provided experience, Carolina brings professional and stu- the most touching impact to the lives of herKnown patients and friends. ly care to Philharmonic the people of Pinehurst and Southern Pines. for dent-driven performances of timeless pieces to the area. Dr. Vida McLeod served as a model professional and friend to To solidify its significance to Pinehurst, the building is being re- her community. She not only broke the glass ceiling in her field, her welcoming personality, solid know-how, and humble flexibilinamed after a local resident who indelibly and positively impacted but also brought a touch of comfort and humanity to her patients. the ty, lives of people in the area for generations: Dr. Vida McLeod. practiced medicine in Mooreso County for more by than 40 years McLeod cemented herself as aShephysician loved much her Dr. Vida Canaday McLeod brought a healthy dose of friend- before passing away in 1998. ly care to the people of Pinehurst and Southern Pines. Known for The Wellesley Building represents some of the best architectown that officials elected to have a single-day holiday named in her welcoming personality, solid know-how, and humble flexibili- ture in the area and is home to both Pinehurst residents and local ty, McLeod cemented herselfactions. as a physician loved so much by her businesses. To honor her legacy, the building is being renamed honor of her town that officials elected to have a single-day holiday named in after an outstanding citizen, doctor, and friend to our community,

Pinehurst’s Wellesley Building Renamed After Local Doctor Vida McLeod

honor of her actions.

McLeod studied medicine at the Baylor of MediDr. McLeod studied medicine cine atDr.and the Baylor College of College Medigraduated in 1919 as the school’s first female physician. A few years later, she and her husband, Dr. Walter Guy McLeod, cine and graduated in 1919 as the settled school’s first female physician. in Southern Pines to establish a practice, with Vida working on the bookkeeping and doingGuy the lab work. Many of Walter’s A few years later, she and her husband, Dr. Walter McLeod, female patients would request to be seen by Vida. As she recalled, “Women come in to see him andVida then say ‘Well, your wife’s settled in Southern Pines to establish a would practice, with worka doctor...’” Such lab frequent requests led Vida to take theWalter’s state board exam in ing on the bookkeeping and doing1931. the work. Many of She passed almost every section with nearly perfect scores. wouldn’t] have practiced, I don’t believe, if I hadn’t female patients would request to be“However, seen[I by Vida. As she recalled, been needed,” she noted. Perhaps a hint to her humor, she had a needlework phrase ‘Well, in her office,your “Don’t ever say never.” “Women would come in to see himplaced and then say wife’s When Walter passed away in 1945, Vida continued the practice on her own, taking over as primary physician. In an interview a doctor...’” with a local newspaper, she mentioned her greatest joy in the procame from house calls, saying, “I wouldn’t give anything Such frequent requests led Vidafession to take the state board exam in for the years I did [house calls]. I made my most enduring friends that way.”with McLeod nearly emphatically perfect noted that house calls provided 1931. She passed almost every section scores. the most touching impact to the lives of her patients and friends. “However, [I wouldn’t] have practiced, don’tserved believe, if I hadn’t Dr. VidaI McLeod as a model professional and friend to her community. She not only broke the glass ceiling in her field, been needed,” she noted. Perhapsbutaalsohint her humor, sheto her had broughtto a touch of comfort and humanity patients. She practiced medicine in Moore County for more than 40 years placed a needlework phrase in herbefore office, passing“Don’t away in 1998.ever say never.” The Wellesley Building represents some of the best architecWhen Walter passed away in 1945, theresidents practure in the Vida area and iscontinued home to both Pinehurst and local businesses. To honor her legacy, the building is being renamed tice on her own, taking over as primary physician. In and anfriend interview after an outstanding citizen, doctor, to our community, Dr. Vida McLeod. with a local newspaper, she mentioned her greatest joy in the profession came from house calls, saying, “I wouldn’t give anything for the years I did [house calls]. I made my most enduring friends that way.” McLeod emphatically noted that house calls provided the most touching impact to the lives of her patients and friends. Dr. Vida McLeod served as a model professional and friend to her community. She not only broke the glass ceiling in her field, but also brought a touch of comfort and humanity to her patients. She practiced medicine in Moore County for more than 40 years before passing away in 1998. The Wellesley Building represents some of the best architecture in the area and is home to both Pinehurst residents and local businesses. To honor her legacy, the building is being renamed after an outstanding citizen, doctor, and friend to our community, Dr. Vida McLeod.

The Wellesley Building has been a mainstay in the village of Pinehurst since the early 1920s. Replacing a bowling alley known as the Orange Cottage, the structure stands the test of time as the first fire-rated building in the town borne of slabs of concrete and steel, a construct from the mind of Princetonian architect Aymar Embury, II. James Tufts, the builder, named the building after his daughter’s alma mater, Wellesley College, the prestigious women’s college in Massachusetts, which boasted no previous connection to the town. Today, six Pinehurst residents call the Wellesley Building home, with some who have lived there for over 20 years. Four small businesses drive the local economy through the building as well, offering a magnetic assortment of sounds, smells, and goods. Bump & Baby specializes in providing a collection of comfortable clothing for babies, small children, and expectant moms. You can find a local grocery store experience at The Corner Store, which sells everyday necessities and incredibly delicious local sweets. If your fancy follows nightlife, Dugans Pub marries great food with live musical entertainment. Should you strive for a more classical experience, Carolina Philharmonic brings professional and student-driven performances of timeless pieces to the area. To solidify its significance to Pinehurst, the building is being renamed after a local resident who indelibly and positively impacted the lives of people in the area for generations: Dr. Vida McLeod. Dr. Vida Canaday McLeod brought a healthy dose of friendly care to the people of Pinehurst and Southern Pines. Known for her welcoming personality, solid know-how, and humble flexibility, McLeod cemented herself as a physician loved so much by her town that officials elected to have a single-day holiday named in honor of her actions.

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FEATURES 83 Tilt Toward Spring Poetry by Patricia Bergan Coe 84 Fallow Ground &Fertile Memories By Bill Fields The Little Nine faces an uncertain future

90 Crashin’ the Club By Bill Case

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92 Out of This World By Michael Smith But coming to a neighborhood near you?

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96 To Thine Own Self Be True By Deborah Salomon Designer expresses her many loves in Pinehurst cottage

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SIMPLE LIFE

Confessions of a Happy Old Guy And the joys of life in the slow lane

By Jim Dodson

A close colleague needed to speak in confidence the other day. She looked so serious.

“I don’t know how to tell you this,” she said, “but I have to tell you something important.” I feared she might be quitting her job to join a kazoo band or something even worse, appear on a reality show. So I braced for impact. “I was behind you in traffic yesterday. You drive like an old man!” She burst out laughing. I laughed, too — and agreed with her. She wasn’t the first to point out my maddening old-fashioned driving habits, or as I prefer to simply call them, careful. For the record I haven’t had a moving violation in 40 years, something one can accomplish only by moving slowly through the busy intersections of life. Knock wood. A year ago, however, I turned 65. In the eyes of my government, my insurance agent and my beloved colleague, this apparently means I’ve achieved official Old Man status. So essentially, my driving habits are finally catching up to my age. Over this year, in fact, since word has spread like kudzu on a redneck barn, I’ve received several “special dinner” invitations from companies eager to tell me all about their exciting products and services designed to “make your senior years happier, safer and more fulfilling.” One was from a lawyer pointing out the dangers of failing to update my final will and testament, presumably so craven heirs don’t rob me blind. Another was from a financial firm eager to feed me at the Olive Garden in order to convince me that I should try a reverse mortgage that would allow me to sell my house piece-by-piece in order to finance a speedboat or buy a timeshare in Cabo San Lucas. Not long after that, two dinner invites from local funeral homes offered a fancy last supper with small talk of coffins over coffee. The truth is, I’m perfectly fine officially being an Old Guy. I’ve never felt happier or more fulfilled than at this very moment, even without a speedboat. My health is good, the important parts all seem to work, I love what I do every day and look forward to many years of doing it as I chug along in the slow lane of life. I never plan to retire or even slow down because I’ve always moved at more or less the same modest speed. Slow and steady wins the race, as the moral goes, assuming you even care about winning the rat race. Never hurry, never worry was the personal motto of the late great Walter Hagen, a dapper fellow who walked slow and lived large while winning 45 golf tournaments, a total that included 11 major championships and four British Opens. Successful living, said the late great Leroy Robert Paige, a.k.a. “Satchel,” — hall-of-fame Major League pitcher who played his last game for the Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League at age 60 in 1966 — is really a question of mind over matter. “If you don’t mind,” he counseled, “it don’t matter.” Besides, the evidence is pretty compelling that I’ve been an old man since the day I was born. A small chronological sampling:

It’s February, 1953, and I am born. My mother thinks I’m the cutest baby ever. My father jokes that I look like Dwight D. Eisenhower. My mother doesn’t think this is funny, doesn’t speak to my father for a week. Years later, whenever she’s annoyed with me, she’ll sigh and say, “I guess you were just born an old man, Sugar Pie.” It’s 12 years later, 1965. My favorite Beatle is George Harrison, the “quiet one” whose guitar gently weeps. I teach myself guitar and spend endless solitary hours learning to play like George. Paul McCartney tells the Associated Press that “George is the old man of the group.” In tribute, I try growing a beard like George. It goes nowhere. Then again, I’m only in fifth grade. Now we’re in the early avocado-colored ’70s. The music, the cars, the groovy way college girls look — it’s all quite wonderful. I grow my hair long and spend an entire summer at college smoking pot, which only puts me to sleep. So I quit smoking pot, buy a Dr. Grabow pipe and a corduroy sports coat with leather elbow patches. My hippie girlfriend jokes that she’s dating William F. Buckley and is shocked when I admit digging the music of Burt Bacharach. I am the only guy in my dorm who watches the Watergate Hearings from beginning to end — and enjoys it. Now it’s the 1980s and I’m an investigative reporter for a magazine in Atlanta, engaged to a beautiful TV anchorwoman who works late on weekends. Way past my normal bedtime, she likes to unwind from her job by dragging me to glamorous late-night parties where everyone is buzzing from funny white powder inhaled off the bathroom counter. More than once I sneak off to a stranger’s bedroom to grab a quick nap or watch reruns of Hee Haw with a Falstaff beer. The engagement is predictably short. In the late 1990s, I become a father of two, the happiest thing that’s ever happened to me. I build my own house and a faux English garden deep in a beech forest near the coast of Maine. I love reading books to our little ones

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and normally fall asleep before they do. We like the same G-rated movies and yellow food group. They grow way too soon. Apparently I never did. But at least I am fully trained for grandparenthood. Two summers ago, while driving my vintage Buick Roadmaster in crazy rush hour traffic outside Philadelphia, a snarky young dude in a BMW opened his window and yelled, “Hey, Chevy, wanna drag race me to Wallyworld?” He howled at his own wit. I smiled politely back. When the light changed, however, I opened up my Roadmaster’s massive 350-hp, eightcylinder Corvette engine and taught that little twerp never to mess with an old man driving his old man’s Buick. For the record, old guys like shirts with roomy pockets. This is a known fact and I’m no different. I want a shirt with pockets large enough for car keys, screwdrivers, grocery store lists, directions to the party, a sandwich for later, a tape measure, various auto parts, mysterious things you find in the yard and so forth. Pocket protectors, however, are ridiculous. What do you take me for, a complete old geek? Also, long ago, I decided that certain essentials in life should primarily be basic white. This includes, but is not limited to, golf balls, toilet paper, underwear, snow, vanilla ice cream, dress shirts, and the look on any idiot BWM owner’s face who thinks he can beat my Buick to Wallyworld. (By the way, genius, Chevy’s wagon was a Ford). If you’re going to jabber during the movie, please do us both a big favor and sit elsewhere, preferably in another county. I have a hard enough time hearing what’s going on in the movie without having to listen to your witless commentary. And if you speak to me in a crowded party, don’t be surprised if I just smile at you like a drooling village idiot because I can’t understand a blessed word anyone says to me in noisy, crowded places.

Ditto if I forget your name. Please don’t take it personally. Next time just wear your name tag — preferably written in LARGE EASILY DISCERNABLE LETTERS. For the record, I forget lots of names of things these days, including those of movie stars, old flames, neighbors, song titles, state capitals, sports stars, candidates I voted for, candidates I wish I voted for and so on. On the other hand, I can name every dog I ever owned, just one of many reasons a dog really is an old man’s best friend. You never forget them. Finally, I love going to the grocery store without a shopping list. Talk about free-range fun for Old Guys! Roaming the aisles like a man on a mission who can’t remember what he’s looking for, I just grab whatever catches my fancy on the oft chance it might include whatever item my wife specifically asked me to bring home. True, this often means a quick return to the store to get the correct item but, hey, that just means you can repeat the process and double your fun, taking home other great stuff that captures your fancy. Frankly, I could rattle on forever about the simple pleasures of finally being a certified Old Guy — going to bed early and rising before the chickens, reading poetry, biographies and histories in my tree house office, long walks with the dogs and road trips with my bride, small suppers with friends, stargazing, classical music, lonely back roads, rainy Sundays, weekend gardening, watching birds, early church, late afternoon naps, Kate Hepburn movies, historic battlegrounds, old houses, Scottish golf courses, expensive bourbon, bumping into old friends I actually remember, and other stuff I invariably forget how much I enjoy. Whew, just the thought of all that activity exhausts me. I’d better go grab a quick nap before I run to the store to fetch supper items I probably won’t remember to get. PS Contact Editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.

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118 PINE RIDGE DR • WHISPERING PINES Exceptional opportunity for lakefront living! All brick Custom Home. Lots of decks and patios for outdoor living. Lower level has fireplace, additional office (or 4th bdrm)! New ROOF. 3 BD, 3 BA, 2 ½ BA. Offered at $539,500.

110 MUIRFIELD PLACE • PINEHURST Secluded cul-de-sec in the Donald Ross area. Breeden Construction. Gourmet kitchen, maple hardwood flooring, loads of storage. 4BD, 3 1/2BA plus Bonus Rm. Offered at $529,000.

6 SODBURY CT • COTSWOLD PINEHURST Stunning, Custom Townhome with over 3000 square feet of single floor living space. Oversized garage with separate workshop in rear and large Bonus Rm above. Tons of Storage! 3BD, 2 ½ BA. Offered at $380,000.

113 SAKONNET TRAIL • PINEHURST NO 6 Stunning, all brick home. Hardwood floors, stainless appliances, beautiful cabinetry, granite countertops. Elegant coffered ceiling. 4-5 BD, 2 ½ BA. Offered at $389,000.

105 EAST LAKE VIEW • PINEHURST WATER FRONT! Fabulous property overlooking large pond on Pinehurst No 8 Golf Course. Enjoy the large deck watching the sunset or a quiet morning coffee. Great curb appeal. 3BD, 2BA PLUS Bonus Rm. Offered at $329,000

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Anyone See Woody? Take a 1.5-mile hike in the longleaf pines on Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m., looking for the eight species of woodpeckers that call the Sandhills home. Bring binoculars if you have them. Free and open to the public at Weymouth Woods/Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. For information, call (910) 692-2167 or visit www.ncparks.gov.

Classical Guitar Performance Virtuoso French classical guitarist Gabriel Bianco will perform a solo concert presented by the Sandhills Community College Fine Arts Department on Tuesday, March 26. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Dempsey Student Center, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Southern Pines. For information, call (910) 695-3828 or visit booka@sandhills.edu.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser

Eyewitness to History A decorated World War II veteran, Dr. Carver McGriff was 19 years old when he landed on Omaha Beach on the 6th of June, 1944. On Thursday, March 14, he’ll be the guest speaker commemorating the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion in the Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives Spring Colloquium. Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Overlook Room, Pinehurst Country Club, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Cost is $100 and proceeds benefit the library and archives. For information and tickets, call (910) 295-3642 or visit www.giventufts.org.

Enjoy live music while sampling food from great Sandhills chefs on Sunday, March 3, from noon to 2 p.m. during the Empty Bowls fundraiser benefiting the Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care, at the Country Club of Whispering Pines, 2 Clubhouse Blvd., Whispering Pines. For more information, call (910) 693-1600 or visit www.sandhillscoalition.org.

St. Paddy’s Parade Irish pride will flow through the streets of Pinehurst from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the 18th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Enjoy music, dancing, Irish cheer and plenty of children’s activities, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. The rain date will be Sunday, March 17. For information, visit www.vopnc.org/events.

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The Rooster’s Wife A Gentleman in Pinehurst Enjoy an evening with Amor Towles, author of the New York Times bestselling book A Gentleman in Moscow, the story of Count Alexander Rostov who lives out his days under house arrest in Moscow’s grand Metropol hotel. Presented by The Pilot and The Country Bookshop on Thursday, April 4 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Pinehurst Resort, tickets include an autographed paperback copy of the book, a cash bar featuring a signature Russian cocktail and an introduction to the author, followed by his remarks and a book signing. Tickets are available at ticketmesandhills.com.

Back the PAC The Pinecrest Athletic Club will hold its Third Annual Back the PAC fundraiser and auction on Saturday, March 16 from 6 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Fair Barn. Monies raised support all Pinecrest High School sports teams. The evening includes silent and live auctions and will be catered by Elliott’s on Linden. Last year’s auction netted over $90,000. Tickets are $50 and include beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres and music by DJ King Curtis. Tickets are available at Pinecrest High School in the main office, at wwweventbrite.com or by contacting Lisa.A.Hees@gmail. com. For more information contact Christa Gilder at Christa.gilder@ mzero.com.

Dismal Swamp and the Underground Railroad Eric Sheppard is the featured speaker for The Great Dismal Swamp, Part III: Arts & Humanities Lecture Series on Sunday, March 17, at the Weymouth Center for Arts and Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. This last lecture in the series will focus on the Underground Railroad and Moses Grandy. Tickets are $10 for members; $15 for non-members. For information, call (910) 692-6261 or visit weymouthcenter.org or ticketmesandhills.com.

Sunday, March 3: Kaia Kater. A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kater brings her trio and her oldtime banjo skills, jazz-fueled voice and deft song craft to the Spot. Cost: $15. Friday, March 8: Mark Stuart, David JacobsStrain. This guitar-centric night features two virtuoso players and their extensive catalogs of original songs. Jacobs-Strain is a fierce slide guitar player, and a song poet from Oregon. Stuart draws from his deep rock, blues, country and folk roots. Cost: $20. Sunday, March 10: Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters. Renowned fiddler Molsky presents his new group and self-titled debut album featuring two of the best next generation traditional players — Allison de Groot on banjo, and guitarist Stash Wyslouch. Cost: $15. Thursday, March 14: Open mic with the Parsons. Sunday, March 17: James Maddock and The Black Feathers. It’s all-England night with rock ’n’ roll lifer Maddock and The Black Feathers sharing the bill. Expect a storyteller’s sense of narrative and the lines between folk, classic pop and rock magically blurred. Cost: $15. Tuesday, March 19: Pumpkin Bread Band. Original acoustic music blending influences from traditional folk songs and fiddle tunes with modern sensibilities and intricate arrangements. Cost: Free to members. Friday, March 22: Fireside Collective. This Ashevillebased band plays original songs on stringed instruments, intended for modern ears. Memorable melodies, contemporary songwriting, interesting arrangements and colorful harmonies are in the offing from these festival favorites. Cost: $15. Saturday, March 23: Sidecar Social Club. Pamela Partis is hosting this Vision 4 Moore benefit for the Moore County Veterans Support Fund of MOAA (Military Officers Association of America). From speakeasy jazz to Latin dance halls, soulful R&B to ’50s rock, a lively musical romp. Full bar available and One Nine Drive serving dinner. Cost: $35. Sunday, March 24: Keith Ganz Trio. Jazz lovers, unite. Guitarist, composer, arranger and producer Ganz and friends deliver a splendid night of instrumental jazz. Cost: $15. Sunday, March 31: New Reveille. Stringband instruments and modal Appalachian melodies are at the core of New Reveille’s music, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about the perspective of its songs. Cost: $20. Unless otherwise noted, doors open at 6 p.m. and music begins at 6:46 at the Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Prices above are for members. Annual memberships are $5 and available online or at the door. For more information call (910) 944-7502 or visit www.theroosterswife.org or ticketmesandhills.com.

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Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey around 1818 and lived his early years on the Delmarva Peninsula, a few miles from the small town where this reviewer was born and raised. At age 13, he was sent to Baltimore, where he was taught to read by his owner’s wife, Lucretia Auld. He was eventually hired out to a “slaver breaker” in St. Michaels, a bayside village 10 miles west of my hometown of Easton, and after an attempted escape in 1836, he was briefly incarcerated in the Talbot County jail, an ominous stone structure adjacent to the courthouse I passed daily. During my school years, I never once heard the name Frederick Douglass.

There was no historical marker identifying the Sage of Anacostia as a local luminary (the only public monument in town, a bronze figure of a Confederate soldier cloaked in the stars and bars, was dedicated “To the Talbot Boys/18611865/C.S.A.”). No school or municipal building was named for the great man, and he wasn’t discussed in the Maryland history book we studied in the fifth grade. None of my childhood friends can recall any reference to Douglass. I was a college student before I learned of his extraordinary accomplishments and was compelled by curiosity to read his three autobiographies. Only then did it occur to me that growing up in Frederick Douglass’ backyard without learning about him was tantamount to being raised in Springfield, Illinois, without hearing the name Abraham Lincoln. I mention this lapse in my education, occurring about the time the Supreme Court ruled against segregation and Jim Crow laws, because it’s an example of what Douglass struggled with all his adult life: the notion that a black man couldn’t possibly demonstrate a profound philosophical wisdom and achieve worldwide fame. Perhaps the good citizens of Talbot County thought it best not to mention Douglass. Other than the accident of birth, they couldn’t claim credit for his success. And who, after all, is a prophet in his own land? Blight’s biography adds little new information concerning Douglass’ prewar years as a social reformer and abolitionist, other than to note that a self-reliant Frederick Bailey transformed himself by force of will into Frederick Douglass, one of the great thinkers of his time, a writer and public speaker whose talents were equal to those of Lincoln and whose determination to end the “peculiar institution” that was the economic lifeblood of the South surpassed that of the martyred president. “Douglass offered an original American to those who sought such images,” Blight writes, “he was the sui generis former slave who found books, the boy beaten into a benumbed field hand who fought back and mastered language and wielded a King James – inspired prose at the world’s oppressions with a genius to behold.” Douglass biographies are numerous and range in quality from Benjamin Quarles’ excellent Frederick Douglass to Leigh Fought’s Women in the World of

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Frederick Douglass, a misguided effort that occasionally borders on fiction. Blight’s biography is exceptional because he had access to untapped primary sources contained in the collection of Walter Evans of Savannah. He’s made good use of these sources to explicate Douglass’ postwar struggles to secure the rights of freed slaves and to banish the scourge of lynching from the South. Blight also thoroughly examines Douglass’ varied causes and obsessions. He backed John Brown’s violent anti-slavery activities and was a staunch supporter of women’s rights. He carried on a long-term relationship with Ottilie Assing, a German feminist, freethinker and abolitionist, who sheltered him when he was charged with conspiracy in connection with John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. He served as minister to Haiti from 1889 to 1891 and was deeply involved with the 1893 Haitian pavilion at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1884, Douglass married Helen Pitts, a white abolitionist from a prominent New York family, thus crossing the color line. All the while, Douglass continued to speak out against racial injustice, Jim Crow and peonage laws that in effect locked freedmen in a state of perpetual servitude. Late in his life, he was still railing on the effects of the pernicious color line: “(It) hurts us at midnight, it denies us accommodations in hotels and justice in the courts, excludes our children from schools, refuses our sons the right to learn trades and compels us to pursue only such labor that will bring the least reward.” The South won that war of attrition. Blight’s biography is, for the moment, the definitive work on Frederick Douglass, although there is a need for a more insightful inquiry into the great orator’s religious, political and philosophical beliefs. After 900 pages of text, Douglass remains something of an enigma, a man whose intelligence, eloquence and determination almost changed America for the better On the courthouse lawn in my hometown of Easton, Maryland there are now two statues, one celebrating the “The Talbot Boys” and another bronze that depicts Douglass, one hand on a lectern, the other raised beseechingly skyward. The town celebrates their most famous son “throughout the year, including Frederick Douglass Day in September and the annual Juneteenth celebration of abolition.” It’s about time. PS Stephen E. Smith is a retired professor and the author of seven books of poetry and prose. He’s the recipient of the Poetry Northwest Young Poet’s Prize, the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Prize for poetry and four North Carolina Press awards.

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An impossible-to-put down story of fictional rock musicians and their path to new heights of musical creativity and mega stardom in the 1970s. Written in an interview format, each character tells the unvarnished side of the group’s tangled and talented rise. Juxtaposed to allow for multiple perspectives at the same time, the story comes alive in this riveting piece of writing. This is the most fun, must-read book of spring and summer.

A Woman Is No Man, by Etaf Rum

With tremendous empathy, insight and unflinching honesty, Rum gives voice to a silenced and powerless group of modern women living in a strict Arab world. The novel follows the lives of a family of Palestinian immigrant women over the span of a few decades in Brooklyn. The only options in their limited lives are to marry, to hopefully bear sons, to know their place, while withstanding abuse and the repetitive drudgery of work within the confines of the male world. A remarkable novel with a hauntingly unforgettable first line.

Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams

She is frustrating, misunderstood, lonely, lovable, over-the-top dramatic, funny, filled with good and bad intentions, but above all, so very human. Queenie Jenkins is 25 years old and a journalist of Jamaican heritage in London trying to understand it all. Her white boyfriend wants to take a break and she attracts all the wrong sorts of men from online dating sites. Mistreatment, race and a troubled past can paralyze her, but somehow, she keeps going. Candice CartyWilliams has created an incredibly unforgettable character with an incredibly unforgettable cast of family and friends.

Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, by Dana Reinhardt

Two families, longtime friends and business partners, gather at one of Puerto Vallarta’s most luxurious villas to celebrate a 50th birthday. Meticulously planned and engineered well in advance by Jenna, the wife of the birthday boy, this is to be a seamlessly perfect vacation. Nothing is as it seems despite the best efforts to have a hand on all the controls. When it rains in paradise it pours, and the foundations upon which life is built can crack. Dana Reinhardt projects a smart, wry tone in this entertaining and engrossing novel.

Supermarket, by Bobby Hall

Flynn is stuck, depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom’s house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. An ordinary job and a steady check. Work isn’t work when it’s saving you from yourself, but things aren’t quite as they seem in these aisles. Arriving at work one day to a crime scene, Flynn’s world begins to crumble as the secrets of his tortured mind are revealed. Flynn doesn’t want to go looking for answers at the supermarket because something there seems to be looking for him. A darkly funny psychological thriller, Supermarket is a gripping exploration into madness and creativity. Who knew you could find sex, drugs and murder in aisle nine?

Secret Wisdom of Nature, by Peter Wohlleben

The acclaimed author of the international best-sellers The Hidden Life of Trees and The Inner Life of Animals takes readers on a thought-provoking exploration of the vast natural systems that make life on Earth possible. Wohlleben describes the fascinating interplay between animals and plants and answers such questions as: Do life forms communicate across species boundaries, and what happens when this finely tuned system gets out of sync? By introducing us to the latest scientific discoveries and recounting insights from decades of observing nature, one of the world’s most famous foresters shows us how to recapture our sense of awe.

See You in the Piazza, by Frances Mayes

The Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco: These are the sights synonymous with Italy. But landmarks only scratch the surface of this magical country’s offerings. In See You in the Piazza, Mayes introduces us to the Italy only the locals know, as she and her husband, Ed, eat and drink their way through all 20 regions — from Friuli to Calabria. Along the way, she seeks out the cultural and historic gems not found in traditional guidebooks.

Madame Fourcade’s Secret War, by Lynne Olson

The best-selling author of Citizens of London tells the story of a 31-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, who became the leader of a vast resistance organization. Her group’s name was Alliance, but the Gestapo dubbed it Noah’s Ark because its agents used the names of animals as their aliases. The name Fourcade chose for herself was Hedgehog: unthreatening in appearance, yet a tough little animal, that, as she put it, “even a lion would hesitate to bite.” No other French spy network lasted as long or supplied as much crucial intelligence as Alliance.

An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System, by Matt Richtel

A groundbreaking exploration of the human immune system — the key to our health and longevity — from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and acclaimed author of A Deadly Wandering. In this vivid narrative, Richtel builds on his acclaimed Times stories on immunotherapy, combining the latest science with interviews and engaging anecdotes from the world’s leading researchers to reveal how the body marshals its forces to fight bacteria, viruses, parasites and tumors. He also explains how, sometimes, this wondrous system can become a threat, attacking our organs and other systems.

Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World, by Clive Thompson

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With longer light and warmer days, kids and their special adults will soon be wandering outside to the trails in Weymouth Woods or the Southern Pines Greenway. On the Nature Trail is the perfect guide to identifying birds, clouds, flowers and small critters seen along the way. Super-interactive, outdoorsy fun. (Ages 6-10.)

The Perfect Horse, by Elizabeth Letts A young readers adaptation of Letts’ New York Times best-seller, The Perfect Horse chronicles the bravery of American troops as they venture to save the lives of some of the world’s most precious horses during the final days of World War II. (Ages 10-14.) Riding Lessons and Saddles & Secrets, by Jane Smiley

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Last year I attended a literary event with some

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This is not to say that Rachel does not ask hard questions. I sat for a CoastLine interview when my last novel was released, and at one point Rachel read a quote from a terrible review I had received in a major newspaper. Then she asked, “How do you keep that dagger from staying inside you?” Ouch! No one had ever asked me how I recover from bad reviews, and that question forced me to be honest about the vulnerability of artists. I look back on that hour I spent on-air with Rachel as perhaps the best interview experience I have ever had. I took an opportunity to ask Rachel a few questions of my own one chilly morning in late January. We met at Clean Juice in downtown Wilmington on the corner of Grace and North Front Street. I ordered the Immunity One, an organic blend of carrots, lemons, oranges, pineapples and turmeric. Rachel ordered the Glow One, a mix of organic apples, cucumbers, kale and spinach. We found seats by the huge windows that look out on Grace Street. While I serve on the board of directors at WHQR and have known Rachel for several years, there was one question I had never asked her. “What was your path to public radio?” “I started life thinking I would be an actor,” Rachel said. “And I went to the North Carolina School of the Arts, and then I moved to New York and L.A. and did some theater.” “Acting?” “Yes,” she said. “At one point, when I was in L.A., I decided I wanted to have a steady income and see what other things I could do.” She laughed and took a sip of her juice. “So I became a financial adviser, but only for about two years.” “How did you get to Wilmington?” “I knew people in Wilmington, and I loved the East Coast,” she said. “I was tired of the desert in Los Angeles, and I just loved the texture of the weather here. I came to Wilmington and embarked on a process of finding the next version of myself.” During that process Rachel wrote and produced television news broadcasts for WWAY; she wrote and produced a documentary about the 1898 Wilmington race massacre; and she served as the executive director of the homeowners association at Bald Head Island. When you stack all these jobs together — financial adviser, news writer, pro-

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ducer, documentarian and executive director of a homeowners association — it becomes clear that Rachel has been perfectly prepared for a career in public radio. Over the course of her diverse work history she has managed personalities, produced content, sought facts, and listened closely to people’s concerns and this is exactly what she is doing with an exciting new serialized program called CoastLine: Beneath the Surface. According to the description on the program’s website, the community members who will participate in Beneath the Surface are “thoughtful and engaged listeners who’ve agreed to be part of a yearlong conversation. They are black and white, youngish and older. Their politics cover the spectrum left, right and center.” In this politically charged environment, what happens when you put a group of diverse strangers in a room? Rachel has the answer: She assembled the group for a meet and greet a few days before their first on-air discussion. “I thought I would have to do some goofy icebreaker,” Rachel said. “But no icebreaker was needed. People freely went around the room introducing themselves. They seemed really enthusiastic about being there, and they didn’t want to leave!” Rachel said that, at least initially, conversations on Beneath the Surface will focus on local issues

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The Black Hat Happy returns and small kindnesses

By Janet Wheaton

I have always liked to wear hats, not only to keep the sun out of my eyes and off my face, but because I don’t have good hair — it’s too fine to provide much warmth for my head and too flat to hold a nice style. A good hat, however, must be more than serviceable, it should define you. Such a hat is not easy to find.

I don’t remember exactly when I got the black hat, a soft, felted wool fedora with a 2.5-inch brim and a ribbon around the crown (no feather). I ordered it online and knew as soon as I pulled it out of the box and set it on my head, tilted the brim and dimpled the crown that it was my hat. Worn with a tan trench coat from early fall through late spring, it was met frequently with approving glances and elicited comments such as “nice hat.” I have always kept it close when I took it off in restaurants, kept my hand over it in gusty weather, and double-checked hotel rooms and overhead bins when traveling. But last spring my husband and I flew to Ireland, where a friend would join us. The trip over was fraught with delayed flights and missed connections; and upon arrival, we were met with excruciating lines, first at customs and then the rental car agency. I could hardly keep my eyes open on our drive to our first destination in the Wicklow Mountains, south of Dublin. Exhausted from lack of sleep and addled by jet lag, I went into town and had dinner with my companions. Back in the cozy B&B, I fell into bed and had one of the best night’s sleep ever. The next morning I awoke refreshed and excited to be in this land I loved so well. After a delightful breakfast and chat with our host and hostess, Mike and Margaret, we piled into our rental car and headed across Ireland. You are certainly guessing what I have to tell you. Yes, when we arrived at our next destination and got out of the car, I realized my hat was missing. The day before was something of a blur, and I couldn’t even begin to think where I might have left it. On the plane? In the restaurant? At the B&B? My husband and our friend could not remember when they last saw the hat on my head.

I bought an Aran wool knit hat to keep my head warm and soldiered on, silently mourning the black hat. Uncertain of where I had lost it and who might have found it, I held out slim hope of ever seeing my hat again. Upon returning home, I emailed the hosts of the B&B where we stayed in Wicklow and asked: Could they have found my hat in our room, the breakfast room or the lobby? If not, would they be so kind as to check with the restaurant where we ate dinner that night? The next day I heard back from Mike that our waitress at the restaurant had picked up a hat matching the description I gave him and brought it to the office in case someone came back to claim it. Mike was going to fetch it that day and put it in the mail to me. I shed tears of joy, but remained fearful over the next week. Would it get lost in the mail? Would it be crushed and ruined from the shipping? But a week later, the black hat came back to me, carefully packed and protected. I danced to the mirror and gave the brim an affectionate little tug. Several times that day and even the following, I had to go to the closet and take a peek, like a pinch to remind myself I hadn’t dreamed its return. I wrote to both the waitress and Mike, effusing my gratitude and appreciation, especially to the waitress, who had found — hers for the taking — a valuable item, a fine hat that might have looked quite smart on her own head, but instead had done what she could to get it back to its owner. I felt that gratitude afresh when I packed my old friend away for the season. It reminded me of a time years ago when I admired a gold necklace worn around the neck of a co-worker. When I complimented it, she had responded: “I found it in the ladies room at a restaurant over the weekend.” And no, she said, she had not turned it in. Its owner would probably not have a clue where her necklace had fallen, would never go back to the restaurant to check, and some waitress or other patron would have wound up pocketing it. This was my colleague’s rationale for keeping the necklace. I thought about that girl who lost the necklace, what special meaning it might have held for her, what a bitter loss it must have been, how she might be missing it still. I thought about the smugness of my erstwhile co-worker over her “find” — an exquisite piece that had cost her nothing. Or so she thought. PS Janet Wheaton is a Pinehurst resident, frequent contributor to PineStraw, and a recent writer-in-residence at Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities.

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The Carolina Philharmonic presents

One Hundred Years in Times Square Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:30 PM Robert E. Lee Auditorium • Pinecrest High School 250 Voit Gilmore Ln. • Southern Pines, NC

Featuring two of Broadway’s loveliest stars, Lisa Howard and Alison Luff, in an unforgettable tour of the music that made Broadway famous over the last 100 years, decade by decade.

The Carolina Philharmonic presents

All s’ Fair in Love & Opera Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 7:30 PM Robert E. Lee Auditorium • Pinecrest High School 250 Voit Gilmore Ln. • Southern Pines, NC

Featuring: Kathryn Bowden - coloratura soprano David Margulis - tenor Young Mee Jun - soprano Mark Walters - baritone Maestro Wolff and The Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra.

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IN THE SPIRIT

Three Top o’ the Mornin’ New additions to the Jameson family

By Tony Cross

PHOTOGRAPH BY TONY CROSS

When I think of Saint Patrick’s Day, my

mind immediately goes to green beer and Jameson. Let’s talk about the latter, and how you can still have a good time without compromising your body’s well-being the morning after.

A little over one year ago, I was asked if my company would like to participate in a Bartender’s Ball in Raleigh. The event was held at a nice craft cocktail bar, Watts & Ward, who would be the host to over 350 bartenders from across the surrounding counties. It was sponsored by Jameson, who used the party as an opportunity to showcase their ever-popular Irish whiskey, as well as three whiskies new to the Jameson family: Jameson Black Barrel, Caskmates IPA Edition, and the Caskmates Stout Edition. There were different stations at different bars that night. Our job was to integrate the Black Barrel Whiskey into

one of our mixes. We blew through four kegs (that’s 400 cocktails) of our Black Barrel Strawberry Mules, in just over one hour. It was so much fun for a couple of reasons: 1) the look on everyone’s faces when they took their first sip; and 2) being able to keep a long line moving at a brisk pace showcases our product and means even more when they are all bartenders. Since that night, I’ve been able to team up with Jameson for other projects and balls. In January, we took our kegs to Raleigh Beer Garden and emptied six of them containing our Jameson Grapefruit Mules in two hours. Insane. So, I guess you can say that I’ve had a little experience with the new editions of Jameson. Here’s a rundown on all three (on sale this month at our local ABC), and why enjoying them at home or in your favorite establishment can change up your normal pickleback routine.

Jameson Black Barrel Whiskey As they tell it on their website (and rightly so), in big, bold print: “Triple distilled, flame charred, for a rich smooth taste.” It’s no secret in the bourbon whiskey — and now even craft beer — community that re-aging in charred barrels adds much more complexity and depth in the finished prod-

IN THE SPIRIT

uct. The same holds true for this Irish whiskey. This is the first of the three on this list that I was able to taste and tinker with over a year ago. I was impressed by how complex it is. Vanilla and a toasted nuttiness stuck out to me; it’s not over the top, but just enough to sit there on your palate, empowering you to want more. That’s right: Good spirit on my tongue makes me feel empowered. To each his/her own. Anywho, enjoy Black Barrel neat, or even with ginger beer. May I suggest our draught ginger beer? I mean, after all, 300 bartenders can’t be wrong . . .

Jameson Caskmates IPA Edition Jameson took their signature Irish whiskey and added it to an undisclosed “craft” brewery’s IPA barrel. The result is a very clean, drinkable and interesting whiskey. Whatever notes you may pick up on your palate, try again by pairing with a midrange hoppy IPA. How do the flavors change? You might taste notes of apple, spice and citrus; the hops should shine through a bit after that beer pairing, too. Drink this neat, as an IPA back, or even with sparkling water and grapefruit bitters.

Jameson Caskmates Stout Edition So, the story is: Shane Long, owner and brewer from Franciscan Well Brewery, sat down one day for a meeting with Dave Quinn, head of whiskey science, at Jameson. Shane wanted to swap barrels, because he believed that his stout and Jameson Irish whiskey would complement each other greatly. Turns out he was right. The Stout edition is definitely a sipping whiskey. I mean, it’s still Jameson, but it doesn’t make me want to make crazy cocktails with it. It’d work, but with the notes of chocolate and coffee, I just want it neat. Or in an Old-Fashioned. Close enough, right? What’s great about all three of these additions is that there are no sugary additives, which will hopefully help out with that morning-after hangover.

Caskmates Stout Old-Fashioned

2 ounces Jameson Caskmates Stout 1/4 ounce rich demerara syrup 5 drops Crude Big Bear Coffee and Cocoa Bitters 1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters

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Combine all ingredients in a chilled mixing vessel. Add ice and stir enough to get it chilled and properly diluted. Strain over a rocks glass with large cube. Take an orange peel, expressing the oils over the drink, and rimming the glass before placing it in. PS Tony Cross is a bartender who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines.

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An Unstaged Reading of an Exciting New Play in Celebration of Women’s History Month! A mother and her three daughters fight the world – and each other – to be free. A contemporary retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, set against the turbulent backdrop of the Second Wave feminist movement.

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Ray Deaton wrote Jungle Walk for his granddaughter to help her navigate through the decision processes that we all face on a daily basis. In the poem, the hero, or protagonist, is faced with decisions from the very beginning. Why am I here? The impetus that propelled him through the initial stages was the friendly animals, which could represent friends, teachers, etc.

In this intense and intimate family portrait that moves at a thriller’s pace, a troubled woman faces a gripping moral dilemma after rescuing two abandoned children from a hurricane.

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In Winston-Salem, a tobacco and mill town in central North Carolina, people like to relax as the weekend comes nigh, and depending on whether they sit above or below the salt, they’ll do so in different ways.

THE COUNTRY BOOKSHOP PRESENTS

AMOR TOWLES author of A Gentleman in Moscow Thursday, April 4 at 6:00 pm Join The Country Bookshop and The Pilot Newspaper for an evening with the New York Times Bestselling author Amor Towles at the Pinehurst Resort. Tickets include an autographed paperback copy of A Gentleman in Moscow. Amor Towles will be happy to personalize the books and sign backlist. No inscriptions please.

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WINE COUNTRY

What the Grenache? More than your average blend

By Angela Sanchez

Grenache is a

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wonderful, versatile wine varietal often hiding in plain sight. It’s not as popular as cabernet and pinot noir but just as delicious. It doesn’t stand alone often, as those two varietals do, but in the right growing and production environment it can be spectacular on its own. Most often grenache is found in a blended wine, adding fruitiness or rounding out the mouthfeel.

From Spain, where it is the most widely planted, to France, the United States, Australia and South Africa, amazing wines are made with grenache. With bright flavors of berry fruit, heavy on the raspberry, that come from its late-ripening characteristic, it produces blends with fruit-forward jam notes and stand-alone varietal wines with deep, rich, smooth structure and balance. Some of the world’s greatest rosé wines are produced with grenache as the stand-alone or lead varietal in a blend, like the Côtes de Provence rosés of France. Grenache is a hardy grape with dark red skin that likes a dry, hot climate. You will often see it untrellised, growing as a “bush” vine, with no irrigation — the practice of dry farming, throughout Southern France, Spain, Australia and South Africa. The vines can grow this way for many years, becoming “old vines” producing wines of exceptional character and life. Most experts agree grenache was born in Spain. It can be found all over the country, reigning in Rioja and dominating in Priorat, located in Tarragona in the Catalonian region. A blending agent in Rioja’s Crianza wines, it lends balance, fruit and softness to the main varietal, tempranillo. In Priorat, it takes on a sense of place like nowhere else it is planted. The clay soils of the region are vehicles driving the rich pencil lead and heavy berry flavors there, producing a heavier, deeper, brooding style of grenache-driven wine. Serve these Spanish beauties with a three-month aged Manchego cheese, sheep’s milk, on grilled bread rubbed with fresh garlic and dried figs. In summer, rub fresh tomatoes

cut in half on warm garlic bread, drizzled with Spanish olive oil. France is where grenache lends its juicy, fruit-forward attributes and rounds out such Southern French classics like Côtes du Rhone and Chateauneuf du Pape. Both are traditionally blends of syrah, grenache, carignan and mouvedre. Sometimes the lead grape is syrah, heaviest in the blend and backed up by grenache and the other varietals. This scenario creates a darker, heavier style than when led with grenache which creates a bit softer, rounder, less tannic style. For a real treat, try a lesser-known appellation from the Southern Rhône Valley, Gigondas (the name refers to the village where the grapes are grown). The Famille Perrin Gigondas is a beautiful example of a wine produced with 80 percent grenache to 20 percent syrah. The unmistakable nose of ripe berries and strawberry cream pie, finished by a balance of acid and fruit, make it a great wine to pair with softer cheeses like camembert and double cream brie. In the New World (wine-producing countries outside Europe), grenache has staked its claim on such notable wines as Australia’s famous GSM blends, grenache, syrah and mouvedre. Easy to grow and handle in hot and rugged environments, it has adapted well to Australia’s climate and has become a benchmark for many of its most famous wines. In the U.S., the growing region in and around Paso Robles in Southern California boasts a prime growing environment for grenache. Tablas Creek winery has embraced grenache as a primary for its Côte de Tablas wines and rosé blends. These New World gems are best paired with a hearty sharp cheese like a sharp English cheddar or aged Gouda. Whether or not you find grenache in a blend, like a Spanish Crianza or Côtes du Rhone or in the famous GSMs of Australia, they will not disappoint. From subtle, fruit-driven and balanced, to rich, round and ripe, grenache is a great alternative to what we tend to drink so often, making it worth the effort to seek out. 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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THE KITCHEN GARDEN

Be It Ever So Humble The onion is right at home

By Jan Leitschuh

Is there a savory

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recipe on the planet that doesn’t begin with “sauté an onion . . . ?” If there is, I don’t want it.

Despite their eye-watering chopped nature, onions add a depth of flavor unique to their savory selves. It’s a familiar friend in vegetable form. The aroma of onions frying in a pan just spells home cooking — unless you’re a Jain monk forswearing root vegetables, including onions. And the humble onion is a virtual health food superstar. Surprised? Abundant in quercetin, this powerful antioxidant acts like an antihistamine and an anti-inflammatory agent. Our friends the onions are prebiotics, which make our immune-systemsupporting gut biome happy. Quercetin also helps lower blood pressure in hypertensive adults. Organosulfur compounds released when we chop and dice help reduce cancer risk. What are a few tears among friends? And the common onion is thought to exceed the heart-protective properties of red wine. So, it would seem that onions might be a useful thing to grow in the kitchen garden. Fun fact: Plant now. Indeed, those cute little bunching onions and scallions are easy to grow, pull, rinse and chop up. Great for adding to a morning omelet or a casserole. But who wanted easy? I wanted big! I wanted to grow humongous sweet onion bulbs like my friend in Texas. I wanted gorgeous, flavorful flattened globes like the delicious ones from our Southern neighbors in Vidalia, Georgia. And I was failing, year after year. Weeds, small scallion-sized bulbs, chewed

tops — any number of issues. Well, cry me a river. Time to research. I turned to a favorite source, Mr. Encyclopedia, Taylor Williams, Moore County’s horticultural guru at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension. “You’ve got three types,” explained Williams. “You’ve got short-day, long-day and intermediate-day onions. Intermediate and short-day we can grow. Long-day — absolutely not. They won’t make a bulb.” There’s a clue. Onion bulb production is related to the length of the day. To successfully grow bulbing onions, use shortday varieties that form bulbs with 10-12 hours of daylight. Intermediate, or day-neutral, onions form bulbs with just a little more sunshine, 12-14 hours of daylight. Both, says Williams, produce decent bulbs here. “Imagine . . . a line between San Francisco and Washington, D.C., which separates the country into regions for the sake of onion production and day length,” explained a Cooperative Extension pamphlet. “South of the line, you will want to grow short-day or day-neutral (sometimes called intermediate) varieties of onions for large bulb production. Short-day onions need a mild winter like we have in our U.S. Hardiness Zone 7 conditions.” So, no more buying the little brown bulbs in packets from the home improvement store, as I did way back in my Wisconsin youth. Those are longday onions, better suited for more northerly climes, says Williams. “The size of the onion bulb is dependent upon the number and size of the green leaves or tops at the time of bulbing,” says Dixondale Farms, a specialty onion plant grower in Texas (“We know onions!”). “The triggering of this transfer, or bulbing, is dependent upon day-length and temperature and not the size or age of the plants.” “Get the bundles of little plants with the green tops attached, 50-75 per

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bunch. Texas Granex 1015Y, or Texas Supersweet, will do well here,” says Williams. “For red onions, Red Creole and Red Candy Apple will work. They just don’t get as big.” Georgia Sweet, Sweet Red, Texas Sweet White, Texas Early Grano and Texas Grano are similar varieties mentioned as doing well throughout the South. One other caution from Williams: “Don’t buy plants that have pink roots. There is a (fungal) disease called pink root, so avoid that.” Once the proper varieties are located, I turn my attention to soil. After years of loving attention and compost, my soils are good and pH-balanced, with proper amounts of lime. But for onions, yearly applications of further rich compost is beneficial, especially in the hot Sandhills, where organic matter burns up quickly. “Onions have a very small root system,” says Williams. “That means all the goodies, nutrients and water, must be nearby, or below the roots. So that means organic matter.” Sulfur is also important for onions, says Taylor, usually supplied by organic matter. Sul-Po-Mag, a common and popular Sandhills soil enricher made from a naturally occurring mineral, also gently supplies sulfur. One mineral that may be missing for premium onion growth? Boron. The solution is simple, and quite minimal, since the margin for boron is slim — too much can be toxic to peas, lettuce and most vine crops. “Some plants are sensitive to boron,” says Williams. “Just add a pinch of 20 Mule Team Borax in a gallon of water in your watering can. You don’t need much. Use care, it’s very easy to overdo.” Once the soil is ready, plant now. “Ideally, you’d plant on either side of March 1,” says Williams. “You want the longest opportunity for the tops to grow. Once an onion hits its daylight requirement, it will grow its bulb, and you need leaves to do that.” Remember that the farther north you are, the more hours of daylight you have during the summer (Alaska, Land of the Midnight Sun, anyone?); the farther south, the fewer the hours of summer sunlight. So getting an early start is another key to bigger bulbs. Bulbs take about 110 days to mature, so March onions get the maximum growing light before the summer solstice in June. And don’t worry about planting early and getting a cold snap, says Williams: “I’ve never killed an onion due to cold.” One might think: If I plant 75 little plants, that’s a lot of onions. No worries. After the tops start growing, harvest/sacrifice a few daily, as scallions and then later green onions. The young onions are delicious in salads, omelets, as garnish, in casseroles. Bulbs grown for scallions or green onions can be planted 1-2 inches deep and 1-2 inches apart in rows that are 18-inches or more

Pinehurst’s Wellesley Building Renamed Pinehurst’s Wellesley Building Renamed After Local Doctor Vida McLeod After Local Doctor Vida McLeod The Wellesley Building, also known as One Market Square, has been The Wellesley Building has been a mainstay in the village of a mainstay in the village of Pinehurst since the mid 1920s. Replacing a Pinehurst since theasearly 1920s. Cottage, Replacing bowlingstands alley the known bowling alley known the Orange theastructure test as the Orange Cottage, the structure stands the test of time as the of time as the first fire-rated building in the Village of Pinehurst. ArchifirstAymar fire-rated building in thewith town borneW.C. of slabs concrete and tect Embury, II, worked builders Petty,ofA.S. Newcomb, steel, a construct from the mind of Princetonian architect Aymar and O.H. Stutts, who later sold One Market Square to Charles N. Taylor in 1923 with additions Thenamed building its after original Embury, II. the James Tufts,seen the today. builder, thereceived building his name “Wellesley” Taylor, who named after his home town, daughter’s alma from mater,Mr. Wellesley College, theit prestigious women’s Wellesley, following the completion of the building’s concollege inMassachusetts, Massachusetts, which boasted no previous connection to struction in 1926. the town.

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Regrets, I’ve Got a Few The penitence of parents

By Susan S. Kelly

Lent looms and

then — BOOM — the season of gloom is upon us, those 40 days and 40 nights during which one is meant to repent. But if you’re a parent, guilt knows no season. It’s just always around, or in literary lingo, omnipresent.

Take my 38-year-old son, who not long ago revealed to me that as a child, he used to stand over the trash can while eating cookies so he wouldn’t drop crumbs on the floor. Oh, what this casual confession says. I never told him to do this; he just wanted to avoid the problem, or hearing about it. That he was so amenable pains me, the way he was when I just took him out of one school and sent him to a magnet that required a 45-minute bus ride. This would be the same son who, as a 2-year-old, kept waking at 3 a.m. for so many consecutive nights that I finally took him out of the crib, set him on the floor with a cut-up orange, and said, “Fine. Have fun. See you in the morning,” and went back to bed. No wonder that, later, when he woke up sick in the middle of the night, he always walked around my side of the bed to wake his father instead. Can I catch a little slack here? I remember when I was answering so many children’s questions and child-related telephone calls that I couldn’t take my own temperature because I couldn’t keep my mouth closed around a thermometer for three consecutive minutes. At least I managed to rescue his brother, whom I happened upon in his room with the mini-blind cords wrapped around his neck because he’d been playing “Pirates.” The same child who, because I told him to visit the dermatologist, wouldn’t do anything about his warts except wrap three fingers on one hand in duct tape for six weeks because he’d heard it would make warts go away. Confession may be good for the soul, but on the whole, I think I prefer yesteryear’s Lenten mite boxes, where all you had to do was part with some of your allowance. Though I probably failed in that department too, since I once discovered a child trying to extract a nickel from between the car seats with tweezers. Those kinds of memories can be assuaged with this one: How short a space in time elapsed between my daughter telling me tearfully that she didn’t want me to die (“Don’t worry, honey. It will be a long time before I die.”) to telling me that she wished I was dead. That was probably about the same era that her phone’s voicemail message was “My give-a-damn’s busted.” At least I escaped another friend’s fate, who discovered a pamphlet titled “How to Take Care of your new Tattoo” in her daughter’s Kate Spade pocketbook.

Oh, the countless little deaths I delivered, including, say, the April Fool’s morning that my daughter danced into the kitchen and merrily, mischievously, announced that she hadn’t done her homework. I barely looked up from the bagged lunch I was fixing in order to comply with her school’s eye-rolling rule of packing no disposables, only recyclables. Would it have cost me anything to play along, to acknowledge her 7-year-old April Fool’s effort? Two decades later, I still cringe at the memory. Thank heaven that friends’ stories go a long way in the “I’m Not the Only Mean Mother” department. Names have been omitted to protect the guilty, but one friend who’d reached the end of her parenting rope with her tantrumthrowing 5-year-old picked up the phone, mimicked dialing as he writhed on the floor, and said, “Hello? Yes, is this the adoption agency? I have a child available . . . ” And this from another mother’s shame vault: The afternoon she took the car keys and got in the car and began backing out of the driveway, all the while calling, “OK, I’m leaving now, hope you can take care of yourself,” while her child wailed with despair. One acquaintance told me that when her son was disconsolate about a terrible grade he’d made on a test in fourth grade, she’d taken him in her room, sat him down, and said, “Listen. You were planned, and I know a lot of people in your class who were accidents.” Still, surely for every painful-to-recollect instance, there’s a corresponding instance of sweetness, and I offer these up not as defenses, but to keep myself from weeping. Such as the child calling during his first week at boarding school, desperate with fear, panicked and frantic because he was washing clothes for the first time and “the washing machine in the basement is stuck and I’m required to wear a collared shirt to dinner and they’re all in there wet” — and my assurance, four hours away, that the machine was simply between cycles, wait a few minutes and it would begin chugging again. The same child I sang “My Best Beau” to, from Mame, when I was rocking him to sleep as a baby. I sang “Baby Mine” from Dumbo to his sister in the same rocking chair. The three children whose old-boyfriend box of letters and memorabilia, whose Jack Daniel’s bottle filled with sand from the summer job at the beach, and whose slab of crudely painted wood commemorated a summer camp mountain bike competition, are all still in their bedrooms somewhere, though the three themselves are long gone. You take comfort where you find it, in the baby album entries you made so as not to forget the child who said, “I did that later ago,” meaning already, or “I won, now you try to win me.” And when that doesn’t work, there’s always the adult child to give an old scenario a new spin. “Relax, Mom,” the tweezer-wielding son reminds me. “It was a double-headed nickel.” Terrific. Allowance issue absolved. Back to atoning. PS Susan S. Kelly is a blithe spirit, author of several novels, and a proud grandmother.

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Notes from the Edge Too old for the mom club, but with the best of intentions

By R enee Phile

Oh, I had such wonderful intentions.

At 7 years old, I am sitting cross-legged on my bedroom floor in Memphis, Tennessee, the sun streaming through the window, writing with my sparkly purple pen on white computer paper stapled into a “book.” I write the book first, and then I go back and illustrate later. I published masterpieces like: Anna Chokes on Broccoli and The Dog Who Saved a Little Kid Who Was Walking Across the Street without Mommy. After I published my books, I called my siblings and a few of the neighborhood kids, assigned each one a role, and made them act out the book for my parents. They begrudgingly took their parts as a hero dog or a choking girl, and my parents clapped and smiled and laughed when the play ended. I was seriously on fire! I wanted nothing more than to be a writer. Twenty-some years later, nothing has changed. I write every single day, and if I don’t hit at least 1,000 words a day, I start to feel itchy. I carry around my notebook and pen. Writers know what I mean. Sometimes I sit in random places — Java Bean Plantation, Mean Bean, the emergency waiting room at the hospital (yes, I have gotten a ton of material from that room) — and write what I see. Sometimes it looks like: A short, bald man, probably in his ’50s, is lying on his side on the hard blue bench of the ER waiting room, a hospital blanket covering him. He is accompanied by his service dog, a German shepherd. The dog sits quietly on the floor by the man. The man snores, then wakes up, then snores some more. The dog doesn’t move. I imagine what he is doing in the ER. I think about the dog and the man’s

relationship. I wonder what happened before this hour in the ER, and what will happen after. I wonder . . . I wonder . . . I wonder . . . Or, maybe: I am sitting at my favorite coffee shop in Moore County, Java Bean Plantation, sipping my peppermint latte and watching the mom club at the table next to me. There are three of them. They look like they just walked out of a yoga class, hair pulled up, jacket over their yoga tops, latte in hand, kids, probably around the ages of 3 or 4, playing with iPads by their feet on the floor. They laugh and giggle about something that I can’t hear, and I wonder what it is. One says her husband is deployed. The other two look at her with concern, ask if there is anything they can do to help. One kid, a girl, decides she wants to put together a puzzle, and reaches for one from her mom’s bag. The other two kids decide puzzles trump iPads and I smile at that. I wonder how long they have been in their mom club. I wonder if they would let me in, even though my kids are older. I wonder . . . I wonder . . . I wonder . . . My boys, David, 15, and Kevin, 10, are among my very favorite topics with subjects like, “Why must you wait until hours before your band concert to tell me that you need black dress pants and black shoes?” and, “You announced what to your teacher? Really?” Nothing is off limits, except what he said to his teacher. That’s too awful. On the way home from school, Kevin asked me if I had been practicing the “Dab.” As I understand it, the Dab, is a type of dance move where a person drops his or her head into the bent crook of a slanted, upwardly angled arm, while raising the opposite arm out straight in a parallel direction.” (Google said that.) I have tried to Dab, I really have, but my progress hasn’t been good enough for Kevin. “Uh . . . Mom, you’re going to need to practice more. I don’t get it. I taught you how to do it a hundred times, and you still can’t do it right.” So, I write. And I Dab. And I wonder . . . I wonder . . . PS Renee Phile loves being a teacher, even if it doesn’t show at certain moments.

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OUT OF THE BLUE

Requiem for a Knife The unkindest cut of all

By Deborah Salomon

It was only a kitchen knife — a cheap one, at

that. I have no idea where it came from, or how long I’ve had it, only that it was perfect. The perfect length (about 8 inches), a comfy grip (worn synthetic) and a blade that, magically, rarely needed sharpening, especially since I used it every day for everything except bread and tomatoes. I have an equally cherished serrated model for those. And a dozen more: stubby paring knives, a graceful cheese knife with pronged point, carving knives, steak knives, some with metal grips, others with wood, none just right.

None that glides through warm brownies every Friday morning. About that infrequent sharpening: I’m back to using my father’s sharpening stone. He didn’t believe in electric sharpeners because they “wore away the blade.” Yeah, after 100 years. He had no need for the knife-scissors-lawnmower sharpening guy who drove his truck through the neighborhood, bells clanging. From apartment to duplex to house to condo back to apartment, I’ve left a trail of the kind of sharpener you screw into a doorframe and swipe the knife through a slit. My favorite knife never went into the dishwasher. Tut-tut, I was admonished, by a chef who gave no reason. My knife has gone missing many times but always found, usually in the darndest places. But almost a week has passed, which means if I threw it out with apple or potato peels . . . gone. Which makes me feel sad, even panicky. So I shopped several stores that sell moderately priced kitchenware. Most

knives were mounted on cardboard and sealed in plastic, which prevented testing the grip . . . not that I considered ones with a fat rubberized grip. I wanted something slender and graceful, like my old friend which, out of habit, I still reach for. I finally bought one that looked similar. Honestly, I needed a good knife to release it from the cardboard and plastic. What a disappointment. The grip felt slippery and new, the blade stiff and a tad too short. Frustrated, depressed, still in denial, I launched one last search through the house, although the knife rarely left the kitchen. Maybe I needed it to open a package, or cut some string. Maybe it’s hiding amid the clutter on my desk or under the couch. No luck. I’m not wasting any more money on replacements. I’ll just broker a truce with a knife in the drawer. Sentimental? Not usually, although I use my granny’s battered aluminum pot lid with a hole where the knob used to be. I also have an ancient metal jar opener and two bent and stained metal cookie sheets which in more than half a century have turned out approximately 50,000 cookies, nary a burned bottom. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss my corded phone that never got lost. Who among you hasn’t called your land line with cell, just to find the cordless handset? And vice versa. These are the minutiae of life, things we hardly notice until they are gone. Most can be replaced by cutting-edge models for people who appreciate and believe they need bagless vacuum cleaners, quiet hair dryers, Swiffer mops. But even a super-expensive knife honed in Germany for professional chefs won’t replace my favorite implement. Its loss cut deeply . . . a cut that’s still bleeding. 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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beautiful of all the waterfowl: the wood duck. These lovely creatures begin courtship in January, and by the end of the month seek out suitable nesting sites. They are busy raising what is usually a very large family by early spring.

“Woodies” as they are affectionately known by waterfowl lovers, are found commonly in marshes, beaver swamps and along streams throughout most of North Carolina. Here in the middle of the state they are year-round residents, although the population swells in the winter to include birds from farther north. Nonresident birds tend to be very skittish and flush very quickly upon approach. Our local wood ducks can become very tame, especially in locations where they are being fed by people. On more than one occasion, I have approached individuals at Reservoir Park in Southern Pines, where they were feeding on corn with a variety of other ducks and geese. Wood ducks are smaller and more slender than our familiar mallards. The hen is nondescript — grayish with white spotted flanks and white around the eye. The drake, on the other hand, is a patchwork of red, brown, yellow and green. He sports a drooping green crest and a bright red bill and eye. Don’t expect quacking. Wood ducks’ vocalizations are a series of squeals and whistles. In the air these ducks are fast fliers and remarkably maneuverable, threading their way through forested bottomlands, their preferred habitat. This species of waterfowl spends most of its time foraging on aquatic vegetation and insects found in shallow bodies of water. But when it comes

time to breed, they may be found up to a mile from water, searching for a suitable nesting site. They are unique in that they are the only ducks that nest in trees in our area. Hens will typically look for holes in dead or dying trees in which to lay their eggs. It is not unusual for them to lay a clutch of 20 eggs in a cavity over a hundred feet up in an old tree. At Weymouth Woods, wood ducks frequently use old pileated woodpecker holes that were, in turn, created initially by red-cockaded woodpeckers. As uncanny as it sounds, the ducklings have no trouble whatsoever dropping to the ground when they are called by their mother soon after hatching. They will all then quickly walk downhill to the nearest body of water. Unsurprisingly, this is when they are most vulnerable, not only to ground predators such as foxes but also to being separated from their mother as they make their way around obstacles. Of course, with natural snags being less common on the landscape, wood ducks have taken to using man-made housing. Many folks in the Sandhills and Piedmont have been successful at attracting woodies to their property with wood duck houses adjacent to wetlands. A box should be mounted on a pole and fitted with a baffle to keep predators such as raccoons and opposums from getting to the nest. It is also important to be aware that these ducks regularly produce two sets of young each year, so a box may contain a female on eggs any time from February through May. In addition, do not be surprised if the box is used by other birds during the course of the year. Screech-owls, great crested flycatchers and even bluebirds may take advantage of a duck box as well. PS Susan would love to receive your wildlife sightings and photos. She can be contacted by email at susan@ncaves.com.

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Wisdom of the Porch A rocking chair, fireflies and the future

Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman’s job is simple: Pick out the best parts. — Charles Waterman By Tom Bryant

It was early summer and I was kicked

back in the swing on the front porch enjoying the end of a Sandhills day. A whip-poor-will was calling in the woods behind our house, and I could hear the early sounds of a barred owl as he prepared for his evening hunt. A yapping dog barked from up the street. He sounded a little like Johnny Mill’s terrier, probably chasing a squirrel or maybe a rabbit. The moon was waxing and was half full, already beginning to light up the night as the sun set, and a welcome coolness seemed to settle over the pines.

I could hear Mother through the screen door. She was in the kitchen frosting a cake she had made to take to church on Sunday. There was to be a celebration of some sort; I didn’t hear what, or probably did and just wasn’t paying attention; but I did remember there was to be a covered dish lunch. Dad was working late at the ice plant. A train, on its way north and loaded with vegetables, came in early that afternoon, and the bunkers on the cars had to be iced and salted so the cargo wouldn’t spoil. I was kinda at loose ends, having fished the headwaters of Pinebluff Lake most of the day, catching one little bream I threw back along with a lake turtle that ate my worm. I had to cut the line at the hook to let him go; and since I wasn’t really in the mood to fish, I put the rod and reel down, found a restful place against a leaning pine and took a little nap. You might say it was a laidback kind of day. Aberdeen High School class of 1959, of which I was a lucky member, had just celebrated its graduation. The whole year had been geared to that great day when we would be out of school; but after it actually happened and all the ceremonies were over came the reality. A special era was gone, and it was a different day. My plan was that I would take three or four days off after graduation, maybe go to the beach like a lot of my friends, or just do nothing, which I decided was

the best thing. Then I would go to work at the ice plant to build up my college fund. I was lucky enough to be accepted at Brevard College, a little private school located right next to the Pisgah National Forest. Pisgah was famous for being a great place to hike, camp and explore, and the mountains also had great trout fishing streams. I was kind of numb with the end of high school and the beginning of the future and college. It was as if I was having a severe bout of nostalgia and wasn’t really ready for all the new challenges that waited in September when I headed off to school. Mom came to the screen door, looked out and said, “It’s time for your dad to get home. Tell him his dinner is on the stove. I’m going to take a shower.” In just a few minutes Dad’s car headlights illuminated the drive, and he parked by the porch rather than pull down to the garage. That meant he was going back to the plant after he ate supper. “Hey, Buddyro,” he said as he walked up on the porch steps. “I thought you’d be out with some of your buddies still celebrating your graduation.” “Nope, most of the crowd’s gone to the beach. I didn’t feel like going. Maybe I’ll join ’em this weekend. Don’t know yet. Mom’s taking a shower. She said your supper’s on the stove.” Dad sat in the rocker close to the swing and lit a cigarette. He was quiet as he puffed a couple of times and then said, “Pretty night. The fireflies are beginning to light up.” We were both silent as we watched the evening lightning bugs show off and flicker in the blackjack oaks by the house. “Remember when you kids used to catch them in jars?” “Yes sir, it seems like that was a hundred years ago.” Dad laughed, ”Just wait, son. The older you get, the faster time goes.” He slowly rocked back and forth. “You got something on your mind, son? Wanna talk about it?” “I don’t know, Dad. I kinda feel out of sorts, being out of school and college coming and friends going away and me going to a strange place without any friends. I don’t know if I can handle all that change.” He chuckled as he put his cigarette out in the ashtray on the table next to his chair. “Son, that’s what life is all about. Somebody a lot smarter than me once said, ‘The only thing that doesn’t change is change itself.’ As far as your friends are concerned, I think you make friends quicker than anyone I know. You have a real talent for that, and it’ll take you far in life. And you’ve got your family, always a plus. I’m gonna grab a bite to eat and talk to your mom a bit, then I’ve got to go back to the plant and check on some things.” He went inside, careful not to let the screen door slam. I watched the fireflies and thought about my high school friends who

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were also getting ready for the future. When Dad said I have my family along with my friends, it brought to mind some of my good buddies at old AHS. A lot of us literally grew up together. This was before school consolidation and “bigger is better.” Our high school numbered about 300 students, and those times were before our society became so transient. Several of the students and I were together from the first grade through graduation. They were like a second family. After a bit, Mother and Dad came back to the porch and relaxed in the two rockers. I could hear my brother and sisters inside laughing at a television show. “Tom,” Dad said, “why don’t you get up early in the morning and join your friends at the beach? You can take the station wagon, and I’ll drive your old clunker for a couple of days.” The station wagon was the family car, and my transportation was a 1940 Chevrolet Dad bought me when I became old enough to drive. “I don’t like to see you so down,” Mom said. “It’s not like you. You’re getting ready to enter the most exciting time of your life. You’ll make hundreds of friends, establish your career, and if you’re lucky, start your own family with a beautiful girl.” “Yeah,” Dad chuckled, “maybe a girl as pretty as your mom. And you know what? I bet you’ll be able to fish and hunt at all kinds of places. Places you only dream about now.” We sat silently watching the shadows and the fireflies. “Well, Sport, I’ve got to go back to the plant. I’ll take your car so you can get the station wagon ready for the beach tomorrow. See you in the morning.” Dad drove off in the old ’40, the name my friends gave my ancient ride. Mom didn’t say anything, just continued rocking. “I don’t like to see him working so hard,” she said. “He loves his family, and if you grow up to be as good a man as your daddy, you’ll be successful in life.” She sighed and stood and watched the taillights of my car disappear up the road. “I’m going to make sure the laundry is done so you’ll have clean clothes for your trip.” Mom went back inside and I heard the kids getting ready for bed. I continued to rest in the swing, listening to the night sounds and wondering about the future and what it held for me. Turns out my mom and dad were right those many years ago when we enjoyed that beautiful early summer evening on the porch in Pinebluff. I’ve made friends, had a great career, married a beautiful girl, and we have a fantastic son. I’ve camped, fished and hunted all over the country. I’ve done every thing my folks predicted except maybe becoming as great a man as my daddy. I don’t think there’s a soul alive who could reach that lofty goal. PS Tom Bryant, a Southern Pines resident, is a lifelong outdoorsman and PineStraw’s Sporting Life columnist.

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self into a pretzel while wearing leotards and listening to wind chimes and Tibetan cymbals would send most macho golfers into a rubber room. Downward facing dogs? Just some birdies with a side of fries, ma’am.

“One of my biggest challenges early on was fighting the perception that in yoga, you sit with one leg behind your head, staring into a candle while chanting,” says Katherine Roberts. “I set out to bring yoga to a demographic of people who otherwise would never step foot in a yoga studio.” Roberts was living in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1998 when she first took a yoga class and soon quit her job with a Fortune 500 company to teach yoga full-time. She was a 16-handicap golfer when the light bulb popped, illuminating the connections between yoga and golf. And thus the concept of “Yoga for Golfers” was hatched. Today her methodology is taught in 20 countries around the world, and she has co-authored a book with noted golf instructor Hank Haney called Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes. She appears on Haney’s syndicated radio show each Friday to talk about melding golf and yoga. “Gary Player, Tiger Woods and David Duval were the only people in the late ’90s in golf talking about fitness or yoga being beneficial to your game,” Roberts says. “People looked at me like, ‘Are you crazy?’” Breathing, flexibility and core strength are among the building blocks to a yoga practice that can apply not only to golf but other sports as well. Roberts has developed a niche in Major League Baseball and has been a consultant with the Chicago Cubs, including during their 2016 World Championship season. “It all starts in the feet and travels up the through the torso, hips and shoulders and arms and out to a club or a ball or a bat,” Roberts says. “The methodologies are very similar. All great athletes, whether it’s a Major League Baseball player or a golfer, understand how to use the ground. It starts with the feet and feeling the connection to the ground. “Breath is so important for all elite athletes. If you’ve got 70,000 people in the stands, you need to breathe. We teach how to use the breath to bring your mind to what is called ‘one point of concentration.’ You focus on that one shot, one pitch, one breath.”

On a January afternoon in Pinehurst, Robyn Humphrey could be seen taking the tenets Roberts organized into her “Yoga For Golfers” program and applying them to a group of Pinehurst Country Club members. Certified in Roberts’ protocol, she has been teaching her golf-oriented yoga class since 2016. It meets twice a week and the studio can hold 14 people. Humphrey began practicing yoga about a dozen years ago while living in the District of Columbia area to help her recover from injuries sustained in her career as an elite distance runner — she has run in multiple New York and Boston Marathons and won frequently in Mid-Atlantic competitions. She enjoyed the practice of yoga and its benefits and then began teaching it to others. “There’s no better way to improve your skills in something than by teaching it,” she says. “You’re forced to break it down to the basics to help someone else understand it and master it. That can only help you.” Humphrey and her husband, Chris, and son Michael moved to the Sandhills in 2014 and joined the club at Pinehurst. She found the nine courses and all of the golfers in town motivation to improve her own game. It made sense in a golf-centric town to take her yoga teachings geared toward runners and redirect them toward golfers. “I can’t tell you how strong some of these people have gotten,” Humphreys says. “Some came in with no core strength at all. Now their balance is better and they can turn into positions they couldn’t reach before. Imagine how that translates to their golf game.” Among the exercises she puts the class through are “crescent poses” where the yogi stands in a split stance, then balances on the forward leg and moves the other leg forward slowly and into a right-angle with the standing body. Another routine evolves from that same split stance with the yogi leaning forward and rotating the upper body first to one side and then the other. Floor work involves core strengthening and stabilization and more flexibility circuits. Hip flexibility and stability is important in the golf swing, and one way to address that is to hit the ground in a “table-top” position and, with both hands and one knee on the ground, rotate the other leg slowly and fully in clockwise and then counterclockwise directions. “First and foremost, you think flexibility,” Humphrey says. “Almost everyone can use more. You build on that. You build strength. When you’re doing standing yoga postures, you’re developing a lot of lower body strength. You need lower body strength to generate power in the golf swing.” Humphrey was a mid-30s handicap when she moved to Pinehurst and

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now is close to a 20-handicap and plays four times a week. “I actually have an OK swing and I’m pain-free and take very good care of myself, so I should play golf for quite some time,” she says. “My students identify with me. I have the same ups and downs in golf they have.” So she understands, for example, how the kind of breathing that is bedrock to yoga can also help on the golf course — long, slow, deep nasal breaths. “Many of my clients tell me they’ve gotten good results from thinking about the breath over the ball,” she says. “You inhale slowly in the backswing and then exhale, and that force that comes from the core when you make that exhale can actually add power to your swing. “I make enough parallels like that that they feel really comfortable that they are in a class that’s especially for them. Because I think that gets people in a yoga room that normally wouldn’t come into a yoga room.” One of Roberts’ most gratifying stories is of a 67-year-old doctor in Scottsdale who lamented his own doctor telling him to quit golf because his back was so bad. “I did some basic testing and saw he had a lack of mobility in all his muscles and no strength in his core,” she says. “I gave him some exercises to do, and he did them religiously five days a week. In three and a half months, he was playing golf pain free. “So many of my clients come back and say, ‘My back’s not hurting on the 14th hole,’ or ‘I’m more focused’ or ‘I’m hitting the ball farther.’” Katherine and Robyn both came to yoga because it improved their overall health, both physical and mental, and now have found their niches in golf — Roberts on an international stage and Humphrey in the Sandhills. “Golf is a mind-body sport and everything starts in the mind,” Roberts says. “If the body can’t perform the way you need it to perform, you’re not going to enjoy the game as much. Yoga touches your mind, your body and your breath and brings them all together.” Humphrey enjoys a reciprocal relationship with her students — she helps them with balance and flexibility and they help her with the nuances of learning the swing and course management. “I came to Pinehurst as a runner, but now I’m playing more golf than I ever have,” she says. “If you come to Pinehurst, you have to play golf, right? It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I have a great appreciation for the challenge. “What I’m trying to do through yoga is make it maybe a little bit easier — for me and my students.” PS Chapel Hill-based writer Lee Pace never set foot in a yoga studio until January 2018 and has found his decidedly unlimber body and cluttered mind benefit from the experience.

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olf courses come and go, enduring or failing at different times for different reasons, their guaranteed survival as rare as a calm day on a links. A particular nine-holer in Southern Pines, though, has been a good walk uncertain for a long time, not used for its original intent in 15 years, but also not utilized for a formal new purpose. Known to many as the “Little Nine” of Southern Pines Golf Club — owned by Lodge 1692 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks since the middle of the 20th century — it has sat dormant since 2004, when tight finances in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks caused the Elks Lodge to shut down a design that opened in the 1920s, a track that, like the club’s surviving 18 holes, is credited to legendary golf architect Donald Ross. The Elks have negotiated with multiple potential buyers for Southern Pines Golf Club since it closed the Little Nine, most recently a proposed $3.2 million deal that fell through early last year. The result is that for more than a decade, the forsaken Little Nine property (45 acres, plus 55 acres of adjoining land) has remained valuable green space in a town that has seen lots of growth — a place for dog walkers, high school cross country runners and, after snowfalls, sledders on the steep “Suicide Hill” at the former fifth hole. A recently formed nonprofit community group, Little Nine Conservancy (LiNC), whose leadership includes members of Lodge 1692, is hoping it can cooperate with the fraternal order to protect the land from being developed. Its plan: Purchase a conservation easement from Elks Lodge 1692 to ensure that the land is sustained as a natural buffer instead of potentially becoming crowded with residential housing. “I just don’t want to see this become another suburb of Fayetteville,” says Little Nine Conservancy President Gus Sams, a neighboring landowner. “I moved here not to be part of that. One of the offers the Elks received was talking about putting between 200 and 400 homes on the hundred acres. Would the infrastructure even handle something like that? That density is more than double what we’ve got around the Little Nine right now.” Bill Savoie, exalted ruler of Lodge 1692, says a sale that would have led to such heavy real estate development in the Little Nine space was “discounted very quickly” by the Elks. But he acknowledges that the status quo of de facto green space — taken for granted by some locals who falsely believe it can’t ever be built upon — isn’t a given. “For the many years the Elks have owned the golf course, we’ve tried to be very good stewards of it and the adjoining property,” Savoie says. “We own 300 acres of land. The golf course pays for itself, but golf isn’t a business most people are going to want to buy into these days. At some point,

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how much longer does the lodge hold that land? What are its choices? The highest and best use comes into play. “What I’ve said to [Little Nine Conservancy] is if the goals of that entity and the goals of the lodge are meshed, I support what they’re trying to do,” Savoie continued. “They see an opportunity to put an organization together to preserve the land as open space. I don’t think that is at direct odds with the goal of the Elks being stewards of the land.” Although Sams, who grew up in Atlanta, and some of his fellow board members are transplants to Moore County, others such, as John Buchholz, Marian McPhaul and Marsh Smith, are Southern Pines natives who once lived close to the Elks Club. “It’s a holy ground for kids who have grown up there,” says Smith, a Southern Pines attorney who has been involved with obtaining conservation easements at several other locations in the area over the last couple of decades. “It was a very important part of my life. In the fifth or sixth grade, I was so chubby my pants split when coach Wynn was teaching us how to do the forward roll. I got up the next day, in the dark, and decided I was going to run on the Little Nine. I couldn’t go a hundred yards without getting a stitch in my side but I kept at it, and I was a runner for 30 years.” Buchholz, a retired Pinecrest High School teacher and still the Patriots’ cross country coach, came upon an overgrown Little Nine, grass as tall as a secondgrader, shortly after the course closed. He believed the property — where he and his pickup football-playing childhood buddies were kicked off more than once by longtime SPGC head professional Andy Page — would be perfect for a 5K cross country course. He has cut a 5-foot swath through the former fairways ever since for prep races. Suicide Hill proved an unpopular part of the course with rival runners in the Sandhills Athletic Conference and was taken out of the route, but the incline remains part of the Patriots’ training regimen. “We host most of the conference meets because this is one of the few courses

on turf that’s available,” Buchholz says. “It is the best high school course in the state. I’ll match it against anyone’s.”

he Little Nine opened in time for the 1924 winter season, 18 years after the first holes were constructed at SPGC (then called Southern Pines Country Club) and a decade after Ross revamped the original 18 into the well-regarded layout that exists today. “I’m long on record on Golf Club Atlas saying the main 18 at the Elks occupies the best land in Moore County [for golf], and people parrot that back to me in agreement,” says Ran Morrissett, founder of the website for golf architecture aficionados, and a Southern Pines resident and Elks Club member since 2000. “The detail work, the bones of the Ross routing, the fact that you only see homes on a couple of holes — it’s such a compelling environment.” The third nine, to accommodate a growing tourist business, was built south and east of the clubhouse. Before the 1920s were over, it had been joined by a fourth nine. In a 1930 promotional pamphlet, Ross noted 36 holes at Southern Pines. In accounts during the 1930s, local newspapers credited Ross’ engineer and draftsman, Walter Irving Johnson, with having drawn up the plans. Johnson, hired by Ross in 1920, was an important part of his operation, executing detailed drawings from the architect’s rough sketches. “Do I see Ross features [on the Little Nine]? Not necessarily,” says Richard Mandell, Sandhills resident, golf course architect and author of The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst, which details the arc of golf courses in the Sandhills. “Ross is one of the top five architects of all time, but there is so much stuff that he did that wasn’t inspiring because it was on a small budget, or other people did it in his name. He probably didn’t have the ability to let loose on that third

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nine. And who knows what was rebuilt over all the years?” As it expanded, though, SPGC was proud of itself. “Golf Course Extended Over The Hills and Streams, And Into The Most Rugged Section of the Sandhills,” a 1928 advertisement for the club announced in The Pilot. “The hills are rugged little mountains, giving all the charm desired for a climb or a walk in the pursuit of the game or in a ramble among the pine woods, where walks and roads, and springs, and forest foliage, suggest the primeval.” The club’s second 18 was a par 71 of 6,120 yards, and regardless of who was most responsible for it, the layout had variety: 290-yard, par-4 No. 2; 445-yard, par-4 No. 9; 635-yard, par-6 No. 14; 126-yard, par-3 No. 15, 241-yard, par-3 No. 17. Both 18s survived the Great Depression and featured grass greens by the end of the 1930s, but the next decade wasn’t kind. World War II and ownership changes contributed to the abandonment of the fourth nine, in the Hill Road area, in the late 1940s. Twenty-seven holes plus nine more holes “that can be easily re-conditioned” and “50 large valuable building lots” were advertised for sale in June 1948 for $110,000. Almost three years later, the Southern Pines Elks bought the property for just $58,500. Over the years, the Elks sold some of the 500 acres included in the 1951 sale. The Little Nine became a mixture of the front and back nines of the second 18 — comprised of the opening four holes of the front and closing five holes of the back, but with the monster par-6 14th, formerly a double dogleg, shortened considerably. The Little Nine had taken on its hybrid makeup by 1958 when Page and his wife, Margaret, started their 40-year stint running the club’s golf operations. “It had quite a bit of play over the years,” Andy says. “If we were real busy, I would send folks to play it first before playing the big course. I like to play it. Older people and kids loved to play it.” One of those kids was Southern Pines native Chris Buie, now 55, who wrote about the Sandhills’ golf history in The Early Days of Pinehurst. “My dad became an Elk specifically because of the Little Nine,” Buie says. “It was our babysitter. It was where I learned to play golf. It was $22 for the entire summer for us kids. We would be out there all the time, a gang of us playing two or three times a day. It kept us out of too much mischief.” If the Little Nine Conservancy (www.linc-sp.org) is able to achieve its objective, current and future generations of children might continue to be able to utilize the land. Those behind the effort would have no problem if the Little Nine was reopened as a golf course, but that seems a long shot. “Golf is still contracting in this area. There is already an oversaturation of the market,” Savoie says. “If we had the deep pockets of a Pinehurst and wanted to turn a section of that into something like The Cradle [Pinehurst Resort’s acclaimed new short course], that would be fabulous. Unfortunately, we don’t have those resources.” “The lodge is not desperately trying to sell,” Savoie continues. “We’re not actively speaking to people about buying. I want to see if Marsh and the Little Nine Conservancy can put something together that is good for the lodge and good for the community.” Savoie and Smith agree a conservation easement won’t be inexpensive, given the location of the land that is the focus of LiNC’s concern. “One hundred acres of land in close to Southern Pines’ center would be of particular attraction potentially for real estate development,” Savoie says. “I think it’s going to have to be a fairly substantial amount before the Elks say we’re going to let a potential resource like that go.” PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2019

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“I think it’s fair to say the Elks’ leadership has told us their preferred outcome is for this to be protected open space, but they need a fair price for it,” Smith says. “They’ve got their club’s mission, which is to help people who are in need — school kids, veterans, handicapped folks. They’re trying to raise money.” For now, it is the Little Nine Conservancy that is in the fundraising mode. The group is reaching out to residents who live near the Little Nine and connected woodlands, and those with ties to the area who remember it before so much growth occurred. “I come from D.C. and know what overcrowded — really heavy development and traffic — looks like,” says Robert Simmonds, the LiNC webmaster, who recently moved to Southern Pines. “We moved here specifically because of the natural surroundings. I want to do everything I can to help it stay as natural as possible. We’re all volunteers; this is a selfless, we-think-this-is-good-for-thecommunity effort.” To Morrissett, maintaining the natural setting would be good for golf, keeping the character of Ross’ surviving 18 holes. “So many courses built since Ross’ death have hinged on real estate sales,” Morrissett says. “One of the reasons the Elks course is as good as it is, is that it wasn’t built with homes in mind. If the conservancy can protect the land, the course essentially will remain alone in nature, which would be very encouraging. As an Elks member, I would be horrified at the thought that somebody could buy, say, to the right of the 13th hole and start slapping up condos. If outside intrusions start to bear down on the course, a lot of the charm would unravel. As it is now, it’s kind of cocooned in there.”

Savoie, speaking for himself and not the fraternal order, concurs. “If this were to look like a mini-Myrtle Beach, then it’s going to destroy the character of the golf course,” he says. “I certainly don’t want to be the one who puts 300 houses on a historic golf course. My personal belief is that I want to make sure we can protect the contiguous property that we have.” The Little Nine Conservancy will do what it can. “A lot of people move to the area because of its character,” says Buchholz, who graduated from East Southern Pines High School 50 years ago. “If they want to keep it, they need to step up and be active. If we don’t do something to keep some of these natural areas, we will lose it all.” 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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An adventure gone wrong turned into the night of their lives

By Bill Case

he white pages listing is for Richard Wayne Penniman. If you dial it the first thing you’ll hear is programmed classical music. Elevator stuff. If you’re lucky, it’s followed by Mr. Penniman himself. There was a time when talking directly with this man took more than a phone call. That was when Richard Penniman — aka Little Richard — rock and rolled the national music scene of the 1950s along with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino. His monster hits like “Tutti Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally” and “Lucille” became rock ’n’ roll anthems. Now 86, Little Richard no longer keeps an entourage, living quietly far from the limelight in Lynchburg, Tennessee, the home of Jack Daniel’s whiskey. My call had nothing to do with his mega-hit celebrity. I was interested in his hardscrabble days performing in African-American roadhouses of the South during the late ’40s and early ’50s — the far-flung network of nightclubs informally dubbed the Chitlin’ Circuit and one place in particular, the Ambassadors Club.

Penniman, once the most flamboyant and attention-seeking of all rock ’n’ roll performers, wasn’t interested in “any of that.” He thanked me for calling and promptly hung up. Little Richard had no desire to remember a part of his life that one Pinehurst boy would never forget. After World War II Sam Arnette opened the Ambassadors Club hard by the railroad track on Rt. 5 in Jackson Hamlet, a small African-American enclave bordering Pinehurst. It was home to the cooks and maids and caddies — the flesh and bone — of the grand resort. Both the club and Sam are long gone now, but in 1950 it was a hoppin’ place for rhythm and blues and dancing late into the night. Denied access to whites-only venues by the Jim Crow laws of the day, artists including Ray Charles, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino and James Brown mounted the Ambassadors Club’s stage, performing for sums barely sufficient to get them and their bands to the next town. Tony McKenzie, born in 1936, and his five brothers of Scottish stock grew up in a home adjacent to the Pinehurst Race Track. In those days, the Oldtown

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area of Pinehurst was almost totally cocooned by a vast pine forest that provided a wondrous environment for Tony and his two older brothers — Fred, four years older, and Gene, two years Tony’s senior — to explore. The boys could virtually guide themselves blindfolded through the forest, blazing shortcut trails to the Pinehurst Dairy, Chalfonte Hotel, Watson’s Lake, Southern Pines, Aberdeen and Jackson Hamlet. They often pitched a tent and slept under the stars. One favorite campsite was the sand pit located, as Tony puts it, “a few skips and a hop or two” from Jackson Hamlet and the Ambassadors Club. As the three brothers and their friend, Sherrill Cole, lolled around their campfire at the sand pit one Saturday night in 1950, they could hear the pulsating boom of a double bass along with the shockingly loud singing of a highregistered voice that periodically rose two octaves into a spine-tingling falsetto. They’d seen the Ambassadors Club posters tacked to utility poles along the highway advertising the appearance of Buster Brown’s rhythm and blues band, featuring lead vocalist Little Richard. The McKenzie boys had recently seen a movie preview at the Sunrise Theater featuring an unidentified preteen AfricanAmerican who sang and played the boogie woogie number “Caldonia” on the piano with his hands and elbows to the astonishment and delight of the movie’s star, Van Johnson. The boys assumed (mistakenly) that the child musician on the silver screen had to be the same Little Richard who was now singing his heart out a stone’s throw from their camp. As he listened to Little Richard’s mesmerizing voice piercing the stillness of the night, the boys’ self-appointed leader, Fred McKenzie, considered how they could get closer to the music. Tony recollects that his older brother “always had a plan, and on the evening of the performance, he put his plan into action.” The plot involved sneaking up to an unlit exterior window of the club, where they would take turns peering inside. Though normally game to participate in Fred’s sometimes misbegotten high jinks, Tony, then 13, remembers cringing a bit at this particular scheme. What would happen if these white boys got caught sneaking around this AfricanAmerican club? Might they be thrashed by security? Would they be reported to the police? Worse yet, what if their parents found out? Tony’s imagination ran wild at the potential repercussions. Despite his misgivings, the only thing worse than following the plan was being left out of it, so he and his three “accomplices in crime” stealthily approached the club like the army commandos of their imagination. When the boys reached the window, they discovered it was too high off the ground to get a look inside. But Fred, with the sort of improvisational thinking that would later land him the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army, saw the solution nearby. A pile of empty wooden drink crates was confiscated and stacked together to serve as a perch for the boys. Tony had just mounted the viewing stand and was poised to look inside when a stentorian and commanding voice of authority shouted out, “What are you boys doing out here?” Terrified, Tony froze. On the ground, brother Gene escaped, hightailing it into the woods. Fred began to flee, but after a few steps, he stopped, deciding he couldn’t leave his helpless younger brother stranded on top of a pile of wooden crates. Sherrill

also held his ground. Tony remembers the overwhelming dread he felt at the moment when he, Fred and Sherrill had to “face the music.” To their relief, the moonlighting security guard who caught them was a man the McKenzie brothers knew well. Heck Dawkins was a jack-of-all-trades mechanic who had worked on the family’s vehicles and had a friendly relationship with the boys. “You boys have no business sneaking around like that,” observed Heck. “If you really want to watch Little Richard, I’ll see if Sam will let you in.” Heck hauled the three boys inside the club into the presence of the imposing Sam Arnette. The boys were acquainted with Sam, having traded empty bottles for candy and soda at Arnette’s small store across the road. After hearing about the drink crates and the window, Sam chuckled, nodded his head, and told Heck to find the young interlopers seats near the stage. Sam reached into his pocket and gave each of the bewildered boys two pennies to buy soft drinks. Tony did not know what to expect. They were the only whites in the building and young kids to boot. He remembers how spiffily the patrons were dressed — the men attired in doublebreasted zoot suits with tightly creased pants, the women in colorful finery — all dancing to the rhythm and blues music of the Buster Brown band. Of course, the main attraction was Little Richard. Tony recalls being startled that Richard was not all that little, standing 5 feet, 10 inches — too tall to have been that tiny piano player he had just seen in the movie preview at the Sunrise Theater. Just five years older than Tony, Little Richard had not yet adopted the flamboyant makeup and outrageous stage outfits that would mark his later performances. And Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” had yet to be written and recorded. Though his greatest success was years away, Richard Penniman gave a rousing performance that long ago Saturday night at the Ambassadors Club, hitting the high notes that Tony can hear today. Wrung out by the dazzling Little Richard and the up-and-down emotions of their escapade, the boys headed to the exit after the performance, escorted by Arnette himself. Before they hit the door, Sam took them aside and in a manner pleasant yet stern, said, “Boys, thanks for coming. I hope you enjoyed the show. But don’t come back!” PS Pinehurst resident Bill Case is PineStraw’s history man. He can be reached at Bill.Case@thompsonhine.com.

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Out of This

t happened on Sunday, October 30, 1938, at 8 p.m., a time to kick back and listen to a favorite radio program. Many had tuned their radio to an anthology series, The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Suddenly the music on that station was interrupted. There was an announcement about a large metal cylinder from outer space, perhaps Mars, which had crashed in a farmer’s field in Grovers Mills, New Jersey. A Professor Farrell of Mount Jenning Observatory was said to have lately detected explosions on Mars. Now this radio announcer had begun describing what he said appeared to be a Martian exiting the cylinder that had just crashed: “Good heavens, something’s wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now here’s another and another one and another one. They look like tentacles to me . . . I can see the thing’s body now. It’s large, large as a bear. It glistens like wet leather. But that face, it . . . it . . . ladies and gentlemen, it’s indescribable. I can hardly force myself to keep looking at it, it’s so awful. The eyes are black and gleam like a serpent. The mouth is kind of V-shaped with saliva dripping from its rimless lips that seem to quiver and pulsate.” Naturally, the public soon learned that it was nothing more than Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds. A ruse. Still, it was reported that the announcement caused widespread panic from fear of an extraterrestrial invasion. Naiveté? Perhaps. But what if a similar credible-appearing deception were perpetrated today? Would you panic? Perhaps not; most folks today probably doubt the existence of extraterrestrial beings and roll their eyes at those that don’t. Then again, what to make of a 2005 Gallup poll showing that fully a fourth of Americans thought outer space beings had already visited Earth; and a 2015 poll which revealed that 54 percent believe there is extraterrestrial intelligent life? What do you believe? Many have hedged their bets. More than 40,000 Americans have forked over $19.95 to Florida’s UFO Abduction Insurance Company for $10 million of protection against alien abduction. Elizabeth April should have paid for a policy, but it’s too late now. Elizabeth’s already become a UFO “abductee” or “experiencer,” as they’re called. The “Tall Whites” beamed her up to their ship when she was only 18, implanted something in her ear and returned her unharmed. Soon after, she came to understand that in a previous life she was a Tall Grey from the 6th or 8th dimension. UFO enthusiasts pay to hear Elizabeth speak at conferences for believers. She says in her present life, she exists as an interdimensional being or “energetic hybrid.” David M. Jacobs isn’t buying it. Jacobs, a bona fide Ufologist, has explained that though Elizabeth was possibly abducted, there is absolutely no way she is a hybrid. “Hybrids can control humans neurologically, and we cannot control them. True hybrids use abductees to help them blend into regular society.” Jacobs says Elizabeth is confused. As to Jacobs, himself, he is a former American history professor at Temple University.

According to Jacobs, he had tenure so they couldn’t get rid of him, as his colleagues had fervently wished. It’s also too late for Susan Stockton to apply for abduction insurance. Susan’s trip up to a space ship came in 1989. After swirling straight up, she “went through this opening, and all of a sudden I was in this room. I was medically probed by two beings.” Susan says her abductors were green in color. “Do you know Gumby? They were that color green. They had no hair, or genitalia, but I knew immediately that one was a woman and one was a man. The woman communicated with me telepathically the whole time. She said, ‘Don’t worry.’ She told me to eat chicken livers.” The Eat Mor Chikin cows would undoubtedly agree. David Huggins takes issue with Susan’s claim about the absence of genitalia. Rightly so, as he lost his virginity to a female extraterrestrial. David’s close encounter of a different kind materialized in the woods near his rural Georgia home. It was 1961 “when an alien woman appeared and seduced him.” Since, life has been good for him. At 74, he wrote in his book, Love and Saucers, “these visits from extraterrestrials, and sexual relationship(s) with them, continued into adulthood.” David says he’s fathered hundreds of alien babies. John Mack has studied about 200 cases of people claiming to be experiencers and found them “of sound mind, they ask many questions, they doubt themselves. They describe a seemingly real, intense experience, a light, something happening to their bodies.” John knows a sound mind when he confronts one. Dr. Mack is a former psychiatrist and Harvard professor. Nonetheless, as with most folks afflicted with this or that nowadays, there are help sources for experiencers. CERO-France is one such source. Myriame Belmyr heads up CERO, an organization devoted to helping abductees. She easily relates to experiencers experiences, as she, herself, claims to have been abducted in 1987. According to Ms. Belmyr, extraterrestrial Earth visits are “definitely for genetic engineering.” Also, “they are particularly intrigued by our emotions and our art. They don’t know about any of that.”

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World

But coming to a neighborhood near you? By Michael Smith

An excellent candidate for CERO’s ministrations might be Ms. Jo Ann Richards, who says her husband, now in jail for 30 years, was falsely convicted of masterminding a murder. Says Jo Ann, “We know that the shadow government just wants him out of their hair. My husband’s been around aliens ever since he was a kid. He was trained in the U.S. military and the Raptor military.” Obviously, Jo Ann suspects the United States government of suspect behavior regarding UFOers. So do many others. In 1955 President Dwight Eisenhower approved adding “Area 51” to the Nevada Test Site, located about an hour’s drive from the Las Vegas strip. There, the government tested secret aircraft and other military weapons. And there the government consciously fanned the fires of doubt as to what exactly was going on in Area 51. For starters, it denied the area even existed. Then, as is most frequently the case, that lie led to another lie, one many believe is perpetrated to this very day — that the government stonewalled about debris one William “Mac” Brazel had previously discovered. Mr. Brazel, a farmer near Roswell, New Mexico, discovered a miscellany of metal rods and such that he could not identify. One thing led to another till the military arrived and carted the stuff away. Many years later the government announced that the debris was nothing more than a crashed weather balloon. Trouble was, pictures had been taken of the debris and published in newspapers, and the objects in no way resemble parts of a weather balloon. UFOers think the articles found during the Roswell “incident,” as it is now famously known, were really the remnants of a crashed flying saucer that wound up in Area 51 where experiments on aliens and their accoutrements are secretly conducted. The government dismissed all this and did nothing to dispel the characterization of UFO believers as tin-hat flakes. In December 2017 the Washington Post published a story about the government’s secret Advanced Threat Identification Program. (That’s government speak for “Pentagon Alien Program.”) Apparently the government had blown through $22 million from 2007 to 2012 to study what else but “anomalous aerospace threats.” (That’s government speak for UFOs.) Funding for that particular government SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) program dried up in 2012. What didn’t dry up is speculation about the results of the program. As recently as December 2017, Luis Elizondo, the fellow that served as head of the secret Pentagon program, said the existence of UFOs had

been firmly established. Elizondo said, “In my opinion, if this was a court of law, we have reached the point of ‘beyond reasonable doubt.’ I hate to use the term UFO but that’s what we’re looking at,” he added. “I think it’s pretty clear this is not us, and it’s not anyone else, so no one has to ask questions where they’re from.” It turns out that there have been numerous secret government SETI programs: Project Sign, in the 1940s, succeeded by Project Grudge, then Project Blue Book, which ran from 1952 to 1969. Edward J. Ruppelt, first head of Project Blue Book, is on record as saying that UFOs reported in the study were estimated to have been “interplanetary.” So what do we have here? For certain, there are tin-hat flakes among us. Equally certain is that there are too many credible reports to lightly dismiss. A former Georgia peanut farmer turned POTUS comes to mind. In 1969, Jimmy Carter and 10 to 12 other people stood and watched a UFO for 10 to 12 minutes, as he later reported. Like President Carter, most credible UFO reports have come from current or former military officers or civilian airline pilots. Such men are not given to glibness. Nor was the man who was inadvertently responsible for the term “flying saucer.” Civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold is widely credited with having reported the first credible sighting of unidentified flying objects in the United States. On June 24, 1947, he reported seeing, while flying, nine objects, glowing bright blue-white, flying in a “V” formation over Washington’s Mount Rainier. He estimated the objects’ flight speed at 1,700 mph and compared their motion to “a saucer if you skip it across water.” Newspaper reports of Arnold’s sighting mistakenly interpreted Arnold’s account to mean that the objects were shaped like saucers, thus, flying saucers. As far as the public knows, the U.S. government presently has no SETI program. Of course NASA is still about, blasting off to hither and yon, but presumptively has no SETI. Not to fear, however, private interests are taking up the slack. The biggie effort to find aliens is the $100 million project called Breakthrough Listen. The program was spearheaded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and the late Stephen Hawking. How’s that for creds? Beyond the Milky Way, Breakthrough Listen “listens for messages from the 100 closest galaxies to ours. The instruments used are sensitive enough to hear a common aircraft radar transmitting to us from any of the 1000 nearest stars. Spectroscopic searches are being conducted for optical laser transmissions. They could detect a 100 watt laser (the energy of a normal household bulb) from 25 trillion miles away.” P.S. In case you missed it this year, you might want to plug in to next year’s World UFO day. It is celebrated by believers on June 24, the date of Arnold’s UFO sighting, or on July 2, the date of the Roswell incident. Live long and prosper. PS Michael Smith lives in Talamore, Southern Pines, with his wife, Judee. They moved here in 2017 and wish they had moved here years earlier.

Arts and Flowers Exploring nature’s creative connection

By Jan Leitschuh

pringtime is a celebration of creation. The birds and the bees get that. So do artists — and florists. Got a bad case of spring fever? Looking for a vernal vibe? Seeking some free flower arranging inspiration for your home, or maybe some centerpiece ideas for your next bash? You can inhale a little color and beauty at the end of March with “Blooming Art,” the inaugural Sandhills festival of art and flower arrangements, at the Campbell House in Southern Pines, March 30-31, with a special gala reception the evening of the 29th. The creative premise is simple: Take a piece of art, any art — painting, pottery, sculpture, even a hanging quilt — and use that as a jumping-off point for an arrangement, floral interpretation and inspiration. Sponsored by the Garden Club of the Sandhills, over 20 floral masterpieces will be displayed. “The Garden Club of the Sandhills looks forward to our exhibit of ‘Blooming Art’ as an opportunity to share with the community a passion for horticulture in the form of interpretative floral designs,” says club President Linda Lindsey. While the interpretive florals are inspired mainly by the works of predominantly local artists, a few interesting pieces from private collections will be featured. Taking their inspiration from their particular assigned piece of art, the florists represent both top area design professionals as well as talented area garden club members. Once assigned a piece of art, the flower arrangers fashion their vision of the artwork in natural materials. “This is not a professional show and will not be judged, but is rather an expression of our love for nature in its many forms, and an opportunity to share this passion with the community,” says Lindsey. Interpreting art via flowers is a growing gallery trend because, let’s face it, who couldn’t use a little lift of beauty at winter’s end? Come springtime, art galleries worldwide sponsor similar floral interpretive exhibits, both to highlight their collections and draw visitors. “Blooming Art” is the local Sandhills twist. While the Campbell House exhibit echoes the enormously popular “Art in Bloom” annual event at Raleigh’s North Carolina Museum of Art, there’s one essential difference: intimacy. While the Raleigh exhibits are often wonderfully vast, fantastical, museum-

scale and institutionally grand, the Campbell House’s “Blooming Art” program will feature many intimate pieces that might actually find themselves onto one’s dining table or front hall entrance. “We hope that people attending will be inspired to create arrangements for themselves, after seeing what others do with simple greens from the garden, natural materials like sticks or pods, and flowers you might get at the supermarket or farmers market,” said Hartley Fitts of the “Blooming Art” steering committee. The florists use the assigned art as a springboard for an arrangement. “You start by getting to know the art you are going to interpret,” says Carol Dowd, a member of the American Institute of Floral Designers, owner of Botanicals, and a five-year veteran of the prestigious Raleigh museum show. Dowd’s work will also be featured in the Campbell House program. “You ask yourself questions about the art such as color, lines, shapes and theme, do some research on the artwork. This may inspire you to look at the artist and artwork differently than you had originally thought. In a museum or gallery, you also need to know the parameters that you will be designing under, such as, what size does this need to be, what flowers can I use that will last as long as it is on display?” Ultimately, the florists create their own story reflecting the art. “All these different elements need to be worked out, but doing interpretive design is so enjoyable,” says Dowd. “From the discovery of the art to working out the final design, it challenges you as a designer, and it is always fun to share your designs and your joy of flowers with the public.” PS “Blooming Art” will open with an evening reception at the Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave, Southern Pines, on March 29, 6-8 p.m. The open exhibition is Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, March 31, from 1-4 p.m. Tickets are $50. To purchase tickets contact Marilyn Grube at (910) 420-2062.

Carol Dowd’s arragement for the Art in Bloom event at the North Carolina Museum of Art

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To Thine Own Self Be True Designer expresses her many loves in Pinehurst cottage By Deborah Salomon Photographs by John Koob Gessner

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perfect and very personal renovation is a hard act to follow . . . unless motivated by the heart. Residential perfection is what interior designer/tennis ace/gardener/artist/yoga practitioner Julie Sanford achieved a decade ago when she resurrected a modest Pinehurst cottage to reflect her background, her foreground, her tastes, philosophies and talents. This woman has sailed across the Atlantic in a 42-foot sloop; climbed partway up Machu Picchu; snorkeled black holes of the Caribbean. She has furnished Nantucket compounds and Manhattan condos for clients; a pied-à-terre in Paris and a Newport, Rhode Island, showplace. Julie’s achievements have reached The New York Times Magazine and Country Living. Her recent projects include collages crafted from leftover wallpaper, as well as further adapting her Pinehurst gem where the sign over the front door reads “Craven Cottage.” Julie’s approach: “I like the integrity of real. Edit out the junk. Keep the things that motivate you, that make you feel good,” which in her case would be living by the sea. Notice oceanscapes, beaches and ship art. She isn’t shy with color, either subtle or primary: bedroom walls suggest a pineapple daiquiri. A ripe-tomato red lamp jumps off its table. Her kitchen, void of Sub-Zero and Viking, glows pale apricot set off by cream cupboards and a khaki tile backsplash. “People spend a fortune on the kitchen. It’s not my thing. I’m a good cook but I don’t need the (mega-appliances).” What she does need is open shelving stacked with blue English Transferware, which she uses daily. Pervading all, aquamarine, the watery hue Julie used for vestibule floor tiles and living room upholstery. “My spiritual home is the Caribbean,” she admits.

“The house just sang to me from the get-go.”

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Whimsy — of course. Who else covers a seat cushion with fabric picturing giant insects or runs a row of buttons down a dining room chair? That pink “thing” resembling Valentine lollipops standing at attention on a textured rose Parsons’ table in the otherwise classic living room is an antique balloon mold. Julie favors sculptures of hands which reach out, armless, from shelves and tables. To her, they represent “lending a hand” to someone in need.

raven and four sister cottages were built in 1921 and sold to Pinehurst resort as rental properties. According to records at the Tufts Archives, seasonal rental was $1,500. The façade is particularly notable, with a broad gable facing the street, an English country porch and Tudor-arched front door — a feature Julie repeated between the living and dining rooms, and the family room and kitchen. Alice Craven, proprietor of a village knitting shop, occupied the house in the 1930s, followed by John Thomas Craven in the 1950s. Post-Cravens, the cottage was renamed generic Longleaf, but Craven remains over the door. Julie, raised in New England, found Pinehurst during a visit to Fayetteville, where her mother was being cared for. The village resembled familiar ones in Vermont and on Cape Cod but with a milder climate. Most important, a tennis community thrived here. The cottage she found, drowning in ’60s décor, mandated a major renovation, a welcome challenge for this experienced designer who

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appreciated the era it represented, especially the narrow-board floors, elaborate crossbeam door and window frames, and light streaming in on all sides — plus a rare full basement. Julie found its modest size (then barely 2,000 square feet) appealing. She believes people relate better in intimate settings. “The house just sang to me from the get-go.” And then, renovation and furnishing accomplished, part-time occupancy achieved, life shifted. “I met a man, George Lynch, the love of my life.” After living single for 25 years, Julie realized modifications would be necessary. Her low-ceilinged bedrooms were in the finished attic, accessed by a steep, narrow staircase. The large main floor room Julie had added as a yoga studio became a master bed-sitting room painted yellow, her “happy color.” Its bathroom has dizzying black polka-dot wallpaper punctuated with French Gien plates, each decorated with a cartoon. “A bit extreme, but it makes me laugh,” Julie says. She built a family room with cathedral ceiling off the kitchen because, “My husband is a big man. We have four dogs. There wasn’t room anywhere for me to sit.” Original wood floors, except in the dining room, have been pickled (whitewashed), rendering the rooms light and summery, reminiscent of Martha’s Vineyard. Completing the enlargement is a deck, covered and open, overlooking the garden. A self-described passionate gardener, Julie recalls how caring for geraniums figured in meeting the love of her life.

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An organic, zen-calm separates Julie’s space from houses bustling with décor trends. She has achieved a new, fresh feeling using antiques of different periods and provenance that hang together like old friends. The almost monastic absence of clutter gives each piece — whether a marble-topped side table or an inlaid bureau — room to shine. The same with paintings, some she did herself, mounted singly rather than in groups. Themes and colors (especially green, representing nature) flow from room to room, as do objects like Staffordshire figurine lamps and animal art. Perfect as this home is, Julie and George have another, equally unusual: a 19th century mobile chapel used by itinerant New England preachers. The 20-by-28-foot wheeled structure was pulled from town to town by oxen. Now, the couple has moored it in Jamestown, Rhode Island, within sight of the sea, from whence Julie came. “My home is my sanctuary,” Julie says. And, in this case, a self-portrait. PS

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By Ash Alder

Nature’s Bard

In honor of the beloved and recently departed best-selling poet Mary Oliver, who made tangible the heart-breaking beauty of the natural world, and World Poetry Day on March 21, below is an excerpt from “When Death Comes,” in which the poet “considers eternity as another possibility.”

When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.

Thank you, dear poet, for taking such transient beauty into your arms. And for those considering eternity: Oliver’s “Such Singing in the Wild Branches” is good medicine. “And here is the serpent again,” wrote the late poet Mary Oliver, “dragging himself out from his nest of darkness . . . looking for the sun.” Three decades after she wrote it, Oliver’s “Spring” slides into consciousness. Oh, how you’ve missed these sunny mornings. As soft light filters through the kitchen window, you think of the snake, moving “like oil” over pine needles, tasting the air with its tongue. March is here, and as an owl cries out from its distant nest, you taste the glorious poetry of spring. Pink blossoms against leafless branches on the saucer magnolia. Pink squirrel babes, blind and wriggling in their drey. Pink rain jacket left hanging on the porch, pocket full of pine straw, blue bird flitting in and out of periphery. This year, the spring equinox arrives on March 20, in tandem with World Poetry Day on March 21. Fitting. And as you gently scoop the contents from your jacket pocket — a beautiful tapestry of needles and grasses — you think again of Mary Oliver, and of the delicate treasures she wove with nature and light. Thank you, blue bird, for starting over. Thank you, black snake, winding round the rising grass. Thank you, poet within each of us, for acknowledging the beauty that is always waiting for us, like sunlight after a long, dark winter.

Amethyst Falls

I once heard someone dub wisteria the “evil overlord of the plant kingdom” and, for better or worse, have never been able to shake it. If ever you’ve battled with wisteria in your backyard, perhaps you’ve given it a comparable name. But if you’re still reading this . . . if ever you’ve wished to make friends with this intoxicatingly fragrant vine, consider introducing a native cultivar, amethyst falls. Less aggressive than its exotic Asian relatives known for choking out trees and, yep, swallowing houses, amethyst falls blooms on new growth, making the vines easier to prune back and train. Although the leaves and cascading purple flowers are smaller than the common wisteria you may have given a lessthan-kind name, an established amethyst falls plant can climb 15–20 feet per season. Bonus points: It’s drought tolerant and deer resistant.

Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields . . . Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness. — Mary Oliver

March Garden To-Do

Replace winter mulch Sharpen dull mower blades Sow seeds for spinach, radishes, turnips, and kale Stop and smell the flowering redbud and dogwood

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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 or attending an event. 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. This month’s book is The Borrowers. 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. Spring-cleaning — mystery paperbacks — buy one, get three free, some exclusions apply. Given Outpost and Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-7002. JOY OF ART STUDIO. Joy of Art Studio Creative Arts begins in June so sign up starts soon. Art for all ages, children and adults, lots of creative fun. Drawing, painting and mixed media. Joy also offers birthday parties, private lessons, home school curriculum and creative counseling. Unless otherwise stated, classes are held at Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Suite B, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 or joyof_art@msn.com or Facebook link www.facebook.com/Joyscreativespace/ for a complete list of events this month. CITIZENS ACADEMY. Applications are being accepted for the Town of Southern Pines Citizens Academy. Sessions will be held through May on Tuesdays from 6 -8 p.m., with a light dinner served starting at 5:30 p.m. The goal of the Citizens Academy is to demonstrate both the complexities and professionalism involved in providing

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at 6 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through March 28. Campbell House Galleries, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: www.mooreart.org.

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Friday, March 1 — Saturday, March 2

FROGGY FUN. 10 a.m. Learn about our amphibious friends as we read a book, do activities and make a craft. Geared toward 3-5-year-olds and meant for parents to do with their children. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov.

READ ACROSS AMERICA. 10:30 a.m. A photo book, crafts, games and more will be set up, and families can enjoy a bonus Dr. Seuss-themed story time at 10:30 a.m. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

HOME AND GARDEN EXPO. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Check out more than 40 companies to find everything you need to create a better home. The expo will be open through March 3. Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. POTLUCK LUNCHEON. 12 p.m. Seniors 55 and older can participate in a free potluck lunch. Bring a small dish and enjoy great food and fellowship. Texas Roadhouse will be dropping off food as well. Ten games of bingo will follow the lunch with prizes for winners. Cost: $2 for Southern Pines residents; $4 non-residents. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6927376 or www.southernpines.net/136/Recreation-Parks. FOOD TRUCK. 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. Rome N’ Round Food Truck. The food truck will also be at Southern Pines Brewing Company on March 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 5 - 9 p.m. and March 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www.southernpinesbrewing.com. FINE ARTS FESTIVAL. 5 - 7 p.m. Check out awardwinning art by Moore County students in grades K-12 at the Young People’s Fine Arts Festival presented by the Arts Council of Moore County. Awards will be given out

Friday, March 1 — Saturday, March 3 GOLF INVITATIONAL. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Come out to watch the annual Pine Needles Men’s Invitational, which attracts a strong field of amateur golfers. The invitational runs through March 3. Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, 1005 Midland Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8611 or www.pineneedleslodge.com.

Saturday, March 2 POTTERY TOUR. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Join Kirk Tours for a STARworks Glassfest and pottery tour to visit galleries and workshops and go behind the scenes. Cost: $60 per person. Info: (910) 295-2257 or reservations@kirktours.com. KIDS PROGRAM. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with cake, crafts, activities and books. Bring a friend and sign up for a free library card. This event is free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.giventufts.org. MET OPERA. 1 p.m. La Fille Du Régiment (Donizetti). Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com. MARDI GRAS SOIREE. 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Join Cape Fear Botanical Garden for an evening of fun, frolic, food and libations. Enjoy live entertainment, Creole-style ap-

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CA L E N DA R petizers and beer and wine at the cash bar. Tickets: $50/ single ticket; $85/couple; $350/VIP table. Cocktail dress required. Info and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ mardi-gras-soiree-tickets-54999578219.

Sunday, March 3 EMPTY BOWLS. 12 - 2 p.m. Enjoy live music while sampling food from area chefs during the Empty Bowls fundraiser benefiting Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care. Country Club of Whispering Pines, 2 Clubhouse Blvd., Whispering Pines. Info: (910) 693-1600 or www.sandhillscoalition.org. CLASSICALLY SUNDAYS. 2 p.m. Brian Reagin and Sol Eichner. Tickets at the door: $20/members; $30/nonmembers. Tickets available on www.ticketmesandhills. com. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. WRITING GROUP. 2:30 p.m. Interested in creating fiction, nonfiction, poetry or comics? Connect with other writers and artists, chat about your craft and get feedback on your work. All levels are welcome. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. WOODPECKER HIKE. 3 p.m. Join us for a 1.5-mile hike to look for our eight species of woodpeckers. Bring binoculars if you have them. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Kaia Kater. Tickets: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: ticketmesandhills.com.

a 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. GATHERING AT GIVEN. 3:30 p.m. Jan Ludwig, local historian, will discuss Donald Ross’ relationship with Pinehurst Resort and Country Club for nearly 50 years. Bring a friend and sign up for a free library card. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library & Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Event will also be held at 7 p.m. at The Given Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.giventufts.org. FOOD TRUCK. 4 - 9 p.m. Pink Pig BBQ & Shrimp Food Truck. The food truck will also be at Southern Pines Brewing Company on March 14, 21 and 28. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www.southernpinesbrewing.com.

Friday, March 8 BOOK EVENT. 5:30 p.m. June Guralnick will do an unstaged reading of a new play in celebration of Women’s History Month. The play is a contemporary retelling of Little Women. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.thecountrybookshop.biz. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Mark Stuart and David Jacobs-Strain. Tickets: $20. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: ticketmesandhills.com.

Saturday, March 9 TEA WITH POTTERS. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Spend the day on a gallery crawl in Seagrove while sampling teas from the Carriage House Tea and visiting pottery shops. Pottery Highway, N.C. Hwy 705, Seagrove. Info: (336) 879-4145 or www.teawithseagrovepotters.webstarts.com.

CLUB MEETING. 11:30 a.m. Moore Republican Women will meet for lunch. This is an opportunity to participate in caring projects, meet great people and stay current with events. Pinehurst Member’s Club, Pinehurst. Info: www.mrwnc.org.

SECOND SATURDAY. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. March Madness, benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills. Enjoy family fun themed around basketball. Southern Pines Brewing Company and Pinehurst Brewing Company will be on hand with craft beer sampling and sales. The Heritage Flag Company, 230 S. Bennett St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-1540 or www.theheritageflag.com.

CONCERT. 8 - 10 p.m. Concert by Lucas Meachem, baritone. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or www.mooreart.org.

FOOD TRUCK. 1 - 7 p.m. Jayas Indian Cuisine Food Truck. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www.southernpinesbrewing.com.

Wednesday, March 6

MARCH DANCE. 6:30 p.m. Join us for an evening of dancing at the Elks Lodge. Free dance lesson at 7 p.m. Dance until 9:30 p.m. All levels of experience welcome. Admission: $10. Call to reserve tickets. Carolina Pines Chapter of USA Dance. Southern Pines Elks Lodge, 280 Country Club Circle, Southern Pines. Info: (919) 770-1975.

Monday, March 4

FOOD TRUCK. 4:30 - 8:30 p.m. Meat & Greek Food Truck. The food truck will also be at Southern Pines Brewing Company on March 13, 20 and 27. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www.southernpinesbrewing.com. GLOBAL DINING EVENT. Enjoy a four-course meal during the Global Destinations Islands of the Mediterranean Corsica event. Seating is limited for this event. Cost: $30 per person. Elliott’s on Linden, 905 Linden Road, Suite A, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0775.

Wednesday, March 6 — Thursday, March 7 ART CLASS. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Watercolor on rice paper. Taught by Pat McMahon. Cost: $40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 9443979 or www.artisleague.org.

Thursday, March 7 MUSIC & MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. This story time, especially for children ages 2-5 and their families, will incorporate stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games to foster language and motor skill development. Capacity is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Check-in is required with

SYMPHONY. 7:30 p.m. FSO, March! A tribute to our armed forces. Huff Concert Hall, Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 433-4690 or www.fayettevillesymphony.org.

Saturday, March 9 - Sunday, March 10 EQUESTRIAN EVENT. Southern Pines Horse Trials. Divisions: USEF/USEA Recognized Divisions: P, PR. USEF Endorsed/USEA Recognized Divisions:T, TR, N, NR, BN, BNR. USEA Recognized Tests: CT-A, CT-I, CT-P, CT-T, CT-N, CT-BN. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074.

Sunday, March 10 BOLSHOI BALLET. 1 p.m. The Sleeping Beauty (encore). Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com. FOOD TRUCK. 1 - 1:30 p.m. Puzzles & Pints Event with The Sway. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565

Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www. southernpinesbrewing.com. LECTURE. 2 p.m. Moore County native Morgan Jackson will be speaking about the history and genealogy of Moore County. This lecture is presented by the Moore County Historical Association and is free. Civic Club, 105 S. Ashe St., Southern Pines. OLD GROWTH HIKE. 3 p.m. Join a ranger for a 1-mile hike through the old growth longleaf pine forest at the Boyd Tract. Free and open to the public. Park at the Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. EXPLORATIONS. 3 p.m. A showing of the movie Be the One will spotlight the issue of human trafficking. A Q&A with a community educator from Friend to Friend will follow and provide ways to recognize and report trafficking. 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 p.m. Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters. Tickets: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: ticketmesandhills.com.

Monday, March 11 BALLET. 4:45 p.m. Let Kirk Tours take you to see the Russian National Ballet on their Sleeping Beauty tour. Cost: $125 per person, which includes a three-course dinner at UNCP. The bus departs at 4:45 p.m. and the show is at 7:30 p.m. Info: (910) 295-2257 or reservations@kirktours.com. EVENING STORYTIME. 5:30 p.m. Children ages 3 through third grade and their families will enjoy stories and activities that foster a love of books. Capacity is limited to 25 children and their caregivers per session, and check-in with a valid SPPL library card is required. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

Tuesday, March 12 BOOK EVENT. 5 p.m. Author Ray Deaton with his book Jungle Walk. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.thecountrybookshop.biz.

Wednesday, March 13 BOOK EVENT. 5 p.m. Author Carla Buckley with her book The Liar’s Child. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.thecountrybookshop.biz.

Thursday, March 14 SPRING COLLOQUIUM. 5:30 p.m. Dr. Carver McGriff will be the guest speaker commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Proceeds to benefit Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives. Overlook Room, Pinehurst Country Club, 80 Carolina Vista Dr., Pinehurst. Info and tickets: (910) 295-3642 or www.giventufts.org. GLASS DEMONSTRATION. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Glass artist Dahlia Bushwick will lead a glass demonstration. Locally brewed beer or wine can be purchased. STARworks, 100 Russell Drive, Star. Info: (910) 428-9001 or www.starworksnc.org. ART OF COOKING. 6:30 p.m. Join Mark Elliott for a salmon cooking demo, discussions and three-course dinner. Cost: $38 per person. Elliott’s on Linden, 905 Linden Road, Suite A, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0775. LUNCH AND LEARN. 12 - 1 p.m. Learn how to manage moles and voles in your yard and landscape. Bring your lunch and the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens will provide drinks. Registration required. This program is free. Ball Visitor Center, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3882.

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CA L E N DA R THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Open mic with The Parsons. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org. Tickets: ticketmesandhills.com.

Friday, March 15 ST. PATRICK’S DAY HUNT. 5 p.m. Put on your Irish swag as you follow clues to your very own Pot o’ Gold. Enjoy crafts and games. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This is a free event sponsored by the Southern Pines Recreation and Parks Department at the Recreation Center Gym, 160 Memorial Park Ct., Southern Pines. For more information call: (910) 692-7376.

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LUNCHEON. 11:30 a.m. The Moore County Historical Association is having their fourth annual luncheon with homemade chicken on waffles and prune cake for dessert. There will be a second lunch seating at 1 p.m. Cost per person is $20. Shaw House, 110 W. Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info and reservations: (910) 281-5417.

WILDINGS PROGRAM. 10 a.m. Spotting the signs of life. Geared toward 6-10- year-olds. Learn how to read the tracks and trails of wildlife as we do scavenger hunts throughout the park. Free and open to the public. Weymouth WoodsSandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov.

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. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 639-4823 or www.janecasnellie.com.

FUNDRAISER. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. St. Baldricks event. Go Bald for the Beautiful. The Meat & Greek Food Truck will be out from 12 - 8 p.m. at Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www.southernpinesbrewing.com.

Tuesday, March 19

STEAM. 11 a.m. Craft tables will be out all day. At 11 a.m. join the library staff for a special Catch a Leprechaun event. This program is for children kindergarten through fifth grade. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. PARADE. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The village of Pinehurst will flood the streets with Irish spirit during the 18th annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Enjoy music, dancing, Irish cheer and children’s activities. The rain date will be Sunday, March 17. Village of Pinehurst, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.vopnc.org/events. ST. PATRICK’S DAY MEAL. Come enjoy corned beef and cabbage all weekend in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.theslyfoxpub.com.

Sunday, March 17 LECTURE. 2 p.m. The Great Dismal Swamp Part III: Arts & Humanities Lecture Series. Presented by Eric Sheppard. The lecture will focus on the Underground Railroad and Moses Grandy. Tickets: $10/member or $15/ nonmember. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.

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Golf Championship benefiting Sandhills Children’s Center. Men’s, women’s and mixed foursomes are welcome for this best ball full handicap tournament. Fee is $200 per player with proceeds benefiting children with special developmental needs. Fee includes cart, snack before shotgun start at 1 p.m., beverages on the course, dinner after play, and prizes. Pinehurst No. 8, Centennial Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-3323 or www.sandhillschildrenscenter.org.

ANIMAL PRESENTATION. 3 p.m. Who pooped in the park? Join us for an indoor presentation to learn how you can identify which animal left that scat. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6922167 or www.ncparks.gov. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. James Maddock, The Black Feathers. Tickets: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.

Monday, March 18 WOMEN OF WEYMOUTH. 9:30 a.m. Coffee followed by a business meeting at 10 a.m. Guest speaker is Chris Dunn, executive director of Arts Council of Moore County. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. The 21st Annual Kelly Cup

JAMES BOYD BOOK CLUB. 2 p.m. Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, by Randall Kenan. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. LIT WITS. 5:30 p.m. Join the library’s teen book club for 11-15- year-olds. You can check out your copy of this month’s book, The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, at the library from March 1 through March 18. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. EVENING WORKSHOP. Come make some earrings or a necklace during the beading workshop. Refreshments available. Limited space. Reserve your seating. Cost: $25. All proceeds benefit Given Memorial Library. Given Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-7002. TRIVIA NIGHT. 6:30 p.m. This month’s trivia theme is the Oscars. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.theslyfoxpub.com. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Pumpkin Bread Band. Tickets: $. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org. Tickets: ticketmesandhills.com.

Wednesday, March 20 ART CLASS. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Colored pencil on mylar. Taught by Betty Hendrix. For beginners and intermediates. Cost: $45. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artisleague.org. SENIORS TRIP. 11 a.m. Seniors 55 and older can join Southern Pines Recreation & Parks to travel to Seagrove to experience the Pottery Trail. We will be stopping at local shops and then have lunch at Westmoore Family Restaurant. Cost: $8 for Southern Pines residents; $16 non-residents. Bus will depart at 8 a.m. from the Campbell House Playground parking lot and return by 5 p.m. Campbell House Playground, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. N.C. SYMPHONY. 8 - 10 p.m. Share great moments in music from classical to Broadway. Tickets are available at the door but may be purchased at the Campbell House in Southern Pines up to two weeks prior to the concert. Lee Auditorium at Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info: (877) 627-6724 or www.ncsymphony.org.

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Thursday, March 21 MUSIC & MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. This story time, especially for children ages 2-5 and their families, will incorporate stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games to foster language and motor skill development. Capacity is limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Check-in is required with a 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. BOOK CLUB MEETING. 10:30 a.m. The Douglass Center Book Club will meet for discussion. Books can be picked up at the library. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE. 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Chris Fonvielle, professor of history at UNC Wilmington (retired). His presentation will be “Unlucky in War: Braxton Bragg’s Return to Field Duty in North Carolina, 1864-1865.” Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Open to the public. Civic Club, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Ashe Street, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 2460452 or mafarina@aol.com. RETRO DINNER PARTY. Mark Elliott is bringing back all of the classic favorites of your childhood and putting a twist on it. Seating is limited for this event. Cost: $28 per person. Elliott’s on Linden, 905 Linden Road, Suite A, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0775. OPEN MIC NIGHT. 7 - 9 p.m. Join in for an open mic

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Thursday, March 21 — Friday, March 22 ART CLASS. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Intermediate oil painting. Taught by Charlie Roberts. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 9443979 or www.artisleague.org.

Friday, March 22 MUSICAL. 4 p.m. Let Kirk Tours take you to see The King and I. Cost: $145 per person, which includes a Dutch treat dinner before the show. The bus will depart at 4 p.m. and the performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Info: (910) 295-2257 or reservations@kirktours.com. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Fireside Collective. Tickets: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. NIGHT HIKE. 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a hike in the dark among the longleaf pines. Bring one flashlight per family. This hike is co-sponsored by the Southern Pines Parks & Recreation Department. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www. ncparks.gov.

Saturday, March 23 CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Come enjoy books, poems and riddles about all kinds of famous people. There will be crafts and games that parents can enjoy with their children. There will be story time at 10:15 a.m. Boyd Library, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info and RSVP: konoldm@sandhills.edu.

SHOW & THROW. 12 - 6 p.m. Axes & X’s. Jayas Indian Cuisine Food Truck will also be out from 1 - 7 p.m. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www.southernpinesbrewing.com. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. An intimate evening with Sidecar Social Club presented by Vision 4 Moore. Tickets: $35. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. FUNDRAISER. 7:30 p.m. Raise the Roof Annual Fundraiser. Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com. CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. A tour of how the music of Broadway has evolved over the last 100 years. Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 687-0287 or www.carolinaphil.org.

Sunday, March 24 ENGLISH CARVERY. 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Come enjoy a carver of the traditional Sunday roast. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.theslyfoxpub.com. KID’S MOVIE. 2:30 p.m. A free showing of a movie about a game villain who must brave the internet to help his friend fix her game. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. SPRING HIKE. 3 p.m. Join us for a 1.5-mile hike geared toward giving newcomers to hiking and parks an introduction to exploring our North Carolina State Parks. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov.

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CA L E N DA R THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Keith Ganz Trio. Tickets: $. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org. Tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.

Monday, March 25 EXPLORING ART. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Join art educator and local artist Ellen Burke for an evening of Wine and Art Appreciation. The topic is: Bountiful Harvest. Artists celebrate the beauty of the farm and the sharing of the harvest. Admission is $20, which includes wine. Proceeds to benefit Stroke of Patriotism North Carolina. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (603) 9666567 or exploringartellen3@gmail.com. MICRO GARDENING. Kathy Byron, director of Good Food Sandhills, will show how to manage vegetable garden challenges by growing food in small spaces. Cost: $15/ Sandhills Horticultural Society members; $25/non-members. Registration required. Participants need to bring a 5-gallon bucket, hand shovel, apron and gloves. Ball Visitor Center, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3882. EVENING STORYTIME. 5:30 p.m. Children ages 3 through third grade and their families will enjoy stories and activities that foster a love of books. Capacity is limited to 25 children and their caregivers per session, and check-in with a valid SPPL library card is required. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. SANDHILLS NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MEETING. 7 p.m. Gabriela Garrison will speak on the importance of planting native species and on pollinator conservation across the state. Visitors welcome. Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.sandhillsnature.org.

Tuesday, March 26 MUSICIANS JAM SESSION. 6 - 9 p.m. Bring your instrument and beverage or just come and enjoy the music. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. CONCERT. 7 p.m. Gabriel Bianco, Virtuoso Classical Guitarist: Solo Classical Guitar Concert. Bianco is a world class artist from France. The concert is presented by Sandhills Community College Fine Arts Department. Free admission. Dempsey Student Center, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6953828 or booka@sandhills.edu.

Tuesday, March 26 — Wednesday, March 27 ART CLASS. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Enhanced acrylics. This class will emphasize the development and use of incredibly rich textured services. Taught by Pat McMahon. Cost: $40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artisleague.org.

Wednesday, March 27 WRITER IN RESIDENCE READING. 3 p.m. Judy Goldman, Together: Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. BELGIAN BEER DINNER. 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a three-course dining experience paired with Belgian beer favorites during this annual dinner. Cost: $40 per person. Call for reservations. The Sly Fox Pub, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-1621 or www.theslyfoxpub.com.

Thursday, March 28 ARTISTS MEETUP. 6 - 8 p.m. Open mic night and

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Friday, March 29 GUEST SPEAKER. 1 p.m. Tomayto, tomahto! The North Carolina Tomato Man, Craig LeHoullier, will share everything “tomato” with the audience from its history to its varieties, methods and culture. This event is free. RSVP to the Landscape Gardening Department at Sandhills Community College. Ball Visitor Center, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info and RSVP: (910) 695-3882 or email landscapegardening@sandhills.edu. BOOK EVENT. 5 p.m. Author E. Vernon F. Glenn with his book Friday Calls: A Southern Novel. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.thecountrybookshop.biz. BLOOMING ART. 6 - 8 p.m. Come to the Blooming Bash preview cocktail party. The exhibit Blooming Art will feature floral designers and garden club members’ floral arrangements interpreting accompanying paintings or art. This event is sponsored by The Garden Club of the Sandhills. Tickets to the cocktail party are $50 per person. The exhibit will be open March 30 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and March 31 from 1 - 4 p.m. Campbell House Gallery, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info and tickets: (910) 420-2062. HABITAT GALA. 6 - 10 p.m. The Habitat Gala and Auction is the largest fundraising event of the year benefiting Habitat for Humanity of the N.C. Sandhills. Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista, Pinehurst. Tickets: $180 and can be purchased at www.ticketmesandhills.com.

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Friday March 29 — Saturday March 30 THEATER. 7:30 p.m. Sandhills Repertory Theater presents “Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins: A musical premier of their lives, friendship and music.” Hear your favorite Cash and Perkins songs from Scott Moreau and James Barry. Additional showings on March 30 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.sandhillsrep.org, the Given Library, The County Bookshop or The Pilot office. The Hannah Center Theatre at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: www.sandhillsrep.org.

Saturday, March 30 FOOD TRUCK. 12 - 6 p.m. Fully Loaded Fritters Food Truck. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Info: www.southernpinesbrewing.com. MET OPERA. 12 p.m. Die Walküre (Wagner). Sunrise Theater, 244 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3611 or www.sunrisetheater.com.

Sunday, March 31 FIRE EFFECTS. 3 p.m. Join a ranger for a 2-mile hike through recently burned areas of the Weymouth tract and learn about effects of prescribed fire in the forest. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. FILM NOIR NIGHT. 6 - 8 p.m. Grab your best pal and come over for great lighting and thrills. Popcorn and drinks available. Entry fee is a donation to Given Tufts. Given Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst.

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CA L E N DA R THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. New Reveille. Tickets: $20. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. Tickets: ticketmesandhills.com.

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BABY BUNNIES STORYTIME. 10:30 and 11 a.m. (two sessions) This story time, reserved for ages birth to 24 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy brain-building practices. Dates this month are March 5, 12, 19 and 26. Programs are limited to 25 children and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to story time 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.

TAI CHI FOR ADULTS. 9 - 10 a.m. For adults 55 and older. Improve your overall health, wellness and balance. Classes end on March 18. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. INDOOR WALKING. 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Improve balance, blood pressure and maintain healthy bones with one of the best methods of exercise. Classes are held at the same time Monday through Friday. Ages 55 and up. Cost: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Southern Pines Recreation Center, 210 Memorial Park Ct., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. MASTER GARDENER TRAINING. 6 - 8 p.m. Receive a high level of training in all aspects of horticulture. Training fee is $85 for those accepted into the program. Moore County Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage. Info: (910) 947-3188. WORKOUTS. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Adults 55 and older are invited to get their workout on. Cost for six months: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. The gym is open

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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. TABLE TENNIS. 7 - 9 p.m. Enjoy playing this exciting game every Tuesday. Cost for six months is $15 for residents of Southern Pines and $30 for non-residents. For adults 55 and older. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

Wednesdays TAI CHI FOR ADULTS. 9 - 10 a.m. For adults 55 and older. Improve your overall health, wellness and balance. Classes end on March 18. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376.

TAX HELP. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Trained AARP volunteers will offer free tax help. This will run through April 13. Clients must register onsite and there are no prior appointments by phone. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. TAP CLASS. 11:30 a.m - 1 p.m. For adults 55 and older. All levels welcome. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. STRETCH AND MOVE DANCE CLASS. 1- 2 p.m. For adults 55 and older. Enjoy gentle, low impact dancing to R&B and inspirational music. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. 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. 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 www. capefearbg.org. (Must register one day prior). CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Ages 55 and up. 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 story time 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 March 6, 13, 20 and 27. Stay for playtime. This event is limited to 25 children

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CA L E N DA R and their accompanying adult per session. Parents or caregivers must check in to story time 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. FARM TO TABLE. Join Sandhills Farm to Table Coop by ordering a subscription of local produce to support our local farmers. Info: (910) 722-1623 or www. sandhillsfarm2table.com.

Thursdays GIVEN STORY TIME. 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 3-5. 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. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. CHESS. 1–3 p.m. All levels of players welcome. You need a chess set to participate. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays HISTORY OF PINEHURST TOUR. 11 a.m. and 1 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 www.kirktours.com.

Fridays GAME FRIDAYS. Stop by the library throughout the summer for interactive games, each week a new one that will provide challenges for kids, teens and adults to enjoy: Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. TAP CLASS. 10 - 11:30 a.m. For adults 55 and older. All levels welcome. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. CONTRACT BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Ages 55 and up. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. JAZZY FRIDAYS. 6–10 p.m. Enjoy a bottle of wine and dancing with friends under the tent with live jazz music. Cost: $15/person. Must be 21 years of age or older. Reservations and pre-payment recommended for parties of eight or more. Soda, water and award-winning wines available for purchase. Food vendor on site. Anyone bringing in outside alcohol will be asked to leave with no refund. Cypress Bend Vineyards, 21904 Riverton Road, Wagram. Info: (910) 369-0411 or www.cypressbendvineyards.com.

Saturdays TAX HELP. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Trained AARP volunteers will offer free tax help. This will run through April 13. Clients must register onsite and there are no prior

appointments by phone. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. PS To add an event, email us at pinestraw.calendar@gmail.com

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Arts & Culture

Moore County Native Grammy Winner Star at The Met

LUCAS MEACHEM IN CONCERT

Monday, March 4, 2019 at 8 PM | Sunrise Theater

Upcoming Events MAR 1-28 Young People’s Fine Arts Festival ART Featuring art by hundreds of

Moore County students Campbell House Galleries

MAR 8 Barnes-Travis Arts Scholarship deadline

SCHOLARSHIP 5p, Campbell House

MAR 28 Artists Meetup - Open Mic Event

MEETUP 6p, Trinity Community Outreach Center

MAR 30-31 “Blooming Art” Exhibit ART Presented by the

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Brian, Summer, Inman, Jocelyn, Rylie & Missouri Martindale

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The Originals

Leave it to the March-born to break the mold By Astrid Stellanova

March madness doesn’t just apply to basketball,

boys and girls. It applies to the whole universe. We astrologers already knew the universe held all kinds of spooky entanglements before the physicists did. Happens that Fred Rogers and Albert Einstein were March-born Star Children. And so were Vincent Van Gogh and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Quincy Jones and Aretha Franklin, too. Creative, artistic, occasionally mystic, but almost always completely original — the birthright of those born this month.

Pisces (February 19–March 20) Making. It. Rain. Boo-ya! That’s rainmaker you this birthday and year. You roar right into the lead with one good idea after another and the energy to make them happen. If the rest of the pack cannot keep up, and not many can, then they have to eat your dust. It will be hard to dampen your enthusiasm and to contain your excitement as precious dreams are realized. Take a bow! Aries (March 21–April 19) You’ve had some hard knocks and rude shocks, most of them from thinking you could do the next to the impossible for the undermotivated. If you are feeling like the Mayor of Underachiever Town, just remember there’s no way to change others and most of your suffering is from that. Taurus (April 20–May 20) You’ve been generous, Star Child, especially when out on the town, but now you’re feeling hard-pressed. You act like I don’t know your moola from your hula lately. As fun as it was, visit the great state of Austerity for a serious time-out. Clip both coupons and your wings for a while. Gemini (May 21–June 20) Careless and reckless comes to mind, my twin. Yet you wonder why you feel like you’re Tito in the Jackson family? You were born with gifts and talent but you have not used them. Cancer (June 21–July 22) Be firm with somebody who knows how to play you. Make Midas let go of the greenbacks and be generous with you for a change. Visit places you haven’t been, like the province of Reality Checkville. Leo (July 23–August 22) You’ve been spinning it to win it, like a revitalized Vanna White at the wheel. Fun to watch, and fun to be you during this sun cycle. It will delight your friends and depress your enemies to see your sparkle.

Virgo (August 23–September 22) Darling, you’ve been a Jittery Joe. It is discombobulating to trade roles with a close alliance, but you have bravely experimented with self-discovery. Don’t give up now; it leads you to a whole new paradigm. Libra (September 23–October 22) Sneaky! Those who think they can predict everything about you are going to have to put a bell around your neck to find you. You have privately begun explorations they will find amazing. Amaze yourself, too! Scorpio (October 23–November 21) Sugar, don’t look back unless you plan to go that route. Now that a new endeavor is under way, all signs point to success. Keep your cool. Also, find one person who needs your mentoring. It will be a revelation. Sagittarius (November 22–December 21) Shake it. Bake it. But don’t just lie there and take it! You are at a key place, and you’ve invested a lot emotionally in a good outcome. Fight for what you want, and be as inclusive as you can if you want to lead. Capricorn (December 22–January 19) Namaste doesn’t mean nah, may stay. You may want to stay put and not budge, but where you are now is all about finding peace in a time where you feel at war with yourself. Aquarius (January 20–February18) In another 364 days you will ask yourself if you made a dint or difference in the world. You already have. Someone is trying to express just how important you are, and what you have done, and honor you. PS 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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SOUTHWORDS

PSD

By Beth MacDonald

My neighbor across

the street is a pleasant woman, friendly, funny, the likeable sort you’d want to have as a neighbor. Her husband went away on a business trip, so she was going to take the kids to go see family for a few days. She asked me to grab her mail and packages while she was gone. My husband parked his truck in her driveway to make it look like someone was home. The day she got back, I didn’t expect to look out my kitchen window and see her storming, angrily, toward my house. I went outside to greet her, but before I could say anything, she screamed, “Something trashed my house!” “Let me get my shoes.” Maybe some of those slip-on footies the Terminix man wears when he comes in the house. And, of course, my phone. For posterity. It was a “squirrelapocalypse.” I stood there with my mouth open, taking in the destruction. Every single windowsill on the first floor was chewed up — not just a little, almost clean though. The teeth marks stretched edge-to-edge like it was eating corn on the cob. There were bloody paw prints and droppings from the terrified creature everywhere, windows, the sofa, the blinds. Table lamps were turned over, smashed on the floor. I felt like a detective in CSI-Woodland Creature Edition. This squirrel knew how to party. We looked all over for the dear departed, but came up empty so we began to clean up. She ordered a pizza. I went home and a few minutes later got a videotext message with the words, “What the bleep do I do now?” In the video, a squirrel was trapped in her fireplace, caged by the screen. Naturally, I sent my husband over. Mason was only too happy to help. His friend Win, who was over for dinner, eagerly begged to go, too. Hemingway didn’t fancy a bullfight this much. The two men took a large Tupperware storage container from the basement and proceeded across the street like giddy children. I hollered after them to take video. This reeked of viral potential. The pizza delivery lady met them in the driveway. “There’s a squirrel in there,” they warned her. “They love peanut butter,” she said. “Make it a sandwich.” Mason and Win cocked their heads and thanked her. They knew good advice when they heard it.

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As they prepared to enter the house, the pizza lady drove off screaming out her car window, “CRUNCHY, SQUIRRELS LOVE CRUNCHY!” Armed with this knowledge, they entered my neighbor’s house. They put a peanut butter sandwich in the Tupperware bin and tried to lure the squirrel into it. The rodent took the bait, literally, and scooted back up the chimney. Plan B. Mason came back to our house to grab a wire dog crate and a Duraflame log. I didn’t want to know the new plan. Back at ground zero, the men set a fire, and placed the crate so they would catch the fleeing rodent, no doubt coughing and wheezing. Smoking the culprit out worked too well. Rather than depriving it of air, they filled it with adrenaline. The squirrel shot into the crate, with the sandwich, out the back of the crate, and into the kitchen presumably on a quest for a crunchier variety of peanut butter. Screams could be heard for miles. My neighbor started tossing her kids out of the house like luggage, except for the one clapping. That one wanted to stay. “Fine! You can get rabies. I’m saving the others.” She no longer cared. With three children saved, she was in good shape. She could spare one. The guys were now trying to trap the terrified squirrel raging through the kitchen. Now would be a good time to describe a small, well-appointed kitchen, with two men, both bodybuilders, one standing 6-feet-2-inches and one 6-feet-6-inches, knocking everything over, doing a great deal more damage than the squirrel, who stood 10 inches tall, tail not included, and never lifted anything heavier than a crunchy peanut butter sandwich. Finally, the two managed to get the squirrel into the Tupperware container and close the lid. The plan was to bring it outside. My neighbor wanted it exiled. They took it down the street to the yard of another neighbor, who appeared to have picked the wrong time to go to the grocery store. As soon as the lid opened the squirrel, shot out like it was in a potato cannon. “He’s your problem now!” Win shouted to no one on the other side of the fence. “Did you take video?” I asked. “No. Even if we did it would look like the Blair Witch Project but with a squirrel.” It would have killed at the Sundance. PS Beth MacDonald is a Southern Pines suburban misadventurer who likes to make words up. She loves to travel with her family and read everything she can.

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