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Including independent living and garden cottages situated on 18 acres and convenient to local golf courses, shops, & the Village of Pinehurst; Quail Haven Village is also located close to major medical facilities & unique arts and cultural centers. Residents have access to all levels of care offering security for the future and enabling residents to live independently longer.

ContInuIng Care retIrement CommunIty There may come a time when you require additional care or assistance. Here we strive to make this transition as east as possible through a number of services. HOME CARE Our Licensed Home Care services range from medication reminders to personal care assistance FAMILY CARE HOME Our cottages create a small residential home in an intimate environment. Our staff is on-hand 24 hours a day and is trained to provide Memory Care support as needed. SKILLED CARE The Inn at Quail Haven Village provides health and nursing care in addition to personal care and support. REHABILITATION Our dedicated, highly experience team works one-on-one with our patients to provide in- and out-patient physical, occupational and speech therapies.

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Pinewild Country Club: Fabulous Panoramic Golf & Water Views! Stunning Open Floor Plan with many 12 & 14 foot ceilings! Kitchen with granite counters opens to the Family Room & Screen Porch. Fabulous details throughout! 4BR/4.5BA. Seller says, “Bring Offer!” $589,000. Pat Wright 910.691.3224

Faiirwoods on 7: Exquisite home, designed by William Poole, is surrounded by lush, mature landscaping. Stately with a sweeping front porch, back screened porch and deck. Classic interior with vintage character and modern amenities. 5BR/3.5BA. $560,000. Kay Beran 910.315.3322

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West End: Over 3,000sf home with all the modern conveniences of new constrction! Situated on almost eight acres, and completely renovated! Natural light in every room. Many upgrades! 4BR/3BA. $349,000 Linda Criswell 910.783.7374

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National Pinehurst #9: Great golf front building lot on the 6th fairway of Course #9. Surrounded by beautiful homes. This is the only available lot on this street. Excellent for a lower level walk-out. $107,000. Emily Hewson 910.315.3324

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140 Pinegrove Road • Southern Pines An exceptional 1920’s brick cottage in a premier Weymouth Heights location, the home has the benefit of an extensive expansion and renovation in 2005. Beautifully designed in character with the original architecture, the work included adding a master suite, breakfast room, 2 car garage with bonus room, breezeway, laundry room, mudroom, pantry, screened porch, courtyard terrace, step down brick patio and private trellised patio off master. The kitchen and all bathrooms were also upgraded. Features include coffered ceilings in the living and dining rooms, tongue and groove ceilings in kitchen and breakfast rooms, a wood burning and a gas fireplace, original casement windows. Highlights outside include a walled, fenced garden with arched entries, circular front drive, and charming courtyard. Offered at $845,000.

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Stunning golf front residence in Pinehurst No. 9 The 100 year old Rambler Cottage has a premier location Golf front CCNC with lake view. 4023 main at National with spacious living areas. in the Village with an enchanting garden. Exudes house, 763 guest house addition. One floor, 4 BR, 4.5 BA, 3 car garage. $885,000 signature Pinehurst charm . 4BR, 3.5BA. $895,000 3 BR, 3.5 BA main, 1 BR, 1 BA guest. $1,100,000

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104 SunriSe Point This gorgeous custom 4 BR / 3.5 BA home sits high on the hill and offers breathtaking views of Lake Auman from extensive porch and patio areas. The interior is bright and open with views of the lake from almost every room. The family room features a corner fireplace and extensive window walls and also opens to the kitchen and informal breakfast area.

45 MagnoLia avenue This lovely all brick 4 BR / 3 BA home is located on 1.13 acres of well landscaped privacy in desirable Taylorhurst. The main level offers a large living room with a center fireplace, builtins and French doors that open onto the spacious Carolina Room.. The gourmet kitchen will be every cook’s dream with all updated appliances, granite countertops and tons of cabinets.

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31 abington Drive Gorgeous custom built 3 BR / 3 Full and 3 Half Bath Contemporary home on Lake Pinewild in Pinewild Country Club. Beautifully maintained with trey ceiling and gas log fireplace in living room, formal dining room and updated kitchen with built-in breakfast bar.

105 taLL tiMberS Drive This amazing 5 BR / 4.5 BA brick home is located in desirable Pine Grove Village and offers great living space for a large family. In addition to a large living room, dining room and spacious family room, the sellers have added a master suite and a master bath with an adjoining study.

22 beaSLey Drive This beautiful 4 BR / 3.5 BA golf front home overlooks the 9th fairway of Pinehurst #6 course and is immaculately maintained! The interior is open and sun-filled with lovely views. The ceilings are extra high throughout with recessed lighting, built-in cabinets, crown molding and architectural columns.

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70 gray fox run This 4 BR / 4.5 BA home in desirable Clarendon Gardens has it all for a growing family! Over 3,000 square feet of living area, all rooms are open and spacious. The main floor offers a large living room, cook’s kitchen with custom cabinets, great counter space, kitchen island and a large walk-in pantry. Additionally, there’s a screened porch off the living room that opens onto a large concrete patio and the lot offers room for a pool!

2 Wake foreSt Court Cozy 3 BR / 3 BA home is located in the gated community of Mid South. The kitchen has custom cabinets and granite countertops and opens to a cozy breakfast nook overlooking the deck and large private backyard with a flowing creek. The home also features a bright and cozy Carolina Room where you can relax and enjoy the beautiful view.

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80 DaLryMPLe roaD This elegant and spacious 3 BR / 3 BA home has a wonderful flow for family and guests. The living room features hardwood floors and crown molding. In the kitchen you will find recessed lights, two skylights, Corian countertops, a center island with natural gas cooktop, and pantry closet. Enjoy the private, fenced backyard from the brick patio and gracious living in this classic home!

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106 eDWarDS Court This lovely 5 BA / 3.5 BA stone and vinyl home sits at the end of a quiet, wooded cult-de-sac in popular Seven Lakes West. The floorplan features the great room that is open to the gourmet kitchen and informal dining area. The attractive screened porch opens from the kitchen – wonderful for outdoor dining!

14 SCioto Lane This classic one story 3 BR / 2.5 BA brick home is located on the 18th fairway of Pinehurst #6 and while it enjoys great golf course views, it is also a very private location. The interior is bright and open and features a large living room with an entrance to the covered patio area, a formal dining room, open kitchen with loads of cabinet and counter space, sunny informal dining area and a spacious Carolina Room.

105 SiMPSon Court This amazing 3 BR / 3 BA home is unique and special in so many ways! The house is located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on over 3.5 acres – almost the entire cul-de-sac – what a great setting and what great privacy! The interior is bright and open with a view of Lake Auman in the distance. Definitely a must see!

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215 inverrary roaD This spectacular 5 BR / 6.5 BA home is located between the 13th tee box and the 14th fairway of the #7 course in Fairwoods on 7. Built by Breeden Construction, the interior is open and sun-filled with 9 foot ceilings on the 2nd level and 11 foot ceilings on the main level and wonderful views from almost every room. This home has over 4 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds that gives wonderful privacy while enjoying panoramic golf views.

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155 highLanD roaD Harking back to the glorious era of the 1930’s, Broadhearth is a stately historic Southern Pines landmark with 9 BR / 8.5 BA and is located on 2.4 parklike acres on the highest point of Weymouth Heights.

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80 braeMar roaD Incredible golf front home in Fairwoods on 7. This beautiful 4 BR / 5.5 BA home features top of the line finishes, mouldings, marble, hard-wood slate flooring.

145 brookhaven roaD Stunning custom brick 5 BR / 5.5 BA home in Fairwoods on Seven is located on an oversized, private lot and overlooks the 15th fairway of the #7 course. This beautiful home offers lots of upscale features and is a must see!

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966 LinDen roaD If you love golf and cars, this is the perfect place. This stunningly rustic 4 BR / 4 BA home sits on 3 private acres and features a saline swimming pool, oversized 7 person saline hot tub and a heated and cooled six car garage and list goes on and on. This is a car lovers dream!

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106 raCheLS Point Drop dead gorgeous Bob Timberlake design! This 4 BR / 3.5 BA home sits on 1.8 beautifully landscaped acres that slopes gently to the water and includes an outdoor kitchen on the patio, a private dock and beach with a fireplace.

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11 viLLage Lane Gorgeous 4 BR / 3.5 BA Old Town Home complete with white picket fencing and fully fenced back yard. The interior is light and bright with an open living plan and an upstairs that flows beautifully. PCC membership option available for transfer.

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19 MCMiChaeL Drive This gorgeous all brick 4 BR / 4.5 BA custom home enjoys lovely views of the scenic pond as well as the golf course. The gourmet kitchen has custom cabinets, granite countertops, tile backsplash, built-in desk area and a walk-in pantry. This is a wonderful home!

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106 SunSet Point Exquisite custom built 3 BR / 3.5 BA home on Lake Auman. With almost 4,500 sq. ft. of living area this home offers so much. The main level is bright and open with water views from almost every room. This spectacular home is truly one of a kind and is the best value on the water!

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245 kingS riDge Court Dropdead gorgeous 4 BR / 4.5 BA golf front home located on the 15th Fairway of Mid South Golf Club. The floorplan is bright and open and offers many upscale features such as heavy crown molding and trim, wood flooring, window walls to maximize the views and gourmet kitchen.

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32 greyabbey Drive Located in beautiful Pinewild, this gorgeous 3 BR / 3 Full BA & 2 half BA custom home is located on the first hole of the Magnolia Course and offers many special features. The elegant living room opens onto an oversize deck, the gourmet kitchen has a walk-in pantry and the spacious master suite features two walk-in closets. This is a must see!

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42 oxton CirCLe Located on the 11th hole of the Holly Course at Pinewild Country Club, this lovely 3 BR / 2.5 BA custom home offers beautiful views and appealing outdoor surroundings. The two story greatroom overlooks a wide covered brick porch with wrought iron railings. The gourmet kitchen and informal dining area also opens to a lovely screened porch – perfect for your morning coffee.

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Going Home

By Jim Dodson

Half a century ago this

month, I was chased off the golf course of my dad’s club in Greensboro for losing my cool and burying a putter in the flesh of an innocent green during my first 18 holes ever on a regulation course. To compound the crime, I was playing with my dad and his two regular golf pals at the time, Bill Mims and Alex the Englishman.

After being shown how to properly repair the damaged green, my straightarrow old man calmly insisted that I walk all the way back to the clubhouse in order to report my crime to Green Valley’s famously profane and colorfully terrifying head professional, who upon hearing what I’d done removed the eternally smoldering stogie from the right-hand corner of his mouth long enough to banish me from the golf course until midsummer. This felt like a death sentence because I had been preparing for this day for well over a year, wearing out local par-3 courses and modest public courses in preparation for stepping up to a “real” golf course with my dad and his buddies. The idea was that I should become reasonably proficient at playing but — more important — learn the rules and proper etiquette of the ancient game. Painful as it was, this day, it changed my life. The next afternoon after church, a postcard Sunday in early May, my dad drove me 90 minutes south from the Piedmont to the Sandhills to show me famed Pinehurst No. 2, Donald Ross’ masterpiece, where I saw golfers walking along perfect fairways and actually heard a hymn being chimed through the stately longleaf pines. True to form, my upbeat old man — whom I called “Opti the Mystic” owing to his relentless good cheer and penchant for quoting long-dead sages when you least expected it — calmly pointed out: “That golf course, Sport, is one of the most famous in the world. But you’ll never get to play there until you learn to properly behave on the golf course.” He added, “If you ever do, you’ll be surprised how far this wonderful game can take you.” I was crestfallen as we drove on past the famous course. But a few miles down Midland Road we turned into a small hotel that had its own golf course, the Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club. “Let’s step inside,” my dad casually suggested. “I’ll introduce you to an old friend.” His old friend was a man named Ernie Boros, the brother of Julius Boros, the U.S. Open winner I’d recently tagged along after at the Greater Greensboro Open whenever I wasn’t shadowing my hero, Arnold Palmer. Ernie Boros couldn’t have been nicer, offering me a free visor along with the

news that his famous brother Julius happened to be having lunch at that moment in the dining room. He graciously offered to introduce us. The encounter was brief but warm. The great man asked me how I liked golf and commented that if I continued to grow in the game, the odds were good that I would meet the most amazing people on Earth and play some incredible golf courses. Then he offered to sign my new visor. “Wasn’t that something?” said Opti as we wandered out to look at the 18th hole of Mid Pines, which that day, wreathed with dogwoods and banks of azalea just past bloom stage, looked every bit as magical as Augusta National did on television. “You just never know who you’ll meet in golf. Tell you what,” he added almost as an afterthought, “if you think you can knock off the shenanigans, maybe we can play the golf course here today.” And with that, I finally got to play my first full championship golf course. It only took another two decades (and my mom fessing up) for me to realize that the whole affair was simply a sweet setup by my funny and philosophical old man — a classic Opti the Mystic exercise to illustrate the point of learning how to live life with joy, gratitude and optimism, not to mention respect for a game older than the U.S. Constitution. And here’s the most amazing thing of all. Both men were correct in their assessments of golf’s social and metaphysical properties. If I’d been less awestruck and a little more tuned into the universe, perhaps I’d have heard echoes of the same message coming from Opti and Julius Boros — that the ancient game could take you amazing places and introduce you to some of the finest people on Earth. A fuller account of this teenage epiphany opens the pages of The Range Bucket List, my new — and possibly final — golf book that reaches bookstores May 9. Fittingly, the memoir appears almost 50 years to the day after that life-altering weekend. In a nutshell, the book is simply my love letter to an old game that, true to my old man’s words, took me much farther than I could ever have imagined it could, deeply enriched — and possibly even saved — my life. It even eventually brought me home again to North Carolina. Not long after turning 30, taking the advice of Opti to “write about things you love,” I withdrew from consideration for a long-hoped-for journalism job in Washington to relocate to a trout stream in Vermont where I went to work for Yankee magazine as that iconic publication’s first senior writer (and Southerner), a move which helped shape the values of this magazine and opened an unexpected door to the world of golf. This move in turn led to Final Rounds, a surprise bestseller about taking Opti back to England and Scotland to play the golf courses where he fell hard for the game as a homesick soldier prior to D-Day. My dad was dying of cancer at the time. It was indeed our final golf trip. Among other surprises, the book prompted Arnold and Winnie Palmer to get in touch, inviting me to spend two years living and traveling with them as we

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crafted Arnold’s own best-selling memoir, A Golfer’s Life. An enduring friendship and nine books followed, four of which were golf-related, including the authorized biography of Ben Hogan and a biography of America’s own great triumvirate of Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. A few years back, while looking through an a trunk full of my boyhood stuff from my late mother’s house, I found my first three golf books and a small notebook that listed 11 items on my “Things To Do In Golf” list. Here’s the list: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Meet Arnold Palmer and Mr. Bobby Jones Play the Old Course at St Andrews Make a Hole in One Play on the PGA Tour Get new clubs Break 80 (Soon!) Live in Pinehurst Find Golf Buddies like Bill, Alex and Richard (my dad’s regular Saturday group) 9. Caddie at the GGO 10. Have a girlfriend who plays golf 11. Play golf in Brazil That was it, short and sweet. If you’d have informed me when I cobbled this list together (probably the year before I got the boot from Green Valley) — the predecessor of what decades later I came to call my Range Bucket List — that I would accomplish in some form or another everything on this list and then some over the next half century, I probably would have laughed out loud in disbelief — or simply keeled over from pure glandular teenage joy.

In simplest terms, that’s what The Range bucket List is, a grateful Everyman’s love poem to the finest game on Earth, tales I’ve never been able to tell until now about Arnold and Winnie Palmer, John Updike, Glenna Vare, amateur great Bill Campbell, LPGA icon Jackie Pung, the greatest Scottish woman on Earth, the power of a best friend and the ultimate mulligan at marriage, low Old Course comedy and how — true to Opti’s words — the game deeply enriched my life and even brought me safely home to North Carolina again. There’s even an oddly revealing account about a peculiar afternoon of golf with a guy named Trump. I hope those who enjoy my books find this tale amusingly human, perhaps even reminding them of their own travels through the game of life and their love affair with a grand old game. Every golfer worth his salt, after all, keeps a Range Bucket List. And everyone’s list is different. I’ll be making the rounds in the state throughout the spring and summer, spinning some of these tales and others I’ve never told, meeting like-minded sons and daughters of the game who share my passion for its many unexpected gifts. Perhaps we’ll meet at one of these gatherings. Maybe by then I’ll have even figured out why I was so hot to play golf in Brazil, the only item from that list from so long ago, still waiting for a check mark. The List, like life itself, goes on. That’s part of the fun, and the sweet mystery of golf. PS

the book debut! Jim Dodson will be reading from and discussing The Range Bucket List at 5 p.m. on May 23 at The Country Bookshop at 140 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines. For mor information visit www.thecountrybookshop.biz. Contact Editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.

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The Rooster’s Wife

The Rooster’s Wife May lineup bursts into spring with high energy and vitality. Sunday, May 7: Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, blending contemporary bluegrass with classic ’60s and ’70s country music, are the real deal. $20. Friday, May 12: Laney Jones and the Spirits. Jones is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music reflects modern folk rock as well a style that’s all her own. $10. Sunday, May 14: Haas Kowert Tice. With fiddle, guitar and upright bass, these exciting instrumentalists create unique melodies in the tradition of American roots music. $15. Sunday, May 21: Two favorite songbirds, N.C.’s own Laurelyn Dossett of Triad Stage fame, and Red Molly’s namesake, Molly Venter, bring their newest work to the Poplar Knight Spot. $15. Friday, May 26: Dark Water Rising is a Native American group with an indie rock/blues sound. $10. Sunday, May 28: Front Country, a progressive roots/pop acoustic band from San Francisco, features mandolin, guitar, bass, violin, and amazing vocals. $15. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music begins at 6:46 at the Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. For more information, call (910) 944-7502 or visit www.theroosterswife.org for tickets. Prices above are advance sale.

For Your Summer Reading Pleasure

On Thursday, May 25, at 5 p.m., The Country Bookshop welcomes Phaedra Patrick, author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper. Patrick will discuss her new novel, Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone, in which the title character is a middleaged English man stuck in a rut and out of touch, similar to the protagonist of her first novel. Redemption comes through the charms of a hidden bracelet in her first novel. In the new one, it is a bag of gems. Both books are treasures. This event is free and open to the public. The Country Bookshop is located at 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 692-3211.

The Arts Council of Moore County is showcasing works this month by Deborah Kline and Tommy B. McDonell, who are hosting the Opening Night Reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, May 5, at the Campbell House Galleries. The exhibition runs from May 5 to 26. Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, the gallery is located at 482 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 692-2787 or visit mooreart.org.

Polocrosse in the Pines

The Carolina Polocrosse Club invites you to an action-packed tournament weekend featuring equine and human athletes. Polocrosse, which dates back hundreds of years to Persia and its sister sport of polo, resembles the American Indian game of lacrosse on horseback. Players catch, carry, and throw a ball with their racquets. The CPC is one of the largest in the country, with top-notch players and coaches who compete internationally and participate in international exchanges. The Carolina Classic Tournement will be played at The Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S, on May 21 and 22, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (910) 235-8456 or visit www.carolinapolocrosse.com.

Come Dance with Me

On Saturday, May 13, enjoy an evening under the stars at the historic Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities in the elegant tradition of the estate’s original owners and frequent hosts, James and Katherine Boyd. The Weymouth Heritage Affair Gala will include dining and dancing; Vegas-style entertainment, reminiscent of the Rat Pack; a silent auction of specially packaged Weymouth Experience items; and dance demonstrations by Carolina DanceWorks. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $115 for members and active duty military, $125 for non-members. This evening is sponsored by The Pilot and PineStraw. The Weymouth Center is located at 555 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

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Movie in the Pines

On Friday, May 12, The Town of Southern Pines presents Moana, a 2016 Disney computer-animated film, in which the daughter of a Polynesian chief must save her people from a blight; and on Friday, May 26, the film will be The Secret Life of Pets. The films run from 7:30 to 9 p.m., but bring a blanket or a chair and come early for good seating and to play some games before the screenings start. Concessions will be available on site. The movies are free to the public at Downtown Park, 145 SE Broad St., Southern Pines. For more information call (910) 692-7376 or visit www.southernpines.net.

First Friday on a New Stage

On Friday, May 5, The Marcus King Band will kick off the First Friday 2017 Season and inaugurate the First Bank Stage, the Sunrise Theater’s new outdoor stage in the Sunrise Greenspace. Combining funky R&B, Southern soul and Americana played on brass, guitar and organ, Marcus King and his masterful musicians are quickly becoming one of the country’s most popular live acts. Starting at 5:30 p.m., enjoy food and beverages along with the entertainment at this family-friendly event, but no dogs, please! Admission is free. The Sunrise Greenspace is located at 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 692-8501 or visit firstfridaysouthernpines.com.

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A Comic Evening

Vision 4 Moore presents this show for the entire family on Friday, May 12. The evening will begin with young, local stand-up comic Caleb Elliott, who has performed his brand of good-natured, but edgy, comedy at stages across North Carolina, including Charley Goodnights in Raleigh. Caleb is followed by Steve Brogan, a standup comic ventriloquist who has performed with his “dummy” friends nationwide. Steve’s comedy is clean, crisp and suitable for any audience. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of. Profits to be equally shared with our non-profit partners: Caring Hearts For Kids Of Moore, Meals on Wheels of the Sandhills and The MIRA Foundation, USA. The show is from 7:30–9:30 p.m. onstage at The O’Neal School – Hannah Center, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 365-9890 or visit explorepinehurst.com.

Cameron Antiques Fair —Rain or Shine!

Whether you are a serious antique shopper or a casual browser, you are sure to find something that strikes your fancy at the Cameron Antiques Fair. On Saturday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., more than 300 dealers will be displaying their antiques and collectibles in village shops and along the streets in the Historic District of Cameron, which is itself worth a visit. Built by railroad men, farmers, merchants and entrepreneurs in the late 19th Century, Cameron retains its turn-of-the-century character and village atmosphere. 485 Carthage St. (NC 24/NC 27). For more information, call (910) 245-3055 or (910) 245-3020, or antiquesofcameron.com.

Live after 5

On Friday, May 12, The Village of Pinehurst presents The Embers at a special Live after 5 free concert in The Village Arboretum. The Embers will be performing beach music, a genre they have practically defined and one that bandleader Bobby Tomlinson refers to as “music with a memory.” Food trucks will be on-site with a great selection of sandwiches and desserts. Beer, wine, water and soft drinks will also be available for purchase. Picnic baskets are allowed, but outside alcoholic beverages are not permitted. Come out and enjoy the music and the memories — and maybe make a few. The Village Arboretum is located at 395 Magnolia Road in Pinehurst. For more information call (910) 295-1900 or visit pinehurstrec.org.

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The Salty Truth By K aren Frye

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There are many different kinds of salt. There’s pink Himalayan salt, Celtic salt, Hawaiian salt, black salt, red salt, sea salt and plain old table salt. Choosing the best can make a difference in the functions of the body and the flavor of the food you are seasoning. Table salt (sea salt) is harvested from the ocean. The salt is heated and evaporated, iodized — changing the color to purple — and bleached to return it to white. The bleach changes the salty flavor to bitter, so sugar is added. All the natural occurring minerals are removed and sold to increase the profit from the harvest. The two remaining minerals are 99 percent sodium and chloride. After the denaturing of the salt, all that remains is a health-robbing concoction that dehydrates the cells and can cause an imbalance in the bloodstream. It’s not your best choice. I prefer the taste and the health-giving benefits of Celtic salt. Jacques de Langre, Ph.D., a biochemist, researched and brought Celtic salt to the market in 1970. His daughter and granddaughter now operate the family business in Asheville, which is in its 41st year. This lovely salt is now sold all over the world, and many famous chefs appreciate the delicate flavor it adds to their food. Celtic sea salt is one of the richest sources of organic, naturally occurring minerals. Calcium, magnesium and potassium, as well as all the other important trace minerals, enhance the mind, nourish the body and keep the cells well hydrated. These vital minerals help to provide proper electrolyte balance, sustaining energy and stamina. Celtic salt is harvested in farms off the pristine northern coast of Brittany, in France. In 1991 the French government classified the salt producing region as a national shrine, and the practice of making Celtic salt a national treasure. The salt farmers use only traditional methods. The salt is collected in ocean pools occurring on the shore. After the pools are dried by the sun and wind, these master salt crafters harvest the crystals by hand with wooden rakes. Machinery is never used in the production. When it’s finished, the salt retains its natural grey color. Celtic salt has 84 naturally occurring minerals, and once re-dissolved in water, or in the moisture of food, it bears an amazing resemblance to our blood and body fluids, maintaining and restoring health and vitality. Twentyfour of these elements are essential to maintain life. It has countless medicinal benefits: assisting in balancing acidity; restoring proper digestion; relieving allergies; boosting energy and heightening resistance to infections. It is also delicious. Many health care professionals recommend adding it to your food rather than sea salt or table salt. You can get Celtic salt in fine or coarse crystals or in a grinder. You won’t be disappointed. PS

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Author Events Kate Moore Radium Girls

Monday, May 8th at 5PM

Radium Girls tells the true story of 1920s women who after years of working in watch factories started coming down with mysterious illnesses. They were unaware that the illuminating paint they were using with no protection gear was made with radium, a highly radioactive element.

The Country Bookshop Presents

Kristy Woodson Harvey Friday, May 1st at Noon at Thyme and Place Cafe • 155 Hall Ave, Southern Pines

Angela Sheldon Wahhabis Global Secret Militia: ISIS

Thursday, May 18th at 5:30PM

Her book explores the history of ISIS and its advancement from a terrorist group to a terrorist cult.

This ticketed luncheon is $35 per person and includes access to the event featuring a presentation by famed interior designer and author Kristy Woodson Harvey, A copy of her latest book, Slightly South of Simple, and a lunch of nicoise salad with a choice of salmon or chicken, a 2 bite sweet treat for dessert and tea, water, or coffee

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True Masterpiece The joy of rediscovering True Grit

By Stephen E. Smith

In the late 196�s,

a friend who’s an avid reader of popular fiction plowed through the novel True Grit and saw the John Wayne/Kim Darby movie on the same day, immersing himself in Charles Portis’ yarn set in Indian Territory in the late 1800s and acquiring what must have been a disconcerting insight into Hollywood’s inherent ability to mangle art (at the very least, the movie moguls could have spared us the sorry acting of Glen Campbell). About the same time, I read True Grit and concluded that the novel was chockfull of memorable characters and the quirkiest dialogue ever uttered by fictional beings who aren’t working overtime at being funny.

My friend and I have been quoting lines from the novel for almost 50 years — not constantly, of course, but when our conversation happens onto a subject that might be illuminated or made humorous by a sentence or two attributable to Rooster Cogburn or Mattie Ross, we’ve never hesitated to employ Portis’ superbly crafted dialogue. I’m particularly fond of quoting from the exchange between the horse trader Stonehill (played in the original film by the inimitable Strother Martin) and Mattie as she attempts to wrangle a refund for the ponies her late father had purchased. Stonehill threatens to go to a lawyer and Mattie responds, “And I will take it up with mine . . . He will make money and I will make money and your lawyer will make money and

you, Mr. Licensed Auctioneer, will foot the bill.” Who hasn’t wanted to utter that sentence when dealing with a litigious tormentor? My friend is fond of quoting passages from Rooster’s hilarious, self-serving explication of his checkered past, as when he alludes to the wife and the son he abandoned: “She said, ‘Goodbye, Reuben, a love of decency does not abide in you.’ There is your divorced woman talking about decency . . . She took my boy with her too . . . You would not want to see a clumsier child than Horace. I bet he broke forty cups.” But enough. You can quote almost any passage from the novel, including sections of Mattie’s deadpan first-person narration, and you’ll likely set the table on a roar. I’m not in the habit of rereading novels, but that’s exactly what I did after seeing the Coen brothers’ adaptation of True Grit. I decided to give Portis’ novel a thorough reassessment almost a half century after my first encounter with Mattie Ross. After all, America was a very different place in 1968: the women’s movement, the war in Vietnam, the counterculture. Would the novel hold up to changes in mores and tastes? Is it as well-written as I remembered? I completed the reread, taking my time and occasionally re-evaluating scenes I judged particularly memorable, and here’s what I concluded: True Grit is great American fiction — not a great American Western — but great American fiction period, worthy of study as a literary masterwork and occupying a station commensurate with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird. Unfortunately, True Grit has never attracted the academic attention that Twain’s masterpiece and Harper Lee’s sentimental story of the South have garnered. It is a genre Western, and what self-respecting academic would publish a monograph titled “Repression, Revision, and Psychoanalysis in the Soliloquies of Rooster Cogburn”? But from the novel’s opening sentence — “People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did not happen every day” —

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Mattie Ross establishes herself as the archetypal American hero, an individual so self-possessed that she’s capable of rejecting collective wisdom. In that one sentence, Portis establishes a form and voice that embodies an entire sensibility, a collection of manners, mores, thoughts and feelings, faithful to the spectrum of American experience and emblematic of a rich inner and outer life. As Clarence Darrow wrote: “. . . he (an American) is never sure that he is right unless the great majority is against him.” That’s Mattie Ross, and the reader is instantly smitten. And it’s Mattie’s steady voice and an unwavering determination — as profoundly established as that of Scout Finch and Huck Finn — that propel the reader through the multiplicity of experience that confronts her. Rooster Cogburn is Mattie’s antithesis — alcoholic, vulgar, pragmatic, possessed of almost every human weakness but redeemed by fortitude and a strained, awkward sense of loyalty and a disarming honesty. “I found myself one pretty spring day in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in need of a road stake and I robbed one of them little high-interest banks there. Thought I was doing a good service. You can’t rob a thief, can you? I never robbed no citizens. I never taken a man’s watch.” When it comes to the major themes around which literature teachers construct their lessons, True Grit touches subtlety on each and every one — the frontier, the American dream, East vs. West/ North vs. South, the journey from innocence into knowledge, sense of community, sophistication vs. a lack thereof, etc. — and it does so without a trace of burdensome preachiness. But mostly, the novel is a story that suspends time, freezes the reader in a moment in our history that evolves finally into the present, giving us a sure knowledge of who we are and how we came to be here. What more can we ask of an American novel? The John Wayne and Coen brothers’ cinematic interpretations of True Grit are entertaining and reasonably faithful to the original work, but it’s Portis’ novel that’s the real deal, a solid piece of Americana that deserves to be read and studied for generations. It occurs to me, finally, that I should have said all of this 50 years ago — True Grit was as deserving of praise then as now — but as Mattie Ross articulates succinctly in the novel’s conclusion: “Time just gets away from us.” 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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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare, by Gabourey Sidibe Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe tells the captivating story of her life prior to starring and debuting in Lee Daniel’s Precious (2009) and her rise to international fame. Sidibe’s memoir charts a course from growing up in BedfordStuyvesant/Harlem, raised by a polygamist Senegalese taxidriving father, an R&B/gospel singer mom (who supported their family by busking in the subway), and her aunt — feminist activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes. From getting her first job as a phone sex operator to her breakthrough role, Sidibe candidly covers a variety of subjects, including friendship, depression, and ongoing struggles in an industry that thrives on enforced beauty standards.

How to Be Human: A Novel, by Paula Cocozza

Still adjusting to life alone in a large house in a London suburb without her exboyfriend, Mary finds a baby girl belonging to her neighbors — Eric and Michelle — bundled on her doorstep. The baby isn’t the only unexpected visitor. She’s also acquired a gentleman caller in her garden by way of the back gate — a fox. Mary’s attitude toward the intruder is decidedly more live-and-let-live than her neighbors, who are determined to have the beast exterminated. Mary finds herself between two worlds, the human one she was born into, and one that lies beyond the bounds of her fence in the overgrown enchanted wood behind her house. Cocozza has written for The Guardian, Vogue, The Telegraph and The Independent, and this is her first novel.

A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue, by John Aldridge, Anthony Sosinski Ripped right from the headlines, A Speck in the Sea is soon to be a major motion picture by the Weinstein Company. On July 24, 2013, between 2:30 and 3 a.m., lobsterman John Aldridge found himself plunging off the deck of the Anna Mary into the Atlantic Ocean, adrift without a life vest. What awoke in him then was a sudden, violent desire to survive despite his being hours from Montauk Harbor. A Speck in the Sea is, at times, bloodcurdling — Aldridge finds himself being appraised as a potential meal by a shiver of blue sharks. At others, it’s insightfully unabashed — forced to adapt, Aldridge fills his heavy fisherman’s boots with air to create a pair of makeshift flotation devices. Readers of Joe Simpson’s Touching the Void will appreciate this story of survival in the face of desolation and what seems like impossible odds.

Novel Destinations, Second Edition: A Travel Guide to Literary Landmarks from Jane Austen’s Bath to Ernest Hemingway’s Key West, by Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon

A guide for both sightseeing and time travel, Schmidt and Rendon have the unique ability to endow an inanimate locus (whether a small town, bustling metropolis or a winding road) with a distinct voice, preserving it as a timeless place through their prose. Consider how, to this day, images of Joyce’s Dublin, Virginia Woolf’s London and Kafka’s Prague endure despite each city’s respective changes in architecture and pace of life. Readers will

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The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin’s House, by Daniel Mark Epstein

Benjamin Franklin — the First American, Prophet of Tolerance and the Newton of Electricity — is a Founding Father synonymous with success and prosperity. Few, however, know of Benjamin’s son, William. Born out of wedlock, William Franklin was 21 years of age the day he aided in his father’s experiments with electricity and at his peak, attained public office as governor of New Jersey. During the American Revolution, William was seized by militiamen, held under house arrest for being a Loyalist and eventually driven into exile. Epstein paints a complicated portrait of both men, one who remains an immortal American patriot another who died an obscure expat.

Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give, by Ada Calhoun Following up on her eponymous New York Times essay for the Modern Love column, Calhoun continues her unvarnished approaches to the subjects of marriage, intimacy and the discrepancies therein. Citing friends, poets, priests, rabbis and even unlikely authors (such as J.R.R. Tolkien), Calhoun presents readers with a plethora of post-nuptial advice. Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert and Glennon Doyle Melton will appreciate this exercise in soul-searching as well as its matter-of-fact tone on life happily ever after.

The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South, by John T. Edge Columnist John T. Edge delves into the inextricable relationship of politics to food in the South from Huey P. Long to Jimmy Carter. Beginning chronologically in the 1950s with the role of black cooks and maids in the civil rights movement, Edge creates a through line to 2015 with the arrival of what he designates as the culinary New South — the widespread popularity and integration of dishes from Mexican, Vietnamese and Lebanese Americans. Among numerous culinary delights, is the book’s namesake, the nutrient-rich greens of simmering pot liquor. Expounding on the soup’s origins in the homes of poor Southerners, the hotly contested debates over whether the cornbread should be crumbled or dipped, to its eventual inclusion as a quintessential pillar of cuisine Americana, this is a book no true connoisseur would dare to miss.

The Leavers, by Lisa Ko

Through her winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, Lisa Ko gives insight into issues facing immigrants in America today. Deming Guo, 11 years old, finds himself up for adoption when his mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant working at a New York nail salon, disappears without a trace. Separated from his mother by thousands of miles, it is not until they are reunited that they realize leaving is not bad if it’s a choice you make yourself. Readers of Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah won’t want to miss this tale of longing and reconciliation.

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Whether singing to her plants or gathering speckled eggs, Honey is in her garden every day. But when she has to move to take care of her sick mother, who will care for the garden once she leaves? This sweet, beautifully illustrated story is at once an homage to nature and an ode to the beauty of friendship. It’s the perfect gift for a young child when a friend must move away. Ages 4-8.

I Just Want to Say Good Night, by Rachel Isadora

This absolutely gorgeous book is anything but the typical going-to-bed book. Lala wishes goodnight to a monkey, her chickens and to the ants, but the most stunning image is Lala wishing goodnight to her goat by resting her head on his flank — providing a poignant visual of just how closely connected African children are to the land. Ages 3-6.

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A Telling Tale Things worth more than money

By Bill Fields

On Mother’s Day, I think of a working

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Growing up in a time when more mothers than not stayed at home, Mom always had a job. Although she has worked in a department store and a small dress shop in her later years, when it comes to life outside the home, she is a bank teller in my mind’s eye. No matter what it houses, I will never think of the building set back from Broad Street as anything but Citizens Bank and Trust, Southern Pines’ first and, until the early 1960s, only bank. It became part of First Union in the early 1970s and went through other mergers and acquisitions along the way and is part of Wells Fargo today. Mom’s years at the bank spanned from the 1950s in the Broad Street location into the 1980s at the branch in Pinecrest Plaza. Although I can’t say having a bank teller for a mom was as exciting as if she had been a zookeeper, basketball coach or pilot, there were advantages. I might not have gotten larger denominations than other kids from the Tooth Fairy, but I bet nobody found more shiny quarters under his or her pillow. When I began a coin collection, it was easy, with Mom’s help, to get started on filling the slots in those blue folding books — Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, even the occasional aluminum penny from World War II would show up. I got to tour the place, of course, beyond the teller windows. The break room was nifty, but getting to step in the vault was better than a school field trip out of town. When I was real little, I asked her why we couldn’t take all the money and move to Mexico. But life on the lam, even in a warm, sunny place by the water, wasn’t in her dreams. I did, however, get a gross of No. 2 pencils once that she bought at wholesale from the office supply salesman. I also got one winter of Tuesday nights at the bowling alley when she was part of the Citizens Bank team, and her white shirt with green lettering was the best sporting attire

I’d seen that wasn’t in Carolina Blue and white. Mom went to work whether she felt good or felt bad. Pretending a sniffle was something more in order to get a day off was considered on the order of burglarizing a neighbor’s home — something you would never even think about. Sometimes she came home on her lunch break to watch a bit of As the World Turns, but she always returned to the bank at the appointed time, even if some good stuff was going on in Oakdale. And when the workday was over, she did not have the luxury of being able to pick up a roasted chicken at Harris Teeter or takeout from dozens of restaurants. Dad occasionally cooked supper, but it was mostly Mom’s responsibility. We had a home-cooked hot meal — tasty, filling — for supper almost every night. Mom did these things — one job for which she was paid and another for which she wasn’t — without fanfare or complaint, that being the way things were and the way she was. If, over my working life, I have met deadlines and for the most part not had colleagues who wanted to throw things at me in frustration, I owe a lot of that to her example. She never failed to be courteous to customers, whether they were insurance agents, shop clerks, doctors or factory workers who endorsed their paycheck with an “X” instead of a signature because they didn’t know how to write. There was a dignity in her job and in everyone she waited on. I’ve been to plenty of banks from Georgia to Connecticut since my middle school days when my mother made me put most of the money from a brief summer job into a new savings account instead of blowing it on something I didn’t really need. Some of these tellers have been nice and helpful, perfectly fine folks, but I am a very tough grader. 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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Wagner Family Values A continuing Napa Valley legacy

By Robyn James

When it comes to iconic families in the wine industry, the list is short. There are the Jacksons, the Mondavis — and then there is the Wagner family.

It would be difficult to find a rival for this family’s roots in Napa Valley. Multiple generations of Wagners have spent their entire lives there. Chuck Wagner’s history in the Valley traces back to the 1850s, when his great-great-grandfather on his mother’s side captained a wagon train to California from Bible Grove, Missouri, and purchased 70 acres of farmland in the Oak Knoll district. In 1906, Chuck’s paternal grandfather, Carl Wagner, who came from a French Alsatian wine family, bought land in Napa to start his own winery. Producing bulk wines, the family did well until Prohibition kicked in, and they had to turn to fruit and walnut farming. One year after Prohibition ended, Carl’s son Charlie married a local Napa girl, Lorna Belle Glos, and they later bought acreage in Rutherford to plant fruit orchards and wine grapes. Charlie couldn’t resist the notion that the American market wanted top quality wines, and he ripped up his fruit orchards and planted cabernet sauvignon from clones he purchased from Stag’s Leap winery. He grew quality grapes and sold them to local high-end wineries. Charlie’s only son, Chuck, caught the passion, and father and son would gather at the dinner table mixing different wines in glasses to find the perfect blend to accompany their food. However, Charlie wasn’t achieving the financial success he had envisioned. When Chuck was only 19 his dad presented an ultimatum. He wanted Chuck to join him full time in pushing the success of the winery, or he and his wife would sell everything and move to Australia. Chuck didn’t hesitate and committed himself to joining his dad in the quest for great Napa cabernet on their winery named Caymus, after a Mexican land grant. Charlie and Chuck noticed one year that they had a few exceptional barrels and decided to create a reserve wine, Caymus Special Selection. The business was going well when the big break came in 1989. The Wine Spectator named the 1984 Caymus Special Selection as the No. 1 Wine of The Year. Five years later they won again with the 1990 Caymus Special Selection becoming the only wine in the world to win that accolade twice.

It is probably safe to say that Caymus is the most well-known winery in California and perhaps in the world. Their reputation for cabernet is impeccable and untouched. Chuck enjoyed blending so much that he introduced a white wine called Conundrum, a mix of chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and muscat, to their portfolio, and although his dad thought the wine was too sweet, it became so popular they introduced Conundrum Red in 2011 and two more wines in 2016, Conundrum Sparkling and Conundrum Rosé. Chuck Wagner’s dream was that his own four children would continue his legacy in the family business. All of them had worked in the winery and vineyards after school and in the summers all of their lives. He created a variety of new brands to allow each of them to create their own opportunity. The oldest son, Charlie Wagner, is responsible for production of Mer Soleil, Wagner’s chardonnay project. He is also the director of winemaking for Conundrum Red and runs the family’s newest venture, Red Schooner, whose fruit is grown in Argentina, shipped to Napa and finished in the Caymus style. Chuck’s older daughter, Jenny Wagner, joined the family business as winemaker for their Emmolo project, launched by and named after her mother, Cheryl Emmolo, who dreamed of keeping the family name alive by making a wine label using her father’s vineyards. Their focus is on sauvignon blanc and merlot. The second oldest son, Joe, took over Wagner’s pinot noir project, Belle Glos, named after his grandmother, Lorna Belle Glos Wagner. He came up with the idea of a lower priced pinot noir called Meiomi, hitting the mother lode with this idea of a higher alcohol, big, full-bodied, fruity wine that proved to be a direct hit with American consumers. He did what Chuck never would have done and sold the Meiomi label to Constellation Brands for $315 million. Joe left the Wagner umbrella to create his own wine company, Copper Cane, housing seven different brands he hopes to pass on to his own six children, guaranteeing the Wagner name will remain synonymous with top quality and innovation in Napa Valley for generations to come. PS Robyn James is a certified sommelier and proprietor of The Wine Cellar and Tasting Room in Southern Pines. Contact her at robynajames@gmail.com.

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Throwing a Conniption A delicious spirit in search of a local shelf life

By Tony Cross

In previous columns,

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I’ve been subtle here and there with my jabs at our local ABC stores. Yes, it’s hard to get certain artisan spirits and liqueurs; yes, it’s unfortunate that other ABC stores in surrounding counties have great selections that we (somehow) aren’t privy to; and yes, it’s really annoying that if I want to grab a bottle of Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur, I’ll need to buy six to 12 bottles as a minimum order. This month I’m going to go deep. I originally planned on just showcasing a local distillery that makes phenomenal gin. However, after chatting with the owners/distillers about why I never see them in my Southern Pines ABC store, I decided to intertwine the two.

I first became familiar with Durham Distillery’s Conniption gin during the first quarter of last year. What struck me at first was how balanced the botanicals were with the citrus. In short, a fantastic gin for sure, but what really amazed me was how this was produced 75 minutes away from the Sandhills. This might not be a big deal to some, but lately there have been some great distillers popping up in our vicinity. I used the Conniption gin for lots of specialty drinks last year. Everyone loved the gin, and many were surprised to hear of its origin. I was so busy with work that I never got a chance to meet Lee and Melissa Katrincic, take a tour of their distillery to see how they operate, and chat about their gin and liqueurs (they also make Damn Fine Chocolate, Coffee and Mocha Liqueurs). I finally made it up there in March, and we had a lot to talk about. Out of the 100 counties in North Carolina, Moore County ranks ninth for gin sales. Pretty good. I’d think that a local gin distiller would have an easy time getting into one of our ABCs, but that’s not the case. “Not many consumers know this, but in North Carolina, we need to talk to one person (the ABC general manager) in every North Carolina county to ask

them if they will carry our products (and they can say no). In Virginia, which is also a control state, if they accept your products you can automatically be in every ABC store statewide if you wish,” Lee says. “It is an uphill battle in North Carolina because we cannot just pitch our products to someone else down the street. If Food Lion did not want to carry my product, I could go to Harris Teeter, for example. We met with Moore County to present our products but they will not carry our gins.” Though they are not on local shelves, I was able to order Conniption through Nature’s Own. It was a six bottle minimum order. OK, so we have two scientists (I didn’t mention that both Melissa and Lee are freaking scientists and Lee still works as one when he’s not crafting gin) who live an hour away, and make delicious gin. Our Moore County ABC outlet isn’t sold. But here’s a list of awards Melissa and Lee have won: Durham Distillery’s awards include: No. 2 Craft Gin Distillery in the U.S. (2016, 10 Best USA Today) North Carolina Gin Distillery of the Year (2016, New York International Spirits Competition) — North Carolina Distillery of the Year (2015, New York International Spirits Competition) Their Conniption Gin has won: — Gold Medal: 2016 The Fifty Best Gin competition — Silver Medal: 2016 San Francisco Spirits Competition — Silver Medal: 2016 New York International Spirits Competition — Silver Medal of 89 Points: 2016 Tastings.com Beverage Testing Institute — Silver Medal: 2016 American Craft Spirits Association — Silver Medal: 2015 TheGinIsIn.com — 89 Points: 2016 Wine Enthusiast magazine — Bronze Medal: 2016 New York World Wine & Spirits Competition Their Conniption Navy Strength Gin has won: — Best in Show Gin, Best in Show Unaged White Spirit and Double Gold Medal: 2016 New York World Wine & Spirits Competition — Platinum Medal of 96 Points: 2016 Tastings.com Beverage Testing Institute

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— Gold Medal: 2016 San Francisco Spirits Competition — Gold Medal: 2016 The Fifty Best gin competition — Silver Medal: 2015 New York International Spirits Competition — Silver Medal: 2016 TheGinIsIn.com — Bronze Medal: 2016 American Craft Spirits Association That’s an impressive list, I think you’ll agree — I just wish our local distributors would get onboard with an outstanding hand-made spirit locals will love. Talk about “buying local!”

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So, what are Lee and Melissa up to? Creating new products, of course. Cucumber vodka is the next big thing coming out of Durham Distillery. It’s going to be a hit; I’ve tried it and I can’t wait to get more of it. That thing’s good. “Many specialty vodkas on the market are artificially flavored, and the products that do use natural flavors typically use extracts,” Lee says. “What we are doing here is taking hand-selected fresh cucumbers and distilling them at room temperature in small 5-gallon batches in our vacuum still (rotary evaporator). This preserves the cucumber’s delicate flavor, producing a super clean and crisp vodka without applying heat. A large proportion of our Conniption American Dry gin has this cucumber vodka in it, so this was a natural next step for us.” Maybe it will be in our Southern Pines ABC. I mean, it is a flavored vodka after all. PS Tony Cross is a bartender who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines. He can also recommend a vitamin supplement for the morning after at Nature’s Own.

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M & M The sweetness of life

By Joyce R eehling

All people have a little Sesame Street in their lives. The letter M is big for me.

March and May are the birth months of two of my favorite people, nieces born three years apart. Darling Husband and I decided not to become parents, but being an auntie and an uncle is a perfect fit. In March of ’93 my sister, Mandy, gave birth to her first child. Her husband, Scott, was pale as Mandy struggled with a difficult labor and a strange ob/gyn who seemed to think that unlimited hours of hell were a good idea. Sara came into this world after a C-section when both she and Mandy were worn down and close to danger points. There was this beautiful little girl with a head full of dark hair, destined to go blonde in a blink. She was a big baby and easy to find in the nursery window, gorgeous and delightful. Mandy was exhausted and Scott was amazed by it all. I could not get enough of her, not even when she went into the dreaded colic that lasted eight weeks. The crying was heart-wrenching, as if she was in the tortures of the damned. My mom, who lived nearby, pitched in, helping for days on end, lifting some of the load off the new mommy. March had always been the birthday month of “the twins” — my sister and me — but now it became Sara’s month and my joy. Three years later the news came that Mandy and Scott were pregnant again, and this time Mandy honored me with a request to be with her at the hospital. Scott traveled a great deal for work and was worried he couldn’t guarantee he’d be there in time for the May delivery. I was overjoyed and arrived several days prior to the expected date. Mandy went into a tailspin of frenetic nesting, possessed with the notion of washing floors and cleaning gutters and such crazy things. I understand that is not unusual but one does have limits. I said in no uncertain terms that if she wanted a floor scrubbed that I would do it for her and that she was not to drop to

her knees on any pretext. Instead, off we went to find a coat for 3-year-old Sara. While Mandy and Sara prowled the aisles of BonTon I was looking at baby clothes for the fun of it — although I swear by consignment clothes, since no baby wears anything long enough to warrant new clothes for the next one. All of a sudden I hear my name called in a plaintive moan. Mandy had gone down on one knee to button up Sara’s coat-to-be and could not rise again. Like an Amish barn raising, with a little force and a lot of comforting, up she came. The next morning we got up at 5 a.m. and went to the maternity wing. Thus began a day of walking the halls, Mandy’s grip nearly breaking my arm as I steadied her, to help labor do what labor does. Monitors were attached to her belly and the wait began. Bless his heart, Scott made it. He walked in around noon, having driven for many hours to get there. Feeling a bit peckish, he decided to go to the hospital dining area and returned a half hour later to announce that they had great burgers and a fantastic view of the Susquehanna River. The only thing missing was the toothpick. I saw a look on Mandy’s face I had never seen before, a quiet kind of rage. A look with a strength of focus that would make a NASA astronaut seem flaky. A look that was the very definition of why handgun legislation is contemplated. Around 3:30 all hell broke loose, nurses running in, a doctor suddenly breaking the foot of the bed down, and in minutes Emma’s head was visible. With one push out came those little shoulders, followed quickly by her whole self. Scottie and I burst into cartoon tears, the kind that fly straight out of your eyes. All we could say was: “Emma is here. Emma is here.” Joy filled the room. She was passed to Mandy, then Scott and then me. May joined March. Twenty-one years later we are attending her college graduation. In May. PS Joyce Reehling is a frequent contributor and good friend of PineStraw.

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How Green Is My Garlic? Searching out a savory seasonal specialty

By Jan Leitschuh

There is a rare treat available this

time of year, and it is green garlic. You may have to hunt it down, but if you’re lucky enough to find it, it can be a savory treasure.

At least one local chef seeks it out. Chef Karen Littlefield, of Filly & Colt’s Restaurant at Little River Golf and Resort, says, “We use it in the restaurant like scallions and sauté it for a milder-than-onion flavor. The (green garlic) dressing is always a big hit.” (See her recipe below.) You’ll find green garlic only in the spring, and generally only at the local level. Scout out farmers markets, or check your community supported agriculture box for a slim green, stalk-y item with a pale white bottom. Green garlic joins the spring parade of other healthy alliums like scallions and green onions, leeks, green shallots and such. It’s one of our earliest fresh produce options locally. Why hunt down this odd, strappy-leaved stalk every spring? Green garlic is prized for its fresh, spring-tonic, garlic flavor. You don’t see it often in grocery stores because green garlic is the immature form of your common garlic, before the bulb has time to mature. As it matures, the onion-like bulb at the bottom separates into individual cloves that then grow in volume. When a farmer picks his or her crop before maturity, there is less to harvest so, naturally, they might want to carry a crop to fruition. However, exceptions are made because produce hunger is strong in the spring, and our local producers aim to please, prizing good relations with their Sandhills neighbors. This time of year, people want fresh flavors, and the mild allium taste of green garlic does just that. Whether you have in mind something simple like chopping your green garlic to zing up scrambled eggs or quiche, or something fancier like Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp and Green Garlic in Cream Sauce, preparation is similar. Select slender, young and tender stalks. Green garlic still has its green “food factory” stalk attached. Much like green onions, all parts of the plant are edible. The topmost green is a bit chewy, so cut off over half of the green tops for optimum texture and garlic flavor. The tougher tops can go to flavor soups, to be fished out before consumption, much like a bay leaf — your grandma would have understood this thrift.

Chef Littlefield’s popular green garlic dressing starts with a stalk of green garlic, trimmed with about three inches of green stalk included, then rinsed, then rough-chopped. She adds a cup of vegetable oil (such as olive), and gives it a whirl in the food processor until a pale green liquid emerges. Finally, she adds 1/4 cup of vinegar, 1/4 cup of orange or lemon juice, a tablespoon of sugar, a tablespoon of either whole oregano or herbes de Provence, and a tablespoon of grated citrus rind, reblends, then salts and peppers to taste. Toss with baby lettuce and spinach leaves, and savor the season. Green garlic can be used anywhere you’d use regular garlic. But the extra green bits give the resulting dish a verdant, fresh-spring aspect. It won’t be as intense as regular garlic. According to the respected website World’s Healthiest Foods, “Garlic has long been recognized for its potential to reduce our risk of certain cancers,” and “The benefits of garlic intake for decreased risk of cardiovascular disease have now been extended to each of the following conditions: heart attack, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, and atherosclerosis. The everyday flexibility of our blood vessels has been shown to improve with intake of garlic, and the likelihood of blood vessel damage due to chronic excessive inflammation has been shown to decrease when this allium vegetable in consumed on a regular basis.” In that case, a little medicinal nosh might be in order . . .

Green Garlic Dip 2 cups cooked or canned garbanzo beans 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Green garlic with 3 inches of stalk, chopped 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Sea salt and pepper to taste Serve with sugar snap peas, cut cukes, carrots or celery for a fully healthful snack. What is it about spring that makes us crave its fresh flavors? Is it that long winter of heavy stews and hearty meals that sets us on a course for lighter fare?

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Bring a medium pot of lightly salted water to a boil and add the peas. Turn the heat down to medium and simmer until tender, 4 to 10 minutes, depending on the size and freshness. Put a strainer over a bowl and drain the peas. Measure out 2 cups of the cooking water (add fresh water if necessary), return to the pot, add salt to taste, bring to a boil and add the quinoa. When the water comes back to a boil, cover, reduce the heat and simmer 15 minutes, or until the quinoa is tender and, in the case of white quinoa, displays a thread. Remove from the heat, drain through a strainer and return to the pot. Cover the pot with a clean dishtowel and return the lid. Let sit 15 minutes. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over mediumlow heat in a wide, heavy skillet and add the leek and sliced green garlic. Add a generous pinch of salt and cook, stirring, until tender, fragrant and translucent, 3-to-5 minutes. Add the quinoa and peas to the pan and toss together with the remaining olive oil for about 2 minutes, taking care not to mash the peas. Add the fresh herbs, grind in some pepper, taste and adjust seasoning, and serve. Yield: 4 to 6 servings. Advance preparation: You can cook the peas and the quinoa up to a few days ahead (though the peas will lose much of their sweetness) and keep in the refrigerator. PS Jan Leitschuh is a local gardener, avid eater of fresh produce and co-founder of the Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative.

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Dark Night

A simple boat trip can test a man’s pride and his night vision By Clyde Edgerton

One evening a few weeks ago, I left Gibby’s

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Dock and Dine in Carolina Beach, just off the Intracoastal Waterway. It was 7 p.m., dark, and I was in a motorboat alone, heading 15 miles north to a friend’s dock on Wrightsville Beach. My wife and daughter had just left Gibby’s in an automobile and would be waiting for me at my destination. I was hoping to impress my wife (and myself) with how quickly I could get to Wrightsville Beach. I’d planned to leave before dark but time had slipped away. Well, yes, we could have left the boat and come back for it the next day. But . . . come on, a little night trip up the waterway? What could be difficult about that? (Not being able to see, for one thing, Captain Ahab.) I’d be heading north, right? With land to my right and left? And surely there’d be enough light to see ahead in the dark — not far, but far enough. It’s a straight shot. I’d simply stay in the middle of the waterway and thus avoid the crab pot buoys. The channel markers would all have red and green lights, right? It wouldn’t be that dark. Before I know it, I’m disoriented. Yes, there are house lights off to my left, to the west along the waterway, and I’m confident that there is an eastern bank to my right — somewhere — but the rest of the world is inked over. Inked in, inked out. Then I see a green light far ahead — a channel marker. It seems extraordinarily far away. The water is less calm than I’d remembered on the trip down that afternoon in full, bright, beautiful daylight. And coming toward me, from way far up north, is a light brighter than any train headlight I’ve ever seen. Or is it stationary? And it’s not just one bright light — it’s a cluster of lights together like a sunflower, like a white, nighttime sun. It has killed any night vision I might have. I put my hand up to block it out. I calmly think about the worst thing that can happen. I can die. But worse: I may have to confess stupidity.

Boat owners know about the safety cord running from near the throttle that you can clip to a belt loop so that if you fall overboard the attached cord will pull a small button off a small knob and cause the boat engine to cut off so that the boat will not run away. I’ve never hooked it up. I hook it up. Where the hell am I? . . . I mean, in reference to the shoreline? I turn loose the wheel, pull out my phone, keeping a hand up to block the bright light. I touch to open the Maps app with GPS but my screen is blocked by a white box asking if I want to join any of several WiFi servers. I cancel that, worried again about my night vision, then I see the waterway on the iPhone screen and a small blue dot that is my position. Aha. I look up. What? At my one o’clock position is a string of lights sitting on the water. . . is that a very long, low boat? How could that be? It’s a boat dock! How can it be ahead and to my right on the barrier island side? The shore with houses is to my left. There are no boat docks on the back side of Masonboro Island. I turn the boat to get around this phantom dock. I’ve drifted way left it seems. How? What’s going on? The blinding bright light is getting larger. And higher. Yep, it’s coming for me. I need to be to the right of that dock, and to the right of the blinding bright light headed my way, but how? And what about the crab pot buoys? No way I can see one of those. I should be out in the middle. I check the blue dot on my map. Confirmed. I’m too far left, or west. I change my heading significantly to the right, east. Suddenly, I remember that the satellite choice on the GPS should show photos of the boat docks. The plain map doesn’t. Another Wi-Fi request blocks my screen. My left hand blocks the blinding bright light. I have no night vision. I grab the wheel and find the satellite map. I press it and wait. The screen slowly fills in. Ah, there’s my little blue dot in the Intracoastal Waterway. The satellite map shows shallow and deep areas in the water. Cool. It shows boat docks. Cool. If I just had a flashlight to see ahead in the water. Is there one on the boat somewhere? Or on the iPhone? Yes. I turn it on. Better to have an iPhone than a Swiss Army knife right now. I hold the phone high overhead to try to light the water over the bow and watch the map. My left hand is back up, blocking the bright ship headlight. I lean against the wheel to steer with my body somehow. Lo and behold about 50 feet straight ahead is a green reflecting

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square — a channel marker! The iPhone flashlight is not lighting the water ahead but is reflecting off a channel marker. I see on the satellite map that I’ve drifted right — far right. Most boats have what’s called a whisky compass, an erratic compass that floats in liquid, and is only roughly accurate, especially if there are waves. By this compass, I see that I’m heading almost north and need a 10-degree correction or so to the west. That blinding light. It’s closer. And closer. I can see it’s a very large boat. Will it miss me? I maneuver to the right. It passes to my left. It’s gigantic. It has no thoughts of slowing down. The wake tosses me way up and way down. I’m in idle, waiting for the wake to pass. I say ugly things. The wake recedes, and I slowly crawl north — checking satellite map, flashlight up, watching for channel markers, etc. Nearing my destination, I realize I have no clear landmarks for my friend’s dock. My friend’s pier is one among many exactly like it. I’ve never docked there (or anywhere else) at night. My wife and daughter are supposed to be waiting at that dock. They’ve probably been there a while. I phone them. My daughter answers. “What’s taking you so long, Daddy?” “Oh, nothing. Just taking my time. No need to rush. Nice night. Is Mama there?” “Sure. Here she is.” My wife asks, “What’s taking so long, Honey?” “Oh, nothing. Just taking my time. Nice night out here. Need to be careful, though. Would you do me a favor?” “Sure.” “Are you on the dock?” “Yes.” “Would you turn on your phone flashlight and wave it over your head? With the light shining out toward me?” “Sure. Where are you?” “I’m not altogether sure . . . would you turn on the flashlight and wave it over your head?” “OK.” “Oh, good,” I say. “I see you.” Then I realize she can’t hear me because her phone is over her head, going back and forth in the air. In a few minutes, I dock safely, step off the boat, and my wife asks, “How was the trip?” “Fine,” I say, holding onto a single sliver of pride deep in my soul. I don’t know where to start. “Wasn’t it pretty dark out there?” “Damn dark.” PS Clyde Edgerton is the author of 10 novels, a memoir and most recently, Papadaddy’s Book for New Fathers. He is the Thomas S. Kenan III Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at UNCW.

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ETA: Early When on time is too late

By Deborah Salomon

Why am I always early?

My mother used to say, “If Deb is late don’t call the police . . . call the undertaker.”

I cannot ever remember missing a deadline or a flight except when the plane I’m on is delayed and I miss the connection. Then my tummy does more somersaults than an Olympic gymnast. I pay bills the day they arrive. My taxes are done a month in advance but I mail the checks in April because I don’t like how the government spends my money. That’s me, sitting in the car outside an office or house, not wanting to arrive for an appointment ahead of time. Exception: the dentist. I get there early on purpose because they have great magazines. I purposely overestimate travel time, especially rush hour at the Pinehurst Traffic Circle, where a five-minute wait amid lovely scenery turns people who have never dealt with Boston, New York, Charlotte or Atlanta into whiners. This is not something I’m pleased about — nor do I seek a cure. But, since nothing comes from nothing, before the fat lady sings I might investigate. Blame my name. Deborah, in Hebrew, means bee. Bees are characterized as busy. You don’t see bees sleeping late, making (up) excuses or procrastinating. Sleeping late? People frequently reply that my computer clock is off when emails arrive with a 4:45 a.m. time stamp. Lucky-the-cat is only partly responsible. The habit of early rising began in middle school. My father traveled for business, weeks at a time, and my mother had vague health issues which kept her abed until at least 8. Fine with me. I enjoyed studying for a test in the dark and quiet, ironing a blouse, eating whatever I pleased for breakfast while watching the new Today show. By 8:15 I was waiting on the corner for my ride. The only problem — super-early risers want lunch at 10 a.m. This carried over to college, much to my roommate’s dismay. We parted after a semester, but the habit continued to motherhood, when that witching pre-dawn hour was spent drinking coffee, folding laundry, skimming the newspaper, even cooking.

“Why do I smell onions at 7 a.m.?” my son would ask. As a full-time reporter I ran 3 miles, stopped at the supermarket, baked a coffeecake or muffins and still got to work before 9. When I visit my grandsons in Canada the return flight leaves at 6 a.m., which means getting to the airport at 4 a.m., which means leaving the apartment at 3:30 a.m., which means getting up to shower and eat breakfast at 2:30 a.m., which means going to bed at 8 p.m. Wary of alarm clocks, I wake every 20 minutes or so to check the time. I respectfully disbelieve in astrology, but learned that Capricorns “like to plan and rehearse everything in advance.” Hmm. This chronic earlybirditis has not waned with age, except now I indulge in an afternoon nap. So far, nothing adequately explains the pathology. There’s no such thing as being “fashionably early” either, although I read that fashionably late people are insecure. Or the opposite. Marilyn Monroe used to keep film crews waiting for hours. The Clintons, chronically behind schedule, joke about it. Not that any of this really matters, except for one disaster. I was invited to a dinner party by a very chi-chi hostess. The invitation said 7 p.m. I drove up 10 minutes early but sat outside pretending to talk on my phone. When I rang the bell at seven sharp she came bustling to the door, hair in giant rollers, smoke billowing from her ears. “A bit early, aren’t you, dear?” “You said 7,” I murmured. “That means 7:30,” she hissed. The last guest arrived around 8. Needless to say, I never got invited back. Surely there are worse things than not being first in line for hot theater tickets. Or missing a flight. Or showing up late for a job interview. Or arriving with a crucial deposit after the bank closes. I wouldn’t know. I’m that bird up front, feasting on the worm. 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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Even though my boys are 13 and 8, most of

the time I go grocery shopping without them, because, well, it’s just less stressful that way. However, if they do go with me, I make sure to fill them up with snacks before we reach the store, which usually means rummaging under the seats of the car to see if there are any old granola bars or maybe some peanuts or dried bananas leftover from some trail mix. If they don’t have something to eat before grocery shopping, we become the owners of aisle 5.

When they were younger, a mysterious transformation would happen as soon as they crossed the threshold of the automatic doors. In those short steps, they would become whiny, irrational, obnoxious little beings. Sometimes random items would appear in my cart. Organic blueberry Pop Tarts? (Where did these come from? We get the regular kind.) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups? (Once these entered the cart, I couldn’t put them back on the shelf because of my own addiction.) Depends? (Not yet.) My boys thought they were funny. The conveyor belt was one embarrassment after another. “Oh, we didn’t need this, nor this, how the hell did this get in here? I’m so sorry . . . ” If we went to a store where there were, God forbid, samples, my kids would tear off in opposite directions and fill up on turkey, cheese, cookies, whatever, as though they hadn’t eaten in days. I found myself saying the following over and over on any given grocery store trip: “Stop touching the cereal boxes.” “Get out from under the coffee display!” “OMG! Get OUT of the freezer!” “Stop dancing!” “Watch where you’re going!” “No, you cannot open the string cheese right now.” Anyway, today they are old enough to behave themselves in the grocery store. Or so I thought. Though I’d already been to the store, I had forgotten the bread, the eggs, the Cinnamon Toast Crunch, the Cheetos, all the staples. So, after I picked up the boys from school, I said, “We’re gonna run in Food Lion real quick. You can stay in the car if you want.” No, they both wanted to go in with me. “We’re gonna be quick,” I said at least nine times. As we walked through the produce aisle, I tossed some oranges into the cart. As I turned my back to examine an avocado, I saw David sauntering off texting and Kevin wandering the other way.

They’d already struck. I peered into the cart and noticed some peculiar items. Cheese puffs. White powdery doughnut holes. An entire coffee cake. How mysterious. I took the foreign items out of my cart and placed them on a shelf, not where they go. Sorry, Food Lion. “Wait!” Kevin exclaimed, appearing from . . . somewhere. “Those are my snacks for school!” “No, they aren’t. I already got snacks.” “But I want these snacks!” “No.” “Why not?” I heard my mother’s voice, “Because I said so.” David, at this point, reappeared in time to chime in, “Because Mommy says so, Kevin.” With no warning whatsoever, Kevin flung himself on the floor, right in between the pickles and the salad dressing, sprawling across the entire aisle. “Get up, Kevin,” I said. He didn’t move. “I can’t. I’m so mad.” I was simply not sure what to do. People were starting to watch us, and my face felt hot. I breathed, like I had learned in yoga class. Then I thought, fine. I did the only thing I knew to do. I walked away, down the aisle, through the dressings and ketchup and mustard. David looked at me, puzzled. No one was going to kidnap Kevin. They would return him faster than week-old meat. “Aren’t we gonna get Kevin?” “He’s fine.” We strolled through the aisles. I suddenly needed more items than I initially thought. Funny how that happens. A few aisles later, Kevin, scowling, arms crossed, shuffled up behind us. “Hi Kevin!” David said cheerily, to annoy. Kevin glared at David. We maneuvered down the aisles, picked up the eggs, the Cinnamon Toast Crunch. “I’m sorry,” Kevin mumbled to me. “What are you sorry for?” “For my attitude. But I really wanted a snack for school.” “I forgive you.” “Then do we have to talk about it?” he sighed. “No.” I dropped some yogurt into the cart. “OK, both of you go grab one snack each for your lunches this week.” “Oh yes!” Kevin exclaimed and dashed down the chip aisle, David close behind him. Kevin grabbed Cheetos and David, Cool Ranch Doritos. I was so incredibly done. And no one had even climbed into the freezer. PS Renee Phile loves being a mom, even if it doesn’t show at certain moments.

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Although the raven has, for centuries,

been one of the most widely recognized and intriguing birds in the Northern Hemisphere, it is uncommon to see one in Piedmont North Carolina. And in the Sandhills, the common raven is a real rarity — a situation that is likely to change in the not-too-distant future. By contrast, the raven’s close cousin, the crow, loves calling Piedmont North Carolina home. Distinguishing between ravens and crows is really pretty easy. To begin with, ravens are massive, jet-black birds half again as large as our crows. And unlike the constant and abrasive “cawing” that comes from crows, the raven’s call is a shorter, harsh or gurgling croak that, not surprisingly, carries a long way. It is, in fact, this distinctive vocalization that often gives them away, especially in remote areas. Ravens also have heavy, serrated bills and long wedge-shaped tails. And while crows can be seen swooping from tree to tree in gangs, ravens seem specifically designed for altitude. Since they typically range across both large forests and open expanses, you will often see them soaring effortlessly high in the sky. In our state, common ravens breed in the Appalachians and can be found roaming the mountains for miles around. But for several decades now the species has been moving farther east across the foothills, no doubt a range expansion facilitated by human activity. Ravens, as well as their other corvid cousin, are opportunistic feeders. Roadkill is certainly a major and easy source of food — as are landfills, parks and campgrounds. Even pet food bowls and bird feeders attract their attention. Some clever birds have learned that gun-

shots during hunting season may mean a meal in the not too distant future. And farmers have learned that ravens aren’t reluctant to go after eggs, chicks and even newborn small animals such as lambs. These birds are exceptionally intelligent and are, arguably, the smartest of all birds found in North America. Not only do they readily figure out where to find their next meal, they will work in pairs to acquire certain types of food. One individual will divert the attention of a nesting adult bird while its mate steals an egg or nestling. Common ravens can be destructive in their search for food, tearing into campers’ tents and other manmade structures, and, in numbers, can foul sensitive equipment. In fact, ravens have a predilection for causing power outages by pulling the insulation off wire and picking electrical insulators. They inevitably become a nuisance if they linger too often or too long around any human habitation, a problem given how long-lived the birds are and that they are also nonmigratory. It is both a surprise and a treat when I spot one of these impressive birds in the Piedmont. One conspicuous individual ranges around the Red Oak Brewery in Whitsett where I’m part of a project to encourage hummingbirds. I have also seen ravens flying high above U.S. Route 1 around Sanford and one sitting on a guardrail along N.C. Highway 54. I would not be surprised if a pair is breeding in the area along the Deep River. At these lower elevations, riverside bluffs resemble the cliff habitats where common ravens usually nest. They make ledges on tall buildings their home as well. Ravens are clearly adaptable and perfectly happy to live alongside us — more and more of them all of the time. PS Susan would love to receive your wildlife sightings and photos at susan@ncaves.com.

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Hearing a Faint Voice Testing a new outfit in an old spot

By Tom Bryant . . . A Florida conservationist is a fellow who bought his waterfront property last week, and wants to make room for two or three friends and then shut the door forever. And meanwhile the people who knew what it was like twenty years ago are an ever-dwindling minority, a voice too faint to be heard. — The Empty Copper Sea, by John D. MacDonald

Wind was blowing out of the east

at about 20 knots. That, along with a low tide, had all but emptied Chokoloskee Bay of water except in the cuts and passes. Too windy to take out the canoe, and I was determined not to make a mistake like I did the day before, when I got caught on a falling tide with wind in my face. When I made it back to the dock, it felt as if I had paddled 5 miles, towing a barge. I don’t mind a little exercise, but that was too much.

Chokoloskee Park and Marina sits on about 10 or 15 acres, all of it packed elbow-to-elbow with campers like us and mobile homes made permanent in the back. We had the site up the hill from the launching ramp of the marina, and I was sitting outside our little Airstream, keeping out of the wind. Montana Bill, a long-timer, walked by on the way to the dock, looked over at me and said, “Tom, you get to say ‘hey’ to everybody right here.” I laughed. “You’re right, Bill, if I get tired of folks I just go inside.” The site was narrow but a little bigger than the rest on the front row. This was our

annual winter visit to Florida. We had budgeted two weeks for the island and we were just getting into a routine. The weather had been windy but warm, and the snowbirds who had been there a lot longer said we were blessed with the wind because the mosquitoes and no-see-ums had been murder before the breeze cranked up and blew them away. Not wanting to take the canoe out, I ventured out on the dock with a new spinning outfit I received for Christmas. It was a combo from L.L. Bean, spinning rod and reel and fly rod and reel. I was excited about trying it out. The dock runs beside the launching ramp to a fish-cleaning station, hangs a right and goes in a semicircle back toward the marina, creating a space for boats to come into the slips available and tie up for the evening or for any length of stay. It’s a pretty efficient little harbor just right for small boats. I, on the other hand, parked my canoe beside the Airstream. There are a couple of benches placed strategically along the dock walkway where folks could rest and watch wildlife or maybe sunsets, which are magnificent over the Ten Thousand Islands. I noticed an old fellow sitting at the bench closest to the cleaning station, so I moved down toward the north end of the dock so I wouldn’t accidentally hook him if the wind blew the lure his way. He was a weathered old guy, wearing a cut-off sweatshirt, denim shorts, and a canvas hat that looked as if it had done duty in the big war, World War I, I mean. He had a pipe that he would repack with tobacco from time to time. I hadn’t smelled a pipe smoker in many years. The wind blew me a whiff every now and then, and it brought back memories of the days when I used to smoke a pipe before I gave up tobacco entirely. To me, it wasn’t unpleasant the way cigarettes and cigars are. I tossed the light lure out as far as I could, more just learning the touch of the spinning outfit than hoping to catch something. A stiff breeze at my back helped, but I still couldn’t reach deep water like I wanted. I noticed the old guy had moved to the bench nearer to where I was.

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“You’re gonna have to put more weight on that leader if you want to get where the fish are,” he said, chuckling. “You’re right, but I’m more interested in how this little thing works than actually catching a fish. It’s new to me and I’m impressed with it so far.” “I bet it would be fun with a 3- or 4-pound trout on it.” “Mister, I haven’t caught a 3- or 4-pound trout in quite a while. I don’t know if they grow ’em that big anymore.” “It would break your heart to see the fish pulled out of these waters 20 years ago,” he said. “A 3-pound trout was common, and pompano and snook and red fish and sheepshead. You name it, the fishing was so good you had to hide your bait or they would jump in the boat.” I laughed and said, “I’ve heard that one before, old-timer. Believe it or not, I used to fish these waters with my granddad over 60 years ago, and I can relate to what you’re saying.” “Well, I’ve got some years on you, and I can remember that before that causeway and bridge were built, nobody fished off Chokoloskee Island except the locals. Most everybody put in at Everglades City, what few came here to fish. The rich folks fished out of the Rod and Gun Club. Met Hemingway there one time. He gave me a dollar to haul in his suitcase.” He was looking to the north where the causeway crossed the bay to the island. The folks from the highway department were hard at work replacing the bridge located in the middle, and they had a way to go before they finished. They were working one lane at a time and had an automatic light controlling traffic. “Yep,” he said, “before they dug the ditch to build that road and bridge, the flow of the bay coming out of the Glades was a lot better. Some folks say the reason the fishing is not as good as it used to be is because of that cotton-picking’ road.” He knocked tobacco ash out of his pipe, refilled it, and lit it again. He stood, shuffling a bit to get his feet working. “Well, anyhow, ain’t nothing the way it used to be. Good luck, fellow. I hope you catch some fish. My daughter is supposed to pick me up in a few minutes. She brings me over here every now and then so I can check out the fishing. Maybe I’ll see you again.” We said our goodbyes, and I watched as he slowly made his way around the dock to the parking lot. He’s right, I thought. Times have changed, not always for the better. In the distance I could hear the pounding as the big diesel pile driver worked on the bridge. PS

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Donald Ross Revealed Local author Chris Buie’s engaging new biography of Pinehurst’s Patron Saint of Design

By Lee Pace

Chris Buie moved to Southern Pines as a

10-year-old in the mid-1970s, was a regular golfer and swimmer at what was then known as the Southern Pines Elk Lodge, and later played on O’Neal School teams that won three state golf titles in the early 1980s. All of those PGA Tour stops at Pinehurst No. 2 in the 1970s — with winners from Johnny Miller to Hale Irwin, from Jack Nicklaus to Raymond Floyd — made an indelible mark on an adolescent Buie.

“It was amazing to see your heroes 10 feet away on the tee in a tight match,” he says. “It was absolutely fantastic growing up with that. It was mesmerizing.” Years later, Buie found himself being similarly affected with the enormity of the 2014 U.S. Open at No. 2. Some 340,000 people flocked to the resort over a fortnight to take in the third Open to be played on No. 2 and the resort’s inaugural Women’s Open that would come the next week. Those events are on top of the two U.S. Amateurs, one Ryder Cup Match and one PGA Championship to have been played on the course that the Scottish architect Donald Ross

cobbled from the sand over some three decades from 1907 to 1935. “I was standing behind the 12th tee on Saturday and took in that panoramic view,” Buie says. “The entire place was packed. I couldn’t believe it. I was just really struck. I guess you could say I had an epiphany. The unusually clear thought is that not one of these people would be there if it was not for this guy Donald Ross.” At that point Buie, whose career had ranged from social work to marketing and who had authored one book, The Early Days of Pinehurst, decided to delve into the Ross story on his own and produce a book with his findings. The result, The Life & Times of Donald Ross, was released this spring. The 296-page oversized book was published by The Classics of Golf, retails for $75 and is deep with previously unearthed details on Ross’ life and interesting visuals — from shots of a tweed-attired Ross driving a golf ball from the Library of Congress to a map of the 36 holes he built at Oak Hill in Rochester designed with eight “layers,” or starting and stopping points beyond the usual first and 10th tees. Buie interviewed five people who knew Ross and took advantage of research advances today that allow an author to canvass innumerable newspapers more than a century old from the comfort of his own office and internet connection. “Being able to tap into that is something that really hasn’t been available before,” Buie says. “Previously, you would have had to travel to a lot of libraries. Anyway, there were a lot of great interviews and information in those old articles.”

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Having visited Ross’ hometown of Dornoch, Scotland, twice for chapters in my own books about Pinehurst golf and its evolution, having visited the Dornoch museum and interviewed descendants of Ross’ contemporaries, and certainly having played dozens of Ross courses and written about many of them, I thought my reservoir of Ross knowledge quite extensive. But I found in Buie’s book morsel upon morsel of anecdotes I’d never read or heard before. To wit: • On the look and feel of Dornoch in 1890, this passage from an English author: “Although really a seaside place, it is surrounded by woods, moors and mountains, thereby combining such pursuits of the Highlands — as grouse or partridge shooting, deer driving (but not stalking) or fly fishing. Ladies who do not care to follow the gun or play the fly, can find charming spots to sketch, and Dornoch is surrounded by lovely walks and drives, and there are several charming excursions at greater distances.” • On Sunday golf in Dornoch being considered sacrilegious, that some church-goers were taking odd-looking “walking canes” to worship but actually using them as golf sticks on the way home, sneaking into the dunes for a couple of holes: “Despite their discretion, most of the villagers knew exactly what the ‘Sabbath breakers’ were up to. As with any small town, little happened without being known by everyone in short order.” • On Ross’ upbringing in the conservative, strict schools of northern Scotland in the 1870s and an anecdote from his great-grandson, Alex Shapiro: “He decided to dip the pigtails of a girl that was sitting in front of him in an inkwell on his desk. The teacher came over and hit him so hard that it broke his nose. Donald was so scared about telling his father for fear of what would happen to him that he kept it to himself. So it was never tended to and for the rest of his life he could only breath out of half of his nose.” • On Ross apparently being at the vanguard of the idea to have front and back nines, an idea at odds to the links concept of the British Isles where most courses ran “out” in one direction along the coast, then turned “in” for the final nine: “One of the desirable shapes for a piece of golf property is that of a fan,” Ross said. “It gives you the opportunity to place your clubhouse in the center or handle of the fan and lay out two loops of nine holes on either side of the handle ... This layout affords another rather pleasant feature, as members can stop after nine holes and have refreshments.” • On his meeting the titans of American business and being particularly fond of Henry Ford, who asked him to design and build a course for his workers in Dearborn, Michigan: “(Ford) is a different type of any from almost any other I have met,” Ross said in a 1923 letter to

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Pinehurst owner Leonard Tufts. “He opened up pretty freely to me, and I have a cordial invitation to stay at his house, and I will accept some time. I would like to know him better. He surely likes peculiar angles, and I already know he has a mind of his own. He would be lost as a President — and it’s entirely outside of his line of endeavor. He is too frank to be a politician. He is a plain democratic man and wealth has not turned his head.” • On the pressure he felt in the depths of the 1930s Depression to find new projects so that he could keep his workers employed: “I want to get the contract to build it so that I can find work for a few of my good men here who must be discharged unless I can find other employment,” he said in a 1937 letter to his daughter. “That, you see, is the responsibility that goes with being a father to so many workers. I feel that they depend on me for a livelihood.” By that time Ross had just completed his final routing of No. 2, adding the current fourth and fifth holes and discarding two that ran into ground now occupied by course No. 4, and had built seven courses in the Sandhills — four at Pinehurst Country Club, one at Pine Needles, one at Mid Pines and 27 holes at Southern Pines. Those were among the some 400 courses he would design across mostly the eastern half of the United States. Buie says one of the most notable takeaways from his research was how Ross’ fingerprints are on so many elements of golf’s evolution in America — from design to clubmaking to helping elevate the status of the once lowly club pro. The second was how he “instilled the game with the proper spirit,” Buie says. “He was adamant about that. He wanted everything done ‘the right way.’ But he was especially strident about that when it came to golf. He was outspoken about that and vigilant, as well.” Buie vouched that idea with an interview he found from a 1939 interview in the Elmira Star Gazette: “In my long association with golf, covering practically the entire life of the game in the United States, there has never been a scandal in connection with professional golf,” Ross said. “This is a glorious reputation for golf and must be maintained if the game is to continue to hold the respect of the public, and continue in the unusually fine atmosphere it has created.” One wonders what Ross would have thought of the Tiger Woods story from 2009, but you get the point. PS Lee Pace has written Golftown Journal since 2008 and has authored four books about golf at Pinehurst, his most recent “The Golden Age of Pinehurst” in 2014.

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Where art meets industry, in a world of gritty timelessness By Jim Moriarty Photographs by L aura Gingerich

ressed like Marty McFly paying a nocturnal visit on his adolescent father in Back to the Future, Brian Brown and Jackson Jennings shuffle along in their silver coats and hoods with plastic face shields, carrying 270 pounds of molten bronze as if it was the industrial version of Cleopatra’s golden litter. As they tip the glowing bucket, orange metal flows like lava into the gray-white ceramic casts wired in place in a steel pan on the cement floor. This is how Ronald Reagan got to the Capitol rotunda. Carolina Bronze Sculpture, hidden down a gravel drive past Maple Springs Baptist Church on the other side of I-73 from Seagrove’s famous potteries, may be the foremost artists’ foundry in the eastern United States. Certainly it’s the one most often used by Chas Fagan, the Charlotte artist whose statue of Reagan resides in the people’s house in Washington, D.C. The foundry is the life’s work of Ed Walker, 62, a quiet, unassuming man with a quick smile and a knack for noodling on an industrial scale. Walker is a sculptor, too. His “Firefighter Memorial” in Wilmington, North Carolina, incorporating a piece of I-beam from the South Tower of the World Trade Center, was completed in 2013, and he hopes to have the recently announced Richard Petty Tribute Park with multiple sculptures completed in time to celebrate Petty’s 80th birthday on July 2. One of Walker’s large abstracts is on its way to Charleston, South Carolina, on loan for a year’s exhibition. “Ed’s a rare combination of a complete artist’s eye mixed with an absolute engineer’s brain,” says Fagan. “He’s the kind of guy who can solve any problem — and every project has a list of them. Nothing fazes him.” Take Fagan’s sculpture “The Spirit of Mecklenburg,” a bronze of Captain James Jack on horseback, the centerpiece of a fountain in Uptown Charlotte. “The design was not easy,” says Fagan of the 1 1/2 life-size bronze. “I had the thing leaning and he’s at full speed so the horse’s feet are not on the ground exactly. Engineers had to be involved, at least two of them, maybe three. We’re all standing around this big clay horse and a question popped up on something pretty important. Everyone pipes in, pipes in, pipes in. Eventually Ed offers his opinion in his normal, subdued, quiet manner. Then the discussion goes on and

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Jackson Jennings on and on, the whole day. Magically, everything circled around all the way back to exactly what Ed had said. I just smiled.” Walker grew up in Burlington, living in the same house — three down from the city park — until he graduated from Walter M. Williams High School and went to East Carolina University. His father, Raleigh, was a WWII veteran who developed a hair-cutting sideline to his motor pool duties in the 5th Army Air Corps. “There was a picture he showed me of this barbershop tent, and Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill were standing out in front of it. They’d just gotten a shave and a haircut by him, and he was on the edge of the photo.” The same shears kept Ed’s head trimmed, too. Walker was drafted by art early on. He turned pro when he was in first grade. “Back then kids didn’t have money, at least not in my neighborhood,”

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he says. “My mom and dad (Lillie and Raleigh, who both worked in the textile mills) thought that ice cream was something you get on Friday for being good all week.” Others got it more frequently. Walker started drawing characters taken from classroom stories using crayons on brown paper hand towels, then trading them for ice cream money. Goldilocks. The Three Bears. Not exactly “Perseus with the Head of Medusa” but, heck, it was just first grade. Soon, he was coming home with more money than he left with in the morning. “My mom questioned me about it. The next day I had to go to the principal’s office and was told that under no circumstances could I be selling something on school grounds.” Sculpture reared its head at ECU. “I took my first sculpture appreciation class with Bob Edmisten. Had my first little bronze casting from that class. They pushed everybody to explore. You could use or do anything. I fell in love

with that. Started learning how to weld and cast and carve, the kind of range of things you could do.” In addition to getting a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Walker met his wife, Melissa, another art major, also from Burlington. “We knew each other in high school,” says Melissa. “She was in the good student end,” says Ed. “I was in the back with all the problem people.” The old art building at ECU was near the student center. She was going out. He was going in. They were pushing on the same door in different directions. By their senior year they were married.

he first stop after graduation was Grand Forks, North Dakota. If you’ve been to North Dakota, you know there are months and months of harsh winter followed by, say, Tuesday, which is followed by more winter. The University of North Dakota was interested in setting up an art foundry and offered a full stipend to the person who could do it. Walker had helped Edmiston put together the one at ECU’s then-new Jenkins Fine Arts Center. The professor recommended the student. North Dakota sent the Walkers a telegram — your grandfather’s instant messaging. Be here in two weeks. They were. “They had a new building and a bunch of equipment in crates,” says Walker. “Figure it out. Set it up.” Walker’s art history professor at UND was Jackie McElroy, better known today by the pseudonym Nora Barker, a writer of cozy mysteries, who reinforced his belief that you could figure out how to do just about anything if you wanted to badly enough. It became a recurring theme. Chased out of North Dakota with a master’s degree and a case of frostbite, the Walkers found themselves back in North Carolina trying to land teaching jobs. After traveling to a conference, essentially a job fair, in New Orleans, Ed and a friend, Barry Bailey, made a pact. If they didn’t have jobs in a year, they’d move to New Orleans. They didn’t and they did. The Walkers arrived on July 3rd, dead broke. They slept on the floor of the apartment of a friend of their friend, Barry. “We had no job to go to, no food, no money,” says Walker. The next day at a Fourth of July block party, he picked up some carpentry work building a Catholic church. It lasted the rest of the steamy Louisiana summer. The couple attended art openings, went to galleries, met people. Walker got a gig as a bartender at a private party thrown by a local sculptor, Lin Emery. “At the end of the thing, she gave us a tour of her home and her studio,” says Walker. A creator of high-end kinetic sculptures, Emery mentioned she’d just lost her fabricator and was swamped with jobs that needed doing. “Do you know anybody who knows how to weld aluminum?” she asked. “Well, I can,” said Walker. He’d never done it before. With a weekend to learn how to TIG (tungsten inert gas) weld, a professor friend introduced him to a guy in the maintenance department at Loyola University who offered to help. Walker showed up for work on Monday. “I did not confide to her that I lied my way into the job until about eight months

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later,” he says. He worked in Emery’s studio until — with Emery’s help — he was able to mix and match enough bits and pieces of teaching jobs to laissez les bon temps rouler. Part time at Loyola. Part time at Delgado Community College. Part time at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Part time at Tulane University. Then, finally, a full-time job teaching sculpture at Tulane. “I had eight students,” Walker says of his first year. “In five years it went from eight students to 101 and eight sculpture majors.” But, as it turned out, Walker was more interested in sculpture than Tulane was. The Walkers had purchased a single shotgun house with 12-foot ceilings built in 1876 in the Ninth Ward, east of the French Quarter, two blocks from the Industrial Canal that would fail when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Ed created his own little foundry in the side yard. When he wasn’t tenured by Tulane in ’87, his little foundry became his business, initially casting bronze pieces for his students who suddenly had no place to complete their projects. By the fall of ’89, Melissa and their children, Sage and Nathan, moved back to North Carolina when Melissa got a job teaching art in Randolph County. Ed followed six months later. He fired up the foundry again in a building on North Fayetteville Street in Asheboro. In ’94 they bought 55 acres outside of Seagrove with a mobile home on the back corner. Carolina Bronze had a permanent place to live, one that they’re expanding to include what is, essentially, an outdoor gallery for large sculpture. It already has nearly 20 pieces in it, only a few of which are Walker’s. “We’re just getting going on it,” he says. “It’s not just to look at sculpture but to shop for it. It’s going to be a community park, too.” Since moving to its current location in ’95, the foundry has produced works of art for hundreds of sculptors, the best known of whom is probably Fagan. “He is a person I know will be in the history books one day,” says Walker. “He’s done so many notable people.” Fagan shares Walker’s penchant for figuring things out. He’s a 1988 graduate of Yale who majored in, of all things, Soviet studies. He took a couple of painting classes while he was in New Haven, and it turned out he had the one thing you can neither invent nor hide, talent. He says his work at the moment is mostly historical in nature. “I’m looking at a life-size seated James Madison. He’s in a 4-foot by 7-foot canvas,” says Fagan. While that commission was private, he had previously been hired by the White House Historical Association to paint all 45 U.S. Presidents. He did the portrait of Mother Teresa that was mounted on a mural and displayed during her sainthood canonization by Pope Francis. His sculptures include the Bush presidents, George H.W. and George W., shown together, and George H.W. alone; several versions of Reagan for Washington, D.C., London and Reagan National Airport; Ronald and Nancy Reagan for his presidential library; Saint John Paul II for the shrine in Washington, D.C.; and Neil Armstrong for Purdue University. The piece currently being produced at Carolina Bronze is a sculpture of Bob McNair, the owner of the NFL’s Houston Texans.

David Hagan scans Walker's sculpture for the Richard Petty Tribute Park

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Photographs from Chas Fagan

Internationally renowned artist Chas Fagan works on his sculptures at Carolina Bronze Fagan’s start in sculpture was, in its way, as unusual as studying Russia to master oil painting. While he was at the White House working on Barbara Bush’s portrait, he was asked if he could do a sculpture of George H.W., too. Sure, he said. Fagan had never done one before. Now the path to many of his finished pieces passes through Carolina Bronze. “In this place I think we created a really nice marriage of modern technology and old school techniques that have been around for thousands of years,” says Walker. Once a sculpture is approved and the project is on, an artist like Fagan will deliver a clay maquette, roughly a 2-foot version of the piece, to Walker. “From that Ed would determine how difficult it would be to make,” says Fagan. “I’m sure in his mind he’s planning out every major chess move along the way, because they are chess moves.” David Hagan, a sculptor himself who works mostly in granite and marble, will produce a 360 degree scan of the piece, a process that takes about a day. That digital information is fed into a machine that cuts pieces of industrial foam to be assembled into a rough version of the sculpture at its eventual scale. “It’s at that point that I come in with clay and sculpt away,” says Fagan. “You’re at your final size and it’s a fairly close version of what you had, which may or may not be a good thing. What looks so great at a small scale may end up being not so great. You can have awful proportion things wrong. The foam that’s used is a wonderful structural foam that you can slice with a blade. For me, you can sculpt that stuff.” The eventual layer of clay on the foam varies according to the artist’s desire. Several intermediate steps eventually yield a wax version of the sculpture, except in pieces. “For the artist, you gotta go back in and play with that piece — or the piece of your piece — the head or a hand or an arm or something,” says Fagan. “They’re all designed or cut based on where Ed, foreseeing the chess moves, figured out what’s going to pour and how. The maximum size of the mold is dictated by the maximum size of the pour. Those are your limitations, so you have to break up the piece into those portions.” Solid bars of wax, sprues, are added to the wax pieces to allow for the passage of molten bronze and the escape of gases. A wax funnel is put in place.

Everything is covered in what becomes a hard ceramic coating. That’s heated to around 1,100 degrees. The wax melts away. Brown, who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from UNCG and whose own bronze sculpture of a mother ocelot and kittens will go on display at the North Carolina Zoo this year, slags the impurities off the top of the molten bronze. It’s poured at roughly 2,100 degrees. “I found that I enjoyed the more physical aspect of working with sculpture as opposed to doing drawings or paintings,” says Brown. After everything has cooled and the ceramic is broken away, the pieces need to be welded together to reform the full sculpture. “The weld marks on the metal, you have to fake to look like clay,” says Fagan. The artist oversees that, as well. “The bronze shrinks but not always at the exact same percentage. There are always adjustments.” The last step is applying the patina, one of a variety of chemical surface coatings, done at Carolina Bronze by Neil King. Different patinas are chosen for different reasons: if the piece is to be displayed in the elements; if it will be touched frequently; and so on. “For someone like the artist who is very visual, it’s hard to imagine what the end result is going to be when you see the process. It will just look completely different in the middle than it will at the end. It’s an absolute art,” says Fagan. When it’s finished, no one knows the structural strengths and weaknesses of the sculpture better than Walker. They crate it like swaddling an infant, put it in traction, and then ship it off. In a digital world where so many things seem to have the lifespan of magician’s flash paper, a foundry is a world of gritty timelessness. “Because we do a lot of historical things here,” says Walker, “we get to make permanent snapshots of points in time.” At the end of the day, whether they’ve poured brass bases for miniaturized busts of Gen.George Marshall or pieces of a torso for a presidential library, the kiln and furnace go cold. Like any other small factory, the doors are locked and everyone goes home. Except for Walker. These are the hours he gets to spend alone shaping a bas relief of Richard Petty’s greatest hits. As George McFly said to Marty when his first novel, A Match Made in Space, arrived, “Like I’ve always told you, you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.” PS Jim Moriarty is senior editor of PineStraw and can be reached at jjmpinestraw@gmail.com.

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Golf’s Quiet Man

How the Sandhills jump-started the Hall of Fame career of Julius Boros By Bill Case • Photographs from the Tufts Archives

t was a great perk for a bean counter who relished playing golf. Instead of enduring the foul weather months in Hartford, Connecticut, running numbers for the trucking company that employed him as its accountant, Julius Boros got to spend much of that time in 1948 on a golf course in North Carolina’s Sandhills. It wasn’t wholly a lark. There was a bit of daily bookkeeping to do at Southern Pines Country Club, which his boss and frequent golf partner, Mike Sherman, had purchased from the town of Southern Pines two years before. But once that chore was accomplished, Sherman encouraged Boros to play all the golf he wanted. When Boros asked permission to lay off work the first week of November to compete in a big tournament on Pinehurst’s famed No. 2 course, Sherman happily agreed. At the time, the North and South Open was, if not a major championship, one of the big ones. It seemed unlikely that the amateur Boros, scarcely known outside his home state, would make much of a showing, but cutting his teeth against players like Sam Snead would presumably provide a learning experience if nothing else. On the Sunday prior to the North and South, Frank “Pop” Cosgrove and wife Maisie, the lessee-operators of the Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, scheduled a one-day pro-am event on its Donald Ross-designed course. Many North and South entrants, including Snead and Johnny Palmer, signed up figuring that the outing (not to mention the money) would serve as a good tune-up for the main event. Boros wrangled an invite, too. The Cosgroves’ 20-year-old daughter, Ann “Buttons” Cosgrove — her father thought her cute as one — had assumed responsibility for organizing the event. Buttons, an excellent player herself, invited 30 other equally accomplished female amateurs to play along with the male stars. One of the young women was three-time Ohio Amateur champion Peggy Kirk (Bell), who often palled around with Buttons and her two sisters, Jean and Louise. Peggy spent so much time at Mid Pines it seemed like she owned the place. Later, of course, she did. Boros, 28 years old and single, attracted the attention of the effervescent Buttons when he worked his way around Mid Pines error-free and carded the day’s low round of 67. With the likes of Snead in the field, Buttons had not contemplated that an amateur would wind up as the day’s medalist. After scurrying about, she produced a spare golf bag from the pro shop to award to the amused accountant. Boros’ showing at Mid Pines was a perfect springboard two days later at the North and South. Playing quickly, always without practice swings, escaping bunkers using a Spalding 9-iron rather than a conventional sand wedge, Boros’ stellar 68 gave him the first round lead. Only bogeys at the 10th and 17th in the final round prevented him from matching Toney Penna’s winning score of three under par 285. The unheralded amateur’s stunning runner-up finish, tying the great Snead, brought him national attention. One scribe, noting Boros’ husky build and jet-black hair, likened his appearance to boxing great Jack Dempsey, a sport Boros enjoyed as a youth. He had the hands of a powerful puncher to prove it, with fingers as thick as smoked sausages, but a grip as gentle as a tea party. One of six children of immigrant Hungarian parents, Boros grew up adjacent to the 10th hole of Fairfield, Connecticut’s, Greenfield Hill Country Club. Hopping the fence PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2017

Father Michael Carey, Ann “Buttons” Cosgrove and Julius Boros May 15, 1950

with his brothers, Lance and Frank, to sneak in some unauthorized golf, the young Boros learned to play fast, developing his trademark rhythmic tempo. When he confided to his parents he wanted to play golf for a living, his Old World father scoffed, “Learn to use your brain, not your back.” After high school, Boros went to work for the Aluminum Company of America and, at the start of World War II, became a medic in the Army Air Corps. He joked that he “fought the war as a laboratory technician” in Biloxi, Mississippi, mostly golfing with the top brass. After his discharge in 1945, Boros studied accounting for a year at Bridgeport Junior College, then met Sherman, who took him under his wing. As Sherman’s young protégé, Boros directed the employees and handled the financial matters of his boss’s far-flung enterprises. “I had become a businessman, almost overnight,” Boros marveled. Despite his wondrous showing in his first North and South Open, Boros wasn’t yet ready to give up his day job. He was, however, fully prepared to stay in touch with Buttons. Peggy Kirk Bell once recalled that, “Jay (one of Boros’ many nicknames that included Big Jules, Big Julie, Bear and Moose) was a very quiet man, very shy, he said very little. But Buttons was crazy about him. She’d say, ‘Let’s go over to Southern Pines Country Club and see Jay.’” Both Buttons and Boros acquitted themselves well on the golf course in 1949. Buttons won an important invitational event in Charlotte, and Boros led all qualifiers for the U.S. Amateur, ultimately reaching the quarterfinals, earning him an invitation to the 1950 Masters tournament. In November 1949, Boros returned to Pinehurst No. 2 for the North and South. He finished 17th despite not having his best stuff, a signal to Boros he could prosper in the pro ranks. Boros gave conflicting accounts of what finally prompted him to turn pro. He told one reporter he pulled the trigger after viewing a driving snowstorm outside his Hartford office window. He also wrote that the encouragement from a few friends at a tournament was all he needed. But Peggy Bell claimed it was Buttons who did the pushing, even asking Snead to convince him. There may well be truth to all three versions. In any event, Boros turned pro on Dec. 15, 1949. Several Hartford friends interested in backing Boros financially suggested he have Tommy Armour, recognized as golf’s pre-eminent instructor, take a look at his swing. Boros reluctantly agreed. It didn’t go well. Armour’s suggested modifications resulted in repeated shanks by his distressed, self-taught pupil, and Boros declined to return for a second session, spending the next couple of weeks unlearning Armour’s advice. An arcane rule requiring a six-month waiting period before newly minted pros could accept prize money in tour events meant Boros had time on his hands. He and Buttons competed together in a mixed event at Dubsdread in Orlando, Florida, in March. After that, the Pinehurst Outlook reported that Cosgrove and a Mid Pines friend, Mae Murray, were motoring to Georgia to play in the Titleholders Championship, a major women’s tournament at the Augusta Country Club. According to the Outlook, they were not alone. “The two girls were accompanied by Julius Boros, who recently turned pro. He plans to sharpen his game at the Augusta National course for the forthcoming Masters tournament.” On May 15, 1950, Boros and Buttons were married in Southern Pines’ St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in a double ceremony with Buttons’ sister, Louise, and her new husband, William Weldon. Boros played a bit part in the legend of Ben Hogan’s comeback in the 1950 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club. Firing a sensational 68 in the first round, Boros led after 45 holes but finished the third round with a lackluster 77, ruining his chances. Though overtaken by history, his T-9 finish was a remarkable achievement for a first-timer. Two weeks later, Buttons stormed through her preliminary matches and into the final of the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur against another Mid Pines golfing cohort, Ruth Woodward. With her husband rooting her on, Mrs. Boros sprung the upset, winning 2 and 1. At the end of the PGA’s six-month waiting period, Boros hit the tour in earnest, buttressed in part by steady paychecks coming in from Mid Pines when the Cosgroves put their son-in-law on the payroll as an assistant to tour mainstay, Johnny Bulla. By year end, Bulla had moved on and Boros became the club’s head professional, though his consistent tour earnings meant he never would spend much time behind the pro shop counter. Eventually, younger brother Ernie and nephew, Jimmy Boros, performed that role.

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Early in 1951 Buttons learned she was pregnant. Boros acquitted himself well again in the U.S. Open, this time at devilishly difficult Oakland Hills, a course that winner Ben Hogan labeled a “monster.” Boros was the lone competitor not to shoot a round over 74 and his T-4 finish raised the eyebrows of those who wondered if his play at Merion had been a one-off. With the baby due in September, Buttons assured her husband she was doing fine and that he should play in the Empire State Open instead of pacing the floor of a maternity ward. Things weren’t fine. When Boros heard there were complications, he raced to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boston. Buttons had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while giving birth to a healthy son, Jay Nicholas (Nick) Boros, and died the following day. His wife’s death, “really shook him up,” says Boros’ brother, Ernie. But Julius kept his pain to himself. Two-time major champion Doug Ford traveled with Boros countless hours, coast to coast, during the ’50s. Quiet as a church mouse anyway, Ford says Boros never spoke to him about losing Buttons, nor did Boros mention it in any of several books. Nick, now in his mid-60s, says his father never discussed the death of his mother. If Boros was to continue on tour, he needed to find caregivers for his newborn son. Pop and Maisie Cosgrove offered to help raise the boy. Nick would rotate with his grandparents between the Cosgrove homes in North Carolina and Massachusetts for the next three years. Following a two month hiatus after the loss of his wife, Boros played a home game in Pinehurst at the North and South Open. Showing little rust, he finished six shots behind Tommy Bolt in the event’s final edition. While he continued to be a solid money winner, there were skeptics who wondered whether Boros, with his laconic mien and idiosyncratic swing, had the right stuff to win. His goal for the 1952 U.S. Open at Northwood Club in sweltering Dallas was simple — four rounds of par golf. Midway through, he was two shots over his mark but just four behind George Fazio and Hogan, seeking his third consecutive U.S. Open crown. Many assumed Connecticut native Boros would fade in the oppressive 98-degree heat of Saturday’s 36-hole final. Instead, it was the Texan Hogan who wilted. Boros’ morning round of 68 put him in front at level par. He was three shots clear when he reached Northbrook’s par-3 12th hole but he found the bunker, failed to get out with his second and ambled away unhappily with a devastating double-bogey. “I could see the deep concern on the face of my brother Ernie who was walking silently with me,” wrote Boros. But, playing with the demeanor of a man nonchalantly swinging at dandelions, he negotiated the last six holes in even par, to win the U.S. Open by four over Porky Oliver. His first tour victory had come in America’s national championship. Hogan remarked at the trophy presentation that the former accountant’s play struck him as “magical.” Hogan wasn’t alone. When Doug Ford, now 94, was recently asked whether he had been surprised he replied, “I was. But he wasn’t. He was a very confident player.” Besides, says Ford, “he did it with my clubs.” Wilson Sporting Goods had been courting Ford to join its elite staff of players and sent him a set of its clubs. When he failed to come to terms with the company, Ford re-gifted the sticks to his buddy. Ultimately, it was Boros who signed on, becoming a valued member of the Wilson staff. Later that summer Boros added another title in the World Championship of Golf at Tam O’ Shanter just outside Chicago. The $25,000 winner’s purse was many-fold the largest on the PGA Tour. His successes resulted in a small brouhaha. The PGA had another mysterious rule preventing its members from entering the PGA Championship until they had served a five-year apprenticeship. Desperate to have the Open champion in its field, PGA officials announced that Boros could play even though he was considered an “apprentice” member. A few of his peers complained of favoritism. When he learned of the objections, Boros declined the opportunity to compete, opting to preserve collegiality. “I’d rather wait my regular turn,” he said. “I want all the PGA members to be my friends.” He would have to settle for being the leading money winner and the 1952 Player of the Year. The Cosgroves hosted a big bash celebration in Boros’ honor, including a 54-hole tournament at Mid Pines. At the banquet afterward, Snead spun country yarns and heaped high praise on “Moose.” Pinehurst’s Richard Tufts paid tribute to the other North Carolinians who’d had banner years: Harvie Ward won the British Amateur; Dick Chapman the Dick Chapman, Johnny Palmer, Julius Boros and Richard Tufts French Amateur; and Johnny Palmer the Canadian Open. 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Julius practicing with son, Nick, on the bag

Marriage to Armen Boyle

In 1953, the Cosgroves and Boros entered into a real estate partnership that resulted in Warren “Bullet” Bell and wife Peggy becoming owners of the Pine Needles golf course, across Midland Road from Mid Pines. The Cosgroves and Boros pooled $30,000 and the Bells $20,000 to purchase the deteriorated facility from the Catholic diocese. Two years later, the Cosgroves, looking to raise sufficient cash to buy Mid Pines, which had come on the market, negotiated the sale of their share in Pine Needles to the Bells. Boros, though not a participant in the purchase of Mid Pines, agreed to liquidate his Pine Needles interest also. Despite doubling his investment in just two years, Boros later expressed regrets. Noting the Bells’ success, he often remarked to Nick, “I never should have sold my share of Pine Needles.” A year later, Boros met the woman who would become his second wife, Armen Boyle, a blonde flight attendant and the daughter of a Bayside, New York, club pro. Extroverted, gregarious and funny, she and Boros eloped to Aiken, South Carolina, after a whirlwind threedate courtship. Boros’ choice for a honeymoon may have left a little to be desired. “Can you believe it?” Armen says, laughing. “We went to Mid Pines.” They settled in Florida with 3-year-old Nick in tow. While Boros continued his association with Mid Pines, he spent most of his time off the tour with his family in Fort Lauderdale, where the lakes and nearby Everglades provided ample opportunity to indulge his passion for fishing The family expanded quickly. Over a 10-year period, Armen gave birth to six children: Joy, Julius, Jr., Gary, Gay, Guy, and Jody. Including Nick, there were seven young Boros mouths to feed. Boros' second triumph in the World Championship of Golf in 1955 brought home an unheard of $50,000. Exhibitions for the champion arranged by the tournament’s promoter extraordinaire, George May, paid an additional $50,000. Boros’ successes allowed Armen to pack up the kids in the family station wagon to spend parts of each summer following their father on tour. Nick recalls those family travels fondly. By the time he entered his teens, he had become a good junior golfer, often showing up on the practice green alongside the pros. Arnold Palmer would putt for quarters against the young Boros. Getting the line on various putts before The King’s arrival, Nick won his share. “How much did we win today?” his father would ask. All the children developed into excellent golfers though their father rarely provided instruction. Nick would occasionally ask for help but his father, a firm believer in finding one’s own way, customarily responded, “Keep swinging. You’ll figure it out.” After turning 40, Boros’ career appeared on the wane. The Big Three — Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus — weren’t leaving much space in the winner’s circle in the early ’60s. Boros was shut out for nearly three years. His putting, never great, had fallen off. But sometimes help comes from unexpected sources. In a May, 1963 pro-am at Pompano Beach, two amateur partners noticed Boros abruptly picking up his putter and moving his body during the stroke. He resorted to a more compact motion and a widened stance and, suddenly, everything clicked. In May, he bested Gary Player by four shots to win the Colonial National Invitational. Three weeks later he won the Buick Open. Boros arrived for the U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, flush with confidence. Consistently high winds made scoring exceptionally difficult. Boros joked that, “most of the cards looked like they had been turned in for the 1913 National Open.” No player either equaled or broke the par of 71 in the final two rounds. With his revitalized putting, Boros salvaged more pars than most and finished 72 holes tied with Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit with scores of 293. In Monday’s 18-hole playoff, buoyed by several wonderful wedge recoveries, Boros took command with a 33 on the front nine. His final round of 70 beat Cupit by three and Palmer by six. “Poker-faced, laconic, a bit on the dour side, he is an efficient rather than an arresting golfer,” wrote Herbert Warren Wind in The New Yorker, “but his colleagues have long respected the smooth, relaxed tempo of his swing and his penchant for being at his best in the big, rich tournaments.” At age 43, Boros had become the oldest player to win the Open, and for the second time he would be named Player of the Year. Television and Arnold Palmer had transformed pro golf into a hot commodity and, with his victory, Boros found himself in high demand. His Dean Martin-like relaxed ap-

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proach charmed the golfing public. The fact that he liked to fish just as much as golf added to his laid-back persona. Though so detesting public speaking that he repeatedly turned down the captaincy of America’s Ryder Cup team, Boros was comfortable enough in front of a camera to host a television show. Outdoors with Liberty Mutual ran for 28 episodes showcasing Boros fishing all over the world. Nick remembers his father finagling a special permit to fish along Alligator Alley while it was under construction. Boros took full advantage. “You just about caught a bass with every cast,” Nick says. “Dad would bring home barrels of fish and stock the lakes around home.” After his second victory in the National Open, Boros continued to win assorted tour events, including three victories in 1967. When he arrived in San Antonio for the 1968 PGA Championship at Pecan Valley Golf Club, the steaming heat was reminiscent of the ’52 U.S. Open in Dallas. Staving off Palmer’s charge, Boros won the championship with the same 281 score he had shot at Northwood 16 years earlier. Now 48, he assumed the mantle of oldest major champion in golf history — a status he still holds. To ward off the heat, Boros donned a structured baseball-style hat bearing the Amana logo. Soon the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, company began offering tour pros $50 per tournament to wear Amana hats, and many did. Unwittingly, Boros had sparked revolutions in style and advertising, and he maintained a close relationship with Amana and its founder and president, George Foerstner, the rest of his life. In 1972, Pop and Maisie Cosgrove, now well into their ’70s, sold Mid Pines to Quality Inns. When the Cosgroves left, Boros did too. He affiliated with Aventura Country Club (later Turnberry Isle Miami Resort), which was close to his home in Fort Lauderdale. Though he was aging, Julius was forever eager to play. “It would be pouring down rain and we would be getting ready to close,” recalls Nick, who worked in Aventura’s pro shop. “Dad would call and tell us to stay open; that he was going to come hit balls. He never lost his love of the game.” Though his best golf was finally behind him, the 53-year-old Boros made one last run for a third U.S. Open victory in 1973 at Oakmont, tying for the lead after three rounds but blown away by Johnny Miller’s 63 on Sunday. He considered the performance one of his greatest achievements. “Boros has put on quite a bit of weight and now pads down the fairways at a sort of ursine lope, but age has not affected the lovely tempo of his swing or his almost disdainful calmness under pressure,” wrote Wind. His T-4 finish was his 11th top 10 in the U.S. Open. Ford’s explanation was simple. “Powerful and straight driving,” he says. “And Jay was a great long iron player.” When asked whether he was going to retire altogether, Boros replied with one of golf’s great one-liners. “What would I retire to?” he asked. “I already fish and play golf for a living.” By the mid-’70s, Boros was spending most of his time in Fort Lauderdale with Armen and the children. With the help of his Amana connections, Boros sent several of his children to the University of Iowa. Nick, Julius, Jr., and Guy all played golf for the Hawkeyes. Nick and Guy became professionals along with their brother, Gary. Guy relished traveling the tour with his dad. “We’d be in the locker room and Lee Trevino would start to tell an off-color joke,” laughs Guy. “Dad would stop him and say, ‘Lee, please, my son is here.’ Lee would say ‘Oh, sorry Moose,’ then go right on with the story. I loved it.” Guy was good enough to become a respected tour player. When he won the 1996 Vancouver Open, the family joined a select few father-son duos to have won on the PGA Tour. Guy acknowledges it has not always been easy to follow in the footsteps of his dad’s Hall of Fame career. “People think that because my father was so great, I have some sort of built-in advantage. But when I am on the tee, I still have to hit the shot.” By 1979, Julius had vanished from the tour but he never seemed to lose the knack of seizing the moment. He agreed to partner in a team event with Roberto De Vicenzo in something called The Legends of Golf, the lone televised event for senior players. Boros and De Vicenzo tied Art Wall and Tommy Bolt. The ensuing playoff featured a spectacular birdie fest by both sides until the Boros-De Vicenzo team finally prevailed on the sixth extra hole. Viewer reaction to the fireworks was overwhelming. The memorable playoff was the catalyst that launched what’s now called the Champions Tour. The victory in the Legends was Boros’ last important golfing accomplishment, a fitting farewell to competition. During the 1980s, Boros’ physical condition slowly deteriorated. Even after the incomparable swing had finally gone out of rhythm, Boros still treasured being on the course. He would drive his golf cart unhurriedly out on the Coral Ridge Country Club to savor the day. His favorite spot to park was under a willow tree near the 16th hole. He would silently, but smilingly, wave at the golfers as they went by. It’s the spot where Julius was found on May 28, 1994, after he had peacefully passed away. Quiet and unhurried. PS PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2017

Fox Tails A fresh pair of eyes sees a theme Story and Illustrations by Romey Petite

After the pines, it was the first thing I noticed. They’re everywhere you go. Foxes. You find them on signs, mailboxes and in murals. I’ve seen them in shops, too, just like the auspicious calico bobtail figurines found in Japanese restaurants. Even one particularly amusing hood ornament featured a fox in a wolf-in-sheep’s clothing scenario. He was dressed as a hunter, complete with riding hat, sitting astride the back of a hound, giving chase, seemingly to himself. The hound was quite confused. You can find the word “fox” fossilized in the names of the street signs and subdivisions from Fox Hollow, to Foxfire Road, and Fox Creek. For a stranger, it’s a bit surreal. In the short while I’ve been here, a little over seven months, I’ve had as many nature sightings as tourists see fleur-de-lis in my native New Orleans. I’m a city boy — give me time. The novelty will wear off.

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In the late summer, I was taken with the evening sounds of a neighboring catbird, one that trilled each day in the hour or so between 4 and 5 o’clock. One winter morning, on my stroll to work, I found the lawns and pines crowded with robins. I removed my headphones to take in the soundtrack on Massachusetts Avenue. From the comfort of my girlfriend’s family’s dining room, I glimpsed a rabbit going about its business. Its ears were darting around in the direction of the glass window as if the little creature could hear us. I was sure of this: He knew we were there, but he could not see us. I’ve stumbled on the telltale signs of a beaver’s handiwork at the reservoir — a downed tree and woodchips — while turtles bobbed like apples just beneath the surface and waterfowl glided along.

I’ve counted two crows mobbing a Cooper’s hawk. I remember thinking of something I’d read about crows — that they are very wise with a terrific memory capable of recalling anyone, human or otherwise, that do them a bad turn. That hawk would do well not to show himself again. And yet, not a real fox to be found. Not yet. In time, I’ve accepted foxes as a kind of Sandhills totem. But why? I kept looking for an explanation. Or a story.

There is an ancient Greek myth of a fox sent by the gods to punish Thebes, the city where Oedipus became king. She devoured chickens, sheep and children. No one was safe. People hid in their homes from the blur of a beast that left a whirlwind in her wake. So terrifying was this vixen and so elusive she could neither be caught nor felled. Not even, at first, by the mightiest of generals, Amphitryon. Had this place harbored such history? Not exactly. If you visited New Orleans, you’d notice our recurring symbols. We flaunt them. From the trundling streetcars, to the uncanny carnival masks, to the cheap plastic beads hanging from the oak trees intermingled with Spanish moss, to the ubiquitous symbol of the Bourbon Dynasty — adopted by the Creole colonials for their own purposes.

Perhaps it’s in my blood, but as an expatriate from a city that celebrates its ties to France (and mainland Europe), there was nothing more unfamiliar to me than the spiritual fervor in the air during the annual Blessing of the Hounds. Particularly the men in red coats — sorry, hunting pink — on horseback. I grew up with stories of Br’er Rabbit. They gave me an affinity for tricksters, the characters that foxes often embody in folktales. Naturally, I couldn’t help feeling for the poor fox in this predicament — chased, cornered. I was comforted beforehand by an assurance from a hobbyist foxhunter that these days the hounds mostly chase coyote. Ah. Coyote — a trickster of yet another mythos. 86

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Strangers tend to notice the things locals no longer see. So, what became of the vixen-vexed town of Thebes and its tormentor, the fox? At first, Amphitryon cursed his luck. He knew he’d been given an impossible task. He would grow old and die before he’d manage to catch that fox on his own. So the wise general decided he wouldn’t waste his time. There were more important battles to be fought and won. A special hound was bred and summoned, a hound worthy of this task, one who would give chase for as long as it would take. Laelaps was his name, and he was let loose to bark, snarl, and spring at the heels of the fox. This tireless thief was chased by the relentless pursuer until, once again, the gods intervened, offering mercy to mortals. Zeus placed both monsters in the sky forming Canis Major (the hound) and Canis Minor (the fox).

It is hard to leave New Orleans. It spoils you with good food, with good music, with a culture not found anywhere else in America. Sold to the United States by Napoleon who needed money to fight the British, it’s a European city on this side of the pond, with African and Caribbean cultures mixed into the gumbo crockpot.

Some nights, walking a fox-eared Corgi, I look up as the stars give chase to one another in the sky. Through the pines, and far from the city lights, I can see the constellations considerably better from here. PS Romey Petite is a writer and illustrator, a recent New Orleans transplant and a contributor to our Bookshelf column. He can be contacted at romeypetite@gmail.com PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2017

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Story of a House

The Happy House A young family appreciates the old and enjoys the new

By Deborah Salomon • Photographs by John Gessner

n the 1940s, with the world deep in World War II, Walt Disney created Happy Valley as a Technicolor backdrop for animated films. Here, the sun forever shone, flowers bloomed, birds chirped, bunnies hopped and all was well — a remarkable resemblance to the grounds surrounding the home of Dr. Ed (dentist) and Ginger (interior designer) Monroe. Tucked out of sight on a forested Weymouth lane, the brick ranch rooted in the ’60s but now painted vanilla practically glows. Rosie, a black Lab puppy, wiggles greetings but does not bark. The manicured grass is brilliant early-spring green, the swimming pool crystal azure and the azaleas — some from Pinehurst’s famous Clarendon Gardens — a dozen shades of pink. Inside, 9-year-old Janie plays the piano and guitar while 5-year-old twins Charlie and Hunter construct Lego vehicles. Almost every evening the family gathers around the dining room table for dinner and conversation. “It’s our time to regroup,” Ginger says. This scene — quintessential feng shui — fulfills a note Ed wrote to their Realtor, when acquisition of the property seemed uncertain. He promised to “fill the house with love and laughter.”

The story of this acquisition matches the results. “We sold our first house when Janie was 4 and I was 7 1/2 months pregnant with the twins,” Ginger begins. “We hadn’t expected to sell it in one day so we had no place to go.” Not a pretty predicament. “Then our Realtor called. ‘I think we found a house, but it’s not on the market yet.’” Ginger walked up and down the driveway, enchanted by the rhododendrons in bloom, hardly noticing the house. “I called Ed. His parents came and looked. I was so afraid we would lose it because somebody else was bidding.” They made an offer which, with the help of Ed’s letter, was accepted.

d grew up with three brothers in a ranch house in West End, where his family has lived for 100 years. “We wanted this neighborhood; the house has a great layout for little ones.” Now, Ginger, in advanced pregnancy, faced moving into space which needed freshening and moderate renovations. “We moved in on June 4; the twins were born on July 30,” Ginger says. “By then, the work was 90 percent complete.” She remembers feeding the babies while the range hood was being installed.

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In truth, before Ginger-the-designer waved her wand, the brick ranch built in 1963 was — inside and out — quite ordinary except for an odd floorplan. Imagine, no living room. Instead, the U-shaped kitchen extended to a pine-paneled “family room” with vaulted ceiling, sliding glass doors and fireplace surrounded by built-in bookshelves. Guests could view whatever transpired in the kitchen — a preview of “great rooms” popular in the ’90s. No breakfast room, either, although the long counter has bar stools and a small multi-use table is pushed against one wall. Also missing, a master suite with spa bath/dressing room. Instead, a mother-in-law wing was added by the second owner, creating an L for Janie’s room, an office, laundry room, two children’s play areas and a guest bedroom exiting to the terrace. PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2017

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Even a moat filled with alligators could not spoil this location. Here stood the Highland Inn, which burned in the 1950s. “We still find old bricks and pottery in the ground,” Ginger says. Weymouth, once an enclave of imposing residences built as winter homes for wealthy Northerners, is slowly recycling to younger families. On a nice day, moms in Spandex push jogging strollers along the narrow, winding streets. Historic “cottages” of the 1920s sport glamour kitchens and entertainment centers. Smaller gems like the Monroes’ are screened by pine groves.

inger (from Winston-Salem) and Ed (a Moore Countian) met in Charlotte, in 2004. She was familiar with the Pinehurst resort but knew little of Southern Pines. “For a small town it has such history and beauty,” which she compares to the charm of Winston’s historic residential districts. Ed wanted to establish a solo practice, easier in a familiar location. They purchased a house with tiny yard in Weymouth; after five years, given their growing family, relocating became a priority. The Monroes are only the third owners of the house built by John Valentine, who occupied it until the 1980s. The pool is original — Ginger and Ed added a handsome wood fence — but the second owners built the L-wing. Ginger could either convert this space into a master suite or redo the kitchen. She chose the latter but opted to keep and paint the dark cabinets, replace walland-ceiling-mounted ones with simple shelves, enlarge a small window, push out the dividing counter, and install new countertops and appliances. Flooring was already satiny hardwood.

The absence of a formal living room didn’t bother them at all. “The outside is our living room,” Ginger says. She brightened the dark floors, ceiling and built-ins with white-patterned rugs and white washable shabby-chic slipcovers on chairs, which stand up to three kids and a dog. A Seth Thomas clock, circa 1855, belonging to Ed’s great-grandfather, dominates the mantel, while his grandmother’s “secretary” desk anchors a corner. Ginger loves fabrics — pillows are her trademark — using them for bursts of color everywhere, turquoise against burnt orange, bright navy awning stripes, deep money-green toile, faintly Asian reds and pink. Her showplace is the oversized dining room flooded with light from a bay window with window seat, a charming ’60s holdover. These vibrant colors, reflecting a year Ginger spent in Spain, play off her turquoise china displayed in an antique breakfront, also painted vanilla, from a consignment shop. They picked up the dining table at a yard sale. One exception: an elegant crystal chandelier in the Paris Fern motif illuminating the front hallway. Otherwise, Ginger admits, “We went furniture shopping at our parents’ houses.” Somehow, this 3,000-square-foot house seems full without being clut-

tered. “I’m a minimalist,” Ginger continues. “Paint is the easiest and least expensive way to transform a room.” Landscapes by local artists, family photographs and portraits line the walls, including one of the children dashing into the ocean by Ginger herself. Miraculously, she has embraced the passé architecture and décor of the ’60s, adapting it to the needs of a young family instead of moving walls. The children have ample play areas, including a room with a floor-to-ceiling world map and a raised playhouse overlooking the pool. The gracefully landscaped yard, nearly an acre, is fenced so Rosie can romp off energy. The wide veranda works well for summer entertaining. Ginger added shutters and window boxes for cottage charm. A detached double garage — what a bonus. Ed is pleased with the result. “I kinda go along with what my bride likes,” especially since she included Woody, his cowboy mannequin floor lamp. “The most important thing is how the house makes you feel, a warm, welcoming place,” Ginger concludes. Someday, she might replace the sliding glass with French doors, perhaps alter the footprint by extending the L, or build a proper master suite. But for now, “This is a loved house,” she says, where all is bright, all is practical, all is well and, as promised, all is happy. PS

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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. – Claude Monet May is a month of magic. A single flower is proof. But the Earth spills fragrant blossoms with the fervor of a child in a spring wedding, hands dipping into that shaky wicker basket until the aisle resembles a sea of brush strokes — a Monet painting come to life. May is a month of abundance. Plump strawberries. Rhubarb pie. Tomato vines winding up rustic garden trellises. On May 1, an ancient fire festival called Beltane celebrates this fertile season with feasts and rituals. Midway between the spring equinox and summer solstice, Beltane was traditionally a celebration of light that marked the beginning of summer, a Gaelic May Day festival during which cattle were led between two sacred fires, the smoke from which was said to purify and shield the herd from disease before they were driven into open pasture. Villagers and couples danced round and leapt over the flames to cleanse their souls and invoke fertility and good fortune. May is a month of flowers. In her book of essays and meditations inspired by a retreat to Florida’s Captiva Island in the early 1950s, Anne Morrow Lindbergh mused that “arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day — like writing a poem or saying a prayer.” Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 14, two days after the full Flower Moon. Gift her wildflowers. A sprig of dogwood. Irises from the garden. Gather them in the early light and feel the magic of May pulsing within them.

Spring in a Bottle

The May Bush

The first maypoles were made of hawthorn, a mystical tree whose pale blossoms represent hope and supreme happiness. Also called thornapple, hawberry and May bush, the ancient Celts believed this magical tree could heal a broken heart. If you stumble upon a wild hawthorn, especially one growing among ash and oak, legend has it you have found a portal to the faerie realm. The Celts sure love their nature spirits. According to Celtic tree astrology, those born from May 13 – June 9 draw wisdom from the sacred hawthorn. Creative and charismatic, hawthorn types are often found performing for a crowd. They’re most compatible with ash (Feb. 18 – March 17) and rowan signs (January 21 – Feb. 17). And wouldn’t you know it? The hawthorn is one of two birth flowers of May, the other being lily of the valley — less fabled but far more fragrant.

Remember picking your first dandelion? How it yellowed your clothes and fingers? How its tiny florets rendered it the most perfect specimen you’d ever seen? Before you knew it as weed or edible, dandelion was faithful companion. You wove it into wildflower crowns, you gathered them for Mother, and gasped when you found one gone to seed. Even as a child, you somehow knew that dandies spread like laughter. For that, you were grateful. In the spirit of that playful inner child, harvest a basketful of dandelions on a warm May evening. Make wine. Pop off the blossoms. Soak them in citrus juices. Boil with ginger and clove. Bottle the sweetness of spring to enjoy all year. Dandelion wine recipes are nearly as easy to find as the star ingredient. Just be sure to harvest from someplace free of pesticides. And when the blossoms stain your fingers, don’t be surprised by a sudden impulse to turn a cartwheel or somersault across the lawn.

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. — A. A. Milne

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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. To add an event, email us at pinestraw.calendar@gmail.com MASTER GARDENER HELP LINE. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. weekdays, March 1 through October 31. If you have a question or need help with plant choices, call the Moore County Cooperative Extension Office. Walk-in consultations are available during the same hours at the Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage. If possible, bring a sample or photos. Info: (910) 947-3188.

Continuing through May STANDARDBRED TRAINING SEASON. 7 a.m.–1 p.m. “The Winter Home of Champions” welcomes the standardbred horses back for another season of harness race training on Pinehurst’s historic track. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Road S, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0816.

Monday, May 1 MEET THE AUTHOR LUNCHEON. 12 p.m. This ticketed event includes a presentation by interior designer and author Kristy Woodson Harvey; a copy of her latest book, Slightly South of Simple; and lunch (Nicoise salad, with salmon or chicken). Tickets: $35/person (plus tax). Thyme and Place Café, 155 Hall Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211. Tickets available at The Country Bookshop or online (www. thecountrybookshop.biz). BOOK LOVERS UNITE. 3:30 p.m. Celebrate Children’s Book Week by sharing your list of favorites and learn about great children’s books. Bring your list of favorites and add to it as others describe theirs. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or (910) 295-6022.

Monday, May 1 — 7 CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK. 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Stop by all week and make bookmarks, participate in word games, join a treasure hunt in the Children’s Room and much more. Reading lists and book suggestions will be available. Everyone over the age of 5 can get a free library card. No residency requirement. The Given Memorial Library & Tufts Archives,

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Tuesday, May 2 NATURE TALES. 10–11 a.m. and 11 a.m.–12 p.m. “Life in the Pond.” Preschool storytime and nature time. No cost for program, but please pre-register two business days in advance. (Admission to garden not included in program.) Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd. Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221 (ext 20) or capefearbg.org. GENTLE FLOW YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. (Tuesdays through June 6) I This class connects poses into slow, flowing movements, focusing on alignment, balance, posture and body awareness. Cost: $35/resident; $70 non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org.

Tuesday, May 2–4 ART CLASS (ANY MEDIUM). “Plein Air Concepts” with Chad Smith. The workshop will include studio time and painting en plein air, demonstrations, presentations, group critiques and discussion. All levels and all mediums are invited. Cost: $430. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. SENIORS DESTINATION TRIP. Travel to beautiful New Bern, N.C., to tour Tryon Palace, explore the town’s shops and culinary delights and enjoy a two-night stay in the Courtyard by Marriot, located on the riverfront in the historic district. Cost: $336/residents; $672/non-residents, includes transportation, double-occupancy accommodations (single will be additional charge), and tour ticket to Tryon Palace. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Assembly Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900.

Wednesday, May 3 NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. 5–7 p.m. As part of Children’s Book Week, explore the library after hours. Learn about the different areas as you search for clues on a library-wide treasure hunt. Everyone is welcome and anyone over the age of 5 can get a free library card. The Given Memorial Library & Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or (910) 295-6022.

Thursday, May 4

PLAY ESCAPE. 10 a.m. Character Storytime. For all ages. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-2342 or playescapenc.com. MUSIC AND MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. For all children through age 5. Stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games designed to foster language and motorskill development. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. CAMEO ART HOUSE. 7:30 p.m. Peter Mawanga and the Amaravi Movement. Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 day of. Cameo Art House Theatre, 225 Hay St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-6633. SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., preshow at 6:45 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. Romance and mistaken identity are afoot in the Forest of Arden as Rosalind and Orlando begin a timeless love story that challenges the traditional understanding of romance. $20/members; $25/ non-members. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221 or capefearbg.org.

Friday, May 5 GARDENING WORKSHOP. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. “A Summer Annual Basket.” In this hands-on workshop you will plant a unique 14-inch, coated-wire cauldron that can be used as a hanging basket or stand on its legs. Cost: $80/members; $90/ non-members, includes plants and materials. You must pre-pay to reserve. Steed Hall, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info and registration: (910) 695-3882. ART EXHIBIT OPENING. 4–6 p.m. “InkMagic — Alcohol Ink and Beyond.” Artists Deane Billings, Linda Drott, Pam Griner, Clara Hulon, Kathy Leuck, Tommy McDonell, Sandy Scott, KC Sorvari, Ann Truemper, and Emma Wilson will be represented. Exhibit runs through May 25. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 9443979 or www.artistleague.org. FIRST FRIDAY. 5:30 p.m. A family-friendly event with live music by the Marcus King Band. Food, beverages, and entertainment. Free admission. No dogs, please! Sunrise Green Space, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6928501 or firstfridaysouthernpines.com.

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ca l e n d a r GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK JAZZ CONCERT. 6:30 p.m. John Hatcher and Friends. Enjoy a great evening of music and light reception to help raise funds to restore the Weymouth piano. Cost: $55/ Weymouth members; $65/ non-members. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. MAMMA MIA! This smash-hit musical combines ABBA’s greatest hits, with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Performance is at Durham Performing Arts Center. Departs 4 p.m. from Belk, Southern Pines, and returns approx. 11:30 p.m. With Kirk Tours. Cost: $123 ($147 Gold Circle), includes your choice of seat type and luxury transportation. Dinner will be dutch-treat. If you already have DPAC Season Passes, please call us directly for prices on transportation only for you and your group.

Saturday, May 6 CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Fifth Annual Pinehurst Concours D’Elegance showcases rare and pristine vintage collector automobiles. Country artist Sara Evans performs following the awards ceremony. Iron Mike Rally for Concours participants on Friday. General admission: $40. (Includes entry into the Pinehurst Concours and the concert.). Pinehurst Resort Fairway, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 973-6594 or homeofgolf.com. CAMERON ANTIQUES STREET FAIR. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Rain or shine. More than 300 dealers display their antiques and collectibles in village shops and along the streets in the Historic District of Cameron, 485 Carthage St. (NC 24-NC 27). Info: (910) 245-3055 or (910) 245-3020, or antiquesofcameron.com. CARTHAGE BUGGY FESTIVAL. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. This annual event celebrates the rich history of Carthage, and commemorates the famous Tyson and Jones Buggy Factory that produced carriages from the mid-1800s to the 1920s. Enjoy food and craft vendors and a variety of entertainment, including cloggers and bands playing country, pop, rock, and gospel music. Courthouse Square, 4396 US 15-501, Carthage. Info: (910) 947-2331. ART CLASS (SCRATCHBOARD). 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Instructor Emma Wilson. Learn to add color to your scratchboard painting, for intermediates. Cost: $45, supplies included. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. ABILITIES TENNIS PROGRAM. 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Pinehurst Parks & Rec has partnered with the Abilities Tennis Association of North Carolina to provide free tennis clinics to athletes with intellectual disabilities. These clinics are for all levels of play. Participants must pre-register with the Pinehurst Parks & Rec. Parents/caregivers are asked to stay for participants under 18. This program will be offered again May 13 and 20). Tennis Court No.1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by May 3. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. NATURE TALES. 10–11 a.m. and 11 a.m.–12 p.m. “Life in the Pond.” Preschool storytime and nature time. No cost for program, but please pre-register two business days in advance. (Admission to garden not included in program.) Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221 (ext 20) or capefearbg.org to register online. SATURDAY KIDS PROGRAM. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. May the 4th/force be with you! Celebrate Children’s Book Week with

books on outer space, Star Wars and much more. Come to the library and show us how much you love children’s books and Star Wars! Dress up as your favorite book or Star Wars character and use the Force to discover the wonders of the library. Given Memorial Library. 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022 or www.giventufts.com. BLUES & BREWS: A FESTIVAL AT THE FARM. 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Enjoy a day of Bluegrass performances by Josh Daniels-Mark Schimick Project, Tommy Edwards Trio, The Vicky Vaughn Trio, and Hank and Patty and the Current. Railhouse Brewery, Southern Pines Brewing Co. and Black Rock Winery will be serving beer and wine. Food by Chewy’s Smokin’ BBQ, Uschi’s Imbiss, and The Market Place. Cost: $15 in advance; $20 at the gate. Malcolm Blue Farm, 1177 Bethesda Road, Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7558. TOWN CREEK UNDER THE STARS. 6–10 p.m. Meteor Party Sleepover. Site telescopes will be available, or bring your own to observe Mars, Jupiter, and the moon; and stay up late to count shooting stars from the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower. Registration at the village site required. Tents: $25. Town Creek Indian Mound, 509 Town Creek Mound Road, Mount Gilead. Info and registration: (910) 439-6802 or towncreek@ ncdcr.gov.

Saturday, May 6 & 7 SANFORD ARTS & VINE FESTIVAL. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Showcasing talented artisans working in glass, wood, metal, fiber and jewelry. The festival also offers a large selection from state wineries and breweries. Wine/beer tent hours are Saturday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday 12–5 p.m. Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford. Info: (919) 8881158 or info@sanfordartsandvine.com.

Sunday, May 7 NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. Geocaching 101. Learn the basics of geocaching on a cache hunt through Weymouth Woods. Geocaching is a great way to explore your surroundings while seeking out caches that can hold a number of surprising and fun things inside. Weymouth WoodsSandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. EXPLORATIONS SERIES FOR ADULTS. 3–4 p.m. The Healing Power of Art. Lauren Davies, a registered art therapist, will lead this presentation by the North Carolina Art Therapy Association. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA. 4 p.m. Spring Concert. Led by Dr. Larry Wells (professor of Trumpet and director of Instrumental Studies at Methodist University), 8th– 12th grade instrumental students perform their end-of-year concert. Concert is free. Huff Concert Hall, Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., Fayetteville. Info (910) 433-4690 or www.fayettevillesymphony.org.

MEET THE AUTHOR. 5 p.m. In her book Radium Girls, Kate Moore tells the true story of women who started coming down with mysterious illnesses after years of working in watch factories in the 1920s, unaware that the illuminating paint they were using was made with radium, a highly radioactive element. This event is free and open to the public. The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211. SIP & PAINT WITH JANE. 5–7 p.m. Join resident artist Jane Casnellie for an evening of sipping and painting, and take home your own masterpiece. No experience necessary. All materials provided, including a glass of wine. Cost: $35. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info and registration: Jane Casnellie at (910) 639-4823. AFTER-DINNER STORYTIMES. 6 p.m. Children through 5th grade and their families are invited to enjoy a session that incorporates stories and activities that foster a love of books and reading. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W .Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. SANDHILLS PHOTO CLUB MEETING. 7–9 p.m. The speaker will be Tom McCabe, and his topic will be Composition and Landscape. Hannah Center Theater at The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: www.sandhillsphotoclub.org.

Tuesday, May 9 SOUTH AFRICA TOUR PRESENTATION. 3 p.m. This 14-day tour includes wildlife safaris, walking tours and more. Tour dates: Feb. 21–March 6, 2018. Conducted by Colette Tours, sponsored by the Moore County Historical Association. Includes 12 breakfasts, four lunches and seven dinners, airfare packages with RDU, attraction fees and taxes, hotels, and related charges. Shaw House, 110 W. Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2051 or www.moorehistory. com. For reservations to the presentation call (910) 639-3823.

Tuesday, May 9 & 16 ART CLASS. 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Egg Tempera. Instructor Frank Pierce will cover the basics of working with egg tempera in this two-day workshop for all levels. Cost: $40, includes supplies, except for small watercolor brushes and a watercolor mixing tray. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Wednesday, May 10 NATIONAL BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY. 7 a.m. Southern Pines Elementary students can join Southern Pines Recreation & Parks in the Southern Pines Public Library parking lot. The Library will have some fun games and crafts to get the day started. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: Recreation Department at (910) 692-2463.

Monday, May 8

ART CLASS (ACRYLIC). 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Abstract Acrylics with Tissue Paper. Instructor Debbie Kline will demonstrate how to put tissue paper on board to use as the base for your painting, and how to paint on it. You will complete an abstract painting of your own. Costs: $40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org.

HOMESCHOOL IN THE GARDEN. 2–3:30 p.m. “Pond Exploration.” For kids 1st grade and older. Fee is included with Garden Membership or Daily Admission. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 4860221 or https://form.jotform.com/63465945071966.

REC-ING CREW SOCIAL CLUB. 4–5:30 p.m. “Cooking Class.” This program gives young adults a chance to unwind and socialize with their friends. Must pay club dues in advance to participate — covers all six sessions. Cost: $15/resident; $30/ non-resident. Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley perform. Cost: $20 in advance. The Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org.

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ca l e n d a r Thursday, May 11 ART CLASS (PEN & INK) 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Pen and Ink Drawing with Watercolor Wash. Instructor Linda Drott will lead students through a detailed pen & ink drawing of a still life, followed by a wash of pale watercolor. Cost: $50. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. GATHERING AT GIVEN. 3:30 and 7 p.m. “Synesthesia and the Creative Process: The Artist in you.” Ever wonder what goes through the artist’s mind while creating? Dr. Donald A. Parks is a local award-winning internationally collected artist. For him, art is imagination expressed through the senses into new form. See his work at Beyond the Shutter Gallery and learn about Synesthesia at Gathering at Given. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library, (3:30 p.m.), 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst; and Given Outpost (7 p.m.) 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-6022. FINE ARTS LECTURE SERIES. 5:30–6:30 p.m. “Public Art: Sculpture We Love to Hate.” Denise Drum Baker, an artist and recently retired professor of visual arts at Sandhills Community College, discusses sculpture in public spaces at this third lecture in the series. It is presented in conjunction with the Arts Council of Moore County. Cost: $11/members; $16/non-members. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or weymouthcenter.org.

Thursday, May 11 — 28 CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE. 7:30 p.m., Wed–Sat; 2 p.m., Sat & Sun. Caroline, Or Change. A play about a divorced African-American maid and the 8-year-old son of a Jewish household in Louisiana in 1963. Virtually sungthrough, in styles ranging from Motown to Yiddish Klezmer. Cape Fear Regional Theatre, 1209 Hay St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 323-4233 or www.cfrt.org.

Friday, May 12 OPEN STUDIO FOR THE FIGURE. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. There

will be no instruction given and you must bring your own supplies and materials. Members are encouraged to work creatively in any media they choose. The poses will be long enough to encourage a finished piece. $15. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. CHICAGO. The No.1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history, performance at Durham Performing Arts Center. Departs 4 p.m. from Belk, Southern Pines, and returns approx. 11:30 p.m. With Kirk Tours. Cost: $123 ($153 Gold Circle), includes your choice of seat type and luxury transportation. Dinner will be dutch-treat at the Streets at Southpoint shopping complex. If you already have a DPAC Season Pass, please call us directly for prices on transportation only. LIVE AFTER 5. 5:30-9 p.m. The Embers, a beach music band who have defined the genre, will give a special concert. Food trucks will be on-site; and wine, water, and soft drinks will be available for purchase. Picnic baskets are allowed, but no outside alcoholic beverages. This event is free for the entire family. Don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs, blankets and dancing shoes! The Village Arboretum, 375 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-2817 or vopnc.org.

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. Laney Smith and the Spirits perform. Cost: $10 in advance. The Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org. A COMIC EVENING. 7:30–9:30 p.m. Vision 4 Moore presents comedian Caleb Elliott and comic ventriloquist Steve Brogan and his “friends.” Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 day of. Profits from these events are equally shared with our non-profit partners: Caring Hearts For Kids of Moore, Meals on Wheels of the Sandhills and MIRA Foundation, USA. The O’Neal School – Hannah Center, 3300 Airport Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 365-9890 or explorepinehurst.com. MOVIE IN THE PINES. 7:30–9 p.m. Moana. Bring a blanket or a chair. Concessions will be available on site. Come early for good seating and games before the movie. Free to the public. Downtown Park, 145 SE Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or www.southernpines.net.

Saturday, May 13 NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 8 a.m. Hike for International Migratory Bird Day. Enjoy a leisurely 2-mile bird walk during spring migration season. Bring binoculars and field guides if you have them, and water; and wear comfortable shoes. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

CARTHAGE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION FOOD TRUCK RODEO. 6–10 p.m. Food trucks from the local and surrounding areas will be on-site serving up different cuisines. Activities for the kids will include face painting, bouncy houses and educational demonstrations on fire safety. Music will be provided by Frank Moree and the Darkhorse Band. Parking and admission is free and open to the public. Moore County Agricultural Fairgrounds, 3699 US 15-501. Info: carthagefdevents@gmail.com.

JUNIOR FLEA MARKET. 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Set up 8 to 9) Rain or shine. Buy, sell, or browse. Sellers: ages 7–16, provide crafts, toys, clothes, baked goods and more. Bring your own table (up to 6 feet). Attendance is free; vendors’ fee: $5 resident; $10/non-resident. Sponsored by Southern Pines Recreation and Parks. Downtown Park, 145 SE Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2463.

CHEF AND MAKER WEEKEND SANDHILLS PIG PICKIN’. 6:30–9:30 p.m. North Carolina at its best with a menu inspired by Chef Clark Barlowe’s hyper-local philosophy: a pit-cooked whole pig and classic Southern sides, beer from Mother Earth Brewing and specialty drinks from Doc Porter’s Distillery and Topo Organic Spirits. Cost: $70 ($50 without

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ca l e n d a r EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. War Horse Event Series Schooling Day. Call for prices. Spectators welcome. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “POPS: Symphonic Salute to America.” The season finale features Broadway star Catherine Brunell (Les Mis, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mary Poppins, Something Rotten!), singing some of your favorite Broadway tunes. Owens Auditorium, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 687-0287 or carolinaphil.org. A HERITAGE AFFAIR GALA. 6:30 p.m. “Come Dance With Me.” A fun-filled evening of dancing and dining under the stars, featuring Weymouth Experience. Auction items and special dance demonstrations by Carolina DanceWorks. Tickets: $115/members and active duty military; $125/nonmembers. Sponsored by The Pilot and PineStraw. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. DANCE SOCIAL. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., lesson at 7, social dancing from 8 to 10 p.m.. Carolina Pines Chapter of USA Dance. Cost: $11 ($8 members). Southern Pines Elk’s Lodge, 280 County Club Circle, Southern Pines. Info: (919) 770-1975.

Sunday, May 14 EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. May War Horse Event Series Horse Trials, Combined Tests, and Dressage. Call for prices. Spectators welcome. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. Mother’s Day Creations. Make Mom a planter and a bird feeder to enjoy on her special day. Materials provided. Weymouth WoodsSandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

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FESTIVAL. 10:30 a.m. Break out your best hat and enjoy this spring tradition. The Carolina Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will perform. Luncheon & strawberry shortcake will be served. Cost: $10/members; $20/non-members. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT. 7 p.m. Two violins and piano. Thomas Sauer, Ara Gregorian and Hye-Jin-Kim perform. A light reception to meet the artists follows. Cost: $10/members; $20/non-members. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

Tuesday, May 16 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MOORE COUNTY. 11:30 a.m. Luncheon and meeting. Guest speaker is Moore County District Attorney, Maureen Kruger. Everyone welcome. Cost: $13/person. Reservations required. Little River Resort, 500 Little River Farm Blvd., Carthage. Info: (910) 9449611 or owegeecoach@gmail.com. JAMES BOYD BOOK CLUB. 2 p.m. Mezzanines, by poet Matthew Olzman. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Library, Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. YOUTH SWIM TEAM. Coached by a certified instructor. Practice sessions every Tuesday and Thursday through July. The Pinehurst Parks & Rec and FirstHealth Center for Health and Fitness swim team will compete in the Moore County Swim League summer series (approximately five meets throughout June and July). Cost: $95. Open to Pinehurst residents only. FirstHealth Fitness, 170 Memorial Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

Wednesday, May 17 ENCORE! KIDS CONCERT. 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Maestro Wolff’s multi-media, interactive children’s concert for virtually every 1st & 2nd grade student in Moore County.

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An exuberant experience for all who attend. Limited seating. Free, but you must make arrangement with the Box Office. Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 687-0287 or carolinaphil.org. WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE READING. 5:30 p.m. International Book Awards Finalist, best-selling author Taylor Brown will read from and discuss his latest release, The River of Kings. Wine and cheese reception following. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. ART CLASS (PAINT—ALL MEDIA). 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays through Jun 21 (6 sessions). For all levels of experience, artist Eileen Strickland covers basic information on materials, techniques, color theory and composition. Cost: $47/resident; $94/ non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817.

Wednesday, May 17 and 18 ART CLASS (OIL) 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. “Oil Painting with Courtney.” Courtney Herndon. Students will be painting wet into wet, which leads to an impressionistic style of painting, focusing on composition, values and the use of color. For all levels. Cost: $110. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Thursday, May 18 MUSIC AND MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. For all children through age 5. Every other week, this event incorporates stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games designed to foster language and motor-skill development. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. MEDITATIVE YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. (Thursdays through June 22). Instructor Carol Wallace leads this class for adults 18+, to help cultivate a relaxed state of mind and body, gently improve flexibility, and relieve stress and tension. Cost: $35/

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MEET THE AUTHOR. 5:30 p.m. Angela Sheldon will present Wahhabis Global Secret Militia: ISIS, which explores the history of ISIS and its advancement from a terrorist group to a terrorist cult. This event is free and open to the public. The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

FAMILY DAY AT THE LIBRARY. Craft tables will be out all day. The day will celebrate healthy minds and mindfulness. A special “Go Away” program will run from 11 a.m.–12 p.m., and families can attend an emoji-making workshop at 2 p.m. Teens can create animated emoji videos at 3 p.m. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS (AGES 5-9). 4–5 p.m. Tuesdays through June 13 (4 sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $5/resident; $10/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court No.1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by May 16. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

WINE AND WHIMSEY ART CLASS. 6–8 p.m. “Barn.” All supplies and instruction provided. Wine, beer and snacks available for purchase. Cost: $20/member; $25/non-member. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221.

POTS AND PAINT IN SEAGROVE. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Become an art enthusiast as you meet the artists, learn about pottery and plein air (outdoor) painting. Rain date will be May 27. Bobbie Thomas, 1295 S. NC Highway 705, Seagrove. Info: (336) 879-4145.

WHAT’S UP WITH RUSSIA? 6:30 p.m. This special, ticketed event is Part 1 of the 2017 Given Tufts Colloquia. Dr. William C. Taubman, Pulitzer-winning biographer and political scientist, explores the current and long-standing relationship between the U.S. and Russia. Tickets: $100 and includes a 4-course dinner. Purchase tickets at www.giventufts.org. Carolina Ballroom, Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Village of Pinehurst. Info: 910-585-4820.

ABILITIES TENNIS PROGRAM. Repeat of May 6 event. See above for details.

YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS (AGES 10-15). 5–6 p.m. Tuesdays through June 13 (4 sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $5/resident; $10/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court No.1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by May 16. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

N.C. SYMPHONY. 7:30 p.m. Russian Nights. Rodion Shchedrin, Naughty Limericks. Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto. Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5. Grant Llewellyn, conductor. Augustin Hadelich, violin. Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info: (877) 627-6724.

Thursday, May 18 — 21 EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Southern Pines ‘A’ Triangle Sandhills Spring Classic. Hunter/jumper shows. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. For additional info: www.trianglefarms.com, (910) 556-7321 or (910) 875-2074.

Thursday, May 18 — 30 NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Come find out what it’s like to be a spider as you discover the pages of the children’s book Diary of a Spider along the Bower’s Bog Trail at Weymouth Woods. This is a self-guided 0.3-mile adventure that can be done any time the park is open. This Story Hike Trail will be available only from May 18th through May 30th. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Friday, May 19 ART CLASS. 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Go with the Flow — Basic Alcohol Ink, taught by Pam Griner. Learn about the inks and papers and how to manipulate them to create abstract and landscape paintings. Cost: $40, supplies included. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 9443979 or www.artistleague.org. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. Diary of a Spider – Story Hike (for wee ones!) Make your own diary as you follow the story of Spider and his friend Fly through Diary of a Spider along a 0.3-mile trail. This program will be geared toward 3-to 5-year-olds and meant for parents to do with their children. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. DAY TRIPPERS. 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. This program was designed for teens and young adults to get out and explore N.C. This month’s destination is the Cinebowl and Grille in Cary. Lunch will be served during the movie. Cost: $26/ residents; $52/non-residents (includes admission to movie and transportation). Participants should bring money for lunch. Pinehurst Parks & Rec. Group departs from and returns to Village Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817 or pinehurstrec.org. ART CLASS (OIL PAINTING). 1 – 4 p.m. Fridays through June 23 (6 sessions). For all levels of experience, artist Eileen Strickland covers basic information on materials, techniques, color theory, and composition. Cost: $47/resident; $94/nonresident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817.

BALLROOM DANCING. 7–10 p.m. Cape Fear Ballroom Dancers Monthly Dance. Dance lesson included. Cost: $10/ members; 15/guests. Coat and tie attire. Roland’s Dance Studio, 310 Hope Mills Road, Fayetteville. Info: (910) 987-4420 or www.capefearballroomdancers.org.

Saturday, May 20 & 21 CAROLINA POLOCROSS. 8:15 a.m.–5 p.m. This sport resembles the American Indian game of lacrosse and dates back hundreds of years to Persia and its sister sport of polo. On horseback, players catch, carry, and throw a ball with their racquets. Pinehurst Harness Track and Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 235-8456.

Sunday, May 21 MOORE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. 2 p.m. Speaker Jesse Wimberly will talk about his 147-year-old turpentine farm and cabin. This is an informal, outdoor picnic venue. Membership in MCHA is required to attend and may be taken out at the meeting itself. Lighterwood Farm, 535 Speight Road, West End. (From the Pinehurst Traffic Circle take N.C. 211 toward West End. Turn left at the traffic light onto Hoffman Road, cross the railroad tracks and look for balloons.) For more details, visit www.moorehistory.com, info@moorehistory.com, www.facebook.com/moorehistorical or call (910) 692-2051 or (910) 246-0053. SUNDAY FILM SERIES. 2:30 p.m. This film is based on the book Never Go Back by author Lee Child. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. Come and learn why the red-cockaded woodpecker is endangered and other interesting stories about this bird through a short presentation and walk. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Monday, May 22 LUNCH & LEARN IN THE GARDEN. 12–1 p.m. Pete Gulley of Gulley’s Nursery in Southern Pines shows you what’s happening in your garden in the month of May. This event is free. Bring your lunch & the Garden will provide drinks. Register by email: landscapegardening@sandhills.edu. Sandhills Horticultural Gardens-Ball Visitors Center. 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 695-3882. HOMESCHOOL IN THE GARDEN. 2–3:30 p.m. “Insect Adaptations.” For kids 1st grade and older. Fee is included with Garden Membership or Daily Admission. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221 or https://form.jotform.com/63465945071966. Preregistration is required. ART & WINE APPRECIATION. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Join local artist Ellen Burke for a discussion of Artists and Their Gardens. Admission fee: $20, includes wine. Proceeds to benefit the Weymouth Center Dirt Gardeners and The Sandhills Horticultural Society’s Children’s Art Exhibit. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: Ellen at (603)-9666567 or Jane Casnellie at (910) 639-4823 to register. www. hollyhocksartgallery.com.

ADULT TENNIS LESSONS. 6–7 p.m. Tuesdays through June 13 (4 sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $35/resident; $70/nonresident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court No.1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by May 16. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

Wednesday, May 24 PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT. 7 p.m. Come to the park for National Scavenger Hunt Day and head out on the trails for scavenger hunt. This is a “take only pictures, leave only footprints” activity and should take about an hour. Prizes awarded. Make sure you bring a digital camera (or phone with a camera) and wear comfortable shoes! Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

Thursday, May 25 ART CLASS (INK). 12:30-4 p.m. Ink-Tastic — Intermediate Alcohol Ink. Pam Griner. Expand your knowledge of working with alcohol inks and discover various painting techniques to create a more advanced look to your work. Pre-requisite – Basic Alcohol Ink. Cost: $45, paper included. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. DOUGLASS CENTER BOOK CLUB. 10:30 a.m. Copies of the book to be discussed may be obtained at the SPPL or the Douglass Center. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. MEET THE AUTHOR. 5 p.m. Phaedra Patrick, author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, will present her new novel, Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone. This event is free and open to the public. The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211. YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS (AGES 5-9). 4–5 p.m. Tuesdays through June 13 (4 sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $5/resident; $10/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court No.1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by May 16. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS (AGES 10-15). 5–6 p.m. Tuesdays through June 13 (4 sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $5/resident; $10/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court No.1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by May 16. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. ADULT TENNIS LESSONS. 6–7 p.m. Thursdays through June 15 (4 sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $35/resident; $70/nonresident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court No.1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Must register by May 16. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

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MOVIE IN THE PINES. 7:30–9 p.m. The Secret Life of Pets. Bring a blanket or a chair. Concessions will be available on site. Come early for good seating and games before the movie. Free to the public. Downtown Park, 145 SE Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or www.southernpines.net.

BASIC HATHA YOGA. 9–10 a.m. (Wednesdays through July 5) Instructor Darlind Davis teaches this course for adults age 18 and older who may have had no previous experience with yoga. Cost: $35/resident; $70 non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

Sunday, May 28 SUNDAY KIDS MOVIE. 2:30 p.m. Come to the library for a free showing of a film about a teen girl and a demigod embark on an adventure as they search for a legendary island. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT. 2 p.m. The Moore County Concert Band will perform in the Grand Ballroom of the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. The program will feature two tuba soloists. The concert is open to the public at no charge. Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Village of Pinehurst. Info: (910) 235-5229. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. Snakes of the Sandhills. Snakes are creatures of great beauty that inspire awe and caution. Come learn about the various snake species found in the Sandhills, and learn to identify venomous and non-venomous area snakes. We will have live specimens to view. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 7:30 p.m. A Symphonic Salute to the U.S. Armed Forces. The Symphony will perform patriotic and popular works to honor all members of our armed forces for Memorial Day Weekend. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets to this free concert. Festival Park, 335 Ray Ave, Fayetteville (Corner of Ray Ave. and Rowan St.). Rain Location: Huff Concert Hall, Methodist University. Info: (910) 433-4690 or www.fayettevillesymphony.org.

TAI CHI. 10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m. (Wednesdays through July 5) This course is taught by Tai Chi Master Instructor Lee Holbrook for adults age 18+ and focuses on three styles of Tai Chi: Yang, Wu, and Beijing. Cost: $28/resident; $56 nonresident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS June 12 — 16 FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUMMER MUSIC CAMP. Registration is now open for the FSO Summer Music Camp. For all rising 8th grade, high school, and college-level instrumental students (from any school) who have experience playing one of the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone or tuba. Tuition: $275 for the week, or $300 with a private lesson. The camp will be held at Fayetteville Academy, 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville. The deadline to register is June 1, 2017. Info and registration: Julie Atkins (910) 433-4690 or www.fayettevillesymphony.org/ summer-music-camp.

WEEKLY EVENTS Sundays — Tuesday PRIVATE COOKING CLASS AVAILABLE. The Flavor Exchange, 115 E. New Hampshire Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-1345 or www.TheFlavorExchange.com.

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NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. Diary of a Spider – Guided Story Hike. Enjoy Memorial Day through the eyes of a spider! A Park Ranger will take you along a 0.3-mile trail to discover the pages of the children’s book Diary of a Spider. You’ll get to hike a little, read a little, and see what life is like for these 8-legged critters. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167.

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

WEYMOUTH YOUNG AFFILIATES. 6 p.m. Join the younger crowd at Weymouth for an evening of networking, program planning and refreshments. All are welcome to attend. Weymouth Library, Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. MUSICIANS JAM SESSION. 7 p.m. Bring your instrument and your beverage, or just come to enjoy! Free and open to the public library, Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

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MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 2 – 5:30 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods, and more. FirstHealth Fitness Center, 170 Memorial Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 947-3752 or moorecountync.gov or localharvest.org. JOY OF ART. Classes for children and adults. 4–5 p.m. May 1, 8, 22, and 29: Baby Animals, for ages 6–8. Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 or joyof_art@msn.com. THE OFFICE PARTY. 5:30–8 p.m. at the. Mondays 5:30–8:00 Free. When you work for yourself, do you keep office hours ? The modern old-fashioned response is cocktails at the office. Meet locals and the occasional visiting artist for discussion and learning. All questions are encouraged. May 1, Tony Cross, the man behind Reverie Cocktails, will be here. May 8, meet Wil McCannless, traditional Celtic musician and

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Tuesdays — Saturdays SANDHILLS WOMAN’S EXCHANGE. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Lunch served 11 a.m.–2 p.m. The gift shop features over 60 N.C. and American hand-made artisan gifts. If interested in volunteering, call the Sandhills Woman’s Exchange, 15 Azalea Road, Pinehurst, at (910) 295-4677, www.sandhillswe.org or on our Facebook page.

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potter superlative; May 22, John Gessner, on snaps and rock and roll. Free admission. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or theroosterswife.org.

BABY BUNNIES STORYTIME. 10:30 and 11 a.m. (two sessions) This storytime, reserved for ages birth to 18 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy practices. Programs will be offered May 2, 9, 16 and 23. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. BROWN BAG LUNCH/GAME DAY. 11:30 a.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy fellowship and activities, including card games, board games and the Wii. The Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. TAI CHI FOR HEALTH. 10–11:30 a.m. Practice this flowing Eastern exercise with instructor Rich Martin. Cost for single 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. PLAY ESCAPE. 3:30 p.m. Arts & Crafts. For ages 2 yrs + Free for members. Cost for non-members: $2/child and $1/siblings. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 2462342 or playescapenc.com. JOY OF ART. Classes for children and adults. 4–5 p.m. May 2, 9, 16, and 23, Earth Day Art Create from Recyclables for ages 8–10. Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 text or www.joyof_art@msn.com. THE ARTIFACT SHACK. 4–5:30 p.m. Painting Classes for Kids. Subjects include: Peacock (May 2), Mother’s Day Bouquet (May 9), Rainbow Unicorn (May 16), Lady Liberty (May 23), and Dragonfly (May 30). Cost: $18, all supplies included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info and advance registration (required): (540) 454-3641 or www.theartifactshack.com.

Wednesdays YOGA IN THE GARDEN. 6–7 p.m. Improve flexibility, build strength, ease tension, and relax through posture and breathing techniques. Free for CFBG and YMCA members. $5/non-members. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 4860221 ex. 36 or capefearbg.org. (Must register 1 day prior). Email questions to mzimmerman@capefearbg.org. BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding.

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ca l e n d a r Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. SANDHILLS FARMERS MARKET. 3–6 p.m. The market features many wonderful farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and egg providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers our area has to offer. 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 687-0377 or www.moorefarmfresh.com. READ TO YOUR BUNNY PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 3:30–4 p.m. For children through age 5, this storytime focuses on stories, songs and fun, with a special emphasis on activities that build skills for kindergarten. Dates this month are May 3, 10, 17 and 24. Stay for playtime. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. JOY OF ART. Classes for children and adults. 4–5 p.m. May 3, 10, 17 and 24: Awesome Animals Drawing for ages 9–11. Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 text or www.joyof_art@msn.com. THE ARTIFACT SHACK. 4–5:30 p.m. Painting Classes for Kids. Subjects include: Peacock (May 3), Mother’s Day Bouquet (May 10), Rainbow Unicorn (May 17), Lady Liberty (May 24), and Dragonfly (May 31). Cost: $18, all supplies included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info and advance registration (required): (540) 454-3641 or www.theartifactshack.com.

Wednesdays — Saturdays COOKING CLASS. 6:30 p.m. Hands-on preparation led by Chef Maria DiGiovanni, Esther Gore or Tim Caldwell. Themed dishes include paella, gator sausage and risotto, sweet potato gnocci, pasta, ravioli, Thai coconut curry, polenta, Moroccan, tortellini, Mediterranean delights, sushi, and cannoli.. Reservations and pre-payment required. The Flavor Exchange, 115 E. New Hampshire Ave., Southern Pines. Info and menus: (910) 725-1345 or www.TheFlavorExchange.com.

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MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods and more. Armory Sports Complex, 604 W Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 947-3752 or www.moorecountync. gov or www.localharvest.org.

PLAY ESCAPE. 10 a.m. Arts & Crafts. For ages 2 yr + Free for members. Cost for non-members: $2/child and $1/siblings. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 2462342 or playescapenc.com.

STORY TIME 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 3 to 5. Wonderful volunteers read to children, and everyone makes a craft. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 315-1471 or (910) 295-6022.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. Reading selections are taken from our current inventory of children’s literature, from the classics to modern day. The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

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

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

MAHJONG (Chinese version). 1–3 p.m. A game played by four people involving skill, strategy and calculation. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

CHESS. 1–3 p.m. Don Hammerman instructs all levels of players. You need a chess set to participate. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.

JOY OF ART. Classes for children and adults. 4–5 p.m. May 5, 12, 19, and 26: Creating with the Colored Pencil for ages 11-13. Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 text or www.joyof_art@msn.com.

JOY OF ART. Classes for children and adults. 4–5 p.m. May 4, 11, 18, and 25: Beginning Sewing for ages 8–10. Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 text or www.joyof_art@msn.com.

JAZZY FRIDAYS. 6–10 p.m. Enjoy a bottle of wine and dancing with friends under the tent with live jazz music, provided by The Sand Band (May 5) and The Entertainers (May 12), The Coastline Band, and Midnight Allie. Cost: $15/person. Ages 21 and older. Reservations and pre-payment recommended for parties of 8 or more. Food vendor on site. Cypress Bend Vineyards, 21904 Riverton Road, Wagram. Info: (910) 3690411 or www.cypressbendvineyards.com.

TAI CHI FOR HEALTH. 6–7:30 p.m. Practice this flowing Eastern exercise with instructor Rich Martin. Cost for single class: $15/member; $17/non-member. Monthly rates available. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221.

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SANDHILLS FARMERS MARKET. 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. The market features many wonderful farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and egg providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers our area has to offer. 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 687-0377 or www.moorefarmfresh.com. JOY OF ART. Classes for children and adults. On May 6, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Art for the Day Spring Fling and Easel Painting for ages 7–12; and 3:30–5 p.m.: Creative Journal to the Self for ages 11–14. On May 13, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Choc Full of Creativity for ages 7–12; and 3:30- 5 p.m.: Creative Journal to the Self. On May 20, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: All about Snakes for ages 9-13; and 3:30- 5 p.m.: Creative Journal to the Self. On May 27, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Sea Life and Sea Monsters and Mermaids for ages 9–13. Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 text or www.joyof_art@msn.com. HISTORY OF PINEHURST TOUR. 11 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m. (1 hour and 15 minutes each). Experience the Home of American Golf on a guided windshield tour with Kirk Tours and learn about Mr. Tufts and some of Pinehurst’s celebrity patrons. Cost: $20/person. Departs from Pinehurst Historic Theatre, 90 Cherokee Road. Info and registration: (910) 295-2257 or kirktours.com.

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Dining Guide

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Open Year Round • Thursdays - 604 W. Morganton Rd

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

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Maybe Baby

For Taurus, golden days are ahead By Astrid Stellanova

May means in Taurus-speak, maybe, or

maybe not. Taurus, we know better than to pull your tail and enrage the hothead in you. Friends know you as surprisingly sunny and funny when unprovoked. Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth II, Adele, George Clooney, Tina Fey, all share the sign of Taurus, and none of them seems too illtempered, right? — Ad Astra, Astrid

Taurus (April 20–May 20) If anybody crosses somebody in your camp, you’re liable to burn their house down, eat the provisions and take their mule. You are a fierce adversary, Sugar, with a fierce sweet tooth, right? But there is the other side, all generous and loving, and when that side shines, everybody wants to stand in your golden light. This is the reason you collect friends — and enemies — like nobody’s business. Speaking of which, a business opportunity opens in due time. You have every reason to give it a very good look. Gemini (May 21–June 20) This month is Willy Wonka fun and crazy for you. Find the wild child in you to go with it and play. The fact that you finally made it into the candy factory says a lot about just how tenacious you are. You earned your pass and then some. The month you are going to have is one you have longed for, Honey. Cancer (June 21–July 22) Last month’s shenanigans left you a little sheepish and secretly ashamed. Get over it, Sweet Thing. You may have gone to the extremes, but there ain’t no reason you can’t reboot and move on. You paid to play, and nobody had more fun than you did. BTW: Brace yourself for an unexpected love to surface. Leo (July 23–August 22) Two days this month will reveal aspects of your abilities and talents that you have denied or suppressed. If you can just go with the flow, these talents will lead you to unexpected outcomes offering a brand-new vocational choice. Pay extra attention to the number 4 for additional clues — and don’t argue so dang much. Virgo (August 23–September 22) There is either a good time or a good story this month for Virgo. When you stop muddling over something long past, you will find the traction to move forward. The fact that it is over is something you ain’t quite accepted yet. Sugar, the past is as stale as an old doughnut, but the present is where your true joy lies. Libra (September 23–October 22) The past month was a doozy, and you felt like a wing-walker with a drunk pilot at the controls. This is a time of trusting in yourself and waving bye-bye to the ding-dong person formerly in charge of your destiny. You are the pilot of your life, Sweet Thing. You don’t have to do aerial tricks to prove it, either. Scorpio (October 23–November 21) It was sweeter than a bite of a hot buttered biscuit drizzled with honey just to

watch the face of a rival fall behind as you roared to the front, wasn’t it? You have pulled way ahead, but they ain’t giving up quite so easy. It might pay off for you to form a peaceful pact with them, or else spend the rest of the year playing a mean game of tag. Sagittarius (November 22–December 21) You’ve dodged a few bullets this year. Beginning to face that maybe careless and reckless ain’t just your driving traits? Now, settle down and cogitate. Let the lessons and the luck sink in, Sugar. It is fun to be one step ahead of trouble, Twinkle Toes, but it might detract from more important work you have yet to do. Capricorn (December 22–January 19) Recent events have confirmed your latest inspirations were a success, and some powerful folks are about to bet on you and your newest ideas. If you were a horse, you would give Seattle Slew a run for the money. All signs point to your standing in the winning circle, Honey Bun. Bow, smile and say thank you. Aquarius (January 20–February 18) In the past, you let one close to you dictate the terms of your life, right down to who, what, where and how things would go down. Have you noticed how wrong they were about what worked for you? Fire their fool self. You are in a unique situation, Honey Bunny, to reposition your life and your happiness. Pisces (February 19–March 20) When you got right down to it, you immediately figured out what you needed. That wasn’t so hard was it? Now you have won the admiration of someone who could use your past experience. Pay it forward. Give this person the benefit of what you know. Your lives intersected for a good reason, Sugar. Aries (March 21–April 19) By garaging your three-horsepower moped, you have found the peace and quiet you didn’t know you needed. As entertaining as it was to watch you roar around town in a ball cap and gray pantyhose, it seems about time you embraced your serious side. You are going to need it. There is a real challenge ahead, Darling. You are up to it. 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

By Tom Allen

Mom said her boy loved to

plunder. Sounds illegal. I prefer “explore” but will make do with “nosey.”

Two places were off limits to my curiosity — the bottom drawer of Dad’s chest of drawers and Mom’s pocketbook. Mom never called her pocketbook a “purse.” Something colloquial, perhaps. The first time I took a peek, her pocketbook was on the kitchen table. I, perhaps 5 or 6 and not tall enough to look inside, leaned the bag in for a good snoop. “Leave that alone. That’s my pocketbook.” Her tone of voice reinforced the prohibition. I apologized and got the message — hands off, that’s mine. Mom owned several pocketbooks — one she carried most days, the others for dressier occasions. She preferred darker bags for winter, softer colors for spring and summer. I have no idea why the prohibition against snooping. I doubt she carried anything illegal or illicit; what mattered was that the contents were her business, her stuff. And don’t we all need a space for odds and ends? Some nook or niche to stash a pen or some quarters or a few Tic-Tacs? Maybe a drawer or, if you’re lucky, a closet? Mom carried the usual items — a wallet, some Kleenex, a tube of lipstick. What else was for her to know and for me not to find out. If my dad drove a car until the wheels fell off, Mom would tote a pocketbook until its fabric was worn or dirty. And, unlike Imelda Marcos, Mom wasn’t a packrat. When the time came, she dumped the purse and bought a new one, probably from Belk, with a coupon, on Seniors Day. When Mom became a grandmother, a pocketbook was the ideal Mother’s Day gift from our daughters. Mom could make it last, at least until the next May, if not the Christmas after. I recall, as a teenager, the first time Mom asked me to fetch the wallet from her purse. Was she serious? Was this a set-up? Would my hand be mauled by a steel trap, a finger bitten off by a pocket-sized varmint? I snatched the wallet, without another glimpse into the nether regions. At

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last, I must be worthy of her trust. Even today, when my wife asks me to retrieve something from her purse, I get a little uneasy. Mom’s last pocketbook was a camel-colored Kim Rogers number with a mismatched Aigner wallet, purchased, I’m sure, from Belk. Age and illness robbed her of mobility and independence. A move from her home of 60 years to a furnished assisted-living residence disconnected her from familiar possessions as well as her few living friends. My dad’s death, six months before hers, compounded the loss. At this final residence, Mom — whether sitting in her lift chair or napping in her hospital bed — kept her pocketbook nearby, ready with a pen, a tissue, or just a reminder that something still belonged to her. I handled financial matters in Mom’s last year and, with her permission, took anything from her wallet or pocketbook that might compromise security or identity. She understood, yet when poking around for her wallet, there was still a sense I’d violated her last private space. Even more, there was a sense that the child had attained adulthood. As the circle closes, the son becomes the parent, the caregiver — an honor but, at times, sad, even terrifying. After she moved, I left $12 — a ten and two ones — in her wallet. Eight months later, on the night she died, I took her pocketbook home. I did not look inside for months. When I did, I found that $10 bill. Perhaps she tipped a caring aide or gave a folded bill to a granddaughter as grandparents often do. Along with the wallet, I found high school snapshots of our daughters that Mom could proudly show. There was a Cover Girl pressed-powder compact, a red Revlon lipstick, a handful of tissues, two pens, some melted Halls cough drops and a few coins. Pen marks covered the fabric lining. Lipstick stained a zippered compartment. The soft faux leather still smelled like the house where I grew up, a place my parents made into a home. Mom’s pocketbook rests in the bottom drawer of my chest of drawers, not off limits to anyone. I’m saving it for a plundering grandchild who might walk away with a $10 bill. Me? I’m content to watch memories in the making, while thinking of how very happy one mother would be. PS Tom Allen is a longtime — and deeply loved — contributor to PineStraw.

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