October PineStraw 2016 by PineStraw Magazine

How does living at Quail Haven simplify retirement?

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Well, the day’s toughest chore might be choosing red or white.

What’s it like to live at Quail Haven? Join us for a Q & A, including financial info. You’ll see the community and meet new friends over lunch. Our treat.

Continuing Care Retirement Community from the Liberty Senior Living family.

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Pinehurst, NC

910.295.2294

Jamie McDevitt Broker/Owner

“I love living in the country.” “I love the fresh air, wide open spaces and a slower pace of life.” “Let me introduce you to the countryside of the Sandhills.”

- Jamie

252 Edgewood Road Cameron A lit bit of Southern charm in this historic farmhouse on almost fourteen acres. Beautiful hardwood floors and gracious living spaces. Enjoy the country life for only $595,000.

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Knollwood Heights: “Homewood” is described as one of

5-Acre Golf Front Estate: Located on the 10th green of the Cardinal Course. Great home for entertaining with 4BR/4BA/2Half BA’s, pool and more. View the property at: www.800LakeDornochDrive.com. $1,325,000 Scarlett Alison 910.603.0359

CCNC: Five Acre Estate Home, golf front on the 9th hole of the Cardinal Course. This 7,000 sq.ft. residence is enhanced with 4BR/4.5BA, both formal and informal living spaces. View this property at: www.125BrooklineDrive.com $1,300,000 Scarlett Alison 910.603.0359

Knollwood Heights: A true treasure! Built & designed by Donald Ross in the 1920’s. Sun filled rooms with charm in every detail. Carriage House has 2BRs/2BAs, & Kitchen. Brilliant remodel! 4BR/7.5BA. Broker/Owner. $1,295,000 Bill Smith 910.528.4090

CCNC: Amazing Golf front home, “Fair Hill”, with 4Bdrms, 4Full&2Half Baths, open plan, spacious master suite, office/bar, pool. Porch & Terrace overlook Cardinal’s 10th fairway, tee box and green! $1,100,000 Carolyn Hallett 910.986.2319

Old Town Pinehurst: “Edgewood Cottage” circa 1928 is a Dutch

Colonial complete with in-ground pool & Cabana housing a bath/ dressing area & kitchenette. Beautiful landscaped grounds. Versatile living spaces each with it’s own special features. 4BR/4.5BA. $899,000 Emily Hewson 910.315.3324

National Golf Club: 1999 Southern Living Idea House.

North Carolina’s finest residences. Extensive gardens designed by E.S. Draper. Magnificent architectural features inside and out! 7 Bedrooms, 6.5 Baths. $1,590,000 Bill Smith 910.528.4090

Spectacular views of the golf course and water. Stunning architectural features inside and out! Formal areas, Office, Bonus Room and a Family Room w/frplc opens to the Kitchen. Screened Porch. 4BR/4Full2HalfBaths. $895,000 Emily Hewson 910.315.3324

Waterfront on Lake Watson: Over 5,000 sq.ft. of living

with magnificent lake views. Understated elegance, showcase kitchen, family room, living room/dining room, gentleman’s office, private workshop. 4BR/4.5BA. $750,000 Scarlett Alison 910.603.0359

CCNC Golf Front Transitional: 4,000 sq.ft. with 3BR/3.5BA. Located on the 6th hole of the Dogwood Course. Updated kitchen, living room with fireplace, Carolina room and pool with spa. View at: www.75LinvilleDrive.com $715,000 Scarlett Alison 910.603.0359

Lake Pinehurst: Waterfront custom home - won the Moore County Home Builders Association Award in 2014. Open design with soaring ceilings up to 17’ in Living Room. Elegant and comfortalbe with fabulous views! Walk-out finished lower level. 5BR/3.5BA. $625,000

Golf Front Contemporary: Situated with a spectacular view of the 5th green on CCNC’s Cardinal Course. This spacious residence offers one level living with 3BR/3.5BA’s, large kitchen, office & multiple living areas. $595,000

CCNC: Spectacular golf course views and a pond from this home on the 4th green on the Cardinal course. Totally renovated in 2007-2008. Beautifully redone kitchen with high-end appliances, granite countertops & butcher block counters around gas cooktop. 3BR/2.5BA. $545,000

Eva Toney 910.638.0972

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Emily Hewson 910.315.3324

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Deercroft Country Club: Spacious water front home with an abundance of living space. Gorgeous cherry floors on main level, superb kitchen sure to please the culinary enthusiast. Formal dining room, study & huge living room. Sandy beach area and large boat dock. 4BR/4.5BA. $499,000 Linda Criswell 910.783.7374

Foxfire: Stunning custom residence featuring 10 ft. ceilings, in-ground pool, gourmet kitchen, wide doorways, and hardwood flooring. Endless tasteful details. 3BR/2.5BA. $489,000 Debbie Darby 910.783.5193

Old Town Pinehurst: Gracious front porch and beautiful gardens overlooking the pool with a waterfall. This 1920 circa Cottage has been beautifully maintained and updated! 3-Fireplaces. PCC membership to convey - Buyer to pay transfer fee. 3BR/3BA. $449,000

Whispering Pines: Resort home with 100’ of waterfront on Thagard Lake. Updated and marvelous views from all living areas. Spacious screened porch and brick terrace with firepit. Fenced, inground, salt water concrete pool. Boat dock area. 3BR/3BA. $435,000 Eva Toney 910.638.0972

Pinewild Country Club: Custom built transitional home with an

Weymouth Heights: Curb appeal in a great neighborhood.

Old Town Pinehurst: “Juniper Cottage” circa 1896 is one of the early homes built in the Village. Charming cottage with much potential. Wood floors under carpet. 3-Fireplaces. Master bath has a claw-foot tub & separate shower. Lots of history! 2BR/2.5BA. $399,900 Emily Hewson 910.315.3324

Pinewild Country Club: Elegant, comfortable living in this move-in ready, golf front residence. Crown moulding, hardwood flooring, custom cabinetry and attractive granite. Kitchen combined with an open family room. 3BR/2.5BA. $399,000 Kay Beran 910.315.3322

Old Town Pinehurst: Exquisite condominium in the heart of the Village. Elevator, 1-car garage, only a 6-unit building. Totally Remodeled! Must See! 2BR/2BA. $385,000 Debbie Darby 910.783.5193

Water Front on Lake Auman: Location! Truly a one-of-a-kind offering! 180 degree views for building your dream home. Bulk-head, 2-Docks with a boat lift & swim ladder in place. Spectacular water views! $325,000

Pinehurst: This custom brick, 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath home with

7 Lakes South: Cape Cod beauty! Golf front home with a full heated

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open floor plan, generous size rooms, and one level living. Gourmet Kitchen. Wonderfully landscaped gardens in the back. Golf Cart Storage. 3 Ensuite Bedrooms. $415,000 Kay Beran 910.315.3322

a Bonus Room, is situated on a large landscaped cul-de-sac lot with views of the 12th hole of Course #3. Pinehurst Country Club membership. $324,900 Casey Barbera 910.639.4266

Emily Hewson 910.315.3324

Situated on a 1.88acre lot, large workshop with HVAC, over-sized garage. 3 Bedrooms and 2.5 Baths. Visit: www.170HalcyonDrive.com for more. $415,000 Frank Sessoms 910.639.3099

basement situated on over an acre lot. Main level has 2 large master bedrooms sharing a full bath. Screened porch overlooks lush private back yard that merges with the golf course. 3BR/2.5BA. $259,500 Debbie Darby 910.783.5193

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October 2016 Departments 17 Simple Life By Jim Dodson

Features 71 Recurring Dream Poetry by Sam Barbee

20 PinePitch 23 Instagram Winners 25 Cos and Effect

72 Cider House Rules

27 The Omnivorous Reader

80 Sound and Fury

By Cos Barnes

By Gwenyfar Rohler

31 Bookshelf

By Kimberly Daniels Taws & Angie Tally

35 Hometown By Bill Fields

37 Vine Wisdom

39 In the Spirit

43 The Kitchen Garden

By Jim Moriarty How David and Ann Marie Thornton transformed an empty ice cream stand into a business with a fringe benefit By Bill Case How the Carolina Theatres of Pinehurst and Southern Pines navigated the leap from silent films to talkies in 1928

84 The Walkabout

By Jim Moriarty In beautiful Edenton, history lives and life moves on Sambo time

88 Peace in the Pines By Deborah Salomon Euro-minimalism meets Southern practicality

97 Almanac

By Ash Alder How to make a shrunken apple head and Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second favorite national flower

By Robyn James

By Tony Cross

By Jan Leitschuh

49 Out of the Blue

By Deborah Salomon

51 Mom, Inc. By Sara Phile

53 Papadaddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mindfield By Clyde Edgerton

55 Birdwatch

By Susan Campbell

57 Pleasures of Life Dept. By Sam Walker

59 Sandhills Photo Club 63 Sporting Life By Tom Bryant

67 Golftown Journal By Lee Pace

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar SandhillSeen PineNeedler By Mart Dickerson

127 The Accidental Astrologer By Astrid Stellanova

128 SouthWords By Susan Kelly

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Enjoy front and back golf views from this all brick custom 4 BR / 3 BA home in the gated community of Pinewild CC. Fabulous open floor plan with a split bedroom plan and an oversized 2 car garage as an added bonus!

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This lovely custom built 3 BR / 2.5BA brick home is located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac overlooking the 5th green of the Magnolia Course at Pinewild CC and a scenic pond. The floorplan is sunny and open with the Carolina room opening to a recently renovated deck.

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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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M A G A Z I N E Volume 12, No. 10 Jim Dodson, Editor 910.693.2506 • jim@pinestrawmag.com Andie Stuart Rose, Creative Director 910.693.2467 • andie@pinestrawmag.com Jim Moriarty, Senior Editor 910.692.7915 • jjmpinestraw@gmail.com Lauren Shumaker, Graphic Designer 910.693.2469 • lauren@pinestrawmag.com Alyssa Rocherolle, Graphic Designer 910.693.2508 • alyssa@pinestrawmag.com Contributing Editors Deborah Salomon, Staff Writer Mary Novitsky, Sara King, Proofreaders Contributing Photographers John Gessner, Tim Sayer Contributors Tom Allen, Harry Blair, Tom Bryant, Susan Campbell, Bill Case, Tony Cross, Al Daniels, Annette Daniels, Mart Dickerson, Clyde Edgerton, Bill Fields, Robyn James, Susan Kelly, Jan Leitschuh, Meridith Martens, Diane McKay, Lee Pace, Sara Phile, Joyce Reehling, Stephen E. Smith, Astrid Stellanova, Kimberly Daniels Taws, Angie Tally, Ashley Wahl, Sam Walker, Janet Wheaton

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14 Appin Court • Pinehurst Located on 3.24 acres with frontage on the 11th and 14th Holes of the Holly Course, the residence is enclosed by a woodland setting of spectacular seclusion and natural beauty. This stunning, two-level home, custom built in 1997 with 4570 sq ft, boasts comfortable living spaces ideal for a casual, sporting lifestyle. Highlights include 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, main rooms overlooking the pool, a large eat-in kitchen wrapped by an elevated deck, luxurious master, and spacious game room downstairs. A beautifully landscaped yard has lovely lighting, stone pathways with stacked stone detail, a game court ideal for bocce ball and terraces that compliment the house. There is a 3 car garage and golf cart storage. Offered at $750,000

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Historic Southern Pines 1920’s Colonial Revival on 1.91 The Red Brick Cottage is a lovely English acres in Weymouth Heights. 6 BR, 5.5 BA, 5227 sq ft. Tudor on 1 ½ lots. Built in 1920, 4 BR, 4.5 Slate roof, 3 fireplaces. NEW LISTING $1,150,000 BA, 2 fireplaces, 2 car garage. $1,298,000

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CCNC golf front on Cardinal Course. One floor living, remarkable kitchen, paneled study. 3BR, 3.5 BA, 3 car garage, NEW PRICE $1,100,000.

Historic Hill Crest Cottage in Old Town exudes “Old Pinehurst charm” in every detail. 1917, 4BR, 3.5 BA, 2 acres. Offering includes front lot. NEW LISTING $795,000

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Lovely Irish Georgian country house on 12.21 Forest Creek golf front, 1.1 acres, 5 BR, 4 BA, 2.5 BA, Golf retreat Pinehurst National, golf and Golf front CCNC with lake view. 4023 main house, acres in Weymouth. Built 1998, 3 stories, 3 BR, 2 fireplaces, game room, kitchen/family room, garage lake front. Premier location. 4BR, 4.5 BA, 763 guest house addition. One floor, 3 BR, 3.5 BA 2.5 BA, 3 fireplaces, 4 car garage. $1,150,000 guest apt. Great porch. Built in 2002. $998,000 3 car garage, stunning views. $775,000 main, 1 BR, 1 BA guest. $1,100,000 MLS 173907

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1930’s Dutch Colonial, restored in ’06 adding two Private Horse Country estate on 10 acres including wings. 4 BR, 3.5 BA, walled patio with courtyard, lovely lake. Faulk designed 4 BR, 4.5 BA, 5640 sq guest house, main floor master. $872,000. ft home built in 1970. $1,200,000 MLS 174326

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Dark Clowns By Jim Dodson

I was deep in the country at

Illustration by Romey Petite

twilight, heading home with the radio on when I heard about the dark clowns. The BBC presenter sounded skeptical, even amused by reports out of Greenville, South Carolina, where people dressed as clowns were reportedly trying to lure children into the woods with candy and money.

“So . . . is this just a hoax or something people there are really concerned about?” the host asked a local reporter covering the story, his tongue half in cheek. “I can’t say it’s a hoax,” she replied, “because the police are taking this very seriously. They have warned parents and doubled patrols. This really has a lot of people freaked out.” So-called “after-dark clowns” have been spooking America quite a bit lately, it turns out, most recently in Winston-Salem and Green Bay, Wisconsin, where a photograph of a dark clown roaming early morning streets carrying black balloons set the Internet on fire. Two Octobers ago residents of Bakersfield, California, were spooked by photographs of “evil after-dark clowns” roaming their streets after hours, showing up under lampposts and frequenting kiddie rides. Since then, reports of dark clowns have cropped up in a dozen other places around the country. “The police don’t know whether the stories are coming from the imaginations of children or something sinister is afoot, but panicked residents seem to be taking the law into their own hands,” The New York Times noted about this latest outbreak of clowns in South Carolina, adding that shots had been fired into wooded areas where the sightings occurred. Whatever else may be true, clowns occupy a peculiar space in American popular culture, somewhere between what’s perfectly innocent and downright terrifying. My September issue of Smithsonian notes that clowns have been with us since man’s earliest days in the guise of everything from mythologized tricksters to painted medicine men. Pygmy clowns entertained bored Egyptian pharaohs, and medieval court jesters were entitled to thumb their oversized noses at the king without fear of losing their heads. Ancient Rome had professional clowns whose job it was to pacify unruly crowds at festivals, peacekeepers who kept an eye out for troublemakers. “Well into the 18th and 19th century,” writes Smithsonian’s Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, “the prevailing clown figure of Western Europe and Britain was the pantomime clown, who was sort of a bumbling buffoon.” Once, standing in a crowd of camera-wielding tourists next to my young

daughter on the main drag in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, awaiting a parade of local rodeo riders, I spotted a mime working the crowd and approaching us. My daughter was delighted. But I wasn’t. Mimes have always made me uncomfortable, a modest phobia I trace to a powerful moment in my early childhood in Mississippi, where my father briefly owned a small newspaper. One evening in the late fall he took my brother and me to a political rally in a cornfield just outside town where a group of strange people showed up wearing white robes and hoods and stood around a bonfire. We didn’t stay long, just long enough for our father to get a quote or two from the mayor and the hooded figures and to frighten the bug juice out of his sons. We asked our dad why those men wore hoods. “Because people who wear masks are weak people often up to no good,” he replied. Our mother gave him holy hell when she found out where he’d taken us just to harvest a quote. Forty years later, picking up on my post-Klan jitters, the mime paused right in front of us and attempted to make me smile. He made a huge happy face followed by a tragic sad one, rubbing away imaginary tears when I wouldn’t yield. The crowd ate it up. “Thanks,” I said through gritted teeth. “Feel free to move along now.” Clowns were everywhere in the America where I grew up. Most were fun-loving and perfectly innocent in those faraway days — Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody and Bozo the Clown with his internationally syndicated show — which according to Smithsonian had a 10-year waiting list for tickets. There was even a clown I liked on my favorite weeknight TV show, Red Skelton’s alter ego Clem Kadiddlehopper, a bumbling painted-up fool who was tolerable only because he often broke up halfway through his skits. In my bedroom I even had a harlequin desk lamp. I attended Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus about that time, exactly once, on the other hand, feeling bad for the animals and truly bothered by the clowns. Only the acrobats appealed to me. “So the question is,” Smithsonian’s McRobbie wonders, “when did the clown, supposedly a jolly figure of innocuous, kid-friendly entertainment, become so weighed down by fear and sadness? When did clowns become so dark?” The truest answer is, long ago and far away. Classical operas and Shakespearean dramas, after all, have long used clown figures as sinister messengers of mystery and intrigue. But in the modern American context it may well have been an evil clown named Pogo who established the motif of the dark clown around town. His real name was John Wayne Gacy Jr., a friendly chap who entertained children in the Chicago suburbs for years during the middle 1970s before he was arrested, tried and convicted of killing 33 young men. “You know,” he reportedly told investigators, “a clown can get away with murder.” Before Gacy faced execution in 1994, America’s Crown Prince of Killer Clowns spent his time in his cell painting pictures of clowns and self-portraits of himself as Pogo the clown.

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After seven years of writing about dark things for my magazine in Atlanta, I officially swore off watching horror films after writing a piece for Boston magazine about a reclusive teen in western Massachusetts whose mother allowed her son to gorge himself on the Friday the 13th films only to have her troubled son don a hockey mask one Halloween night and slash several kids before hanging himself in the woods. The psychologist who’d been treating him for years told me “his identification with Jason seemed pretty harmless.” A toxic flood of even more ghastly films continues to flow into your local Cineplex, feeding our insatiable desire to terrify ourselves. Heath Ledger’s brilliant if disquieting Joker in the 2008 Batman remake The Dark Knight seemed almost too real and sadly prefigured the gifted actor’s own demons rising to the surface when he shortly died of an accidental drug and alcohol overdose. I sometimes wonder if we aren’t simply hardwired to value a good harmless scare in a world that appears damaged beyond repair and full of very real dangers, providing new purpose to whatever bogeyman has always lurked beneath the bed. In another age, after all, fairy tales and fables of trolls loitering beneath bridges and witches in the woods were meant to instruct children on the dangers of straying too far beyond the light or down a road of ruin, real or imagined. “Always keep a-hold of Nurse,” goes a famous ditty by a French writer, Hilaire Belloc, “for fear of finding something worse.” Once upon a time, Madge the beautician and Speedy Alka-Seltzer were icons of commercial television spots. They’ve given way to pharmaceutical companies peddling expensive drugs for maladies whose side effects may kill you, security firms eager to surveil your home against intruders who are just waiting to pounce, identity theft, and internet investment firms that torched your 401-K plan a few years back while reminding you that you haven’t put aside nearly enough for a “happy” retirement. Perhaps this explains why Americans can’t seem to get enough of Halloween’s faux gore and fright wigs, projected to shell out a record $7 bil-

lion or $75 per ghoul among those celebrating the holiday this year — rivaling Christmas retail. It’s all part of the funhouse ride that thankfully isn’t real, and every town larger than the hips on a snake seems eager to cash in on the phenomenon with its own haunted corn maze or woods of terror peopled by chain saw–wielding psychos and evil clowns, bless their dark little hearts. In a broader context, all our lives are challenged by Dark Clowns of one kind or another and things that go bump in the night — a sick child, a worrying diagnosis, a lost job. The worry list is endless. Maybe the way to fight back is to simply make light of such darkness the way John Candy did in the 1989 John Hughes’ classic Uncle Buck. In one of my favorite scenes in the movie, a drunken clown shows up to entertain at a children’s birthday party where Uncle Buck Russell, good-natured loser — played to perfection by the late great Candy — is babysitting his nephew and two nieces. Upon discovering that the clown is drunk from an all-night bachelorette party, Uncle Buck suggests the clown’s behavior is inappropriate for children. Offended, the clown snarls, “In the field of local live home entertainment, I’m a god.” At which Uncle Buck points to the clown’s rodent-eared VW and firmly says, “Get in your mouse and get out of here,” and proceeds to flattens the clown’s big fat rubber nose to drive home the point. According to Smithsonian, only 2 percent of grown-ups suffer from excessive fear of clowns, technically a phobia called coulrophobia. But don’t try telling that to the anxious parents of Green Bay, Bakersfield and Greenville anytime soon. Truthfully, I’m more worried about some of the dark clowns we’ll have to decide between in the voting booth a few days after Halloween. Bottom line, if a dark clown is foolish enough to show up at my door on Halloween night, don’t be surprised if I give him a shot of John Candy to remember me by. PS Contact editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.

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Any member of the Golf Capital Chorus will tell you that it’s always a good day for singing, but what makes Saturday, Nov. 5, extra special is that they’ll be joined by international medalists A Mighty Mind for a 7 p.m. performance featuring barbershop harmonies that are downright electric. Tickets for “It’s a Good Day For Singing A Song” are available at The Country Bookshop, Givens Outpost and Heavenly Pines Jewelers, or by calling Larry Harter at (910) 295-3529 or Marty Matula at (910) 673-3464. Pinecrest High School, Robert E. Lee Auditorium, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info: www.thegolfcapitalchorus.org.

The Music Rx

The fabled healing properties of the Sandhills have long drawn folks to Moore County. Combine that with the curative qualities of an intimate house concert at Poplar Knight Spot and you’ve got yourself a magical formula. Here’s what’s hot at the Spot this month, a Rooster’s Wife lineup sure to spell tonic for mind, body and soul. Oct. 2 – Harlem-based soul singer/songwriter Caleb Hawley says his two greatest musical influences are Randy Newman and Prince. We say: Yes, please. Tickets: $12 (advance); $15. Listen: calebhawley.com Oct. 9 – Headliner Danny Barnes speaks banjo. And wait until you hear what The Buck Stops Here has to say in their inimitable Indie meets folk meets Americana-kinda style. Tickets: $15 (advance); $20. Listen: dannybarnes.com; www.thebuckstopshereband.com. Oct. 16 – Nashville singer-songwriter Irene Kelley is a musical storyteller with a voice like a bluegrass angel. Christiane Smedley opens the

show with honest songs that reveal strength through vulnerability. Tickets: $12 (advance); $15. Listen: www.irenekelley.com; www. iamchristiane.com. Oct. 23 – Slide guitar player and song poet David Jacobs-Strain redefines roots and blues while modern-day troubadour Beth Wood defies labels. Tickets: $15 (advance); $20. Listen: www.davidjacobs-strain.com/home; www. bethwoodmusic.com. Oct. 27 –April Verch and Joe Newberry. Fiddle plus banjo equals music that will make you feel like step dancing. Tickets: $15 (advance); $20. Listen: aprilverch.com; joenewberry.me/wordpress. Oct. 30 – Jason Marsalis of New Orleans’ venerable first family of jazz celebrates the release of Heirs to the Crescent City. Tickets: $25 (advance); $30. Listen: jasonmarsalis.com. Doors open at 6 p.m. All shows start at 6:46 p.m. The Rooster’s Wife, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Vessels Made of Clay

The Fall Studio Sale and Open House at Linda Dalton Pottery will be held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 – 29, and Nov. 4–5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Silent auction features a 13-by-10-inch saggar fired orb with rare North Carolina-grown black bamboo mechanically attached to the lid. All proceeds from the auction of this piece will go to benefit Habitat for Humanity of the NC Sandhills. The Dalton’s studio is located 10 minutes north of the village of Pinehurst. Linda Dalton Pottery, 250 Oakhurst Vista, West End. Info: (910) 947-5325.

Top Shelf

Three North Carolina authors will be inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. Inductees include best-selling author Clyde Edgerton, prolific mystery writer Margaret Maron, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Sandburg. Program participants include Rhonda Bellamy, H. Tyrone Brandyburg, Talmadge Ragan, Bland Simpson, Shelby Stephenson, George Terll and J. Peder Zane. The Hall of Fame is located in the former study of James Boyd, the historic literary gathering place said to have “launched the Southern Literary Renaissance” in the 1920s and 30s. Reception to follow ceremony. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

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This month, the Sunrise will stream two Metropolitan Opera performances and a Bolshoi Ballet production — live and in HD. Saturday, Oct. 8 – Live via satellite, Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” runs from 12–5:05 p.m. This three-act opera is widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertoire. Tickets: $27. Sunday, Oct. 16 – Direct from Moscow, Bolshoi Ballet’s “The Golden Age” runs from 1–3:20 p.m. With its jazzy score, this ballet is a colorful and dazzling satire of Europe in the Roaring 20s. Tickets: $25 (adult); $15 (child). Saturday, Oct. 22 – Live via satellite, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (with English subtitles) runs from 1–4:22 p.m. Based on the legends of Don Juan, a fictional libertine and seducer, this two-act opera blends comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements. Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or sunrisetheater.com.

All Keyed Up

On Thursday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m., piano and vocal duo Dr. Jaeyoon Kim and Seung-Ah Kim will perform a free concert at Sandhills Community College. A native of Pusan, Korea, Seung-Ah Kim teaches piano at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), where she plays for a guest artist recital series that has included world famous musicians such as Øystein Baadsvik (tuba), New York City opera singers Anna Vikre (soprano) and Rod Nelman (bass), Dr. Terry Everson (trumpet), and Michele Gingras (clarinet). Praised for his lyric tenor repertoire, her husband, Dr. Jaeyoon Kim, is an associate processor at UNCP whose operatic credits include principal tenor roles in “The Tales of Hoffmann,” “La Bohème,” “Don Pasquale,” “The Merry Widow,” “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “The Magic Flute” and many others. In 2016, the Kims released Romantic Art Songs, an album featuring art songs by Donizetti, Bellini, Turina, Liszt, Duparc, Rachmaninoff and Tosti. You won’t want to miss this free performance. Owens Auditorium, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 695-3828 or sandhills.edu.

The last First Friday of the season happens this month, which makes us feel kind of blue, but we won’t sulk just yet. On Friday, Oct. 7, from 5–8:30 p.m., don’t miss the chance to experience Blues Music Awardwinner Danielle Nicole (singer/bassist/songwriter) and prodigious blues guitarist Lakota John doing what they do best — stirring our blues-loving souls — at this concert series season finale. Danielle Nicole has a voice like chocolate ganache, and you can hear Lakota John’s old soul sing through his slide guitar. Rain or shine, First Friday concerts are free and open to the public. Food and beverages available for purchase. The Preservation Green (grassy lot) adjacent to the Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Listen: www.daniellenicolekc.com; lakotajohn.com. Info: (910) 692-8501 or firstfridaysouthernpines.com.

Shaw Season

The eighth annual Shaw House Fair of Vintage Collectibles happens on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Located on its original foundation at the crossing of the famed Revolutionary Pee Dee and Morganton roads, the historic Shaw House was built circa 1820 by a first-generation Scottish settler whose son became the first mayor of Southern Pines in 1887. Come for the vendors and collectibles, food and live music, raffle, historical reenactors from Civil War days and frontier times, demos of old-time crafts, and tours of the homestead. Admission: $2. Proceeds go to maintain the Moore County Historical Association’s five house museums from the 1700s and 1800s, located in Southern Pines and Carthage. Shaw House, 110 W. Morganton Road (corner of Broad Street), Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2051 or www.moorehistory.com.

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to make sure no soldier will ever be buried alone at Arlington National Cemetery.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Creighton Abrams is given credit for starting the Arlington Ladies, but in fact it was his wife who created the Army’s version of the organization in 1973 after getting approval from the chaplains. The Air Force began the practice in 1948. To be eligible for membership an applicant must be sponsored by an active member. Presently there are approximately 75 members. Composed of all volunteers, the organization’s members are wives or widows of soldiers of all ranks, on active duty, retired or deceased, and also ladies who are active or retired military. Army Arlington Ladies represents and extends sympathy on behalf of the chief of staff of the United States Army and the entire Army family to the next of kin. Two women are scheduled to work each day, Monday through Friday. Each is provided with an official military escort from the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard.” Following the presentation of the flag to the next of kin, AAL sends a condolence card from the chief of staff and his wife, a card from the AAL and other cards of condolence. The weather never prevents AAL from performing its duties. Through thunder and pouring rain Arlington Cemetery continues its solemn mission even if the government is closed due to weather. My daughter recently became an Arlington Lady. I am proud of her service. PS Cos Barnes is a longtime contributor to PineStraw magazine. She can be contacted at cosbarnes@nc.rr.com.

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On the Lookout

A fascinating first novel, a talk of ecological disaster

By Gwenyfar Rohler

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Creative Writing Department is the publishing laboratory, where the literary magazine Ecotone matured, and a small press, Lookout Books, refines their books into existence like an oyster begetting a pearl. Until recently, Lookout’s carefully curated and award-winning catalog included two collections of short fiction, a memoir and even a book of poetry, but no novel. But now, Lookout and writer Matthew Neill Null have both dipped their proverbial toes in the water of novel-writing by debuting their first novel, Honey From The Lion, last year.

In the book, set in and around a logging camp in West Virginia at the turn of the 20th century, Null brings us characters that many people would cross the street to avoid. He slowly pulls back the curtains and, with a flickering gaslight, breathes life into these unwashed, violent and desperate people who then become the source of great empathy. Honey From The Lion is not a hymn to strong men who control other people’s destinies, though the first chapter and the title (an allusion to Sampson from the Bible) might hint at that. For Null, the real story is the struggle of the hundreds of working men to realize their own destinies within their private lives and a system with the singular purpose of exploitation of resources — natural and human. He takes a microscope to look as closely as possible at individuals who, in most circumstances, would never

be anything more than statistics: ledger columns, payroll, accident reports. These moments, teasing out the backstories of each character, no matter how minor, are reminiscent of David Foster Wallace. Echoes of Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove reverberate as well. The introduction and development of the uber macho world are built around a strict code and the appearance of outsiders unprepared to understand the code. But where McMurtry’s men have developed their own code and live outside the dictates of a world they reject, Null’s are trapped inside the code as the least powerful players in their ecosystem. The care and adoration lavished on a Lookout book is obvious. The physical product is a beauty to behold in an age where book design and production are sidelined for bargain prices and expedient content delivery. Not at Lookout. French flaps, beautiful graphic design and tailored page layouts are the hallmarks of a book that someone cares about. (On the rare occasions that you see a book this carefully created from a big publisher, you know it was the pet project of someone in the office who went the extra mile.) At Lookout, each book radiates that level of care. Perhaps that is the best argument for smaller presses: Because each book takes so much time and effort, they put out few in a year (Lookout produces only one or two annually), and each book is almost a sacred experience. Any author would swoon to have his or her work treated with such reverence, especially for one’s debut novel. Curious about the selection process for Lookout’s first novel, I reached out to Emily Smith, publisher and co-founder of Lookout. Smith writes, “Null evokes the virgin forest as a fully realized character we grieve deeply by the end of the novel. He implores us to care about the ecological tragedy in West Virginia through story . . . it presented a rare opportunity for our publishing entities to better align our missions and to showcase a book in which place and the natural world feature prominently.” Ecotone, the sister imprint, place-centric magazine, published Null’s story

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“The Island in the Gorge of the Great River” in the spring 2014 issue. Null, the then-emerging writer, had not published a book, which appealed to Lookout, whose mission states “seeks out emerging and historically underrepresented voices, as well as overlooked gems by established writers.” In manuscript form, Smith was attracted to this novel’s “nuanced and lyrical descriptions of the natural world, its expansive and cinematic pace.”

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“. . . he would recreate the moment in stunning, captivating, undulating prose, drawing the experience out for paragraphs if not pages, intensifying the moment . . .” Lookout has enjoyed success with previous publications, like their first one, Edith Pearlman’s story collection Binocular Vision, a finalist for the National Book Award in 2011. The following year, Lookout published Steve Almond’s story collection God Bless America: Stories, which won the Paterson Fiction Prize. They know how to pick a winner and how to present one. I can only imagine the stunned grin that must have spread across Null’s face the moment he received his first novel in Lookout-form. But, from reading Honey From The Lion, I am certain he would recreate the moment in stunning, captivating, undulating prose, drawing the experience out for paragraphs if not pages, intensifying the moment to something epic in contrast to the momentary sensation of pages in hands. A part of the Creative Writing program at UNC Wilmington, Lookout ensures that the art of bookmaking continues to live hand-inhand with the art of writing. It may be one of the most valuable lessons to impart on to the next generation of writers. Because, as in Lookout’s new novel, each page holds moments experienced in-depth that draw and enlighten the darkened corners of each character’s soul. Value the written word (and the well-designed book) as something sacred, for it will outlive all of us. PS Gwenyfar Rohler spends her days managing her family’s bookstore on Front Street.

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Sirius: The Little Dog Who

Almost Changed History, by Jonathan Crown (Oct. 4)

Sirius, a very smart fox terrier, takes a circuitous route from Germany to America and back to Germany during the 1930s and ’40s. Having been a movie star in Hollywood, then taken in by Hitler, he realizes he misses his family and escapes to await his reunion with them. A delightful story of a dog that “almost changed history” and learned that home is where your heart is. El Paso: A Novel, by Winston Groom (Oct. 4) The author of Forrest Gump returns with his first piece of fiction in 20 years. El Paso expands the classic Western into epic historical fiction. An aging American tycoon and his son race to the desert to find their ranch destroyed and his grandchildren abducted by Pancho Villa. Yankee money and political clout mean nothing against the harsh climate of Mexico. The father and son nearly lose all hope until a twist of fate connects them with a matador in search of his wife, also abducted by Villa. This book is sure to be the hit of the fall. Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today, by Simon Morrison (October/November) Music historian Simon Morrison presents an enthralling and definitive history of the Bolshoi Ballet, where visionary performances onstage compete with political machinations backstage. A fun and sophisticated read. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit that Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War, by Ben Macintyre (Oct. 4) The author of A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal returns with this story of the group that forever changed the rules of war, using unconventional tactics to sabotage the German war machine. Most interesting is the mastermind behind the Special Air Service, David Sterling. Speaking American: How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide, by Josh Katz (Oct. 25) Fantastic graphs show patterns of speech in the United States, including linguistic discrepancies like “lightning bug” or “firefly” and varying terms for BBQ and lawn care. It’s a beautiful package, sure to be an entertaining gift for friends and family members across the country. Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects, by Richard Kurin (Oct. 25)

This is a well-priced hardcover full of pictures revealing who we are by what we leave behind. The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill, by Greg Mitchell (Oct.18) In the summer of 1962 West Berliners risked everything to dig tunnels under the wall and provide dangerous escape routes for East Berliners. Eager to report on the story, CBS and NBC both sponsored a tunnel in exchange for the ability to film the escapees. In the end, JFK and Secretary of State Dean Rusk stopped the documentaries. This book is a riveting look at the people creating and surrounding this moment in time. Cooking For Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, by Ina Garten (Oct. 25) The Barefoot Contessa returns with a unique cookbook reinforcing her no fuss, no problem cooking that has served as a guidebook for home cooks of all ages. This book is a culinary love letter to her husband of more than 40 years and tells the story of their courtship and life together. It’s full of new recipes for the home cook to prepare for any loved one. We Show What We Have Learned, by Clare Beams (Oct.25) This collection of short stories is the latest book from Lookout Press, a small press tied to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s Creative Writing Department. The stories are tinged with other-worldliness as ingénues at a boarding school bind themselves to their headmaster’s vision of perfection; a 19th-century landscape architect embarks on his first major project, but finds the terrain of class and power difficult; a bride glimpses her husband’s past when she wears his World War II parachute as a gown; and a teacher comes undone in front of her astonished fifth-graders. This collection of short stories is an accomplished delight and sure to appeal to the literary reader. The General vs. The President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, by H.W. Brands (Oct. 11) Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, chronicles the contest of wills between these two historic figures, unfolding against the turbulent backdrop of the Korean War and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. From the drama of Stalin’s blockade of West Berlin to the daring landing of MacArthur’s forces at Inchon to the shocking entrance of China into the war, The General and the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era.” The Mothers, by Brit Bennett (Oct. 11) This literary coming-of-age novel begins with a secret in the teenage years and asks the question if we ever truly escape the decisions of our younger selves, the communities that parented us, and the choices that shape our lives forever.

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One More Dino on the Floor, by Kelly Starling Lyons. Budding paleontologists will enjoy hiphopping, foot-stomping, hand-clapping, fingersnapping and counting one to 10 as the dinosaurs get their groove on in this delightful counting book. With bright colorful illustrations and fun rhythmic text, young readers will be tapping their feet to the Jurassic beat. Dinosaur lovers age 3-8 and their families are invited to meet the author, Kelly Starling Lyons, and celebrate National Fossil Day with an afternoon of dinosaur and fossil fun Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 4 p.m., at The Country Bookshop. Gertie’s Leap to Greatness, by Kate Beasley. It is the first day of fifth grade and Gertie Reese Foy is 100 percent excited! She has two best friends (Genius Jean and sweet kind Junior), she has an amazing summer story to tell, and best of all, she has a plan for greatness that she is sure will bring her long-lost mother back into her world. But when all the things she holds dear are threatened by new girl Mary Sue Spivey, beautiful daughter of a Hollywood movie producer, Gertie must decide what is really important. With the pluck of Ramona Quimby, the cleverness of Mo LeBeau and the stick-to-it-ness of a Penderwick sister, Gertie will charm her way into the hearts of readers. (Age 8-12.) Projekt 1065. Award-winning, critically acclaimed, North Carolina Battle of the Books author Alan Gratz, author of the powerful WWII historical fiction novel Prisoner B-3087, returns with another gripping World War II story, this time about Michael O’Shaunessey, the son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany who served as a spy in the Hitler Youth. Despising everything the Hitler Youth stood for, from book burning to horrific games, O’Shaunessey was charged with delivering insider information to his parents and the British Secret Service, but when tasked to find out more about Projekt 1065, a secret Nazi mission, O’Shaunessey must prove his loyalty to the Hitler Youth even if it risks the lives of those he loves. Gratz will be at The Country Bookshop Friday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m., to discuss Projekt 1065 as well as The League of Seven, Gratz’s Steampunk fantasy adventure series, which is on the North Carolina Elementary Battle of the Books list for 2016-17. PS

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Memories on Wheels Sometimes there’s nothing basic about transportation

By Bill Fields

I never paid too much attention to four-

leaf clovers or cracks in the sidewalk, but once, playing Kreskin’s ESP at a neighbor’s house in 1969, the “mystery pendulum” made a prediction the famous mentalist would have been proud of.

Many years later I’m not sure what I really think about “extra sensitive perception,” as Barney Fife called it. That particular Sunday afternoon, though, gave me a reason to believe. With a notable exception of stranding us in Tabor City when it broke down returning from the beach one time, our well-traveled Plymouth station wagon — which took my parents to their jobs and my sisters to college — remained reliable transportation. There had been no talk around our kitchen table about getting a new car, no inkling of the possibility. When the board game said otherwise, it seemed as outlandish as forecasting I would be one of the tallest, fastest boys in fifth grade. In less than two weeks, I was getting into a ’69 Ford Fairlane 500 with my dad as he drove it off the lot at Jackson Motors in Pinedene. At that point, if Kreskin had said Brooks Robinson was going to come to town and spend a week teaching me how to play third base, I would have believed him. It was a beautiful automatic transmission (Cruise-O-Matic) automobile, a four-door sedan the lightest of blue, the color of the Tar Heels before television demanded a bit darker hue so the uniform numbers would stand out. It had comfortable and roomy bench seats. It had a large trunk. It had seat belts! The Fairlane carried us to Florida for the first time, and on the way back stopped at Six Flags Over Georgia. It idled in heavy traffic in Atlanta and pulled over for a scenic vista on the Blue Ridge Parkway. At different times, the Fairlane smelled like Salems, chili dogs, Brut 33, a stringer full of farm-pond bream, Juicy Fruit and the sweat of 36 holes on a July day.

I got my driver’s license in that car in 1975. I picked my mother up at her bank job, in the winter, when the sun set early, tuning in WABC New York while I waited for her in a parking space on Broad Street. I drove it to junior golf tournaments in Henderson and Myrtle Beach, to my senior prom via the JFR Barn, when gas was 69 cents a gallon. Mom and Dad loaded me and my belongings in August of 1977 and took me to college in Chapel Hill, to my room in Old West. Less than three years later, I was behind the wheel driving south toward home with my tears and my sport coat for Dad’s end game with cancer. The Fairlane went to Stoneybrook, Carolina Cougars’ games, a Supertramp concert, the GGO, North Carolina Motor Speedway and to Atlantic Beach in the wee hours, when that seemed like the perfect call one spring night senior year in college. I never got a ticket in the Fairlane, but once, exiting Pinecrest High School in a long line of cars, I had to be at my most persuasive to convince a highway patrolman I was not the idiot tossing firecrackers out the window. In the summer of 1981, after graduating from Carolina and setting out into the real world, it seemed like the time was right to move on from the Fairlane that had served so well. It was a dozen years old and had about 115,000 miles on it. There were nicks on the back bumper from changing into golf spikes in parking lots. The paint was corroded at the driver-side window, so often did my father rest his arm there. From the same lot that had been home to the Fairlane before our very unexpected purchase, in what had become Bill Smith Ford, I bought a white Escort that would be mine for a decade. After spritzing the Fairlane and vacuuming the interior at the self-serve car wash, I drove it to the house of man near West End who had answered my classified. I got $300 from the sale but still felt kind of empty getting rid of a car that had grown old as I grew up. PS Southern Pines native Bill Fields, who writes about golf and other things, moved north 30 years ago but hasn’t lost his accent.

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V i n e Wis d o m

Focus on Furmint From Hungary comes a white wine to savor

By Robyn James

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Sometimes in the

world of wine geeks, the hot new thing on the scene turns out to be the oldest. Such is the case with the dry white wine, furmint, from the ancient Hungarian region of Tokaj. Presented with a sample bottle of Evolúció a few weeks ago, I was fascinated to taste and learn about the furmint grape finished dry. Never an expert in Hungarian wine throughout my career, I always had a vague perception of their incredibly sweet, beautiful dessert wines that came from the region of Tokaj. Louis XIV of France declared the wines “Vinum Regum, Rex Vinorum” (Wine of Kings, King of Wines). They were labeled with a number of “puttonyos” measuring the degree of sweetness and quality.

Tokaj is geographically located between two rivers, the Danube and the Tisza. In the fall, the fog influence from the rivers creates the perfect dampness for the “noble rot” to occur on the furmint grapes, resulting in their super sweet famous dessert wines. However, if you harvest the furmint early, before noble rot occurs, you come up with a delicious mineral-driven white wine that is a fabulous alternative to sauvignon blanc, pinot gris and chardonnay. Hungarian winemakers in the Furmint Society visited Napa Valley recently, wowing California winemakers who likened the wines to Chablis, stating,

“I would put them against the great whites of Friuli, Bordeaux and Burgundy.” Located on the same latitude as Alsace, France, the Hungarian native grape derives its name from the French word “froment” for the wheat gold color of the wine. The Evolúció that I tasted is fermented in all stainless steel, and is described by the winery as, “Intense aromas, ripe peach and floral. Elegant, rich and mineral, great balance between (the) intense acidity and discreet residual sugar, it is pleasing and refreshing. Some summer fruits with white pear, citrus and hints of almond.” Retailing for around $12, Evolúció’s high acidity would pair well with fish and chicken dishes or even beef short ribs. Furmint also makes a delicious sparkling wine. Affinitas makes a methóde traditionnelle (same painstaking method as French Champagne with the secondary fermentation in the bottle) that sells for around $18, a bargain. Another Hungarian grape, harslevelu, is blended into this sparkler that the winery describes as “clear with a fine mousse. Citrus blossoms, grapefruit and crisp apple. Fresh acidity, it is precise without being austere. Rich backbone, exotic fruits and brioche, great acid and mineral.” Furmint is grown in other European countries and blends well with other grapes. The Dveri-Pax Winery in Slovenia makes a $15 “Yanez” that is 40 percent furmint, 40 percent pinot gris and 20 percent riesling. Scoring 87 Points from The Wine Advocate, it is described as “fresh, clean and perky, refreshing demeanor and very enticing.” The Boutique Wine Collection out of Philadelphia is one of the main importers of furmint and I love their logo, a little heart on top of a dollar sign with the statement, “Love Over Money.” I guess you won’t get rich importing furmint, but it sure is fun to try. 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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The Real Thing Skip the mix and please your guests

By Tony Cross

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About a year or so

ago, Carter, my very good friend, and I were at a restaurant bar scoping out their cocktail list. Now, my friend doesn’t geek out as much as I’ve been known to when we frequent restaurant bars; however, he does appreciate a good drink, and has picked up a knack for calling out poorly made ones. We decided to order a few apps and cocktails to start. I ordered a Manhattan, and Carter chose their house margarita. Our bartender posed a question to Carter that perplexed the two of us: Would he like fresh juice in his drink? We both sat there puzzled, our minds blown. “Yes?...” Carter replied after a moment of sitting, and staring at the bartender in a (sober) stupor. We soon realized after studying the menu that having fresh-pressed juice was a $2 upcharge. You know, because limes are expensive. The only thing that made me laugh more was the fact that Carter had just spent $14 (that’s right) on one of the worst margaritas of his life. I tried it, and it was pretty bad. Point being — it’s the 21st century; why isn’t everyone using fresh citrus? Sour mix is everywhere: in all of the chain restaurants and dive bars. It’s also in many independent restaurants, private clubs and country clubs. It’s available from wine distributors and food distribution companies. Part of me doesn’t understand how an establishment that prides itself on using fresh ingredients won’t carry the same thought process behind the bar. It’s safe to say that no chef would ever use a lemon juice substitute when creating a sauce. So why are bar-

tenders ordering container after container of this gooey, high-fructose corn syrupy mess, and putting them in their cocktails? The answer’s pretty simple. You’re paying for them. One after another. Using fresh citrus is crucial when concocting a drink for your guests. Here’s the thing with lemons and limes, though: Their juice loses its “pop” within four to six hours. It’s even shorter for orange juice. I’ve been to places that will juice enough citrus for the week, and call it a day. You’ve got to juice for the moment, be that the afternoon, or for your shift. Yes, juice the next day is better than corn syrupy imitation juice, but that’s not the point. Try making the same cocktail with fresh juice, and juice from the day before, and you’ll notice immediately what is wrong with the latter. Some professional bartenders want juice that has just been pressed, while others like using juice that’s had a few hours to breathe. I like having my juice sitting for about two hours; I feel like it opens up a bit, and doesn’t bite as much. I know that makes no sense to you, so you’re going to have to trust me. Here are a few cocktails that you can put to the test. Invite a friend over, give them the drink with the sour mix, give yourself the one with fresh citrus. Then, give ’em a taste.

Margarita

Now, this is the most asexual drink there is on the planet. Every grocery store has some type of margarita mix, and we’ve all probably purchased them at one time or another. Remember, give your friend the ’Rita with the bad mix. After they taste yours with the fresh juice, they’ll want to switch, and that’s OK. Just be sure to charge ’em two bucks. 2 ounces blanco tequila (I like Milagro Silver) 1/2 ounce Cointreau 3/4 ounce lime juice 1/2 ounce simple syrup (2:1) Salt (optional) Lime wedge Combine all ingredients in a Boston shaker with ice, and shake like hell for 10 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. If you’d like salt, just rim half of your rocks glass with a lime wedge, and then carefully roll it over salt. I like using

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half of the glass; that way if you want to switch, you can rotate the glass to the non-salty side. Add a wedge of lime.

Whiskey Sour

Like most first encounters I’ve had over the years with cocktails, the whiskey sour definitely was not love at first gulp. And that’s because it was made with some crap whiskey, and (you guessed it) sour mix. When made correctly, a true whiskey sour is made with rye whiskey, fresh lemon and sugar. It’s that simple. I love it with an egg white, too. Don’t make that face; it gives the cocktail a velvety mouthfeel, and brings a whole new dimension to the drink. 2 ounces rye whiskey (I like Rittenhouse) 3/4 ounce lemon juice 1/2 ounce simple syrup (2:1) (With an egg white, add it to the shaker first, and then the above ingredients. If you add it last, you run the risk of getting the yolk into the mix, thus ruining it. I’d still drink it.) Combine all ingredients in a Boston shaker with ice, and shake for 10 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Take a lemon or orange peel, expressing the oils over the cocktail, and then dropping it into the drink. If you want to try something different, take 1/2 ounce of a dry red wine (I like using malbec or syrah), floating it on top of the cocktail. Now you have a New York Sour.

Shadowplay

I was having a hard time deciding if I wanted a beer or cocktail one afternoon. This spawned a combo that I am quite happy with. I named it after the only song it seems that anyone knows from the 1970s band “Joy Division.” Not that you care, but when I’m making drinks, I usually have a song stuck in my head, which ultimately becomes the name of that drink. In this case, it was the infamous “Joy Division” tune. 1 1/2 ounces Don Julio Blanco 1/4 ounce Aperol 1/2 ounce grapefruit juice 1/4 ounce lime juice 1/4 ounce light agave syrup 2 dashes Scrappy’s Lime Bitters (optional) 1 ounce Southern Pines Brewery Man of Law IPA Repeat the adding and shaking from above, pouring this over ice. Top off with Man of Law. Garnish with a grapefruit peel, expressing the oils over the drink before violently throwing it in your cocktail. Good stuff. 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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How to Save the World — One Garden at a Time Choosing plants that promote biodiversity

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It’s the web of life, local-scale.

Outside our vegetable gardens — where it seems everything is trying to eat our tomatoes, cabbages and squash — it’s a potential desert out there for insect life, says a prominent naturalist. They don’t have enough to eat. What, you say? Don’t care about bugs and crawlies? Good riddance? Understandable, but quite shortsighted, says Dr. Douglas Tallamy, University of Delaware professor and chair of entomology and wildlife ecology. Birds, butterflies, amphibians and animals — and humans — all depend on the biodiversity of native plant communities. And without biodiversity, he says, “They are starving. Many bird species, for example, have declined drastically in the past 40 years.” This bald fact has profound implications for the human race. Tallamy is speaking at the Fair Barn in Pinehurst Oct. 30 on “Restoring Nature’s Relationships at Home,” sponsored by Save Our Sandhills. He wants you to know this: As we witness natural systems crashing around us, ordinary citizens are a critical piece of the puzzle going forward. “It’s in our own self interest to care,” he says, and to care deeply. “We are literally supported by the natural systems that surround us. And the plants form the foundation for the web of life that surrounds us. It is biodiversity that runs the ecosystems that support us.” He pauses for emphasis, and then repeats: “We are supported by natural systems.” In other words, there’s no more “out there” out there. We have to begin with our own residential landscapes. Native Sandhills and North Carolina plants evolved in specific local weather, soil and terrain conditions; local bugs, animals and birds adapted right along with them. We all know by now that native plants are naturally better adapted to a given area. “Natives have proven themselves to be adapted to what Mother Nature provides in a particular area. They do not need the additional care that most imported plants do,” notes Dee Bartlett Johnson, coordinator at Sandhills Community College’s landscape gardening department. “ If we are trying to lessen our impact on the environment, natives are certainly the way to go; less water and less fertilization are needed.” And there are even deeper reasons: life itself. “By restoring natives to our landscapes, we are restoring life to our residential properties,” says Tallamy. We add back critical links in a fragmented habitat, habitat that is needed to restore balance to natural systems.

“There really aren’t enough natural areas anymore to support the biodiversity of life,” says Tallamy, “and those that do exist are chopped up and fragmented. By planting native species on our residential properties, we connect those habitat fragments, throw them a lifeline. Most people think nature is happy and healthy ‘somewhere else’ but there is no ‘somewhere else’ anymore.” Native plants occupy essential spots in the local ecosystem. “They don’t call it an ecoSYSTEM for nothing,” says Tallamy. “It is a system. Nature, by its very nature, creates specialized relationships between plants and animals in a given area.” It’s the cosmic dance of interaction and interdependence. The premise of Tallamy’s talk is simple: Native plants evolved in concert with local insects, birds and animals, thus native plants provide for their food and habitat needs better than plants from elsewhere. Native species are necessary for insects and animals to thrive because they provide critical food and habitat for life. “We plant the beautiful ornamental from elsewhere because it is flashy, but the end result is local creatures are starving because they simply didn’t evolve with the new landscaping and can’t draw nourishment from them,” says Tallamy, also the author of Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (Timber Press, $27.95). “I’m not trying to recreate the ancient ecosystem,” he once said in an interview with The New York Times. “That is gone. I’m trying to create biodiversity.” In an opinion piece in 2015, Tallamy wrote, “Plants are as close to biological miracles as a scientist could dare admit. After all, they allow us, and nearly every other species, to eat sunlight, by creating the nourishment that drives food webs on this planet. As if that weren’t enough, plants also produce oxygen, build topsoil and hold it in place, prevent floods, sequester carbon dioxide, buffer extreme weather and clean our water. Considering all this, you might think we gardeners would value plants for what they do. Instead, we value them for what they look like.” According to a supporting website, BringingNatureHome.com, “Chances are, you have never thought of your garden — indeed, all of the space on your property — as a wildlife preserve that represents the last chance we have for sustaining plants and animals that were once common throughout the U.S. But that is exactly the role our suburban landscapes are now playing and will play even more in the near future. “If this is news to you, it’s not your fault. We were taught from childhood that gardens are for beauty; they are a chance to express our artistic talents, to have fun with and relax in. And, whether we like it or not, the way we landscape our properties is taken by our neighbors as a statement of our wealth and social status.

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“But no one has taught us that we have forced the plants and animals that evolved in North America (our nation’s biodiversity) to depend more and more on human-dominated landscapes for their continued existence.” For example, oak trees are a tree species that support an enormous spectrum of biodiversity. “But there are no more woods, not like before,” Tallamy says. “We now find those productive oak trees in our front yards, lining our neighborhoods. By planting native plants, we connect those habitat fragments.” In a geological age so dominated by humanity’s impact on the environment that scientists have recently labeled it the Anthropocene Era, we find that almost 50 percent of the land mass has been transformed by human action. “Our actions have impact,” Tallamy says. “And resolution can begin at home. “What we’ve done is recognize that plants are pretty. So all these human-dominated ecosystems are going to be decorated with pretty plants. That’s fine in itself, but they often come from somewhere else, often Asia/China. “Our native ecosystems don’t run on these nonnative plants. Native plants, on the other hand, take sun and pass that energy on as food. Insects and other life eat them. These non-native plants are inedible to most insect species here, so they’re not passing their energy on.” Many of these non-native plants have escaped our gardens and become invasive weed species in nature habitats. Tallamy says that 30 percent of the U.S. plant biomass is now from Asia. “Our natural areas are invaded,” he says. Most birds rear their young on caterpillars. “It takes 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars to raise a brood of chickadees. Look at the tiny space of habitat for all those birds crammed in there, 70 to 80 percent in human created areas,” Tallamy says. “I compared a young white oak in my yard with one of the Bradford pears in my neighbor’s yard,” he wrote. “Both trees are the same size, but Bradford pears are ornamentals from Asia, while white oaks are native to eastern North America. I walked around each tree and counted the caterpillars on their leaves at head height. I found 410 caterpillars on the white oak (comprising 19 different species), and only one caterpillar (an inchworm) on the Bradford pear.” Tallamy and his wife spend their free time clearing their acreage of autumn olive, burning bush, bush honeysuckle, barberry, miscanthus ornamental grass and other non-native invasives. “It’s a very long list,” says Tallamy. “There are a few key genera of plants that produce about 75 percent of the food. Planting native oaks as a street tree, for example. They support 557 types of caterpillars versus the imported zelkova, which supports zero species of caterpillars. So, if you’re a chickadee,

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qwer Three of the top six invasive, non-native plants mentioned by the Smithsonian Insider website include: Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) vs. alternative natives such as Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) and coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens). Japanese barberry (Berberis Thunbergii) vs alternative natives such as Shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum) and winterberry (Ilex verticillata). English ivy (Hedera helix) vs. alternative natives such as creeping mint (Meehania cordata), Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens) and creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera).

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In the vegetable and flower garden, says Taylor Williams, Moore County Cooperative Extension, gardeners may wish to include caterpillar-feeding members of the fennel (Apiaceae) family, including dill, fennel, coriander, etc. Also, all members of the mint family, including basil, lavender, oregano, thyme, bee balms and more in addition to many members of the aster family, especially goldenrods and yarrow, sunflowers, rudbeckia, and Indian blanket. PS Dr. Douglas Tallamy’s talk is at 2 p.m., Oct. 30, at the Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst, NC 28374. Admission is free but registration is required. Call 910-295-1900 or register online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/Tallamy. 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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By Deborah Salomon

I am the hunted. Help! Please help!

I stand prey to denizens of faceless (though not nameless or voiceless) robots who wait until mealtime, or the evening news, to offer me hearing aids, funeral insurance or, most recently, an extended warranty on a car I traded in three years ago. What happened to electronic record-keeping? These robots, obviously, aren’t MIT computer whizzes. They aren’t even smart enough to hack into the DMV. I am warned of their spiel by a blip when I pick up the receiver followed by a pause while I am plugged into some voiceboard, whatever that is. Then the cheery-sounding gal or gent greets me with a generic name like Kate Jordan or Bill Perkins. The voice never has an accent — heaven forbid, that might turn off prospects in a different region. At least I can chat about the weather in Mumbai when I call Dell or Time Warner. After introducing him/herself the robocaller proceeds to “Howareya’ doin’ today?” at which most prospects hang up. Instead, I answer, “Horrible. An alligator just bit off my foot,” to which the voice replies, “Well, good. Now if you’ll just give me a minute of your time I’ll show you how . . .” When robocalling and other nuisance telemarketers first raised their ugly heads it was possible to call a central agency to unsubscribe the number they got from — go figure. The last such agency I tried had been disconnected, a recording announced. I assume AARP provides information to businesses targeting retirees. But really, who would buy insurance for “final expenses” over the phone? Cells were safe (especially private numbers) until providers started annoying their customers with in-house sales pitches. Caller ID isn’t much help. Sometimes just a city name will pop up, or that same phony moniker. Similar solicitations now arrive by email where a Jane Doe — more likely a Mike Stevens — appears on the “from” line and something like “a voice from the past” as the subject. Many have attachments, begging you to “see how the gang looks now,” the gang being Sammy Scam, Vera Virus … and Charlie CRASH! Even worse, a bogus message from your bank or credit card company suggesting a dire circumstance. The most difficult requests to ignore come from veterans’ and police/ firefighters’ benevolent associations. At least you’re speaking to a real person, which makes saying no harder. Once scammed (by a lightbulbs scheme) always suspicious. So I reply, “Please mail me information about your organiza-

tion, including its tax-exempt status. You accessed my phone number, so finding my address shouldn’t be difficult. Then I’ll consider a modest donation.” Never got one single follow-up. However, I regularly receive hand-addressed envelopes of greeting card or invitation dimensions that do, in fact, contain an invitation to a sales-pitch event. Then, watch out what you browse online because the products will show up forever on your home page, an annoying reminder that you haven’t purchased them yet. This reveals your choices to whoever uses your computer. Uh-oh. Door-to-door solicitations have all but disappeared. I’m almost glad to find students with overpriced chocolate bars ringing the bell. At least they’re not selling quinoa or kale. Suppose I do donate. Practically overnight my mailbox overflows with requests from organizations that have purchased a list with my name on it. Imagine the wasted paper and postage. Must I be hounded by nature groups just because I subscribed to National Geographic, for my grandsons? What to do? An anonymous donation means no tax receipt, which is better than the alternative. But I experience horrible angst during TV spots about abused animals and sick/starving children with insects crawling across their innocent little faces. I can’t stand it. I want to run to the bank, empty my checking account, cash in my IRA and CDs. Except past donations have triggered impassioned pleas to become a regular contributor, perhaps monthly. The most disappointing attack occurs after canceling a magazine subscription. This happened with The New Yorker, after more than 50 years. Just too expensive. I even wrote them a letter, explaining why. Big mistake. The deluge of offers and reminders made me feel like I had abandoned a sick parent. But I stood my ground, which seems to have had some effect, since I’m still receiving articles online. Let this serve as a public statement: I am that ghastly senior citizen living on a pension, Social Security and a good part-time job. My “final expenses” have been pre-paid. I don’t need a hearing aid. I am sympathetic, but wish the government (to whom I still pay considerable tax) would take better care of police and firefighters. I regularly donate to children’s causes and animal relief — I even buy chocolate bars, if the kids have bittersweet. But that’s it. Hounding won’t help. So please, transfer my name, address, email and phone number to the miserable old deadbeat Scrooge list. After that, “Have a nice day!” 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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ago, when my boys were 8 and 3, we were renting a home in downtown Southern Pines. Since having a pet would have cost us more, we did not have any. Well, except a fish. “Fishie,” a blue beta, moved into our lives shortly after we moved into our house. The boys could not agree on a name for him. One wanted to name him Harold the Helicopter, the other wanted to name him Spiderman, and there was absolutely no room for compromise, so I made an executive decision and declared his name “Fishie.”

Well, after a few years, Fishie passed away. I remember that day so clearly because when I found him lifeless under a plant, I was surprised that he lasted as long as he did, and here are a few reasons why. One afternoon, a few months prior to Fishie’s death, I couldn’t find my phone anywhere, which wasn’t exactly an uncommon occurrence. I had called it numerous times and looked around for a few hours. Kevin, the 3-year-old, was notorious for “hiding it” in random places: under his bed, in his train sets, under the bathroom sink, in the dryer, just to name a few of his favorite hiding spots. Suddenly, it clicked. I knew he knew. I waited until he was playing contently with his trains before I asked him. “Kevin, where’s Mommy’s phone?” “Ow, I don know, Mommy.” Sheepish grin. “Kevin, where’s Mommy’s phone? I know you know.” “I don know, Mommy.” His brown eyes darted to the left. “Yes you do. Tell me now.” “Well . . . Mommy. Fishie needed to call someone.” Oh no. A quick glance into the fish tank confirmed that Fishie did indeed need to call someone. In fact, he had been “on the phone” for hours. There was no reviving my phone, but Fishie was fine. Another time, after dinner, I realized there was . . . uh . . . something abnormal about the fish tank. As I looked closer, I realized there were peas, yes peas, in there. Along with bread crust. And an entire banana. Sigh. So this was why Kevin had finished dinner unusually early that evening and declared he was “ready for dessert.”

One time the entire can of fish food was dumped into the tank. I caught him (Kevin) in the act of that one and was able to yank Fishie out and rescue him from the downpour. After I realized Fishie had died, I unplugged the tank and carried it into the bathroom. I dropped Fishie into the toilet, but in the process accidentally dropped a few marbles in as well. I was attempting to retrieve the marbles with the fish floating around the commode when 8-year-old David peeked in the halfway open bathroom door and said, “Uh, Mom, what are you doing?” “Oh, just trying to . . . uh . . . retrieve something.” “What?” He blinked. “Marbles,” I said, as if fishing marbles from the toilet bowl was the most normal activity. “How did marbles get in the toilet?” “Well, uh, the fish died this morning, so I am flushing him . . . that’s just what you do when a fish dies and I dropped some marbles in there too.” David’s eyes widened and he yelled, “Kevin killed the fish!” “No, Kevin did not kill the fish. Why would you even say that?” “Yes, he did! Because of all the stuff he put in the tank!” David wailed. At this point, Kevin, startled by the commotion, threw open the bathroom door and asked what had happened to Fishie. “Fishie died this morning,” I said, bracing for the reaction. “Oh no!” Kevin wailed. “I need to say good-bye to Fishie!” “You killed him,” David said, matter of factly. “I not kill Fishie! I need to say goodbye to Fishie!” At this point I had retrieved the marbles and could still see Fishie’s blue fin under the toilet hole. “OK, then let’s all say goodbye to Fishie.” The boys, sullen, crowded around the toilet bowl. Fishie’s blue fin peeked out from the hole, but that was it. Kevin, tears slipping from his eyes, exclaimed, “Goodbye Fishie!” as I flushed our pet. David just glared at Kevin, convinced that this tragic event was his fault. I mentally prepared for a conversation of where Fishie would go, and if we will see him in heaven, and could we get another fish, but after about five minutes both boys began playing with their trains and didn’t mention Fishie again. I cleaned the tank and put it away. Since Fishie has left us, we have raised several more betas. Bradley, Thomas, Bubbles and Chuckles, to name a few. And in case you are wondering, Fishie was the only one of them who ever needed to make a call. PS Sara Phile teaches English composition at Sandhills Community College.

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recently ended up in our house. It had been used in an elementary school talent show. Some of you remember the pre-push button, dial telephone once in many homes. The phone itself, about the size of a brick, but a little taller, usually sat on a table or shelf and was plugged into the wall via a cord. My 13 -year-old son wondered if people used to walk around holding them when they talked — receiver in one hand, phone in the other. I said that early on the cord wasn’t long enough and then later very long cords became fashionable and people could walk around with them if they liked. A phone was about the weight of a laptop, but with significantly fewer functions.

For younger folks: On the front of the phone is a round disc — about the size of a CD (remember those?) with 10 holes in a circle — counting counter-clockwise. Inside each hole is a number, 1 – 9, and then the final number, 0. A phone number is dialed, one number at a time, by sticking your finger into the correct hole on the dial and pulling around one number at a time until it reaches a little metal stop. The 1 is nearest the stop. Our number in Durham County, North Carolina, when I was a child, was 6-4558. As I write, I realize that perhaps the 0 should have preceded the 1 rather than follow the 9. That’s off-topic, though. But to continue off-topic: Back then when you called the operator to say the number of (and ask her to place) a long distance call, you had to dial 0 to get the operator — meaning the dial had to be cranked from the 0 spot all the way around to the stop and then released. The 0 took longer to finish dialing than any other number. An enormous amount of time was wasted over several decades while people waited for the 0 to finish dialing. Sorry, I just did the math: Every billion long distance calls collectively wasted about 30 years. The phone had a receiver which rested atop the phone. The receiver, about the size of a banana (actually a sender/receiver because you talked into one end and listened from the other), while resting on the phone, pressed down two

buttons which did not work independently. When you pressed one button, they both went down. When you lifted the receiver from its cradle, the buttons came up together and the line was open for you to make a call. There was a dial tone that I’m sure I can’t describe to one who’s not heard it. To one who has: You are probably hearing it in your head now. While explaining things to my son, I remembered this: In the early 1950s, our phone was on a party line, shared with seven or eight households, not a private line; and there was a skillful way to secretly listen in on neighbors’ phone conversations. I probably learned the technique from watching my mother, though I can’t be sure. Usually, if you were talking along and somebody on your party line lifted their receiver off their phone, you would hear a click and then you could hear breathing or whatever was going on in their house, and then they’d hang up since the line was in use. If they continued listening, you could say, “Sorry, I’m using the line.” But if you wanted to listen in on another conversation, you lifted only one end of the receiver and pressed the exposed button (so that both buttons stayed down), and then kept holding them down as you lifted the receiver to your ear. Next, you slowly lifted the button that was depressed, stopping just before the click. Then you heard the talkers, but they couldn’t tell you were listening in. If you lifted that button too high, a click would sound and your presence would be known. Of course, you couldn’t do something like this in our day and age as you might get banned from the county park system or the courthouse or county school grounds by vigilant officials. Thinking back on all this led me to what may be a naive realization: Let’s assume we are in the 1950s and that today’s political climate exists: many people despising fellow citizens because of “political beliefs.” Let’s assume further that because of your new neighbor’s bumper sticker, you’ve never spoken to her/him. But, you happen to overhear a phone conversation that neighbor is having with a friend on a neighborhood party line. You hear no political talk, but you learn that your neighbor likes dark roast coffee like you do. I mean, really likes it. His mother has dementia, like your mother. He likes Dr. John’s music, like you do. When you next see that neighbor in person, the chance for friendship is greater than before. The possibility of being civil, of seeing beyond the spirit of bumper-sticker-like cable news, of showing some Southern hospitality — is not so far-flung. PS Clyde Edgerton is the author of 10 novels, a memoir and a new work, Papadaddy’s Book for New Fathers. He is the Thomas S. Kenan III Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at UNCW.

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winged harbinger of winter is the white-throated sparrow. After summering in the forests of the far north, this bold little bird breeds across Canada and in northern New England at higher elevations. Then it heads south for the winter, probably stopping off in your backyard. A medium-sized sparrow, it is anything but drab, with brown notes on its upper body and white below. Look for bold markings on the head. Pale stripes on the crown and a white throat patch are set off by gray feathers on the face. And to top it all off, white-throateds sport a yellow spot at the base of their stout bill.

Interestingly there are two color forms of this species: those with heads that are white-striped and those that are tan-striped. Both forms persist. While white-striped individuals are more aggressive during the breeding season, either type will breed with the other. Following courtship, females handle the nest-making, usually in a depression on the ground under a low-growing tree or shrub. However, should it, not surprisingly, fall victim to predators, the second nest may be placed on low branches. If you have not spotted one of these birds, you almost certainly have heard their distinctive loud “seet” call emanating from thick vegetation. Their song,

which can be heard even during cold weather, is a recognizable, liquid “oh sweet Canada.” (Others hear “old Sam Peabody.”) Since they tend to flock together, you are likely to encounter small groups along forest edges, farm fields, parks and suburban areas These squatty sparrows actually have a broad diet. Although they primarily feed on a range of seeds during the winter months, their preference shifts during the year. In spring, they are more likely to seek out buds and flowers of fresh vegetation. Luckily, white-throateds love feeding stations, often in association with dark-eyed juncos, another bird of the high country. White-throated sparrows do not walk or run but hop when on the ground. As they forage, they will forcefully scratch backward in leaf litter using both feet and pouncing on tasty bits that they uncover. And if you happen to look out of your window and see leaves taking flight, it is probably white-throated sparrows forcefully flicking aside dead leaves using their bills. In the winter months, pecking orders form within flocks with the more aggressive males dominating. If you want to attract white-throated sparrows this winter, it is easy and inexpensive. Since they tend to stay low, scattering a seed mix in a cleared spot near shrubs or other thick vegetation is all it may take. White-throats will hop up onto a stump or low platform feeder as well. Easier yet, simply leave a portion of your yard unmowed until Spring and these predictable visitors may well turn up to take advantage of the resulting seeds that remain as the growing season winds down. PS Susan would love to receive your wildlife sightings and photographs at susan@ncaves.com.

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Wish I Could Find the Words The joy of a good read

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On my first ever plane ride from

Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, I became the star attraction. “So you’re going there to ask this guy you’ve never met if you can marry his daughter? Are you nuts, just in love or both?” asked my aisle seat companion. Cheers followed. Right then I promised myself never to fly without a book again. It would take a few years before my romance with reading and the power of words would begin. Books for me were to be studied. They were assignments written by experts in various academic fields. Reading was a responsibility, an often tedious chore to be done in library nooks. Even on family vacations my beach or lakeside reading was “heavy,” as my wife surmised. One day she offered, “How about reading something just for fun?” Sometimes a person suggests you need to do something even before you know you need to. That afternoon I rode my bike to the summer library in a quaint clapboard cottage and entered a new world. The romance began with a small volume by Anne Morrow Lindberg called Gift from the Sea, and I displayed it proudly after dinner. I was hooked. I would discover that, if stuck at a social gathering or caught in an awkward silence, you can ask, “What are you reading?” The conversation may surprise you. Book clubs are everywhere. The team from The Country Bookshop has guided me to folks I never would have met — Sue Monk Kidd, Laura Hillenbrand, Barbara Shapiro, Louise Penny, Khaled Hosseini and in a deeper way, Richard Rohr. Books can be wonderful companions. You can close a book, mark your place, and pick it up later. Dogs and people, wonderful as they are, don’t have a pause button. Written or spoken, words are powerful. They can inspire, encourage and heal. They can also do deep and lasting harm. In these days of parties, prom-

ises and pundits, words can overwhelm and numb us. Sometimes mute is the better choice. Words on social media can be dangerous. Words can be walls to hide behind or invitations to breakthroughs. Words are part of relationships, part of simply being human. Consider renowned photographer Ansel Adams, some of whose works were recently displayed at Reynolda House in Winston-Salem. The interplay of black and white, essential to the portrayal, was inspiring. But it was Adams’ words framed at the exhibit’s entrance that drew me in and spoke to me: “I hope these pictures will rekindle an appreciation of the marvelous.” True of landscapes and, more so, of people. Consider the images of some of our planet’s humanity unfolding from the opening ceremonies and throughout the summer’s Olympics. Inspiring and full of hope for the best of our world. But it was the poet Maya Angelou’s words as a lyrical accompaniment to a diversity of faces on the only commercial worth watching that drew me in and spoke to my heart: “We are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.” True of our own community right here. Consider a bookmark I grabbed on leaving a bookshop in San Francisco for the return flight to North Carolina following a friend’s wedding. It was strictly utilitarian. After takeoff I saw its odd design of sun, moon and stars set in purple shading with a small line of words around the perimeter. It would be these that really drew me in and spoke to me: “Everything leads us to believe that there exists a certain point of intelligence at which life and death, the real and the imaginary, the past and the future cease to be perceived as opposites.” True, and a way to look through artificial stereotypes. The bookmark guides my reading of daily meditations today. Why have these few simple words of a photographer, a poet and an unknown author spoken to me? Why have I shared them? Because, I suspect, I needed to hear them. Because sometimes words suggest something you need to know before you know you need to. May you take time to seek and listen to those intriguing, peaceful and true words that speak to you. PS Sam Walker, a retired minister, maintains a curiosity about life and is an old friend of PineStraw.

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On Beaver Pond Joy is the only thing that slows the clock

“Today my friends, we each have one day less, every one of us. And joy is the only thing that slows the clock.” — John D. MacDonald, The Scarlet Ruse

By Tom Bryant

It was my favorite time of year. I

don’t know why I say that. Every season is my favorite, except that maybe fall has more in the plus column because of bird-hunting, surf-fishing, and just the beauty of the great outdoors. In the fall, Mother Nature pulls out her most colorful palette and paints the landscape in brilliant hues of red, yellow, russet and pine green, preparing nature for its long winter sleep and another beauty that’s entirely different.

This past summer, during one of my many forays afield, by chance I discovered a beaver pond way back off the beaten path, down close to a small creek where I hoped to do a little cane pole fishing. I was really far back in swamp country and being extra careful not to disturb “Mr. No-Shoulders” (an old Native American term for a snake). I was treading lightly. It had been fairly dry for a couple of weeks, and farm crops and wildlife needed some rain badly, so the ground that would have been very marshy was passable. I hardly got my feet wet. But after stepping around wet, overgrown areas and toting some unwieldy fishing poles, I decided to head back to the truck, drive over to the farm pond, and fish there. As I angled back on the return path, I noticed to the west a general sloping where the land and vegetation seemed to be more vibrant. Walking slowly that way and being extra quiet not to alert wildlife, I discovered the beaver pond. It was a picture right out of Sporting Classics

magazine. Alders were thick on the banks, and hickory trees and oaks and even some cypress completed the picture of a perfect, undisturbed wild habitat created by some of my favorite animals, the industrious beaver. It was late in the afternoon, so I gave up the idea of fishing and decided to sit and watch a bit to see what game was using the pond. I had just sat down with my back against a big longleaf pine when two wood ducks, a hen and a drake, darted through the alders and skidded across the water right in front of me. They swam for a couple of minutes and then leaped straight up, kicked in the afterburner, and jetted out the far end of the pond. They must have seen me, I thought, as they climbed out of sight. As soon as the ducks were gone, a pair of deer, a doe and a new fawn, materialized on the far side and nosed down to the water to drink. They stood for a minute or two and disappeared back into the forest as if they had never been there. Three beavers swam close to where the deer had been. They were dragging freshly cut alders through the water, probably to reinforce their dam. My new discovery was so unbelievably pristine, it was hard for me to leave, but sunset was on the way and I needed good light for my trek back to the truck. I made mental notes on the location of the beaver pond, resolving to come back as soon as I could; but as in a lot of my endeavors lately, I was delayed. It was October before I could visit the pond again. A northwestern front had moved through the area the evening before, leaving behind the first real cool snap of the season. I was on my way to revisit the pond and was really up for a big day in the woods. The deep blue sky was the perfect backdrop for the russet colored dogwoods accented with yellow hickory leaves. I pulled the truck into the woods a little way and grabbed my gunning bag and shotgun from the back. The shotgun was one of my favorites, a 28-gauge Remington 870 that I had rigged with a sling so I could carry it over my shoulder. Linda, my bride,

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had given me the little gun for my birthday many years ago, and it became the one I used the most when I was going to be in the field for an extended time. Birthdays. They were rolling around pretty fast, it seemed. I had just celebrated one that really got my attention. It wasn’t one with zeros, although those tend to amplify the speed of time. This one quartered the century and was a special event in my rush through life. It increased awareness of my own mortality. I recognized the route to the beaver pond right off the bat and moved off in that direction at a brisk pace. I had plenty of time and had to keep telling myself that there was no train to catch and to slow down and enjoy the day. That was it, enjoy, and I thought of John MacDonald’s quote in his book that I had just read, reread actually. “Joy is the only thing that slows the clock” in our rush to the end, or as a lot of us hope, the beginning. I caught glimpses of water reflected by the overhead sun and slowed my walk to a crawl, so as not to disturb any animals that were enjoying the pond. I came to the water at the same location I had on my first visit, propped my shotgun against the pine and sat down using the tree for a backrest. The rest of the afternoon was a blur. It was as if the area wildlife planned to put on a show for me and used the little pond as a stage. I saw beavers, deer, ducks, doves, a pair of otters, and even a bobcat made a special appearance. They didn’t notice me, or if they did, they didn’t care. They went about their business as if I was part of the scenery and belonged, just as they did. It was an exceptional time in the backcountry, and all too soon my special day was gone. I had a real knowledge of the pond now, having walked the northern perimeter from the dam to the creek. It was about five acres and was situated in the swamp bottom. The beavers used the lay of the land to build one of the best nature habitats I’ve ever seen. I came out of the woods near the truck just as a full moon was coming up over the eastern pines. I got a drink out of the cooler in the back, grabbed a sack of peanuts out of my gunning bag, leaned up against the front fender and watched as a pair of Canada geese, silhouetted against the moon, flew honking toward the pond, probably to roost, I thought If MacDonald is right, and joy slows down the clock, I dang near stopped the thing that day. PS Tom Bryant, a Southern Pines resident, is a lifelong outdoorsman and PineStraw’s Sporting Life columnist.

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The Cruds

The sacred golf buddy trip reaches 100

By Lee Pace

There’s nothing quite like the golf buddy

trip: escape, golf, drinking, golf, gambling, golf, cigars, merciless razzing and needling, hangovers, golf and a special brand of childishness among grown men that few other venues can generate. Some guys are skilled players with deep pockets who play the British Open courses from the tips with a trip concierge. Others are 18-handicappers in cargo shorts who make a beeline from the 18th green to a Myrtle Beach honky-tonk.

In February 1967 a group of eight members at Hope Valley Country Club in Durham discovered that particular elixir of adventure and camaraderie that is the golf buddy trip. They ventured to Myrtle Beach when it was a sleepy town with three golf courses, enjoyed the occasion and decided to take another in the fall. Two more, spring and fall, followed in 1968. Ditto 1969, ad infinitum, and since the sixth trip, each has been a 54-hole weekend. And so this October, this same group of men, certainly with some additions and subtractions over half a century, will travel to The Dunes Club for another 54-hole event — its 100th trip. “This piece of paper goes back to the very beginning,” Russell Barringer Jr. is saying in his office at his Durham building supply company as he looks at a faded ledger pad. Across it are pencil notations with names, dates, hotels and golf courses dating back to that first trip when LBJ was president and the Super Bowl had just one Roman numeral. “If you do the math, we’ve played 307 rounds of golf, with three of them on a special trip we made to Scotland in 1974. That’s 304 days of golf in Myrtle Beach, and we’ve missed eight days to weather. That’s remarkable — only eight of 304 rained out.” He continues. “Two hundred and twenty-five rounds have been at The Dunes Club. “Forty-four men have been in our group. Eleven are dead. Three have resigned. Nine are inactive. That leaves 21 active Cruds left.” Cruds? What’s a Crud?

Barringer relishes telling the story. The original eight golfers — all of them with handicaps of seven or less — enjoyed the trip so much they decided to expand the group and were talking the trip up to other Hope Valley members. The wife of one prospective member overheard a conversation and interjected: “Who’s going on this trip?” The names were rattled off — all of them up-and-coming businessmen, doctors, lawyers and stockbrokers in their early 30s — and the woman sniffed, “My husband’s not going out of town with those cruds.” “The name stuck. We’ve been the Cruds ever since,” Barringer says. Barringer missed the first trip because he and his wife had a previously scheduled trip to Jamaica planned, but he was on the second trip and has not missed one since. The trip to the beach Oct. 13-16 will be his 99th consecutive, longest by a large margin over Bob Baker’s 80-some straight trips. “Mr. Barringer’s been talking about number 100 for several years now,” says Dennis Nichol, director of golf at The Dunes Club. “That seemed to be his finish line. He’d say, ‘I’m hanging on for a hundred.’ “This is quite a remarkable group. I’ve known of groups coming to the beach for 20, 25 years, but nothing as long as this group. He runs a tight ship. Some groups are a cluster. They’re hung over, no one’s in charge, and sometimes they’re not even at the right golf course. Mr. Barringer is a stickler for the details, and his guys have such a good time and enjoy each other’s company.” The Cruds did their share of barhopping in the early days, but no one ever got into serious trouble. One Crud was convinced he was beaten up in the bathroom on the back nine at The Dunes, when in truth he was so hungover his cleats tripped him entering the building and he took a nasty fall. And there was an over-served Crud who one year threw some furniture off the second floor balcony of the motel and resorted to putting the damage charge of $365 on his company credit card. That prompted one member to pen a poem by the next trip that opened:

Twas the second of October at Myrtle Beach shore; The Cruds were assembled for a weekend galore. Graciously received by the St. John’s Inn; If only they’d known of the forthcoming din.

“There’s been a lot of teasing and razzing going back and forth,” Barringer says. “Guys will jump your ass over the smallest thing, but it’s never hateful or serious.”

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Barringer assumed the role of secretary/treasurer from that fall trip in 1967 and since then has juggled raising three children, running his business and myriad other commitments with operating a taut Cruds ship. He spent 12 years in active Reserve, and eight others of the early Cruds had some military or service background, so it’s no surprise letters to the members might begin, “You will report to the Thunderbird Motel, 73rd Avenue North, no later than 2300 hours,” and “Officers” were appointed for such responsibilities as handicaps, Bloody Marys and even “regrets & remorses.” The Cruds stayed mostly at the St. John’s Inn in the early days, sometimes at the Thunderbird, and the charge per man in 1968 was $14 per person per day, including room, breakfast and golf. Barringer joined The Dunes Club in 1974 and later bought a condominium and then a singlefamily home in the neighborhood, so now eight golfers each year can stay in his homes, and several other members have second homes at the beach as well. Most of their golf has been played at The Dunes, but in the early days they ventured out to courses like The Surf Club. Barringer says none of the Cruds have been heavy gamblers, so they put up $25 per man per day for various competitions. The Saturday night dinner this October promises to be an emotional one. They’ll take a group photo on the 13th hole at The Dunes, each Crud wearing a navy blazer, off-white slacks and the matching shirts that Barringer has customordered every five trips. The usual table will be set in the dining room for the 11 deceased members, with a photo of each golfer at his place setting, and after the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, each fallen Crud will be recognized and toasted. It will pain Barringer to see two Cruds with medical attendants nearby, one having suffered a stroke and another needing dialysis four days a week. “I’m going to make a prediction,” Barringer says. “This 100th trip will be the last by the Cruds as we know them. Four or five years ago, I proposed the idea that we think of turning the group over to our sons. I think the group will go in that direction after 100. “We’ve really been bonded by golf. The Cruds have been such a part of my life, I don’t want to just let it go. That’s one of the reasons I want to perpetuate the group. I want my kids, now grown adults, to enjoy what I’ve had for so many years.” Enjoy, indeed: the elegance of The Dunes Club and Robert Trent Jones’ 1948 masterpiece. The scent of the salty air off the Atlantic. A Bloody Mary at the turn. A crisp 7-iron and a good pal ready to giggle if you catch it the slightest bit fat. PS Lee Pace’s first book on Pinehurst, Pinehurst Stories, was released just weeks before the 1991 Tour Championship.

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Recurring Dream I stumble from a ladder, mis-stepping through a rung — preoccupied, peering up to some lofty destination, a change of venue for star-gazing. During the thrill of ascension, I loosen my grip, testing if some trinity might rescue me. And I fall, dream after dream, each time I reach the REM — stratum by stratum, through ice crystals. Snagged in the belly of combed clouds I release all I am into wind free-falling as a piano tinkles a light-hearted etude. — Sam Barbee

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Cider House Rules How David and Ann Marie Thornton transformed an empty ice cream stand into a business with a fringe benefit

By Jim Moriarty • Photographs by L aura Gingerich

f you’re going to grow a business from the ground up, you might as well get a good buzz out of it. When Dr. David Thornton and his wife, Ann Marie, turned some of the same varieties of Southern heirloom apples George Washington and Thomas Jefferson had at Mount Vernon and Monticello into hard ciders of their own creation, the experiment blossomed into a cottage industry that could make your head whirl like Auntie Em’s house. Crates of ripe Grimes Goldens, a fruit with roots dating back to 1790 and Johnny Appleseed, sit under the open-air shelter beside the cider house that, in a previous life, had been the Ferguson farm produce and ice cream stand on Old U.S. 1. The Thorntons’ F350 Super Duty truck is parked nearby, the door wide open so they can hear Nickel Creek on the sound system. Assisted by Erin Knight, who studied agriculture at the University of Vermont, they slice the apples by hand, carving out the bad spots. They dip them in a tub filled with water and a soupçon of bleach to discourage any natural yeasts, then rinse them off with a hose and feed them rapid fire down the metal throat of a crusher as if they were tossing rocks into a wishing well. Cut. Dip. Rinse. Grind. Repeat. The bluegrass mandolin is drowned out by the heavy metal symphony of grinding. Tiny shards of apple fly about like sweet, sticky shrapnel as a 5-gallon bucket

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fills with mashed pulp. They pour bucket after bucket into a cylindrical silver hydraulic press that, like a vertical colander, squeezes out the juice. “This will be at least a two shirt-crushing,” says Dave. The old ice cream stand, now a constant 60 degrees, is the lab where they test pH, measure sulfites and add the yeast of their choice, maybe English cider or white wine. “Dave is in charge of microbial control,” says Ann Marie of their “picobrewery,” as she laughingly calls it. The pasteurizing is done in a tank behind the building. The old produce stand fronting the orchards the Thorntons now own is where they put the labels on the bottles with a hand crank machine, 10 in a minute, 1,200 on a weekend on the way to bottling a couple thousand gallons for the season. “I really am the chief cook and bottle washer,” says Ann Marie. It’s the first season the Thorntons have been able to sell their cider commercially. Previously, they stayed under the legal limit and confined themselves to lighting up local happenings like Stoneybrook or the foxhunt and hanging out a shingle or two at the odd farmers market. Now, they’ll be producing two brands of hard cider, James Creek Cider House, made strictly from their own apples, and Stargazer, which will be a more adventurous version of the hard ciders familiar to most consumers’ taste buds. “Our James Creek will be a very wine-like cider, refined, dry and relatively higher in alcohol content, about 8 or 8 1/2 percent,” says Ann Marie. “Stargazer is a little bit more on the craft beer, inventive side.” It’s where the Thorntons can get their freak on, blending in a hint of peach, blackberry, ginger, pretty much whatever they feel like. “For Stargazer we press our apples, we press apples from other growers, and we also bought juice. The Stargazer is themed with constellations. Prowling Peach is Leo. He’s a summer constellation. A lot of great apples ripen in October when Orion is high in the sky, so it will be Orion the Mighty Hunter. We might do a blend with persimmon for winter. Stinger for Scorpio. Something like that. I think we’ll have blueberry in the spring.”

Two of their ciders have won prizes in the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition. (Yes, there are cider conventions.) Last year they attended CiderCON in Portland, Oregon. “Physician conferences look pretty bleak compared to cider conferences,” says Dave. “I used to think doctors partied. These guys are having fun.” The Thorntons aren’t trying to become the Angry Orchard of the East. “If we come out with a good quality product that gets people engaged and just keep it local, then we will have met our goals,” says Dave. “We love this land. We love the countryside. Having something we can use the land for and creating something new is part of the challenge.” So, how did an intensive care unit doctor and his wife with a master’s degree in English wind up as the Moëts of Sandhills cider? Dave Thornton grew up in Cincinnati in the Ohio River Valley, where his family was in the produce business, the Castellini Co., still headquartered in Wilder, Kentucky. “The produce warehouses were all down on the waterfront,” he says. “So, I grew up down on the river carrying boxes around and driving forklifts full of fruits and receiving them on the docks. I was surrounded by fruits and vegetables when I was a kid, but I really wanted the farm side.” Ann Marie grew up in Pelham, New York, a New York City suburb, and the pair met at the University of Notre Dame. They spent a semester in London in the fall of their junior year, simultaneously cultivating one another and a taste for hard cider. After Notre Dame, the Air Force put Dave through medical school. He was on active duty during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “I used to teach medicine at the Air Force’s residency hospital in San Antonio, but I also worked with Air Force Special Operations Command and ran a team that did light combat search and rescue, took care of the operators if they had problems,” he says. He was in the first task force to Afghanistan. “I wasn’t kicking down doors. The minute somebody found out I was a physician, my street cred went way down.”

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San Antonio eventually led the Thorntons and their two daughters, Katheryn and Maura, to Southern Pines, where they found a house and some land bordering James Creek on the outer environs of Horse Country. There was a small, hidden glade, invisible from the house. “We called it a secret field. We thought, well, this would be a lovely place to put some apple trees,” says Dave, who wanted to plant something he could ferment, a boyhood enthusiasm. When he was growing up, he actually had a still in the basement. “I took a still to the university science fair when I was in grade school,” he says, and took a blue ribbon back to the basement. “It was pure science, with a fringe benefit.” They began reading up on Southern heirloom apples. “Everyone was teasing us. This is peach country. You’re planting apples?” says Ann Marie. “We said, well, it seems like they grew on people’s farms a hundred years ago.” They did soil preparation in ’08 and began planting trees the next year. “Apple trees are all traditionally done by grafting, so you take a branch cutting from an existing tree and you place it onto a rootstock,” says Ann Marie. The rootstock determines the size of the tree and how soon it produces. The grafting is the genetic material that determines the type of fruit. Sounds simple enough, except for a few things. They weren’t farmers. They weren’t growers. They weren’t pruners or pickers. They weren’t cider makers. They weren’t bottlers. They weren’t marketers. It’s a good thing they each possess a finely tuned sense of humor because the learning curve they were staring at was hysterical. “They’re highly intelligent people, they really are,” says Taylor Williams, the Agricultural Extension Agent at Moore County’s N.C. Cooperative Extension. “They didn’t grow up in this area. The soils and climate here are quite unique. Ann Marie went through our Farm School Program, where you can sit down and look at the numbers for a business plan related to a farm. Here’s your production costs. Here are your marketing costs. Here’s your likely market. This is what you’re going to have to do to access that. Let me put it this way, for me to take a tobacco farmer who knows all about handling soil and handling the crop and get him geared up toward growing complicated produce crops, that’s a big transition. The Thorntons have had to learn all of that plus some of the soil and fertility managements, then carrying it through to adding value — processing the apples into cider. At every stage there’s a learning curve, plus a regulatory curve, figuring out how to negotiate PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 2016

with the alcohol and beverage control people. Just everything to get a saleable crop and do it legally.” Which is why Ann Marie now has a 60-hour-a-week job. The Thorntons’ research began with Old Southern Apples, a book by Creighton Lee Calhoun Jr., a Pittsboro native described as the man who built the Noah’s ark of Southern heirloom apples. He criss-crossed the South taking cuttings of apple tree varieties to, in many cases, keep them in existence. Calhoun’s banner, to a considerable degree, has been passed to David C. Vernon, an advance placement chemistry and physics teacher at Western Alamance High School, who grows roughly 500 different varieties of mostly Southern heirloom apple trees on his farm, Century Farm Orchards, where the Thorntons bought their first trees. Along with advice from Williams, the Thorntons got input from Dr. David Ritchie and Dr. Mike Parker from N.C. State University, the former a plant pathologist and the latter a horticulturalist who advised them on plant spacing and pruning. “It’s amazing what a resource we have in those folks,” says Dave. “One of them will come out and I’ll say, ‘Hey, what’s going on with my tree?’ He’ll pick some grass and say, ‘Oh, yeah, you don’t have enough of this.’ I’m looking at the tree. He’s looking at the grass. He knows what’s going on before he even looks at the tree. It’s been a fairly humbling experience.” The secret field morphed into the Thorntons’ genesis orchard that now has more than 60 heirloom varieties among its 600 or so trees. “Those down there are American Golden Russets,” says Dave as he walks between the rows of their “test” orchard. “This tree is from the 1600s. It’s a Roxbury Russet. It was in Monticello and Mount Vernon.” “This is a Hewes Crab,” says Ann Marie. “Jefferson said it was his favorite apple. That yellow apple is a Grimes Golden.” “This is an old Southern apple called a King David,” says Dave. “It was such a heavy crop this year we had to hold the branches up or they’d break right off the tree.” Arkansas Blacks. Johnson Keeper. Summer Bananas. Terry Winter. Limbertwig. “The two of us can get our geek on over this, in no uncertain terms,” says Dave. In addition to their cider business, Ann Marie takes fruit to the Carrboro Farmers Market, where she’s been doing an “heirloom of the week.” It’s a Peter and Paul dynamic. To ferment or not to ferment, that is the question. “I usually say those apples are for cider,” says Dave. “But the truth is, where cash flow is concerned, Ann Marie wins.” On her latest trip to Carrboro, a French couple sampled one of the Thorntons’ ciders. “A woman from Normandy told her husband, in French, it tasted like her grandmother’s cider,” says Ann Marie with a smile. “Right now we’re having a blast,” says Dave. “Fermenting these in groups either by harvest date or by variety and then making hard cider out of them and tasting what each different variety is like. Then what we can do is blend them together to make something that’s very interesting and palatable. The blending at the cider house is pretty cool.” So are the days in the field. “We keep some German shepherds and they’ll come out on the hillside with us and hang out while we prune away on the trees. You can get a real Zen going about it. The time can just fly by,” he says. “We recognize the apples from this place may taste differently than they do somewhere else,” says Ann Marie. “That’s OK. We just want to know what they taste like here. What kind of cider can you make here?” It’s a traditional Southern cider to complement traditional Southern foods, fried chicken, barbecue, oysters. Just a couple of Golden Domers at home with their Grimes Goldens. PS Jim Moriarty is Senior Editor of PineStraw and can be reached at jjmpinestraw@gmail.com.

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How the Carolina Theatres of Pinehurst and Southern Pines navigated the leap from silent films to talkies in 1928 By Bill Case

he man in charge of virtually everything in Pinehurst perused the June 1928 edition of Motion Picture News, bypassing the provocative feature on the recent European vacation of Hollywood’s most glamorous couple, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Instead, 32-year-old Richard Tufts concentrated his attention on the trade paper’s lengthy editorial dealing with the rapid emergence of the talking movie — a technological advancement in the film industry likely to alter the business model for movie studio and theater owners alike. One of the many hats Tufts wore in his ubiquitous management of Pinehurst was that of president of Pinehurst Theatre Company, operator of the town’s 5-year-old movie house, The Carolina Theatre, at 90 Cherokee Road. So, on June 21, 1928, Tufts posted a letter to PTC’s general manager, Charles Picquet, expressing the view that, “Pinehurst should be one of the first to have talking movies.” Ever close with a buck, Richard focused on how the costs of retrofitting the theater to exhibit “talkies” could be minimized. With Picquet’s connections as president of the Carolina Theatre Owners Association and vice-president of the National Theatre Owners Association, Tufts thought he might avoid the estimated $11,000 cost of synchronizing for sound. To him it was product placement Roaring 20s style. “With your influence and with the recognized standing of the

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Pinehurst Theatre, it might be possible for us to persuade some of the companies to locate a machine here, pretty much at their expense, in order to obtain publicity for the talking movies,” Richard suggested. Presumably his clientele, the upper crust of the East, once having experienced talking pictures in Pinehurst, would induce theater owners back home to convert to the new technology. Picquet was the man Richard Tufts tasked with the job of keeping his resort guests and the well-heeled members of the town’s “cottage colony” entertained. Along with his wife, Juanita, Picquet had once been a member of a light opera troupe touring the U.S. and Canada. Whether it was managing the Sandhill Fair, organizing local choral groups, luring performers like humorist Will Rogers for theatrical engagements, or exhibiting feature films, Charlie was in the middle of things. He was a hands-on manager, typically greeting movie patrons wearing a tuxedo with a carnation in his lapel, then scurrying to the projection booth, changing into a blue denim jumper and running the projector. When the last frame flickered out, Picquet would be back at the theater entrance in his tux as the audience filed out. Picquet wasted no time replying to Tuft’s suggestion, advising him events were moving at a dizzying pace. He said Paramount Pictures had already announced that “75 percent of their new product will be synchronized (talking pictures) and Metro will do the same.” Theaters in Greensboro and Raleigh were showing talkies, as were two movie houses in Charlotte. Picquet believed movie houses everywhere would inevitably have to buy in or close. Manufacturers couldn’t keep up with the demand for sound synchronization equipment, making Richard’s hope of obtaining it gratis seem as fanciful as the movies themselves. Picquet warned that addressing the issue could not be sidestepped: “We cannot escape it no matter how much we would like to.” Since PTC was its own company, Richard Tufts and Charlie Picquet could not act unilaterally. The support of a majority of the 21 shareholders was required for such an extraordinary expenditure. Those shareholders included

Pinehurst Theatre some glittering names in the Pinehurst galaxy: Henry C. Fownes (steel magnate and founder of Pittsburgh’s Oakmont Country Club); George T. Dunlap (founding partner of Grossett & Dunlap publishers); Leonard Tufts (Richard’s father and owner of the controlling interest in Pinehurst, Inc.); and Donald Ross (Pinehurst’s unparalleled golf course architect). In light of Picquet’s sense of urgency, Tufts authored a message on July 16, 1928, to PTC’s shareholders asking for an immediate vote on whether to obtain sound equipment. “It is apparent to the officers of your company that the moving picture industry is about to undergo one of those revolutionary changes which new inventions frequently bring to an industry,” he wrote. Richard made the case that if the requisite synchronization equipment wasn’t put in, “. . . we shall probably lose business during the coming winter as many of our patrons will be accustomed to attending the ‘talking movies’ already installed in practically all the larger cities. We cannot afford to have this happen because we depend wholly on our winter patronage to make money.” Since smaller theaters around Pinehurst seemed unlikely to make the move for the upcoming season, Richard was confident he’d quickly recoup the investment in box office receipts and wanted PTC to immediately initiate acquisition of the equipment. He framed the proposition this way: “If the ‘talking movies’ are with us to stay, it seems almost axiomatic that the sooner we are on the bandwagon the better off we shall be.” Like any innovation, talking movies had its detractors. There were respected voices in the motion picture business that believed they were little more than a passing fad. Some trade journals expressed concern that the exorbitant costs of producing a sound movie made them impractical. There were fears the rehearsals necessary for actors to master dialogue would compound production costs. Not all silent stars possessed the voice and thespian skill to make a seamless transition to talkies. Other industry flacks believed the public wouldn’t accept the disappearance of silent movies’ orchestral accompaniment. And, the musicians’ union promised a battle royale to protect its members whose jobs

The Carolina Theatre

would disappear if the talkies actually caught on. There was enough negativity bandied about to give pause to theater owners concerned about laying down serious cash for an extravagant new sound system. With Richard Tufts on board, however, shareholder approval seemed a mere formality. He controlled enough stock by himself that he needed very little support from the non-family shareholders to get approval for his plan. The formality proved to be anything but. With an eye toward his own bottom line, J. T. Newton, holder of nine shares, was out. He was “opposed to any such expenditure that would reduce dividends.” George Dunlap ambivalently stated that while it might be necessary to “hook up” with the talking movies, his personal preference “would be the other way.” But it was H.C. Fownes’ opposition that caused Richard to waver on the proposal himself. Fownes argued the concept was only in its formative stages and questioned whether PTC was “in the proper financial condition at present to make the investment.” Fownes’ reply to Richard had somehow caused a flip in the PTC president’s viewpoint. On July 31, Tufts wrote to Picquet, “The more I think about it, the more I think Mr. Fownes is right.” The purchase of synchronization equipment was suddenly in doubt. What caused Richard to make such a quick about-face? The answer may lie in a parallel theater-related brouhaha. That dispute involved another movie theater operating at 143 N.E. Broad St. in Southern Pines also named the “Carolina Theatre.” PTC did not own the Carolina Theatre of Southern Pines, but Picquet and Tufts, personally, did. Though the two Carolina Theatres were not under common ownership (one owned by the PTC shareholders, the other by the Picquet/Tufts partnership), Richard considered it beneficial for them to be managed as one, giving Picquet leverage in obtaining films from distributors on terms that a single screen operator could not achieve. The two theaters could coordinate their movie showings and share the costs of a single film rental. Earlier in 1928, Tufts and Picquet asked PTC shareholders to consider financially participating in the construction of a new theater in Southern Pines to replace the existing one, which Richard described as “a dump.” Fownes, however, rejected PTC’s participation in the construction venture outright. Richard fumed at this unanticipated roadblock and fired off an indignant missive to Fownes declaring that “it would be impossible for Mr. Picquet and me to adjust . . . if the stockholders have lost confidence in the way we have conducted the theater. It would be so much better for us to get out.” The dust-up was resolved only after the landlord of the Southern Pines Carolina Theatre agreed to make overdue improvements. Richard usually avoided run-ins with the elite members of Pinehurst’s “cottage colony.” His atypical outburst probably caused some uneasiness in his relationship with H.C. who was arguably the most prominent cottager of all, serving on the country club’s board of governors and Pinehurst Inc.’s citizen advisory board. Fownes had personally supported a local bond issue and, after the crash of

1929, would help bail out Pinehurst, Inc. by contributing $30,000 to retire its delinquent bank note. When the issue of PTC’s transition to talking movies arose, Tufts would naturally have been reluctant to engage in another fractious dispute with Fownes. So, when H.C. reported on Aug. 6 that a friend in the film industry had confirmed “it would be a mistake to make an investment to the degree you (Richard) estimated an outfit would cost,” Tufts did not push back. Pinehurst’s Carolina Theatre would remain a silent movie house for the duration of the resort’s 1928-29 season. Picquet, however, was not inclined to take no for an answer. When he got wind of Fownes’ letter, he composed a diplomatic rebuttal. He informed Richard that he was “glad to see the note from Fownes also as I am anxious to hear all sides of the sound question.” However, the manager pointed out, “talkies are packing them in even during the most torrid weather while ‘silents’ are suffering and closing . . . Fox has stopped silents. Within a month Paramount and Metro will do the same . . .Within two months all newsreels will be talkies.” Facing what he was sure would be dismal winter admissions in Pinehurst, Charlie urged reconsideration of the decision in an Aug. 10 message: “I am going on record . . . to predict that we would more than pay for the installation within the next two years in increased attendance and higher admissions . . .The theaters that will clean up . . . are the theaters who get in on it now while there are comparatively few installations.” Picquet also mentioned that, “Contrary to Mr. Fownes’ report, Pittsburgh’s sound theater is doing a turnaway business and the silent ones are doing almost nothing.” Perturbed at his general manager’s drumbeating, Tufts suggested Picquet was not fully in tune with public taste. On Aug. 27 he wrote he was “very much impressed at the lack of interest shown (in talkies). Most . . . do not like them and prefer the organ music.” He intimated people in the trade were getting ahead of their own customers. The correspondence between Tufts and Picquet took on a frostier tone. On Sept. 5, Charlie rubbed it in that the Greensboro sound theater was perpetually “SRO” and that in three months, the resulting profits would pay for the equipment. Three days later, Richard noted the impresario’s ongoing “propaganda on talking movies.” No still meant no. Picquet took a September vacation to New York, where he enjoyed racing days at Belmont Park but also found time to hobnob with fellow movie people. Not above negotiating in the press, when he returned Charlie informed The Pilot that he had concluded, “after tramping Broadway from end to end . . . the ‘talkies’ are here to stay.” With Tufts still opposed, Picquet tried another tack on Oct. 23. He offered “to ‘hock’ my stock with the bank in order to provide funds for the installation.” So sure was he that Richard and H.C. would find his offer acceptable that Charlie began arranging for purchase of the equipment.

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Inside the Pinehurst Theatre

Left-right: Charles Piquet in front of the Carolina Theatre, H.C. Fownes. Richard Tufts

Even that gambit misfired. Fownes still objected. He feared PTC would wind up on the hook morally, if not contractually, if the investment didn’t pan out. On Dec. 17, Picquet informed them he had already personally bought the necessary equipment, but that if “Mr. Fownes is unwilling to allow me to put it in, I would suggest that it be installed in Southern Pines.” Charlie also sounded the alarm that the competing theater in Aberdeen was “rarin’ to install one and will get it, if I do not.” The frustrated Picquet could not resist taking a potshot at H.C. “Of course, Mr. Fownes does not know it, but the silent pictures from now on are going to be ‘sorry’ affairs . . . No less than 15 silent pictures which were booked for November and December, have been withdrawn to make ‘talkies’ . . . This means that the silent pictures will be junk.” Finally, Tufts relented, allowing Picquet to install sound synchronization equipment in Southern Pines’ Carolina Theatre. Nelson Hyde’s editorial in The Pilot hailed the coming of the talkies: “This week Charlie Picquet expects to present the first talking picture show ever brought to middle North Carolina.” Hyde cited the “courage of the Carolina Theatre’s management” in bringing about the talkies’ arrival. On March 7, 1929, Southern Pines’ Carolina Theatre debuted its first talkie, The Iron Mask, starring Douglas Fairbanks in his inaugural speaking role. The Pilot remarked that “Mr. Picquet worked feverishly for two days to assemble his new de Forest Phonofilm projector for the Fairbanks production, and the presentation was voted a great success by those present.” The Pinehurst Carolina Theatre continued to show silent movies as an alternative to the talking variety exhibited by the sister theater in Southern Pines. In April, a Lupe Velez movie was exhibited in silent form at Pinehurst while the sound adaptation was on view in Southern Pines. The Pilot encouraged moviegoers to check out both versions and reach their own conclusions. The verdict, in the Sandhills and everywhere else, came swiftly: the market for silent pictures had vanished altogether. The Pilot observed in November that, “the Pinehurst house has been playing to handfuls while Southern Pines has been turning people away. No longer will the public go to see silent films while they can witness musical comedies and cry with the tragedians . . . (T)his season was only four weeks along when it became evident to Mr. Picquet and others interested in the Pinehurst theater that times have changed and the old dog is dead.” Once they observed in the fall of 1929 that silent movies in Pinehurst were playing to a nearly empty theater, Tufts and Fownes swallowed their pride and changed course rapidly. In November, they authorized Picquet to acquire a de Forest projector for Pinehurst and get it installed promptly. As astute businessmen, they may have missed the launch, but they weren’t going to miss the boat. Normal delivery would have taken months. But Picquet managed to expedite matters. The Carolina Theatre Owners Association scheduled its annual meeting in Pinehurst for Dec. 9-10, 1929. Lee de Forest, the inventor of the radio tube and the de Forest projector, was slated to speak at the convention. Charlie reasoned that if talking pictures’ grand opening at PTC could be scheduled to

coincide with the gathering, he could prevail upon his fellow theater owners to attend. He pitched to the manufacturer that the conventioneers would make for a target-rich audience for de Forest to showcase their projector in action. His pitch worked; delivery was expedited and the equipment installed at the theater in record time. PTC’s first sound movie was presented on Dec. 9 to a packed house. The Love Parade, a musical comedy starring Maurice Chevalier, was wellreceived by a crowd seeking respite from the jolt of the stock market collapse. Lee de Forest himself came by to offer remarks to the enthralled audience about the revolutionary synchronization system. Thereafter, neither theater looked back, enjoying good runs for the next 25 years. As consumer tastes changed mid-century, it became increasingly difficult to economically operate a seasonal movie theater. Pinehurst’s Carolina Theatre showed its last film on April 25, 1954. A local theatrical company performed plays for a time, but in 1962, the Pinehurst theater went permanently dark. Subsequent renovation led by new owners Marty and Susan McKenzie transformed the building into market space by 1981. Despite advancing health problems and fierce competition from the Sunrise Theatre, Charlie Picquet doggedly kept the Southern Pines Carolina Theatre going. Longtime Southern Pines resident Norris Hodgkins ushered for Charlie at the Carolina Theatre in the late 1930s. Hodgkins remembers that his boss observed formalities not often practiced in other theaters. “Mr. Picquet had us ushers wearing spiffy bellboy uniforms with pillbox hats. If a customer misbehaved, Mr. Picquet tossed him out,” says Norris. “There was no concession stand at The Carolina. No popcorn, no soda. Mr. Picquet believed that food inside the theater detracted from the tone.” Always nattily attired, Picquet faithfully followed his nightly ritual of personally greeting his theatergoers, then bidding them goodbye after the final credits rolled, a practice he continued until the day he died of a heart attack at age 81 in May 1957. The last movie Charlie showed was a classic: Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Strangers on a Train. All of Southern Pines’ merchants closed their businesses for an hour to mourn the man who opened the town’s first theater in 1913 — originally named the Princess Theatre — and ran it for 44 years. After Charlie Picquet left its stage, the theater never reopened. Katharine Boyd paid homage to Picquet in The Pilot, writing that he was “. . . the George M. Cohan type, the trouper through and through: the good friend, the good American.” She noted that Picquet started a competition for musically gifted high school students, the Picquet Cup, and that it “will endure and grow in significance, keeping the name of its donor always before us, up there in the lights where the star’s name goes.” Today, the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills continues to hold the Picquet Music Festival each April. Vocal and instrumental students from local high schools compete at the festival for college scholarships. A pioneer and innovator, Charlie’s name remains on the marquee. PS Pinehurst resident Bill Case is PineStraw’s history man. He can be reached at Bill.Case@thompsonhine.com.

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The Walkabout In beautiful Edenton, history lives and life moves on Sambo time

By Jim Moriarty • Photographs by Kip Shaw

ambo Dixon wraps his hands around the full quiver of his historic peacock’s tail feathers and repositions the bird to a lookout perch at the top of the garden cupola next to his Edenton house, Beverly Hall. A place for everything and everything in its place. The bird registers its objection with a guttural squawk about half an octave above Harpo Marx’s horn. This was our starter’s pistol. Trailing behind Dixon on a speed walking tour of Edenton leaves one feeling a bit like the pig at the end of the Michael J. Fox’s leash on a stroll through Grady in Doc Hollywood. There’s not a soul, from mayor to roofer, banker to gardener, who does not greet Edenton’s best-known lawyer when they see him on the sidewalk with his white hair, matching milky opaque eyeglass frames, sockless loafers and khaki slacks. There’s a certain familiarity in a small town attached to someone whose family, on one side or the other, has lived in the same house since 1820. Dixon is a country lawyer who does a little bit of everything but concentrates on capital cases. His law office is behind Beverly Hall in a building once occupied by slaves. It was his grandfather, Richard Dillard Dixon’s, law office, too. A superior court judge, the elder Dixon was appointed by President Harry Truman to assist as an alternate judge in the Nuremberg tribunals. He tried four cases, including the so-called Doctors’ trial of 23 Nazis. Chief among them was Hitler’s personal physician, Karl Brandt. Folks scoop up history in Edenton the way most towns recycle plastic. They did it when the old cotton mill closed, turning it into condos and the blocks of workers’ homes into cozy bungalows. Near the peacock’s cupola — the

birds’ lineage, spiritually if not directly, runs back a hundred years itself — is an outbuilding Dixon found in Chapanoke, a tiny Perquimans County town, and moved to Beverly Hall as if it was a rusty old Dodge pickup on blocks. He rescued the 18th century house from demolition. “They were going to burn it,” he says as if the prospect was as distasteful to him as drowning puppies. Dixon stops in front of Beverly Hall as a car rattles down King Street. “That guy, his name is James Bond,” he says, pointing at the car bouncing toward Broad Street, the town’s central business district. “His father buried guns under a church in Edenton during the Civil War.” A mental calculator does a mathematical whirligig and Dixon adds that Bond’s father had been a boy in the 1860s and that Bond, no youngster himself, was a late-in-life baby. We cross King and walk right into Pembroke Hall, a Greek-Revival home on the National Register of Historic Places built in the early 1800s. It’s OK. Dixon was one of the people who pooled the resources necessary to save it. He runs through the sequence of owners like a menu for Chinese food. Workmen are busy getting it ready for the new owner and pay little attention to Dixon, who wants to show off the unobstructed view from the back porches. “It has protective covenants on it,” he says of the vista of Edenton Bay. “There’ll never be anything built over there.” We cut through Pembroke Hall’s expansive backyard with its ghosts of grand parties past, skip down a few cement stairs and make for the lighthouse beside the small in-town harbor. The wind is blowing off the bay, and it’s hard to catch every word from two strides behind. “Ten-year preservation project,” he says. Then I hear: “It sat at the mouth of the Roanoke River.” There’s

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something about 1886, which barely qualifies as old in Edenton. “It’s called a screw pile lighthouse because they screwed these things into the sound floor.” We climb up the twisting staircase to the top and duck through an opening onto a tiny catwalk. A workman follows us. He doesn’t want anyone falling through the hole in the floor. Dixon assures him of our agility. “Here’s my favorite part,” he says. “We’ve got the fresnel lens now. We’ll put that back in, hopefully sooner rather than later.” Dixon points across the bay. “That’s Queen Anne’s Creek and that’s Pembroke Creek. Right across Albemarle Sound is where they think the Lost Colony went. You been following that?” It’s known as Site X, discovered after an X-ray examination of a watercolor map drawn by Gov. John White in 1585 indicated the possibility of the existence of the inland location. And we’re off again, walking down the salvaged parts of the old Chowan River Bridge, cut into sections and made into a breakwater, creating a small sheltered port for boats traveling up and down the Intracoastal Waterway. Behind the lighthouse is the old Edenton Ice Company building. John Conger Glover, formerly of Harris Wholesale Inc., wants to turn what had been his grandfather’s obsolete business into a modern brewpub. “We have a lot of young families now, which is a rarity in eastern North Carolina,” Dixon says. He explains how even by the late 1700s, the bay was already too shallow to accommodate the larger ships. A hurricane in 1795 would close the ocean inlet completely and Edenton would stay forever small. “My crowd,” is the way Dixon singles out his ancestors. One of them, William Badham Jr., another lawyer, formed the Edenton Bell Battery. “They melted down the church bells and made them into cannons. Captured at the Battle of Town Creek. (One of them, anyway.) They weren’t found for another 125 years. You don’t see many bronze cannons,” he says. The six-pounder is named Edenton, the 12-pounder St. Paul. The first was found on display at the Shiloh National Military Park and the second at Old Fort Niagara. They’re positioned outside the Barker House, the town’s visitor’s center. Dixon climbs the stairs. “Hey, how you doin’?” he says to a stranger coming out, the first person he’s seen that he doesn’t know. “First political activity by women in America,” he says of the Edenton Tea Party of 1774. “This was the lady. This was her house.” Like the lighthouse, Penelope Barker’s home was moved from its original location two blocks north to the spiffy spot on the water it occupies now. Outside there are more cannon. “These were brought over by a Frenchman on something called the Holy Heart of Jesus (Coeur de Saint Jésus) and nobody would pay for them so he got mad and sunk the ship. At some point they went out and pulled them up. They tried to shoot them during the Civil War when the Northern troops were coming in, and they said it was more dangerous to stand behind them than to stand in front of them.” He points to the scraggly cluster of cypress in the water a few yards away. “That’s the dram tree. Ships coming in would bring West Indian rum and put it in a little bottle and PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 2016

ships going out would make a toast,” he says. We head toward the Colonial green by way of the path along the water. Two men are fishing. From a distance it looks like all they’ve caught are a couple of missionaries in white shirts and dark ties. Dixon even loves the water in Edenton. “It’s fresh water, too,” he says. “No barnacles. No sharks. No jellyfish.” He asks the men with the poles if they’ve caught anything. “A mess of white perch,” one replies. “Good enough to eat?” “Oh, yeah.” We cross the street and Dixon knocks on the side door of the house called Homestead. Frances Inglis tells us to come in. While her voice has the quaver of time and her frame is slight, she still has the stamina to command a division of volunteers in straw hats and gardening gloves armed with hand trowels to maintain the grounds at the Cupola House. Inglis played a central role in saving the Jacobean-design house, a National Historic Landmark built in 1758 and the first community-inspired historic preservation in the state of North Carolina. We take a quick tour of Homestead and its double porches. “See through and breeze through,” she says. On a table sits a signed letter from Orville Wright, framed along with a piece of fabric. The note, with handwritten corrections, reads: As a token of my appreciation of your courtesy in surrendering a piece which you had of our 1905 plane, I present to you two pieces of the “Kitty Hawk” which flew at Kill Devil Hills on December 17, 1903. I authenticate the above pieces as genuine parts of the original “Kitty Hawk,” plane. They are from parts broken when the plane, while standing on the ground, was overturned by the wind after the fourth flight of the day. Inglis explains her family had a beach house at Nags Head. “My father had

a little canvas canoe. He used to paddle up from the cottage to the sight of the Wright brothers. They had abandoned the place. He gathered up this thing that was a wing tip of the 1902 glider. He had parts of the 1905 plane, the first one to fly two people.” Next to the Wright brothers table is a wooden chest. On top of the chest is a woven basket of African design, made in the 1850s. The small trunk underneath is the camp chest of Tristrim Lowther Skinner — one of Inglis’ crowd. Inside are his sash, insignia, epaulets and a belt drawn in because he was losing weight. He was killed in 1862 and when she’s asked where, Inglis replies, “Mechanicsville,” in a voice so soft it’s as if the news just arrived. “Trim, they called him,” she says. The Skinner family papers, including letters home from the battlefield, are in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. Outside Homestead, we race past a large monument. “This is the Joseph Hewes Memorial. He was great friends with John Paul Jones. That’s about him,” Dixon says with a sweep of his hand. At the other end of the green we hop up the steps and enter the front door of the Chowan County Courthouse, a National Historic Landmark built in 1767, and the oldest active courthouse in North Carolina. The state Supreme Court still convenes there for ceremonial occasions. “They sit up there on those hard, terrible benches, but they love coming here,” Dixon says. Inside, there’s a welcoming committee of two, Judy Chilcoat and Carolyn Owens. One of the ladies taught Sambo Dixon math. He apologizes for that less than stellar bit of history. We go upstairs to the central window facing the green below. “When they ratified the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Secession, they read them out of this window to the people down below. We had a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a signer of the Constitution and a person on the first Supreme Court from here,” says Dixon. Behind the courthouse we pass the empty jail building, oldest in the state. Dixon wonders out loud what it might be repurposed for. Perhaps something

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servicing the nearby 60-room boutique hotel planned for the old Hotel Hinton, a 20th century testimonial to utilitarian architecture already upgraded once into county government offices and then downgraded into deserted. We skip onto Broad Street, a small commercial district so 1950s if you didn’t see Michael J. Fox with his pig, you might see him screeching by in his DeLorean. Dixon points out the bank. “The story I’ve always heard,” he says, “is that during the Depression, there was going to be a run on the bank, so a bunch of local folks went to the mint and got a bunch of one dollar bills and put hundred dollar bills on top and said the bank was safe and it wasn’t.” Next is St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, organized in the Vestry Act of 1701. “That’s all my crowd,” Dixon says with a gesture so expansive it’s as if the gravestones were acres of corn with too many ears to pick just one. “I’ve got the pew rent books at home from the 1840s. I’ve got 10 or 11 generations buried in this church.” We walk inside and he looks around at the altar and the balconies. “Every part of my life would begin and end here,” he says. Someone is trimming hedges as we leave. There are vines intertwined with the shrubs, and Dixon offers advice. “Pull them out like this,” he says. “Don’t break them. Put newspaper around them and spray them with Roundup. It goes back to the root and kills them.” Perhaps the only endangered roots in Chowan County. “These are 1900s houses. That’s the Conger House. It’s got a ballroom,” Dixon says as we march down Church Street. We walk up to the back door of a small house. It belongs to Daryl Adachi, who moved to Edenton after getting chased out of his renovated Vermont schoolhouse by cold winters a decade or so ago. He head-hunts for financial services companies from his computer. “This is my where-in-the-world-have-you-been room,” says Adachi. “I’ve got France and Italy and England and Mexico and China.” There is a dead icons room with black and white photography of the Kennedys, Elvis, Dr. King and Marilyn. In another room there’s a wall for his alma mater, Notre Dame. And an Asian room. “I lived in Hong Kong and Japan for a while,” he says. “I subscribe to the Sambo Dixon theory of interior decoration — fill every piece of wall, fill every single table. Make sure there is no space that’s left untouched.” Robert Beasley is back in town, too. He bought the Granville Queen Inn in

June of last year and if it’s possible to give the impression of profound gentleness in a single meeting, Beasley is your guy. Born in Edenton, he grew up in nearby Tyner, attended North Carolina A&T and had a career in business services in the D.C. area. “My grandmother, Vashti Twine, worked for one of the wealthiest ladies in Chowan County, Eliza Elliott. I would go with her some days in the summer when she went to the house to pick the vegetables or dust the house because the lady was always traveling. She had this mansion and all these beautiful things. It did something to me, going with her and having an appreciation for the finer things.” The appreciation found expression in the Granville. On our way back to Beverly Hall, we cut through the engineering marvel of Wessington, the 1850s Georgian mansion next door. Purchased by Richard Douglas, from Charlottesville, Virginia, it has a geothermal power plant that looks like the guts of a nuclear submarine, or what one imagines the guts of a nuclear submarine might look like. We come full circle in Dixon’s living room. “The house was built as State Bank of North Carolina in 1810,” he says. “They have all this early interior security. There are iron bars that go across the windows at night. Here’s the vault. The two burn marks? The way it stopped being a bank was the teller embezzled all the money, put the books on the floor, set them on fire. There was a run on the bank. He ran out in the back yard and shot himself, but people were so angry they took him down to the courthouse and tried him after he was dead and hung him on the green.” Dixon points out the Civil War camp chest belonging to William Badham — his crowd. There’s a set of dueling pistols and a silver service. A book by James Iredell, Edenton’s member of the first Supremes, is in a library full of books with old notes and pressed flowers inside. “You never know what you’re gong to find in them,” he says. Dixon looks at his watch. “I got to go see a guy in jail about a murder.” PS Photos of Edenton by Kip Shaw accompanying this article can be found in Hospitality, Edenton Style to be published in November by Pembroke Bay Press, 2333 Locust Grove Road, Edenton, NC 27932.

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Peace in the Pines Euro-minimalism meets Southern practicality By Deborah Salomon Photographs by John Gessner & L aura Gingerich

esired by many, attained by few: a peaceful living space. Trish and Gates Harris succeeded. Their contemporary lakeside home in Whispering Pines integrates Euro-minimalism with function and practicality. “Ahhh . . .” the house breathes, from living room with window wall and narrow deck to open kitchen with soapstone countertops, skylight, Italian gas range and espresso machine. Nothing huge, nothing obtrusive. No clutter, zero tchotchkes. Bookshelves, a few paintings and family photos against white and neutrals. “I’ve always wanted to live beside peaceful water . . . and soothe my soul,” Trish says, echoing the psalmist. This totality represents a startling reversal. For more than 20 years, Gates, an attorney, and Trish, a psychology professor at Sandhills Community College, occupied a rambling home in Weymouth — a 30-minute commute to Gates’ law office in Red Springs. Here, they raised two sons, Max and Will, while collecting mountains of stuff. When the boys left for college, Trish and Gates made that noise familiar to empty-nesters: downsize. An understatement, in their case. “We purged!” Trish exclaims. “Moving is a good time to let go.” Furniture that wouldn’t conform was left in the house. Other items they donated or parked by the “free tree,” which Gates characterizes as giving back to the Earth more than throwing away. “We used to have 30 (cereal) bowls; now we have four,” says son Will, 21, pulling an unusual white one from the cupboard.

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ere, the process mirrors the people. Gates grew up “poor as church mice” in a tenant farmhouse in Robeson County with one bathroom accommodating six occupants. As a young attorney he worked for A.B. Hardee, developer of Whispering Pines. “I would drive there on business — Whispering Pines looked like the shining city on the hill.” Raising a family in traditional Weymouth sharpened his appetite not only for cleaner lines, but for less maintenance. In the past, “Gates dug the hole for every plant in the yard — it was never a ballgame on the weekends,” Trish recalls. “Now that’s switched off.” Gates even purged his power tools since, after the renovation, little needed fixing. “This is freedom for us.” Trish describes her childhood home in Michigan as a “little post-war cracker box.” Five children, one bathroom. “Growing up, I always wanted to live in a house with a lovely fireplace.” Now she has two, one with raised hearth, both into long walls of painted brick. Nature frames her lifestyle; Trish recently completed hiking the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine, over four summers. “I like the peacefulness of water, I like the birds. I’m looking for a kingfish.” Early mornings, she has coffee on the deck, walks, sometimes kayaks across Spring Valley Lake.

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his purge/relocation didn’t happen overnight. The Harrises looked for two years in several lakeside communities. Gates, a Frank Lloyd Wright admirer, wanted something mid-century modern suitable for an interior renovation without enlarging the footprint. “I knew Gates loved the linear nature of a modern home, one that we could afford to fix up,” Trish says. He identifies Whispering Pines as a hotbed of architects who promoted this style. The elongated brick house they settled on, built as a vacation retreat for Kodak executives in 1973, channeled FLW outside with what Gates calls an Austin Powers interior. “You know, shag carpet and foil wallpaper,” he cringes. But it had a sunken living room, aboveground finished basement, screened porch and potential galore. Trish, Gates, their sons and contractor Steve Sims designed the renovation by gut. “(My mother) picked the house,” says Max. After that, “Nothing was decided without agreement,” adds Will, who helped with demolition and carpentry. Up came the carpet, but unlike homes built in the ’50s, this one revealed no hardwood underneath — a plus for Gates, who designed wood strip flooring resembling a boat deck. Down came the wall (with typical ’70s pass-through) separating kitchen from dining area; in went the black-and-white Ikea kitchen

with soapstone island, significant because the material reminds Gates of college chemistry lab. Here, illuminated by a skylight, they cook in tandem, “. . . sometimes bumping into each other as we sashay around,” Gates says. The screened corner porch, where Trish curls up with a blanket and a book on winter afternoons, is a study in forest browns and greens, with iron chairs once belonging to Gates’ mother peeling white paint. Bedrooms follow the shades-of-grey palette. The enlarged master bathroom has an unusual shower with no curtains or glass enclosure. Neither are windows covered, allowing maximum natural light. Gates paid particular attention to plumbing and lighting fixtures, all with clean, modern sculpturesque lines. Downstairs, the walkout basement has become a private apartment for the boys, with separate entrance, bedrooms, bathroom, easy-clean slate floor, living area with fireplace looking out toward the dock. Their kitchenette sports a hunk of nostalgia: the well-worn butcher block from Gates’ grandfather’s store in Robeson County. “I remember chopping neck bones,” Gates grins, miming the action.

he Harrises have traveled the world, living in rather than visiting Europe, India and Asia. At chez Harris, furnishings defy period or style, simply fading into the international aura. Some, like a pair of swivel armchairs, survived the purge, reupholstered. But over them looms a new floor lamp that cuts a parabola through the air. The Swedish sectional sofa stands alone. Pillows from India provide a spot of color along with Oriental runners and a landscape by Pinehurst artist Jessie Mackay. Gates’ reading chair is positioned by the window for view and

best light. They both value books, therefore built a wall of bookshelves in the dining area, which also contains chairs that were left in the house, now painted black, and an unusual slat table meant for patio use. Over the door between dining area and screened porch hangs another family trophy: “My mother fished once in her life, in Florida,” Gates explains. “She caught a snapper.” Fine with Trish: “I’m a go-along girl.” She selected furnishings but “Gates drives choices like color and space.” He is an expert on whites, matching nuance to the room. Then why is the oversized front door with deep panels red? “Vermilion, actually,” Gates says. Gates and Max spent several weeks in Japan, living on tatami mats, visiting gardens and studying Buddhism and Shintoism. They noticed this color, vermilion, an ancient pigment made from inorganic chemicals applied to lacquerware. The heavy door begged its brilliance. “People say it makes the house look like a Chinese restaurant,” Gates says.

he total effect seems more an architect’s showplace than a pre-retirement home expressing evolved tastes. However, The Lake House, as the Harris family calls it, expresses multiple personalities rooted in common precepts, a near-nirvana few families achieve. They acknowledge the transition: “It was weird, coming from a house we’d lived in for 22 years,” Max says. “Everything here seems fresh and new. It turned out better than I thought.” “I see my sons’ hands all over it,” Trish adds. “The house balances us out.” Or, according to Max: “Nothing but good news here.” PS

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“Corn and grain, corn and grain, All that falls shall rise again.” — Harvest Chant By Ash Alder

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The Feast of Trumpets

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on October 2. Also called the Feast of the Trumpets, this two-day Jewish New Year celebration includes the ritualistic sounding of the ancient shofar (ram’s horn) and foods to evoke shana tovah u’metukah — a good and sweet year. Since now is the time of the apple harvest, what sweeter way to celebrate than with a Red or Golden delicious, fresh from the tree? By dipping said fruit in honey, of course. Consider this tasty Jewish custom when your neighbor presents you with a basketful of local apples, but don’t let it stop you from experimenting with cobblers and crisps, cinnamon-laced ciders, and in the spirit of Halloween, perhaps even shrunken apple heads. Granny Smiths work well for this — best if cored and peeled. Using the tip of a pen, make indentions to guide your carvings. Cut hollows for the mouth and eyes, and carve away the apple flesh around the nose. Exaggerate the features. Your second apple will be better than the first, et cetera, but failed carvings spell homemade pie, so you might flub a few just for fun. Next, soak the carved apple heads in a mixture of lemon juice (1 cup) and salt (1 tablespoon) for a few minutes to help keep the fruit from molding. Pat dry. Now all that’s left to do is wait. A food dehydrator is the fastest and easiest way to dry out — aka shrink — your apple head, but a warm, well-ventilated area should also work. Since the drying process can take over a week, you’ll want to entertain yourself with other projects. In the spirit of carnival season, how about apple juggling? Speaking of carving, did you know that the first jack-o’-lanterns weren’t made out of pumpkins? Named for the Irish folktale of Stingy Jack — a man who twice fooled the devil yet unknowingly doomed his soul to roam the Earth until the end of time — the tradition of carving grotesque faces into turnips and potatoes to scare off evil spirits is centuries-old. According to legend, Jack’s ghost carries a hollowed turnip aglow with an ember from the fires of Hell. Bet you can guess what happened when Irish immigrants came across their first pumpkin patch.

Marigolds are the birth flower of October. Known as the ‘herb of the sun’, these vibrant yellow, red and orange flowers were carried as love charms in the Middle Ages. Although Victorian flower language experts believe them to be symbols of grief, many associate marigolds with optimism. Burpee president David Burpee must have been among them. In the late 1960s, the seed salesman launched a spirited campaign for marigolds to be named the national flower. We chose the rose.

“Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.” — ― Andrea Gibson, poet Herbs to Plant this Month:

Dill — Aids with digestion and insomnia. Oregano — Used to treat skin conditions. Sage — Increases recall ability. Fennel — Improves kidneys, spleen, liver and lungs.

The Best Planting Time

Tulip and daffodil bulbs will color your spring garden brilliant if you plant them before the ground freezes. Allow yourself to dream. Imagine your home nestled in a grove of golden flowers, fringed blooms spilling out of planters, window boxes, busted rain boots. The more bulbs you plant the better — and plant them at random. Save pumpkin seeds to plant in spring. PS

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MASTER GARDENER HELP LINE. 10 a.m.–12 p.m., weekdays through October. 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.

Saturday, October 1 MEET THE ARTIST AT WORK. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Visit with artist Diane Kraudelt and learn about her techniques and background in art. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 255-0665 or www.hollyhocksartgallerycom. AUTUMNFEST 2016. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The 38th annual Autumnfest, presented by the Arts Council of Moore County and Southern Pines Recreation, features races, children’s activities, live entertainment, food, art, and handcrafted items. Visit Moore County Historical Association’s booth to find out what you know about old fashioned and odd objects unfamiliar to most of us today. Downtown Park, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or visit www.southernpines.net. For MCHA visit www. moorehistory.com. NATURE TALES. 10–10:45 a.m. for ages 2 to 4, and 11– 11:45 a.m. for ages 5 and 6. “Incredible Bats.” Preschool story and nature time. No cost for program, but please pre-register two business days in advance. (Admission to

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garden not included in program.) Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221 or www.capefearbg.org. SATURDAY KIDS PROGRAM. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Fall is here! Come celebrate great seasonal foods with crafts, activities, and books. Library cards are free for everyone. Given Memorial Library & Tufts Archive, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022. CAMERON ANTIQUES FAIR. 9 a.m.–5 p.m., rain or shine. More than 200 dealers display their antiques and collectibles in their shops and along the streets in the historic District of Cameron. 485 Carthage St., Cameron. Info: (910) 245-7001 or www.antiquesofcameron.com. DRESSAGE HORSE SHOW. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Road S, Pinehurst. Info: Sue Smithson at (910) 692-1788. 70TH ANNUAL MOORE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 3–11 p.m. Last day of the fair. Come enjoy carnival rides, games and food. Cost: $3/person ages 3 and older; parking: $2. Moore County Agricultural Fairgrounds, 3699 US 15-501, Carthage. Info: (910) 215-6893.

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built by artist Sean Kenney are displayed throughout the Garden, with activities for all ages. Cost: Free for CFBG members. Non-members call for prices. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221.

Saturday, October 1 and 15 AMERICAN CRAFT WEEK. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Celebrate with the Seagrove Potters and participate in hands-on activities, watch demonstrations and witness behind the scenes activities. The shops will be open. N.C. 705 (Pottery Highway) and beyond Seagrove. Info: (336) 5177272 or www.discoverseagrove.com. Saturday, October 1 — 21 ART EXHIBIT. Gallery hours Monday–Saturday 12–3 p.m. “From the Desert to the Sea,” features works of artist Hugh Harris. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www. artistleague.org.

Saturday, October 1 and 2 CAROLINA HORSE PARK. 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Timberland HDT. This is the third event of the Cross Carolina HDT Challenge. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074.

October 1 — Oct 22 ART EXHIBIT. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Thursday; 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Friday; and 12–4 p.m. Saturday. “Contemporary Art Forms By America’s First People” features contemporary work by Native American artists who are living and creating today. The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County. Free and open to the public. 301 Hay St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 323-1776 or www.theartscouncil.com.

October 1 — January 8 NATURE CONNECTS®: ART WITH LEGO® BRICKS EXHIBIT. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Larger than life Lego sculptures

Sunday, October 2 THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Caleb Hawley performs. Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at

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ca l e n d a r the door. The Rooster’s Wife, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. MEET THE AUTHOR. 2 p.m. Author Patrick Phillips will discuss his book, Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America, a sweeping American tale, spanning the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the 21st century. The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211. COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR. 2–4 p.m. Health Matters @ Your Library! Take advantage of free hearing and basic health screenings, the Rite Aid Pharmacy flu shot clinic, a tour of the Southern Pines Fire Department Safety Trailer, local health agency information booths, kids’ crafts, and prize drawings. Free and open to the public. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Monday, October 3 HORSE PARK EVENT. Participants hone their skills for the Schooling Day. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074 or carolinahorsepark.com. BOOK LOVERS UNITE. 7 p.m. This month’s topic for discussion is “Mystery and Horror Books.” Bring your favorites list and add to it as others describe theirs. Free and open to the public. Given Outpost, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-7002.

Monday, October 3 — 29 JOY OF ART STUDIO. Oct. 3, 4–5:30 p.m. Art Techniques Tools and Media Begins, ages 10–13; Oct. 5, 7–9 p.m. Oasis Women’s Group Art and Soul; Oct. 6, 10–12 p.m. Creative Coffee; Oct. 7, 7–9 p.m. First Friday Art Night Connection for Creatives, Autumn Art Begins (ages 4 to 16); Oct. 9, 1–5 p.m. Create Vision Board Workshop; Oct. 11, 4–5:30 p.m. Mixed Media Medley Begins Ages 10–13; Oct. 12, 12–2 p.m. Let’s Paint Together Monday Adults; Oct. 14, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Artist’s Way Group for Women Artists; Oct. 29, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Little Witch Girl Halloween Art for the Day Ages 7–10. Call for prices. Joy of Art Studio 139 E Pennsylvania Ave. B, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 text or www. joyof_art@msn.com. Tuesday, October 4 NATURE TALES. 10–10:45 a.m. for ages 2 to 4, and 11– 11:45 a.m. for ages 5 and 6. “Incredible Bats.” Preschool story 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 or www.capefearbg.org. PAINTING CLASSES FOR KIDS. 4–5:30 p.m. “Witch Feet with Spider. ” Offered by The Artifact Shack. Cost:

$18, all supplies are included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Info and registration: www. theartifactshack.com.

Wednesday, October 5 PAINTING CLASSES FOR KIDS. 4–5:30 p.m. “Witch Feet with Spider. ” Offered by The Artifact Shack. Cost: $18, all supplies are included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Info and registration: www. theartifactshack.com. ART CLASS (PAINT, ALL MEDIA). 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 16 (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 and Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration (required by Oct. 4): (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817.

Thursday, October 6 ART CLASS (SCULPTING). 1–4 p.m. Learn interesting facts about animals on the NC endangered species list and how to sculpt their likeness in clay. This week: American alligator. Ages 18+, no experience necessary. Cost: $35/resident; $70/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration (required by Oct. 3): (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817. SHAG DANCE LESSONS. 6–7 p.m. First of four weekly sessions (Oct. 6, 13, 27 and Nov. 3) for beginners. Come and enjoy the music and socializing while you learn popular shag moves from Nanci Donald and Bud Hunter. No partner required. Bring shoes with smooth soles. Cost: $30/resident; $60/non-resident. Program Room @ Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. SHAG DANCE LESSONS. 7–8 p.m. First of four weekly sessions (Oct. 6, 13, 27 and Nov. 3) for advanced beginners ages 18+. Come and enjoy the music and socializing while you learn popular shag moves from Nanci Donald and Bud Hunter. No partner required. Bring shoes with smooth soles. Cost: $30/resident; $60/non-resident. Program Room @ Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

Friday, October 7 ART CLASS (PAINT, OIL). 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 18 (six 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 and Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration (required by Oct 6): (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817.

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FUN FRIDAYS. 3:30–7 p.m. Cooking class at the Rec Room. $15/resident; $30/non-resident. For ages 14 +. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. FIRST FRIDAY. 5–8:30 p.m. A family-friendly event with live music by 2014 Blues Music Award winner Danielle Nicole. Food, beverages and entertainment. Free admission. No dogs, please! Sunrise Green Space, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or www.firstfridaysouthernpines.com. ART EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION. 6–8 p.m. “The Scapes — Sea, City and Land” features paintings, drawings, mixed media and photographs by local artists. Presented by The Arts Council of Moore County and Milestone Advisory Partners. Exhibit runs through Oct. 28, gallery hours. Campbell House Galleries, 482 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or mooreart.org. JAZZ & WINE FEST. 6–10 p.m. The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra presents jazz bands and a cappella groups from NC universities. General admission includes various beer and wine samples, as well as a souvenir glass. Food trucks on sight. Call for ticket prices. Festival Park, 335 Ray Ave., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 433-4690 or fayettevillesymphony.org.

Saturday, October 8 SHAW HOUSE VINTAGE FAIR. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The Moore County Historical Association offers vintage curios and collectibles; good food; live music; demonstrations of old-time crafts such as basket weaving, pottery, needlework and weaving; and self-g‐ uided tours of the Garner House, Sanders Cabin, and Shaw House; and historical re-enactors from Civil War and frontier days. Cost: $2/person (includes raffle ticket); free for children 12 and under. The Shaw House, 110 Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6922‐ 051 or moorehistory.com. MEET THE ARTIST AT WORK. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Visit with artist Jane Casnellie and learn about her techniques and background in art. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 255-0665 or www. hollyhocksartgallerycom. PINEHURST OKTOBERFEST. 1–5 p.m. (Family Friendly Kinderfest) and 6–9 p.m. (Adult Oktoberfest). Kinderfest is a fun festival for children and the whole family with carnival games, a pumpkin derby race, entertainment and contests. The fun continues in the evening for adults with German music, folk dancing and games. Admission is free, but advance registration required for the bake-off and derby race. Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road W, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-2817 and registration: www.pinehurstrec.org. THE MET: LIVE IN HD. 12 p.m. Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and starring

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Sunday, October 9 CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT. 3 p.m. Recital by Thomas Sauer, piano, Ara Gregorian, violin; and HyeJim-Kim, violin. Cost: $10/members; $20/non-members. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Danny Barnes performs, the Buck Stops Here opens. Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. The Rooster’s Wife, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

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Tuesday, October 11 PAINTING CLASSES FOR KIDS. 4–5:30 p.m. “Cats on a Fence. ” Offered by The Artifact Shack. Cost: $18, all supplies are included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Info and registration: www.theartifactshack.com. ART CLASS (DRAWING). 9:30 a.m–12:30 p.m. “Figure Drawing with a Live Model” taught by Linda Bruening. Cost: $40. Students will draw the human figure in different positions to learn and recognize body proportions and the relationships between the body parts in different body positions. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 9443979 or www.artistleague.org.

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ca l e n d a r Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Info and registration: www.theartifactshack.com. WRITER IN RESIDENCE READING. 5:30 p.m. Deonna Kelli Sayed: “The Significance of Ghost Stories in our Culture and An Accounting of Previous Ghost Hunts.” Reception following. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. THE REC-ING CREW SOCIAL CLUB. 4–5:30 p.m. Painting Class. This program gives young adults a chance to unwind and socialize with their friends. Light refreshments will be served. Call for cost and registration. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www. pinehurstrec.org.

Thursday, October 13 ART CLASS (SCULPTING). 1–4 p.m. Learn interesting facts about animals on the NC endangered species list and how to sculpt their likeness in clay. This week: red wolf. Ages 18+, no experience necessary. Cost: $35/ resident; $70/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration (required by Oct 3): (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817. GATHERING AT GIVEN. 3:30 and 7 p.m. Ray Linville, NC food and culture writer, will give a presentation on Fall Foods of the American South and their connections to regional culture. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library, (3:30 p.m.), 150 Cherokee Road; and Given Outpost (7 p.m.) 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022 or (910) 585-4820.

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NINTH ANNUAL HARVEST THE PROMISE. 6 p.m. Hosted by the Family Promise of Moore County. Enjoy signature dishes from some of our area’s best restaurants, including Nina’s Classic Cuisine, Bonefish Grill and Wolcott’s Restaurant; a silent auction; and a fun evening out while supporting homeless women and children in our county. Tickets: $50/person or $100/couple. Sponsorships are also available. The Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Road S, Pinehurst. Info and tickets: Susan Bellew at (910) 944-7149 or susan.familypromise@gmail.com. CONCERT. 7 p.m. Piano and vocal duo Dr. Jaeyoon Kim and Sung-Ah Kim will perform. Free admission. Owens Auditorium, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-6185. NC SYMPHONY PRESENTS BLOCKBUSTER FILM SCORES. 8 p.m. Join the Symphony for an epic journey with the great film composers, with music from Saving Private Ryan, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter and more. David Glover, Associate Conductor, Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines. Info: (877) 627-6724 or (910) 692-6554.

Thursday, October 13 & 14 ART CLASS (OILS): 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. “Oil Painting with Courtney.” Courtney Herndon will focus on painting wet into wet in an impressionistic style, with emphasis on composition, values and the use of color. Cost: $110. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. Friday, October 14

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ca l e n d a r DAY TRIPPERS. 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. NC State Fair. For teens and young adults ages 14+, come enjoy the rides, exhibits and food. Price includes participant’s choice of caramel apple, candy apple or cotton candy. Participants can purchase ride tickets on their own or buy the unlimited ride wristband for $35. Must register by Oct. 12. Cost: $24/resident; $72/non-resident. Meet at Assembly Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-2817 or pinehurstrec.org. LIVE AFTER 5. 5:30–8:30 p.m. Put on your cowboy boots and get ready for an evening of music and a downhome good time with Rachele Lynae, whose musical style blends country, pop, a dash of soul, and a powerhouse voice. Free for the entire family. Food trucks on-site. Beer, wine, water & sodas available for purchase. Picnic baskets allowed, but no outside alcoholic beverages. Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road W, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817. PAINTING CLASS FOR ADULTS. 6–8 p.m. Offered by the Artifact Shack, the theme will be “White Rooster.” Cost: $25, includes a glass of beer or wine and all painting supplies. (Additional beer and wine is available for purchase onsite.) Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Class held at The Rooster’s Wife at Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info and registration: www.theartifactshack.com. MOVIE IN THE PINES. 6:30 p.m. Ice Age: Collision Course. Bring a blanket or chairs and enjoy a free movie outdoors. Concessions available for purchase. Downtown Park, 145 SE Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2463 or www.southernpines.net.

MOVIES BY THE LAKE. 7:15–9 p.m. Aberdeen Parks and Rec and sponsors present Hotel Transylvania 2, on the big screen. Admission is free, concessions available for purchase. Aberdeen Lake Park, 301 Lake Park Crossing, Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7275 or www.explorepinehurst.com.

Saturday, October 15 STANDARDBRED TRAINING SEASON. 7 a.m.–1 p.m. “The Winter Home of Champions” welcomes the standardbred horses back for another season of harnessrace training on Pinehurst’s historic track. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Road S, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0816. FALL PLANT SALE. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Woody plants, perennials, pansies and spring flowering bulbs for sale by the Sandhills Horticultural Society and Student Horticultural Club. Steed Hall, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: Johanna Westmen at (910) 246-4959 to pre-order. MEET THE ARTIST AT WORK. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Visit with artist Charlie Roberts and learn about his techniques and background in art. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 255-0665 or www.hollyhocksartgallerycom. HOLLY ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Over 100 hand-crafters will display and sell woodworking, glass, stitched art, lawn ornaments, hand-crafted jewelry, and metal sculpture. Downtown shops offer sales and specials. Food court on-site. This event is produced and sponsored by the Pinehurst Business Partners.

Downtown Village of Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.vopnc.org. FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 7:30 p.m. “Fall Spooktacular!” Come in your Halloween costume and enjoy an evening of classical and popular music set to stories of witches and sorcerers! Guest conductor: Al Sturgis. Pre-concert talk at 6:45. Call for ticket prices. Huff Concert Hall, Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 433-4690 or www.fayettevillesymphony.org. WAR HORSE EVENT SERIES AND OCTOBER FEST. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Schooling Day. Open to all riders to school any or all phases for the Sunday competition. (Includes an extra show jumping course) Costs: for Open Schooling (XC, Show, Jumping & Dressage) $125/ Regular; $70/Friend of The Park. Call or visit website for costs for individual phases. Wine and Cheese Social will feature an October Fest theme with signature dishes by local restaurants and caterers, and beer supplied by Southern Pines Brewing Co. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074 or carolinahorsepark.com. GALLOP ON THE STEEPLECHASE TRACK. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Participants get to train on some of the best and most meticulously maintained footing in the Sandhills and learn how to gauge speeds accurately. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074 or carolinahorsepark.com. WALKING BOOK CLUB. 10 a.m. Meet at the Library for a brisk walk through beautiful downtown Southern Pines to discuss current reads, make book suggestions the

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MEET THE AUTHOR. 4 p.m. D.G. Martin, newspaper columnist and current host of UNCTV’s “North Carolina Bookwatch,” will discuss his book Roadside Eateries: A Traveler’s Guide to Local Restaurants, Diners, & BBQ Joints. The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

SUNDAY FILM SERIES FOR ADULTS. 2:30–4:30 p.m. In this Hollywood comedy, a superstar is kidnapped and held for ransom by a mysterious group. Snacks are provided by the Friends of the Library. Free to the public. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

Sunday, October 16 WAR HORSE EVENT SERIES. All day. Combined tests and Dressage only tests. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074 or carolinahorsepark.com.

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Irene Kelly performs, Christiane Smedley opens. Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at the door. The Rooster’s Wife, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org.

BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE IN HD. 1 p.m. “The Golden Age”. Ticket: $25. Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or 692-3611 or sunrisetheater.com. HORSE FARM TOUR. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Enjoy a self-guided excursion to the beautiful horse farms of the Sandhills. Lunch is available for purchase. All proceeds benefit Prancing Horse Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship. Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 at door. NCSU Equine Health Center, 6045 US 1 N. Children under 12, free. No pets. Info and tickets: (910) 246-3202 or www.prancing-horse.org. NC LITERARY HALL OF FAME INDUCTION. 2 p.m. North Carolina authors Clyde Edgerton, Margaret Maron and Carl Sandburg will be inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. Reception to fol-

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: (910) 255-0665. CLASSICAL CONCERT SERIES. 8 p.m. The Arts Council of Moore County presents the woodwind quintet WindSync, back by popular demand with a new program, sponsored by Parsec Financial Wealth Management. Cost: $30 single ticket (or as part of series subscription). Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or 692-2787 or sunrisetheater.com.

Tuesday, October 18 PAINTING CLASSES FOR KIDS. 4–5:30 p.m. “Witch Feet with Spider. ” Offered by The Artifact Shack. Cost: $18, all supplies are included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Info and registration: www. theartifactshack.com.

Monday, October 17 WOMEN OF WEYMOUTH. 9:30 a.m. Ann Freisen, Executive Director of Friend to Friend. Coffee and lecture, free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. ART CLASS (PRINTMAKING). 10 a.m.–4 p.m. “Printmaking.” Sandy Stratil covers basic methods of making and enhancing mono prints. Cost: $55. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org.

JAMES BOYD BOOK CLUB. 2 p.m. Reading North Carolina: Good Morning America, by Carl Sandburg. Free and Open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

KINDERMUSIK CLASS. 10:30 a.m. Laura Johnson will be leading a Kindermusik class, designed for 1- and 2-year-olds. Space is limited. Given Memorial Library. 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info and sign up: Ellen Graham at (910) 315-0990.

Tuesday, October 18 & 19 ART CLASS (ACRYLICS). 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. “Follow the Leader/Lilies at Sunset.” Pat McMahon gives an

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Wednesday, October 19 PAINTING CLASSES FOR KIDS. 4–5:30 p.m. “Witch Feet with Spider. ” Offered by The Artifact Shack. Cost: $18, all supplies are included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Info and registration: www. theartifactshack.com. Thursday, October 20 ART CLASS (SCRATCHBOARD). 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. “Beginning Scratchboard.” Emma Wilson teaches hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, pointillism, contouring and etching techniques to indicate lines, light and value. Cost: $45. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www. artistleague.org.

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DOUGLASS CENTER BOOK CLUB. 10:30 a.m. Meeting held at the Douglass Community Center, 1185 W Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6927376 or (910) 692-8235. ART CLASS (SCRATCHBOARD). 1 p.m.–3:30 p.m. “Intermediate Scratchboard in Color.” Emma Wilson demonstrates how to add color to a scratchboard painting. Cost: $40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www. artistleague.org. ART CLASS (SCULPTING ENCESS). 1–4 p.m. Learn interesting facts about animals on the NC endangered species list and how to sculpt their likenesses in clay. This week: shortnose sturgeon. Ages 18+, no experience necessary. Cost: $35/resident; $70/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration (required by Oct 17): (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817. WINE AND WHIMSY. 6–8 p.m. “Flowers.” Enjoy a glass of wine or beer while painting your masterpiece. Instruction, canvas, paint, brushes, palette and easel provided. Wine, beer and snacks available for purchase. Cost: $20/CFBG member; $25/non-member. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221. Register online at www.form. jotform.com/51666115773964. ARTISTRY SONG AND POETRY CIRCLE. 7 p.m. ALL singers, musicians and poets are invited for an evening of creative exchange. Bring your musical instrument, voice and words. Free and open to the public. Given Outpost, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-7002.

Friday, October 21 ART CLASS (ALCOHOL INK). 12:30–3:30 p.m. “Go with the Flow — Basic Alcohol Ink.” Pam Griner covers the different brands of ink, the paper that works best with the medium and how to create abstract and landscape paintings. Cost: $40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www. artistleague.org. MEET THE AUTHOR. 4 p.m. Art Chansky, veteran sportswriter, radio commentator and author of books on UNC basketball, discusses his book Game Changers:

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ca l e n d a r Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town, about race, college sport and small town politics. The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

teaches painting techniques to create a more advanced look. Cost: $60. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www. artistleague.org.

6). David Jacobs-Strain and Beth Wood perform. Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. The Rooster’s Wife, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org.

Friday, October 21 & 22 PINEHURST BRAIN TUMOR GARDEN PARTY AND WALK. 6 p.m. Garden Party, a benefit for the National Brain Tumor Society, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard at their home at 5 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Food for the evening by Elliott’s on Linden. Tickets: $50/person (fully tax-deductible). Saturday Walk: registration 7:30–8:30 a.m.; walk starts at 9 a.m.; 10:30 awards and celebration. Tufts Park, 110 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: Joan O’Brien at (910) 420-1007 or https://nbtsevents.braintumor.org/events/pinehurstbrain-tumor-weekend-garden-party-walk/e78912. Email Katie-Rose Tuttle if you are interested in a sponsorship package or volunteering: krtuttle@braintumor.org.

FAMILY DAY AT THE LIBRARY. Celebrate the fun of Halloween all day at craft-making tables; attend a special event, “Scary Masks and Spooky Stories,” at 11 a.m.; and compete in a tallest-pumpkin contest at 2 p.m. Teens are welcome all-day to make books into pumpkins! Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Monday, October 24 SANDHILLS NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MEETING. 7 p.m. “Snakes of North Carolina,” presented by Grover Barfield, director of Carolinas Reptile Rescue and Education Center. The program will include numerous live snakes and a discussion of where and how they live. Visitors and families welcome! Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.sandhillsnature.org.

Saturday, October 22 THOMAS POTTERY FESTIVAL OF THE LEAVES. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. See the latest fall designs including pottery pumpkins and hand-painted barn scenes. 1295 S N.C. 705, Seagrove. Info: (336) 879-4145.

THE MET: LIVE IN HD. 1 p.m. The season opens with Don Giovanni, conducted by Fabiio Luisi. $27. Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or sunrisetheater.com.

MEET THE ARTIST AT WORK. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Visit with artist Louise Price and learn about her techniques and background in art. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 255-0665 or www. hollyhocksartgallerycom. ART CLASS (ALCOHOL INK). 10 a.m.–4 p.m. “Intermediate/Advanced Alcohol Ink.” Pam Griner

1st ANNUAL SUNSET ON SOUTH. 4–9 p.m. Autumn Festival in Historic Downtown Aberdeen. Food, arts & crafts, live music and games. Halloween costumes encouraged. Railhouse Brewery, 105 E South St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 585-3703. If you want to be a vendor at Sunset on South, email shopaberdeennc@ gmail.com.

Sunday, October 23 SUNDAY KIDS MOVIE. 2:30–4:30 p.m. Monkeys take over the Library! Bring the whole family for this family-oriented “ghost story” about a not-so-scary spirit who bonds with a little girl. Free refreshments will be served. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at

Monday, October 24 & 25 ART CLASS (OILS): 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. “Oil Painting with Courtney.” Courtney will focus on painting wet into wet in an impressionistic style, with emphasis on composition, values and the use of color. Cost: $110. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. Tuesday, October 25 PAINTING CLASSES FOR KIDS. 4–5:30 p.m. “Black Cat. ” Offered by The Artifact Shack. Cost: $18, all supplies are included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Info and registration: www.theartifactshack.com. FRIEND TO FRIEND. 6 p.m. “Take Back the Night Candlelight Vigil,” in observance of Domestic Violence

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ca l e n d a r Awareness month (October). Meyer Hall courtyard at Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. (Parking in Faulkner parking lot.) Info: Ted Natt at (910) 947-1703 or friendtofriend.me. MUSICIANS JAM SESSION. 7 p.m. Musicians and public welcome to join in or simply enjoy. Bring your own beverage. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org.

Wednesday, October 26 ART CLASS (COLORED PENCIL). 10 a.m.–3 p.m. “Colored Pencil on Mylar or Clear Yupo,” Instructor Betty Hendrix demonstrates the variety of ways to use this process. Cost: $45. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. PAINTING CLASSES FOR KIDS. 4–5:30 p.m. “Big Pumpkin. ” Offered by The Artifact Shack. Cost: $18, all supplies are included. Classes held at The Ice Cream Parlor in Downtown Southern Pines, 176 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Seats are limited and advance registration is required. Sign up online. Info and registration: www.theartifactshack.com.

Wednesday, October 26 — 28. COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG AND HISTORIC JAMESTOWN TOUR. Offered by Kirk Tours in association with the Moore County Historical Association. Experience the daily struggles of Colonial America, visit the James River Plantation and other sites. Cost: $595 per

person, double occupancy ($580 for MCHA members). Includes luxury transportation, accommodations, breakfasts, and admissions. Reservations deadline is Oct. 5. Info and reservations: (910) 295-2257 or www.kirktours. com. (See website for historic Pinehurst tours in October.)

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). April Verch and Joe Newberry perform. Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. The Rooster’s Wife, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Thursday, October 27 NEIGHBORS BOOKCLUB LUNCHEON. 10:30 a.m. Presented by The Country Bookshop, Kim Wright, author of Love in MidAir, The Unexpected Waltz, and The Canterbury Sisters will be the speaker. Kim is a two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing, and she has been writing about travel, food and wine for more than 20 years. Call for ticket prices. The event will be held at the Pinehurst Members Club, 1 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-3211.

IN & OUT AT THE OUTPOST. 7 p.m. Join Taylor Williams, Agricultural Extension Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension for a discussion of successful fall and winter gardening. Free and open to the public. Given Outpost, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820.

ART CLASS (SCULPTING ENCESS). 1–4 p.m. Learn interesting facts about animals on the NC endangered species list and how to sculpt their likenesses in clay. This week: Seabeach Amaranth Plant. Ages 18+, no experience necessary. Cost: $35/resident; $70/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration (required by Oct 24): (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817. READ FOR THE RECORD. 4 p.m. This year’s featured book is The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, by Julia SarconeRoach. This special program for children and families celebrates literacy by trying to break the world record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

HALLOWEEN DANCE. 6–9 p.m. Come have a haunting good time at Pinehurst Parks and Rec’s annual Halloween dance co-hosted by the Arc of Moore County. Enjoy dancing, food and a costume contest! Tickets $10, must be purchased by Oct 23 from the Arc of Moore County or Village Hall. The Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Road S, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900.

Thursday, October 27 & 28 ART CLASS (OILS/ACRYLICS). 10 a.m.–4 p.m. “Step-by-Step Painting the Still Life.” Practice or sharpen your still life painting skills with Harry Neely. Cost: $100. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org. LIVING FLOWER ARRANGEMENT WORKSHOP. 1 p.m. Workshop offered two days. Brent Heath of Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, instructor. Participants will plant and take home a container with tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, muscari and anemone. Cost for each day: $50/SHS members; $55/Non-members. Payment due at registration. Limited to 18. Steed Hall/Stephens Laboratory, Cranial Scarring Alopecia Areata Trichotillomania Menopausal Disorder Men’s Hair Loss CALL FOR FREE CONSULTATION!

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HALLOWEEN FUN. 5 p.m. Ages 10 and under can spook, rattle and haunt while trick-or-treating at downtown businesses. At 5:45 all are invited to Downtown Park for a hauntingly good time featuring edible crafts, games, Halloween bingo and more! Come dressed to impress! (Rain location is the Recreation Center) Info: www.southernpines.net. FALL FESTIVAL. 5:30–8:30 p.m. This annual fundraising event for Pinehurst Elementary School offers games with prizes, a train ride, inflatables, costume contest, video games, cakewalk and silent auction. The Kona Ice Truck will be on-site and the concession stand will be open. Cost: $12 each for first two wristbands, $5 each after two, sold by the Pinehurst Elementary School PTA. Free for adults and kids 2 and under. Cannon Park, 90 Woods Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or vopnc.org.

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Friday, October 28 HORTICULTURE LECTURE. 1 p.m. “Bulbs and Companion Plants.” Brent Heath covers all types of bulbs for the landscape, with an emphasis on four seasons of bulbs. Free. Owens Auditorium, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Register by email: landscapegardening@sandhills.edu. Info: (910) 692-6185.

Friday, October 28 — 30 GLOW AT THE BOO-TAINICAL GARDEN. 6–9 p.m. Come in Halloween costume and walk the garden pathways lit by carved jack-o-lanterns, lights and luminaries. Hands-on crafts, treats and candy add to the indoor and outdoor activities. Refreshments available for purchase. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221 or www.capefearbg.org.

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Saturday, October 29 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE IN HD. 7 p.m. Season opens with Frankenstein. Call for prices. Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or sunrisetheater.com. MEET THE ARTIST AT WORK. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Visit with artist Diane Kraudelt and learn about her techniques and background in art. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 255-0665 or www.hollyhocksartgallerycom.

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ca l e n d a r HAMLET 34TH ANNUAL SEABOARD FESTIVAL. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Four city blocks of arts, crafts and food vendors, and free entertainment throughout the day. Fun for the entire family. Main Street, Hamlet. Info: (910) 557-5770 or www.seaboardfestival.com.

FRANKENSTEIN. 7 p.m. National Theater Live, from London, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Tickets: $20; students with ID $15. Call for group rates. Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or sunrisetheater.com.

MILITIA MUSTER AND CANDLELIGHT TOUR. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. and 6:30–9 p.m. Activities throughout the day; candlelight tour of the Alston House. Learn about Revolutionary Era militias and their roles during the American Revolution. Reservations are required for the candlelight tour. Cost of tour: $5 per person, under 12 free. House in the Horseshoe, 288 Alston House Road, Sanford. Info: (910) 947-2051 or nchistoricsites.org.

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Saturday, October 29 — 30 NCDCTA DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP. This prestigious show event is presented by Paradise Farm and Tack and hosted by The Carolina Horse Park. Competitors, owners, trainers, officials, volunteers and spectators welcome. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074. Sunday, October 30 WILDLIFE AND NATIVE PLANTS LECTURE. 1 p.m. Dr. Douglas Tallamy: “Restoring Nature’s Relationships at Home,” presented by the Village of Pinehurst Greenway Wildlife Habitat Committee and Save Our Sandhills. Admission is free, but space is limited. Door prizes. Beer, wine, soft drinks, water and complimentary snacks available. Books and songbird nest boxes for sale. Pinehurst Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Road S, Pinehurst. Info and registration: (910) 295-1900 or www.surveymonkey.com/r/Tallamy. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Jason Marsalis: Heirs to the Crescent City. Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at the door. The Rooster’s Wife, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Saturday, October 29 and 30 CAROLINA HORSE PARK. 7 a.m.–7 p.m. The NCDCTA Dressage Championships. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074.

Mondays BRIDGE. 1–4 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. 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 www. moorecountync.gov or localharvest.org. AFTER-DINNER STORYTIMES. 6 p.m. Children ages birth to fifth grade and their whole families are invited to enjoy stories and wind down after dinner and get the week off on the right track. Two After-Dinner Storytimes will be held this month, Oct. 10 and 24. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Tuesdays BABY BUNNIES STORYTIME. 10:30–11 a.m. This storytime, reserved for ages birth to 18 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy practices. Programs will be offered Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. GENTLE FLOW YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. (Oct. 11 through Nov. 15) Instructor Carol Wallace leads this class for individuals who have some familiarity with basic yoga poses. This class connects poses into slow flow movements, moving with the breath and 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. BROWN BAG LUNCH/GAME DAY. 11:30 a.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy fellowship and activities,

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Wednesdays BRIDGE. 1–4 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. READ TO YOUR BUNNY PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 3:30–4 p.m. 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 Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26. Stay for playtime following. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Thursdays MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods and more. Armory Sports Complex, 604 W Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 947-3752 or www.moorecountync.gov or www.localharvest.org. MUSIC AND MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. This exciting new event incorporates stories and songs, along with dancing, playing and games. It will meet every other week, Thursday, Oct. 6 and 20. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. STORY TIME! 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 3 to 5. Wonderful volunteers read to children, and everyone makes a craft. Free and open to the public. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022. MAHJONG (Chinese version). 1–3 p.m. A game played by four people involving skill, strategy and calculation.

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ca l e n d a r 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. COOKING CLASS. 6:30 p.m. Chef Clay White leads hands-on preparation of menu items (gnocci, Thai, ravioli, Moroccan, Lebanese, cannolis, or pasta). Reservations and pre-payment required. Call for prices and specific menu. The Flavor Exchange, 115 E New Hampshire Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-1345 or www.flavorexchange.com.

Fridays 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.

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Sand Band, Blackwater Rhythm and Blues, The Sand Band, Cool Heat, and Midnight Allie. Cost: $10/person. Reservations and pre-payment recommended for parties of 8 or more. Food vendor on site. Cypress Bend Vineyards, 21904 Riverton Road, Wagram. Info: (910) 369-0411 or www.cypressbendvineyards.com.

Saturdays MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. (No market on Oct 1 due to Autumnfest.) Fruits, vegetables, meats, crafts, flowers, plants, baked goods, and more. Downtown Southern Pines, SE Broad and New York Ave. Info: (910) 947-3752 or www.moorecountync.gov or localharvest.org.

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Shelly, Gordon & Olivia Talk

Walking the Moore County Hounds Southern Pines, NC August 2016 Photographs by Jeanne Paine

Lincoln Sadler, Moore County Hounds

Sara, Ella & John Hoover Laura Lindamood, Jo Covington, Terry Cook

Mel Wyatt, Tatiana Williams

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Lincoln Sadler, Angela Royal, Moore County Hounds Laura Lindamood

Tayloe Compton, Pam Wagner, Cameron Sadler

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el·e·men·tal Ceramics and Abstract Paintings

Akira Satake & Victoria Pinney Sept. 22 - Nov. 17

Teapot: “Kohiki” by Akira Satake

Painting (detail): “Afterlife” by Victoria Pinney

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End of Summer Bash on the Green James W. Tufts Memorial Park Friday, August 26, 2016 Photographs by Al & Annette Daniels

Lori West, Debbie & Meghan Davis, Lisa Hogan Erin, Brynne, John & Ainsley Eckert

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Megan & Zaki Essaheb, Jennifer Stoddard Trey Phillips, TJ Johnson, Carla Denman

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Shanghai Acrobats

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Taylor & Kit McKinley, Nancy Davis

A Tribute to ABBA Pinecrest High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robert E. Lee Auditorium Sunday, August 28, 2016 Photographs by Al & Annette Daniels

Mariann Benway, Kathy Wright, Kay Wildt, Wendy Beaver

Pat & George Watterworth

Judi Hewett, Ellen Airs

Carolyne Koch, Bill & Angie Huber

Jeanie & Rick Riordan

Sally Lynum-Lee, Rebecca Listrum, Lorrie Melia

Rollie & Hallie Sampson

Morris & Kathleen Madonia, Karen & Jerry Sienicki

Nancy Shereda, Priscilla Snee, Trudy Hintz

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John Monroe, Lee Magiere, Charlene Magiere Mary & Jim Halstead Tony & Sandy Corcoran, Binky Albright Fred Brush, Larry Arnold, Aaron Vandermeer

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PineStraw CreativeWorkshops Film Production

NY City film maker Sascha Just will lead a lecture on the ethnographic approach to film production. Topics covered will include interview technique, perspective, and development of your project with sound track and editing. This introduction to videography will start you on your way to creating you own documentary. The workshop will include a screening of her recent documentary, Heirs to the Crescent City. Bring a smart phone or an iPad. No special equipment needed.

Where: PineStraw Magazine 145 W. Pennsylvania Ave, Southern Pines When: Saturday, October 29, 2016 9am-12pm Cost: $45, limited to 20 attendees Instructor: Sascha Just, Filmmaker Register: 910-693-2508 (by October 20)

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Friday, November 4 – Thursday, December 15, 2016 Opening Weekend Receptions: Friday, November 4, 5:00 – 7:00 Saturday, November 5, 10:00 – 4:00 Sunday, November 6, Noon – 3:00

Upcoming Workshops Oil Painting

The Golf CapiTal ChoRUS proudly presents its Thirty-Sixth annual production with featured quartet “Mighty Wind”, international Medalists

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Sign up for Classes and Workshops Figure Drawing with a Live Model Linda Bruening – 11 October Oil Painting with Courtney Courtney Herndon – 13/14 October Printmaking Sandy Stratil – 17 October Beginning Scratchboard Emma Wilson – 20 October Intermediate Scratchboard in Color Emma Wilson – 20 October Go with the Flow-Basic Alcohol Ink Pam Griner – 21 October Intermediate/Advanced Alcohol Ink Pam Griner – 22 October Oil Painting with Courtney Courtney Herndon – 24/25 October Colored Pencil on Mylar or Clear Yupo Betty Hendrix – 26 October Step by Step – Painting the Still Life Harry Neely – 27/28 October

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October PineNeedler My Favorite Color By Mart Dickerson

ACROSS 1 Porgy (fish) of S. Atlantic coast, pl. 6 Main point or pith of the matter 10 Back talk 14 Turkish military authority 15 Bounce back, on a mountain top 16 Final notice, in the paper 17 Fluster 18 Youngs Road steering strap 19 Alliance acronym 20 People of Oslo 22 Intl. civil aviation org. 23 Downer 49 50 51 54 56 57 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

French vineyard Snow toy African animal hunt Radial, e.g. “___ be a cold day in hell ...” Staging of a play, show, etc. Month in the Jewish calendar Daughter of Zeus Fencing action Charades, e.g. Aces, sometimes Bracelet site Catch a glimpse of After-dinner drink Police stunner

DOWN 1 Made a web 2 Guitar fret tool

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24 What the bouncer checks (2 words) 26 Basil, e.g. 30 Shoshone 31 Yellow or chocolate pet, for short 32 Ice skating leap 33 At one time, at one time 35 Star bursts 39 Italian dish 41 Never-ending 43 Correct, as text 44 The Last of the Mohicans girl 46 Supernatural life force 47 Homer Simpson’s expression

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Most steamy or erotic Lab container Green Gables girl “Good grief!” Aroma SW Pacific island country Halloween month, and the answer to the title Style of rap music Act of attack and surround Book of maps Failure Brilliance Gambling mecca Charlie, for one Signs, as a contract Eye At no time, poetically

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Mart Dickerson lives in Southern Pines and welcomes suggestions from her fellow puzzle masters. She can be reached at gdickerson@nc.rr.com.

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Laid-back Libra

Don’t let October become “Rocktober” under the sign of the scales By Astrid Stellanova

There just ain’t no pigeon-holing a Libran. Bridgette Bardot

is a Libran. So is Simon Cowell, Julie Andrews. Sting. And Jesse Jackson. The Libran likes the better things in life, likes taking to a public stage, likes being given lots of room to develop their fine talents, but doesn’t much care for grunt work. The Librans I know also don’t like for people around them to kick up a lot of dust and make a fuss. Ad Astra — Astrid

Libra (September 23–October 22) You got a hand stuck out, being friendly, wanting to make nice with someone who has tested your last nerve — and they think you stuck your hand out for a gimme. They don’t have the class you do, my well-balanced friend, so the first order of business is to keep your hand to yourself and enjoy the jingling of all that silver that is filling your pocket. You have got a lot of prosperity in the stars waiting for you this year. And you also have more friends than a body could ever need, so square your shoulders and go enjoy a big ole slice of birthday cake. Scorpio (October 23–November 21) There was a time when keeping secrets worked for you. This, however, is not that time. You need a strong shoulder to cry on, and given your natural magnetism, plenty will offer one. The pleasure of a kind word can go further than the deep pleasure you take from maintaining personal mystery—so purge, Honey, and let somebody be a good pal to you. Sagittarius (November 22–December 21) A big idea you incubated some time ago is ripe and ready. Don’t hesitate to share it and find the support and dollars you need. Also, this is a good time to look at all your investments (I call this rooting and hunting under the sofa cushions) and see how much you have on hand to back yourself. Your idea is a good one; you weren’t crazy when you claimed you are this close to Making Good, as Grandpa Hornblower says. Capricorn (December 22–January 19) Summer was discombobulating for you, wasn’t it Sugar? And the fall is looking a little dicey. But cheer up; you are just going to love the year end. But first, there are two matters that need to be addressed before you have the personal freedom to move on from something that keeps tripping you up. Darling, they are not going away without you putting down the Fritos bag (and getting up off the sofa) in order to show these two matters the door. Aquarius (January 20–February 18) Whaa-whaa-whaa . . . That, whaa-whaa sound, Honey Child, is your disillusionment when the happy went right out of your red balloon. You have been killing yourself trying to make someone you care for care for you in the same way. There is nothing more you can do. This person is not as giving, generous, nor nearly as much fun as you are. And they are never going to be as demonstrative. You got invested, for sure, but do you love them? Pisces (February 19–March 20) There, there, there. Feel better? Did you take to your bed after Sugar Booger left your heart busted into two big pieces? Well, nobody would have blamed you one bit if you had. They seem to have a contractual obligation to darken your world while you are playing Mary Poppins and trying for sweetness and light. Sweet Thing, shake it off and look for a different type.

Aries (March 21–April 19) You are about two Alka-Seltzers away from driving your friends and families crazy as a bat in the basement. It is true that you can be entertaining and the life of the party, but right now everybody who knows you wishes you could spend at least one day a week boring the crap out of them. Quiet is not a four-letter word. It’s five, Darling. Taurus (April 20–May 20) Someone close to you is convinced you are having a breakthrough just at the very time you feel you are having a breakdown. The other person is right. You have developed a creative genius for seeing a new way to approach a very old problem. It could bring you closer to a dream if you don’t back away. See it through. Gemini (May 21–June 20) A mysterious person — somebody you’ve known for some time but never well — has a connection to you that will soon become clear. This will require you to be open, gentle, pliant and honest in order to enjoy the full benefit of a special revelation. Honey, I know that’s a tall order, but for your own sake, try. Cancer (June 21–July 22) Thankfully, you took old Astrid’s advice about last month and stopped borrowing money and began making your own. Now, Sugar, I want you to stop thinking you can borrow time. This ain’t a dress rehearsal — it’s your life you have been blowing like you were on the easy credit life extension plan. Do. Not. Waste. One. More. Second. You aren’t about to die but you also won’t get endless chances to take care of business. Leo (July 23–August 22) You’ve had a funny feeling about a loved one that actually is your deepest intuition talking to you. Trust it. Rely upon it. You have considerable intuitive abilities that have been building since early adulthood. This is not lottery winning-type information, and doesn’t require a Ouija board, but it sure is about expanding your world, happiness and friendships with others. That, Dearie, is the real jackpot. Virgo (August 23–September 22) Something started for you last month that you might not secretly trust but that you should. It was an unusual gift — and you were deeply puzzled at first. This gift is going to change you, change your life and even change your mind about who you are. Honey, it is going to be a crazy ride for you but there is no question it is your destiny to follow the Yellow Brick Road. Get hopping. 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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The Great Divide What stays? What goes? Only Heaven knows

William Faulkner

freaks will tell you that a seminal scene in The Sound and the Fury is the basis for all that follows in his famous novel. A little girl named Caddy falls into a puddle. When she climbs a tree, her brothers see her muddy drawers and predict their mother’s fury that Caddy has gotten dirty.

What, you might fairly ask, has this English-majorish observation to do with downsizing? Downsizing necessitates decisions, divesting and division, tasks that are, by turn, hilarious, tedious and heartbreaking. Never mind the big stuff; this weekend, we — myself and my two sisters — were merely dealing with the contents of our mother’s chests and closets and shelves. And so we find ourselves faced with What Goes, What Stays, What We Want, and What We Can’t Bear to Think About piles. “Sentiment,” I quote from a past writing teacher who was quoting someone else, “is giving something more tenderness than God intended it to have.” We’re staring sentimentally at three pyramids of toys that defined each of us, certainly then, and kind of now. My Steiff stuffed animals — brought from NYC by my father in the “rag trade” — and with which I made up endless stories. The writer. Save. Her Barbies (and Kens and Midges) as well as their clothes, exquisitely made, with labels sewn in the collars, and tiny buttons and buttonholes, and real zippers. The clotheshorse extrovert. Save. Her Tonka trucks. A big, shin-high pickup truck, a horse trailer, a hookand-ladder, an earthmover. The tomboy. Suppressed sob … Sell. Because not a daughter or daughter-in-law alive would ever permit the no-doubt lethally leaded paint and sharp, semi-rusted corners of the metal vehicles in the sanitized, only-eats-non-GMO-avocados fingers of their helicopter-parented offspring. Tears blinked back. We let the Barnabas Network guy have the Schlitz beer can lamp (he had a collection of beer can lamps, I kid you not.) We kept our Stokes County grandfather’s lapboard with the inlaid checkerboard where, if I could get a single king, I won. (I never did.) I sat on the radiator cover and watched him eat a hundred pieces of watermelon — cut not in wedges but in rounds, like a doughnut — on that lapboard as we watched “Jeopardy!” together. At one point, after we’d unhesitatingly pitched the homemade afghan we remembered being sick — red measles to the vomits — beneath on the den sofa, the three of us laid flat on our backs on the floor to rest. “Get up and look at

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me,” I told the youngest. “This is what I’d look like with a face-lift.” At another point, my mother said, “I want to watch this part,” as we prepared to divide up table linens, from Italian damask to exquisite lace hems to monogrammed satin-hemmed napkins the size of small tablecloths to, well, tablecloths. We were made to understand that each set had its story: wedding present, purchased in France, etc. We counted, chose, caressed, chose, hovered, chose, thought silently and disloyally about drawer space and lifestyle. “This is boring,” my mother announced, and left. But about those underpants. “Where’s my Joy of Cooking?” she asks. Exchange of panicked glances. Her Joy of Cooking was no longer a book. It was a chunk composed of a single frayed, faded, fabric-covered cardboard whose visible spine was stitched with what looked like kitchen twine holding clumps and singles of thin yellow pages with 6-point-font printing. And no pictures. “It’s falling apart,” we object. “Do you think you’re going to be cooking recipes from The Joy of Cooking?” we ask. “We’ll get you a new one,” we offer. “The new one doesn’t have the same recipes,” she says. Like what? I think. Chilled beef consomme? No loss. “I want it,” she says. This, from the same woman who threw out decades of travel pictures, even her wedding album, without a twinge. “It’s in the car,” I say, cool as Melanie Wilkes lying to the Yankees. “I’ll get it.” My mother’s Joy of Cooking was not in the car. It was buried somewhere in a black plastic bag in the Dumpster squatting in the asphalt parking lot of an elementary school. Which is how I came to find myself folded at the hips like a hinge over the sharp, rusty, Tonka truck-like Dumpster edge, fishing, digging, clawing, groping and tearing at bags of cafeteria refuse, supply room cast-offs and restroom detritus (Is that a book spine I feel or a box of rotting fish sticks?) in 100-degree heat while my sister stands behind me saying unhelpful things like, “I hope they don’t have closed circuit cameras to catch people illegally throwing stuff away.” If so, kindergarten show and tell can be the film of my drawers and backside as I’m trying not to fall into the dark, stinking, super-heated, steel-walled abyss of a Dumpster interior. Although at the very least you should be in high school to really appreciate The Sound and the Fury. And you need to be 86 to really appreciate your original Joy of Cooking. Because I recovered it. My sister recovered, too. The Tonka trucks sold instantly on consignment, for a lot of money. Plus, no one came down with lockjaw. PS In a former life, Susan Kelly published five novels, won some awards, did some teaching, and made a lot of speeches. These days, she’s freelancing and making up for all that time she spent indoors writing those five novels.

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